This is three less than the week before. Patents included a soybean cultivar 2505808.
The earliest patent filed which was granted in the week ending June 27 belonged to Steven Screen who filed in July 17, 2012.
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. Louis in the week ending June 27
| Applicant Name | Filing Date | Granted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Benson Hill Seeds, Inc. | 10/02/2019 | 06/22/2021 |
| Cerro Flow Products, LLC | 01/31/2019 | 06/22/2021 |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | 01/18/2019 | 06/22/2021 |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | 06/29/2018 | 06/22/2021 |
| Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc. | 12/31/2019 | 06/22/2021 |
| FaceToFace Biometrics, Inc. | 03/26/2020 | 06/22/2021 |
| Liang Zhou | 02/28/2017 | 06/22/2021 |
| Monsanto Technology, LLC | 10/01/2019 | 06/22/2021 |
| Monsanto Technology, LLC | 12/16/2019 | 06/22/2021 |
| Monsanto Technology, LLC | 08/16/2019 | 06/22/2021 |
| Monsanto Technology, LLC | 08/16/2019 | 06/22/2021 |
| Monsanto Technology, LLC | 03/13/2014 | 06/22/2021 |
| QJV, LLC | 02/08/2019 | 06/22/2021 |
| Shantanu Chakrabartty | 02/28/2017 | 06/22/2021 |
| Steven Screen | 07/17/2012 | 06/22/2021 |
| Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company | 07/07/2015 | 06/22/2021 |
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