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Patents Granted in 2012

Landmark US patents granted in 2012 — explained in plain English. The inventions, the assignees, and what each one actually protects.

Granted in 2012

17 patents

US 8278036 · 2012 · University of Pennsylvania Penn

How Modified RNA Tricks Cells Into Making Proteins Without Triggering Attacks

social media

US 8171128 · 2012 · Facebook Inc

How Facebook's News Feed Picks Stories You'll Like

US D670286 · 2012 · Apple Inc

The Design of the Original Apple iPhone

software

US 8285656 · 2012 · Consumerinfo com Inc

How a Smart System Verifies and Updates Customer Data

consumer electronics

US 8214768 · 2012 · Apple Inc

How the iPhone Switches and Adds Mobile Web Browser Tabs

US 8311950 · 2012 · Google LLC

Predicting User Interests Based on Who Looks at Whose Profile

consumer electronics

US 8291344 · 2012 · Apple Inc

How Mobile Devices Switch Between Open Apps Using Gestures

biotech

US 8216583 · 2012 · Abbott Biotech Ltd Bermuda

How to Keep Humira Stable in a Liquid Medicine Bottle

US 8168877 · 2012 · Harman International Industries Canada Ltd

How to Automatically Generate Musical Harmonies from Audio

US 8125456 · 2012 · Apple Inc

How Touchscreens Save Battery by Sleeping Between Touches

consumer electronics

US 8176439 · 2012 · JLB Ventures LLC

How to Browse TV Shows Using 3D Virtual Objects

software

US 8112476 · 2012 · Confluence Commons Inc

How Software Automatically Collects and Organizes Data from Multiple Websites

US 8156057 · 2012 · Knowmtech

How Nanoparticles Form Adaptive Neural Network Connections

consumer electronics

US 8307004 · 2012 · Apple Inc

How Computers Safely Resume Interrupted Data Backups

consumer electronics

US 8204793 · 2012 · Wounder GmbH LLC

How Phones Use Photos to Buy or Research Products

ecommerce

US 8249948 · 2012 · Amazon Technologies Inc

How Amazon Created a Marketplace for Recommendation Algorithms

US 8219158 · 2012 · Research in Motion Ltd

BlackBerry Device with QWERTY Keyboard and Trackball Design

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