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This Week's Patent News:
🔧 Garmin and Other Smartwatch Companies Caught in New Patent Lawsuit. UnaliWear sues Garmin, Apple, Samsung, and Google over fall‑detection patents, seeking ITC import bans and damages. The case could disrupt major smartwatch product lines.
🕶️ Solos Technology Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Meta, Oakley & EssilorLuxottica. Solos alleges infringement of smart‑glasses patents and seeks billions in damages plus injunctions. The Massachusetts case targets major AR eyewear players.
🔍 XREAL Reveals U.S. Patent Claim vs. Viture. XREAL expands its AR‑tech dispute into U.S. courts, escalating pressure on Viture after a German injunction. The lawsuit threatens supply chains and retail partnerships.
🏛️ Masimo Challenges Apple’s Bid to Overturn $634M Patent Verdict. Masimo urges a California judge to uphold a major verdict over Apple Watch heart‑rate alert patents, arguing evidence supports infringement findings.
New weekly USPTO Patents data have been added.
Top Companies:
Samsung Electronics - 157
HUAWEI - 72
Samsung Display - 64
CANON - 54
QUALCOMM- 53
BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP - 52
Dell - 49
LG ELECTRONICS - 49
Toyota - 49
TSMC - 49
Apple - 40
Hyundai - 38
Kia - 38
LG DISPLAY - 35
PIONEER - 35
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👟 The Rocket Scientist Who Put Air in Your Sneakers
How NASA engineer Frank Rudy launched Nike into the stratosphere, one squishy sole at a time?
Most people who leave NASA don’t wind up reinventing athletic footwear. But Frank Rudy wasn’t like most people.
A former aerospace engineer who spent his days thinking about rocket propulsion and missile systems, Rudy had the kind of résumé that usually leads to classified government projects, not running shoes.
But in the mid-1970s, he had a revelation:
“What if we took the same kind of pressurized gas systems used in spacecraft ... and stuck them in a sneaker?”
Because nothing says athletic performance like rocket science and compressed air under your heels.
He developed a sealed, flexible air capsule that could absorb impact and reduce wear on joints, a mini trampoline, if you will for your feet. The concept was wild, weird... and brilliant.
So Rudy started shopping the idea around.
Twenty-three companies said no.
Too risky. Too weird. Too bouncy?
Then he met with Nike, a young rebel brand still figuring out its identity.
They said yes.
In 1979, Nike launched the Tailwind, the first sneaker with Frank Rudy’s Air Sole technology, and it sold out in a flash. Runners loved the lighter feel. Retailers loved the sales. And Nike loved the margins.
That little pocket of air?
It eventually inflated into a multi-billion-dollar empire of Air Maxes, Air Jordans, and shoe nerds obsessing over heel PSI levels.
Sometimes the next big thing in sports doesn’t come from athletes.
It comes from a NASA engineer with a pressure gauge and a dream.
Frank Rudy turned a moonshot idea into one of the most iconic footwear innovations in history, and he did it after being rejected by nearly every major player in the business.
So next time you lace up your Nike’s and bounce down the street, remember:
You’re walking on aerospace tech, brought to you by the same mind that once designed missiles.
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Trivia
Which aerospace company was the first to successfully land and reuse an orbital-class rocket booster?
A. SpaceX
B. Boeing
C. Blue Origin
D. Rocket Lab
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🧬 The Insider Threat Expert Powering Modern Financial Security
George Albero is one of the most prolific and quietly influential inventors in modern financial services, as well as a recognized insider threat expert.
A longtime innovator at Bank of America, Albero has been granted hundreds of U.S. patents spanning digital banking, secure transactions, fraud prevention, payments, insider risk mitigation, and large-scale enterprise platforms.
His expertise in insider threat detection and prevention directly informs many of his inventions, which focus on protecting institutions from risks that originate within trusted systems.
What distinguishes Albero is not just volume, but precision. His patents consistently target real operational vulnerabilities, translating advanced security concepts into deployable, bank-scale solutions. Within Bank of America, he is widely respected for combining deep technical insight with risk awareness and business impact, helping fortify one of the world’s most complex financial ecosystems.
In an industry where innovation often remains invisible, George Albero stands out as a foundational inventor whose work compounds quietly, securely, and at global scale.
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Today in Patent History
💡 The Electric Lamp That Made Darkness Obsolete
On this day in 1880, Thomas Edison secured a U.S. Patent for an electric lamp that would permanently change human life. Contrary to popular myth, Edison did not invent light itself. He engineered a practical, long-lasting incandescent lamp that could be manufactured, powered, and safely used in homes and cities. His key breakthrough was a high-resistance carbon filament sealed in a vacuum, allowing the bulb to glow for hours instead of minutes. This patent anchored an entire electrical ecosystem, wiring, generators, switches, and utilities. Edison’s lamp didn’t just illuminate rooms. It extended the workday, reshaped cities, and switched the modern world on.
U.S. Patent No. 223,898
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2025 Top 100 Companies
2025 Patents | Ranking 2025 | Ranking 2024 | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
7,576 | 1 | 1 | Samsung Electronics |
4,218 | 2 | 2 | TSMC |
3,844 | 3 | 4 | Qualcomm |
3,485 | 4 | 3 | Apple |
3,158 | 5 | 6 | Huawei |
2,934 | 6 | 7 | Samsung Display |
2,654 | 7 | 9 | Canon |
2,628 | 8 | 5 | Lg |
2,530 | 9 | 13 | Toyota |
2,263 | 10 | 16 | Dell |
💡From INVENT to INVEST — Just One Letter (and One Vault) Away |
INVENT and INVEST are nearly identical. Swap the N for an S, and you turn ideas into impact. |
And bridging the gap is the UpFront Research Reports Vault, your toolkit to transform invention into opportunity. |
Centurion Patentors
Congratulations to last week's Centurion Patentors! |
The Centurion Patentors are 0.185% of ALL Inventors worldwide who hold more than one hundred U.S. patents. They are the Navy SEALs of innovation. They don’t just have good ideas once; they’ve built a discipline, a repeatable process for turning thought into impact. |
We are excited to welcome the following inventors into these prestigious patent clubs: |
Trivia
Answer: A. SpaceX
First Orbital Booster Landing: SpaceX made history in 2015 by successfully landing a Falcon 9 orbital-class booster vertically on land, and later on a drone ship at sea.
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