IBM recently filed a patent application for a drone that can function as a mechanized pet-sitter to watch over dogs and cats when their owners are away at work. The pet-sitter drone is similar to a standard drone but it… Continue Reading →
The total number of patents issued in 2016 in China increased 24% to over 1.2 million. Patent lawsuits in China were recently reported to have increased by 37% to 28,916 in 2016 when compared with 2015 figures. Patent lawsuits related… Continue Reading →
ContextVision, a medical imaging software company, was recently granted a patent (originally filed in 2014) on new technology for showing the skeletons of unborn babies during pregnancy from 3D ultrasounds. The patented technology is based on visualization software and improves… Continue Reading →
Apple was recently awarded US patent No. 9,589,177 (filed in 2015) covering detection of human faces in digital video using depth map information. Face detection is an integral first step in bio-recognition technologies. You can read more about Apple’s latest… Continue Reading →
Global Patent Applications Rose to 2.9 million in 2015. In 2016 the European Patent Office (EPO) published 96,000 granted patents, 40% more than in 2015 making a new record high. Just below half (48%) of all patent applications were from… Continue Reading →
In February 2017 Italy became the 12th EU Member State to ratify the Agreement before the Unitary Patent Court (UPC). At this stage, only the ratification of Great Britain (rumoured to happen in March) and Germany (rumoured to happen in… Continue Reading →
The following is a list of top 10 US patents which are set to lose money in 2017 and beyond due to the expiry of patent protection and the increase in competition posed by generic versions of the drugs. Exactly… Continue Reading →
Nike was recently granted a patent for a smart running shoe that contains a wireless vitals tracking system embedded into a shoe to track biometrics data in real-time including heart rate, blood pressure and energy used. The vital monitoring technology… Continue Reading →
Microsoft was recently granted a US patent application for real-time monitoring technology of internet usage (US patent 20170055200). The system moves beyond traditional parental internet security measures of banning certain websites or imposing time restrictions on access to websites. This… Continue Reading →
Dyson, the British company famous for bagless vacuum cleaners, recently filed a patent application for a “high-velocity” hairbrush at the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO). The patent drawings show multiple rows of brushes and the patent application explains how the… Continue Reading →
© 2025 Dawn Ellmore Employment's Blog — Powered by WordPress
Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑
