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Patents Granted in 2019

Landmark US patents granted in 2019 — explained in plain English. The inventions, the assignees, and what each one actually protects.

Granted in 2019

24 patents
medical devices

US RE47218 · 2019 · Masimo Corp

How Medical Monitors Adapt Oxygen Alarms to Reduce False Alerts

US 10452978 · 2019 · Google LLC

How AI Models Understand Language Using 'Attention'

US 10276149 · 2019 · Amazon Technologies

How Voice Assistants Change Their Speech Based on How You Talk

consumer electronics

US 10275117 · 2019 · Apple Inc

How the Apple Watch Uses the Digital Crown to Flip Objects

semiconductors

US 10373050 · 2019 · Qualcomm Inc

How to Make AI Run Faster on Smaller Computer Chips

finance

US 10169761 · 2019 · Consumerinfo com Inc

How Banks Dynamically Adjust Security Questions Based on Your Behavior

consumer electronics

US 10318574 · 2019 · Google LLC

How Google Automatically Groups Photos and Contextual Data into Moments

biotech

US 10184000 · 2019 · Xencor Inc

How to Engineer Antibodies to Better Target and Destroy Disease

US 10248907 · 2019 · International Business Machines

How a Single Electronic Component Can Learn and Process AI Data

biotech

US 10472419 · 2019 · Novartis AG

How Novartis Engineered Antibodies to Block the TIM-3 Immune Checkpoint

consumer electronics

US 10198731 · 2019 · Square Inc

How Square Uses Your Phone's Location to Verify Credit Card Payments

consumer electronics

US 10466883 · 2019 · Apple Inc

How Apple Watches Use a Rotating Dial to Navigate Menus

ai ml

US 10402750 · 2019 · Facebook Inc

How Facebook Uses Deep Learning to Predict What You Might Like

consumer electronics

US 10217092 · 2019 · Square Inc

How Digital Receipts Turn One-Time Payments Into Ongoing Customer Relationships

software

US 10223653 · 2019 · Elance Inc

How Online Work Platforms Manage New Freelancer Onboarding

consumer electronics

US 10192220 · 2019 · Square Inc

How Square Syncs Inventory Between Physical Shops and Online Stores

finance

US 10185946 · 2019 · Fiserv Inc

How Banks Attach Extra Transaction Details Using Shortened Web Links

consumer electronics

US 10402375 · 2019 · Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC

How Operating Systems Display Cloud File Status Icons

US 10314897 · 2019 · Immatics Biotechnologies

How a Specific Protein Fragment Can Train Immune Cells to Fight Cancer

ai ml

US 10289962 · 2019 · Google LLC

How to Shrink Large AI Models Using Knowledge Distillation

consumer electronics

US 10303266 · 2019 · Quickstep Technologies LLC

How Screens Change What They Show Based on Your Hand Distance

consumer electronics

US 10204358 · 2019 · Zeta Global Corp

How Referral-Based Text Message Marketing Systems Work

aerospace

US 10427804 · 2019 · Quicklaunch Inc

How to Launch Spacecraft Using Giant Cannons Instead of Rockets

US 10307129 · 2019 · Samsung Electronics Co

Fixing Blurry Tomography Scans from Patient Movement

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