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Patents Granted in 2013

Landmark US patents granted in 2013 — explained in plain English. The inventions, the assignees, and what each one actually protects.

Granted in 2013

24 patents
social media

US 8606792 · 2013 · Google LLC

How Google's Patent Scores Authors and Posts on Messaging Systems

consumer electronics

US 8423408 · 2013 · Sprint Communications Co LP

How Phones Store and Rotate Ads Locally by Breaking Rules

consumer electronics

US 8429565 · 2013 · Google LLC

How Touchscreen Gestures Use Physics to Feel Real

consumer electronics

US 8600430 · 2013 · Apple Inc

How Smartphones Use Light Sensors to Detect When You Are Talking

biotech

US 8399514 · 2013 · Biogen Idec MA Inc

Using Dimethyl Fumarate to Treat Multiple Sclerosis

biotech

US 8410274 · 2013 · Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc

Making Ivacaftor Easier for the Body to Absorb

consumer electronics

US 8423911 · 2013 · Apple Inc

How Smartphones Organize Apps into Folders

pharmaceutical

US 8372396 · 2013 · Genetech Inc

How Specific Antibody Drugs Are Stabilized for Storage and Use

software

US 8521818 · 2013 · Solariat Inc

How Software Detects What You Want Based on Your Social Media Posts

US 8615514 · 2013 · Google LLC

How Google Uses User Feedback to Rank Websites by Quality

US 8448084 · 2013 · Twitter Inc

How Pull-to-Refresh Works on Your Smartphone

biotech

US 8592397 · 2013 · Gilead Sciences Inc

How Gilead Made a Stable HIV Pill Combining Two Medicines

US 8493330 · 2013 · Apple Inc

How Touchscreens Precisely Align Signals to Detect Your Touch

biotech

US 8372398 · 2013 · Ablynx NV

How Specialized Nanobodies Block Blood Clotting Proteins

software

US 8429011 · 2013 · Salesforce com Inc

How Computers Automatically Target Ads Based on Trending Internet Memes

US 8587547 · 2013 · Apple Inc

How to Split a Smartphone Keyboard with a Gesture

biotech

US 8580275 · 2013 · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Using Yeast Cell Walls to Deliver Genetic Medicine

consumer electronics

US 8356005 · 2013

How Devices Automatically Tag and Monetize Real-World Events

telecommunications

US 8606929 · 2013 · AT&T Intellectual Property I LP

How Network Providers Subcontract Data Processing Tasks

aerospace

US 8496208 · 2013 · Alliant Techsystems Inc

How Spacecraft Use Layered Nets to Stop Orbital Debris

US 8619056 · 2013 · Elan Microelectronics Corp

How Touchscreens Tell Real Touches From False Ghost Touches

consumer electronics

US RE44685 · 2013 · OpenTV Inc

How Interactive Television Systems Send Applications Alongside Video Streams

software

US 8577894 · 2013 · ChaCha Search Inc

How Human Searchers Unlock Restricted Web Content for Users

consumer electronics

US 8495220 · 2013 · Amazon Technologies Inc

How Cloud Storage Providers Automatically Connect Files to Content Delivery Networks

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