Waymo Llc Patent Portfolio Statistics

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This article summarizes the perfomance of the assignee in the recent years. The overall statistics for this portfolio help to analyze the areas where the assignee is performing well. The filing trend, perfomance across the tech centers and the perfomance of the recent applications has been mentioned below. All the stats are calculated based on the perfomance in USPTO.

How does the overall patent portfolio of Waymo Llc look like?

Assignee Art Units
Total Applications: 1,480 1,967,460
Granted Patents: 1,054 1,251,400
Grant Index 96.96% ↑ 80.01%
Abandoned/Rejected Applications: 33 (3.04%) 312,635 (19.99%)
In-Process Applications: 364 403,425
Average Grant Time: 2.14 Years ↓ 2.55 Years
Average Office Actions: 1.31 ↓ 1.45

Which Technology Area Waymo Llc is filing most patents in? (Last 10 years)

Art Unit Definition Total Applications
Opap Parked GAU 204
3667 Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems 91
3661 Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems 85
3668 Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems 84
3663 Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems 77

How many patents are Waymo Llc filing every year?

Year Total Applications Predicted
2022 0* 859
2021 134* 713
2020 226 623
2019 189 189
2018 196 –
2017 170 –
2016 139 –
2015 78 –
2014 104 –
2013 102 –

*The drop in the number of applications filed in last two years compared to previous years is because applications can take up to 18 months to get published

Recently filed patent applications of Waymo Llc in USPTO?

Publication number: US20220185140A1
Application number: 17/644,365

Abstract:
Example embodiments described herein involve a system including a high throughput signal transmitter adjacent to a charging port of an autonomous vehicle configured to transmit information to a high throughput signal receiver. The high throughput signal receiver may be positioned on an electrical charging apparatus. Further, the high throughput signal transmitter and the high throughput signal receiver may be in point to point communication. Finally, the high throughput signal transmitter and the high throughput signal receiver may be separated by a distance up to and including 1.5 meters.

Publication date: 2022-06-16
Applicant: Waymo Llc
Inventors: Dieter Statezni

Publication number: US20220187468A1
Application number: 17/549,088

Abstract:
The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, systems and methods that enable lidar channel multiplexing using optical locking of separate lasers while simultaneously imparting different frequency offsets to beams output by different lasers. As a result, received beams reflected from various objects, which are present in an outside environment, can have Doppler-shifted frequencies that do not overlap, facilitating concurrent identification of distances to and velocities of multiple objects.

Publication date: 2022-06-16
Applicant: Waymo Llc
Inventors: John Lam

Publication number: US20220155415A1
Application number: 17/544,242

Abstract:
Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting spurious objects. For instance, a model may be trained using raining data including a plurality of LIDAR data points generated by a LIDAR sensor of a vehicle. Each given LIDAR data point includes location information and intensity information, and is associated with waveform data for that given LIDAR data point. At least one of the plurality of LIDAR data points is further associated with a label identifying spurious objects through which the vehicle is able to drive. The model and/or a plurality of heuristics may then be provided to a vehicle in order to allow the vehicle to determine LIDAR data points that correspond to spurious objects. These LIDAR data points may then be filtered from sensor data, and the filtered sensor data may be used to control the vehicle in an autonomous driving mode.

Publication date: 2022-05-19
Applicant: Waymo Llc
Inventors: Christian Lauterbach

How are Waymo Llc’s applications performing in USPTO?

Application Number Title Status Art Unit Examiner
17/644,365 Antenna On Charger Infrastructure – OPAP Central, Docket
17/549,088 Coupled Lasers For Coherent Distance And Velocity Measurements – OPAP Central, Docket
17/544,242 Detecting Spurious Objects For Autonomous Vehicles – OPAP Central, Docket
17/542,892 Detection Of Anomalous Trailer Behavior – OPAP Central, Docket
17/538,574 Devices And Methods For A Rotating Lidar Platform With A Shared Transmit/Receive Path Docketed New Case – Ready for Examination 3993 Jastrzab, Jeffrey R