#patents — Public Fediverse posts

In 1870, a man claimed Margaret E. Knight couldn’t have made her invention. She challenged him and won.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/in-1870-a-man-claimed-margaret-e-knight-couldnt-have-made-her-invention-she-challenged-him-and-won/

I posted this about a year ago. Might be a good time to repost it.

"Search With Stateful Chat" patent (Cf. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20240289407A1/en ) - appears to describe the Gemini app for smartphones.

"Method for Text Ranking with Pairwise Ranking Prompting" (Cf. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20250124067A1/en ) - documents an experimental process described in this research paper titled "Large Language Models are Effective Text Rankers with Pairwise Ranking Prompting" (Cf. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.17563 ). There is no indication this was introduced into a live agentic system like Gemini.

"User Embedding Models for Personalization of Sequence Processing Models" (Cf. https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2025102041A1/en ) - documents an experimental process for improving recommender (sub-)systems (like movie searches) that incorporate large language models. The process is described in this research paper titled "User Embedding Model for Personalized Language Prompting" (Cf. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2401.04858 ).

"Systems and methods for prompt-based query generation for diverse retrieval" (Cf. https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2024064249A1/en ) - updates a 2022 patent for a process named PROMPTAGATOR that generates queries more efficiently based on a small number of examples, as described in this research paper titled "Promptagator - Few-shot Dense Retrieval from 8 Examples" (Cf. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.11755 ). This could be used to generate query fan-outs (but query fan-out has been used in multiple systems at least since the 1990s, so there are many implementations).

"Instruction Fine-Tuning Machine-Learned Models Using Intermediate Reasoning Steps" (Cf. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20240256965A1/en ) - documents an older method for fine-tuning instructions submitted to LLMs, as described in this 2022 research paper titled "Scaling Instruction-Finetuned Language Models" (Cf. https://www.jmlr.org/papers/volume25/23-0870/23-0870.pdf ). The work has been superseded by this paper titled "Mixture-of-Experts Meets Instruction Tuning: A Winning Combination for Large Language Models" (Cf. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2305.14705 ).

This is the AI Overviews patent, titled "Generative summaries for search results" (Cf. https://patents.google.com/patent/US11769017B1/en )

#google #aioverviews #aimode #machinelearning #search #searchengines #generativesearch #seo #searchengineoptimization #webmarketing #digitalmarketing #ai #patents

https://www.seo-theory.com/how-to-read-patents-for-seo/

#Meta #Patents #AI Device That #Tracks Your #Emotions , Watches You Take Your #Meds

Meta has filed a #patent for a system that records your voice and surroundings all day, then uses an AI to analyse your #mood. The patent’s stated, theoretical goal is for Meta, a company that makes billions of dollars targeting #ads at its users based on their data, is to sell users a #wearable that tailors workouts for them based on whether they’re happy or sad.
#surveillance #facebook #privacy

https://www.404media.co/meta-patents-ai-device-that-tracks-your-emotions-watches-you-take-your-meds/

The #semiconductors supply chain and chokepoints, across different countries.
#eu #usa #china #southkorea #taiwan #japan #silicon #gpu #cpu #ram #patents #infographics #til #interesting

104 year old Eddy Goldfarb has invented over 800 iconic toys- some of my favorites, too. He made Stompers, which were HUGE for me as a kid (I still have several). He also made talking teeth, Kerplunk, just TONS of stuff.

Cool piece via Moss and Fog (the embedded YouTube video here is a cool watch, also): https://mossandfog.com/104-year-old-eddy-goldfarb-has-invented-over-800-iconic-toys

#toys #ClassicToys #EddyGoldfarb #inventor #inventors #patents #games #Stompers #80s #80sToys #VintageToys #history #design #MossAndFog

Why India’s IT Sector Is Stumbling?

https://munaeem.de/2025/03/08/why-indias-it-sector-is-stumbling/

When Ignoring Spam Loses You an Ice Surfacer Patent https://hackaday.com/2025/02/07/when-ignoring-spam-loses-you-an-ice-surfacer-patent/ #skatingrink #patents #zamboni #News #spam #ice

America’s Top #Archivist Puts a Rosy Spin on U.S. #History—Pruning the Thorny Parts

“For an #exhibit about #patents that had changed the world, Shogan directed that the patent for the #contraceptive pill be replaced. Aides substituted the patent for television. During discussions about what to use instead of the #birth-control pill, an aide to Shogan suggested a patent for the bump stock, a device that allows a semiautomatic weapon to operate as a machine gun…”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/america-s-top-archivist-puts-a-rosy-spin-on-u-s-history-pruning-the-thorny-parts/ar-AA1tacpf

DATE: August 30, 2024 at 08:30AM
SOURCE: BioWorld MedTech

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#medtech #patents #dysmenorrhea

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DATE: August 29, 2024 at 06:30PM
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Why Does Maxine Waters Care About Meta’s Crypto Patents? - - https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/01/23/why-does-maxine-waters-care-about-metas-crypto-patents/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines #consensusmagazine #maxinewaters #newsletters #facebook #opinion #thenode #patents #meta

This is a stong contender for the least surprising #UPC decision so far. Also a contender for the case most surprisingly brought.

No, you cannot go to the UPC for a determination of damages after prevailing in a patent infringement case at a **national** (German) court.

My colleague has written about the judgment in more detail.

https://eipamar.com/en/knowledge-hub/article/national-or-upc-jurisdiction-for-damages/

#Patents #Litigation #UPC #Damages #Admissibility

New ways to pay for #research could boost #scientificprogres
"the “disruptiveness” of both #scientificpapers & #patents, as measured by citation patterns, fell by over 90% for papers, & more than 80% for patents, btw 1945 & 2010 (see chart) .. w its mix of short timelines & small grants, the system leaves researchers “constantly thinking” abt where their next cheque is coming fr. But skill at #raisingmoney is not necessarily correlated w the usefulness of one’s research"
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/11/15/new-ways-to-pay-for-research-could-boost-scientific-progress

Nippon Steel has dropped lawsuits against Toyota and Mitsui & Co. over electrical steel sheet patents, but continues to seek damages from China's Baoshan Iron & Steel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/11/03/companies/nippon-steel-drops-patent-suit/?utm_content=buffer87c3b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #companies #nipponsteel #toyota #mitsui #patents

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