Another Patent Issues for Google’s Self-Driving Vehicle
A new patent that was issued to Google yesterday provides an interesting account on how and when its self-driving vehicle will take control from the driver. For example, when [...]
Toyota Offers Royalty-Free Use of 5,680 Fuel Cell Vehicle Patents
To accompany the recent announcement of Toyota's fuel cell vehicle (FCV), called the Mirai, Toyota opens up use of its 5,680 fuel cell patents on a royalty-free basis. [...]
Computer Software Patents Face Supreme Court Challenge
In less than a week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International, a case that could impact the patentability of [...]
Happy Veterans Day
To commemorate the end of World War I, Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11, 1919 as Veterans Day (initially called "Armistice Day"). Since then, Veterans Day has been [...]
Small Emerging Tech Company Sells Voice Recognition Patents to Google
SR Tech Group, LLC, a privately held small virtual company which focuses on the development of emerging technology, computer software, and speech recognition, announced this week that [...]
Microsoft Patent Application Uses Human Body Parts for Data Transmission
Microsoft's newest patent application explains various "Biological Entity Communication Channel Techniques," which is essentially the use of human body parts to transmit data from one electronic device [...]