June 3, 2021 Patent Newsletter
Technology Charts, New Patent Litigation of Interest, PIPCO New Patents
There were 6,546 new patents issued at the US Patent Office for the week of June 1, 2021, not counting the Design and Reissue patents. Below is the breakdown by Country.
Below is the breakdown by states.
Some of the top Chinese entities that are issued new US patents almost every week.
The table below are some of the top Assignees of the week.
The top ten longest time to patent grant for the week. Oracle clocks in number one with a pretty speedy 4,885 days from filing to issuance. The patent is titled “Smart component monitoring”.
The top ten shortest time to patent grant for the week was between 91 and 118 days. Well done to the teams!
One of the largest weeks for blockchain patents granted with 25 new issuances. Advanced New Technologies continues to build their portfolio with nine blockchain related new issued patents this week. Baidu, British Telecom, Forcepoint, IBM, Mastercard among a few others with one each.
Electric Vehicle patents bounce back with 11 this week as Hyundai leads the way with three grants.
Seven new LiDAR related patents issued this week. Luminar ($LAZR) grabs another 2 patents this week with Ford & GM also adding one each.
I am continuing to working on getting data separated by Auto Industry, Solar, Cyber, Cloud, Semiconductors, and Oil & Gas which should hopefully be finished soon. I also have plans to add biotech and medical devices as well. Please let me know if there is data that you would like to see.
New Patent Litigation Filed:
Acacia Research $ACTG R2 Solutions (Yahoo Portfolio) filed new cases versus IHeartMedia $IHRT and $ROKU in the Western District of Texas on June 1st, 2021.
Acacia Research $ACTG Stingray IP Solutions (L3Harris) filed new cases versus Amazon and Somfy SA in the Eastern District of Texas on June 1st, 2021.
Monterey Research filed two suits versus Broadcom $AVGO in the Western District of Texas on May 28, 2021
Neodron LTD filed new lawsuits in the Western District of Texas versus Renesas, STMicro, and Cypress Semiconductor on May 28, 2021.
PIPCO New Patents Issued:
A pretty good week for InterDigital $IDCCadding eight new patent issuances.
Xperi $XPER added 10 new patents this week.