By Godson Umejiego, Bureau Chief, The Americas

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has announced the Snapdragon® XR2+ Gen 2 Platform, a single chip architecture that unlocks 4.3K spatial computing at 90 frames per second for breathtaking visual clarity across work and play.

Building upon the capabilities of the recently announced Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2, the new ‘+’ version helps to unleash a new tier of more realistic, detailed experiences in MR and VR with higher GPU frequency by 15 per cent and CPU frequency by 20 per cent. Supporting 12 or more concurrent cameras with powerful on-device AI, Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2-powered devices can effortlessly track the user, their movements, and the world around them for effortless navigation and unparalleled experiences that merge physical and digital spaces.

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“Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 unlocks 4.3K resolution which will take XR productivity and entertainment to the next level by bringing spectacularly clear visuals to use cases such as room-scale screens, life-size overlays and virtual desktops,” said Hugo Swart, vice president and general manager of XR, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “We are advancing our commitment to power the best XR devices and experiences that will supercharge our immersive future.”

“Samsung is thrilled to collaborate with Qualcomm Technologies and Google in revolutionizing the mobile industry once more.” Vice president and head of technology strategy team at Samsung Electronics, Inkang Song expressed his excitement, “With Samsung’s mobile expertise and our joint commitment, we aim to create the best-in-class XR experience for Galaxy users.”

“We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies and Samsung on the future of immersive and spatial XR,” said vice president of AR at Google Shahram Izadi. “We’re excited for the Android ecosystem to take advantage of Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2’s capabilities and enable new experiences.”

Separately, to help accelerate time to market for OEMs, Qualcomm Technologies also unveiled a new MR & VR reference design developed by Goertek and features eye tracking technology from Tobii. This reference design supports both 3K per eye (Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2) and 4K per eye (Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2) configurations.

USPTO soon issuing certificates of correction for patents electronically

On April 18, 2023, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) began issuing electronic patent grants (eGrants), enabling both patent owners and the public to view and print issued patents immediately upon issuance via Patent Center. Since the transition, we have issued over 200,000 eGrants. 

As part of the USPTO’s continued efforts to streamline our processes, beginning on January 30, 2024, we will start issuing certificates of correction for patents electronically. This will permit issued certificates of correction to be viewable and printable by both patent owners and the public immediately upon issuance via Patent Center, similar to eGrants. 

Currently, a certificate of correction is issued in paper and mailed to the correspondence address of record. Upon issuance of a paper certificate of a correction, an image of the certificate of correction is entered into the file wrapper and added to the image of the patent in the patent database. Additionally, patents subject to a certificate of correction are posted in the Official Gazette. 

All certificates of correction for patents issued on or after January 30, 2024, will be issued electronically, regardless of whether the patent was issued on paper or electronically. Procedural aspects of requesting certificates of correction and the standards for granting the requests will not change.