Dallas Fort Worth: U.S. Patents Granted in the Dallas Fort Worth region. 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 25, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 12
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 6
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 2
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 7
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 4
G: PHYSICS 30
H: ELECTRICITY 36
DESIGN: 7

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 9
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 6
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) 5
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 5
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 4
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston) 4
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 4
BMIC LLC (Dallas) 3
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, VA) 3

UNASSIGNED 4

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Imed Bouazizi (Frisco) 2
Tony M. Brewer (Plano) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Wash/sanitation rack for athletic equipment
Patent No. 11633039

Inventor(s): Sam Allen (Maypearl, TX)
Assignee(s): AIM Design, LLC (Desoto, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17368186 on 07/06/2021 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular wash/sanitation rack assembly having a wall support, a plurality of channels, a gear rack mount, and a gear support. The plurality of channels includes at least two wall support channels.

[A47B] TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (jointing of furniture F16B 12/00)

Systems and methods for sterile delivery of prostheses
Patent No. 11633270

Inventor(s): Andreas Weinrich (Berlin, , DE), Ernst-Ulrich Gerhard Berndt (Berlin, , DE), Jonathan Cornelius Berndt (Berlin, , DE), Ruedger Rubbert (Berlin, , DE), Sabine Schulz (Berlin, , DE)
Assignee(s): RTRS Investment, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Polsinelli PC (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15153598 on 05/12/2016 (2539 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for sterile delivery of prostheses that protect refined and/or conditioned surface properties and thereby reduce aging of surface properties in prostheses. An example of the system includes a partially custom-shaped holder that also serves as an insertion tool that holds a customized dental prosthesis in a pre-defined position inside a titanium container that is hermetically sealed. Container materials serve as a getter or catalyst with respect to the osseoconductive surface. An example of the method includes laser welding to hermetically seal a metal container as packaging for a prosthesis with a metal foil, and the sterilization of the packaged and sealed prosthesis with dry heat.

[A61C] DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; preparations for dentistry A61K 6/00; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K 8/00, A61Q 11/00)

IOL folding device
Patent No. 11633276

Inventor(s): Douglas Brent Wensrich (Bedford, TX), Todd Taber (Keller, TX), Yinghui Wu (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , SE)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16454460 on 06/27/2019 (1398 days app to issue)

Abstract: An intraocular lens (IOL) folding device is described.

[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]

Modular footprint cage system
Patent No. 11633289

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: 16688791 on 11/19/2019 (1253 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are devices for the fixation and support of vertebrae, particularly adjustable spinal implant devices.

Standalone interbody spacer
Patent No. 11633290

Inventor(s): Anthony Valkoun (Irving, TX), Thomas Purcell (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): ASTURA MEDICAL INC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17491526 on 09/30/2021 (572 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fastener retention system for a standalone interbody spacer that includes flexible members to configure to rotate from an ”unlocked to a ”locked” state to cover the screw holes in the interbody space to prevent bone engagement fasteners from backing out.

Methods for protecting esophageal tissue from thermal injury
Patent No. 11633299

Inventor(s): Erik Kulstad (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Cooling Therapy, Inc. (Chicago, IL)
Law Firm: Neal, Gerber Eisenberg LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16896075 on 06/08/2020 (1051 days app to issue)

Abstract: Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient”s body are disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic hypothermia are disclosed. Devices and methods for inducing therapeutic hypothermia through esophageal cooling are disclosed. Devices and methods for operative temperature management are disclosed.

Topical therapy for the treatment of skin malignancies using nanoparticles of taxanes
Patent No. 11633349

Inventor(s): Gere Dizerega (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): DFB SORIA, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17516235 on 11/01/2021 (540 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are methods useful for the topical therapeutic treatment of skin malignancies including skin cancers and cutaneous metastases using compositions containing nanoparticles of paclitaxel or other taxanes.

[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)

Spinal cord stimulation to treat pain
Patent No. 11633598

Inventor(s): Dirk De Ridder (Dunedin, , NZ)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14571576 on 12/16/2014 (3052 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for treating pain without paresthesia by spinal cord stimulation.

[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]

System and methods for establishing a communication session between an implantable medical device and an external device
Patent No. 11633609

Inventor(s): Brent Croft (Lewisville, TX), Robert McCormick (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Pacesetter, Inc. (Sylmar, CA)
Law Firm: The Small Patent Law Group LLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17086739 on 11/02/2020 (904 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided for establishing a communication session with an implantable medical device (”IMD”). The method includes configuring an IMD and an external device to communicate with one another through a protocol that utilizes a dedicated advertisement channel. The advertisement period and the scan period of the protocol are independent of one another such that the advertisement and scan periods at least partially overlap intermittently after a number of cycles. When the external device detects one of the advertisement notices, the method includes establishing a communications link between the external device and the IMD.

System and method for radiation therapy using spatial-functional mapping and dose sensitivity of branching structures and functional sub-volumes
Patent No. 11633623

Inventor(s): Yulong Yan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Broncus (San Jose, CA), The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, TX), University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
Law Firm: Wolter Van Dyke Davis, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16853304 on 04/20/2020 (1100 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for radiation therapy using functional measurements of branching structures. The method includes determining a location of each voxel of a plurality of voxels in a reference frame of a radiation device. The method further includes obtaining measurements that indicate a tissue type at each voxel. The method further includes determining a subset of the voxels based on an anatomical parameter of a respective branching structure of a set of branching structures indicated by the measurements. The method further includes determining a subset of the voxels that enclose an organ-at-risk (OAR) volume. The method further includes determining a value of a utility measure at each voxel. The method further includes determining a series of beam shapes and intensities which minimize a value of an objective function based on a computed dose delivered to each voxel and the utility measure for that voxel summed over all voxels.

Aerodynamic golf club head
Patent No. 11633651

Inventor(s): Jeffrey J. Albertsen (Plano, TX), Michael Scott Burnett (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC. (Carlsbad, CA)
Law Firm: Dawsey Co., LPA (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17360179 on 06/28/2021 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: A high moment of inertia aerodynamic golf club head with a low deep center of gravity location and producing reduced aerodynamic drag forces. The club head has crown section attributes that impart beneficial aerodynamic properties and performance.

[A63B] APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

Polysaccharide compositions and particulate materials coated therewith
Patent No. 11634604

Inventor(s): Ashoka V. R. Madduri (Columbus, GA), Charles R. Landis (The Woodlands, TX), Christopher P. Gardner (Columbus, GA), Curtis J. Rodencal (Midland, GA), Matthew B. Blackmon (Columbus, GA), Sanket Gandhi (Columbus, GA)
Assignee(s): Integrity Bio-Chemicals, LLC (Cresson, TX)
Law Firm: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16490983 on 03/07/2018 (1875 days app to issue)

Abstract: Loose particulate materials can be problematic in various aspects. For example, loose particulate materials may generate dust or be difficult to consolidate together. Fines in loose particulate materials may also be an issue. Coated particulates may alleviate some of the foregoing issues. Suitable coated particulates may comprise a particulate material comprising sand or a ceramic, and a polysaccharide composition coated upon the particulate material, the polysaccharide composition comprising a functionalized polysaccharide. Other particulate materials such as wood chips and animal litter particulates may be coated with functionalized polysaccharides to achieve similar advantages.

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

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

Devices and methods for sample analysis
Patent No. 11633738

Inventor(s): Andrew Fischer (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): ABBOTT LABORATORIES (Abbott Park, , IL)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15724203 on 10/03/2017 (2030 days app to issue)

Abstract: Integrated devices that include a sample preparation component integrated with a detection component are disclosed. The sample preparation component may be a digital microfluidics module or a surface acoustic wave module which modules are used for combing a sample droplet with a reagent droplet and for performing additional sample preparation step leading to a droplet that contains beads/particles/labels that indicate presence or absence of an analyte of interest in the sample. The beads/particles/labels may be detected by moving the droplet to the detection component of the device, which detection component includes an array of wells.

[B01L] CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE (apparatus for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61; apparatus for industrial purposes or laboratory apparatus whose construction and performance are comparable to that of similar industrial apparatus, see the relevant classes for industrial apparatus, particularly subclasses of B01 and C12; separating or distilling apparatus B01D; mixing or stirring devices B01F; atomisers B05B; sieves B07B; corks, bungs B65D; handling liquids in general B67; vacuum pumps F04; siphons F04F 10/00; taps, stop-cocks F16K; tubes, tube joints F16L; apparatus specially adapted for investigating or analysing materials G01, particularly G01N; electrical or optical apparatus, see the relevant classes in sections G and H)

Kinetic seat assemblies for vehicles
Patent No. 11634051

Inventor(s): Charles P. Patterson (New Boston, MI), Matthew R. Speck (Plymouth, MI), Peter J. Moegling (Whitmore Lake, MI), Todd Rupert Muck (Fowlerville, 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: 17509498 on 10/25/2021 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: A kinetic seat assembly that rotates based on a force applied on an occupant seated therein is provided. The kinetic seat assembly includes a primary seat cushion frame, a primary seat back frame, a secondary seat cushion frame pivotally connected to the primary seat cushion frame, and a secondary seat back frame pivotally connected to the primary seat back frame. The kinetic seat assembly further includes a front pivot mechanism for damping movement between the primary seat cushion frame and the secondary seat cushion frame in a kinetic seat vertical direction, and an upper pivot mechanism for damping movement between the primary seat back frame and the secondary seat back frame in a kinetic seat longitudinal direction.

[B60N] VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (furniture construction A47)

Producing, for an autonomous vehicle, a route from an origination to a destination
Patent No. 11634163

Inventor(s): Kyungtae Han (Palo Alto, CA), Prashant Tiwari (Santa Clara, CA), Ziran Wang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17168582 on 02/05/2021 (809 days app to issue)

Abstract: Candidate routes, from an origination to a destination, can be produced. Information can be obtained. The information can be of likelihoods of encounters, along the candidate routes, with types of driving situations demonstrated to cause changes in a degree of confidence, of an occupant of an autonomous vehicle, that a controller of the autonomous vehicle will be able to control the autonomous vehicle so that a result of the encounters is not a collision. Take-over probabilities can be obtained. The take-over probabilities can be of likelihoods that the occupant, in response to the encounters, will cause control of the autonomous vehicle to be transferred to the occupant. Based on the information and take-over probabilities, a route from the origination to the destination can be selected from the candidate routes. The autonomous vehicle can be caused to be configured to commence to move in a direction in accordance with the route.

[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]

Ducted fan assembly for an aircraft
Patent No. 11634216

Inventor(s): Timothy Brian Carr (Fort Worth, TX), William Anthony Amante (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17036798 on 09/29/2020 (938 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a ducted fan assembly includes a housing that further includes a rotor. The ducted fan assembly also includes a plurality of stators that extend outward from the housing. The ducted fan assembly also includes a control vane pivotally attached to at least one of the plurality of stators. The ducted fan assembly also includes a rim that extends around at least a portion of a perimeter of the ducted fan assembly and is supported by the plurality of stators and the control vane, where the rim defines an opening surrounding at least a portion of the housing.

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

Distributed battery bank for ducted-rotor aircraft
Patent No. 11634233

Inventor(s): Frank Brad Stamps (Colleyville, TX), George Matthew Thompson (Lewisville, TX), Jonathan Andrew Knoll (Alvarado, TX), Nicholas Ralph Carlson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16908471 on 06/22/2020 (1037 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a duct for a ducted-rotor aircraft includes a hub, the hub including a rotor and one or more motors configured to drive the rotor. The duct also includes a duct ring that defines an opening surrounding at least a portion of the hub. The duct also includes a plurality of stators that extend outward from the hub. The duct also includes at least one battery electrically coupled to the rotor and configured to power the one or more motors.

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

Utility box with angled floor
Patent No. 11634270

Inventor(s): John Whalen (Sheridan, IL), Ryan Kleckner (St. Charles, IL)
Assignee(s): Plano Molding Company, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15620334 on 06/12/2017 (2143 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a utility box, which includes a first compartment. The first compartment includes a first angled floor and a first holding unit configured to hold an article in the first compartment. The utility box also includes a first lid that covers at least the first compartment.

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

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

Process of preparing 3-fluoro-5(((1R,2aR)-3,3,4,4-tetrafluoro-1,2a-dihydroxy-2,2a,3,4-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[cd]inden-7-yl)-oxy)benzonitrile
Patent No. 11634382

Inventor(s): Yan Lou (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): NiKang Therapeutics, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17503176 on 10/15/2021 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for preparing certain intermediates useful in the synthesis of 3-fluoro-5-(((1S,2aR)-1,3,3,4,4-pentafluoro-2a-hydroxy-2,2a,3,4-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[cd]inden-7-yl)oxy)benzonitrile or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

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

Compatibilizer precursor, methods, systems, and uses thereof, and formulations including the same
Patent No. 11634585

Inventor(s): Denis Muki Tibah (Waxahachie, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Venable LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17112489 on 12/04/2020 (872 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising mixing at least one compatibilizer precursor with at least one polymer, so as to result in a polymer concentrate and mixing the polymer concentrate with asphalt, so as to result in a polymer modified asphalt (”PMA”). Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to formulations comprising a compatibilizer precursor, a polymer concentrate, PMA, or any combination thereof.

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

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

Excavating tooth assembly with releasable lock pin assembly
Patent No. 11634892

Inventor(s): Karthik Halike Gururaj (Irving, TX), Sean M. Pitts (Mesquite, TX)
Assignee(s): Hensley Industries, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17095526 on 11/11/2020 (895 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lock pin assembly including a main body, a pin assembly, and a lock assembly. The main body includes a first bore extending longitudinally inwardly from a main body outer face and a second bore extending radially inwardly. The pin assembly is threadably disposable in the first bore to an inserted position and includes a pin body having a pin body outer face and a pin body inner face. The pin assembly also includes a rotatable shaft extending longitudinally through the pin body, wherein the rotatable shaft is rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position, and a cam rotationally coupled to the rotatable shaft. The lock assembly is disposed in the second bore and is biased radially inwardly to inhibit removal of the pin assembly from the main body when the pin assembly is at the inserted position and the rotatable shaft is in the locked position.

[E02F] DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C 49/00)

Sump drain apparatus, system, and method of construction
Patent No. 11634910

Inventor(s): David Leslie (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): JMH INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, LLC (Roanoke, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer L.L.P. (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17337118 on 06/02/2021 (692 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sump drain apparatus comprising a drain inlet and a ramp coupled to the drain inlet comprising an incline plane configured to divert drainage water toward the drain bowl, wherein at least a portion of the ramp is configured to be positioned on top of a roof deck.

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

Perforating gun brake and set device and method
Patent No. 11634957

Inventor(s): Terrell Saltarelli (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17329764 on 05/25/2021 (700 days app to issue)

Abstract: A braking and setting device is configured to slow down a movement of a tool in a well and to fix the tool relative to the well. The braking and setting device includes two or more arms configured to extend from the tool, toward the well, to brake the movement of the tool along a longitudinal axis X; a movable piston configured to be hosted fully within the tool and to move only when a well fluid acts on a base portion of the movable piston, while a tip portion of the movable piston pushes away the two or more arms; and an actuation mechanism configured to establish a fluid communication between the well fluid and the base portion of the movable piston. The movable piston moves exclusively due to a force exerted by the well fluid on the movable piston.

[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]

Remotely operable retrievable downhole tool with setting module
Patent No. 11634959

Inventor(s): Jon-Howard Elliott Hanson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17461360 on 08/30/2021 (603 days app to issue)

Abstract: A setting module for setting a packer assembly in a wellbore can include a motor, a sensor, and an electronic control device. The sensor can detect pressure of fluid from a surface of the wellbore in an inner diameter of the setting module and output detected pressure to an electronic control device. The electronic control device can detect a triggering pressure sequence of the fluid from the surface and can, in response to detecting the triggered pressure sequence, output a command to the motor to drive a pump to cause a slip to move for setting the packer assembly.

Swellable rubber element that also creates a cup packer
Patent No. 11634964

Inventor(s): Christopher Michael Pelto (Garland, TX), Matthew Arran Willoughby (Plano, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16478553 on 07/16/2019 (1379 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus, as well as a method for establishing a seal between a mandrel and a borehole. The apparatus, in one aspect, includes a mandrel, and a packer, the packer including: a constrained portion coupled to the mandrel; and an unconstrained portion made of a swellable material and coupled to the constrained portion, wherein the unconstrained portion is free to move with respect to the mandrel. The apparatus, according to one aspect, further includes a spring positioned between the mandrel and the unconstrained portion and configured to urge the unconstrained portion away from the mandrel, the spring having a spring force less than a yield strength of the swellable material when the swellable material is in an unswelled condition.

Valve apparatus for inflow control devices
Patent No. 11634974

Inventor(s): Ryan Wesley McChesney (Prosper, TX), Thomas Frosell (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16635139 on 04/15/2019 (1471 days app to issue)

Abstract: A valve useful in an inflow control device for downhole use in an oil and gas well completion equipment is disclosed. The valve may have a flexible canopy that prevents fluid flow between the base pipe and the formation when flow travels in a first direction and permits fluid flow between the base pipe and the formation when flow travels in a second direction.

Wireless telemetry using tool body deflection for opening a toe sleeve
Patent No. 11634983

Inventor(s): Gregory Thomas Werkheiser (Carrollton, TX), Michael Linely Fripp (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16885778 on 05/28/2020 (1062 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless telemetry in oil and gas wells use fluid pressure differentials to send signals from surface equipment to a downhole tool. More specifically, the methods and systems selectively apply fluid pressure to a tubing string and measure the resulting mechanical strain, or deformation, on a tubular of the downhole tool. The deformation may be an elastic deformation or it may be a plastic deformation with yielding of the tubular. One or more of such strains or deformations may be used to encode a digital signal that can command an action on the tool. The strain or deformation may be measured by a low-cost strain gauge.

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

Cordless compressor
Patent No. 11635070

Inventor(s): Christina M. Wilson (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BLACK DECKER INC. (New Britain, CT)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16130383 on 09/13/2018 (1685 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cordless compressor has an air storage tank, a pump for pressuring air within the air storage tank, a motor driving pump, a power tool battery pack connected to the motor, a discharge port connected to the air storage tank, and a regulator disposed between the discharge port and the air storage tank. The pump can raise the air pressure within the air storage tank from 0 psi to about 135 psi in less than 135 seconds. With such arrangement, a compressor having an air pressure within the air storage tank of 135 psi set at a 70 psi setting can power an 18 gauge nailer connected to the compressor to drive more than 1200 nails on a single battery charge.

[F04B] POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F; crankshafts, crossheads, connecting-rods F16C; flywheels F16F; gearings for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion in general F16H; pistons, piston-rods, cylinders, in general F16J; ion pumps H01J 41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K 44/02)

HVAC controller having multiplexed input signal detection and method of operation thereof
Patent No. 11635218

Inventor(s): Anitha Rajappan (Chennai, , IN), Darko Hadzidedic (Carrollton, TX), Sakthi Narayan Kumar Murugesan (Chennai, , IN)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17409912 on 08/24/2021 (609 days app to issue)

Abstract: A heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) controller, a method of detecting multiplexed input signals and an HVAC system employing the controller or the method. In one embodiment, the HVAC controller includes: (1) a signal conditioner configured to convert received alternating current (AC) input signals into corresponding square wave signals of a digital logic voltage, (2) a multiplexer coupled to the signal conditioner and configured to select one of the square wave signals and (3) a sample analyzer coupled to the multiplexer and configured to evaluate multiple samples of the selected one of the square wave signals to derive a binary state.

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

Liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide capture from exhaust gas
Patent No. 11635255

Inventor(s): Christopher Cory Vail (Dallas, TX), David Thomas Stiles (Austin, TX), John Guoynes (Traverse City, MI), Robert Earl Ashley (Pottsboro, TX), Robert Stiles (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): AXIP ENERGY SERVICES, LP (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Klemchuk PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17658605 on 04/08/2022 (382 days app to issue)

Abstract: Carbon dioxide is recovered from an exhaust gas in the form of liquid carbon dioxide or supercritical carbon dioxide utilizing a rotary separator. Nitrogen gas recovered from the rotary separator can be expanded to provide cooling for carbon dioxide in a closed-loop CO2 power cycle that is used to cool the exhaust gas upstream of the rotary separator. The recovery can power itself and can produce excess electricity from waste heat.

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

Small arms signature suppression technology
Patent No. 11635271

Inventor(s): Keith A. Lagenbeck (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Moulton Patents, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17341288 on 06/07/2021 (687 days app to issue)

Abstract: A suppressor for a firearm barrel and a barrel guard includes a primary expansion chamber and a plurality of secondary expansion chambers comprising a volume of the firearm suppressor. A plurality of fins formed into an exterior wall of the suppressor is in an intimate contact with the barrel to increase a heat transfer to an atmosphere around the suppressor. A additionally plurality of ribs is formed into the volume of the suppressor to increase a heat transfer therefrom. A plurality of holes is configured along the barrel guard to penetrate the barrel guard and promote atmospheric cooling of the barrel and the suppressor.

[F41A] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE [5]

P H Y S I C S

Library cell modeling for transistor-level test pattern generation
Patent No. 11635462

Inventor(s): Andreas Glowatz (Heidenau, , DE), Takeo Kobayashi (Beaverton, OR), Wu-Tung Cheng (Lake Oswego, OR), Xijiang Lin (West Linn, OR)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17004288 on 08/27/2020 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: This application discloses a computing system implementing an automatic test pattern generation tool to convert a transistor-level model of a library cell describing a digital circuit into a switch-level model of the library cell, generate test patterns configured to enable detection of target defects injected into the switch-level model of the library cell, and bifurcate the test patterns into a first subset of the test patterns and a second set of the test patterns based on detection types for the target defects enabled by the test patterns. The computing system can implement a cell model generation tool to perform an analog simulation of the transistor-level model of the library cell using the second subset of the test patterns to verify that they enable detection of target defects, while skipping performance of the analog simulation of the transistor-level model of the library cell using the first subset of the test patterns.

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

Scan frame based test access mechanisms
Patent No. 11635464

Inventor(s): Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17665616 on 02/07/2022 (442 days app to issue)

Abstract: Testing of an electrical device is achieved by providing a test access mechanism within the device that can receive scan frames from an external tester. The received scan frames contain stimulus data to be applied to circuitry within the device to be tested, a command for enabling a test control operation, and a frame marker bit to indicate the end of the scan frame pattern. The inputting of scan frames can occur continuously and simultaneous with a commanded test control operation.

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

Systems and methods for identifying a source of radio frequency interference in a wireless network
Patent No. 11635482

Inventor(s): Brian A. Ward (Fort Worth, TX), Hector Alejandro Garcia Crespo (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17587344 on 01/28/2022 (452 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interference detection system in a network identifies a first wireless station that has experienced radio frequency (RF) interference from an unknown source and identifies one or more second wireless stations that have experienced similar interference. A plurality of estimated interference source locations are scored based on a comparison of estimated interference to observed interference at the one or more second wireless stations. A predicted interference source location is identified based on the scored plurality of estimated interference source locations. It is determined whether the unknown interference source is a persistent interference source over a selected time period, wherein the predicted interference source location is identified for each interval in the selected time period. The predicted interference source locations for each interval in the selected time period are retrieved and an aggregated predicted interference source location is calculated based on the retrieved predicted interference source locations.

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

Thermally modulated photonic switch and associated methods
Patent No. 11635567

Inventor(s): Sean P. Rodrigues (Ann Arbor, MI), Yuqing Zhou (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: 17524911 on 11/12/2021 (529 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of a thermally modulated photonic switch are presented herein. One embodiment comprises a topology-optimized structure that includes dispersed silicon and silicon dioxide. This topology-optimized structure includes an input waveguide, a first output waveguide, and a second output waveguide. The topology-optimized structure routes a light beam from the input waveguide to the first output waveguide, when the topology-optimized structure is at a first predetermined temperature that causes a refractive index of the silicon in the topology-optimized structure to assume a first predetermined value, and the topology-optimized structure routes a light beam from the input waveguide to the second output waveguide, when the topology-optimized structure is at a second predetermined temperature that causes the refractive index of the silicon in the topology-optimized structure to assume a second predetermined value that is distinct from the first predetermined value.

[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]

Preventing access to potentially hazardous environments
Patent No. 11635814

Inventor(s): Bruno dos Santos Silva (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16521734 on 07/25/2019 (1370 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for managing a plurality of electronic devices controlling access to one or more hazards in a physical environment. The present invention may include detecting a plurality of brain-wave patterns associated with a user. The present invention may then, in response to detecting motion of the user and the plurality of brain-wave patterns associated with the user matching a pattern, include operating at least one electronic device to disable access to a corresponding hazard. The present invention may further include operating the at least one electronic device to enable access to the corresponding hazard based on receiving input from the user to enable the at least one electronic device, wherein the input being received from the user is in response to prompting the user to correctly respond to a question previously answered by the user.

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

Execution control of a multi-threaded, self-scheduling reconfigurable computing fabric
Patent No. 11635959

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Gamburd Law Group LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17221992 on 04/05/2021 (750 days app to issue)

Abstract: Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for configurable computing. A representative system includes an interconnection network; a processor; and a plurality of configurable circuit clusters. Each configurable circuit cluster includes a plurality of configurable circuits arranged in an array; a synchronous network coupled to each configurable circuit of the array; and an asynchronous packet network coupled to each configurable circuit of the array. A representative configurable circuit includes a configurable computation circuit and a configuration memory having a first, instruction memory storing a plurality of data path configuration instructions to configure a data path of the configurable computation circuit; and a second, instruction and instruction index memory storing a plurality of spoke instructions and data path configuration instruction indices for selection of a master synchronous input, a current data path configuration instruction, and a next data path configuration instruction for a next configurable computation circuit.

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

Event-driven system failover and failback
Patent No. 11636013

Inventor(s): Sunil Kaitha (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17447671 on 09/14/2021 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system determines that a primary event processor, included in a primary data center, is associated with a failure. The primary event processor is included in the primary data center and configured to process first events stored in a main event store of the primary data center. The system identifies a secondary event processor, in a secondary data center, that is to process one or more first events based on the failure. The primary event processor and the secondary event processor are configured to process a same type of event. The system causes, based on a configuration associated with the primary or secondary event processor, the one or more first events to be retrieved from one of the main event store or a replica event store. The replica event store is included in the secondary data center and mirrors the main event store of the primary data center.

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

Write-back cache policy to limit data transfer time to a memory device
Patent No. 11636034

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Brooks, Cameron Huebsch, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17570949 on 01/07/2022 (473 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to a write-back cache policy to limit data transfer time to a memory device are described. A controller can orchestrate performance of operations to write data to a cache according to a write-back policy and write addresses associated with the data to a buffer. The controller can further orchestrate performance of operations to limit an amount of data stored by the buffer and/or a quantity of addresses stored in the buffer. In response to a power failure, the controller can cause the data stored in the cache to be flushed to a persistent memory device in communication with the cache.

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

Methods and apparatus for inflight data forwarding and invalidation of pending writes in store queue
Patent No. 11636040

Inventor(s): Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Pete Michael Hippleheuser (Murphy, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16882252 on 05/22/2020 (1068 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to forward and invalidate inflight data in a store queue. An example apparatus includes a cache storage, a cache controller coupled to the cache storage and operable to receive a first memory operation, determine that the first memory operation corresponds to a read miss in the cache storage, determine a victim address in the cache storage to evict in response to the read miss, issue a read-invalidate command that specifies the victim address, compare the victim address to a set of addresses associated with a set of memory operations being processed by the cache controller, and in response to the victim address matching a first address of the set of addresses corresponding to a second memory operation of the set of memory operations, provide data associated with the second memory operation.

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

Enumeration of rooted partial subtrees
Patent No. 11636079

Inventor(s): Jack J. Letourneau (Ventura, CA), Karl Schiffmann (Santa Barbara, CA), Mark Andrews (Pleasant Hill, CA)
Assignee(s): LOWER48 IP LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17590229 on 02/01/2022 (448 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed. In particular, methods, apparatus devices and or/or systems for enumerating rooted partial subtrees are disclosed.

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

Natural language-based content system with corrective feedback and training
Patent No. 11636102

Inventor(s): Haripriya Srinivasaraghavan (Plano, TX), Praveen Kumar Bandaru (Irving, TX), Veena Chugani (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16561567 on 09/05/2019 (1328 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described, which provide a natural language-based content system with corrective feedback and training service. The natural language-based content system with corrective feedback and training service may collect data based on interaction with search results from users. The natural language understanding model may generate feedback data based on the collected data, and use the feedback data to further train the natural language understanding model and update search and discovery logic for searching and discovering contents. The feedback data may categorize errors based on the interaction, and identify differences between search queries received during a search session with a user.

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

Content selection using psychological factor vectors
Patent No. 11636117

Inventor(s): Galen S. Swint (Dallas, TX), Michael T. Meadows (Dallas, TX), Thomas Rouse (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DALLAS LIMETREE, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17465783 on 09/02/2021 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method implements content selection using psychological factors. A person vector is generated from a record. The person vector identifies a set of data representing a person. A psychological factor vector is generated from a content of a plurality of content. The psychological factor vector identifies a set of psychological factors from the content. The person vector and the psychological factor vector are combined to generate an input vector. An action score is generated from the input vector. The action score identifies a probability of an action on the content by the person. The content is selected from the plurality of content using the action score. The content is presented. NULL

Method and apparatus for data mining from core traces
Patent No. 11636122

Inventor(s): Fa Yin (Pudong, , CN), Xiaotao Chen (Basking Ridge, NJ), YwhPyng Harn (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14983934 on 12/30/2015 (2673 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a method for data mining from core traces in a processing system for wireless baseband design that includes detecting a core trace in the processing system where the core trace is a sequence of instructions executed in the processing system. Instruction addresses in the core trace are mapped to a plurality of application or operating system functions. The mapped functions are sorted into a hierarchical format. A gene function is identified in the hierarchical format where the gene function is a fundamental function executed by the processing system. Attributes for the gene function are derived from the hierarchical format. The attributes are stored into a gene function library database.

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

Data trend analysis based on real-time data aggregation
Patent No. 11636157

Inventor(s): Amrita Dasgupta (Dallas, TX), Bhargav Aditya Ayyagari (Plano, TX), Jimmy Austin Carroll (Plano, TX), Maruthi Shanmugam (Plano, TX), Prejish Thomas (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16926666 on 07/11/2020 (1018 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for performing data trend analysis is disclosed. The disclosed system categorizes a number of transaction records based on their associated merchant IDs. For each of the merchant ID, the system determines whether the determined number of transaction records exceeds a pre-determined threshold. In response to identifying a merchant ID with the determined number of transaction records that exceeds the pre-determined threshold, the system identifies a location associated with the merchant ID and generates a trending notification indicating a transaction burst. The system then identifies a set of users located in the location that have a transaction history with the merchant ID and sends the trending notification to the set of users.

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

Process aware compact representation of integrated circuits
Patent No. 11636242

Inventor(s): Ashish Khandelwal (Frisco, TX), Nikhil Gupta (Plano, TX), Sreenivasan K. Koduri (Dallas, TX), Timothy W. Fischer (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17245253 on 04/30/2021 (725 days app to issue)

Abstract: A technique for designing circuits including receiving a data object representing a circuit for a first process technology, the circuit including a first sub-circuit, the first sub-circuit including a first electrical component and a second electrical component arranged in a first topology; identifying the first sub-circuit in the data object by comparing the first topology to a stored topology, the stored topology associated with the first process technology; identifying a first set of physical parameter values associated with first electrical component and the second electrical component of the first sub-circuit; determining a set of performance parameter values for the first sub-circuit based on a first machine learning model of the first sub-circuit and the identified set of physical parameters; converting the identified first sub-circuit to a second sub-circuit for the second process technology based on the determined set of performance parameter values; and outputting the second sub-circuit.

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

Artificial intelligence platform
Patent No. 11636401

Inventor(s): Ted Gaubert (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NOODLE.AI (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: IceMiller LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16411523 on 05/14/2019 (1442 days app to issue)

Abstract: An AI platform to enable one or more users to design and create AI enabled applications is provided. The AI platform comprises a data module configured to condition data received from a plurality of data sources to generate a corresponding data pipeline; wherein the data module comprises a plurality of reusable data components. The AI platform further comprises an intelligent processing module configured to process a plurality of datasets received on the data pipeline and generate a corresponding artificial intelligence (AI) pipeline; wherein the intelligent processing module comprises a plurality of reusuable data processing components. The AI platform further includes a communication module configured to enable one or more users to select a set of reusable data components and set of reusuable data processing modules and build a corresponding AI enabled application and an AI configuration module configured to seamlessly integrate the selected set of reusable data components and the set of reusable data processing components using a plurality of standardized interfaces.

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

Configuring, deploying, and operating applications for structured communications within observation platforms
Patent No. 11636420

Inventor(s): Christopher N. Todd (Dallas, TX), Guy R. VanBuskirk (Grapevine, TX), Ravi Shankar Kumar (Richardson, TX), Shiva Cheedella (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Theatro Labs, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17371307 on 07/09/2021 (655 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a method of managing structured communications within an observation platform, responsive to a request interaction, a computer system sets up an action request regarding a structured communication in the observation platform. The computer system analyzes the action request with respect to a programmable policy of the observation platform and applications installed on the observation platform. The computer system analyzes the action request with respect to context in the observation platform, where the context is one of user context in the observation platform and device context in the observation platform. The computer system analyzes the action request with respect to status in the observation platform, where the status is one of user status in the observation platform and device status in the observation platform. The computer system moderates an action in the observation platform with respect to the structured communication based on results of the policy, context, and status analyses.

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

Data validation in a mobile communication network
Patent No. 11636422

Inventor(s): John Krachenfels (Addison, TX), Sangar Dowlatkhah (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT MOBILITY II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Amin, Turocy Watson, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16229351 on 12/21/2018 (1586 days app to issue)

Abstract: A virtualized network function included in a mobile communication network may be capable of performing validation of sensor data. The sensor data may be generated by one or more sensors monitoring a tangible asset that is being transported between geographical locations. The sensor data may be received by the virtualized network function from an Internet-enabled device in communication with the mobile communication network. In some cases, a contract management application included in the virtualized network function may validate the sensor data based on one or more compliance thresholds describing a shipment condition of the tangible asset. Based on determining whether the sensor data indicates a compliant shipment condition for the tangible asset, the contract management application may modify a contract associated with the tangible asset.

Decentralized ledger supply chain planning interchange
Patent No. 11636425

Inventor(s): Jon Kirkegaard (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16798367 on 02/22/2020 (1158 days app to issue)

Abstract: A data structure for a decentralized ledger interchange object includes: a first data field containing an identifier for an item; a set of second data fields linked to the first data field, each second field containing one of a set of time periods; a set of third data fields, each third data field linked to a corresponding second data field, each third data fields containing a requested quantity of the item for a corresponding time period; and a set of fourth data fields, each fourth data field linked to the corresponding second data field, each fourth data field containing a committed quantity of the item for the corresponding time period. The decentralized ledger interchange object can used in a computer system, a computerized method for time-based manufacturing, a computerized method for time-based pricing and other systems, devices and methods.

System for tracking resources with multiple users and multiple locations
Patent No. 11636428

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17551615 on 12/15/2021 (496 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a novel system for using a distributed register to conduct, manage, and store resource tracking data. In particular, computing systems may be used to perform assessments on and track various diagnostic parameters for a fleet of resources within an enterprise environment and store the data records within the distributed register. Data may be received in a periodic manner, event-based manner, or a continuous manner from on-board diagnostic components of the resources. The system may further comprise one or more distributed register interjectors which may trigger the addition of updated data records for one or more resources in the distributed register. In this way, the system provides for a highly efficient way to track and analyze resource data and forecast value and condition of resources belonging to the entity.

Graphical user interfaces for facilitating end-to-end transactions on computing devices
Patent No. 11636451

Inventor(s): Hashaam Markas (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16150628 on 10/03/2018 (1665 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating group payment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a group payment system is configured to execute instructions to perform operations that include receiving, from a first computing device, a request to create a group payment event and, in response, providing to the first computing device a first interface associated with the group payment event. The operations further include receiving, from a second computing device, a request to join the group payment event and, in response, providing a second interface to the second computing device. The operations further include receiving, from the first and/or second computing devices, messages associated with the group payment event and modifying the first and second interfaces to display the messages. The operations further include receiving, from the first and/or second computing devices, financial contributions for the group payment event and modifying the first and second interfaces to display the financial contributions.

Intelligent cash handling
Patent No. 11636481

Inventor(s): Matthew E. Williams (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcott, Ltd. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17317714 on 05/11/2021 (714 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to cash handling devices that provide intelligent monitoring and management of cash cycles. A cash handling device having at least one processor, a communication interface, and memory may receive, from a mobile device, a request to process a pre-staged transaction. Subsequently, the cash handling device may generate and present a graphical identifier based on the mobile device requesting access to the cash handling device. Next, the cash handling device may verify that the mobile device is authorized to perform the pre-staged transaction based on the graphical identifier being scanned by the mobile device and cause a connection to be established between the cash handling device and the mobile device. Thereafter, the cash handling device may identify and process the pre-staged transaction associated with the mobile device. Then, the cash handling device may generate a notification indicating completed processing of the identified pre-staged transaction.

Hydrogen fueling station communication
Patent No. 11636491

Inventor(s): Mark A. McClung (Frisco, TX), Michael C. Edwards (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16247980 on 01/15/2019 (1561 days app to issue)

Abstract: Fueling verification systems and methods for corroboration of vehicle fueling are described herein. The systems and methods provide for verifiable transmission of data collected from a remote source to assure data integrity and maintain proper fuel transmission as part of vehicle fueling. The systems and methods can include collecting a first fuel measure for a fueling process from a delivery source. A second fuel measure can be recorded into a blockchain. The second fuel measure for the fueling process can be received from a recipient source. Then, the first fuel measure and the second fuel measure can be correlated to determine a fueling offset. Then, the delivery source and/or the recipient source can be compensated based on the fueling offset.

Vehicle identification driven by augmented reality (AR)
Patent No. 11636526

Inventor(s): Avid Ghamsari (Frisco, TX), Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (Anna, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16946549 on 06/26/2020 (1033 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device receives user rendering data for a 3-D rendering of a user. The 3-D rendering is a proportional representation of the user and the user rendering data is available via an application. The device determines user characteristics of the user. The device receives an indication that a user device has submitted a vehicle search request. The device identifies vehicles to recommend to the user based on an analysis of: the user characteristics, and vehicle characteristics for a collection of vehicles being offered via the application. The device causes vehicle description data for the vehicles to be displayed via an interface of the application. The device receives user interaction data that indicates a user selection of vehicle. The device causes, based on receiving the user interaction data, the interface of the application to display a placement of the 3-D rendering of the user into a 3-D rendering of the vehicle.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing estimated prescription costs
Patent No. 11636548

Inventor(s): Mark Beers (Lilburn, GA), Scott Genone (Roswell, GA), Stacy Hopkins (Loganville, GA)
Assignee(s): MCKESSON CORPORATION (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16832318 on 03/27/2020 (1124 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for providing a patient with prescribed medication cost information at a point of prescribing. A prescription benefit coverage inquiry is received and provided to a claims processor for processing. Historical data associated with prior prescription transactions is utilized to determine an estimated cost range of a prescribed medication in the event of an insufficient or absent response from a benefits manager. The estimated cost range is then provided to a prescriber to share with a patient. A targeted out-of-pocket cost according to incentives, such as vouchers and drug manufacturer rebates may also be provided.

Systems and methods for enhanced personal property replacement
Patent No. 11636552

Inventor(s): Greg Maurer (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17673551 on 02/16/2022 (433 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for enhanced personal property replacement (i) builds a virtual inventory of personal belongings, such as by performing object recognition techniques on mobile device digital images with the customer”s permission or affirmative consent; (ii) receives user preferences transmitted from their mobile device; (iii) receives a request from the user to handle an insurance claim after an insurance-related event; (iv) determines items to purchase for the user based upon the user preferences, and/or the extent of damage; and/or (v) transmits, to a retailer remote server a virtual order for the items to be delivered to the user at a temporary (hotel) or permanent (home) address. Insurance claim monies may be used to pay for the items. As a result, after an event (e.g., fire, tornado, hurricane), household or other goods may be automatically purchased and delivered to a customer to alleviate the negative impact of the event on their life.

Identifying changes in the condition of a transport
Patent No. 11636758

Inventor(s): Anil Nagpal (Plano, TX), Neil Dutta (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17578401 on 01/18/2022 (462 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of identifying a new condition of a transport during a transport event based on sensor data, retrieving a transport condition profile, comparing the new condition to an initial condition of the transport, stored prior to the transport event, in the transport condition profile, and determining the transport is damaged based on the comparing.

[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]

Encoding data
Patent No. 11636878

Inventor(s): Michael Hugh Harrington (Haltom City, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: TraskBritt (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17182434 on 02/23/2021 (791 days app to issue)

Abstract: Data can be transmitted and represented by signal gaps in a transmission, the gaps having various attributes. In various examples, data points are encoded and represented by the attributes of said signal gaps. Various attributes of such gaps, including duration, pattern, quantity, time, and/or coordination with a gap in another signal can represent data.

[G11B] INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D 9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K 1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B 1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)

Temperature compensation for unselected sub-block inhibit bias for mitigating erase disturb
Patent No. 11636905

Inventor(s): Huai-yuan Tseng (San Ramon, CA), Sarath Puthenthermadam (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17113920 on 12/07/2020 (869 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory apparatus and method of operation is provided. The apparatus includes a block having memory cells connected to word lines and arranged in strings and is divided into a first sub-block and a second sub-block each configured to be erased as a whole in an erase operation. The apparatus has a temperature measuring circuit configured to detect an ambient temperature of the apparatus. A control circuit is configured to determine a word line inhibit voltage based on the ambient temperature. The control circuit applies an erase voltage to each of the strings while simultaneously applying a word line erase voltage to the word lines associated with a selected one of the first and second sub-blocks to encourage erasing and the word line inhibit voltage to the word lines associated with an unselected one of the first and second sub-blocks to discourage erasing in the erase operation.

[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)

Deploying and utilizing a dynamic data stenciling system with a smart linking engine
Patent No. 11637814

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17474348 on 09/14/2021 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to deploying and utilizing a dynamic data stenciling system with a smart linking engine. A computing platform may receive source data from one or more data source systems. Subsequently, the computing platform may identify a target application hosted by an enterprise application host platform as being an intended recipient of a portion of the source data. Then, the computing platform may select a dynamic data stencil from a plurality of available data stencils. Thereafter, the computing platform may overlay the portion of the source data onto the target application using the dynamic data stencil. In addition, by overlaying the portion of the source data onto the target application using the dynamic data stencil, the computing platform may cause the target application to execute one or more data processing functions using the portion of the source data received from the one or more data source systems.

[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]

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Three-dimensional memory device containing self-aligned lateral contact elements and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 11637038

Inventor(s): Fumitaka Amano (Yokkaichi, , JP), Shunsuke Takuma (Yokkaichi, , JP), Yuji Totoki (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17153972 on 01/21/2021 (824 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers having stepped surfaces, memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack, a retro-stepped dielectric material portion overlying the stepped surfaces, and pillar-shaped contact-opening assemblies located within a respective pillar-shaped volume vertically extending through the retro-stepped dielectric material portion and a region of the alternating stack that underlies the retro-stepped dielectric material portion. Some of the pillar-shaped contact-opening assemblies can include a first conductive plug that laterally contacts a cylindrical sidewall of a respective one of the electrically conductive layers and a conductive via structure that contacts a top surface of the first conductive plug.

[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]

Package architecture utilizing wafer to wafer bonding
Patent No. 11637050

Inventor(s): Anthony Chiu (Richardson, TX), Mihir Roy (Richardson, TX), Robert Charles Dry (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: 17219189 on 03/31/2021 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a package architecture and a method for making the same. The disclosed package architecture includes a package carrier, a first device die and a second device die mounted on the package carrier, and a heat spreader. The first device die includes a first device body with a thickness between 5 m and 130 m, a die carrier, and an attachment section between the first device body and the die carrier, while the second device die includes a second device body. The first device body and the second device body are formed of different materials. A top surface of the die carrier of the first device die and a top surface of the second device body of the second device die are substantially coplanar. The heat spreader resides over the top surface of the die carrier and the top surface of the second device body.

Flip-chip package assembly
Patent No. 11637083

Inventor(s): John Carlo Cruz Molina (Bataan, , PH), Rafael Jose Lizares Guevara (Metro Manila, , PH), Steffany Ann Lacierda Moreno (Tarlac, , PH)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17219453 on 03/31/2021 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, a method includes: forming cavities in a die mount surface of a package substrate, the cavities extending into the die mount surface of the package substrate at locations corresponding to post connects on a semiconductor die to be flip-chip mounted to the package substrate; placing flux in the cavities; placing solder balls on the flux; and performing a thermal reflow process and melting the solder balls to form solder pads in the cavities on the package substrate.

Three-dimensional memory device containing auxiliary support pillar structures and method of making the same
Patent No. 11637118

Inventor(s): Kengo Kajiwara (Yokkaichi, , JP), Seiji Shimabukuro (Yokkaichi, , JP), Shunsuke Takuma (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17036070 on 09/29/2020 (938 days app to issue)

Abstract: A alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers is formed over a substrate. An array of memory opening fill structures and an array of support pillar structures are formed through the alternating stack. Backside trenches are formed through the alternating stack by performing an anisotropic etch process. The anisotropic etch process etches peripheral portions of a subset of the array of support pillar structures. The sacrificial material layers are replaced with electrically conductive layer by forming backside recesses while the support pillar structures provide mechanical support to the insulating layers.

Three-dimensional memory device containing auxiliary support pillar structures and method of making the same
Patent No. 11637119

Inventor(s): Keisuke Shigemura (Yokkaichi, , JP), Kengo Kajiwara (Yokkaichi, , JP), Kohei Yamaguchi (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17134938 on 12/28/2020 (848 days app to issue)

Abstract: A row of backside support pillar structures is formed through a first-tier alternating stack of first-tier insulating layers and first-tier sacrificial material layers. At least one upper-tier alternating stack can be formed, and memory stack structures can be formed through the alternating stacks. A backside trench can be formed through the alternating stacks selective to the row of backside support pillar structures. The sacrificial material layers are replaced with electrically conductive layers, and the backside trench can be filled with a backside trench fill structure, which includes the row of backside support pillar structures. The row of backside support pillar structures reduces or prevents tilting or collapse of the alternating stacks during replacement of the sacrificial material layers with the electrically conductive layers.

Method and system of fabricating and tuning surface integrated waveguide filter
Patent No. 11637354

Inventor(s): Salah Ud Din Tariq (Allen, TX), Sidharth Balasubramanian (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC (Liverpool, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17550178 on 12/14/2021 (497 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of fabricating and tuning a surface integrated waveguide (SIW) filter incudes covering upper and lower surfaces of a dielectric substrate with a metallic layer. The method includes drilling a plurality of vias on the dielectric substrate and covering the vias with the metallic layer, wherein a first group of vias forms one or more cavity resonators, a second group of vias defines coupling channels between the cavity resonators, a third group of vias defines an effective width and a fourth group of vias defines an effective length of the cavity resonators. The method includes varying a center frequency by increasing diameters of the second group of vias to decrease the width of the coupling channels and varying a roll-off by increasing diameters of the third and fourth groups of vias to decrease the effective width and the effective length of the resonators.

[H01P] WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B)

Voltage tolerant oscillator with enhanced RF immunity performance
Patent No. 11637529

Inventor(s): Isha Khandelwal (Bengaluru, , IN), Rama Santosh Neelim Kumar Kattamuri (Bengaluru, , IN), Sumantra Seth (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17495097 on 10/06/2021 (566 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes an inverter, first and second capacitors, a resistor, and a transistor. The inverter has an input and an output. The first capacitor is coupled to a ground. The transistor has a first transistor terminal, a second transistor terminal, and a control input. The first transistor terminal is coupled to the first capacitor and the second transistor terminal is coupled to the input of the inverter. The second capacitor is coupled between the output of the inverter and the ground. The resistor is coupled between the output of the inverter and the first transistor terminal.

[H03B] GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLOYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS WHICH OPERATE IN A NON-SWITCHING MANNER; GENERATION OF NOISE BY SUCH CIRCUITS (generators specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments G10H; masers or lasers H01S; generation of oscillations in plasma H05H)

Bandgap amplifier biasing and startup scheme
Patent No. 11637534

Inventor(s): Venkateswara Reddy Pothireddy (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17592305 on 02/03/2022 (446 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a system includes an amplifier configured to produce a bandgap voltage reference. The system also includes a current source configured to provide a current to bias the amplifier. The system includes a switching circuit configured to receive a first current replica signal and a second current replica signal, the switching circuit further configured to cause the current source to provide the current to bias the amplifier based on either the first current replica signal or the second current replica signal.

[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)

Machine learning-based radio frequency (RF) front-end calibration
Patent No. 11637582

Inventor(s): Francisco Ledesma (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17650334 on 02/08/2022 (441 days app to issue)

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for calibrating radio frequency (RF) circuits using machine learning. One example method generally includes calibrating a first subset of RF circuit calibration parameters. Values are predicted for a second subset of RF circuit calibration parameters based on a machine learning model and the first subset of RF circuit calibration parameters. The second subset of RF circuit calibration parameters may be distinct from the first subset of RF circuit calibration parameters. At least the first subset of RF circuit calibration parameters is verified, and after the verifying, at least the first subset of RF circuit calibration parameters are written to a memory associated with the RF circuit.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Sleepy device operation in asynchronous channel hopping networks
Patent No. 11637585

Inventor(s): Jyothsna Kunduru (Plano, TX), Kumaran Vijayasankar (Allen, TX), Kwang Seop Eom (Frisco, TX), Robert Liang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17356792 on 06/24/2021 (670 days app to issue)

Abstract: A radio communications device includes a RTC configured to run even during sleep for receiving from a coordinator node (CN) in an asynchronous channel hopping WPAN an asynchronous hopping sequence (AHS) frame that includes the CN”s hopping sequence. A processor implements a stored sleepy device operation in asynchronous channel hopping networks algorithm. The algorithm is for determining a time stamp for the AHS frame and the CN”s initial timing position within the hopping sequence, storing the time stamp, going to sleep and upon waking up changing a frequency band of its receive (Rx) channel to an updated fixed channel. A data request command frame is transmitted by the device on the CN”s listening channel that is calculated from the CN”s hopping sequence, time stamp, CN”s initial timing position and current time, and the device receives an ACK frame transmitted by the CN at the updated fixed channel of Rx operation.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Array antenna adaptive digital pre-distortion with bayesian observation analysis
Patent No. 11637609

Inventor(s): Darrell Barabash (Grapevine, TX), Mehdi Alijan (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17274337 on 09/10/2018 (1688 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for array antenna adaptive digital pre-distortion with Bayesian observation analysis are provided. One method may include selecting a plurality of patch elements from an array antenna of a network element. The method may also include determining an accuracy confidence value for each patch element. A set of coefficients of the antenna array may be generated. In addition, an ensemble of non-linear forward models may be generated using the accuracy confidence value and the set of coefficients. Further, an array of pre-distortion signals may be generated using the ensemble of non-linear forward models, and each antenna of the array antenna may be configured with a corresponding pre-distortion signal from the array of pre-distortion signals.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for CSI-RS in RRC_IDLE/inactive state
Patent No. 11637670

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17249288 on 02/25/2021 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) in RRC_IDLE/INACTIVE state. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a first configuration for periodic CSI-RS/tracking reference signal (TRS) reception occasions for idle/inactive UEs. A periodic CSI-RS/TRS reception occasion includes one or more CSI-RS resources, and each of the one or more CSI-RS resources is associated with a spatial reception parameter. The method further includes receiving a second configuration for a paging occasion (PO). The PO includes a number of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) reception occasions The method further includes receiving an availability indication for one or more periodic CSI-RS/TRS reception occasions from the periodic CSI-RS reception occasions, receiving the one or more periodic CSI-RS/TRS reception occasions in time before the PO; and determining a time or frequency offset based on the one or more periodic CSI-RS/TRS reception occasions.

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

Method and apparatus for secure private key storage on IoT device
Patent No. 11637698

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Daly (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERA IOT INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17676678 on 02/21/2022 (428 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing a private key on an IoT device for encrypted communication with an external user device and includes a proximity-based communication interface, encryption circuitry and IoT functional circuitry. The encryption circuitry includes a memory having a dedicated memory location allocated for storage of encryption keys utilized in the encrypting/decrypting operations, an encryption engine for performing the encryption/decryption operation with at least one of the stored encryption keys in association with the operation of the IoT functional circuitry, an input/output interface for interfacing with the proximity-based communication interface to allow information to be exchanged with a user device in a dedicated private key transfer operation, an internal system interface for interfacing with the IoT functional circuitry for transfer of information therebetween, memory control circuitry for controlling storage of a received private key from the input/output interface for storage in the dedicated memory location in the memory, in a Write-only memory storage operation relative to the private key received from the input/output interface over the proximity-based communication interface, the memory control circuitry inhibiting any Read operation of the dedicated memory location in the memory through the input/output interface. The IoT functional circuitry includes a controller for controlling the operation of the input/output interface and the memory c

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

Systems and methods for federated privacy management
Patent No. 11637710

Inventor(s): Tuan Dao (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig LLP (19 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17107731 on 11/30/2020 (876 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for federated privacy management are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for federated privacy management may include: (1) receiving, at a user management node, and from a client application executing on an electronic device, a device identifier; (2) receiving, by the user management node, and from a second layer node in a multi-layer federated privacy management network, data comprising at least one of browsing data and application data from a web host or a server, wherein the data is in response to an internet protocol request from the client application via a first layer node and the second layer node to the web host or the server, and the data is associated with the device identifier; (3) receiving, at the user management node, a request for the data from the client application using the device identifier; and (4) communicating the data to the client application.

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

Co-packaged multiplane networks
Patent No. 11637719

Inventor(s): Gary Gostin (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, TX)
Law Firm: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Patent Department (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17047833 on 04/30/2018 (1821 days app to issue)

Abstract: A co-packaged, multiplane network includes: an enclosure; a portion of a first network plane disposed within the enclosure and comprising a first plurality of interconnected switches; a portion of a second network plane disposed within the enclosure and comprising a second plurality of interconnected switches, the second network plane being independent of the first network plane and having the same topology as the first network plane; and a plurality of connectors, each connector being communicatively coupled to a respective port of each of the first plurality of interconnected switches and the second plurality of interconnected switches.

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

Method and apparatus for high-resolution CSI reporting in advanced wireless communication systems
Patent No. 11637732

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: 16512242 on 07/15/2019 (1380 days app to issue)

Abstract: Method and apparatus for high-resolution channel state information (CSI) reporting in advanced wireless communication systems. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes selecting, from a full basis set comprising N bases for a plurality of v layers, an intermediate basis set comprising N bases that are common among the plurality of v layers and selecting, from the selected intermediate basis set, a basis subset comprising M[subscript]l [/subscript]bases for each layer l of the plurality of v layers. The method further includes transmitting, to a base station (BS), indices of the N bases included in the selected intermediate basis set and indices of the M[subscript]l [/subscript]bases included in the selected basis subsets. N, N, and M[subscript]l [/subscript]are positive integers; NN; M[subscript]l[/subscript]N; l[0, 1 . . . , v1]; and v is a rank value.

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

Packet transmission protocol supporting downloading and streaming
Patent No. 11637887

Inventor(s): Imed Bouazizi (Frisco, TX), Youngkwon Lim (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16805608 on 02/28/2020 (1152 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus generate and process transport packets. A method of processing a transport packet at receiving entity includes identifying, in response to receiving the transport packet, a payload type based on a field indicating the payload type in a packet header for the transport packet. The method also includes identifying, in response to identifying that the payload type is a streaming mode payload type, a delivery data unit type of DU data in the transport packet based on a field indicating the delivery data unit type in a streaming mode payload header for the DU data. Additionally, the method includes processing the DU data according to the identified delivery data unit type.

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

Automatic correspondence of encoders and decoders to video ports
Patent No. 11637913

Inventor(s): Eric Hereford (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Kalamazoo, MI)
Law Firm: Morrison Foerster LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17375915 on 07/14/2021 (650 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically determining correspondences between communication ports of a networked device and encoders and decoders connected to those communication ports. In some embodiments, the networked device and the encoders and decoders are connected to a video communications network provided by a switch. The networked device can query the video communications network for information related to the encoders and decoders to determine and save the port-to-device correspondences. In some embodiments, the networked device can extract device information from video signals received at its input ports to map the input ports to respectively connected decoders. In similar fashion, the networked device may transmit or embed port-specific information from its output ports to respectively connected encoders. Then, the networked device can query the video communications network for the port-specific information received at the encoders to map the output ports to respectively connected encoders.

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

Method and apparatus for summarization of dialogs
Patent No. 11637928

Inventor(s): Aleksandr Iakubovich (Plano, TX), Farid Khafizov (Plano, TX), Travis R. McLaren (Southlake, TX), Vittal N. Gunturu (Coppell, TX), Wade W. Hiney (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17509594 on 10/25/2021 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for summarizing dialogs may include obtaining an agent text stream and a customer text stream, segmenting the agent text stream and customer text stream into sentences, and labeling sentences associated with the segmented agent text stream and the segmented customer text stream. The method may further include extracting sentences from the agent text stream and the customer text stream based upon frequencies of appearance of words and terms of interest; generating an agent summary paragraph based on the extracted sentences from the agent text stream, and generating a customer summary paragraph based on the extracted sentences from the customer text stream. The method may identify keywords associated with each of the agent summary paragraph and the customer summary paragraph.

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

Efficient media establishment for WebRTC call center agents
Patent No. 11637929

Inventor(s): Stephen Whynot (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Avaya Management L.P. (Durham, NC)
Law Firm: Sheridan Ross P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17110102 on 12/02/2020 (874 days app to issue)

Abstract: Connecting agent to customers is the cornerstone of contact center operations. When a customer is connected to an agent for real-time communications (e.g., voice), they can be particular sensitive to any delay, such as the delay to establish a media channel between the agent”s endpoint and the customer”s device. By establishing a media channel between the agent”s device and a server having initially received the communication, the communication may be attached to the existing media channel without requiring the time and resources otherwise necessary to establish the media channel. Additionally, if a problem or failure occurs, a server utilized for the connection may seek to establish the media channel with a second network, such as a telephone network, or a second agent endpoint or endpoint component.

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

Image data processing for multi-exposure wide dynamic range image data
Patent No. 11637961

Inventor(s): Rajasekhar Reddy Allu (Plano, TX), Shashank Dabral (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17825635 on 05/26/2022 (334 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed examples include integrated circuits, merge circuits and methods of processing multiple-exposure image data, in which a single pre-processing circuit is used for pre-processing first input exposure data associated with a first exposure of the image, and then for pre-processing second input exposure data associated with a second exposure of the image, and the first and second pre-processed exposure data are merged to generate merged image data for tone mapping and other post-processing. An example merge circuit includes a configurable gain circuit to apply a gain to the first and/or second exposure data, as well as a configurable weighting circuit with a weight calculation circuit and a motion adaptive filter circuit to compute a first and second weight values for merging the pre-processed first and second exposure data.

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

Saving minimum macroblock data for subsequent encoding of other macroblocks
Patent No. 11638021

Inventor(s): Naveen Srinivasamurthy (Bangalore, , IN), Shyam Jagannathan (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17080486 on 10/26/2020 (911 days app to issue)

Abstract: A video encoder including a first buffer containing a plurality of data values defining a macroblock of pixels of a video frame. The video encoder also includes a second buffer and an entropy encoder coupled to the first and second buffers and configured to encode a macroblock based on another macroblock. The entropy encoder identifies a subset of the data values from the first buffer defining a given macroblock and copies the identified subset to the second buffer, the subset of data values being just those data values used by the entropy encoder when subsequently encoding another macroblock.

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

System and method for enabling call originations using SMS and hotline capabilities
Patent No. 11638126

Inventor(s): Andrew Silver (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TANGO NETWORKS, INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17190323 on 03/02/2021 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for handling call originations is provided. The method includes sending origination information from a mobile device to an application server in an enterprise network using Short Message Service (SMS) and determining whether a hotline feature is present in a subscriber profile associated with the mobile device. Data is then routed from the mobile device to a predetermined destination based on the hotline feature.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamic adjustment of vehicular micro cloud properties
Patent No. 11638131

Inventor(s): Onur Altintas (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17004471 on 08/27/2020 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to dynamically updating an existing vehicular micro cloud. In one embodiment, a method includes determining one or more parameters of an environment around a plurality of vehicles, and identifying an impact of the one or more parameters of the environment on one or more of the plurality of vehicles associated with the existing vehicular micro cloud. The method includes identifying one or more properties of the existing vehicular micro cloud. The method includes determining which adjustment to the one or more properties of the existing vehicular micro cloud can address the impact, and updating the one or more properties based on the determination.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Subscriber identity module based radio policy manager
Patent No. 11638142

Inventor(s): Jeff Bartlett (Dallas, TX), Robert Holden (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17213776 on 03/26/2021 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device in which a processing system detects installation of a subscriber identity module (SIM) on a communication device configured for connection to the network; the SIM includes a radio policy manager (RPM) provided by the network operator to manage network policies. The system also monitors connection of the communication device to the network and communications between the SIM and a processor of the communication device. The RPM determines whether the communication device is compliant with the network policies; if the communication device is not compliant with the network policies, the RPM causes the connection of the communication device to the network to be disabled. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamic small cell radio frequency (RF) optimization
Patent No. 11638165

Inventor(s): Amir Saghir (Frisco, TX), Said Hanbaly (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17009842 on 09/02/2020 (965 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium provide for scanning, by a device, a radio service area of a small cell radio access node to detect radio signals of one or more radio frequency (RF) bands, the radio signals including transmissions associated with one or more other small cell radio access nodes that are operating in a vicinity of the small cell radio access node, and the small radio access node being configured to alternately operate at multiple RF bands including the one or more RF bands; determining, by the device, a signal strength associated with each of the one or more RF bands; and dynamically optimizing, by device, operation of the small cell radio access node based on the signal strength associated with each of the one or more RF bands.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for dynamic wireless network configuration based on mobile radio unit location
Patent No. 11638171

Inventor(s): Krishna K. Bellamkonda (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17349537 on 06/16/2021 (678 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may provide for the use of modeling techniques to generate models associated with various locations or regions (e.g., sectors) associated with one or more radio access networks (”RANs”) of a wireless network, as well as for one or more mobile radio units (”MRUs”) that include wireless network infrastructure and which may be dynamically moved from one location to another. The system may identify attributes of a location within the network at which the MRU is located, and may automatically configure base stations of the RAN as well as the wireless network infrastructure of the MRU in order to optimize the operation of the RAN, as well as to gain optimal usage of the MRU.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Power dissipation reduction in wireless transceivers
Patent No. 11638210

Inventor(s): Yannis Tsividis (New York, NY)
Assignee(s): Theta IP, LLC (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Nixon Peabody LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18086603 on 12/21/2022 (125 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and circuits for reducing power dissipation in wireless transceivers and other electronic circuits and systems. Embodiments of the present invention use bias current reduction, impedance scaling, and gain changes either separately or in combination to reduce power dissipation. For example, bias currents are reduced in response to a need for reduced signal handling capability, impedances are scaled thus reducing required drive and other bias currents in response to a strong received signal, or gain is increased and impedances are scaled in response to a low received signal in the presence of no or weak interfering signals.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Uplink and downlink streaming bit rate assistance in 4G and 5G networks
Patent No. 11638259

Inventor(s): Imed Bouazizi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM INCORPORATED (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16874955 on 05/15/2020 (1075 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments may provide streaming service downlink network assistance and/or uplink network assistance mechanisms in a fifth generation (5G) system (5GS) network via an Application Function (AF) computing device in a 5GS. In some embodiments, a computing device and/or the AF computing device may inform the network about needs for capacity for downlink or uplink traffic. Various embodiments may include sending radio access network (RAN) capacity requests to a network computing device of the 5GS network including a 5G RAN. In some embodiments, the network computing device of the 5GS network may be a computing device that is not part of the 5G RAN. In some embodiments, capacity need messages may be sent directly from user equipment (UE) computing devices to computing devices of the 5G RAN. In some embodiments, capacity information of the RAN may be delivered to an AF computing device via an intermediate network function.

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

Method and apparatus for a user equipment sub-chain beam codebook design and operation
Patent No. 11638281

Inventor(s): Anum Ali (Plano, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Jianhua Mo (Allen, TX), Vutha Va (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17445583 on 08/20/2021 (613 days app to issue)

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to vary a number of chains in uplink or downlink communications with a base station (BS). The UE includes a processor coupled to a transceiver. The processor is configured to: identify a full-chain beam for a downlink reception based on a beam sweeping; determine a number of activated chains for an uplink transmission; and determine a sub-chain uplink transmission beam.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for supporting inter-band carrier aggregation with different UL/DL TDD configurations
Patent No. 11638286

Inventor(s): Jun Li (Richardson, TX), Yiping Wang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): BlackBerry Limited (Waterloo, , CA)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17224852 on 04/07/2021 (748 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a method of wireless communications between a wireless communications network and wireless user equipment includes receiving, using a primary Time Division Duplex (TDD) configuration, data on a primary component carrier in a first frequency band. Using a secondary TDD configuration, data on a secondary component carrier is received in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. A Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) for data received on the secondary component carrier is transmitted using a supplemental TDD configuration. A transmission or retransmission on the secondary component carrier uses a supplemental TDD configuration as well. The supplemental TDD configuration is different from the secondary TDD configuration. Furthermore, an uplink supplemental configuration may be different from a downlink supplemental configuration.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

5G service indicator presentation using capability comparison by user equipment
Patent No. 11638294

Inventor(s): Terri L. Brooks (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17038094 on 09/30/2020 (937 days app to issue)

Abstract: Determining when to display a Fifth Generation (5G) service indicator is described herein. In an example, a user equipment (UE) can compare capabilities supported by the UE with capabilities available to the UE (e.g., in a geographic area of the UE) to determine whether the UE can display the 5G service indicator. In some examples, such capabilities can be determined based at least in part on E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) combinations of frequency bands.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Handling radio link failure in cellular mesh networks
Patent No. 11638319

Inventor(s): Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16788011 on 02/11/2020 (1169 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for handling radio link failure (RLF) in a wireless communication network. A method for operating a base station (BS) includes detecting occurrence of a RLF on a backhaul link with a parent BS of the BS and transmitting to a wireless communication device connected to the BS a first notification of the RLF indicating to hold data to be transmitted from the wireless communication device to the BS. The method further includes determining whether connection to a core network entity in the wireless communication network can be reestablished and transmitting to the wireless communication device a second notification based on the reestablishment determination.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Patterned conductive microstructures within a heat shrinkable substrate
Patent No. 11638348

Inventor(s): Catherine Trent (Allen, TX), Kyle L. Grosse (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16934951 on 07/21/2020 (1008 days app to issue)

Abstract: A conductive interconnect structure comprises a polymeric substrate (e.g., a thermoplastic) and a plurality of compliant conductive microstructures (e.g., conductive carbon nanofibers) embedded in the polymeric substrate. The microstructures can be arranged linearly or in a grid pattern. In response to heating, the polymeric substrate transitions from an unshrunk state to a shrunken state to move the microstructures closer together, thereby increasing an interconnect density of the compliant conductive microstructures. Thus, the gap or pitch between adjacent microstructures is reduced in response to heat-induced shrinkage of the polymeric substrate to generate finely-pitched microstructures that are densely pitched, thereby increasing the current-carrying capacity of the microstructures. The polymeric material can be heated to conform or form-fit to planar and non-planar surfaces/geometries, and can be selectively heated at various portions to tailor or customize the interconnect density of the microstructures at selected portions. Associated electrical conducting assemblies and methods are provided.

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

Low profile power module package
Patent No. 11638359

Inventor(s): Danny Lohan (Northville, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17308565 on 05/05/2021 (720 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a module electronics package. The modular electronics package includes a main circuit. The first main circuit board is configured to provide electrical interconnections to form an electric circuit. The modular electronics package includes a first power module. The first power module includes a first power device card and a first expansion slot. The first power device card is configured to be inserted into the first expansion slot and to be electrically coupled to the main circuit board via the first expansion slot.

Electronic component ceiling mounting methods
Patent No. 11638372

Inventor(s): William C. Anderson, III (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): AmpThink, LLC (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17703037 on 03/24/2022 (397 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to integrating an electronic component into a ceiling mount in a ceiling tile system so as to maintain the aesthetic integrity of the ceiling while providing a suitable structural system to secure the equipment into the ceiling.

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Automated railroad signage device
Patent No. D984296

Inventor(s): Chad Lee Smith (Roscoe, IL)
Assignee(s): RailPros Field Services, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29696614 on 06/28/2019 (1397 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vehicle dash cover
Patent No. D984338

Inventor(s): Jon Foerster (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): JFTOPS, LLC (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29788190 on 04/09/2021 (746 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Grill for a cold storage system
Patent No. D984615

Inventor(s): Eric C. Moen (Rising Fawn, GA), Todd Irvin Collins (Williamsport, IN)
Assignee(s): Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Johnston IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29718349 on 12/23/2019 (1219 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pharmaceutical waste container
Patent No. D984641

Inventor(s): Tameka Fuller (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Fuller Concepts, LLC (Mansfield, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29850901 on 08/24/2022 (244 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Electronic muscle stimulator
Patent No. D984655

Inventor(s): Jian Zhu (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29788903 on 08/11/2021 (622 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Shingle
Patent No. D984681

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: 29868847 on 12/14/2022 (132 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Shingle
Patent No. D984682

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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