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

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of September 5, 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 7
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 17
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 2
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 9
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 10
G: PHYSICS 48
H: ELECTRICITY 44
DESIGN: 7

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments (Dallas) 24
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 8
Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) 4
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston) 4
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR) 4
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 4
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 3
Sandisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 3
SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth) 3
UNASSIGNED 9

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Bryan Wagner (Fort Worth) 2
Dale Robert Anderson (Colleyville) 2
Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell) 2
Ilesh V. Patel (Euless) 2
Jacob A. Bayyouk (Richardson) 2
Joseph Dean Rainville (Fort Worth) 2
Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Compositions and methods for improving the compatibility of water soluble herbicide salts
Patent No. 11744244

Inventor(s): Mark Alexander (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC (Indianapolis, IN), NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V. (Arnhem, , NL)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14014730 on 08/30/2013 (3658 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and compositions for improving the compatibility of aqueous herbicide solutions containing at least one of a water soluble salt of an aryloxyalkanoic acid, a water soluble salt of a pyridyloxyalkanoic acid, and a water soluble salt of glyphosate, and optionally 16% of one or more fertilizers, such as ammonium sulfate, by adding certain polymeric crystallization inhibitors are provided.

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

Nursing garment with integrated removable pads
Patent No. 11744297

Inventor(s): Leigh Coggiola-Belza (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Sam Sokhansanj PLLC (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17333939 on 05/28/2021 (830 days app to issue)

Abstract: A nursing garment system having a body with a front and rear region, wherein the front region of the body includes a first securement member. The nursing garment further includes a first strap having a first and second end affixed to the body, and a second securement member disposed between the first and second end of the first strap. The nursing garment can also include a second strap having a first end secured to the front region of the body, a third securement member secured to the second end of the second strap, and a breast pad having a fourth securement member. Here, the third securement member of the second strap can be secured to the fourth securement member of the breast pad, and the second securement member of the first strap can be secured to the first securement member of the body.

[A41C] CORSETS; BRASSI”RES

Belt-attached item holder
Patent No. 11744352

Inventor(s): Glyn Robert Chambers (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: QUICKPATENTS, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17699107 on 03/19/2022 (535 days app to issue)

Abstract: A holder for a tool of the type having a belt clip includes a rigid base having a front side, a rear side, a top edge, a bottom edge, and two side edges. At least one rigid belt loop is fixed with the rear side of the rigid base and is open therethrough between side edges thereof for receiving a belt of a person. A rigid front panel is held away from the front side of the rigid base by at least two vertical standoffs. The rigid front panel includes a cut-out portion adapted to receive the belt clip of the tool therein. In use, with the rigid base fixed with the person”s belt, the belt clip of the tool is positioned within the cut-out portion of the rigid front panel and then lowered until the belt clip is retained between the rigid front panel and the rigid base.

[A45F] TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT; SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY [2006.01]

Accuracy of heart rate estimation from photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals
Patent No. 11744520

Inventor(s): Sarma Sundareswara Gunturi (Bangalore, , IN), Sunil Chomal (Singapore, , SG)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16989032 on 08/10/2020 (1121 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides a heart rate monitor (HRM) circuit. The HRM circuit includes an analog front end (AFE). The AFE receives a Photoplethysmographic (PPG) signal, and generates a fine PPG signal. A motion cancellation circuit is coupled to the AFE, and receives the fine PPG signal and an accelerometer signal. The motion cancellation circuit subtracts the accelerometer signal from the fine PPG signal to generate a coarse heart rate. A peak detector is coupled to the motion cancellation circuit and the AFE, and generates an instantaneous heart rate. A filter is coupled to the peak detector, and generates an estimated heart rate from the instantaneous heart rate, the estimated heart rate is provided as a feedback to the peak detector.

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

Puncture-resistant radiolucent operating surface
Patent No. 11744663

Inventor(s): Ryan Eric Blalock (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17330347 on 05/25/2021 (833 days app to issue)

Abstract: A puncture-resistant radiolucent operating surface apparatus includes a flat radiolucent and puncture-resistant surface configured to cover the detector of an intraoperative imaging machine, and downwardly extending sidewall flanges that are connected to said flat surface and that conform to the sides of said detector.

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

Spinal interbody devices with density gradients and associated methods
Patent No. 11744711

Inventor(s): Brian Dewillie (Addison, TX), Easton Braithwaite (Anna, TX), Samuel Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Orthofix US LLC (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17208546 on 03/22/2021 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interbody device configured for insertion between adjacent vertebrae includes a body comprising and exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity. The body comprises a visualization window extending between the exterior surface and the interior surface, where the visualization window comprises a lattice of radiopaque structures. A density of the lattice in a central region of the visualization window is less than in the density of the lattice in an outer region of the visualization window such that the visualization window is radiolucent through the central region.

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

Kit for increasing the ground clearance of a motorized skateboard
Patent No. 11745087

Inventor(s): Luke Jan Andraski (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17525138 on 11/12/2021 (662 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lift kit assembly includes a pair of axle cup bracket portions each adapted to accept an axle end and adjustably mount to a side rail or frame of a motorized skateboard on either side of a wheel whereby the axle of a motorized skateboard may be lowered or raised as desired by a user.

[A63C] SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE (water skis B63B 35/81) [5]

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

Fuel filter passage for downward fuel flow direction
Patent No. 11745125

Inventor(s): Darrell Lee Morehouse, III (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17102631 on 11/24/2020 (1015 days app to issue)

Abstract: A center tube and a central fluid supply tube combination includes a center tube body defining a longitudinal length, and a central reservoir. The center tube also includes an apertured annular wall extending axially the majority of the longitudinal length, and a first annular solid wall extending axially from the apertured annular wall. A central fluid supply tube is disposed in the central reservoir, and includes a second annular solid wall that is radially surrounded by the apertured annular wall of the center tube. The second annular solid wall defines a supply passage with a fully circular flow flux.

[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]

Leak resistant droppers
Patent No. 11745176

Inventor(s): Benjamin Alan Ganter (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bottle Barons (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: FERGUSON BRASWELL FRASER KUBASTA PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17352848 on 06/21/2021 (806 days app to issue)

Abstract: In various implementations, a dropper for a bottle may include a bulb with a flange and an extended leg. The dropper may be used as a cap, in some implementations, with or without a skirt. The dropper may inhibit leaks from a bottle when the dropper is used as a cap for the bottle.

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

Spray gun and hose cover
Patent No. 11745203

Inventor(s): Tyler Cavaness (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Kirton McConkie (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16830982 on 03/26/2020 (1258 days app to issue)

Abstract: A spray gun cover is made of flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers (e.g., Tyvek), another cloth-like material, plastic, or fabric. The cover is self-sustaining, and an elastic material is disposed at openings of the cover to secure the cover at the nozzle around the nozzle opening of the spray gun cover and at the back of the spray gun around a large opening of the spray gun cover. Through the cover, the paint cup or reservoir and the spray gun are covered and protected from airborne fluid or dry particles that bounce back from the surface of the item being sprayed with paint, stain, or other fluid (overspray). Additionally, an air hose cover is also made of flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers or the like and covers and protects an air hose for a spray gun.

[B05B] SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F 5/20; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) [2]

System for recovery of mixed multi-plastic and natural fiber
Patent No. 11745390

Inventor(s): Hon Man Hui (Carrollton, TX), Zhigang He (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): INFINICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: POLSINELLI PC (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17606826 on 04/30/2020 (1223 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems and agglomerators for recovering mixed multi-plastic and natural fiber are described. The systems, methods, and the agglomerator operate at low temperatures to avoid degradation of the plastic film. The agglomerator includes cutting discs that are adjustable.

[B29B] PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS [4]

Autonomous data machines and systems
Patent No. 11745605

Inventor(s): Stacy Dean Stephens (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Knightscope, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17148346 on 01/13/2021 (965 days app to issue)

Abstract: A charging system for an autonomous data machine may be provided. The system may comprise: a charging station, wherein the charging station has a low profile allowing the autonomous data machine to drive over to charge a power supply of the autonomous data machine automatically; and one or more processors of the autonomous data machine configured to make charging decisions to effect charging operations of the autonomous data machine that include charging time, charging location, and operations to be performed during charging. In some instances, the charging decision are based on at least one of the following: location of charging station, availability of charging station, mission parameters, locations of other autonomous data machines, and/or charging requirements and/or availability of charging stations.

[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]

Rapid discharge door locking system
Patent No. 11745771

Inventor(s): Aubra D. McKisic (Flower Mound, TX), Christopher C. Harkey (Dallas, TX), Kenneth W. Huck (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TRINITY RAIL GROUP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17011545 on 09/03/2020 (1097 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a discharge door locking system for a railcar discharge door comprises a lock piston configured to move between a first position (not engaged with an operating beam coupled to a discharge door) and a second position (engaged). The locking system comprises a first and second input. Activation of the first input moves the lock piston to the first position, and activation of the second input moves the lock piston to the second position. The first input of the locking system is coupled to a first input of an operating cylinder coupled to the operating beam. The first input of the operating cylinder is configured to move the discharge door to the open position.

[B61D] BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES (vehicles in general B60; adaptation of vehicles to special systems B61B; underframes B61F)

Single Hooke”s joint with spherical mast attachment
Patent No. 11745853

Inventor(s): Andrew Ryan Maresh (Colleyville, TX), Kyle Thomas Cravener (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16821266 on 03/17/2020 (1267 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a rotor hub assembly comprising a yoke configured to attach rotor blades thereto, a single Hooke”s joint configured to attach to, and transmit forces between, a mast and the yoke, and a spherical bearing coupled between the yoke and the mast. Two pillow blocks couple the single Hooke”s joint to the yoke. An adapter sleeve is attached to the pillow blocks and is positioned to surround the spherical bearing. The adapter sleeve extends between the single Hooke”s joint and the mast. A hub lock extension is attached to the yoke. The hub lock extension is configured to receive a hub lock that prevents gimballing of the yoke when engaged.

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

Aircraft with asymmetric rotors
Patent No. 11745855

Inventor(s): Alexander Dang Quang Truong (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17106580 on 11/30/2020 (1009 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, an aircraft includes an airframe and a first propulsion assembly coupled to the airframe. The first propulsion assembly includes a first rotor hub and a first plurality of rotor blades non-uniformly spaced about the first rotor hub and operable to rotate in a rotor plane with the first rotor hub. The aircraft also includes a second propulsion assembly coupled to the airframe. The second propulsion assembly includes a second rotor hub and a second plurality of rotor blades non-uniformly spaced about the second rotor hub and operable to rotate in a rotor plane with the second rotor hub.

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

Managing force equalization via force-fight cycle detection
Patent No. 11745858

Inventor(s): Christos Bais (Keller, TX), Clifton Harrell (Arlington, TX), Curtis R. Higgens (Arlington, TX), David Adjei (Mansfield, TX), Thomas Earl Johnson, Jr. (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17191040 on 03/03/2021 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of managing force equalization (FEQ) on a vehicle utilizing redundant actuation systems for one or more control surfaces includes determining, via a force sensor, a measured force applied by a first actuation system in relation to a control surface, where the control surface is redundantly serviced by a plurality of actuation systems. The method also includes updating a measured-force time series for the first actuation system with the measured force. The method also includes analyzing movement over at least a portion of the measured-force time series. The method also includes identifying a force-fight cycle in the measured-force time series. The method also includes indicating the force-fight cycle in cumulative force-fight cycle data for the first actuation system.

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

Pylon conversion actuator for tiltrotor aircraft
Patent No. 11745867

Inventor(s): Steven Allen Robedeau, Jr. (Keller, TX), William Atkins (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17119703 on 12/11/2020 (998 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pylon conversion actuator, for use in tiltrotor aircraft, that converts the tiltrotor between hover flight mode and forward flight mode. Pylon conversion actuator selectively retracts and extends between a retracted position to an extended position. Pylon conversion actuator includes an extendable arm, a motor, and an actuator platform.

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

Additive manufactured aircraft seat components
Patent No. 11745878

Inventor(s): James A. Hallford (Sanger, TX), Jodi Presswood (Argyle, TX), Kevin M. Waters (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17599815 on 03/29/2019 (1621 days app to issue)

Abstract: A passenger includes at least one seat component including a first material and at least one additive manufactured component including a second material, the at least one additive manufactured component including a plurality of zones. The at least one additive manufactured component is attached to the at least one seat component. The at least one additive manufactured component includes a lattice structure. Each of the plurality of zones have different physical properties.

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

Fuel cell stack array
Patent No. 11745881

Inventor(s): Joseph Dean Rainville (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16257750 on 01/25/2019 (1684 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stack fuel cell array featuring paired fuel-cell systems combined to generate 540 VDC for a rotorcraft. Power from the hydrogen-based fuel cells is provided to the rotorcraft. A rated electrical load of the rotorcraft helps determine how many paired fuel-cell systems are needed during any fuel-cell systems failures. Each of the paired fuel-cell systems is coupled to an electrical load of the rotorcraft. The system detects any fuel cell failures and removes other working fuel cells as needed to balance the electrical system.

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

Lawn bag and accessory
Patent No. 11745940

Inventor(s): Jordan W. Godby (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Decker Jones, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17723568 on 04/19/2022 (504 days app to issue)

Abstract: The lawn bag generally comprises a bag bottom, bag sides, and left-side and right-side flaps, each foldingly connected to one of the bag sides. The left-side and right-side flaps are each moveable from stowed positions to extended positions. The flaps in the stowed position may be positioned flat against the respective sides to which they are attached. The left-side flap and the right-side flap, when in the extended position, extends to the left and right of the bag, respectively, and are generally coplanar with a bag front side.

[B65F] GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE (disinfecting refuse A61L; refuse disintegrators B02C; sorting refuse B03B, B07B; handcarts for transporting refuse receptacles B62B; sack holders B65B 67/00; converting refuse into fertilisers C05F; converting refuse into solid fuels C10L; sewers, cesspools E03F; arrangements in buildings for the disposal of refuse E04F 17/10; refuse-consuming furnaces F23G)

Power driven circuit wire box
Patent No. 11745976

Inventor(s): Andrew P. Hull (McKinney, TX), John L. Rhoads (Lewisville, TX), William T. Bigbee, Jr. (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: WARREN RHOADES LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17716925 on 04/08/2022 (515 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for the dispensing and retraction of wire or cable. The apparatus including a first and second plate, at least one shaft attached to the first plate and the second plate, a spool gear attached to the shaft, a power gear shaft attached to the first or second plate, and a power gear attached to the power gear shaft and in mesh with the spool gear, wherein when the power gear is rotated, the spool gear is rotated.

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

Stable landing above RF conductor in MEMS device
Patent No. 11746002

Inventor(s): Lance Barron (Plano, TX), Richard L. Knipe (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16907129 on 06/19/2020 (1173 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of forming a microelectromechanical device wherein a beam of the microelectromechanical device may deviate from a resting to an engaged or disengaged position through electrical biasing. The microelectromechanical device comprises a beam disposed above a first RF conductor and a second RF conductors. The microelectromechanical device further comprises at least a center stack, a first RF stack, a second RF stack, a first stack formed on a first base layer, and a second stack formed on a second base layer, each stack disposed between the beam and the first and second RF conductors. The beam is configured to deflect downward to first contact the first stack formed on the first base layer and the second stack formed on the second base layer simultaneously or the center stack, before contacting the first RF stack and the second RF stack simultaneously.

[B81B] MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICAL DEVICES (piezo-electric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements per se H01L 41/00) [7]

Systems and methods for improving the brightness of a transparent display using supplemental light sources that include ambient light collected by an array of diffraction gratings
Patent No. 11747541

Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Hiroshi Ando (Nagoya, , JP), Kojiro Tachi (Nagakute, , JP), Masaaki Kawauchi (Chita County, , JP), 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: 18072109 on 11/30/2022 (279 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for improving the brightness of a transparent display are disclosed herein. One embodiment collects ambient light using an array of diffraction gratings disposed on an external surface of a vehicle to produce filtered ambient light; collects internal light from the vehicle”s headlights; filters the internal light to produce filtered internal light; generates primary-source light using a light-emitting-diode (LED) light source; and injects, into a transparent edge-lit liquid crystal waveguide display deployed in at least a portion of a window of the vehicle, the primary-source light, the filtered ambient light, and the filtered internal light in a color-synchronized manner. The filtered ambient light and the filtered internal light improve the brightness of the transparent edge-lit liquid crystal waveguide display.

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

Autonomous vehicle operator identification
Patent No. 11748085

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: 17074397 on 10/19/2020 (1051 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring use, determining risk, and pricing insurance policies for a vehicle having one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, with the customer”s permission, a vehicle operator in an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be determined by a sensor disposed within the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle or a mobile computing device associated with the vehicle operator. A determination may be made as to whether the vehicle operator is authorized to operate the vehicle based upon the determined identity of the vehicle operator; and if the vehicle operator is not authorized, an alert may be generated and/or the vehicle may be caused to not operate. Alternatively, autonomous operation features may be automatically engaged to automatically drive the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle to a safe location when the operator is not authorized. Insurance discounts may be provided based upon the anti-theft functionality.

[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]

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

Aromatic polyester polyether polyurethane panels and useful materials comprising same
Patent No. 11746186

Inventor(s): Bennett McDonald Pearson (Lancaster, TX)
Assignee(s): Talaco Holdings, LLC (Lawrenceville, GA)
Law Firm: THOMAS | HORSTEMEYER, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17649594 on 02/01/2022 (581 days app to issue)

Abstract: This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure. The disclosure provides aromatic polyester polyether polyols and compositions comprising such polyols. The disclosed aromatic polyester polyether polyols and compositions including same are the products of the transesterification reaction of polyethylene terephthalate (”PET”) and an ethoxylated triol, namely glycerin or trimethylolpropane, wherein the degree of ethoxylation is from 1 to 9 moles. At least some of the PET used to generate the aromatic polyester polyether polyols is derived from recycled PET. The disclosed aromatic polyester polyether polyols have utility in preparing polyurethane materials, for example.

[C08G] MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS (fermentation or enzyme-using processes to synthesise a desired chemical compound or composition or to separate optical isomers from a racemic mixture C12P) [2]

Methods for diagnosing and treating gastric cancer using miRNA expression
Patent No. 11746381

Inventor(s): Ajay Goel (Colleyville, TX), Daisuke Izumi (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Cancer Diagnostics Research Innvovations, LLC (Colleyville, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16492524 on 03/09/2018 (2006 days app to issue)

Abstract: Dysregulated expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) has emerged as a hallmark feature in human cancers. Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods for selecting optimal therapy for a patient from several alternative treatment options. A major clinical challenge in cancer treatment is to identify the subset of patients who will benefit from a therapeutic regimen, both in metastatic and adjuvant settings. The number of anti-cancer drugs and multi-drug combinations has increased substantially in the past decade, however, treatments continue to be applied empirically using a trial-and-error approach. Here methods and compositions are provided to determine the optimal treatment option for gastric cancer patients.

[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]

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

Methods of forming an asphalt shingle waste powder from asphalt shingle waste
Patent No. 11746478

Inventor(s): Dale Kelley (Flower Mound, TX), James Svec (Kearney, NJ), Kirby Erickson (Waxahachie, TX), Kris Edelsward (Lockport, NY), Michael T. Ferraro (Savannah, GA), Paul Richardson (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16951756 on 11/18/2020 (1021 days app to issue)

Abstract: Non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising: obtaining asphalt shingle waste (ASW) and performing grinding, screening, and separating steps on the ASW. In some embodiments, granules are removed from the ASW. In some embodiments, the method transforms ASW into ASW powder. In some embodiments, the ASW powder is formed into a plurality of briquettes. In some embodiments, at least one of: the ASW powder, the plurality of briquettes, or any combination thereof is fed into a mixing process that results in an ASW powder filled coating.

[E01C] CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming road or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H)

Steep slope roofing system
Patent No. 11746526

Inventor(s): Erica Sherman (Jersey City, NJ), Ming Shiao (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17970321 on 10/20/2022 (320 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a roofing system. In some embodiments, the roofing system comprises at least one steep slope roof substrate having a first region. In some embodiments, the first region comprises a plurality of shingles. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of shingles comprises at least one antimicrobial agent. In some embodiments, the at least one steep slope roof substrate also comprises a second region. In some embodiments, the second region comprises an antimicrobial scavenger layer that is configured to receive runoff from the first region of the steep slope roof substrate. In some embodiments, the runoff comprises an initial concentration of at least one antimicrobial agent and water. In some embodiments, the antimicrobial scavenger layer is configured to capture the at least one antimicrobial agent so as to reduce the initial concentration of the at least one antimicrobial agent in the runoff.

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

Cap assembly for a t-post right of way line marker
Patent No. 11746552

Inventor(s): Charles I. Allen (Houston, TX), Pamela C. Murrin (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): S B Technical Products, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE SCHWARTZ PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17903191 on 09/06/2022 (364 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cap assembly is shown for a right of way line marker which includes a cap body with a conical exterior and an end opening. A mounting assembly including a lower, stationary disk and an upper, sliding disk are received within the end opening of the cap body. The lower disk has a T-shaped aperture therein for receiving an upper exposed end of a T-shaped vertical support member. The upper sliding disk is positionable within the cap open interior upon contact with the upper end of the support member to thereby securely mount the cap assembly about the right of way line marker.

[E04H] BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) [4]

Debris resistant alignment system and method
Patent No. 11746598

Inventor(s): David Joe Steele (Carrollton, TX), Wesley P. Dietz (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17523469 on 11/10/2021 (664 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a slotted orientation apparatus for use with a keyed running tool. The slotted orientation apparatus, in one aspect includes a tubular having a wall thickness (t), and a slot extending at least partially through the tubular, the slot having an angled portion coupled to an axial portion, wherein the slot radially extends around the tubular X degrees, wherein X is 180 degrees or less.

[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]

Pulse generator for viscous fluids
Patent No. 11746614

Inventor(s): Hadi Arabnejad Khanouki (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17524275 on 11/11/2021 (663 days app to issue)

Abstract: A plugging tool includes an elongated inner housing allowing a first fluid to flow through a hollow interior of the inner housing, a retractable plunger positioned within the inner housing and operable to obstruct the flow of the first fluid into a discharge chamber and resume the flow of the first fluid into the discharge chamber based on a pressure exerted by the first fluid on the retractable plunger, and at least one pressure release valve (PRV) operable to open and release at least a portion of the first fluid from the inner housing based on a pressure exerted by the first fluid on the at least one PRV, wherein operation of the retractable plunger and the at least one PRV generates pulses of the first fluid used to deposit a sealing plug at a target interval of a wellbore.

Traveling relief valve
Patent No. 11746619

Inventor(s): Daniel Brewer (Fort Worth, TX), Jason Williams (Weatherford, TX), Patrick R. McCarthy (Springtown, TX)
Assignee(s): Epic Lift Systems (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Park, Vaughan, Fleming Dowler LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17494200 on 10/05/2021 (700 days app to issue)

Abstract: A traveling relief valve for down-hole use in a well. In one embodiment, the traveling relief valve comprises a seat, a screw, a seal, a carrier, a spring, and a ported tube, where the traveling relief valve is configured to include a first flow interface between the seat and the carrier for flow when the well is producing, and a second flow interface between the seal and the carrier for back-flow in the well.

Downhole shunt tube isolation system
Patent No. 11746621

Inventor(s): Austin Lee Wright (Carrollton, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17498680 on 10/11/2021 (694 days app to issue)

Abstract: A downhole shunt tube isolation system includes an isolation sleeve housing defining an isolation sleeve chamber and an isolation sleeve moveable within the isolation sleeve chamber between an open position and a closed position. The isolation sleeve has a slurry pathway that fluidically couples a first slurry tube segment to a second slurry tube segment with the isolation sleeve in the open position and fluidically decouples the first slurry tube segment from the second slurry tube segment in the closed position. The downhole shunt tube isolation system further includes a fluid channel in communication with the isolation sleeve chamber. The channel is initially closed to hydraulically lock the isolation sleeve in the open position. Additionally, the downhole shunt tube isolation system includes an actuation mechanism configured to open the fluid channel to hydraulically unlock the isolation sleeve and a biasing member to bias the isolation sleeve to the closed position.

Modular initiator
Patent No. 11746624

Inventor(s): Christopher Brian Sokolove (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): Hunting Titan, Inc. (Pampa, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17814521 on 07/24/2022 (408 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular initiator assembly comprising a receptacle and connector combination adapted to shunt the electrical contacts of the initiator as a default condition and to only unshunt the electrical contacts coupled to the initiator when the receptacle and connector establish a fully seated connection.

Methods and apparatus for cement bond evaluation through production tubing
Patent No. 11746643

Inventor(s): Jun Zhang (Katy, TX), Yibing Zheng (West University, TX)
Assignee(s): Probe Technology Services, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: D. Tiller Law PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17382620 on 07/22/2021 (775 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various downhole logging tools and methods of using and making the same are disclosed. In one aspect a method evaluating cement bond quality in a well is provided. In a well with a particular casing/tubing configuration, waveforms of acoustic energy returning from the tubing and the casing with the tubing present are recorded. A frequency spectrum from the recorded waveforms is determined. Amplitudes of the returning acoustic energy at one or more preselected frequency(s) of interest of a range of frequencies at which the amplitudes are noticeably affected by cement bond quality for the particular casing/tubing configuration are determined. The determined amplitudes are compared with one or more baseline amplitudes to look for indications of cement bond quality. Other aspects involve time domain analysis.

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

Airflow power generating apparatus
Patent No. 11746751

Inventor(s): Carlos Gabriel Oroza (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15932102 on 02/03/2018 (2040 days app to issue)

Abstract: Electric and hydrogen technology automobiles and vehicles such as trucks, buses, ships and boats are believed to be the future of transportation; however for the time being, the problems surrounding the technologies are significant and have kept the consumers away for various reasons including the capacity of batteries and fuel cells, the lack of filling stations, and most of all the limited distance the vehicles can travel without a recharge, which for small electric vehicles can take up to 20 minutes before they can continue to travel with a full battery or fuel cell. Commercial vehicles in particular; cannot take the time to stop frequently and worst yet take the significant amount of time that it would take to recharge their systems. Hybrid vehicles still rely on gasoline which is available to increase the travel distance, but customers concerned for the environment have not yet embraced the solution and larger vehicles such as commercial trucks are not about to take the risk of being left out without fuel under any circumstances. This current invention ”Airflow Power Generating Apparatus is for use in present and future electric and hydrogen technology vehicles and solves the challenges present today as it provides a system to charge batteries and fuel cells while the vehicle is moving forward. This system will extend the distance vehicles can travel or may eliminate completely the need to recharge batteries of fuel cells at homes or at charge stations.

[F03D] WIND MOTORS

Artificial muscle tentacles
Patent No. 11746760

Inventor(s): Marcio Dias Lima (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Greenblum Bernstein, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16970828 on 02/22/2019 (1656 days app to issue)

Abstract: An artificial muscle tentacle and method for manufacturing an artificial muscle tentacle, and a computer readable medium for controlling an artificial muscle tentacle are disclosed. The artificial muscle tentacle includes two spacers and a central core that connects the two spacers. The artificial muscle tentacle also includes at least two Z-Twist actuators and at least two S-Twist actuators. The Z-Twist actuators and the S-Twist actuators are disposed around the central core and in between the two spacers connecting the two spacers. The actuation of one or more of the Z-Twist actuators and the S-Twist actuators actuates the artificial muscle tentacle.

[F03G] SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA, OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER-PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (arrangements in connection with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60K 16/00; electric propulsion with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60L 8/00)

Bearing system for reciprocating pump and method of assembly
Patent No. 11746775

Inventor(s): Benjamin D. Engstrom (Fort Worth, TX), Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, TX), Donald Keith Plemons (Fort Worth, TX), Edward C. Kotapish (Willow Park, TX), Jacob A. Bayyouk (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16148805 on 10/01/2018 (1800 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power end frame assembly for a reciprocating pump that includes a first and second end plate segment each including annular bearing support surfaces configured to support a crankshaft bearing assembly. At least one middle plate segment is disposed between the first and second end plate segments and includes an annular bearing support surface configured to support a crankshaft bearing assembly. The annular bearing support surfaces of the first and second end plate segments and the at least one middle plate segment each have a diameter and are coaxially aligned. The diameter of at least one of the first and second end plate segments is different from the diameter of the at least one middle plate segment to facilitate insertion and removal of the crankshaft bearing assembly from the power end frame assembly.

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

Fluid end with integrated valve seat
Patent No. 11746778

Inventor(s): Bryan Wagner (Fort Worth, TX), Jacob A. Bayyouk (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17040005 on 03/27/2019 (1623 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure presents a pump body, such as a fluid end housing used in a reciprocating pump, which provides an integral seating or engagement surface (or a valve seat integrated with the pump body) for a valve member. The integral engagement surface removes the need for a separate, replaceable valve seat and can last as long as the service life of the fluid end housing. This saves multiple maintenance services during the service life of the fluid end housing, along with the associated down time, labor costs, and material costs for the new valve seats. The integral engagement surface thus performs as an integral valve seat to the pump body. In some embodiments, the integral engagement surface may be coated, heat-treated, or otherwise modified to increase its wear resistance, such as by including one or more wear-resistant inserts to at least partially contact the valve member.

Connector pin
Patent No. 11746811

Inventor(s): Chad H Jones (Frisco, TX), Marcos Gonzalez (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): Signature Systems Group, LLC (Flower Mound, TX)
Law Firm: METZ LEWIS BRODMAN MUST O”KEEFE LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16582077 on 09/25/2019 (1441 days app to issue)

Abstract: A connector pin includes a stem extending between a head and an opposite foot. The stem includes a neck having a plurality of sections which may be planar forming edges. A retention member including a collar and arms extending therefrom is retained around said pin, the inner surface of the collar correspondingly configured to the sections and edges of the neck for a frictional fit. The pin is insertable and retained within a receiver in overlapping mats. Pockets in the receiver hold the retention member arms and prevent rotational motion of the retention member. The pin is selectively movable relative to the retention member by rotational motion by application of force to the pin sufficient to overcome the threshold level of friction holding the sections of the neck at the collar. Locking the pin is achieved when extension members of the pin foot are misaligned with the retention member arms.

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

Threaded joint for coupling two concentric tubes to one tube
Patent No. 11746936

Inventor(s): James Dan Vick, Jr. (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: DELIZIO, PEACOCK, LEWIN, GUERRA (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16481129 on 12/28/2018 (1712 days app to issue)

Abstract: A threaded joint ([b]200[/b]) provides for metal-to-metal sealing on the ends of concentrically positioned inner and outer tubes when joining the concentric tubes to a single tube ([b]107[/b]). A threaded coupling ([b]105[/b]) secures the inner and outer tubes and joins both tubes to a single tube. The threaded connection leverages metal-to-metal sealing on the ends of each tube. The inner tube ([b]102[/b]) may differ in length from the outer tube ([b]101[/b]) and contains a single thread ([b]211[/b]) at its for receiving the threaded coupling. Threading the coupling onto the inner tube establishes four flexing metal-to-metal seals ([b]209[/b]A-D) between the threaded joint components. The inner and outer tubes maintain contact at the internal shoulder ([b]104[/b]) as a result of preloading. If the tubes are of varying thicknesses, a nut ([b]407[/b]) is placed between the internal shoulder and the threaded coupling to preserve contact between the tubes at the internal shoulder.

[F16L] PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

Power frame and lubrication system for a reciprocating pump assembly
Patent No. 11746953

Inventor(s): Bryan Wagner (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17562792 on 12/27/2021 (617 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus according to which a power end of a reciprocating pump assembly includes a block having bores formed therethrough, and crossheads disposed in the bores and adapted to reciprocate therein. A lubrication pump is in fluid communication with the bores. The pump is operable to pump lubrication fluid into each of the bores so that the crossheads are lubricated as they reciprocate within their respective bores. In another aspect, a power end includes a crosshead block and a power frame connected thereto, the frame including rib plates and supporting the crosshead block. In yet another aspect, a method includes casting a crosshead block; fabricating rib plates; connecting the rib plates to form a frame; and connecting the cast crosshead block to the frame. In some embodiments, the power ends may be used in oilfield operations such as, for example, the cementing, acidizing, or fracturing of a subterranean wellbore.

[F16N] LUBRICATING

Occupancy tracking using sound recognition
Patent No. 11747038

Inventor(s): Prasad Mecheri Chandravihar (Richardson, TX), Sunil Bondalapati (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17868274 on 07/19/2022 (413 days app to issue)

Abstract: An occupancy tracking device configured to receive a plurality of sound samples over a predetermined time period. The device is further configured to compute an audio signature for each sound sample. The audio signature includes a numerical value that uniquely identifies characteristics of an audio signal. The device is further configured to populate entries in the voice data log for the sound samples, to identify one or more clusters based on an audio signature that is associated with the populated entries, and to determine a number of clusters that are identified. The device is further configured to determine a predicted occupancy level based on the number of clusters that are identified and to control a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system based on the predicted occupancy level.

[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)

Determination of blower flow rate
Patent No. 11747040

Inventor(s): Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX), Shiliang Wang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18047469 on 10/18/2022 (322 days app to issue)

Abstract: An HVAC system includes a blower, a motor drive, and a controller. A benchmark rate of the flow of air provided by the blower and a corresponding benchmark power output of the motor drive associated with operation of the blower at a test condition are received. The controller determines a first motor drive frequency at which the motor drive is operating. Based on the benchmark rate and a comparison of the first motor drive frequency to the predefined motor drive frequency, a first rate of the flow of air provided by the blower is determined. At a later time, a current power output of the motor drive is determined during operation of the blower at the test condition. Based on a comparison of the current benchmark power output to the benchmark power output, an updated benchmark rate of the flow of air provided by the blower is determined.

Ice formation
Patent No. 11747067

Inventor(s): Jason Mefford (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): II-VI DELAWARE, INC. (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Blank Rome LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16843788 on 04/08/2020 (1245 days app to issue)

Abstract: A frozen substance maker includes a heat pump, a cold plate, a mold base, a mold top, and an agitator. The cold plate is in thermal communication with the heat pump. The mold base is positioned on the cold plate. The mold base and the cold plate define a seed crystal chamber. The mold top is positioned on the mold base. The mold base and the mold top define a mold cavity in fluid communication with the seed crystal chamber. The mold top defines an overflow reservoir in fluid communication with the mold chamber. The agitator is located at least partially within the overflow reservoir.

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

P H Y S I C S

Mirror for applying eye cosmetics
Patent No. 11744347

Inventor(s): Janelle Friedman (Dallas, TX), Maro Radenovic (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): MYJF Enterprises, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: KLEMCHUK PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17659619 on 04/18/2022 (505 days app to issue)

Abstract: A magnifying cosmetic mirror may provide a three-point reflection path that may be utilized to apply cosmetics around the eye of a user. The cosmetic mirror may be constructed to have a base mirror and side mirrors extending at angles from opposite sides of the base mirror. The side mirrors may be constructed to provide a reflective view of the eye when placed above the base mirror. The base mirror may also be constructed to provide a reflective view of the eye, and each mirror may be substantially flat.

[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]

Inertial navigation system capable of dead reckoning in vehicles
Patent No. 11747142

Inventor(s): Leonardo Colombo (Lecco, , IT), Mahaveer Jain (Santa Clara, CA), Mahesh Chowdhary (San Jose, CA), Nicola Matteo Palella (Rivolta d”Adda, , IT), Roberto Mura (Gallarate, , IT)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: SEED IP LAW GROUP LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16399842 on 04/30/2019 (1589 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device including microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors are used in dead reckoning in conditions where Global Positioning System (GPS) signals or Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals are lost. The device is capable of tracking the location of the device after the GPS/GNSS signals are lost by using MEMS sensors such as accelerometers and gyroscopes. By calculating a misalignment angle between a forward axis of a sensor frame of the device and a forward axis of a vehicle frame using the data received from the MEMS sensors, the device can accurately calculate the location of a user or the vehicle of the device even without the GPS/GNSS signals. Accordingly, a device capable of tracking the location of the user riding in the vehicle in GPS/GNSS signals absent environment can be provided.

[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)

Methods for multi-dimensional lane matching for autonomous vehicle localization
Patent No. 11747164

Inventor(s): Meena Nagappan (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, MI)
Law Firm: Quinn IP Law (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17147745 on 01/13/2021 (965 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for updating a localization of an autonomous vehicle includes receiving perception input data from a sensor of the autonomous vehicle and receiving map data including road lane information in a vicinity of the autonomous vehicle. The method includes processing the perception input data to extract perceived road lane information including a perceived x position, a perceived y position, a perceived z position, a perceived lane type, a perceived lane color, and a perceived lane curvature and processing the map data to extract map road lane information including a map x position, a map y position, a map z position, a map lane type, a map lane color, and a map lane curvature. The method includes calculating a transformation matrix from the perceived road lane information and the map road lane information and updating the map data and a localization of the vehicle based on the transformation matrix.

Capacitive-sensing rotary encoder
Patent No. 11747174

Inventor(s): Lichang Cheng (Shanghai, , CN), Songhua Hu (Shanghai, , CN), Yang Li (Shanghai, , CN), Ziehen Qiu (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17326936 on 05/21/2021 (837 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus is provided and includes a rotary encoder that comprises a stator, a rotor, and a controller. The stator has an opening adapted to surround a first portion of a rotatable shaft, a transmit region, and a receive region. The rotor has an opening adapted to surround a second portion of the rotatable shaft, an annular conductive region, and at least one conductor electrically coupled with the annular conductive region. The controller has an input coupled to the receive region and has an output coupled to the transmit region. The controller is configured to transmit a first signal on the output of the controller and to the transmit region of the stator, receive a second signal on the input of the controller and from the receive region of the stator, and determine, based on the second signal, a proximity of the at least one conductor to the receive region.

[G01D] MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TRANSFERRING OR TRANSDUCING ARRANGEMENTS NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Extended range ADC flow meter
Patent No. 11747181

Inventor(s): Anand Dabak (Plano, TX), Venkata Ramanan (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17574650 on 01/13/2022 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of calculating a time difference is disclosed. The method includes sampling a first ultrasonic signal (r[superscript]21[/superscript]) to produce a first sampled signal (y[b]1[/b](i)) and sampling a second ultrasonic signal (r[superscript]12[/superscript]) to produce a second sampled signal (y[b]2[/b](i)). A first time (LEAD_LAG) is determined between a time the first sampled signal crosses a threshold ([b]1[/b]) and a time the second sampled signal crosses the threshold. The first sampled signal is cross correlated with the second sampled signal to produce a second time (SAMP_OFFSET). The time difference is calculated in response to the first and second times.

[G01F] MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW, OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME [5]

Thermopile-based flow sensing device
Patent No. 11747184

Inventor(s): Yong-Fa Wang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, NJ)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16992411 on 08/13/2020 (1118 days app to issue)

Abstract: Example systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed sensing a flow of fluid using a thermopile-based flow sensing device. An example apparatus includes a flow sensing device comprising a heating structure having a centerline. The flow sensing device may further comprise a thermopile. At least a portion of the thermopile may be disposed over the heating structure. The thermopile may comprise a first thermocouple having a first thermocouple junction disposed upstream of the centerline of the heating structure. The thermopile may further comprise a second thermocouple having a second thermocouple junction disposed downstream of the centerline of the heating structure.

[G01F] MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW, OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME [5]

Barometric sensor calibration and altitude determination
Patent No. 11747232

Inventor(s): Jerry Gamble, Jr. (Grapevine, TX), Sagar Deepak Mahurkar (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17144563 on 01/08/2021 (970 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for calibrating barometric sensors and/or determining altitudes of devices are provided. In an example, a device is determined to be outdoors. In response to determining that the device is outdoors, a calibration process associated with a barometric sensor of the device is performed. The calibration process includes performing one or more barometric measurements using the barometric sensor to determine one or more barometric pressure measures, determining one or more locations of the device, wherein the one or more locations are associated with the one or more barometric measurements, and determining a barometric offset based upon the one or more barometric pressure measures and one or more reference values. An adjusted barometric pressure and/or an altitude of the device is determined based upon a first barometric pressure measure and the barometric offset.

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

Docking station with waveguide enhanced analyte detection strip
Patent No. 11747283

Inventor(s): Daniel Carothers (Lucas, TX)
Assignee(s): Strike Photonics, Inc. (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17204335 on 03/17/2021 (902 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure presents a docking station into which a test card can be inserted for rapid analyte detection and reporting. This docking station has portable capability and can include wire or wireless transmission to a local server or cloud-based server. A test card that has a test structure located on the test structure that includes a modified waveguide can be inserted into the and a docking station that includes a laser and interferometer provides for accurate and rapid detection of a test sample.

[G01N] INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

Prediction and treatment of immunotherapeutic toxicity
Patent No. 11747345

Inventor(s): David E. Gerber (Dallas, TX), Edward Wakeland (Dallas, TX), Jason Y. Park (Dallas, TX), Quan Li (Dallas, TX), Saad Khan (Dallas, TX), Xin Luo (Dallas, TX), Yang Xie (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: POLSINELLI PC (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16487335 on 02/19/2018 (2024 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and compositions for the prediction and treatment of immunotherapy-induced toxicities, as well as improved methods for the treatment of cancer with immunotherapies.

Addressable test access port apparatus
Patent No. 11747397

Inventor(s): Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17508750 on 10/22/2021 (683 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for making device TAPs addressable to allow device TAPs to be accessed in a parallel arrangement without the need for having a unique TMS signal for each device TAP in the arrangement. According to the disclosure, device TAPs are addressed by inputting an address on the TDI input of devices on the falling edge of TCK. An address circuit within the device is associated with the device”s TAP and responds to the address input to either enable or disable access of the device”s TAP.

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

Scan test control decoder with storage elements for use within integrated circuit (IC) devices having limited test interface
Patent No. 11747399

Inventor(s): Mudasir Shafat Kawoosa (Srinagar, , IN), Vishal Diwan (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17809583 on 06/29/2022 (433 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) includes logic components and a scan test circuit coupled to the logic components. The IC also includes a scan input pin coupled to the scan test circuit. The IC also includes a scan input/output pin coupled to the scan test circuit. The scan test circuit includes a decoder coupled to at least one of the scan input pin and the scan input/output pin. The decoder includes storage elements configured to store different scan control signals and to output at least one of the different scan control signals in response to a master control signal.

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

Techniques for angle resolution in radar
Patent No. 11747435

Inventor(s): Sandeep Rao (Bengaluru, , IN), Saurabh Khanna (Delhi, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17243616 on 04/29/2021 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: A radar apparatus for estimating position of a plurality of obstacles. The radar apparatus includes a receive antenna unit. The receive antenna unit includes a linear array of antennas and an additional antenna at a predefined offset from at least one antenna in the linear array of antennas. The radar apparatus also includes a signal processing unit. The signal processing unit estimates an azimuth frequency associated with each obstacle of the plurality of obstacles from a signal received from the plurality of obstacles at the linear array of antennas. In addition, the signal processing unit estimates an azimuth angle and an elevation angle associated with each obstacle from the estimated azimuth frequency associated with each obstacle.

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

Noise mitigation in radar systems
Patent No. 11747436

Inventor(s): Karthik Ramasubramanian (Bangalore, , IN), Karthik Subburaj (Bangalore, , IN), Krishnanshu Dandu (Allen, TX), Sreekiran Samala (Plano, TX), Sriram Murali (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17020931 on 09/15/2020 (1085 days app to issue)

Abstract: A noise-mitigated continuous-wave frequency-modulated radar includes, for example, a transmitter for generating a radar signal, a receiver for receiving a reflected radar signal and comprising a mixer for generating a baseband signal in response to the received radar signal and in response to a local oscillator (LO) signal, and a signal shifter coupled to at least one of the transmitter, LO input of the mixer in the receiver and the baseband signal generated by the mixer. The impact of amplitude noise or phase noise associated with interferers, namely, for example, strong reflections from nearby objects, and electromagnetic coupling from transmit antenna to receive antenna, on the detection of other surrounding objects is reduced by configuring the signal shifter in response to an interferer frequency and phase offset.

GNSS receiver clock frequency drift detection
Patent No. 11747487

Inventor(s): Sandeep Rao (Bengaluru, , IN), Sashidharan Venkatraman (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15935071 on 03/26/2018 (1989 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides a GNSS receiver. The GNSS receiver a measurement engine that generates a set of doppler measurements and a set of pseudo ranges in response to an input signal. A clock frequency drift estimation (CFDE) block receives the set of doppler measurements, and generates an averaged delta doppler. A position estimation engine estimates a position and velocity of a user based on the set of doppler measurements, the set of pseudo ranges and the averaged delta doppler.

Flexure device
Patent No. 11747588

Inventor(s): Steven Edward Smith (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17077548 on 10/22/2020 (1048 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described examples include a device having a body. The device also has a first flexure on a first surface of the body, the first flexure having a first modulus of elasticity. The device has a second flexure on a second surface of the body, the second surface of the body opposite to the first surface of the body, and the second flexure having a second modulus of elasticity. The device also has a fixed member on a surface of the second flexure opposite to the first flexure. The device also has an adjustment device on a surface of the first flexure opposite to the second flexure.

Systems and methods for providing power consumption predictions for selected applications within network arrangements featuring devices with non-homogenous or unknown specifications
Patent No. 11747782

Inventor(s): Adam Hess (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18157781 on 01/20/2023 (228 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for novel uses and/or improvements to artificial intelligence applications in an environment with limited or no available data. In particular, systems and methods are described herein for providing power consumption predictions for selected applications within network arrangements featuring devices with non-homogenous or unknown specifications.

[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)

Aircraft control mode transition smoothing
Patent No. 11747805

Inventor(s): Sung Kyun Kim (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18060801 on 12/01/2022 (278 days app to issue)

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating an aircraft includes operating the aircraft in a first mode including determining an attitude based on a pilot stick signal, where a translational speed or an attitude of the aircraft is proportional to an amplitude of the pilot stick signal in the first mode; transitioning from the first mode to a second mode when a velocity of the aircraft exceeds a first velocity threshold; and operating the aircraft in the second mode where the output of the rate controller is proportional to the amplitude of the pilot stick signal.

[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)

Synchronization of a clock generator divider setting and multiple independent component clock divider settings
Patent No. 11747855

Inventor(s): Atul Ramakant Lele (Bengaluru, , IN), Per Torstein Roine (Oslo, , NO)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17857837 on 07/05/2022 (427 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a clock generator configured to generate a root clock signal based on an input clock signal and a clock generator divider integer setting. The device also includes a first component coupled to the clock generator and configured to generate a first component clock signal based on the root clock signal and a first component divider integer setting. The device also includes a second component coupled to the clock generator and configured to generate a second component clock signal based on the root clock signal and a second component divider integer setting. The device also includes sync circuitry coupled to each of the clock generator, the first component, and the second component, wherein the sync circuitry is configured to perform synchronized adjustments to the root clock signal, the first component clock signal, and the second component clock signal.

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

Power control systems and methods for machine learning computing resources
Patent No. 11747887

Inventor(s): Robert Michael Muchsel (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: North Weber Baugh LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17890595 on 08/18/2022 (383 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described are context-aware low-power systems and methods that reduce power consumption in compute circuits such as commonly available machine learning hardware accelerators that carry out a large number of arithmetic operations when performing convolution operations and related computations. Various embodiments exploit the fact that power demand for a series of computation steps and many other functions a hardware accelerator performs is highly deterministic, thus, allowing for energy needs to be anticipated or even calculated to a certain degree. Accordingly, power supply output may be optimized according to actual energy needs of compute circuits. In certain embodiments this is accomplished by proactively and dynamically adjusting power-related parameters according to high-power and low-power operations to benefit a machine learning circuit and to avoid wasting valuable power resources, especially in embedded computing systems.

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

Command address input buffer bias current reduction
Patent No. 11748035

Inventor(s): Gary L. Howe (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17409495 on 08/23/2021 (743 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory device may include one or more memory banks that store data and one or more input buffers. The input buffers may receive command address signals to access the one or more memory banks. The memory device may operate in one of a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation. The one or more input buffers may operate under a first bias current when the memory device is in the first mode of operation or a second bias current when the memory device is in the second mode of operation, and the first bias current may be greater than the second bias current.

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

Systems and methods for generating graphical user interfaces
Patent No. 11748070

Inventor(s): Chi-San Ho (Allen, TX), Micah Price (The Colony, TX), Yue Duan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17811760 on 07/11/2022 (421 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for generating graphical user interfaces. The system may include processors and storage devices storing instructions. The instructions may configure the one or more processors to perform operations including identifying a plurality of attributes from an image captured with a client device, identifying a plurality of first results based on the attributes, generating a first graphical user interface for display in the client device. The first graphical user interface may include a plurality of result icons corresponding to a subset of the first results having confidence scores above a threshold, a plurality of filter icons displaying options, and a search button. The operations may also include receiving a selection of at least one of the result icons or at least one of the filter icons, performing a search, based on the selection, and generating a second graphical user interface.

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

System and method for implementing strong load ordering in a processor using a circular ordering ring
Patent No. 11748109

Inventor(s): David A. Carlson (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd. (Singapore, , SG)
Law Firm: Hamilton, Brook, Smith Reynolds, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18061164 on 12/02/2022 (277 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and corresponding method enforce strong load ordering in a processor. The system comprises an ordering ring that stores entries corresponding to in-flight memory instructions associated with a program order, scanning logic, and recovery logic. The scanning logic scans the ordering ring in response to execution or completion of a given load instruction of the in-flight memory instructions and detects an ordering violation in an event at least one entry of the entries indicates that a younger load instruction has completed and is associated with an invalidated cache line. In response to the ordering violation, the recovery logic allows the given load instruction to complete, flushes the younger load instruction, and restarts execution of the processor after the given load instruction in the program order, causing data returned by the given and younger load instructions to be returned consistent with execution according to the program order to satisfy strong load ordering.

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

Apparatus and method for configuring and enabling virtual applications
Patent No. 11748132

Inventor(s): Hoang Do (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Nicholson, De Vos, Webster Elliott, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16851566 on 04/17/2020 (1236 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is implemented by a computing device to configure and monitor a virtual application in a cloud environment. The method includes generating instructions for configuring and monitoring the virtual application based on configuration data for the virtual application, modifying an injection virtual appliance image to include the instructions for configuring and monitoring the virtual application, where the injection virtual appliance image is a template for instantiating an injection virtual appliance (e.g., a software container or unikernel) that is to configure and monitor the virtual application according to the instructions, modifying a virtual application deployment descriptor for the virtual application to indicate that the injection virtual appliance is to be injected into the virtual application, and causing the virtual application, with the injection virtual appliance, to be deployed in the cloud environment using the modified virtual application deployment descriptor.

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

Computing node job assignment using multiple schedulers
Patent No. 11748154

Inventor(s): Gopi Kancharla (Frisco, TX), James Land (The Colony, TX), Janardhan Prabhakara (Allen, TX), Parvesh Kumar (Plano, TX), Praveen Tandra (Allen, TX), Raman Bajaj (Frisco, TX), Sanjiv Yajnik (Dallas, TX), Susmitha Gangara
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17305461 on 07/08/2021 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: A set of computing nodes may receive a corresponding set of heartbeat messages that originated at the set of computing nodes. The set of heartbeat messages may relate to selecting, among the set of computing nodes, a leader computing node to process a set of jobs. State information included in the heartbeat messages may be provided to a leader election algorithm that outputs information indicating one or more computing nodes that are most qualified to process the set of jobs based on processing capabilities of the computing nodes and processing constraints associated with the set of jobs. The computing node may select itself as the leader computing node to process the set of jobs based on determining, from the information output by the leader election algorithm, that the computing node is most qualified to process the set of jobs and no other computing nodes are processing the set of jobs.

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

System and method for maximizing processor and server use
Patent No. 11748156

Inventor(s): Ryan Thomas Russell (The Colony, 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: 17725849 on 04/21/2022 (502 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for operating fewer servers near maximum capacity as opposed to operating more servers at low capacity is disclosed. Computational tasks are made as small as possible to be completed within the available capacity of the servers. Computational tasks that are similar may be distributed to the same computing node (including a processor) to improve RAM utilization. Additionally, workloads may be scheduled onto multicore processors to maximize the average number of processing cores utilized per clock cycle.

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

Reasonableness monitor
Patent No. 11748183

Inventor(s): Michael Logies (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17067733 on 10/11/2020 (1059 days app to issue)

Abstract: A flight control computer (FCC) has an index calculation component (ICC) configured to compare a reasonableness of at least a first value of a variable and a second value of the variable. A method of operating a flight control computer (FCC) includes providing an index calculation component (ICC) configured to compare a reasonableness of at least a first value of a variable and a second value of the variable.

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

Non-volatile memory compression for memory repair
Patent No. 11748202

Inventor(s): Devanathan Varadarajan (Allen, TX), Ramakrishnan Venkatasubramanian (Saratoga, CA), Varun Singh (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17901337 on 09/01/2022 (369 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example includes an integrated circuit (IC). The IC includes non-volatile memory and logic. The logic is configured to receive repair code associated with a memory instance and assign a compression parameter to the repair code based on a configuration of the memory instance. The logic is also configured to compress the repair code based on the compression parameter to produce compressed repair code and to provide compressed repair data that includes the compressed repair code and compression control data that identifies the compression parameter. A non-volatile memory controller is coupled between the non-volatile memory and the logic. The non-volatile memory controller is configured to transfer the compressed repair data to and/or from the non-volatile memory.

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

Tracking streaming engine vector predicates to control processor execution
Patent No. 11748270

Inventor(s): Duc Quang Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Joseph Raymond Michael Zbiciak (Alviso, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17990812 on 11/21/2022 (288 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a method of operating a computer system, an instruction loop is executed by a processor in which each iteration of the instruction loop accesses a current data vector and an associated current vector predicate. The instruction loop is repeated when the current vector predicate indicates the current data vector contains at least one valid data element and the instruction loop is exited when the current vector predicate indicates the current data vector contains no valid data elements.

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

Systems and methods for screenshot linking
Patent No. 11748434

Inventor(s): Andrew Cummins (Brooklyn, NY), Elias Jason Mablekos (New York, NY), Jason Ellis Pearlman (Lloyd Harbor, NY)
Assignee(s): rewardStyle, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17573869 on 01/12/2022 (601 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for analyzing screenshots can include a computing device including a processor coupled to a memory and a display screen configured to display content. The system can include an application stored on the memory and executable by the processor. The application can include a screenshot receiver configured to access, from storage to which a screenshot of the content displayed on the display screen captured using a screenshot function of the computing device is stored, the screenshot including an image and a predetermined marker. The application can include a marker detector configured to detect the predetermined marker included in the screenshot. The application can include a link identifier configured to identify, using the predetermined marker, a link to a resource mapped to the image included in the screenshot, the resource accessible by the computing device via the link.

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

Tamper-evident devices equipped with secure re-image file(s)
Patent No. 11748470

Inventor(s): Vijaya L. Vemireddy (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17715191 on 04/07/2022 (516 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of enhancing travel security features associated with a mobile device is provided. The method may include operating a time clock to store a start device confiscation time in a memory and to store an end device confiscation time in the memory, monitoring the mobile device to detect tampering occurring between the start device confiscation time and the end device confiscation time, and in response to the detecting of tampering, prompting the user for a secure identifier. Upon receipt of the secure identifier, the method may include opening a secure i/o pathway to a re-image file. The secure i/o pathway preferably enables execution of an executable re-image file. The re-image file may be used to re-image a software image of the mobile device. The re-image file may contain a pre-tampered image of the mobile device.

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

Current monitor for security
Patent No. 11748478

Inventor(s): David Patrick Anders (Hurst, TX)
Assignee(s): SOFTIRON LIMITED (London, , GB)
Law Firm: Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17396927 on 08/09/2021 (757 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface for an electronic device and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The BMC includes circuitry configured to, through the interface, monitor current usage by the electronic device, determine a security status of the electronic device based upon the current usage, and take a corrective action based upon the security status.

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

Determining platform-specific end-to-end security vulnerabilities for a software application via a graphical user interface (GUI) systems and methods
Patent No. 11748491

Inventor(s): Prithvi Narayana Rao (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18098895 on 01/19/2023 (229 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining and displaying platform-specific end-to-end security vulnerabilities via a graphical user interface (GUI) are disclosed. To provide users with visual indications of vulnerable computing aspects associated with a computing platform, the system identifies computing aspects associated with a platform. The system then obtains from a security entity, security-vulnerability descriptions that are associated with the platform. Using the security-vulnerability descriptions, the system then determines threat levels for each security-vulnerability description and then, using the determined threat levels, determines a computing aspect impact level for each computing aspect associated with the platform. The system then generates for display on a GUI, a graphical layout comprising each computing aspect impact level for each computing aspect associated with the platform.

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

System and method of utilizing a system to secure a document
Patent No. 11748502

Inventor(s): Chooi Peng Low (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: McDermott Will Emery LLP (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17344547 on 06/10/2021 (817 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a first information handling system (IHS) may: encrypt a document utilizing a symmetric encryption key to produce an encrypted document; and encrypt a metadata file, which includes the symmetric encryption key, utilizing a session encryption key to produce a first encrypted metadata file. In one or more embodiments, a second IHS may: decrypt the first encrypted metadata file utilizing the session encryption key to produce the metadata file; and encrypt the metadata file utilizing a public encryption key associated with a second TPM associated with a third IHS to produce a second encrypted metadata file. In one or more embodiments, the third information handling system may: decrypt the second encrypted metadata file utilizing a private encryption key associated with the second TPM to produce the metadata file; and decrypt the encrypted document utilizing the symmetric encryption key, from the metadata file, to produce the document.

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

Programmatic circuit partitioning and topology identification
Patent No. 11748533

Inventor(s): Ashish Khandelwal (Irving, TX), Nikhil Gupta (Plano, TX), Sreenivasan K. Koduri (Dallas, TX), Timothy W. Fischer (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17245057 on 04/30/2021 (858 days app to issue)

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

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

Computer-based systems and methods involving biometric authentication aspects for handling exceptions, enabling deactivation and/or performing other functionality
Patent No. 11748589

Inventor(s): Michael Bailey (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17829038 on 05/31/2022 (462 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods involving biometric authentication of transaction cards including aspects of exception handling, deactivation and other features are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary implementation may involve generating a first user interface having one or more interactive UI elements that enable a card owner to manage a plurality of features associated with a transaction card, and determining, if a biometric-activated control is enabled and the vendor is not excluded from the biometric-activated control, whether the transaction card is biometrically-active. Further, the interactive UI elements may include elements such as a first UI element that is configured to allow the card owner to enable a biometric-activated control of the transaction card, and/or a second UI element that is configured to allow the card owner to exclude one or more vendors from the biometric-activated control.

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

Super-tiling in neural network processing to enable analytics at lower memory speed
Patent No. 11748599

Inventor(s): Anshu Jain (Bengaluru, , IN), Kumar Desappan (Bengaluru, , IN), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bengaluru, , IN), Pramod Kumar Swami (Bengaluru, , IN), Rishabh Garg (Patiala, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16797871 on 02/21/2020 (1292 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques including receiving a first set of values for processing by a machine learning (ML) network, storing a first portion of the first set of values in an on-chip memory, processing the first portion of the first set of values in a first layer of the ML network to generate a second portion of a second set of values, overwriting the stored first portion with the generated second portion, processing the second portion in a second layer of the ML network to generate a third portion of a third set of values, storing the third portion, repeating the steps of storing the first portion, processing the first portion, overwriting the stored first portion, processing the second portion, and storing the third portion for a fourth portion of the first set of values until all portions of the first set of values are processed to generate the third set of values.

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

Hierarchical tournament-based machine learning predictions
Patent No. 11748640

Inventor(s): Gautham K. Kudva (Flower Mound, TX), Koustuv Chatterjee (Gilbert, AZ), Srinath goud Vanga (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): o9 Solutions, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17979479 on 11/02/2022 (307 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and techniques for hierarchical tournament-based machine learning predictions are described herein. A machine learning selection model may be trained with training data. A configuration may be received that includes the metric and a target prediction. A set of evaluation component combinations may be selected using the machine learning selection model. Each evaluation component combination of the set of evaluation component combinations may include an algorithm, a hierarchical learning model corresponding to a level of a hierarchy, and a prediction model for the target prediction. The set of evaluation component combinations may be transmitted to a cluster of computing nodes. Output results may be received for the set of evaluation component combinations. The output results may be evaluated using the metric to determine a winning evaluation component combination. The winning evaluation component combination may be stored in storage for use in calculating future predictions for the target prediction.

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

Machine learning abstraction
Patent No. 11748653

Inventor(s): Sriram Subramanian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DataRobot, Inc. (Boston, MA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16000807 on 06/05/2018 (1918 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, program products, and method are disclosed for machine learning abstraction. An apparatus includes an objective module configured to receive an objective to be analyzed using machine learning. An apparatus includes a grouping module configured to select a logical grouping of one or more machine learning pipelines to analyze a received objective. An apparatus includes an adjustment module configured to dynamically adjust one or more machine learning settings for a logical grouping of one or more machine learning pipelines based on feedback generated in response to analyzing a received objective.

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

Adaptive RFID inventory system
Patent No. 11748706

Inventor(s): Jonathan Michael Butler (Gainesville, GA), Timm Sebastian Redder (Ladera Ranch, CA)
Assignee(s): VenaResources, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17972996 on 10/25/2022 (315 days app to issue)

Abstract: An adaptive inventory management system for use in a materials handling facility storing a plurality of items that are each associated with a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. The management system including a global inventory database subsystem and a RFID interrogator subsystem comprising a plurality of RFID interrogators that are each configured to read the unique identifier of the RFID tag associated with each of the plurality of items that are within a defined boundary of at least one scan zone generated by the respective RFID interrogator and to communicate the unique identifier of the each scanned RFID tag identified within each scan zone of the respective RFID interrogator to the global inventory database subsystem. The management system being selectively configured to effect user desired levels of fidelity and/or resolution with respect to the generated unique identifier of the each scanned RFID tag within a defined space of the materials handling facility.

[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]

Systems and methods for distributing personally identifiable information across geographic boundaries
Patent No. 11748717

Inventor(s): Bart S. van Hoek (Dallas, TX), Yale P. Vinson (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): MoneyGram International, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Law Office of Bill Naifeh (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17475849 on 09/15/2021 (720 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media configured to facilitate execution of transactions via a money transfer network are disclosed. During execution of the transactions, tokenized identity information may be utilized when exchanging transaction data between geographically distributed nodes of the money transfer network and the transactions are recorded to a distributed ledger maintained by the nodes. Smart contracts may be utilized to digitally sign transactions at various stages of transaction processing, such as at different stages of regulatory compliance validation and to authenticate the validity of the requested transaction (e.g., prevent double-spends). Utilizing tokenized identity information may reduce the likelihood that personally identifiable information (PII data) is obtained by or inadvertently provided to unauthorized third parties or systems. Additionally, the distributed ledger may record information in immutable records, thereby increasing the reliability and trustworthiness (e.g., for auditing purposes) of the data stored on the distributed ledger.

Methods, systems, and vehicles for route modification and displaying contents
Patent No. 11748781

Inventor(s): Adrian Lombard (Royal Oak, MI), John F. Daly (Frisco, TX), Kruti Vekaria (Arlington, VA), Paul Li (Mountain View, CA), Satoshi Nagashima (Long Island City, NY)
Assignee(s): Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota, , JP), Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17750745 on 05/23/2022 (470 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for displaying contents on a screen of a vehicle are provided. The method includes obtaining geographic information and population information for an area, obtaining a user geographic preference and a user population preference for a content, generating a route of a vehicle that maximizes exposure of the vehicle to targeted population in the area based on the geographic information, the population information, the user geographic preference, and the user population preference, and operating the vehicle to follow the route and display the content on a screen disposed on an exterior of the vehicle while following the route.

Community-based digital transaction authentication
Patent No. 11748807

Inventor(s): Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX), Snehal Desai (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16944862 on 07/31/2020 (1131 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present application generally relates to a system that includes one or more sensors configured to acquire data representative of a geographic area, including municipal data, vehicular data, utility data, or a combination thereof. The system also includes a processor that receives a request for a loan from a requesting party. The request is associated with a service to be provided to the geographic area. The processor determines a factor for the geographic area based on the data, and the factor is representative of a presence of the service within the geographic area. Additionally, the processor determines a gap associated with the service within the geographic area. The gap is indicative of a perceived desire for the service within the geographic area. Furthermore, the processor determines whether the gap exceeds a threshold value and automatically transfers funds to the requesting party in response to the gap exceeding the threshold value.

Legal timeline analytics
Patent No. 11748832

Inventor(s): John Lehmann (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): LEX MACHINA, INC. (Menlo Park, CA)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17097137 on 11/13/2020 (1026 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various of the disclosed embodiments concern systems and methods for applying legal analytics. In some embodiments, a legal analytics platform retrieves legal data from an electronic database, analyzes some or all of the legal data, and identifies interesting patterns and results of statistical analyses. In order to permit searching of the legal data, metadata elements or tags can be generated for legal entities and legal events. In some embodiments, the legal analytics platform identifies timestamps in the legal data and performs time-based statistical analysis. Results of the statistical analyses can be presented to a user via a graphical user interface (GUI), which may also allow the user to interact with the legal analytics platform and search one or more databases of legal data.

Systems and methods for identifying a service qualification of a unit based on an image-based window analysis
Patent No. 11748972

Inventor(s): Harish Arunachalam (Frisco, TX), Shail Bhatt (Plano, TX), Somasekhar C. Nekkalapudi (Dallas, TX), Vipul Jha (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18056868 on 11/18/2022 (291 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a service qualification system may receive, from a user device, a set of images that depict a window. The service qualification system may perform an image-based analysis of the set of images to determine a reflectivity score associated with the window. The reflectivity score may be indicative of a quality associated with a signal of the service being received through the window. The service qualification system may determine, based on the reflectivity score, a service qualification metric that is indicative of a capability of receiving the service within the unit. The service qualification system may perform an action associated with the service qualification metric. NULL

System and method for horticulture viability prediction and display
Patent No. 11748984

Inventor(s): Andrew Levi (Dallas, TX), George R. Schultz (Coppell, TX), Shawn Gentry (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Planttagg, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17302532 on 05/05/2021 (853 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for plant maintenance, identification and viability scoring. An application is located on consumer devices connected to the server. The application, operating on a smart phone, utilizes onboard GPS, user input, and camera subsystems to customize plant care tips specific to a yard location and plant type. Images may be submitted to the server to identify a plant type through convolutional neural network image recognition. The invention uses another artificial neural network to predict a plant”s viability score. The server receives input, such as plant type, soil type, yard location, and amount of sunlight, and the server retrieves local climactic data and plant type optimal values to return the plant”s viability score for the selected location. Another aspect of the invention generates and displays an augmented reality display of a plant in the user”s yard. NULL

Identification of anomalies in an automatic teller machine (ATM) network
Patent No. 11749070

Inventor(s): Ashok Kumar (Plano, TX), Jessica Boettner (Plano, TX), Lakshmipriya Varada (Allen, TX), Prabhakar Rao Bolleddu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16850649 on 04/16/2020 (1237 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to monitoring an automatic teller machine (ATM) network and determining anomalous fault behavior in the ATM network. A computing device may determine historical fault volumes in the ATM network and generate a time-series model of the fault volumes. The computing platform may predict future fault volumes based on the generated time-series model. Based on the predicted future fault volumes and actual future fault volumes, the computing platform may determine anomalous fault behavior. The time-series model may be based on exogenous factors associated with ATM network operations.

Voice-based time-sensitive task processing over a high generation cellular network
Patent No. 11749272

Inventor(s): Prabhat Ranjan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17237281 on 04/22/2021 (866 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to voice-based time-sensitive task processing over a high generation cellular network. A computing platform may establish a communication channel with a computing device. The computing platform may authenticate a user of the computing device, where the user is authorized to access the enterprise server. Then, the computing platform may detect, via the communication interface, a voice-based interaction from the authenticated user. The computing platform may cause the voice-based interaction to be captured as audio data. Subsequently, the computing platform may transform the audio data to textual data. The computing platform may analyze the textual data to identify a time-sensitive task related to an entity. Then, the computing platform may generate, based on the identified time-sensitive task, one or more instructions to execute the time-sensitive task. Subsequently, the computing platform may send, to an enterprise server, the one or more instructions to execute the time-sensitive task.

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

Integrity assurance of a secured virtual environment
Patent No. 11750654

Inventor(s): Andrew T. Fausak (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products, L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15962406 on 04/25/2018 (1959 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments provide access to enterprise data via a secured virtual environment hosted on an Information Handling System (IHS), with the integrity of the IHS validated prior to launching the virtual environment. The integrity of the IHS may also be continuously validated during operation of the launched virtual environment. Policies for accessing the enterprise data are stored in a secured memory that is isolated from the operating system of the IHS. A virtual environment is configured, according to the policies, with resources for a particular user to access the enterprise data. If the integrity of the IHS is validated by a trusted resource on the IHS, the virtual environment is launched. During operation of the virtual environment, the trusted resource periodically confirms the integrity of the IHS. If the integrity of the IHS is not verified or policy changes are identified, access to the secured workspace may be revoked.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Remote monitoring and control of moveable barrier in jackshaft door operator system
Patent No. 11746584

Inventor(s): Brent A. Rauscher (Keller, TX), Jerry B. Chrane (Argyle, TX), LeRoy G. Krupke (Carrollton, TX), Robert E. Thomas, Jr. (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): GMI Holdings, Inc. (Mount Hope, OH)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16855482 on 04/22/2020 (1231 days app to issue)

Abstract: A garage door status monitoring and control system for a jackshaft operator may include a control module comprising a programmable platform configured to: receive a change-door-status command to change a position of a door; in response to the change-door-status command, generate and communicate a light or sound command to a wireless controller; delay a period of time after communicating the light or sound command to the wireless controller; and only after the delay, generate a door command corresponding to said change-door-status command to change the position of the door.

[H04H] BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication H04J; pictorial communication aspects of broadcast systems H04N)

Multi-wafer deposition tool for reducing residual deposition on transfer blades and methods of operating the same
Patent No. 11749554

Inventor(s): Makoto Tsutsue (Yokkaichi, , JP), Shunsuke Takuma (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17090368 on 11/05/2020 (1034 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-wafer deposition tool includes a vacuum enclosure including a platen laterally surrounding multiple wafer stages, a spindle-blade assembly including a spindle and multiple transfer blades attached to the spindle, and a controller configured to transfer wafers between the multiple wafer stages through rotation of the multiple transfer blades around a rotation axis pasting through the spindle. A chamber clean process may be performed while the transfer blades of the spindle-blade assembly are positioned over the multiple wafer stages. Alternatively or additionally, a deposition cycle may be performed while the transfer blades of the spindle-blade assembly are positioned between neighboring pairs of the wafer stages and while a purge gas that flows out of purge gas openings into spaces between the wafer stages.

[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 with hybrid staircase structure and methods of forming the same
Patent No. 11749600

Inventor(s): Akihiro Tobioka (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17224370 on 04/07/2021 (881 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vertically alternating sequence of unit layer stacks is formed over a substrate. Each unit layer stacks includes an insulating layer and a spacer material layer that is formed as, or is subsequently replaced with, a first electrically conductive layer. A 2N array of stepped surfaces is formed. Each column of two stepped surfaces other than one column is vertically extended by performing a set of processing sequences at least once. The set of processing sequences includes forming a patterned etch mask layer and etching an unmasked subset of the 2N array. One or more patterned etch mask layer has a respective continuous opening including an entire area of a respective 2M array of stepped surfaces that is a subset of the 2N array of stepped surfaces. Vertical stacks of memory elements are formed through the vertically alternating sequence.

Industrial chip scale package for microelectronic device
Patent No. 11749616

Inventor(s): Sreenivasan K Koduri (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16042661 on 07/23/2018 (1870 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device includes a die with input/output (I/O) terminals, and a dielectric layer on the die. The microelectronic device includes electrically conductive pillars which are electrically coupled to the I/O terminals, and extend through the dielectric layer to an exterior of the microelectronic device. Each pillar includes a column electrically coupled to one of the I/O terminals, and a head contacting the column at an opposite end of the column from the I/O terminal. The head extends laterally past the column in at least one lateral direction. Methods of forming the pillars and the dielectric layer are disclosed.

Leadframe with ground pad cantilever
Patent No. 11749621

Inventor(s): Dolores Babaran Milo (Baguio, , PH), Ernesto Pentecostes Rafael, Jr. (Nueva Ecija, , PH), Michael Flores Milo (Baguio, , PH)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18087515 on 12/22/2022 (257 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a die attach pad with a set of cantilevered first leads for down bond connections, a set of second leads spaced apart from the die attach pad, a semiconductor die mounted to the die attach pad and enclosed by a package structure, a set of first bond wires connected between respective bond pads of the semiconductor die and at least some of the first leads, and a set of second bond wires connected between respective further bond pads of the semiconductor die and at least some of the second leads.

Glass-based bonding structures for power electronics
Patent No. 11749632

Inventor(s): Hiroshi Ukegawa (South Lyon, 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: 17219133 on 03/31/2021 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power electronics module includes a glass layer with one or more vias extending through the glass layer and having an electrically and thermally conductive material disposed within the one or more vias, a power electronic device directly bonded to a first surface of the glass layer, and, a cooling structure thermally coupled to a second surface of the glass layer.

Three-dimensional memory device including discrete charge storage elements and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 11749736

Inventor(s): Fei Zhou (San Jose, CA), Raghuveer S. Makala (Campbell, CA), Ramy Nashed Bassely Said (San Jose, CA), Senaka Kanakamedala (San Jose, CA), Xue Bai Pitner (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17189153 on 03/01/2021 (918 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, a memory opening vertically extending through the alternating stack, and memory opening fill structures located in the memory opening and including a vertical semiconductor channel, a dielectric material liner laterally surrounding the vertical semiconductor channel, and a vertical stack of discrete memory elements laterally surrounding the dielectric material liner. A subset of the insulating layers a lower insulating sublayer, an upper insulating sublayer overlying the lower insulating sublayer, and a center insulating sublayer located between and in contact with the lower insulating sublayer and the upper insulating sublayer.

Method of forming multiple-Vt FETS for CMOS circuit applications
Patent No. 11749739

Inventor(s): Mark S. Rodder (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Yongin-si, , KR)
Law Firm: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17396385 on 08/06/2021 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: A field-effect transistor (FET) device having a modulated threshold voltage (Vt) includes a source electrode, a drain electrode, a channel region extending between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a gate stack on the channel region. The gate stack includes an ultrathin dielectric dipole layer on the channel region configured to shift the modulated Vt in a first direction, a high-k (HK) insulating layer on the ultrathin dielectric dipole layer, and a doped gate metal layer on the HK insulating layer configured to shift the modulated Vt in a second direction.

Split-gate trench MOSFET
Patent No. 11749750

Inventor(s): Chiao-Shun Chuang (Zhubei, , TW), Tsung-Wei Pai (New Taipei, , TW), Yun-Pu Ku (Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17819971 on 08/16/2022 (385 days app to issue)

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

Fuel cell cathode air pressure management systems
Patent No. 11749820

Abstract: A method of operating an aircraft includes providing a fuel cell system to power the aircraft, providing an airflow path through the fuel cell system, sensing a change mass air flow rate supplied to a compressor of the fuel cell system, and at least one of adjusting a restriction of airflow entering the airflow path in response to the sensed change in mass air flow rate, adjusting a restriction of airflow exiting the airflow path in response to the sensed change in mass air flow rate, and adjusting an air scoop to gather a different amount of air into the airflow path. A method of operating an aircraft includes sensing a change in ambient pressure supplied to an airflow path and adjusting a restriction of airflow exiting the airflow path in response to a sensed change in ambient pressure.

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

Base station antennas having an active antenna module and related devices and methods
Patent No. 11749881

Inventor(s): Haifeng Li (Richardson, TX), Mohammad Vatankhah Varnoosfaderani (Richardson, TX), Samantha Merta (Richardson, TX), XiaoHua Hou (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17218586 on 03/31/2021 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: Base station antennas include an externally accessible active antenna module releasably coupled to a recessed segment that is over a chamber in the base station antenna and that is longitudinally and laterally extending along and across a rear of a base station antenna housing. The base station antenna housing has a passive antenna assembly that cooperates with the active antenna module.

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

Multilayer structures comprising reflective core layers
Patent No. 11749899

Inventor(s): Debasish Banerjee (Ann Arbor, MI), Hidetaka Asano (Aichi-ken, , JP), Naohide Uchida (Shizuoka, , JP), Songtao Wu (Ann Arbor, MI), Takeshi Yamakawa (Shizuoka, , JP)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17218993 on 03/31/2021 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract:

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

Wireless power transfer control apparatus and method
Patent No. 11750033

Inventor(s): Bo Yang (Allen, TX), Hengchun Mao (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Quanten Technologies Limited (Tortola, , VG)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16536686 on 08/09/2019 (1488 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprises detecting a signal representing a current level at a power switch of a resonant converter with a sense switch coupled to the power switch and formed on a same semiconductor die, wherein the resonant converter comprises a primary side and a secondary side magnetically coupled to the primary side, and adjusting a capacitance of a variable capacitance network of the resonant converter based upon the current level of the power switch.

[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)

Adaptive off-time or on-time DC-DC converter
Patent No. 11750078

Inventor(s): Jianzhang Xie (Shanghai, , CN), Wei Zhao (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16876897 on 05/18/2020 (1205 days app to issue)

Abstract: A converter system includes a first switch and a controller configured to switch the first switch between first and second states based on input and output voltages of the converter system, wherein the controller includes: a timer unit including a first timer configured to determine a first duration based on a target switching frequency of the converter system, and a second timer configured to determine a second duration based on a predetermined duration equal to or greater than a minimum duration of the first state of the first switch and the input and output voltages; and a control logic unit, configured to switch the first switch from the second state to the first state upon expiration of both the first and second durations.

[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]

Voltage conversion circuits and electronic equipment
Patent No. 11750093

Inventor(s): Songnan Yang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Halo Microelectronics Co., Ltd. (Foshan, , CN)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17893514 on 08/23/2022 (378 days app to issue)

Abstract: The voltage conversion circuit includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a first energy storage branch, a second energy storage branch, a third energy storage branch and a controller. The input terminal is used to connect with the input power supply. The output terminal is used to connect to the load. The first energy storage branch is connected to the input terminal, the second energy storage branch and the third energy storage branch. The second energy storage branch is connected to the first energy storage branch. The three energy storage branches are connected to the output terminal. The first energy storage branch includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch and a fourth switch. The controller is connected with the first terminals of the switches of the first energy storage branch, the second energy storage branch and the third energy storage branch.

Class-AB stabilization
Patent No. 11750155

Inventor(s): Aniruddha Roy (Bangalore, , IN), Kunal Suresh Karanjkar (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17470985 on 09/09/2021 (726 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the description provide for a circuit. In some examples, the circuit includes a input pair of transistors, a bias transistor having a bias transistor gate, a bias transistor drain, and a bias transistor source, the bias transistor drain coupled to the input pair of transistors and the bias transistor source coupled to ground, and a resistor coupled between the bias transistor gate and the input pair of transistors.

[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)

Hybrid GMP/equalizer digital self interference cancelation for MIMO transmitters
Patent No. 11750232

Inventor(s): Chance Tarver (Arlington, TX), Jin Yuan (Plano, TX), Khurram Muhammad (Southlake, TX), Matthew Tonnemacher (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17539109 on 11/30/2021 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: A base station configured to perform a method for self-interference cancelation (SIC) is provided. The method includes transmitting, by a transceiver configured to transmit an uplink channel and a downlink channel concurrently, one or more signals, the transceiver coupled to, or including, a first number of transmit antennas and a second number of receive antennas. The method also includes, for at least one receive antenna of the second number of receive antennas, applying a forward path model including a non-linear component corresponding to a transmit path in the transceiver, and applying an equalizer function to a first signal to be transmitted by at least one transmit antenna of the first number of transmit antennas determine a self-interference (SI) estimate; and subtracting, in SIC circuitry, the SI estimate from the signal received via at least one receive antenna of the second number of receive antennas to obtain an residual signal.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for CSI reporting
Patent No. 11750258

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: 17185823 on 02/25/2021 (922 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration information including a CSI reporting band and a frequency granularity of CSI reporting, where the CSI reporting band is within a bandwidth part (BWP) comprising M physical resource blocks (PRBs), and the frequency granularity of CSI reporting is based on whether MN, where N is a threshold; identifying the frequency granularity of CSI reporting; generating a CSI report with the identified frequency granularity, wherein the CSI report includes at least one of a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and a channel quality indicator (CQI); and transmitting the CSI report over an uplink (UL) channel.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) repeater system
Patent No. 11750270

Inventor(s): Dale Robert Anderson (Colleyville, TX), Glen Raggio (Mesquite, TX), Ilesh V. Patel (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Wilson Electronics, LLC (St. George, UT)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17867490 on 07/18/2022 (414 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technology for a diversity bi-directional repeater is disclosed. The diversity bi-directional repeater can include a first interface port, a second interface port, a 1[superscript]st [/superscript]first-direction signal amplification and filtering path communicatively coupled between the first interface port and the second interface port, and a 1[superscript]st [/superscript]second direction signal amplification and filtering path communicatively coupled between the first interface port and the second interface port. The diversity bi-directional repeater can further include a third interface port, a fourth interface port, and a 2[superscript]nd [/superscript]second direction signal amplification and filtering path communicatively coupled between the third interface port and the fourth interface port.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Time division duplex (TDD) network protection repeater
Patent No. 11750272

Inventor(s): Dale Robert Anderson (Colleyville, TX), Ilesh V. Patel (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Wilson Electronics, LLC (St. George, UT)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17361147 on 06/28/2021 (799 days app to issue)

Abstract: A technology is described for a time division duplex (TDD) repeater with network protection. The TDD repeater can comprise a first port, a second port, and one or more amplification paths coupled between the first port and the second port. The TDD repeater can comprise a signal detector configured to measure a received signal power for a downlink (DL) signal in a first set of one or more TDD DL subframes. The TDD repeater can be further configured to adjust an uplink (UL) noise power or gain of the one or more amplification paths based on the received signal power for the DL signal in the first set of the one or more TDD DL subframes.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Millimeter wave repeater systems and methods
Patent No. 11750280

Inventor(s): Ahmed H. Hmimy (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17167739 on 02/04/2021 (943 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, an over-the-air millimeter wave repeater for a communications network comprises: a donor unit including a first plurality of modular electronic components and an access point including a second plurality of modular electronic components. The donor unit communicates downlink mmWave spectrum wireless signals received from a base station to the access point and radiates uplink mmWave spectrum wireless signals received from the access point to the base station. The access point radiates the downlink mmWave spectrum wireless signals received from the donor unit into a coverage area, receives the uplink mmWave spectrum wireless signals received from the coverage area, and communicates the uplink mmWave spectrum wireless signals to the donor unit. The first and second plurality of modular electronic components includes at least one of a modular antenna component, a modular signal conditioning component, a modular signal interface component, and a modular controller.

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

Delivery of GPON technology
Patent No. 11750315

Inventor(s): Andrew G. Low (Grapevine, TX), John Silovich (Fox Lake, IL), Richard Schroder (Plano, TX), Russell W. Brown (Euless, TX), Thomas C. Ruvarac (Naperville, IL)
Assignee(s): TELLABS BEDFORD, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15969605 on 05/02/2018 (1952 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wall-mountable outlet comprising an enclosure and a faceplate mechanically coupled to the enclosure. An optical network terminal (ONT) is provided in the enclosure. In one example embodiment, the ONT comprises an optical-electrical (O-E) data module, and the O-E data module comprises an O-E converter. The O-E data module can further comprise a switch arranged to selectively couple at least one signal with the O-E converter. The O-E data module further can comprise a Passive Optical Network (PON) controller interposed between the O-E converter and the switch.

[H04J] MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L 5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N 7/08; in exchanges H04Q 11/00)

Methods and apparatus for wireless communications over subsets of contiguous subcarriers
Patent No. 11750339

Inventor(s): Jialing Liu (Palatine, IL), Philippe Sartori (Plainfield, IL), Qian Cheng (Naperville, IL), Weimin Xiao (Hoffman Estates, IL)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17101974 on 11/23/2020 (1016 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for wireless communications over a wideband carrier are provided. Time-frequency resources of the wideband carrier within a transmission time interval are divided into multiple time-frequency resource blocks. Each of the time-frequency resource blocks corresponds to a group of contiguous subcarriers of the wideband carrier and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols. Data streams may be scheduled to be transmitted in different time-frequency resource blocks, and may be destined for different user equipments or the same user equipment. Baseband processing operations may be performed on data streams scheduled in different time-frequency resource blocks independently from one another. Separate control channels or one common control channel may be configured for data transmissions in different time-frequency resource blocks.

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

Asynchronous step-up authentication for client applications
Patent No. 11750386

Inventor(s): Hieu Nguyen (Southlake, TX), Hoang Trung Vo (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17237019 on 04/21/2021 (867 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems for authorizing transactions received from client applications. The transaction request can include a first access token. After validating the first access token, the system can determine whether additional authentication is needed to authorize the transaction. If additional authentication is needed, the system can determine the authentication requirements. Once the additional authentication is received and verified, the system can generate a second access token and authorize the transaction by releasing the first access token.

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

End-to-end encryption for sessionless communications
Patent No. 11750387

Inventor(s): Gayathri Sundar (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): CITICORP CREDIT SERVICES, INC. (USA) (Jacksonville, FL)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17980363 on 11/03/2022 (306 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for end-to-end encryption for session-less communications. A first server may receive, from a second server, a request to retrieve keys for a customer device to access a service. The request may include a device identifier and a first token encrypted using a first encryption key. The first server may determine, responsive to validating, that the customer device is to be issued a second token. The first server may identify least a portion of the first token decrypted using the first encryption key. The first server may generate a set of second encryption keys to be used by the customer device. The first server may package the second token to include (i) at least the portion of the first token and (ii) the set of second encryption keys. The first server may transmit, to the second server, a response including the second token.

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

System and method for providing network support services and premises gateway support infrastructure
Patent No. 11750412

Inventor(s): Alvin R. McQuarters (Euless, TX), Amir Ansari (Plano, TX), George A. Cowgill (Farmersville, TX), Jude P. Ramayya (Richardson, TX), Ramprakash Masina (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): KIP PROD P1 LP (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17236443 on 04/21/2021 (867 days app to issue)

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

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

Configuring measurement reference signals for MIMO
Patent No. 11750445

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17404813 on 08/17/2021 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods relating to 6-port and/or greater than 8-port Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) configurations are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a radio access node in a cellular communications network comprises configuring a plurality of CSI-RS ports for a wireless device, where the plurality of CSI-RS ports is six CSI-RS ports, ten CSI-RS ports, twelve CSI-RS ports, fourteen CSI-RS ports, or sixteen CSI-RS ports, depending on the embodiment. The method further comprises transmitting CSI-RS on at least a subset of the plurality of CSI-RS ports configured for the wireless device. In this manner, support for, e.g., an increased number of antenna ports and/or support for two-dimensional (2D) antenna arrays is provided.

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

Message management system for adjusting a transmission of a scheduled message
Patent No. 11750465

Inventor(s): Sunil Kaitha (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17649491 on 01/31/2022 (582 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a system may receive a status associated with a service of a user account. The system may schedule, based on the status, a transmission of a message at an expiration of a time period, wherein the message is generated to indicate the status. The system may monitor, during the time period, the status to detect an event associated with the service. The system may detect, based on an occurrence of the event, an update to the status. The system may perform, prior to the expiration of the time period, an action associated with the message to account for the update to the status.

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

Service function chaining congestion feedback
Patent No. 11750517

Inventor(s): Andrew G. Malis (Andover, MA), Donald E. Eastlake, III (Milford, MA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17175964 on 02/15/2021 (932 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of reporting congestion in an upstream direction in a service chain function architecture. The method includes receiving, by the downstream device, a packet indicating congestion within a service function chaining architecture; generating, by the downstream device, a congestion report message in response to receiving the packet, wherein the congestion report message comprises a field indicating an existence of congestion within the service function chaining architecture and a service path identifier indicating a location of the congestion within the service function chaining architecture; and transmitting, by the downstream device, the congestion report message to an upstream device to permit the upstream device to address the congestion.

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

Packet storage based on packet properties
Patent No. 11750534

Inventor(s): Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, , IN), Sriramakrishnan Govindarajan (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17122215 on 12/15/2020 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a system on chip (SOC) comprises a network switch configured to receive a packet and to identify a flow identifier (ID) corresponding to a header of the packet. The SOC comprises a direct memory access (DMA) controller coupled to the network switch, where the DMA controller is configured to divide the packet into first and second fragments based on the flow ID and to assign a first hardware queue to the first fragment and a second hardware queue to the second fragment, and wherein the DMA controller is further configured to assign memory regions to the first and second fragments based on the first and second hardware queues. The SOC comprises a snoopy cache configured to store the first fragment to the snoopy cache or to memory based on a first cache allocation command, where the first cache allocation command is based on the memory region assigned to the first fragment, where the snoopy cache is further configured to store the second fragment to the snoopy cache or to memory based on a second cache allocation command, and where the second cache allocation command is based on the memory region assigned to the second fragment.

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

Configuring virtual computer systems with a web service interface to perform operations in cryptographic devices
Patent No. 11750566

Inventor(s): Jose Eduardo Montilla Lugo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16836559 on 03/31/2020 (1253 days app to issue)

Abstract: A customer of a computing resource provider configures a virtual computer system in a virtual private network with a web service application. The web service application comprises a web service interface that executes instructions provided by the customer to cause one or more hardware security modules (HSMs) to perform cryptographic operations on data on behalf of the customer without the need to generate programmatic code.

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

Identity validation using Bluetooth fingerprinting authentication
Patent No. 11750605

Inventor(s): Yaniv Weizman (Tel Aviv, , IL), Yaron Alpert (Hod Hasharon, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16998774 on 08/20/2020 (1111 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes storing a reference fingerprint for a first device in a database; operating a second device in an identity authentication mode; receiving, by the second device while operating in the identity authentication mode, a signal transmission from an unknown device; determining, by the second device, a fingerprint for the unknown device based on the signal transmission; responsive to the fingerprint of the unknown device matching the reference fingerprint for the first device, processing a data packet associated with the signal transmission; and responsive to the fingerprint of the unknown device not matching the reference fingerprint for the first device, ignoring the data packet associated with the signal transmission.

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

Commissioning distributed control nodes
Patent No. 11750696

Inventor(s): Andrew Keller (Lewisville, TX), David Emerson (Coppell, TX), Joseph Malm (Plano, TX), Patrick Clay (Frisco, TX), Vien Nguyen (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION (Tokyo, , JP)
Law Firm: Gray Ice Higdon (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17207905 on 03/22/2021 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: Implementations are described herein for commissioning a distributed control node (DCN) to a process automation network. In various implementations, one or more messages transmitted on the process automation network by the DCN announcing that the DCN has joined the process automation network may be detected. Based on the one or more messages, one or more operational technology (OT) capabilities of the DCN may be determined. Based on the one or more OT capabilities, the DCN may be commissioned to the process automation network, e.g., by configuring the DCN to cooperate with one or more other process automation nodes on the process automation network to implement an at least partially automated process.

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

Call processing system for modifying inmate communication limits
Patent No. 11750746

Inventor(s): Stephen Lee Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17725412 on 04/20/2022 (503 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for customizing time limits for inmate communications in a correctional facility is disclosed. The system includes a profile subsystem that stores an inmate profile of the inmate and a communication processing subsystem comprising one or more processors configured to receive data of an inmate communication of an inmate, identify a type of communication device of the inmate and a call recipient of the inmate communication based on the data of the inmate communication, retrieve the inmate profile of the inmate form the profile subsystem, identify a plurality of behaviors of the inmate based on the inmate profile, determine a time limit based on at least one of the type of communication device, the call recipient of the inmate communication, and the plurality of behaviors of the inmate, and assign the time limit to the inmate communication of the inmate.

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

Context and bypass encoding video
Patent No. 11750826

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Mehmet U. Demircin (Dallas, TX), Vivienne Sze (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17936003 on 09/28/2022 (342 days app to issue)

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

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

Geolocationing system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11750850

Inventor(s): Raymond S. Horton (McKinney, TX), Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17752146 on 05/24/2022 (469 days app to issue)

Abstract: A geolocationing system and method for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, such as a hospitality environment or educational environment, are presented. In one embodiment of the geolocationing system, a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is provided. Each gateway device includes a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location within the multi-space environment. Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device. The gateway devices, in turn, send gateway signals to a server, which determines estimated location of the wireless-enabled personal locator device.

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

Integrated circuit with switching amplifier output fault detection
Patent No. 11750992

Inventor(s): Mohit Chawla (Bengaluru, , IN), Venkata Ramanan Ramamurthy (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17360270 on 06/28/2021 (799 days app to issue)

Abstract: A switching amplifier includes: a driver circuit with differential inputs and differential outputs; and a fault detection circuit coupled to the differential outputs. The fault detection circuit includes: a power supply input; and a sense circuit coupled to the differential outputs. The sense circuit includes: a first resistor between the power supply input and a positive output of the differential outputs; a second resistor between the positive output and ground; a third resistor between the power supply input and a negative output of the differential outputs; and a fourth resistor between the negative output and ground. The fault detection circuit also includes an analyzer circuit coupled to the sense circuit and configured to determine a fault location relative to the differential outputs based on an output of the sense circuit.

[H04R] LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) [6]

Angle of arrival capability in electronic devices
Patent No. 11751008

Inventor(s): Aditya Vinod Padaki (Richardson, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Hoang Viet Nguyen (Plano, TX), Neha Dawar (Plano, TX), Songwei Li (McKinney, TX), Yuming Zhu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17443321 on 07/23/2021 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining channel information, range information, and angle of arrival (AoA) information based on wireless signals communicated between an electronic device and an external electronic device. The method also includes generating an initial prediction of a presence of the external electronic device relative to a field of view (FoV) of the electronic device based on the channel information and at least one of the range information or the AoA information. The initial prediction includes an indication of whether the external electronic device is within the FoV or outside the FoV of the electronic device. The method further includes performing, using a tracking filter, a smoothing operation on the range information and the AoA information. Additionally, the method includes determining that the external electronic device is within the FoV of the electronic device based on the AoA information, the smoothed AoA information, and the initial prediction.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for multicasting to user devices
Patent No. 11751020

Inventor(s): Mansoor Ali Shah Mohammed (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17499941 on 10/13/2021 (692 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include receiving content for multicasting, identifying user equipment (UE) devices to receive the content and identifying a geographical or service area associated with the identified UE devices. The method may also include determining a scheduled time for a multicast transmission of the content and transmitting, prior to the scheduled time, a message to the devices, wherein the message indicates the scheduled time. The method may further include initiating the multicast transmission of the content at the scheduled time.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Provisioning a network device for secure communications
Patent No. 11751050

Inventor(s): Barak Cherches (Ramat Ha”Kovesh, , IL), Shmulik Elgavi (Netaim, , IL), Yaron Alpert (Hod Hasharon, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17125554 on 12/17/2020 (992 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network device includes a wireless transceiver configured to establish a bi-directional communication channel with a network gateway. The network device also includes a visible light communication (VLC) interface configured to establish a visible light communication channel with a configurator for the network gateway. The network device further includes a controller configured to operate with the configurator to execute out-of-band (OOB) provisioning of the network device for the network gateway, wherein data communicated on the visible light communication channel includes a portion of information related to bootstrap provisioning the network device with the network gateway using the device provisioning protocol (DPP).

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

User plane integrity protection in cellular networks
Patent No. 11751055

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Todd Gibson (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17063465 on 10/05/2020 (1065 days app to issue)

Abstract: Integrity protection is used to assist in ensuring the secure transmission of wireless data within a cellular network. Instead of performing integrity protection on each packet data unit (PDU) transmitted/received within a PDU session, integrity protection is performed on a portion of PDUs transmitted within a cellular network. For instance, partial integrity protection may be performed on at least one predetermined PDU (e.g., the first, second, fourth, . . . ) that is transmitted via a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH)/Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) during a communication session. By performing partial integrity protection, user data may be transmitted more quickly throughout the cellular network, compared to performing full integrity protection, while still providing integrity protection.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

5G network slice device security protection
Patent No. 11751058

Inventor(s): Serge Manning (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, KS)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17576313 on 01/14/2022 (599 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of user equipment (UE) implemented network slice security protection is disclosed. The method comprises the UE receiving a request to initialize an application, querying a UE Route Selection Policy (URSP) stored on the UE, and receiving traffic descriptors and security descriptors in response to the querying. The traffic descriptors identify a network slice for the application. The security descriptors comprise a security flag and a virtualization container ID. The method also comprises the UE initiating the application within a virtualization container corresponding to the virtualization container ID based on the security flag indicating that the network slice is secure and binding traffic for the application in the virtualization container to a PDU session based on the traffic descriptors. The method further comprises communicating, by the application executing within the virtualization container, with a core network over the PDU session via the network slice bound to the virtualization container.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for inter-cell downlink and uplink beam indication, measurement and reporting
Patent No. 11751085

Inventor(s): Dalin Zhu (Richardson, TX), Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17444470 on 08/04/2021 (762 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving first information for a physical cell identifier (PCI) different from a serving cell PCI; receiving second information for source or measurement reference signals (RSs) for the PCI; determining, based on one or more transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states, the first information, and the second information, a reception spatial domain filter for reception of at least one of downlink (DL) RSs and channels from the PCI; and measuring, based on the first information and the second information, the measurement RS. The method further includes determining, based on the measured measurement RSs, the first information, and the second information, a beam report and transmitting the beam report for the PCI on an uplink (UL) channel. A beam refers to a spatial property used to receive or transmit a source RS or a channel.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Power conversion module and method of forming the same
Patent No. 11751353

Inventor(s): Asif Imran Emon (Middle Island, NY), David Ryan Huitink (Prairie Grove, AR), Fang Luo (Holbrook, NY), Hayden Seth Carlton (Fayetteville, AR), Vivek Kishorechand Arora (San Jose, CA), Woochan Kim (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17318276 on 05/12/2021 (846 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power conversion module and method of forming the same includes a motherboard having a first surface and a second surface that opposes the first surface. The motherboard includes a first trace that electrically couples a decoupling capacitor mounted on the motherboard to a first pad on the first surface of the motherboard and an output node of a power conversion module. The motherboard includes a via extending through the motherboard that electrically couples a second pad on the first surface of the motherboard and a third pad on the second surface of the motherboard to the output node and a second trace that electrically couples a fourth pad on the second surface of the motherboard and the decoupling capacitor. The power module includes a first daughterboard mounted on the first surface of the motherboard and a second daughterboard mounted on the second surface of the motherboard.

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

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Cooking utensil
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Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Lewisville, TX), Eric H. Jan (Lehi, UT)
Assignee(s): SOLO BRANDS, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29832429 on 03/28/2022 (526 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Trowel handle
Patent No. D997682

Inventor(s): Clinton D. Bunch (Keller, TX), Joshua A. Bunch (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Acufloor, LLC (North Richland Hills, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29867018 on 10/05/2022 (335 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Table clamp
Patent No. D997708

Inventor(s): Dony Dawson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29732312 on 04/23/2020 (1230 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Battery tester housing
Patent No. D997753

Inventor(s): Brian Paul Madeley (Dallas, TX), Clifford Sewing (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Interstate Battery Systems International, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: FERGUSON BRASWELL FRASER KUBASTA PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29802041 on 08/02/2021 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Cargo storage organizer
Patent No. D997845

Inventor(s): Hal Preston (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Hal Preston (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29815777 on 11/16/2021 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Earphone
Patent No. D997918

Inventor(s): Daniel Allen (Castle Rock, CO), Darin Hale (Vancouver, WA), Joseph Barrett (Tempe, AZ), Tal Kocen (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): TEAM IP HOLDINGS, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: McAndrews Held Malloy, Ltd. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29806169 on 09/01/2021 (734 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle shock tower
Patent No. D998058

Inventor(s): Jaime Felix Barajas (Dallas, TX), Jonathan Scott Wood (Campbell, CA), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29815742 on 11/16/2021 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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