This is six more than the week before. Patents included a lightguides with asymmetric light extracting structures.
The earliest patent filed which was granted in the week ending June 27 belonged to Ecolab USA, Inc. who filed in December 17, 2015.
The number of approved patents in the U.S. grew steadily from roughly 225,000 in 2009 to more than 285,000 in 2019. The number of patents approved suffered a slight downturn in 2020.
Gene Quinn with IPWatchdog said the system underneath patents have become unwieldy, specifically for medical innovations.
Patents granted in St. Paul in the week ending June 27
| Applicant Name | Filing Date | Granted Date |
|---|---|---|
| 3M Innovative Properties Company | 09/20/2018 | 06/22/2021 |
| 3M Innovative Properties Company | 06/27/2017 | 06/22/2021 |
| 3M Innovative Properties Company | 11/27/2018 | 06/22/2021 |
| 3M Innovative Properties Company | 09/06/2016 | 06/22/2021 |
| 3M Innovative Properties Company | 01/12/2017 | 06/22/2021 |
| 3M Innovative Properties Company | 08/14/2020 | 06/22/2021 |
| 3M Innovative Properties Company | 01/14/2020 | 06/22/2021 |
| 3M Innovative Properties Company | 11/16/2018 | 06/22/2021 |
| Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 06/13/2018 | 06/22/2021 |
| Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. | 05/14/2018 | 06/22/2021 |
| Ecolab USA, Inc. | 02/08/2018 | 06/22/2021 |
| Ecolab USA, Inc. | 05/01/2018 | 06/22/2021 |
| Ecolab USA, Inc. | 10/24/2018 | 06/22/2021 |
| Ecolab USA, Inc. | 12/17/2015 | 06/22/2021 |
| Ecolab USA, Inc. | 03/03/2016 | 06/22/2021 |
| Ecolab USA, Inc. | 02/26/2016 | 06/22/2021 |
| Kindeva Drug Delivery L. P. | 04/24/2018 | 06/22/2021 |
| Neurofluidics, Inc. | 08/22/2019 | 06/22/2021 |
| St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 10/13/2017 | 06/22/2021 |
| St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | 02/19/2020 | 06/22/2021 |
| TC1, LLC | 04/12/2019 | 06/22/2021 |
| Tendyne Holdings, Inc. | 06/12/2017 | 06/22/2021 |
| University of St. Thomas | 02/17/2017 | 06/22/2021 |
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