June 18, 2024, Weekly Patents Insights

Welcome to the 18th of June 2024: A glimpse at what’s new in weekly patents insights on recent patent grants that have been issued across various industries.

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Tesla’s First Autopilot Team Member and AI Visionary

“Without Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla Would Just Be Another Car Company … “

Elon Musk

Ashok Elluswamy, a luminary in the tech world and the wizard behind Tesla’s Autopilot might just be the reason your self-driving car knows the difference between a cat and a catastrophic collision. He is the very first person hired onto Tesla’s Autopilot team — recruited directly by Elon Musk, no less! Originally from India, Ashok studied at the College of Engineering, Guindy, and later ventured to Carnegie Mellon University, where he honed his skills in robotics. His journey with Tesla began in 2012, marking a decade of steering innovations that keep pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence in automobiles. Not one to rest on his laurels, Ashok’s name is synonymous with milestones in Tesla’s AI achievements. He truly is a key player at Tesla, driving not just cars, but the future of autonomous driving technologies forward.

June 18, 1889, W. H. Richardson, an African-American inventor, patents the children’s carriage (Patent no. 405599)

In the flashy world of startups, entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk enjoy rockstar status, often celebrated in a spotlight that casts a rather long shadow. Within this shadow work the unsung heroes of innovation: intrapreneurs, who navigate the maze of established companies to bring forth new ideas without the same fanfare. These creative spirits like Art Fry and Spencer Silver, the brains behind the ubiquitous Post-it Notes at 3M, rarely make magazine covers despite their significant contributions.

Intrapreneurs, equipped with company badges rather than capes, face the paradox of innovation under the corporate umbrella. Their environment reduces personal financial risks, true, but it also muffles their personal glory. Consider Paul Buchheit, who cooked up Gmail in the Google kitchen, or Ken Kutaragi, the father of the PlayStation, whose revolutionary ideas reshaped their industries from within Sony’s corridors. They changed the game without changing their employee status.

While entrepreneurs often gamble in the high stakes casino of Silicon Valley, intrapreneurs bet in the corporate lottery — sometimes hitting the innovation jackpot, but rarely taking home the fame. This story underlines a broader cultural bias: we applaud the soloists but often overlook the orchestra, even when it plays a symphony.

Top Inventors (by Utility Patents) & current Company:

1. Tao Luo, 14 patents (Qualcomm)
2. Junyi Li, 9 patents (Qualcomm)
3. Wanshi Chen, 7 patents (Qualcomm)
4. Jing Sun, 7 patents (Qualcomm)
5. Peter S Gaal, 6 patents (Qualcomm)
6. Dawei Zhang, 6 patents (Apple)
7. Sony Akkarakaran, 6 patents (Qualcomm)
8. Xiaoxia Zhang, 6 patents (Qualcomm)
9. Frederick E. Shelton, IV, 5 patents (Cilag, Ethicon)
10. Donghoon Lee, 5 patents (LG Electronics)
11. Esmael Hejazi Dinan, 5 patents (Ofinno)
12. Seungmin Lee, 5 patents (LG Electronics)
13. Hong He, 5 patents (Apple)
14. Yan Zhou, 5 patents (Qualcomm)
15. Li Feng Zhang, 5 patents (ByteDance)

Top Universities:

1. The Regents of the University of California – 12
2. King Faisal University – 11
3. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University – 8
4. Board of Regents, the University of Texas System – 6
5. California Institute of Technology – 5
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 5
7. The Trustees of Columbia University IN the City of New York – 4
8. The Johns Hopkins University – 4
9. Seoul National University R&db Foundation – 4
10. Korea University Research and Business Foundation – 4

Top Cities (outside US):

1. Tokyo, JP – 218
2. Seoul, KR – 216
3. Beijing, CN – 163
4. Shenzhen, CN – 116
5. Suwon-si, KR – 113
6. Shanghai, CN – 101
7. Guangdong, CN – 90
8. Bengaluru, IN – 76
9. Hsinchu, TW – 75
10. Yongin-si, KR – 66
11. Kanagawa, JP – 61
12. Munich, DE – 51

Top Cities in Minnesota (US):

1. Minneapolis, MN (US) – 19
2. Saint Paul, MN (US) – 12
3. Rochester, MN (US) – 7
4. Maple Grove, MN (US) – 7
5. Minnetonka, MN (US) – 7
6. Chanhassen, MN (US) – 6
7. Woodbury, MN (US) – 6
8. Plymouth, MN (US) – 6
9. Bloomington, MN (US) – 6
10. Eden Prairie, MN (US) – 5

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Inventors with Similar Research Interests

To encourage more introductions and foster collaborations between inventors, we have launched the “Birds of the Same Inventor Feathers” initiative. For now, we have restricted this to Inventors with 50 patents. This algorithm is based on similar research interest focus.

UpFront Research Report

The UpFront Research Report provides inventors and patent strategists with essential data for Freedom to Operate searches.  Available as a PDF, it utilizes IDiyas’ extensive inventor-patent database. The report offers comprehensive insights into active or pending patents that may affect innovations in specific regions. It features detailed listings of CPC codes, patents, patent applications, inventors, attorneys, assignees, and geographic locations. The data helps identify key inventors, collaborators, patent activities, sector-specific patents, timing of inventor activities, potential licensees, and the chronological development of technologies.Please see our FREE Sample report.

– PSFCH (physical sidelink feedback channel) – First mention 2020-11-10 in the patent 10833814; Growth Rate: 182%; In all, there are 104 patents with this keyword.

– multi-TRP – First mention 2020-04-21 in the patent 10630517; Growth Rate: 115%; In all, there are 97 patents with this keyword.

– post-quantum – First mention 2020-03-03 in the patent 10581604; Growth Rate: -102%; In all, there are 76 patents with this keyword.

– kubernetes – First mention 2020-07-07 in the patent 10705880; Growth Rate: 95%; In all, there are 73 patents with this keyword.

– CORESETs (control channel resource sets) – First mention 2020-03-10 in the patent 10588148; Growth Rate: 79%; In all, there are 88 patents with this keyword.

_{*Growth Rate – Compound Annual Growth Rate over a three-year period}

The answer is:

Mary Dixon Kies for a process for weaving straw with silk or thread.