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 August 8, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 10
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 16
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 6
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 8
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 9
G: PHYSICS 37
H: ELECTRICITY 46
DESIGN 7

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments (Dallas) 18
Textron Innovations (Providence, RI) 7
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America(Plano) 11
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) 4
7-Eleven (Irving) 3
Capital One Services (McLean, VA) 3
Geodynamics (Millsap) 3
Lennox Industries (Richardson) 3

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving) 3
Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina) 3
Bryan Hornung (Plano) 2
David Patrick (McKinney) 2
Hongbo Si (Plano) 2
Zhen Yan (Irving) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Automatic rotating agricultural system to irrigate, plant, gather forage, and/or harvest field and method for operating the system
Patent No. 11716935

Inventor(s): David Munson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): FOI GROUP LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17075349 on 10/20/2020 (1022 days app to issue)

Abstract: The automatic, rotating agricultural system rotates around a central pivot point in either a full rotation or a partial arc to irrigate, plant and/or harvest a field. The agricultural system includes a center pivot frame, a plurality of frame segments connected to each other, and a feed storage bin connected to the center pivot frame and the frame segments. The frame segment includes a section frame including wheels to enable movements, a cutter trolley beam extends in a radial direction of the section frame, a cutterhead coupled to the cutter trolley beam to cut forage or crop, a radial conveyor that moves the cut forage or crop in the radial direction of the section frame, and a cutter conveyor that moves the cut forage or crop from the cutterhead to the radial conveyor.

[A01G] HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS, OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops, or the like A01D 46/00; plant reproduction by tissue culture techniques A01H 4/00; devices for topping or skinning onions or flower bulbs A23N 15/08; propagating unicellular algae C12N 1/12; plant cell culture C12N 5/00)

Corrective collar utilizing geolocation technology
Patent No. 11716971

Inventor(s): Michael Ehrman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Protect Animals with Satellites, LLC (Upper Saddle River, NJ)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17738288 on 05/06/2022 (459 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a pet collar that can be configured to determine its geolocational position and evaluate that position with respect to the geo-fence of a predetermined, geo-fenced ”safe” zone. If the collar determines that its position is inside a safe zone but is near the geo-fence, the collar may be configured to provide a warning correction. If the collar determines that it is outside a predetermined safe zone, the collar can also be configured to provide a stronger correction to discourage the pet from continuing away from the safe zone. The collar may also be configured to guide the pet back to the safe zone such as by varying the strength and/or type of correction provided based at least in part on the distance of the collar from the geo-fence.

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

Combination travel bag and table
Patent No. 11717066

Inventor(s): Richard Navarro (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17101216 on 11/23/2020 (988 days app to issue)

Abstract: A travel bag with a deployable table includes a hollow shell having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of sidewalls, a top wall, and a bottom wall. The rear wall includes a compartment having a pivotal panel received therein. The panel can be deployed to an oblique position to form a handle that allows a traveler to easily roll the bag in an upright position. The deployed panel also supports a tray table for retaining food, beverages, electronic devices or personal items.

[A45C] PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS

Table leg assembly
Patent No. 11717078

Inventor(s): Robert Joseph Scharfenkamp (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): Smith System Manufacturing Company (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Price Heneveld LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17651876 on 02/21/2022 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: A table assembly includes a worksurface and at least one leg assembly coupled to the worksurface and configured to support the worksurface above a floor surface, the at least one leg assembly including a first leg member having an aperture located along a length of the first leg member, the aperture having a first diameter, a second leg member telescoping received within the first leg member and having a threaded bore located along a length of the second leg member, the bore having a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter, and an engagement member having a first portion threadably received within the bore of the second leg member and a second portion configured to be selectively received within the aperture of the first leg member thereby telescopingly fixing the second leg member with respect to the first leg member.

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

Zinc composition and their use in anti-microbial applications
Patent No. 11717533

Inventor(s): Laura K. S. Parnell (Missouri City, TX), William O. Kling (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Swiss-American CDMO LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Winstead PC (Local + 2 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 11644396 on 12/21/2006 (6074 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention relates generally to antimicrobial compositions that are non-toxic to mammals and plants, and are highly effective against a broad spectrum of detrimental pathogenic microorganisms. The antimicrobial compositions contain at least one zinc compound that is microbicidal to at least one microorganism. The antimicrobial compositions of the invention can be diluted in suitable proportions into suitable solvents to produce the desired dosages for each individual application. The antimicrobial compositions can be applied by conventional methods, e.g., spraying, soaking, fogging, impregnation, and the like. The compositions can also be used as preservatives. The antimicrobial compositions can also be made as gels or solids in different forms by using techniques available to those skilled in the art.

[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)

Vaccines against HPV and HPV-related diseases
Patent No. 11717567

Inventor(s): Gerard Zurawski (Midlothian, TX), Sandra Zurawski (Midlothian, TX), SangKon Oh (Baltimore, MD)
Assignee(s): Baylor Research Institute (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17194779 on 03/08/2021 (883 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments relate to novel vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV-related diseases, including multiple types of cancers. The HPV vaccines are composed of anti-human dendritic cell (DC) surface receptor antibodies, including CD40, and E6/7 proteins of HPV16 and 18. The technology described is not limited to making vaccines against HPV16- and HPV18-related diseases and can be applied to making vaccines carrying E6/7 from any type of HPV. The HPV vaccines described can target DCs, major and professional antigen presenting cells (APCs), and can induce and activate potent HPV E6/7-specific and strong CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses. The HPV vaccines can be used for the prevention of HPV infection and HPV-related diseases as well as for the treatment of HPV-related diseases, including cancers.

Methods for disinfecting contact lenses with a manganese-coated disc, and related contact lens treatment systems
Patent No. 11717591

Inventor(s): Lynn Winterton (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Better Vision Solutions LLC (Keller, TX)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16203721 on 11/29/2018 (1713 days app to issue)

Abstract: Contact lens treatment systems and methods for disinfecting contact lenses are described. These systems and methods utilize a coated catalytic disc, which contains a support disc and a manganese oxide present on at least a portion of the support disc. The coated catalytic disc contains 300 g to 1800 g of manganese, often in the form of manganese dioxide.

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

Medical device with distal torque control
Patent No. 11717641

Inventor(s): Brian Giles (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MicroNovus, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16551454 on 08/26/2019 (1443 days app to issue)

Abstract: A catheter with a distal end that rotates through the conversion of linear motion to rotational motion, thus the distal end may be rotated without longitudinally advancing or retracting the distal end. The catheter includes a tube with a single helix or a dual chirality helix cut into the tube, a distal end segment, means for linear displacement of the helix, and means for coupling the junction point of the helix to the distal segment.

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

Controlled-environment facility resident wearables and systems and methods for use
Patent No. 11720146

Inventor(s): Scott Passe (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): Securus Technologies, LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18063743 on 12/09/2022 (242 days app to issue)

Abstract: Controlled-environment facility resident behavioral and/or health monitoring may employ controlled-environment facility resident wearables each having a band configured to be affixed around a portion of a controlled-environment facility resident, irremovable by the resident and may include sensor(s) configured to measure biometric(s) of the controlled-environment facility resident and one or more physical parameter(s) experienced by the wearable, with a transmitter transmitting the biometric(s) and/or the physical parameter(s) to a controlled-environment facility management system. The controlled-environment facility management system may predetermine one or more normal input levels of the biometric(s) and/or physical parameter(s), receive the transmitted biometric(s) and/or physical parameter(s), determine whether received biometric(s) and/or physical parameter(s) rises above, or falls below, the predetermined normal input level(s), and alert controlled-environment facility personnel and/or law enforcement when received physical parameter(s) and/or received biometric(s) rise above or fall below the predetermined normal input level(s).

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

Medication inventory system including boundary outline based medication tray stocking list and related methods
Patent No. 11721432

Inventor(s): Jared O. Santibanez (Forney, TX), Justin A. Krull (Hurst, TX)
Assignee(s): INMAR RX SOLUTIONS, INC. (Ft. Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt + Gilchrist, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17162781 on 01/29/2021 (921 days app to issue)

Abstract: A medication inventory system may include a medication tray that includes compartments for storing respective medications. The medication tray may have a tray identifier associated therewith. The system may also include a mobile wireless communications device configured to obtain at least one image of the medication tray, and apply a Hough line detection algorithm to the at least one image to determine a boundary outline of the medication tray. The mobile wireless communications device may also be configured to generate a current medication stocking list of the medication tray based upon the boundary outline and the tray identifier from the at least one image.

[A61J] CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE

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

Hybrid nitrogen gas generation system
Patent No. 11717785

Inventor(s): Phillip S. Frazier (Frisco, TX), Praveen K. Nooli (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Frito-Lay North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17502619 on 10/15/2021 (662 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hybrid nitrogen gas generation system includes a membrane nitrogen gas generator and a pressure swing absorption nitrogen generator. A gas comprising nitrogen is purified to a first nitrogen purity using one of the membrane nitrogen gas generator and the pressure swing absorption nitrogen generator. The gas is either bypassed around the other of the membrane nitrogen gas generator and the pressure swing absorption nitrogen generator to provide the gas having the first nitrogen purity or the gas is purified to a second nitrogen purity using the other of the membrane nitrogen gas generator and the pressure swing absorption nitrogen generator.

[B01D] SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D, by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B, by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges B04B; vortex apparatus B04C; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B 9/02) [5]

Ground detection system for ultrasonic cutting
Patent No. 11717980

Inventor(s): Christopher Sean McCrory (Fort Worth, TX), Matthew Timothy McKee (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16737008 on 01/08/2020 (1308 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, systems and methods include using an ultrasonic cutter in a ground detection system to prevent damage to a substrate. The method of detecting a substrate comprises attaching a workpiece clamp to the substrate. The method further comprises cutting a layer of coating disposed on the substrate with an ultrasonic cutter, wherein the ultrasonic cutter operates at a frequency of about 20 kHz to about 40 kHz, wherein the layer of coating is non-conductive. The method further comprises contacting the substrate with the ultrasonic cutter.

[B26D] CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments B02C 18/00; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C 5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B) [5]

Molds having cooling behind insert technology and related methods
Patent No. 11718004

Inventor(s): David Rys (Dallas, TX), Gary Clark (Dallas, TX), Tareq Haque (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, , FR)
Law Firm: Nixon Vanderhye (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16976596 on 03/01/2019 (1621 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure includes injection molds for reducing cycle times and related methods. Some molds include first and second mold portions movable relative to one another from an open position to a closed position in which each of one or more recesses of the first mold portion cooperates with a respective one of one or more recesses of the second mold portion to define a chamber. Each of the chamber(s) includes a first cooling body coupled to the first mold portion, a second cooling body coupled to the second mold portion, and first and second inserts removably coupled, respectively, to the first and second cooling bodies such that the inserts cooperate to define a mold cavity within the chamber that is configured to receive a thermoplastic material. Each of the cooling bodies has an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid cavity in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet.

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

Transport-based exchange of electrical charge and services
Patent No. 11718196

Inventor(s): Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17475313 on 09/14/2021 (693 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of retrieving a first amount of energy, by an originating transport, of a minimum amount of energy on a target transport, based on an expended energy by the originating transport to reach a meeting location, provide a needed service, and an estimated expended energy by the originating transport to return to an original location, and retrieving a second amount of energy, by the originating transport, of the minimum amount of energy on the target transport, based on a factor related to providing the service, wherein the factor is greater than the expended energy and the estimated expended energy.

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

Mobile device tools for smart vehicle features operation and automatic wireless routing selection and methods of use
Patent No. 11718249

Inventor(s): Ciprian R. Sandu (Coppell, TX), Jason T. Kriesel (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): Thor Tech, Inc. (Elkhart, IN)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16751826 on 01/24/2020 (1292 days app to issue)

Abstract: Control methods and systems including a smart vehicle, a smart mobile device including a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory that may cause a system to perform at least the following when executed by the processor: use the smart mobile device to automatically control functionality of smart features of the smart vehicle based on an applied control logic and environmental inputs and/or use the smart mobile device to automatically control a wireless routing selection between a local area network associated with the smart vehicle and a remote wide area network based on an application tool switch logic.

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

Seatbelt with head restraint systems and methods
Patent No. 11718264

Inventor(s): Danil Prokhorov (Canton, MI), Paul Gilmore (Ann Arbor, MI), Phouvadol P. Khouphongsy (Saline, MI), Umesh Gandhi (Farmington Hills, MI), Yuyang Song (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17941548 on 09/09/2022 (333 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods of a seatbelt with head restraint are provided. A seatbelt assembly for a vehicle may include a plurality of airbags and an electrostatic clutch to control a deployment of the plurality of airbags. The electrostatic clutch may be operable to limit a movement of the plurality of airbags relative to each other to define a deployment shape of the airbags. Associated vehicles including the seatbelt assembly are provided. Associated methods are also provided.

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

Consensus-based transport event severity
Patent No. 11718288

Inventor(s): Jay Bartholomew (McKinney, TX), Lucas Smith (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16827589 on 03/23/2020 (1233 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a server, an event associated with a transport, receiving, by the server, atypical data related to the transport from a plurality of devices over various times prior to the event, analyzing, by the server, the atypical data, forming, by the server, a consensus based on the analyzed atypical data to determine a severity of the event, and determining, by the server, an action to take based on the severity.

[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]

Systems and methods for operating a vehicle based on a user”s health and emotional state
Patent No. 11718327

Inventor(s): Frederico Marcolino Quintao Severgnini (Ann Arbor, MI), Paul Donald Schmalenberg (Ann Arbor, MI), Sean P. Rodrigues (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: 17883058 on 08/08/2022 (365 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to monitoring a vehicle user”s health and initiating a vehicle action based on the user”s health and emotional state. In one embodiment, a method includes, responsive to detecting an event based on sensor data, requesting a user place the user”s hand on an electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor. The EDA sensor is fixed to a dual-sided transparent display. The method includes acquiring EDA data relating to the user via the EDA sensor, determining a condition of the user based on the EDA data, and implementing a vehicle action in response to the condition of the user.

Cupola fairing for an aircraft and method for fabricating the same
Patent No. 11718386

Inventor(s): Eric A. Ahlstrom (South Willard, UT)
Assignee(s): Aero Design Labs LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16648113 on 09/20/2018 (1783 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cupola fairing ([b]250[/b]) for reducing drag and increasing lift on an aircraft fuselage ([b]210[/b]) and wings ([b]220[/b]). The fairing includes a housing length extending along a longitudinal axis, and a variable width extending normal to the longitudinal axis. The housing width is variable and defined by a plurality of cross-sectional areas of the cupola fairing. The fairing has a substantially smooth exterior surface that is curved along the length and the variable width of the housing. The housing surface has its longitudinal and transverse curvatures being defined by metrics corresponding to a reference wing root chord of the aircraft ([b]200[/b]), a cross-sectional area of the fuselage, a percentage of the cross-sectional area to be covered by the fairing, and positioning of the cupola fairing on the crown portion of the fuselage ([b]210[/b]). The housing has a lower surface configured to conform to a shape of the crown at which the cupola fairing ([b]250[/b]) is positioned.

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

Propulsion systems for rotorcraft
Patent No. 11718390

Inventor(s): Carlos Alexander Fenny (Fort Worth, TX), Eric A. Sinusas (Euless, TX), Erik John Oltheten (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17076399 on 10/21/2020 (1021 days app to issue)

Abstract: A propulsion system for a rotorcraft includes a first fan assembly including a plurality of first fan blades, a second fan assembly including a plurality of second fan blades and a drive system adapted to provide torque to the first and second fan blades. The first fan blades have a larger rotational inertia than the second fan blades. The second fan blades are adapted to experience a larger angular acceleration than the first fan blades in response to torque from the drive system, thereby providing responsive thrust control for the rotorcraft.

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

Rotary aircraft hybrid rotor mast
Patent No. 11718391

Inventor(s): Clayton Messinger (Grapevine, TX), Stan Messinger (Hurst, TX)
Assignee(s): AVX AIRCRAFT COMPANY (Benbrook, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17580392 on 01/20/2022 (565 days app to issue)

Abstract: A shaft assembly (which may be a rotor mast for a rotorcraft) may include a shaft body formed with composite material and one or more metal fittings attached to the shaft body. A metal fitting may include an interior opening with a cross-section having a non-circular perimeter (such as an oval or an ellipse). The interior opening may also include contouring, such as a first tapered section in which the fitting converges toward the longitudinal axis of the shaft body and a second tapered section in which the fitting diverges from the longitudinal axis.

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

Helicopter tail rotor drive system on demand speed control
Patent No. 11718392

Inventor(s): Scott D. Poster (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Frost Brown Todd LLP (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17357361 on 06/24/2021 (775 days app to issue)

Abstract: Tail rotor control system is described for helicopters. A pedal position sensor operable by a pilot yields greater tail rotor RPM relative to the main rotor RPM, giving the pilot increased control over the vehicle. This proves especially useful in certain situations, such as high altitude, where increasing tail rotor speed from main rotor speed can give a pilot increased maneuverability and stability.

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

Active sail blade
Patent No. 11718396

Inventor(s): Christopher Edward Foskey (Keller, TX), Jeffrey Mark Bosworth (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16439487 on 06/12/2019 (1518 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for deploying an outboard rotor blade of proprotor pylon to act as an extended lifting surface. Blade control actuators may provide primary rotor flight control as well as providing fold linkage actuation when fold locks are disengaged. During cruise flight, the blade control actuator may provide feathering inputs to the extended rotor blade, wherein the amplitude and frequency of feathering inputs are tuned to mitigate undesirable wing and fuselage dynamic modes thereby enhancing aircraft stability. The deployed rotor blades also improve the total lifting area of the aircraft, which may increase aircraft range and efficiency.

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

Electric tiltrotor aircraft
Patent No. 11718397

Inventor(s): Brent C. Ross (Flower Mound, TX), Jason Paul Hurst (Fort Worth, TX), Kirk L. Groninga (Keller, TX), Steven R. Ivans (Ponder, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17324184 on 05/19/2021 (811 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments include an aircraft comprising a fuselage; a wing connected to the fuselage; and first and second propulsion systems connected to the wing on opposite sides of the fuselage, wherein at least a portion of each of the first and second propulsion systems and at least a portion of the wing are tiltable between a first position in which the aircraft is in a hover mode and a second position in which the aircraft is in a cruise mode, wherein each of the propulsion systems includes pylon and a rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor blades.

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

Method and system for automatic sequencing of baggage
Patent No. 11718416

Inventor(s): Michael D. Carpenter (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Siemens Logistics LLC (DFW Airport, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16944655 on 07/31/2020 (1103 days app to issue)

Abstract: A baggage processing system includes a storage array having a plurality of cells, each cell being configured to contain a single baggage item which is associated with a flight. The baggage processing system further includes a loading conveyor that receives baggage items retrieved from the storage array. A control system prepares a sequenced list of baggage items and controls the retrieval of baggage items from the storage array based on the sequenced list, whereby the retrieved baggage items are placed on the loading conveyor in an order conforming to the sequenced list. The baggage processing system also includes a queue of carts, where each cart is positionable to receive baggage items in sequence from a loading point on the loading conveyor, for transporting the baggage items to an aircraft. The sequenced list of baggage items defines a sequence of loading baggage items from the carts to the aircraft.

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

Charging regulation model for electric vehicles on the road
Patent No. 11719547

Inventor(s): Michael Treadway (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Kyndryl, Inc. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Heslin Rothenberg Farley Mesiti PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16830560 on 03/26/2020 (1230 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining whether an electric vehicle (EV) requires a current charge. The method analyzes a set of EV data, wherein the set of EV data comprises a battery level, a destination, a current position, and a predicted arrival time to the destination. The method further constructs a charging regulation model for the EV, based on the analyzed set of EV data. The method further computes a risk score pertaining to charging the EV, based on the constructed charging regulation model for the EV, and determines whether the EV requires a current charge based on the computed risk score. The method further engages one or more wireless charging points on a roadway, if the computed risk score is below a threshold value.

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

Compositions and methods of modulating short-chain dehydrogenase
Patent No. 11718589

Inventor(s): Joseph Ready (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, TX), Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16484045 on 02/06/2018 (2009 days app to issue)

Abstract: Compounds and methods of modulating 15-PGDH activity, modulating tissue prostaglandin levels, treating disease, diseases disorders, or conditions in which it is desired to modulate 15-PGDH activity and/or prostaglandin levels include 15-PGDH inhibitors described herein.

[C07D] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08) [2]

Acesulfame potassium compositions and processes for producing same
Patent No. 11718594

Inventor(s): Arvind Yadav (Hessen, , IN), Christoph Mollenkopf (Frankfurt am Main, , DE), Peter Groer (Babenhausen, , DE)
Assignee(s): Celanese International Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17206191 on 03/19/2021 (872 days app to issue)

Abstract: Compositions and processes for producing high purity acesulfame potassium are described. One process comprises the steps of providing a crude acesulfame potassium composition comprising acesulfame potassium and acetoacetamide, concentrating the crude acesulfame potassium composition to form a water stream and an intermediate acesulfame potassium composition comprising acesulfame potassium and less than 33 wppm acetoacetamide, and separating the intermediate acesulfame potassium composition to form the finished acesulfame potassium composition comprising acesulfame potassium and less than 33 wppm acetoacetamide. The concentrating step is conducted at a temperature below 90 C. and the separating step is conducted at a temperature at or below 35 C.

[C07D] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08) [2]

Inhibitors of receptor interacting protein kinase I for the treatment of disease
Patent No. 11718612

Inventor(s): Naphtali Reyna (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17014184 on 09/08/2020 (1064 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds which inhibit RIPK1, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of RIPK1-mediated diseases, such as neurodegenerative disorders, inflammatory disorders, and cancer.

[C07D] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08) [2]

Adhesive formulations for roofing applications and related methods
Patent No. 11718773

Inventor(s): Lingtao Yu (Summit, NJ), Linlin Xing (Wayne, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17955388 on 09/28/2022 (314 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an adhesive formulation comprising a high viscosity silyl modified polymer. In some embodiments, the adhesive formulation may further comprise additional components, such as but not limited to, at least one moisture scavenger, at least one adhesion promoter, at least one catalyst, at least one filler, at least one plasticizer, at least one antioxidant, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the adhesive formulation may exclude a low viscosity polymer. In some embodiments, the adhesive formulation may include a low viscosity polymer in no more than a specified amount. At least one method of using the adhesive formulation and at least one roofing system comprising the adhesive formulation are also described herein.

[C09J] ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES (surgical adhesives A61L 24/00; adhesives on the basis of non specified organic macromolecular compounds used as bonding agents in layered products B32B; labelling fabrics or comparable materials or articles with deformable surface using adhesives and thermo-activatable adhesives respectively B65C 5/02, B65C 5/04; preparation of glue or gelatine C09H; adhesive labels, tag tickets or similar identification of indication means G09F 3/10) [5]

Compositions and methods for detecting allogeneic matter in a subject
Patent No. 11718875

Inventor(s): Zhen Yan (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16795375 on 02/19/2020 (1266 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a panel of nucleic acid molecule primers specific for HLA-specific alleles and other genetic polymorphisms, which are useful for quantitatively amplifying these markers to detect, diagnose, and monitor individuals who have or are at risk of certain disease conditions, such as autoimmune disease, proliferative disease, infectious disease, allograft rejection, or pregnancy-related pathologies.

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

Compositions and methods for detecting allogeneic matter in a subject
Patent No. 11718876

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

System for mounting objects to a surface
Patent No. 11719001

Inventor(s): Gary Nightingale (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): CATALYST ACOUSTICS GROUP, INC. (Agawam, MA)
Law Firm: Murtha Cullina LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17476981 on 09/16/2021 (691 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for mounting objects, such as acoustic panels to a surface is provided. The system includes a door in a faade panel for accessing a mounting structure adapted to receive a fastener that mounts the panel to the surface. The door can include a tab for identifying and opening the door. Methods for mounting objects with an access door and methods for manufacturing tiles are also provided.

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

Removable magnetic door handle
Patent No. 11719018

Inventor(s): William Anthony Amante (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16915377 on 06/29/2020 (1135 days app to issue)

Abstract: A handle assembly for an access panel is described and includes a support structure including upper and lower supports attached to the access panel, each of the upper and lower supports comprising a top face and a bottom face; a handle for selectively engaging with the support structure, the handle comprising a grip portion and upper and lower flanges extending perpendicularly from the grip portion, each of the upper and lower flanges comprising a top face; and a retention mechanism for retaining the handle in contact with the support structure with a combination of magnetic and mechanical force.

[E05B] LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS

Systems and methods for setting an extreme-range anchor within a wellbore
Patent No. 11719062

Inventor(s): Antony F. Grattan (Mansfield, TX), Cory L. Huggins (Mansfield, TX), Douglas J. Streibich (Fort Worth, TX), Michael C. Robertson (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Robertson Intellectual Properties, LLC (Mansfield, TX)
Law Firm: McCutcheon Joseph, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17888086 on 08/15/2022 (358 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods include an extreme range anchor, having extending assemblies configured to engage a wellbore, for providing a self-centering, reusable anchor location within a wellbore. The extending assemblies include a first set of arms connected to a first brace, a second set of arms connected to a second brace, and a set of footplates. Each footplate in the set of footplates is connected to the first set of arms and the second set of arms. Each footplate includes a fixator coupled to a radially external face and configured to securely engage the wellbore. The system also includes a pull rod rigidly coupled to the first brace and slidably connected to the second brace. Forcing the pull rod in an axial direction shortens a distance between the first brace and the second brace and forces the set of footplates to move in a radial direction toward the wellbore.

[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]

Hydraulic screen having a joint with a flow path
Patent No. 11719076

Inventor(s): David Symon Grant (Frisco, TX), Gordon McLeary (Dallas, TX), Ryan Wesley McChesney (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg, LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16945689 on 07/31/2020 (1103 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for activating chambers of downhole hydraulic screens. The apparatus comprises an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve, and a flow path. The outer sleeve is coupled to one hydraulic screen on one end and another hydraulic screen on another end. The inner sleeve couples to base pipe at both ends. The flow path is an annulus defined between the outer diameter of the inner sleeve and the inner diameter of the outer sleeve. Hydraulic seals are formed at the interfaces between the inner sleeve and base pipe and the outer sleeve and hydraulic screens. In practice, the assembled apparatus and hydraulic screens are ran downhole to a production zone using production tubing and a running tool. Fluid from the surface is pumped into the production tubing, diverted therefrom, and into chambers of the hydraulic screens using the flow path to conduct fluid between the hydraulic screens.

High density cluster based perforating system and method
Patent No. 11719077

Inventor(s): David S. Wesson (Ft. Worth, TX), James A. Rollins (Lipan, TX), John T. Hardesty (Ft. Worth, TX), Philip Martin Snider (Tomball, TX), Wenbo Yang (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17513095 on 10/28/2021 (649 days app to issue)

Abstract: A perforating gun for use in a well casing, the gun having a gun carrier extending along a longitudinal axis; plural shaped charges located inside the gun carrier, in groups of three, a first group of three shaped charges being positioned in a first single plane, transverse to the longitudinal axis, and a second group of three shaped charges being positioned in a second single plane, transverse to the longitudinal axis; and a charge holder configured to carry the plural shaped charges, the charge holder configured to be inserted into the gun carrier. The first and second groups of three charges are spaced along the longitudinal axis so that a third single plane, transverse to the longitudinal axis, intersects each of the six shaped charges of the first and second groups of three charges, to achieve an ultra-short, high-density, perforating gun.

Directly initiated addressable power charge
Patent No. 11719078

Inventor(s): Christopher Brian Sokolove (Midlothian, TX), Johnny Covalt (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): Hunting Titan, Inc. (Pampa, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17364650 on 06/30/2021 (769 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detonating a power charge in downhole wellbore using a heating element embedded within the energetic material of the power charge.

Valve status indicator system and method
Patent No. 11719093

Inventor(s): Dennis Roessler (Fort Worth, TX), John Hardesty (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17742592 on 05/12/2022 (453 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid control system includes a fluid control device configured to be connected to at least one of two casing elements in a well, for controlling a fluid flow between a bore of the fluid control device and a zone located outside the casing elements; and a tracer material located within an inner chamber of a body of the fluid control device, the tracer material being uniquely associated with the fluid control device. The fluid control device is configured to release, when activated, the tracer material out of the inner chamber.

Multi-well system for environmental remediation or sampling
Patent No. 11719095

Inventor(s): Erik R. Piatt (Decatur, TX), Lance I. Robinson (Parrish, FL)
Assignee(s): En RX Chemical, Inc. (Argyle, TX)
Law Firm: Smith & Hopen, P. A. (32 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16820214 on 03/16/2020 (1240 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device and method for collecting sample fluids from an underground source which includes sample wells terminating in a corrugated conduit and sieve. The sampling regions for each sample well is separated by a grout or expanding seal barrier. Negative pressure is optionally applied to extract fluids from the underground matrix for sampling. The device can also be used for remediating an environmental contaminant from soil or aquifers. Upon identification of at least one environmental contaminant, a remediation composition is injected into the soil or aquifer using the sampling wells of the device. The remediation fluids can be directed to specific locations by selectively utilizing one or more sampling wells to inject the remediation fluid.

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

Accumulating and storing energy in separated mixed refrigerants for conversion to electrical or mechanical power
Patent No. 11719133

Inventor(s): Ken Teague (Coppell, TX), Powell Cutts (Houston, TX)
Assignee(s): SOLUTIATECH LLC (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: The Culbertson Group, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17971397 on 10/21/2022 (291 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ALBERT Process (Accumulation of Latent BTU”s Electricity for Retention Transfer) is described in various forms, and systems are described for performing the process. In various embodiments, a system and method are provided for storing a liquid mixed refrigerant (MR) separated and stored as Low boiling point (LBP) and high boiling point (HBP) components. These storage components are later used in conjunction with heating and/or cooling sources in effecting the operation of a Rankine cycle to generate electric or mechanical power on a dispatch or when needed basis. The MR is reconstituted by combining the LBP and HBP. In a cycle, the LBP and HBP are later separated from the MR utilizing sporadically available energy sources (for example, solar, wind, hydro, etc.) or consistently available sources (for example geothermal).

[F01K] STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES (gas-turbine or jet-propulsion plants F02; steam generation F22; nuclear power plants, engine arrangements therein G21D)

Fluidic flexible matrix composite (FFMC) tube vibration control system
Patent No. 11719301

Inventor(s): Jeffrey M. Bosworth (Argyle, TX), Michael S. Seifert (Southlake, TX), Peter Quinn Romano (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16399458 on 04/30/2019 (1561 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft comprises an aircraft component, a sensor, and a multiple frequency vibration absorber (absorber). The sensor is operable to detect a frequency of a vibration of the aircraft component. The absorber is coupled to the aircraft component and configured to absorb the vibration. The absorber comprises a beam element, a fluidic flexible matrix composite (FFMC) tube, a valve, and a controller. The beam element is attached to the aircraft component. The fluidic flexible matrix composite (FFMC) tube is coupled to the beam element and is operable to absorb the vibration based on a stiffness of the FFMC tube. The valve is fluidically coupled to the FFMC tube and is to control the stiffness of the FFMC tube based on regulating a flow of a liquid through the FFMC tube. The controller can actively control absorption of the vibration via the FFMC tube based on opening and/or closing the valve.

[F16F] SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION

System and method for distinguishing HVAC system faults
Patent No. 11719452

Inventor(s): Amita Brahme (Dallas, TX), Umesh Gokhale (Irvng, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17451531 on 10/20/2021 (657 days app to issue)

Abstract: A controller of an HVAC system is communicatively coupled to a liquid-side sensor and a shutoff switch. The controller stores measurements of a liquid-side property over an initial period of time. The controller detects that the shutoff switch is tripped at a first time stamp corresponding to an end of the initial period of time. The controller accesses the measurements of the liquid-side property. The controller determines, based on the measurements of the liquid-side property, that the liquid-side property has an increasing trend. In response to determining that the liquid-side property has the increasing trend, a blockage of the refrigerant conduit subsystem is determined to have caused the shutoff switch to trip.

[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)

HVAC system and method for determining a temperature offset between a discharged air temperature and an indoor temperature
Patent No. 11719457

Inventor(s): Glenn W. Kowald (Carrollton, TX), Payam Delgoshaei (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17401546 on 08/13/2021 (725 days app to issue)

Abstract: An HVAC system includes a blower configured to provide a flow of air into a conditioned space. A temperature sensor measures a discharge air temperature of the flow of air provided to the conditioned space. The blower provides the flow of air at a predefined flow rate. The controller determines that the measured discharge air temperature satisfies predefined stability criteria associated with a change in the discharge air temperature during a first period of time being less than a threshold value. If the stability criteria are satisfied, a temperature offset is determined between the discharge air temperature and an indoor temperature. The temperature offset is stored in a memory and is associated with the flow rate of air provided by the blower and the outdoor temperature.

System for personalized indoor microclimates
Patent No. 11719460

Inventor(s): Keith R. Mowery (Plano, TX), Nguyen T. Ho (Highland Village, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17645426 on 12/21/2021 (595 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network of wireless remote climate sensors in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system permits the creation of personalized microclimates within an enclosed space. In addition to collecting temperature and humidity data, the wireless remote climate sensors can detect whether the enclosed space is occupied by a human. Human detection is made possible by optional cameras, microphones, and gas sensors on the wireless remote climate sensors. As the human moves throughout the enclosed space, the HVAC system is able to track the human”s movement using the wireless remote climate sensors. The HVAC system may adjust airflow to different portions of the enclosed space based on the human”s location. The result is an efficient use of system resources to keep users at their ideal temperature.

Detonator having a mechanical shunt
Patent No. 11719518

Inventor(s): Christopher C. Hoelscher (Arlington, TX), Joseph T. Macgillivray (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg, LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16890608 on 06/02/2020 (1162 days app to issue)

Abstract: A detonator to activate energetic materials in downhole well environments that can be transported and operated safely. The detonator comprises a switch coupled to a power source and the energetic materials. The power source may or may not be a part of the detonator. The switch creates a default closed switch between the power source and the energetic material. The switch can communicate with an actuator in response to engaging a gun assembly. The switch can create an open switch in response to communicating with the actuator. The switch forms a short circuit when configured to the default closed switch and forms an open circuit when configured to the open switch. The energetic material is activated in response to the mechanical switch forming an open switch and power is provided by the power source.

[F42C] AMMUNITION FUZES (blasting cartridge initiators F42B 3/10; chemical aspects C06C); ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR (filling fuzes F42B 33/02; fitting or extracting primers in or from fuzes F42B 33/04; containers for fuzes F42B 39/30) [5]

Subsonic polymeric ammunition with diffuser
Patent No. 11719519

Inventor(s): Lonnie Burrow (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS, LLC (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: Burdick Patents, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17367946 on 07/06/2021 (763 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention provides a subsonic ammunition including a polymeric casing body; a propellant insert positioned in the propellant chamber to reduce the internal volume of the propellant chamber; a propellant disposed and confined within the propellant chamber; a primer insert positioned at the body base and in communication with the propellant chamber; a primer and diffuser disposed in the primer insert in combustible communication with the propellant; and a projectile frictionally fitted in the mouth in combustible communication with the propellant.

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

Perforating gun system and method
Patent No. 11719523

Inventor(s): John T Hardesty (Fort Worth, TX), Terrell Saltarelli (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17233791 on 04/19/2021 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: A detonator block for housing a detonator has a body configured to host the detonator; the body having a first end that is configured to be attached to a sub; the body having a second end, opposite to the first end, and configured to connect to a gun; and a printed circuit board located inside the body, the printed circuit board being electrically connected to the detonator. The body has a holder that is configured to hold the detonator inside the body.

[F42D] BLASTING (fuses, e.g. fuse cords, C06C 5/00; blasting cartridges F42B 3/00)

Autonomous vehicle barricade
Patent No. 11720121

Inventor(s): Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18053445 on 11/08/2022 (273 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for deploying autonomous vehicles to form a barricade in a coordinated response to an imminent threat are described. In one embodiment, a method for deploying autonomous vehicles to form a barricade is described. The method includes determining at least one location for a barricade and determining a plurality of autonomous vehicles that are available to form the barricade. The method also includes sending instructions to the plurality of autonomous vehicles to form the barricade at the at least one location. In response to the instructions, the plurality of autonomous vehicles are configured to move to the at least one location and form the barricade.

[F41H] ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL

P H Y S I C S

MEMS gyroscope self-test using a technique for deflection of the sensing mobile mass
Patent No. 11719540

Inventor(s): David McClure (Carrollton, TX), Deyou Fang (Frisco, TX), Huantong Zhang (Coppell, TX), Naren K. Sahoo (Frisco, TX), Yamu Hu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): STMicroelectronics, Inc. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Crowe Dunlevy (Local + 7 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17571973 on 01/10/2022 (575 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gyroscope sensor has a sensing mass and a quadrature error compensation control loop for applying a force to the sensing mass to cancel quadrature error. To detect fault, the quadrature error compensation control loop is opened and an additional force is applied to produce a physical displacement of the sensing mass. A quadrature error resulting from the physical displacement of the sensing mass in response to the applied additional force is sensed. The sensed quadrature error is compared to an expected value corresponding to the applied additional force and a fault alert is generated if the comparison is not satisfied.

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

Integrated compact mmW spectroscopy cell system and method
Patent No. 11719577

Inventor(s): Adam Joseph Fruehling (Garland, TX), Argyrios Dellis (Dallas, TX), Juan Alejandro Herbsommer (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17157674 on 01/25/2021 (925 days app to issue)

Abstract: A compact mmW spectroscopy cell system for detecting volatile organic compounds (compounds) in a gas. The system includes a gas collection chamber, an input buffer cavity for receiving the gas from the gas collection chamber, pumping devices to pass the gas from the buffer cavity to an absorption cell and maintain pressure, and a transceiver connected to the cell. The transceiver interrogates the absorption cell filled with the gas by passing a high frequency electromagnetic signal and sweeping the signal to generate an absorption spectra which is compared to a spectroscopy database for detecting the compounds in the gas. The absorption cell, collection chambers, and pumping devices are fabricated with standard CMOS processing techniques at chip and wafer scale. The transceiver bonded to the absorption cell with chip scale integration.

[G01J] MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED, VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY [2]

Apparatus and system for wide-range current sensing
Patent No. 11719728

Inventor(s): Roy Alan Hastings (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17935260 on 09/26/2022 (316 days app to issue)

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

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

Magnetoresistive sensor having seed layer hysteresis suppression
Patent No. 11719771

Inventor(s): Sundar Chetlur (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Allegro MicroSystems, LLC (Manchester, NH)
Law Firm: Daly Crowley Mofford Durkee, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17805054 on 06/02/2022 (432 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a magnetoresistive (MR) sensor including a seed layer having a CoFe layer for canceling hysteresis in the MR sensor. The MR stackup can include a free layer and a reference layer. The seed layer having CoFe provides a desired texturing of the stackup to cancel hysteresis effects.

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

Passive optical couplers having passive optical activity indicators and methods of operating the same
Patent No. 11719890

Inventor(s): Erwin Wardojo (McKinney, TX), Steven Smith (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Norwalk, CT)
Law Firm: Marshall, Gerstein Borun LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17842175 on 06/16/2022 (418 days app to issue)

Abstract: Passive optical couplers having passive optical activity indicators and methods of operating the same are disclosed. An example passive optical coupler for passively coupling first and second optical fibers includes a housing including: a first port configured to receive an end of a first optical fiber, and a second port configured to receive an end of a second optical fiber; and a passive optical activity indicator positioned at least partially within the housing, wherein a first portion of the passive optical activity indicator is exposed through the housing, and wherein the passive optical activity indicator is configured to passively illuminate in response to (i) first light propagating in the first optical fiber when the end of the first optical fiber is received in the first port, and (ii) second light propagating in the second optical fiber when the end of the second optical fiber is received in the second port.

[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]

Ophthalmic lens with graded microlenses
Patent No. 11719956

Inventor(s): Jos A. Orozco Rodriguez (Ramsey, MN), Michael Marshall (Ramsey, MN), Richard Blacker (Ramsey, MN)
Assignee(s): HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Inskeep IP Group, Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17461780 on 08/30/2021 (708 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ophthalmic lens incorporating an array of microlenses.

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

System for adaptive bandwidth control of electric motors using frequency response analysis method
Patent No. 11720078

Inventor(s): Manish Bhardwaj (Sugar Land, TX), Ramesh Tiruvannamalai Ramamoorthy (Sugar Land, TX), Sam Gnana Sabapathy (Sugar Land, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17176290 on 02/16/2021 (903 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system comprising a processor, a non-transitory memory, and an application stored in the non-transitory memory is provided. The application is configured, upon execution by the processor, to cause the processor to generate a first controller signal based on a first set of feedback from an electric motor, based on a characterization tone, and based on a controller gain, to provide the first controller signal for operation of the electric motor, to generate a frequency response analysis on a second set of feedback from the electric motor in response to the first controller signal, and to determine a new value of the controller gain based on the frequency response analysis.

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

Tracking of transport transfers
Patent No. 11720120

Inventor(s): Aghyad Saleh (Grand Prairie, TX), Joshua C. Batie (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16535790 on 08/08/2019 (1461 days app to issue)

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

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

Device clock setting while booting a device
Patent No. 11720140

Inventor(s): Dennis LaCroix (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, TX)
Law Firm: Trop, Pruner Hu, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17809301 on 06/28/2022 (406 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing device may perform a method that includes determining whether internal time reference data is available while booting the computing device. When the internal time reference data is unavailable, the device clock is set to a default time setting. However, when the internal time reference data is available while booting the computing device, the method includes searching the internal time reference data for a most recent time reference, and setting the device clock to a current time setting based on the most recent time reference.

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

Unified bus architecture for a voltage regulator
Patent No. 11720159

Inventor(s): Preetam Charan Anand Tadeparthy (Bengaluru, , IN), Venkatesh Wadeyar (Bengaluru, , IN), Vikas Lakhanpal (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16917423 on 06/30/2020 (1134 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a voltage regulator includes a processor. A register bank is coupled to the processor. A logic block is coupled to the processor and to the register bank. The logic block receives frames. The processor programs the logic block and the register bank based on at least one of the frames.

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

Method, device, and system of measuring eye convergence angle
Patent No. 11720170

Inventor(s): Dominique Paul Barbier (Scotts Valley, CA)
Assignee(s): STMicroelectronics, Inc. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16727795 on 12/26/2019 (1321 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device capable of determining an eye convergence angle using a magnetometer sensor is provided. The magnetometer sensor is capable of reporting angle readings in three dimensions that is aligned with an eye gaze direction of each eye of a user. The magnetometer which is incorporated into the device can fit into a human eye like a contact lens and determine the angle of the gaze direction of both eyes with respect to an object within a field of view. By obtaining this eye convergence angle for an object, it is possible to accurately detect depth information. The electronic device also functions as a digital contact lens that can automatically adjust the focal point of the object to provide the user with a clear vision. The electronic device also includes a display that provides the user with additional information about the object.

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

System and method for redirecting content based on gestures
Patent No. 11720179

Inventor(s): John Patoskie (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17701601 on 03/22/2022 (504 days app to issue)

Abstract: Content such as advertisements received into a mobile device may be more appropriately displayed on an alternative device remote from the mobile device. When ad content is received into the mobile device, the user may perform a physical gesture such as movement of the device or an associated motion sensor. The physical gesture is analyzed in the mobile device and causes the ad content to be redirected to the remote device. Additional physical gestures by the user can be interpreted in the mobile device to manipulate the content on the remote device.

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

Systems and methods for identifying a set of characters in a media file
Patent No. 11720200

Inventor(s): Margarita Khafizova (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): GOOGLE LLC (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17993293 on 11/23/2022 (258 days app to issue)

Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for notifying a user when a set of characters are identified in a media file. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a set of characters inputted by the user of a computing device, playing the media file, transcribing the media file to form a transcription, and determining whether the transcription of the media file includes the set of characters. The method also includes initiating a notification prompt on a graphical user interface of the computing device in response to determining that the media file includes the set of characters.

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

Systems and methods for transforming an interactive graphical user interface according to machine learning models
Patent No. 11720228

Inventor(s): Keith L. Widmer (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Evernorth Strategic Development, Inc. (St. Louis, MO)
Law Firm: Miller Johnson (Local + 48 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17394647 on 08/05/2021 (733 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computerized method for transforming an interactive graphical user interface according to machine learning includes selecting a persona, loading a data structure associated with the selected persona, and generating the interactive graphical user interface. The method includes, in response to a user selecting a first selectable element, inputting a first set of explanatory variables to a first trained machine learning model to generate a first metric, and transforming the user interface according to the selected persona and the first metric. The method includes, in response to the user selecting a second selectable element, inputting a second set of explanatory variables to a second trained machine learning model to generate a second metric, and transforming the user interface according to the selected persona and the second metric. In various implementations, first metric is a first probability of the persona being approved for a first prior authorization prescription.

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

Configurable cache for multi-endpoint heterogeneous coherent system
Patent No. 11720248

Inventor(s): Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Matthew David Pierson (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17715022 on 04/06/2022 (489 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a memory bank. The memory bank includes data portions of a first way group. The data portions of the first way group include a data portion of a first way of the first way group and a data portion of a second way of the first way group. The memory bank further includes data portions of a second way group. The device further includes a configuration register and a controller configured to individually allocate, based on one or more settings in the configuration register, the first way and the second way to one of an addressable memory space and a data cache.

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

Securing conditional speculative instruction execution
Patent No. 11720367

Inventor(s): Steven Jeffrey Wallach (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17707278 on 03/29/2022 (497 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method performed in a processor, includes: receiving, in the processor, a branch instruction in the processing; determining, by the processor, an address of an instruction after the branch instruction as a candidate for speculative execution, the address including an object identification and an offset; and determining, by the processor, whether or not to perform speculative execution of the instruction after the branch instruction based on the object identification of the address.

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

Method of demand scrubbing by placing corrected data in memory-side cache
Patent No. 11720446

Inventor(s): Bryan Hornung (Plano, TX), David Patrick (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17874483 on 07/27/2022 (377 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to chiplets are described. A chiplet-based system may include a memory controller chiplet to control accesses to a storage array, and the memory controller chiplet can facilitate error correction and cache management in a manner to minimize interruptions to a sequence of data reads to write corrected data from a prior read back into the storage array. For example, a read command may be received at a memory controller device of the memory system from a requesting device. Data responsive to the read command may be obtained and determined to include a correctable error. The data may be corrected, transmitted to the requesting device and written to cache of the memory controller device with an indication that data is valid and dirty (e.g., includes an error or corrected error). The data is written back to the memory array in response to a cache eviction event.

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

Debugging dataflow computer architectures
Patent No. 11720475

Inventor(s): Patrick Estep (Rowlett, TX), Skyler Arron Windh (McKinney, TX), Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17991390 on 11/21/2022 (260 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums that use parallel hardware execution with software co-simulation to enable more advanced debugging operations on data flow architectures. Upon a halt to execution of a program thread, a state of the tiles that are executing the thread are saved and offloaded from the HTF to a host system. A developer may then examine this state on the host system to debug their program. Additionally, the state may be loaded into a software simulator that simulates the HTF hardware. This simulator allows for the developer to step through the code and to examine values to find bugs.

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

Real time analysis and control for a multiprocessor system
Patent No. 11720479

Inventor(s): Brian A. Dalio (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Coherent Logix, Incorporated (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16162558 on 10/17/2018 (1756 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and method for testing a device under test (DUT) that includes a multiprocessor array (MPA) executing application software at operational speed. The application software may be configured for deployment on first hardware resources of the MPA and may be analyzed. Testing code for configuring hardware resources on the MPA to duplicate data generated in the application software for testing purposes may be created. The application software may be deployed on the first hardware resources. Input data may be provided to stimulate the DUT. The testing code may be executed to provide at least a subset of first data to a pin at an edge of the MPA for analyzing the DUT using a hardware resource of the MPA not used in executing the application software. The first data may be generated in response to a send statement executed by the application software based on the input data.

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

Multi-level cache security
Patent No. 11720495

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano, TX), David Matthew Thompson (Dallas, TX), Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16882380 on 05/22/2020 (1173 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a coherent memory system includes a central processing unit (CPU) and first and second level caches. The CPU is arranged to execute program instructions to manipulate data in at least a first or second secure context. Each of the first and second caches stores a secure code for indicating the at least first or second secure contexts by which data for a respective cache line is received. The first and second level caches maintain coherency in response to comparing the secure codes of respective lines of cache and executing a cache coherency operation in response.

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

Management of resident to resident mail between controlled-environment facilities
Patent No. 11720556

Inventor(s): Anna Jessica Lentell (Osage Beach, MO), Christopher Douglas (McKinney, TX), Isaac Parampottil (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Securus Technologies, LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17119061 on 12/11/2020 (970 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a controlled-environment facility resident-to-resident communication management system a controlled-environment facility electronic digital mail center, and/or the like, receives and creates a digital version of an original mail item received at a controlled-environment facility, and a controlled-environment facility mail database, and/or the like, that stores digital versions of original mail items received at the controlled-environment facility. A centralized controlled-environment facility investigative data aggregation and analysis platform, and/or the like, identifies a sender and/or sending address of the original mail item from the digital version of the original mail item, queries a database using identification of the sender and/or the sending address, determines whether the sender is a resident of another controlled-environment facility, and in response to a determination that the sender is a resident of another controlled-environment facility, flags the digital version of the original mail item as a controlled-environment facility resident-to-resident communication.

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

Method and system for using target documents camouflaged as traps with similarity maps to detect patterns
Patent No. 11720587

Inventor(s): Praful Mainker (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Greenblum Bernstein, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17229421 on 04/13/2021 (847 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for providing contextual analytics of target information by using similarity mapping is disclosed. The method includes retrieving, via a communication interface, raw data from several sources based on a predetermined characteristic of the raw data, the raw data including natural language data; receiving, via a graphical user interface, a target document; converting, by using a natural language processing technique, the raw data into structured data based on a predetermined parameter; refining the target document to generate a target data set; generating a structured data set from the structured data by using a dimensionality reduction technique; and displaying, via the graphical user interface, a graphical element, the graphical element including a similarity plot of the structured data set and the target data set.

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

Extended correlation methods in a content transformation engine
Patent No. 11720588

Inventor(s): Anthony Gibson (Irving, TX), Bruce R. Henderson (Escondido, CA)
Assignee(s): Boomerang Technology Holdings, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Volentine, Whitt Francos, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17347737 on 06/15/2021 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for communicating data includes interfacing different data sources to stand-alone software agents customized for the different data sources. The method also providing selected source data to the stand-alone software agents to generate first-stage data feeds in a neutral format in accordance with the customization. The selected source data is dynamically selected from within the data sources, and transformed into the first-stage data feeds in the neutral format. The stand-alone software agents send the first-stage data feeds to an aggregation agent. The aggregation agent generates for a user and based on specified criteria, a second-stage output as a composite of selected source data from the first-stage data feeds.

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

Systems and methods for automatically annotating images
Patent No. 11720623

Inventor(s): Feiyun Zhu (Arlington, TX), Haining Liu (Dallas, TX), Ryan B. Reagan (Fort Worth, TX), Zhichun Xiao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Fitch, Even, Tabin Flannery LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17097601 on 11/13/2020 (998 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to automatically annotating images. In some embodiments, a system for automatically annotating images comprises a database, wherein the database is configured to store images and annotations for the images and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is communicatively coupled to the database, and wherein the control circuit is configured to retrieve, from the database, an image, generate, based on the image, a collection of augmented images, generate segmentation maps for each image in the collection of augmented images, wherein each of the segmentation maps include segments, select, based on a threshold, ones of the segments above a threshold, merge the ones of the segments above the threshold to create a segmented image, and generate, for each segment of the segmented image, classifications, wherein an annotation for the image includes the segmented images and the classifications.

[G06K] RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (printing per se B41J)

Multi-sensor, multi-view, multi-frame, multi-task synthetic image fusion engine for mobile imaging system
Patent No. 11720782

Inventor(s): Chenchi Luo (Plano, TX), Gyeongmin Choe (Plano, TX), Hamid R. Sheikh (Allen, TX), John Seokjun Lee (Allen, TX), Yingmao Li (Allen, TX), Youngjun Yoo (Plano, TX), Zeeshan Nadir (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17135573 on 12/28/2020 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining, using at least one processor of an electronic device, multiple calibration parameters associated with multiple sensors of a selected mobile device. The method also includes obtaining, using the at least one processor, an identification of multiple imaging tasks. The method further includes obtaining, using the at least one processor, multiple synthetically-generated scene images. In addition, the method includes generating, using the at least one processor, multiple training images and corresponding meta information based on the calibration parameters, the identification of the imaging tasks, and the scene images. The training images and corresponding meta information are generated concurrently, different ones of the training images correspond to different ones of the sensors, and different pieces of the meta information correspond to different ones of the imaging tasks.

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

Vehicle recommendation system and method
Patent No. 11720805

Inventor(s): Armin Lange (Addison, TX), Stephen McFarland (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16696590 on 11/26/2019 (1351 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed. The system is configured to determine a weight distribution of a vehicle and determine a trajectory associated with the vehicle. The system is further configured to generate a vehicle recommendation based on the weight distribution of the vehicle and the trajectory associated with the vehicle.

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

System and method for identifying comparables
Patent No. 11720842

Inventor(s): Matthew Cretcher (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): KPMG LLP (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16731505 on 12/31/2019 (1316 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention relates to a computer implemented system and method for identification of comparables. The method may comprise: receiving input data from a plurality of data sources for a comparable, generating labeled training data for a function classifier by labeling historical search results for comparables, generating probabilistic training data for the primary product and service classifiers, training the primary product and service classifiers using the labeled training data and the probabilistic training data, determining the functions, products, services, and risks of the comparable using the corresponding classifiers, receiving attributes of a tested party, applying a scoring algorithm to calculate a similarity score for the comparable, generating a recommendation to accept the comparable, reject the comparable, or give additional scrutiny to determine acceptability, and automatically providing a written justification for the decision to accept or to reject the comparable.

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

System and method for providing API version control
Patent No. 11720856

Inventor(s): David Gillam (The Colony, TX), Pedro Betancourt (Mckinney, TX), Rajaboopathy Vijayaraghavan (Carrollton, TX), Satish Kesiboyana (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17831624 on 06/03/2022 (431 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein is a system for providing version control across APIs. In an embodiment, an application of a client device may transmit communications to a service application API that are in a format not accepted by the service application API, using the application API. A central (or public) API may receive the communication transmitted by the application”s API. The central API may identify the versions of the application”s API and the service application API. The central API may format the communication based on the mapped fields, to a format accepted by the service application API. The central API [b]106[/b] may forward the formatted communication to the service application.

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

System and method for generating maintenance actions of a vehicle based on trained machine learning of monitored vehicle data
Patent No. 11720862

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX), Staevan Duckworth (The Colony, TX), Stephen Wylie (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16294221 on 03/06/2019 (1616 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a disposal recommendation for a vehicle are provided. The method includes generating a profile for a first vehicle, the first vehicle being an income generating vehicle and the first vehicle profile including at least age, mileage, and location of the first vehicle, receiving monitoring data of the first vehicle, and receiving sales data for second vehicles, the second vehicles corresponding to the profile. The method may further include generating predicted depreciation data of the first vehicle, based on the sales data and the monitoring data, generating a predicted profit data from the first vehicle, and providing a recommended disposal time for the first vehicle, based on the predicted depreciation data and the predicted profit data.

Identifying non-uniform weight objects using a sensor array
Patent No. 11720952

Inventor(s): Deepanjan Paul (Plano, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Sarath Vakacharla (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17830735 on 06/02/2022 (432 days app to issue)

Abstract: An object tracking system that includes a sensor and a tracking system. The sensor configured to capture a frame of at least a portion of a rack within a global plane for a space. The tracking system is configured to detect an item was removed from the rack. The tracking system is further configured to receive the frame of the rack, to identify a marker on an item within a predefined zone in the frame, and to identify the item associated with the identified marker. The tracking system is further configured to determine a pixel location for a person, to determine the person is within the predefined zone associated with the, and to add the identified item to a digital cart associated with the person.

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

Autonomous vehicle insurance based upon usage
Patent No. 11720968

Inventor(s): Craig M. Main (Allen, TX), Richard A. Novak (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: Faegre Drinker Biddle Reath LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16697396 on 11/27/2019 (1350 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring use, determining risk, and pricing insurance policies for a vehicle having autonomous or semi-autonomous operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, a computer-implemented method for generating or updating usage-based insurance policies for autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles may be provided. A request to generate an insurance quote may be received via wireless communication, and with the customer”s permission, risk levels associated with intended usage by the customer of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be determined. An insurance policy may be adjusted based upon the risk levels and the intended vehicle usage. The insurance policy may then be presented on the customer”s mobile device for review and approval. In some aspects, the vehicle may be rented, and the intended vehicle usage is measured in distance or duration of vehicle operation. Insurance discounts may be provided to risk averse vehicle owners based upon low risk levels.

Draw wire encoder based homography
Patent No. 11721029

Inventor(s): Kyle Dalal (Coppell, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17174679 on 02/12/2021 (907 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sensor calibration system configured to receive a first frame of one or more markers on a repositionable platform at a first location within a space from a sensor. The system is further configured to determine pixel locations in the first frame for a first marker and a second marker from among the one or more markers. The system is further configured to receive distance information that corresponds with a distance between the platform and distance measuring devices. The system is further configured to determine (x,y) coordinates for the first marker and the second marker based on the distance information. The system is further configured to generate a homography based on the (x,y) coordinates and pixel locations of the first marker and the second marker. The homography includes coefficients that translate between pixel locations in the first frame of the sensor and (x,y) coordinates in the global plane. NULL

Sensor mapping to a global coordinate system
Patent No. 11721041

Inventor(s): Crystal Maung (Dallas, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17325456 on 05/20/2021 (810 days app to issue)

Abstract: An object tracking system includes a sensor and a tracking system. The sensor is configured to capture a first frame of a global plane for at least a portion of a space. The tracking system is configured to receive a first coordinate in the global plane where a first marker is located in the space and to receive a second coordinate in the global plane where a second marker is located in the space. The tracking system is further configured to identify the first marker and the second marker within the first frame, to determine a first pixel location in the first frame for the first marker, to determine a second pixel location in the first frame for the second marker, and to generate a homography based on the first coordinate, the second coordinate, the first pixel location, and the second pixel location.

[G06K] RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (printing per se B41J)

Technique to deter theft from automated teller machines
Patent No. 11721179

Inventor(s): Merril Ray Newman (Schaumburg, IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17353896 on 06/22/2021 (777 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques related to an electronic device, comprising one or more processors, a user interface, a bill dispensing mechanism in a dispensing area, the bill dispensing area having a first sensor, and a non-transitory program storage device comprising instructions stored thereon to cause the one or more processors to receive, from the user interface, a request to dispense a bill, receive, from the first sensor, a first signal indicating a first touch on the first sensor in the bill dispensing area, and dispense the bill based on the received first signal indicating the first touch.

[G07F] COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D 3/00; coin testing G07D 5/00) [7]

Power saving and fast read sequence for non-volatile memory
Patent No. 11721397

Inventor(s): Jia Li (San Francisco, CA), Jianzhi Wu (Santa Clara, CA), Yanjie Wang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17135071 on 12/28/2020 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory apparatus and method of operation are provided. The apparatus includes a page of memory cells connected to a plurality of word lines and arranged in strings and configured to retain a threshold voltage. A control circuit couples to the word lines and strings and identifies the memory cells having the threshold voltage less than a primary demarcation threshold voltage of a series for demarcating between memory states in a page read. The control circuit also identifies the memory cells having the threshold voltage less than a secondary demarcation threshold voltage of the series. The control circuit supplies a near zero voltage to the strings of the memory cells identified as having the threshold voltages less than at least one of the primary and secondary demarcation threshold voltages to inhibit conduction currents while identifying the memory cells having the threshold voltage less than a tertiary demarcation threshold voltage.

[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)

Determining drug effectiveness ranking for a patient using machine learning
Patent No. 11721441

Inventor(s): Fang Wang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): MERATIVE US L.P. (Ann Arbor, MI)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16248084 on 01/15/2019 (1666 days app to issue)

Abstract: Computer based methods, systems, and computer readable media for intelligently accessing various types of pharmaceutical information in a content repository and ranking drugs at the variant level, gene level, and pathway level. In some cases, drugs that target the same gene, gene variant, or biological pathway may be ranked based upon in vitro, pre-clinical, clinical, or post-clinical evidence. To determine ranking of a plurality of drugs, information pertaining to drug administration is analyzed for the drugs. For a plurality of drugs, attributes corresponding to the drug are determined, wherein the attributes include a variant or a gene targeted by the drug, and a biological pathway comprising the targeted variant or gene. The plurality of drugs are ranked according to a drug effectiveness score based on one or more of a determined efficacy, potency, or toxicity. NULL

Smart network interface device
Patent No. 11722386

Inventor(s): Nathan Edwards (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC (Broomfield, CO)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17569666 on 01/06/2022 (579 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present application describes a network interface device that acts as an interface between a network service provided by a network service provider and one or more network access devices associated with a particular location and/or entity.

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

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Systems and methods for identifying threat distance to fiber optic cable
Patent No. 11719571

Inventor(s): Glenn A. Wellbrock (Wylie, TX), Tiejun J. Xia (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17101886 on 11/23/2020 (988 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may obtain responsivity data for segments of a fiber optic cable. The device may receive, from a sensor device, vibration data associated with the fiber optic cable, the vibration data being produced by a vibration source in or on soil associated with the fiber optic cable. The device may normalize, based on the responsivity data, the vibration data. The device may determine, based on the normalized vibration data, a distance of the vibration source from the fiber optic cable. The device may perform one or more actions based on the distance satisfying a distance threshold.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Dense wavelength division multiplexing fiber optic apparatuses and related equipment
Patent No. 11719901

Inventor(s): Diana Rodriguez (Fort Worth, TX), Lingling Hu (Fort Worth, TX), Terry Dean Cox (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Corning Research Development Corporation (Corning, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17592660 on 02/04/2022 (550 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fiber optic assembly is provided including a body defining a fiber routing volume, a plurality of fiber optic components disposed in a front side of the body, and a plurality of optical filters disposed within the volume. The plurality of optical filters enable at least twenty four (24) dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) channels.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Safety of transport maneuvering
Patent No. 11720114

Inventor(s): Felipe G. Salles (Garland, TX), Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri (McKinney, TX), Joshua V. Marasigan (Carrollton, TX), Robert D. Slater (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16824430 on 03/19/2020 (1237 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of detecting, by a processor of a transport, an exit on a road, calculating, by the processor of the transport, a probability that the transport is not prepared to exit, requesting, by the processor of the transport, at least one other transport proximate to the transport to alter its speed if the probability exceeds a threshold, and responsive to a detecting of an altering of the speed by the at least one other transport, triggering the transport to exit the road.

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

Data storage using image objects shown in a real-time view
Patent No. 11720224

Inventor(s): Jayaraman Ganeshmani (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17081420 on 10/27/2020 (1015 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for storing files in a storage location that is associated with an image object that is displayed in a real-time view on a mobile device. Examples of an image object include physical objects and augmented objects. Display of the real-time view includes the image object as well as interfaces for interacting with the image object including creating a storage location associated with the image object. Moreover, security features may be based on using information associated with the image object to securely store the file, either locally on the mobile device or over a network (e.g., at a cloud-based location) using the mobile device.

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

Active metal fuses for DC-EOS and surge protection
Patent No. 11721510

Inventor(s): Ujwal Radhakrishna (Sunnyvale, CA), Vinod Kuniganahalli Rai (San Jose, CA), Yogesh K. Ramadass (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17490157 on 09/30/2021 (677 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes an input, an output, a metal fuse, a resistor, a heat control transistor, and a heat controller. The metal fuse is coupled between the input and the output. The resistor is coupled between the metal fuse and the heat control transistor. The heat control transistor is coupled between the resistor and a reference terminal of the electronic device, and the heat controller is configured to control a heater current of the heat control transistor.

[H01H] ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B 7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G 9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K 17/00)

Sparse sampling using a programmatically randomized signal modulating a carrier signal
Patent No. 11721519

Inventor(s): Andrew Stevens (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): SYNCHROTRON RESEARCH, INC. (Melbourne Beach, FL)
Law Firm: Westman, Champlin Koehler, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17394704 on 08/05/2021 (733 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and a system are for sparse sampling utilizing a programmatically randomized signal for modulating a carrier signal. The system includes a compound sparse sampling pattern generator that generates at least one primary carrier signal, and at least one secondary signal. The at least one secondary signal modulates the at least one primary signal in a randomized fashion.

[H01J] ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; arc lamps with consumable electrodes H05B; particle accelerators H05H)

Techniques for rapid detection and quantitation of volatile organic compounds (VOCS) using breath samples
Patent No. 11721533

Inventor(s): Guido Fridolin Verbeck, IV (Lewisville, TX), John Redmond (Frisco, TX), Luke Keiser (Frisco, TX), Tim C. Wing (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): InspectIR Systems, LLC (Frisco, TX), University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17033535 on 09/25/2020 (1047 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exemplary breath analysis system may include a sampling chamber having a molecule collector disposed therein. The molecule collector may be configured such that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in a breath sample introduced to the sampling chamber adhere to the molecule collector. A heating element may ramp heat within the sampling chamber, causing release of at least a portion of the VOCs adhered to the molecule collector, lighter and/or less bound VOCs first, heavier and/or more strongly bound VOCs later. An analysis device (e.g., a mass spectrometer or a Terahertz (THz) spectrometer) may identify one or more target VOCs from among at least the portion of the VOCs released from the molecule collector and generate an output representative of the identified target VOC(s). The output may include information that quantitates a concentration of the target VOC(s) with respect to a source of the breath sample.

[H01J] ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; arc lamps with consumable electrodes H05B; particle accelerators H05H)

Power electronics assemblies having vapor chambers with integrated pedestals
Patent No. 11721608

Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17165253 on 02/02/2021 (917 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power electronics assembly includes a vapor chamber and a heat-generating device. The vapor chamber includes a housing defining an evaporator side and a condenser side and a pedestal integrally formed with an extending from the evaporator side, the pedestal comprising a non-rectangular shape corresponding to a thermal management objective. The heat-generating device is coupled to the pedestal.

[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]

Three-dimensional memory device including a silicon-germanium source contact layer and method of making the same
Patent No. 11721727

Inventor(s): Ashish Baraskar (Santa Clara, CA), Peter Rabkin (Cupertino, CA), Raghuveer S. Makala (Campbell, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17001117 on 08/24/2020 (1079 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory device includes a silicon-germanium source contact layer, an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over the silicon-germanium source contact layer, and a memory stack structure vertically extending through the alternating stack. The memory stack structure comprises a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel that contacts the memory film. The silicon-germanium source contact layer contacts a cylindrical portion of an outer sidewall of the vertical semiconductor channel. Logic circuits for operating the memory elements may be provided on a substrate within a same semiconductor die, or may be provided in another semiconductor die that is bonded to the semiconductor die containing the memory device.

Laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor with gate poly contact within source window
Patent No. 11721738

Inventor(s): Guru Mathur (Plano, TX), Sameer Pendharkar (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17197188 on 03/10/2021 (881 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a power transistor having at least one transistor finger that lies within a semiconductor material substrate. Each transistor finger has a source region stripe and a substantially parallel drain region stripe. A gate structure lies between the source region stripe and the drain region stripe and has a plurality of fingers that extend over the source region stripe. Contacts are formed that connect to the fingers of the gate structure over thick oxide islands in the source region stripes. A conductive gate runner is connected to the contacts of the gate layer structure over the thick oxide islands in the source region stripe.

Photodetector and optical sensing system
Patent No. 11721779

Inventor(s): Henry Litzmann Edwards (Garland, TX), Rahmi Hezar (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17246068 on 04/30/2021 (830 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a photodetector that has an epitaxial layer with a first conductivity type located over a substrate. A buried layer of the first conductivity type is located within the epitaxial layer and has a higher carrier concentration than the epitaxial layer. A semiconductor layer located over the buried layer has an opposite second conductivity type and includes a first sublayer over the buried semiconductor layer and a second sublayer between the first sublayer and the buried layer. The first sublayer has a larger lateral dimension than the second sublayer, and has a lower carrier concentration than the second sublayer.

SuCCoR: a super critical cooling regulator to mitigate heating of batteries and other devices
Patent No. 11721858

Inventor(s): Kesavan Moses Srivilliputhur (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17120048 on 12/11/2020 (970 days app to issue)

Abstract: Batteries and other devices heat during operation and must be cooled to optimal temperatures. Our SuCCoR method differs from the previous thermal management systems by keeping batteries and devices continuously immersed in a coolant bath kept in a sealed enclosure at its supercritical fluid (SCF) and/or a neighboring thermodynamic state with superb heat conducting properties. While many previous inventions circulated coolants, and some kept devices sealed in a fluid, our invention differs by its use of SCF coolants with no distinct liquid and gas phases. Such a single-phase coolant prevents abrupt loss of cooling due to ”vapor lock” formation. Also, using an outer jacketed vessel and a network of heat conducting pipes containing high thermal conductivity and high heat capacity coolants, and deploying cooling fins will enhance efficiency and accelerate heat removal. Our system avoids complex pumps to circulate the coolants, and is lighter and cheaper.

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

Battery pack assemblies having elongated terminal connectors and vehicles having the same
Patent No. 11721875

Inventor(s): Geoffrey D. Gaither (Brighton, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16806513 on 03/02/2020 (1254 days app to issue)

Abstract: A battery pack assembly includes a battery pack, a first elongated terminal connector, a second elongated terminal connector, and a biasing member. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells each having a terminal. The first elongated terminal having a plurality of first recesses. The second elongated terminal having plurality of second recesses. The first elongated terminal connector and the second elongated terminal connector movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The biasing member extends between the first elongated terminal and the second elongated terminal, and the biasing member biases the first elongated terminal and the second elongated terminal towards the engaged position. In the engaged position, the plurality of first recesses are engaged with the terminals of the plurality of battery cells and the plurality of second recesses are engaged with the terminals of the plurality of battery cells.

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

Multi-functional portable power charger
Patent No. 11721989

Inventor(s): Garold C. Miller (Hartford, CT), Nathan Daniel Weinstein (Hartford, CT)
Assignee(s): Bollinger Industries, Inc. (Roanoke, TX)
Law Firm: Lathrop GPM LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17833632 on 06/06/2022 (428 days app to issue)

Abstract: A portable charger capable of jump starting a 12 V car battery includes a charger battery, a jump start circuit operatively electrically connected with the charger battery and with an ignition power outlet, and a microcontroller for coordinating safety functions to establish or interrupt the operative electrical connection of the jump start circuit with the ignition power outlet. The ignition power outlet comprises a positive power socket, a negative power socket, a positive sensing socket and a negative sensing socket. The sensing sockets are electrically isolated from the power sockets, and the microcontroller senses voltage across the sensing sockets and is configured to interrupt the operative electrical connection of the jump start circuit to the ignition power outlet until proper voltage is sensed across the sensing sockets.

[H02J] CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY (power supply circuits for apparatus for measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation or cosmic radiation G01T 1/175; electric power supply circuits specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/00; for digital computers G06F 1/18; for discharge tubes H01J 37/248; circuits or apparatus for the conversion of electric power, arrangements for control or regulation of such circuits or apparatus H02M; interrelated control of several motors, control of a prime-mover/generator combination H02P; control of high-frequency power H03L; additional use of power line or power network for transmission of information H04B)

Electric motor with backup bearing assembly
Patent No. 11722033

Inventor(s): Grant Michael Beall (Plano, TX), Michael Raymond Hull (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17410519 on 08/24/2021 (714 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electric motor adapted to apply torque to a drive shaft rotatable about an axis, the electric motor includes a stator, a rotor adapted to rotate relative to the stator, a primary bearing interoperably coupled to the stator and adapted to provide bearing support between the stator and the rotor, an auxiliary bearing interoperably coupled to the drive shaft, an annular shear adapter connected to the primary bearing and the auxiliary bearing, and a shear pin interoperably coupled to the primary bearing via the annular shear adapter and configured to break responsive to torque between the annular shear adapter and the drive shaft exceeding a predetermined torque threshold.

[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)

Valley current mode control for a voltage converter
Patent No. 11722061

Inventor(s): Hakan Oner (San Jose, CA), Tawen Mei (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17314710 on 05/07/2021 (823 days app to issue)

Abstract: A switching regulator includes a first transistor having a control input and the first transistor is coupled to an input voltage terminal. The regulator includes a second transistor having a control input. The second transistor is coupled to the first transistor at a switch terminal and to a ground terminal. The regulator also includes a controller coupled to the control inputs of the first and second transistor. The controller configured is configured to cause both the first and second transistors to be off concurrently during each of multiple switching cycles for an adaptive high impedance state. The length of time of the adaptive high impedance state is inversely related to current output by the switching regulator.

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

Flyback converter with secondary side regulation
Patent No. 11722067

Inventor(s): Isaac Cohen (Dix Hills, NY), James M. Walden (Apex, NC), Satish Kumar Vemuri (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15987493 on 05/23/2018 (1903 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed examples include flyback converters, control circuits and methods to facilitate secondary side regulation of the output voltage. A primary side control circuit operates a primary side switch to independently initiate power transfer cycles to deliver power to a transformer secondary winding in a first mode. A secondary side control circuit operates a synchronous rectifier or secondary side switch to generate a predetermined cycle start request signal via a transformer auxiliary winding to assume secondary side regulation and to cause the primary side controller to initiate new power transfer cycles.

Oven controlled MEMS oscillator with multiple temperature control loops
Patent No. 11722096

Inventor(s): Argyrios Dellis (McKinney, TX), Baher Haroun (Allen, TX), Bichoy Bahr (Allen, TX), Sachin Kalia (Dallas, TX), Swaminathan Sankaran (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17490223 on 09/30/2021 (677 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a system includes a BAW resonator. The system also includes a first heater configured to heat the BAW resonator, where the first heater is controlled by a first control loop. The system includes a circuit coupled to the BAW resonator. The system also includes a second heater configured to heat the circuit, where the second heater is controlled by a second control loop.

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

Control of input bias current modulation in amplifiers
Patent No. 11722104

Inventor(s): Bharath Karthik Vasan (Tucson, AZ), Joel Martin Halbert (Tucson, AZ), Paul Gerard Damitio (Tucson, AZ), Tyler James Archer (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17462868 on 08/31/2021 (707 days app to issue)

Abstract: Examples of amplifiers use current-replication transistors and a separation circuit coupled to such transistors to separate error current components from other current components in a pre-driver of an amplifier. In response to driving the current-replication transistors with the separated error current components, replica base current components that approximate error-modulation components of the pre-driver base currents are generated. Replica-current subtraction circuitry coupled to the current-replication transistors then subtract the replica base current components from the pre-driver base currents, affecting cancellation of the error-modulation components of the pre-driver base currents.

[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)

Recovery control for power converter
Patent No. 11722105

Inventor(s): Jiun Heng Goh (Cupertino, CA), Robert Blattner (Sunnyvale, CA), Tawen Mei (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17498259 on 10/11/2021 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a first amplifier and a second amplifier. The first amplifier includes an inverting input configured to be coupled to a feedback node of an output of a power converter, a first non-inverting input configured to couple to a first voltage node, a second non-inverting input, and an output. The second amplifier includes an inverting input coupled to the output of the first amplifier, a non-inverting input coupled to a second voltage node, and an output. The device also includes a first transistor coupled to the output of the first amplifier and having a control terminal coupled to the output of the second amplifier, a capacitor coupled to a ground node and to the second non-inverting input of the first amplifier, and a current node coupled to the capacitor.

Stable level shifters in high slew rate or noisy environments
Patent No. 11722126

Inventor(s): Michael Edwin Butenhoff (Minnesota City, MN), Shyamsunder Balasubramanian (Plano, TX), Toshio Yamanaka (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17463001 on 08/31/2021 (707 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a level shifter coupled to a voltage source, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The system also includes a first current source coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor and configured to bias the first transistor and the second transistor. The system includes a slew detector coupled to the voltage source and to the first current source, where the slew detector is configured to detect a change in voltage of the voltage source, and further configured to provide current to the first current source responsive to detecting the change. The system also includes a second current source coupled in parallel to the first current source, where the second current source is configured to provide current to the first current source responsive to a control signal.

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

Dynamic power and thermal loading in a chiplet-based system
Patent No. 11722138

Inventor(s): Bryan Hornung (Plano, TX), David Patrick (McKinney, TX), Dean E. Walker (Allen, TX), Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17075016 on 10/20/2020 (1022 days app to issue)

Abstract: A chiplet system comprises an interposer including interconnect and multiple chiplets arranged on the interposer and interconnected using the interconnect of the interposer. The multiple chiplets include a throttle level bus source chiplet including a throttle level bus drive interface configured to place a throttle level value onto the throttle level bus, and one or more throttle level bus receiver chiplets operatively coupled to the throttle level bus. Each chiplet of the multiple chiplets includes throttling logic circuitry configured to set a throttle level of a chiplet according to the throttle level value.

Charge pump with output current adjustment
Patent No. 11722142

Inventor(s): Ani Xavier (Bangalore, , IN), Jagannathan Venkataraman (Bangalore, , IN), Shyam Subramanian (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17849594 on 06/25/2022 (409 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a charge pump includes an output, first and second transistors, a control circuit, a multiplexer, and a calibration circuit. The first transistor”s drain is coupled to the output. The second transistor”s drain is part of a current path separate from a current path that includes the first transistor”s drain. The control circuit generates a control signal in response to voltages at the gates of the first and second transistors. First and second inputs of the multiplexer are respectively coupled to sources of the first and second transistors. A control input of the multiplexer is coupled to receive the control signal. A first input of the calibration circuit is coupled to an output of the multiplexer. A second input of the calibration circuit receives a reference voltage. First and second outputs of the calibration circuit are respectively coupled to body terminals of the first and second transistors.

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

Long preamble and duty cycle based coexistence mechanism for power line communication (PLC) networks
Patent No. 11722174

Inventor(s): Kumaran Vijayasankar (Allen, TX), Ramanuja Vedantham (Allen, TX), Tarkesh Pande (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17119831 on 12/11/2020 (970 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for supporting coexistence of multiple technologies in a Power Line Communication (PLC) network are disclosed. A long coexistence preamble sequence may be transmitted by a device that has been forced to back off the PLC channel multiple times. The long coexistence sequence provides a way for the device to request channel access from devices on the channel using other technology. The device may transmit a data packet after transmitting the long coexistence preamble sequence. A network duty cycle time may also be defined as a maximum allowed duration for nodes of the same network to access the channel. When the network duty cycle time occurs, all nodes will back off the channel for a duty cycle extended inter frame space before transmitting again. The long coexistence preamble sequence and the network duty cycle time may be used together.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus to enable CSI reporting based on non-uniform space-frequency compression
Patent No. 11722185

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: 17814226 on 07/21/2022 (383 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) for a channel state information (CSI) feedback in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), CSI feedback configuration information including a number (K[subscript]0[/subscript]) of coefficients for the CSI feedback, deriving, based on the CSI feedback configuration information, the CSI feedback including K[subscript]1 [/subscript]coefficients that are a subset of a total of Q coefficients, wherein K[subscript]1[/subscript]K[subscript]0 [/subscript]and K[subscript]0[/subscript]Q, and transmitting, to the BS, the CSI feedback including the K[subscript]1 [/subscript]coefficients over an uplink channel.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Enhanced resource unit allocation in wireless local area network
Patent No. 11722270

Inventor(s): Dae Kyun Lee (Irvine, CA), Hyobin Yim (Seoul, , KR), Jaeyoung Ryu (Lake Forest, CA), Jong-ee Oh (Irvine, CA), Min Seoung Kim (Irvine, CA), Sichan Noh (Seoul, , KR), Youngjae Jung (Seoul, , KR), Yujin Noh (Irvine, CA)
Assignee(s): Avalon Technology Solutions LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17393790 on 08/04/2021 (734 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for encoding a bitstream is described. The method includes receiving, by an error correction unit, the bitstream; performing, by the error correction unit, encoding on the bitstream to generate an encoded bit stream that includes the bitstream and parity bits; processing, by a constellation unit, the encoded bitstream to generate constellation points in one or more encoded streams; determining, by a low-density parity-check (LDPC) tone mapper, a distance between subcarriers in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of the frame; and performing, by the LDPC tone mapper, LDPC tone mapping based on the one or more encoded streams and on the determined distance to generate a permuted stream of complex numbers, wherein the distance between subcarriers is determined to be either (1) 18 for a first resource unit size used in the frame and (2) 20 for a second resource unit size used in the frame.

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

Channelized transmission over openZR-extended optical network
Patent No. 11722271

Inventor(s): Albert Smith (Richardson, TX), Calvin Wan (Plano, TX), Catherine Yuan (Plano, TX), Dave Howell (Anna, TX), Jeffrey Holt (Allen, TX), Kentaro Nakamura (Plano, TX), Malleswaraprasad Sunkara (Richardson, TX), Sanjay Gera
Assignee(s): FUJITSU LIMITED (Kawasaki, , JP)
Law Firm: Maschoff Brennan (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17389166 on 07/29/2021 (740 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment, operations may include receiving a first Ethernet signal having a first data rate less than a second data rate, the second data rate being a ZR data rate. The operations may also include dividing the first Ethernet signal into a plurality of first-signal sub-signals that each have a third data rate that is less than the first data rate. Moreover, the operations may include generating a second Ethernet signal having the second data rate, the generating of the second Ethernet signal being based on the plurality of first-signal sub-signals such that the second Ethernet signal includes the plurality of first-signal sub-signals. Further, the operations may include providing the second Ethernet signal to a ZR network such that the second Ethernet signal is a ZR signal.

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

Method and system for dynamic ACK/NACK repetition for robust downlink MAC PDU transmission in LTE
Patent No. 11722282

Inventor(s): James Earl Womack (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): BlackBerry Limited (Waterloo, , CA)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17685889 on 03/03/2022 (523 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamic acknowledgement repetition for a downlink medium access control packet data unit transmission MAC PDU requiring multiple acknowledgements, the method having the steps of: receiving the downlink MAC PDU requiring multiple acknowledgements; and utilizing a differentiating factor and acknowledgement scheme, sending the multiple acknowledgements.

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

Utilizing unstructured data in self-organized networks
Patent No. 11722371

Inventor(s): Bruno dos Santos Silva (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17302939 on 05/17/2021 (813 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for optimizing user experience by utilizing at least one self-organizing network (SON) is provided. The present invention may include generating one or more predictions associated with one or more optimizations for a plurality of unstructured data associated with one or more combined data sets. The present invention may then include transferring the generated one or more predictions associated with the one or more optimizations to at least one SON controller. The present invention may further include implementing the one or more optimizations to an antennae signal to determine a relationship with the implemented one or more optimizations and the plurality of unstructured data.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Execution of a command within a conditional command received in a data packet
Patent No. 11722424

Inventor(s): Alexander Clemm (Los Gatos, CA), Kiran Makhijani (Los Gatos, CA), Renwei Li (Fremont, CA), Uma S. Chunduri (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17070631 on 10/14/2020 (1028 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mechanism is disclosed for implementing conditional commands carried by network data packets. A data flow including a data packet is received. The data packet includes a conditional command. A condition and a command are obtained from the conditional command. The mechanism determines that the condition is satisfied. Based on the determination that the condition is satisfied, the command is executed to alter handling of the data flow, alter handling of the data packet, or alter a context for the data flow.

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

Interactions between a broadband network gateway and a fifth generation core
Patent No. 11722434

Inventor(s): Behcet Sarikaya (Wylie, TX), Huan Li (Shenzhen, , CN), Marco Spini (Boulogne-Billancourt, , FR), Shuping Peng (Beijing, , CN)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16889332 on 06/01/2020 (1163 days app to issue)

Abstract: A broadband network gateway (BNG) in a wireline network. The BNG includes an interworking function in a control plane (IF-CP), the IF-CP configured to use a control plane interface (N1/N2) between the BNG in the wireline network and a fifth generation (5G) core in a 5G network to couple a control plane of the BNG to a control plane of the 5G core; an interworking function in a user plane (IF-UP), the IF-UP configured to use a user plane interface (N3) between the BNG in the wireline network and the 5G core in the 5G network to couple a user plane of the BNG to a user plane of the 5G core; and a transmitter configured to transmit data packets toward the 5G core after the user plane of the BNG and the user plane of the 5G core have been coupled.

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

Method and system for integrating voice biometrics
Patent No. 11722485

Inventor(s): Nikhil Dhoble (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Greenblum Bernstein, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16570480 on 09/13/2019 (1425 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining whether a voice biometrics credential provides a reliable mechanism for authenticating a user are provided. The method includes receiving at least one set of voice data from the user; determining, based on the received at least one set of voice data, a value of at least one parameter that corresponds to a user-specific voice biometrics credential; obtaining at least one user-specific item of information; accessing at least one business rule that relates to the user; and determining, based on the at least one set of voice data, the at least one user-specific item of information, and the at least one business rule, whether the user-specific voice biometrics credential is usable for authenticating the user.

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

System for providing enhanced cryptography based response mechanism for malicious attacks
Patent No. 11722518

Inventor(s): Nia Mack (Addison, TX), Ram Korlepara (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18085401 on 12/20/2022 (231 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for providing enhanced cryptography based response mechanism for malicious attacks. The system is configured for generating one or more tracker seeds, storing the one or more tracker seeds in at least one entity system associated with an entity, identifying a malicious event associated with data in the at least one entity system, in response to identifying the malicious event, identifying an encryption algorithm and a key for the malicious event based on the one or more tracker seeds, and decrypting the data in the at least one entity system based on the encryption algorithm key pair.

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

Simplified binary arithmetic coding engine
Patent No. 11722682

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Vivienne Sze (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17137465 on 12/30/2020 (951 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of entropy coding in a video encoder is provided that includes assigning a first bin to a first single-probability bin encoder based on a probability state of the first bin, wherein the first single-probability bin encoder performs binary arithmetic coding based on a first fixed probability state, assigning a second bin to a second single-probability bin encoder based on a probability state of the second bin, wherein the second single-probability bin encoder performs binary arithmetic coding based on a second fixed probability state different from the first fixed probability state, and coding the first bin in the first single-probability bin encoder and the second bin in the second single-probability bin encoder in parallel, wherein the first single-probability bin encoder uses a first rLPS table for the first fixed probability state and the second single-probability bin encoder uses a second rLPS table for the second fixed probability state.

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

Camera support by a vehicular micro cloud for remote driving
Patent No. 11722705

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: 16831042 on 03/26/2020 (1230 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a view, provided by a vehicular micro cloud associated with a remotely supported vehicle, can include communicating with a plurality of vehicles in a vicinity of the remotely supported vehicle to collectively form a vehicular micro cloud. Each of the plurality of vehicles being equipped with at least one camera can track respective positions of the plurality of vehicles relative to the remotely supported vehicle. A set of vehicles can be selected from among the plurality of vehicles. A live video stream can be received from each of the set of vehicles. The live video stream can be transmitted to an external controller.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Set top/back box, system and method for providing a remote control device
Patent No. 11722724

Inventor(s): Bill Fang (Plano, TX), Scott Horton (McKinney, TX), Tom Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18055777 on 11/15/2022 (266 days app to issue)

Abstract: A set top/back box and system and method for providing a remote control device are disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more wireless transceivers are located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes television input/output, a processor, and memory. The set top/back box may establish a pairing with a programmable device, such as a proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device having a touch screen display, whereby formatted parallel audiovisual experience instructions, including virtual buttons, may be transmitted to the programmable device for display on the touch screen display to create an experience parallel to the experience on the television. The set top/back box receives and processes virtual remote control functionality input instructions from the programmable device to control amenities associated with the set top/back box.

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

Angle of arrival (AOA) positioning method and system for positional finding and tracking objects using reduced attenuation RF technology
Patent No. 11722840

Inventor(s): Michael John Buynak (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM Technologies, Inc (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17342398 on 06/08/2021 (791 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining user equipment (UE) locations within a wireless network using reference signals of the wireless network are described. The disclosed systems and methods utilize a plurality of in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) samples generated from signals provided by receive channels associated with two or more antennas of the wireless system. Based on received reference signal parameters the reference signal within the signals from each receive channel among the receive channels is identified. Based on the identified reference signal from each receive channel, an angle of arrival between a baseline of the two or more antennas and incident energy from the UE to the two or more antennas is determined. That angle of arrival is then used to calculate the location of the UE. The angle of arrival may be a horizontal angle of arrival and/or a vertical angle of arrival.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Mobile communication device for home automation
Patent No. 11722853

Inventor(s): Robert M. Kennard (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): THL Holding Company, LLC (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Garlick Markison (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18167256 on 02/10/2023 (179 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mobile communication devices operates to: generate first control data to control an auxiliary device coupled to one of a plurality of home automation devices; establish a group of the plurality of home automation devices; establish at least one task associated with the group of the plurality of home automation devices; receive selection of the at least one task associated with the group of the plurality of home automation devices; and generate second control data in response to selection of the at least one task associated with the group, wherein, responsive to the selection of the at least one task associated with the group, at least one of the plurality of wireless transceivers transmits the second control data to the group of the plurality of home automation devices to control, in accordance with the at least one task, each of the auxiliary devices coupled thereto.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Network-aware deployment optimization for large scale virtual network function deployments at a network edge
Patent No. 11722868

Inventor(s): Ravi Potluri (Coppell, TX), Sachinder D. Reddy (Plano, TX), Sunny Pal Singh (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17319294 on 05/13/2021 (817 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide deployment optimization service. A network device in a network receives an order for virtual network function (VNF) deployments at network edge locations. The network device maps a radio access network (RAN) topology for the network edge locations. The network device identifies time windows to perform the VNF deployments, based on the order, historical transport and RAN utilization data, and the RAN topology. The network device selects an optimal time window to perform the VNF deployments based on stored policy rules and pushes software images for the VNF deployments to an image repository in a geographical region near the network edge locations. The network device analyzes, for the optimal time window, real-time network data for a pre-emptive condition. The network device pre-empts the VNF deployments when a pre-emptive condition is identified and initiates the VNF deployments when no pre-emptive condition is identified.

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

Systems and methods for venue based wireless communication
Patent No. 11722909

Inventor(s): Serguei Matitsine (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Matsing, Inc. (Irvine, CA)
Law Firm: Fish IP Law, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17669949 on 02/11/2022 (543 days app to issue)

Abstract: A plurality of directional antennas are arranged between an inner barrier (e.g., ring, wall, fence, glass, etc encircling a field, court, rink, stage, etc) and an outer barrier (e.g., guardrail, wall, etc encircling a seating region, etc) of the venue. Each directional antenna produces a beam pattern that is oriented such that the beam pattern is directed at an angle off-normal from the inner or outer barrier. Further, at least some of the directional antennas are placed at the openings of pedestrian tunnels leading into the seating region of the venue, near the inner barrier of the venue seating region, or placed near a midpoint between the inner and outer barriers so as to provide wireless communication services to users in the seating region of the venue.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for determining subcarrier offset in unlicensed spectrum
Patent No. 11723008

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17814216 on 07/21/2022 (383 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system operating with shared spectrum channel access. A method of operating a UE includes receiving an SS/PBCH block; determining a higher-layer parameter ssb-SubcarrierOffset based on an MIB of a PBCH included in the SS/PBCH block; determining a bit ([subscript]+5[/subscript]) from a payload of the PBCH; and determining a first value (k[subscript]SSB[/subscript]) based on a second value (

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for PBCH payload in higher frequency ranges
Patent No. 11723047

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17248175 on 01/12/2021 (938 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for transmitting or receiving a synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a SS/PBCH block, decoding a content of a PBCH in the SS/PBCH block, and determining whether the wireless communication system operates with shared spectrum channel access based on the content of the PBCH. The method further includes determining the content of the PBCH in a first manner based on determining that the wireless communication system operates with shared spectrum channel access or determining the content of the PBCH in a second manner based on determining that the wireless communication system operates without shared spectrum channel access.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Communication terminal and method with prioritized control information
Patent No. 11723060

Inventor(s): Joachim Loehr (Langen, , DE), Takahisa Aoyama (Kanagawa, , JP)
Assignee(s): OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Nixon Vanderhye P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17244939 on 04/29/2021 (831 days app to issue)

Abstract: A communication terminal which communicates with a base station is configured to control a priority of control information to be transmitted to the base station in accordance with: a priority of medium access control (MAC) control information which indicates a priority individually assigned to plural pieces of MAC control information; a priority individually assigned to plural pieces of signaling radio bearer (SRB) for transmitting radio resource control (RRC) control information; and a priority assigned to at least one data radio bearer (DRB). The communication terminal is further configured to generate a transmission message in accordance with the control of the priority of control information.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for determining priorities for handling data based on network slice identifiers
Patent No. 11723062

Inventor(s): Kalyani Bogineni (Irving, TX), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17193672 on 03/05/2021 (886 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods relate to: receiving a request for session, from a first device over a wireless link, for a service, wherein the request includes a Single-Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) that is associated with the service; determine a priority for the session based on the S-NSSAI; and performing, based on the determined priority, an uplink procedure or a downlink procedure for the session. A network include the network component that receives the request for session.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamic driver voltage headroom adjustment
Patent No. 11723122

Inventor(s): Jiana Lou (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17200140 on 03/12/2021 (879 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for a circuit including a binary-weighted DAC, a first transistor, a second transistor, a switch, a first current mirror, a second current mirror. The binary-weighted DAC is coupled between a first node and a second node and configured to receive a plurality of bits of a digital control signal. The first transistor has a source coupled to the first node, a drain coupled to a third node, and a gate coupled to a fourth node. The second transistor has a source coupled to the first node, a drain coupled to the third node, and a gate. The switch is coupled between the gate of the second transistor and the fourth node and configured to receive a partition control signal. The first current mirror is coupled to the third node and the second node. The second current mirror is coupled to the first current mirror.

[H05B] ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Photo-induced tunable metamaterial
Patent No. 11723278

Inventor(s): Hideo Iizuka (Ann Arbor, MI), Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, MI), Xiaopeng Li (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: 17165360 on 02/02/2021 (917 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tunable metamaterial structure can have a flexible substrate that is elastically deformable. The tunable metamaterial structure can have a photo-responsive stiffness-modulating patch. The photo-responsive stiffness-modulating patch can be fixed to a surface of the flexible substrate. The photo-responsive stiffness-modulating patch can include a piezoelectric element and a photo-responsive element. The piezoelectric element and the photo-responsive element are electrically connected to one another.

DESIGN PATENTS

Plant stake and display tag holder
Patent No. D994443

Inventor(s): Julie Ellis (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Orora Visual LLC (Buena Park, CA)
Law Firm: Martin Ferraro, LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29764540 on 12/30/2020 (951 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vehicle mirror component
Patent No. D994563

Inventor(s): Dimitri Trinidad Medina (Plano, TX), Jon Forrest Acton (Fort Worth, TX), Troy Robin McCuller (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29848893 on 08/05/2022 (368 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

USB card assembly
Patent No. D994671

Inventor(s): Thuan Nguyen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Jeff Williams PLLC (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29774989 on 03/19/2021 (872 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Therapeutic elastic sports tape
Patent No. D994892

Inventor(s): Christian Hicken (Dallas, TX), Matthew Hicken (Frisco, TX), Nathan Ellison (Cedar Hills, UT), Nicholas Hicken (Frisco, TX), Steven Silvey (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): BLACKTOP PLUS, LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Goodhue, Coleman Owens, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29746060 on 08/11/2020 (1092 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Shingle
Patent No. D994912

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: 29868874 on 12/15/2022 (236 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pet treat protective housing
Patent No. D994995

Inventor(s): Jun Hao (Frisco, TX), Steven Ho (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Natural Polymer International Corporation (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29761986 on 12/14/2020 (967 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pet toy
Patent No. D995004

Inventor(s): Caitlin Goetzel (Los Angeles, CA), Claudia Miranda (Medfield, MA), Ryan Rutherford (Pittstown, NJ)
Assignee(s): DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Global IP Counselors, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29771534 on 02/23/2021 (896 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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