The U.S. Patent Office has officially approved the patent for the invention of “Susumeru®” by Ryoichi Suzuki, President and CEO of our company. The patent is now valid until December 25, 2039, and is open to the public.
The watermark “SUSUMERU” in the following images was inserted by us. It is not included in the actual patent certificate.
This means that our “Susumeru®” patent has now been approved in both Japan and the United States.
The patent applications can be viewed at the following webpage.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US11488229B2/en
During this patent examination, patents from SONY and NTT Communications were considered that were similar in content to Susumeru®.
However, the examination concluded that the idea of Susumerul® was not covered by either of those patents, and the U.S. patent for Susumeru® was granted.