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 3/12/24 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

109 patents granted
Ranked No. 11 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 9
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 7
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 1
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 8
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 7
G: PHYSICS 39
H: ELECTRICITY 29
DESIGN: 9

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 16
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, VA) 4
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 4
BMIC LLC (Dallas) 3
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, NC) 2
BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth) 2
Encore Wire Corp. (McKinney) 2
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 2
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) 2

Unassigned 6

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Alexander K. Maghsadi (Lewisville) 2
Devaki Chandramouli (Plano) 2
Erik Karl Frohberg (Keller) 2
Hark Braren (Fort Worth) 2
Jeffrey R. Weilert (Southlake) 2
Karthik Ramasubramanian (Bangalore, India) 2
Kent Poteet (Lucas) 2
Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, MI) 2
William T. Bigbee, Jr. (Melissa) 2
Zachary Richard Campau (Novato, CA) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Percutaneous sheath for robotic medical systems and methods
Patent No. 11925332

Inventor(s): Zachary Stahl Morrison (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Auris Health, Inc. (Redwood City, CA)
Law Firm: Chang Hale LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16728948 on 12/27/2019 (1537 days app to issue)

Abstract: Certain aspects relate to percutaneous sheaths for medical procedures as well as to related systems and methods. For example, a system for performing a percutaneous assisted medical procedure can include a percutaneous sheath. The percutaneous sheath can include a first conduit for providing aspiration into the kidney and a second conduit for passing a catheter into the kidney. The system can also include an aspiration catheter configured to be inserted into the kidney through the second conduit of the percutaneous sheath. A fluidics system can include an irrigation source comprising a pump and an aspiration source comprising a vacuum. The irrigation source can be connected to a fluid inlet of the percutaneous sheath that is connected to the first conduit. The aspiration source can be connected to the aspiration catheter.

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

Blood vessel access and closure devices and related methods of use
Patent No. 11925339

Inventor(s): Robert Vidlund (Forest Lake, MN)
Assignee(s): J.D. Franco Co., LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18054412 on 11/10/2022 (488 days app to issue)

Abstract: A medical device may include an outer assembly having a first shaft, a first lumen extending through the first shaft, and an atraumatic first tip removably coupled to a distal end of the first shaft; an inner assembly configured to extend through the first lumen of the outer assembly, the inner assembly including a second shaft, a second lumen extending through the second shaft, and a second tip removably coupled to a distal end of the second shaft, the second tip being configured to pierce tissue; and a plug assembly configured to extend through the second lumen of the inner assembly, the plug assembly including a third shaft and a plug removably coupled to a distal end of the third shaft.

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

Intra-oral scanning device with integrated optical coherence tomography (OCT)
Patent No. 11925435

Inventor(s): Glen Freeman (Plano, TX), Grant E. Kenworthy (Allen, TX), Greg R. Basile (Dallas, TX), Henley S. Quadling (Dallas, TX), Justin G. Graham (Wylie, TX), Mark S. Quadling (Plano, TX), Rod A. Duncan (Lucas, TX), Ye Li (Pla
Assignee(s): D4D Technologies, LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17836606 on 06/09/2022 (642 days app to issue)

Abstract: An intra-oral scanning device includes a light source and an optical system, and communicates with a display system. The device provides for more efficient transmission and capture of images. It integrates OCT scanning with RGB-based scanning. In operation, the device is used for recording topological characteristics of teeth, dental impressions, or stone models by digital methods and for use in CAD/CAM of dental restorative prosthetic devices. To that end, the RGB-based scan obtains surface data (e.g., a margin), while the OCT scan penetrates the surface. The two scanners operate from within the same physical housing and preferably at the same time such that only one scanning pass (to obtain all necessary data) is required. The 3D data obtained from the OCT scan is registered with the 3D data obtained from the RGB-based scan by virtue of being captured using a common return path. Preferably, the 3D surface data is used to align the volume data, such that the OCT scan operates over a much sparser scanning volume than would otherwise be required if the OCT scan were carried out separately. In this manner, there is less stitching of data required to build the output images, thereby enabling a ”one-pass” operation.

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

Hydraulic delivery of surgical implants
Patent No. 11925548

Inventor(s): Austin Xavier Rodeheaver (Arlington, TX), Jestwin Edwin Lee, IV (Grandview, TX), Michael Piazza (Crowley, TX), Pradeep Shivalingappa Magadum (Arlington, TX), Saumya Dilip Yadav (Arlington, TX), Todd Taber (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17335254 on 06/01/2021 (1015 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for delivering an implant to an eye using hydraulic fluid flow or pressure. An implant may be stored, advanced, and delivered to an eye using hydraulic fluid stored in a sterile container through a hollow advancement plunger. The plunger may rigidly advance the implant to a sealed position in a first phase, and then the implant may be advanced into the eye via hydraulic pressure or fluid flow in a second phase.

[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]

Regulation of eIF4E activity for migraine therapy
Patent No. 11925642

Inventor(s): Greg Dussor (Dallas, TX), Jacob E. Lackovic (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17495902 on 10/07/2021 (887 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of preventing, treating, or inhibiting migraine in a subject, by administering to the subject an amount of first therapeutic selected from cercosporamide, eFT508, or 4EGI-1 sufficient to prevent, treat, or inhibit said migraine. The present disclosure further provides a composition including at least two of cercosporamide. eFT508, or 4EGI-1, both in an amount sufficient to prevent, treat, or inhibit migraine in a subject and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present disclosure further provides a composition including at least one of cercosporamide, eFT508, or 4EGI-1 and at least one additional migraine therapeutic, both in an amount sufficient to prevent, treat, or inhibit migraine in a subject, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

[A61K] PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J 3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D)

Topical compositions
Patent No. 11925700

Inventor(s): Geetha Kalahasti (Addison, TX), Kim Wilson (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18120689 on 03/13/2023 (365 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods and compositions useful to cleanse, exfoliate, smooth, moisturize, hydrate, and/or improve the appearance and/or condition of skin and/or hair using a composition including shea butter, PEG-50 shea butter, and/or hydrated silica.

System and method for drawing a solution
Patent No. 11925786

Inventor(s): Galen Reed (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, WI)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16412809 on 05/15/2019 (1763 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for drawing a solution is provided. The system includes a filter, a vacuum source, and an actuator. The filter has an input port, a first output port, a second output port, and a flow path defined in part by the input port and the second output port. The vacuum source is in fluid communication with the first output port and operative to apply a vacuum to the flow path. The actuator is operative to facilitate movement of the solution along the flow path.

Motorized strength training apparatus with selectable force multiplication
Patent No. 11925827

Inventor(s): Peter Neuhaus (Pensacola Beach, FL)
Assignee(s): OxeFit, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17495584 on 10/06/2021 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exercise apparatus includes a first cable, a first motor configured to apply a tension to the first cable, a pair of pulleys, and a terminal. The first cable extends from the first motor, past the pair of pulleys, and to the terminal, and the terminal constrains a distal end of the first cable from retracting toward the first motor away from the terminal such that at least a minimum length of the first cable is maintained between the first motor and the terminal. The exercise apparatus also includes a first connection point between the pair of pulleys, wherein the first connection point is configured to selectively redirect the cable between the pair of pulley such that the first connection point experiences a first force corresponding to double the tension.

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

Modular multi-system gaming console
Patent No. 11925874

Inventor(s): Eric Christensen (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): PUSH-RUN HOLDINGS, LLC (Pasadena, CA)
Law Firm: Morrison Foerster LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17372312 on 07/09/2021 (977 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular multi-system gaming console can be configurable for use in conjunction with expansion consoles (also referred to as expansion modules, expansion units, and/or element modules herein) as a gaming console emulator and/or for use as an audio/video converter (e.g., an up-converter), data recorder, or streaming device. Further, the modular multi-system gaming console can evoke the original gaming experience of a game played on original hardware. A modular multi-system gaming console can provide a consistent platform for display, content management, statistical storage and analysis (e.g., high scores, fastest speed runs, etc.), and live streaming and other services (including core services described herein) across a multitude of gaming console platforms. A modular multi-system gaming console can also provide a more authentic game experience via active cartridge reading. Further, by providing a flexible and configurable architecture for the modular multi-system gaming console, support for new consoles can be added to the modular multi-system gaming console without requiring users to purchase an entirely new console that repeats hardware for providing the core services.

[A63F] CARD, BOARD OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [5]

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

Tool kit with quick-connect coupling for paintless dent removal
Patent No. 11925967

Inventor(s): Jake Matthew Thomas (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18086625 on 12/21/2022 (447 days app to issue)

Abstract: A paintless dent repair kit includes a housing with a handle extending therefrom and a toothed wheel rotatably retained in the housing. The toothed wheel has a plurality of teeth extending outwards therefrom and is configured to receive, replace, and removably retain a connector, which is attached on the other end to a quick-connect coupling. The quick-connect coupling is, in turn, configured to releasably retain a socket of a commercially-available set of dent removal tips, for example, a KIPP socket or an ULTRA socket. The housing features a first button connected to a teethed lever slidably positioned to be either engaged or disengaged with the plurality of teeth of the toothed wheel depending on the position of the first button. Unless the first button is depressed, the dent removal tool is configured to securely and fixedly retain the dent removal tip to facilitate direct transmission of force and torque from the handle to the coupling and then to the dent removal tip during dent removal operations.

[B21D] WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL (working or processing of wire B21F)

Component manufacture and external inspection
Patent No. 11926006

Inventor(s): Travis Mayberry (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Getz Balich LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17204556 on 03/17/2021 (1091 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of manufacture is provided that includes providing a preform component. The preform component includes a blind aperture in an exterior of the preform component. The exterior of the preform component is machined to provide a machined component. An exterior of the machined component is inspected to determine a characteristic of the machined component, which characteristic of the machined component is associated with the blind aperture. Whether a feature of the machined component satisfies a standard is determined based on the characteristic of the machined component.

[B23P] OTHER WORKING OF METAL; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q)

Apparatus and method for extruding stripes onto an extruded product
Patent No. 11926086

Inventor(s): Mark D. Bennett (Dodd City, 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: 17576864 on 01/14/2022 (788 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for extruding a jacket and/or insulative material onto an extruded product with one or more longitudinal stripes incorporated onto the surface of said extruded product comprising a body, a primary feed conduit for conveying a primary extrusion material, a striping die, a secondary feed conduit for conveying a secondary extrusion material, a striping die adapter, a striping feed conduit extending through the striping die adapter for conveying striping extrusion material. The striping die adapter may also include a thermocouple for maintaining the viscosity of the striping extrusion material and a thermocouple for monitoring the temperature of said striping die adapter. The striping die includes one or more striping extrusion outlets for conveying striping extrusion material onto the extruded product. The striping die may also include a wishbone-shaped trough for delivering equal amounts of striping extrusion material to said extrusion outlets for extrusion onto the product.

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

Motorized landing gear for a tractor trailer
Patent No. 11926292

Inventor(s): Ricky Strogen (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Cramer Patent Design PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17034716 on 09/28/2020 (1261 days app to issue)

Abstract: A motorized landing gear for a tractor trailer is located near the manual operation crank of the landing gear. The drive motor is powered by a plug in mechanical communication with a power source and actuated by a switch which may be double-pole/double-throw toggle switch secured adjacent the crank. The motorized landing gear may be provided with a protective all-weather covering.

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

Hybrid deterministic override of probabilistic advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS)
Patent No. 11926322

Inventor(s): Kyungtae Han (Palo Alto, CA), Prashant Tiwari (Santa Clara, CA), Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, CA), Yanbing Wang (Nashville, TN), Ziran Wang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17398666 on 08/10/2021 (945 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hybrid deterministic override to cloud based probabilistic advanced driver assistance systems. Under default driving conditions, an ego vehicle is controlled by a probabilistic controller in a cloud. An overall gap between the ego vehicle and a leading vehicle is divided into an emergency collision gap and a driver specified gap. The vehicle sensors monitor the overall gap. When the gap between the ego vehicle and the leading vehicle is less than or equal to the emergency collision gap, a deterministic controller of the ego vehicle overrides the cloud based probabilistic controller to control the braking and acceleration of the ego vehicle.

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

Apparatus and method for wear detection of railroad vehicle wheels
Patent No. 11926351

Inventor(s): Erik Karl Frohberg (Keller, TX), Hark Braren (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17009297 on 09/01/2020 (1288 days app to issue)

Abstract: A railroad wheel impact load detection test panel includes a secondary instrumentation rail proximate a field side of a primary or running rail of a section of railroad track, and elevated a prescribed distance so that the wheels of a rail car traverse the instrumentation rail within the test panel. The instrumentation rail includes an optical strain gauge to sense the wheel impact load. The sensed impact data is correlated with wheel damage signatures to identify wheels to be restored or replaced before failure occurs.

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

Apparatus and method for wear detection of railroad vehicle wheels
Patent No. 11926352

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

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

Systems and methods for desalination of liquids
Patent No. 11926539

Inventor(s): Garry Bush (Edmonton, , CA), Robert Keetch (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): ACQUOLINA IL MONDO LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18033552 on 10/25/2020 (1234 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system for desalination of a liquid comprises at least one primary treatment process, at least one secondary treatment process, wherein the at least one secondary treatment process comprises at least one reactor, and at least one tertiary treatment process, wherein the at least one primary treatment process is configured to adjust a pH of the liquid to target pH level and to add at least one chemical additive to the liquid, wherein the at least one reactor is configured to heat the liquid to a temperature of at least 350 F. and to supply a pressure to the liquid to maintain the liquid in a liquid state, and wherein the dissolved salt of the liquid is configured to react with at least a portion of the at least one chemical additive to form an insoluble product within the at least one reactor.

[C02F] TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE (processes for making harmful chemical substances harmless, or less harmful, by effecting a chemical change in the substances A62D 3/00; separation, settling tanks or filter devices B01D; special arrangements on waterborne vessels of installations for treating water, waste water or sewage, e.g. for producing fresh water, B63J; adding materials to water to prevent corrosion C23F; treating radioactively-contaminated liquids G21F 9/04) [3]

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

Stabilizing features in a wear member assembly
Patent No. 11926996

Inventor(s): Isai Diaz (Arlington, TX), Mohamad Bilal (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Hensley Industries, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17246240 on 04/30/2021 (1047 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wear member includes a front end and a rearward end, the rearward end having a cavity formed therein. The cavity may include a forward portion, a rear portion, and an intermediate portion. The forward portion may be disposed toward the front end and the rear portion may be disposed toward the rearward end. Each of the rear portion and the forward portion may include at least four surfaces. Each of the at least four surfaces of the rear portion may converge toward a longitudinal axis of the wear member at a first converging angle, and each of the at least four surfaces of the forward portion may converge toward the longitudinal axis of the wear member at a second converging angle. The intermediate portion may extend between the forward portion and the rear portion and may include a different number of surfaces in cross-section than the forward portion and the rear portion.

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

Pop up stopper and seal
Patent No. 11927001

Inventor(s): Jon Manoj (Mesquite, TX), Robert Jones, Jr. (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): Danco, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17480288 on 09/21/2021 (903 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pop up stopper comprising multiple aperture and at least one non-aperture lever rod engagement locations to allow use of the stopper as a replacement with different pre-existing actuating and drain systems when the existing stopper is broken, worn or needs to be replaced for aesthetic reasons. An existing lever rod is selectively positionable to engage with one of the lever rod engagement locations that are disposed at varying heights on the stopper. Most preferably, there are six lever rod engagement locations, four aperture locations and two non-aperture locations. A seal disposed below a cap and around a body of the stopper comprises an enlarged annular ring near its outer edge to provide increased surface area for sealing a drain opening. The body of the stopper has a maximum width measured in cross section of 1.04 inches or less.

[E03C] DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS

Plunger cover apparatus, system, and method
Patent No. 11927003

Inventor(s): Hal Coburn Kendrick (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17694053 on 03/14/2022 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus, system, or method for covering and utilizing a plunger. The plunger can be inserted into a cover configured or sized to receive the plunger. The cover is attached to a handle with a closure mechanism. The closure mechanism is used to close the open end of the cover after removal of the plunger from the cover. A toilet or other drain or pipe system may be unclogged using the covered plunger. When the plunger and the cover are removed from a toilet, and the plunger is removed from the cover, the cover reverses or inverts. When reversed or inverted, the cover contains water or waste material from the toilet within the cover.

[E03C] DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS

Panelized roofing system
Patent No. 11927019

Inventor(s): James A. Svec (Kearny, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18122850 on 03/17/2023 (361 days app to issue)

Abstract: A roofing system including a plurality of roofing panels that can be releasably secured to rafters or other supports of the roof by connectors. In embodiments, the connectors can include first and second connectors, each of which can include a plate with a projection extending therefrom, and with the plates defining flanges on each side of the projection. The plates of the first and second connectors are configured to seat on and at least partially extend along one of the rafters of the roof structure and along exterior facing surfaces of adjacent ones of the roofing panels to releasably secure the roofing panels to the rafters.

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

Glazing retainer for impact rated doors
Patent No. 11927051

Inventor(s): Bradley J. Lee (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Overhead Door Corporation (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17720051 on 04/13/2022 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: A door includes a plurality of door panels hingedly connected. At least one of the plurality of panels includes a frame, a glazing member, and a retainer member. The frame defines an opening and includes a lip extending into the opening. A front side of the glazing member is disposed adjacent the lip. The retainer member is disposed adjacent a rear side of the glazing member. The retainer member includes a body member, a first leg, a second leg, a third leg, and a fourth leg. At least three of the first, second, third, and fourth legs are configured for receipt into corresponding channels in the frame to secure the retainer member to the frame.

[E06B] FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G 9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D 25/10; sky-lights E04B 7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F 10/00)

Kickover tool
Patent No. 11927063

Inventor(s): Brandon Martin (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): IMPACT SELECTOR INTERNATIONAL, LLC (Heath, TX)
Law Firm: Boisbrun Hofman, PLLC (Local + 2 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17938899 on 10/07/2022 (522 days app to issue)

Abstract: A kickover tool for retrieving a used gas lift valve installed within a gas lift mandrel connected along a wellbore tubular string and installing a new gas lift valve within the gas lift mandrel. The kickover tool may include a housing, a first holder configured to hold the used gas lift valve, a first displacement mechanism operable to move the first holder between a retracted first holder position in which the first holder is adjacent the housing and an extended first holder position in which the first holder is spaced away from the housing, a second holder configured to hold the new gas lift valve, and a second displacement mechanism operable to move the second holder between a retracted second holder position in which the second holder is adjacent the housing and an extended second holder position in which the second holder is spaced away from the housing.

[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]

Gravel pack systems, methods to flow fluid out of a gravel pack system, and methods to provide fluid flow during a gravel packing operation
Patent No. 11927079

Inventor(s): Kevin Albert Graham Ross (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg, LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17587990 on 01/28/2022 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gravel pack system has a heel section and a toe section that is downhole from the heel section. The system also includes a conveyance having an interior passageway for fluid flow to the toe section, a closing sleeve that forms an annulus with the conveyance, a shunt having a first section that provides a fluid flow entrance into the shunt, a second section that extends to the heel section along the gravel pack system, and one or more nozzles along the second section that provides fluid flow out of the gravel pack system at the heel section, and a shroud having a first section that is coupled to the closing sleeve and a second section that is coupled to the shunt, where the shroud and the conveyance form a second annulus.

Downhole barrier and isolation monitoring system
Patent No. 11927092

Inventor(s): Celso Max Trujillo, Jr. (Addison, TX), Kevin Dwain Fink (McKinney, TX), Mark S. Holly (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16624680 on 02/26/2019 (1841 days app to issue)

Abstract: A status of an isolation barrier can be determined by comparing data collected by a sensor below the isolation barrier to data collected by a sensor above the isolation barrier. A sensor assembly can be coupled to an isolation barrier assembly downhole from the isolation barrier assembly for collecting data related to a characteristic of the wellbore. The sensor assembly can transmit the data collected to a tool positioned up-hole from the isolation barrier. The tool can transmit the data to a surface of the wellbore. The sensor assembly can be powered by a battery pack or via a connection to a downhole tool that supplies the power to the sensor assembly. The downhole tool that receives the data from the sensor assembly (and optionally provides power to the sensor assembly) can be inserted and removed from the wellbore over the lifetime of the well.

M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G
LIGHTING | HEATING | WEAPONS | BLASTING

Hybrid actuation devices including alignment aids
Patent No. 11927206

Inventor(s): Maduran Palaniswamy (Ann Arbor, MI), Max Herzog (Fenton, MI), Michael P. Rowe (Pinckney, MI), Ryohei Tsuruta (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: 18164224 on 02/03/2023 (403 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hybrid actuation device that includes a first plate coupled to a second plate, a shape memory alloy wire coupled to the first plate, and an artificial muscle positioned between the first plate and the second plate. The artificial muscle includes a housing having an electrode region and an expandable fluid region, a first electrode and a second electrode each disposed in the electrode region of the housing and a dielectric fluid disposed within the housing. The expandable fluid region of the housing is positioned apart from a perimeter of the first plate and the second plate. A first alignment aid is positioned between the first plate and the first electrode, the first alignment aid having an inner surface facing the first plate and an outer surface facing the first electrode.

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

Locking assembly for a lightweight gearbox
Patent No. 11927210

Inventor(s): Ian W. Brown (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): AVX Aircraft Company (Benbrook, TX)
Law Firm: Davis Graham Stubbs LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18123825 on 03/20/2023 (358 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lock nut and tang washer mechanism preloads and locks components in a rotating environment. A drive system mechanism preloads and locks the device in a rotating environment and provides a double locking safety requirement needed in most aircraft for applications operating in an enclosed environment. The mechanism holds a required torque for the duration of the drive system operating life without the need for periodic visual inspections.

[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)

Vibration isolation for rotating machines
Patent No. 11927236

Inventor(s): Brian J. Pinkelman (Ann Arbor, MI), Paul A. Gilmore (Ann Arbor, MI), Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, MI), Umesh N. Gandhi (Farmington Hills, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17156185 on 01/22/2021 (1145 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rotating machine system include a rotating machine. The rotating machine system can include a housing. The housing can include an inner surface. The housing can surround at least a portion of the rotating machine. The inner surface of the housing can be spaced from the rotating machine such that a space is defined therebetween. The rotating machine system can include a plurality of vibration isolators. The vibration isolators can be positioned in the space and can be operatively connected to the rotating machine and to the inner surface of the housing. The vibration isolators can be compression-type vibration isolators.

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

Diaphragm radial compression ring (DRCRTM) to enhance the sealing ability and service life of the diaphragms used in dampeners/accumulators/pulsation control equipment
Patent No. 11927292

Inventor(s): Cersten Jantzon (Houston, TX)
Assignee(s): Performance Pulsation Control, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17807347 on 06/16/2022 (635 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pulsation dampener includes a body having an internal cavity and an opening providing fluid communication between the internal cavity and a fluid flow external to the body. A flexible diaphragm fitted with the diaphragm radial compression ring is held within the internal cavity, allowing for improved seal ability and enhanced service life of the diaphragm at allowing at least some fluid from the external fluid flow to enter the internal cavity through the opening based on a pressure of the external fluid flow, the flexible diaphragm or elements in contact with the fluid from the external fluid flow that has entered the internal cavity.

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

Independent temperature control for rooms
Patent No. 11927350

Inventor(s): Andres Canales (Dallas, TX), Brent Sturgell (Forney, TX), Greg Nation (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): FIRST CO. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18323097 on 05/24/2023 (293 days app to issue)

Abstract: Providing simultaneous independent temperature control of conditioned air to first and second rooms. First and second evaporators may be positioned so that: air from the first room passes through the first evaporator before exhausting back to the first room; and air from the second room passes through the second evaporator before exhausting back to the second room.

[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)

Preventing evaporator coil freeze during re-heat dehumidification
Patent No. 11927362

Inventor(s): Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX), Siddarth Rajan (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17994523 on 11/28/2022 (470 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of preventing evaporator coil freeze in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes determining a reference saturated suction temperate (SST) via a sensor disposed in relation to an evaporator coil in the HVAC system, where the HVAC system is operating in reheat dehumidification mode. The method also includes determining whether the reference SST is below a minimum SST threshold. The method also includes, responsive to a determination that the reference SST is below the minimum SST threshold, determining a decreased compressor speed. The method also includes modulating a variable-speed compressor in the HVAC system in correspondence to the decreased compressor speed.

Air curtain containment system and assembly for data centers
Patent No. 11927363

Inventor(s): Ken Nguyen (Danbury, CT)
Assignee(s): INERTECH IP LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Weber Rosselli Cannon LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17329132 on 05/24/2021 (1023 days app to issue)

Abstract: An air curtain containment system and assembly for data centers forms an air curtain over the server cabinets thereby separating hot air in a hot aisle from cool ambient air. The air curtain containment system includes ducts which include a hot air intake section that receives hot air discharged from servers, which are disposed in server cabinets. The ducts include heat exchangers for cooling the hot air and at least one air curtain discharge section. A housing is coupled to a wall of the ducts, and includes a cooling edge device fan. The cooling edge device fan is disposed along the ducts, and is configured to draw the hot air for cooling through the heat exchangers. An air curtain fan assembly is disposed along the ducts. The air curtain fan assembly expels cold air through the air curtain discharge section, and thereby forms an air curtain over the server cabinets.

P H Y S I C S

Control systems for operation of loading dock equipment, and associated methods of manufacture and use
Patent No. 11926497

Inventor(s): Daryl Day (Frisco, TX), Richard K. Hoofard (Dallas, TX), Stephen Kosek (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): ASSA ABLOY ENTRANCE SYSTEMS AB (Landskrona, , SE)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17693997 on 03/14/2022 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and associated methods for controlling operation of loading dock equipment are described herein. In some embodiments, the system and associated methods can be used to control operation of loading dock equipment (e.g., a vehicle restraint, a dock door, a dock leveler, etc.) according to a sequence of operations. The sequence of operations can include different sub-sequences based on loading dock conditions. The system can include a display screen that sequentially presents a series of control elements that enable operation of the loading dock equipment. Additionally, the visual appearance and/or sequence of presentation of the control elements indicate the proper sequence of selection to the user, thereby reducing user confusion and simplifying the operation of the loading dock equipment. Some functionality of the control panel can be enabled or disabled based on a current level of authorization.

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

Temporal differential sensing structure for vibrating gyroscope
Patent No. 11927443

Inventor(s): Andrea Lorenzo Vitali (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): STMicroelectronics, Inc. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17881470 on 08/04/2022 (586 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectromechanical device is provided. A vibrating structure gyroscope included in the device employs a temporal differential sensing method alone or a spatial differential sensing method in combination with the temporal differential sensing method. When used in combination, the temporal sensing method may be applied before the spatial sensing method or applied after the spatial sensing method. The temporal differential sensing samples signals at times t[b]1[/b] and t[b]2[/b] when velocity of a sensing mass within the vibrating structure gyroscope is maximum and has an opposite sign. The temporal sensing method improves Euler and Centrifugal forces cancellation and increases the signal to noise ratio if forces remain equal at times t[b]1[/b] and t[b]2[/b]. Applying a high sampling speed can result in times t[b]1[/b] and t[b]2[/b] being sufficiently close to each other and therefore cancel any error terms associated with Euler and Centrifugal forces.

[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)

Multi-site concurrent wafer probe magnetic circuit testing
Patent No. 11927604

Inventor(s): Bret Alan Dahl (McKinney, TX), Christopher Michael Ledbetter (Farmers Branch, TX), Dok Won Lee (Mountain View, CA), Roy Deidrick Solomon (Melissa, TX), Xinkun Huang (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17313657 on 05/06/2021 (1041 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wafer probe test system having a probe card with a probe head, a rotary magnet, a magnetic sensor positioned to sense the magnetic field of the rotary magnet and a controller coupled to the probe card, where the probe head has probe needles to engage features of test sites of a wafer in a wafer plane of orthogonal first and second directions, and the rotary magnet is rotatable around an axis of a third direction to provide a magnetic field to the wafer, in which the controller includes a model of magnetic flux density in the first, second and third directions at the respective test sites of the wafer as a function of a rotational angle of the rotary magnet, a probe needle height along the third direction and a measured magnetic flux density of the magnetic sensor.

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

Method for measuring quiescent current in a switching voltage regulator
Patent No. 11927624

Inventor(s): Aalok Dyuti Saha (Bangalore, , IN), Gaurav Kumar Mittal (Bangalore, , IN), Harsh Patel (Bangalore, , IN), Sanjeev Praphulla Chandra Nyshadham (Bangalore, , IN), Subrato Roy (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17846397 on 06/22/2022 (629 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example includes a method for measuring a quiescent current in a switching voltage regulator. The method includes generating a mathematical model of a circuit design associated with the switching voltage regulator. The mathematical model includes measurable parameters to describe a switching current of a power switch of the switching voltage regulator. The method also includes fabricating a circuit comprising the switching voltage regulator based on the circuit design. The fabricated circuit includes the power switch and conductive I/O. The method also includes coupling the conductive I/O of the fabricated circuit to a circuit test fixture and providing electrical signals to the conductive I/O via the circuit test fixture. The method also includes measuring the measurable parameters in response to the electrical signals and applying the measurable parameters to the mathematical model to calculate the switching current. The method further includes calculating the quiescent current based on the switching current.

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

Global time counter based debug
Patent No. 11927629

Inventor(s): Anthony Joseph Lell (San Antonio, TX), Pandy Kalimuthu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17486675 on 09/27/2021 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for debugging a circuit including a global counter configured to continuously increment, a comparator configured to transmit a clock stop signal based on a comparison of a comparator value and a counter value of the global counter, and clock stop circuitry configured to receive the clock stop signal and stop a clock signal to one or more portions of the electronic device.

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

Secured scan access for a device including a scan chain
Patent No. 11927633

Inventor(s): Mudasir Kawoosa (Bangalore, , IN), Pervez Garg (Bangalore, , IN), Prateek Giri (Chandigarh, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17951488 on 09/23/2022 (536 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a scan chain including a plurality of storage elements and an output buffer; a shadow shift register having a shadow shift input coupled to a scan output of one of the storage elements of the scan chain; a signature register; and a comparator having a first input, a second input, and an output. The comparator first input is to receive a value of the shadow shift register, and the comparator second input is to receive a value of the signature register. The output buffer has a control input coupled to the comparator output, and the output buffer provides a high-impedance output responsive to the value of the shadow shift register being unequal to the value of the signature register.

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

CFAR OS detection hardware with two sets of comparators
Patent No. 11927689

Inventor(s): Anil Varghese Mani (Bangalore, , IN), Indu Prathapan (Bangalore, , IN), Karthik Ramasubramanian (Bangalore, , IN), Karthik Subburaj (Bangalore, , IN), Pankaj Gupta (Dausa, , IN), Sujaata Ramalingam (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17351750 on 06/18/2021 (998 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a shift register to store data samples, where the shift register includes a cell under test (CUT), a left guard cell, a right guard cell, a left window, and a right window. The system includes two sets of comparators to compare incoming data samples with data samples in the left window and the right window to compute ranks of the incoming data samples. The system includes a sorted index array to store a rank of the data samples in the shift register. The system includes a selector to select a Kth smallest index from the sorted index array and its corresponding data sample from the shift register. The system includes a target comparator, where the first comparator input receives a data sample from the CUT and the second comparator input receives a Kth smallest data sample, and the comparator output indicates a CFAR target detection.

[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

Multiple chirp generation in a radar system
Patent No. 11927690

Inventor(s): Brian Paul Ginsburg (Allen, TX), Jasbir Singh Nayyar (Bangalore, , IN), Karthik Ramasubramanian (Bangalore, , IN), Tom Altus (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17574680 on 01/13/2022 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: A radar device is provided that includes a timing control component operable to generate, for each chirp of a sequence of chirps according to a set of chirp configuration parameters and a chirp profile for the chirp, chirp control signals to cause the radar device to transmit the chirp, the timing control component having chirp configuration parameter inputs, chirp profile parameter inputs, a chirp address output, and chirp control signal outputs, a chirp configuration storage component having chirp configuration parameter outputs coupled to corresponding inputs of the configuration parameter inputs of the timing control component, a chirp profile address output, and a chirp address input coupled to the chirp address output, and a chirp profile storage component having chirp profile parameter outputs coupled to the chirp profile parameter inputs of the timing control component; and a chirp profile address input coupled to the chirp profile address output.

Steerable positioning element
Patent No. 11927762

Inventor(s): D. Scott Dewald (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Avegant Corp. (San Mateo, CA)
Law Firm: Nicholson De Vos Webster Elliott LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17449943 on 10/04/2021 (890 days app to issue)

Abstract: A display system comprising a steerable display having a monocular field of view of at least 1 degree, positioned within a scannable field of view of at least 20 degrees, the steerable display positioned for a user. In one embodiment, the steerable display is positioned for the user”s fovea.

[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]

Monitoring processors operating in lockstep
Patent No. 11928007

Inventor(s): Callum Stewart (Cambridge, , GB), Gajinder Panesar (Cambridge, , GB), Hanan Moller (Cambridge, , GB), Iain Robertson (Cambridge, , GB), Melvin Cheah (Cambridge, , GB)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17777544 on 11/25/2020 (1203 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) chip includes system circuitry having system memory, and a master processor and a checker processor configured to operate in lockstep; and monitoring circuitry comprising an internal lockstep monitor, a master tracer and a checker tracer. The internal lockstep monitor is configured to: observe states of internal signals of the master processor and the checker processor, compare corresponding observed states of the master processor and the checker processor, and if the corresponding observed states differ: trigger the master tracer to output stored master trace data recorded from the output of the master processor, and trigger the checker tracer to output stored checker trace data recorded from the output of the checker processor.

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

Enhanced drift remediation with causal methods and online model modification
Patent No. 11928011

Inventor(s): Jeffery White (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products, L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17507986 on 10/22/2021 (872 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for enhanced drift remediation with causal methods and online model modification are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: detect drift in an Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML) model configured to make a prediction or a causal reasoning graphical or structural inference based upon input data, identify a root cause of the drift, and tag the input data with an indication of the root cause.

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

Memory device protection
Patent No. 11928025

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Brooks, Cameron Huebsch, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17883027 on 08/08/2022 (582 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to memory device protection are described. A quantity of errors within a memory device can be determined and the determined quantity can be used to further determine whether to utilize single or multiple memory devices for an error correction and/or detection operation. Multiple memory devices need not be utilized for the error correction and/or detection operation unless a quantity of errors within the memory device exceeds a threshold quantity.

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

Pervasive data center architecture systems and methods
Patent No. 11928041

Inventor(s): Anthony Bennett Bishop (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18185973 on 03/17/2023 (361 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of a system for determining a data gravity index score and implementing pervasive data center architecture is disclosed. In some embodiments, the system can calculate a data gravity index score based on the amount of data stored in a given location, an amount of data in motion in the given location, a bandwidth index associated with the given location, and a latency index associated with the given location. Based on data gravity index scores, in some embodiments, the system can localize traffic to improve network performance, improve security operations, and generate software-defined-network overlay.

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

Memory sub-system for decoding non-power-of-two addressable unit address boundaries
Patent No. 11928055

Inventor(s): Patrick A. La Fratta (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17975164 on 10/27/2022 (502 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system generating, using a first addressable unit address decoder, a first addressable unit address based on an input address, an interleaving factor, and a number of first addressable units. The system then generating, using an internal address decoder, an internal address based on the input address, the interleaving factor, and the number of first addressable units. Generating the internal address includes: determining a lower address value by extracting lower bits of the internal address, determining an upper address value by extracting upper bits of the internal address, and adding the lower address value to the upper address value to generate the internal address. Using an internal power-of-two address boundary decoder and the internal address, the system then generating a second addressable unit address, a third addressable unit address, a fourth addressable unit address, and a fifth addressable unit address.

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

Edge computing data reproduction and filtering gatekeeper
Patent No. 11928135

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17852730 on 06/29/2022 (622 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided to reduce the number of duplicates of each document that is stored within entity databases. The method may include creating discrete links and/or pointers to the location of the document already stored within an entity. The method may also include separating the document into different classification levels. The method may include storing the different parts of the documents in different locations within the entity.

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

Systems and methods for querying a distributed inventory of visual data
Patent No. 11928149

Inventor(s): Brian M. Kursar (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Connected North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17680887 on 02/25/2022 (746 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to using vehicles as mobile observation platforms. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to receiving, in a selected vehicle that is equipped with at least one camera, a request for locating a target, identifying search parameters from the request that specify the target that is to be identified and a time window for analyzing visual data from the camera. The method includes analyzing the visual data according to the search parameters to identify the target by using at least a machine vision model executing on a processor within the selected vehicle. The visual data includes at least camera data that is currently being acquired. The method includes communicating detection results about whether the visual data includes the target to a remote device from which the request originated.

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

System and method for reducing render latency in a display-server computing system
Patent No. 11928378

Inventor(s): Steve Bakke (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: The Langley Law Firm, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17471558 on 09/10/2021 (914 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a server computer, an application unit of the server computer, a user device communicatively connected to the server computer, a synchronizing frame rate generator of the user device, and a synchronizing frame rate generator of the server computer. The user device sends the server computer an event signal at a precise time, the server computer processes the application unit with the event signal as input, and the server computer returns processed data to the user device. The processed data arrives at the user device at a correct time to be immediately displayed.

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

Methods for designing, manufacturing, installing, and/or maintenance of roofing accessories and systems of use thereof
Patent No. 11928394

Inventor(s): Rich Robinson (Round Rock, TX), Zachary Richard Campau (Novato, CA)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18193210 on 03/30/2023 (348 days app to issue)

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

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

Method for quantifying visual differences in automotive aerodynamic simulations
Patent No. 11928396

Inventor(s): Brian T. Thurgate (Ypsilanti, MI), Daniel B. Gidcumb (West Bloomfield, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16556956 on 08/30/2019 (1656 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for evaluating computational fluid dynamic simulation results. The method includes: performing at least two baseline runs of a simulated area or volume containing a first vehicle body shape using a set of initial conditions, performing a change run using a second vehicle body using the set of initial conditions, creating a noise map based on differences between the second baseline run and the first baseline run, creating a change map based on differences between the change run and a selected baseline run, and comparing the change map to the noise map.

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

Advancing a program counter to a start of a subsequent cache line based on a straddling group indicator in a current cache line
Patent No. 11928470

Inventor(s): Tracy T. Nguyen (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. (Grand Cayman, , KY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17725356 on 04/20/2022 (692 days app to issue)

Abstract: Introduced herein is a program counter advancing technique that uses NOP padding without its limitations. During a build process, the introduced technique removes EOG markers for instruction groups that are immediately followed by the NOP instructions that are immediately followed by an instruction group beginning at a start of a cache line. As such, during an execution process, when the processing unit detects an absence of an EOG marker in the requested instruction group, it knows that a group of NOP instructions are about to follow and skips over them by directly advancing the program counter to a start of a subsequent cache line where the next instruction group starts. In addition to the presence of an EOG marker, the introduced technique also takes into account whether the requested instruction group is a straddling group when advancing the program counter to a start of the subsequent cache line.

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

Modernization of an application for related image generation
Patent No. 11928519

Inventor(s): Shawn Dsouza (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Amin, Turocy Watson, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17162069 on 01/29/2021 (1138 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate modernization of an application are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a determination component that determines one or more relevant surrounding contexts for a raw entity. The computer executable components also can comprise a matching component that matches the one or more relevant surrounding contexts with one or more known surrounding contexts of one or more known entities. The computer executable components further can comprise a type identification component that identifies an entity type for the raw entity based on the matching of the one or more relevant surrounding contexts with the one or more known surrounding contexts.

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

User-based vehicle determination
Patent No. 11928543

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17662133 on 05/05/2022 (677 days app to issue)

Abstract: Computer-implemented techniques and systems for generating vehicle profiles may include scanning a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle located at a respective vehicle location, identifying respective vehicle locations for each of the plurality of vehicles, based on scanning the plurality of vehicles, associating a vehicle identification tag for each vehicle with its respective vehicle location, interpreting a signal to determine a user location, determining that the user location is within a threshold distance from a first vehicle location of a first vehicle from the plurality of vehicles, providing a first vehicle identification tag corresponding to the first vehicle based on determining that the user location is within the threshold distance, generating a first vehicle profile based on the first vehicle identification tag, and providing the first vehicle profile to a user device.

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

Visual sign language translation training device and method
Patent No. 11928592

Inventor(s): Dallas Nash (Frisco, TX), Michael Menefee (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Avodah, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17347351 on 06/14/2021 (1002 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for training a pattern recognition system are described. In one example, a method for training a sign language translation system includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a 3D model simulating a gesture that represents a letter, a word, or a phrase in a sign language. The method includes obtaining a value indicative of a total number of training images to be generated, using the value indicative of the total number of training images to determine a plurality of variations of the 3D scene for generating of the training images, applying each of plurality of variations to the 3D scene to produce a plurality of modified 3D scenes, and capturing an image of each of the plurality of modified 3D scenes to form the training images for a neural network of the sign language translation system.

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

Systems and methods for failure detection tools in large scale maintenance operations
Patent No. 11928622

Inventor(s): George Boben (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, AZ)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer L.L.P. (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17513533 on 10/28/2021 (866 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for failure detection tools is disclosed. The system may include at least one user device, an application server, and a failure detection system, each of which may be in communication with one or more of the others via at least one network. The failure detection system may receive first data from a data source, process the first data to generate second data, apply a statistical modeling algorithm to make a prediction relating to the first data or the second data, and communicate data relating to the prediction and/or a trend related to the first data or the second data to the user device for displaying at least a portion of the data relating to the prediction and/or the trend on a display of the user device.

[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 mobile wallet payments
Patent No. 11928669

Inventor(s): Michael Naggar (Dallas, TX), Tuan Dao (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP (19 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18056430 on 11/17/2022 (481 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for mobile wallet payments are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for conducting a payment using an electronic wallet may include: (1) a mobile application receiving a selection of an alternate payment currency; the mobile application receiving a payment payload from an issuer; the mobile application providing the selection of the alternate payment currency and an identifier to the issuer; and the mobile application providing the payment payload and the identifier to a merchant host. The merchant host may communicate the identifier to the issuer, and the issuer may identify selection of the alternate payment currency based on the identifier.

Recommendation engine that utilizes travel history to recommend vehicles for customers
Patent No. 11928721

Inventor(s): Chih-Hsiang Chow (Plano, TX), Elizabeth Furlan (Plano, TX), Steven Dang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17845247 on 06/21/2022 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure describes a system and methods for implementing a recommendation engine. The recommendation engine can at least receive a travel history log, wherein the travel history log includes a route traversed by a customer; receive a route information from a database for the route, where the route information includes an accident history for the route; generate a route traverse percentage based on the travel history log; generate a route categorization score based on the accident history for the route and the route traverse percentage; and generate a vehicle recommendation based on the route categorization score.

Item level data determination device, method, and non-transitory computer-readable media
Patent No. 11928722

Inventor(s): Sarah Olsen (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18090106 on 12/28/2022 (440 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are provided for determining individual item-level details associated with a transaction. A plurality of purchase transactions associated with different merchants may be displayed via a user interface. Responsive to a user selection of a first transaction, of the plurality of transactions, a camera may capture an image of at least a portion of a user receipt associated with the first transaction. The image of the user receipt may be analyzed using one or more optical character recognition (OCR) algorithms to convert the image of the user receipt into textual data. One or more character strings associated with line item-level details may be extracted from the textual data associated with the first transaction. Additional information associated with the line item details may be determined and the line item details and the additional information may be displayed via a user interface.

Methods for searching and obtaining design items and meta data concerning the design items
Patent No. 11928725

Inventor(s): Girisha Siddappa (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Fashion for Globe, Inc. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Johnston IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17547194 on 12/09/2021 (824 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one instance, a system includes a server in communication with a computing device and comprising at least one processor and an application executable by the at least one processor to, among other things, generate a first graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving designer information associated with a designer, generate a second graphical user interface for receiving design purchaser information associated with a design purchaser, receive from the designer one or more clothing designs in a digital format available for matching and purchase, and perform a fraud check of any design received from the designer. The application further stores meta data concerning the desired design, generates another graphical user interface that is accessed in response to an identifying code read by a smart device, and provides at least some of the stored meta data to the smart device in response to reading the identifying code.

Systems and methods for detecting items at a property
Patent No. 11928741

Inventor(s): Brian F. Shipley (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17564478 on 12/29/2021 (804 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may include a router that may receive a plurality of data packets from one or more devices that communicatively couples to the router. The system may also include at least one processor that identifies an identity of a device based on a data packet received by the router from the device, generate an insurance policy that includes the device in response to identifying the identity of the device, and sends a notification indicative of the insurance policy to a computing device in response to generating the insurance policy.

Systems and methods for processing contributions made to purchaser selected organizations
Patent No. 11928746

Inventor(s): Joseph Taylor (Sachse, TX), Paul De Vos (Dallas, TX), Shirish Gadre (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Populus Financial Group, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16933742 on 07/20/2020 (1331 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods configured for receiving, from a user device associated with a user, a first request to associate the user with a target and account information associated with the user; retrieving the target from a database to associate the user with the retrieved target; receiving, from an entity, event data associated with the account information; computing an amount of contribution based on the received event data; transmitting the computed amount of contribution to a distribution system configured to distribute the contribution to the associated target; updating the database by aggregating the computed amount of contribution to a stored contribution data associated with the user; retrieving pre-authenticated data of the user allowing transmission of a message to a public forum; generating the message based on the event data and the computed amount of contribution; and transmitting the message to one or more devices via the public forum.

Systems and methods for 2D to 3D conversion
Patent No. 11928864

Inventor(s): Nik Willwerth (Princeton, TX), Paul Aarseth (Murphy, TX), Ross Bates (Dallas, TX), Ruben Luna (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Worlds Enterprises, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18045353 on 10/10/2022 (519 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method includes accessing a video generated by a first physical camera in a physical environment. The method further includes identifying an object of interest in the video frame that corresponds to a physical object in the physical environment. The method further includes displaying a virtual 3D environment that corresponds to the physical environment. The method further includes configuring a plurality of settings of a first virtual camera to match a plurality of settings of a first physical camera and configuring a plurality of settings of a second virtual camera to match a plurality of settings of a second physical camera. The method further includes projecting the identified object of interest into the virtual 3D environment using the configured first and second virtual cameras.

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

Systems and methods for automatic context-based annotation
Patent No. 11928877

Inventor(s): Goutam Venkatesh (Irving, TX), Sudhir Sundararam (Irving, TX), Zach Rusk (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Nationstar Mortgage LLC (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Volpe Koenig (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16990900 on 08/11/2020 (1309 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for automatic context-based annotation by leveraging a priori knowledge from annotations in template documents. A large library of template documents may be generated and pre-processed in many implementations to identify annotations or other inclusions commonly present on documents related to or conforming to the template. Newly scanned documents may be compared to these templates, and when a similar template is identified, annotation locations and types from the template may be applied to the newly scanned document to recognize and classify annotations and inclusions. To increase efficiency and provide scalability, comparisons of scanned documents and template documents may be distributed amongst a plurality of computing devices for processing in parallel, with similarity results aggregated.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Window program verify to reduce data latch usage in memory device
Patent No. 11929125

Inventor(s): Chia-Kai Chou (San Jose, CA), Iris Lu (Fremont, CA), Tai-Yuan Tseng (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17355615 on 06/23/2021 (993 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and techniques are described for reducing the number of latches used in sense circuits for a memory device. The number of internal user data latches in a sense circuit is reduced by using an external data transfer latch to store a bit of user data, in place of an internal user data latch. The user data in the data transfer latches identifies a subset of the data states which are not prohibited from having a verify test. The subset is shifted as the program operation proceeds, at specified program loops, to encompass higher data states. The completion of programming by a memory cell is indicated by the user data latches and another internal latch of the sense circuit in place of the external data transfer latch.

[G11C] STATIC STORES (information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; semiconductor devices for storage H01L, e.g. H01L 27/108-H01L 27/11597; pulse technique in general H03K, e.g. electronic switches H03K 17/00)

Reference bits test and repair using memory built-in self-test
Patent No. 11929136

Inventor(s): Benoit Nadeau-Dostie (Gatineau, , CA), Harshitha Kodali (Wilsonville, OR), Jongsin Yun (Portland, OR)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17906303 on 03/18/2021 (1090 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory-testing circuit configured to perform a test of reference bits in a memory. In a read operation, outputs of data bit columns are compared with one or more reference bit columns. The memory-testing circuit comprises: a test controller and association adjustment circuitry configurable by the test controller to associate another one or more reference bit columns or one or more data bit columns with the data bit columns in the read operation. The test controller can determine whether the original one or more reference bit columns have a defect based on results from the two different association.

Differential capacitive sensing system
Patent No. 11929744

Inventor(s): Peter Spevak (Moosburg an der Isar, , DE)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16783291 on 02/06/2020 (1496 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a moveable electrode which moves along an interstitial pathway defined by four fixed electrodes. The first and second fixed electrodes are separated by a first distance. The third and fourth fixed electrodes are separated by a second distance and adjacent to the first and second fixed electrodes, respectively. A capacitance sensing circuit coupled to the four fixed electrodes determines a first capacitance using the first and second fixed electrodes and a second capacitance using the third and fourth fixed electrodes. In some examples, the apparatus also comprises fifth and sixth fixed electrodes separated by a third distance and orthogonal to the first and second fixed electrodes and seventh and eighth fixed electrodes separated by a fourth distance and orthogonal to the third and fourth fixed electrodes. The fifth and seventh fixed electrodes are adjacent, and the sixth and eighth fixed electrodes are adjacent.

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

Utilizing machine learning with self-support actions to determine support queue positions for support calls
Patent No. 11929894

Inventor(s): Carrie Norman (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17703644 on 03/24/2022 (719 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, a queue may be monitored to perform an automated adjustment related to a data item in the queue. In some embodiments, the data item may be associated with a product or service and include a code related to an access to the product or service. Based on the code, configuration information related to the product or service may be obtained. Based on a detected change related to the product or service, an indication of a set of self-support actions may be sent to a user device. One or more self-support actions (performed via the user device) may be determined, and an adjustment related to the access to the product or service may be performed based on the determined self-support actions. In some embodiments, the adjustment may include modifying a configuration of the access to the product or service based on the determined self-support actions.

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

Control and data signaling in SC-FDMA communication systems
Patent No. 11929955

Inventor(s): Aris Papasakellariou (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd (, , KR)
Law Firm: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17891360 on 08/19/2022 (571 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for transmitting control information and data in a DFT based communication system. The method includes placing a reference signal onto a first symbol among a plurality of symbols in one slot; placing a HARQ-ACK onto a second symbol first placed after the first symbol in the one slot; placing the data onto other symbols except for the first symbol; and transmitting a signal including the reference signal, the HARQ-ACK and the data. A part of CQI information is further placed onto at least one symbol, except for the first symbol, in case that the CQI information is present for transmission in the one slot.

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

Threat detection and prevention for information systems
Patent No. 11930025

Inventor(s): Daniel Joseph Serna (The Colony, TX), Marcus Raphael Matos (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17231456 on 04/15/2021 (1062 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device that is configured to receive user activity information that includes information about user interactions with a network device for a plurality of users. The device is further configured to input the user activity information into a first machine learning model that is configured to receive user activity information and to output a set of bad actor candidates based on the user activity information. The device is further configured to filter the user activity information based on the set of bad actor candidates. The device is further configured to input the filtered user activity information into a second machine learning model that is configured to receive the filtered user activity information and to output system exposure information that identifies network security threats. The device is further configured to identify network security actions based on the network security threats and to execute the network security actions.

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

System and method for providing additional functionality to existing software in an integrated manner
Patent No. 11930362

Inventor(s): Rashmi Hiremath (Allen, TX), Satish Gundabathula (Irving, TX), Sivakumar Chaturvedi (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): DAMAKA, INC. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18099175 on 01/19/2023 (418 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved system and method are disclosed for improving functionality in software applications. In one example, the method includes a computing entity having a network interface, a processor, and a memory configured to store a plurality of instructions. The instructions include instructions for a superblock application having instructions for a function block included therein. The function block is configured to provide functions that are accessible to the superblock application via an application programming interface (API). The functions are provided within the superblock application itself and are accessible within the superblock application without switching context to another application on the computing entity.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Determining charge pump efficiency using clock edge counting
Patent No. 11927635

Inventor(s): Keyur Payak (Santa Clara, CA), Naveen Thomas (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17731589 on 04/28/2022 (684 days app to issue)

Abstract: A charge pump test configuration and corresponding method of operation are disclosed for determining charge pump efficiency without needing to obtain direct current measurements. A first number of clock edges (CEs) of a clock signal supplied to a first charge pump is determined over a period of time for a predetermined output current. The first charge pump is then connected with a charge pump under test (PUT) in a cascaded manner such that an output current of the first charge pump is supplied to the PUT as an input current. A second number of CEs of a clock signal supplied to the first charge pump is determined over the same period of time for the same predetermined output current from the PUT. The efficiency of the PUT can then be determined as the ratio of the first number of CEs to the second number of CEs, or vice versa.

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

Distributed data rights management for peer data pools
Patent No. 11928233

Inventor(s): Hien Nguyen (Redwood City, CA), Hongcheng Mi (Belmont, CA), Michael Baird Leavitt (Belmont, CA), Shuo Yang (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee(s): RATEGAIN ADARA, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17389090 on 07/29/2021 (957 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are described for transaction-based read and write operations in a distributed system. In an embodiment, an authorization protocol overlaid onto a transaction to control access to each of the data pools. Using the techniques described herein, the DTRS provides authorization mechanism to ensure that the entity, which hosts the data pool, may only access the data set from an originating entity based at least upon the access rules of the originating entity set for the data set. Additionally, the DTRS”s read/write transactions keep the data pools of the DTRS in synch with each other, so each data pool stores the same data sets as another data pool of the DTRS. When a data integrity service of an entity generates a new data entry from a user transaction with a client application, a new write request is generated for the DTRS to which the data integrity service belongs. The DTRS receives the data entry and its metadata from the data integrity service and performs steps to update all data pool of the DTRS, in an embodiment.

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

Metal-clad multi-circuit electrical cable assembly
Patent No. 11929188

Inventor(s): David W. Maxey (Gunter, TX), Paul Abernathy (McKinney, TX), Troy D. Skidmore (McKinney, 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: 18084851 on 12/20/2022 (448 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electrical cable assembly, comprising a first electrical circuit further comprising a first plurality of insulated conductors longitudinally disposed to one another, wherein the first plurality of insulated conductors are cabled together in a bundle. The electrical cable assembly further comprises a second electrical circuit longitudinally disposed to the first electrical circuit, the second electrical circuit comprising a second plurality of insulated conductors longitudinally disposed to one another and cabled together in a bundle and a nonmetallic jacket surrounding the second plurality of insulated conductors and wherein the nonmetallic jacket isolating the first electrical circuit from the second electrical circuit. The electrical cable assembly further comprises a flexible interlocking metallic armor encasing the first and second electrical circuits.

[H01B] CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F 1/00; waveguides H01P)

Method for packaging an integrated circuit (IC) package with embedded heat spreader in a redistribution layer (RDL)
Patent No. 11929300

Inventor(s): Andrew Arthur Ketterson (Dallas, TX), Christo Bojkov (Plano, TX), Deep C. Dumka (Richardson, TX), Kevin J. Anderson (Plano, TX), Tarak A. Railkar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18173418 on 02/23/2023 (383 days app to issue)

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

[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]

Flip chip package assembly
Patent No. 11929308

Inventor(s): John Carlo Cruz Molina (Bataab, , PH), Rafael Jose Lizares Guevara (Manila, , PH), Steffany Ann Lacierda Moreno (Bamban, , PH)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17515369 on 10/29/2021 (865 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, an apparatus includes: a package substrate for mounting a semiconductor die to a die side surface, the package substrate including leads spaced from one another; and cavities extending into the leads from the die side surface, the cavities having sides and a bottom surface of the lead material, the cavities at locations corresponding to post connect locations on the semiconductor die.

Isolated semiconductor package with HV isolator on block
Patent No. 11929311

Inventor(s): Vivek K Arora (San Jose, CA), Woochan Kim (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17502706 on 10/15/2021 (879 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power converter package includes a leadframe including first and second die pads, and supports connected to first leads, and second leads. A first semiconductor die including first bond pads is on the first die pad, and a second semiconductor die including second bond pads is on the second die pad. A transformer stack includes a top magnetic sheet and a bottom magnetic sheet on respective sides of a laminate substrate that includes a coil within, and coil contacts. A silicon block is attached to the bottom magnetic sheet and edges of the laminate substrate are attached to the supports. Bond wires are between the first bond pads and the second leads, the second bond pads and the second leads, and the first and second bond pads and the coil contacts. Mold encapsulates the respective semiconductor and the transformer stack. A bottom of the silicon block is exposed from the mold.

Etching platinum-containing thin film using protective cap layer
Patent No. 11929423

Inventor(s): Helmut Rinck (Moosburg, , DE), Mike Mittelstaedt (Berglern, , DE), Sebastian Meier (Munich, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17347715 on 06/15/2021 (1001 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device includes a substrate a platinum-containing layer over the substrate. The platinum-containing layer includes a first segment and a second segment adjacent to the first segment, and has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface closer to the substrate than the first surface. A first spacing between the first segment and the second segment at the first surface is greater than a second spacing between the first segment and the second segment at the second surface. A width of the first segment along the first surface is less than twice a thickness of the first segment, and the second spacing is less than twice the thickness of the first segment.

Totem-pole bridgeless power factor correction device and power supply
Patent No. 11929669

Inventor(s): Zhong Ye (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): InventChip Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, , CN)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17663286 on 05/13/2022 (669 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a totem pole bridgeless power factor correction device and a power supply system. The device includes a power factor correction module. The power factor correction module includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, an inductor and a control module for generating a zeroth control signal in the first time period to control the third transistor and the fourth transistor to be in an off state, performing a zero-crossing detection on an AC voltage in the first time period, generating a first control signal to control a conduction state of the first transistor and the second transistor before the AC voltage crosses zero, and generating a second control signal to control the conduction state of the first transistor and the second transistor after the AC voltage crosses zero. The embodiments of the present disclosure can enable the device to smoothly transition the current when the device is at the zero-crossing point, and improve the stability and efficiency of the device.

[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]

Dynamic current limit for operational amplifier
Patent No. 11929717

Inventor(s): Arun Singh (Bangalore, , IN), Jofin Vadakkeparasseril Joseph (Bangalore, , IN), Mahadevan Shankara Venkiteswaran (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17582338 on 01/24/2022 (778 days app to issue)

Abstract: An output stage of an operational amplifier includes a low voltage (LV) metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) device and a dynamic current limit circuit. An output current of the operational amplifier flows through the LV MOS device. The dynamic current limit circuit is configured to sense a drain voltage of the LV MOS device and increase a clamping voltage for the LV MOS device when the drain voltage of the LV MOS device is less than a threshold voltage.

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

Device with clock terminal and method for operating a device
Patent No. 11929750

Inventor(s): Dewight Warren (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ams-OSRAM AG (Premstaetten, , DE)
Law Firm: Viering, Jentschura Partner mbB (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17881664 on 08/05/2022 (585 days app to issue)

Abstract: Furthermore, a method for operating a device is described.

Phase-locked loop reference clock management
Patent No. 11929751

Inventor(s): Abhijit Patki (Bangalore, , IN), Ankit Garg (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18148652 on 12/30/2022 (438 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a phase-locked loop (PLL) having a reference input. The device has a storage element and a reference clock generator having an interface clock input, a reference clock output, and a programmable clock divider. The reference clock generator is coupled to the storage element. The reference clock output is coupled to the reference input. The reference clock generator is configured to change a divide ratio for the programmable clock divider based on a value in the storage element such that a frequency of the reference clock output remains unchanged when a frequency of the interface clock input changes.

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

Piecewise compensation for voltage reference temperature drift
Patent No. 11929755

Inventor(s): Sandeep Shylaja Krishnan (Pin, , IN), Tallam Vishwanath (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17513984 on 10/29/2021 (865 days app to issue)

Abstract: This description relates generally to piecewise temperature compensation. In an example, a circuit includes a knee code selector that can be configured to set a knee point temperature for a correction current responsive to a respective knee point temperature code of knee point temperature codes and a respective temperature sense signal of temperature sense signals. The circuit includes an output circuit that can be configured to provide the correction current responsive to the respective temperature sense signal and temperature voltages, and a trim digital to analog converter (DAC) that can be configured to provide a piecewise compensation current responsive to the correction current and a respective trim code of trim codes.

[H03M] CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL (using fluidic means F15C 4/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F 7/00; coding, decoding or code conversion, specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. G01D, G01R, G06F, G06T, G09G, G10L, G11B, G11C, H04B, H04L, H04M, H04N; ciphering or deciphering for cryptography or other purposes involving the need for secrecy G09C) [4]

Loop delay compensation in a delta-sigma modulator
Patent No. 11929765

Inventor(s): Meghna Agrawal (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17380356 on 07/20/2021 (966 days app to issue)

Abstract: A delta-sigma modulator includes a first integrator and a comparator. The comparator”s positive input couples to the first integrator”s positive output, and the comparator”s negative input couples to the first integrator”s negative output. A first current DAC comprises a current source device, and first and second transistors. The first transistor has a first transistor control input and first and second current terminals. The first current terminal couples to the current source device, and the second current terminal couples to the first integrator positive output. The second transistor has a second transistor control input and third and fourth current terminals. The third current terminal couples to the current source device, and the fourth current terminal couples to the first integrator negative output. A first capacitive device couples to the second transistor control input and to both the second current terminal and the first integrator positive output.

Method and apparatus for multi-stage UL precoding
Patent No. 11929800

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Gilwon Lee (McKinney, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17807366 on 06/16/2022 (635 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for multi-stage UL precoding are provided. The method includes receiving configuration information about resource allocation for an uplink (UL) transmission, the configuration information indicating: allocated resources for an UL transmission, and UL precoding information for the UL transmission on the allocated resources, wherein the UL precoding information indicates: an update precoding matrix V, and basis vectors and coefficients for the update precoding matrix V; determining an UL precoding matrix for the UL transmission based on the update precoding matrix V and a previous UL precoding matrix; and performing UL transmission on the allocated resources using the UL precoding matrix.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Methods and user equipment for handling communication
Patent No. 11929957

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16304179 on 05/23/2017 (2485 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments herein show a method performed by a user equipment for handling communication via a set of serving cells comprising a first serving cell and a second serving cell of a communication network. The user equipment receives a grant on a first serving cell, wherein the grant comprises a first identifier identifying Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resources of the first serving cell. Furthermore, the user equipment calculates a first CSI report for the first serving cell using the CSI-RS resources identified by the first identifier; and calculates a second CSI report for a second serving cell, using CSI-RS resources of the second serving cell identified by a second identifier, the second identifier being received previously in a grant on the second serving cell. The user equipment then transmits the first and second CSI reports to a network node serving the first serving cell.

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

Systems and methods for edge-aware domain name resolution
Patent No. 11929979

Inventor(s): Anil K. Guntupalli (Irving, TX), Parry Cornell Booker (Sunnyvale, TX), Raghuram Parvataneni (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18190390 on 03/27/2023 (351 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may maintain first information associating Uniform Resource Locator (”URLs”) with respective Internet Protocol (”IP”) addresses of one or more edge computing devices. The system may maintain second information associating User Equipment (”UE”) identifiers with one or more locations. The system may receive a request, from a UE, including an identifier of the UE and a URL, may identify a location of the particular UE based on the identifier of the particular UE, and may compare the URL to the URLs included in the first information. The system may select a particular edge computing device based on the location of the particular UE, and may output, in response to the request, a particular IP address of the selected edge computing device.

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

Delivery of an electronic message using a machine learning policy
Patent No. 11930018

Inventor(s): Daniel Joseph Potkalesky (Garland, TX), Mark Stephen DeMichele (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): ZixCorp Systems, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Sprinkle IP Law Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18166697 on 02/09/2023 (397 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method performed by a classification scanner comprises receiving an electronic message and determining whether the electronic message includes an express indication from the user indicating that a classification applies to the electronic message. In response to determining that the electronic message does not include the express indication that the classification applies to the electronic message, the message further comprises sending the electronic message to a machine learning scanner. The machine learning scanner is adapted to use a machine learning policy to determine whether the classification applies to the electronic message.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for processing network function (NF) discovery requests at NF repository function (NRF) using prioritized lists of preferred locations
Patent No. 11930083

Inventor(s): Ahmed M. Akl (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, CA)
Law Firm: Jenkins, Taylor Hunt, P.A. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17397968 on 08/09/2021 (946 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for processing NF discovery requests using prioritized lists of preferred locations includes maintaining an NF profiles database including NF profiles of producer NFs registered to provide service to other NFs and a preferred locality attribute mappings database including mappings between preferred locality attributes and prioritized lists of preferred locations. The method includes receiving, from an NF, an NF discovery request including query parameters and a preferred locality attribute. The method further includes accessing the preferred locality attribute mappings database using the preferred locality attribute and obtaining a prioritized list of preferred locations corresponding to the preferred locality attribute, accessing the NF profiles database using the query parameters and identifying NF profiles of producer NFs capable of providing a service indicated by the query parameters, and prioritizing the NF profiles according to the prioritized list of preferred locations. An NF discovery response is generated and transmitted to the NF.

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

Systems and methods for redirecting an emergency callback to a contact of an emergency caller
Patent No. 11930133

Inventor(s): Danysel Barthelme (Frisco, TX), Ertao Li (Plano, TX), Gaurav Patel (Mckinney, TX), Kashif Khan (Keller, TX), Ronald E. Collier, II (Arlington, TX), Steve L. Padilla (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17643912 on 12/13/2021 (820 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may determine that a failure occurred in an emergency call between a public-safety answering point (PSAP) and a first user device associated with an emergency caller, and may identify, based on determining the failure, one of a first option, a second option, or a third option for redirecting an emergency callback to a contact of the emergency caller. The device may cause, when the first option is identified, the emergency callback to be redirected to a second user device associated with the contact of the emergency caller, and may cause, when the first option is identified, a bearer path to be established between the PSAP and the second user device for the emergency callback.

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

Multi-pass video encoding
Patent No. 11930194

Inventor(s): Arun Shankar Kudana (Bangalore, , IN), Soyeb Nagori (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17461026 on 08/30/2021 (925 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer readable mediums are presented for encoding a stream of input video frames, in which the input video frames are down sampled and the down sampled frames are encoded in a first encoding pass to generate a set of first pass coded frames forming a single first pass I frame and a plurality of first pass P frames formed into first pass sub-groups of pictures (SUB-GOPs). First pass encoding statistics are generated for individual first pass SUB-GOPs, and the statistics are used to encode the input video frames in a second encoding pass to generate a set of second pass coded frames.

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

Method and system for output of dual video stream via a single parallel digital video interface
Patent No. 11930289

Inventor(s): Gregory Christison (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): DRS Network Imaging Systems, LLC (Melbourne, FL)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16882983 on 05/26/2020 (1386 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating a video camera includes capturing a scene of imaging data using a focal plane array (FPA) module of the video camera. The scene of imaging data is characterized by a first bit depth. The method also includes processing, using an image processing module coupled to the FPA module, the scene of imaging data to provide display data characterized by a second bit depth less than the first bit depth. The method further includes forming a super frame including the display data and the scene of imaging data and outputting the super frame.

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

Panoramic picture in picture video
Patent No. 11930290

Inventor(s): Brian C. Lowry (Emlenton, PA), Evan A. Wimer (Pittsburgh, PA), Joseph B. Tomko (Wexford, PA)
Assignee(s): COSM, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Ference Associates LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16963738 on 01/21/2019 (1877 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, from each of at least two cameras, video from a vantage point of an event; generating an immersive video stream from the video captured by the at least two cameras; producing a transport video stream by combining the immersive video stream with a production camera video stream, wherein the transport stream is available for user consumption and providing, to a display device, a streamed production to a user, wherein the streamed production comprises the immersive video stream and the production camera video stream, the streamed production comprising an overlay window comprising at least one of the immersive video stream and the production camera video stream and a primary view comprising at least one of the immersive video stream and the production camera video stream.

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

Computer-based systems configured for managing mesh networks having integrated roofing components and methods of use thereof
Patent No. 11930388

Inventor(s): Xavier Riley (San Jose, CA), Zachary Richard Campau (Novato, CA)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17971450 on 10/21/2022 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable mesh network capacity management via network metering using a processor an integrated roofing mesh network node in a mesh network to receive and transmit data packets in the mesh network. Each data packet includes a source address, a destination address, and a payload of data. The processor determines passthrough traffic including a subset of data packets routed between radio nodes of the mesh network through the gateway based on the source address and the destination address of each data packet and an address associated with the gateway. The processor determines a passthrough data capacity based on the payload of each data packet in the subset and determines a metric based on the passthrough data capacity to signify an amount of mesh network bandwidth provided by the integrated roofing mesh network node.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Intent-driven network analytics for predictive network slice management
Patent No. 11930390

Inventor(s): Michael Anthony Brown (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17741026 on 05/10/2022 (672 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described are examples for providing intent based network slice management using a management data analytics function (MDAF) to predict deficiencies. A network management system receives an intent for a network slice constituent. The network management system configures computing resources for the network slice constituent to satisfy the intent based on expected performance of the computing resources. The network management system receives feedback with respect to actual performance of the network slice constituent. The network management system determines, based on analysis of the feedback by a management data analytics function (MDAF), a predicted deficiency of the network slice constituent not being able to satisfy the intent. The network management system modifies the configuration of the computing resources based on the feedback and the predicted deficiency to satisfy the intent.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Session packet duplication
Patent No. 11930397

Inventor(s): Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17712334 on 04/04/2022 (708 days app to issue)

Abstract: A base station transmits, to a wireless device, at least one first radio resource control message comprising configuration parameters for a first session associated with a first session identifier between the wireless device and a user plane function and a second session associated with a second session identifier different from the first session identifier, for packet duplication of the first session, between the wireless device and the user plane function. The base station transmits, to the wireless device, at least one second radio resource control message indicating activation of the packet duplication. Based on the activation of the packet duplication, the base station receives original packets via the first session associated with the user plane function and duplicated packets of the first session via the second session.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Aligning paging occasions across at least two identities
Patent No. 11930477

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17443441 on 07/26/2021 (960 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is provided reduced power consumption in devices that use at least two identities for communications. A method comprises aligning ([b]1302[/b]) a plurality of paging occasions across at least two identities of a communication device. The aligning is performed via requesting and receiving ([b]1306[/b]) from a communication network a paging occasion for the communication device with at least two identities using at least one of the identities.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Selectively enabling identifier resources for connections in a fifth generation (5G) or other next generation wireless network
Patent No. 11930544

Inventor(s): David Braunecker (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17876484 on 07/28/2022 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technologies described herein are generally directed to facilitating the allocation, scheduling, and management of network slice resources. According some embodiments, a system can facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include facilitating receiving information regarding a characteristic of a potential connection, by a user device, to respective network devices of a group of provider networks. The operations can further include facilitating selecting an identifier resource from a group of identifier resources, the group comprising the identifier resources available to the user device for a connection to a corresponding network device of a provider network from the respective network devices of the group of provider networks, resulting in a selected identifier resource. Further, the operations can include communicating the selected identifier resource to the user device for use by the user device to establish the connection to the corresponding network device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

MPTCP friendly cellular multi-connectivity architecture with transparent proxy
Patent No. 11930547

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Barta Jones, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17283045 on 10/09/2018 (1981 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes connecting, by a terminal device, in a protocol data unit session establishment procedure, to at least one master node and at least one network node that provides a proxy for at least one connection of the terminal device, and establishing a master multipath transmission control protocol sub-flow. The method includes receiving, at a multipath transmission control layer, a notification that includes at least one multipath transmission control segment with an add address option that advertises an internet protocol interface address of at least one of the proxy and the at least one network node, and establishing a secondary multipath transmission control protocol sub-flow to the internet protocol interface address in response to receiving the notification.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Stress relief for flip-chip packaged devices
Patent No. 11930590

Inventor(s): Bernardo Gallegos (McKinney, TX), Jonathan Almeria Noquil (Plano, TX), Osvaldo Jorge Lopez (Annandale, NJ), Satyendra Singh Chauhan (Murphy, TX), Tianyi Luo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17218792 on 03/31/2021 (1077 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, an apparatus includes: a package substrate having a planar die mount surface; recesses extending into the planar die mount surface; and a semiconductor device die flip chip mounted to the package substrate on the planar die mount surface, the semiconductor device die having post connects having proximate ends on bond pads on an active surface of the semiconductor device die, and extending to distal ends away from the semiconductor device die having solder bumps, wherein the solder bumps form solder joints to the package substrate within the recesses.

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

DESIGN PATENTS

Valet pad
Patent No. D1017245

Inventor(s): Brian Lee Roderman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Furka, LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29781148 on 04/28/2021 (1049 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Oven
Patent No. D1017310

Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Lewisville, TX), Jeffrey R. Weilert (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): SOLO BRANDS, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29809967 on 09/30/2021 (894 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Food container
Patent No. D1017416

Inventor(s): David Veness (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): PLUTO OPCO (CAYMAN), LLC (Grand Cayman, , KY)
Law Firm: GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29784600 on 05/20/2021 (1027 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle bumper assembly
Patent No. D1017485

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Terry Soward (Van Alstyne, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29822060 on 01/05/2022 (797 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Canopy for a vehicle, truck, light delivery vehicle or similar vehicle
Patent No. D1017516

Inventor(s): Michael Voss (Aledo, TX)
Assignee(s): Rock Solid Industries International (Pty) Ltd (Pietermaritzburgh, , ZA)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29853396 on 09/15/2022 (544 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Bagged ice dispensing machine
Patent No. D1017651

Inventor(s): Henrik Pape (Horsens, , DK)
Assignee(s): REDDY ICE LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29913934 on 10/11/2023 (153 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle skid pad
Patent No. D1017722

Inventor(s): Casey Christen Jens Christensen (McKinney, TX), Jory Sprowl (Honey Grove, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Skylar Hagler (Anna, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29815676 on 11/16/2021 (847 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Combustor
Patent No. D1017785

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Headlamp
Patent No. D1017851

Inventor(s): Scott M. Conway (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29748699 on 08/31/2020 (1289 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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