Dallas Invents is a weekly look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor. Patent activity can be an indicator of future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. By tracking both inventors and assignees in the region, we aim to provide a broader view of the region’s inventive activity. Listings are organized by Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC).

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of September 27, 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

95 patents granted

Ranked No. 12 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 7
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 15
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 4
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 7
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 3
G: PHYSICS 29
H: ELECTRICITY 27

DESIGN 3

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas) 15
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 6
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 4
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 4
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 3
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 2
Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA) 2
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) 2
rewardStyle Inc. (Dallas) 2

UNASSIGNED 6

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton) 3
George Matthew Thompson (Lewisville) 2
Hongbo Si (Plano) 2
Jiahui Yuan (Fremont, CA) 2
Joseph Richard Carpenter Jr. (Burleson) 2
Yang Li (Plano) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

H U M A N N E C E S S I T I E S

Disposable pet pee pad system and method of use
Patent No. 11452278

Inventor(s): Jerry Dale Nelson (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16706192 on 12/06/2019 (1026 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pet waste collection system includes a multi-layered pad configured to lay flat on a surface and having a top layer to be an absorbent layer; and a ground layer to be a leak-proof layer; a drawstring integrated into the ground layer; and pull tabs attached to the drawstring; a user may pull the plurality of pull tabs in an opposing direction causing the drawstring to tighten to collect pet waste within the multi-layered pad.

[A01K] ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

Applicators for applying transcutaneous analyte sensors and associated methods of manufacture
Patent No. 11452466

Inventor(s): Jonathan Bodnar (Keller, TX), Neal Davis Johnston (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DexCom, Inc. (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16011527 on 06/18/2018 (1562 days app to issue)

Abstract: Applicators for applying an on-skin assembly to skin of a host and methods of their use and/or manufacture are provided. An applicator includes an insertion assembly configured to insert at least a portion of the on-skin assembly into the skin of the host, a housing configured to house the insertion assembly, the housing comprising an aperture through which the on-skin assembly can pass, an actuation member configured to, upon activation, cause the insertion assembly to insert at least the portion of the on-skin assembly into the skin of the host, and a sealing element configured to provide a sterile barrier and a vapor barrier between an internal environment of the housing and an external environment of the housing.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Dissolvable gel-forming film for delivery of active agents
Patent No. 11452698

Inventor(s): Aleksa Jovanovic (Fort Worth, TX), Dennis Carson (Burleson, TX), Lei Shi (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): SMITH NEPHEW, INC. (Memphis, TN)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14769754 on 03/12/2014 (3121 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a dissolvable, gel-forming film, and methods for its use, comprising a water-soluble cellulose ether, a hydrophilic rheological modifying agent, and an active proteolytic enzyme or other drug substance. The gel-forming film has a water content of less than 15% w/w and is capable of forming a hydrogel when contacted with water or other aqueous medium. The disclosed films achieve delivery of stable proteolytic enzymes to the desired site of action in a manner that provides uniform delivery of the enzymes.

[A61K] PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J 3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D)

Method of treating or preventing tumors of the central nervous system
Patent No. 11452699

Inventor(s): John Patrick McCook (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Berg LLC (Framingham, MA)
Law Firm: McCarter English, LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16444296 on 06/18/2019 (1197 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for treatment of a subject with a central nervous system (CNS) tumor comprising administration of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), particularly when the subject exhibits at least one CNS abnormality as a result of the tumor.

Pharmaceutical compositions comprising zinc
Patent No. 11452742

Inventor(s): Ananda S. Prasad (Orchard Lake, MI), Kenneth W. Brown (Lewisville, TX), Richard P. Scheckenbach (Camas, WA), Roy A. Varghese (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY (Detroit, MI), ZINCUM, INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16463113 on 11/21/2017 (1771 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising zinc, copper, at least one micronutrient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient; and comprising administering, to a subject in need thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising zinc, copper, at least one micronutrient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

Methods and apparatus to reduce biological carryover using induction heating
Patent No. 11452787

Inventor(s): Brad Weston (Frisco, TX), Jeffrey Mitchell (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): ABBOTT LABORATORIES (Abbott Park, IL)
Law Firm: Hanley, Flight Zimmerman, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15984741 on 05/21/2018 (1590 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to reduce biological carryover using induction heating are disclosed herein. An example method includes washing an aspiration and dispense device. The example method includes generating an alternating electromagnetic field and introducing the aspiration and dispense device into the alternating electromagnetic field. The example method includes inductively heating the aspiration and dispense device with the alternating electromagnetic field. In the example method, the washing is to occur in concert with the heating.

[A61L] METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agent employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes A61K) [4]

Medicament delivery device
Patent No. 11452820

Inventor(s): Andrew Nelson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH (Frankfurt am Main, , DE)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16336584 on 09/20/2017 (1833 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medicament delivery device. The medicament delivery device comprises a housing, a needle, a medicament delivery mechanism and an actuator. The actuator is moveable relative to the housing from an initial position to an intermediate position such that the actuator exerts a force on the first locking member to urge the first locking member from a locked state to an unlocked state wherein the first biasing member moves the needle from a retracted position to an extended position. The actuator is moveable relative to the housing from the intermediate position to a second position such that the actuator exerts a force on the second locking member to urge the second locking member from a locked state to an unlocked state wherein the second biasing member moves the dispensing member within the housing to dispense medicament from the reservoir when the reservoir contains medicament.

[A61M] DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D 7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F 13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J 1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L; magnetotherapy using magnetic elements placed within the body A61N 2/10); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR [5]

O P E R A T I O N S & T R A N S P O R T

Game washer
Patent No. 11452298

Inventor(s): Howard Unger (Henderson, NV), Thomas Rucci (Henderson, NV)
Assignee(s): Good Sportsman Marketing, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Lightbulb IP, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16355746 on 03/16/2019 (1291 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved game washer is compatible with a variety of receptacles and includes one or more cradles for receiving and holding various types of game. Agitation for washing game is provided via one or more water flows at one or more outlets of an agitator. An outlet engages a bottom of a cradle to provide water flow at the cradle. The agitator extends out of an opening of a receptacle at a central portion thereof to receive a water supply, while forming a gap at the opening to permit a flow of water and waste material out of the receptacle.

[B64D] EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

Systems and methods for improving propulsion of a vehicle using selectively attachable hub motors
Patent No. 11453296

Inventor(s): Joshua D. Payne (Ann Arbor, MI), Nathan C. Westover (New Hudson, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16588198 on 09/30/2019 (1093 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving propulsion of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to detecting a change in a wheel configuration associated with modifying an arrangement of hub motors that are selectively attachable on wheels of the vehicle, identifying attributes of the hub motors coupled with the wheels of the vehicle. The hub motors are structured to be attached to the wheels of the vehicle without removing the wheels from the vehicle. The method includes determining properties of the hub motors according to the attributes and the wheel configuration. Further, the method includes managing electrical power delivery to the hub motors to propel the vehicle according to the properties.

[B60L] PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K 1/00, B60K 6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K 17/12, B60K 17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C 15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D 1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H 1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES [4]

Suction devices having artificial muscles
Patent No. 11453347

Inventor(s): Jillian M. Jakubiec (Bloomfield Hills, MI), Michael P. Rowe (Pinckney, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16816491 on 03/12/2020 (929 days app to issue)

Abstract: A suction device including a casing having a central post extending through the casing. A flexible member is provided across a free end of the central post. One or more artificial muscles are housed within the casing and encircle the central post, each artificial muscle including a housing having a first wall and a second wall opposite the first wall. The housing having an electrode region adjacent an expandable fluid region, a dielectric fluid housed within the housing, and an electrode pair housed within the electrode region of the housing. The electrode pair includes a first electrode coupled to the first wall and a second electrode coupled to the second wall. The electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs the dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region and deforms the flexible member to form a suction area at the free end of the central post.

[B60R] VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles A62C 3/07)

Passenger safety system
Patent No. 11453361

Inventor(s): Catarino Almeida (Richardson, TX), Edgar Vela (Plano, TX), Isaac Juarez (Cedar Hill, TX), Jason J. Davis (Lancaster, TX), Jorge Villa (Garland, TX), Uriel Romero (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17142817 on 01/06/2021 (629 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for passenger safety. A sensing unit, remote device, and/or fob may interoperate to provide various alerts and other indications representative of aspects of a context environment proximate to a sensing unit. In this manner, passenger safety may be enhanced.

[B60R] VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles A62C 3/07)

System and method for railroad directive management
Patent No. 11453423

Inventor(s): Christopher Neil Pickard (Argyle, TX), Gregory Harrison (Fort Worth, TX), James Helm (Fort Worth, TX), Kyle Keilty Williams (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17473484 on 09/13/2021 (379 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for railroad directive management is presented. The system can receive a myriad of data related to a directive, track segments, and/or vehicle events on the track and/or track segments. Vehicle- and/or event-specific data can be compared with one or more thresholds, including force thresholds, temporal thresholds, environmental thresholds, and/or event thresholds to determine whether and what kind of directive modification should be instantiated. Specialized algorithms can be implemented to trace vehicle paths along the track to determine whether directive-related segments are traversed, and specialized clustering algorithms can be utilized to cluster data unique to a particular segment on a per-segment basis. The system can be integrated with existing track infrastructure and can further generate alerts to notify coupled systems and/or personnel of directives and/or modification thereof.

[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)

Rotor system with a U-shaped beam member
Patent No. 11453485

Inventor(s): Bryan Kenneth Baskin (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16390615 on 04/22/2019 (1254 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rotor system for a rotary wing aircraft includes a rotor hub including a first beam attachment member and a second beam attachment member. A hub arm including a U-shaped beam member is connected to the rotor hub. The U-shaped beam member includes a first end portion, a second end portion and an intermediate section connecting the first and second end portions. The first end portion is connected at the first beam attachment member. The second end portion is connected at the second beam attachment member. A pitch change bearing is mounted between the first and second beam attachment member through the first end portion and the second end portion.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Rotorcraft glade grip
Patent No. 11453486

Inventor(s): John McCullough (Weatherford, TX), Mark Adam Wiinikka (Hurst, TX), Russell Steven Cole (Euless, TX), William Russell Cleary, Jr. (Mansfield, TX), Zachary Edwin Dailey (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17472001 on 09/10/2021 (382 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rotorcraft main rotor system, including a yoke, a rotor blade, and a grip assembly attaching the rotor blade to the yoke. The grip assembly includes a grip body formed from a contiguous laminated composite and has a substantially constant thickness, where the grip body has an upper extension, a lower extension and a connecting portion connected between an inboard end of the upper extension and an inboard end of the lower extension. An inside surface of the upper extension faces, and is substantially parallel to, an inside surface of the lower extension, and the upper extension has first features and the lower extension has second features that are aligned with the first features, where the first features and second features each include at least one of an edge contour, attachment holes, or first protective elements.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Duct vane rotation system
Patent No. 11453491

Inventor(s): Elizabeth Feeley (Dallas, TX), George Matthew Thompson (Lewisville, TX), Joseph Richard Carpenter, Jr. (Burleson, TX), Karl H. Schroeder (Southlake, TX), Michael Mark Attaway (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17173860 on 02/11/2021 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment is a rotor system comprising a duct ring; a hub disposed centrally to the duct ring; first and second stators each connected between the duct ring and the hub; first and second control vanes rotatably connected to the first and second stators, respectively; a structural hoop having a first end connected to the first control vane and a second end connected to the second control vane, the structural hoop for translating rotation of the first control vane about a vane axis to the second control vane; and a mechanism for restricting at least one of forward-aft movement and side-to-side movement of the structural hoop relative to the duct ring.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Life vest device
Patent No. 11453500

Inventor(s): Martin Roderwald (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH Co. KG (Schwbisch Hall, , DE)
Law Firm: Posz Law Group, PLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16598084 on 10/10/2019 (1083 days app to issue)

Abstract: A life vest device, for a fixation on one or more aircraft seats, with a life vest unit, which is embodied as a lift vest with a packaging unit for a sealed accommodation of the life vest unit and with an opening unit for an opening of the packaging unit, which features one or more pull straps. The opening unit is functionally connected with the life vest unit and the packaging unit comprises one or more fixation units for a fixation on an aircraft seat. For a retrieval of the life vest unit from the packaging unit, the opening unit is connected in a tear-proof manner with the life vest unit. The pull strap and the life vest are embodied integrally with each other.

[B64D] EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

Autonomous hydrogen refueling
Patent No. 11453514

Inventor(s): Joseph Dean Rainville (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16214765 on 12/10/2018 (1387 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and a method for autonomous hydrogen refueling of vertical lift aircraft using a landing pad with sensors, a hydrogen storage tank, a refueling arm configured to couple the hydrogen storage tank to the aircraft and a controller configured to control a flow of fuel from the hydrogen storage tank to the aircraft.

[B64F] GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Hoist and supplemental support system
Patent No. 11453580

Inventor(s): Alfred L. Finley (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Decker Jones, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17009201 on 09/01/2020 (756 days app to issue)

Abstract: The hoist comprises a base, first and second lower arms, first and second upper arms, and one or more blocking members. The first and second lower arms are pivotally coupled to the base. The first lower arm is pivotally coupled to the first upper arm. The second lower arm is pivotally coupled to the second upper arm. The lower arms and upper arms are adapted to move between an unraised condition to a raised condition. Each of the blocking members is adapted to move between a supporting position and a non-supporting position. Each blocking member, when in the supporting position, prevents the lower arms and upper arms from moving from the raised condition to the unraised condition.

[B66F] HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD (mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B 17/00; scaffolds combined with lifting devices E04G 1/22, E04G 3/28; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G 11/24; lifting of buildings E04G 23/06; shores or struts E04G 25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C 7/12; props for mining E21D 15/00)

Syngas generation for gas-to-liquid fuel conversion
Patent No. 11453827

Inventor(s): Raymond Wright (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Greenway Innovative Energy, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: AdamsIP, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17135245 on 12/28/2020 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: A syngas generator is disclosed as an exothermic gas generator that can accommodate high combustion temperatures of a natural gas/oxygen flame. The generator includes four sections: a heavily insulated combustion chamber, a catalyst chamber, a spray chamber, and a heat exchanger. These four sections may be arranged in series and tightly bolted together to form a gas-tight system. Natural gas, oxygen and steam are supplied to a burner at the inlet end of the combustion chamber. This mixture is ignited and the resulting hot process gas is then fed into a catalyst bed where it reacts with the steam and is converted to carbon monoxide and hydrogen (syngas). The syngas is fed to a Fischer-Tropsch unit to create liquid fuel.

[B01J] CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS, COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS (processes or apparatus for specific applications, see the relevant places for these processes or apparatus, e.g. F26B 3/08) [2]

Method for synchronizing downhole tractor and winch deployment
Patent No. 11454076

Inventor(s): Wesley N. Ludwig (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: McGuireWoods LLP (Local + 9 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17177078 on 02/16/2021 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for synchronizing downhole tractor and surface winch deployment includes inserting into a wellbore a tool string connected to a wireline, where the tool string includes a variable speed tractor. The method also includes deploying the tractor, and deploying the wireline from a winch. The method further includes dynamically monitoring, by a device disposed downhole, a wireline tension as an indicator of synchronization of the tractor and winch.

[B66D] CAPSTANS; WINCHES; TACKLES, e.g. PULLEY BLOCKS; HOISTS (winding or unwinding ropes or cables for feeding or storage purposes B65H; rope or cable-winding or unwinding mechanisms for lifts B66B; hoisting devices specially adapted for suspended scaffolds E04G 3/32)

Rotor retention fitting with integral bearing and pitch control
Patent No. 11454280

Inventor(s): George Matthew Thompson (Lewisville, TX), Jonathan Andrew Knoll (Alvarado, TX), Joseph Richard Carpenter, Jr. (Burleson, TX), Paul Sherrill (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16916353 on 06/30/2020 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bearing system includes an inboard bearing assembly and an outboard bearing assembly. The inboard bearing assembly includes an inboard fitting and an inboard race. The inboard fitting includes a plate with a convex mating surface and a first aperture formed through the plate for receiving a blade root of a rotor blade. The inboard race comprising a concave mating surface configured to receive the convex mating surface a second aperture formed the inboard race. The outboard bearing assembly includes an outboard bearing assembly comprising an outboard fitting having an aperture formed therethrough for receiving the blade root of the rotor blade.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Redundant fans for cooling system
Patent No. 11454312

Inventor(s): Scott David Poster (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17183695 on 02/24/2021 (580 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a shared cooling device for cooling one or more systems or components, and a plurality of primary cooling pathways. Each of the primary cooling pathways includes a fan, and each fan is in fluid communication with the shared cooling device.

[B64D] EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

C H E M I S T R Y & M E T A L L U R G Y

Stabilized hypohalous acid solutions
Patent No. 11452778

Inventor(s): Gerald N. DiBello (West Chester, PA), Mark N. Sampson (Doylestown, PA), Svetlana Panicheva (Downingtown, PA), Vadim Panichev (Downingtown, PA)
Assignee(s): URGO US, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16737671 on 01/08/2020 (993 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention provides a stabilized hypohalous acid solution (or formulation thereof), which may be conveniently packaged for sale, or stored for later use on demand. The invention further provides methods of making the stabilized hypohalous acid solution, as well as methods of use for disinfecting mammalian tissue, including wounds and burns, disinfecting or cleansing surfaces, or treating and/or preserving food products and cut flowers, among other uses.

[C02F] TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE (processes for making harmful chemical substances harmless, or less harmful, by effecting a chemical change in the substances A62D 3/00; separation, settling tanks or filter devices B01D; special arrangements on waterborne vessels of installations for treating water, waste water or sewage, e.g. for producing fresh water, B63J; adding materials to water to prevent corrosion C23F; treating radioactively-contaminated liquids G21F 9/04) [3]

Methods to pattern carbon nanotube sheets
Patent No. 11453590

Inventor(s): Behnoush Dousti (Richardson, TX), Gil Sik Lee (Richardson, TX), Negar Geramifard (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Schott, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16658493 on 10/21/2019 (1072 days app to issue)

Abstract: Effective techniques for patterning carbon nanotube (CNT) sheets are disclosed herein. A carbon nanotube forest is grown on a catalyst-incorporated substrate, CNT sheets are drawn from the carbon nanotube forest, the CNT sheets are stacked on a substrate, followed by etching the CNT sheets by using a shadow mask through a controlled etch process. In some implementations, etching of the CNT sheets is carried out in a capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) etching system, where the CNT sheets are selectively exposed, in a controlled environment, to oxygen plasma via the shadow mask.

[C01B] NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF (fermentation or enzyme-using processes for the preparation of elements or inorganic compounds except carbon dioxide C12P 3/00; production of non-metallic elements or inorganic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B)

Frac sand separator system
Patent No. 11453601

Inventor(s): Andres Felipe Perilla (Norman, OK), Eric Iwasenko (Houston, TX), Jeffery Shaun Daniels (Yukon, OK), Matthew B. Green (Norman, OK), Roger Johns (Houston, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas PC LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17045990 on 04/12/2019 (1264 days app to issue)

Abstract: A frac sand separator system includes a sand separator having an inlet fluidly connected to a well for receiving a fracking return mixture from the well. The sand separator is configured to separate water of the fracking return mixture from particulate matter of the fracking return mixture. The sand separator includes an outlet. The frac sand separator system includes a collection container fluidly connected to the outlet of the sand separator for receiving the particulate matter from the sand separator. At least one outlet valve is fluidly connected between the outlet of the sand separator and the collection container. The frac sand separator system includes a computing device operatively connected to the at least one outlet valve. The computing device includes a processor configured to automatically open the at least one outlet valve such that the particulate matter is released from the sand separator into the collection container.

Catalyst and process for oxychlorination of ethylene to dichloroethane
Patent No. 11453630

Inventor(s): Keith Kramer (Andover, KS)
Assignee(s): Oxy Vinyls, LP (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Renner, Kenner (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15321770 on 06/23/2015 (2653 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an oxychlorination process of the type where ethylene is converted to 1,2-dichloroethane in the presence of a supported copper catalyst, the improvement comprising: the use of a supported catalyst prepared by (i) impregnating, within a first step, an alumina support with a first aqueous solution including copper, to thereby form a first catalyst component; and (ii) impregnating, within a subsequent step, the first catalyst component with a second aqueous solution including copper and alkaline earth metal, to thereby form the supported catalyst.

[C07C] ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08; production of organic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B 3/00, C25B 7/00)

F I X E D C O N S T R U C T I O N S

Wallcovering system and method of use
Patent No. 11454023

Inventor(s): Walid Elwaei (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16884540 on 05/27/2020 (853 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wallcovering system allows for the rapid creation of interior walls through bonding panels that could be foam or another material to which polyurea adheres. The panels could have joints therein to physically join the panels while the primary adhesion results from the application of the polyurea or another derivative. Also, particles or other additives could be placed in the walls to enable additional functions.

[E04C] STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS (for bridges E01D; specially designed for insulation or other protection E04B; elements used as building aids E04G; for mining E21; for tunnels E21D; structural elements with broader range of application than for building engineering F16, particularly F16S)

Roofing composites with integrated selvage edges
Patent No. 11454028

Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearny, NJ), Isaac Bernard Rufus (Newark, DE), Michael Dougherty (Mount Arlington, NJ), Richard Chin (Livingston, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17484156 on 09/24/2021 (368 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to roofing composites. In some embodiments, the roofing composite includes a first layer having a top surface. In some embodiments, the top surface of the first layer comprises a first embossed surface portion, a second embossed surface portion, and a flat surface portion between the first and second embossed surface portions. In some embodiments, the flat surface portion is between the first and second embossed surface portions. In some embodiments, the roofing composite is configured to attach to a roof structure, such as a roof deck. Methods of forming roofing composited are also disclosed.

[E04D] ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F 13/00)

Interval control valve including an expanding metal sealed and anchored joints
Patent No. 11454083

Inventor(s): Christian Alexander Jelly (Carrollton, TX), David Joe Steele (Carrollton, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Pranay Asthana (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17137683 on 12/30/2020 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is an interval control valve. The interval control valve, in one aspect, includes a tubular housing, the tubular housing having one or more openings extending there through, and a sliding sleeve positioned within the tubular, the sliding sleeve configured to move between a closed position closing a fluid path between the one or more opening and an interior of the tubular housing, and an open position opening the fluid path between the one or more openings and the interior of the tubular housing. The interval control valve according to this aspect additionally includes a tubular overlapping with the sliding sleeve, the sliding sleeve and the tubular defining an overlapping space, and an expanded metal joint located in at least a portion of the overlapping space, the expanded metal joint comprising a metal that has expanded in response to hydrolysis.

[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5]

Dissolvable setting tool or hydraulic fracturing operations
Patent No. 11454101

Inventor(s): Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16765976 on 05/08/2020 (872 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for deploying an untethered dissolvable frac package for use in a hydraulic fracturing operation includes a dissolvable or degradable frac package with a dissolvable or degradable setting tool. The setting tool of the dissolvable frac package is configured to deploy a dissolvable frac plug at a predetermined position along the wellbore string and dissolve over time in the wellbore.

Wireless downhole positioning system
Patent No. 11454109

Inventor(s): Gregory Thomas Werkheiser (Carrollton, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Richard Decena Ornelaz (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Delizio, Peacock, Lewin Guerra (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17236774 on 04/21/2021 (524 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless downhole positioning are provided. The method can include synchronizing a first clock with a second clock, wherein the first clock is disposed in a first transmitter, wherein the first transmitter is disposed at a known location, and wherein the second clock is disposed in a downhole tool. The method can further include disposing the downhole tool into a wellbore, wherein the downhole tool comprises a first receiver; transmitting a first wireless signal from the first transmitter along the wellbore at first time; receiving the first wireless signal via the first receiver at a second time; determining a first elapsed time between the first time and the second time; and determining a first downhole position of the downhole tool based on the first elapsed time.

Direct sequence spectrum signal downhole tool
Patent No. 11454110

Inventor(s): Rich Warner (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Kearney, McWilliams Davis, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17192040 on 03/04/2021 (572 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments described herein comprise a wellbore system having a controller, one or more downhole tools, and a conveyance configured to lower the one or more downhole tools into the wellbore. The one or more control nodes are located in at least one of the downhole tools and wherein the control nodes activate a portion of the downhole tool and data is exchanged between the control node and the controller using a direct sequence spread spectrum signal.

Bus bar connection and coating technology
Patent No. 11454440

Inventor(s): Darrell Lee Aldrich (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): CARDINAL CG COMPANY (Eden Prairie, MN)
Law Firm: Fredrikson Byron, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16510391 on 07/12/2019 (1173 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention provides an IG unit comprising two panes and a between-pane space located between the two panes. A desired surface of a selected one of the two panes bears a coating comprising both a transparent conductive oxide film, and an overcoat film located over the transparent conductive oxide film. The IG unit further comprises a bus bar and a transparent conductor bridge each located over the desired surface. The bus bar is spaced apart from the coating and is connected electrically to the transparent conductive oxide film by virtue of the transparent conductor bridge extending from the bus bar to a top surface of the overcoat film. In some embodiments, the IG unit further comprises a frit located over the desired surface and extending around a perimeter thereof. The bus bar is located over the frit. Certain embodiments provide a refrigerator having a door comprising such an IG unit.

[E06B] FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G 9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D 25/10; sky-lights E04B 7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F 10/00)

M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G
LIGHTING | HEATING | WEAPONS | BLASTING

Blower with adjustable cutoff plate
Patent No. 11454413

Inventor(s): Amit Parsai (Chennai, , IN), Patric Ananda Balan Thobias (Pondicherry, , IN), Shiliang Wang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16678055 on 11/08/2019 (1054 days app to issue)

Abstract: A blower for an HVAC system, the blower includes a housing with an intake and an outlet, a fan or blower wheel disposed within the housing and configured to draw air into the housing via the intake and to exhaust air from the housing through the outlet, and an adjustable cutoff plate configured to be moved between at least a first position defining a first cutoff angle and a second position defining a second cutoff angle.

[F24F] AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B 15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F 17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L 17/02)

Frozen substance maker
Patent No. 11454437

Inventor(s): James Bierschenk (Rowlett, TX), Jason Mefford (Garland, TX), Leonard Recine (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): II-VI DELAWARE, INC. (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Blank Rome LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16377745 on 04/08/2019 (1268 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure includes an apparatus and a method for forming a frozen substance using directional freezing. The apparatus includes a mold and a directional freezing assembly. The mold is structured with an interior chamber structured to contain a liquid substance. The directional freezing assembly includes a directional freezing probe and a cold plate. The directional freezing probe extends into the interior chamber of the mold and initiates directional freezing of the liquid substance surrounding the directional freezing probe. The cold plate is connected to the directional freezing probe outside of the mold and dissipates heat drawn from the directional freezing probe to a surrounding environment.

[F25C] PRODUCTION, WORKING, STORING OR DISTRIBUTION OF ICE (frozen sweets, including ice-cream, their production A23G 9/00; concentrating solutions by removing frozen solvents B01D 9/04; purification of water by freezing C02F 1/22; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; solidification of gases or gaseous mixtures F25J; freeze-drying F26B) [2]

Subsonic polymeric ammunition
Patent No. 11454479

Inventor(s): Lonnie Burrow (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS, LLC (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: Burdick Patents, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17090111 on 11/05/2020 (691 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention provides a subsonic ammunition comprising: a primer insert comprises a top surface opposite a bottom surface, a substantially cylindrical coupling element extending away from the bottom surface forming, a primer recess in the top surface that extends toward the bottom surface, a primer flash aperture positioned in the primer recess to extend through the bottom surface, a flash aperture groove in the primer recess that extends circumferentially about the primer flash aperture, and a flange that extends circumferentially about an outer edge of the top surface; a polymeric casing body comprising a generally cylindrical hollow polymer body molded over the substantially cylindrical coupling element, into the primer flash aperture and into the flash aperture groove to form a flash hole and extending toward a mid-body coupling joint; a nose comprising a projectile aperture that extends to a neck connected to a shoulder that transitions from the projectile aperture to a nose coupler, wherein the nose coupler is connected to the mid-body coupling joint; a propellant chamber formed between the projectile aperture and the primer flash aperture; and wherein the generally cylindrical hollow polymer body comprises a thickened wall that reduce the internal volume of the propellant chamber by at least 10%, wherein the thickened wall comprises a first passage comprising a first passage comprising a first aperture having a first diameter about the diameter of the flash ho

[F42B] EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING; FIREWORKS; AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C06B; fuzes F42C; blasting F42D) [5]

P H Y S I C S

Robotic device with time-of-flight proximity sensing system
Patent No. 11453123

Inventor(s): Cheng Peng (Plano, TX), Xiaoyong Yang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16230302 on 12/21/2018 (1376 days app to issue)

Abstract: A robotic device including one or more proximity sensing systems coupled to various portions of a robot body. The proximity sensing systems detect a distance of an object about the robot body and the robotic device reacts based on the detected distance. The proximity sensing systems obtain a three-dimensional (3D) profile of the object to determine a category of the object. The distance of the object is detected multiple times in a sequence to determine a movement path of the object.

[G05B] CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (fluid-pressure actuators or systems acting by means of fluids in general F15B; valves per se F16K; characterised by mechanical features only G05G; sensitive elements, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. G12B, subclasses of G01, H01; correcting units, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. H02K)

Integration of hours of service and navigation
Patent No. 11454507

Inventor(s): Gene Emory (San Diego, CA), Jon Van Winkle (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): OMNITRACS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: ArentFox Schiff LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16533267 on 08/06/2019 (1148 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example system, an hours of service system may be integrated with a navigation system and configured to dynamically change a driver”s route based on changing real time conditions and remaining hours of service. This system may then automatically route a driver to a new, e.g. closer, stop when necessary so that the driver and his carrier may comply with an hours of service requirement.

[G01C] MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)

Monitoring of data to predict road conditions
Patent No. 11454510

Inventor(s): Brian Francisco Shipley (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16823008 on 03/18/2020 (923 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to monitoring data in and around a vehicle to predict anomalous, e.g., unsafe, road conditions, and using the data to suggest a corrective action to avoid the unsafe road conditions. A computing device receives information indicative of imagery, sound, or vehicle operation via sensors and/or cameras mounted in or near a vehicle. The information may be received via the vehicle itself or via a device. The computing device then determines whether there is an indication of an anomalous road condition. The computing device also receives vehicle operation data extracted from one or more vehicle sensors. The computing device then determines whether there is an indication of unsafe road conditions, and if there is, the computing device may output a notice or alert via a notification system to alert the driver.

Integrated circuit spike check test point identification apparatus and method
Patent No. 11454665

Inventor(s): Erfan Shirazian (Fort Worth, TX), Madhusudan Sampath (Bangalore, , IN), Neeraj Bhardwaj (Bangalore, , IN), Pavinkumar Ramasamy (Bangalore, , IN), William Joshua Bush (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16523758 on 07/26/2019 (1159 days app to issue)

Abstract: A nontransitory computer-readable program storage medium storing program instructions. The program, when executed by a processor, has the processor capable of receiving a set of input data, the input data relating to devices on a test board for testing a device under test. The program, when executed by a processor, also is capable of transforming the set of input data into test board mapping data. The test board mapping data comprises an ordered listing of potential test points along a path that couples to a conductive surface, wherein the potential test points are derived from at least one of the test board attributes. Further, the program, when executed by a processor, is capable of identifying a selected test point from among the one or more potential test points, the selected test point for spike check probing of the device under test.

[G01R] MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J 3/12)

Radar mount-angle calibration
Patent No. 11454698

Inventor(s): Adeel Ahmad (Plano, TX), Muhammad Zubair Ikram (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16679404 on 11/11/2019 (1051 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes one or more processors configured to receive radar data, and generate a plurality of occupancy grid maps based on the radar data. Each of the occupancy grid maps corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of candidate angles. The one or more processors is also configured to select one of the candidate angles as a sensor mount angle based on the occupancy grid maps, and trigger an action based on the sensor mount angle and the radar data.

[G01S] RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

FMCW radar system on a chip measuring phase noise
Patent No. 11454699

Inventor(s): Brian Paul Ginsburg (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16286396 on 02/26/2019 (1309 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cascaded radar system is provided that includes a master radar system-on-a-chip (SOC) with transmission signal generation circuitry and a slave radar SOC coupled to an output of the master radar SOC to receive a signal from the transmission signal generation circuitry of the master SOC. In this system, the slave radar SOC is operable to measure phase noise in the signal received from the transmission signal generation circuitry of the master SOC.

Stabilized thin lens
Patent No. 11454828

Inventor(s): David Olund (Stanchfield, MN), Justin Dodge (Star Prairie, WI)
Assignee(s): HOYA Optical Labs Of America, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Inskeep IP Group, Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14809093 on 07/24/2015 (2622 days app to issue)

Abstract: A thin ophthalmic lens stabilized through incorporation of flange around all or a portion of a perimeter of the thin lens.

[G02C] SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES

Prism architecture
Patent No. 11454875

Inventor(s): Alexander Lyubarsky (Dallas, TX), John Marshall Ferri (Allen, TX), Michael Terry Davis (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17105072 on 11/25/2020 (671 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described examples include a device having a prism cube having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the prism cube configured to: receive light comprising a first color light and a second color light, direct the first color light to the first side of the prism cube, and direct the second color light to the second side of the prism cube.

[G03B] APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) [4]

Path planning for cooperated air vehicles
Patent No. 11454991

Inventor(s): Juan Li (Keller, TX), Kip Gregory Campbell (Hurst, TX), Michael McNair (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16918596 on 07/01/2020 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of autonomous flight path planning for a group of cooperating aircraft operating in formation includes: receiving information related to obstructions that interfere with an aircraft of the group continuing on a flight path; calculating a velocity obstacle for each obstruction; calculating a plurality of candidate velocities outside of the velocity obstacles; selecting a first velocity from the candidate velocities and operating a leader of the group at the first velocity; calculating, based upon keeping a follower aircraft in formation, a second velocity for the follower; determining whether the second velocity is inside one of the velocity obstacles; operating the follower at the second velocity when the second velocity is outside the velocity obstacles; and calculating a revised velocity that is outside of the velocity obstacles and operating the follower at the revised velocity when the second velocity is inside one of the velocity obstacles.

[G05D] SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES (for continuous casting of metals B22D 11/16; valves per se F16K; sensing non-electric variables, see the relevant subclasses of G01; for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F)

Simultaneous operation of a networked device using multiple disparate networks
Patent No. 11455160

Inventor(s): Kevin V. Nguyen (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): SUSE LLC (Provo, UT)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17139944 on 12/31/2020 (635 days app to issue)

Abstract: Performing at least one of transmitting a request for an update responsive to at least one of at least two applications executing on a network device via at least one available network connection, wherein the network device utilizes at least two network adapters and the first network adapter is configured for transmitting the request for the update, via a first network connection, and the second network adapter is configured for transmitting a confirmation request requesting the update, via a second network connection, wherein the second network connection is a faster data connection than the first network connection, and downloading the update for the at least two applications via the second network connection.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Look-up table read
Patent No. 11455169

Inventor(s): Alan Davis (Sugar Land, TX), Dheera Balasubramanian Samudrala (Richardson, TX), Duc Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16570640 on 09/13/2019 (1110 days app to issue)

Abstract: A digital data processor includes an instruction memory storing instructions specifying data processing operations and a data operand field, an instruction decoder coupled to the instruction memory for recalling instructions from the instruction memory and determining the operation and the data operand, and an operational unit coupled to a data register file and an instruction decoder to perform an operation upon an operand corresponding to an instruction decoded by the instruction decoder and storing results of the operation. The operational unit is configured to perform a table recall in response to a look up table read instruction by recalling data elements from a specified location and adjacent location to the specified location, in a specified number of at least one table and storing the recalled data elements in successive slots in a destination register. Recalled data elements include at least one interpolated data element in the adjacent location.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Reducing latency for memory operations in a memory controller
Patent No. 11455262

Inventor(s): Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17074765 on 10/20/2020 (707 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, memory controllers, devices, and machine-readable mediums which minimize this stall time by returning a memory write acknowledgement once a write command has been selected by the memory controller input multiplexor rather than when the memory write command has been performed. Because the memory controller enforces an ordering to memory once the packet has been selected at an input multiplexor, ordering of prior and subsequent requests to the same address location are preserved and providing the response early allows the processor to continue its operations earlier without any harmful effects.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Data query system with improved response time
Patent No. 11455312

Inventor(s): Yanjun Zhang (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): SABRE GLBL INC. (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts, LLP (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16689682 on 11/20/2019 (1042 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system reduces the time and resources needed to search a large dataset by preprocessing the dataset prior to receiving a query. Generally, the system evaluates and combines rules that govern the validity of the data. The system combines rules to determine conditions under which data objects in the dataset are invalid. After a query is issued, the system quickly eliminates data objects from the response by applying the conditions rather than the individual rules to the data objects.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Methods for topology optimization using a membership variable
Patent No. 11455438

Inventor(s): Kazuhiro Saitou (Ann Arbor, MI), Tsuyoshi Nomura (Novi, MI), Yuqing Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16163950 on 10/18/2018 (1440 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for multi-component topology optimization for composite structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of designing a structure by computer-implemented topology optimization includes establishing a plurality of design points within a design domain and establishing at least a first orientation field and a second orientation field. The method further includes assigning values for the one or more membership fields, the one or more density fields, the first orientation field and the second orientation field, and projecting the values onto a simulation model. The method includes achieving convergence of an objective function for a design variable by iteratively executing a topology optimization of the simulation model using the values. Each design point of the plurality of design points is a member of no component or a member of one of the first component and the second component.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Activity coverage assessment of circuit designs under test stimuli
Patent No. 11455447

Inventor(s): Stephen Kenneth Sunter (Nepean, , CA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16321929 on 07/31/2017 (1884 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosed technology relate to techniques of activity coverage assessment. Transistor-level circuit simulation is performed for a circuit design under a set of test stimuli, which determines values of one or more electrical properties for each of circuit elements of interest in the circuit design. The one or more electrical properties are selected based on information of the each of circuit elements of interest, which comprises what circuit element type the each of circuit elements of interest belongs to. Based on the values of the one or more electrical properties, activity coverage information comprising information about which circuit elements in the circuit elements of interest are active or inactive under the set of test stimuli is determined.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Variable implant and wafer-level feed-forward for dopant dose optimization
Patent No. 11455452

Inventor(s): Alwin Tsao (Garland, TX), Douglas Newman (Crowley, TX), Mahalingam Nandakumar (Richardson, TX), Murlidhar Bashyam (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16944890 on 07/31/2020 (788 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for adjusting implant parameter conditions in semiconductor processing by wafer and by wafer zone using in-line measurements from previous operations and a feed-forward computer model. The feed-forward model is based on a sensitivity map of in-line measured data and its effect of electrical performance. Feed-forward computer models that adjust implant parameters by wafer and by zone improve both wafer-to-wafer and within wafer electrical uniformity in semiconductor devices.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Computer architecture for identifying centroids using machine learning in a correlithm object processing system
Patent No. 11455568

Inventor(s): Pankaj Panging (Frisco, TX), Patrick N. Lawrence (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16208221 on 12/03/2018 (1394 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device that includes a model training engine implemented by a processor. The model training engine is configured to select a first sub-string correlithm object and a second sub-string correlithm object from a set of sub-string correlithm objects. The model training engine is further configured to compute a Hamming distance between the first sub-string correlithm object and the second sub-string correlithm object and to compare the Hamming distance to a bit difference threshold value. The model training engine is further configured to determine that the Hamming distance is less than the bit difference threshold value and to compute an average of the first sub-string correlithm object and the second sub-string correlithm object in the n-dimensional space in response to the determination. The model training engine is further configured to train the machine learning model to define the average as a centroid for the first cluster.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Distributed ledger based interchange
Patent No. 11455642

Inventor(s): Cory Matheson (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15268806 on 09/19/2016 (2199 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are described for a distributed ledger based interchange system for transferring value between entities. A decentralized and distributed ledger system, such as a blockchain network, may include treasury accounts each associated with an institution that participates in the system. A particular transaction may be submitted for approval based on the votes of the peers in the distributed ledger based interchange system. If at least a threshold number of votes indicate approval, the transaction is approved. A signal may be sent to the institutional systems indicating that accounts of the sending and receiving entities may respectively be debited and credited the value of the transaction. Settlement may occur between the treasury accounts of the sending and receiving institutions on the distributed ledger system, and settlement may be performed in real time with respect to the transaction.

[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01]

System and method for affiliate link generation
Patent No. 11455665

Inventor(s): Alexei Stoliartchouk (Kensington, CA), Baxter Box (Dallas, TX), Forrest Jordan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): rewardStyle, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17232977 on 04/16/2021 (529 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system is provided for facilitating affiliate link generation. A user enables the system by identifying a webpage on an affiliate web site. The system performs an initial assessment of the page to extract webpage information, which is compared to information stored in a database. If the extracted information matches stored information, a record of the webpage is displayed and an affiliate link is dynamically generated for immediate use. If the extracted information does not match stored information, a new record of the webpage is created. If the webpage contains product-specific data, a product-specific record is stored. If the webpage does not contain product-specific data, a non-product record is stored. An affiliate link is then dynamically created. The new record of the product and dynamically created affiliate link is added to the database for immediate use.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Distracted driver detection device
Patent No. 11455814

Inventor(s): Ananya K. Sridhar (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Microelectronic Devices IP LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17382330 on 07/21/2021 (433 days app to issue)

Abstract: A distracted driver detection device for use in a vehicle includes a processor, a video camera, and an accelerometer. The processor is configured to compute an eye open ratio (EOR) and a mouth open ratio (MOR). The processor is configured to provide an audio alert signal to an audio alert component and provide a visual alert signal to a visual alert component when the EOR is less than an EOR threshold for a prescribed EOR assessment time, when the MOR is greater than the MOR threshold for a prescribed MOR assessment time, or when the estimate of the acceleration is greater than an acceleration threshold. The EOR and MOR are calculated from facial landmarks that are generated by a Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) algorithm implemented by the processor. NULL

System for monitoring arrival of a vehicle at a given location and associated methods
Patent No. 11455838

Inventor(s): George Frederick Baker, Sr. (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): PARKHUB, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Morris, Manning Martin, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14995157 on 01/13/2016 (2449 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is for monitoring arrival of a vehicle at a given location. The system includes a server, and a vehicle sensing device. The vehicle sensing device is configured to sense arrival of the vehicle to the given location, and to cause information about the vehicle to be transmitted to the server in response to sensing arrival of the vehicle to the given location. The server is configured to determine a context of the vehicle based upon the information about the vehicle, and take action based on the context of the vehicle. The system may be installed at parking lots, shipping yards, restaurants, stores, and other locations.

[G07B] TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TAXIMETERS; ARRANGEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FARES, TOLLS OR ENTRANCE FEES AT ONE OR MORE CONTROL POINTS; FRANKING APPARATUS

Access control for property management
Patent No. 11455854

Inventor(s): Chuong Le (Houston, TX), Evan Corl (Houston, TX), Jamie Hsu (Houston, TX), Matthew Hager (Houston, TX)
Assignee(s): CHIRP SYSTEMS, INC. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16888208 on 05/29/2020 (851 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods herein provide for cloud-controlled access to an access point. A database maintains a plurality of user datasets and accounts for a plurality of access point management systems. Each account of the access point management systems includes identifies one or more access points associated with a property. Each user dataset includes user identifying information and user access information to one or more access points. A processor processes a request for access to the first access point. A rules engine accesses the database to identify a first user based on the request and a user equipment (UE) of the first user via the user identifying information, identifies a first of the access points based on a beacon transmitted by the first access point, retrieves the user access information, identifies access permission of the first user to the first access point, and grants access to the first user.

[G07C] TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE (identification of persons A61B 5/117; indicating or recording apparatus for measuring in general, analogous apparatus but in which the input is not a variable to be measured, e.g. a hand operation, G01D; clocks, clock mechanisms G04B, G04C; time-interval measuring G04F; counting mechanisms per se G06M)

Traffic-adaptive deployment of vehicle functions
Patent No. 11455890

Inventor(s): Hao Yang (Aliso Viejo, CA), Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENG MFG NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: VLP Law Group LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16827196 on 03/23/2020 (918 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a method receives vehicle data for a plurality of vehicles associated with a geographic region. The method determines, based on the vehicle data, a connected vehicle status of the geographic region. The connected vehicle status reflects an estimated number of connected vehicles in the geographic region at a point in time. The method determines, based on the estimated number of connected vehicles, one or more vehicle functions to be deployed by a server associated with the geographic region. The method deploys, by the server, the one or more vehicle functions.

[G08G] TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems or lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S 13/91, G01S 15/88, G01S 17/88; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems or lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S 13/93, G01S 15/93, G01S 17/93; control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, not being specific to a traffic environment G05D 1/00) [2]

Write leveling a memory device using write DLL circuitry
Patent No. 11456031

Inventor(s): Liang Chen (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17116634 on 12/09/2020 (657 days app to issue)

Abstract: A host device and memory device perform internal write leveling of a data strobe with a write command. The memory device includes an input-output interface that receives the data strobe from the host device. The memory device also includes internal write circuitry configured to launch an internal write signal. The internal write circuitry includes an emulation loop configured to emulate circuitry in a clock path of a write clock generated from the clock and used to generate a feedback clock. The internal write circuitry includes a write delay lock loop configured to receive the write clock and the feedback clock to determine a number of cycles used for the loop, transmit the number of cycles to the host device to be used as a cycle adjust in an internal write leveling process, and complete the internal write leveling process with the host device using the cycle adjust.

[G11C] STATIC STORES (information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; semiconductor devices for storage H01L, e.g. H01L 27/108-H01L 27/11597; pulse technique in general H03K, e.g. electronic switches H03K 17/00)

Multi-level program pulse for programming single level memory cells to reduce damage
Patent No. 11456042

Inventor(s): Abhijith Prakash (Milpitas, CA), Jiahui Yuan (Fremont, CA), Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17229705 on 04/13/2021 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and techniques are described for reducing damage to memory cells during single bit per cell programming. An initial program pulse in a single bit per cell program operation has a lower, first program level followed by a higher, second program level. As a result of the lower, first program level, the electric field across the memory cells is reduced. The step up time from the first program level to the second program level can be reduced by concurrently stepping up pass voltages of the adjacent unselected word lines. If an additional program pulse is applied, the step up in the program pulse can be omitted. The magnitude of the first program level can be adjusted based on factors such as temperature, number of program-erase cycles, selected sub-block position and selected word line position.

Reverse VT-state operation and optimized BiCS device structure
Patent No. 11456044

Inventor(s): Kiyohiko Sakakibara (Mie, , JP)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17199245 on 03/11/2021 (565 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for improving the reliability of non-volatile memory by reducing the number of memory cell transistors that experience excessive hole injection are described. The excessive hole injection may occur when the threshold voltage for a memory cell transistor is being set below a particular negative threshold voltage. To reduce the number of memory cell transistors with threshold voltages less than the particular negative threshold voltage, the programmed data states of the memory cell transistors may be reversed such that the erased state comprises the highest data state corresponding with the highest threshold voltage distribution. To facilitate programming of the memory cell transistors with reversed programmed data states, a non-volatile memory device structure may be used in which the bit line connections to NAND strings comprise direct poly-channel contact to P+ silicon and the source line connections to the NAND strings comprise direct poly-channel contact to N+ silicon.

Three-dimensional NAND memory device containing two terminal selector and methods of using and making thereof
Patent No. 11456333

Inventor(s): Christopher Petti (Mountain View, CA), Deepanshu Dutta (Fremont, CA), Jiahui Yuan (Fremont, CA), Yu-Chung Lien (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16903654 on 06/17/2020 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive word line layers located over a substrate, and a plurality of vertical memory strings. Each vertical memory string includes a series connection of a memory stack structure and a selector element. Each of the memory stack structures extends through the alternating stack and includes a respective memory film and a respective vertical semiconductor channel. Each of the selector elements includes a two terminal device that is configured to provide at least two different resistivity states.

Systems and methods for virtualized network function (”VNF”) selection in a wireless telecommunications network
Patent No. 11456989

Inventor(s): Myron Eugene Bagwell (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16825373 on 03/20/2020 (921 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for the resolution of requests for Internet Protocol (”IP”) addresses for Virtualized Network Functions (”VNFs”) in a network, such as a Software-Defined Network (”SDN”) (e.g., a wireless telecommunications network). In the network, different instances of the same VNF may be implemented by different hardware resources, and may accordingly have different IP addresses. Metrics of routes between instances of a requested VNF type and a requestor may be calculated, and a particular instance of the requested VNF may be selected based on the metrics (e.g., a lowest cost, highest performance, etc.). The IP address of the particular VNF instance may be provided to the requestor. The requestor, such as a User Equipment (”UE”), may communicate with the particular VNF instance in order to receive services provided the requested VNF type.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Interactive voice response system with a real time conversation scoring module
Patent No. 11457110

Inventor(s): Christopher Keith Restorff (Carrollton, TX), Emad Noorizadeh (Plano, TX), Joshua Maki (Frisco, TX), Ramakrishna R. Yannam (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17451357 on 10/19/2021 (343 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interactive voice response system for interpreting sentiment of a conversation in real time is provided. The system may include a receiver. The receiver may be operable to receive a plurality of sentiment signals and a first portion of a conversation. The first portion of the conversation may include a plurality of interaction pairs. Each interaction pair may include an utterance and a system response. The system may include an utterance sentiment category determination module that may be operable to determine a sentiment category for each utterance. The system may include a sequential module. The sequential module may determine a conversation sentiment category based on the utterance sentiment categories and the order in which the utterance sentiment categories are received. The system may include an output module. The output module may output the conversation sentiment category. The conversation sentiment category may be used to determine a future system response.

[G10L] SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING [4]

E L E C T R I C I T Y

System, composition and method of application of same for reducing the coefficient of friction and required pulling force during installation of wire or cable
Patent No. 11456088

Inventor(s): Jason Drew Gillen (Anna, TX), Melvin Glenn Debord (Van Alstyne, TX), Ronald A. Raedeke (Marine on St. Croix, MN), Sheri H. Dahlke (West Lakeland, MN), William T. Bigbee, Jr. (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17380605 on 07/20/2021 (434 days app to issue)

Abstract: A composition and method for reducing the coefficient of friction and required pulling force of a wire or cable are provided. A composition of aqueous emulsion is provided that is environmentally friendly, halogen free and solvent free. The composition is compatible with various types of insulating materials and may be applied after the wire or cable is cooled and also by spraying or submerging the wire or cable in a bath. The composition contains lubricating agents that provide lower coefficient of friction for wire or cable installation and continuous wire or cable surface lubrication thereafter.

[H01B] CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F 1/00; waveguides H01P)

Integrated circuit
Patent No. 11456262

Inventor(s): Charles Allen Devries, Jr. (Winfield, IL), Jeffrey Morroni (Parker, TX), Kenji Otake (Nagano, , JP), Kristen Nguyen Parrish (Dallas, TX), Takafumi Ando (Oita, , JP), Yuki Sato (Saitama, , JP)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17138150 on 12/30/2020 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit and method of making an integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit includes a substrate having an electronic component. A substrate-based coil is on the substrate and the substrate-based coil is electrically coupled to the electronic component. A magnetic mold compound encapsulates the substrate-based coil and the electronic component.

[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2]

Fet construction with copper pillars or bump directly over the fet
Patent No. 11456267

Inventor(s): Manoj Kumar Jain (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17124485 on 12/16/2020 (650 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device with a metal pillar overlapping a first top metal interconnect and a second top metal interconnect is disclosed. The metal pillar overlapping the first top metal interconnect and second top metal interconnect is connected to the first top metal interconnect by top metal vias while the second top metal interconnect does not contain top metal vias and remains free of a direct electrical connection to the metal pillar. The metal pillars are attached directly to top metal vias without a bond pad of metal. The elimination of the bond pad layer reduces the mask count, processing, and cost of the device. In addition, the elimination of the bond pad results in reduced die area requirements for the metal pillar.

Split-gate trench MOSFET
Patent No. 11456379

Inventor(s): Chiao-Shun Chuang (Zhubei, , TW), Tsung-Wei Pai (New Taipei, , TW), Yun-Pu Ku (Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Yingsheng Tung (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17218415 on 03/31/2021 (545 days app to issue)

Abstract: A split-gate trench device chip has an active region in which a plurality of active trenches are disposed. The active region is enclosed by termination trenches disposed in a termination region, which extends to the edges of the chip. A gate metal lead is disposed on the device surface. The gate metal lead makes contact to gate electrodes in the active trenches through contact holes disposed in the active region. A source or a drain metal lead is also disposed on the surface. The source or the drain metal lead makes contact to the field plate electrodes through contact holes disposed outside the active region. Each active trench in the active region has a first end merge into a first termination trench and a second end separated from an adjacent second termination trench.

Drain-extended transistor
Patent No. 11456381

Inventor(s): Meng-Chia Lee (Richardson, TX), Sameer Pendharkar (Allen, TX), Seetharaman Sridhar (Richardson, TX), Sunglyong Kim (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17123835 on 12/16/2020 (650 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described examples include an integrated circuit having a semiconductor substrate. The integrated circuit has a transistor that includes a buried layer having within the substrate, the buried layer defining a drift region between the buried layer and the top surface and a body region in the substrate extending from the buried layer to the surface of the substrate. The transistor also having a source formed in the body region, a drain extending from the buried layer to the surface of the substrate, a drift well extending from the buried layer toward the top surface and extending from the body region to the drain, a drift surface layer located between the drift well and the top, and a gate proximate to the surface of the substrate at the body region.

Through-hole antenna mounts and assemblies
Patent No. 11456528

Inventor(s): Jignesh Patel (Plano, TX), Julian R. Colapietro (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17197729 on 03/10/2021 (566 days app to issue)

Abstract: A monopole-streetlight assembly includes: an elongate monopole having lower and upper ends; a module configured for mounting of telecommunications antennas; the module including an upper plate and a central spine having an upper end that extends above the upper plate; an adapter having a lower sleeve that receives the upper end of the spine and a flange that extends radially outwardly from the sleeve; and a luminaire unit having an arm having a base, the base being secured to the adapter flange, and further having a luminaire mounted opposite the base.

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Constant ripple injection circuit for switching converter
Patent No. 11456667

Inventor(s): Dan Li (Beijing, , CN), Liang Zhang (Beijing, , CN), Qi Yang (Beijing, , CN), Weibing Jing (Beijing, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17008253 on 08/31/2020 (757 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes an input voltage node configured to provide an input voltage. The system also includes a load and a switching converter coupled between the input voltage node and the load. The switching converter is configured to provide an output voltage to the load based on the input voltage. The switching converter includes gate driver circuitry and a comparator coupled to the gate driver circuitry. The switching converter also includes a constant ripple injection circuit coupled to the comparator. The constant ripple injection circuit is configured to provide a positive current sense signal and a negative current sense signal to the comparator based on the input voltage and the output voltage.

[H02M] APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (conversion of current or voltage specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/02; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables in general, e.g. using transformers, reactors or choke coils, combination of such systems with static converters G05F; for digital computers G06F 1/00; transformers H01F; connection or control of one converter with regard to conjoint operation with a similar or other source of supply H02J; dynamo-electric converters H02K 47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P; pulse generators H03K) [5]

Low power mode of operation for mm-wave radar
Patent No. 11456713

Inventor(s): Brian Ginsburg (Allen, TX), Sandeep Rao (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16851558 on 04/17/2020 (893 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed examples include a radar system that operates in a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the system detects the presence of an object within a threshold range. In response to detection of the presence of the object, the system transitions to the second mode, and the system generates range data, velocity data, and angle data of the object in the second mode. When the object is no longer detected within the threshold range, the system transitions back to the first mode.

[H03F] AMPLIFIERS (measuring, testing G01R; optical parametric amplifiers G02F; circuit arrangements with secondary emission tubes H01J 43/30; masers, lasers H01S; dynamo-electric amplifiers H02K; control of amplification H03G; coupling arrangements independent of the nature of the amplifier, voltage dividers H03H; amplifiers capable only of dealing with pulses H03K; repeater circuits in transmission lines H04B 3/36, H04B 3/58; application of speech amplifiers in telephonic communication H04M 1/60, H04M 3/40)

Input drive configuration for reducing phase and gain imbalance
Patent No. 11456717

Inventor(s): Ashwin Ravi (Hosur, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16892374 on 06/04/2020 (845 days app to issue)

Abstract: An analog front end device comprises three transformers. A first transformer has a first input configured to receive an input signal and first and second outputs. The second and third transformers comprise a secondary stage coupled to the first and second outputs. The second transformer has a second input coupled to the first output, a third output coupled to a first device output, and a fourth output coupled to a second device output. The third transformer has a third input coupled to the second output, a fifth output coupled to the second device output, and a sixth output coupled to the first device output. The phase imbalances of the second and third transformers are substantially the same, and the amplitude imbalances of the second and third transformers are substantially the same.

[H03H] IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (measuring, testing G01R; arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K 15/08; impedance networks or resonators consisting of distributed impedances, e.g. of the waveguide type, H01P; control of amplification, e.g. bandwidth control of amplifiers, H03G; tuning resonant circuits, e.g. tuning coupled resonant circuits, H03J; networks for modifying the frequency characteristics of communication systems H04B)

Method and apparatus for RC/CR phase error calibration of measurement receiver
Patent No. 11456732

Inventor(s): Xuya Qiu (Summerfield, NC), Zhenguo Cheng (Superior, CO)
Assignee(s): FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17202289 on 03/15/2021 (561 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a RC-CR circuit and a second circuit. The RC-CR circuit outputs a first signal at a first output node over a RC path, and a second signal at a second output node over a CR path. The second circuit is coupled to the RC-CR circuit at the first output node over the RC path. The second circuit includes an array of capacitors coupled in parallel and a plurality of switches, and each of the array of capacitors is connected, in series, to a corresponding switch in the plurality of switches. Each of the array of capacitors and its corresponding switch are coupled between the first output node and a ground. The plurality of switches is switched on or off such that the first signal and the second signal have a phase difference that falls within a predetermined phase range.

[H03K] PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D 3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) [4]

Ovenized crystal oscillator reference frequency signal generator
Patent No. 11456751

Inventor(s): Baher Haroun (Allen, TX), Bichoy Bahr (Allen, TX), Juan Alejandro Herbsommer (Allen, TX), Swaminathan Sankaran (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17536924 on 11/29/2021 (302 days app to issue)

Abstract: A reference frequency signal generator comprises a plurality of ovenized reference crystal oscillators (OCXOs) having different turn-over-temperatures, a selector logic circuit coupled to outputs of the OCXOs, a temperature sensor, and a controller coupled to an output of the temperature sensor. The selector logic circuit outputs one of the outputs of the OCXOs based on a control signal from the controller. The controller also generates control signals for the OCXOs. In some implementations, the reference frequency signal generator includes a phase-locked loop or a fractional output divider coupled to the output of the selector logic circuit and configured to receive a calibration signal from the controller.

[H03L] AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION, OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES (of dynamo-electric generators H02P) [3]

Independent sequence processing to facilitate security between nodes in wireless networks
Patent No. 11456772

Inventor(s): Ariton E. Xhafa (Plano, TX), Il Han Kim (Allen, TX), Janwei Zhou (Plano, TX), Xiaolin Lu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17035891 on 09/29/2020 (728 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network includes a first wireless node that communicates over a wireless network connection. The first wireless node includes a first encryption engine that processes a first initialization data set and a current transmit sequence associated with a current communication to generate a next transmit sequence that is employed to communicate with a second wireless node that derives a next received sequence that corresponds to the next transmit sequence to process a subsequent communication.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Intermodulation suppression in phased arrays using volterra filters
Patent No. 11456792

Inventor(s): Zachary Dunn (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Daly, Crowley, Mofford Durkee, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17390224 on 07/30/2021 (424 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of beamforming is provided. A single non-linear equalization (NLEQ) coefficient set is generated in beamspace, the single NLEQ coefficient set configured to characterize non-linear behavior of a system having an array of N elements. M parallel digital signals are received, for transmission by N channels, respectively, the N channels corresponding to the N elements. Each of the M respective parallel digital signals are equalized, using an NLEQ filter based on the single NLEQ coefficient set, wherein the single NLEQ coefficient set is used for each of the N elements and wherein the equalizing is configured to generate a set of M linearized parallel digital signals. Using a single summer, the M linearized parallel digital signals are summed, to produce one or more beamspace channelized output signals.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for CSI-RS enhancement for NR unlicensed spectrum
Patent No. 11456831

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16823108 on 03/18/2020 (923 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting a shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), system information indicating a discovery burst transmission window; determining a number N[subscript]SSB[/subscript][superscript]QCL [/superscript]of candidate synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks as an interval for a quasi-co-locate (QCL) assumption; determining a set of QCLed candidate SS/PBCH blocks within the discovery burst transmission window based on the number N[subscript]SSB[/subscript][superscript]QCL [/superscript]of candidate SS/PBCH blocks; determining a set of QCLed occasions within the discovery burst transmission window included in the system information; and receiving, from the BS, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource based on the determined set of QCLed occasions within the discovery burst transmission window.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Input and output for target device communication
Patent No. 11456919

Inventor(s): Fredrick Crable (Allen, TX), Gopi Kancharla (Frisco, TX), Nicky Joshi (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17302156 on 04/26/2021 (519 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive information identifying a plurality of requests and identifying a plurality of targets for the plurality of requests. The device may generate respective routes for the plurality of targets, where a route, of the respective routes, for a target, of the plurality of targets, identifies a set of transformations to be applied to a corresponding request of the plurality of requests. The device may apply the respective routes to the plurality of requests to generate processed requests, and may communicate with at least one of the plurality of targets based on the processed requests. The device may receive results based on communicating with the at least one of the plurality of targets, wherein the results are based on the processed requests, and may provide information based on the results.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Secure exchange of digital content
Patent No. 11457005

Inventor(s): Ryan Jacob Shapiro (Bay Harbor Islands, FL)
Assignee(s): Securus Technologies, LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16795355 on 02/19/2020 (951 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention includes delivering and monitoring digital content distributed to correctional facility inmates, giving supervisory authorities the ability to screen the incoming digital content. Digital content can include email, and stored and steamed video content, and can be scanned for keywords by supervisory authorities before delivery to an inmate. A computer kiosk can be used by inmates to view and record digital video content. A portable player is provided to inmates which can be used to play, and in some embodiments record, digital content. The player is issued to a particular inmate, and can only be used with respect to that particular inmate”s digital content. The kiosk, and in some embodiments, the player, can be used to shop for items available at a store, for example a commissary.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

System and method for ingesting and presenting a video with associated linked products and metadata as a unified actionable shopping experience
Patent No. 11457059

Inventor(s): Baxter Murrell Box (Dallas, TX), Joseph Patrick Copenhaver (Garland, TX), William Kress Bodin (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): rewardStyle, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17407338 on 08/20/2021 (403 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for ingesting and presenting a video with associated linked products and metadata as a unified actionable shopping experience may include accessing a video file, receiving information about an object, the information including a link to a merchant portal or web page through which the object may be purchased, combining the video file and information about the object into a social media post, and delivering the social media post to consumers.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Doppler mode in a wireless network
Patent No. 11457097

Inventor(s): Young Hoon Kwon (Lake Forest, CA), Yujin Noh (Lake Forest, CA)
Assignee(s): ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16924979 on 07/09/2020 (810 days app to issue)

Abstract: To receive data in data field of a PHY Protocol Data Unit (PPDU), wherein the data field includes mid-ambles, a number of mid-ambles and a number of data symbols included in the data field is determined. The number of mid-ambles is determined according to information in an HE-SIG-A field of the PPDU, information in an L-SIG field of the PPDU, and one or more predetermined values prescribed by a standard. The number of data symbols may be determined using the number of the mid-ambles, and the data received according to the number of mid-ambles and the number of data symbols.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Method and apparatus for smart video skipping
Patent No. 11457249

Inventor(s): Kumar Vadlamudi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): AT T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17090137 on 11/05/2020 (691 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include obtaining a first media content item comprising a plurality of content segments. For each content segment of the plurality of content segments of the first media content item, comparing the content segment and a prior content segment to identify a content transition, analyzing the content segment to identify a content marker in the content segment, determining a viewing characteristic of the content segment according to the content transition and the content marker, determining if the content segment is unnecessary according to the viewing characteristic, and updating a set of skipping instructions associated with the first media content item responsive to the determining the content segment is unnecessary, and presenting the first media content item at a first device according to the set of skipping instructions associated with the first media content item. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Display inserts, overlays, and graphical user interfaces for multimedia systems
Patent No. 11457259

Inventor(s): Alvin R. McQuarters (Euless, TX), Amir Ansari (Plano, TX), George A. Cowgill (Farmersville, TX), Jude P. Ramayya (Wylie, TX), Leon E. Nicholls (Plano, TX), Ramprakash Masina (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): KIP PROD P1 LP (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16512876 on 07/16/2019 (1169 days app to issue)

Abstract: A disclosed digital media device operational at user premises to receive media signals from a media source for presentation via endpoint devices such as a television display. The digital media device can include gateway and digital media management functionality and can be referred to as a gateway and digital media device. The device offers application services obtained over a wide area network and a user premises network. The digital media device may form a composite signal from the media signal and application service information, for example, for a composite audio and/or video signal for television type presentation to the user. The digital media device may receive a selection signal based on the presentation, for transmission to the application service provider device or to the media source. The media device also offers a GUI presenting a moveable arrangement of icons for selectively accessing application services.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

SDR-based massive MIMO with V-RAN cloud architecture and SDN-based network slicing
Patent No. 11457365

Inventor(s): Solyman Ashrafi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NXGEN PARTNERS IP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17002213 on 08/25/2020 (763 days app to issue)

Abstract: A telecommunications network comprises at least one core network interface for providing interconnection to a core network. At least one base station interface provides communications to at least one user device. At least one server defines a configurable network interconnecting the at least one core network interface and the base station. The configurable network comprises a cloud based virtual radio access network (VRAN). The at least one server defines logically independent network slicing for the configurable network that selects a first network slice responsive to use of the configurable network by a first application and selects a second network slice responsive to use of the configurable network by a second application. The at least one server implements the VRAN in a first configuration responsive to use of the first application by the configurable network and a second configuration responsive to use of the second application by the configurable network. At least one transceiver associated with the at least one base station interface for provides massive MIMO communications between the at least one server and the at least one user device.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

5G edge cloud network design
Patent No. 11457369

Inventor(s): Wei Yuan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16916629 on 06/30/2020 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods may use a math programming model for designing an edge cloud network. The edge cloud network design may depend on various factors, including the number of edge cloud nodes, edge cloud node location, or traffic coverage, among other things.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Resource configuration for EPDCCH
Patent No. 11457435

Inventor(s): Ralf Matthias Bendlin (Plano, TX), Runhua Chen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16504699 on 07/08/2019 (1177 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for providing both localized and distributed transmission modes for EPDCCH is disclosed, where one EPDCCH comprises of one or multiple CCEs. Localized versus distributed transmission may be defined in terms of the EPDCCH to CCE resource mapping. In a localized transmission CCEs are restricted to be contained within one PRB. In a distributed transmission a CCE spans over multiple PRBs. A UE can be configured to either receive the EPDCCH only in localized or only in distributed transmissions. A UE can also be configured to expect EPDCCH transmissions in both localized and distributed transmissions. In each PRB configured by the higher layer as an EPDCCH resource, 24 REs that may be used for any DMRS transmission are always reserved and not used for EPDCCH transmission.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamic bandwidth adaptation with network scheduling
Patent No. 11457458

Inventor(s): Haitong Sun (Irving, TX), Yang Li (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16739916 on 01/10/2020 (991 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for a wireless device to dynamically adapt its bandwidth use using network scheduling information in a cellular communication system. A radio resource control connection between a cellular base station and a wireless device may be established. The wireless device may receive network scheduling information from the cellular base station. The wireless device may dynamically select a receive bandwidth for receiving transmissions from the cellular base station based at least in part on the network scheduling information.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for initial access block on stand-alone NR unlicensed spectrum
Patent No. 11457472

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16213208 on 12/07/2018 (1390 days app to issue)

Abstract: A UE in a wireless communication system is provided. The UE comprises at least one processor configured to identify a DTTC including at least one of a first periodicity, a duration of a first transmission window, or a first timing offset of the first transmission window, wherein the DTTC is identified for the DSCH or RLM in a serving cell, and identify a DMTC including at least one of a second periodicity, a duration of a second transmission window, or a second timing offset of the second transmission window, wherein the DMTC is identified for RRM measurement based on the DSCH. The UE further comprises a transceiver operably connected to the processor, the transceiver configured to receive, from a BS, at least one DSCH from a set of DSCH over unlicensed downlink channels based on the identified DTTC, wherein the received at least one DSCH includes a SS/PBCH block.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Message mapping via frequency and/or time indexing
Patent No. 11457508

Inventor(s): Yang Li (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16391559 on 04/23/2019 (1253 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting message mapping via time and/or frequency indexing. For example, these techniques may be applied to device-to-device wireless communication. For example, device to device discovery may use message mapping via frequency indexing. A portion of the payload of a message, such as a discovery message, may be offloaded to a frequency and/or time index. A receiving device may determine the offloaded portion of the payload based on the frequency and/or time (e.g., subcarrier and/or slot) used to transmit the message.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Power electronics systems comprising a two phase cold plate having an outer enclosure and an inner enclosure
Patent No. 11457544

Inventor(s): Danny Lohan (Ann Arbor, MI), Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI), Hitoshi Fujioka (Ann Arbor, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17165490 on 02/02/2021 (602 days app to issue)

Abstract: A two-phase cold plate includes an outer enclosure having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet each fluidly coupled to a fluid pathway, an inner enclosure having a vapor cavity and a vapor outlet, and one or more wicking structures disposed in the outer enclosure. The one or more wicking structures fluidly couple the fluid pathway of the outer enclosure with the vapor cavity of the inner enclosure and the one or more wicking structures comprise a plurality of nucleation sites configured to induce vaporization of a cooling fluid and facilitate vapor flow into the vapor cavity of the inner enclosure.

[H05K] PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (details of instruments or comparable details of other apparatus not otherwise provided for G12B; thin-film or thick-film circuits H01L 27/01, H01L 27/13; non-printed means for electric connections to or between printed circuits H01R; casings for, or constructional details of, particular types of apparatus, see the relevant subclasses; processes involving only a single technical art, e.g. heating, spraying, for which provision exists elsewhere, see the relevant classes)

DESIGN PATENTS

Accessory for vehicle heating and air conditioning systems
Patent No. D965120

Inventor(s): Michael W Rejkowski (Carrollton, TX), Stephen J Sexton (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): CLASSIC AUTO AIR MANUFACTURING LP (Beachwood, OH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29815700 on 11/16/2021 (315 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Light
Patent No. D965196

Inventor(s): Brian P. Johnson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Perch Acquisition Co 36, LLC (Boston, MA)
Law Firm: Wolf, Greenfield Sacks, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29768328 on 01/28/2021 (607 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Slip leash
Patent No. D965236

Inventor(s): Aften R. Owens (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bubble and Spike, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29700946 on 08/07/2019 (1147 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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