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Patents Granted in 2017

Landmark US patents granted in 2017 — explained in plain English. The inventions, the assignees, and what each one actually protects.

Granted in 2017

24 patents
consumer electronics

US 9548050 · 2017 · Apple Inc

How a Digital Assistant Launches Apps Using Your Voice

software

US 9544394 · 2017 · Amazon Technologies Inc

How CDNs Use Client-Side Code to Speed Up Web Downloads

US 9754221 · 2017 · Alphaics

A Computer Chip for Training Many AI Agents at Once

consumer electronics

US RE46310 · 2017 · Blanding Hovenweep LLC

How Devices Predict Your Next Move Using Gestures and History

US 9652041 · 2017 · Immersion

Precisely Stopping Device Vibrations for Better Touch Feedback

software

US 9672117 · 2017 · EMC IP Holding Co LLC

How to Keep Data Safe During a Site Failover

software

US 9607103 · 2017 · Ab Initio Technology LLC

How Computers Match and Join Messy Data from Different Sources

biotech

US 9845355 · 2017 · Genentech Inc

How Genentech's Antibody Targets Cancerous B Cells

software

US 9760393 · 2017 · VMware LLC

How Virtual Machines Keep Their Data Separate on Shared Storage

software

US 9535948 · 2017 · Amazon Technologies Inc

How Software Automatically Translates Database Queries for Different Storage Systems

US 9685235 · 2017 · Seoul National University R&DB Foundation

How to Prepare 3D Flash Memory for Use

consumer electronics

US 9677869 · 2017 · Perimeter Medical Imaging Inc

How to Create Wide-Field Images of Tissue Using OCT Scanners

telecommunications

US 9538220 · 2017 · WiLAN Labs Inc

How Networks Keep Video Streams Smooth During Busy Times

software

US 9830146 · 2017 · Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC

How Software Developers Keep Track of API Versions Automatically

biotech

US 9605068 · 2017 · Antibody Lab GmbH

How to Detect Heart Disease in Cats Using Blood Tests

consumer electronics

US 9602875 · 2017 · EchoStar UK Holdings Ltd

How TV Receivers Remind You to Return from Commercial Breaks

US 9824092 · 2017 · Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC

How Microsoft Organizes Data in Multi-Tier Storage Systems

software

US 9811430 · 2017 · Veritas Technologies LLC

How to Keep Backup Data in the Correct Order

software

US 9606820 · 2017 · CA Inc

How to Make Software Debugging Consistent Using Object Finalization Control

consumer electronics

US 9602605 · 2017 · Facebook Inc

How Facebook's Share Button Works Across Different Websites

US 9571603 · 2017 · Cisco Technology Inc

How Servers Share an IP Address for High Availability

US 9839649 · 2017 · Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc

How to Design Effective siRNA Molecules to Silence Specific Genes

biotech

US RE46290 · 2017 · Penn State Research Foundation

Using the Drug TIC10 to Treat Brain Cancer

software

US 9811783 · 2017 · Jobvite Inc

How Software Automatically Picks the Best Way to Send Job Ads

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