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 April 11, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

120 patents granted
Ranked No. 9 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 14
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 12
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 5
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 4
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 3
G: PHYSICS 38
H: ELECTRICITY 35

Design: 9

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 12
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 8
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 7
BMIC LLC (Dallas) 5
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 5
Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) 4
Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano) 4
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) 3
United Services Automobile Association (San Antonio) 3

UNASSIGNED 11

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Deepanjan Paul (Plano) 2
Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell) 2
Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano) 2
Rich Robinson (Round Rock) 2
Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving) 2
Sarath Vakacharla (Irving)

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Fish bucket assembly
Patent No. 11622551

Inventor(s): Daymond Encalarde (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17341493 on 06/08/2021 (672 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fish bucket assembly for containing fish caught while fishing includes a bucket that has a plurality of apertures each extending into an interior of the bucket to pass water into the bucket for sustaining a fish in the bucket. A toroid is positioned around the bucket and the toroid is comprised of a buoyant material to facilitate the bucket to float in water for keeping the fish alive in the bucket. A lid is removably attachable to the bucket for closing the bucket. The lid has a hole extending through the lid to facilitate the fish to pass through the hole to deposit the fish in the bucket. A chute is coupled to the lid to direct the fish into the bucket.

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

Personal vaporizer with breach detection
Patent No. 11622583

Inventor(s): Kyle D. Newton (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16992365 on 08/13/2020 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a personal vaporizer which can detect whether or not a cartridge of the personal vaporizer has been breached. The cartridge includes a conductive shell. The conductive shell can include two or more conductors which are electrically isolated from each-other. Prior to operation, the personal vaporizer can use the two or more conductors to assess whether or not an outer shell of the cartridge has been breached. In some implementations, if it is determined that the cartridge has been breached, the personal vaporizer can shut down, or otherwise fail to operate normally.

[A24F] SMOKERS’ REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES (lighters F23Q)

Adjustable hanger apparatus and method
Patent No. 11622639

Inventor(s): Alan Rodriguez (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Braxton Perrone, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17348331 on 06/15/2021 (665 days app to issue)

Abstract: An adjustable hanger assembly having a fixed holder base mountable to a substantially planar structure such as a wall and a movable hook assembly slidably insertable into a cavity within the fixed holder base A actuator disposed in the fixed holder base in contact with the movable hook assembly causes the movable hook to move upward or downward in relation to the fixed holder base to a desired position of an item for hanging.

[A47G] HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B 65/00; knives B26B)

Cartridge holder for beverage machine
Patent No. 11622645

Inventor(s): Bradford Range (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Bedford Systems LLC (Bedford, MA)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16703470 on 12/04/2019 (1224 days app to issue)

Abstract: A beverage making machine may include a cartridge holder to hold a cartridge used to form a beverage. The cartridge holder may include a lower portion arranged to receive and hold the cartridge and a movable upper portion arranged to clamp the cartridge in place. The cartridge holder may be arranged to hold upper and lower compartments of the cartridge in spaces having a different pressure, e.g., an upper compartment of the cartridge may be held under relatively high pressure, and a lower compartment may be held in a space at ambient pressure. The cartridge holder may pierce upper and/or lower compartments of the cartridge to introduce activating fluid and/or receive carbonating gas from the upper compartment, and/or to introduced pressurized air into the lower compartment to force beverage medium to exit.

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

Systems and methods for automated subjective self-refraction
Patent No. 11622680

Inventor(s): Matthew A. Phares (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15930370 on 05/12/2020 (1064 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for allowing a user with no prior training to receive automated vision measurements without assistance of another individual by using subjective inputs from a user, which may be supplemented by a predictive method. The predictive method comprising artificial intelligence, patient data, user inputs, automated inputs from cameras and the like. The system may make use of a specific algorithm, decision tree, set of instructions, programming instructions, and the like, in order to provide vision measurements. The system combines programming instructions executed by a processor, output devices, input controls, and a plurality of corrective lenses to find a patient or user”s vision measurements.

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

Modular rod reduction tower and related methods
Patent No. 11622795

Inventor(s): Jon Suh (Ambler, PA), Sean Suh (Milltown, NJ)
Assignee(s): CTL Medical Corporation (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Brainspark Associates, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16992955 on 08/13/2020 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bone fixation system includes a bone fastener and a tower including a frangible or detachably linked distal section with a thread formed on an inner surface thereof, the tower having at least one flexible section and at least one rigid section to accommodate and/or mitigate tower interference and/or collision during surgical procedures. The distal section can desirably be separated and/or detached from the tower to function as a head locking unit of the bone fixation assembly, with the detached distal section capable of accommodating set screws, fixation rods and/or other spinal hardware.

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

Bone plate for attaching to an anatomic structure
Patent No. 11622800

Inventor(s): John R. Fossez (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): MAKO Surgical Corp. (Weston, FL)
Law Firm: Howard Howard Attorneys PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17165220 on 02/02/2021 (798 days app to issue)

Abstract: A plate for attaching to an anatomic structure with fasteners. A body defines openings for receiving the fasteners, and includes a bottom surface that is concave. The plate includes bone pad surface, and a spike extends away from the bone pad surface. The bone pad surface is oriented at an angle relative to the bottom surface to prevent further penetration of the spike into the anatomic structure beyond a predetermined depth. The bone pad surface may be oriented at an obtuse angle relative to the bottom surface. The bone pad surfaces may be planar or concave, or contoured to a corresponding profile of the anatomic structure. The spikes may be pyramidal or conical. At least one side of the spike may be integral and continuous with the bottom surface. The side may have a radius of curvature equal to that of the bottom surface.

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

Method, apparatus and kit for artificial insemination of bovine
Patent No. 11622844

Inventor(s): Brad K. Stroud (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): Maximate, LLC (College Station, TX)
Law Firm: CR Miles P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16841422 on 04/06/2020 (1100 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present artificial insemination instrument may include a single use, hollow, elongate, metal pipette and a single disposable syringe that is not toxic to bovine sperm. The apparatus is used with any type of diluent that is not toxic to bovine sperm. In various embodiments, a technician may use non-sorted reduced sperm count semen straws from a bull stud, cut an unsorted semen straw into several pieces to use one piece at a time per cow, thaw one straw and mix the non-sorted semen with diluent, or use reduced sperm count semen straws filled with sex sorted semen by the manufacturer. A procedure is disclosed to use the artificial in semination instrument, reduced sperm count semen from any of the aforementioned sources, a non-toxic syringe, and a diluent to achieve conception rates at least as good as conventional prior art device and procedure conception rates.

[A61D] VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS

Aqueous extraction process of plants, method thereof, and product by process
Patent No. 11622987

Inventor(s): William C. Putnam (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): EIR Pharmaceuticals, LLC (Olathe, KS)
Law Firm: Law Office of Mark Brown, LLC (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16590807 on 10/02/2019 (1287 days app to issue)

Abstract: The preparation of an aqueous extract resulting from an aqueous extraction process of [i]Cinnamomum aromaticum, Arctium lappa, Viticis fructus, Lonicera japonica, Acanthopanax gracilistylis, Raphanus sativus, Astragalus membranaceus [/i]and [i]Hordeum vulgare [/i]and the chemical composition comprising said extract or fraction thereof, and the use of said composition or fraction thereof for treating or preventing cancers and inflammation related diseases, hair loss, stimulating hair growth, increasing energy production, and boosting immunity.

[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)

Smart air-purification system
Patent No. 11623017

Inventor(s): Narayanan Narasimhan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17734271 on 05/02/2022 (344 days app to issue)

Abstract: A smart air-purifier system to provide improved air quality in a negative pressure enclosure is disclosed. The system comprises a machine housing that encloses a filter unit to remove airborne particles. The filter unit includes a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter. The system further includes one or more sensors to monitor the air quality and maintain the random forest approach (RAQ) for predicting air quality, a server to store a plurality of real-time data of the air-purifier system, and a user device to access the plurality of data stored in the server. Further, the real-time data is analyzed using internet-of-things (IoT) to perform surveillance to capture and monitor infection prevention and control data using a mobile application. The system further comprises a four-node controller inside the machine housing configured to switch on and off the system. Also, the system further comprises one or more ultraviolet (UV) lamps and an ionizer.

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

Systems and methods for controlling operation of a reduced pressure therapy system
Patent No. 11623039

Inventor(s): Richard Thomas Hughey (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Smith Nephew PLC (Watford, , GB)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16389660 on 04/19/2019 (1453 days app to issue)

Abstract: Negative pressure wound therapy apparatuses and dressings, and systems and methods for operating such apparatuses for use with dressings are disclosed. In some embodiments, controlling the delivery of therapy can be based on monitoring and detecting various operating conditions. An apparatus can have a controller configured to monitor the duty cycle of a source of negative pressure and, based on the monitored duty cycle, determine whether a leak is present. The controller can be configured to provide an indication that a leak is present. For example, the controller can be configured to suspend and/or pause the delivery of therapy, and to restart the delivery of therapy due to a timeout, request from a user, etc. In addition, the controller can be configured to pause and/or restart the delivery of therapy upon a request from the user, such as in response to the user operating a switch.

[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]

Devices and methods for the treatment of substance use disorders
Patent No. 11623088

Inventor(s): Alejandro Covalin (Los Angeles, CA), Daniel Powell (Dallas, TX), Navid Khodaparast (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): SPARK BIOMEDICAL, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Gardella Grace P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17832437 on 06/03/2022 (312 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for attenuating effect(s) associated with reduction or cessation of substance use by an individual include providing a neurostimulation delivery system including a neurostimulation device having a first portion including a first electrode configured to electrically stimulate auricular branch(es) of the vagus nerve, and a second portion including a second electrode configured to electrically stimulate branch(es) of the auriculotemporal nerve, and a pulse generator including circuitry configured to deliver therapeutic stimulation pulses to the first and second electrodes. Methods and systems include positioning the neurostimulation device for administration of the neurostimulation treatment, whereby the first electrode is disposed on, over or adjacent to auricular branch(es) of the vagus nerve, and the second electrode is disposed on, over or adjacent to branch(es) of the auriculotemporal nerve, and administering the neurostimulation treatment.

[A61N] ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B 18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infra-red radiators for heating H05B) [6]

Low profile head-located neurostimulator
Patent No. 11623100

Inventor(s): Kenneth Lyle Reed (Dallas, TX), Robert Raymond Bulger (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Shiratronics, Inc. (Brooklyn Park, MN)
Law Firm: Schwegman, Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17190544 on 03/03/2021 (769 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for subcutaneously treating pain in a patient includes first providing a neurostimulator with an IPG body and at least a primary, a secondary, and a tertiary integral lead with electrodes disposed thereon. A primary incision is opened to expose the subcutaneous region below the dermis in a selected portion of the body. A pocket is then opened for the IPG through the primary incision and the integral leads are inserted through the primary incision and routed subcutaneously to desired nerve regions along desired paths. The IPG is disposed in the pocket through the primary incision. The primary incision is then closed and the IPG and the electrodes activated to provide localized stimulation to the desired nerve regions and at least three of the nerves associated therewith to achieve a desired pain reduction response from the patient.

Rotational spun material covered medical appliances and methods of manufacture
Patent No. 11623438

Inventor(s): Bart Dolmatch (Dallas, TX), Zeke Eller (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (South Jordan, UT)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 13742077 on 01/15/2013 (3738 days app to issue)

Abstract: A medical appliance or prosthesis may comprise one or more layers of rotational spun nanofibers, including rotational spun polymers. The rotational spun material may comprise layers including layers of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Rotational spun nanofiber mats of certain porosities may permit tissue ingrowth into or attachment to the prosthesis. Additionally, one or more cuffs may be configured to allow tissue ingrowth to anchor the prosthesis.

[A61F] FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) [2006.01]

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

System and method for roll-to-roll film tensioning for reduced separation force during bottom-up stereolithography
Patent No. 11623396

Inventor(s): Morgan Chen (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX), Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Law Firm: Harness, Dickey Pierce, P.L.C. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17028543 on 09/22/2020 (931 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tensioning system for use in a stereolithography manufacturing application. The system may have a build plate for supporting a three dimensional part being formed using a photo responsive resin, a base plate and a release element extending over the base plate. The release element is configured to receive a quantity of photo responsive resin for forming a new material layer of the three dimensional part. A pair of tensioning components are secured to opposite ends of the release element, and apply a controlled tension force to the release element during peeling of the release element to reduce a separation force required to separate the release element from the new material layer after the new material layer is cured.

[B29C] SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B 11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B 37/00-B32B 41/00) [4]

Truck bed covers including cargo management systems
Patent No. 11623502

Inventor(s): Paxton S. Williams (Milan, MI), Scott L. Frederick (Brighton, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17490527 on 09/30/2021 (558 days app to issue)

Abstract: A truck bed cover for a pickup truck includes a panel sized to cover at least a portion of a truck bed. A moveable carrier assembly is connected to an underside of the panel. The moveable carrier assembly includes multiple carrier members including hooks that move underneath the panel in both vehicle longitudinal and vehicle lateral directions.

[B60J] WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)

Dynamic chassis and tire status indications
Patent No. 11623519

Inventor(s): David Leetz (Denton, TX), Jacob Michael White (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17067433 on 10/09/2020 (914 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable storage media provide dynamic chassis and tire status indications associated with a vehicle. Lift axle status data may be graphically represented by a lift axle indicator dynamically provided in a shared notification/messaging space positioned within the driver”s line of sight during a lift axle transition. The lift axle indicator may include a side-view representation of the vehicle including a plurality of axle sections indicating the status of each axle. The lift axle indicator may be suppressed when air pressure is stabilized. Additionally, a graphical representation of data associated with statuses (e.g., air pressure, temperature) of each tire may be provided in a top-down view representation of the vehicle including its associated tire/axle configuration and the tire pressure for each tire. The graphical representation may be configured to reflect the correct number of axles and tires per position, and may further include a tractor versus trailer designation.

[B60K] ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES [2006.01]

Transport recharge level determination
Patent No. 11623540

Inventor(s): Maximilian Parness (Takoma Park, MD), Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17147614 on 01/13/2021 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a charging station, a grade associated with an operation of a transport and allowing, by the charging station, a recharging level related to the grade and an environmental impact of the recharging level.

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

Vehicles including heater assemblies for vehicle bumpers
Patent No. 11623594

Inventor(s): Paxton S. Williams (Milan, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16870717 on 05/08/2020 (1068 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle including a rear bumper having an upper surface, a power source, and a heating element in communication with the power source is provided. The heating element extends in a vehicle lateral direction and along substantially an entire portion of the upper surface of the rear bumper. The heating element may operable when a tailgate is in a closed position. Thus, debris, such as ice, dirt, and the like, accumulating on the upper surface of the rear bumper may be melted by the heating element prior to the tailgate opening. The heating element may be configured to heat substantially an entire portion of the upper surface of the rear bumper. The heating element may be configured to heat upon a condition being satisfied such as, for example, a vehicle start operation or outside temperature being below a predetermined threshold.

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

Vehicles including sprayer assemblies for vehicle bumpers
Patent No. 11623616

Abstract: A vehicle including a sprayer assembly for washing away debris, such as ice, dirt, and the like, accumulating on an upper surface of a rear bumper of the vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a rear bumper having an upper surface, a reservoir including a supply of fluid and a plurality of nozzles in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, the plurality of nozzles being spaced apart from one another in a vehicle lateral direction, the plurality of nozzles configured to spray the fluid from the fluid reservoir at the upper surface of the rear bumper. In some embodiments, the vehicle includes a tailgate positionable between an open position and a closed position, and the nozzles are operable when the tailgate is in the closed position. As such, the nozzles may emit a spray of fluid when the tailgate is in the closed position to wash away the debris prior to the tailgate opening.

[B60S] SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Control of hybrid vehicle engine start threshold in congested traffic conditions
Patent No. 11623631

Inventor(s): Thomas S. Hawley (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16890342 on 06/02/2020 (1043 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for controlling an internal combustion engine start threshold in a parallel hybrid-electric vehicle. A predetermined conditions tracking module determines whether or not conditions of a plurality of predetermined conditions exist. Responsive to a determination that the conditions exist, a required power estimation module estimates a next acceleration required by the vehicle and a final power requirement for the next acceleration. A propulsion system control module determines if the estimated final power requirement is between a first amount of electric motor power available at a predetermined base engine start threshold and a second amount of electric motor power available at a predetermined elevated engine start threshold. If the estimated final power requirement is between the first and second amounts of power, operation of the vehicle is controlled so as to ensure that the engine start threshold is at the predetermined elevated threshold.

[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]

Augmented reality assisted traffic infrastructure visualization
Patent No. 11623653

Inventor(s): BaekGyu Kim (Mountain View, CA), Yin-Chen Liu (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16750210 on 01/23/2020 (1174 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving a service request from a vehicle within a geographic area, receiving a first set of data from the vehicle comprising a position of the vehicle within the geographic area, a direction that the vehicle is facing, and a field of view for an augmented reality display associated with the vehicle, obtaining historical traffic data associated with the geographic area, identifying one or more traffic infrastructures within the field of view of the augmented reality display based on a map associated with the geographic area, the historical traffic data, the position of the vehicle, and the direction the vehicle is facing, generating an augmented reality image for the one or more traffic infrastructures based on the historical traffic data and the field of view of the augmented reality display, and sending the augmented reality image to the vehicle.

On-board thermal track misalignment detection system and method therefor
Patent No. 11623669

Inventor(s): Asim Ghanchi (Southlake, TX), Coleman Barkley (Azle, TX), Michael Saied Saniei (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17806316 on 06/10/2022 (305 days app to issue)

Abstract: An on-board thermal track misalignment detection system method therefor is presented. The system can use on-board locomotive sensors attached to an end-of-train device to detect (on the edge), signs and symptoms of thermal misalignments of the track. Once detected an alert can be transmitted to prevent potential derailments. The system can also include a forward-facing and rearward-facing imaging sensors (e.g., camera, LiDAR sensor, etc). The system can wirelessly communicate (e.g., via radio) with a leading locomotive to ensure proper air pressure and location. The system can be powered by an on-board battery and/or air pressure device. Advantageously, the system can calculate whether any rail deviation is significant (e.g., via one or more threshold values). The system can also leverage image processing functionality, executed by one or more processors) to find the centerline and the distance between the tracks.

[B61K] OTHER AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT FOR RAILWAYS (energy-storing brakes B61H; protection of permanent way against weather influences E01B; rail cleaning, snow ploughs E01H)

Collective control stick mounted throttle control assembly
Patent No. 11623736

Inventor(s): Charles Eric Covington (Colleyville, TX), Darren Gregory Lang (Dallas, TX), Erik Oltheten (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17336264 on 06/01/2021 (679 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft includes an electronically controlled engine (ECE) and a first and a second throttle control assembly. The first throttle control assembly includes a first throttle fly button configured to command a FLY mode and a first throttle idle button configured to command an IDLE mode. The second throttle control assembly includes a second throttle fly button configured to command the FLY mode and a second throttle idle button configured to command the IDLE mode.

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

Centrifugal force bearing
Patent No. 11623742

Inventor(s): Andrew Ryan Maresh (Lewisville, TX), Christopher Edward Foskey (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16372289 on 04/01/2019 (1471 days app to issue)

Abstract: An elastomeric bearing assembly has a housing, a centrifugal force bearing axially captured relative to the housing, and a sliding cap disposed between the housing and the centrifugal force bearing.

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

Lattice structure cushions for aircraft fuel systems
Patent No. 11623758

Inventor(s): Eric Christopher Terry (Fort Worth, TX), Timothy Brian Carr (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16805962 on 03/02/2020 (1135 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exemplary cushion for a fuel system is constructed of a lattice structure formed of a material that is substantially nonabsorbent of fuel and has a network of nodes and beams defining cells, an exterior surface of the lattice structure is configured to be oriented toward a fuel cell and an interior surface of the lattice structure is configured to fit to a mounting surface.

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

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

System and method of metastable state mixing
Patent No. 11623193

Inventor(s): Douglas C. Saunders (Plainfield, IL), Dwayne A. Porter (Lockport, IL), Jeffrey W. Siegrist (West Chicago, IL), Michael J. Schuster (Shorewood, IL), Thomas R. Bajek (Naperville, IL)
Assignee(s): NCH Life Sciences LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16552142 on 08/27/2019 (1323 days app to issue)

Abstract: Metastable state spore incubation mixing systems are described. An example system includes a spores container to store spores, a nutrient container to store nutrients, a water supply line, a syringe tank, a syringe pump, an adjustable valve, a heater, and a controller. In a drawing phase of the system, a controller can cause the syringe pump and the adjustable valve to draw into the syringe tank a volume of spores, nutrients, and water to form a mixture. The controller causes the heater to heat the mixture for a period of time. In a dispensing phase of the system, the controller can cause the syringe pump to expel the mixture through the adjustable valve and into a water distribution system. The controller can direct the system through a number of other phases of operation.

[C12M] APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY (installations for fermenting manure A01C 3/02; preservation of living parts of humans or animals A01N 1/02; brewing apparatus C12C; fermentation apparatus for wine C12G; apparatus for preparing vinegar C12J 1/10) [3]

Flame-retardant waterproof formaldehyde-free board and method of manufacture
Patent No. 11623991

Inventor(s): Fei Xu (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17491177 on 09/30/2021 (558 days app to issue)

Abstract: A flame-retardant, waterproof and formaldehyde-free board is disclosed. The board includes raw material and a coagulant agent. The mass ratio of the raw material to the coagulant agent is 1:1-5. The coagulant includes Agent (A), Agent (B) and magnesium oxide at a mass ratio of 15:2:8-12. In addition, a method of manufacturing the flame-retardant, waterproof and formaldehyde-free board is disclosed.

[C08L] COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) [2]

Microneedle array electroporation system for cell transfection
Patent No. 11624050

Inventor(s): Lingqian Chang (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17000235 on 08/21/2020 (963 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is the design, fabrication, and characterization of a novel system comprising a parallel set of nanopore microneedles (NPMs) for cell transfection through controlled nanoelectroporation (NEP) and electrophoretic insertion of genetic materials.

Use of aptamers in proteomics
Patent No. 11624083

Inventor(s): Clive Gavin Brown (Cambridge, , GB), Koen Kas (Schilde, , BE), Sven Agnes Jan Eyckerman (Nazareth, , BE)
Assignee(s): Caris Science, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17838984 on 06/13/2022 (302 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is a method for measuring the amount of at least one molecule in a biological sample, the method comprising a) combining the sample, or a derivative thereof, with one or more aptamers and allowing one or more molecules in the sample to bind to the aptamer(s); b) separating bound from unbound molecules; and c) quantifying the molecule(s) bound to the or each aptamer, wherein quantification of the bound molecule(s) is carried out by sequencing at least part of the or each aptamer. Uses of and products derived from the method are also contemplated.

[C12Q] MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES OR MICROORGANISMS (immunoassay G01N 33/53); COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES [3]

Electrochemical compressor architecture
Patent No. 11624117

Inventor(s): Phalgun Madhusudan (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17332743 on 05/27/2021 (684 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electrochemical compressor, including a first end plate, a second end plate, a voltage supply connected to the first end plate and second end plate, a plurality of membranes, where each membrane of the plurality of membranes has a substantially same impedance, and where each membrane of the plurality of membranes has a different thickness in a stacking direction, and a plurality of conductive bipolar plates, where the bipolar plates of the plurality of bipolar plates are arranged in contact with, and alternating in the stacking direction with, the membranes of the plurality of membranes, and where the membranes of the plurality of membranes and the bipolar plates of the plurality of bipolar plates are electrically connected in series between the first end plate and second end plate.

[C25B] ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OR NON- METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR (anodic or cathodic protection C23F 13/00; single-crystal growth C30B) [2]

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

Disaster-resistant structure and method for securing disaster-resistant structures to a body of cast material
Patent No. 11624181

Inventor(s): Jessie Edward Hudlow (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15242657 on 08/22/2016 (2423 days app to issue)

Abstract: In the preferred embodiment, the walls are also secured together by at least one other flexible cable that is looped around the room in a substantially horizontal plane and secured to the structure”s framing. The ends of the horizontally looped flexible cable are secured to the structure”s framing such as the door framing with a connector, hook, or other means of securing the end of a cable to a framing member. The at least one horizontally looped flexible cable is located within the walls. The vertically looped and horizontally looped flexible cables form a network of cables around the structure, located within the walls of the structure. In the preferred embodiment, the network of flexible cables may be encased in a cast material placed into the wall cavities and above the ceiling panel.

[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)

Tile spacing device and accompanying system and method
Patent No. 11624194

Inventor(s): Clinton D. Bunch (Keller, TX), Joshua A. Bunch (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Acufloor, LLC (North Richland Hills, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17528561 on 11/17/2021 (510 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tile spacing device and accompanying system and method are disclosed for spacing a plurality of tiles having a contour. In one embodiment of the tile spacing device, the tile spacing device includes a U-shaped band having a body with two branches extending parallel therefrom and an opening therebetween. An arm having a lateral end extends proximally from one of the branches into the opening. Two interlocking connectors are respectively positioned on the body at the opening and on the arm. In one embodiment of the system, two tile spacing devices complimentarily releasably mate when the tile spacing devices are opposing and perpendicularly displaced to interlock the interlocking connectors.

[E04F] FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B)

Multilateral junction with twisted mainbore and lateral bore legs
Patent No. 11624262

Inventor(s): Christian Alexander Ramirez (Irving, TX), David Joe Steele (Carrollton, TX), Srinivasa Prasanna Vemuri (Frisco, TX), Stacey Blaine Donovan (Fort Worth, TX), Wesley Paul Dietz (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17118182 on 12/10/2020 (852 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a multilateral junction (MLT), a well system, and a method for forming a well system. The MLT, in one aspect, includes a y-block having a housing with a single first bore and second and third bores extending therein, the second and third bores defining second and third centerlines. The MLT, in this aspect, further includes a mainbore leg having a first mainbore leg end coupled to the second bore and a second opposing mainbore leg end, and a lateral bore leg having a first lateral bore leg end coupled to the third bore and a second opposing lateral bore leg end. In this aspect, the mainbore leg and the lateral bore leg are twisted with respect to the second and third bore such that a first plane taken through centerlines of the second opposing mainbore leg end and the second opposing lateral bore leg end is angled.

[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]

Reverse drill stem testing
Patent No. 11624279

Inventor(s): Pramod Chamarthy (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Delizio, Peacock, Lewin Guerra (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17447662 on 09/14/2021 (574 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprises flowing a mud into a wellbore, wherein the mud has a mud composition and has a weight in a defined range. The method includes introducing a fluid pill into the mud flowing into the wellbore, wherein the fluid pill has an injection fluid with an injection composition that is different from the mud composition. A particulate has been added to the injection fluid to increase the weight of the fluid pill. After flowing the mud into the wellbore such that the fluid pill is positioned in a zone of the wellbore: filtering out the particulate from the injection fluid; injecting, after the filtering, the injection fluid into the zone; measuring a downhole parameter that changes in response to injecting the injection fluid into the zone; and determining a property of the formation of the zone based on the measured downhole parameter.

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

Hybrid actuation devices with electrostatic clutches
Patent No. 11624376

Inventor(s): Maduran Palaniswamy (Ann Arbor, MI), Michael P. Rowe (Pinckney, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17540786 on 12/02/2021 (495 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hybrid actuation device including a first plate and a second plate coupled to the first plate, a shape memory alloy wire coupled to the first plate and the second plate, a bladder positioned between the first plate and the second plate, the bladder housing a fluid, a first fixed electrode coupled to the second plate, and a flexible electrode coupled to the first plate and extending along the first fixed electrode.

[F15B] SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (motors, turbines, compressors, blowers, pumps F01-F04; fluid dynamics F15D; fluid clutches or brakes F16D; fluid springs F16F; fluid gearing F16H; pistons, cylinders, packing F16J; valves, taps, cocks, actuating-floats F16K; safety valves with auxiliary fluid operation of the main valve F16K 17/10; fluid-operating means for valves F16K 31/12; pipes, pipe joints F16L; lubricating F16N)

System and method for leakage mitigation
Patent No. 11624482

Inventor(s): Christopher Mao (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Rheem Manufacturing Company (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17186417 on 02/26/2021 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: A leakage mitigation system includes a leakage detection device having a canister configured to: (i) contain a first reactant and a second reactant and, (ii) based on a volume of liquid leaked from a tank, allow the first reactant and the second reactant to react with each other to produce a gas. A shut-off valve coupled to an inlet pipe of the tank is configured to actuate between an open condition and a closed condition. Further, a conduit extending between the leakage detection device and the shut-off valve allows flow of the gas from the leak detection device to the shut off valve. In order to mitigate the leakage of water, the shut-off valve is actuated between the open condition and the closed condition based on the pressure exerted thereon by the flow of the gas.

[F17D] PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS; PIPE-LINES (distributing water E03B; pumps or compressors F04; fluid dynamics F15D; valves or the like F16K; pipes, laying pipes, supports, joints, branches, repairing, work on the entire line, accessories F16L; steam traps or the like F16T; fluid-pressure electric cables H01B 9/06)

Refrigerant metering system and method
Patent No. 11624535

Inventor(s): Kenneth Ray Green (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17894613 on 08/24/2022 (230 days app to issue)

Abstract: A refrigerant metering system/method incorporating a manual expansion valve (MEV), condenser isolation valve (CIV), flow isolation valve (FIV), and evaporator isolation valve (EIV) is disclosed. The MEV is configured to replace a conventional automated expansion valve (AEV) that controls a refrigerant flow valve (RFV) that is positioned in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system between a refrigerant condenser coil (RCC) and a refrigerant evaporator coil (REC) and permits manual metering of refrigerant by the RFV from the RCC to the REC and also allows complete shutoff of refrigerant flow by the RFV from the RCC to the REC. The MEV allows rapid HVAC repair and restoration of service where a replacement AEV is not readily available. The CIV/FIV/EIV are positioned in the refrigerant flow lines to permit the AEV and/or REC to be isolated from HVAC refrigerant flow for repairs to the AEV and/or REC.

[F25B] REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS, OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K 5/00; pumps, compressors F04; use of heat pumps for domestic or space-heating or for domestic hot-water supply F24D; air-conditioning, air-humidification F24F; fluid heaters using heat pumps F24H)

P H Y S I C S

Concentric probe
Patent No. 11624604

Inventor(s): Brennan Loyd Stults (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16811088 on 03/06/2020 (1131 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example of a concentric probe includes an outer shroud having a bore that extends through the outer shroud, an inner shroud located within the outer shroud and having a bore that extends through the inner shroud, the inner shroud joined to the outer shroud via brazing, an annulus defined by a space between the inner shroud and a wall of the bore of the outer shroud, a plenum defined by a space between the inner shroud and the wall of the bore of the outer shroud, the plenum being in fluid communication with the annulus, and a transducer disposed within inner shroud.

[G01B] MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS

Re-routing context determination
Patent No. 11624621

Inventor(s): Christian Freese (Plano, TX), Equan Tompkins (Aubrey, TX), Seyhan Ucar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter Hampton LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16442237 on 06/14/2019 (1397 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for vehicle re-routing context determination for a subject vehicle, including: tracking movement of the subject vehicle as the subject vehicle is following a planned route; determining whether a deviation of the subject vehicle from the planned route indicates a user-initiated re-routing of the subject vehicle from the planned route; gathering data from a plurality of sources indicating a route condition leading to the user-initiated re-routing; analyzing the gathered data to determine a reason for the user-initiated re-routing; and based on the reason, determining whether to reroute other vehicles to avoid the reason for the user-initiated re-routing.

[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)

High-side gate over-voltage stress testing
Patent No. 11624769

Inventor(s): Benjamin Lee Amey (Allen, TX), Hung Nguyen (Carrollton, TX), Patrick Michael Teterud (Plano, TX), Sigfredo E. Gonzalez Diaz (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17739911 on 05/09/2022 (337 days app to issue)

Abstract: A field effect transistor (FET) engager, for example, includes electrically coupling a gate driver to a gate of a FET for testing the FET. The FET engager further includes providing a probe pad for test instrument measurement of the FET without test instrument capacitance impacting operation of the FET. The FET engager can electrically couple to the gate of the FET hold the gate of the FET at a low voltage while the source and drains are stress tested. The FET engager provides fail-safe mechanisms against accidental turn-on of the FET during operation. The FET engager can provide a second probe pad for selective test instrument turn-on of a second FET. The FET engager can allow test instrument measurement of gate current of the FET without test instrument capacitance impacting operation of the FET.

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

High voltage integrated circuit testing interface assembly
Patent No. 11624778

Inventor(s): Andrew Patrick Couch (Allen, TX), David Anthony Graham (Plano, TX), Phillip Marcus Blitz (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16820544 on 03/16/2020 (1121 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit testing assembly, comprising a slab having a slab axis, and a first electrode and second electrode affixed relative to the slab. The first electrode has a first major axis parallel to the slab axis, is coupled to receive a first voltage for coupling to a first set of pins on an integrated circuit, and includes a first surface area facing the slab axis, wherein the first surface area does not include a surface discontinuity. The second electrode has a second major axis parallel to the slab axis, is coupled to receive a second voltage for coupling to second first set of pins on an integrated circuit, and includes a second surface area facing the slab axis, wherein the second surface area does not include a surface discontinuity.

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

Multi-axis sector motor
Patent No. 11624935

Inventor(s): Jim Royalty (Dallas, TX), Milton A. Woodall (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): DRS Network Imaging Systems, LLC (Melbourne, FL)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16359742 on 03/20/2019 (1483 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-axis motor includes a first elongate magnet member disposed in a first orientation and a second elongate magnet member disposed in a second orientation orthogonal to the first orientation and mechanically coupled to the first elongate magnet member. The first elongate magnet member is operable to adjust a first axis of a fine axis structure. The second elongate magnet member is operable to adjust a second axis of the fine axis structure.

[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]

Programming memory cells with concurrent redundant storage of data for power loss protection
Patent No. 11625172

Inventor(s): Gerrit Jan Hemink (San Ramon, CA), Ken Oowada (Fujisawa, , JP), Toru Miwa (Yokohama, , JP), Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17349306 on 06/16/2021 (664 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and techniques are described for programming data in memory cells while concurrently storing backup data. One or more initial pages of data are programmed into both a primary block and a first backup block in a first program pass. A power loss then occurs which can corrupt the data or otherwise prevent reading of the one or more initial pages of data from the primary block. The one or more initial pages of data are read from the first backup block and used to perform a second program pass in which one or more additional pages of data are programmed into the primary block. Single bit per cell data can be stored in a second backup block to decode the one or more initial pages of data as read from the first backup block.

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

Updating a register in memory
Patent No. 11625194

Inventor(s): Isom Crawford, Jr. (Royse City, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Brooks, Cameron Huebsch, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17364569 on 06/30/2021 (650 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods updating a register in memory. An example includes an array of memory cells; and a controller coupled to the array of memory cells configured to perform logical operations on data stored in the array of memory cells using a register that is updated to access the data stored in the array of memory cells.

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

Memory sub-system for increasing bandwidth for command scheduling
Patent No. 11625197

Inventor(s): Patrick A. La Fratta (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17498415 on 10/11/2021 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: Initialization is performed based on the commands received at the command queue. To perform initialization, a bank touch count list that includes a list of banks being accessed by the commands and a bank touch count for each of the banks in the list is updated. The bank touch count identifies the number of commands accessing each of the banks. The bank touch count list is updated by assigning a bank priority rank to each of the banks based on their bank touch count, respectively. Once initialized, the commands in the command queue are scheduled by inserting each of the commands into priority queues based on the bank touch count list.

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

Augmented intelligence for creating software development artifacts
Patent No. 11625227

Inventor(s): Sunil Kaitha (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessier, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17886501 on 08/12/2022 (242 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments disclose systems and methods for generating source code. One or more application specific inputs and one or more external inputs are received. Using a machine learning model, source code is automatically generated based on the one or more application specific inputs and the one or more external inputs. The source code can embody the one or more application specific inputs and the one or more external inputs. One or more revisions to the automatically generated source code may be made, and a difference determined between the generated source code and the revised source code. The machine learning model may be further trained to generate a future source code based on the differences it determines.

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

Methods, apparatus, and systems to replace values in a device
Patent No. 11625246

Inventor(s): Ambalametil Narayanan Naveen (Kasturinagar, , IN), Jasbir Singh (Kaggadaspura, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17400828 on 08/12/2021 (607 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems to replace values in a device are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a processor and a replacement generator coupled to the processor and configured to detect an access, by the processor, of a first instruction at a first address in a first memory, in response to the detected access, compare the first address to a set of trigger instruction address records in a second memory, wherein the set of trigger instruction address records includes a first trigger instruction address record that is associated with a first replacement address record and a first replacement value record, and based on the first address corresponding to the first trigger instruction address record, replace a first value at a second address in a third memory specified by the first replacement address record with a second value specified by the first replacement value record.

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

Data harmonization across multiple sources
Patent No. 11625379

Inventor(s): Arjun Coimbatore Nagarasan (Lewisville, TX), Prabhu Gururaj (McKinney, TX), Prince Paulraj (Coppell, TX), Shilpi Harpavat (Plano, TX), Shreyash Taywade (Dallas, TX), Weiping Liu (Plano, TX), Yukun Zeng (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16782754 on 02/05/2020 (1161 days app to issue)

Abstract: In another example, a device includes a processor and a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include acquiring a plurality of data items from a plurality of data sources, wherein the at least two data sources data sources of the plurality of data sources are maintained by different entities, normalizing attributes of the plurality of data items, using a first machine learning technique, matching at least two data items of the plurality of data items to form a grouping, wherein the matching is based on similarities observed in the attributes of the at least two data items subsequent to the normalizing, and creating a single profile for an individual associated with the at least two data items, based on the grouping, wherein the single profile consolidates the attributes of the at least two data items.

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

Transaction processing failover
Patent No. 11625391

Inventor(s): Jacob Creech (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17851873 on 06/28/2022 (287 days app to issue)

Abstract: Transaction processing systems in accordance with aspects of the invention may process a variety of transactions. Transaction processing systems may include a transaction processing device and a distributed processing system. The transaction processing device obtains transaction requests from a variety of client devices and process the transaction requests. The distributed processing system may also obtain the transaction requests and maintain a transaction history of the transaction requests obtained and/or processed by the transaction processing device. Both the distributed processing system and the transaction processing device may send a transaction succeeded event based on the transaction being processed successfully. The transaction processing device and distributed ledger may also maintain an indication of if a particular transaction has been processed. When the transaction processing device becomes available after a period of unavailability, the transaction history for both the transaction processing device and distributed ledger may be reconciled.

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

Systems and methods for expedited large file processing
Patent No. 11625408

Inventor(s): Japan Bhatt (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17201311 on 03/15/2021 (757 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of a method for processing a large file. The system may receive record data comprising a plurality of records having an identification value in a common field having a data format. The system may determine a plurality of focus values based on the data format and create a plurality of virtual processing units based on the plurality of focus values. Each of the plurality of virtual processing units may process a sub-group of the plurality of records that corresponds to the focus value associated with the respective virtual processing unit.

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

Inverse transformation using pruning for video coding
Patent No. 11625452

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Vivienne Sze (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17710932 on 03/31/2022 (376 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for decoding an encoded video bit stream in a video decoder is provided that includes determining a scan pattern type for a transform block to be decoded, decoding a column position X and a row position Y of a last non-zero coefficient in the transform block from the encoded video bit stream, selecting a column-row inverse transform order when the scan pattern type is a first type, selecting a row-column inverse transform order when the scan pattern type is a second type, and performing one dimensional (1D) inverse discrete cosine transformation (IDCT) computations according to the selected transform order to inversely transform the transform block to generate a residual block.

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

Methods for designing, manufacturing, installing, and/or maintenance of roofing accessories and systems of use thereof
Patent No. 11625511

Inventor(s): Rich Robinson (Round Rock, TX), Zachary Richard Campau (Novato, CA)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig LLP (19 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18056957 on 11/18/2022 (144 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable automated roof planning using a processor. The processor receives a digital image of a roof of a structure and models each roof plane of the roof to generate a roof model. The processor determines dimensions of each roof plane based on the roof model. The processor retrieves roofing accessory data from a database, the roofing accessory data solar roofing accessory part identifiers and solar roofing accessory part performance characteristics for solar roofing accessories. The processor simulates multiple candidate roof layouts based on the dimensions of each roof plan and the solar roofing accessory parts and determines a utilization prediction for each candidate layout. Based on each utilization prediction, the processor determines a particular roof layout having selected solar roofing accessory parts, and generates a solar roof design, including a list of materials, for the particular roof layout.

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

Systems and methods for process design and analysis
Patent No. 11625512

Inventor(s): Timothy S. Gardner (Oakland, CA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17333435 on 05/28/2021 (683 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for process design and analysis of processes that result in products or analytical information are provided. A hypergraph data store is maintained and comprises versions of each process. A version comprises a hypergraph with nodes, for stages of the process, and edges. Stages have parameterized resource inputs associated with stage input properties, and input specification limits. Stages have resource outputs with output properties and output specification limits. Edges link the outputs of nodes to the inputs of other nodes. A run data store is maintained with a plurality of process runs, each run identifying a process version, values for the inputs of nodes in the corresponding hypergraph, their input properties, resource outputs of the nodes, and obtained values of output properties of the resource outputs.

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

Realization of neural networks with ternary inputs and ternary weights in NAND memory arrays
Patent No. 11625586

Inventor(s): Martin Lueker-Boden (Fremont, CA), Tung Thanh Hoang (San Jose, CA), Won Ho Choi (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16653365 on 10/15/2019 (1274 days app to issue)

Abstract: Use of a NAND array architecture to realize a binary neural network (BNN) allows for matrix multiplication and accumulation to be performed within the memory array. A unit synapse for storing a weight of a BNN is stored in a pair of series connected memory cells. A binary input is applied on a pair of word lines connected to the unit synapse to perform the multiplication of the input with the weight. The results of such multiplications are determined by a sense amplifier, with the results accumulated by a counter. The arrangement extends to ternary inputs to realize a ternary-binary network (TBN) by adding a circuit to detect 0 input values and adjust the accumulated count accordingly. The arrangement further extends to a ternary-ternary network (TTN) by allowing 0 weight values in a unit synapse, maintaining the number of 0 weights in a register, and adjusting the count accordingly.

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

Intelligent travel planning
Patent No. 11625650

Inventor(s): Abby Nicole Tisdale (Grapevine, TX), Jason A. Gonzalez (Lewisville, TX), Tassanee Kraipon Supakkul (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Heslin Rothenberg Farley Mesiti P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16398489 on 04/30/2019 (1442 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes: a travel planning system, via a user interface, receives requirements for a trip from a user; collects preference information of the user for the trip; searches available travel options based on the requirements and the preference information; builds an itinerary based on the searched travel options by use of a balance combination of relative weights for sources of the preference information; applies external data relevant to the itinerary; obtains a response to the itinerary from the user; either adjusts the itinerary or makes reservations respective to the travel options in the itinerary, depending on types of a response from the user; records at least one change to the itinerary via the user interface in a user device while the user device is off-line; and responsive to the user device getting online, synchronizes the at least one change to the itinerary stored in the travel planning system.

[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]

Method of providing client service
Patent No. 11625653

Inventor(s): Steve Davis (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16704128 on 12/05/2019 (1223 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for providing access information to a service provider for a property comprising of an apartment or condo association and for a specific apartment within the apartment or condo association. The system utilizes a software system to schedule the access for the service provider and automated lock management access control to control the access to the property and the specific apartment.

Social networking meetup system and method
Patent No. 11625654

Inventor(s): Baylor Black (Rockwall, TX), Raaquan Davis (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Ventures BRK (Rockwall, TX)
Law Firm: John Rizvi, P.A.The Patent Professor (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17845448 on 06/21/2022 (294 days app to issue)

Abstract: A social networking meetup services system and method that facilitate proximity-based meetup location suggestions for finding potential meetup opportunities between individuals and engaging therein. A plurality of user RSVP indications are employed where each user RSVP indication associated with a specific one user of a plurality of users and an associated meetup location designated by the specific one user for which the specific one user intends on being physically present at a future time. A set of matching user RSVP indications other users that match with the potential meetup locations selected by the user. The user is presented with the identified other RSVP users and there is a matching, based on at least an indication of mutual interest, between the user and the other users selected and matched such that a communications link is established between the user and such other users for purposes of meeting up.

Systems and methods for proactive infrastructure resource management for multiple application clusters
Patent No. 11625659

Inventor(s): Aaron L. Hoenig (Plano, TX), Amit Pandey (Plano, TX), Ateet Kumar Awasthi (McKinney, TX), Kumar Anand (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17486783 on 09/27/2021 (561 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system including: a processor; and a memory storing computer program code that controls the processor to: collect real-time business process metrics; collect real-time cluster metrics for a plurality of application clusters indicative of a required allotment of infrastructure resources for a given business process level; estimate a predicted future business process level; based on the estimated predicted future business process level and the real-time cluster metrics, predict a future infrastructure resource requirement of each of the plurality of application clusters; compare the predicted future infrastructure resource requirement of each of the plurality of application clusters to a current dedication of each of the plurality of application clusters; automatically adjust, in real-time and based on the comparison, respective allotments of infrastructure resources for each of the plurality of application clusters; receive an actual business process; and process the business process across the plurality of application clusters.

Intelligent controlled charging stations
Patent No. 11625747

Inventor(s): Subil Mathew Abraham (Lewisville, TX), Vikram Rengarajan (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Cuenot, Forsythe Kim, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17219571 on 03/31/2021 (741 days app to issue)

Abstract: An in-store customer transaction can be detected. Power charging credits can be assigned to the customer based, at least in part, on the in-store customer transaction. A charging station can be activated for the customer. Whether an amount of energy consumption by at least one user device of the customer from the charging station has reached a threshold value can be determined. The threshold value can be based, at least in part, on the charging credits assigned to the customer. Responsive to determining that the energy consumption by the at least one user device of the customer from the charging station has reached the threshold value, the charging station can cease or reduce power being delivered by the charging station to the at least one user device of the user.

System and method for providing real time financial account information using event driven architecture
Patent No. 11625772

Inventor(s): Randall Martin Brandt (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16428775 on 05/31/2019 (1411 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method of providing real time account information for financial accounts is disclosed. The system includes an event based architecture including an event stream. Financial transaction processing systems publish transaction events to the event stream. A transaction service listening to the event stream detects new transaction events. The transaction service takes action to enrich transaction data. A middleware system reconciles existing transactions and persists transaction records in long term storage. The system can retrieve real time enriched transaction data to calculate account summary information, including current account balances and projected future account balances. The system can also be used to provide real time notifications to customers using enriched transaction data.

Systems and methods for providing currency exchange information via augmented reality
Patent No. 11625781

Inventor(s): Rachel Elizabeth Csabi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17391939 on 08/02/2021 (617 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include receiving image data representative of cash acquired via one or more image sensors, identifying a first currency depicted in the cash based on a plurality of images associated with a plurality of currencies, and determining a currency conversion rate between the first currency and a second currency. The method may also include generating a visualization representative of a currency value of the cash in the second currency based on the currency conversion rate and overlaying the visualization on the image data.

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

System and method for ridesharing
Patent No. 11625804

Inventor(s): Kolapo Malik Akande (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17300265 on 05/05/2021 (706 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing system including a processor may receive, from a network device, a request for a ride at a scheduled time. The computing system may start to look for a candidate ride, to serve the received request, at a predetermined time prior to the scheduled time. The computing system may book the candidate ride to serve the received request upon determining that the candidate ride can serve the received request. The computing system may determine occurrence of a potential failure associated with the candidate ride serving the received request. The computing system may book a replacement ride to serve the received request upon determining that the replacement ride can serve the received request. Various other aspects are disclosed.

Automatically removing moving objects from video streams
Patent No. 11625813

Inventor(s): Sheng-Wei Huang (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Adobe, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Keller Preece PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17085491 on 10/30/2020 (893 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for accurately and efficiently removing objects from digital images taken from a camera viewfinder stream. For example, the disclosed systems access digital images from a camera viewfinder stream in connection with an undesired moving object depicted in the digital images. The disclosed systems generate a temporal window of the digital images concatenated with binary masks indicating the undesired moving object in each digital image. The disclosed systems further utilizes a 3D to 2D generator as part of a 3D to 2D generative adversarial neural network in connection with the temporal window to generate a target digital image with the region associated with the undesired moving object in-painted. In at least one embodiment, the disclosed systems provide the target digital image to a camera viewfinder display to show a user how a future digital photograph will look without the undesired moving object.

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

Key terrain finder
Patent No. 11625914

Inventor(s): Sarah A. Crate (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lunberg Woessner, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17064308 on 10/06/2020 (917 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, devices, media and methods are presented for identifying key terrain areas in a geographic location by accessing an image comprising a view of the geographic location comprising a plurality of terrain areas and for each terrain area, assigning a first score corresponding to positive or negative key terrain determinations using a general rule, assigning a second score corresponding to positive or negative key terrain determinations using an override rule, assigning a third score corresponding to positive or negative key terrain determinations using a user-defined rule and generating an aggregate mask to assign the key terrain area with an aggregate score. Based on the aggregate score, key terrain areas are identified and displayed on a computing device. NULL

Detecting shelf interactions using a sensor array
Patent No. 11625918

Inventor(s): Crystal Maung (Dallas, TX), Deepanjan Paul (Plano, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Sarath Vakacharla (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX), Trang Nghia Nguyen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17368204 on 07/06/2021 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: An object tracking system includes a sensor and a tracking system. The sensor is configured to capture a frame of at least a portion of a physical space within a global plane for a space. The tracking system is configured to receive the frame, to detect an object within a zone of the frame, and to determine a pixel location for the object. The tracking system is further configured to identify a zone of the physical structure based on the pixel location, to identify an item based on the identified zone. NULL

Object assignment during image tracking
Patent No. 11625923

Inventor(s): Deepanjan Paul (Plano, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Sarath Vakacharla (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17218350 on 03/31/2021 (741 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a sensor and a tracking subsystem. The tracking subsystem receives an image feed of top-view images generated by the sensor and detects an event associated with a portion of a person entering a zone adjacent to a rack. The tracking subsystem determines that a first and second person may be associated with the event. The subsystem tracks the item and calculates a velocity of the item as it is moved through the space. The subsystem identifies, based on the calculated velocity, a frame in which the velocity of the item is less than a threshold velocity. The subsystem determines whether the first or second person is nearer the item in the identified frame. If the first person is nearer, the item is assigned to the first person. NULL

High definition camera and image recognition system for criminal identification
Patent No. 11625936

Inventor(s): Stephen Lee Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16731443 on 12/31/2019 (1197 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for high definition (HD) image recognition of criminals is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of cameras, an image recognition server, investigator user devices, a computing device, a database, and a network. At least one processor of the image recognition server is configured to receive a plurality of photographs of a first individual, perform image processing of the plurality of photographs to extract a first set of physical features, store feature data regarding the first set of physical features in the database, receive suspect data regarding a suspected individual from a first investigator user device, match the suspect data with the feature data stored in the database, and transmit an alert to the computing device in the prison, wherein the alert activates a mobile application on each investigator user device to display match data identifying the suspected individual as the first individual based on the feature data. NULL

Methods and systems for monitoring human body weight with vehicle sensors and big data AI analytics
Patent No. 11625937

Inventor(s): Alexander T. Pham (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16840571 on 04/06/2020 (1100 days app to issue)

Abstract: A weight management system for managing vehicle seat occupant body weight by using vehicle cameras and weight sensors of a plurality of vehicles having onboard communication modules. Each vehicle is equipped to analyze and compare weight changes of the vehicle seat occupant over time. Based on the weight status, a weight management recommendation can be transmitted to the vehicle seat occupant. Each vehicle is operatively connected to a weight management application in a data center. The weight management application includes a registration module which registers each vehicle. Additionally, a vehicle seat occupant may register with the weight management application to have his/her weight analyzed when travelling in any of the plurality of vehicles. The weight management application requests a search of a data lake and analysis of search results by a weight data artificial intelligence analytics program to improve the weight management recommendation. NULL

Wearable system for detection of environmental hazards
Patent No. 11626001

Inventor(s): Christopher Russell (The Colony, TX), Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX), Pooja Krishnaswamy (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17387550 on 07/28/2021 (622 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed wearable device systems include several features for alerting and guiding persons who are approaching or near to potentially hazardous or high-risk conditions in their nearby environment. Sensor data from wearable devices (also referred to herein as ”wearables”) are used to determine the presence of various unsafe environmental conditions and phenomenon, including dangerous terrain or other unusual conditions. The wearable would be used to warn a person, for example via auditory or haptic-based feedback, if the person is about to encounter an unsafe condition. In particular, the proposed systems can be of great benefit to the visually impaired, those persons with physical disabilities, or persons otherwise vulnerable to particular environmental conditions.

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

Hierarchical integrated traffic management system for managing vehicles
Patent No. 11626012

Inventor(s): Hao Yang (Aliso Viejo, CA), Kentaro Oguchi (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16599667 on 10/11/2019 (1278 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for managing vehicles includes a plurality of first level managers, and a plurality of second level managers each being in a higher hierarchical level than the plurality of first level managers and managing a section. Each of the plurality of first level managers collects data using one or more sensors of a vehicle, abstracts the data to obtain first information, and transmits a first instruction to the vehicle based on the first information. One of the plurality of second level managers receives the first information from one or more of the plurality of first level managers in the section managed by the one of the plurality of second level managers, obtains second information based on the first information, and transmits a second instruction to the vehicle based on the second information. The first instruction is different from the second instruction.

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

Parking monitoring and assistance for transports
Patent No. 11626019

Inventor(s): Daniel Warren Reaser (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17171261 on 02/09/2021 (791 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of parking a transport in an initial space, determining an average time of an event attended by at least one occupant associated with the transport, moving the transport to at least one other space when an elapsed time of the event is less than the average time and when the at least one other space is available and closer to an event location than the initial space, and moving the transport to a final space when the event is completed, and the final space is a location of a device associated with the at least one occupant.

System and method for monitoring a signage system of a transit vehicle
Patent No. 11626046

Inventor(s): Larry T. Taylor (Blue Ridge, TX), Ramin Safavi (Plano, TX), Xiaoping Zhou (Plano, TX), Zhicun Gao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Laminator Holding LP (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Fredrikson Byron, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17386231 on 07/27/2021 (623 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sign-monitoring system includes at least one electronic sign and a controller comprising a processor and memory. The electronic sign includes a pixel array, the pixel array including a plurality of pixels. The electronic sign further includes an embedded controller coupled to the at least one electronic sign. The embedded controller develops diagnostic information for the at least one electronic sign, the diagnostic information including information related to a number of malfunctioning pixels in the plurality of pixels. The controller is communicably coupled to the embedded controller and receives at least a portion of the diagnostic information from the embedded controller. In addition, the controller assesses the at least a portion of the diagnostic information to develop health information. The assessment involves evaluating the information related to the number of malfunctioning pixels.

[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]

Membrane acoustic absorber
Patent No. 11626094

Inventor(s): Hideo Iizuka (Ann Arbor, MI), Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16807660 on 03/03/2020 (1134 days app to issue)

Abstract: A membrane-type acoustic absorber structure is provided for an acoustic panel. The absorber structure includes an acoustic substrate. A plurality of spaced apart unit cells are provided in the acoustic substrate and arranged in a periodic array. Each unit cell includes at least one perimeter boundary wall and a bottom wall portion. The perimeter boundary wall and bottom wall portion cooperate to define a chamber with an opening and a chamber cavity having a chamber volume. An elastic membrane is disposed at the chamber opening and configured for sealing the chamber cavity. At least one lossy porous medium is provided aligned with, and separated a distance from, the elastic membrane. A fluid/gas is provided in the chamber volume. In certain aspects, the unit cells may have identical dimensions, having the same resonance frequency. In other aspects, the unit cells may have different dimensions, providing a broadband absorber.

[G10K] SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES (sound-producing toys A63H 5/00); METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [6]

Dynamic sense node voltage to compensate for variances when sensing threshold voltages of memory cells
Patent No. 11626160

Inventor(s): Bo Lei (San Ramon, CA), Huiwen Xu (Cupertino, CA), Jun Wan (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17166612 on 02/03/2021 (797 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technology for sensing non-volatile memory cells in which one or more sense nodes are charged to a sense voltage having a magnitude that improves sensing accuracy. One sense node may be charged to different sense voltages when sensing different memory cells at different times. Multiple sense nodes may be charged to a corresponding multiple different sense voltages when sensing different memory cells at the same time. The one or more sense nodes are allowed to discharge based on respective currents of memory cells for a pre-determined time while applying a reference voltage to the memory cells. The Vts of the selected memory cells are assessed based on respective voltages on the one or more of sense nodes after the pre-determined time. Different sensing voltages may be used based on bit line voltage, bit line resistance, distance of memory cells from the sense node, or other factors.

[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)

Sending location information from within a communication application
Patent No. 11627435

Inventor(s): Thomas Carl Sanchez (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): BlackBerry Limited (Waterloo, , CA)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17017875 on 09/11/2020 (942 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method in a first wireless communication device for displaying current location information representing a current location of a second wireless communication device. The method entails, from within a communication application executing on a processor of the first wireless communication device, receiving the current location information representing the current location of the second wireless communication device, performing a reverse look-up of the received current location of the second wireless communication device to determine address information, displaying a map from within the communication application, and identifying the received current location information on the displayed map with a name associated with the determined address information.

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Communication module engagement
Patent No. 11624880

Inventor(s): Paul Gavrilovic (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Infinera Corporation (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16945190 on 07/31/2020 (984 days app to issue)

Abstract: An optical transceiver having a locking assembly that prevents undesirable movement of the optical transceiver when engaged with another device is described. The locking assembly includes a slide with a projection, lift, and weighted stops. In a first configuration, the slide and weighted stops can sustain contact between a thermal interface material of the optical transceiver and the other device while locking the optical transceiver to prevent movement. In a second configuration mode, the locking assembly disengages the thermal interface material from the other device and unlocks the weighted stops to permit disconnection from the other device.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for simultaneous key generation on device and server for secure communication
Patent No. 11625455

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Daly (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERA IOT INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17676679 on 02/21/2022 (414 days app to issue)

Abstract: A secure communication system is disclosed for communication between first and second party devices. An input interface is provided for receiving from an external host a unique host factor in addition to a user input interface for receiving from a user a unique PIN for a user and a selection input for selecting one of the plurality of stored entropy stores as a user selected entropy store A first private key generator is operable for generating a private key using a key generation algorithm requiring the selected entropy store, the host factor and the unique user PIN. The second party device includes a second storage device for storing a plurality of entropy stores. An input interface is provided for receiving the same unique host factor as received by the first party device. A communication interface facilitates communication with the first party device to receive from the first party device a user PIN and an indication of the user selected entropy store. A second private key generator is operable for generating a private key using the predetermined key generation algorithm with the received user PIN, the received host factor, and an extracted entropy store corresponding to user selected entropy store, wherein the private key generated by both the first and second private key generators are identical. The session is initiated to cause the generation of the identical private keys at both of the first and second private key generators and allow secure communication between the

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

Deep trench isolation with segmented deep trench
Patent No. 11626317

Inventor(s): Binghua Hu (Plano, TX), John K Arch (Richardson, TX), Ye Shao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17079451 on 10/24/2020 (899 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a first trench and a second trench of a trench structure located in a substrate. The second trench is separated from the first trench by a trench space that is less than a first trench width of the first trench and less than a second trench width of the second trench. The trench structure includes a doped sheath having a first conductivity type, contacting and laterally surrounding the first trench and the second trench. The doped sheath extends from the top surface to an isolation layer and from the first trench to the second trench across the trench space. The semiconductor device includes a first region and a second region, both located in the semiconductor layer, having a second, opposite, conductivity type. The first region and the second region are separated by the first trench, the second trench, and the doped sheath.

[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]

Integrated circuit (IC) package with embedded heat spreader in a redistribution layer (RDL)
Patent No. 11626340

Inventor(s): Andrew Arthur Ketterson (Dallas, TX), Christo Bojkov (Plano, TX), Deep C. Dumka (Richardson, TX), Kevin J. Anderson (Plano, TX), Tarak A. Railkar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16712271 on 12/12/2019 (1216 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) package with an embedded heat spreader in a redistribution layer (RDL) is provided. IC packaging facilitates a high density package for ICs, including monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs). However, IC packaging may result in reduced heat removal from an IC, decreasing radio frequency (RF) circuit performance. In an exemplary aspect, an IC package is provided which incorporates an embedded heat spreader within a dielectric layer of an RDL coupled to an IC die. The embedded heat spreader provides efficient heat transfer, robust RF performance, and operation through millimeter wave (mmW) frequencies, all in a miniature low-cost, low-profile surface mountable (SM) package.

Cutting a leadframe assembly with a plurality of punching tools
Patent No. 11626350

Inventor(s): Anis Fauzi Bin Abdul Aziz (Yan, , MY), Chong Han Lim (Kuala Lumpur, , MY), Lee Han Meng@Eugene Lee (Muar, , MY), Siew Kee Lee (Jalan Kodiang, , MY), Wei Fen Sueann Lim (Melaka, , MY)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16839216 on 04/03/2020 (1103 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes forming a leadframe assembly to have a pair of opposing sides, and having semiconductor die receiving portions extending between the opposing sides. The method also includes placing semiconductor dies on the leadframe assembly in the die receiving portions. Each die has a row of leads on each of two opposing sides of the die and a longitudinal axis parallel to the rows of leads. The longitudinal axis of each die is orthogonal to the opposing sides of the leadframe assembly. The method further includes applying mold compound to the semiconductor dies. The method includes punching through the leadframe assembly between the opposing sides using a first tool having a first tool longitudinal axis parallel to longitudinal axes of the dies.

Gate material-based capacitor and resistor structures and methods of forming the same
Patent No. 11626397

Inventor(s): Dai Iwata (Yokkaichi, , JP), Hiroyuki Ogawa (Nagoya, , JP), Hokuto Kodate (Nagoya, , JP), Mitsuhiro Togo (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17006265 on 08/28/2020 (956 days app to issue)

Abstract: At least one of a capacitor or a resistor structure can be formed concurrently with formation of a field effect transistor by patterning a gate dielectric layer into gate dielectric and into a first node dielectric or a first resistor isolation dielectric, and by patterning a semiconductor layer into a gate electrode and into a second electrode of a capacitor or a resistor strip. Contacts are then formed to the capacitor or resistor structure. Sidewall spacers may be formed on the gate electrode prior to patterning the capacitor or resistor contacts to reduce damage to the underlying capacitor or resistor layers.

Lateral transistors for selecting blocks in a three-dimensional memory array and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 11626415

Inventor(s): Shinsuke Yada (Yokkaichi, , JP), Shogo Tomita (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17176829 on 02/16/2021 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, memory opening fill structures including a respective vertical semiconductor channel and a respective vertical stack of memory elements extending through the alternating stack in a memory array region, via contact structures contacting the stepped surfaces of the electrically conductive layers at each step in a staircase region, and a vertical stack of access transistors located between the staircase region and the memory array region.

Three-dimensional memory device with plural channels per memory opening and methods of making the same
Patent No. 11626418

Inventor(s): Takeki Ninomiya (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17119051 on 12/11/2020 (851 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stacks of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers. Memory opening fill structures located in memory openings include a memory film and plural vertical semiconductor channels.

High voltage field effect transistors with self-aligned silicide contacts and methods for making the same
Patent No. 11626496

Inventor(s): Hiroshi Nakatsuji (Yokkaichi, , JP), Jun Akaiwa (Yokkaichi, , JP), Masashi Ishida (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17348305 on 06/15/2021 (665 days app to issue)

Abstract: A field effect transistor includes a source region and a drain region formed within and/or above openings in a dielectric capping mask layer overlying a semiconductor substrate and a gate electrode. A source-side silicide portion and a drain-side silicide portion are self-aligned to the source region and to the drain region, respectively.

Systems of wireless communication-enabled integrated roofing accessories and methods of use thereof
Patent No. 11626656

Inventor(s): Rich Robinson (Round Rock, TX), Xavier Riley (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig LLP (19 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17821127 on 08/19/2022 (235 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a system of integrated roofing accessories on a plurality of roofs, where at least one integrated roofing accessory on each roof may include: i) at least one transceiver configured to produce electromagnetic communication signals using electromagnetic communication protocols, ii) at least one dielectric antenna in electrical communication with the at least one transceiver for emitting the electromagnetic communication signals according to the at least one electromagnetic communication protocol, iii) an edge computing device having at least one processor and at least one non-transitory storage with software to operate the edge computing device in communication with the at least one transceiver, and iv) at least one power supply. The software is configured to cause, when executed, the integrated roofing accessories to form an electromagnetic communication network using the electromagnetic communication signals which communicates with at least one computing device.

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

Polarization shifting devices and systems for interference mitigation
Patent No. 11626667

Inventor(s): Richard Loy Smith, Jr. (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ISCO International, LLC (Schaumburg, IL)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17859628 on 07/07/2022 (278 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a polarization shifter including a lower substrate having disposed thereon first and second transmission lines for coupling to a feed network, an upper substrate having disposed thereon third and fourth transmission lines for respective communicative coupling to orthogonally-polarized elements of a radiating element, and a dielectric layer residing between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, the upper substrate being configured to mechanically couple to the radiating element, the dielectric layer coupling the first transmission line with the third transmission line and coupling the second transmission line with the fourth transmission line, the upper substrate being rotatable relative to the lower substrate to effect polarization adjusting for the radiating element to facilitate avoidance of interference or passive intermodulation (PIM). Other embodiments are disclosed.

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

Method of calibrating a variable-speed blower motor
Patent No. 11626777

Inventor(s): Nasim Rahman (Allen, TX), Ty Winkler (Dallas, TX), Wei Wang (Fort Wayne, IN), Yan Yang (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16903497 on 06/17/2020 (1028 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of calibrating a motor assembly includes selecting an electric motor and a motor controller for the motor assembly, obtaining at least one electric motor parameter of the electric motor, calculating a correction factor for the electric motor based upon the at least one electric motor parameter, and programming the motor controller with the correction factor.

[H02K] DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H 53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power H02M 9/00)

Subharmonic detection and cancelation
Patent No. 11626840

Inventor(s): Arpan Sureshbhai Thakkar (Gujarat, , IN), Pranav Kumar (Ranchi, , IN), Yogesh Darwhekar (Karnataka, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17462941 on 08/31/2021 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit for subharmonic detection includes in-phase and quadrature mixers, first and second filters, and a processing circuit. The in-phase mixer has a first mixer input and a first mixer output. The quadrature mixer has a second mixer input and a second mixer output, the first mixer input coupled to the second mixer input. The first filter circuit has a first filter input and a first filter output, the first filter input coupled to the first mixer output. The second filter circuit has a second filter input and a second filter output, the second filter input coupled to the second mixer output. The processing circuit has a first input and a second input, the first input of the processing circuit coupled to the first filter output, the second input of the processing circuit coupled to the second filter output. The processing circuit is configured to detect a subharmonic component of a wave at the first mixer input and the second mixer input using a first direct current (DC) component at the first input of the processing circuit and a second DC component at the second input of the processing circuit.

[H03D] DEMODULATION OR TRANSFERENCE OF MODULATION FROM ONE CARRIER TO ANOTHER (masers, lasers H01S; circuits capable of acting both as modulator and demodulator H03C, e.g. balanced modulators H03C 1/54; details applicable to both modulators and frequency-changers H03C; demodulating pulses which have been modulated with a continuously-variable signal H03K 9/00; transforming types of pulse modulation H03K 11/00; relay systems, e.g. repeater stations H04B 7/14; demodulators adapted for digitally modulated-carrier systems H04L 27/00; synchronous demodulators adapted for colour television H04N 9/66)

High quiescent current control
Patent No. 11626841

Inventor(s): Aniruddha Roy (Bangalore, , IN), Nitin Agarwal (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17136427 on 12/29/2020 (833 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit is provided. In some examples, the circuit includes a first transistor having a gate and a drain coupled together and a current source coupled to the drain of the first transistor. A second transistor has a drain coupled to a source of the first transistor. A third transistor has a gate coupled to the gate of the first transistor. A fourth transistor has a drain coupled to a source of the third transistor and a gate of the fourth transistor is coupled to a gate of the second transistor. In some examples, the third transistor is configured to limit a first current between the third transistor and the fourth transistor based on an output voltage.

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

Biased amplifier
Patent No. 11626848

Inventor(s): Sudheer Prasad (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17333395 on 05/28/2021 (683 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example an amplifier includes a bias circuit, an open-loop gain stage including a first PMOS having a gate coupled to a first node, a source coupled to a second node, a drain coupled to a third node, and a bulk coupled to the bias circuit, a second PMOS having a gate coupled to a ground node, a source coupled to the second node, a drain coupled to a fourth node, and a bulk coupled to the bias circuit, a first NMOS having a drain and a gate coupled to the third node and a source coupled to a fifth node, a second NMOS having a drain coupled to the fourth node, a gate coupled to the third node, and a source coupled to the fifth node, an adjustable resistor coupleable between the third and fourth nodes, and a buffer stage coupled to the open-loop gain stage.

Stress reduction on stacked transistor circuits
Patent No. 11626875

Inventor(s): Erkan Bilhan (Dallas, TX), Francisco A. Cano (Sugar Land, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16262327 on 01/30/2019 (1532 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a first transistor having first and second current terminals and a first control input, and a second transistor having third and fourth current terminals and a second control input. The third current terminal is connected to the second current terminal at an intermediate node and the fourth current terminal connected to a ground or supply node. In some cases, a third transistor is connected to the intermediate node to bias the intermediate rather than letting the intermediate node float. In other cases, a capacitor is connected to the intermediate node to reduce a negative voltage that might otherwise be present on the intermediate node.

[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]

Integrated circuit including a combined logic cell
Patent No. 11626879

Inventor(s): Badarish Mohan Subbannavar (Bangalore, , IN), Mohammad Asif Farooqui (Bangalore, , IN), Rakesh Dimri (Karnataka, , IN), Somasekar J (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17463115 on 08/31/2021 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit, and method of forming the same. The integrated circuit includes standard logic cells and a combined logic cell over a semiconductor substrate. Each standard logic cell includes a standard height, a width that is an integer multiple of a unit width, first and second power rails, and at least one transistor and interconnections configured to implement a logic function that produces a single logic output. The combined logic cell includes the standard height, a width that is an integer multiple of the unit width, the first and second power rails, and at least two transistors and interconnections configured to implement a first logic function and a second logic function. The first and second logic functions produce first and second logic outputs, respectively. The interconnections are configured to direct the first logic output and the second logic output to destinations outside the combined logic cell.

Method and apparatus for beam management after channel setup
Patent No. 11626913

Inventor(s): Dalin Zhu (Richardson, TX), Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17643153 on 12/07/2021 (490 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for beam management after channel setup. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving at least one of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) or channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), measuring the at least one of the SSB or the CSI-RS, and determining downlink (DL) quasi-co-location (QCL) properties for DL communication based on the at least one of the SSB or the CSI-RS. The method further includes determining an uplink (UL) spatial domain filter for UL communication, receiving DL channels using the determined DL QCL properties until only one of only one joint TCI state or only one DL TCI state is configured, activated, or indicated to the UE, and transmitting UL channels using the determined UL spatial domain filter until only one of only one joint TCI state or only one UL TCI state is configured, activated, or indicated to the UE.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Out-of-band key splitting and key derivation
Patent No. 11626977

Inventor(s): Edward Allen Cain, Jr. (Plano, TX), Ismail Thanickel (Frisco, TX), Jonathan Burnham (Frisco, TX), Neal Shen (Grapevine, TX), Satyajit P. Patne (The Colony, TX), Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17183447 on 02/24/2021 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, via a first communication channel between a sending device and a recipient device, a first partial encryption key from the receiving device, receiving, via a second communication channel between the sending device and the recipient device, a second partial encryption key from the receiving device, wherein the second communication channel comprises a different communication medium than the first communication channel, generating a transport key based on the first partial encryption key and the second partial encryption key received via the first and second channels, and encrypting data based on the generated transport key and transmitting the encrypted data to the receiving device.

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

System and method for anomaly detection with root cause identification
Patent No. 11627033

Inventor(s): Pritesh Shah (Frisco, TX), Sumit Singh (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17584163 on 01/25/2022 (441 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer device may include a processor configured to obtain key performance indicator (KPI) values for KPI parameters associated with at least one device and compute a set of historical statistical values for the obtained KPI values associated with the network device. The processor may be further configured to provide the KPI values and the computed set of historical statistical values to an anomaly detection model to identify potential anomalies; filter the identified potential anomalies based on a designated desirable behavior for a particular KPI parameter to identify at least one anomaly; and send an alert that includes information identifying the at least one anomaly to a management system or a repair system associated with the device. The computer device may further determine a root cause KPI parameter for the identified at least one anomaly and include information identifying the determined root cause KPI parameter in the alert.

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

System and method for subscriber tier plan adjustment in a computer network
Patent No. 11627055

Inventor(s): Kamakshi Sridhar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): SANDVINE CORPORATION (Waterloo, , CA)
Law Firm: Amarok IP Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17115038 on 12/08/2020 (854 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for subscriber tier plan adjustment including: monitoring traffic flow for one or more subscriber of a plurality of subscribers on an operator”s network; determining a bandwidth requirement for each of the one or more subscribers; determining a recommended tier plan for each subscriber based on the subscribers” bandwidth requirement; and providing the recommended tier plan for each of the subscribers to a network operator. A system for subscriber tier plan adjustment including: a learning module configured to monitor traffic flow for one or more subscribers of a plurality of subscribers on a network and determine a bandwidth requirement of each of the one or more subscribers; an analysis module configured to determine a recommended tier plan for each of the subscribers based on each subscriber”s bandwidth requirement; and a notification module configured to provide the recommended tier plan for each subscriber.

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

Provisioning workflows using subgraph similarity
Patent No. 11627090

Inventor(s): William Jeffery White (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC (Hopkinton, MA)
Law Firm: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams Aughtry (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17236780 on 04/21/2021 (720 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to a method for deploying workflows. The method may include receiving, at a service controller of a federated controller, a request to deploy a workflow in a device ecosystem; decomposing, by the service controller, the workflow into a plurality of workflow portions; performing, by the service controller, a search in a capabilities and constraints data construct to identify a domain in which to perform a workflow portion of the plurality of workflow portions; providing the workflow portion and workflow constraints to a platform controller in the domain; performing, by the platform controller, a subgraph similarity check to determine that a previously executed workflow portion was successfully executed on a subgraph in the domain; provisioning, by the platform controller, a set of devices in the domain based on the subgraph; and executing the workflow portion in the domain.

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

E-code multi-imprints
Patent No. 11627142

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17496070 on 10/07/2021 (551 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for generating a unique token that can be imprinted on a document to attest to the verification of an executor”s signature. The apparatus and methods may include a platform that may present a token electronically to the executor via a first electronic channel. The executor may use a registered device to capture a portion of the token, and transmit the portion from the registered device to the platform via a second channel to the platform. The platform may verify that the portion is registered to the executor. The platform may combine the portion with another portion of the token, and imprint the pair of combined portions on the document with another token.

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

Machine intelligent isolation of international calling performance degradation
Patent No. 11627217

Inventor(s): Feng Liu (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17725470 on 04/20/2022 (356 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed system identifies international calling performance issues of a wireless telecommunication network. The system receives network traffic data for international calls including information about call attempts to a country. The system categorizes the country into a major category and a minor category based on the call attempts information. For a subset of countries, and for each key performance indicator in a subset of selected key performance indicators, the system monitors performance using an anomaly detection model to identify an anomaly in network performance, determines an actual value of the key performance indicator for the detected anomaly, and computes a variation value of the determined actual value based on a predicted range of values. The system ranks countries using the computed variation values, to indicate problematic parts of the wireless telecommunication network.

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

Frozen image detection
Patent No. 11627305

Inventor(s): Vijaya Ceekala (San Jose, CA), Xin Liu (Saratoga, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17245394 on 04/30/2021 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for a method. In some examples, the method includes receiving a video stream comprising multiple frames, analyzing the video stream to compare data values representing an image pixel at a specified location in a first of the frames to data values representing an image pixel at the specified location in a second of the frames, determining that the video stream is frozen responsive to the data values representing the image pixel at the specified location in the first of the frames being the same as the data values representing the image pixel at the specified location in the second of the frames, and taking action responsive to determining that the video stream is frozen.

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

Significance map encoding and decoding using partition selection
Patent No. 11627338

Inventor(s): Dake He (Waterloo, , CA), Gergely Ferenc Korodi (Waterloo, , CA), Jinwen Zan (Beijing, , CN)
Assignee(s): Velos Media, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Grable Martin Fulton PLLC (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17688703 on 03/07/2022 (400 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are describe in which significance maps are encoded and decoded using non-spatially-uniform partitioning of the map into parts, wherein the bit positions within each part are associated with a given context. Example partition sets and processes for selecting from amongst predetermined partition sets and communicating the selection to the decoder are described.

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

Token-based access for internet-of-things devices in wireless wide area networks
Patent No. 11627465

Inventor(s): Dennis Lanov (Richardson, TX), Tariq Habibullah (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17344289 on 06/10/2021 (670 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques in which a network device obtains a request from an Internet of Things (IoT) device to access a wireless wide area (WWA) access network. The request includes a token and an identifier associated with the IoT device. The network device transmits a verification request to an IoT vendor associated with the IoT device to determine whether the token and the identifier are valid and obtains an indication from the IoT vendor that the token and the identifier are valid. The network device facilitates connection of the IoT device to the WWA access network based on obtaining the indication that the token and the identifier are valid.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Base station antennas having field-enabled remote electronic tilt capabilities
Patent No. 11627477

Inventor(s): Deepali Limaye (Frisco, TX), Shirley Forsythe (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17684453 on 03/02/2022 (405 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of configuring an antenna that includes a plurality of RET units that are associated with respective ones of a plurality of arrays of radiating elements is provided in which, for each array in a subset that includes at least one of the arrays, setting an output of the RET unit associated with the array to a position that corresponds to a pre-selected electronic downtilt for the array. A first RET unit configuration file is loaded into a memory of the antenna, where the first RET unit configuration file does not include configuration data for the RET units associated with the arrays that are included in the subset. A second RET unit configuration file is provided that includes configuration data for all of the RET units.

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

Repeater with integrated modem for remote monitoring
Patent No. 11627482

Inventor(s): Dale Robert Anderson (Colleyville, TX), Glen Raggio (Mesquite, TX), Ilesh V. Patel (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Wilson Electronics, LLC (St. George, UT)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16383233 on 04/12/2019 (1460 days app to issue)

Abstract: A technology is described for a bi-directional amplifier remote monitoring system. A directional coupler can have a first port, a second port, and a third port. The first port can be configured to be coupled to a bi-directional amplifier first port. The second port can be configured to be coupled to a server antenna port. The third port can be configured to be coupled to a wireless modem. The directional coupler can be configured to direct a downlink signal with a selected amount of attenuation from the bi-directional amplifier first port to the wireless modem. The directional coupler can be configured to direct a modem signal with the selected amount of attenuation from the wireless modem to the bi-directional amplifier first port for communication on an uplink path of the bi-directional amplifier.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

User plane function (UPF) load balancing based on special considerations for low latency traffic
Patent No. 11627492

Inventor(s): Ashish Bansal (Frisco, TX), Kazi Bashir (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): DISH Wireless L.L.C. (Englewood, CO)
Law Firm: VLP Law Group LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17458120 on 08/26/2021 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for user plane function (UPF) and network slice load balancing within a 5G network. Example embodiments include systems and methods for load balancing based on current UPF load and thresholds that depend on UPF capacity; UPF load balancing using predicted throughput of new UE on the network based on network data analytics; UPF load balancing based on special considerations for low latency traffic; UPF load balancing supporting multiple slices, maintaining several load-thresholds for each UPF and each slice depending on the UPF and network slice capacity; and UPF load balancing using predicted central processing unit (CPU) utilization and/or predicted memory utilization of new UE on the network based on network data analytics.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Implementing service level agreements in an identity federation
Patent No. 11627498

Inventor(s): Malcolm M. Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Patterson + Shendan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17148146 on 01/13/2021 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for dynamically negotiating an SLA between a roaming device and a VN in an identity federation. Instead of an IDP having to individually negotiate with a VN to decide on an SLA before a user device roams to the VN, the parties can dynamically negotiate the SLA after the user device has detected the VN (but before the device is permitted to connect or associate with the VN). In one embodiment, when a roaming user device comes within wireless range of a VN, the roaming device receives an advertisement from the VN that indicates the current SLA (or SLAs) offered by the VN. The roaming device can compare this offered SLA to a stored SLA in an identity profile the device received from the IDP to determine whether to accept the offer. In another embodiment, the SLA is instead negotiated between VN and the IDP.

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

Method and apparatus for beam management for inter-cell mobility
Patent No. 11627505

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17094580 on 11/10/2020 (882 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving, from a serving cell, configuration information for measuring K resource reference signals (RSs) and reporting a beam report, measuring the K resource RSs, determining the beam report based on a metric, where the beam report includes an indicator indicating at least one of the K resource RSs, and transmitting the determined beam report, wherein 1K, wherein the K resource RSs comprises a first subset and a second subset, at least one resource RS in the first subset is transmitted from a serving cell in a set of serving cells and at least one resource RS in the second subset is transmitted from a non-serving cell in a set of non-serving cells.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Sidelink TX resource pool selection
Patent No. 11627555

Inventor(s): Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17248994 on 02/16/2021 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a UE includes: receiving configuration information for TX resource pools including at least one of a first set of resource pools or a second set of resource pools; identifying, at an RRC sub-layer, the first and second set of resource pools based on a HARQ feedback channel; selecting, at a MAC sub-layer, a logical channel to transmit SL data, wherein the logical channel includes a highest priority among multiple logical channels using an LCP function; determining, at the MAC sub-layer, whether the logical channel is configured with the HARQ feedback channel; selecting, at the MAC sub-layer, a TX resource pool from the first set of resource pools based on a determination that the logical channel is configured with the HARQ feedback channel; and transmitting the SL data based on the TX resource pool.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Relay reception synchronization system and method
Patent No. 11627561

Inventor(s): James Earl Womack (Bedford, TX), Yi Yu (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): BlackBerry Limited (Waterloo, , CA)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16862243 on 04/29/2020 (1077 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for informing a relay node when to receive data. The method includes the relay node being informed of a fixed point in a subframe of data when an access node will begin transmitting relevant data over a physical downlink shared channel. The method further includes the relay node beginning to receive data at approximately the fixed point.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Coordinated transmissions over a transient roving wireless communication channel
Patent No. 11627621

Inventor(s): Vijay Lewis (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Skylo Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17686226 on 03/03/2022 (404 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for coordinating wireless communication are disclosed. One method includes generating, by a wireless radiator, a plurality of selectable directional wireless communication links capable of providing connectivity across a plurality of cells, wherein each of the cells is spatially different from other cells, and wherein each of the cells covers a cell area, wherein a plurality of hubs are located within the cell area, generating, by a controller, a cell map, wherein the cell map maps which of the directional wireless links, which of the plurality cells, and which of the hubs are active as a function of time, thereby supporting a wireless communication link between the base station and the hubs of the cell area corresponding with the active directional wireless link, and providing the cell map to the base station and the hubs of each of the cells.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

DESIGN PATENTS

Gun vise
Patent No. D983002

Inventor(s): Daniel Dvorak (Henderson, NV)
Assignee(s): Good Sportsman Marketing, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Lightbulb IP, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29795091 on 06/16/2021 (664 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vehicle bumper
Patent No. D983105

Inventor(s): Quentin Vanderlaan (Prosper, TX), Victor Garcia (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29827388 on 02/18/2022 (417 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vehicle bumper
Patent No. D983106

Inventor(s): Victor Garcia (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29827389 on 02/18/2022 (417 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Casing centralizer having spiral blades
Patent No. D983231

Inventor(s): Andrew M. Eldridge (Fort Worth, TX), Mitchel D. Hansen (Aledo, TX)
Assignee(s): SUMMIT CASING SERVICES, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29692649 on 05/28/2019 (1414 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Ceiling fan with light fixture
Patent No. D983348

Inventor(s): Jimmy J Jones (Crowley, TX)
Assignee(s): Craftmade International, Inc. (Grand Prairie, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29766569 on 01/15/2021 (816 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Clavicle brace
Patent No. D983381

Inventor(s): Tim Skapek (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): PROTECT3D INC. (Durham, NC)
Law Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29812068 on 10/19/2021 (539 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Shingle
Patent No. D983420

Inventor(s): Dan Boss (Morris Township, NJ), Jim Svec (Kearny, NJ), Ming-Liang Shiao (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29868833 on 12/14/2022 (118 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Shingle
Patent No. D983421

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Shingle
Patent No. D983422

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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