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Patents Granted in 2011

Landmark US patents granted in 2011 — explained in plain English. The inventions, the assignees, and what each one actually protects.

Granted in 2011

14 patents
consumer electronics

US 7957762 · 2011 · Apple Inc

How Your Phone Knows When It's Against Your Ear

US 8046721 · 2011 · Apple Inc

How the iPhone's Slide-to-Unlock Gesture Works

telecommunications

US 7930393 · 2011 · Amazon Technologies Inc

How Amazon Optimizes Website Loading Speeds by Managing Domain Requests

consumer electronics

US 8074172 · 2011 · Apple Inc

How Smartphones Suggest and Correct Words While You Type

US 8037168 · 2011 · ESDR Network Solutions LLC

How to Automatically Track and Act on Internet Domain Name Expirations

US 7904576 · 2011 · Hewlett Packard Development Co LP

How to Send Data Streams Independently Without Connection Overload

consumer electronics

US 7877330 · 2011 · Amazon Technologies Inc

How to Buy Digital Media Once and Get Multiple Formats

software

US 8060616 · 2011 · Amazon Technologies Inc

How Cloud Storage Providers Automatically Connect Files to Content Delivery Networks

US 7865399 · 2011 · Google LLC

How a Centralized Broker Handles Online Shopping Transactions

consumer electronics

US 8069204 · 2011 · Twintech EU LLC

How Apps Fetch Data in the Background While You Are Offline

US 8044672 · 2011

How to Measure Stability in Complex Power Grids Using D-Q Impedance

consumer electronics

US RE42346 · 2011 · Epcos Pte Ltd

How Silicon Microphones Use Layers to Shrink Sound Sensors

biotech

US 7993644 · 2011 · Purdue Pharma LP

Using Antibodies to Target Tissue Factor Without Stopping Blood Clotting

biotech

US 8062633 · 2011 · Universidad Austral de Chile

Using Bacteria to Kill Food-Poisoning Germs on Kitchen Surfaces

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