Posts Tagged: google patents
America’s Big 5 tech companies increase patent filings, Microsoft holds lead in AI technologies
In terms of sheer numbers, in the CB Insights study, which curiously did not include patent giant and American research juggernaut IBM, Microsoft ranks supreme among this …
Google Maps update likely to feature text-based parking notification and more
Getting around may get a little bit easier for some drivers as Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) adds on new features to the 9.34 beta-release of Google Maps... Some of …
Superhero Tech: Google, Sony vision tech mirrors implanted lens of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Mike Peterson
If you were to ever wake up and find that messages were being transmitted directly to your eye, as was the case with Mike Peterson, you might …
Alphabet’s Google continues innovation, from autonomous vehicles to wind turbines
Alphabet’s smart home technologies extend beyond thermostats as is evidenced by the hazard detection device that would be protected by U.S. Patent Application No. 20160078751, entitled …
The Top 10 Patent Applications of 2015
Innovation in the automotive sector was a huge story, both for the types of technologies being developed and the companies pursuing the R&D in that field. …
The Top 10 Patents Issued in 2015
2015 was a truly remarkable year for innovation and we saw major trends in self-driving cars, wearable technologies, digital wallets and much more. I hope you will enjoy …
Alphabet continues Google innovation in autonomous vehicles, e-commerce solutions
U.S. Patent No. 9180882, which is titled Avoiding Blind Spots of Other Vehicles, covers a method for maneuvering a vehicle protected here involves receiving sensor data collected …
Why Google Wins by Giving Away Patents to ‘Startups’ Willing to Join the LOT Network
Google is giving away patents to small-ish tech firms who apply and agree to join the License or Transfer (LOT) Network. Google retains a license to the …
Google continues to march forward on autonomous vehicle development
Self-driving cars were also the focus of a couple of utility patents we discovered during our most recent survey of Google’s technological innovations. A system for …
Google surveillance programs bring out the creepier side of tech
The mainstream media has been aflame over a recently unveiled Google innovation which poses an Orwellian challenge to family privacy in the eyes of some critics. A …
Google collects patents while lobbying against them
If patents are so bad and Google has to spend so much money lobbying to weaken the patent system, why is the company simultaneously buying patents and …
Google Announces the Patent Purchase Promotion to Foster Innovation
Google announces its response to the Patent Troll issue they call the Patent Purchase …
Google patents method for providing a robot with a personality
Google has recently received a patent on a method of giving a robot a personality, and in the Summary of the Invention the company explains: ''The robot …
Google Innovation Goes Beyond Search to Robotics, Wearables, Cars and More
Google’s self-driving car development has advanced so far beyond what our country’s laws are currently able to regulate that the technology has hit some legal …
Google acquires Softcard, setting up mobile payment showdown with Apple
Softcard’s patents and their ability to protect Google Wallet against any potential legal challenges from Apple may be a much more important aspect of the acquisition …
