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 November 1, 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

109 patents granted
Ranked No. 10 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 6
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 9
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 1
D: TEXTILES; PAPER 1
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 9
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 4
G: PHYSICS 41
H: ELECTRICITY 30

DESIGN 8

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 14
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 7
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 5
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 4
Toyota Motor North America Inc. (Plano) 4
United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio) 4
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 4
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 3
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) 3

UNASSIGNED 8

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Jory Sprowl (Honey Grove) 3
Skylar Hagler (Anna) 3
Heather Michelle Bartlett (Dallas) 2
Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton) 2
Paul Huy Nguyen (Flower Mound) 2
Scott Robert Summerfelt (Garland) 2
Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound) 2
Victor Kwak (Frisco) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Microbicidal system
Patent No. 11484033

Inventor(s): Arthur S. Freeman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): About Better Life Experiences, LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Denton Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC (no location found) Application #, Date & Speed: 17172058 on 02/09/2021 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention provides a system for sanitizing fluids such as water and air. In particular, the invention provides a combination of solid chlorhexidine and a polymer matrix, for which effluents are essentially free of leached chlorhexidine. The systems enable rapid disinfecting of fluids, including in line at the point of use, and can be employed for both high volume applications and disposable single-use applications.

[A01N] PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF (preservation of food or foodstuff A23); BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES (preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes which kill or prevent the growth or proliferation of unwanted organisms A61K); PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS (mixtures of pesticides with fertilisers C05G)

Adjustable strap
Patent No. 11484069

Inventor(s): Ceri Reynolds-Stone (Dallas, TX), Tomima L. Edmark (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16719027 on 12/18/2019 (1049 days app to issue)

Abstract: An adjustable strap comprises an elongated length and mating fastening portions on one side of the strap adjacent to one end of the strap. Gaps or spaces between the mating fastening portions or members provide a tactile effect or response when adjusting the strap to the closed position. The strap is permanently or releasably secured at one end to an attachment point or stabilizing component. The opposite end with the mating fastening portions folds to mate the portions and secure the strap in a closed configuration. The length of the strap can wrap around an object to mate the fastening portions. Alternatively, the length can interact with an additional stabilizing component or guiding member before mating the fastening portions to secure the strap.

[A41C] CORSETS; BRASSI”RES

Container apparatus
Patent No. 11484152

Inventor(s): Merrilee Kick (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros) Application #, Date & Speed: 16598443 on 10/10/2019 (1118 days app to issue)

Abstract: A container apparatus includes a container body and a container lid. The container body defines a first internal cavity. The container lid is attached to the container body and defines a second internal cavity. The container lid includes protrusions extending within the second internal cavity to grind solid materials.

[A47J] KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES [6]

Intubation drape
Patent No. 11484380

Inventor(s): Eric Howard (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell Berkowitz, PC (5 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17137869 on 12/30/2020 (671 days app to issue)

Abstract: A medical drape which is positioned over the head and upper torso of a patient is disclosed which includes a head flap, a head portion, a torso portion, and two oppositely disposed arm portions. The head flap is of a sufficient length to extend about the backside of the patient=s head. The head portion includes oppositely disposed side wings which aid in covering the head of a patient. Each arm portion includes an access slot extending through the arm portion.

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

Nutrient rich germinant composition and spore incubation method
Patent No. 11484556

Inventor(s): Amanda Rosmarin (Lantana, TX), Charles Greenwald (Dallas, TX), Daniel Aberle (Irving, TX), Gabriel F. K. Everett (Coppell, TX), George Aboagye (Derby, , GB), Jordan Church (Dallas, TX), Judy Pruitt (Mesquite, TX)
Assignee(s): NCH Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, LLP (Local) Application #, Date & Speed: 16785138 on 02/07/2020 (998 days app to issue)

Abstract: A nutrient-germinant composition to aid in spore germination and a method for increased spore germination efficiency. The composition comprises L-amino acids, D-glucose and/or D-fructose, a phosphate buffer, an industrial preservative, and may include bacteria spores or they may be separately combined for germination. The method comprises providing a nutrient-germinant composition and bacteria spores, preferably of one or more [i]Bacillus [/i]species, and heating to a preferred elevated temperature range of 41 C. to 44 C. for an incubation period of around 2 to 60 minutes. The nutrient-germinant composition is preferably in a concentrated liquid form that is diluted just prior to initiating the germination/incubation method at the point of use. The method may also include dispensing a germinated spore solution to a point-of-use/consumption, such as animal feed, water, or bedding, or a wastewater system or drain.

[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)

Chest tube air leak detection system
Patent No. 11484634

Inventor(s): C. Thomas Black (Arlington, TX), Stephen David Black (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Jeff Williams PLLC (Local + 690 other metros) Application #, Date & Speed: 16886476 on 05/28/2020 (887 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gas collection unit for use in monitoring and tracking a discharge of air from a patient includes a housing, a set of valves, and a plurality of tubes. The housing contains a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber wherein the chambers are in fluid communication with one another. The housing includes a fluid in the first chamber and the second chamber. The first valve regulates the passage of air flow from the patient into the first chamber and is located within a first tube coupled to the housing. The second valve is in communication with the second chamber. The second valve being configured to regulate the passage of air exiting the first chamber. The second chamber is subjected to a suction. The gas collection unit is operable with an air collection device as a retrofitted item.

[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

Systems and methods for accessory load adjustment to reduce engine noise
Patent No. 11485350

Inventor(s): Shannon Alicia Wrobel (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter Hampton LLP (7 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16914144 on 06/26/2020 (858 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling a hybrid powertrain of a hybrid vehicle, and may include: determining a value of a drive request for a combustion engine of the hybrid vehicle; determining electrical loading on batteries of the hybrid vehicle; adjusting operation of an accessory of the hybrid vehicle to reduce the electrical load of that accessory on the batteries of the hybrid vehicle when the drive request value is above a determined drive request threshold amount and the electrical loading on batteries of the hybrid vehicle is above a power loading threshold; and directing at least some of the power saved by adjusting operation of the accessory from the batteries of the hybrid vehicle to a drive motor of the hybrid vehicle to provide motive force for the vehicle.

[B60W] CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT [2006.01]

Bicycle saddle with vibration isolators
Patent No. 11485437

Inventor(s): Brian J. Pinkelman (Ann Arbor, MI), Paul A. Gilmore (Ann Arbor, MI), Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, MI), Umesh N. Gandhi (Farmington Hills, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17156041 on 01/22/2021 (648 days app to issue)

Abstract: A saddle for a bicycle can be configured to provide improved vibration isolation performance. The saddle can include a saddle body. The saddle body can include a front region and a rear region. The saddle can include a plurality of isolators. The plurality of isolators can be operatively connected to the saddle body in the rear region. The plurality of isolators can include a stack of a plurality of conical springs. The saddle can include a rail member. The rail member can be operatively connected to the plurality of isolators. Further, the rail member can be operatively connected to the saddle body in the front region.

[B62J] CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; ACCESSORIES PECULIAR TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS (registration plates B60R 13/10; cyclometers, i.e. wheel-revolution counters, G01C 22/00)

Rudder twist lock method and apparatus
Patent No. 11485475

Inventor(s): Dakota Charles Easley (Hurst, TX), Danielle Lynn Moore (Fort Worth, TX), Levi Charles Hefner (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found) Application #, Date & Speed: 16809940 on 03/05/2020 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example of an aerial vehicle includes a rudder removably connected to the aerial vehicle by a twist lock mechanism. The twist lock mechanism is biased in a locked position by an elastic member.

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

System and method for adjustable ballast
Patent No. 11485480

Inventor(s): Derek William Heard (Fort Worth, TX), Joshua Andrew Emrich (Grapevine, TX), Nathan Craig Clark (Arlington, TX), Ralph Michael Gannarelli (Keller, TX), Richard Theodore Perryman (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found) Application #, Date & Speed: 17308309 on 05/05/2021 (545 days app to issue)

Abstract: A movable ballast system for an aircraft includes first and second ballast docks secured to the aircraft. The first ballast dock includes a first housing and a first ballast tray secured within the first housing. The first ballast tray includes a plurality of channels. The second ballast dock is positioned aft of a CG of the aircraft and includes a second housing and a second ballast tray secured within the second housing. The second ballast tray includes a plurality of channels. The movable ballast system includes a plurality of movable ballasts, each movable ballast of the plurality of movable ballasts being configured to fit within at least one channel of each of the plurality of channels of the first and second ballast trays.

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

Removable struts for vibration isolation device mounting system
Patent No. 11485484

Inventor(s): James Blake (Fort Worth, TX), Mark Wiinikka (Hurst, TX), Nathan P. Green (Mansfield, TX), Scott Hemmen (Hurst, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local) Application #, Date & Speed: 17186484 on 02/26/2021 (613 days app to issue)

Abstract: A strut assembly for a vibration isolation device is disclosed, comprising a piston spindle; a first elastomeric member and a second elastomeric member bonded to the piston spindle and in contact with an upper housing and a lower housing, respectively; a first strut support and a second strut support attached to or integral with the upper housing and the lower housing, respectively; a first strut spindle and the second strut support configured to be placed in the first strut support and the second strut support, respectively; and one or more removable struts configured to be engaged to the first strut spindle and to the second strut spindle, wherein at least one of the first or second strut spindles is removable such that the one or more struts can be replaced without breaking a bonding of the first elastomeric member, the second elastomeric member, or both.

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

Temperature monitoring unit for aircraft wing structure and associated installation method
Patent No. 11485500

Inventor(s): Dave James Thomas (Waxahachie, TX), Robert Lewis Brackin, Jr. (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): BOMBARDIER INC. (Dorval, , CA)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (Local + 13 other metros) Application #, Date & Speed: 16311328 on 06/27/2017 (1953 days app to issue)

Abstract: A temperature monitoring unit may be removably installed inside an aircraft wing structure for monitoring temperature conditions along the span of the wing. The wing structure has a temperature-sensitive device ([b]162[/b]) for monitoring a temperature condition, which is attached to a support frame ([b]173[/b]). The support frame and attached temperature-sensitive device may be installed as a unit within the wing structure. The support frame may be configured for sliding engagement inside the wing structure, for example, with a set of tracks.

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

Closure assembly for use with a container
Patent No. 11485570

Inventor(s): Joshua Boggs (Aledo, TX)
Assignee(s): FOUR STRONG IP LLC (Pittsboro, NC)
Law Firm: Kaufman Canoles, P.C. (no location found) Application #, Date & Speed: 16919190 on 07/02/2020 (852 days app to issue)

Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a closure assembly for use with a container (e.g., an aerosol can). The closure assembly includes a skirt and a protective cap. In some embodiments, a lock feature temporarily attaches the protective cap to the container and increases a force required for a user to remove the protective cap. In some embodiments, an inner lock opening of the skirt is configured to be registered with an outer lock opening to receive a locking element therethrough. In some embodiments, a set screw is positioned in the skirt to selectively allow or inhibit relative rotation between the skirt and the protective cap. In some embodiments, a biasing element selectively allows or inhibits engagement of threads of the protective cap with the threads of the skirt depending upon application of an axial force to overcome a biasing force of the biasing element.

[B65D] CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

Stackable wire-dispensing container
Patent No. 11485603

Inventor(s): Benjamin L. Weatherford (Princeton, TX), Clifton S. Thompson (Lucas, TX), William T. Bigbee, Jr. (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17103690 on 11/24/2020 (707 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core.

[B65H] HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES

Method of connecting a vent tube to a bottling machine
Patent No. 11485624

Inventor(s): Alton W. Mowdy (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): MM Machinery Services, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Fitch, Even, Tabin Flannery LLP (5 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17148171 on 01/13/2021 (657 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of connecting a vent tube to a bottling machine comprising providing a vent tube having a vent tube alignment mechanism, a receiver defining a through-opening and a receiver alignment mechanism, and a biasing mechanism for biasing against at least a portion of the vent tube. Aligning the vent tube with the through-opening and the vent tube alignment mechanism with the receiver alignment mechanism, inserting the vent tube into the receiver against the biasing mechanism, rotating the vent tube such that the vent tube alignment mechanism is not aligned with the receiver alignment mechanism, and locking the vent tube to the receiver using the biasing mechanism to bias the vent tube alignment mechanism out of alignment with the receiver alignment mechanism to form a positive locking feature that keeps the vent tube connected to the receiver throughout bottling machine operations.

[B67C] FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS

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

Integrated filtration and gas floatation water treatment system and process
Patent No. 11485662

Inventor(s): Wayne Wolf (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): GEMINI SCIENCE, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Decker Jones, PC (no location found) Application #, Date & Speed: 16255335 on 01/23/2019 (1378 days app to issue)

Abstract: A compact, portable system and process separates dissolved and suspended solids from water containing high levels of those solids. Gas flotation is used with and oxidant as an initial stage. The resulting foam is dewatered in a fluid conveyance, with the gas being recycled to the flotation column, the foam sent to a holding tank and the water passed through one of a number of filtration vessels having granular filter media. As at least one filtration vessel is kept in operation filtering, another filtration vessel can be backwashed when the flow therethrough is diminished of the fluid level inside rises. Treated water is used for backwashing and provided to a collection conduit.

[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] HEADER D PAPER

Insulated nanofiber yarns
Patent No. 11486063

Inventor(s): Julia Bykova (Richardson, TX), Marcio D. Lima (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Greenblum Bernstein, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16103102 on 08/14/2018 (1540 days app to issue)

Abstract: An insulated nanofiber having a continuous nanofiber collection extending along a longitudinal axis with an outside surface and an inside portion is described. A first material infiltrates the inside portion, where the outside surface of the nanofiber collection is substantially free of the first material. An electrically-insulating second material coats the outside surface of the nanofiber collection. A method of making an insulated nanofiber collection is also disclosed.

[D02G] CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, YARNS, OR THREADS; YARNS OR THREADS

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

Retroreflective traffic stripe 1,000X brighter than the current state of the art
Patent No. 11486103

Inventor(s): Mark Joseph O”Neill (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16988891 on 08/10/2020 (813 days app to issue)

Abstract: This invention is a novel retroreflective traffic stripe comprising a widely spaced repeating pattern of linear light turning prisms over cube corner retroreflective prisms in a critical optimal configuration. The light turning prisms comprise at least two exposed surfaces, one approximately vertical facing the headlights of oncoming traffic, and another opposing the first and sloped by approximately 45 degrees. The approximately vertical surface efficiently accepts light from the headlights and transmits such light to the sloped surface which totally internally reflects such light downward onto an array of cube corner retroreflective prisms, which totally internally reflect such light in approximately the reverse direction. Such reflected light once more encounters the sloped face of the light turning prisms which totally internally reflects the light toward the approximately vertical surface, where such light exits and returns toward the headlights and, more importantly, toward the eyes of the driver of the vehicle.

[E01F] ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE

Thermal and acoustic insulating and sealing system for a safing slot in a curtain wall
Patent No. 11486137

Inventor(s): Arndt Andresen (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (Schaan, , LI)
Law Firm: Grneberg and Myers PLLC (no location found) Application #, Date & Speed: 16301723 on 04/20/2017 (2021 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described is a construction and parts of the construction for effectively thermally and acoustically insulating and sealing of a safing slot between a floor of a building and an exterior wall construction wherein the exterior wall construction comprises a curtain wall configuration utilizing an interior panel module design. In particular, the thermal insulating and sealing system comprises a first element comprising a cavity having an interior wall surface and an opening, positioned substantially in the height of the floor, wherein the cavity is located in the spandrel area of the interior wall surface, and a second element comprised of a thermally resistant and/or air tight material for insulating, positioned at least partially in the cavity of the first element, wherein the second element includes an inner end surface positionable in abutment with respect to the outer edge of the floor for sealing there adjacent, outer end surface positionable in abutment with respect the interior wall surface of the cavity, a lower facing surface extending between the inner end surface and the outer end surface and facing downwardly therebetween, and an upper facing surface extending between the inner end surface and the outer end surface and facing upwardly therebetween.

[E04B] GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings E06B 1/00)

Liquid applied roofing formulations and methods of using the same to coat at least one steep slope roof substrate
Patent No. 11486138

Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearny, NJ), Kihyun Kim (Hackensack, NJ), Wilson Cheung (Hillsborough, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17545774 on 12/08/2021 (328 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising: obtaining a base formulation, obtaining an activator formulation, mixing the base formulation with the activator formulation, so as to result in a liquid applied roofing formulation, applying the liquid applied roofing formulation to at least one steep slope roof substrate, and solidifying the formulation, so as to form at least one coating layer on the at least one steep slope roof substrate. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a liquid applied roofing formulation comprising a first part and a second part. In some embodiments, the first part comprises the base formulation and the second part comprises the activator formulation.

Fluidic elastomer actuator-based mechanical control systems for vehicle door handles
Patent No. 11486173

Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Frederico Marcolino Quintao Severgnini (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter Hampton LLP (7 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16578898 on 09/23/2019 (1135 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for a fluidic elastomer actuator-based handle is provided. A processor determines when a person is approaching a vehicle door and, in response to determining a person is approaching the vehicle door, the processor determines if the door handle is necessary based on a determined intent of the person. If the intent is determined to open the door, the processor manipulates a soft robotics material enclosing the door handle into an in-use state to present the handle to the person through the application of one or more stimuli. When not in a rest state, the soft robotics material provides a smooth surface aligned with a surface of the door panel.

[E05B] LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS

Method and system for insulating structural building components
Patent No. 11486189

Inventor(s): Philip M. Benes (Wausau, WI)
Assignee(s): Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Henry Patent Law Firm PLLC (Local + 1 other metros) Application #, Date & Speed: 17092792 on 11/09/2020 (722 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention relates to a structural assembly including a first frame member hingedly coupled to a second frame member. A support member extends outwardly from the first frame member. At least one glazing panel is disposed above the support member. A thermal clip is coupled to the support member. The thermal clip insulates the support member from a building exterior. The support member extends less than an entire length thereof and reduces loss of thermal energy from a building interior to the building exterior via the support member.

[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)

Wellbore casing repair safety tool for low-pressure hydrocarbon wells
Patent No. 11486221

Inventor(s): David Hart (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros) Application #, Date & Speed: 17148292 on 01/13/2021 (657 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wellbore tool includes a rod with a plurality of rod sections. The rod is configured to be placed within a wellbore casing of a low-pressure hydrocarbon well. A plurality of sealing elements are positioned at a downhole end of the rod. Each sealing element is configured to provide a gas-tight seal between the sealing element and an inner wall of the wellbore casing. A handle positioned at an uphole end of the rod provides a hand grip for a user of the wellbore tool.

[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]

Flapper on frac plug
Patent No. 11486226

Inventor(s): Matthew Taylor Nichols (Carrollton, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Nin M. Nguyen (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16800342 on 02/25/2020 (980 days app to issue)

Abstract: Zonal isolation devices, systems, and methods for use are provided. In some embodiments, the zonal isolation device comprises a tubular body having a fluid communication pathway formed along a longitudinal axis comprising: a sealing element comprising a deformable material and an inner bore forming at least a portion of the fluid communication pathway; a support ring disposed within the bore of the sealing element; a rotatable sealing component coupled to the support ring; a wedge engaged with a downhole end of the sealing element; and an anchoring assembly engaged with the wedge. In certain embodiments, the tubular body further comprises an end element adjacent the anchoring assembly.

Detonator module
Patent No. 11486234

Inventor(s): Joseph T. MacGillivray (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: McGuire Woods LLP (Local + 9 other metros) Application #, Date & Speed: 16752534 on 01/24/2020 (1012 days app to issue)

Abstract: A detonator module provides for the use of a wide range of different addressable switches for use in perforating guns. The detonator module permits pre-assembly of a desired addressable switch and conforms the electrical connectivity to a particular perforating gun. In this manner, nearly any addressable switch can be used from any manufacturer despite having different sizes or wiring layouts. The pre-assembled detonator module can be safely shipped due to a safety shunt that can be removed on site prior to installation into a perforating gun. In one sense, the detonator module permits conformance of multiple different types of addressable switches to a particular type or model of perforating gun, permitting flexible choice of addressable switch for a particular project.

Acoustics through fluid communication system
Patent No. 11486246

Inventor(s): Donald Kyle (Plano, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Richard Decena Ornelaz (Frisco, TX), Thomas Jules Frosell (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16314308 on 11/29/2017 (1798 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a well system environment communication system comprising of an acoustic communicator capable of communicating encoded data with a first wireless transceiver through a fluid medium and the first wireless transceiver capable of communicating encoded data with a second transceiver through a non-fluid medium. In one example, an acoustic communicator is communicatively coupled with a downhole tool allowing the downhole tool to communicate indirectly with a well system controller. In another aspect of the disclosure, a method is described wherein an acoustic communicator located in a wellbore can encode data from a downhole tool and communicate the data through a fluid medium to a first wireless transceiver and the first wireless transceiver can communicate with a second transceiver through a non-fluid medium.

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

Radially expanding post extender
Patent No. 11486430

Inventor(s): Ian A. Hill (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC. (Cincinnati, OH)
Law Firm: Thompson Hine LLP (6 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16400310 on 05/01/2019 (1280 days app to issue)

Abstract: A post coupler expands laterally. The post coupler includes a first member that is hollow and has a first slanted face. A second member is also hollow and has a second slanted face that is abutted with the first slanted face. A rod extends through the first and second members; the rod has a head that is disposed at a head end and threads disposed at a thread end. A nut is engaged with the threads, and rotating the nut causes the first member to extend in a first lateral direction and causes the second cylindrical member to extend in a second lateral direction opposite the first lateral direction.

[F16B] DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

HVAC system operated with adaptive discharge air temperature setpoint
Patent No. 11486599

Inventor(s): Juan Antonio Contreras Lafaire (Frisco, TX), Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros) Application #, Date & Speed: 17203528 on 03/16/2021 (595 days app to issue)

Abstract: An HVAC system includes a blower, a variable-speed compressor, an indoor air temperature sensor that measures an indoor air temperature (IAT) of an enclosed space, a discharge air temperature sensor that measures a discharge air temperature (DAT) of the flow of air from an evaporator, and a controller. The controller stores an indoor temperature setpoint and a default discharge air temperature setpoint. The controller receives the IAT and the DAT. The controller determines that the IAT is not within a threshold range of the indoor temperature setpoint. The controller then determines an adaptive discharge air temperature setpoint. The controller determines a compressor speed at which to operate the variable-speed compressor based on the adaptive discharge air temperature setpoint. The controller causes the variable-speed compressor to operate at the determined compressor speed.

[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)

System and method for recovering NGLS using dual compression
Patent No. 11486637

Inventor(s): Erik Woodward (Allen, TX), Gerald Scott Meinecke (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Coldstream Energy IP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros) Application #, Date & Speed: 16409734 on 05/10/2019 (1271 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a first separator that separates water from a fluid material. The water settles on the bottom of the water knock-out tank. The system includes multiple compressors to boost the pressure of the fluid material. The system includes a second separator that separates condensate from the fluid material. The system includes a mixing pipe that mixes glycol with the fluid material and a first heat exchanger that cools the mixed fluid material and glycol. The system includes a third separator that separates gaseous components and liquid components of the mixed fluid material and glycol and a fourth separator that separates the liquid components of the mixed fluid material and glycol. The system includes a fractional distillation column that heats a first liquid from the fourth separator, gasifying a first portion of the first liquid. A second portion of the first liquid remains liquid and is natural gas liquids.

[F25J] LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION, OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT (cryogenic pumps F04B 37/08; gas storage vessels, gas-holders F17; filling vessels with, or discharging from vessels, compressed, liquefied, or solidified gases F17C; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B)

Method of making a primer insert for use in polymer ammunition
Patent No. 11486680

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 #, Date & Speed: 16387830 on 04/18/2019 (1293 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a polymeric ammunition cartridge and methods of making and using the same. The cartridge includes a substantially cylindrical insert connected to a substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body. The substantially cylindrical insert includes a top surface opposite a bottom surface and a substantially cylindrical coupling element that extends from the bottom surface, a primer recess in the top surface that extends toward the bottom surface, and a flange that extends circumferentially about an outer edge of the top surface. The substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body includes a substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end and a substantially cylindrical polymeric coupling end connected by a powder chamber, wherein the substantially cylindrical polymeric coupling end contacts the substantially cylindrical coupling element.

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

P H Y S I C S

Processes and systems for monitoring filter materials
Patent No. 11486845

Inventor(s): Randall Coburn (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TMGCore, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (no location found) Application #, Date & Speed: 17701430 on 03/22/2022 (224 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a filter in, for example, an immersion cooled system are described. In one embodiment the application pertains to a process comprising employing a filter media to filter fluid wherein one or more electrical properties change depending upon pH of the filter fluid. The one or more electrical properties may be measured to monitor the filter. If desired, the filter media”s electrical properties may be modified based on the configuration of the filter to facilitate the measurements.

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

Apparatus and system for wide-range current sensing
Patent No. 11486909

Inventor(s): Roy Alan Hastings (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 17077404 on 10/22/2020 (740 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sectioned field effect transistor (”FET”) for implementing a rapidly changing sense range ratio dynamically in response to changing load and main supply conditions. The sectioned FET may have multiple main FET sections, and multiple sense FET sections. These sections can be dynamically connected and disconnected from the sectioned FET. The sections may also be connected by a common gate. There may also be common drain or source connections for the main FET sections, and also common drain or source connections for the sense FET sections. The sectioned FET allows for the sense range to be extended by a multiple of k+1, where k is the size ratio or factor of the additional sense FET sections. This allows the current sense range ratio to be extended to (m+n)/n*(k+1).

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

Frequency synthesizer output cycle counter including ring encoder
Patent No. 11486916

Inventor(s): Karthik Subburaj (Karnataka, , IN), Raghu Ganesan (Karnataka, , IN), Sreekiran Samala (Plano, TX), Tom Altus (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 17515637 on 11/01/2021 (365 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of frequency estimation. A clock output from a frequency synthesizer is received at an input of a ring encoder. The ring encoder generates outputs including a ring encoder output clock and an encoded output which represents LSBs of a clock cycle count of the clock output. A binary counter is run using the ring encoder output clock which provides an output count which represents MSBs of the clock cycle count. Using a reference clock, the encoded output is sampled to provide a sampled encoded output and the output count is sampled to provide a sampled output count. Error correcting is applied to the sampled encoded output to provide a corrected sampled encoded output. The corrected sampled encoded output and sampled output count are combined to provide a combined output which is used for estimating an instantaneous or average frequency of the clock output.

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

Electronic battery tester with battery clamp storage holsters
Patent No. 11486930

Inventor(s): Andrew John Salo, III (Chicago, IL), Brian Paul Madeley (Dallas, TX), Bryan James Rossman (Warrenville, IL), Clifford Evyn Sewing (Colleyville, TX), Kevin I. Bertness (Batavia, IL)
Assignee(s): INTERSTATE BATTERY SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL., INC. (Dallas, TX), MIDTRONICS, INC. (Willowbrook, IL)
Law Firm: Westman, Champlin Koehler, P.A. (1 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17151971 on 01/19/2021 (651 days app to issue)

Abstract: A battery tester includes a pair of battery clamps, a testing unit, and a pair of holsters. Each battery clamp is configured to connect to a terminal of a battery. The testing unit includes testing circuitry that is connected to the battery clamps, and is configured to perform one or more battery tests on a battery connected to the battery clamps. Each of the holsters is attached to a housing of the testing unit, and is configured to receive and hold one of the battery clamps.

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

Systems and methods for a radar system using sectional three-dimensional beamforming
Patent No. 11486995

Inventor(s): Jae Seung Lee (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16939382 on 07/27/2020 (827 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to scanning a surrounding environment of a vehicle by radar during automated driving. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting an object by using a three-dimensional beam formed by a layered array of end-fire antennas. The method also includes scanning the object by using a fine three-dimensional beam formed by a section of the layered array of end-fire antennas. The method also includes tracking the object by using the fine three-dimensional beam.

[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

Determining geographic location of a mobile device using sensor data
Patent No. 11487024

Inventor(s): Andrew Hazlett (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros) Application #, Date & Speed: 16254093 on 01/22/2019 (1379 days app to issue)

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a mobile device includes a sensor, one or more processors, and a memory. The memory stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including determining a first geographic location based on wireless signals received as part of a wireless-based mobile device positioning system. The operations include accessing a geographic database that includes data representing a number of geographic locations and properties associated with the geographic locations, and a mapping between measureable values of a type and particular geographic locations. The operations include determining, using the geographic database, candidate geographic locations for adjusting the first geographic location. The operations include accessing a particular value of the type determined according to a measurement of the sensor and determining a second geographic location based on the candidate geographic locations and on the particular value and the mapping.

[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)

Method for inferring GPS location
Patent No. 11487025

Inventor(s): Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX), Victor Kwak (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16831903 on 03/27/2020 (949 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of inferring the GPS location of a device with a GPS receiver is disclosed. The method includes using signals from two GPS satellites to determine two candidate GPS locations. Geographic information can be used to estimate the probability that the device is at each location. If one of the two candidate GPS locations has a substantially higher probability of being the correct location, that location may be selected as the inferred GPS location. The method may also include making use of additional sensed data that could be provided using sensors onboard the device.

Rendered optical super resolution display
Patent No. 11487118

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Matthew Kempf (Dallas, TX), John Peter Fenske (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 17122040 on 12/15/2020 (686 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes rendering, by at least one processor, a first sub-frame of an image, where the first sub-frame includes a first subset of pixels of the image. The method includes displaying the first sub-frame on a display. The method also includes rendering, by the at least one processor, a second sub-frame of the image, where the second sub-frame includes a second subset of pixels of the image, and where the second sub-frame is shifted a half-pixel diagonally from the first sub-frame. The method also includes displaying the second sub-frame on the display after displaying the first sub-frame, where the display is optically shifted a half-pixel diagonally to display the second sub-frame.

[G02B] OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes precedence; optical elements specially adapted for use in lighting devices or systems thereof F21V 1/00-F21V 13/00; measuring-instruments, see the relevant subclass of class G01, e.g. optical rangefinders G01C; testing of optical elements, systems, or apparatus G01M 11/00; spectacles G02C; apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B; sound lenses G10K 11/30; electron and ion “optics” H01J; X-ray “optics” H01J, H05G 1/00; optical elements structurally combined with electric discharge tubes H01J 5/16, H01J 29/89, H01J 37/22; microwave “optics” H01Q; combination of optical elements with television receivers H04N 5/72; optical systems or arrangements in colour television systems H04N 9/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B 3/84) [7]

Photography backdrop support apparatus and systems
Patent No. 11487186

Inventor(s): Adam Gleason (Dallas, TX), Miranda Gleason (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): REPLICA SURFACES, LLC (Wichita Falls, TX)
Law Firm: Nadesan Beck P.C. (no location found) Application #, Date & Speed: 17739044 on 05/06/2022 (179 days app to issue)

Abstract: Photography backdrop support apparatus and systems can include improvements in portability for a photographic backdrop support structures. In some embodiments, the improved photographic support structure can support up to three vertical surfaces around one horizontal surface. A photographic backdrop system support structure can be designed to support additional accessories and light sources to provide versatility in lighting and other photographic optimizations. Other attachable accessories can include a staging table, camera mount and/or lighting mount. The size and portability of the photographic backdrop system can be optimized in size and can be made to optimize the portability of the system while allowing for ample space to photograph objects the size of food such as fruit and vegetables, for example.

[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]

Methods and apparatus for digital material deposition onto semiconductor wafers
Patent No. 11487206

Inventor(s): Benjamin Stassen Cook (Los Gatos, CA), Daniel Lee Revier (Seattle, WA), Scott Robert Summerfelt (Garland, TX), Sean Ping Chang (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16729919 on 12/30/2019 (1037 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device is formed by dispensing discrete amounts of a mixture of photoresist resin and solvents from droplet-on-demand sites onto a wafer to form a first photoresist sublayer, while the wafer is at a first temperature which allows the photoresist resin to attain less than 10 percent thickness non-uniformity. The wafer moves under the droplet-on-demand sites in a first direction to form the first photoresist sublayer. A portion of the solvents in the first photoresist sublayer is removed. A second photoresist sublayer is formed on the first photoresist sublayer using the droplet-on-demand sites while the wafer is at a second temperature to attain less than 10 percent thickness non-uniformity in the combined first and second photoresist sublayers. The wafer moves under the droplet-on-demand sites in a second direction for the second photoresist sublayer, opposite from the first direction.

[G03F] PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR (phototypographic composing devices B41B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; electrography, sensitive layers or processes G03G)

Autopilot recoupling for rotorcraft
Patent No. 11487285

Inventor(s): Aaron Thomas Halverson (Grapevine, TX), Erik John Oltheten (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local) Application #, Date & Speed: 17065872 on 10/08/2020 (754 days app to issue)

Abstract: An autopilot recoupling system for a rotorcraft having an automatic flight control system with multiple layers of flight augmentation. The autopilot recoupling system includes an autopilot recoupling input operable to generate an autopilot recoupling signal. An autopilot recoupling signal processor is communicably coupled to the autopilot recoupling input. The autopilot recoupling signal processor is configured to receive the autopilot recoupling signal from the autopilot recoupling input and responsive thereto, determine a state of the automatic flight control system, activate a trim systems layer of the automatic flight control system if the trim systems layer is not active, engage an attitude retention systems layer of the automatic flight control system if the attitude retention systems layer is disengage and recouple an autopilot systems layer of the automatic flight control system.

[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)

Systems and methods for tracking an accessory by a wheelchair and coupling the wheelchair to the accessory
Patent No. 11487290

Inventor(s): Katsumi Nagata (Foster City, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16595588 on 10/08/2019 (1120 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to a wheelchair system that includes a wheelchair. The wheelchair includes a coupling mechanism, a processing device, and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processing device. The non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium includes one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to determine the location of an accessory, position the wheelchair with respect to the accessory, and couple the wheelchair to the accessory via the coupling mechanism. The positioning of the wheelchair is independent from a user physically controlling the positioning of the wheelchair with respect to the accessory.

Home improvement store autonomous workhorse
Patent No. 11487300

Inventor(s): Geoffrey D. Gaither (Brighton, MI), 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: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16130825 on 09/13/2018 (1510 days app to issue)

Abstract: An autonomous workhorse vehicle includes a main body including a platform to support a plurality of objects, a tracking sensor to detect a location of the main body relative to a leading vehicle, and an input/output port to receive an identifier of the leading vehicle. The autonomous workhorse vehicle further includes a power source to provide power to propel the main body, a steering actuator designed to adjust an orientation of the main body, and an ECU. The ECU is designed to receive the identifier of the leading vehicle. The ECU is further designed to determine a following time to begin following the leading vehicle. The ECU is further designed to control the power source and the steering actuator to move the main body to follow the leading vehicle at the following time based on the detected location of the main body relative to the leading vehicle.

Piezoelectric sensor apparatus
Patent No. 11487381

Inventor(s): Alok Lohia (Dallas, TX), Mark Stephen Toth (Murphy, TX), Scott Robert Summerfelt (Garland, TX), Seung Bae Lee (Dallas, TX), Steve Kummerl (Carrollton, TX), Terry Lee Sculley (Lewisville, TX), Wei-Yan Shih (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16512020 on 07/15/2019 (1205 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated force sensing element includes a piezoelectric sensor formed in an integrated circuit (IC) chip and a strain gauge at least partially overlying the piezoelectric sensor, where the piezoelectric sensor is able to flex. A human-machine interface using the integrated force sensing element is also disclosed and may include a conditioning circuit, temperature gauge, FRAM and a processor core.

[G01L] MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE (weighing G01G) [4]

Systems and methods for defining memory sub-blocks
Patent No. 11487454

Inventor(s): Hardwell Chibvongodze (San Jose, CA), Masatoshi Nishikawa (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16704729 on 12/05/2019 (1062 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for memory block management includes identifying a first group of bit lines corresponding to memory blocks of a 3-dimensional memory array. The method also includes biasing the first group of bit lines to a first voltage using respective bit line biasing transistors. The method also includes identifying, for each memory block, respective sub-memory blocks corresponding to word lines of each memory block that intersect the first group of bit lines. The method also includes logically grouping memory addresses of memory cells for each respective sub-memory block associated with the first group of bit lines.

[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)

Micro-frontend as a service
Patent No. 11487540

Inventor(s): Jonathan Ricklis (Richardson, TX), Venkata Sudharsan Dasa (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17189333 on 03/02/2021 (609 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed are directed to a system that performs steps to transmit, to a client device, a host application for storage on a browser of the client device. The host application is used to facilitate loading of a micro-frontend application onto the browser at runtime of the host application, for integration with and use in conjunction with the host application. The system also receives, from the host application, a request to load the micro-frontend application onto the browser. Based on receiving the request, a manifest file is accessed indicating a version of the micro-frontend application to be loaded onto the browser. The micro-frontend application is retrieved based on the version indicated in the manifest file and transmitted to the host application for loading onto the browser.

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

Dynamic re-evaluation of parameters for non-volatile memory using microcontroller
Patent No. 11487548

Inventor(s): Akash Agarwal (Karnataka, , IN), Nisha Padattil Kuliyampattil (Karnataka, , IN), Pavithra Devaraj (Karnataka, , IN), Sonam Agarwal (Karnataka, , IN), Vijay Chinchole (Karnataka, , IN), Yan Li (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16695759 on 11/26/2019 (1071 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-volatile memory apparatus and corresponding method of operation are provided. The apparatus includes non-volatile memory cells in an integrated circuit device along with a microcontroller in communication with the non-volatile memory cells. The microcontroller is configured to receive a memory operation command and in response, determine a condition value of one of a plurality of conditions associated with the memory operation command and whether the one of the plurality of conditions is dynamic. In parallel, the microcontroller determines and outputs an output value using the condition value. The microcontroller then determines whether the one the plurality of conditions has changed. If the one of the plurality of conditions is dynamic and has changed, the microcontroller determines an updated condition value and in parallel, compares the condition value and the updated condition value and determines and outputs an updated output value using the updated condition value and the comparison.

Entity resolution framework for data matching
Patent No. 11487608

Inventor(s): Michael James Brehm (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Rovi Guides, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Haley Guiliano LLP (2 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17208569 on 03/22/2021 (589 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for matching a corrupted database record with a record of a validated database. The system receives a corrupted record from a first database. The corrupted record is vectorized to create an input data vector. A denoised data vector is generated by applying a denoising autoencoder to the input data vector, where the denoising autoencoder is specific to the first database. The system compares the denoised data vector with each of a plurality of validated data vectors generated based on records of the validated database to determine that a first denoised data vector matches a matching vector. In response, the system trains the denoising autoencoder using a data pair that includes the input data vector and the matching vector. The system also outputs the validated record that was used to generate the first matching vector.

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

Methods for parity error alert timing interlock and memory devices and systems employing the same
Patent No. 11487610

Inventor(s): Scott E. Smith (Plano, TX), Vijayakrishna J. Vankayala (Allen, TX), William C. Waldrop (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 15975703 on 05/09/2018 (1637 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are described, in which a parity error alert timing interlock is provided by first waiting for a timer to count a configured parity error pulse width value and then waiting for any in-progress memory operations to complete before deasserting a parity error alert signal that was asserted in response to the detection of a parity error in a command or address.

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

Write control for read-modify-write operations in cache memory
Patent No. 11487616

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano, TX), Daniel Brad Wu (Plano, TX), David Matthew Thompson (Dallas, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16874516 on 05/14/2020 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a processor system includes a processor core that generates memory write requests, and a cache memory with a memory controller having a memory pipeline. The cache memory has cache lines of length L. The cache memory has a minimum write length that is less than a cache line length of the cache memory. The memory pipeline determines whether the data payload includes a first chunk and ECC syndrome that correspond to a partial write and are writable by a first cache write operation, and a second chunk and ECC syndrome that correspond to a full write operation that can be performed separately from the first cache write operation. The memory pipeline performs an RMW operation to store the first chunk and ECC syndrome in the cache memory, and performs the full write operation to store the second chunk and ECC syndrome in the cache memory.

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

Application materialization in hierarchical systems
Patent No. 11487716

Inventor(s): Byron Kevin McKenzie (Garland, TX), Charles Randall Wilson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, CA)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 15648176 on 07/12/2017 (1938 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various techniques are disclosed herein for storing and managing master data in hierarchical data systems. Several related concepts, embodiments, and examples are disclosed, including techniques for incremental rationalization in a hierarchical data model, techniques for implementing governance pools in a hierarchical data model, techniques for application materialization in a hierarchical data model, techniques for data intersection mastering in a hierarchical data model, techniques for change request visualization in a hierarchical data model, and techniques for hierarchy preparation in a hierarchical data model.

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

System and method for data movement and defect correction
Patent No. 11487724

Inventor(s): Eric Overstreet (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16886842 on 05/29/2020 (886 days app to issue)

Abstract: The embodiments provide a system and method for continuously updating a target repository to include both the latest data and corrected historical data. The system includes a data manager and at least two staging repositories. Each time the system retrieves the latest data from the source repository it also retrieves a portion historical data. Both the latest data and the historical data are transformed, and the historical portion of the transformed data is compared with corresponding data from the target repository to determine if there are any defects in the data from the target repository. The target repository is automatically updated if a defect is detected.

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

Systems and methods for processing retail facility-related information requests of retail facility workers
Patent No. 11487821

Inventor(s): Dong T. Nguyen (Wylie, TX), Makeshwaran Sampath (Irving, TX), Mekhala M. Vithala (Irving, TX), Praneeth Gubbala (Irving, TX), Santosh Kumar Kurashetty (Richardson, TX), Srihari Attuluri (Irving, TX), Venkata Maguluri (Irv
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Fitch, Even, Tabin Flannery, LLP (5 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16862939 on 04/30/2020 (915 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for processing information requests of workers at a retail facility and retrieving information associated with the retail facility based on the information requests. An electronic device permits a worker at the retail facility to input an information request in association with at least one worker at the retail facility or at least one product at the retail facility. A computing device receives, from the electronic device, electronic data representative of a scope of the information request, analyzes this electronic data to determine the scope of the information request, obtain relevant information from one or more databases, and transmits the obtained information to the electronic device, which in turn outputs the information to the worker.

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

Systems and methods for determining credibility at scale
Patent No. 11487838

Inventor(s): Jacob Bailly (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Trustie Inc. (Saratoga, CA)
Law Firm: Ahmann Kloke LLP (no location found) Application #, Date & Speed: 17368733 on 07/06/2021 (483 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example system may include instructions to control processor(s) to receive text from content of a first web page, determine, based on the content, a first title topic indicator, a first sentiment indicator, and a first text subjectivity indicator, apply the first title topic indicator, the first sentiment indicator, and the first text subjectivity indicator to a credibility machine learning model to generate a first content credibility score and a first content bias score for the text of the first web page, the credibility machine learning model being trained on text from other web pages using known title topic indicators, known sentiment indicators, and known text subjectivity indicators, and known credibility scores and bias scores, generate a first graphical representation for the first content credibility score and the first bias credibility score, and provide the graphical representation to a first digital device.

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

Systems and methods for secure authentication based on machine learning techniques
Patent No. 11488022

Inventor(s): Corbin Pierce Moline (Irving, TX), Sumanth S. Mallya (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 15930044 on 05/12/2020 (903 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for the use of machine learning techniques to perform authentication, such as biometrics-based user authentication. For example, user biometric information (e.g., facial features, fingerprints, voice, etc.) of a user may be used to train a machine learning model, in addition to a noise vector. A representation of the biometric information (e.g., an image file including a picture of the user”s face, an encoded file with vectors or other representation of the user”s fingerprint, a sound file including the user”s voice, etc.) may be iteratively transformed until the transformed biometric information matches the noise vector, and the machine learning model may be trained based on the set of transformations that ultimately yield the noise vector, when given the biometric information.

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

Tracking of transport transfers
Patent No. 11488094

Inventor(s): Aghyad Saleh (Grand Prairie, TX), Joshua C. Batie (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16535573 on 08/08/2019 (1181 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a node, a request for a transfer of a transport to a location, passing, by the node, the request to a plurality of nodes, receiving permissions from the plurality of the nodes, responsive to the permissions, sending a request to at least one node from the plurality of the nodes based on the location, and recording, by the node, the transfer of the transport to the at least one node on a remote storage.

[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]

Data delivery and validation in hybrid cloud environments
Patent No. 11488095

Inventor(s): Saurabh Gupta (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DoorDash, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16400291 on 05/01/2019 (1280 days app to issue)

Abstract: Data content delivery and validation in a computer environment may provide a file system in the computer environment, the file system subdivided into unique folder locations per content type, each of the unique folder locations representing a content type folder. The file system is monitored for changes to a content type folder. An occurrence of a manifest file in the content type folder may be detected, the occurrence of the manifest file ensuring that all files in a package of files associated with the manifest file have arrived. Content of the manifest file may be analyzed to check validity of the files. A content package registry may be queried to determine a base job for processing a given content type associated with the package of files, and the base job may be run to process the package of files.

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

Supply chain management system and method
Patent No. 11488106

Inventor(s): Heath Shoup (Murrieta, CA)
Assignee(s): West Pak Avocado, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Procopio Cory Hargreaves and Savitch LLP (2 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17748925 on 05/19/2022 (166 days app to issue)

Abstract: A supply chain management system is provided that includes a label having a first side with an adhesive and a second side with a plurality of information units printed thereon. The plurality of information units are printed in visible ink or invisible ink and the invisible ink is activated by environmental conditions such as temperature or light spectrum. The label is affixed to an object being processed and the visible appearance of one or more information elements originally printed in invisible ink is used for further processing or the object.

Automatically generating and updating loan profiles
Patent No. 11488242

Inventor(s): Rachel Elizabeth Csabi (Frisco, TX), Yan Pei (Frisco, TX), Yogen Rai (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17103560 on 11/24/2020 (707 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may include a processor that may detect one or more loan indicators present in banking data or credit data associated with a user. The processor may then retrieve additional data associated with the user in response to detecting the one or more loan indicators, such that the additional data may include data acquired from a home assistant device, a wearable device, a computing device, or any combination thereof. The processor may then determine a loan probability associated with the user based on the banking data, the credit data, and the additional data. The processor may then determine a pre-approval loan amount based on the banking data and the credit data in response to the loan probability exceeding a threshold and automatically send a notification indicative of a pre-approval loan amount to a computing device associated with the user.

System and platform for engaging educational institutions and stakeholders
Patent No. 11488273

Inventor(s): Cameron Fowler (Fort Worth, TX), Matthew Sullivan (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): Digital Seat Media, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Vos-IP, LLC (no location found) Application #, Date & Speed: 17660826 on 04/26/2022 (189 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for pushing a data within a template in an educational setting comprising: scanning, via a first user device, a first tag, said first user device having first a unique ID and said first tag being a master tag and comprising a first tag ID; scanning, via a second user device, a second tag, said second user device having a second unique ID and said second tag having a second tag ID and being controlled by said master tag; defining a template being loaded onto said second user device upon the scanning of the second tag; and wherein the template comprises data corresponding to said second tag ID, said second unique ID, and a time corresponding to the scanning of said second tag.

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

Frontline alerting service tool
Patent No. 11488274

Inventor(s): Andrew T. Smith (Plano, TX), Brian C. Kampe (Frisco, TX), John S. Phillips (Purchase, NY), Kimberly D. Schimick (Garden Ridge, TX)
Assignee(s): Frito Lay North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros) Application #, Date & Speed: 16892992 on 06/04/2020 (880 days app to issue)

Abstract: An inventory tracking system includes an analytic device communicatively connected with a plurality of data sources and a field device. The analytic device includes a processor configured to, in response to determining based on input data from at least one of the plurality of data sources that a criteria for issuing a planogram (POG) void alert has been met, cause the field device to display a notification indicative of the POG void alert, and, in response to determining based on data indicating user input to the field device that the issued POG void alert was invalid, update the criteria for issuing the POG void alert, such that a subsequent POG void alert is issued according to the updated criteria.

Efficient three-dimensional, interactive image rendering
Patent No. 11488338

Inventor(s): Stephen B. Edwards (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16851538 on 04/17/2020 (928 days app to issue)

Abstract: Discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for software-based animation. A method can include receiving data indicating a first object name, a corresponding file path of a model, a camera location, a reference point, and an animation of the first object, the animation comprising a stack of atomic animation functions that affect the view of one or more of the first object or the camera, storing the object name, the file path, the camera location, the reference location, and atomic animation functions in a memory, in response to receiving data indicating the first object was selected, automatically retrieving the model based on the file path, providing, by the display, a view of the model of the first object consistent with the camera location and the reference point, and executing the stored atomic animation functions to animate the model of the first object.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Machine learning artificial intelligence system for producing 360 virtual representation of an object
Patent No. 11488371

Inventor(s): Sudheer Kumar Pamuru (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Concat Systems, Inc. (Urbandale, IA)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 17125271 on 12/17/2020 (684 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to automatically generating a 360 Virtual Photographic Representation (”spin”) of an object using multiple images of the object. The system uses machine learning to automatically differentiate between images of the object taken from different angles. A user supplies multiple images and/or videos of an object and the system automatically analyzes and classifies the images into the proper order before incorporating the images into an interactive spin. The system automatically classifies the images using features identified in the images. The classifications are based on predetermined classifications associated with the object to facilitate proper ordering of the images in the resulting spin.

[G09G] ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F 3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F 9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H01L, H05B 33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N 1/00) [5]

Motion-based transport assessment
Patent No. 11488424

Inventor(s): Felipe G. Salles (Garland, TX), Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri (McKinney, TX), Joshua V. Marasigan (Carrollton, TX), Robert D. Slater (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16823974 on 03/19/2020 (957 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of obtaining, by a moving vehicle, a first data including one or more of at least one first video and at least one first image of a moving transport, analyzing the first data, by the moving vehicle, to determine an initial issue, querying, by the moving vehicle, a server for a second data based on the analyzing, wherein the second data is one or more of at least one second video and at least one second image of the moving transport at a previous time, verifying, by the moving vehicle, an issue exists based on a delta above a threshold between the first data and the second data, and sending, by the moving vehicle, the verified issue to the server.

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

Identifying smoke within a vehicle and generating a response thereto
Patent No. 11488461

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Macpherson (Plano, TX), Daniel W. Reaser (Oak Point, TX), Derek A. Thompson (Dallas, TX), Keaton Khonsari (Dallas, TX), Sergei I. Gage (Redford, MI), Simon P. Roberts (Celina, TX), Yang Ding (Montreal, ,
Assignee(s): Toyota Connected North America, Inc. (Plano, TX), Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17340985 on 06/07/2021 (512 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the safety of a vehicle in relation to occurrences of smoke and fire. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring, from a radar of a subject vehicle, radar data about a passenger cabin of the subject vehicle. The method includes determining a current state of the passenger cabin according to the radar data. The method includes, responsive to identifying that the current state indicates smoke is present within the passenger cabin, controlling the subject vehicle to generate a response to the smoke.

[G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS

Method for configuring multiple input-output channels
Patent No. 11488643

Inventor(s): Dean E. Walker (Allen, TX), Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17007876 on 08/31/2020 (792 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system comprises an interposer including multiple conductive interconnects; multiple chiplets arranged on the interposer and interconnected by the interposer; each chiplet including a die-to-die physical layer interface including one or more pads to engage the interconnect of the interposer; and wherein at least one chiplet includes multiple input-output channels organized into at least one column and arranged in an order at a periphery of the chiplet forming a die-to-die physical layer interface to engage the interconnects of the interposer, wherein the order of the channels of the column is programmable.

Concurrent multi-bit access in cross-point array
Patent No. 11488662

Inventor(s): James O”Toole (Boise, ID), Michael Grobis (Campbell, CA), Nathan Franklin (Belmont, CA), Ward Parkinson (Boise, ID)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17099030 on 11/16/2020 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: Concurrent access of multiple memory cells in a cross-point memory array is disclosed. In one aspect, a forced current approach is used in which, while a select voltage is applied to a selected bit line, an access current is driven separately through each selected word line to concurrently drive the access current separately through each selected memory cell. Hence, multiple memory cells are concurrently accessed. In some aspects, the memory cells are accessed using a self-referenced read (SRR), which improves read margin. Concurrently accessing more than one memory cell in a cross-point memory array improves bandwidth. Moreover, such concurrent accessing allows the memory system to be constructed with fewer, but larger cross-point arrays, which increases array efficiency. Moreover, concurrent access as disclosed herein is compatible with memory cells such as MRAM which require bipolar operation.

Three-valued programming mechanism for non-volatile memory structures
Patent No. 11488669

Inventor(s): Hiroki Yabe (Kanagawa, , JP), Keiji Nose (Kanagawa, , JP), Masahiro Kano (Kanagawa, , JP), Yuki Fujita (Kanagawa, , JP)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17136828 on 12/29/2020 (672 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for programming three page user data in a memory array of a non-volatile memory system, comprising converting each three-bit value data pattern of the user data into a representative pair of two-bit data values, simultaneously programming two single-state memory cells with a first of the pair of representative two-bit data values, wherein the two single-state memory cells are located along a first common word line of two memory cell strings, and simultaneously programming two single-state memory cells with a second of the pair of representative two-bit data values, wherein the two single-state memory cells are located along a second common word line of the two memory cell strings.

Calibration for integrated memory assembly
Patent No. 11488682

Inventor(s): Alexander Bazarsky (Holon, , IL), Eran Sharon (Rishon Lezion, , IL), Tomer Eliash (Kfar Saba, , IL)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16911333 on 06/24/2020 (860 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated memory assembly comprises a memory die and a control die bonded to the memory die. The memory die includes a memory structure of non-volatile memory cells. The control die is configured to program user data to and read user data from the memory die based on one or more operational parameters. The control die is configured to calibrate the one or more operational parameters for the memory die. The control die is also configured to perform testing of the memory die using the calibrated one or more operational parameters.

Systems and methods for a virtual, intelligent and customizable personal medical assistant
Patent No. 11488724

Inventor(s): David W. Keeley (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Electronic Caregiver, Inc. (Las Cruces, NM)
Law Firm: Carr Ferrell LLP (2 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16416062 on 05/17/2019 (1264 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present technology pertain to methods and systems for a voice based, intelligent, augmented reality (AR) based on-demand medical assistant receiving health data of a user using medical testing equipment. NULL

RCS authentication
Patent No. 11490255

Inventor(s): Anish Sharma (McKinney, TX), Bejoy Pankajakshan (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Mavenir Networks, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Ruggiero, McAllister McMahon LLC (no location found) Application #, Date & Speed: 17064234 on 10/06/2020 (756 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a system and a method for providing authentication for Rich Communication Services (RCS) application on a user equipment (UE), a Proxy Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) of the IMS receives a SIP REGISTER request message sent from an IMS Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) client on the UE as part of an authentication of the IMS SIP client. A Serving Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) of the IMS or a registration service performs an Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) challenge with the IMS SIP client as part of the authentication. A Home Subscriber Server (HSS) of the IMS or a Unified Data Management (UDM) function provides, upon successful authentication of the IMS SIP client, an initial authorization grant for the IMS SIP client. The RCS application, after obtaining the initial authorization grant, registers for RCS service with the RCS network, via RCS Application Programming Interface Gateway (API GW).

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Transformers with build-up films
Patent No. 11488914

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Morroni (Parker, TX), Kenji Otake (Nagano, , JP), Takafumi Ando (Beppu, , JP), Yi Yan (Sunnyvale, CA), Yuki Sato (Tokyo, , JP), Zhemin Zhang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16581033 on 09/24/2019 (1134 days app to issue)

Abstract: In examples, a method of manufacturing a transformer device comprises providing a first magnetic member and providing a laminate member containing primary and secondary transformer windings wound around an orifice extending through the laminate member. The method further comprises positioning a build up film abutting the laminate member. The method also comprises positioning at least a portion of a second magnetic member in the orifice. The method further comprises heat pressing at least one of the first and second magnetic members such that a distance between the first and second magnetic members decreases and such that the build-up film melts, thereby producing a transformer device.

[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]

3D stacked integrated circuits having functional blocks configured to provide redundancy sites
Patent No. 11488945

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17219202 on 03/31/2021 (580 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional stacked integrated circuit (3D SIC) that can have at least a first 3D XPoint (3DXP) die and, in some examples, can have at least a second 3DXP die too. In such examples, the first 3DXP die and the second 3DXP die can be stacked. The 3D SIC can be partitioned into a plurality of columns that are perpendicular to each of the stacked dies. In such examples, when a first column of the plurality of columns is determined as failing, data stored in the first column can be replicated to a second column of the plurality of columns. Also, for example, when a part of a first column of the plurality of columns is determined as failing, data stored in the part of the first column can be replicated to a corresponding part of a second column of the plurality of columns.

Multi-tier three-dimensional memory device with nested contact via structures and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 11488975

Inventor(s): Fumitaka Amano (Yokkaichi, , JP), Yuji Totoki (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17081458 on 10/27/2020 (735 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first alternating stack of first insulating layers and first electrically conductive layers having first stepped surfaces and located over a substrate, a second alternating stack of second insulating layers and second electrically conductive layers having second stepped surfaces, and memory opening fill structures extending through the alternating stacks. A contact via assembly is provided, which includes a first conductive via structure vertically extending from a top surface of one of the first electrically conductive layers through a subset of layers within the second alternating stack and through the second retro-stepped dielectric material portion, an insulating spacer located within an opening through the subset of layers, and a second conductive via structure laterally surrounding the insulating spacer and contacting a second electrically conductive layer.

Three-dimensional memory device employing thinned insulating layers and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 11489043

Inventor(s): James Kai (Santa Clara, CA), Johann Alsmeier (San Jose, CA), Senaka Kanakamedala (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16859196 on 04/27/2020 (918 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of word lines and at least one insulating layers or air gaps located over a substrate, a memory opening fill structure extending through the alternating stack. The memory opening fill structure includes a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel contacting an inner sidewall of the memory film. The word lines are thicker than the insulating layers or air gaps.

Safe transport and storage of energy storage devices
Patent No. 11489225

Inventor(s): Chester Stanley Niziol (Pickering, , CA)
Assignee(s): Design Science Technology LLC (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller Larson, P.C. (1 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16760838 on 09/23/2019 (1135 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of transporting at least one energy storage device comprising the step of housing at least one energy storage device in a cassette comprising: a hollow casing for receiving at least one energy storage device; a top cap assembly received at one end of the hollow casing and an end cap assembly received at another end of the hollow casing; electronic circuitry housed within the end cap assembly, the electronic circuitry comprising at least one receptacle associated with each of the at least one energy storage devices, the at least one receptacle being reversibly mateable with at least one plug associated with an external device such that the cassette is received by the external in a first orientation and a second orientation; and electrically isolating the at least one energy storage devices from each other by individually coupling the at least one energy storage device to the electronic circuitry.

[H01M] PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY [2]

Electrical outlet cover with integrated lighting with connectivity
Patent No. 11489298

Inventor(s): Donnye Winship (Dallas, TX), Michael O”Reilly (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): O”Reilly Winship, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens Cahoon, LLP (Local) Application #, Date & Speed: 17094644 on 11/10/2020 (721 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lighting device and system having a faceplate and a backplate. The faceplate or the backplate may have an arm or a set of arms having electrical conductors to connect or couple to the electrical contact points of an outlet, plug, or switch. The operational modes may be in an emergency lighting mode and a nightlight mode. The voltage source can be connected to a light source or sensor through the control circuit or the switch, and the light source may be activated based on the output of the sensor. A controller is connected to the sensor can send or receive wireless signals through a wireless module.

[H02G] INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES (insulated conductors or cables with arrangements for facilitating mounting or securing H01B 7/40; distribution points incorporating switches H02B; guiding telephone cords H04M 1/15; cable ducts or mountings for telephone or telegraph exchange installations H04Q 1/06)

System and apparatus to provide current compensation
Patent No. 11489436

Inventor(s): Konrad Wagensohner (Mauern, , DE), Markus Georg Rommel (Freising, , DE), Michael Uwe Schlenker (Marzling, , DE), Rebecca Grancaric (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16579420 on 09/23/2019 (1135 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to provide adaptive leakage compensation for powertrains. An example apparatus comprising a first current path including a first transistor and a second transistor; a second current path including a third transistor and a fourth transistor; and a current mirror including a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor, wherein a first ratio exists between the first transistor and the third transistor, a second ratio exists between the second transistor and the fourth transistor, and a third ratio exists between the fifth transistor and the sixth transistor, the third ratio greater than or equal to the second ratio, the second ratio greater than or equal to the first ratio.

[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]

Reference voltage generation circuits and related methods
Patent No. 11489441

Inventor(s): Bernhard Wicht (Gehrden, , DE), Maik Peter Kaufmann (Freising, , DE), Michael Lueders (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16890537 on 06/02/2020 (882 days app to issue)

Abstract: Reference voltage generation circuits and related methods are disclosed. An example reference voltage generation circuit includes a voltage generating circuit including an enhancement mode (E-mode) gallium nitride (GaN) transistor, the voltage generating circuit to, in response to a first clock signal having a first phase, generate a first voltage associated with the E-mode GaN transistor, and, in response to a second clock signal having a second phase different from the first phase, generate a second voltage associated with the E-mode GaN transistor, and a switching capacitor circuit coupled to the voltage generating circuit, the switching capacitor circuit to generate a reference voltage based on a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage.

Hybrid multilevel inverters with reduced voltage stress
Patent No. 11489456

Inventor(s): Dianbo Fu (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros) Application #, Date & Speed: 17157155 on 01/25/2021 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: An inverter includes an upper unit comprises a first switch, a second switch and a third switch, wherein during a first half of a cycle of the inverter, the second switch is turned on before and turned off after the third switch, a lower unit comprising a fourth switch, a fifth switch and a sixth switch, wherein during a second half of the cycle of the inverter, the fifth switch is turned on before and turned off after the sixth switch, a flying capacitor connected between the upper unit and the lower unit, and a filter connected to a common node of the upper unit and the lower unit.

Utility pole solar energy collector system
Patent No. 11489484

Inventor(s): Thomas Chentnik (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Vertical Solar Systems LLC (Crawfordville, FL)
Law Firm: McHale Slavin, P.A. (1 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16858371 on 04/24/2020 (921 days app to issue)

Abstract: A solar energy harvesting assembly having a unique attachment that can be arranged, mounted, moved and attached to new or existing structures. Solar rings are mounted on any vertical structure that may benefit from solar power using an aesthetically pleasing design that is resistant to wind load. The assembly does not require the need for pitch, azimuth or bearing measurements. The assembly is also capable of energy harvesting from reflected light below with the use of bifacial photovoltaic panels. The mounting design allows the solar energy harvest device to be installed on any vertical structure, including light poles, power poles, parking structures and other minimal load bearing structures. Further, the assembly can be attached to water towers, existing radio towers (guyed, monopole, stealth, self-supporting towers) all used to create vast amounts of unshaded vertical space for solar energy harvesting.

[H02S] Generation of electric power by conversion of infra-red radiation, visible light or ultraviolet light, e.g. using photovoltaic [PV] modules (solar heat collectors F24J 2/00; obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H 1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H01L 31/00; thermoelectric devices H01L 35/00; pyroelectric devices H01L 37/00; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H01L 51/42) [2014.01]

Highly dispersive bulk acoustic wave resonators
Patent No. 11489511

Inventor(s): Jeronimo Segovia Fernandez (San Jose, CA), Peter Smeys (San Jose, CA), Ting-Ta Yen (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16236601 on 12/30/2018 (1402 days app to issue)

Abstract: A resonator includes a substrate, an acoustic Bragg mirror disposed above the substrate, and a bottom metal layer disposed above the acoustic Bragg mirror. The resonator also includes a piezoelectric plate disposed above the bottom metal layer. The resonator further includes a top metal layer disposed above the piezoelectric plate. The top metal layer comprises multiple fingers within a single plane and the width of each of the fingers is between 75%-125% of a thickness of the piezoelectric plate.

[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)

Clock filter with negative resistor circuit
Patent No. 11489515

Inventor(s): Eeshan Miglani (Chhindwara, , IN), Shagun Dusad (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 17463588 on 09/01/2021 (426 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a filter, a first inverter, and a second inverter. The filter is coupled to an input of the first inverter. The second inverter includes an input and an output. The input of the second inverter is coupled to the output of the first inverter. The output of the second inverter is coupled to the input of the first inverter. The filter includes a notch filter and a bandpass filter.

Dither generation for radio frequency sampling digital-to-analog converters
Patent No. 11489517

Inventor(s): Jaiganesh Balakrishnan (Bengaluru, , IN), Pooja Sundar (Bengaluru, , IN), Ram Narayan Krishna Nama Mony (Kanyakumari, , IN), Sriram Murali (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 17558794 on 12/22/2021 (314 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a noise generator and a delay element. The output of the noise generator couples to the input of the delay element. The output of the delay element is coupled to a first input of a logic circuit, and the output of the noise generator is coupled to a second input of the logic circuit. The output of the logic circuit is coupled to a first control input of a waveform storage circuit. The waveform storage circuit is configured to produce a first digital waveform on its output responsive to a first logic state on the output of the logic circuit and to produce a second digital waveform on its output responsive to a second logic state on the output of the logic circuit. A sequencer has a sequencer output coupled to the second control input of the waveform storage circuit.

[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]

Analog switch with boost current for fast turn on
Patent No. 11489519

Inventor(s): Sean Patrick McEnroe (McKinney, TX), Thomas Alan Schmidt (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 17377349 on 07/15/2021 (474 days app to issue)

Abstract: An analog switch includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a common gate, and a common source. The switch includes a current source which has a first input coupled to a first voltage supply, a control input coupled to receive a gate boost signal, and an output coupled to the common gate. The current source supplies a boost gate current to the common gate during a boost period and supplies a reduced gate current during a second period different than the boost period. The switch includes a clamp circuit which has a first terminal coupled to the common gate, a second terminal coupled to the common source, and a third terminal. The switch includes a Vgs detection circuit which provides the gate boost signal responsive to a conduction of current through the clamp circuit.

Hybrid digital-analog mmwave repeater/relay with full duplex
Patent No. 11489573

Inventor(s): Solyman Ashrafi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NXGEN PARTNERS IP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 17487298 on 09/28/2021 (399 days app to issue)

Abstract: A repeater for transmitting millimeter wave signals. A transceiver communicates with a plurality of remote locations over millimeter wave communications links. The of transceiver comprises a patch antenna array including a plurality of patch antennas. The plurality of patch antennas include a transmitter array portion in a first orientation for transmitting signals and a receiver array portion in a second orientation for receiving signals. The receiver array portion is vertically separated from the transmitter array portion by a predetermined distance. The first and second orientations and the predetermined distance vertically separating the transmitter array portion from the receiver array portion limit interference between the transmitted signals and the received signals. Transceiver circuitry transmits the millimeter wave signals with at least a first millimeter wave transceiver at first one of the plurality of remote locations and a second millimeter wave transceiver at a second one of the plurality of remote locations.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Coordinated access to a satellite link using data profiles
Patent No. 11489587

Inventor(s): Vijay Lewis (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Skylo Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 17118207 on 12/10/2020 (691 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for coordinated access to a wireless link through data profiles are disclosed. One method includes receiving through the wireless link, by each hub associated with a base station, one or more data profiles from a network management element, receiving, by each hub, data from data sources associated with the hub, controlling, by each hub, a timing of communication of the data for each of the data sources from the hub to the base station through the wireless satellite link based on the one or more data profiles, monitoring reporting times of different data sources of different hubs over time, allocating preamble codes to each of the data sources, wherein different preamble codes are allocated to different data sources of different hubs that report within a margin of time of each other, and inserting the allocated preamble codes into packets of each of the data sources.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Rate matching
Patent No. 11489618

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Murphy, Bilak Homiller, PLLC (1 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16335175 on 09/28/2017 (1860 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for facilitating Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH, rate matching is presented. The method is performed in a network node ([b]2[/b]) and comprises sending ([b]102[/b]) to a wireless device ([b]1[/b]) an indication whether a group of all available resources of an aperiodic Channel State Information Reference Signal, CSI-RS, resource pool is used in a given subframe, wherein the sending ([b]102[/b]) comprises transmitting, to a wireless device in transmission mode [b]9[/b], a Downlink Control Information, DCI, format [b]2[/b]C message, in values of two additional bits representing a determined use of CSI-RS resources.

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

Bit-level mode retimer
Patent No. 11489657

Inventor(s): Nanyuan Chen (Taipei, , TW), Yi Sheng Lin (New Taipei, , TW), Yu-Wei Lin (New Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Weaver Austin Villeneuve Sampson LLP (1 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17451563 on 10/20/2021 (377 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are some examples of retimer circuitry, systems and methods. In some implementations, clock data recovery circuitry is coupled between a receiver and a transmitter. The clock data recovery circuitry is configured to: extract a data component from an input data signal associated with the receiver, provide the data component to the transmitter, and generate a phase control signal. Phase interpolator circuitry is coupled with the clock data recovery circuitry. The phase interpolator circuitry includes a phase interpolator configured to: receive the phase control signal, generate, based on the phase control signal, an output clock signal, and provide the output clock signal to the transmitter to track data packets of the data component.

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

System and method for providing network support services and premises gateway support infrastructure
Patent No. 11489689

Inventor(s): Alvin R. McQuarters (Euless, TX), Amir Ansari (Plano, TX), George A. Cowgill (Farmersville, TX), Jude P. Ramayya (Richardson, TX), Ramprakash Masina (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): KIP PROD PI LP (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17190855 on 03/03/2021 (608 days app to issue)

Abstract: A service management system communicates via wide area network with gateway devices located at respective user premises. The service management system remotely manages delivery of application services, which can be voice controlled, by a gateway, e.g. by selectively activating/deactivating service logic modules in the gateway. The service management system also may selectively provide secure communications and exchange of information among gateway devices and among associated endpoint devices. An exemplary service management system includes a router connected to the network and one or more computer platforms, for implementing management functions. Examples of the functions include a connection manager for controlling system communications with the gateway devices, an authentication manager for authenticating each gateway device and controlling the connection manager and a subscription manager for managing applications services and/or features offered by the gateway devices. A service manager, controlled by the subscription manager, distributes service specific configuration data to authenticated gateway devices.

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

Agentless access control system for profile management
Patent No. 11489729

Inventor(s): Genaro Signo (Keller, TX), Hieu Xuan Hoang (Grand Prairie, TX), Ronald David Pfiester (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17173369 on 05/14/2021 (536 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for efficient and automated control of software permissions and access to network resources across a complex enterprise environment. An access request management (”ARM”) system may formulate a list of functions and associated parameters that may be processed by an agentless distribution system. In response to receiving the set of instructions, the agentless distribution system may generate system-specific executable instructions for performing automated control of one or more of the network resources. The agentless distribution system may formulate system-specific executable instructions for a network resource using commands that, when executed on the network resource, implement automated control in accordance with the parameters defined in the set of instructions provided by the ARM system.

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

Systems and method for selection of a user plane component for internet protocol multimedia subsystem sessions
Patent No. 11489881

Inventor(s): Carl T. Leonard (Richardson, TX), Robert Avanes (Roanoke, TX), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16949426 on 10/29/2020 (733 days app to issue)

Abstract: Examples described herein involve an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) network. An example process may include receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a request for an IMS session. The IMS session may be between the IMS network and the UE. The process may include requesting a subscriber management component to provide platform information associated with the IMS session. The platform information may identify a platform device that hosts a user plane function (UPF) for the IMS session. The process may include receiving, from the subscriber management component, the platform information and selecting, based on the platform information, a user plane component of the IMS network. The user plane component may perform a user plane operation associated with the IMS session. The process may include causing the user plane component to perform the user plane operation for the IMS session.

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

Machine learning based call routing system
Patent No. 11489965

Inventor(s): Jesse Williams Plymale (Dallas, TX), Seth E. Ethington (McKinney, TX), Victor Kwak (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 17236666 on 04/21/2021 (559 days app to issue)

Abstract: Machine learning technology can analyze in real-time the data from a call between a person and a customer service representative. Based on this analysis, a server can determine a sentiment score that describes a sentiment expressed by the person or the customer service representative. If the server determines that the sentiment score is less than or equal to a pre-determined value, the server can inform the customer service representative”s manager so that the manager can take further action to help the person and/or the customer service representative.

[H04M] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

Context and bypass encoding video
Patent No. 11490103

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Mehmet U. Demircin (Dallas, TX), Vivienne Sze (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16518407 on 07/22/2019 (1198 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for parallel context processing for example for high coding efficient entropy coding in HEVC. The method comprising retrieving syntax element relating to a block of an image, grouping at least two bins belonging to similar context based on the syntax element, and coding the grouped bins in parallel.

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

Method, system and computer program product for encoding disparities between views of a stereoscopic image
Patent No. 11490105

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (Plano, TX), Veeramanikandan Raju (Bangalore, , IN), Wei Hong (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 17018251 on 09/11/2020 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: From a bit stream, at least the following are decoded: a stereoscopic image of first and second views; a maximum positive disparity between the first and second views; and a minimum negative disparity between the first and second views. In response to the maximum positive disparity violating a limit on positive disparity, a convergence plane of the stereoscopic image is adjusted to comply with the limit on positive disparity. In response to the minimum negative disparity violating a limit on negative disparity, the convergence plane is adjusted to comply with the limit on negative disparity.

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

Emergency reporting application
Patent No. 11490239

Inventor(s): Keyan Zandy (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 17130441 on 12/22/2020 (679 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless communication-based casualty reporting, responder-ready emergency application system permits users to notify one or more pre-programmed responders of an emergency event so that an emergency alert can be broadcast to notify the users in the facility/site of the emergency. The system includes a check-in and verification component to provide access with respect to each specific facility/site. The system further includes a data storage provision coupled with the main application and is configured to maintain logs of alert events and other relevant information for future reference to build protocols and check for any patterns. To facilitate these operations, the system is programmed to relay crisis management plans and standard emergency protocols to users within a facility/site when an emergency event arises.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and system for polymorphic algorithms interworking with a network
Patent No. 11490267

Inventor(s): Krishna K. Bellamkonda (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16790796 on 02/14/2020 (991 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a polymorphic algorithm service is provided. The service may coordinate and manage the execution of polymorphic algorithms of various optimization types in a multi-tier network, such as a radio access network or a self-organizing network. The service may coordinate the transition of execution of the polymorphic algorithms among the tiers of the multi-tier network, such that the polymorphic algorithm of a type may be active, for any given node, in a single tier of the multi-tier network. The service may monitor the yield of the optimizations based on various machine learning technologies, polices, and optimization targets. The polymorphic algorithms may operate in different time granularities in correspondence to the tiers of the multi-tier network.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Handover for closed access group
Patent No. 11490291

Inventor(s): Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Ofinno, LLC (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 16826793 on 03/23/2020 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: A first base station receives, from a second base station, a message comprising a network slice configuration parameter associated with a closed access group that one or more cells of the second base station support. The first base station determines based on the network slice configuration parameter, a handover for the wireless device to a cell of the one or more cells. The first base station sends, to the second base station, a request message for the handover, the request message comprising an identifier of the closed access group of the wireless device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for subscriber level admission control and preemption in a network slice
Patent No. 11490320

Inventor(s): Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 17197676 on 03/10/2021 (601 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein employ an allocation and retention priority for user equipment (UE), referred to as a UE ARP. The UE ARP may be defined per network slice, such that a subscriber can have different priority in different slices. According to one implementation, a network device receives, from a UE device, a registration request requesting access to a network slice and obtains a UE ARP. The UE ARP associates the UE device with a priority level on the network slice. When the network device determines that a maximum number of terminals are using the network slice, it applies the priority level in the UE ARP to grant or deny the UE device access to the network slice.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Indication of multiple in multiple out network layers across carriers to optimize 5G or other next generation network
Patent No. 11490444

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Amin, Turocy Watson, LLP (2 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16796486 on 02/20/2020 (985 days app to issue)

Abstract: Data can be sent simultaneously on the data links between long-term evolution (LTE) and new radio (NR) for dual connectively. However a mobile device can indicate its capabilities to the network. The mobile device capabilities can comprise the number of total multiple-in multiple-out (MIMO) layers that the mobile device can support. Because different sectors or markets can have different spectrums that can make use of an increased or decreased number of layers, then assessing the MIMO layer capabilities of the mobile device can allow the network to dynamically adjust the LTE side and the NR side capabilities to optimize network utilization.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Interposer printed circuit boards for power modules
Patent No. 11490517

Inventor(s): Alok Kumar Lohia (Dallas, TX), John Andrew Trelford (Richardson, TX), Richard John Yeager (Rockwall, TX), Thang Danh Truong (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): ABB POWER ELECTRONICS, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 16528510 on 07/31/2019 (1189 days app to issue)

Abstract: Interposer printed circuit boards for power modules and associated methods are disclosed. In at least one illustrative embodiment, a printed circuit board assembly may comprise a printed circuit board, an electrical component mounted on a surface of the printed circuit board, and an interposer printed circuit board mounted on the surface of the printed circuit board. The interposer printed circuit board may comprise a first signal path to transmit a first electrical signal and a second signal path to transmit a second electrical signal that is different from the first electrical signal. The interposer printed circuit board may be configured to provide a standoff to prevent the electrical component from contacting a motherboard when the printed circuit board assembly is mounted to the motherboard.

[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

Wheelie bar
Patent No. D968281

Inventor(s): Jory Sprowl (Honey Grove, TX), Skylar Hagler (Anna, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel Application #, Date & Speed: 29774012 on 03/12/2021 (599 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Patent No. D968449

Inventor(s): Judith Summersgill (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): API HEALTHCARE CORPORATION (Hartford, WI)
Law Firm: Hanley, Flight Zimmerman, LLC (1 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 29763141 on 12/21/2020 (680 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface
Patent No. D968460

Inventor(s): Heather Michelle Bartlett (Dallas, TX), Paul Huy Nguyen (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Kalamazoo, MI)
Law Firm: Morrison Foerster LLP (14 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 29731066 on 04/10/2020 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface
Patent No. D968461

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Educational poster
Patent No. D968511

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Goldstein Law Offices, P.C. (4 non-local offices) Application #, Date & Speed: 29805114 on 08/25/2021 (433 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle chassis brace
Patent No. D968526

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle chassis brace
Patent No. D968527

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Skin toning device
Patent No. D968633

Inventor(s): Imran Karim (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Covalent Group Inc. (Lehi, UT)
Law Firm: Winstead PC (Local + 2 other metros) Application #, Date & Speed: 29766105 on 01/13/2021 (657 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Dallas Invents: 109 Patents Granted for Week of November 1

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS Week of November 1, 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of November 1, 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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Dallas Innovates, every day.