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Patent of the Week
Our flagship weekly deep-dive on a patent with standout growth potential.
A novel PROTAC approach targets HMGB1 for severe sepsis treatment addressing a critical unmet need
US11524048B2 represents a significant advancement in sepsis therapy using proteolysis targeting chimera technology for selective degradation of the HMGB1 protein. The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research holds this high-impact patent, signaling promising commercial and licensing potential in the burgeoning biopharma landscape.
Google's patent on attention mechanisms underpins revolutionary advances in natural language processing and AI sequence tasks
US10452978B2, assigned to Google LLC, covers pioneering attention-based neural network architectures that have transformed sequence transduction in AI. This foundational technology drives breakthroughs in NLP and speech recognition, establishing a high-value asset with broad commercial and licensing potential.
MKS Instruments Inc is a global leader in instruments, subsystems and process control solutions for advanced manufacturing, powering the chips that run AI.
MKS Instruments quietly owns the plumbing of modern chipmaking. This week we break down a precision gas-delivery patent that sits at the heart of advanced semiconductor fabrication, and why IP investors should be paying attention as AI chip demand accelerates.