Beyond Bank of America, other companies with notable patents granted this week include:
- AtomBeam Technologies’ system for persistent cognitive machines using a digital thought architecture
- Capital One Services’ provisioning a vehicle experience according to an authentication of a driver for the vehicle experience
- Creo Ingredients’ cannabinoid synthase variants and methods for their use
- Dell Products’ artificial intelligence-based techniques for automated visual data searching using edge devices
- IBM’s generating hybrid quantum-classical neural network architectures
- Mag and Bio Dynamics’ hydrogel-based biomedical devices for therapeutic hydrogen treatment of skin and tissues
- NoiseAware’s system for generating an alert based on noise
- RedCritter’s AI-assisted classroom management with real-time observations, monitoring, and intervention
- Siemens’ systems for reducing carbon dioxide emissions using trusted on-demand distributed manufacturing
- Toyota’s methods for controlling vehicle settings and/or functions using steering device finger tapping
- USAA’s drone-based mud softening treatment device
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 11/25/25 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)
135 patents granted
Ranked No. 10 in patent production out of 250 metros
NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION
A: Human Necessities 10
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 12
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 5
E: Fixed Constructions 6
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 9
G: Physics 39
H: Electricity 43
DESIGN: 11
TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)
Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 16
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 8
Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock) 4
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) 4
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) 4
Traxxas L.P. (McKinney) 4
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 3
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 3
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 3
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.) 3
TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)
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UTILITY PATENTS
H U M A N N E C E S S I T I E S
Drone-based mud softening treatment device
Patent No. 12478237
Inventor(s): Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, TX), Timothy Benjamin Czerlinsky (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18341175 on 06/26/2023 (883 days app to issue)
Abstract: A mud treatment system that can be used during emergencies is disclosed. The system includes an autonomous vehicle carrying a mud treatment device. In response to information about a mud-related disaster at a specific location, the system will instruct the vehicle to travel to the location, enter a building, and dispense one or more applications of mud softener in the interior space of the building. The vehicle can navigate from room to room and determine whether moisture content levels are below a specified threshold. In response, the vehicle can direct its mud or dirt softening efforts to these specific zones.
[A47L] DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B 9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)
Retinal camera with selective illumination bands
Patent No. 12478253
Inventor(s): Honglei Wu (South San Francisco, CA), Sam Kavusi (Menlo Park, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Christensen O”Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17641983 on 09/23/2020 (1889 days app to issue)
Abstract: A technique for imaging a retina with a retinal camera includes illuminating the retina with a plurality of distinct illumination bands that are substantially exclusive of green visible light while substantially not illuminating the retina with the green visible light. A first retinal image is acquired while illuminating the retina with the distinct illumination bands and substantially not illuminating the retina with the green visible light.
[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)
Orthopedic articulating instrument
Patent No. 12478385
Inventor(s): Frankie L. Morris (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Bone Solutions, Inc. (Colleyville, TX)
Law Firm: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert Berghoff LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17969374 on 10/19/2022 (1133 days app to issue)
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an orthopedic instrument. The orthopedic instrument includes an elongated hollow shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The orthopedic instrument also includes a rod having a proximal end and a distal end. The rod is positioned at least partially within a lumen of the elongated hollow shaft. The orthopedic instrument also includes a cutting head having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the cutting head is coupled to the distal end of the rod. The cutting head is rotatably coupled to the distal end of the elongated hollow shaft between the proximal end of the cutting head and the distal end of the cutting head. A movement of the rod within the lumen of the elongated hollow shaft in a distal direction causes cutting head to transition from a straight configuration to an angled configuration.
[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)
Methods of treating a vessel using an aspiration pattern
Patent No. 12478390
Inventor(s): Vallabh Janardhan (Dallas, TX), Vikram Janardhan (Sacramento, CA)
Assignee(s): Insera Therapeutics, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Knobbe Martens Olson Bear, LLP (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17657992 on 04/05/2022 (1330 days app to issue)
Abstract: Vascular treatment devices and methods include a woven structure including a plurality of bulbs that may be self-expanding, a hypotube, for example including interspersed patterns of longitudinally spaced rows of kerfs, and a bonding zone between the woven structure and the hypotube. The woven structure may include patterns of radiopaque filaments measureable under x-ray. Structures may be heat treated to include various shapes at different temperatures. The woven structure may be deployable to implant in a vessel. A catheter may include a hypotube including interspersed patterns of longitudinally spaced rows of kerfs and optionally a balloon. Laser cutting systems may include fluid flow systems.
[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)
Dental appliances and associated systems and methods
Patent No. 12478456
Inventor(s): James Sylvester Wratten, Jr. (Watersville, NY), Seyed Mehdi Roein Peikar (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Brius Technologies, Inc. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Fortem IP LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18919143 on 10/17/2024 (404 days app to issue)
Abstract: The present technology comprises methods of manufacturing an orthodontic appliance. For example, a method can include forming an orthodontic appliance in an intermediate configuration by a casting process. The method can further include securing the appliance to a shape forming fixture such that the appliance assumes a desired configuration. The shape forming fixture can comprise a gingiva portion including a surface having a shape corresponding at least in part to a gingiva of a patient and a securing portion carried by the gingiva portion and configured to releasably secure to a portion of the appliance. The method can further include setting a shape of the appliance while the appliance is secured to the shape forming fixture.
[A61C] DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; preparations for dentistry A61K 6/00; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K 8/00, A61Q 11/00)
Dental bracket bonding tray and bracket loading quality control system
Patent No. 12478457
Inventor(s): Brandon Owen (Lakeway, TX), Jerry Dean Metz (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): KLOwen Braces, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: CR MILES P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18120125 on 03/10/2023 (991 days app to issue)
Abstract: A quality control system for maintaining quality control standards in the manufacture of indirect bonding trays and loading brackets into the indirect bonding trays.
[A61C] DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; preparations for dentistry A61K 6/00; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K 8/00, A61Q 11/00)
Adjustable optical system for intraocular micro-display
Patent No. 12478464
Inventor(s): Dimitri Azar (Chicago, IL), Shungneng Lee (Sunnyvale, CA), Supriyo Sinha (Menlo Park, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17609753 on 03/23/2020 (2073 days app to issue)
Abstract: An intraocular micro-display (IOMD) implant includes an enclosure shaped for implantation into an eye, a micro-display, a base lens, and an adjustable lens. The micro-display is disposed in the enclosure and oriented to emit an image towards a retina of the eye. The base lens has a fixed optical power, is attached to the enclosure, and is positioned relative to the micro-display to reside in an optical path extending between the micro-display and the retina. The base lens is configured to apply the fixed optical power to the image. The adjustable lens is disposed in the optical path between the micro-display and the retina. The adjustable lens has an adjustable optical power that is adjustable in-situ to adjust a focal distance of the image projected by the IOMD implant after the IOMD implant has been implanted into the eye.
[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]
Hydrogel-based biomedical devices for therapeutic hydrogen treatment of skin and tissues and methods of using them
Patent No. 12478778
Inventor(s): Diana Berman (Denton, TX), Donghui Zhu (Frisco, TX), Jihyung Lee (Denton, TX), Marina Safonov (Granbury, TX), Vladimir Safonov (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): MAG AND BIO DYNAMICS INC. (Granbury, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16523826 on 07/26/2019 (2314 days app to issue)
Abstract: Products of manufacture for delivering hydrogen, hydrogen peroxide, and/or oxygen to a tissue in need thereof comprising i) a hydrated hydrogel, and ii) at least one cathode electrode and at least one anode electrode implanted within or upon the hydrated hydrogel.
[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]
Thermistor for windshield sprayer circuit
Patent No. 12478811
Inventor(s): Clifford B. Breed (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Cramer Patent Design (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18097271 on 01/15/2023 (1045 days app to issue)
Abstract: A Thermistor for Windshield Sprayer Circuit is a modification to a motor vehicle spray circuit that prevents utilization of the circuit in freezing temperatures. The device utilizes a thermistor that is connected between the main positive voltage, typically +12 VDC in a motor vehicle, and bias resistors that drive a transistor. When temperatures are high enough, envisioned to be above forty degrees Fahrenheit (40 F.), the thermistor presents an open circuit that does not interfere with the operation of the circuit. When temperatures are low enough, envisioned to be below forty degrees Fahrenheit (40 F.), the thermistor presents a closed circuit that does not allow the circuit, as well as the washer pump, to operate. The device would be used on an emergency vehicle equipped with an underbody spray system that uses the windshield system to spray dry vegetation under the vehicle to prevent fires.
[A62C] FIRE-FIGHTING (fire-extinguishing compositions, use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires A62D 1/00; spraying, applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; fire-fighting aircraft B64D 1/16; alarm arrangements G08B, e.g. fire alarms actuated by smoke or gases G08B 17/10)
Weight exercise system and apparatus
Patent No. 12478821
Inventor(s): Robert M. Renaud (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Robert Renaud Enterprises LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: IDP Patent Services (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18230370 on 08/04/2023 (844 days app to issue)
Abstract: A weight exercise system includes a weight exercise device with an elongated body with left and right mounting member, and left and right mounting harnesses, each including an inner mounting connector, an intermediate member, and an outer weight receiver; such that the weight exercise system is configured to be used for a weight exercise with the weight exercise device mounted on a body portion of a user, with corresponding weights attached to the weight exercise device.
[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
Automated mixing system for cartridges containing materials
Patent No. 12478931
Inventor(s): Jennifer M. Martin (North Richland Hills, TX), Linda Dao (Fort Worth, TX), Matthew Timothy McKee (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18047427 on 10/18/2022 (1134 days app to issue)
Abstract: Current cartridge-style mixers due not have the ability to measure mixing performance nor determine the need for maintenance based on performance. Risks of non-homogeneous mixing and insufficient maintenance can exist with cartridge-style mixers. A mixing system comprises a mixing apparatus, a first switch, a magnetic switch, and a controller. The mixing apparatus is configured to receive a cartridge and to mix a material. The mixing apparatus comprises a linear actuator configured to translate the cartridge or plunger in a vertical direction and a spindle configured to rotate a plunger. The first switch is configured to measure a number of strokes per unit of time of operating the linear actuator. The magnetic switch is configured to measure a speed of the spindle. The controller is configured to receive one or more mixing parameters, actuate the spindle and the linear actuator, and actuate a light to indicate if there was sufficient mixing.
[B01F] MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING (mixing paints B44D 3/06)
Wafer chuck with tunable stiffness material
Patent No. 12479070
Inventor(s): Nima Nejadsadeghi (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Tokyo Electron Limited (Tokyo, , JP)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17727279 on 04/22/2022 (1313 days app to issue)
Abstract: A wafer bonding apparatus including: a first chuck in a processing chamber, the first chuck being configured to hold a first wafer, the first chuck including: a chuck body, and a tunable stiffness layer including a plurality of actuators, the plurality of actuators including a tunable stiffness material, the tunable stiffness layer being disposed below the chuck body; a controller configured to send control signals to one or more of the plurality of actuators; and a vacuum line on the chuck body configured to apply a vacuum pressure from a vacuum pump to the first wafer; and a second chuck in the processing chamber, the second chuck being configured to hold a second wafer to be bonded with the first wafer; and where a stiffness of the plurality of actuators is configured to change based on the control signals from the controller.
[B25B] TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING
Tow hook assemblies and vehicles including same
Patent No. 12479247
Inventor(s): Aaron R. Steinhilb (Milan, MI), Haley L. Antoine (Saline, 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: 17964440 on 10/12/2022 (1140 days app to issue)
Abstract: A tow hook assembly is detachably mounted to a frame member of a vehicle. The tow hook assembly includes a housing and a tow hook. The housing has a front wall with a front surface and an aperture formed in the front wall. The tow hook at least partially extends through the aperture and is movable between an extended position and a retracted position, in the extend position the tow hook extends farther outward from the housing than in the retracted position. The tow hook is configured to move from the extended position to the retracted position upon application of a force exceeding a first threshold. The housing is configured to disengage from the frame member upon an application of a force exceeding a second threshold greater than the first threshold.
[B60D] VEHICLE CONNECTIONS (components of brake systems B60T 17/04)
Methods for controlling vehicle settings and/or functions using steering device finger tapping
Patent No. 12479295
Inventor(s): Benjamin Piya Austin (Saline, WI), George M. Evans (Ann Arbor, MI), John K. Lenneman (Okemos, MI), Rebecca L. Kirschweng (Whitmore Lake, MI), Takeshi Yoshida (Ann Arbor, MI), William Patrick Garrett (Plymouth, 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: 18135950 on 04/18/2023 (952 days app to issue)
Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for controlling settings (and/or functions) of a vehicle via steering device finger tapping. A method generally includes receiving vibration information from a plurality of vibration sensors associated with a steering device, wherein the plurality of vibration sensors are configured to detect vibration on the steering device caused by a user of the vehicle; in response to receiving the vibration information, determining a user command based on the vibration information, determining a probability that the user intends to employ the user command via the vibration caused by the user, determining whether the probability is equal to or above a threshold, and selectively transmitting or not transmitting, to a controllable device, a control command corresponding to the user command based on whether the probability is determined to be equal to or above the threshold.
[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]
Grille shutters with active upper load path and vehicles including same
Patent No. 12479397
Inventor(s): Aaron R. Steinhilb (Milan, MI), Haley L. Grantham (Saline, MI), Troy N. Grantham (Saline, 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: 18438970 on 02/12/2024 (652 days app to issue)
Abstract: A vehicle includes an active grille shutter system including an actuation frame and grille fins that extend between opposite sides of the actuation frame. The grille fins each include a fin body rotatably connected to the actuation frame and a fin extension movably connected to the fin body such that the fin extension moves from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration relative to the fin body. An actuation device is configured to move the fin extension from the stowed configuration to the deployed position thereby adding to a length of the fin body.
[B60R] VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles A62C 3/07)
Provisioning a vehicle experience according to an authentication of a driver for the vehicle experience
Patent No. 12479399
Inventor(s): Michelle Nguyen (Dallas, TX), Samuel Baker (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18472296 on 09/22/2023 (795 days app to issue)
Abstract: In some implementations, a vehicle experience system may receive a service request associated with a vehicle. The vehicle experience system may qualify a driver for a vehicle experience involving the vehicle. The vehicle experience system may provide, to a user device associated with the driver, a verification code for authenticating the vehicle experience involving the driver and the vehicle. The vehicle experience system may provide, to a location management system associated with the vehicle, a notification that the vehicle is to be involved in the vehicle experience. The vehicle experience system may provide, to the location management system and based on receiving scan data being associated with the verification code, the authentication of the vehicle experience to enable a provisioning device to facilitate access to the vehicle.
[B60R] VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles A62C 3/07)
Blindspot aware adaptive cruise control
Patent No. 12479430
Inventor(s): Arlo C. Eitzer (Ann Arbor, MI), Ben J. Groelke (Ann Arbor, MI), David Hernandez (Ann Arbor, MI), Emily S. Lerner (Ypsilanti, MI), Noah M. Einstein (Ann Arbor, MI), Raja Manas Macherla (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18160168 on 01/26/2023 (1034 days app to issue)
Abstract: Method and systems for determining when to accelerate, decelerate, or maintain current speed of cruise control based on the blindspots of vehicles. Distances between a vehicle and one or more surrounding vehicles are measured using a plurality of sensors. These measurements are used to determine if a vehicle has a surrounding vehicle in its blindspot or if the vehicle is in the blindspot of the surrounding vehicle. Cost calculations are made to determine the individual cost calculations of maintaining current speed versus changing the acceleration. The lowest cost calculation is selected and implemented by the vehicle such that velocity is maintained or acceleration of the vehicle is changed.
[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]
Safety driver assessment and dynamic autonomous driving
Patent No. 12479447
Inventor(s): Neetu Jain (Coppell, TX), William Daniel Farmer (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18113460 on 02/23/2023 (1006 days app to issue)
Abstract: A computing system is configured to trigger a safety driver assessment and obtain driving conditions for a route using a variety of sensors and databases. The computing system is also configured to receive driver information and determine a safety driving test based on the driver information and driving conditions. During the safety driving test, the computing system is configured to measure, via the variety of sensors of an autonomous vehicle, driving responses of a driver operating the autonomous vehicle. Based on measured driving responses, the computing system is configured to determine a safety driving score and save the safety driving score in a safety test record.
[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]
Methods and systems for determining hybrid train configurations
Patent No. 12479483
Inventor(s): Keith Wait (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. (LaGrange, IL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18506551 on 11/10/2023 (746 days app to issue)
Abstract: In one instance, disclosed herein is a system for configuring a train having at least one hybrid locomotive, the system comprising at least one processor operative to: receive an anticipated train route; receive a provisional train configuration, the provisional train configuration including the at least one hybrid locomotive, wherein the at least one hybrid locomotive includes at least one internal combustion engine and at least one energy storage system; determine whether the provisional train configuration is capable of completely traversing the anticipated train route; and in response to determining that the provisional train configuration is capable of completely traversing the anticipated train route, prompt a graphical user interface to display a visual indication that the provisional train configuration is capable of completely traversing the anticipated train route.
[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)
Systems, methods, and apparatus for e-drive kit for trailers
Patent No. 12479526
Inventor(s): Brian Woods (Brighton, MI), Charlie Yang (The Colony, TX), Heraldo Stefanon (Dexter, MI), Tapan Patel (South Lyon, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18116246 on 03/01/2023 (1000 days app to issue)
Abstract: A system for providing an e-drive kit for a trailer connected to a towing vehicle. The system includes a motorized axle, a plurality of energy storage devices, and a controller coupled to the motorized axle and the plurality of energy storage devices. The motorized axle may be configured to control one or more wheels connected to the motorized axle. The controller may be configured to control the motorized axle to transfer energy generated by the one or more wheels to the plurality of energy storage devices for storage of the transferred energy. The controller may further be configured to receive data indicative of a driving maneuver of the towing vehicle. The controller may further be configured to control the motorized axle to actuate the one or more wheels based on the driving maneuver of the towing vehicle.
[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)
Aircraft survival kit glider
Patent No. 12479574
Inventor(s): Alex James Niner (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Law Firm: SNELL WILMER L.L.P. (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18458017 on 08/29/2023 (819 days app to issue)
Abstract: A supply glider is disclosed herein. The supply glider includes a body having a first end and a second end, the body being configured to be coupled to a host aircraft, a container disposed between the first end and the second end of the body, wings coupled to the body between the first end and the second end, and stabilators coupled to the body adjacent the second end.
[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)
Automatic tape dispensing system
Patent No. 12479686
Inventor(s): Todd Sternberg (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18400129 on 12/29/2023 (697 days app to issue)
Abstract: An automatic tape dispenser including a controller, a reel for supporting tape roll thereon, and a feed system configured to receive the tape and peel the tape from the tape roll. The system further includes a sensor communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the sensor is operable to detect a characteristic of the tape such that in response to detecting the characteristic, an operation of the feed system is adjusted.
[B65H] HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
C H E M I S T R Y & M E T A L L U R G Y
Near infrared reflective copper oxide coated particles
Patent No. 12480000
Inventor(s): Debasish Banerjee (Ann Arbor, MI), Krishna Gunugunuri (Canton, MI), Songtao Wu (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: 18514434 on 11/20/2023 (736 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method for forming a copper coated particles includes combining a precipitating agent with a solution comprising copper nitrate and particles to forming coated particles. The particles are cobalt oxide (Co[subscript]3[/subscript]O[subscript]4[/subscript]) or carbon black. The coated particles are washed to obtain washed coated particles, the washed coated particles are filtered to obtain filtered coated particles, the filtered coated particles are dried to obtain dried coated particles, and the dried coated particles are calcined to obtain the copper coated particles. The copper coated particles have a reflectivity of electromagnetic radiation in a visible spectrum that is less than or equal to 5%, and a reflectivity of electromagnetic radiation in a near-IR and LiDAR spectrum that is greater than or equal to 5%.
[C09C] TREATMENT OF INORGANIC MATERIALS, OTHER THAN FIBROUS FILLERS, TO ENHANCE THEIR PIGMENTING OR FILLING PROPERTIES (preparation of inorganic compounds or non-metallic elements C01; treatment of materials specially adapted to enhance their filling properties in mortars, concrete or artificial stone C04B 14/00, C04B 18/00, C04B 20/00); PREPARATION OF CARBON BLACK [4]
Treatment of Fuchs” endothelial corneal dystrophy
Patent No. 12480118
Inventor(s): Venkateswara V. Mootha (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: pH IP Law (Local + 65 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18053559 on 11/08/2022 (1113 days app to issue)
Abstract: Described are compounds and methods useful in the treatment of Fuchs” Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD).
[C12N] MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF (biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing microorganisms, viruses, microbial fungi, enzymes, fermentates, or substances produced by, or extracted from, microorganisms or animal material A01N 63/00; medicinal preparations A61K; fertilisers C05F); PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA (microbiological testing media C12Q 1/00) [3]
Cannabinoid synthase variants and methods for their use
Patent No. 12480144
Inventor(s): Benjamin Matthew Griffin (San Diego, CA), Deqiang Zhang (San Diego, CA), Jamison Parker Huddleston (San Diego, CA), Joseph Roy Warner (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): CREO INGREDIENTS, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: MEDLER FERRO WOODHOUSE MILLS PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17995778 on 04/13/2021 (1687 days app to issue)
Abstract: The invention relates to a non-natural cannabinoid synthase comprising at least one amino acid variation as compared to a wild type cannabinoid synthase 9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase (THCAS), comprising three alpha helices (A, B and C) where a disulfide bond is not formed between alpha helix A and alpha helix C, wherein the non-natural cannabinoid synthase catalyzes the oxidative cyclization of cannabigerolic acid (CBGA) into a cannabinoid. The invention further relates to a non-natural [superscript]9[/superscript]-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase (THCAS), a non-natural cannabidiolic acid synthase (CBDAS), and a non-natural cannabichromenic acid synthase (CBCAS) comprising at least one amino acid variation as compared to a wild type THCAS, CBDAS, or CBCAS, respectively, comprising three alpha helices (A, B and C) and wherein a disulfide bond is not formed between alpha helix A and alpha helix C. The invention also relates to a nucleic acid, expression construct, and engineered cell for making the non-natural THCAS, CBDAS, and/or CBCAS. Also provided are compositions comprising the non-natural THCAS, CBDAS, and/or CBCAS; isolated non-natural THCAS, CBDAS, and/or CBCAS enzymes; methods of making the isolated enzymes; cell extracts comprising cannabinoids; and methods of making cannabinoids.
[C12N] MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF (biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing microorganisms, viruses, microbial fungi, enzymes, fermentates, or substances produced by, or extracted from, microorganisms or animal material A01N 63/00; medicinal preparations A61K; fertilisers C05F); PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA (microbiological testing media C12Q 1/00) [3]
Vaporization vessel and method
Patent No. 12480209
Inventor(s): Kenney R. Jordan (Denton, TX), Manuel F. Gonzales (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): ENTEGRIS, INC. (Billerica, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18380142 on 10/13/2023 (774 days app to issue)
Abstract: A tray for a vaporization vessel that includes a tray having a side wall, a bottom plate, one or more apertures that extend through the bottom plate, and a duct that extends through and from the bottom plate. The tray configured to support a solid reagent to be vaporized. A method of assembling the tray that includes forming a first tray that has the side wall and the bottom plate. A vaporization vessel that includes one or more of the trays.
[C23C] COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL (applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; making metal-coated products by extrusion B21C 23/22; covering with metal by connecting pre-existing layers to articles, see the relevant places, e.g. B21D 39/00, B23K; working of metal by the action of a high concentration of electric current on a workpiece using an electrode B23H; metallising of glass C03C; metallising mortars, concrete, artificial stone, ceramics or natural stone C04B 41/00; paints, varnishes, lacquers C09D; enamelling of, or applying a vitreous layer to, metals C23D; inhibiting corrosion of metallic material or incrustation in general C23F; treating metal surfaces or coating of metals by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25D, C25F; single-crystal film growth C30B; by metallising textiles D06M 11/83; decorating textiles by locally metallising D06Q 1/04; details of scanning-probe apparatus, in general G01Q; manufacture of semiconductor devices H01L; manufacture of printed circuits H05K) [4]
Integratead wet clean for bevel treatments
Patent No. 12480215
Inventor(s): Brian K. Kirkpatrick (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17865803 on 07/15/2022 (1229 days app to issue)
Abstract: Exemplary integrated cluster tools may include a factory interface including a first transfer robot. The tools may include a wet clean system coupled with the factory interface at a first side of the wet clean system. The tools may include a load lock chamber coupled with the wet clean system at a second side of the wet clean system opposite the first side of the wet clean system. The tools may include a first transfer chamber coupled with the load lock chamber. The first transfer chamber may include a second transfer robot. The tools may include a second transfer chamber coupled with the first transfer chamber. The second transfer chamber may include a third transfer robot. The tools may include a metal deposition chamber coupled with the transfer chamber.
[C23F] NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACES (working of metal by electro-erosion B23H; desurfacing by applying flames B23K 7/00; working metal by laser beam B23K 26/00); INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL; INHIBITING INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL (treating metal surfaces or coating of metals by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25D, C25F); MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASS C23 AND AT LEAST ONE PROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25 [4]
Bottle
Patent No. D1102900
Inventor(s): Joseph Giildenzopf (Westlake, TX)
Assignee(s): James Joseph Sanctified Spirits, LLC (Westlake, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29957413 on 08/13/2024 (469 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
F I X E D C O N S T R U C T I O N S
Roof-anchoring systems and methods
Patent No. 12480319
Inventor(s): Flent Ballantyne (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Ballantyne Gear, Inc. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Ballantyne Gear, Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17889546 on 08/17/2022 (1196 days app to issue)
Abstract: An improved roof anchoring system configured as a non-penetrating fall protection system with no nails or screws damaging the roof and including simultaneously used multiple anchoring devices each with a connector pivotally attached to a corresponding axle and each preventing another anchoring device from moving away from the roof edge and tensioned with respect to such other anchoring device via a common tether. A stopper can be optionally used to keep a given anchoring device in place during installation of the anchoring system.
[E04G] SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR OTHER BUILDING AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
Modular treatment, examination, and waiting station
Patent No. 12480320
Inventor(s): Deborah M. Wingler (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOULTIONS LTD. (, , CA)
Law Firm: Workman Nydegger (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19224164 on 05/30/2025 (179 days app to issue)
Abstract: A modular treatment, examination, and waiting station can include a back module with a bench and opposing towers, and first and second side modules extending in the same direction from the back module. Each side module may include a recessed storage space. Modular treatment, examination, and waiting station modules may define a floor space of less than 50 square feet. The modular treatment, examination, and waiting station may also include a ceiling module supported by the towers of a back module. One or more modular treatment, examination, and waiting stations may act as a system and may be configured in multi-station arrangements, with shared side modules providing access to equipment from adjacent stations.
[E04H] BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) [4]
Actuating a downhole device with a reactive metal
Patent No. 12480373
Inventor(s): Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: The Hilton Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16683098 on 11/13/2019 (2204 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods for actuating a downhole device in a wellbore. An example of the method is positioning a downhole device in a wellbore, the downhole device comprising a reactive metal and a reaction-inducing fluid; wherein the reaction-inducing fluid is isolated from the reactive metal. The method further includes removing the isolation of the reactive metal such that it reacts with the reaction-inducing fluid to generate a hydrogen gas, and actuating the downhole device with the hydrogen gas.
[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]
Expandable tubular structure for maintaining differential pressure integrity in a wellbore
Patent No. 12480374
Inventor(s): Adam J. Milne (Carrollton, TX), Daniel Keith Moeller (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: DeLizio, Peacock, Lewin Guerra LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18443426 on 02/16/2024 (648 days app to issue)
Abstract: An apparatus comprising a singular tubular structure to be positioned inside casing of a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation, wherein the singular tubular structure is configured to expand to contact an inner wall of the casing and provide differential pressure integrity in the wellbore while an isolating component is positioned in the singular tubular structure.
[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5]
Hydraulic drive train for a frac pump
Patent No. 12480392
Inventor(s): Bryan C. Wagner (Aledo, TX), Jacob A. Bayyouk (Richardson, TX), Wesley P. Clark (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17634976 on 07/28/2020 (1946 days app to issue)
Abstract: A hydraulic drive system is employed to transfer energy generated by a diesel engine to a frac pump. The hydraulic drive system includes a gearbox having a plurality of gears being coupled to and driven to produce rotational movement by the diesel engine, at least one hydraulic pump coupled to at least one gear of the gearbox, and operable to, driven by the rotational movement of the at least one gear of the gearbox, force a fluid at high pressure into at least one high-pressure fluid conduit, and at least one hydraulic motor coupled to the at least one high-pressure fluid conduit to receive the high-pressure fluid, and operable to transform energy in the high-pressure fluid to a rotational movement, which is used to power and drive a plurality of plungers in the frac pump.
[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]
Sensor perforator monitoring
Patent No. 12480397
Inventor(s): Christopher C. Hoelscher (Alvarado, TX), Eric Michael Conzemius (Carrollton, TX), Nicholas Cole Ashford (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: DeLizio, Peacock, Lewin Guerra LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18882281 on 09/11/2024 (440 days app to issue)
Abstract: A perforating system comprising a first carrier. The perforating system comprises a first charge holding tube configured with one or more shaped charges, wherein the first charge holding tube is positioned within the first carrier. The perforating system comprises one or more sensors positioned within the first carrier and configured to obtain one or more measurements of a perforated zone in a wellbore.
[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5]
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
Fluid end of pump
Patent No. 12480487
Inventor(s): Daryl Belshan (Weatherford, TX), David Theodore Figgs (Fort Worth, TX), Justin Poehls (Glen Rose, TX), Michael C. Zanoff (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18829681 on 09/10/2024 (441 days app to issue)
Abstract: A fluid end of a pump includes a fluid end body, a suction cap removably received within the bore of the fluid end body, and at least one retainer nut removably coupled with the fluid end body and disposed axially adjacent to the suction cap. The retainer nut includes a projection that extends outwards from the fluid end body. The fluid end includes at least one clamping assembly adapted to engage with a portion of the fluid end to prevent a rotation of the retainer nut relative to the fluid end body. The clamping assembly includes a clamp removably coupled with the retainer nut and a reaction arm removably coupled with the clamp and extending radially outwards from the annular portion of the clamp. The clamp includes an annular portion that circumferentially engages with the projection of the retainer nut.
[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)
Modular cryogenic permanent magnet electrical motors and generators for submerged motor pumps and turbines and related systems and methods
Patent No. 12480497
Inventor(s): Dennis W. Chalmers (Lake Havasu City, AZ), Ed Ortiz Pedroza (Lake Havasu City, AZ), Mina M. Botrous (Lake Havasu City, AZ)
Assignee(s): Flowserve US Company (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: BKRIP LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18674184 on 05/24/2024 (550 days app to issue)
Abstract: Motors, pumps, generators, fluid-handling devices, and related systems or methods may include a motor assembly comprising a motor housing and a motor comprising a rotor and a stator contained in the motor housing. The motor further comprises an alternating current medium voltage synchronous motor.
[F04D] NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J 41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K 44/02)
Inert gas backup system for air compressors
Patent No. 12480620
Inventor(s): Brad Tipps (Fort Worth, TX), Don Maness (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Vanzandt Controls, LLC (Odessa, TX)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18592139 on 02/29/2024 (635 days app to issue)
Abstract: The present disclosure provides backup systems for air compressors. The systems can detect an air compressor failure and/or low instrument air pressure and activate a backup inert gas power source to maintain functionality of compressed air-powered pneumatic devices at a wellsite. The backup systems can provide a working fluid in the form of an inert gas to the compressed air-powered pneumatic devices.
[F17C] VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES (storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth B65G 5/00; construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil-engineering techniques E04H 7/00; variable-capacity gas-holders F17B; liquefaction or refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25)
Modular cooking appliance having a user interface
Patent No. 12480662
Inventor(s): James K. Pool, III (Frisco, TX), Philip R. McKee (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Automation Tech, LLC (Elgin, IL)
Law Firm: Amster, Rothstein Ebenstein LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17211407 on 03/24/2021 (1707 days app to issue)
Abstract: A modular cooking apparatus includes a housing having a first interchangeable cooking module, a second interchangeable cooking module, and a single power connection for receiving electrical power from a wall outlet. The first interchangeable cooking module contains a first oven, and the second interchangeable cooking module contains a second oven. The second oven is a different oven type from the first oven. The modular cooking apparatus also includes a controller within the housing for controlling the first and second ovens. The controller includes a memory for storing a list of food items to be cooked within the modular cooking apparatus and a corresponding oven type for each of the food items. The modular cooking apparatus further includes a control panel on the housing which displays a user interface that directs an operator of the modular cooking apparatus to the oven that should be used to cook a particular food item.
[F24C] OTHER DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (radiator stoves of the fluid-circulating type F24H)
Displacement diffuser
Patent No. 12480682
Inventor(s): Brian Joseph Graham (Mansfield, TX), Matthew Brent McLaurin (Carrollton, TX), Ryan Michael Perkinson (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC (Milwaukee, WI)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17961841 on 10/07/2022 (1145 days app to issue)
Abstract: A diffuser for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a housing defining a plenum chamber, where the housing comprises a diffusion plate configured to direct a first air flow into the plenum chamber and to discharge a second air flow from the plenum chamber and a plenum plate disposed within the housing, where the plenum plate extends from a first side of the housing to a second side of the housing opposite the first side, and the plenum plate divides the plenum chamber into a first chamber and a second chamber. The diffuser includes a plurality of apertures disposed along the plenum plate, where the plurality of apertures is configured to direct a third air flow from the first chamber into the second chamber to draw the first air flow into the plenum chamber and to force the second air flow out of the plenum chamber.
[F24F] AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B 15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F 17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L 17/02)
Heat transfer systems for critical power applications
Patent No. 12480702
Inventor(s): Brandon McDaniel (Flower Mound, TX), John A. Musilli, Jr. (San Diego, CA), Matthew Douglas Koerner (Ashburn, VA)
Assignee(s): Caeli, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17662184 on 05/05/2022 (1300 days app to issue)
Abstract: A system includes a turbine configured to exhaust an air stream. The system also includes a first coil configured to transfer thermal energy to the air stream when the air stream passes by or through the first coil, wherein the first coil is downstream of the turbine. The system also includes a second coil configured to transfer thermal energy to the air stream when the air stream passes by or through the second coil, wherein the second coil is downstream of the first coil. The system also includes a third coil configured to transfer thermal energy to the air stream when the air stream passes by or through the third coil, wherein the third coil is downstream of the second coil. The air stream is configured to cool one or more electronic components of a data center that is downstream of the third coil.
[F25D] REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHER SUBCLASS (refrigerated showcases A47F 3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J 41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60-B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D 81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K 5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B; cooling of engines or pumps, see the relevant classes)
Monolithic attitude control motor frame and system
Patent No. 12481287
Inventor(s): Wayne K. Schroeder (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Beusse Sanks, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18243262 on 09/07/2023 (810 days app to issue)
Abstract: A monolithic attitude control motor frame includes a monolithic structure including an outer surface of revolution and a plurality of side walls defining a plurality of cavities extending radially from the outer surface of revolution. Adjacent cavities of the plurality of cavities share a side wall or side wall portion therebetween. Each of the cavities is configured to receive an attitude control motor. A monolithic attitude control motor system includes a monolithic frame including an outer surface of revolution and a plurality of side walls defining a plurality of cavities extending radially from the outer surface of revolution. The system further includes a plurality of attitude control motors corresponding to the plurality of cavities, such that an attitude control motor of the plurality of attitude control motors is disposed in each cavity of the plurality of cavities.
[F42B] EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING; FIREWORKS; AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C06B; fuzes F42C; blasting F42D) [5]
Torque actuated rail assembly
Patent No. 12483185
Inventor(s): Jonathon Moss (Grandview, TX)
Assignee(s): RMH Tech LLC (Colorado Springs, CO)
Law Firm: Sheridan Ross P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18690529 on 09/09/2022 (1173 days app to issue)
Abstract: A system to connect a structure, such as a photovoltaic module, to a rib of a metal panel of a building surface. The system includes a torque actuated rail assembly comprises a lag clip or a lag foot and a rail. The lag clip or lag foot includes a lag catch and an aperture to receive a fastener to selectively couple the lag clip or lag foot to the rib. The rail includes a hook. When the rail is in a first configuration, the rail is disengaged from the lag clip or lag foot. When a force is applied to the rail, it transitions to a second configuration in which the hook is coupled to the catch and the rail is engaged to the lag clip or lag foot.
[F16M] FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS OR SUPPORTS
Conversion of immersion cooling systems for use with single-phase operating fluids
Patent No. 12484191
Inventor(s): Jimil M. Shah (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): MARA Holdings, Inc. (Las Vegas, NV)
Law Firm: Fish IP Law, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18745949 on 06/17/2024 (526 days app to issue)
Abstract: A two-phase or hybrid immersive cooling system is converted to a one-phase immersive cooling system, by (1) modifying a structure of the two-phase immersive cooling system such that a cooled portion of a substitute operating fluid flows into the operating fluid reservoir from a direction other than from above the reservoir, and (2) using a high boiling point composition as the substitute operating fluid. In some embodiments the tube condensers of the two-phase or hybrid immersive cooling system are retained, and in other embodiments at least portions of the regions previously occupied by tube condensers are used for heat exchangers, and optionally fluid pumps. In still other embodiments at least portions of the regions previously occupied by tube condensers are used for hot fluid holding tanks.
[F28F] DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials C09K 5/00; water or air traps, air venting F16)
P H Y S I C S
Systems and methods for utilizing machine learning to minimize a potential of damage to fiber optic cables
Patent No. 12480807
Inventor(s): Tiejun J. Xia (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): NEC Corporation (Tokyo, , JP), NEC Laboratories America, Inc. (Princeton, NJ), Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18400700 on 12/29/2023 (697 days app to issue)
Abstract: A device may receive, from a fiber sensor device, sensing data associated with a fiber optic cable, the sensing data being produced by an activity that poses a threat of damage to the fiber optic cable, and the sensing data identifying: amplitudes of vibration signals, frequencies of the vibration signals, patterns of the vibration signals, times associated with the vibration signals, and locations along the fiber optic cable associated with the vibration signals. The device may process, with a machine learning model, the sensing data to determine a threat level of the activity to the fiber optic cable, the machine learning model having been trained based on historical information regarding detected vibrations, historical information regarding sources of the detected vibrations, and historical information regarding threat levels to the fiber optic cable. The device may perform one or more actions based on the threat level to the fiber optic cable.
[G01H] MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES [4]
Multispectral imager
Patent No. 12480813
Inventor(s): Andras G. Pattantyus-Abraham (Menlo Park, CA), Jonathan Steckel (Corenc, , FR)
Assignee(s): STMicroelectronics, Inc. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Crowe Dunlevy LLC (Local + 2 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18108110 on 02/10/2023 (1019 days app to issue)
Abstract: An imaging device includes a first layer made of quantum dots and a second layer including at least two filter regions extending over the first layer. The at least two filter regions are configured to transmit distinct wavelengths. The quantum dots of the first layer are configured to generate charges upon reception of light in the distinct wavelengths.
[G01J] MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED, VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY [2]
Stacked multi-frequency three-dimensional metasurface
Patent No. 12481085
Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Haiwen Wang (Stanford, CA), Sean P. Rodrigues (Ann Arbor, MI), Shanhui Fan (Stanford, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DARROW MUSTAFA PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17716441 on 04/08/2022 (1327 days app to issue)
Abstract: A stacked three-dimensional (3D) metasurface includes a first layer with a first kernel configured to apply a first convolution on a first frequency of an incident polarized light, and a second layer with a second kernel different than the first kernel. The second kernel is configured to apply a second convolution different than the first convolution on a second frequency of the incident polarized light and the second frequency is different than the first frequency such that the stack 3D metasurface provides at least two independent convolutions on the incident polarized light.
[G02B] OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes precedence; optical elements specially adapted for use in lighting devices or systems thereof F21V 1/00-F21V 13/00; measuring-instruments, see the relevant subclass of class G01, e.g. optical rangefinders G01C; testing of optical elements, systems, or apparatus G01M 11/00; spectacles G02C; apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B; sound lenses G10K 11/30; electron and ion “optics” H01J; X-ray “optics” H01J, H05G 1/00; optical elements structurally combined with electric discharge tubes H01J 5/16, H01J 29/89, H01J 37/22; microwave “optics” H01Q; combination of optical elements with television receivers H04N 5/72; optical systems or arrangements in colour television systems H04N 9/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B 3/84) [7]
Methods and systems for interactive display device
Patent No. 12481350
Inventor(s): Andrew Cole Higgins (Addison, TX), Bryan Tamayo (Allen, TX), William Merkel (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18669995 on 05/21/2024 (553 days app to issue)
Abstract: Disclosed is a system, including: a motorized base including a first surface disposed at a top of the motorized base; one or more integrated display devices; a second surface disposed proximate to the one or more integrated display devices; one or more interactive elements disposed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface; a spatial location module configured to determine a current location of the system and a destination location of the system; a user detection module configured to detect a user approaching the system; and a content personalization engine configured to determine content to be displayed on the one or more integrated display devices and the one or more output display devices.
[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]
Host-preferred memory operation
Patent No. 12481465
Inventor(s): Dean E. Walker (Allen, TX), Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18795877 on 08/06/2024 (476 days app to issue)
Abstract: System and techniques for host-preferred memory operation are described herein. At a memory-side cache of a memory device that includes accelerator hardware, a first memory operation can be received from a host. A determination that the first memory operation corresponds to a cache set based on an address of the first memory operation is made. A second memory operation can be received from the accelerator hardware. Another determination can be made that the second memory operation corresponds to the cache set. Here, the first memory operation can be enqueued in a host queue of the cache set and the second memory operation can be enqueued in an internal request queue of the cache set. The first memory operation and the second memory operation can be executed as each is dequeued.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Managing out of band software updates
Patent No. 12481493
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: 18425223 on 01/29/2024 (666 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods and systems for updating a data processing system are disclosed. To update the data processing system, an out of band communication channel may be used by a management controller of the data processing system to: obtain a command, and based on the command, obtain an update package from a remote entity for updating the data processing system. The management controller may store the update package in a partition using local side band communication channels. After the update package is stored, the management controller may initiate a restart of the data processing system. During the restart, if the update package is determined to be in the partition, a startup management entity may use the update package to update operation of a component to obtain an updated component. After completion of the restart, the updated component may be used to provide desired computer implemented services.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Method and system for building and leveraging a knowledge fabric to improve software delivery lifecycle (SDLC) productivity
Patent No. 12481497
Inventor(s): Devanathan Desikan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): LTI Mindtree Ltd (Mumbai, , IN)
Law Firm: CHIP LAW GROUP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17949211 on 09/21/2022 (1161 days app to issue)
Abstract: Provided is a method and system ([b]108[/b]) for building and leveraging a knowledge fabric ([b]110[/b]) in a Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). A plurality of SDLC artifacts are received from a plurality of heterogeneous data sources ([b]102[/b]). The plurality of SDLC artifacts are then correlated to build an end-to-end correlation and are clustered to generate an SDLC knowledge fabric ([b]110[/b]). This includes extracting semantic and contextual data from the plurality of SDLC artifacts using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and deep text analytics and transforming the extracted semantic and contextual data to knowledge graphs. One or more actionable items ([b]112[/b]) are then derived using the SDLC knowledge fabric ([b]110[/b]) and the one or more actionable items ([b]112[/b]) are used to improve overall process efficiency and accelerate software delivery in the SDLC.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Software code verification using software code identifier comparison
Patent No. 12481498
Inventor(s): Sakthivel Govindasamy (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17940452 on 09/08/2022 (1174 days app to issue)
Abstract: Techniques are provided for software code verification using a comparison of software code identifiers. One method comprises obtaining a first software code identifier for a first version of software code, wherein the first software code identifier is obtained by applying a function to the first version of the software code; comparing a second software code identifier to the first software code identifier, wherein the second software code identifier is obtained by applying the function to a second version of the software code; and performing an automated action based on a result of the comparison. The comparison may detect a difference between the first and second versions of the software code. The first version of the software code may comprise software code associated with a first stage of a software development cycle and the second version of the software code may comprise software code associated with a different stage.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Vector maximum and minimum with indexing
Patent No. 12481503
Inventor(s): Duc Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Peter Richard Dent (Bournemouth, , GB), Timothy D. Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18670855 on 05/22/2024 (552 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method to compare first and second source data in a processor in response to a vector maximum with indexing instruction includes specifying first and second source registers containing first and second source data, a destination register storing compared data, and a predicate register. Each of the registers includes a plurality of lanes. The method includes executing the instruction by, for each lane in the first and second source register, comparing a value in the lane of the first source register to a value in the corresponding lane of the second source register to identify a maximum value, storing the maximum value in a corresponding lane of the destination register, asserting a corresponding lane of the predicate register if the maximum value is from the first source register, and de-asserting the corresponding lane of the predicate register if the maximum value is from the second source register.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Methods and systems for communications between hardware components
Patent No. 12481537
Inventor(s): Bryan Hornung (Plano, TX), Christopher Baronne (Allen, TX), Michael Keith Dugan (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17813763 on 07/20/2022 (1224 days app to issue)
Abstract: Various examples are directed to an arrangement comprising a first hardware compute element and a hardware balancer element. The first hardware compute element may send a first request message to a hardware balancer element. The first request message may describe a processing task. The hardware balancer element may send a second request message towards a second hardware compute element for executing the processing task and send to the first compute element a first reply message in reply to the first request message. After sending the first reply message, the hardware balancer element may receive a first completion request message indicating that the processing task is assigned and send, to the first hardware computing element, a second completion request message, the second completion request message indicating that the processing task is assigned.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Nonvolatile memory controller
Patent No. 12481585
Inventor(s): Andrey V. Kuzmin (Moscow, , RU), Mike Jadon (Manhattan Beach, CA), Richard M. Mathews (Chatsworth, CA)
Assignee(s): Radian Memory Systems, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18887855 on 09/17/2024 (434 days app to issue)
Abstract: This disclosure provides for host-controller cooperation in managing NAND flash memory. The controller maintains information for each erase unit which tracks memory usage. This information assists the host in making decisions about specific operations, for example, initiating garbage collection, space reclamation, wear leveling or other operations. For example, metadata can be provided to the host identifying whether each page of an erase unit has been released, and the host can specifically then command each of consolidation and erase using direct addressing. By redefining host-controller responsibilities in this manner, much of the overhead association with FTL functions can be substantially removed from the memory controller, with the host directly specifying physical addresses. This reduces performance unpredictability and overhead, thereby facilitating integration of solid state drives (SSDs) with other forms of storage. The disclosed techniques are especially useful for direct-attached and/or network-attached storage.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Monitor integrity of endpoints having secure memory devices for identity authentication
Patent No. 12481599
Inventor(s): Jeffrey Charles Shiner (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17485209 on 09/24/2021 (1523 days app to issue)
Abstract: A security server to manage integrity of packages stored in an endpoint based on identity authentication implemented using security features of a memory device configured in the endpoint. For example, the security server validates identity data generated by the memory device based at least in part on a secret of the memory device. The server can extract, from the identity data, health information of a package stored in the endpoint and determined, based at least in part on the health information, whether or not to update or repair the package currently stored in the endpoint.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
System, methodology, and process for wireless transmission of sensor data onboard an aircraft to a portable electronic device
Patent No. 12481611
Inventor(s): Jeffery N. Warner (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): North Flight Data Systems, LLC (Shreveport, LA)
Law Firm: Garvey, Smith Nehrbass, Patent Attorneys, L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17947700 on 09/19/2022 (1163 days app to issue)
Abstract: Monitoring and reporting methods and apparatus include the acquisition of detailed aircraft state and systems data, analysis of the collected data, and transmission of the collected data and/or analysis of the collected data to a destination automatically via a portable electronic device which is carried onto and off of the aircraft by the pilot or another crew member. More particularly, monitoring and reporting methods and apparatus include collecting analog or digital sensor data onboard an aircraft, analyzing the data in real-time, and automatically transmitting the data and/or analysis of the data to a destination including a portable storage device such as a portable computer, electronic flight bag (EFB), or smart phone, by means such as wireless transmission, for automatic transfer to another destination when the portable computer, electronic flight bag (EFB), or smart phone is off of the aircraft.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Context load mechanism in a coarse-grained reconfigurable array processor
Patent No. 12481618
Inventor(s): Bryan Hornung (Plano, TX), David Patrick (McKinney, TX), Douglas Vanesko (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18743637 on 06/14/2024 (529 days app to issue)
Abstract: Devices and techniques for loading contexts in a coarse-grained reconfigurable array processor are described herein. A system or apparatus may include context load circuitry operable to load context for a coarse-grained reconfigurable array processor, where the context load circuitry is configured to: (a) receive a kernel identifier; (b) access a first registry to obtain a context mask base address; (c) determine a context mask address from the context mask base address and the kernel identifier; (d) access a second registry to obtain a context state base address; (e) determine a context state address from the context state base address and the kernel identifier; (f) use a context mask at the context mask address to determine corresponding active context state; and (g) load the corresponding active context state into the coarse-grained reconfigurable array processor.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
System and method for persistent cognitive machines using a digital thought architecture
Patent No. 12481688
Inventor(s): Alan McCord (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): ATOMBEAM TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Moraga, CA)
Law Firm: Galvin Patent Law LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19203069 on 06/03/2025 (175 days app to issue)
Abstract: A system and method for implementing a Persistent Cognitive Machine (PCMs) that extends beyond the traditional prompt-response paradigm of artificial intelligence are disclosed. A PCM maintains persistent cognitive processes regardless of external interaction, stores and organizes thoughts in a thought cache, retrieves relevant thoughts based on current stimuli, generates new thoughts through reasoning processes, and curates stored thoughts during periods of reduced external interaction. The PCM includes language and reasoning model components, a thought cache, an executive component, and an embedding system. The PCM remains continuously active, remembers previous experiences, learns from these experiences, creates new thought experiences independently, and initiates interactions without waiting for external prompts. The PCM enters sleep-like states during which it curates its thought cache, generalizes experiences, and performs other memory management functions. Applications may include but are not limited to synthetic cognitive colleagues, strategic war gaming platforms, and personal cognitive assistants.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Artificial intelligence-based techniques for automated visual data searching using edge devices
Patent No. 12481695
Inventor(s): Daniel Wu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17718803 on 04/12/2022 (1323 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for artificial intelligence-based techniques for automated visual data searching using edge devices are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining visual data from one or more edge devices; generating at least one automated searching tool by processing at least a portion of the obtained data using one or more artificial intelligence techniques; deploying the at least one automated searching tool to at least a portion of the one or more edge devices; and performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on data received, from at least a portion of the one or more edge devices, in connection with operation of the at least one automated searching tool.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Systems and methods for policy-based access to distributed ledger via secure access node
Patent No. 12481780
Inventor(s): Ahmed A. Khan (Plano, TX), Salman Ali Danish Mohammed (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18357283 on 07/24/2023 (855 days app to issue)
Abstract: A system described herein may maintain a local copy of a distributed ledger, including a first set of records that each include payload information. The system may maintain a restricted access ledger based on the distributed ledger, including a second set of records that include modified payload information included in the first set of records of the distributed ledger. The system may receive a request to access the distributed ledger, including one or more attributes, and may determine, based on the one or more attributes of the request, whether to grant access to the distributed ledger or to the restricted access ledger. When determining to grant access to the distributed ledger, the system may provide payload information from the distributed ledger in response to the request, and when determining to grant restricted access to the restricted access ledger, the system may provide payload information from the restricted access ledger.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Automated design of process automation facilities
Patent No. 12481798
Inventor(s): David Emerson (Coppell, TX), Patrick Clay (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Tokyo, , JP)
Law Firm: Gray Ice Higdon (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17678181 on 02/23/2022 (1371 days app to issue)
Abstract: Implementations herein leverage knowledge about historical process automation facilities to automate designing a new process automation facility. A first level design input may be processed to generate a first embedding that encodes design aspect(s) of the requested process automation facility with a degree of detail commensurate with a first level of a hierarchy reflected by design documents typically used to design a process automation facility. The first embedding may be used to find first level reference embeddings that encode design aspects of reference process automation facilities. Second level reference embedding(s) may be identified based on mapping(s) from the selected first level reference embedding(s). Each second level reference embedding may encode design aspect(s) of a respective reference process automation facility with a degree of detail that is commensurate with a second level of the design document hierarchy. Based on the second level reference embedding(s), template design document(s) may be provided.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Automated design of process automation facilities
Patent No. 12481799
Inventor(s): David Emerson (Coppell, TX), Patrick Clay (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Tokyo, , JP)
Law Firm: Gray Ice Higdon (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17678189 on 02/23/2022 (1371 days app to issue)
Abstract: Implementations herein leverage knowledge about historical process automation facilities to automate designing a new process automation facility. A first level design input may be processed to generate a first embedding that encodes design aspect(s) of the requested process automation facility with a degree of detail commensurate with a first level of a hierarchy reflected by design documents typically used to design a process automation facility. The first embedding may be used to find first level reference embeddings that encode design aspects of reference process automation facilities. Second level reference embedding(s) may be identified based on mapping(s) from the selected first level reference embedding(s). Each second level reference embedding may encode design aspect(s) of a respective reference process automation facility with a degree of detail that is commensurate with a second level of the design document hierarchy. Based on the second level reference embedding(s), template design document(s) may be provided.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Adaptive user interfaces for computer-aided technology applications
Patent No. 12481809
Inventor(s): Alexander Sammons (Cincinnati, OH), Rajan Desai (Loveland, OH), Shirish More (Rochester Hills, MI), William Lawrence (Cold Spring, KY)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17417308 on 01/16/2019 (2505 days app to issue)
Abstract: A system may support adaptive user interfaces (UIs) for computer-aided technology (CAx) applications. The system may include a CAx tracking engine configured to track command usage of a computer-aided technology (CAx) application to obtain command usage data for the CAx application and a CAx training engine configured to train a machine learning model with the command usage data. The system may also include a CAx adaptive UI engine configured to obtain real-time command usage by a user of the CAx application; and apply the machine learning model to adaptively transform a UI of the CAx application, including by inputting the real-time command usage of the CAx application to the machine learning model to determine a predicted command based on the real-time command usage and dynamically updating a selected sub-section of the UI of the CAx application to present the predicted command to the user.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Circuit design modification based on timing tradeoff
Patent No. 12481811
Inventor(s): Zi Wang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18075109 on 12/05/2022 (1086 days app to issue)
Abstract: Various embodiments provide for modifying a circuit design based on timing tradeoff, which can be part of an electronic design automation (EDA) system. For instance, some embodiments use a return on investment (ROI) concept to determine one or more thresholds for how much area or power of a circuit design should be available for use (e.g., sacrificed) in order to obtain an improvement in slack by a given transformation.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Methods and systems for interactive data input
Patent No. 12481822
Inventor(s): Adhi N. Narashimmamoorthy (Irving, TX), Ahmar Mubeen (Irving, TX), Dante Diaz (Frisco, TX), Kristi M. Emery (Coppell, TX), Raul Aldrey (Irving, TX), Rohit Yerneni (Irving, TX), Vinh Chu (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19015351 on 01/09/2025 (320 days app to issue)
Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems to partially freeze an electronic account associated with a user. The server receives, via a graphical user interface a request to execute a network operation to connect to a webserver. When the server executes the network operation, the server transmits a request for access to the electronic account associated with an electronic application of the user. Once the webserver authenticates the request, the server can receive an indication that the request to access the electronic account has been blocked by the webserver. The server can revise the graphical user interface and authorize the user. Once the user is authorized, the server can cause the webserver to remove the blocked access and provide access to the electronic account. Furthermore, the server can cause the webserver to block future access to the electronic application.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Generating hybrid quantum-classical neural network architectures
Patent No. 12481864
Inventor(s): Gururaja Hebbar (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17842365 on 06/16/2022 (1258 days app to issue)
Abstract: Providing a hybrid neural network architecture by training a plurality of models using a set of training data, the plurality comprising quantum models and classical models, evaluating each model using a common test data set, assigning one or more evaluation metrics to each model according to the evaluation, generating a plurality of networks, each network comprising a combination of the models, evaluating a flow of each network, selecting a network according to the flow, and providing the selected network to a user.
[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]
Method and system for maintaining latent Dirichlet allocation model accuracy
Patent No. 12481866
Inventor(s): Luke Meier (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: GREENBLUM BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18132661 on 04/10/2023 (960 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method and a system for counteracting model drift in a Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) model by maintaining freshness and accuracy in the LDA model by leveraging LDA classification and vector algebra to detect potential degradations are provided. The method entails determining whether an LDA model has drifted and therefore requires retraining based on measurements of cosine similarities of respective topics that correspond to two LDA models and a topic match entropy between the two LDA models that is determined based on the measurements.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Governance mechanisms for reuse of machine learning models and features
Patent No. 12481915
Inventor(s): Christopher Kim (Plano, TX), Cuong Vo (Sachse, TX), Prince Paulraj (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17646708 on 12/31/2021 (1425 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method performed by a processing system including at least one processor includes detecting that new data has been added to a repository of reusable machine learning models and machine learning model features, applying data protection to the new data, testing the new data for bias, merging at least a portion of the new data with stored data from the repository to build a new machine learning model in which the data protection is preserved, and publishing the new machine learning model in the repository.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Operational lifecycle management using a dynamic non-fungible token
Patent No. 12481981
Inventor(s): Mei Lin (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17863762 on 07/13/2022 (1231 days app to issue)
Abstract: This application describes an autonomous system for utilizing a non-fungible token (”NFT”) to manage dynamic operational conditions applied to bank account. The autonomous system may include a dynamic NFT stored on a distributed ledger. The dynamic NFT may include non-editable fields and editable fields. The autonomous system may include a static NFT stored on the distributed ledger. The dynamic and static NFTs may be linked to an account. The static NFT may define operating conditions for the non-editable account number. The autonomous system may include a smart contract that executes on the distributed ledger. The smart contract may detect a change in a value stored in the editable field of the dynamic NFT. The smart contract may locate operating conditions stored in the static NFT. Based on the operating conditions and the value, the smart contract may take action to manage the corresponding account.
[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01]
Systems and methods for reducing carbon dioxide emissions using trusted on-demand distributed manufacturing
Patent No. 12482005
Inventor(s): Teri Hamlin (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): Siemens Corporation (Washington, DC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18848193 on 05/26/2022 (1279 days app to issue)
Abstract: A system ([b]100[/b]) for reducing carbon dioxide emissions using trusted on-demand distributed manufacturing, with a processor ([b]102[/b]) and a memory ([b]104[/b]), includes a first interface ([b]120[/b]) configured to receive product data from a product data source ([b]110[/b]-A, [b]110[/b]-B, [b]110[/b]-N), a second interface ([b]130[/b]) configured to exchange manufacturing data from a manufacturing data source ([b]140[/b]-A, [b]140[/b]-B, [b]140[/b]-N), a matching module ([b]174[/b]) configured via computer executable instructions to match the product data with the manufacturing data based on manufacturing characteristics for producing a product ([b]154[/b]) as described in the product data, a carbon footprint module ([b]180[/b]) configured via computer executable instructions to determine a traditional carbon footprint and an actual carbon footprint of the product ([b]154[/b]), and determine a carbon dioxide reduction based on the traditional and the actual carbon footprint of the product ([b]154[/b]), and wherein the system ([b]100[/b]) is configured to automatically transmit the carbon dioxide reduction to a certification body ([b]240[/b]).
[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01]
Systems and methods for generating enhanced opthalmic images
Patent No. 12482082
Inventor(s): Lu Yin (Keller, TX), Ramesh Sarangapani (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17880427 on 08/03/2022 (1210 days app to issue)
Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an ophthalmic imaging device for enhancing images. The device comprises an image capture component configured to generate an image stream comprising a first frame preceding a second frame, both capturing a branch of veins in an eye. The device further comprises an image processor configured to calculate first order statistics for a plurality of blocks for the first frame and to interpolate first order statistics for the first frame based at least in part on the branch of veins. The image processor is also configured to generate a tone mapping function and calculate tone mapping values for individual pixels of the second frame based on the tone mapping function. The image processor is additionally configured to generate an enhanced frame based on the calculated tone mapping values for individual pixels of the second frame to the pixels of the second frame.
[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]
Wafer image defect detection and characterization for manufacturing process calibration
Patent No. 12482090
Inventor(s): Germain Louis Fenger (Gladstone, OR), Hsin-Wei Wu (Heverlee, , BE), Kiarash Ahi (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17823235 on 08/30/2022 (1183 days app to issue)
Abstract: A computing system implementing a raw data filtering tool can aggregate multiple wafer images depicting a portion of an electronic device into a reference image, detect one or more of the wafer images have defects based on a comparison of the reference image to the wafer images, and generate a gauge file to include a set of the wafer images selected based on the detection of defects in the wafer images. The raw data filtering tool also can iteratively build defect maps that include differences between the reference image and the wafer images, and characterize the detected defect in the wafer images with a size and a location based on the defect maps. The raw data filtering tool can provide feedback to a foundry about wafer images were excluded from the set of the wafer images based on the detection of defects in the wafer images.
[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]
Plaque detection method for imaging of cells
Patent No. 12482098
Inventor(s): Kenneth Chapman (Godley, TX)
Assignee(s): Thrive Bioscience, Inc. (Beverly, MA)
Law Firm: Norris Mclaughlin, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18275171 on 02/01/2022 (1393 days app to issue)
Abstract: A plaque detection method and apparatus wherein at least one processor is programmed to receive above focus images to detect the presence of live cells without detecting the lysed cell materials, receive below focus images wherein virtual dark regions exist which are similar to cell shadows as seeds in a segmentation process and use contours around each resulting shape to obtain a subset that are more likely to be part of the cell population to define a cell map. A distance map is created in which each pixel value is the distance of that pixel from the nearest pixel of the cell map and the distance map is thresholded to create a first image of the places which are relatively far from the cells a second image with a smaller distance threshold to get an image that mimics the edges of the cells.
[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]
Machine-learning models for image processing
Patent No. 12482286
Inventor(s): Anurag Bhakoo (Irving, TX), Ashutosh K. Sureka (Irving, TX), Daniel Funken (Irving, TX), Sakthivel Palanivel (Irving, TX), Toan Pham (Irving, TX), Venkata Sesha Kiran Kumar Adimatyam (Irving, TX), Vicky Kapadia (Irving, T
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19217154 on 05/23/2025 (186 days app to issue)
Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for the employment of machine learning models for image processing. A mobile application for client-side image processing and validation, which interacts with and leverages native image processing software of the client device, where the image processing software and the mobile application include any number of machine-learning models for identifying a document and attributes of the document for recognition and validation. This mobile application uses the image processing software from a client operating system to control the camera. The image processing software generates various types of information about a video frame and the document, and the mobile application invokes APIs or software libraries of the image processing software to access the information and validate the frame and document.
[G06K] RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (printing per se B41J)
Automated teller machine (ATM) anomaly detection and resolution
Patent No. 12482333
Inventor(s): Amadou Bocoum (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18671272 on 05/22/2024 (552 days app to issue)
Abstract: Arrangements for detecting and resolving automated teller machine (ATM) anomalies are provided. A computing platform may receive information related to one or more automated teller machines (ATMs) that may include one or more anomalies. The computing platform may preprocess the information to remove one or more false positives from the information. The computing platform may apply anomaly detection logic to the preprocessed information to identify one or more anomalies. The computing platform may output one or more anomaly codes that correspond to the identified one or more anomalies. The computing platform may identify and subsequently execute one or more actions to resolve the one or more anomalies.
[G07F] COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D 3/00; coin testing G07D 5/00) [7]
System and method for generating an alert based on noise
Patent No. 12482342
Inventor(s): Andrew Schulz (Dallas, TX), David Krauss (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): NoiseAware Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18747194 on 06/18/2024 (525 days app to issue)
Abstract: The disclosure relates to using anonymized audio data for monitoring properties. Disclosed herein are monitoring systems for properties and a method of monitoring properties. One example of a method of monitoring a property includes: (1) deriving at least one raw signal from noise proximate one or more noise detectors at the property, (2) generating a noise score from the at least one raw signal, the noise score being insufficient to reproduce a content of the raw signal, and (3) generating, based on the noise score and at least one or more other factors, a value representing a risk of damage to the property, wherein the one or more other factors include environmental data from at least one smoke sensor at the property.
[G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
Communication devices for guards of controlled environments
Patent No. 12482345
Inventor(s): Stephen L. Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18588835 on 02/27/2024 (637 days app to issue)
Abstract: The present disclosure provides details of a system and method for a communication device for guards in controlled environments. The communication device is established based on an indoor wireless infrastructure in the controlled environment, receiving wireless positioning signals to calculate and determine the real-time location of a user carrying the device. The indoor wireless positioning can be combined with other available positioning methods to provide highly accurate positioning information of the guard. The communication device detects, monitors, and records activities of the guard during a period of time, and is controlled by the control center. The control center and the communication device respond quickly to different abnormal situations. In addition, the communication device detects contraband electronic devices and monitor surroundings of the guard. Thus, the disclosed system and method for the communication device provides improved communication and monitoring for guards in a controlled environment.
[G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
AI-assisted classroom management with real-time observations, monitoring and intervention
Patent No. 12482370
Inventor(s): Clyde H. Forland, III (Dallas, TX), Erika D. Lambert (Flower Mound, TX), James L. Rockett, Jr. (Carrollton, TX), Randy M. Whelan (Coppell, TX), Robert M. Beaty (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): RedCritter Corp. (Flower Mound, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18790184 on 07/31/2024 (482 days app to issue)
Abstract: AI-assisted classroom management with real-time observations, monitoring and intervention is provided. A student AI component can be executed on each student”s device to capture the educational content the students are accessing in real-time. The captured content can be evaluated to classify it based on learning standards. The status of each student can then be determined based on the content classifications. The status of the students can be evaluated against configurable rules to generate observations. An observation may be presented to the teacher with one or more suggested actions or one or more actions may be automatically taken to address the observation in real-time.
[G09B] EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
Interactive display apparatus and method of use
Patent No. 12482440
Inventor(s): Daniel Corey Black (Dallas, TX), Ilan Craig Cane (Richardson, TX), Michael Rolando Solis (Dallas, TX), Nic Joseph Logan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Glass-Media, Inc. (Farmers Branch, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18326920 on 05/31/2023 (909 days app to issue)
Abstract: The invention disclosed provides a novel solution to the problems of the prior art. The device provides a low-cost active display system capable of use in many free-standing configurations. The device incorporates a modular design that has both reusable and non-reusable elements. The modular design further accommodates specially designed display screens which are electronically modified to match different battery configurations to maximize battery life. The device incorporates various sensors to recognize certain ambient conditions, customer proximity and customer approach direction. In one embodiment, the display largely remains dormant until a first long range trigger signal is detected, at which time the device reactivates the modified display and a second short range trigger signal is detected which then retrieves content from the memory to display it. The result is drastically extended battery life and reduced maintenance cost.
[G09G] ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F 3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F 9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H01L, H05B 33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N 1/00) [5]
Methods and apparatuses for handling end-to-end encryption
Patent No. 12483506
Inventor(s): Ana Lucia Pinheiro (Allen, TX), Robert Jaksa (Irving, TX), Stephie Lim (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (Philadelphia, PA)
Law Firm: Ballard Spahr LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18479469 on 10/02/2023 (785 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for managing a multipath connection. A user device may maintain a network path of multiple network paths based on the streaming data that the user device transmits.
[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Delivery of an electronic message using a machine learning policy
Patent No. 12483563
Inventor(s): Daniel Joseph Potkalesky (Garland, TX), Mark Stephen DeMichele (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): ZixCorp Systems, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Sprinkle IP Law Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18408692 on 01/10/2024 (685 days app to issue)
Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method performed by a classification scanner comprises receiving an electronic message and determining whether the electronic message includes an express indication from the user indicating that a classification applies to the electronic message. In response to determining that the electronic message does not include the express indication that the classification applies to the electronic message, the message further comprises sending the electronic message to a machine learning scanner. The machine learning scanner is adapted to use a machine learning policy to determine whether the classification applies to the electronic message.
[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]
Flash memory cell structure having separate program and erase electron paths
Patent No. 12484258
Inventor(s): Sundar Chetlur (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Allegro MicroSystems, LLC (Manchester, NH)
Law Firm: DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD DURKEE, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17650418 on 02/09/2022 (1385 days app to issue)
Abstract: In one aspect, a flash memory cell includes a well having a first-type dopant, a source having a second-type dopant and formed within the well, a drain having the second-type dopant and formed within the well, a floating gate above the well, a control gate above the floating gate, an oxide compound disposed between the floating gate and the control gate, and a tunnel oxide disposed between the floating gate and the well. The flash memory cell is configured, in one of a program mode or an erase mode, to move an electron from the source to the floating gate. The flash memory cell is configured, in the other one of the program or the erase mode, to move an electron is from the floating gate to the drain.
[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)
E L E C T R I C I T Y
Quantum reflection access credentialing (QRAC)
Patent No. 12481738
Inventor(s): Robert Hannon Sparks (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18139105 on 04/25/2023 (945 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method for providing a quantum reflection access credentialing (QRAC) system. The method includes receiving a user login. The user login may include a username and password. The user login may be associated with a known user. The system may include a memory for storing information corresponding to light reflected from the face of the user. The method may further include selecting, or receiving a selection of, a light source from among an array of light sources. The method may also include shining light generated by the selected light source on the user”s face. The method may also include scanning the user face to capture a reflection of the light generated by the light source. The method may then include confirming that the information stored in the memory corresponds to the reflection of the light generated by the light source. In response to confirming that the information stored in the memory corresponds to the reflection of the light generated by the light source, the method may credential user access.
[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
Flip guard safety systems for aircraft switches
Patent No. 12482614
Inventor(s): Luis Erana Salmeron (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18135147 on 04/15/2023 (955 days app to issue)
Abstract: A flip guard safety system for preventing inadvertent actuation of an aircraft switch. The flip guard safety system includes a flip guard having a cover that pivots between a guarded positions in which the cover protects the aircraft switch against inadvertent actuation and an unguarded position in which the cover provides access to the aircraft switch. A flip guard safety has a gate that pivots between a closed position in which the gate retains the cover in the guarded position and an open position in which the gate does not retain the cover in the guarded position, such that the cover is pivotable from the guarded position to the unguarded position. The gate pivots from the closed position to the open position in a first direction and the cover pivots from the guarded position to the unguarded position a second direction that is opposite of the first direction.
[H01H] ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B 7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G 9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K 17/00)
Half bridge ceramic hermetic package structure
Patent No. 12482711
Inventor(s): Ken Pham (San Jose, CA), Kwang-Soo Kim (Sunnyvale, CA), Vivek Arora (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18078923 on 12/10/2022 (1081 days app to issue)
Abstract: An electronic device includes a multilevel ceramic body, first, second, and third plates, and first and second semiconductor dies, with the multilevel ceramic body having opposite first and second sides, a first and second openings in the first side, a third opening in the second side, and a ceramic separator structure defining first and second interior portions between the first and second openings. The first plate is attached to the first side and covers the first opening, the second plate is attached to the first side and covers the second opening, the third plate is attached to the second side and covers the third opening, the first semiconductor die is in the first interior portion, and the second semiconductor die is in the second interior portion of the ceramic body.
[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]
Thermally enhanced embedded die package
Patent No. 12482718
Inventor(s): Kwang-Soo Kim (Sunnyvale, CA), Vivek Arora (San Jose, CA), Woochan Kim (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17876621 on 07/29/2022 (1215 days app to issue)
Abstract: An electronic device includes an embedded die frame having a cavity and a routing structure, a semiconductor die in the cavity with a gallium nitride layer on the routing structure, and a heat spreader having a thermally conductive insulator layer and a metal plate, the thermally conductive insulator layer having a first side that faces the embedded die frame and an opposite second side that faces away from the embedded die frame, with a portion of the first side of the thermally conductive insulator layer extending over a side of a silicon substrate of the semiconductor die, and the metal plate on the second side of the thermally conductive insulator layer.
[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]
Backside metallization of flip-chip semiconductor devices
Patent No. 12482723
Inventor(s): Ashish Mody (Allen, TX), Nick Angelo (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Arlington, VA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17837396 on 06/10/2022 (1264 days app to issue)
Abstract: An electronic device is provided having a bulk Si layer and an active region positioned on the bulk Si layer. The active region includes at least one semiconductor component defined by a device layout or functions of the electronic device. An opaque structure is positioned on the bulk Si layer or within the bulk Si layer. The opaque structure is configured to prevent visual or IR imaging of the electronic device to determine the device layout or functions.
[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]
Selective plating for packaged semiconductor devices
Patent No. 12482769
Inventor(s): Jeffrey Salvacion Solas (Angeles, , PH), Katleen Fajardo Timbol (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17855695 on 06/30/2022 (1244 days app to issue)
Abstract: A described example includes: a semiconductor die having a device side surface and an opposing backside surface, the backside surface mounted to a die pad of a lead frame, the lead frame comprising conductive leads spaced from the die pad; a conductor layer overlying the device side surface; bond pads including bond pad conductors formed in the conductor layer, a nickel layer over the bond pad conductors, and a palladium or gold layer over the nickel layer; conductor traces formed in the conductor layer, the conductor traces free from the nickel layer and the palladium or gold layer; bond wires bonded to the bond pads electrically coupling the bond pads to conductive leads; and mold compound covering the semiconductor die, the bond pads, the bond wires, and portions of the lead frame, wherein portions of the conductive leads are exposed from the mold compound to form terminals.
[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]
Fuel cell bipolar plate design for reduced corrosion potential
Patent No. 12482834
Inventor(s): Ercan Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Tomoki Tambo (Ann Arbor, MI), Yuqing Zhou (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: 17877513 on 07/29/2022 (1215 days app to issue)
Abstract: A fuel cell system includes: a first fuel cell; a second fuel cell; a cathode configured to receive a positive charge from the first fuel cell and the second fuel cell; an anode disposed apart from the cathode and configured to receive a negative charge from the first fuel cell and the second fuel cell; a manifold enclosing the anode and the cathode; coolant disposed within the manifold and surrounding the cathode and the anode; and a seal disposed between the cathode and the anode so as to prevent the coolant from leaking into the first fuel cell, wherein the cathode includes a seal portion disposed adjacent to the seal and a remaining portion separated from the seal by the seal portion, and wherein the remaining portion of the cathode is configured to be non-parallel with the anode so as to reduce shunt current at the seal portion.
[H01M] PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY [2]
Dynamically reconfigurable synchronous motors and generators
Patent No. 12483081
Inventor(s): Hengchun Mao (Allen, TX), Xuezhong Jia (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Quantentech Limited (Grand Cayman, , KY)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18153555 on 01/12/2023 (1048 days app to issue)
Abstract: An apparatus has a plurality of poles facing an air gap, and the poles are configured to generate a magnetic field in the air gap. The poles include a group of unchanged poles and a group of reversible poles, where a polarity of each reversible pole is configured to be changed during an operation mode, and after the polarity has been changed, each reversible pole and at least an adjacent unchanged pole in effect merged into one augmented pole, such that the pole number of the magnetic field in the air gap is changed.
[H02K] DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H 53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power H02M 9/00)
Current sensing apparatus and control method
Patent No. 12483109
Inventor(s): Gonggui Xu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): LEN TECH Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18379566 on 10/12/2023 (775 days app to issue)
Abstract: An apparatus includes a current sensing gain stage comprising a first leg and a second leg, wherein each leg comprises a plurality of transistors connected in series, a first track stage configured to receive a first current sensing signal, wherein the first track stage comprises a first bias transistor configured to provide a first range of headroom for the first leg of the current sensing gain stage, and a second track stage configured to receive a second current sensing signal, wherein the second track stage comprises a second bias transistor configured to provide a second range of headroom for the second leg of the current sensing gain stage.
[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 two-stage dc-dc converter
Patent No. 12483129
Inventor(s): Alaa Eldin Y El Sherif (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NXP USA, Inc. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18129312 on 03/31/2023 (970 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method, power converter and controller are disclosed for controlling a power converter having a main converter connected between a first input voltage and a ground and having a main output at an output terminal, an auxiliary converter connected between a second input voltage and the ground and having an auxiliary output, an output capacitor connected between the main output terminal and a ground, and an auxiliary capacitor connected between the auxiliary output and the main output terminal; and a controller; the method comprising: operating the main converter at a first frequency, operating the auxiliary converter at a second frequency; controlling the main converter to control the voltage at the auxiliary output; and controlling the auxiliary converter to control the voltage at the main output.
[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]
Dual loop voltage clamp
Patent No. 12483133
Inventor(s): Avadhut Junnarkar (McKinney, TX), Mustapha El-Markhi (Richardson, TX), Sigfredo Gonzalez Diaz (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18059947 on 11/29/2022 (1092 days app to issue)
Abstract: A dual loop clamp circuit includes a clamp circuit and a low-side driver circuit. The clamp circuit includes a clamp enable output and a low-side clamp output. The low-side driver circuit includes a low-side control signal input and an output stage. The output stage includes a low-side drive output and an input. The low-side drive output is coupled to the low-side clamp output. The input of the output stage is coupled to the clamp enable output and the low-side control signal input.
[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]
Methods and apparatus to improve transient response performance of buck regulators
Patent No. 12483135
Inventor(s): Song Guo (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18204278 on 05/31/2023 (909 days app to issue)
Abstract: An example apparatus includes: a first switch having a first terminal coupled to a switch terminal and a second terminal coupled to a current sense positive (CSP) terminal; a second switch coupled to the CSP terminal and to a first resistor; the first resistor coupled to the second switch and to ground; a first capacitor having a positive terminal coupled to the CSP terminal and a negative terminal coupled to ground; a second resistor coupled to the CSP terminal and to a current sense negative (CSN) terminal; a second capacitor coupled to the CSN terminal and coupled to ground; a third switch coupled to the CSP terminal and a third resistor; the third resistor having coupled to the third switch and a voltage source; and the voltage source coupled to the third resistor and to ground.
[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]
Multiple port bidirectional power conversion circuit
Patent No. 12483136
Inventor(s): King Man Siu (Dallas, TX), Wu Di (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18502912 on 11/06/2023 (750 days app to issue)
Abstract: In some examples, a circuit includes a first power converter cell and a second power converter cell. The first power converter cell has a first bidirectional interface. The first power converter cell is configured to switch power from the first bidirectional interface to a second bidirectional interface in a first operation mode. The second power converter cell has a third bidirectional interface. The second power converter cell is configured to switch power from the third bidirectional interface to the second bidirectional interface in the first operation mode in parallel with the first power converter cell.
[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]
Switch control method and hybrid voltage converter
Patent No. 12483141
Inventor(s): Songnan Yang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Halo Microelectronics Co., Ltd. (Foshan, , CN)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18396931 on 12/27/2023 (699 days app to issue)
Abstract: A switch control method is applied to a hybrid voltage converter including a switched capacitor unit and a freewheeling unit. The method including obtaining the output current of the hybrid voltage converter, when the output current is greater than a first current threshold, controlling the switches in the hybrid voltage converter to operate in parallel conduction mode, when the output current is less than the first current threshold, controlling the switches in the hybrid voltage converter to operate in sequential conduction mode. When the switches operate in parallel conduction mode, N switches in the switched capacitor unit are controlled to turn on and off with the same duty cycle and a phase shift of 360/N degrees. When the switches operate in sequential conduction mode, each switch in the switched capacitor unit is controlled to conduct individually with the same duty cycle in sequence.
[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]
Bias generation for power converter
Patent No. 12483152
Inventor(s): Laszlo Balogh (Merrimack, NH), Maik Peter Kaufmann (Freising, , DE), Michael Lueders (Freising, , DE), Stefan Herzer (Marzling, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18141245 on 04/28/2023 (942 days app to issue)
Abstract: A self-biasing circuit for power converters is disclosed. In an example, an apparatus includes a first transistor coupled between an inductor terminal and a ground terminal, and a second transistor coupled between the inductor terminal and a bias terminal. The first transistor has a first control terminal, and the second transistor has a second control terminal. In an example, the first and second transistors are configured to split a current at the inductor terminal. The apparatus further includes a controller having first and second control outputs, where the first control output is coupled to the first control terminal, the second control output is coupled to the second control terminal.
[H02M] APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (conversion of current or voltage specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/02; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables in general, e.g. using transformers, reactors or choke coils, combination of such systems with static converters G05F; for digital computers G06F 1/00; transformers H01F; connection or control of one converter with regard to conjoint operation with a similar or other source of supply H02J; dynamo-electric converters H02K 47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P; pulse generators H03K) [5]
Voltage buffer
Patent No. 12483198
Inventor(s): Srinivas Kumar Pulijala (Tucson, AZ), Vadim Valerievich Ivanov (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18090756 on 12/29/2022 (1062 days app to issue)
Abstract: In an example, a circuit includes a first field-effect transistor (FET) having a gate and first and second terminals. The circuit includes a second FET having a gate and first and second terminals, the second terminals of the first and second FETs coupled together. The circuit includes a first boosted follower coupled to the gate of the first FET and includes a second boosted follower coupled to the gate of the second FET. A third FET is coupled to the first boosted follower and the second voltage terminal and configured to turn off the first boosted follower responsive to a first level of an output voltage. A fourth FET is coupled to the second boosted follower and the first voltage terminal and configured to turn off the second boosted follower responsive to a second level of the output voltage.
[H03F] AMPLIFIERS (measuring, testing G01R; optical parametric amplifiers G02F; circuit arrangements with secondary emission tubes H01J 43/30; masers, lasers H01S; dynamo-electric amplifiers H02K; control of amplification H03G; coupling arrangements independent of the nature of the amplifier, voltage dividers H03H; amplifiers capable only of dealing with pulses H03K; repeater circuits in transmission lines H04B 3/36, H04B 3/58; application of speech amplifiers in telephonic communication H04M 1/60, H04M 3/40)
Methods and apparatus for power amplifier transformers
Patent No. 12483209
Inventor(s): Baher Haroun (Allen, TX), Swaminathan Sankaran (Allen, TX), Tolga Dinc (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17491096 on 09/30/2021 (1517 days app to issue)
Abstract: An example apparatus includes a first transformer winding having a first proximal end and a first distal end and a second transformer winding having a second proximal end and a second distal end, the first proximal end having a first distance from the second proximal end and the first distal end having a second distance from the second distal end, the first distance less than the second distance.
[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)
Spurious mode reduction for electromechanical resonator circuit
Patent No. 12483222
Inventor(s): Jeronimo Segovia Fernandez (San Jose, CA), Sean Chang (Hercules, CA), Ting-Ta Yen (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18173950 on 02/24/2023 (1005 days app to issue)
Abstract: One example described herein includes an integrated circuit (IC). The IC includes a substrate having opposing first and second sides. The second side can include a curved surface. The IC also includes a resonator on the first side. A curvature of the curved surface can reflect a property of the resonator.
[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)
Level shifter circuit
Patent No. 12483247
Inventor(s): Ajith Kumar Narayanasetty (Bangalore, , IN), Anthony Calabria (McKinney, TX), Sreeram Nasum S (Bangalore, , IN), Tarunvir Singh (Bangalore, , IN), Yuan Rao (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18621244 on 03/29/2024 (606 days app to issue)
Abstract: A circuit includes a semiconductor substrate, a first ground terminal, a second ground terminal, a driver circuit, a capacitor, a receiver circuit, and a substrate bias circuit. The driver circuit is on the semiconductor substrate. The driver circuit is coupled to the first ground terminal, and has a first output and a second output. The capacitor has a first terminal coupled to the first output of the driver circuit and a second terminal. The receiver circuit is on the semiconductor substrate. The receiver circuit is coupled to the second ground terminal, and has a first input coupled to the second terminal of the capacitor, and a second input coupled to the second output of the driver circuit. The substrate bias circuit has a first input coupled to the first ground terminal, a second input coupled to the second ground terminal, and an output coupled to the semiconductor substrate.
[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]
Metastability error detection and BER improvement technique in pipelined ADCs
Patent No. 12483259
Inventor(s): Abhijith N (Mangaluru, , IN), Neeraj Shrivastava (Bangalore, , IN), Prabhansh Pandey (Singrauli, , IN), Sai Vikas Kandimalla (Nalgonda, , IN), Samriddh Bhalla (Mhow, , IN), Visvesvaraya Appala Pentakota (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18525051 on 11/30/2023 (726 days app to issue)
Abstract: In an example, a system includes a pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having a main path and an auxiliary path. The main path includes a first stage having a sampling switch, a flash ADC having an input coupled to the sampling switch, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) having an input coupled to an output of the flash ADC, and a first amplifier having an input coupled to an output of the DAC and the sampling switch. The main path includes a second stage coupled to the first stage and an input of a second amplifier. The main path also includes a backend ADC having an input coupled to an output of the second amplifier. The auxiliary path includes a plurality of metastability comparators coupled to the flash ADC.
[H03M] CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL (using fluidic means F15C 4/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F 7/00; coding, decoding or code conversion, specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. G01D, G01R, G06F, G06T, G09G, G10L, G11B, G11C, H04B, H04L, H04M, H04N; ciphering or deciphering for cryptography or other purposes involving the need for secrecy G09C) [4]
Spur and image suppression in a radio frequency signal generator
Patent No. 12483278
Inventor(s): Sudipto Chakraborty (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17987077 on 11/15/2022 (1106 days app to issue)
Abstract: A device comprises a radio frequency (RF) signal generator and a calibration system. The RF signal generator is configured to upconvert a baseband signal to an RF signal using first and second LO signals. The RF signal generator comprises first and second signal paths to process first and second differential signals. The calibration system comprises calibration control circuitry and actuator circuitry. In response to digital control signals generated by the calibration control circuitry, the actuator circuitry is configured to: inject currents into the first and second signal paths to adjust offsets of the first and second differential signals, and to balance amplitudes of the first and second differential signals; and adjust at least one of respective duty cycles of the first and second local oscillator signals, and a phase difference between the first and second local oscillator signals.
[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]
Reinforcement learning receiver front-end
Patent No. 12483286
Inventor(s): Charles Forrest Campbell (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18353163 on 07/17/2023 (862 days app to issue)
Abstract: A reinforcement learning receiver front-end (RL-RXFE) is disclosed having a low-noise amplifier (LNA) with adjustable supply voltage and adjustable bias voltages, a frequency selective limiter (FSL) coupled to the LNA and configured to attenuate undesired radio frequency (RF) bands and for sensing RF band power, and a combination of an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert an RF signal amplified by the LNA to a digital signal, a digital signal processor configured to generate spectrum information from the digital signal, and a baseband distortion by-product detector/sensor configured to generate distortion by-product information, and LNA dynamic information. A reinforcement learning processing circuitry receives and uses this information to perform reinforcement learning and to output control signals to the FSL and the LNA to maximize linearity and efficiency.
[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]
Dynamic reconfiguration of uplink transmission in a TDD wireless communication system
Patent No. 12483291
Inventor(s): Anthony Edet Ekpenyong (Houston, TX), Ralf Matthias Bendlin (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16222814 on 12/17/2018 (2535 days app to issue)
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention use signaling mechanisms that enable dynamic reconfiguration of the UL/DL resource partitioning by user equipment (UE) in a TDD wireless communication system, such as the 3GPP TDD Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) system. The dynamic reconfiguration of the UL/DL resource partitioning disclosed herein may also be applied to any other TDD wireless system employing dynamic reconfiguration of the TDD UL/DL configuration.
[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]
Code block segmentation and configuration for concatenated turbo and RS coding
Patent No. 12483351
Inventor(s): June Chul Roh (Allen, TX), Pierre Bertrand (Antibes, , FR)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18527738 on 12/04/2023 (722 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method for performing code block segmentation for wireless transmission using concatenated forward error correction encoding includes receiving a transport block of data for transmission having a transport block size, along with one or more parameters that define a target code rate. A number N of inner code blocks needed to transmit the transport block is determined. A number Mouter code blocks may be calculated based on the number of inner code blocks and on encoding parameters for the outer code blocks. The transport block may then be segmented and encoded according to the calculated encoding parameters.
[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
Systems and methods for configuration-driven processing of data via a configuration service
Patent No. 12483423
Inventor(s): Ruslan Ulanov (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DigiCert, Inc. (Lehi, UT)
Law Firm: Baratta Law PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18353267 on 07/17/2023 (862 days app to issue)
Abstract: Systems and methods for configuration-driven processing of data via a configuration service include receiving a batch of archived data with contents that include a configuration file and one or more resources; validating the batch of archived data; responsive to the validating, extracting the contents of the batch of archived data; and processing the one or more resources based on the configuration file, to configure a service with the one or more resources, wherein the configuration file defines a type of each of the one or more resources, a relationship between the one or more resources, and any actions to be performed on the one or more resources.
[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
Methods and apparatus for edge-triggered digital isolator circuitry
Patent No. 12483444
Inventor(s): Kumar Anurag Shrivastava (Bangalore, , IN), Sreeram S (Bangalore, , IN), Tarunvir Singh (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18204260 on 05/31/2023 (909 days app to issue)
Abstract: An example apparatus includes: transmitter channel circuitry including: a buffer having an output; and a capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the capacitor coupled to the output of the buffer; an isolation transformer including: a first inductor having a terminal coupled to the second terminal of the capacitor; and a second inductor magnetically coupled to the first inductor across an isolation barrier, and receiver channel circuitry coupled to the second inductor.
[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
Routing methods, systems, and computer program products
Patent No. 12483494
Inventor(s): Robert Paul Morris (Cary, NC)
Assignee(s): MORRIS ROUTING TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: The Caldwell Firm, LLC (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18357806 on 07/24/2023 (855 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods and systems are described for routing based on a path-based protocol address. Data is detected, by a current node in a current location in a network path, in a data unit that is specified according to a network protocol and that includes a first path-based protocol address including a plurality of path segment identifiers that identify respective path segments of a network path for transmitting data from a source node to a destination node. A current-next path segment identifier is detected, based on the current location, that identifies a current-next path segment in the plurality for transmitting the data from the current node to a next node in the network path. A current-next network interface id determined, based on the current-next path segment identifier, that is included in the current-next path segment. The data is sent, via the current-next network interface, to the next node.
[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
Mutual authentication system
Patent No. 12483555
Inventor(s): Justin Royell Nash (Little Elm, TX), Navaid Hussain (Dallas, TX), Subhalakshmi Selvam (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): United States Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17712647 on 04/04/2022 (1331 days app to issue)
Abstract: Mutual authentication and CSR verification techniques are described in this patent document. When a first person calls a second person, neither of them know that the other person is who he or she says he or she is. After a second person receives the call, the second person can log into a provider portal using a user device. After the second person logs in, the second person can see a verification of the call, can input on the user device a time passcode, or can receive such as passcode from a central system to authenticate the first person. The first person can provide the passcode to the second person. Upon receiving the inputted passcode, the second person can use his or her user device to indicate that the time passcode is correct so that the second person can be authenticated to access the first person”s account.
[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
Policy management for data processing systems using a management controller
Patent No. 12483568
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: 18498373 on 10/31/2023 (756 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods and systems for managing policies for data processing systems are disclosed. A management controller for the data processing system may utilize an out of band communication channel to obtain a set of policies for the data processing system from a remote management system. The management controller may monitor a state of the data processing system and may identify when a condition is met for any policy of the set of the policies. If the condition is met, the management controller may select one or more actions based on the state and the policy for which the condition was met. The management controller may perform the one or more actions to update operation of the data processing system to obtain an updated data processing system.
[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
Automated vulnerability exception process
Patent No. 12483587
Inventor(s): Mohamed Seck (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18604262 on 03/13/2024 (622 days app to issue)
Abstract: In some implementations, an exception system may receive an indication of a security vulnerability associated with a cloud environment. The exception system may provide a data structure that represents the security vulnerability to a machine learning model in order to receive a suggested exception justification. The exception system may output, to a user device associated with a user assigned to the security vulnerability, a draft exception request that includes the suggested exception justification. The exception system may receive, from the user device, a request to submit an exception request based on the draft exception request. The exception system may transmit a command to tag the security vulnerability as excepted.
[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
Methods and apparatus to visualize machine learning based malware classification
Patent No. 12483590
Inventor(s): Steven Grobman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): McAfee, LLC (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Hanley, Flight Zimmerman, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17714023 on 04/05/2022 (1330 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions. The processor circuitry executes the instructions to identify a test data distribution, generate a first visualization of the identified test data distribution, select a visualization type for a machine learning model, generate a second visualization including an indication of features extracted from the test data by the machine learning model, and generate a third visualization of results of inference performed by the machine learning model, the inference performed on the test data.
[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
System and method for resource arbitration for commercial off the shelf phones
Patent No. 12483605
Inventor(s): Madhusudan Pai (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. (Chicago, IL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17999069 on 09/30/2020 (1882 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method is provided. The method includes receiving, at an arbitration server, a call setup request, the call setup request including at least an indication of an application used to send the call setup request and at least one other indication of a call type of a call associated with the call setup request. The method includes retrieving, from a configuration database, a call priority associated with the call set up request. The method includes determining that the user device is currently engaged in an ongoing call associated with an ongoing call priority. The method includes determining that the call setup request is of higher priority than the ongoing call based on the ongoing call priority. The method includes when the call setup request is of higher priority, terminating the ongoing call and completing the setup of the call associated with the call setup request.
[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
MMT based DRM operation for ATSC 3.0
Patent No. 12483755
Inventor(s): Youngkwon Lim (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17735908 on 05/03/2022 (1302 days app to issue)
Abstract: A decoding device includes a communication interface and a processor operably coupled to the communication interface. The communication interface receives at least a portion of a broadcast stream including media data, which includes media samples. The processor identifies information elements containing DRM processing information in the broadcast stream. Each information element is associated with a respective one media sample of the media data. For each information element, the processor also identifies the one media sample that is associated with the information element. The processor further identifies, based on the information element, the DRM processing information for the one media sample. In addition, the processor decodes the one media sample based on the DRM processing information.
[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]
Security for content delivery during vehicle charging
Patent No. 12483762
Inventor(s): Christopher E. Yang (Frisco, TX), James D. Wilder (Dallas, TX), James J. George (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-Ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18443032 on 02/15/2024 (649 days app to issue)
Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a vehicle is receiving content while connected to a charging point, and providing an alert when an adverse situation arises within a proximity threshold of the vehicle while an occupant is consuming the content.
[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]
Systems and methods for qualifying on-ramp facilities in networking systems
Patent No. 12483814
Inventor(s): Jeremy S. Papke (Monroe, WA), Ryan C. Bennett (Arlington, WA)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18800632 on 08/12/2024 (470 days app to issue)
Abstract: Techniques for qualifying on-ramp facilities of a networking system in which a PON is included include obtaining indications of a new service location and a set of required services to be provided via the PON at the new service location, and filtering, based on geospatial coordinates of the location, a set of on-ramp facilities to obtain a group of candidate on-ramp facilities for the new service location, where each candidate on-ramp facility is optically connected to a respective serving office via a respective physical polyline route within the PON. The techniques additionally include selecting, from among the group of candidate on-ramp facilities and based on the required services, an on-ramp facility for providing the required services to the new service location, and optionally causing one or more services to be delivered from a serving office of the PON to the new service location via the selected on-ramp facility.
[H04Q] SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) [2009.01]
System and method for establishing end-to-end secure communication using per-session validation
Patent No. 12483888
Inventor(s): Mansoor Ali Shah Mohammed (Plano, TX), Paul Brand (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17829414 on 06/01/2022 (1273 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to an per-session validation with secure connection and authentication service. The service may include the installation of a client after an end device completes a primary authentication and registration procedure with a core network. The client and an enforcement device may establish a secure and encrypted session via which packet data unit (PDU) session requests may be approved or denied based on network access polices associated with the end device. An enforcement orchestration service may configure enforcement devices and obtain encryption keys from the core network for use by the enforcement device.
[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]
Throughput estimation and troubleshooting for wireless gateway devices
Patent No. 12483914
Inventor(s): Imran Kader (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, KS)
Law Firm: Jones Robb, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18333702 on 06/13/2023 (896 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method for throughput estimation and troubleshooting includes collecting RF parameters from wireless gateway devices. The method additionally includes estimating a throughput of multiple wireless gateway devices based on collected RF parameters and maintaining a profile including RF parameters and estimated throughput over time. The method further includes troubleshooting for selected wireless gateway devices based on the throughput estimate.
[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]
Multipath communication and control
Patent No. 12483964
Inventor(s): Ana Lucia Pinheiro (Allen, TX), Robert Jaksa (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (Philadelphia, PA)
Law Firm: Ballard Spahr LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18093686 on 01/05/2023 (1055 days app to issue)
Abstract: Disclosed are improvements in communication methods and techniques where more than one communication path is available. The methods include determining a first throughput of the first path. The first throughput may be based on a first path of a connection, a mode selection, and analysis of a first packet configured to determine a parameter of the first path. The methods may include determining a second throughput, and the methods may further include sending a third packet comprising data of an application. The third packet may be based on the first throughput and the second throughput.
[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]
Method and apparatus for enabling EMLSR operation with TWT over multiple links
Patent No. 12483980
Inventor(s): Ahmed Atef Ibrahim Ibrahim (Plano, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Peshal Nayak (Plano, TX), Rubayet Shafin (Allen, TX), Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18054526 on 11/10/2022 (1111 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for facilitating the coexistence of target wake time (TWT) and enhanced multi-link single radio EMLSR operations for multi-link devices (MLDs). A non-access point (AP) MLD comprises STAs, each comprising a transceiver configured to form a link with a corresponding AP of an AP MLD, and a processor. At least a subset of the links are EMLSR links. TWT schedules are established for communications on at least two of the EMLSR links, each having a TWT service period (SP). The processor is configured to determine whether there is an overlap between a first of the TWT SPs that corresponds to a first of the EMLSR links and other TWT SPs that correspond to other EMLSR links, based on the overlap existing, prioritize the first EMLSR link based on criteria related to each of the TWT schedules, and initiate a frame exchange on the prioritized EMLSR link.
[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]
Dual base station frame boundaries
Patent No. 12484054
Inventor(s): Stuart D. Sandberg (Acton, MA)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18323888 on 05/25/2023 (915 days app to issue)
Abstract: A communication system that uses dual base station frame boundaries is provided. A base station is in communication with a core network of at least one service provider and user equipment. The base station includes a circuitry that is configured to set a UL physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) time frame boundary in alignment with a downlink (DL) PDSCH time frame boundary, process PUSCH communication signals in the PUSCH using the UL PUSCH time frame boundary, set an UL random access channel (RACH) time frame boundary at a select delay from an associated RACH time frame boundary within a UL PUSCH time frame, process RACH communication signals using the delayed UL RACH time frame boundary, and provide a timing advance command to a UE that communicated a UL RACH communication signal that accounts for a round trip latency in a fronthaul network connecting the base station and radio units.
[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]
Method and apparatus for operation upon RLF detection in SL CA
Patent No. 12484076
Inventor(s): Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX), Shiyang Leng (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18321648 on 05/22/2023 (918 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for an UE operation upon RLF detection in a SL CA in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a UE includes receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information about multiple sidelink (SL) carriers for a SL carrier aggregation (CA) operation; when a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback corresponding to s SL carrier among the multiple SL carriers is not received for consecutive N times and the SL carrier is not a last configured SL carrier, releasing the SL carrier for a corresponding destination layer 2 identifier (L2 ID); and when the HARQ feedback corresponding to the SL carrier among the multiple SL carriers is not received for a consecutive M times and the SL carrier is the last configured SL carrier, releasing a PC5-radio resource control (PC5-RRC) connection for the corresponding destination L2 ID.
[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]
Channel access procedure for SL transmission over unlicensed band
Patent No. 12484087
Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX), Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17806713 on 06/13/2022 (1261 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for a channel access in a wireless communication systems. A method of a UE in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: determining whether, for a first time duration, a channel is sensed as an idle state for a channel access procedure; occupying the channel for a second time duration based on a determination that the channel is sensed as the idle state; and transmitting, for at least a portion of the second time duration, a signal on the channel, wherein the first time duration and the second time duration are based on a SL PPPP for a SL communication.
[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]
Polysilicon resistor implant for reduced resistance temperature coefficient variability
Patent No. 12484236
Inventor(s): Mahalingam Nandakumar (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18093951 on 01/06/2023 (1054 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods and semiconductor circuits are described in which a polysilicon resistor body is formed over a semiconductor substrate. A first dopant species is implanted into the polysilicon resistor body at a first angle about parallel to a surface normal of a topmost surface of the polysilicon resistor body. A second dopant species is implanted into the polysilicon resistor body at a second angle greater than about 10 relative to the surface normal. The combination of implants reduces the different between the temperature coefficient (tempco) of resistance of narrow resistors relative to the tempco of wide resistors, and brings the tempco of the resistors closer to a preferred value of zero.
[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]
DESIGN PATENTS
Cooking appliance
Patent No. D1102806
Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Fort Worth, TX), John L. Zivich (Dallas, TX), Josiah A. Wilhelm (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SOLO BRANDS, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29967329 on 10/09/2024 (412 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
Cooking system
Patent No. D1102807
Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Fort Worth, TX), John L. Zivich (Dallas, TX), Josiah A. Wilhelm (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SOLO BRANDS, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29967337 on 10/09/2024 (412 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
Hinge cover
Patent No. D1102877
Inventor(s): Christopher Aram Touraine (Fort Worth, TX), Christopher Michael Craig (Rhome, TX), Louis Daniel Heilaneh (Denton, TX), Troy R. McCuller (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29875438 on 05/04/2023 (936 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
Model vehicle T-brace mount
Patent No. D1102971
Inventor(s): Jory Sprowl (Howe, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29961176 on 09/04/2024 (447 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
Grille assembly
Patent No. D1102980
Inventor(s): Herman Francisco Delos Santos (Duncanville, TX)
Assignee(s): Zoox, Inc. (Foster City, CA)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29930733 on 03/01/2024 (634 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
Side door for canopy of vehicle, truck, light delivery vehicle, or similar vehicle
Patent No. D1103043
Inventor(s): Michael Voss (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): RSI North America, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29900154 on 08/17/2023 (831 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
Model vehicle suspension link
Patent No. D1103299
Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Trent Collins (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29900870 on 08/25/2023 (823 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
Model vehicle steering block
Patent No. D1103300
Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Randy Perez (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29935548 on 04/02/2024 (602 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
[X] Design, Plant or Reissue Patent without a classification code
Model vehicle chassis mount
Patent No. D1103301 (Design)
Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Jory Sprowl (Howe, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Ross Martin (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29938913 on 04/24/2024 (580 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
[X] Design, Plant or Reissue Patent without a classification code
Feeder
Patent No. D1103506 (Design)
Inventor(s): Michael D. Harper (Fort Worth, TX), Ryan Paxson (Elk Rapids, MI)
Assignee(s): Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29793313 on 09/29/2023 (788 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
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