Beyond Toyota, other companies with notable patents granted this week include:

AtomBeam Technologies’ multi-stage LLM with unlimited context
Bank of America’s automated teller machine digital twin with anti NFC/RFID skimming threat device through mist computation
BIA Integrated Solutions’ system and method for sustainable processing of fossil fuels or subsurface commodities to reduce greenhouse gases while sequestering and repurposing alternative energy components
Lith’s generating and maintaining digital tokens on a blockchain using physical device identifiers
Modine’s distributed computing network comprised of autonomous vehicles carrying liquid immersion cooling platforms
NTT Data Services’ automatic discovery and enterprise control of a robotic workforce
Osteal Therapeutics’ total joint replacement infection control devices and methods
State Farm’s simplistic machine learning model generation tool for predictive data analytics
USAA’s systems for controlling vehicle systems based on driver assessment
Verily Life Sciences’ systems including portable photo studios

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 indicate future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. By tracking both inventors and assignees in the region, we aim to provide a broader view of the region’s inventive activity. Listings are organized by Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC).

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of 8/12/2025 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

151 patents granted
Ranked No. 8 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 11
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 11
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 3
E: Fixed Constructions 12
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 5
G: Physics 43
H: Electricity 59

DESIGN: 7

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 17
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 12
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) 9
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 6
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 5
AT&T Intellectual Property I L.P. (Atlanta) 4
BMIC LLC (Dallas) 3
United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio) 3
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.) 3

Unassigned 9

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Anto Chirayil Thomas (Coppell) 3
Boon Loong Ng (Plano) 3
Ahmed Atef Ibrahim Ibrahim (Plano) 2
Blake Browder (Dallas) 2
Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell) 2
Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 2
Hongyan Lei (Plano) 2
Jagannathan Venkataraman (Bangalore, India) 2
Joy Figarsky (Little Rock, Ark.) 2
Kenneth McClure (Midlothian) 2

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

Knee protection system and method of use
Patent No. 12383000

Inventor(s): Jedidiah Motyl (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Simpson Simpson, PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18229538 on 08/02/2023 (741 days app to issue)

Abstract: A knee protection system has a lower guard that is strapped to the lower leg below the knee joint. An upper guard is attached to the lower guard by hinges so that when the knee bends the lower guard goes with it and the upper guard pivots to remain over the kneecap or thereabout.

[A41D] OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES (eye or ear protectors A61F 9/00, A61F 11/00; sweating suits A61H 36/00)

Protective articles having a plurality of core members
Patent No. 12383020

Inventor(s): Mark D. Dodd (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Pinwrest Development Group, LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Alliance IP, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18299576 on 04/12/2023 (853 days app to issue)

Abstract: An outsole with a conformable substrate with a depression and a core inset in the depression. The core includes a plurality of plates, a first one of the plates is hingedly attached, at one or more edges of the first plate, to one or more substantially adjacent other plates in the plurality of plates, where each hinge hingedly attaching an edge of the first plate to another plate joins less than the entire respective hingedly attached edge to a corresponding one of the one or more substantially adjacent other plates and is integrally connected to the first plate and the other plate. The hinges attaching edges of the first plate to other plates disperse impact forces from the first plate to a corresponding one of the other plates, and a subset of the plurality of plates in the core form a row of three or more interconnected plates.

[A43B] CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR

Elastic slim hair towel wrap
Patent No. 12383039

Inventor(s): Douang Siharath (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19051531 on 02/12/2025 (181 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hair towel wrap features an elastic band seamlessly integrated into the rear of a head portion and is designed for enhanced stability and comfort during hair drying. The wrap includes a towel cloth with specific dimensions for the head, body, and tail portions, providing coverage for various hair types and lengths. The elastic band provides adjustable tension and secure positioning, while the trigon-shaped tail portion can be tucked under the band for additional stability. The elastic band is attached to a center of a back of the second towel cloth and can be substantially indented or not fully aligned with a head portion of a hair towel cloth. This design eliminates common issues with conventional hair towels, such as slipping and inadequate coverage, while promoting gentle, natural hair drying.

[A42B] HATS; HEAD COVERINGS (headbands, head-scarves A41D 20/00, A41D 23/00)

Chair with shape memory material-based movement synchronized with visual content
Patent No. 12383066

Inventor(s): Brian J. Pinkelman (Ann Arbor, MI), Michael Paul Rowe (Pinckney, MI), Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17729522 on 04/26/2022 (1204 days app to issue)

Abstract: A chair can be configured for synchronized movement with visual content, such as a video game or movie, presented on a display. The chair can include a seat portion. A plurality of actuators can be operatively positioned to cause a movement of the seat portion. The actuators can include one or more shape memory material members. Each of the actuators being configured such that, when an activation input is provided to the one or more shape memory material members, the one or more shape memory material members change from a first configuration to a second configuration and cause the actuator to morph into an activated configuration. One or more processors operatively connected to selectively activate one or more of the actuators by causing the activation input to be provided to the one or more shape memory material members of at least one of the actuators.

[A47C] CHAIRS (seats specially adapted for vehicles B60N 2/00); SOFAS; BEDS (upholstery in general B68G)

System and method for integrated surgical guide-hub and drill with guided drilling and plunge protection
Patent No. 12383285

Inventor(s): Nisar Hemant Parekh (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Hubly Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18317709 on 05/15/2023 (820 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of using a medical tool comprising a cranial access drill includes placing a guide-hub against a cranial drilling surface, guiding a drill bit into the guide-hub along an axial direction of the guide-hub, drilling the cranial drilling surface in the axial direction with the drill bit using a motor, detecting, using a controller, an electrical parametric change at the drill bit that corresponds to puncturing the cranial drilling surface, and deactivating, using the controller, the motor in response to detecting the electrical parametric change.

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

Total joint replacement infection control devices and methods
Patent No. 12383404

Inventor(s): Benjamin Arnold (Dallas, TX), Brian Bowman (Dallas, TX), Brian C. de Beaubien (Dallas, TX), Erika Lin (Dallas, TX), Kristen Pena (Dallas, TX), Tina John (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Osteal Therapeutics, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17971080 on 10/21/2022 (1026 days app to issue)

Abstract: An orthopedic system for delivery of a therapeutic agent to a bone includes an elongate stem adapted to be inserted into an intramedullary canal, an inlet configured to receive the therapeutic agent, and one or more outlets configured to deliver the therapeutic agent to the bone. The elongate stem may comprise one or more protrusions to engage the bone, and one or more channels extending longitudinally therein, fluidly coupled to the inlet. The therapeutic agent flows from the inlet through the one or more channels and exits into the intramedullary canal through the one or more outlets. The system may be configured to allow one or more dimensions of the system to be adjusted to accommodate the anatomy of a patient.

[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]

Method for providing a beverage additive
Patent No. 12383489

Inventor(s): Christine Koski (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ProBiora Health, LLC (Jackson, WY)
Law Firm: Fish IP Law, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18098033 on 01/17/2023 (938 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods are described that provide controlled release of beneficial bacteria to the oral cavity. Such bacteria can subsequently colonize the oral cavity and displace or suppress the growth of pathogenic microorganisms. Described devices include a stabilized preparation of such beneficial bacteria and provide a consumable liquid, wet foam, or gel that includes such bacteria when used.

[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)

Combination therapy of crenolanib and apoptosis pathway agents for the treatment of proliferative disorders
Patent No. 12383549

Inventor(s): Vinay K. Jain (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Arog Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18617723 on 03/27/2024 (503 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes methods for treating a proliferative disorder comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of crenolanib or a salt thereof in combination with pharmaceutical agent targeting apoptosis pathway proteins wherein the crenolanib and other agent are provided at least one of sequentially or concomitantly in a subject for use in the treatment of the proliferative disease, wherein the subject is a human subject.

Stovetop fire suppression system and method
Patent No. 12383775

Inventor(s): Donald W. Murray (Santo, TX), Richard M. Anthony (River Oaks, TX)
Assignee(s): WilliamsRDM, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17205758 on 03/18/2021 (1608 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stovetop fire suppression system for selectively releasing a fire suppressant powder onto a stovetop first or second burner. The stovetop fire suppression system includes a base member and a chute member secured to the base member at opposed first and second ends of the base member. The chute member is movable between a storage position and a dispensing position. The suppression system further includes a first actuating member disposed at the base section first end and a second actuating member disposed at the base section second end. In response to actuation of the first actuating member, the chute member is movable the dispensing position to release the fire suppressant powder onto the first burner, and in response to actuation of the second actuating member, the chute member moves to the dispensing position to release the fire suppressant powder onto the second burner.

[A62C] FIRE-FIGHTING (fire-extinguishing compositions, use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires A62D 1/00; spraying, applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; fire-fighting aircraft B64D 1/16; alarm arrangements G08B, e.g. fire alarms actuated by smoke or gases G08B 17/10)

Shock absorbing swim goggles with independently movable lenses and method of use
Patent No. 12383797

Inventor(s): Eric Feldman (Dallas, TX), Everly Feldman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18790703 on 07/31/2024 (377 days app to issue)

Abstract: This invention pertains to an improved design for goggles featuring a base frame with two generally cylindrical eye portions connected by a vertical support post. Each eye portion has an oval cross-section and includes a proximal opening fitted with a flexible oval eyepiece made from neoprene or similar material. The goggles incorporate hinge barrels and pins allowing for pivotable attachment of lens housings, which include distal windows and frustoconical seals to ensure a watertight fit. A magnetic support spacer mechanism provides stability and ease of use, enhancing the user experience in high-impact and aquatic environments by facilitating quick drainage of intruding water without removing the goggles.

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

Multipocketed golf club covering
Patent No. 12383808

Inventor(s): Walter M. Glasgow, Jr. (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18373783 on 09/27/2023 (685 days app to issue)

Abstract: In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a multipocketed covering that includes a first section that includes a first pocket disposed within one or more fabrics for receiving a first golf clubhead, and at least a second section that includes a second pocket disposed within the one or more fabrics for receiving a second golf clubhead, where the first section and the second section are adjoined between the first pocket and the second pocket, where the multipocketed covering is foldable along at least a length of the multipocketed covering by one or more folds, where the one or more folds allow the multipocketed covering to meanderingly extend across at least the first and the second golf clubs to prevent frictional engagement between at least the first golf clubhead and the second golf clubhead.

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

Descent controller housing
Patent No. D1088358

Inventor(s): Johnny Dickson (Van Alstyne, TX)
Assignee(s): Tech Safety Lines, Inc. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29793669 on 01/10/2024 (580 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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

Roofing materials and methods of making roofing materials without external heat
Patent No. 12383928

Inventor(s): Carl Stipe (Grapevine, TX), Denis Muki Tibah (Waxahachie, TX), Jarod L. Krajca (Ennis, TX), Ramil Marcelo L. Mercado (Waxahachie, TX), Steven E. Sparks (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Venable LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18243184 on 09/07/2023 (705 days app to issue)

Abstract: This invention, in embodiments, relates to a method of preparing a roofing material that includes obtaining a substrate and obtaining a non-foam, coating composition comprising a polymeric resin and a carrier. The coating composition is (i) substantially free of water and (ii) in the form of a liquid at at least 23 F. The method further includes applying the coating composition to a surface of the substrate to prepare a coated substrate, and exposing the coated substrate to a reaction generator to polymerize the coating composition and thereby solidify the coating composition on the coated substrate to form the roofing material.

[B05D] PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (conveying articles or workpieces through baths of liquid B65G, e.g. B65G 49/02) [2]

Thermoactivate modular soft actuator based on phase transition
Patent No. 12384024

Inventor(s): Amir Jafari (Dallas, TX), Trevor W. Exley (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18417801 on 01/19/2024 (571 days app to issue)

Abstract: An actuation device includes a Peltier comprising a first side and a second side; a first module thermally coupled to the first side of the Peltier, and a second module thermally coupled to the second side of the Peltier. The first module is configured to axially contract in response to an increased pressure within the first module and axially expand in response to a decreased pressure within the first module. The second module is configured to axially expand in response to an increased pressure within the second module and axially contract in response to a decreased pressure within the second module.

[B25J] MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES (robotic devices for individually picking fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D 46/30; needle manipulators for surgery A61B 17/062; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B 39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J 13/10; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B 30/00; cranes B66C; arrangements for handling fuel or other materials which are used within nuclear reactors G21C 19/00; structural combination of manipulators with cells or rooms shielded against radiation G21F 7/06) [5]

Apparatus, system, and method for calibrating a device by determining a reference point
Patent No. 12384041

Inventor(s): Joseph D. Gieske (Erlanger, KY)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18218461 on 07/05/2023 (769 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for calibrating a device by determining a reference point for working on an object. An apparatus includes a pin member, a shell member, an elastic member, and a base member. The pin member includes a tip, a protrusion, a first mark, and a distal end. The shell member includes a second mark and an opening and receives at least a first portion of the pin member therethrough. The opening exposes the first mark when the first mark is aligned with the second mark. The elastic member receives at least a second portion of the pin member therethrough. A portion of the elastic member is received within the shell member. The base member receives at least a third portion of the pin member therethrough and includes a rim member that receives the third portion of the pin member therethrough and supports one end of the elastic member.

Method for manufacturing an engineered stone and an engineered stone
Patent No. 12384072

Inventor(s): Claudio Caselli (Dallas, TX), Terry Adams (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Dal-Tile, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Locke LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18240571 on 08/31/2023 (712 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an engineered stone, the method including: providing a mixture comprising at least a stone or stone like material and a binder; compacting the mixture; curing the binder; and further comprising printing a printed pattern on at least a top surface of the engineered stone.

[B28B] SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS, SLAG OR MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER (foundry moulding B22C; working stone or stone-like material B28D; shaping of substances in a plastic state, in general B29C; making layered products not composed wholly of these substances B32B; shaping in situ, see the relevant classes of section E)

Fuel efficiency system for a vehicle
Patent No. 12384201

Inventor(s): Richard Bryan Wood (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17480951 on 09/21/2021 (1421 days app to issue)

Abstract: Vehicle systems and components are set forth, which aim to reduce rolling friction caused in part by the contact between the vehicle”s tires and the ground surface over which the vehicle is traversing. These systems and/or components thereof may increase the overall fuel efficiency of a vehicle. In the examples provided, the systems and/or components change the tread contact patch of one or more tires during movement of the vehicle.

[B60C] VEHICLE TYRES (manufacture, repairing B29); TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES (testing of tyres G01M 17/02) [5]

Central tire inflation system
Patent No. 12384207

Inventor(s): Aaron France (Westland, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16752340 on 01/24/2020 (2027 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for adjusting air pressure of one or more tires of a vehicle. The system includes one or more valves respectively corresponding to the one or more tires, each valve of the one or more valves configured to receive air for inflating a corresponding tire or release air for deflating the corresponding tire. The system includes an air regulation device configured to provide air to the one or more valves of the one or more tires via one or more respective air lines and provide air to one or more air suspension devices via the one or more respective air lines. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to cause the one or more tires to inflate or deflate based on a tire air pressure configuration.

Attenuator mounting system and method of use
Patent No. 12384313

Inventor(s): J Travis McCain (Aledo, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18088278 on 12/23/2022 (963 days app to issue)

Abstract: An attenuator mounting system attaches a mounting plate to the frame of a fire truck or another type of first responder vehicle through channels and other framework so that a truck mounted attenuator (TMA) can be used by the vehicle to prevent impact damage or lessen it. The channels attach to the frame and extend out past the end of the vehicle so that the TMA does not interfere with other equipment on the vehicle and still provides the support necessary to allow the TMA to function.

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

Systems and methods for controlling vehicle systems based on driver assessment
Patent No. 12384383

Inventor(s): Anto Chirayil Thomas (Coppell, TX), Daniel Scott Veibell (Plano, TX), Seth E. Ethington (McKinney, TX), William Daniel Farmer (Carrollton, 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: 18419256 on 01/22/2024 (568 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may include sensors that may acquire health data related to an individual. The system may also include a processor that may receive trip data associated with a current location of the individual and a destination location for the individual, traffic condition data associated with routes between the current location and the destination location, and weather related data associated with the routes. The processor may also receive the health data from the sensors and determine whether the individual is associated with a driver assessment score above a threshold based on the trip data, the traffic condition data, the weather data, the health data, or any combination thereof. The processor may then send an activation signal to a vehicle control system in response to the driver assessment score being above the threshold, such that the activation signal may enable the vehicle control system to control operations of a 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]

Vehicle battery control based on remaining charge
Patent No. 12384391

Inventor(s): Masashi Nakagawa (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17234516 on 04/19/2021 (1576 days app to issue)

Abstract: Vehicles and methods for controlling a battery of the vehicle based on remaining battery charge. A vehicle may include a battery configured to supply electricity to native and external electrical components of the vehicle. The vehicle may include an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the battery. The ECU may be configured to receive a priority rank for each of the electrical components. The ECU may be further configured to stop the battery from supplying the electricity to one or more of the electrical components that are below a predetermined priority rank when a charge of the battery is low.

Pedal smoothing systems and methods
Patent No. 12384394

Inventor(s): Thomas S. Hawley (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17592600 on 02/04/2022 (1285 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for smoothing accelerator signal oscillations caused by road interference are provided. The disclosed systems and methods may apply a pedal smoothing logic/filter to avoid unnecessary torque request oscillation (e.g., torque hunting) caused by pedal oscillation. For example, a control may determine when outside road inputs are causing the driver to oscillate the pedal. When road interference is occurring, the pedal smoothing logic/filter is activated to limit torque request oscillation. When road interference is minimal or non-existent, the pedal smoothing logic/filter is deactivated to maintain vehicle responsiveness for intended driver inputs. A method may include determining a shock value based on a vehicle acceleration, comparing the shock value to a threshold value, and activating a pedal smoothing logic to smooth an accelerator signal based on the shock value being greater than the threshold value. A system may be configured to perform the disclosed method(s).

Distributed computing network comprised of autonomous vehicles carrying liquid immersion cooling platforms
Patent No. 12384419

Inventor(s): Jacob Mertel (Plano, TX), John David Enright (Plano, TX), Taylor Monnig (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Modine LLC (Racine, WI)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18753782 on 06/25/2024 (413 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interconnected network including a plurality of autonomous vehicles is described. Each autonomous vehicle can include an immersion cooling system. The network can include a central server for determining whether there has been any network disruption. In the event of the network disruption (or when a network disruption is predicted), the central server can deploy at least one vehicle to the area to maintain the network connectivity. Upon receiving the instructions, the vehicle can drive to the area. The central server can use an artificial intelligence algorithm to make the prediction.

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

System and method for sustainable processing of fossil fuels or subsurface comodities to reduce greenhouse gases while sequestering and repurposing alternative energy components
Patent No. 12384676

Inventor(s): Jovan Hutton Pulitzer (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): BIA Integrated Solutions, Inc. (Lakeway, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19076846 on 03/11/2025 (154 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for tracking processing of natural gas through a hydrogen generation system includes segmenting the input flow of natural gas at the received flow into a predetermined unit of received natural gas (Unit) for tracking of the Unit through the system. The step of segmenting includes measuring the constituent makeup of the received natural gas to determine the molecular structure and molecular weight of each constituent that is contained within the natural gas flow associated with the Unit and determining the volume of the received natural gas that constitutes the Unit based upon the measured amount of each constituent”s molecular structure and molecular weight required to define the Unit. The method further comprising separating from the Unit select ones of the hydrocarbons contained therein and measuring the molecular weight of each of the separated hydrocarbons, separating from the Unit all remaining non-selected ones of the hydrocarbons and the non-hydrocarbons associated with the Unit and determining the molecular structure and molecular weight of each constituent in this step of separating and inputting the separated select ones of the hydrocarbons associated with the Unit to a manifold, processing the desired hydrocarbon associated with the Unit output by the manifold associated with the Unit to separate Hydrogen and Carbon atoms into hydrogen gas, H[subscript]2[/subscript], and elemental Carbon, measuring the molecular volume of the hydrogen gas, H[subscript]2[/

[C01B] NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF (fermentation or enzyme-using processes for the preparation of elements or inorganic compounds except carbon dioxide C12P 3/00; production of non-metallic elements or inorganic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B)

2,2-difluoropropionamide derivatives of bardoxolone methyl, polymorphic forms and methods of use thereof
Patent No. 12384815

Inventor(s): Ahmad Y. Sheikh (Deerfield, IL), Alessandra Mattei (Chicago, IL), Xiu C. Wang (Green Oaks, IL)
Assignee(s): REATA PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18411501 on 01/12/2024 (578 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the compound:

[C07J] STEROIDS (seco-steroids C07C) [2]

Isocyanate-free laminating adhesive
Patent No. 12384872

Inventor(s): Tuoqi Li (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Arkema France (Puteaux, , FR)
Law Firm: Boyle Fredrickson S.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18655887 on 05/06/2024 (463 days app to issue)

Abstract: An epoxy terminated polyester; an adhesive formulation including the epoxy terminated polyester and a curative composition; a laminating adhesive prepared from the above adhesive formulation; a process of making a laminate; a laminate made by the above process; and a flexible package prepared from the above laminate.

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

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

Hip vent
Patent No. 12385255

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Avitabile (Lodi, NJ), Peter Campbell (Wanaque, NJ), Sudhir S. Railkar (Wayne, NJ), Tim Manasterski (Cumming, GA), Walter R. Zarate (Prospect Park, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18426926 on 01/30/2024 (560 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vent is disclosed for use in ventilating attic spaces beneath a hip roof. The vent is configured to be installed along a hip of the roof overlying and covering a ventilation slot. The vent includes an elongated laterally flexible top panel from which baffle arrays depend. The baffle arrays include a plurality of curved vanes that arc away from the slot. The vanes are configured to redirect wind-blown rain and snow away from the slot and block the migration of rain and snow through the vent. Filler strips can be attached beneath the edge portions of the vent. The filler strips conform to underlying shingles when the vent is installed to fill gaps that might be formed between the vent and the shingles. A weather filter can be positioned over some of the baffle arrays to allow attic air to pass but prevent ingress of blown snowflakes and raindrops.

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

Collar mount for a cellular communications monopole
Patent No. 12385262

Inventor(s): Dale Richard Heath (Fort Worth, TX), Firoz Ahmed (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17315615 on 05/10/2021 (1555 days app to issue)

Abstract: A collar mount for a base station monopole has a plurality of pressure members that surround the monopole. Threaded members are connected between adjacent pressure members to tighten the pressure members against the monopole. Pressure plates of the pressure members have a forward edge configured to engage the monopole at a pressure point. A dispersement plate is positioned at the pressure point where the dispersement plate is non-rigidly connected to the pressure plates. A second threaded member may connect the upper pressure plates of each two adjacent pressure members together. Each of the pressure members may include a plurality of pressure plates where the pressure plates have a width direction extending parallel to the monopole and a thickness direction extending perpendicular to the width direction where the width direction is larger than the thickness direction.

[E04G] SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR OTHER BUILDING AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS

Hinge
Patent No. 12385301

Inventor(s): Michael Voss (Aledo, TX)
Assignee(s): RSI North America, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18239554 on 08/29/2023 (714 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hinge includes a stainless steel pin rotatably connecting a glass filled nylon base section and a glass filled nylon rotating section by extending through a first lateral aperture of the glass filled nylon base section, a second lateral aperture of the glass filled nylon rotating section, and a third lateral aperture of the glass filled nylon base section. The glass filled nylon base section includes a right portion and a left portion fixed by a cross bar.

[E05D] HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS, OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C 11/00)

Adjustable breakout device
Patent No. 12385306

Inventor(s): Frank Isioma Edokpayi (Corpus Christi, TX)
Assignee(s): Overhead Door Corporation (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18680515 on 05/31/2024 (438 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sliding door system is disclosed which includes an adjustable breakout device that is configured to change the suspension angle of one or more door panels of the sliding door system. The adjustable breakout device may include a support bar configured to extend vertically along the door panel, a housing configured to be mounted on an upper portion of the support bar, a bracket configured to be mounted on the upper portion of the support bar and within a portion of the housing, a set screw configured to pass through the housing and through the upper portion of the support bar, and a pivot configured to pass through the bracket. The set screw may be adjusted to cause the support bar to rotate about the pivot and therefore change the suspension angle of the one or more door panels.

[E05D] HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS, OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C 11/00)

Drill bit with auxiliary channel openings
Patent No. 12385325

Inventor(s): Charles H. S. Douglas, III (Fort Worth, TX), Jared Clark (Fort Worth, TX), Jeremiah Torres (Fort Worth, TX), Thomas Simatic (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Ulterra Drilling Technologies, L.P. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17123254 on 12/16/2020 (1700 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein is PDC drill bits for engaging subterranean formations and for drilling wellbores, wherein the PDC drill bits are adapted to reduce erosion of the drill bit face by the inclusion of openings in a portion of the gauge of the PDC drill bit. The present disclosure also relates to systems and methods of drilling subterranean formations using the drill bits disclosed herein.

[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]

Autonomous tractor using counter flow-driven propulsion
Patent No. 12385338

Inventor(s): James Dan Vick, Jr. (Dallas, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Xiaoguang Allan Zhong (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18454644 on 08/23/2023 (720 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a wellbore tractor and method for operating a well system. The wellbore tractor, in one aspect, includes a base member, and one or more turbines fixed to the base member for rotating the base member in a first rotational direction based upon a first direction of fluid flow. The wellbore tractor, according to this aspect, further includes one or more wellbore engaging devices radially extending from the base member, the one or more wellbore engaging devices contactable with a surface of a wellbore for displacing the base member and one or more turbines axially downhole as the one or more turbines rotate in the first rotational direction.

Internal slip including one or more symmetrical teeth
Patent No. 12385339

Inventor(s): Shobeir Pirayeh Gar (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18073771 on 12/02/2022 (984 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is an internal slip, a sealing/anchoring subassembly, a well system, and method. The internal slip, in one aspect, includes a tubular, the tubular having a tubular inner diameter (ID[subscript]t[/subscript]) and a tubular outer diameter (OD[subscript]t[/subscript]). The internal slip, in this aspect, further includes a first set of teeth disposed along the tubular inner diameter (ID[subscript]t[/subscript]), the first set of teeth configured to engage with base teeth disposed on a base outer diameter (OD[subscript]B[/subscript]) of a base positioned radially inside of the tubular. The internal slip, in this aspect, further includes a second set of teeth disposed along the tubular outer diameter (OD[subscript]t[/subscript]), the second set of teeth configured to engage with stroke sleeve teeth disposed on a stroke sleeve outer diameter (OD[subscript]SS[/subscript]) of a stroke sleeve positioned radially outside of the tubular, wherein one or more of the second set of teeth are generally symmetrical about a centerline thereof.

Reduced backlash sealing/anchoring assembly
Patent No. 12385340

Abstract: Provided is a sealing/anchoring assembly, a well system, and a method. The sealing/anchoring assembly, in one aspect, includes a mandrel, a sealing/anchoring element positioned about the mandrel, and a setting sleeve coupled with a first end of the sealing/anchoring element. The sealing/anchoring assembly, in one aspect, further includes an internally threaded setting sleeve coupled with a second end of the sealing/anchoring element, the internally threaded setting sleeve configured to employ its internal threads to rotate and axially translate along the mandrel to move the sealing/anchoring element between a radially retracted state a radially expanded state.

Delayed acceleration of expandable metal reaction with galvanic corrosion
Patent No. 12385341

Inventor(s): Chris M. Pelto (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18458357 on 08/30/2023 (713 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a downhole tool, a well system, and a method. The downhole tool, in one aspect, includes an expandable metal member positioned about a structure, the expandable metal member comprising a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis. The downhole tool, in accordance with this embodiment, further includes a dissimilar cathodic electric conductor isolated within the expandable metal member, the dissimilar cathodic electric conductor configured to initiate a galvanic corrosion effect to increase an expansion rate of the expandable metal member when a reactive fluid comes into contact with the dissimilar cathodic electric conductor and the expandable metal member.

Wireline release head
Patent No. 12385345

Inventor(s): Chris Payson (Fort Worth, TX), Daniel Tollefson (Fort Worth, TX), John P. Roach (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Reach Wireline, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: AVEK IP, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18785420 on 07/26/2024 (382 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireline release head system includes a housing, a cutter box situated within the housing, a fire control switch, and a wireline extending through the cutter box and in electrical communication with a control unit and the fire control switch. The cutter box includes a piston assembly operable to move within a first track and a cutter knife operable to move within a second track. The second track is angled relative to the first track. The fire control switch is in communication with a fire detonator, which is selectively activatable to detonate a power charge. An electrical signal selectively sent through the wireline from the control unit to the fire control switch detonates the power charge, which causes the piston assembly to move within the first track and contact the cutter knife causing the cutter knife to move within the second track, thereby severing the wireline.

Vortex filtration for debris-sensitive components in a well
Patent No. 12385366

Inventor(s): Ryan M. Novelen (Carrollton, TX), Ryan W. McChesney (Carrollton, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18615439 on 03/25/2024 (505 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for supplying clean fluid to a component in a well may include a filter. The filter may include a housing having an outlet, a conical permeable element disposed at least partially inside the housing, and a tapered helical coil disposed at least partially inside the permeable element. A first opening may be formed at a first axial end of the permeable element, and a second opening may be formed at a second axial end of the permeable element. The apparatus may further include first conduit fluidly coupling the outlet and the component, and a second conduit fluidly coupling the second opening and a tubular of the well.

Plunger lift system
Patent No. 12385371

Inventor(s): James Allen Jefferies (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18485691 on 10/12/2023 (670 days app to issue)

Abstract: A plunger lift system for lifting fluids in a well bore includes a plunger body having a central bore, and a bypass valve assembly disposed at a lower end of the plunger body. The bypass valve assembly includes a valve cage, a valve stem disposed at least partially within the valve cage, a clutch bobbin carried by the valve cage and being operable associated with the valve stem, and at least one canted coil spring carried by the clutch bobbin for controlling movement of the valve stem.

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

Pumping system having remote valve blocks
Patent No. 12385479

Inventor(s): Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, TX), Joe Allen Sutton (Weatherford, TX), John McCrady (Burleson, TX), Richard David Peer (Tomball, TX), Wesley P. Clark (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17996047 on 04/12/2021 (1583 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure presents a pumping system that includes a plunger disposed in a pressure cylinder that is operable to be displaced in a suction and a discharge stroke. A packing seal is disposed between the plunger and the pressure cylinder. A valve block is disposed separate from the pressure cylinder and houses a suction valve and a discharge valve. A conduit fluidly couples the pressure cylinder with the valve block.

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

Method and apparatus for plastic duct bank manufacture
Patent No. 12385579

Inventor(s): Scott Gross (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Cummings Electrical, L.P. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16949347 on 10/26/2020 (1751 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a duct bank comprising the steps of loading a frame with a series of templates, positioning the frame adjacent a pipe extruder, aligning a set of a plurality of holes with a die of the pipe extruder, extruding a pipe of a first length into the set of holes, repeating the steps of aligning and extruding for each set of holes, thereby forming the duct bank, banding the duct bank, and removing the duct bank from the frame.

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

Fire pit barrier
Patent No. 12385643

Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Fort Worth, 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: 18759191 on 06/28/2024 (410 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fire pit barrier may help reduce the likelihood of contact with a side of a fire pit. The fire pit barrier may include a frame couplable to the fire pit. The frame may include a top support, a bottom support, and at least one connector extending between the top support and the bottom support. The frame may also include a shield coupled to the frame. The fire pit barrier may be configured to cover an outer surface of the fire pit and inhibit heat transfer from the fire pit to an exterior side of the shield.

[F24B] DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS; IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES [6]

Method and system for scalable embedded model predictive control of HVAC systems
Patent No. 12385660

Inventor(s): Muhammad Adil (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, CT)
Law Firm: Mueting Raasch Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18089948 on 12/28/2022 (958 days app to issue)

Abstract: A physics model of a building is linearized around an operating point. Measurements received from sensors define a system state of the HVAC system. The linearized physics model is used as an equality constraint for a model predictive controller that determines a next control input to the HVAC system based on the system state by solving an optimization problem for a time horizon of size N. A constraint matrix H of the equality constraint is decomposed into factors of U and V matrices such that UU[superscript]T [/superscript]and V[superscript]T [/superscript]V are both diagonal matrices. An objective function of the model predictive controller is optimized by iteratively solving a linear system of equations that includes inverses of UU[superscript]T [/superscript]and V[superscript]T [/superscript]V to determining a sequence of inputs for a horizon of the model predictive controller. A first input of the sequence of inputs to is used to control the HVAC system.

[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)

3D printed cold plates and methods for cooling power devices embedded in 3D printed circuit boards
Patent No. 12385700

Inventor(s): Ercan Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Feng Zhou (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: 18431191 on 02/02/2024 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes printing, using a 3D printer, a cold plate, printing, using a 3D printer, an electrical insulation layer embedded in a top surface of the cold plate, and printing, using a 3D printer, a conductor substrate embedded in the electrical insulation layer embedded in the top surface of the cold plate.

[F28F] DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials C09K 5/00; water or air traps, air venting F16)

P H Y S I C S

Treatment of depression using machine learning
Patent No. 12383196

Inventor(s): Madhukar Trivedi (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX), The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, CA), The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington,
Law Firm: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17282624 on 10/15/2019 (2128 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are, inter alia, methods for identifying subjects suffering from depression that will respond to treatment with an antidepressant.

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

Systems and methods for determining remaining useful energy in an aircraft
Patent No. 12384270

Inventor(s): Steven J. Foland (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): BETA AIR LLC (South Burlington, VT)
Law Firm: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18400506 on 12/29/2023 (592 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for determining remaining useful energy in an electric aircraft, the system including a computing device where the computing device is configured to measure a internal state datum of a battery as a function of at least a sensor, receive the internal state datum from the at least a sensor, generate a useful energy remaining datum as a function of the internal state datum and a battery model, and display the useful energy remaining datum to a user.

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

Systems and methods for training a driving agent based on real-world driving data
Patent No. 12385744

Inventor(s): Jerry Gamble, Jr. (Grapevine, TX), Vidhya Seran (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18463989 on 09/08/2023 (704 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive video data and corresponding GPS data and IMU data associated with a vehicle, and may remove video frames from the video data to generate modified video data. The device may select objects and image regions of video frames of the modified video data, and may determine a current speed and a current turn angle of the vehicle based on the GPS data, the IMU data, and the modified video data. The device may mask the objects of the video frames of the modified video data to learn first features, and may mask the image regions of the video frames of the modified video data to learn second features. The device may generate a trained neural network model based on the current speed, the current turn angle, the first features, and the second features, and may implement the trained neural network model in the vehicle.

[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)

Generating a test drive route
Patent No. 12385754

Inventor(s): Avid Ghamsari (Carrollton, TX), Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Micah Price (The Colony, TX), Qiaochu Tang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17645585 on 12/22/2021 (1329 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a system may receive driving data representative of a driving pattern of a user. The system may identify a third party entity to facilitate a test drive by the user. The system may identify a geographic area within a threshold proximity of a location of the third party entity. The system may identify a plurality of waypoints within the geographic area, wherein one or more of the waypoints or one or more route segments defined by the waypoints satisfy one or more conditions based on the driving data. The system may obtain the test drive route starting and ending at the location of the third party entity and including the waypoints. The system may transmit data indicating the test drive route to at least one of a user device, an on-board computer of a test drive vehicle, or a third party device of the third party entity.

System and method of determining reservoir fluid flow condition and composition downhole
Patent No. 12385770

Inventor(s): Etienne Samson (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18080502 on 12/13/2022 (973 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid flow rate sensor. The fluid flow rate sensor comprises an elongated structure; a heating element installed into a first end of the elongated structure; a first temperature transducer coupled to an outside of the elongated structure at a first predefined location; a second temperature transducer coupled to the outside of the elongated structure at a second predefined location; and a control unit that is configured to turn the heating element on and off, to analyze a first temperature indication received from the first temperature transducer, to analyze a second temperature indication received from the second temperature transducer, to determine a flow rate of a fluid that is in intimate contact with the outside of the elongated structure based on analyzing the first temperature indication and the second temperature indication, and to output the flow rate via a communication line.

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

Current sensing by using aging sense transistor
Patent No. 12385953

Inventor(s): Nan Xing (Allen, TX), Robert Wayne Mounger (Dallas, TX), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Infineon Technologies Canada Inc. (Ottawa, , CA)
Law Firm: WORKMAN NYDEGGER (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18322441 on 05/23/2023 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: A current sense circuit that allows for accurate sensing of a power current that flows through a power transistor as the power transistor ages. The circuit includes the power transistor, a sense transistor and a pull-up component. The control nodes of the power transistor and the sense transistor are connected, causing the power transistor and sense transistor to be on or off simultaneously. The pull-up component is connected between the input node of the power transistor and the input node of the sense transistor. When power is provided to the pull-up component, and when each of the power transistor and sense transistor are off, the pull-up component forces a voltage present at the sense transistor input node to be approximately equal to a voltage present at the power transistor input node, causing the sense and power transistors to age together.

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

Apparatus, system, and method for determining a load coil value for a load coil connected to an antenna
Patent No. 12385960

Inventor(s): Ming Michael Meng (Novi, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18242452 on 09/05/2023 (707 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for determining a load coil value for a load coil connected to an antenna. The system may include at least one adjustable inductive coil. The at least one adjustable inductive coil may have a plurality of turns. The at least one adjustable inductive coil may be connected to the antenna. The system may include an actuator. The actuator may be connected to the at least one adjustable inductive coil and may be configured to adjust at least one characteristic of the at least one adjustable inductive coil. The system may further include a user interface connected to the actuator and configured to control the actuator to adjust the at least one characteristic of the at least one adjustable inductive coil.

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

Method and apparatus for in-house RF-based collaborative localization with automated data collection
Patent No. 12386011

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Vutha Va (Plano, TX), Wenxun Qiu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17512446 on 10/27/2021 (1385 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for localization includes obtaining a request to localize an electronic device within an area, wherein the area includes a set of anchors. The method also includes transmitting a first message to the electronic device and a second message to the set of anchors. the first message includes a time for the electronic device to transmit a measurement signal and the second message includes the time for the set of anchors to receive the measurement signal from the electronic device. The method further includes receiving, from the set of anchors, signal information associated with the measurement signal. Additionally, the method includes identifying a location of the electronic device within the area based on the signal information. The method also includes transmitting, to the electronic device, the location of the electronic device within the area.

[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

Optical film and method of making
Patent No. 12386103

Inventor(s): Caleb T. Nelson (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (St. Paul, MN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17768399 on 11/04/2020 (1742 days app to issue)

Abstract: An optical film includes a structured film and a light control film formed on the structured film. The structured film includes a substrate and a plurality of polymeric microstructures formed on a major surface of the substrate. Each microstructure includes an optical facet and a sidewall meeting the optical facet at a ridge of the microstructure. The light control film includes an optically transparent material disposed on and covering the plurality of polymeric microstructures, and a plurality of optically absorptive louvers formed in the optically transparent material opposite the structured film. The louvers extend along a longitudinal direction and are spaced apart along an orthogonal transverse direction. The louvers have an average depth D into the optically transparent material and have an average width W in the transverse direction. D/W can be greater than 2. The optical film is integrally formed.

[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]

Lens with color enhancement
Patent No. 12386207

Inventor(s): Elliot French (Dallas, TX), Srinivasan Balasubramanian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, , FR)
Law Firm: NIXON VANDERHYE (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18525964 on 12/01/2023 (620 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to the use of dyes that impart localized regions of reduced transmittance across specific wavelength ranges. The inclusion of transmittance-attenuating dyes into a lens provides enhanced color contrast by tuning the spectrum of visible light transmission through the lens.

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

Quantum-based device including vapor cell
Patent No. 12386317

Inventor(s): Baher Haroun (Allen, TX), Juan Herbsommer (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18374724 on 09/29/2023 (683 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example, a system includes a first sealed container, a second sealed container, a signal coupler, a container enclosure, and an electromagnetic (EM) reflective coating. The first sealed container encloses a first dipolar gas. The second sealed container encloses a second dipolar gas. The signal coupler is communicatively coupled between the first and second sealed containers. The signal coupler includes a solid material or a hollow sealed tube. The container enclosure encloses the first and second sealed containers and the signal coupler. The EM reflective coating is inside the container enclosure and covers at least part of the first container, at least part of the second container, and at least part of the signal coupler.

[G04F] TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING (measuring pulse characteristics G01R, e.g. G01R 29/02; in radar or like systems G01S; masers H01S 1/00; generation of oscillations H03B; generation or counting of pulses, frequency dividing H03K; analogue/digital conversion in general H03M 1/00) [2]

Remote control unit having active feedback
Patent No. 12386347

Inventor(s): Andrew Vincent Louis (Fort Worth, TX), Russell C. Peters (Fort Worth, TX), Stephen Yibum Chung (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18391877 on 12/21/2023 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a remote controller for a vehicle includes at least one control element for controlling operation of at least one aspect of the vehicle when the vehicle is in a remote-control mode; an actuator connected the at least one control element for controlling a position of the at least one control element when the vehicle is in an autonomous operations mode; and a processing system for receiving a first control signal from the vehicle indicative of a state of operation of the vehicle. In operation, the processing system generates a second control signal to the actuator to cause the actuator to control a position of the control element such that it corresponds to and indicates the state of operation of the vehicle.

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

Card cage system for hybrid cooling of computer circuit cards
Patent No. 12386401

Inventor(s): Christopher Reed (McKinney, TX), James Ruiz (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Arlington, VA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17573464 on 01/11/2022 (1309 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computer circuit card cage system configured to house one or more computer circuit cards. The computer circuit card cage system can comprise a housing comprising one or more walls having one or more apertures formed therein. The computer circuit card cage system can further comprise one or more support rails supported on one or more of the walls and configured to support a computer circuit card. The one or more support rails can have one or more apertures formed therein to facilitate flow of a fluid through the one or more support rails. The flow path of the fluid is through the one or more apertures in the walls of the housing, and the one or more apertures in the support rails.

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

Split rail power supply architecture
Patent No. 12386405

Inventor(s): Jan-Tore Marienborg (Oslo, , NO), Oddgeir Fikstvedt (Oslo, , NO), Patrick Seem (Oslo, , NO), Robin O. Hoel (Olso, , NO), Ruchi Shankar (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18498757 on 10/31/2023 (651 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to split rail architecture for power supplies in a system, and more particularly, to providing isolation and control of a power supply. In an example, an integrated circuit device is provided that includes a device voltage supply, an input/output (I/O) voltage supply coupled to the device voltage supply, and a level shifter circuit coupled to the I/O voltage supply. The level shifter circuit includes a pair of cross-coupled p-type metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (PMOS transistors), a pair of n-type transistors (NMOS transistors) coupled between the pair of cross-coupled PMOS transistors and a ground connection, and an inverter circuit coupled to the device voltage supply and the level shifter circuit. The level shifter circuit further includes a capacitor coupled to the pair of cross-coupled PMOS transistors and the ground connection and is in parallel with respect to a first one of the pair of NMOS transistors.

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

Systems and methods for dynamic user interface interactions
Patent No. 12386494

Inventor(s): Blake Browder (Dallas, TX), Joy Figarsky (Little Rock, AR)
Assignee(s): Signet Health Corporation (North Richland Hills, TX)
Law Firm: Caldwell Intellectual Property Law (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18957675 on 11/23/2024 (262 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for dynamic user interface interactions comprising a computing device configured to receive behavior data, generate one or more educational modules and a selectable event graphic, configure a first remote device to display an event handler graphic corresponding to a data-reception event handler, receive from the first remote device a plurality of interactive data generated by at least the data-reception event handler, configure the first remote device to generate a graphical view, wherein the graphical view includes at least a display element generated as a function of the one or more educational modules and the selectable event graphic corresponding to a selectable event handler, wherein the selectable event handler is configured to receive interaction of the selectable event graphic and trigger an event action based on a comparison.

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

System and method for generating an instance array associated with an initial class
Patent No. 12386593

Abstract: A system for generating an instance array associated with an initial class. The system may include at least a processor, and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor and containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to generate an instance array associated with an initial class. Instructions may include: receive an array associated with an initial class, define a new class using specific instances from the array associated with the class, verify the new class as a function of the specific instances associated with the class, and display the objects of the new class at a display device, wherein the display device presents a graphical user interface enabling a user to manipulate the new class.

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

Detecting infinite loops in a programmable atomic transaction
Patent No. 12386616

Inventor(s): Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18669104 on 05/20/2024 (449 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods, devices, and machine-readable mediums to detect and terminate programmable atomic transactions that are stuck in an infinite loop. In order to detect and terminate these transactions, the programmable atomic unit may use an instruction counter that increments each time an instruction is executed during execution of a programmable atomic transaction. If the instruction counter meets or exceeds a threshold instruction execution limit without reaching the termination instruction, the programmable atomic transaction may be terminated, all resources used (e.g., memory locks) may be freed, and a response may be sent to a calling processor.

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

Conditional execution specification of instructions using conditional extension slots in the same execute packet in a VLIW processor
Patent No. 12386623

Inventor(s): Duc Quang Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Joseph Raymond Michael Zbiciak (San Jose, CA), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18609622 on 03/19/2024 (511 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a device includes a register file; a set of functional units coupled to the register file; and an instruction decoder coupled to the register file and to the set of functional units. The instruction decoder receives an executable instruction directed to a specific functional unit of the set of functional unit. The executable instruction includes a segment specifying a register of the register file. The instruction decoder also provides the executable instruction to the specific functional unit. The specific functional unit then determines whether to execute the executable instruction based on a value stored in the register of the register file specified by the segment of the executable instruction.

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

System and method for instruction unwinding in an out-of-order processor
Patent No. 12386625

Inventor(s): David A. Carlson (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd. (Singapore, , SG)
Law Firm: Hamilton, Brook, Smith Reynolds, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18156042 on 01/18/2023 (937 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and corresponding method unwind instructions in an out-of-order (OoO) processor. The system comprises a mapper. In response to a restart event causing at least one instruction to be unwound, the mapper restores a present integer mapper state and present floating-point (FP) mapper state, used for mapping instructions, to a former integer mapper state and former FP mapper state, respectively. The mapper stores integer snapshots and FP snapshots of the present integer and FP mapper state, respectively, to expedite restoration to the former integer and FP mapper state, respectively. Access to the FP snapshots is blocked, intermittently, as a function of at least one FP present indicator used by the mapper to record presence of FP registers used as destinations in the instructions. Blocking the access, intermittently, improves power efficiency of the OoO processor.

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

Dynamic decomposition and thread allocation
Patent No. 12386656

Inventor(s): Patrick Estep (Rowlett, TX), Skyler Arron Windh (McKinney, TX), Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17465021 on 09/02/2021 (1440 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices and techniques for thread scheduling control and memory splitting in a processor are described herein. An apparatus includes a hardware interface configured to receive a first request to execute a first thread, the first request including an indication of a workload; and processing circuitry configured to: determine the workload to produce a metric based at least in part on the indication; compare the metric with a threshold to determine that the metric is beyond the threshold; divide, based at least in part on the comparison, the workload into a set of sub-workloads consisting of predefined number of equal parts from the workload; create a second request to execute a second thread, the second request including a first member of the set of sub-workloads; and process a second member of the set of sub-workloads in the first thread.

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

Delayed snoop for improved multi-process false sharing parallel thread performance
Patent No. 12386696

Inventor(s): Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18512261 on 11/17/2023 (634 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for maintaining cache coherency comprising storing data blocks associated with a main process in a cache line of a main cache memory, storing a first local copy of the data blocks in a first local cache memory of a first processor, storing a second local copy of the set of data blocks in a second local cache memory of a second processor executing a first child process of the main process to generate first output data, writing the first output data to the first data block of the first local copy as a write through, writing the first output data to the first data block of the main cache memory as a part of the write through, transmitting an invalidate request to the second local cache memory, marking the second local copy of the set of data blocks as delayed, and transmitting an acknowledgment to the invalidate request.

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

Systems and methods for optimizing resources for applications deployed in primary and backup geographically dispersed cloud environments
Patent No. 12386719

Inventor(s): Jerry Steben (Fort Worth, TX), Peter B. Sensenbrenner (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17931236 on 09/12/2022 (1065 days app to issue)

Abstract: A primary application cloud instance may receive historical usage of an application, may allocate, based on the historical usage, a quantity of cloud resources for enabling the application to be accessed, and may enable the application to be accessed. The primary application cloud instance may provide, to a backup application cloud instance that allocates a minimum quantity of cloud resources for providing a skeletal version of the application, heartbeat and session state information associated with the primary application cloud instance, and the quantity of cloud resources for enabling the application to be accessed. The primary application cloud instance may provide, to the backup application cloud instance, an indication of a failure of the primary application cloud instance, via the heartbeat and session state information, to cause the backup application cloud instance to allocate the quantity of cloud resources and to enable access to the application.

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

Method and apparatus for using local area network as service for edge cloud
Patent No. 12386767

Inventor(s): Paul Spencer Dawkins (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TENCENT AMERICA LLC (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: Sughrue Mion, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17969230 on 10/19/2022 (1028 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for receiving, by a plurality of user devices within a Local Area Network (LAN), a request to create a local cloud within the LAN, selecting, by one of the plurality of user devices, a master device from among the plurality of user devices, and one or more devices from among the plurality of user devices based on a resource availability, requesting, by the master device, each of the one or more devices to share resources of the device for the local cloud, and configuring, by the master device, the one or more devices as the local cloud. The master device receives a service request for a service to be performed by the local cloud, and distributes a plurality of tasks corresponding to the service to the one or more devices configured as the local cloud according to the resource availability of the one or more devices.

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

Automatic script generation using a multi-layered ingestion program to reduce runtime errors
Patent No. 12386855

Inventor(s): Bhartesh Dhudshia (Allen, TX), Sunshine Calderon (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18203368 on 05/30/2023 (805 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to automatic script generation using a multi-layered ingestion program. An automatic ingestion platform may generate the program. The platform may receive a request to ingest information. The platform may automatically generate a plurality of executable scripts using the program. The plurality of scripts may include at least one script corresponding to a first layer of the program and a plurality of scripts corresponding to a second layer of the program. The platform may identify a subset of information to be ingested based on executing a script corresponding to the first layer. The platform may execute the scripts corresponding to the second layer. Executing the scripts corresponding to the second layer may cause the platform to deploy a schedule management program and transfer the subset of information to a third layer. The platform may cause synchronization of a central information repository with the third layer.

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

Continual biometric authentication
Patent No. 12386934

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: 18224198 on 07/20/2023 (754 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems for continual biometric authentication of a user on a user device is provided. Methods may create, for the user, a biometric authentication reference model. Methods may store the biometric authentication reference model at a database associated with the user device. In response to an instantiation of a session by the user on the user device, methods may execute a continual biometric scan. The scanning may be executed until the session is terminated. Methods may identify a number of comparison points between the scanned and stored biometric identifiers. In response to determining that the number of identified comparison points is below a predetermined threshold number of comparison points, methods may initiate a passcode request. The passcode request may request a confirmation of a preset user-selected passcode. In response to determining that the passcode response does not match the preset user-selected passcode, methods may terminate the session.

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

Automatic discovery and enterprise control of a robotic workforce
Patent No. 12386956

Inventor(s): Dhurai Ganesan (Chennai, , IN), Gowrishanker Pari (Chennai, , IN), Harsh Vinayak (Gurgaon, , IN), Sankar Chandrasekaran (Chennai, , IN), Tanvir Khan (Allen, TX), Ujjwal Sharma (Chennai, , IN)
Assignee(s): NTT DATA Services, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17973233 on 10/25/2022 (1022 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes receiving bot presence data from a bot discovery agent executing in a computing environment. The method also includes determining, based on the bot presence data, whether an unauthorized bot is present in the computing environment. The method also includes, responsive to a determination, based on the bot presence data, that an unauthorized bot is present in the computing environment, automatically initiating a remediation workflow relative to the unauthorized bot.

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

Multi-stage LLM with unlimited context
Patent No. 12387050

Inventor(s): Alan McCord (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): ATOMBEAM TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Moraga, CA)
Law Firm: Galvin Patent Law LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19051193 on 02/12/2025 (181 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for efficient natural language processing combines large and small language models with a thought caching architecture. The system includes a router that directs prompts either to a large language model for thought generation or to a thought cache containing previously generated thoughts. When using the large model, generated thoughts are combined with the original prompt and routed through a smaller language model to produce responses. The thought cache stores reasoning patterns that can be retrieved and reused, eliminating the need to regenerate similar thoughts for related prompts. The system supports both local and cloud-based caching, enabling personal and enterprise-wide thought storage and retrieval. This architecture reduces computational overhead while maintaining reasoning capabilities, effectively extends context windows beyond traditional limits, and enables efficient scaling across different deployment scenarios. The system can operate with reduced resources by leveraging cached thoughts without requiring constant access to the large model.

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

Simplistic machine learning model generation tool for predictive data analytics
Patent No. 12387143

Inventor(s): Suresh B. Gajendran (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18516673 on 11/21/2023 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for predictive data analytics are provided. A method comprises generating a guided user interface (GUI) that guides one or more user operations on the user interface including: obtaining, from a database, a dataset including a plurality of data objects; determining one or more characteristics associated with a first data object of the plurality of data objects; identifying a subset of the dataset based at least in part on the one or more characteristics; selecting at least one machine learning algorithm; and training a machine learning (ML) model with respect to the first data object using the subset of the dataset and the at least one machine learning algorithm to generate a trained ML model; implementing the trained ML model with respect to the first data object in a cloud server to enable distributing the trained ML model to a plurality of client device via a network.

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

Integrating verbal collaboration platforms with data collection and user context
Patent No. 12387162

Inventor(s): Christopher N. Todd (Dallas, TX), Guy R. VanBuskirk (Greenville, SC), Jesse Alan Montgomery (Rowlett, TX), Kathryn Payne Torrence Shae (Dallas, TX), Ravi Shankar Kumar (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Theatro Labs, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18437458 on 02/09/2024 (550 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a method of managing emergency management information within an observation platform an emergency management and response application is provisioned at an observation platform. The provisioning is administered by a cloud services platform and includes configuration and deployment of the emergency management and response application within the observation platform. In response to receipt at the observation platform of a report of an emergency, operation of the emergency management and response application is triggered within the observation platform. Emergency management information is sent, via the emergency management and response application, to a group of users of the observation platform.

[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]

Generating and maintaining digital tokens on a blockchain using physical device identifiers
Patent No. 12387199

Inventor(s): Adam Roorda (Burbank, CA), Andrew Rymer (Dallas, TX), Ronald Steelman (Northlake, TX)
Assignee(s): LITH LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18108104 on 02/10/2023 (914 days app to issue)

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for generating digital tokens associated with an asset on a blockchain. An example method generally includes receiving a request to create a digital token corresponding to an asset. A first private key is received. This first private key may be associated with a wallet in which the digital token is to be stored. A second private key is received from a physical device associated with an owner of the asset. An address of the asset is encrypted with a public key associated with the second private key. Metadata associated with the digital token is encrypted with a public key associated with the first private key. The digital token is minted on a blockchain based on the encrypted address of the asset and the encrypted metadata.

Stored value payment instrument, having payment card characteristics, for virtual cash transactions
Patent No. 12387214

Inventor(s): Aravind Shankaragouda Singtalur (McKinney, TX), Dinesh Kumar Agrawal (Rowlett, TX), Petar Puskarich (Plano, TX), Srinath Chakravarty (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18100890 on 01/24/2023 (931 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for transferring goods from a digital+bitcoin (d+b) stored value transaction instrument-supporting vendor to a user device, or a device user, such as a d+b stored value transaction instrument is provided. The device may be registered with a cryptocurrency provider and a value allocation. The method may include receiving a user request configured for a cryptocurrency-based transaction; transmitting a consent to transact the cryptocurrency-based transaction and, in response to the transmitting, receiving, from the user device, a Quick Response (QR) code. The code specifies, at least: a) an amount of cryptocurrency; and b) a product or a service to be exchanged for the amount of cryptocurrency. The method may also receive a biometric characteristic that confirms the transaction. The method may then receive the amount of cryptocurrency via the d+b stored value transaction instrument, and transmit a confirmation of receipt of the cryptocurrency.

Modules, systems, and methods for incentivizing green driving
Patent No. 12387223

Inventor(s): Karim Hamza (Mississauga, , CA), Ken Laberteaux (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: 15471770 on 03/28/2017 (3059 days app to issue)

Abstract: An authentication and verification module for incentivizing green driving includes one or more processors, network interface hardware configured to communicate with a remote server, one or more auxiliary sensors for outputting a verification signal, and one or more memory modules. The one or more memory modules store logic that, cause the authentication and verification module to: receive a diagnostic signal from an onboard diagnostics module of a vehicle, receive the verification signal from the one or more auxiliary sensors, compare the diagnostic signal with the verification signal, and transmit a driving behavior communication with the network interface hardware to the remote server when the verification signal and the diagnostic signal are within a predetermined threshold from one another. The authenticated driving behavior can then be used to calculate and assign appropriate incentives to the vehicle driver.

Dual ledger syncing
Patent No. 12387265

Inventor(s): Damien Patton (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TRETE Inc. (Prosper, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19008216 on 01/02/2025 (222 days app to issue)

Abstract: In certain aspects. a computer-implemented method includes monitoring data entries written on a database. The computer-implemented method includes recording at least part of the data entries written on the database to a blockchain.

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

Systems and methods for continuously monitoring items
Patent No. 12387272

Inventor(s): Anto Chirayil Thomas (Coppell, TX), Subhalakshmi Selvam (Allen, 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: 18175046 on 02/27/2023 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may include one or more detectors configured to generate detector data based on signals received from one or more tags integrated in or disposed on one or more items. The system may include a processor configured to: receive the detector data; determine a first set of identification information corresponding to a first item of the one or more items based on the detector data; receive a list of tagged items for a first location, and the list of tagged items comprises a second set of identification information corresponding to the one or more items; identify a theft incident for the first item based on a comparison of the first and second sets of identification information; automatically send a notification relating to the theft incident to one or more devices; and determine one or more insurance policy decisions for the first item based on the theft incident.

Systems and methods for continuously updating policy data based on dynamically acquired image data
Patent No. 12387274

Inventor(s): Anto Chirayil Thomas (Coppell, TX), Neetu Jain (Coppell, 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: 18746900 on 06/18/2024 (420 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include receiving, via at least one processor, a plurality of images representative of a property and determining whether two or more images of the plurality of images correspond to reference image data associated with the property. The method may then involve combining the images to generate a digitally stitched image that corresponds to the reference image data in response to the images corresponding to the reference image data and comparing the digitally stitched image to the reference image data to identify features associated with the property. The method may also involve updating a model representative of the property based on the features and generating an updated insurance policy associated with the property based on the model. Afterwards, the method may send a notification indicative of the updated insurance policy to a computing device.

Dynamic calibration correction in multi-frame, multi-exposure capture
Patent No. 12387376

Inventor(s): Hamid Rahim Sheikh (Allen, TX), John William Glotzbach (Allen, TX), Nguyen Thang Long Le (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18410511 on 01/11/2024 (579 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining a reference image frame and a non-reference image frame and generating a mask based on the reference image frame and the non-reference image frame. The method also includes determining a scaling coefficient and an offset coefficient for each of multiple color channels of the non-reference image frame based on pixels in the reference image frame and pixels in the non-reference image frame that are identified by the mask. The method further includes applying the scaling and offset coefficients to the non-reference image frame in order to generate a calibration-corrected non-reference image frame.

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

Systems and methods for resource-optimized mixed reality using user-centric adaptive object detection
Patent No. 12387489

Inventor(s): Daniel Doe (San Jose, CA), Dawei Chen (Milpitas, CA), Kyungtae Han (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18809564 on 08/20/2024 (357 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and method for reducing latency and bandwidth usage in reality devices include a reality device and one or more processors. The reality device includes a camera to operably capture a set of consequent frames of views external to a vehicle. The one or more processors are operable to monitor movements of one or more eyes of a user to obtain eye-tracking data using the reality device, identify an area of interest (AoI) in the frame based on the eye-tracking data, AoI history, or driving statistics of the user, crop the frame to obtain a reduced-size frame including the AoI in the frame, and transmit the reduced-size frame to an edge server for performing a task on behalf of the vehicle.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Machine-learning models for image processing
Patent No. 12387512

Inventor(s): Ashutosh K. Sureka (Irving, TX), Daniel Funken (Irving, TX), Venkata Sesha Kiran Kumar Adimatyam (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18943493 on 11/11/2024 (274 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for the employment of machine learning models for image processing as may be performed by computing devices associated with an end user. A method may include obtaining video data comprising a plurality of frames including a document of a document type. The method may include executing an object recognition engine of a machine-learning architecture using image data of the plurality of frames, the object recognition engine trained to detect edges of documents. The method may include identifying, based on the edge detection, a plurality of boundaries for the document. The method may include validating, based on the plurality of boundaries, the document as the document type. The method may include transmitting via one or more networks, to a computer remote from the computing device, responsive to the validation of the type of document, the image data for the plurality of frames depicting the document.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Automated teller machine digital twin with an anti NFC/RFID skimming threat device through mist computation
Patent No. 12387571

Inventor(s): Elvis Nyamwange (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18227102 on 07/27/2023 (747 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting attempts to violate the security of an ATM. A computing system may determine whether an ATM is being used to perform a transaction. Based on the ATM not being used to perform a transaction, images of portions of the ATM may be generated. Estimated dimensions of the ATM may be determined. Digital twin data may be retrieved. The digital twin data may comprise a digital twin representation of the ATM and measured dimensions of the ATM. There may be a determination of whether the estimated dimensions of the ATM match the measured dimensions of the ATM. Based on the estimated dimensions of the ATM not matching the measured dimensions of the ATM, the ATM may be deactivated. Furthermore, a message indicating that the ATM was deactivated may be sent to a validation computing system.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Vehicle determination for media collaboration
Patent No. 12387601

Inventor(s): Raja Shekar Kilaru (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18077337 on 12/08/2022 (978 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a vehicle in a group of vehicles that has an unobstructed view of an area ahead of the group, collecting data from sensors on the vehicle, sending the data to one or more other vehicles in the group of vehicles, and providing the unobstructed view of the area ahead of the group on a display of the one or more other vehicles.

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

Unmanned machine synchronization using robotic sensing
Patent No. 12387613

Inventor(s): Mathews Thomas (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18327421 on 06/01/2023 (803 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present inventive concept provides for a method of unmanned machine synchronization using robotic sensing. The method includes generating at least one physical signal in the vicinity of at least one unmanned machine. The at least one generated physical signal is received by the at least one unmanned machine. At least one task is performed by the at least one unmanned machine based on the at least one received generated physical signal.

Electric sign device
Patent No. 12387633

Inventor(s): Kelly Jo Schuetz (McKinney, TX), Major Roy Schuetz (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: The Rapacke Law Group, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18389322 on 11/14/2023 (637 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electric sign device can include a backboard; first and second metal strips attached to the backboard; a plurality of LED assemblies, each LED assembly comprising: a board; first and second metal contacts attached to a first side of the board; first and second magnets attached to the first and second metal contacts, respectively; the first and second metal contacts contacting the first and second metal strips, respectively; a plurality of LEDs disposed on a second side of the board, the plurality of LEDs being electrically connected to the first and second metal contacts; and a carrier having one or more channels or apertures that receive the plurality of LEDs, the carrier being attached to the board; wherein the first and second magnets are magnetically attached to the first and second metal strips, respectively, so that the each LED assembly is magnetically attached to the backboard.

[G09F] DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS

Light-activated acoustic resonator and associated methods
Patent No. 12387706

Inventor(s): Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, MI), Xiaopeng Li (Ann Arbor, MI), Ziqi Yu (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18113341 on 02/23/2023 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: A light-activated acoustic resonator and associated methods are described herein. One embodiment measures the level of ambient light in the environment of the light-activated acoustic resonator; causes a moveable member of an electromagnet disposed within a Helmholtz resonator of the light-activated acoustic resonator to be in an extended position that places the Helmholtz resonator in a first acoustic state, when the level of ambient light is less than a predetermined amount; and causes the moveable member to be in a retracted position that places the Helmholtz resonator in a second acoustic state different from the first acoustic state, when the level of ambient light is at least the predetermined amount.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Apparatus and method for rapid charging using shared power electronics
Patent No. 12384260

Inventor(s): Robert Dean King (Schenectady, NY), Robert Louis Steigerwald (Burnt Hills, NY)
Assignee(s): EDISON INNOVATIONS, LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18421275 on 01/24/2024 (566 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a power electronic energy conversion system comprising a first energy storage device configured to store DC energy and a first voltage converter configured to convert a second voltage from a remote power supply into a first charging voltage configured to charge the first energy storage device. The apparatus also includes a first controller configured to control the first voltage converter to convert the second voltage into the first charging voltage and to provide the first charging voltage to the first energy storage device during a charging mode of operation and communicate with a second controller located remotely from the power electronic energy conversion system to cause a second charging voltage to be provided to the first energy storage device during the charging mode of operation to rapidly charge the first energy storage device.

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

Power device embedded printed circuit board assemblies with thin film dielectric layers
Patent No. 12387994

Inventor(s): Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI), Tianzhu Fan (Houston, TX), Yanghe Liu (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18114576 on 02/27/2023 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power device embedded printed circuit board (PCB) assembly includes a cold plate, a multi-layer PCB with at least one power device embedded therein bonded to and in thermal communication with the cold plate, and a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) dielectric layer disposed between the cold plate and the multi-layer PCB. The CVD dielectric layer can be applied to the cold plate and a bonding layer can be sandwiched between the CVD dielectric layer and the multi-layer PCB with at least one power device assembly embedded therein. In the alternative, CVD dielectric layer can be applied top the multi-layer PCB with at least one power device assembly embedded therein and bonding layer can be sandwiched between the CVD dielectric layer and the cold plate.

[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]

Semiconductor wafer scribelane structure
Patent No. 12388027

Inventor(s): Elizabeth Costner Stewart (Dallas, TX), Jeffrey Alan West (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17833380 on 06/06/2022 (1163 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) fabrication flow including a multilevel metallization scheme wherein one or more metal layer members of a scribelane structure are formed according to one or more design constraints. A total thickness of the metal layer members of the scribelane structure along a dicing path may be limited to a threshold value to optimize dicing separation yields in a dicing operation.

Power management unit architecture
Patent No. 12388273

Inventor(s): Mahitha Velagapudi (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Arlington, VA)
Law Firm: Bachman LaPointe, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18131171 on 04/05/2023 (860 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power management unit architecture including a set of batteries connected to a load via a bus; a controller in operative communication with the batteries; a telemetry unit in operative communication with the controller and the batteries; at least one power switch in operative communication with the controller, the batteries and the bus; a squib unit operatively connected to the batteries; wherein the controller is configured to pull a battery current from a first battery and drive the first battery current into a second battery responsive to a predetermined current.

Adaptive off-time or on-time DC-DC converter
Patent No. 12388349

Inventor(s): Jianzhang Xie (Shanghai, , CN), Wei Zhao (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18221012 on 07/12/2023 (762 days app to issue)

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

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

Charge pumping using adjustable capacitor
Patent No. 12388362

Abstract: A voltage supply circuit that generates a voltage on a voltage supply node. The voltage supply circuit includes an adjustable capacitor, an alternating voltage source, a charge source, and an adjusting circuit. When the alternating voltage on the second capacitor terminal transitions low, the voltage on the first capacitor terminal also becomes low, and the charge source provides charge to the first capacitor terminal of the adjustable capacitor. When the alternating voltage on the second capacitor terminal transitions high, the voltage on the first capacitor terminal also becomes high, and charge is thereby pumped from the first capacitor terminal to the voltage supply node. The adjusting circuit periodically samples the voltage on the voltage supply node, and adjusts the capacitance of the adjustable capacitor to increase or decrease that voltage.

Reverse recovery protection in a switching voltage converter
Patent No. 12388367

Inventor(s): Indumini W Ranmuthu (Plano, TX), Michael T Direnzo (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (P.O. Box 655474, M/S 3999 Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17936696 on 09/29/2022 (1048 days app to issue)

Abstract: A voltage regulator control circuit includes a transistor input controller. The transistor input controller forces a slew control signal on its slew control output to a state responsive to a change in a load condition and forces an ON signal to a state on its first transistor control output. A first transistor has a first control input and first and second current terminals. A second transistor couples to the first transistor. A driver has a slew control input, a driver input, and a driver output. The driver input couples to the first transistor control output. The driver output couples to the first control input. Responsive to a first logic state of the slew control signal and a first state of the ON signal, the driver provides a higher current to the first control input, and responsive to a second state of the slew control signal and a first state of the ON signal, the driver provides a lower current to the first control input.

Voltage regulator with on-time extension
Patent No. 12388368

Inventor(s): Dan Li (Beijing, , CN), Guoyang Wu (Beijing, , CN), Liang Zhang (Beijing, , CN), Weibing Jing (Beijing, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18143798 on 05/05/2023 (830 days app to issue)

Abstract: A voltage regulator circuit includes a high side (HS) transistor having a control input and a low side (LS) transistor having a control input. The LS transistor is coupled to the HS transistor at a switching terminal. A comparator has first and second inputs and an output. A first resistor is coupled to the switching terminal. A second resistor is coupled between the first resistor and the second input of the comparator. A capacitor is coupled between a second resistor terminal of the second resistor and ground. A switch has first and second switch terminals and a control input. The first switch terminal is coupled to the first resistor terminal of the second resistor, and the second switch terminal is coupled to the second resistor terminal. A delay circuit has an input and an output. The output of the delay circuit is coupled to the control input of the switch.

Integrated power converter with isolated-channel feedback interface
Patent No. 12388370

Inventor(s): Jose V. Formenti (Dallas, TX), Michael Corry (Plano, TX), Robert Martinez (Lucas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17827447 on 05/27/2022 (1173 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus includes: a power stage having a power stage voltage input, a power stage control input, and a power stage output; a controller having a power stage control output coupled to the power stage control input, an output voltage status terminal, and a status signal input; a transformer having a primary side coil coupled to the power stage output, and a secondary side coil; a feedback voltage processor having a feedback input coupled to the secondary side coil, and a feedback output; a control message generator having a control input coupled to the secondary side coil, and a control message output; a status signal generator having first and second signal inputs coupled to respective feedback and control message outputs, and a status signal output; and a communication channel device coupled between the status signal input and output.

Oscillator frequency based on mobility and PTAT temperature compensation
Patent No. 12388398

Inventor(s): Akhila Gundavarapu (Bangalore, , IN), Dipankar Mandal (Bangalore, , IN), Prathamesh Pilankar (Mumbai, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18584212 on 02/22/2024 (537 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a system includes a first transistor having a first terminal coupled to a current mirror and a control terminal coupled to a first current source and a resistor. The system includes a second transistor having a first terminal coupled to the current mirror, a second terminal coupled to a second terminal of the first transistor, and a control terminal coupled to the resistor and a second current source. The system includes a third transistor having a first terminal coupled to a voltage terminal, a second terminal coupled to the control terminal of the second transistor, and a control terminal coupled to the first terminal of the second transistor. The system includes a fourth transistor having a control terminal coupled to the current mirror, first and second terminals coupled to one another and to the second terminal of the first transistor.

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

Method for manufacturing acoustic devices with improved performance
Patent No. 12388407

Inventor(s): Derya Deniz (McKinney, TX), Matthew L. Wasilik (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: 18636435 on 04/16/2024 (483 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an acoustic device includes providing a substrate, providing a bottom electrode over the substrate, providing a sacrificial layer on the bottom electrode, patterning the bottom electrode and the sacrificial layer, polishing the sacrificial layer such that a portion of the sacrificial layer remains on the bottom electrode, and removing the remaining portion of the sacrificial layer via a cleaning process such that a surface roughness of the bottom electrode is maintained. By performing the polishing such that a portion of the sacrificial layer remains on the bottom electrode and subsequently removing that portion of the sacrificial layer via a cleaning process that maintains the surface roughness of the bottom electrode, the subsequent growth of a piezoelectric layer on the bottom electrode can be substantially improved.

[H03H] IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (measuring, testing G01R; arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K 15/08; impedance networks or resonators consisting of distributed impedances, e.g. of the waveguide type, H01P; control of amplification, e.g. bandwidth control of amplifiers, H03G; tuning resonant circuits, e.g. tuning coupled resonant circuits, H03J; networks for modifying the frequency characteristics of communication systems H04B)

Negative bias circuit for power device driving
Patent No. 12388434

Inventor(s): Muhammad Mobeen Mahmood (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Rivian IP Holdings, LLC (Irvine, CA)
Law Firm: BAKERHOSTETLER (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18121528 on 03/14/2023 (882 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a negative bias circuit for power device driving. An apparatus may include a power source, a gate impedance path, a capacitor in series with the gate impedance path, and a clamping circuit for a transistor gate.

[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]

Quantization extraction for phase-locked loop oscillators
Patent No. 12388449

Inventor(s): Jagannathan Venkataraman (Bangalore, , IN), Karthikeyan Gunasekaran (Bangalore, , IN), Shalu Francis (Kozhikode, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18395109 on 12/22/2023 (599 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes quantization feedback circuitry (QFC) including an input terminal coupled to an output terminal of voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) circuitry and an input terminal coupled to an output terminal of first frequency divider circuitry (FDC). The example apparatus also includes second FDC including an output terminal coupled to an input terminal of phase frequency detector (PFD) circuitry and an input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the first FDC. Also, the example apparatus includes masking logic circuitry including an output terminal coupled to an input terminal of the QFC, an input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the VCO circuitry, and an input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the second FDC. The example apparatus also includes adder circuitry including an input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the PFD circuitry and an input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the QFC.

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

Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to reduce leakage current in sampling circuitry
Patent No. 12388458

Inventor(s): Dhyey Naren Desai (Tuscon, AZ), Ignacio Estay Forno (Tuscon, AZ), Nanqi Liu (Tuscon, AZ), Yu-Wen Kuo (Tuscon, AZ)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18222172 on 07/14/2023 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes bias control circuitry and sampling circuitry. The example sampling circuitry includes a first switch coupled to a first capacitor in series between an input voltage terminal and a common mode voltage terminal, the first switch including a first terminal coupled to the input voltage terminal. Additionally, the example sampling circuitry includes a second switch coupled to a second capacitor in series between the input voltage terminal and the common mode voltage terminal, the second switch including a first terminal coupled to the input voltage terminal. The example sampling circuitry also includes a third switch including a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal, the first terminal of the third switch coupled to a power supply terminal, the second terminal of the third switch coupled between the first switch and the first capacitor, the control terminal coupled to the bias control circuitry.

[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]

Method and system for directly connecting a PON device to a mobile device to provide real-time information
Patent No. 12388525

Inventor(s): James Steacy (Dallas, TX), John Valdez (Copper Canyon, TX), Yan Wang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19062499 on 02/25/2025 (168 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for repairing a network failure in a Passive Optical Network (PON) include establishing a communication session with an optical network terminal (ONT) in a PON via a short-range communication link. In response to establishing the communication session, the techniques include receiving diagnostic information related to a network failure corresponding to the ONT, and presenting the diagnostic information to a user for the user to repair the ONT based on the received diagnostic information.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Network signaling for network-assisted interference cancellation and suppression
Patent No. 12388552

Inventor(s): Anthony Edet Ekpenyong (Houston, TX), Eko N. Onggosanusi (Allen, TX), Ralf Matthias Bendlin (Plano, TX), Runhua Chen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18587134 on 02/26/2024 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a cellular communication network that can determine whether communications between one base station-UE pair may interfere with another UE that is in the same cell or a different cell. The network identifies interference parameters associated with interference signals that may be received by a UE. The interference signals may be generated by the base station itself, such as communications with other UEs, or by a neighboring base station. The base station transmits the interference parameters to the UE. The UE receives the one or more parameters comprising information about signals expected to cause intra-cell or inter-cell interference. The UE then processes received signals using the one or more parameters to suppress the intra-cell or inter-cell interference.

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

Method and apparatus for random access
Patent No. 12388568

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17623652 on 06/30/2020 (1869 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for random access. The method which may be performed by a terminal device comprises performing a first transmission of a message from the terminal device to a network node in a random access procedure, according to first configuration information. The first transmission of the message comprises a transmission of a first preamble and a transmission of a payload on a shared channel. The method further comprises performing a second transmission of the message from the terminal device to the network node in the random access procedure, according to second configuration information. The second transmission of the message comprises at least one of: a transmission of a second preamble and a retransmission of the payload on the shared channel.

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

Device, network, and method for wideband LTE single OFDM symbol uplink transmission
Patent No. 12388602

Inventor(s): Jialing Liu (Palatine, IL), Qian Cheng (Naperville, IL), Weimin Xiao (Hoffman Estates, IL)
Assignee(s): FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18167565 on 02/10/2023 (914 days app to issue)

Abstract: An embodiment method for managing uplink transmission includes dividing, by a network controller, frequency resources in a single OFDM symbol into two sets of frequency resources. The method further includes signaling, by the network controller, to a UE to transmit data in a first set of the frequency resources and to transmit a pilot signal in a second set of the frequency resources.

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

Joint optimization of bandwidth part, search space and connected mode discontinuous reception operation in 5G new radio
Patent No. 12388611

Inventor(s): Yang Li (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17574374 on 01/12/2022 (1308 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform a method using a status change of a timer associated with a connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) communication session with a base station to trigger a switch from using a first bandwidth part (BWP) to a second BWP as the active BWP for the CDRX communication session. The timer may be an on-duration timer, an inactivity timer, or a retransmission timer. The UE may also alter a monitoring schedule of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in response to detecting the status change of the timer. The second BWP may have a wider or narrower bandwidth than the first BWP, depending on the type of timer and the type of status change.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Predictive channel estimation for low latency receiver
Patent No. 12388681

Inventor(s): Arthur J. Barabell (Sudbury, MA), Suresh N. Sriram (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18055264 on 11/14/2022 (1002 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment is directed to adaptive predictive uplink receive chain processing that involves determining predicted data for one or more early data symbols of a slot based on first baseband IQ data received for the slot. The predicted data for the early data symbols of the slot comprises a predicted version of data used at some point in performing a first portion of uplink receive processing for the early data symbols. The first portion of the uplink receive processing for the early data symbols of the slot is performed using the predicted data. Actual data corresponding to the predicted data is determined based on at least second baseband IQ data received for the slot. In connection with performing a remaining portion of the uplink receive processing for the early data symbols, the preliminary output data for the early data symbols of the slot are adapted based on the actual data.

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

Pretap equalizable continuous time linear equalizer
Patent No. 12388688

Inventor(s): Ani Xavier (Bangalore, , IN), Arun Mohan (Bangalore, , IN), Jagannathan Venkataraman (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18524463 on 11/30/2023 (621 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes first, second, third, and fourth transistors, and a capacitor. The first transistor has a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. The second transistor has a first terminal, second terminal, and a control terminal. The capacitor has a first conductor coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor, and a second conductor coupled to the second terminal of the second transistor. The third transistor has a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the second transistor, a second terminal, and a control terminal coupled to the control terminal of the first transistor. The fourth transistor has a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first transistor, a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the third transistor, and a control terminal coupled to the control terminal of the second transistor.

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

Range-variable intent definition and operation
Patent No. 12388709

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: 17721847 on 04/15/2022 (1215 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described are examples for providing intent based network configuration with intent expectations including prioritized goals. A system for network configuration includes a network management function configured to receive an intent including requirements, goals, and constraints for a network and generate an intent expectation including a set of prioritized goals based on the intent. An infrastructure service management (ISM) system is configured to: receive the intent expectation from the network management function; select at least one of the prioritized goals as an active target; configure computing resources to satisfy at least the active target; and report the active target and a configuration status to the network management function. The ISM may monitor a status of the computing resources and select a higher priority goal that can be satisfied or select a lower priority goal in the case of resource or performance degradation.

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

Proactively adjusting network infrastructure in response to reporting of real-time network performance
Patent No. 12388713

Inventor(s): David Lu (Irving, TX), Mark Cottrell (Frisco, TX), Sachin Lohe (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18745828 on 06/17/2024 (421 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for proactively adjusting the infrastructure of a communications network in response to reporting of real-time network performance. For instance, in one example, a method includes obtaining real-time network performance metrics directly from a user endpoint device operated by a customer of a telecommunication service provider network, correlating the real-time network performance metrics with data from another data source, wherein the data includes data other than network performance metrics, and adjusting an infrastructure of the telecommunication service provider network in response to an insight gleaned through the correlating.

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

Multi-cloud data center architectures for providing network functions in telecommunications networks
Patent No. 12388722

Inventor(s): Kazi Bashir (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): DISH Wireless L.L.C. (Littleton, CO)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18395022 on 12/22/2023 (599 days app to issue)

Abstract: Data center architectures for providing Network Functions (NFs) in telecommunications networks are disclosed. A 5G or 6G wireless service provider with an existing 5G or 6G core network in one or more clouds can add several NFs in another cloud to optimize certain service(s). These NFs may already exist in the core, but for different services. A 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) customer could also incrementally migrate to a public cloud rather than migrating all NFs at once.

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

Flexible service based architecture for advanced communication networks
Patent No. 12388728

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18413156 on 01/16/2024 (574 days app to issue)

Abstract: A flexible service-based architecture (SBA) for next generation communication networks is described. In an embodiment, a method performed by a system comprising a processor comprises receiving a service request for provision of a data communication service to a communication device via a communication network comprising a plurality of different network resources defined by resource components and sub-components of the resource components. In response to receiving the service request, accessing network resource abstraction information that identifies the resource components, and the sub-components respectively associated with the resource components, and selecting a subset of the different network resources for the provision of the data communication service to the communication device based a service criterion associated with the data communication service. The method further comprises facilitating, by the system, the provision of the data communication service to the communication device via the communication network using the subset of the different network resources.

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

Methods and apparatus for detecting network services
Patent No. 12388729

Inventor(s): Abhishek Sehgal (Plano, TX), Guanbo Chen (Plano, TX), Hao Chen (Plano, TX), Khuong Nhat Nguyen (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: BROADVIEW IP LAW, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18393398 on 12/21/2023 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting network service types by grouping together applications that have similar latency requirement and data characteristics to form a service type. Machine learning algorithms may be used to detect the traffic pattern in the traffic stream by using features extracted from packet information and optionally additional sensor information. Subsequently, the output of the machine learning module may go through a post-processing process that may employ different techniques to use current prediction and past predictions to make a final decision about the network service type.

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

Enterprise governance inventory and automation tool
Patent No. 12388806

Inventor(s): Sean O. Skinner (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (Hartford, CT)
Law Firm: Buckley, Maschoff Talwalkar LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17715691 on 04/07/2022 (1223 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may include a directory-based identity-related services component that authenticates and authorizes enterprise users and computers in a network and enforces security policies. A business intelligence, application development, and application connectivity component may implement business workflow products and exchange application authentication data with the directory-based identity-related services component. A database storage component may provide document management and storage of dashboard tables and lists associated with inventory data received from the business intelligence, application development, and application connectivity component. A cloud-based storage and data management engine may exchange secure authentication storage data with the business intelligence, application development, and application connectivity component. At least one governance or user application may then automatically determine enterprise site inventory information, and, responsive to the determined enterprise site inventory information, automatically determine enterprise site membership information. The dashboard tables and lists may be exchanged in support of a graphical user display.

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

Dynamic passive authentication
Patent No. 12388817

Inventor(s): Christopher Stephen Littrell (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18097729 on 01/17/2023 (938 days app to issue)

Abstract: Arrangements for providing dynamic passive authentication are provided. In some aspects, registration data may be received for a plurality of users. The registration data may include biometric data of each user of the plurality of users, and identification of one or more user computing devices that each user is authorize to access. In response to receiving an indication of login to a user computing device by a first user, one or more passive authentication functions may be activated and biometric data may be received from devices associated with the user computing device. The computing platform may compare the received biometric data to registration biometric data associated with the first user. If the received data matches the registration data, the system may capture additional biometric data at a subsequent time. If the received data does not match the registration data, one or more mitigation actions may be identified and executed.

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

Mobile ID association tree for connecting shared services
Patent No. 12388828

Inventor(s): Swapnav Deka (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18297465 on 04/07/2023 (858 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a mobile device may store information related to a mobile ID registered to the mobile device, wherein the mobile ID is an electronic identity document associated with a user of the mobile device. The mobile device may configure, for the mobile ID, a mobile ID association tree that defines one or more groups that each include, as members, the user of the mobile device and one or more additional users that are each associated with a respective mobile ID, wherein the one or more groups are each associated with one or more shared services that are accessible to each member of a corresponding group based on information related to the mobile ID associated with the respective member.

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

Risk-based vulnerability management
Patent No. 12388859

Inventor(s): Adrian Ungureanu (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): McKesson Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17978382 on 11/01/2022 (1015 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various systems and methods for providing risk-based vulnerability management are described herein. A system is configured to access an attack graph, the attack graph including exploits represented as preconditions and postconditions; access vulnerability information of a plurality of nodes in the network, the vulnerability information including conditions of the plurality of nodes in the network; access a network connectivity graph that represents a logical network topology of the plurality of nodes in the network; identify a set of attack paths in the attack graph by comparing the conditions of the plurality of nodes in the network with preconditions and postconditions in the attack graph; calculate a risk score for each of the set of attack paths in the attack graph; and present the risk score for each of the set of attack paths.

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

Security validation system using dynamic relationship fingerprints
Patent No. 12388880

Inventor(s): Alan W McCord (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): Intelligent Communication Assistant, Inc. (Boca Raton, FL)
Law Firm: Marin Patents LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19066192 on 02/28/2025 (165 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for security validation of incoming communications through relationship fingerprints is disclosed. The system analyzes metadata from incoming communications to identify communication patterns without accessing content. Using these patterns, the system validates relationship context between communicating parties through an interaction graph and relationship fingerprints stored in a database. The relationship fingerprints contain temporal patterns, channel preferences, and behavioral patterns that evolve as relationships develop. The system validates incoming communications by matching current patterns against stored relationship fingerprints. Additionally, the system enables cross-service pattern sharing through aggregated patterns that can be normalized and shared across networks while maintaining privacy. The system continuously updates both relationship fingerprints and aggregated patterns as new communications occur, creating an evolving security framework based on relationship patterns.

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

System and method for personalized virtual reality experience in a controlled environment
Patent No. 12388899

Inventor(s): Stephen L. Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18515749 on 11/21/2023 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for initiating a personalized virtual reality session via a virtual reality communication system in a controlled environment is disclosed. The system includes a profile subsystem configured to store an inmate profile of the inmate of the controlled environment. The system also includes a virtual reality subsystem that retrieves the inmate profile associated with the inmate from the profile subsystem, initiates the virtual reality session involving a first communication device used by the inmate of the controlled environment, and personalizes the virtual reality session based on the inmate profile. The system also includes a communication subsystem configured to transmit information related to the virtual reality session to a monitoring system.

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

Efficient signaling and addressing in wireless local area network systems
Patent No. 12388916

Inventor(s): Kaushik M. Josiam (Fort Worth, TX), Rakesh Taori (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17809883 on 06/29/2022 (1140 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for scheduling and indicating scheduling information in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A station (STA) includes a transceiver configured to receive a header for a protocol data unit and a controller configured to identify common information for a plurality of STAs that are scheduled in the WLAN from a common field in the header and to identify user-specific information for the STA from a user-specific field in the header that follows the common field. An access point (AP) includes a controller configured to include common information for a plurality STAs that are scheduled in the WLAN in a common field in a header of a protocol data unit, and to include user-specific information for the STAs in a user-specific field in the header that follows the common field. The AP also includes a transceiver configured to transmit the protocol data unit including the header.

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

Systems including portable photo studios
Patent No. 12388948

Inventor(s): Angela Park (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan Grossman (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18374499 on 09/28/2023 (684 days app to issue)

Abstract: A portable photo studio system includes a portable photo studio and an electronic device such as a camera-enabled smartphone. A computer system is provided that interacts with the electronic device. The computer system requests an image capture system. In response, the electronic device captures image data and shares it with the computer system. The computer system then analyzes the image data to identify areas of interest.

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

Methods and devices for context set selection
Patent No. 12389004

Inventor(s): Dake He (Waterloo, , CA), Nguyen Nguyen (Seattle, WA), Tianying Ji (Albany, CA)
Assignee(s): Velos Media, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18451048 on 08/16/2023 (727 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described for encoding or decoding multi-level significance maps. Distinct context sets may be used for encoding the significant-coefficient flags in different regions of the transform unit. In a fixed case, the regions are defined by coefficient group borders. In one example, the upper-left coefficient group is a first region and the other coefficient groups are a second region. In a dynamic case, the regions are defined by coefficient group borders, but the encoder and decoder dynamically determine in which region each coefficient group belongs. Coefficient groups may be assigned to one region or another based on, for example, whether their respective significant-coefficient-group flags were inferred or not.

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

Apparatus, system, and method for automatically switching to a digital multimedia content provider
Patent No. 12389059

Inventor(s): Ming Michael Meng (Novi, MI), Wilson-Boon Siang Khoo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (, , JP), Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18374659 on 09/28/2023 (684 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for automatically switching to a digital multimedia content provider. The system includes a server in data communication with one or more vehicles and one or more digital multimedia content provider servers. The server may include a memory storing keyword data and a processor connected to the memory. The processor may receive identifying information corresponding to a vehicle occupant or interest information associated with the vehicle occupant from a vehicle. The processor may receive streaming data from the digital multimedia content provider servers. The processor may compare the received streaming data against the keyword data. The processor may detect a match between the streaming data and the keyword data based on the comparison. The processor may identify at least one digital multimedia content provider server based on the detected match. The processor may transmit data related to the identified digital multimedia content provider server to the vehicle.

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

System and method for managing a physical layer of an optical network and exchange therefor
Patent No. 12389140

Inventor(s): David Altstaetter (Richardson, TX), Rohit Kunjappa (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): WaveXchange Corporation (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18192512 on 03/29/2023 (867 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exchange that provides for owners of physical ports of optical switches on a communications network to list bandwidth availability of the physical ports for selling or otherwise allocating the physical ports to others. The exchange may be configured to automatically transition the allocation of the physical ports between users by altering parameters of digital tokens bound to respective physical ports. A portal may be given to owners and/or licensees of the physical ports to alter routing of the physical ports by controlling the physical layer of the optical switch on which the physical ports reside. By using the principles described herein, conventional manual changes to the physical layer of the optical switches may be reduced or eliminated and owners of the physical ports may more easily offload extra bandwidth being supported by the physical ports.

[H04Q] SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) [2009.01]

Audiogram, system for aiding hearing, and method for use of same
Patent No. 12389169

Inventor(s): Laslo Olah (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19191380 on 04/28/2025 (106 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hearing aid system is disclosed that automates selection or creation of hearing profiles using a dynamically customizable vivo adaptare audiogram. The hearing aid and a smart device communicate via a programming interface, where the smart device runs processor-executable instructions for a listening intelligence and frequency enhancement function. An artificial intelligence module evaluates ambient sound, compares it to stored hearing profiles specifying frequency adjustments, and either selects one or merges multiple profiles to form a new profile. The chosen profile is activated in real time, with the option to store it for later use. Available modes include ”Test and Store,” capturing ambient sound to refine a profile, and real-time adaptation, which continuously applies incremental changes without repeated user input.

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

System and method for generating a map of a line array of loudspeakers assemblies
Patent No. 12389191

Inventor(s): Jobin Mathew Varughese (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Harman International Industries, Incorporated (Stamford, CT)
Law Firm: Brooks Kushman P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18251416 on 11/04/2020 (1742 days app to issue)

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a system for generating a location map for a plurality of loudspeakers assemblies in a line array is provided. The system includes a first loudspeaker assembly that includes at least one controller. The at least one controller is programmed to receive a first unique identifier from a first adjacent loudspeaker assembly positioned in the line array. The first unique identifier is indicative of a location of the first adjacent loudspeaker assembly relative to the first loudspeaker assembly. The at least one controller is further programmed to generate a message including the first unique identifier which is indicative of a location the first adjacent loudspeaker assembly relative to the first loudspeaker assembly and to transmit the message to a server to generate the location map of the first loudspeaker assembly relative to the first adjacent loudspeaker assembly.

[H04S] STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS [3]

Method and apparatus for adaptive location determination
Patent No. 12389196

Inventor(s): Mitesh D. Desai (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: FROST BROWN TODD LLP (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18378957 on 10/11/2023 (671 days app to issue)

Abstract: Locations for mobile computers may be adaptively determined in a system which includes a server, a set of mobile computers, and an administrator computer. In such a system, the set of mobile computers may each be programmed with instructions operable to, when executed, transmit multiple forms of location information to the server. Additionally, the server may be programmed with a set of location determination routines and these routines may be used in determining a location for each of the mobile computers from the set of mobile computers. These locations may then be used to populate an interface of the administrator computer with icons at positions corresponding to the mobile computers” locations.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Compression of internet protocol version 6 addresses in wireless sensor networks
Patent No. 12389208

Inventor(s): Alper Sinan Akyurek (La Jolla, CA), Ariton E. Xhafa (Plano, TX), Jianwei Zhou (Allen, TX), Ramanuja Vedantham (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18322086 on 05/23/2023 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for managing Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) addresses in a wireless sensor network is provided that includes storing, on a wireless sensor device in the wireless sensor network, a prefix of an IPv6 address in association with a key, forming an address indicator for the IPv6 address, the address indicator consisting of the key and a node address of the IPv6 address, and storing the address indicator in at least one memory location on the wireless sensor device in lieu of the IPv6 address.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Automation to reduce location error rate in E911 location-based services
Patent No. 12389212

Inventor(s): Mukesh Mantan (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17752633 on 05/24/2022 (1176 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: obtaining a list of a plurality of known cell sites, the list comprising for each known cell site of the plurality of known cell sites a respective set of known geospatial coordinates; obtaining for each set of known geospatial coordinates, a corresponding aerial image; applying each corresponding aerial image to an automated process to generate a model, the model being usable to determine whether a particular test aerial image depicts a cell site; obtaining from a database an identification of an asserted cell site, the identification of the asserted cell site comprising a set of asserted geospatial coordinates; obtaining for the set of asserted geospatial coordinates, a test aerial image; applying the test aerial image to the model to determine whether the test aerial image depicts the asserted cell site, resulting in a determination; and outputting the determination of whether the test aerial image depicts the asserted cell site. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for flexible starting locations for sidelink transmission
Patent No. 12389235

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18058700 on 11/23/2022 (993 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for use of flexible starting locations for SL transmissions in a wireless communication system. A method of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system operating with a shared spectrum channel access includes determining a set of multiple orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a slot and performing a channel access procedure over a channel. The method further includes transmitting a sidelink transmission over the channel, starting from an OFDM symbol within the set of multiple OFDM symbols in the slot, upon successfully performing the channel access procedure before the OFDM symbol. The set of multiple OFDM symbols in the slot may be determined based on a higher layer configuration or pre-configurations.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for interference management
Patent No. 12389261

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: 18047993 on 10/19/2022 (1028 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for interference management in a wireless communication system. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information about I. I is interference information for interfering N[subscript]int [/subscript]remote radio heads (RRHs), where N[subscript]int[/subscript]N1. The configuration information indicates a number of RRHs, N1. The method further includes determining, based on the interference information I, a downlink (DL) spatial filter using P antenna ports, where P1, and receiving DL data using the determined DL spatial filter.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for network-based slice access authorization
Patent No. 12389281

Inventor(s): Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17821879 on 08/24/2022 (1084 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include receiving, by at least one network device and from a user device, a registration message including a service identifier and at least one of a network slice identifier or a network slice token. The method may also include determining, based on information included in the registration message, whether the user device is authorized to use a network slice associated with the service identifier. The method may further include setting up a data session to be serviced by the network slice, in response to determining that the user device is authorized to use the network slice.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Lower-layer triggered mobility for recovery from radio link failure
Patent No. 12389299

Inventor(s): Kenneth McClure (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): AerKodo, LLC (Midlothian, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19170010 on 04/03/2025 (131 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprising receiving a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message, the first RRC reconfiguration message including: a conditional reconfiguration field that comprises a conditional reconfiguration, and a lower-layer triggered mobility (LTM) configuration field that comprises an LTM configuration, the conditional reconfiguration comprising an RRC reconfiguration field that includes a second RRC reconfiguration message, wherein the second RRC reconfiguration message comprises a master key update field and wherein the LTM configuration field is precluded from the second RRC reconfiguration message, the LTM configuration comprising an attempt LTM switch field and an RRC reconfiguration field that includes a third RRC reconfiguration message, wherein the conditional reconfiguration field, the LTM configuration field, and the master key update field are precluded from the third RRC reconfiguration message, detecting a radio link failure of a master cell group (MCG), determining a selected cell based on the radio link failure of the MCG, and performing an LTM cell switch to the selected cell based on the LTM configuration is disclosed.

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

Power management for virtualized RAN
Patent No. 12389319

Inventor(s): Geetha Ram (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, TX)
Law Firm: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Patent Department (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17813821 on 07/20/2022 (1119 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dynamic, context-specific power dormancy and management architecture for virtualized RANs that include a PHY layer on an expansion card. The architecture includes (1) a power control agent in a programmable environment on the expansion card that obtains data from subcomponents in the programmable environment on the expansion card, correlates the data to at least a first power control policy stored at the expansion card, implements the correlated first power control policy on the expansion card; and facilitates communication of the selected correlation data and/or raw data to a non-transitory computer-readable medium at a data center; (2) a Power Control Policy Function at the data center where data is obtained from vRAN infrastructure and optimized power control policies that may be shared with the vRANs are developed; and (3) an out of band management channel that allows for direct communication between the power control agent and the data center.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Restricted TWT with enhanced multi-link single radio (EMLSR) operation
Patent No. 12389325

Inventor(s): Ahmed Atef Ibrahim Ibrahim (Plano, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Peshal Nayak (Plano, TX), Rubayet Shafin (Allen, TX), Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17933279 on 09/19/2022 (1058 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for facilitating the coexistence of enhanced multi-link single radio (EMLSR) operation with target wake time (TWT) operation in a wireless local area network. A non-access point (AP) MLD comprises STAs, each comprising a transceiver that forms a link with a corresponding AP of an AP MLD, and a processor. A restricted TWT (R-TWT) schedule is established on a first link, and a first STA on that link is a member of an R-TWT service period (SP) on that link. A second STA on a second link is not a member of any R-TWT SP on that link that overlaps with the R-TWT SP on the first link. The processor transitions the non-AP MLD into EMLSR operation wherein the first and second links form an EMLSR link pair, determines that a transmission opportunity (TXOP) has begun on the second link, and coordinates between the STAs such that a frame exchange sequence with the AP MLD on the second link during the TXOP does not overlap with the R-TWT SP on the first link.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Restricted TWT with enhanced multi-link single radio (EMLSR) operation
Patent No. 12389326

Inventor(s): Ahmed Atef Ibrahim Ibrahim (Plano, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Peshal Nayak (Plano, TX), Rubayet Shafin (Allen, TX), Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: BROADVIEW IP LAW, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18343060 on 06/28/2023 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-access point (AP) MLD comprises STAs, each comprising a transceiver that forms a link with a corresponding AP of an AP MLD, and a processor. A restricted TWT (R-TWT) schedule is established on a first link, and a first STA on that link is a member of an R-TWT service period (SP) on that link. A second STA on a second link is not a member of any R-TWT SP on that link that overlaps with the R-TWT SP on the first link. The processor transitions the non-AP MLD into EMLSR operation wherein the first and second links form an EMLSR link pair, determines that a transmission opportunity (TXOP) has begun on the second link, and coordinates between the STAs such that a frame exchange sequence with the AP MLD on the second link during the TXOP does not overlap with the R-TWT SP on the first link.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Resource blocks and transmit power for uplink signals
Patent No. 12389337

Inventor(s): Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA)
Assignee(s): Peninsula Technologies, LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18141576 on 05/01/2023 (834 days app to issue)

Abstract: A base station transmits, to a wireless device, downlink control information (DCI) indicating a transmit power control (TPC) command and first resource blocks (RBs). The base station receives, via subcarriers of the first RBs, an uplink signal and one or more transport blocks. The uplink signal and the one or more transport blocks employ a transmission power based on the TPC command. The uplink signal is received until a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) starting symbol. The one or more transport blocks starts at the PUSCH starting symbol.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication
Patent No. 12389374

Inventor(s): Jin Liu (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): BUNKER HILL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17878066 on 08/01/2022 (1107 days app to issue)

Abstract: A first node receives a first signaling, the first signaling indicates a first resource pool and X1 resource sub-pools, and the X1 resource sub-pools belong to the first resource pool; determines a candidate resource set out of the first resource pool; transmits a target signal on a target time-frequency resource block, and the target time-frequency resource block belongs to the candidate resource set; a target resource subset belongs to a target resource sub-pool; a first priority is used to determine X1 first-type thresholds; the X1 resource sub-pools respectively correspond to the X1 first-type thresholds; a target threshold is a first-type threshold corresponding to the target resource sub-pool among the X1 first-type thresholds, and the target threshold is used to determine the target resource subset out of the target resource sub-pool. The present application strikes a balance between resource utilization and interference avoidance for users of a shared resource pool.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for configuring a reference signal burst
Patent No. 12389440

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17689838 on 03/08/2022 (1253 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving a configuration via a radio resource control (RRC) message, the configuration including information about a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) burst comprising B1 time instances of CSI-RS transmission; measuring the CSI-RS burst; determining, based on the measurement, time-domain (TD) or Doppler domain (DD) components of a downlink (DL) channel; and transmitting a CSI report including an indication about the TD or DD components of the DL channel.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Performing random access procedure in a wireless communication system
Patent No. 12389461

Inventor(s): Kenneth McClure (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): AerKodo, LLC (Midlothian, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19197575 on 05/02/2025 (102 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprising initiating a random access (RA) procedure, by a reconfiguration with sync, for a bandwidth part (BWP), in circumstances where the reconfiguration with sync was not initiated for recovery using an lower-layer triggered mobility (LTM) candidate configuration, in circumstances where the BWP was configured with the dedicated contention free RA resources for the 4-step RA type, performing 4-step RA, in circumstances where the active BWP was not configured with the dedicated contention free RA resources for the 4-step RA type: in circumstances where the BWP was configured with the dedicated contention free RA resources for the 2-step RA type, performing 2-step RA, in circumstances where the BWP was not configured with the dedicated contention free RA resources for the 2-step RA type, performing 4-step RA; in circumstances where the reconfiguration with sync was initiated for recovery using an LTM candidate configuration: in circumstances where the BWP is configured with RA resources for 2-step RA type: in circumstances where the BWP is not configured with RA resources for 4-step RA type random access, performing 2-step RA, in circumstances where the BWP is configured with RA resources for 4-step RA type: in circumstances where the measured RSRP of the downlink pathloss reference is above the message-A threshold, performing 2-step RA, and in circumstances where the measured RSRP of the downlink pathloss reference is not above the message-A threshold, performing 4

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Automatic device and vehicle pairing
Patent No. 12389469

Inventor(s): Derek A. Thompson (Dallas, TX), Randall M. Harris (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-Ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17855059 on 06/30/2022 (1139 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, vehicle identification data from at least two components in a vehicle and device data from a device associated with the vehicle, sending, by the server, the vehicle identification data to the device and the device data to the at least two components in the vehicle, and pre-pairing the vehicle and the device, based on the sending.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamic audio control
Patent No. 12389471

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Macpherson (Plano, TX), Cory M. Frank (Frisco, TX), Jessica May (Danbury, TX), Matthew J. Everett (Norton Shores, MI), Michael R. Kushnerik (The Colony, TX), Naohiro J. Matsumura (Dallas, TX), Sergei I. Gag
Assignee(s): TOYOTA CONECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX), TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18101103 on 01/24/2023 (931 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a call on a device associated with an occupant of a vehicle, determining a noise level proximate the occupant, and directing the call to a speaker proximate the occupant, based on the noise level.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamic selection of radio access network (RAN) among available RAN architectural alternatives
Patent No. 12389476

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a capability of a mobile device, collecting a mobile station measurement, applying a rule according to the capability and measurement to obtain a radio access network (RAN) recommendation that identifies one of a first or second RANs as a preferred RAN, wherein a service is provided to the device via the preferred RAN. The first RAN comprises a first base station that supports a first exchange of user data and corresponding control signaling to facilitate access to a first set of services. The second RAN comprises a second base station adapted to support a second exchange of user data and a third base station adapted to support a corresponding exchange of control signaling to facilitate access to a second set of services. The second RAN is unable to facilitate access to the first set of services. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

High voltage avalanche diode for active clamp drivers
Patent No. 12389640

Inventor(s): Archana Venugopal (Mountain View, CA), Henry Litzmann Edwards (Garland, TX), Joseph Maurice Khayat (Bedford, NH)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18654186 on 05/03/2024 (466 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a shallow P-type well (SPW) below a surface of a semiconductor substrate and a shallow N-type well (SNW) below the surface. The SPW forms an anode of a diode and the SNW forms a cathode of the diode. The SNW is spaced apart from the SPW by a well space region; and a thin field relief oxide structure lies over the well space region.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Semiconductor devices for high frequency applications
Patent No. 12389642

Inventor(s): Jeffrey A. Babcock (Sunnyvale, CA), Joseph De Santis (Gilroy, CA), Mattias Dahlstrom (Los Altos, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17732513 on 04/29/2022 (1201 days app to issue)

Abstract: Semiconductor devices for high frequency operations are described. The semiconductor devices include a substrate with an epitaxial layer. The epitaxial layer has higher resistivity than the substrate and includes a surface facing away from the substrate. The epitaxial layer includes a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure extended to a first depth from the surface, which is surrounded by a well structure. Underneath the STI structure, the epitaxial layer includes a lightly doped portion exclusive of dopant atoms of the well structure. Moreover, the STI structure includes an inner portion surrounded by a deep trench isolation structure extended to a second depth from the surface, the second depth being greater than the first depth. An integrated circuit component is located above the inner portion of the STI structure.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Integrated circuit device package
Patent No. 12389730

Inventor(s): Grimmett Dale Jacky (Prosper, TX), Sreenivasan Kalyani Koduri (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17495541 on 10/06/2021 (1406 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: an integrated circuit including a first surface and terminals; a package including: a housing around the integrated circuit, the housing exposing the first surface; and an electrical interconnect including a second surface and an opening, the second surface electrically coupled to the terminals, the second surface mechanically coupled to the housing, the opening configured to expose the first surface.

DESIGN PATENTS

Sliding actuator for a window shade cord protector
Patent No. D1087657

Inventor(s): Armando Figueroa (Oceanside, CA), Charles Derk, Jr. (Park Ridge, NJ), James Liu (Oceanside, CA)
Assignee(s): THE WATT STOPPER, INC. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: BrownWinick Law Firm (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29912187 on 09/14/2023 (698 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Sensor housing
Patent No. D1087799

Inventor(s): Herman Francisco Delos Santos (Duncanville, TX)
Assignee(s): Zoox, Inc. (Foster City, CA)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29923552 on 12/29/2023 (592 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Top panel of a hood for a vehicle
Patent No. D1087838

Inventor(s): Derek Scott Sancer (Denton, TX), Jon Forrest Acton (Fort Worth, TX), Troy Robin McCuller (Argyle, TX), Tu Hoang Do (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29898289 on 07/25/2023 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Contact field for a printed circuit board
Patent No. D1087928

Inventor(s): Jack Lewis (Richardson, TX), Lynwood Adams (Richardson, TX), Njteh Keleshian (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): MODUS TEST, LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: BrownWinick Law Firm (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29850006 on 08/16/2022 (1092 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Recycled-asphalt-shingle-based briquette
Patent No. D1088283

Inventor(s): James Svec (Kearny, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29868703 on 12/12/2022 (974 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Headgear
Patent No. D1088359

Inventor(s): Azfar Kamal (Frisco, TX), Kevin Beckerdite (Azle, TX), Muhammad Khan (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): THE ESAB GROUP, INC. (North Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29848251 on 08/01/2022 (1107 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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