Big Tech patents published November 12, 2026

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  AI / ML

  Google Files Patent for an Ad Chatbot That Reads Your Photos to Pitch Products

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  AI / ML

  A New Google Patent Turns Your Browsing History Into a Podcast for Your Commute

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  Antenna & radio

  Google Patents Satellites That Link by Laser to Act as One AI Computer

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents Video Calls That Translate Everyone Into Their Own Language

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  Audio

  A New Google Patent Puts a Sound-Trapping Dome Over the Meeting Table

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  AI / ML

  Google Files Patent for Live Meeting Translation That Keeps Your Tone of Voice

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  AR / VR

  Google Patents Smart Glasses That Size Up Objects From the Way You Hold Them

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  AI / ML

  Google Files Patent to Train Giant AI Chatbots on Phones Using Your Corrections

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  AI / ML

  A New Google Patent Translates the Text on Your Screen While You Scroll

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents Photo Editing That Changes the Light on Your Face After the Shot

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  Software

  A New Google Patent Guesses Whether You're Ready to Buy and Slides Up Price Comparisons

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  AR / VR

  Google Files Patent for Smartglasses Menus You Control by Moving Your Eyes

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  Software

  Google Files Patent for Search Ads That Rewrite Themselves to Match What You Typed

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  AR / VR

  Google Patents a Wrist Buzz That Tells You When You're Writing on Thin Air

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  AR / VR

  A New Google Patent Uses Your Hand to Work Out What You Mean by 'This'

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  Cell phone

  A New Google Patent Cuts the Battery Drain From Your Digital Car Key

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  AR / VR

  Google Files Patent for Glasses Lens That Keeps Images in View for More Wearers

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  Chip

  Google Files Patent for Steering AI Satellites With Earth's Magnetic Field

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  AI / ML

  Google Files Patent for AI That Edits Rejected Images to Fit the Rules

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Team of Specialist AI Helpers Behind a Single Chat Box

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  AI / ML

  Google Files Patent for Fixing Group Photos by Borrowing Faces From Other Shots

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  AI / ML

  Google Files Patent for Phone AI That Scales Itself Down Before Your Device Overheats

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  AI / ML

  Google Files Patent for Saving Any Piece of Your Screen Into AI-Sorted Collections

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  Cell phone

  Google Patents a Phone Camera That Slows Itself Down Before Overheating

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents an AI Librarian for the Endless Pile of Video Filters

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  AR / VR

  Google Files Patent for Tilting VR Scenes to Hide Jagged Edges

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  AI / ML

  Google Files Patent for AI Video That Grows Forward and Backward From One Photo

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  Cell phone

  Google Files Patent for a Foldable Screen Hinge Built Around Magnets

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Tool That Reads Your Website to Suggest Ad Keywords

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  Chip

  Google Wins a Patent for a Solar-Powered AI Computer That Orbits Earth

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  Software

  Google Files Patent for a Wearable Test of Whether Your New Habit Works

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  AI / ML

  Google Files Patent for a Spreadsheet-Style Tool That Teaches AI by Example

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  Software

  Google Files Patent for Video Call Alerts That Show a Translation Is Still Playing

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Way to Teach Speech AI New Languages Without Retraining It

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  AI / ML

  A New Google Patent Blends Several AI Models Into One That's Harder to Trick

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  AI / ML

  Google Files Patent for Earbuds That Cut Out Background Noise From Your Voice Commands

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Cheaper Way for AI to Weigh Every Word of a Long Document

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  AI / ML

  Google Files Patent for AI Models That Unpack Only the Data They Need

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  AI / ML

  Google Patents a Recommendation Engine That Treats Every Clue About You Differently

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  AI / ML

  Google Files Patent for Ad Software That Picks the Best Layout in Milliseconds

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  Automotive

  Qualcomm Files Patent for a Self-Driving Car That Explains Moves You Once Overrode

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  Networking

  Qualcomm Patents Phones That Use Radio Signals as Radar and Report Back in Plain Words

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Patents an AI Coach That Watches You Cook and Catches Mistakes

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  Automotive

  Qualcomm Patents a Self-Driving Vision System That Spends Less Effort on Parked Cars

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  Networking

  Qualcomm Files Patent for Wi-Fi That Can Tell a Game From a Video Call

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  AR / VR

  Qualcomm Files Patent to Let Underpowered AR Glasses Join 3D Calls Using Network Power

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Files Patent for Shrinking AI Image Generators to Fit on Your Phone

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Files Patent for a Robot Brain With Fast and Slow Thinking Modes

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Files Patent for AI That Sketches Where Everyone Stands Before Drawing a Group Photo

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  AR / VR

  A New Qualcomm Patent Lets VR Controllers Change Their Lights to Stay Visible

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  Automotive

  Qualcomm Patents a Car Vision System That Reads Roads Without a Fixed Grid

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Files Patent for Small AI Models That Fix Broken Code Edit by Edit

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  AR / VR

  Qualcomm Files Patent for AR Meetings Where Remote Coworkers Appear Beside Your 3D Model

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Patents a Small On-Phone AI That Speeds Up Many Bigger Chatbots

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  AI / ML

  A New Qualcomm Patent Cuts the Wait for AI-Generated Images

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Files Patent for Phones That Learn From Days Like Today

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  Automotive

  Qualcomm Patents a Method to Match Live Driving Data With Precise Navigation Charts

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Files Patent for Shrinking AI Models So They Fit on Your Phone

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Files Patent for Giving AI Photo Editors a Moment to Think

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Patents a Way to Skip Repetitive Video Frames Before AI Watches

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  Networking

  Qualcomm Patents a Phone That Predicts Whether Its Upload Will Get Through

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  Networking

  Qualcomm Patents Wi-Fi Gear That Notices When Your Camera Turns On

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  Cell phone

  Qualcomm Files Patent for Sharper Phone Video When Your Subject Won't Hold Still

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Files Patent to Stop Chatbots From Rereading Your Whole Conversation

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  Networking

  Qualcomm Files Patent for Phones That Change How They Locate You by Area

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  Networking

  A New Qualcomm Patent Lets Cell Towers Adjust What Your Phone's AI Predicts

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Files Patent for a Common-Phrase Cheat Sheet to Speed Up AI Replies

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  Networking

  Qualcomm Files Patent for Letting Carriers Pick Which AI Version Runs on Your Phone

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  Chip

  Qualcomm Files Patent for Video Recording That Adjusts When the Chip Runs Hot

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Patents an AI Training Trick That Hides Parts of Photos While Adding Static

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  Chip

  Qualcomm Files Patent to Cut the Data Shuffling Inside Graphics Chips Running AI

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  Chip

  Qualcomm Files Patent for Letting Devices Sleep Through Minor Background Tasks

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  AI / ML

  Qualcomm Files Patent for AI Updates That Send the Important Parts First

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  Chip

  A New Qualcomm Patent Has Graphics Chips Load Their Next Batch of Data While Still Working

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  Chip

  Qualcomm Files Patent to Reshuffle Data While a Graphics Chip Loads It

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  Security

  Microsoft Files Patent for Telling a Gunshot From Its Echo in a City

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Files Patent for AI Game Recaps Built From Your Play History

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  AI / ML

  Activision Files Patent to Train Game Characters on Players' Real Voice Chat Reactions

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  Display

  Microsoft Files Patent for AI Chips That Multiply Numbers With Light

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  Battery & power

  Microsoft Patents a Laptop Charger That Reels in Its Own Cable

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  Software

  Microsoft Patents a Chatbot That Jumps In When You Get Stuck in an App

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  Memory & storage

  Microsoft Files Patent for Squeezing More Data Into Glass Storage Plates

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents Two Small AIs That Team Up to Operate Your Device

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Files Patent for Teaching Robots to Grip Things by Watching Human Hands

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents an AI That Finds the Right Button to Click for You

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Files Patent for Teaching Robot Hands to Handle Objects They've Never Seen

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  Input & haptics

  Microsoft Files Patent for a Controller Thumbstick You Can Swap With One Screw

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Files Patent for Letting AI Fill In a Video's Missing Detail

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Files Patent for Giving One Big AI Model Many Specialties With Small Add-Ons

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Files Patent for an AI That Suggests Your Next Move in Work Apps

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents an AI Judge That Picks the Cleanest Photo Cutout

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Files Patent to Help AI Skip the Still Parts of a Video

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  Security

  Microsoft Patents a Method Giving Each Server Memory Section Its Own Encryption Key

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Files Patent for Catching the Best Job Listings Its Shortlist Misses

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents a System That Tests AI Setups Before Committing to Them

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Files Patent to Help Phones and Robots Tell Where They Are From Video

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Files Patent for Turning Bad Ad Matches Into Lessons for Its Search AI

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  Chip

  Microsoft Patents Memory Chips That Only Activate When an AI Generates a Response

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Files Patent for Giving AI Coding Helpers Better Background Reading

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  Sensor

  Microsoft Files Patent for a Laptop Touchpad That Adjusts as It Wears Out

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  Cell phone

  Microsoft Patents a Phone Screen That Hides Its Antenna in the Glass

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  AI / ML

  Microsoft Patents Technology for Stopping Game Image-Sharpening AI at the Right Time

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  Software

  Microsoft Wins a Patent for Picking the Best Shortcuts to Search Text and Images Together

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  Cell phone

  Apple Files Patent for a Phone Camera Hidden Behind the Screen

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  AR / VR

  Apple Patents a Headset Setup That Floats Your Video Above Your Laptop Screen

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  AI / ML

  Apple Patents Face Recognition Trained on Fake Masks to Spot People in Real Ones

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  Software

  Apple Patents Tapping a Photo of Your Room to Control Its Lights

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  AR / VR

  Apple Files Patent for Virtual TVs That Cast Colored Light on Your Real Walls

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  AR / VR

  Apple Files Patent for a Headset That Stops Talking When You Tilt Your Head

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  AR / VR

  Apple Patents Technology to Place Virtual Content at Fixed Real-World Spots on Phones and Headsets

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  Camera

  Apple Files Patent for Headphones That Click You Toward Whatever They Need to See

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  Cell phone

  Apple Files Patent for a Phone Screen Whose Camera Holes Respond to Taps and Swipes

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  Software

  Apple Patents Handwritten Notes That Rewrap Themselves Like Typed Text

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  Audio

  Apple Patents a Two-Motor Speaker That Cancels Its Own Vibration

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  Automotive

  Apple Files Patent for Setting Up a Digital Car Key With a Card Tap

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  Battery & power

  Apple Patents a Charger Lid Built to Draw Heat Away From Your Device

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  Networking

  A New Apple Patent Helps Your Phone Know When It's Connected to a Satellite

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  Cell phone

  Apple Files Patent for Wireless Charging That Spots Stray Coins and Keys

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  Battery & power

  Apple Files Patent for a Charging Case That Works With Two Kinds of Wireless Chargers

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  Software

  A New Apple Patent Makes Virtual Instruments Sound Less Repetitive While Using Less Storage

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  Wearable

  Apple Files Patent for a Watch Where the Glass Curves Into the Case

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  AR / VR

  Apple Patents Eye Calibration So Headset Cameras Keep Nearby Objects Sharp

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  AR / VR

  Apple Patents a Fix for Virtual Hands That Jump Between Headset Cameras

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  Battery & power

  Apple Files Patent for a Wireless Charger Puck Built From Fewer Parts

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  Camera

  Apple Files Patent for a Flat, Zoned Lens That Wastes Less Light From Two Lasers

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  Networking

  Apple Files Patent for Saving Phone Battery While Scanning for Satellite Signals

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  Software

  Apple Patents a Virtual Bass That Decides Which Notes Cut Each Other Off

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  Software

  Apple Files Patent for Sharing Your Text Size and Display Settings Between Devices

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  AI / ML

  Samsung Files Patent for a Wearable That Remembers Where You Left Your Wallet

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  Cell phone

  A New Samsung Patent Turns Smart Rings Into a Stylus for Phone Drawing

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  Display

  Samsung Files Patent for TV Lights That Glow on Your Wall When a Message Arrives

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  Security

  Samsung Patents a System That Keeps AI Programs From Misusing Your Phone's Data

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  AI / ML

  Samsung Files Patent for Rewriting Your Vague AI Questions With Your Own Phone Data

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  Display

  Samsung Files Patent for a Folding Screen That Shows Notifications in a Mirror

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  AI / ML

  Samsung Files Patent for a Phone That Builds Its Own Shortcuts From Your Chats

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  AR / VR

  Samsung Patents a Headset That Turns Your Wall Poster Into a Moving Waterfall

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  AR / VR

  Samsung Files Patent for Headsets That Pull a Real Screen Into Your View

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  AR / VR

  Samsung Patents AR Glasses That Ignore Touches You Didn't Mean to Make

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  Software

  Samsung Patents a Group Chat Tool That Drafts a Different Reply for Each Person

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  Security

  Samsung Files Patent for Fingerprint Unlocking That Still Works on Dry or Scarred Fingers

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  AI / ML

  Samsung Patents AI That Rebuilds the Colors in Dark Phone Photos

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  Chip

  Samsung Patents a Memory Chip Design That Does AI Math Where Data Is Stored

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  AI / ML

  A New Samsung Patent Tracks Which Phone Sent a Bad AI Update

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  AI / ML

  Samsung Files Patent for Phone Photo Cleanup That Pauses When Your Battery Runs Low

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  Display

  Samsung Patents a 3D Screen That Tracks Which Way Your Face Is Turned

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  AR / VR

  Samsung Files Patent to Make Phone Photos Look Deeper in a VR Headset

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  Software

  Samsung Files Patent for a Phone Search Box That Suggests What to Look For

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  AI / ML

  Samsung Patents an AI Grader That Circles the Flaws in AI-Made Images

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  Battery & power

  Samsung Patents a Leg-Assist Wearable That Won't Power Up Until It's Strapped On Right

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  Software

  Samsung Files Patent for Surround Sound That Adapts to Whatever Speakers You Have

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  AI / ML

  Samsung Files Patent for Training AI to Restore Fine Detail in Blurry Photos

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  Wearable

  Samsung Patents a Fix for Watches That Misread Altitude When You Flip Your Wrist

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  Robotics

  IBM Wins a Patent for Robots That Get Rebuilt to Fit the Job

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  AR / VR

  IBM Patents a VR Headset That Shows Your Real Room When Danger Nears

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  AR / VR

  IBM Patents a Safety Zone That Slows Forklifts Around Workers Operating Distant Machines

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  AI / ML

  A New IBM Patent Keeps Your Company Data Out of the AI's Sight

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  AI / ML

  IBM Patents a Panel of AI Judges to Grade Chatbot Answers

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  Automotive

  IBM Patents a Plan to Shuffle Cars Around So Their Sensors Use Less Battery

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  Security

  IBM Files Patent for Payment Audits That Check One Person Without Exposing Everyone

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  AI / ML

  IBM's New Patent Covers a Chatbot That Spins Up New AI Assistants Mid-Conversation

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  Security

  IBM Files Patent for Testing Apps With Real Data After Scrubbing Private Details

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  Security

  IBM Files Patent for Turning Plain-English Requests Into Security Alert Rules

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  AI / ML

  IBM Files Patent for an AI That Designs New Molecules Step by Step

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  AI / ML

  IBM Patents Photo Inspection You Set Up With One Example and a Sentence

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  AI / ML

  IBM Patents a Voice Survey That Asks Follow-Up Questions When Your Answers Are Vague

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  AI / ML

  IBM Patents a Memory System to Help AI Follow Facts Across Long Texts

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  AI / ML

  A New IBM Patent Shrinks Giant Databases Before an AI Tries to Read Them

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  AI / ML

  IBM Patents a Fix for Search Results That Match the Words but Miss the Answer

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  AI / ML

  IBM Files Patent for Turning Finished Documents Into Question Lists for AI

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Patents an AI Tool That Turns Typed Letters Into Art You Can Still Edit

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Wins a Patent for Two AIs That Take Turns Editing and Critiquing Your Video

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Files Patent for AI Videos That Run Longer Without Losing the Plot

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Files Patent for AI Images Where You Choose What Sits in Front

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Files Patent for AI Video That Cuts From One Scene to the Next

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Files Patent for Teaching Its AI With Made-Up User Requests

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  Software

  Adobe Patents a Tool That Converts Dollars and Miles Per Gallon Inside Your Documents

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Patents an AI Tool That Wraps Text Boxes in Custom Decorative Patterns

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Files Patent for AI That Rebuilds Your Marketing Automations in a Different App

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  AI / ML

  Adobe Files Patent for an AI Judge That Grades Photos and Graphic Designs Differently

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  Wearable

  Sony Patents a Neckband That Blows Air at You as Game Enemies Close In

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  Software

  Sony Files Patent for Cheaper, Realistic Game Audio Behind Walls and Obstacles

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  AR / VR

  Sony Files Patent for VR Graphics That Sharpen Only Where You Look

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  Display

  Sony Patents a Folded Graphite Strip to Cool a Camera Sensor That Moves

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  Display

  Sony Patents a Camera That Maps Objects in 3D While Using Less Power

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  AI / ML

  Sony Patents Footage Trimming That Helps Game AI Learn When to Dodge

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  Cell phone

  Sony Patents a Tiny Laser Whose Light Waves All Line Up the Same Way

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  Camera

  Sony Files Patent for Camera Dimming Filters That Fill Without Blotches

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  Display

  Sony Patents a Ranging System That Borrows Unused Detector Hardware to Measure Longer Distances

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents AI That Generates Fake Medical Scan Images From Text Descriptions

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents an AI That Translates Just One Voice in a Crowded Room

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Files Patent for Fixing Podcast Slip-Ups by Retyping the Words

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  Security

  A New Nvidia Patent Lets Chip Buyers Claim Control of What Software Runs

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  AI / ML

  Nvidia Patents a Fix for Digital Faces That Can't Keep Up With Fast Talkers

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  Networking

  Nvidia Files Patent for AI That Counts Phones Trying to Connect at Once

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  Networking

  Nvidia Patents a Fix for Chip Traffic Jams That Leave Some Data Waiting Forever

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  AI / ML

  Salesforce Files Patent for an AI That Writes Hidden Text to Lift Search Rankings

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  AI / ML

  Salesforce Patents an AI Button That Recaps a Customer's Case Across Email, Chat and Phone

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  AI / ML

  Salesforce Patents an AI Video Maker That Follows Your Company's Brand Rules

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  Software

  Salesforce Files Patent for Drag-and-Drop Recommendations That Pull Live Data Without Copying It

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  AI / ML

  Meta Patents a System That Rebuilds Tired Ads From Their Own Parts

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  AR / VR

  Meta Patents a Virtual Hoop at Your Feet for Getting Around in VR

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  AR / VR

  Meta Patents a Fix for Washed-Out Blacks in Headset Displays

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  AR / VR

  Meta Files Patent for a Headset That Shuts Down Safely When Its Cable Is Pulled

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  Chip

  AMD Files Patent for Laptop Cameras That Cut Video Quality as the Battery Drains

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  AI / ML

  AMD Files Patent for Chips That Adjust How Far Ahead a Chatbot Guesses

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  Chip

  AMD Patents an AI Math Circuit That Feeds Its Own Answers Back In

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  Chip

  Intel Files Patent for Reusing AI Software on Newer Chips Without Starting Over

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  Chip

  Intel Files Patent for Graphics Chips That Split Into Custom-Sized Slices for Different Users

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  Networking

  Intel Files Patent for Keeping Neighboring Cell Towers From Drowning Out Each Other's Radar

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  AI / ML

  Amazon Files Patent for Transcription That Gets Rare Names and Jargon Right

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  AI / ML

  Disney Files Patent for Game Worlds That Change With Live Events

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  Automotive

  Tesla Patents Air Suspension Valves That Ease Your Car Up Instead of Jolting It

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  AI / ML

  OpenAI Files Patent for Shared AI Project Folders With Built-In Instructions

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