General Electric Patents Self-Healing Power Grid
Today, we check in with General Electric to see what technological systems it’s trying to protect through the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Many of the published USPTO documents we feature here...
View ArticleGE Seeks Patent on Electromagnetic Surgical Navigation
We noticed a great deal of patent applications and issued patents pertaining to medical technologies. Today, we feature one application that discusses an improved system for detecting the location of...
View ArticleEmerging Trend from CES: The Internet of Things
Expert technology analysts have forecasted that, by the year 2050, there will be a total of 50 billion devices operating worldwide which are connected to the Internet. According to this article...
View ArticleGE Seeks Patent on Flight Control System to More Accurately Predict Fuel...
The featured application today discusses a novel GE system of flight management that has the potential to create great savings in costs incurred by airlines on a flight-by-flight basis. This system can...
View ArticleWhirlpool Keeps Improving Tech Behind Household Appliances
We start off by looking at a patent application that would protect a system that could improve energy efficiency overall for appliances within a home. This type of smart metering system would take into...
View ArticleWhirlpool’s Patent Applications: From Spherical Ice Dispensers to Steam...
Publication of a patent application does not mean that a patent will be issued for the technology, but looking through them, we have our best chances of learning about a company’s most recent research...
View ArticleLG Patents – Digital Broadcast Services to Voice Recognition Technologies
Today, we’ve explored a couple of patent applications related to improved methods for businesses that are trying to reach mobile users within a close proximity, including one technology for directly...
View ArticleInventing for convenience – Whirlpool focuses on optimizing home appliances
Whirlpool's recent patent applications published by the USPTO continue to showcase a great deal of research and development focused on home appliances. We noticed a couple of inventions related to...
View ArticleGeneral Electric doubles down on power and transportation through innovation...
In January, the company announced that it would be moving its corporate headquarters from Fairfield to Boston, MA, ending months of speculation that the company would indeed be seeking a new base of...
View ArticleBest of CES 2017 includes parental control software, gaming mice and ceiling...
One product in each category receives a Best of Innovation award as the most innovative product in its category. Today, we’ll take a stroll through some of the consumer tech products which have been...
View ArticleFederal Circuit invalidates another patent upheld at PTAB after IPR
The Federal Circuit issued a decision in Homeland Housewares, LLC v. Whirlpool Corporation, which ought to be completely unnerving to every owner of a U.S. patent grant. Hearing an appeal from a...
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