Patents Issued to Inventors/Businesses Adjacent to SFV Week 21 - 2024

1. US 11,986,624 B2 INSERTION MECHANISM FOR DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE Adam B. McCullough, Westlake Village, CA (US); Erich Coiner, Poway, CA (US); and Alan D. Payne, Escondido, CA (US) Assigned to AMGEN INC., Thousand Oaks, CA (US)  
2. US 11,986,601 B2 HARMONIZATION DEVICES AND METHODS Sigmar Paul Berg, Malibu, CA (US)  
3. US 11,986,654 B2 METHODS OF MAKING COCHLEAR IMPLANT ELECTRODE ARRAYS Matt V. Krywcun, Saugus, CA (US); James George Elcoate Smith, Santa Clarita, CA (US); Uli Gommel, Valencia, CA (US); and Martin Sandoval Perez, Van Nuys, CA (US) Assigned to Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa (CH)
   
4. US 11,986,656 B2 COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Sung Jin Lee, Valencia, CA (US); Jeryle L. Walter, Valencia, CA (US); James George Elcoate Smith, Valencia, CA (US); Uli Gommel, Valencia, CA (US); and Stephanie M. Reed, Conshohocken, PA (US) Assigned to Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa (CH)  
5. US 11,987,421 B2 METHOD FOR EMPLOYING CONTAINERS WITH REMOVABLE SAMPLE COMPARTMENTS Anatolia Liliana Marghitoiu, Simi Valley, CA (US)  
6. US 11,987,555 B2 MALASSEZIN AND ANALOGS THEREOF AS SKIN BRIGHTENING AGENTS Michael Einziger, Malibu, CA (US); and Ann Marie Simpson, Malibu, CA (US) Assigned to VERSICOLOR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US)  
7. US 11,987,787 B2 DEVICES, METHODS, AND KITS FOR PREPARING A CELL SUSPENSION Niraj Kumar Doshi, Valencia, CA (US); Navin Noel Bunyan, Valencia, CA (US); David Allen Fencil, Valencia, CA (US); and Matthew Krywcun, Saugus, CA (US) Assigned to AVITA Medical Americas, LLC, Valencia, CA (US)  
8. US 11,988,327 B2 CEILING MOUNTED PLASTIC STORAGE BIN HOLDER Marc Gregory Martino, Westlake Village, CA (US) 
9. US 11,988,483 B2 SLINGSHOT FOOTBALL Marc Gregory Martino, Westlake Village, CA (US)  
10. US 11,988,727 B1 MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MEMS MAGNETIC GRADIOMETER Randall L. Kubena, Oak Park, CA (US); and Walter S. Wall, Calabasas, CA (US) Assigned to HRL LABORATORIES, LLC, Malibu, CA (US)  
11. US 11,989,067 B2 LAPTOP COMPUTER WITH DISPLAY-SIDE COOLING SYSTEM Amit Kulkarni, San Jose, CA (US); Gabriele Gorla, Santa Clara, CA (US); Andrew Bell, San Francisco, CA (US); and Boris Landwehr, Thousand Oaks, CA (US) Assigned to NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)  
12. US 11,990,772 B2 AUTOMATICALLY-ALIGNING MAGNETIC FIELD SYSTEM Brian R. Dearden, Pasadena, CA (US); and Justin Cheng-Tsu Loo, San Marino, CA (US) Assigned to THE ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, Valencia, CA (US

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