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Patents Granted in 2015

Landmark US patents granted in 2015 — explained in plain English. The inventions, the assignees, and what each one actually protects.

Granted in 2015

23 patents
consumer electronics

US 8990235 · 2015 · Google LLC

Google's System for Auto-Searching Text on Your Device

consumer electronics

US 9083770 · 2015 · Snapchat Inc

How Apps Automatically Switch Between Video Call Connection Methods

consumer electronics

US 9202233 · 2015 · IMDb com Inc

How IMDb Knew If You'd Go to a Movie or Concert

biotech

US 9216996 · 2015 · Gilead Sciences Inc

Gilead's Chemical Compounds for Treating HIV Infections

biotech

US 8957079 · 2015 · Pharmacyclics LLC

How Ibrutinib-like Molecules Block Cancer-Causing Proteins

software

US 8983975 · 2015

How Software Automatically Ranks and Manages Online Customer Feedback

biotech

US RE45701 · 2015 · MED EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH

How Cochlear Implants Use Free-Spinning Magnets to Survive MRI Scans

US 9182882 · 2015 · Autodesk Inc

How to Draw 3D Shapes on Touchscreens Using Your Fingers

software

US 9154561 · 2015 · AOL Inc

How Apps Automatically Connect Friends Based on Their Current Location

US 8956321 · 2015 · Ideal Medical Technologies

How a Computer System Automatically Adjusts Blood Sugar in Real-Time

software

US 9154532 · 2015 · Zaron Remote LLC

How Websites Get Paid for Referring Video Traffic

consumer electronics

US 9075783 · 2015 · Apple Inc

How Phones Use Your Voice History to Fix Your Typing

biotech

US 9011851 · 2015 · Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften eV

Using Antibodies to Block HER3 Proteins in Cancer Cells

consumer electronics

US 8972477 · 2015 · Amazon Technologies Inc

How Servers Prepare Web Pages for You to Read Offline

consumer electronics

US 9098533 · 2015 · Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC

How Voice Commands Help Computers Find Objects in Pictures and Videos

aerospace

US 9073647 · 2015 · Biosphere Aerospace LLC

A Modular Launch System with an Expandable Mast for Spacecraft

consumer electronics

US RE45559 · 2015 · Apple Inc

How Phones Use Motion Sensors to Change Screen Orientation and Views

software

US 9075661 · 2015 · Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC

How Cloud Systems Automatically Assign Virtual Machines to Servers

telecommunications

US 9021535 · 2015 · Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC

How Cable Networks Manage Virtual Ownership of Digital Movies

software

US 9210222 · 2015 · Adobe Systems Inc

How Websites Use Your Cookie Data to Show Targeted Ads

software

US 9037656 · 2015 · Google Technology Holdings LLC

How a Server Aggregates Comments from Different Websites About One File

consumer electronics

US RE45786 · 2015 · Nielsen Co US LLC

How Nielsen Tracks What You Listen to in Your Car

consumer electronics

US RE45784 · 2015 · Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co Ltd

How Smartphones Use Flashing Barcodes for Secure Ticketing

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