Beyond NY-based Gemma Robotics, which has U.S. operations in Dallas and Austin, other companies with notable patents granted this week include:

7-Eleven’s anomaly detection and controlling operations of fuel dispensing terminal during operations
AIM Design’s locker with air conditioning system in hinge bar
Bank of America’s monitoring, forecasting, and detecting compromised communications using quantum computing and artificial intelligence
Celanese EVA Performance Polymers’ implantable device for sustained release of a macromolecular drug compound
The University of Texas System’s 3D image analysis platform for neurological conditions
Copart’s undercarriage imaging rover
LeadsOnline’s forensic criminal investigation subject interaction filtering tool for digital interaction data
Nacuity Pharmaceuticals and The Johns Hopkins University’s treatment of retinitis pigmentosa with n-acetylcysteine amide
Paws Forward’s automatic animal feeding system for presenting and securing food pods
Salesforce’s improved application program interface management in a cloud-computing environment
Toyota’s detecting impaired decision-making pedestrians
Waymo’s pick-up and drop-off signals for managing double-parking obstruction
Zelus Wallet’s automated transactions across multiple blockchains with cryptocurrency swaps

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 11/18/25 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 17
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 18
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 3
E: Fixed Constructions 8
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 4
G: Physics 54
H: Electricity 49

DESIGN: 6

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 20
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) 9
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 7
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 5
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 4
Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, Finland) 4
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.) 4
AT&T Intellectual Property I L.P. (Atlanta) 3
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 3

Unassigned 11

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Devaki Chandramouli (Dallas) 3
Manu Kurian (Dallas) 3
Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, Calif.) 3
Zvi Or-Bach (Haifa, Israel) 3
Benjamin Piya Austin (Saline, Mich.) 2
Binesh Balasingh (Prosper) 2
Boon Loong Ng (Plano) 2
Chih-Hsiang Chow (Plano) 2
Douglas Alfred Lautner (Frisco) 2
Elizabeth Furlan (Plano) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Hollow shaft drill bit and hollow insert with perforations or solid feeder auger(s) and perforated hollow shaft or solid flexible screw feeder auger(s)
Patent No. 12471510

Inventor(s): John A. Sanders (Austin, TX), Mitchell J. NewDelman (Monte Carlo, , MC)
Assignee(s): SUB-MERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Bailey Legal Services, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17839481 on 06/14/2022 (1253 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hollow shaft drill bit ([b]1109[/b]) and a solid or hollow shaft auger ([b]409[/b]B) or a solid or perforated hollow shaft flexible screw feeder auger ([b]1107[/b]) includes a perforated hollow or solid shaft feeder auger ([b]409[/b]B) or flexible screw feeder auger hollow with perforations or solid ([b]1107[/b]), a hollow shaft drilling auger ([b]1200[/b]), a flexible conveyor flight screws ([b]1300[/b]), a second perforated hollow shaft feeder auger ([b]603[/b]A), a PLC ([b]1405[/b]C), an AI robot ([b]1505[/b]), a computer ([b]1411[/b]C), an encoder ([b]1605[/b]B), limit switches ([b]1707[/b]), a feeder auger tube conduit ([b]1305[/b]A), and a feeder auger motor ([b]905[/b]B). The solid or perforated hollow shaft flexible screw feeder auger ([b]1207[/b]) is detachably attached to the hollow shaft drilling auger ([b]1200[/b]) to receive vibration and torque that are dampened by a coupling or disc coupling ([b]121[/b]B or [b]1213[/b]) between a platform and a gearbox interface. The flexible conveyor flight screws ([b]1300[/b]) enable functions of the solid or a first perforated hollow shaft feeder auger ([b]1303[/b]A) to continue despite receiving torque. The feeder auger tube conduit ([b]1305[/b]A) includes a distinct tube ([b]1303[/b]C) within a diameter of a feeder auger tube conduit ([b]1305[/b]C). The feeder auger motor ([b]905[/b]B) upon receiving a signal from the AI robot ([b]1505[/b]), the computer ([b]1411[/b]C), and the PLC ([b]1405[/b]C) enable the ascension of

[A01B] SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL (making or covering furrows or holes for sowing, planting or manuring A01C 5/00; machines for harvesting root crops A01D; mowers convertible to soil working apparatus or capable of soil working A01D 42/04; mowers combined with soil working implements A01D 43/12; soil working for engineering purposes E01, E02, E21)

Aperture assembly for use with a subsurface ejection vessel
Patent No. 12471511

Abstract: An aperture assembly for use with a subsurface ejection vessel includes an electromagnet, a first dynamic aperture, a second dynamic aperture, a hollow shaft injection drill bit, a third dynamic aperture, collar perforations, and closed window apertures. The electromagnet actuates a closing of the first dynamic aperture. The electromagnet actuates an opening of the second dynamic aperture. The third dynamic aperture dynamically opens when triggered by a first pre-determined depth achievement counting by the encoder of the lead screw or distance traveled by a platform ([b]505[/b]A) triggered by the limit switch that are communicated to the AI robot, the computer, and the PLC. The third dynamic aperture dynamically opens when the camera lens has a second pre-determined depth penetration of the hollow shaft injection drill bit and that the limit switch information is communicated to the computer, or the PLC.

Automatic animal feeding system for presenting and securing food pods
Patent No. 12471566

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Pon (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): PAWS FORWARD INC. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Shook, Hardy Bacon L.L.P. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18464977 on 09/11/2023 (799 days app to issue)

Abstract: An automatic animal feeding system is provided. Embodiments of the automatic animal feeding system include an automatic food dispenser and a food canister storing food pods. The automatic food dispenser couples to the food canister, receives a food pod form the food canister, removes a cover or lid from the food pod, presents the opened food pod for pet consumption, disposes of the food pod into a disposal compartment that is sealed off from the ambient air, and implements other steps of an automatic feeding process. Aspects of the automatic feeding process can be efficiently implemented, for example, by actuating two motors based on data received from sensors of the automatic animal feeding system. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a compact, control-efficient, self-cleaning automatic animal feeding system that can continuously personalize feeding patterns or feed a pet with little to no human intervention over a period of time.

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

Locker with air conditioning system in hinge bar
Patent No. 12471703

Inventor(s): Sam Allen (Maypearl, TX)
Assignee(s): AIM Design, LLC (Desoto, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18787590 on 07/29/2024 (477 days app to issue)

Abstract: A locker includes a pair of spaced-apart upstanding sidewalls and at least one shelf extending between the sidewalls, the shelf and sidewalls defining a compartment. A tray is carried on the shelf in the compartment and supported by a pair of rollers and coupled to a pair of rails mounted on the sidewalls above the shelf, wherein the tray slides forward and backward relative to the shelf and rotates about the rollers. Located on the tray are a set of equipment racks for storing and drying equipment when not in use.

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

Liquid consumption tracking device and method of use
Patent No. 12471726

Inventor(s): Damian Madden (McKinney, TX), Merkieann Burton-Madden (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Merkieann Burton-Madden and Damian Madden (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18098571 on 01/18/2023 (1035 days app to issue)

Abstract: A liquid consumption tracking device for improving user convenience of tracking liquid consumption is disclosed. The liquid consumption tracking device includes housing with opposing ends; a flexible band portion with opposing ends; and a plurality of substantially spherical members, the plurality of substantially spherical members configured to be reversibly collapsible within the housing when pressed-on by a user”s thumb or finger.

[A47G] HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B 65/00; knives B26B)

Tray assembly
Patent No. 12471733

Inventor(s): James Kelly Pool, III (Frisco, TX), Peter Jerome Ashcraft (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): CookTek Induction Systems, LLC (Chicago, IL)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18453021 on 08/21/2023 (820 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tray assembly includes a tray having a top side, an underside opposite the top side, and a plurality of protrusions extending from the underside. Each protrusion defines a recess in the top side and has a bottom wall and a contoured surface connecting the bottom wall to the top side. The tray assembly also includes a diffuser in the form of a plate with a plurality of apertures therethrough. The diffuser is couplable to the tray and positionable a spaced distance above the top side of the tray.

[A47J] KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES [6]

Vision quality assessment based on machine learning model and wavefront analysis
Patent No. 12471774

Inventor(s): Mark VonTress (Arlington, TX), Ramesh Sarangapani (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18444164 on 02/16/2024 (641 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method of assessing vision quality of an eye is presented, with a controller having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. The controller is configured to selectively execute at least one machine learning model. Execution of the instructions by the processor causes the controller to: receive wavefront aberration data of the eye and express the wavefront aberration data as a collection of Zernike polynomials. The controller is configured to obtain a plurality of input factors based on the collection of Zernike polynomials. The plurality of input factors is fed into the at least one machine learning model, which is trained to analyze the plurality of input factors. The machine learning model generates at least one vision correction factor based in part on the plurality of input factors.

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

Detainee monitoring system and method of use
Patent No. 12471847

Inventor(s): Larry Hillard (Waxahachie, TX), Tiwangi Hillard (Waxahachie, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17701361 on 03/22/2022 (1337 days app to issue)

Abstract: A detainee monitoring system places sensors such as a pulse-oximeter next to a person in handcuffs to measure and report on their vitals like their pulse and blood oxygen level to ensure that while in the cuffs that their wellbeing is not endangered. The sensors could display the measurements on the cuffs or remotely.

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

3D image analysis platform for neurological conditions
Patent No. 12471853

Inventor(s): Darin T. Okuda (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: DLA Piper LLP US (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17905069 on 04/29/2021 (1664 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods of analyzing 3D structure of a portion of the CNS. An analytics module may be used to calculate one or more metrics the describe changes in the 3D structure of a CNS structure over time. The one or more metrics may be used to identify patterns of structural change prior to progressive symptom development. Healthcare providers may use the one or more metrics and or patterns of structural change to diagnose neurological conditions, track the progress of neurological conditions in the patient, and determine the patient”s risk of progressive disease development. The 3D structure analytics techniques described herein may also be used to develop treatments and create a care delivery that is individualized for each patient.

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

Fixation screw and method
Patent No. 12471959

Inventor(s): Jon Suh (Ambler, PA), Rob Trezise (Coatesville, PA), Sean Suh (Milltown, NJ)
Assignee(s): CTL Medical Corporation (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: BRAINSPARK ASSOCIATES, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17404714 on 08/17/2021 (1554 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention discloses an improved wedging cage within the sacroiliac (SI) joint and fixation screw(s). The wedging cage is adapted to be positioned between the sacrum and the lilac bone (e.g., the sacroiliac joint), and the wedging cage is effective to receive one or more fixation or axial screws to fasten the wedging cage and secure the wedging cage to the adjacent pelvic bones to provide a combination effect of fusion and/or fixation. Accordingly, the improved fixation screw assemblies promote flexibility and adaptability due to the adjustable head being movable to a locked and unlocked position relative to the screw body when implanted onto a substrate.

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

Powered drill assembly
Patent No. 12472012

Inventor(s): Milton F. Barnes (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): Medtronic Navigation, Inc. (Louisville, CO)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17705646 on 03/28/2022 (1331 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for operating an assembly, such as a powered drill assembly. The assembly may be operated to provide feedback to the user regarding a selected position and/or condition of the powered drill system. The powered drill system may be used to power or drive a selected tool, such as a resection or grinding tool.

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

Scalp cooling apparatus, method, and system
Patent No. 12472093

Inventor(s): Jim McKinney (Dallas, TX), William Cronin (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Dignitana AB (, , SE)
Law Firm: Fishman Stewart PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17246927 on 05/03/2021 (1660 days app to issue)

Abstract: A scalp cooling apparatus, method, and system that may include an inner scalp cap, an intermediate scalp covering, and an outer scalp cap. The inner scalp cap may be fluidly coupled to a cooling device, that would allow a cooling fluid to traverse the fluid chambers within a set of sections of the inner scalp cap. The inner scalp covering can be constructed of a thermally conductive material. The intermediate scalp covering can be constructed of a thermally neutral material. The outer scalp covering can be constructed of a thermally resistant material. The outer scalp covering may have a first securing mechanism, and a second securing mechanism, that allow the outer scalp covering to be dynamically adjusted and secured against a patient”s scalp via the first securing mechanism and the second securing mechanism. The inner scalp cap may be created from a scan of a patient”s head, that can then be utilized as an interpolated parametric model may be utilized to generate an output file.

[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]

Implantable device for sustained release of a macromolecular drug compound
Patent No. 12472148

Inventor(s): Christian Schneider (Hattersheim, , DE), Dirk Hair (Edmonton, , CA), Harsh Patel (Union, KY), Jeffrey C. Haley (Norwood, OH), Vijay Gyanani (Powell, OH)
Assignee(s): Celanese EVA Performance Polymers LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17725606 on 04/21/2022 (1307 days app to issue)

Abstract: An implantable device for delivery of a macromolecular drug compound is provided. The device comprises a core having an outer surface and a membrane layer positioned adjacent to the outer surface of the core. The core comprises a core polymer matrix within which is dispersed a drug compound having a molecular weight of about 0.5 kDa or more, the polymer matrix containing a hydrophobic polymer. Further, the membrane layer comprises a plurality of water-soluble particles distributed within a membrane polymer matrix containing an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, wherein the water-soluble particles have a D50 particle size of about 150 micrometers or less and contain a non-polymeric, hydroxy-functional compound.

[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)

Treatment of retinitis pigmentosa with n-acetylcysteine amide
Patent No. 12472157

Inventor(s): Daniel Hartman (Fort Worth, TX), Peter A. Campochiaro (Baltimore, MD)
Assignee(s): Nacuity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX), The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15523665 on 11/06/2015 (3665 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes a method for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa in a human that comprises administering to the human a therapeutically effective amount of N-acetylcysteine amide (NACA). In accordance with an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa in an animal that comprises administering to the animal a therapeutically effective amount of N-acetylcystein amide (NACA).

Systems and methods for providing digital health services
Patent No. 12472365

Inventor(s): Binesh Balasingh (Prosper, TX), Douglas Alfred Lautner (Frisco, TX), Mary Khun Hor-Lao (Prosper, TX), Scott DeBates (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17891023 on 08/18/2022 (1188 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to providing digital health services. In some embodiments, systems and methods for conducting virtual or remote sessions between patients and clinicians are disclosed. During the sessions, media content (e.g., images, video content, audio content, etc.) may be captured as the patient performs one or more tasks. The media content may be presented to the clinician and used to evaluate a condition of the patient or a state of the condition, adjust treatment parameters, provide therapy, or other operations to treat the patient. The analysis of the media content may be aided by one or more machine learning/artificial intelligence models that analyze various aspects of the media content, augment the media content, or other functionality to aid in the treatment of the patient.

[A61N] ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B 18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infra-red radiators for heating H05B) [6]

Systems and methods for providing digital health services
Patent No. 12472366

Inventor(s): Ameya Nanivadekar (Plano, TX), Anahita Kyani (Plano, TX), Binesh Balasingh (Prosper, TX), David Page (Plano, TX), Dehan Zhu (Plano, TX), Diane Whitmer (Austin, TX), Douglas Alfred Lautner (Frisco, TX), Erika Ross (Dal
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fublright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17891087 on 08/18/2022 (1188 days app to issue)

Master trainer
Patent No. 12472398

Inventor(s): Cyril Gerard Manula (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17300957 on 12/27/2021 (1422 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and devices for a master trainer for a master trainer having independent press arms with rotating pulley systems each with attached carriages that allows for the press arms and pulley systems and carriages to be adjustable to different heights in order to perform various exercises. Additionally, the master trainer is configured to be used with or without a bench with an adjustable back and seat and is configured to allow for varying exercises to be performed based on the height of the carriage system and adjustment of the bench.

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

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

Self-contained modular analytical cartridge and programmable reagent delivery system
Patent No. 12472494

Inventor(s): Leslie Don Roberts (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: D. Tiller Law PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16653486 on 10/15/2019 (2226 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular system for constructing a variety of self-contained analytical cartridges enabled to perform a number of symmetrical or asymmetrical tests on a single sample source within a single device. Said cartridges are embodied as a readily reversible assemblage of two or more modules that are, in turn, operable to perform one or more tasks of an analytical test as discrete articles-of-manufacture. A programmable reagent delivery system comprising one or more serialized reagent clusters having one or more wet cells (individually packaged reagents) and zero or more dry cells (calibrated spacers); wherein, said wet cells are arranged in a linear series corresponding to prescribed temporal release sequence and dry cells are interpositioned between wet cells in a manner that enables two or more test protocols having asymmetrical release sequences to be synchronized such that a single mechanism can actuate more than one test protocol simultaneously.

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

Systems and methods of blade leading edge repair using field assisted sintering technology
Patent No. 12472590

Inventor(s): Christopher J Bischof (Southlake, TX), Michael J Minor (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): RTX Corporation (Farmington, CT)
Law Firm: SNELL WILMER L.L.P. (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17993764 on 11/23/2022 (1091 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method can comprise forming a component comprising a first mating surface; coupling the component to an airfoil having a second mating surface and a Field Assisted Sintering Technology (”FAST”) system; heating, via the FAST system, the airfoil and the component; and applying, via the FAST system, a mechanical pressure between the first mating surface and the second mating surface to join the airfoil to the component and form a blade, the component at least partially defining a leading edge of the blade in response to joining the airfoil to the component

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

Tool holding system
Patent No. 12472620

Inventor(s): Guy Clifford Clapp (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: D. Tiller Law PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18423230 on 01/25/2024 (663 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tool holding mechanism includes an upper slotted segment, a lower slotted segment, and a back segment. The upper slotted segment extends from the back segment at an obtuse angle. The lower slotted segment extends from the back segment at roughly 90 degrees. The one or more slots of the upper segment and one or more slots of the lower segment are configured to accept a tool into upper and lower slots. The tool holding mechanism may include a magnet or elastic band hooks to secure tools in place in the slots.

[B25H] WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS

Collapsing tow hook assemblies and vehicles including same
Patent No. 12472785

Inventor(s): Jeremiah T. Hammer (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: 17986404 on 11/14/2022 (1100 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tow hook assembly including a housing, a receiving member, and a pin. The housing includes a side wall defining an asymmetric opening having a cam surface and an end wall. The pin rotatably couples the receiving member to the housing between an extended position and a rotated position. The pin includes an extended portion received within the asymmetric opening of the housing. In the extended position, the extended portion abuts against the end wall to inhibit rotation of the receiving member with respect to the housing in a first direction. Upon an application of a force exceeding a predetermined threshold, the extended portion abuts and deforms against the cam surface to permit rotation of the receiving member in a second direction opposite the first direction to rotate the receiving member from the extended position towards the rotated position.

[B60D] VEHICLE CONNECTIONS (components of brake systems B60T 17/04)

Authorization for vehicle display
Patent No. 12472822

Inventor(s): Adrian Lombard (New York, NY), John F. Daly (Frisco, TX), Paul Li (Mountain View, CA), Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, CA), Satoshi Nagashima (Long Island, NY)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-Ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18224562 on 07/20/2023 (852 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining an event has occurred at a location, responsive to a level of the event being above a threshold, determining vehicles heading toward the location that can display information on an exterior portion of the vehicles, requesting to display the information on the vehicles, and responsive of an approval to the requesting, sending the information to the vehicles to display.

[B60K] ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES [2006.01]

Multi-purpose interior cabin lid for vehicle
Patent No. 12472858

Inventor(s): Lauren M. Abro (West Bloomfield, MI), Tina L. Brinkel (Ann Arbor, MI), Warren Chou (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18063123 on 12/08/2022 (1076 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle and multi-purpose interior cabin lid for a vehicle that has use as a rear wall cover for one or more storage compartments in the interior cabin, a tailgate extension connectable to a vehicle tailgate, and a portable, freestanding table. The multi-purpose interior cabin lid member includes a base member, one or more coupling members, and one or more leg members coupled to the base member. The one or more coupling members are operable to selectively couple the base member in the interior cabin as a cover for the one or more storage compartments, and selectively couple the base member to a vehicle tailgate to serve as a tailgate extension. The one or more leg members are selectively coupled to the base member for movement between a retracted operating state when the base member is in an undetached operating state, and a deployed state to vertically support the base member on a support surface.

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

Bicycle rack for a vehicle
Patent No. 12472879

Inventor(s): Michael Voss (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Rock Solid Industries International (Pty) Ltd (Pietermaritzburgh, , ZA)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18291154 on 06/03/2022 (1264 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bicycle rack includes a pair of elongated sliding members, a plurality of connecting elements for slidably connecting the elongated sliding members to the roof of the vehicle or the roof connectors of the vehicle, a pair of elongated, telescopic arms, wherein each arm comprises a first end connected to a respective one of the elongated sliding members, and wherein a rack securing element is provided at a second end of one or both of the arms, and at least one wheel supporting member, wherein the wheel supporting member has a first section pivotably connected to one of the elongated sliding members and a second section defining a wheel support.

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

Computational framework for automatic high assurance system design
Patent No. 12472957

Inventor(s): Daniel Miller (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Zoox, Inc. (Foster City, CA)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17514614 on 10/29/2021 (1481 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for efficiently generating systems are disclosed herein. Abstract system definitions can define the various functions of a system and/or the fitness requirements of the system. Components capable of implementing the aspects of the abstract system can be determined and systems configured to perform the functions of the abstract system are determined. The fitness of these systems can be evaluated to determine whether they meet the fitness requirements of the abstract system. If not, an algorithm is used to iteratively adjust the configurations and components of the systems until the fitness criteria is met.

[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]

Pick-up and drop-off signals for managing double parking obstruction
Patent No. 12472987

Inventor(s): Trang Uyen Thien Tran (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Waymo LLC (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Botos Churchill IP Law (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18075620 on 12/06/2022 (1078 days app to issue)

Abstract: The technology involves pick-up and drop-off techniques for autonomous vehicles. Pullover selection options are evaluated by considering road user inconvenience and dynamic changes to such inconvenience. In response, a change in vehicle operation is made as needed. This process may consider whether a given situation is ”likely-inconvenient” or ”unlikely-inconvenient” based on both statie and dynamic signals from the environment for a likely pick-up or drop-off location. The vehicle may request remote support to determine whether to pull over or to move from a stopped location, for instance based on changes to dynamic signals associated with other road users. In double parking situations, the vehicle may determine whether to remain double parked or move to limit inconvenience to a minimum number of other vehicles, such as by blocking as few other vehicles as possible or by making it as easy as possible for a parked vehicle to pull out.

Hopper car discharge gate seal assembly
Patent No. 12472994

Inventor(s): Andrew Brown (Plano, TX), Brant R. McGhee (Arlington, TX), Carter Ray Andrews (Dallas, TX), Jerry W. Vande Sande (Dallas, TX), Kenneth W. Huck (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): Trinity Rail Group, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17747018 on 05/18/2022 (1280 days app to issue)

Abstract: A railcar comprises a hopper coupled to a discharge assembly. The discharge assembly comprises a discharge gate, a sloped side sheet, a gasket bracket, and a seal gasket. The sloped side sheet longitudinally extends above the discharge gate when the discharge gate is closed. The gasket bracket coupled to the sloped side sheet. The gasket bracket extends longitudinally along a bottom end of the sloped side sheet. The seal gasket is positioned between the sloped side sheet and the gasket bracket. The seal gasket has a straight section and a rounded section, such that a portion of the round section of the seal gasket is left beyond the bottom end of the sloped side sheet. The seal gasket creates a seal between the sloped side sheet and the discharge gate such that the weight of a lading increases the seal.

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

Vehicle control systems and methods
Patent No. 12473000

Inventor(s): Jared Little (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Transportation IP Holdings, LLC (Norwalk, CT)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18589793 on 02/28/2024 (629 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle control system and method includes identifying a type of route equipment disposed onboard a vehicle, and identifying one or more locations of a first classification of a pathway from among plural different classifications of pathways along a route. One or more first control settings for controlling operating of the vehicle at the one or more locations of the first classification of the pathway are determined based at least in part on the type of route equipment that is disposed onboard the vehicle and the first classification of the pathway. Operation of the vehicle is controlled according to the one or more first control settings to move the vehicle along the route at the one or more locations of the first classification of the pathway.

[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)

Vehicle tire guard device
Patent No. 12473036

Inventor(s): Daniel J. F. Cressman (Ypsilanti, MI), Matthew K. Killeen (Ypsilanti, MI), Ryan C. Harris (Saline, 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: 18446133 on 08/08/2023 (833 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a vehicle tire guard that retracts in response to a force. In one embodiment, the vehicle tire guard device includes a tire guard extending downward from a vehicle frame and a retraction system attached to the vehicle frame. The retraction system includes a spring-loaded wheel with circumferential interface elements to engage with and retract the tire guard responsive to a vertical force applied to the tire guard, a curved cam affixed to a planar surface of the spring-loaded wheel, and a spring-loaded rod biased against the planar surface. The spring-loaded rod and cam interact to prevent rotation of the spring-loaded wheel to retract the tire guard until the vertical force exceeds a threshold.

[B62D] MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B 69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motorcycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)

Electric tiltrotor aircraft with tilting coaxial motors and gearbox
Patent No. 12473083

Inventor(s): Charles Hubert Speller (Flower Mound, TX), George Matthew Thompson (Lewisville, TX), Grant Michael Beall (Arlington, TX), Jonathan Andrew Knoll (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18480338 on 10/03/2023 (777 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rotor system for an aircraft includes an open rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor blades connected to a rotor mast via a yoke, wherein the rotor assembly is tiltable between a first position corresponding to an airplane mode and a second position corresponding to a helicopter mode; and a drive system for providing rotational energy to the open rotor assembly via the rotor mast, the drive system comprising at least one electric motor for providing rotational energy to a drive shaft and a gearbox connected to the drive shaft for receiving rotational energy from the at least one electric motor via the drive shaft and providing rotational energy to the rotor mast via a rotor shaft; wherein the drive system is rotatable relative to the wing about a tilt axis and the rotor shaft is coaxial with the drive shaft.

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

Teetering rotor yoke with pitched arms
Patent No. 12473084

Inventor(s): George M. Thompson (Southlake, TX), Jonathan A. Knoll (Alvarado, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18903192 on 10/01/2024 (413 days app to issue)

Abstract: A teetering rotor assembly includes a rotor yoke and a plurality of rotor blades. The rotor yoke includes a hub portion that includes a shaft aperture and two teetering hinge cutouts. The rotor yoke further includes a plurality of pitched yoke arms. Each pitched yoke arm is coupled to the hub portion and includes one or more feathering bearings. Each pitched yoke arm includes a precone axis that is elevated at a precone angle relative to a plane of rotation of the rotor yoke. Each pitched yoke arm includes a twist axis that is twisted at a twist angle relative to the plane of rotation of the rotor yoke. Each rotor blade is configured to couple to a pitched yoke arm via the feathering bearings. Each rotor blade includes a root end that comprises a twisted shape to match the twist axis of a particular one of the pitched yoke arms.

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

Protective shroud for aircraft tail rotor
Patent No. 12473086

Inventor(s): Bradley Paul Regnier (Fort Worth, TX), Brian John Cox (Keller, TX), Carey Andrew Cross (Fort Worth, TX), Danielle Lynn Moore (Arlington, TX), Kip Gregory Campbell (Hurst, TX), Mathew Chapdelaine (Fort Worth, TX), Robert W
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17873983 on 07/26/2022 (1211 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment is an apparatus for inhibiting accidental contact by a human with a tail rotor connected to an empennage of an aircraft. The apparatus includes an inverted V-tail connected to an empennage of the aircraft forward of the tail rotor, the inverted V-tail stabilizer comprising a first V-tail stabilizer on a side of the empennage to which the tail rotor is connected and a second V-tail stabilizer on a side of the empennage opposite the side of the empennage to which the tail rotor is connected; and a shroud bar having a first end connected to an outboard end of the first V-tail stabilizer and a second end opposite the first end connected to the empennage aft of the tail rotor, wherein a horizontal distance from the shroud bar to the tail rotor is greater than a length of an arm of the human.

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

Passenger seat crash safety system
Patent No. 12473091

Inventor(s): Jean St-Pierre (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Frost Brown Todd LLP (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18380250 on 10/16/2023 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: A safety system for aircraft passenger seats is described. A pallet that can be removably coupled to seats can also be removably coupled to the aircraft floor and one or more brackets, tension fittings, or machined straps that can be coupled to structural beams or components in an aircraft. A keel tension fitting can be attached to a keel beam and then be coupled to the pallet and thereby the seats. By attaching to the keel beam the safety system allows the seating arrangement (pallet and seats) to withstand greater stresses and forces, resulting in increased safety.

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

Banknote processing
Patent No. 12473109

Inventor(s): Robert Wright (Essex, , GB)
Assignee(s): TIDEL ENGINEERING, L.P. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Polsinelli PC (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18389043 on 11/13/2023 (736 days app to issue)

Abstract: Banknote processing equipment is disclosed, which comprises a chamber having an open end for insertion of a bag into the chamber and an extractor adapted to establish a lower ambient pressure between the chamber and the hag to that within the bag to cause the bag to expand into an open configuration during a banknote filling operation, whereby the banknote processing equipment can deposit banknotes in the bag.

[B65B] MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C 1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B 25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B 1/00-B67B 6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C 7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C 9/00)

Anomaly detection and controlling operations of fuel dispensing terminal during operations
Patent No. 12473193

Inventor(s): Boonchai Matthew Ragan (Lewisville, TX), Deviprasad Mulluru (Flower Mound, TX), Jake Ylli Hoxha (Farmers Branch, TX), Joshua Michael Rothenberg (Dallas, TX), Scott Albert (Dallas, TX), Sravan Kumar Ayyappa Akula (Aubrey, TX,
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18597303 on 03/06/2024 (622 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system detects a fuel dispensing operation that indicates fuel is being dispensed from the fuel dispensing terminal. The system determines an identifier value associated with a volume of fuel dispensed from the fuel dispensing terminal. The system determines a measured volume per unit time parameter associated with the fuel dispensed from the fuel dispensing terminal by dividing the determined identifier value by a unit parameter. The system compares the measured volume per unit time parameter with a threshold volume per unit time parameter. In response to determining that the measured volume per unit time parameter is less than the threshold volume per unit time parameter, the system instructs the fuel dispensing terminal to stop dispensing fuel.

[B67D] DISPENSING, DELIVERING, OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B 9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) [5]

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

Homodimeric or heterodimeric interleukin 12 fusion proteins, and compositions and therapeutic methods thereof
Patent No. 12473337

Inventor(s): Yang-Xin Fu (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Shanghai Kangabio Co., Limited (Shanghai, , CN)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17049021 on 04/24/2019 (2400 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention provides novel fusion proteins of Interleukin 12 and prodrugs, and compositions and methods of preparation thereof, useful in treating various diseases and disorders (e.g., hyperplasia, solid tumor or hematopoietic malignancy).

[C07K] PEPTIDES (peptides containing ﬂ-lactam rings C07D; cyclic dipeptides not having in their molecule any other peptide link than those which form their ring, e.g. piperazine-2,5-diones, C07D; ergot alkaloids of the cyclic peptide type C07D 519/02; single cell proteins, enzymes C12N; genetic engineering processes for obtaining peptides C12N 15/00) [4]

Corrosion inhibiting paste for aircraft use
Patent No. 12473436

Inventor(s): Chad Knight (Dodd City, TX), Dylan Knight (Dodd City, TX), Kent Boomer (Aledo, TX), Matt Boyd (Fort Worth, TX), Ryan Merritt (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): The Patent Well LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17817487 on 08/04/2022 (1202 days app to issue)

Abstract: A chemical composition comprising a mixture of a non-curing organic polymer base with a viscosity between 300 and 10,000 centipoises at 20 degrees C. and a molecular weight of between 1,000 and 100,000. Into the base is mixed at least one of: metal particles (coated or uncoated), inert particles and non-metal corrosion inhibitors such that reaches a viscosity of between 9,000 and 10,000,000 centipoises. The result is a paste that is useful in applying to metal aircraft parts to help prevent corrosion, including galvanic corrosion.

[C09D] COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR (cosmetics A61K; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general, B05D; staining wood B27K 5/02; glazes or vitreous enamels C03C; natural resins, French polish, drying-oils, driers, turpentine, per se, C09F; polishing compositions other than French polish, ski waxes C09G; adhesives or use of materials as adhesives C09J; materials for sealing or packing joints or covers C09K 3/10; materials for stopping leaks C09K 3/12; processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings C25D) [5]

Solvated metal particle-coating system and method
Patent No. 12473507

Inventor(s): Andrew Ryan Noel (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, IN)
Law Firm: Purdue Research Foundation (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18205032 on 06/02/2023 (900 days app to issue)

Abstract: The solvated metal particle-coating system includes a metal additive and a polar outer-sphere electron transferring solvent. The metal additive is solvated in the polar outer-sphere electron transferring solvent. The polar outer-sphere electron transferring solvent may include liquid ammonia, methylamine, and/or hexamethylphosphoramide. The metal additive may include an alkali metal and/or an alkaline earth metal. The solvated metal additive within the polar outer-sphere electron transferring solvent may be used to coat a metal particle and/or a metalloid particle as a layer. As the polar outer-sphere electron transferring solvent evaporates, the solvated metal additive is coupled to the metal particle and/or the metalloid particle.

[C10L] FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G OR C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; USE OF ADDITIVES TO FUELS OR FIRES; FIRE-LIGHTERS [5]

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

Liquid applied roofing systems and methods for forming roofs
Patent No. 12473735

Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearny, NJ), Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, NJ), Yan Zheng (Livingston, NJ), Yixi Xiao (Edison, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18182550 on 03/13/2023 (981 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of forming a sloped roof can comprise obtaining a base layer comprising at least one of a permeable mesh, woven fabric, non-woven fabric, plastic, foam material or combinations thereof; applying the base layer over a roofing substrate of the sloped roof; and applying a liquid roofing material to the base layer to form a liquid applied roof.

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

Hinge assembly
Patent No. 12473765

Inventor(s): Lotan Stern (Grand Prairie, TX), Robert Mason (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): SGDH, LLC (Grand Prairie, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18052615 on 11/04/2022 (1110 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hinge assembly utilizes first and second hinge members. Each hinge member has an attachment body and a pair of laterally spaced apart opposite arms. Each arm has an aperture for receiving a cylindrical member for rotatably coupling the hinge members together so that the hinge members are rotatable about the cylindrical member. The arms of each of the first and second hinge members are spaced apart the same distance, with each arm of having an outer face that faces away from the opposite arm and an inner face that faces the opposite arm. The hinge members are configured so that each arm of each hinge member interfaces with one arm of the other hinge member with the arms of the hinge members being in an offset arrangement wherein the outer face of only one arm of each hinge member interfaces the inner face of only one arm of the other hinge member.

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

Wellhead flow block and flow control mechanisms
Patent No. 12473793

Inventor(s): Garrett S. Boyd (Granbury, TX), Mitchell A. Boyd (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): Flowco MasterCo LLC (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: FisherBroyles, LLP (Local + 17 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18918532 on 10/17/2024 (397 days app to issue)

Abstract: A unitary wellhead flow block lubricator assembly includes a unitary body and flow passageways that extend through the unitary body. Various openings on the exterior of the unitary body allow flow control devices to be mounted in the flow passageways to control the flow of fluid though the flow passageways. One or more of the control devices could be mountable in two or more orientations that alter the way in which the flow control device controls flow through one or more passageways in the unitary body. One or more choke mechanisms may also be mounted on the unitary body. The choke mechanisms may allow an operator to selectively adjust a flow of fluid through one or more of the passageways in the unitary body.

[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]

Ratcheting setting tool for an expandable seal in a wellbore
Patent No. 12473795

Inventor(s): Brandon T. Least (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18590085 on 02/28/2024 (629 days app to issue)

Abstract: A ratcheting setting tool can use wellbore fluid to inflate expandable seals positioned downhole in a wellbore. For example, the ratcheting setting tool can include a piston within a first chamber. The piston can move from a first position to a second position in the first chamber when a pressure is applied to the piston. The ratcheting setting tool can include a first check valve in a second chamber. The first check valve can transmit wellbore fluid from the wellbore into the second chamber. The ratcheting setting tool can include a second check valve. The second check valve can transmit the wellbore fluid in the second chamber into an inflatable valve when the piston moves from the first position to the second position. In some examples, the ratcheting setting tool may be a hydraulic ratchet.

Bearing-free self-positioning perforating gun for wellbore operations
Patent No. 12473801

Inventor(s): James F. Shelton (Kennedale, TX)
Assignee(s): Harrison Jet Guns II, L.P. (Kennedale, TX)
Law Firm: WARNER NORCROSS + JUDD LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18774003 on 07/16/2024 (490 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved perforating gun is provided. The perforating gun includes a shaped charge positioning tube that is freely rotatable with respect to an outer gun barrel without the use of bearings. The perforating gun includes first and second contact housings coupled to opposing ends of the shaped charge positioning tube. Each contact housing includes an electrical connector plug that is rotatable within a socket opening of a corresponding tandem, such that the electrical connector plugs define an axis of rotation of the shaped charge positioning tube. An asymmetric weight provides a desired angular orientation of the shaped charge positioning tube when inclined from vertical. The perforating gun further includes a grounding collar fixedly attached to the shaped charge positioning tube, with a plurality of resilient fingers extending radially therefrom in sliding engagement with the outer gun barrel.

Wireless telemetry using a pressure switch and mechanical thresholding of the signal
Patent No. 12473825

Inventor(s): Gregory Thomas Werkheiser (Carrollton, TX), Matthew Arran Willoughby (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: DeLizio, Peacock, Lewin Guerra LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18731240 on 06/01/2024 (535 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless downhole telemetry are provided. The system includes a tubular located in a wellbore; a pressure controller located at or near a surface of the wellbore to send a digital command via a change in a pressure applied to the tubular; and a receiver disposed in the wellbore, wherein the receiver includes a mechanical pressure switch to detect the change in the pressure applied to the tubular.

Analyzing drill cuttings using acoustic analysis
Patent No. 12473827

Inventor(s): Daniel Joshua Stark (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17993324 on 11/23/2022 (1091 days app to issue)

Abstract: Analyzing solid components in the return line of a borehole can be accomplished by implementing a bar or disc in the return line. As solid components pass by, they will generate an acoustic wave on impact. In another aspect, solid components can be directed to a shaker system where the solid components will impact a soundboard. The acoustic waves can be captured, such as by a microphone or transducer. The acoustic waves can be processed and transformed into acoustic data. A machine learning system can use previously trained models to determine the solid component parameters using the acoustic data. The parameters can include the size, shape, composition, density, softness, wettability, and other parameters of the solid components. These parameters can then be used as inputs to users or other borehole systems, such as a well site controller to improve drilling operations or to identify the need to implement corrective actions.

Secure exit lane door
Patent No. 12475754

Inventor(s): Daniel Seymour (Corpus Christi, TX), Don Bray (Corpus Christi, TX), Federico Romero (Corpus Christi, TX), James W. Palmer (Corpus Christi, TX), Jason L. Ryan (Corpus Christi, TX)
Assignee(s): Overhead Door Corporation (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18521682 on 11/28/2023 (721 days app to issue)

Abstract: A door system includes a corridor sized to allow humans to move through the corridor, the corridor having a first door located at a first end; a second door located at the second end; a controller operatively connected to the first and second doors for controlling the first and second doors; a first sensor oriented to detect an object on the floor, the first sensor operatively connected to the controller and a second sensor oriented to detect an object above the floor in the corridor wherein the second sensor is operatively connected to the controller and the controller is configured to one of: a) turn off the second sensor when the first sensor detects an object on the floor and b) not respond when the second sensor detects and object above the floor when the first sensor detects and object on the floor.

[E05F] DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING

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

Thermally-powered polymer fiber actuators and articles including same
Patent No. 12473896

Inventor(s): Dongseok Suh (Plano, TX), Jiyoung Oh (Richardson, TX), Marcio D. Lima (Richardson, TX), Mikhail E. Kozlov (Dallas, TX), Monica Jung DeAndrade (Richardson, TX), Na Li (Richardson, TX), Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, TX), Sha
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18800475 on 08/12/2024 (463 days app to issue)

Abstract: Actuators (artificial muscles) comprising twisted polymer fibers generate actuation when powered thermally. In some embodiments, the thermally-powered polymer fiber actuator can be incorporated into an article, such as a textile or garment.

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

Linear drive assembly
Patent No. 12473898

Inventor(s): Micheal Cole Thomas (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): Kerr Machine Co. (Sulphur, OK)
Law Firm: Tomlinson McKinstry, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19004636 on 12/30/2024 (323 days app to issue)

Abstract: A linear drive assembly configured for use within a power end assembly. The linear drive assembly is configured to interconnect a crankshaft and a pony rod and comprises a crosshead assembly attached to a connecting rod assembly. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, the connecting rod assembly is configured to attach to opposite sides of the crosshead assembly so that no portion of the connecting rod assembly is disposed within an interior of a crosshead included in the crosshead assembly.

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

Fracturing pump arrangement using a plunger with an internal fluid passage
Patent No. 12473910

Abstract: A fluid end made of a housing and a plunger reciprocating therein. The plunger has a hollow bore formed therein, and a valve assembly situated on one end of the plunger. The plunger may have a sleeve situated within the bore that aids in the installation of the valve assembly. The plunger may have a second bore extending perpendicularly from the hollow bore. The first bore may be connected to an attachment piece which connects to a conduit. The conduit may then be connected to a manifold which is configured to provide a fluid to the plunger”s bore. The housing may be made of a static section and a plurality of dynamic sections. The dynamic sections may thread into the housing. The static section may be made of two pieces to aid with installation of a dynamic seal.

Magnetic-key safety interlock system
Patent No. 12474150

Inventor(s): Bulent Finci (Aledo, TX), Jacob Walsh (Benbrook, TX), Roger Archibald (Hurst, TX), Stephen Cattanach (Hempstead, TX)
Assignee(s): Probe Technology Services, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18524842 on 11/30/2023 (719 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interlock system for explosive operations includes an array of magnet sensors configured to engage an array of magnets in a magnetic key. The key may be selectively positioned to activate select sensors while the other remains deactivated. Various sequences of activated and deactivated sensors correspond to various states of the interlock system. One or more switches of the interlock system are set according the state of the system. Some states set the switches to disable any electrical signals from passing to the explosives. Other states set the switches to enable select signals to pass to the explosive or other tools. Explosive operations are enabled only in a particular predetermined state.

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

P H Y S I C S

Envelope based sample correction for digital flow metrology
Patent No. 12474190

Inventor(s): Amardeep Sathyanarayana (Austin, TX), Anand G. Dabak (Plano, TX), David Patrick Magee (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17064671 on 10/07/2020 (1868 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a system for measuring material flow in a pipe is disclosed. A first transducer is operable to transmit a first signal having a first frequency at a first time and receive a second signal at a second time, and a second transducer spaced apart from the first transducer and is operable to receive the first signal and transmit the second signal having the first frequency. A signal processing circuit communicatively coupled to the first transducer and the second transducer, the signal processing circuit is operable to determine a first envelope of the first signal and a second envelope of the second signal and calculate a flow rate based on the first envelope of the first signal and the second envelope of the second signal.

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

Measuring a volume of gas in liquid form stored in a tank using magnetic sensors
Patent No. 12474194

Inventor(s): Matthew O”Daniel Redmond (Denton, TX), Ramin Belivan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18154701 on 01/13/2023 (1040 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system comprises a rod placed inside a tank and configured to move a pre-configured distance as the level of a gas stored in the tank changes. A chamber is positioned in relation to a top region of the tank. A magnet is coupled to an upper portion of the rod and disposed inside the chamber such that the magnet moves with the rod. A circuit board is positioned adjacent to the chamber and includes two sensors positioned along the length of the chamber, wherein each sensor generates a voltage signal corresponding to a strength of magnetic field associated with the magnet. A memory stores voltage values corresponding to the voltage signal and a processor coupled to the memory calculates a volume of the gas in liquid form in the tank based on a voltage value generated by at least one of the sensors.

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

Silicon piezoresistor force sensor
Patent No. 12474224

Inventor(s): Richard Alan Davis (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18150692 on 01/05/2023 (1048 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for sensing force using a sense die is disclosed. The method may include providing a sense die comprising a chip having a slab formed thereon; applying a force to the slab of the sense die; and determining the magnitude of the force applied to the slab via one or more sense elements attached to the slab. In some examples, the ratio of the width of the slab to the distance between the sense elements is greater than 2/1.

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

Techniques for detection of molecules in a sample using fractionization and selective capture
Patent No. 12474323

Inventor(s): Guido Fridolin Verbeck, IV (Lewisville, TX), John Redmond (Frisco, TX), Luke Keiser (Frisco, TX), Tim Wing (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): InspectIR Systems, Inc. (Frisco, TX), University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17679054 on 02/23/2022 (1364 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exemplary analysis system may include a fractionization device configured to separate a sample into various molecules that may be introduced to a sampling chamber having a molecule collector disposed therein. The molecule detector may be configured such that molecules of interest produced during fractionization adhere to the molecule collector. A heating element may introduce heat within the sampling chamber, causing release of at least a portion of the molecules adhered to the molecule collector. An analysis device (e.g., a mass spectrometer, a terahertz (THz) spectrometer, etc.) may detect the presence of the one or more molecules of interest from among molecules produced during the fractionization and generate an output representative of the identified molecule(s) of interest. The output may include information that quantitates a concentration of the molecule(s) of interest within sample.

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

Short circuit detection apparatus and control method for switched capacitor converter
Patent No. 12474415

Inventor(s): Songnan Yang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Halo Microelectronics International (Campbell, CA)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18229991 on 08/03/2023 (838 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes connecting an output of a switched capacitor converter to a battery, the switched capacitor converter comprising a first switch, a second switch, a third switch and an upper circuit connected in series, and a flying capacitor connected between a common node of the first switch and the second switch, and a common node of the third switch and the upper circuit, in a first short circuit testing step, determining whether the third switch is shorted by comparing a voltage on the common node of the third switch and the upper circuit with a first predetermined voltage reference, and in a second short circuit testing step, determining whether the first switch and the second switch are shorted by comparing a voltage on the common node of the first switch and the second switch with a second predetermined voltage reference and a third predetermined voltage reference, respectively.

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

Hall effect sensor with reduced JFET effect
Patent No. 12474421

Inventor(s): Chao-Hsuian Tsay (Tucson, AZ), Charles Parkhurst (Murphy, TX), Dimitar Trifonov (Vail, AZ), Gabriel Eugenio De La Cruz Hernandez (Richardson, TX), Keith Ryan Green (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17402019 on 08/13/2021 (1558 days app to issue)

Abstract: A Hall effect sensor including a Hall element disposed at a surface of a semiconductor body, including a first doped region of a first conductivity type disposed over and abutted by an isolated second doped region of a second conductivity type. First through fourth terminals of the Hall element are in electrical contact with the first doped region, and a fifth terminal in electrical contact with the second doped region. A Hall effect sensor includes a first current source coupled to the first terminal of the Hall element, and common mode feedback regulation circuitry. The common mode feedback regulation circuitry has an output coupled to the third terminal and a ground node, and having an input coupled to the second and fourth terminals of the Hall element, and an output coupled to the third terminal and a ground node, where the second doped region is coupled to the third terminal.

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

Presence detection and recognition with Wi-Fi
Patent No. 12474433

Inventor(s): Abhishek Sehgal (Plano, TX), Dong Li (Plano, TX), Guanbo Chen (McKinney, TX), Hao Chen (Plano, TX), Hao-Hsuan Chang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17936799 on 09/29/2022 (1146 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving CSI data for at least one communication link between a first electronic device (ED1) and a Wi-Fi device in a 3D space. The method includes preprocessing the CSI data; and determining whether a motion of an object is detected within a threshold distance to the ED1 based on the preprocessed CSI data. The detection of the motion of the object corresponds to a determination that the object is present in the space. The detection of no motion of the object corresponds to a determination that the object is not present in the space. The method includes outputting at least one of: a first indicator indicating that the space is empty, in response to the determination that the object is not present in the space; or a second indicator indicating that the space is occupied, in response to the determination that the object is present in the space.

[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

Radar detector using position detection
Patent No. 12474439

Inventor(s): Gail Babitt (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Cedar Electronics Holdings Corp. (Rolling Meadows, IL)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17886159 on 08/11/2022 (1195 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a radar detector that aids in management of unimportant sources, dynamically improving handling of such sources based upon previously-stored geographically-referenced information on such sources. The detector determines location of the detector, and compares it to locations of known sources, to improve handling of such detections. The detector may ignore detections received in an area known to contain a stationary source, or may only ignore specific frequencies or handle frequencies differently based upon historic trends of spurious police radar signals at each frequency, or based on geofenced locations. GPS is used to establish current physical coordinates. The detector maintains a list of the coordinates of known stationary source ”offenders” and geofence coordinates or boundaries in nonvolatile memory. When a microwave or laser source is detected, it may compare current coordinates to geofence boundaries and/or sources in this list. Notification varies depending on the stored information and current operating modes.

Real-time THz sensing using true time delay
Patent No. 12474441

Inventor(s): Gang Xu (Allen, TX), Shadi Abu-Surra (Plano, TX), Siddharth K. Advani (Allen, TX), Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18149651 on 01/03/2023 (1050 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for real-time THz sensing using true time delay (TTD) is implemented by a base station and includes transmitting, by a transceiver that includes TDD elements and phase shifters configured in the transceiver, simultaneous frequency dependent (SFD) beams to scan an environment at a first granularity to detect a spatial cluster target. Each of the SFD beams corresponds to a different phase angle and different frequency. The method includes determining, among the SFD beams, a subset of beams that detected the spatial cluster target. The method includes beam switching, by the transceiver, using time division multiplexing (TDM) and a TDM bandwidth to scan a portion of the environment at phase angles corresponding to the subset of beams and at a second granularity finer than the first granularity. The method includes combining data received from the SFD beams, by multiple threads that concurrently process data received from the SFD beams.

Deep learning-based multiband signal fusion for 3-D SAR super-resolution
Patent No. 12474468

Inventor(s): Josiah W. Smith (Frisco, TX), Murat Torlak (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Yee Associates, P.C. (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18483904 on 10/10/2023 (770 days app to issue)

Abstract: Multiband radar fusion is provided. The method comprises collecting first radar data from a first radar having a first frequency and collecting second radar data from a second radar having a second frequency different from the first frequency. A hybrid, dual-domain complex value convolutional neural network (CV-CNN), fuses the first and second radar data. The CV-CNN alternates between operating in the wavenumber-domain and the spatial-domain of the first and second radar data. A synthetic aperture radar image is reconstructed from the fused first and second radar data according to Fourier-based algorithm.

Compound microlens design for hyperopic peripheral defocus reduction
Patent No. 12474597

Inventor(s): Ahmed Drammeh (Dallas, TX), Zbigniew Tokarski (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, , FR)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17906330 on 04/12/2021 (1681 days app to issue)

Abstract: A spectacle lens is disclosed that includes compound microlenses arranged in a pattern. A compound microlens includes an on-axis microlenslet and an off-axis sub-lenslet located on the on-axis microlenslet. The off-axis sub-lenslet has a different optical functionality than the on-axis microlenslet. By selecting the appropriate compound microlens design, the addition of microlenslets with sub-lenslets around the periphery of the main structure optimizes the spectacle lens for myopia prevention, vertigo prevention, or any other visual related condition.

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

Undercarriage imaging rover
Patent No. 12474718

Inventor(s): Akshay Ganesh (Addison, TX), Nikhil Ajay Kadalge (Irving, TX), Priyam Dalwadi (Addison, TX), Raveena Jadhav (Addison, TX), Victor Tang (Flower Mound, TX), William An (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Copart, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19201405 on 05/07/2025 (195 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for scanning an undercarriage of a vehicle including a rover for moving back and forth under the vehicle. At least one processor generates control signals to control movement of the rover and to control capture of a video of the undercarriage of the vehicle. A drive system responsive to the control signals from the processor moves the rover back and forth under the vehicle. A camera captures a video and images of the undercarriage of the vehicle as the rover moves under the vehicle in a first direction. The at least one processor is further configured to process the video to generate a single image of the undercarriage 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)

Methods for gesture recognition and control
Patent No. 12474781

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Han Wang (Plano, TX), Khuong N. Nguyen (Allen, TX), Wenxun Qiu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17821732 on 08/23/2022 (1183 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for gesture recognition are disclosed. The electronic device includes a radar transceiver and a processor operably connected to the radar transceiver. The processor is configured to detect a triggering event. In response to detecting the triggering event, the processor is configured to transmit, via the radar transceiver, radar signals. The processor is also configured to identify a gesture from reflections of the radar signals received by the radar transceiver. The processor is further configured to determine whether the gesture is associated with the triggering event. Based on determining that the gesture is associated with the triggering event, the processor is configured to perform an action indicated by the gesture.

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

Burst-based non-gesture rejection in a micro-gesture recognition system
Patent No. 12474782

Inventor(s): Anum Ali (Frisco, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Priyabrata Parida (Dallas, TX), Vutha Va (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18508988 on 11/14/2023 (735 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a transceiver configured to transmit and receive radar signals and a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor is configured to identify, based on the received radar signals, a plurality of radar frames related to an activity of a target. The processor is further configured to extract a plurality of features from the plurality of radar frames, compute burst attributes for the extracted features, predict a gesture based on the burst attributes, determine whether the predicted gesture is a valid gesture, and if the predicted gesture is a valid gesture, perform an action corresponding to the predicted gesture.

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

Memory array accessibility
Patent No. 12474844

Inventor(s): Daniel B. Penney (Wylie, TX), Gary L. Howe (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18425725 on 01/29/2024 (659 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for memory array accessibility can include an apparatus with an array of memory cells. The array can include a first portion accessible by a controller of the array and inaccessible to devices external to the apparatus. The array can include a second portion accessible to the devices external to the apparatus. The array can include a number of registers that store row address that indicate which portion of the array is the first portion. The apparatus can include the controller configured to access the number of registers to allow access to the second portion by the devices external to the apparatus based on the stored row addresses.

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

Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to interleave data accesses for improved throughput
Patent No. 12474867

Inventor(s): Mihir Narendra Mody (Bengaluru, , IN), Mohammad Asif Farooqui (Bengaluru, , IN), Sai Karthik Rajaraman (Frisco, TX), Shailesh Ganapat Ghotgalkar (Bengaluru, , IN), Sriramakrishnan Govindarajan (Bengaluru, , IN), Vignesh Raghavendra (
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18371338 on 09/21/2023 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes a read queue to store a first read request to access a first storage, sequencing circuitry coupled to the read queue, and prioritization circuitry coupled to the sequencing circuitry and coupled to the first storage and a second storage via a shared bus. The example sequencing circuitry is to sequence a portion of a second request to access the second storage to be interleaved with a wait interval of the first read request, the second request queued after the first read request. Additionally, the example prioritization circuitry is to generate a first transaction to access the first storage over the shared bus and a second transaction to access the second storage over the shared bus concurrently with the first transaction, the first transaction based on the first read request, the second transaction based on the second request.

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

Systems and methods for identifying and verifying software component storage locations in a network environment
Patent No. 12474912

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17887123 on 08/12/2022 (1194 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for systems and methods for identifying and verifying software component storage locations in a network environment. The present invention is configured to identify and verify software locations in a network environment by generating a network resource component tracking database associated with a network environment, the network resource component tracking database comprising a plurality of location indicators associated with a component; generating a plurality of location requests based on the plurality of location indicators; transmitting the plurality of location requests to a plurality of locations associated with the plurality of location indicators; receiving a plurality of location responses based on the plurality of location requests; and updating the network resource component tracking database based on the plurality of location responses.

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

Hardware security module firmware update
Patent No. 12474917

Inventor(s): Bhargavi Nisarga (Dallas, TX), Peter Chung (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18448432 on 08/11/2023 (830 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-transitory machine-readable medium having machine-readable instructions including a firmware generator, the machine-readable instructions for the firmware generator being executable by a processor core to perform operations including signing a firmware image for a hardware security module (HSM) with a private key of a public private key pair to provide a first signature and augmenting the firmware image with a header that includes the first signature to provide an augmented firmware image. The operations further include encrypting the augmented firmware image with a symmetric key to provide an encrypted augmented firmware image. Furthermore, the operations include signing the encrypted augmented firmware image with the private key to provide a second signature and augmenting the encrypted augmented firmware image with the second signature to provide a firmware package for the HSM.

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

Systems, methods, and devices for improved application program interface management in a cloud-computing environment
Patent No. 12474980

Inventor(s): Hardik Patel (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Salesforce, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Polygon IP, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18161650 on 01/30/2023 (1023 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed herein that provide management of usage of application program interfaces. A computing platform may be configurable to cause detecting a first action comprising an event at a user interface associated with an on-demand application hosted by the computing platform, and making, using a first application program interface (API), an asynchronous call for a data record in response to detecting the first action, the asynchronous call being made to a storage location of the computing platform. The computing platform may also be configurable to cause detecting a second action associated with the on-demand application, and determining if a synchronous call should be performed using a second API, the synchronous call being made in response to determining that a cache does not include the data record. The computing platform may also be configurable to cause generating a result responsive to the second action.

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

Utilization of a resource to perform a task based on a predicted capacity of the resource
Patent No. 12475018

Inventor(s): Emily Williams (Dallas, TX), Kelly Dowd (Dallas, TX), Prateek Baranwal (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17816187 on 07/29/2022 (1208 days app to issue)

Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to allocating a resource to perform a task based on a predicted capacity of the resource. For example, a method described herein can include identifying a selected capacity associated with completion of tasks of a particular task type. Further, the method can include, evaluating a result of work by a worker resource performing a task of the particular task type. The method can further include, based on the result, predicting that the worker resource has the selected capacity and, based on this prediction, assign the worker resource to perform another task of the particular task type.

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

Methods and apparatus to facilitate immutable configuration of memory devices
Patent No. 12475035

Inventor(s): Amritpal S. Mundra (Allen, TX), David P. Foley (Sugar Land, TX), Prasanth Viswanathan Pillai (Bangalore, , IN), Rajasekhar Reddy Allu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18429064 on 01/31/2024 (657 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are described corresponding to immutable configuration of memory devices. An example memory includes a memory bank including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion configured to store configuration information that specifies whether the first portion is immutable; and a controller coupled to the memory bank, the controller configured to determine whether to prevent data from being written to the first portion based on the configuration information.

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

Method and apparatus for implied bit handling in floating point multiplication
Patent No. 12475060

Inventor(s): Mujibur Rahman (Plano, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18739768 on 06/11/2024 (525 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for performing, by a processor in response to a floating point multiply instruction, multiplication of floating point numbers. In an example, a device includes a processor that includes a multiply circuit. The multiply circuit is configured to multiply floating point numbers in response to a floating point multiply instruction, and is further configured to determine values of implied bits of mantissas of the floating point numbers, and multiply the mantissas in parallel with the determining operation.

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

Dynamic power gating using deterministic interconnect
Patent No. 12475069

Inventor(s): Athavan Arasumani (Pondicherry, , PY), Malav Shah (Bangalore, , IN), Mihir Mody (Bangalore, , IN), Nikhil Sangani (Bangalore, , IN), Shailesh Ghotgalkar (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18498581 on 10/31/2023 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various examples disclosed herein relate to deterministically controlling interconnect operations to provide dynamic power gating for a system. In an example, a microcontroller unit (MCU) is provided that includes a group of processing devices, a group of target resources, interconnect circuitry, and clock control circuitry. The interconnect circuitry connects the group of processing devices to the group of target resources. The clock control circuitry is coupled to the interconnect circuitry. The clock control circuitry is configured to identify an upcoming occurrence of a communication between a pair of devices comprised of one of the processing devices and one of the target resources, and prior to the occurrence of the communication, enable a clock associated with a path through the interconnect circuitry between the pair of devices.

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

Hierarchal data structure modification
Patent No. 12475095

Inventor(s): James Charles McCausland (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, CA)
Law Firm: Invoke (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18652401 on 05/01/2024 (566 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for modifying hierarchal-structured data of one hierarchal data structure based on a modification to another hierarchal data structure are disclosed. A system determines that a modification has been made, or is requested to be made, to a particular hierarchal data structure. The system analyzes a set of rules to determine whether the modification of the hierarchal data structure triggers another modification to an additional hierarchal data structure. The additional hierarchal data structure includes different nodes, or nodes arranged in a different hierarchal structure, than the particular hierarchal data structure. The system modifies the additional hierarchal data structure based on the rule. The modification of the additional hierarchal data structure is different than the modification to the particular hierarchal data structure.

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

Forensic criminal investigation subject interaction filtering tool for digital interaction data
Patent No. 12475105

Inventor(s): Alan R.A. Hamor (Parker, CO), David Krieger (Aurora, CO), Peter R. Molina (Lakewood, CO), Todd A. Kester (Aurora, CO)
Assignee(s): LeadsOnline, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17391184 on 08/02/2021 (1569 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments include a cloud computing system and database management for forensic criminal investigations. The cloud computing system may produce a visual representation of various digital interactions between various individuals. These digital interactions, for example, may include phone calls, text messages, emails, social media messages or posts, etc. between a first individual and a second individual. The visual representation, for example, may be provided on a webpage. The visual representation, for example, may graphically represent a relationship between the first individual and the second individual.

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

Natural language keyword tag extraction
Patent No. 12475130

Inventor(s): Avid Ghamsari (Frisco, TX), Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: KDW FIRM PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17544404 on 12/07/2021 (1442 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques to provide specific vehicle recommendations to generic user requests. Various techniques, methods, systems, and apparatuses include utilizing one or more tags generated by application of a machine learning model to a data source, where the data source may include generic and specific language with respect to one or more automobiles or vehicles, to provide a recommendation for a particular automobile in response to a user request for a suggestion.

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

System and method for artificial intelligence based field service assistance for telecommunications operations
Patent No. 12475154

Inventor(s): Muthukumarapandian Chandrasekaran (Mckinney, TX), Veeramanikandan Chandrasekaran (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19258880 on 07/02/2025 (139 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for field service assistance for telecommunications operations are described, which utilize a data acquisition module configured to receive multimodal data inputs including structured and unstructured data from field operations. A preprocessing module normalizes the multimodal data inputs to generate pre-processed data. A vectorization module transforms the pre-processed data into numerical vector representations using domain-specific embedding models trained on telecom equipment data, implementing convolutional neural networks for image feature extraction and transformer-based encoders for text vectorization. A contextual retrieval module retrieves contextually relevant historical data from a vector database by computing similarity metrics between current job vectors and stored job completion vectors. A response generation module processes the numerical vector representations and retrieved contextual data using an evolutionary algorithm engine to generate structured job summaries and real-time field recommendations.

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

Generative cybersecurity exploit discovery and evaluation
Patent No. 12475235

Inventor(s): Manjit Rajaretnam (Irving, TX), Prithvi Narayana Rao (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18900216 on 09/27/2024 (417 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for discovering and proactively mitigating previously unknown security vulnerabilities. The systems and methods herein can utilize security vulnerability information to discover potential security threats and can utilize this information to generate an attack using a machine learning model, such as a large language model. Generated attacks can be carried out to assess impact of a security vulnerability. An output can be provided that represents the assessed impact. In some implementations, the systems and methods herein generate patches or other mitigations for security vulnerabilities, which can be tested and deployed to address security vulnerabilities.

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

FileNet data extraction automation
Patent No. 12475243

Inventor(s): Anthony Rodriguez (Addison, TX), Tahlil Darwish (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18244340 on 09/11/2023 (799 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus and method for evaluating and removing confidential data within a FileNet archive is provided. The disclosure may include a compilation of a list of globally accessible sites that contain archived FileNet links and files potentially containing confidential data. The disclosure may include a FileNet Document Extraction script that may be designed to facilitate an extraction of archived files from a list of open sites stored in FileNet repositories. The disclosure may also include a comprehensive metadata compilation accomplished by querying a FileNet archive with a parameter-based approach. The disclosure may include a script that intelligently extracts a document name from metadata of a file or a source and applies a slicing mechanism to isolate a file type. In addition, the disclosure may include an argument-based system that allows users to customize FileNet code script behavior according to specific user needs and requirements.

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

Privacy management systems and methods for user devices
Patent No. 12475268

Inventor(s): Daniel Scott Veibell (Wylie, 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: 18224482 on 07/20/2023 (852 days app to issue)

Abstract: A privacy management system includes a computing system with one or more processors. The privacy management system also includes memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the computing system to detect use of an application on a user device operated by a user. The instructions are executable by the one or more processors to cause the computing system to instruct a camera of the user device to capture image data during the use of the application on the user device, and then to analyze the image data to identify a presence of one or more background objects. Further, the instructions are executable by the one or more processors to cause the computing system to initiate one or more privacy actions with respect to information on a display screen of the user device, in response to the presence of the one or more background objects.

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

Automation methods for 3D integrated circuits and devices
Patent No. 12475294

Inventor(s): Zeev Wurman (Palo Alto, CA), Zvi Or-Bach (Haifa, , IL)
Assignee(s): Monolithic 3D Inc. (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: PowerPatent/PatentPC (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18800058 on 08/10/2024 (465 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of designing a 3D Integrated Circuit including: partitioning at least one design into at least two levels, a first level and a second level, where the first level includes first transistors, where the second level includes second transistors and is disposed on top of the first level; levels connection pads (LCPs) disposed between the first level and second level; providing placement of the LCPs; performing a placement of the first level using a placer program executed by a computer, where the placement of the first level is based on the placement of the LCPs, where the placer is part of a Computer Aided Design (CAD) tool, where the first level includes first routing layers; performing a routing of the first level by routing layers using a router executed by a computer, where the router is a part of the CAD tool or a part of another CAD tool.

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

Systems and methods for personalized guidance
Patent No. 12475381

Inventor(s): Cole Coen (Celina, TX), Humberto Hernandez Torres (Plano, TX), Krishna C. Chinthakayala (Frisco, TX), Rohan Vimal Raj (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18603686 on 03/13/2024 (615 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention describes a computer-based system and method for training machine-learning models for delivering personalized query results. The method starts by collecting user behaviors, then categorizing each behavior and refining these categories based on additional data. The refined categories are used to create sequential, dynamic inputs that serve as both ground truth and training data for the machine-learning model. This process helps to strengthen the connections between the training data and the desired output, resulting in more accurate personalized query results. The system and method may be directed towards providing recommendations to the user, such as in the form of vehicle recommendations.

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

Automated inquiry analysis
Patent No. 12475382

Inventor(s): Chih-Hsiang Chow (Plano, TX), Elizabeth Furlan (Plano, TX), Steven Dang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17306055 on 05/03/2021 (1660 days app to issue)

Abstract: An inquiry analysis system and method are disclosed. An inquiry analysis system includes a computer configured to receive an electronic communication from a user, the electronic communication comprising an inquiry associated with an article of interest. The inquiry analysis system determines one or more measures including a first result of a first trained model based on one or more content elements of the inquiry, a second result of a second trained model based on one or more sentiment elements of the inquiry, and a valuation divergence model result based on a comparison of the inquiry with a reference value associated with the article of interest. The inquiry analysis system calculates and outputs a composite interest prediction which predicts a level of interest of the user associated with the respective article of interest.

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

Monitoring, forecasting, and detecting compromised communications using quantum computing and artificial intelligence
Patent No. 12475404

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX), Sasikumar Purushothaman (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18666968 on 05/17/2024 (550 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for detecting, monitoring and forecasting for compromised electronic communications in an electronic communication system. Methods may include isolating, from a historical database, electronic communications associated with a plurality of senders into individual data capsules. Methods may include generating and storing a predictive analytic profile for each sender based on a communication style identified for each sender. Methods may include filtering out compromised electronic communications using a dynamic quantum filter, the dynamic quantum filter including a dynamic condition set. Filtering may include inserting a quantum signature into each incoming electronic communication. Methods may include retrieving the predictive analytic profile associated with the sender identified for each incoming electronic communication. Methods may include assigning condition values to each electronic communication based on comparing each electronic communication to a corresponding predictive analytic profile. Methods may include determining whether the assigned condition values conform with the dynamic condition set.

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

System and method for introduction of a transaction mechanism to an e-commerce website without necessitation of multiparty systems integration
Patent No. 12475444

Inventor(s): Jason Jude Hogg (St. Petersburg, FL)
Assignee(s): RENT-A-CENTER WEST, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox, P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17365516 on 07/01/2021 (1601 days app to issue)

Abstract: In illustrative embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed by which a transaction offering that is not native to an e-commerce website may be added thereto. The addition may be performed by a script file loaded by the web browser that is rendering the e-commerce website. The script may add a user interface element to the e-commerce website that a user may click in order to initiate the added transaction offering. The script file may respond to the such a click event by presenting a user interface with which the user may interact in order to effectuate the transaction. The script may scrape information from the website to obtain information necessary for creation of the transaction, and may initiate creation of a payment card number for use in connection with the transaction.

[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]

Automated transactions across multiple blockchains with cryptocurrency swaps
Patent No. 12475452

Inventor(s): James William Traweek, III (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Zelus Wallet LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Brill Law Office (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17580583 on 01/20/2022 (1398 days app to issue)

Abstract: A user operating an endpoint app chooses to obtain a blockchain-based asset on a target blockchain. The user does not have blockchain transaction credentials for the target blockchain, but does have blockchain transaction credentials for a source blockchain. The endpoint app hierarchically creates target blockchain transaction credentials for the user, using an initial seed of entropy that was used to create the user”s source blockchain transaction credentials. A backend component automatically obtains an amount of target blockchain cryptocurrency sufficient to obtain the blockchain-based asset on the target blockchain, in exchange for source blockchain cryptocurrency of the user. The obtained target blockchain cryptocurrency and the hierarchically created target blockchain transaction credentials are used to automatically obtain the blockchain-based asset on the target blockchain, such that once the transaction is completed, the obtained blockchain-based asset is registered to the address of the user”s hierarchically created target blockchain transaction credentials.

Micro-data transfer using a dual transmission network
Patent No. 12475453

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: 18757806 on 06/28/2024 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for a system architecture for supporting bifurcated data transmission are provided. The system architecture may include a point-of-sale (”POS”) device. The system architecture may include a central server. The POS device may break up a transaction request received from a requestor into micro-data. Each micro-data may include a tiny portion of the transaction request and a header. The header may identify the transaction request and a number that identifies a location of the micro-data within the transaction request. The POS device may send the micro-data to a quantum processor for arranging the micro-data in a queue in a random order. The POS device may also compile a confirmatory data packet including data identifying the point-of-sale device and a total number of the micro-data. The confirmatory data packet and the micro-data, in the random order, may be transmitted to the central server.

Systems and methods for vehicle recommendations based on user gestures
Patent No. 12475501

Inventor(s): Chih-Hsiang Chow (Plano, TX), Elizabeth Furlan (Plano, TX), Steven Dang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18360144 on 07/27/2023 (845 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to certain aspects of the disclosure, a computer-implemented method may be used for providing a vehicle recommendation based on user gestures. The method may include displaying an image of a vehicle to a user and receiving at least one gesture from the user performed on the image of the vehicle. Additionally, the method may include assigning a value to the at least one gesture from the user and determining a feature of the vehicle based on the at least one gesture from the user. Additionally, the method may include receiving gesture information related to the at least one gesture and determining a vehicle preference of the user based on the value, the feature of the vehicle, and the gesture information. Additionally, the method may include identifying an available vehicle based on the vehicle preference of the user and displaying the available vehicle to the user.

System and method for introduction of a transaction mechanism to an e-commerce website without necessitation of multiparty systems integration
Patent No. 12475505

Abstract: In illustrative embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed by which a transaction offering that is not native to an e-commerce website may be added thereto. The addition may be performed by a script file loaded by the web browser that is rendering the e-commerce website. The script may add a user interface element to the e-commerce website that a user may click in order to initiate the added transaction offering. The script file may respond to the such a click event by presenting a user interface with which the user may interact in order to effectuate the transaction. The script may scrape information from the website to obtain information necessary for creation of the transaction, and may initiate purchase of goods or services from the website after creation of transaction.

Systems and methods for monitoring goods relative to a storage vessel
Patent No. 12475546

Inventor(s): Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17936121 on 09/28/2022 (1147 days app to issue)

Abstract: A technique for monitoring stored goods using sensors and generating outputs, such as alerts, notifications, and the like, is provided. A storage monitoring system may identify a condition of a stored good based on data indicating storage conditions and handling conditions of the good. A storage assessment output is generated based on the identified condition of the stored good.

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

Methods and systems for a detection of objects that are likely to fall from vehicle cargo
Patent No. 12475574

Inventor(s): Emrah Akin Sisbot (Mountain View, CA), Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, 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: 17859202 on 07/07/2022 (1230 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for detecting objects that are likely to fall from vehicle cargo includes obtaining first data of a cargo of a first vehicle captured at a first time and second data of the cargo captured by a second vehicle in an environment of the first vehicle at a second time after the first time, determining a first distance between two key points of the first data or a first shape constructed by key points of the first data and a second distance between two key points of the second data or a second shape constructed by key points of the second data, and detecting a movement of the cargo based on a comparison of the first distance and the second distance or a comparison of the first shape and the second shape.

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

Systems and methods for generating and displaying virtual manufacturing environments
Patent No. 12475609

Inventor(s): Imad Zahid (Carrollton, TX), Justin K. Shen (Canton, MI), Nick Anthony Megariotis (Irvine, CA), Roger Akira Kyle (Aubrey, TX), Timothy Wang (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Toyota, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18339769 on 06/22/2023 (880 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and displaying virtual vehicle manufacturing environments are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of presenting a virtual manufacturing environment includes receiving a vehicle identification number of a vehicle being manufactured, receiving one or more parts assigned to the vehicle, determining a stage of manufacturing for the vehicle based at least in part on the one or more parts, generating a virtual representation of the vehicle in a virtual manufacturing environment, and preparing for display the virtual representation of the vehicle and the virtual manufacturing environment.

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

Systems and methods for superimposing augmented reality vehicle lights in a vehicle display
Patent No. 12475611

Inventor(s): Benjamin Piya Austin (Saline, MI), Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, CA), William Patrick Garrett (Plymouth, 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: 18526511 on 12/01/2023 (718 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to superimposing computer-generated exterior vehicle lights over asynchronous real-world exterior vehicle lights to reduce a sensory overload of a vehicle driver. In one embodiment, a method includes assessing a sensory environment of a vehicle driver. The method also includes determining that the vehicle driver is in a sensory-overloaded state based on 1) a characteristic of the sensory environment, 2) physiological sensor data for the vehicle driver, and 3) driving behavior sensor data. The method also includes superimposing an augmented reality (AR) overlay of computer-generated synchronized exterior vehicle lights over asynchronous real-world exterior vehicle lights viewed through an AR display device of the vehicle based on a determination that the vehicle driver is in the sensory-overloaded state.

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

Methods, user equipment and apparatus for controlling VR image in a communication network
Patent No. 12475628

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Barta Jones, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18255934 on 12/03/2020 (1811 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, user equipment and apparatus for controlling VR image in a communication network. The VR image is represented by image data being associated to respective parts of the image. The VR image data is handled on the basis of identifications indicating different viewports for a user.

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

Systems and methods for automated makeup application
Patent No. 12475736

Inventor(s): Elizabeth Whitelaw (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Gemma Robotics Inc. (Haifa, , IL)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18630068 on 04/09/2024 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated makeup application allow a user to select and apply desired makeup styles to the user”s face. The systems and methods include a computer application with a graphical user interface which allows selection of a look from a plurality of preconfigured looks. A camera coupled with a robotic arm records a face map and color coding and sends that data to be stored on a virtual server database. The application calculates formula quantity and a pump extracts desired formula amounts from appropriate formula cartridges which it releases into reservoirs on the robotic arm”s head. An airbrush compressor mixes the formula and plug triggers release one of several airbrush nozzles to start spraying the user”s face with formula. A cleaning mechanism is provided between makeup applications and after the final application.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Systems and methods for detecting impaired decision-making pedestrians
Patent No. 12475781

Inventor(s): Ali C Eren (Flower Mound, TX), Benjamin Piya Austin (Saline, MI), Dianne O Tykoski (Canton, MI), Philip J Babian (Canton, MI), Rebecca L Kirschweng (Bloomfield Hills, MI), Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, CA), William Patrick Ga
Assignee(s): Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota, , JP), Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18533750 on 12/08/2023 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to identifying and assisting pedestrians identified as experiencing impaired decision-making capabilities. In one embodiment, a method includes determining, from interaction data collected by a user device of a pedestrian, an interaction characteristic of the pedestrian. The method also includes classifying the pedestrian as in an impaired decision-making state based on the interaction characteristic of the pedestrian deviating from baseline interaction data. The method further includes producing a pedestrian assistance countermeasure responsive to a determined impaired decision-making state for the pedestrian.

[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]

Playable, removable cover for use while playing an electronic cymbal
Patent No. 12475868

Inventor(s): Richard A. Drucker (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18311127 on 05/02/2023 (931 days app to issue)

Abstract: A playable, removable cover for use while playing an electronic cymbal is disclosed. The cover comprises an opening configured to enable a connector to be coupled to the electronic cymbal, The opening is located on a top of the electronic cymbal when the cover is installed on the electronic cymbal. The cover also comprises a plurality of seams. The plurality of seams are located underneath the electronic cymbal when the cover is installed on the electronic cymbal. The cover is made of a material that comprises elastic characteristics, which minimizes the creation of air gaps formed under the cover and enables one or more elements of the electronic cymbal to be delineated.

[G10D] STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (non-musical aspects of musical toy instruments A63H 5/00; organs, harmoniums or like musical instruments with associated blowing apparatus G10B; pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards G10C; automatic musical instruments G10F; electrophonic musical instruments G10H; instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means or electronic generators, or in which the tones are synthesised from a data store G10H)

Method of generating conversation information using examplar-based generation model and apparatus for the same
Patent No. 12475881

Inventor(s): Beom Su Kim (Seoul, , KR), Bu Ru Chang (Seoul, , KR), Enkhbayar Erdenee (Seoul, , KR), Sang Il Ahn (Cheongju-si, , KR), Seok Jun Seo (Seoul, , KR), Seung Ju Han (Seoul, , KR)
Assignee(s): Hyperconnect LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Patent Capital Group (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17805191 on 06/02/2022 (1265 days app to issue)

Abstract: A training method of a conversation model according to various example embodiments of the present disclosure may include identifying a first context, identifying a first response set corresponding to the first context based on a first model, identifying a response subset selected from the first response set based on a gold response corresponding to the first context and training a second model based on the first context information and the response subset.

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

Context-based detection of end-point of utterance
Patent No. 12475916

Inventor(s): Shri Prakash (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: QUALCOMM Incorporated (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17195578 on 03/08/2021 (1716 days app to issue)

Abstract: Detecting an end-point of user”s voice command or utterance with high accuracy is critical in automatic speech recognition (ASR)-based human machine interface. If an ASR system incorrectly detects an end-point of utterance and transmits this incomplete sentence to other processing blocks for further processing, it is likely the processed result would lead to incorrect interpretation. A method includes selecting a first semantic network based on context of the audio signal and more accurately detecting the end-point of user”s utterance included in the audio signal based on the first semantic network and also based on at least one timeout threshold associated with the first semantic network.

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

Pre-decoder circuitry
Patent No. 12475939

Inventor(s): Jin Seung Son (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Brooks, Cameron Huebsch, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18667802 on 05/17/2024 (550 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for pre-decoder circuitry. An embodiment includes a memory array including a plurality of memory cells, decoder circuitry coupled to the array and comprising a first and second n-type transistor having a first and second gate, respectively, and pre-decoder circuity to provide a bias condition for the first and second gate to provide a selection signal to one of the cells. The bias condition comprises a positive voltage for the first gate and a negative voltage for the second gate for a positive memory cell configuration, and zero volts for the first gate and the negative voltage for the second gate for a negative memory cell configuration. The pre-decoder circuitry comprises first pre-decoder circuitry to provide the positive voltage for the first gate and the zero volts for the second gate and second pre-decoder circuitry to provide the negative voltage for the second gate.

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

Artificial intelligence-based assistant for concurrent review of needle core prostate biopsies
Patent No. 12475991

Inventor(s): Adam Pearce (Mountain View, CA), Andrei Kapishnikov (Mountain View, CA), Ben Wedin (Mountain View, CA), Cameron Chen (Mountain View, CA), Carrie Cai (Mountain View, CA), Craig Mermel (Mountain View, CA), Dave Steiner (Mou
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17915424 on 03/30/2021 (1694 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example method includes receiving a digital image of a needle core prostate biopsy, displaying, using a display device, a magnified portion of the digital image, obtaining, from a deep learning model, Gleason scores corresponding to patches of the magnified portion of the digital image, and displaying, using the display device, a superimposed overlay on the magnified portion of the digital image based on the Gleason scores and corresponding confidence values of the Gleason scores, the superimposed overlay comprising one or more outlines corresponding one or more Gleason scores associated with the magnified portion of the digital image and comprising image patches having colors based on a Gleason score of the Gleason scores corresponding to an underlying portion of the magnified portion of the digital image and a confidence value of the corresponding Gleason score.

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

Method and apparatus for predictive maintenance
Patent No. 12476880

Inventor(s): Rajesh Banerjee (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Duft Bornsen, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18408709 on 01/10/2024 (678 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for predictive maintenance, the apparatus comprising means for:

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

Method, apparatus and computer program for determining quality of experience of an application session class
Patent No. 12476883

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Nokia Technologies Oy (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18538087 on 12/13/2023 (706 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising means for determining a quality of experience value associated with a user equipment”s application session, the quality of experience value being based on one or more values associated with a respective one or more quality of service metrics for the user equipment”s session. The apparatus also comprising means for adjusting one or more network parameters based on the determined quality of experience value.

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

Data messaging quality check tool
Patent No. 12477344

Inventor(s): Stephen Michael Shiflet (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17963948 on 10/11/2022 (1134 days app to issue)

Abstract: A data message quality check system that performs deep packet inspection on data messages after they have been constructed and sent towards a final receiver. The system comprises a plurality of mediation devices configured to generate data messages in accordance with a predefined format and to embed contextual information in a header of the data messages; and a data message quality check system configured to receive the data messages from the mediation devices, configured to perform deep packet inspection (DPI) on each of the data messages, configured to determine whether the data messages satisfy quality criteria, configured to transmit data messages that satisfy quality criteria to the final receiver, and quarantining data messages that do not satisfy quality criteria.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

O-ring seals for fluid sensing
Patent No. 12476155

Inventor(s): Bernhard Peter Lange (Freising, , DE), Sebastian Meier (Munich, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18530193 on 12/05/2023 (714 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a device comprises a substrate including a notch formed in a surface of the substrate and a semiconductor die positioned in the notch and including an electrochemical sensor on an active surface of the semiconductor die. The device also comprises a chemically inert member abutting the surface of the substrate and including an orifice in vertical alignment with the electrochemical sensor as a result of the semiconductor die being positioned in the notch. The device also comprises a compressed o-ring seal positioned between the chemically inert member and the active surface of the semiconductor die, the compressed o-ring seal circumscribing the electrochemical sensor.

[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]

3D semiconductor device and structure with three levels and isolation layers
Patent No. 12476168

Inventor(s): Brian Cronquist (Klamath Falls, OR), Deepak C. Sekar (Sunnyvale, CA), Zvi Or-Bach (Haifa, , IL)
Assignee(s): Monolithic 3D Inc. (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: PowerPatent/PatentPC (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18778977 on 07/20/2024 (486 days app to issue)

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including single crystal first transistors, a first metal layer, and a first isolation layer; a second level including second transistors and a second isolation layer, where the first level is overlaid by the second level; a third level including single crystal third transistors, where the second level is overlaid by the third level, where the third level includes a third isolation layer, where the third level is bonded to the second level; and a power delivery path to the second transistors, where at least a portion of the power delivery path is connected to at least one of the first transistors.

High voltage flip-chip on lead (FOL) package
Patent No. 12476170

Inventor(s): Anindya Poddar (Sunnyvale, CA), Thomas Dyer Bonifield (Dallas, TX), Vivek Kishorechand Arora (San Jose, CA), Woochan Kim (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16751088 on 01/23/2020 (2126 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein is a technology or a method for fabricating a flip-chip on lead (FOL) semiconductor package. A lead frame includes an edge on surface that has a geometric shape that provides a radial and uniform distribution of electric fields. By placing the formed geometric shape along an active die of a semiconductor chip, the electric fields that are present in between the lead frame and the semiconductor chip are uniformly concentrated.

Electronic device with post mold plated nickel tungsten and tin bilayer for improved board level reliability
Patent No. 12476173

Inventor(s): Nazila Dadvand (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18308956 on 04/28/2023 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a semiconductor die, a package structure enclosing the semiconductor die, and a conductive lead having first and second surfaces. The first surface has a bilayer exposed along a side of the package structure, and the second surface is exposed along another side of the package structure. The bilayer includes first and second plated layers, the first plated layer on and contacting the first surface of the conductive lead and the second plated layer on and contacting the first plated layer and exposed along the side of the package structure, where the first plated layer includes nickel tungsten, and the second plated layer includes tin.

Semiconductor packages and associated methods with solder mask opening(s) for in-package ground and conformal coating contact
Patent No. 12476202

Inventor(s): Gary A. Monroe (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18409765 on 01/10/2024 (678 days app to issue)

Abstract: Semiconductor devices with a conformal coating in contact with a ground plane at a bottom side of the semiconductor devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die coupled to a first surface of a package substrate. The semiconductor device can also include a molded material covering at least a portion of the package substrate and the semiconductor die. The semiconductor device can also include a ground plane in the package substrate and exposed through an opening in a second surface of the package substrate opposite the first surface. The semiconductor device can also include a conformal coating coupled to the ground plane through the opening that can shield the semiconductor device from electromagnetic interference.

Semiconductor package substrate with groove on die pad
Patent No. 12476204

Inventor(s): Bob Lee (New Taipei, , TW), ChienHao Wang (Taipei, , TW), YuhHarng Chien (Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18488981 on 10/17/2023 (763 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a metallic pad and leads spaced from the metallic pad by a gap, the metallic pad including a roughened surface. The semiconductor package further includes a semiconductor die including bond pads, and an adhesive between the roughened surface of the metallic pad and the semiconductor die, therein bonding the semiconductor die to the metallic pad, wherein the adhesive includes a resin. The metallic pad further includes a groove surrounding the semiconductor die on the roughened surface, the groove having a surface roughness less than a surface roughness of the roughened surface of the metallic pad.

Twin-beam base station antennas having integrated beamforming networks
Patent No. 12476388

Inventor(s): Kamalakar Yeddula (Nandyala, , IN), Kumara Swamy Kasani (Godavarikhani, , IN), Lakshminarayana Pollayi (Srikakulam, , IN), Lenin Naragani (Hyderabad, , IN), Ligang Wu (Suzhou, , CN)
Assignee(s): OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18040438 on 03/02/2021 (1722 days app to issue)

Abstract: Base station antennas are provided. A base station antenna includes a reflector having a first surface and a second surface that is opposite the first surface. The antenna includes first and second feed boards having first and second integrated beamforming networks, respectively, on the first surface of the reflector. The antenna includes a first plurality of high-band radiating elements that extend forward from the first feed board. The antenna includes a second plurality of high-band radiating elements that extend forward from the second feed board. Moreover, the antenna includes a plurality of low-band radiating elements on the first surface of the reflector.

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

Voltage protection circuits, devices and methods
Patent No. 12476451

Inventor(s): Trunh Thanh Thomas Tran (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Bourns, Inc. (Riverside, CA)
Law Firm: Chang Hale LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18655270 on 05/05/2024 (562 days app to issue)

Abstract: A protective supply circuit can include an AC line configured to receive AC power, and a transient blocking unit (TBU) implemented along the AC line. The protective supply circuit can further include a circuit protection device coupled to the AC line and implemented to be parallel with a load circuit when the load circuit is connected to the circuit protection device. The circuit protection device can be configured to be non-conducting when a voltage being provided to the load circuit is in a normal range and conducting when the voltage has an overvoltage value greater than the normal range to shunt substantially all excess power away from the load circuit. The TBU can be configured to block excessive current in the AC line resulting from the current in the circuit protection device.

[H02H] EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS (indicating or signalling undesired working conditions G01R, e.g. G01R 31/00, G08B; locating faults along lines G01R 31/08; emergency protective devices H01H)

Bootstrap apparatus and control method
Patent No. 12476531

Inventor(s): Wenchao Qu (Plano, TX), Yang Xu (Allen, TX), Zhao Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Halo Microelectroincs International (Campbell, CA)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18221877 on 07/13/2023 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first switch and a second switch connected in series between an input voltage bus and ground, a bootstrap capacitor connected between a bootstrap voltage bus, and a common node of the first switch and the second switch, and a bias power control circuit configured to function as a switched capacitor bootstrap circuit when the apparatus is configured to operate in a high impedance PFM mode, and configured to function as an active bootstrap circuit when the apparatus is configured to operate in another operating mode.

[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]

Control of auxiliary-assisted DC-DC converter
Patent No. 12476539

Inventor(s): Alaa Eldin Y El Sherif (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NXP USA, Inc. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18193454 on 03/30/2023 (964 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are a controller and power converter having a main buck converter connected between a first input voltage and ground and having a main output, a bidirectional auxiliary converter connected between a second terminal and ground and having an auxiliary output connected to the main output, an output capacitor, and an auxiliary capacitor connected between the second terminal and the ground for providing a second terminal voltage at the second terminal; the controller comprising: first control circuit configured to operate the main converter at a first frequency; and second control circuit configured to operate the auxiliary converter at a higher frequency; the first control circuit being further configured to operate the main converter in dependence on the second terminal voltage; and the second control circuit being further configured to operate the auxiliary converter to control the voltage at the main output terminal.

Temperature tolerant input stages for circuits
Patent No. 12476599

Inventor(s): Satoshi Sakurai (San Carlos, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17731730 on 04/28/2022 (1300 days app to issue)

Abstract: Examples of input stages of circuits are configured to reduce both negative-bias temperature instability (NBTI) and positive-bias temperature instability (PBTI) in PMOS transistors therein. Current-switched PMOS source follower transistors and a low-side NMOS differential pair is used to process a lower range of a rail-to-rail input signal range of a circuit. A PMOS source follower is disposed between the positive input of the circuit and the positive input of the low-side NMOS differential pair. Another PMOS source follower is disposed between the negative input of the circuit and the negative input of the low-side NMOS differential pair. Various arrangements are provided for generating and maintaining the bias currents of the two PMOS source followers to be approximately the same through the entire lower input signal range.

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

Phase shifter and electronic switch
Patent No. 12476618

Inventor(s): Choon Sae Lee (Dallas, TX), Guang Yang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: ScienBiziP, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18236940 on 08/22/2023 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: A phase shifter that relies on a reflected wave from a load such as a varactor with a capacitance varied by an external bias voltage is provided. The phase shift does not depend on the wave propagation through an active medium. The input RF signal is sent to the variable loading and the reflected wave from the load is channeled to the output port via a network that takes the input signal without much reflection to the input terminal but passes most of the power from the variable load to the output terminal with a phase change depending on the variable bias input of the loading. Such network to steer the input to the variable loading and send the signal reflected from the loading to the output port without much reflection includes a quadrature hybrid or a circulator.

[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)

Adaptive clock generator circuit
Patent No. 12476620

Inventor(s): Diljith Thodi (Bengaluru, , IN), Saikiran Kurba (Bengaluru, , IN), Uttam Agarwal (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18067624 on 12/16/2022 (1068 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes: digital circuits having respective clock inputs; and adaptive clock generator circuitry having clock outputs. Each respective clock input is coupled to one of the generator clock outputs. The adaptive clock generator circuitry includes: a processor having an input interface and an output interface; and clock generator resources having a control input, a root clock input and resource clock outputs. The processor is configured to provide resource configuration parameters at the output interface in response to clock settings received at the input interface and target settings. The control input is coupled to the output interface. Each resource clock output of the resource clock outputs is coupled a respective generator clock output of the generator clock outputs. The clock generator resources are configured to provide a respective clock signal at each of the resource clock outputs in response to the resource configuration parameters received at the control input.

[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]

Stress reduction on stacked transistor circuits
Patent No. 12476636

Inventor(s): Erkan Bilhan (Dallas, TX), Francisco A. Cano (Sugar Land, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18516256 on 11/21/2023 (728 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a first transistor having first and second current terminals and a first control input, and a second transistor having third and fourth current terminals and a second control input. The third current terminal is coupled to the second current terminal at an intermediate node. In some cases, a third transistor is connected to the intermediate node to bias the intermediate rather than letting the intermediate node float. In other cases, a capacitor is connected to the intermediate node to reduce a negative voltage that might otherwise be present on the intermediate node.

Phase lock loop reference loss detection
Patent No. 12476643

Inventor(s): Shailesh Ganapat Ghotgalkar (Bangalore, , IN), Venkatseema Das (Bangalore, , IN), Wei Fu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18638065 on 04/17/2024 (580 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a first clock generator generates an output clock signal in response to an input reference signal and in response to a feedback signal that is generated in response to the output clock signal. A code generator generates a code in response to the input reference signal. A loss detector generates an indication of a loss of the input reference signal in response to the feedback signal and at least two codes generated by the code generator.

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

Adaptive clock signal management
Patent No. 12476645

Inventor(s): G. Anand Kumar (Bangalore, , IN), Srinivasa Chakravarthy (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18732693 on 06/04/2024 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to adaptive clock signal management, and more specifically to generating a clock signal at desired frequencies based on inputs to a clock subsystem for peripheral use. A clock subsystem is provided herein that comprises an oscillator configured to provide a clock signal at either a first frequency or a second frequency, and a controller coupled to the oscillator and configured to perform various functions. The controller can be configured to determine a desired frequency of the clock signal based on a state of each input of multiple inputs, wherein the multiple inputs comprise a power mode input and an analog-to-digital converter input, and provide a signal to the oscillator to produce the clock signal at the desired frequency.

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

Systems and methods for multi-transceiver radio frequency signal processing systems
Patent No. 12476663

Inventor(s): Gerhard Braun (Ederheim, , DE), Joerg Stefanik (Donauworth, , DE), Patrick Braun (Munningen, , DE), Peter Schmid (Marxheim-Neuhausen, , DE), Rainer Friedrich (Maihingen, , DE), Van Erick Hanson (Forest, VA)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17828493 on 05/31/2022 (1267 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a multi-transceiver RF signal processing system comprises: a controller; a DPD core and CFR engine; and a plurality of transceiver paths comprising at least a first transceiver path for a first frequency block, and a second transceiver path for a second frequency block. The first frequency block is adjacent to the second frequency block. Signal processing outputs a stream of digital RF based on wireless RF signals received into the first and second transceiver paths. Signal processing inputs a first stream of digital RF and outputs a first digital RF signal corresponding to the first frequency block to the first transceiver path, and outputs a second digital RF signal corresponding to the second frequency block to the second transceiver path for wireless transmission via the at least one antenna. The DPD core applies a distortion that covers the first and second frequency blocks.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Adaptive frequency hopping in a communication network
Patent No. 12476668

Inventor(s): Ariton Xhafa (Plano, TX), Mathew Giaramita (New York, NY), Naveen Kumar Kala (Austin, TX), Tariq Muhanna (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18771475 on 07/12/2024 (494 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for channel switching by a secondary node. The method includes: receiving, from a primary node, a downlink transmission, measuring one or more statistics about the downlink transmission, determining, from the downlink transmission, an uplink interval, transmitting, to the primary node during the uplink interval, the measured one or more statistics about the downlink transmission, receiving, from the primary node, an indication of a set of useable channels, determining, based on the set of useable channels and at least one of the primary node or the secondary node, a next channel from the set of useable channels, and switching to the next channel based on a switch indication from the primary node.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Configuration of a multi-beam downlink based on TCI states in a wireless system
Patent No. 12476671

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: 18514638 on 11/20/2023 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for a multi-beam downlink and uplink wireless system. A method of a user equipment includes receiving configuration information for one or more transmission configuration indication (TCI) states and corresponding TCI state identifiers (IDs) and receiving one or more TCI state IDs. The method also includes determining, based on the one or more TCI state IDs, at least one of one or more first spatial domain filters for reception of one or more layers, respectively, of a downlink channel and one or more second spatial domain filters for transmission of one or more layers, respectively, of an uplink channel. The method further includes at least one of receiving the one or more layers of the downlink channel using the one or more first spatial domain filters, respectively, and transmitting the one or more layers of the uplink channel using the one or more second spatial domain filters, respectively.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Group partitioning in a multi-user MIMO system
Patent No. 12476673

Inventor(s): Ahmad AlAmmouri (Richardson, TX), Jianhua Mo (Allen, TX), Young Han Nam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18399550 on 12/28/2023 (691 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes logically partitioning an antenna panel of a base station into multiple subpanels. The method also includes identifying multiple user groups for multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) spatial multiplexing, each user group comprising one or more user equipments (UEs). The method also includes assigning the user groups to the subpanels. The method also includes transmitting to the UEs via the subpanels, wherein each user group is served by one subpanel of the multiple subpanels.

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

Downlink multiple input multiple output enhancements for single-cell with remote radio heads
Patent No. 12476678

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Allen, TX), Runhua Chen (Plano, TX), Vikram Chandrasekhar (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18373640 on 09/27/2023 (783 days app to issue)

Abstract: A base station selects a subset of at least one geographically separated antennas for each of the plurality of user equipments. The base station forms at least layer of data stream including modulated symbols, precodes the data stream via multiplication with the NT-by-N precoding matrix where N is the number of said layers and NT is the number of transmit antenna elements and transmits the precoded layers of data stream to the user equipment via the selected geographically separated antennas. The base station signals the subset of the plurality of geographically separated antennas via higher layer Radio Resource Control or via a down link grant mechanism. The base station optionally does not signal the subset of the plurality of geographically separated antennas to the corresponding mobile user equipment.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Beamforming technique using approximate channel decomposition
Patent No. 12476679

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Weisberg I.P. Law, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17799790 on 03/18/2021 (1706 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for beamforming techniques that use approximate channel decomposition are disclosed. According to one aspect, a wireless device is provided. The wireless device includes processing circuitry configured to use a non-constant modulus, NCM, precoder of a NCM codebook to transmit on a physical channel where the NCM codebook is based at least in part on a constant modulus, CM, codebook and a plurality of NCM component matrices, and where the plurality of NCM component matrices are based at least in part on a NCM component matrix mathematical expression, and where an approximate decomposition element-wise product of a CM component matrix mathematical expression and the NCM component matrix mathematical expression corresponds to a channel decomposition matrix.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Receiver with pre-cursor intersymbol interference mitigation
Patent No. 12476778

Inventor(s): Abishek Manian (San Jose, CA), Ashkan Roshan Zamir (San Jose, CA), Michael G. Vrazel (Chamblee, GA), Robin Gupta (Santa Clara, CA), Yonghui Tang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18309587 on 04/28/2023 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: A receiver includes: equalizer circuitry; clock and data recovery (CDR) circuitry; sampler circuitry; adaptation circuitry; and clock adjustment circuitry. The receiver is configured to: receive data via a channel; perform equalization operations on received data, the equalization operations resulting in equalization results; perform sampling operations responsive to the equalization results, the sampling operations resulting in data samples and error samples; perform adaptation operations responsive to the data samples and the error samples, the adaptation operations resulting in a clock adjustment control signal; and adjust a sampling clock signal relative to a CDR clock signal responsive to the clock adjustment control signal.

[H03D] DEMODULATION OR TRANSFERENCE OF MODULATION FROM ONE CARRIER TO ANOTHER (masers, lasers H01S; circuits capable of acting both as modulator and demodulator H03C, e.g. balanced modulators H03C 1/54; details applicable to both modulators and frequency-changers H03C; demodulating pulses which have been modulated with a continuously-variable signal H03K 9/00; transforming types of pulse modulation H03K 11/00; relay systems, e.g. repeater stations H04B 7/14; demodulators adapted for digitally modulated-carrier systems H04L 27/00; synchronous demodulators adapted for colour television H04N 9/66)

System and method of clock and data recovery
Patent No. 12476784

Inventor(s): Michael Chung Wang (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Yongin-si, , KR)
Law Firm: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18481226 on 10/04/2023 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method of clock and data recovery. In some embodiments, the method includes: setting a bias signal source to a first bias value, the bias signal source being connected to an input of a voltage-controlled oscillator of a clock and data recovery circuit; determining that a locked signal of a frequency feedback signal source equals a first feedback value; setting the bias signal source to a second bias value, different from the first bias value; determining that a locked signal of the frequency feedback signal source equals a second feedback value; determining that the second feedback value meets a termination criterion; and setting an operating value of the bias signal source to the second bias value.

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

Managing data processing systems in a distributed environment using a management controller
Patent No. 12476794

Inventor(s): Luis Antonio Valencia Reyes (Waxahachie, TX), Mohit Arora (Frisco, TX), Rajaravi Chandra Kollarapu (Allen, TX), Vinodkumar Vasudev Ottar (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18498258 on 10/31/2023 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for registering a management controller of a data processing system with a server and an orchestrator are disclosed. To do so, a key pair may be generated by the management controller and a private key of the key pair may be kept secret by the management controller. Previously established trust between a trusted platform module of the data processing system and a manufacturer of the data processing system may be leveraged to register the management controller with the server. Hardware resources of the data processing system may register a public key of the key pair with the server and may request registration of the management controller with the orchestrator. The management controller may obtain a challenge from an internet of things hub associated with the orchestrator and may respond to the challenge, via an out of band communication channel, to complete the registration of the management controller.

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

Quantum-compatible blockchain for accountability
Patent No. 12476816

Abstract: Systems and methods may include contributing to a quantum-resistant blockchain that stores a quantum-resistant audit trail of changes to a dataset. A non-transitory computer readable medium may store instructions that are run on a computer processor to populate a block with a log of a dataset, run a quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithm to encrypt the block, distribute the block to and receive approval from blockchain nodes to add the block to the blockchain, and run the algorithm to encrypt the block onto the blockchain. The method may include repeating the steps of running the non-transitory medium on the computer processor to populate a second block with a second log of the dataset, run the algorithm to encrypt the second block, distribute the second block to and receive approval from the blockchain nodes to add the block to the blockchain, and run the algorithm to encrypt the second block onto the blockchain.

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

OFDM symbol adjustment for sidelink transmissions
Patent No. 12476855

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17929253 on 09/01/2022 (1174 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol adjustment for sidelink (SL) transmissions in a wireless communication system. A method of user equipment (UE) includes receiving a sidelink control information (SCI) format that includes information on a cyclic prefix (CP) extension, determining parameters (C[subscript]i [/subscript]and [subscript]i[/subscript]) based on the information on the CP extension, and determining a duration for the CP extension based on the parameters. The method further includes extending a sidelink OFDM symbol for an interval preceding the sidelink OFDM symbol for the duration for the CP extension and transmitting the sidelink OFDM symbol with the extended CP duration.

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

Optimizing network delivery of 5G edge application services
Patent No. 12476896

Inventor(s): Haoyu Song (Plano, TX), Kaippallimalil Mathew John (Plano, TX), Linda Dunbar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18304016 on 04/20/2023 (943 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for optimizing network delivery of fifth generation (5G) edge application services by weighting network latency along with a load, capacity, and preference of an application server to determine where to transmit a new flow of packets. By using the weighted approach, network traffic can be equalized among multiple instances (e.g., applications) with the same address.

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

Providing estimated bandwidth ranges to network-attached entities
Patent No. 12476923

Inventor(s): Gregory Harp (Allen, TX), Jae-Sun Chin (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18055833 on 11/15/2022 (1099 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for providing estimated bandwidth ranges to network-attached entities such as applications, user endpoint devices, and customer premises equipment. For instance, in one example, a method performed by a processing system including at least one processor includes collecting performance data for a communications network from a plurality of sensors distributed throughout the communications network, calculating based on the performance data, an estimated lower limit of an available bandwidth in the communications network and an estimated upper limit of the available bandwidth in the communications network, receiving a query from a network attached entity for the available bandwidth in the communications network, and providing, in response to the query, the estimated lower limit and the estimated upper limit to the network attached entity.

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

Systems and methods for multiple custody using mobile devices or wearables
Patent No. 12477010

Inventor(s): Janice R. Powell (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18674100 on 05/24/2024 (543 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system including a network interface and a processing circuit is provided. The processing circuit includes one or more processors coupled to non-transitory memory. The processing circuit is structured to receive a request for a multiple custody linkage between user devices. The multiple custody linkage includes a digital connection between the user devices that allows shared access to a resource. The resource includes at least one of a physical object or information. The processing circuit is further structured to perform a validation process based on information in the request for the multiple custody linkage to determine if a violation of a security protocol exists. The security protocol is associated with security of the resource. The processing circuit is further structured to, in response to determining no violation of the security protocol exists, activate the multiple custody linkage between the user devices to allow the shared access to the resource.

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

Transform and quantization architecture for video coding
Patent No. 12477110

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Mangesh Sadafale (Nagpur Maharashtra, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18741966 on 06/13/2024 (523 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of encoding a video stream in a video encoder is provided that includes computing an offset into a transform matrix based on a transform block size, wherein a size of the transform matrix is larger than the transform block size, and wherein the transform matrix is one selected from a group consisting of a DCT transform matrix and an IDCT transform matrix, and transforming a residual block to generate a DCT coefficient block, wherein the offset is used to select elements of rows and columns of a DCT submatrix of the transform block size from the transform matrix.

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

Flexible tiling in video coding
Patent No. 12477123

Inventor(s): Maxim Borisovitch Sychev (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18458785 on 08/30/2023 (811 days app to issue)

Abstract: A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes partitioning a picture into a plurality of first level tiles. A subset of the first level tiles is partitioned into a plurality of second level tiles. Each second level tile contains a single rectangular slice of picture data. The first level tiles and the second level tiles are encoded into a bitstream. The bitstream is stored for communication toward a decoder.

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

Device management system for radio access network with interface to hyperscale services portal
Patent No. 12477324

Inventor(s): Devaraj Sambandan (Bengaluru, , IN), Gaurav Mittal (Bangalore, , IN), Manikanda Kumar Thoguluva Kannan (Bangaluru, , IN), Tarun Dewan (San Jose, CA), Thomas Forner (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17936513 on 09/29/2022 (1146 days app to issue)

Abstract: To enable a private enterprise to subscribe to wireless service provided at a site of the private enterprise using a private radio access network (RAN), one embodiment is directed to a hyperscale network configured to: obtain subscription information for providing the wireless; determine initial configurations for physical entities deployed at the site; store the determined initial configurations in vendors clouds; deploy, in the hyperscale network, virtual entities needed to provide the wireless service; instruct the private enterprise to cause the physical entities deployed at the site to perform initial bootstrap processes whereby the physical entities download the determined initial configurations for use thereby in communicating with at least one of the virtual entities; and provide final configurations to the physical entities and the virtual entities for use thereby in configuring the physical entities and the virtual entities to provide the wireless service at the site using the RAN.

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

Collecting and managing access to management data in a telecommunications network
Patent No. 12477336

Inventor(s): Michael Anthony Brown (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: Ray Quinney Nebeker P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18297358 on 04/07/2023 (956 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to collecting and managing access to management data associated with operation of components (e.g., network functions) on a telecommunications network environment (e.g., a 3[superscript]rd [/superscript]Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) environment). The present disclosure involves an architecture and framework for collecting management data associated with the operation of components on the telecommunications network. The systems described herein manage access to the management data for any number of consumer entities that request access to any of a variety of types of management data. The systems described herein are implemented on a core network and provide functionality related to storing and accessing management data in a cellular network (e.g., a fifth generation (5G) telecommunications network).

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

Automating configuration management in cellular networks
Patent No. 12477353

Inventor(s): Jianzhong Zhang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18148365 on 12/29/2022 (1055 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for automating configuration management in cellular networks. A method of a UE comprises: training, based on historical samples, a regression model y using samples obtained from a set of parameters, wherein the regression model y comprises a function of a first term X and a second term h; and predicting, based on the regression model y, a target KPI to capture parameter impacts corresponding to the second term h.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Temporary priority elevation for non-high priority access users
Patent No. 12477379

Inventor(s): Anand Thakur (Plano, TX), Jonathan Daniel Bahta (Dallas, TX), Syed Saad Ali (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17504591 on 10/19/2021 (1491 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods establish and maintain end-to-end priority of wireless multimedia priority service (MPS) sessions terminating to subscribers without high priority access. A network device a wireless core network receives a request to establish a bearer for an elevated priority call. The elevated priority call originates from a first user equipment (UE) device in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected mode having an elevated priority status and terminates at a second UE device in a RRC connected mode having a non-elevated priority status. The network device determines modification of a terminating bearer for the second UE device is necessary to preclude preemption during periods of network congestion and identifies a high priority parameter of an originating bearer for the first UE device. The network device initiates establishment of the terminating bearer to match the high priority parameter of the originating bearer.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Facilitating conditional fast return to stand alone advanced networks after voice fall back based on network congestion awareness
Patent No. 12477390

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: 17817160 on 08/03/2022 (1203 days app to issue)

Abstract: Facilitating conditional fast return to stand alone advanced networks after voice fall back with network congestion awareness is provided herein. Operations of a system can include controlling a first communication for a user equipment based on a connection request that comprises an indication of a fall back procedure. The operations can also include, based on a determination that the first communication has completed at the user equipment, releasing a first control of the user equipment. Further, the operations can include delaying a redirection of the user equipment to the network equipment for a second control of a second communication scheduled to occur at the user equipment. Delaying of the redirection is based on a determined network congestion level applicable to the communication network being determined to be at most a defined network congestion level.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and system for private network traffic optimization based on remote network context
Patent No. 12477394

Inventor(s): Kenneth Alusa (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18163961 on 02/03/2023 (1019 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to a private network traffic optimization service. The service may be implemented in a private network. The service may include analyzing context information pertaining to a remote core network relative to a private network in which some users may not be authorized to use a core network of the private network. The service may detect when the remote core network may be unreachable based on the analysis. The service may include analyzing context information pertaining to the core network of the private network. The service may disable routing of traffic associated with the users and enable use of the core network based on a roaming configuration, a roaming core network, and an excess capacity of the core network.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method, medium, and system for predictive radio access management with unified access and transmission grant messaging
Patent No. 12477396

Inventor(s): Joseph Lee (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17814616 on 07/25/2022 (1212 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to an radio access management service. The radio access management service may include calculating a predicted total resource allocation value for a prospective access and transmission grant associated with a prospective time window, and a value indicating a number of end devices that can be supported. The service may generate and transmit an access and transmission grant message directed to end devices, based on the value, in which the message may include both random access response information and contention resolution information.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for network slice aware public land mobile network selection
Patent No. 12477451

Inventor(s): Sung Hwan Won (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, FL)
Law Firm: Lippes Mathias LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17995133 on 04/01/2020 (2057 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for detecting and switching between locally available PLMNs accessible to a user equipment based on a Preferred PLMN List and a Network Slice Aware PLMN Exceptions List configured by a HPLMN. The user equipment connects to a preferred VPLMN. The user equipment determines that a particular network function is not supported by the connected preferred VPLMN. The user equipment determines that another VPLMN is required to support the particular network function. The user equipment then switches to a non-preferred VPLMN which supports the particular network function. Once the particular network function is no longer necessary for the user equipment to perform a required task, the user equipment switches back a preferred VPLMN.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Increasing battery performance for a device that uses power saving features
Patent No. 12477467

Inventor(s): Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Malikie Innovations Limited (Dublin, , IE)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18770107 on 07/11/2024 (495 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods to increase battery life of a user equipment (UE) by reducing the amount of time a UE spends in active time listening for paging messages following mobile originate (MO) or mobile terminated (MT) data transfers. A network node may receive, from a UE, a message including an identifier of the UE and a request to set the duration of an active time timer to zero. The network node may determine whether any MT traffic is available for the UE, and send a message to the UE including the duration of the active time timer or some other indicator to indicate to the UE whether or not MT data is awaiting transmission.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Concurrent services of non-public and public networks
Patent No. 12477497

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Barta Jones, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17924967 on 05/12/2020 (2016 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods of providing service continuity with respect to a service of a first network for a user equipment and a service of a second network for the user equipment, as well as a user equipment and networks being adapted to be operated according to the methods are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Non-public network indication and configuration of cell thereof
Patent No. 12477543

Inventor(s): Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA), Jinsook Ryu (Oakton, VA), Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA), Peyman Talebi Fard (Vienna, VA), Weihua Qiao (Herndon, VA)
Assignee(s): Peninsula Technologies, LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18243926 on 09/08/2023 (802 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may include a base station central unit and a base station distributed unit. The base station central unit may include one or more processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station central unit to send, to the base station distributed unit, an indication that a cell is associated with a first non-public network (NPN); and to send, to the base station distributed unit, a request for configuration of the cell for a wireless device that supports the first NPN. The base station distributed unit may include one or more processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station distributed unit to receive the indication and the request for configuration of the cell.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for inter-UE coordination signaling
Patent No. 12477568

Inventor(s): Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17933830 on 09/20/2022 (1155 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for inter-UE coordination signaling in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a UE includes receiving a first SCI format 1-A from a first UE and a second SCI format 1-A from a second UE. The first SCI format 1-A includes a first priority value p[subscript]1 [/subscript]and reserves a first SL resource. The second SCI format 1-A includes a second priority value p[subscript]2 [/subscript]and reserves a second SL resource. The method further includes identifying a conflict when the first and second SL reserved resources overlap in time and frequency; determining, based on the priority values, whether to indicate conflict information to the first UE or the second UE; and transmitting a PSFCH with the conflict information. When p[subscript]1[/subscript]p[subscript]2[/subscript], the conflict information is indicated to the first UE and, when p[subscript]1[/subscript]=p[subscript]2[/subscript], the conflict information is indicated to the first UE or the second UE.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

User equipment context retrieval in radio resource control inactive state
Patent No. 12477616

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: McCarter English LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18321409 on 05/22/2023 (911 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are provided for enabling user equipment (UE) context retrieval in radio resource control RRC inactive status with a shared radio access network (RAN) database (DB) within a distributed database architecture. A version indicator in an inactive Radio Network Temporary Identifier (I-RNTI) is populated by the UE to indicate one or more I-RNTI versions, defined herein, and indicates the type of data in the remainder of the I-RNTI used for communicating the location of a RAN DB that stores the UE context, to a target network node. The target network node then uses the data in the I-RNTI, further dependent on the I-RNTI version, to retrieve the UE content from the RAN database. Certain embodiments utilize a RAN DB Area (RDBA) and/or RAN DB Set Area (RDSA), and certain embodiments utilize a network node set ID.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Remotely controlled and monitored followspot
Patent No. 12477640

Inventor(s): Dale Polansky (Duncanville, TX), Diane Miller (Grapevine, TX), Ian Clarke (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (New Windsor, NY)
Law Firm: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18815021 on 08/26/2024 (449 days app to issue)

Abstract: A remote follow spot system includes a remote controller that has a body movable in pan and tilt directions, and an attached display. Movements of the body in the pan and tilt directions are translated into signals sent to a light to cause the light to move in the same directions as the body. The display receives a video feed from a camera mounted on the controlled light. The display hence shows the field of view where the light is pointing. In this way, an operator of the follow spot can control the light without physically being near the light.

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

Systems and methods for cooling electronic devices
Patent No. 12477688

Inventor(s): Danny J. Lohan (Northville, MI), Ercan M. Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18140925 on 04/28/2023 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for cooling electronic devices. The system comprises a pump, a distribution manifold fluidly coupled to the pump, one or more capillary coolers fluidly coupled to the distribution manifold, one or more electronic devices coupled to the one or more capillary coolers, a vapor line fluidly coupled to the one or more capillary coolers, and a condenser comprising an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet is fluidly coupled to the vapor line and the outlet is fluidly coupled to the pump.

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

Dual-mode datacenter cooling system with cooling loops and heat exchangers
Patent No. 12477699

Inventor(s): Pardeep Shahi (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Lowenstein Sandler LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18085129 on 12/20/2022 (1064 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes one or more first cooling loops to cool one or more first components within one or more servers having a first power density, and one or more second cooling loops to cool one or more second components within the one or more servers having a second power density. The system can flow first coolant to cold plates to cool high-power server components and flow second coolant to cool low-power server components by immersion cooling.

3D semiconductor memory devices and structures
Patent No. 12477752

Inventor(s): Jin-Woo Han (San Jose, CA), Zvi Or-Bach (Haifa, , IL)
Assignee(s): Monolithic 3D Inc. (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: PowerPatent/PatentPC (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18593884 on 03/02/2024 (626 days app to issue)

Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first single crystal layer and a memory control circuit, the memory control circuit including a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer overlaying the first single crystal layer; a second metal layer overlaying the first metal layer; a plurality of second transistors disposed atop the second metal layer; a third metal layer disposed above the plurality of second transistors; and a memory array including word-lines and memory cells, where the memory array includes at least four memory mini arrays, where at least one of the plurality of second transistors includes a metal gate, where each of the memory cells includes at least one of the plurality of second transistors, and where the memory control circuit includes at least one power down control circuit, and where the device includes a hybrid bonding layer.

[H10B] ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES

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Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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