Capital District Times

There were 26 patents granted in Schenectady in the week ending Aug. 15, according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

This is three more than the week before. Patents included a role-based resource access control.

The earliest patent filed which was granted in the week ending Aug. 15 belonged to General Electric Company who filed in May 15, 2017.

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 Schenectady in the week ending Aug. 15

Applicant Name	Filing Date	Granted Date
General Electric Company	11/21/2019	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	01/31/2019	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	03/30/2018	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	05/15/2017	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	02/06/2019	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	11/21/2018	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	05/08/2018	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	11/02/2018	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	02/20/2019	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	08/03/2017	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	06/15/2017	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	12/03/2019	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	12/21/2018	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	07/09/2019	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	11/13/2018	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	09/22/2017	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	06/16/2020	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	07/23/2018	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	05/01/2019	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	05/31/2017	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	04/26/2018	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	10/17/2018	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	05/23/2018	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	10/26/2017	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	03/27/2019	08/10/2021
General Electric Company	08/17/2017	08/10/2021