Beyond Badge Inc., other organizations with notable patents granted this week include:

AIM Design’s locker with reclining seat and roll-up door
AT&T’s zero trust network access and virtual private network client offloading
Blue Yonder Defense Solutions’ system and computer program for providing intelligent prescriptive analytics
Fasikl’s multi-electrode miniature electrical stimulation system and tremor relief wristband
Lupagen’s closed loop, bedside cell purification systems
Mary Kay’s stable vitamin C compositions
Match Group’s system for matching users based on selections made by third parties
Mavenir’s method for disabling hybrid automatic repeat request in internet of things-non-terrestrial network
Murdock Technologies’ method to deliver antifibrinolytic drugs to mitigate damage to the brain caused by concussive impact
Neuromersive’s neural pathways creation/reinforcement by neural detection with virtual feedback
Newton’s headset-based system for measuring binocular alignment
Spark Biomedical’s auricular stimulation device
Texas Instruments’ compact chip scale lidar solution
Toyota’s systems for interactively and virtually exploring geographic areas during vehicle travel
USAA’s methods for dynamically adjusting pay-per-ride insurance
Verizon’s batch processing of blockchain operations

Dallas Invents is a 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, 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 3/10/26 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 15
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 2
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 3
E: Fixed Constructions 5
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 4
G: Physics 41
H: Electricity 51

DESIGN: 32
REISSUE: 2

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 20
Traxxas L.P. (McKinney) 17
UNASSIGNED 7
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) 4
Apogee Networks LLC (Plano) 3
Delta Faucet Company (Indianapolis, IN) 3
Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, WA) 3
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 3
AtomBeam Technologies Inc. (Moraga, CA) 2
ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB (Landskrona, SE) 2

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney) 17
Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett) 13
Caleb Hix (McKinney) 10
Kent Poteet (Lucas) 8
Ross Martin (North Richland Hills) 5
Jory Sprowl (Howe) 4
Ross Martin (Roanoke) 4
Skylar Hagler (Anna) 4
Noah House (Sachse) 3
Peyton Michele Hartis (Sachse) 3

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Impact protection suit
Patent No. 12569024

Inventor(s): Burnett Davis, Jr. (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Sam Sokhansanj PLLC (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18667458 on 05/17/2024 (662 days app to issue)

Abstract: A unibody impact protection body suit apparatus that provides air spacing between the head of a user and the interior of the head region of the suit, face and shoulder protection, and situation awareness prior to impact to help prevent various head, neck, shoulder, upper body, and spinal injuries to a user in a contact sport. In particular, the impact protection suit includes a head region having an interior wall region, a shoulder region, and a torso region. Here, the impact protection suit is configured such that the head region provides a vertical and horizontal air spacing between a user”s head and the interior wall region that allows the user”s head to move within and relative to the housing and further prevents vertical and horizontal contact of the user”s head with the interior surface of the housing, thereby minimizing or preventing various, head, neck, and spine injuries.

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

Locker with reclining seat and roll-up door
Patent No. 12569062

Inventor(s): Sam Allen (Maypearl, TX)
Assignee(s): AIM Design, LLC (Desoto, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18516556 on 11/21/2023 (840 days app to issue)

Abstract: A locker has a reclining seat and an interior storage area. The reclining seat has a headrest, a seatback, a bench, a leg rest, and a footrest. The locker further having an electronic device holder at the top of the interior storage area. The reclining seat being fastened to a seat support assembly. The seat support assembly comprising a frame assembly, at least one curved base; and a seat support base.

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

Self-closing security door assembly for retail display
Patent No. 12569078

Inventor(s): Benjamin J. Sahlberg (Grand Rapids, MI), James W. Waalkes (Grand Rapids, MI), Nick Farinola (Kinnelon, NJ)
Assignee(s): VIRA Insight, LLC (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: WARNER NORCROSS + JUDD LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18141602 on 05/01/2023 (1044 days app to issue)

Abstract: A self-closing door assembly for limiting access to goods displayed on a shelving system. A frame assembly is attached to the shelving system adjacent the front edge of a first shelf, with upper and lower guide rails to slidably engage a pair of overlapping and self-closing doors. The door are aligned to laterally slide open from a closed position at which they interfere with manual access to the goods displayed on the shelf. Springs disposed between the frame assembly and the doors urge the doors toward the closed position. The doors are adapted for manual engagement to be urged toward the open position, and the springs automatically return the doors to the closed position upon manual release thereof.

[A47F] SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS, OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS

Headset-based system for measuring binocular alignment
Patent No. 12569135

Inventor(s): Aric Plumley (Costa Mesa, CA), Ferenc Raksi (Laguna Hills, CA), Jeffrey P. Krall (Mitchell, SD), John Williams Burns Moody (Denton, TX), Ronnie Barnard (Lake Dallas, TX), Vivek Labhishetty (Irvine, CA), Zachary Dios (Lagu
Assignee(s): Newton, Inc. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18462900 on 09/07/2023 (915 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method to determine a binocular alignment includes measuring a disassociated phoria of a patient at a first simulated distance by presenting fusible images including targets with a first parallax corresponding to the first simulated distance, using a headset stereo display at a screen distance; presenting non-fusible images by presenting the target for a first eye with the first parallax and presenting a disassociated targetless image for a second eye, and measuring the disassociated phoria in response to the presenting of non-fusible images, using an eye tracker of the headset; and determining a vergence of the patient at the first simulated distance by presenting fusible images for the first and second eyes with the first parallax, corrected with the measured disassociated phoria; measuring an associated phoria in response to the presenting of fusible images; and determining the vergence as a combination of the disassociated phoria and the associated phoria.

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

IOL injector with automatic driver or assisted manual drive force
Patent No. 12569332

Inventor(s): Yinghui Wu (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17817728 on 08/05/2022 (1313 days app to issue)

Abstract: An IOL injector having an automatic plunger advancement driver is described. In addition, an IOL injector having a spring-assisted driving mechanism and a spring damping mechanism is described.

[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]

System and method for a medical implant with integrated propulsors
Patent No. 12569353

Inventor(s): Ian A. Lee (Carrollton, TX), Randall F. Lee (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Bill Naifeh (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18534267 on 12/08/2023 (823 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of medical implants containing an integrated propulsor system. Additionally, methods of insertion are also disclosed.

Percussive adjusting instrument
Patent No. 12569390

Inventor(s): Kelcey Lynn Wiginton (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): JS ASSOCIATES, LLC (Sheridan, WY)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17201831 on 03/15/2021 (1821 days app to issue)

Abstract: A percussive adjusting instrument is provided which includes a percussive instrument head and a traversing arm that couples to the percussive instrument head. The percussive instrument head is movable with respect to the traversing arm. A vertical arm supports the traversing arm. The vertical arm also pivots the traversing arm and the percussive instrument head about an axis. A pivot assembly allows movement of the vertical arm and the percussive instrument head.

[A61H] PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy, ultrasound therapy A61N)

Stable vitamin C compositions
Patent No. 12569424

Inventor(s): Isaac Thomas (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18234592 on 08/16/2023 (937 days app to issue)

Abstract: A composition including ascorbic acid, a silicone oil, and at least 15% by weight of an essential oil is disclosed. At least 50% of the initial amount of ascorbic acid in the non-aqueous composition can remain stable when the composition is stored for at least 1 month at room temperature.

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

Method to deliver antifibrinolytic drugs to mitigate damage to the brain caused by concussive impact
Patent No. 12569458

Inventor(s): Frank Murdock (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Murdock Technologies, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker McKenzie LLP (Local + 5 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18094870 on 01/09/2023 (1156 days app to issue)

Abstract: Antifibrinolytic agents/drugs are applied to the concussive area of a patient”s brain to counter the activation of a fibrinolytic process in the concussive area. Various techniques are described for administering the antifibrinolytic agent.

Methods and compositions for treating inflammatory skin disease with recombinant microorganisms
Patent No. 12569521

Inventor(s): Travis Michael Whitfill (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Azitra Inc (Farmington, CT)
Law Firm: McCarter English, LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18641696 on 04/22/2024 (687 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention provides isolated plasmids, recombinant microorganisms, kits, and methods for the treatment of inflammatory skin disease.

Methods for disinfecting contact lenses with a manganese-coated disc, and related contact lens treatment systems
Patent No. 12569587

Inventor(s): Lynn Winterton (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Better Vision Solutions LLC (Alpharetta, GA)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18334450 on 06/14/2023 (1000 days app to issue)

Abstract: Contact lens treatment systems and methods for disinfecting contact lenses are described. These systems and methods utilize a coated catalytic disc, which contains a support disc and a manganese oxide present on at least a portion of the support disc. The coated catalytic disc contains 300 g to 1800 g of manganese, often in the form of manganese dioxide.

[A61L] METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agent employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes A61K) [4]

Closed loop, bedside cell purification systems and methods
Patent No. 12569606

Inventor(s): David Peritt (Irving, TX), Nripendra Das (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Lupagen, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Rimon PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18247608 on 10/01/2021 (1621 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are bedside, parenterally patient connected, closed-loop and complete systems and methods for cell purification.

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

Ingestible device for delivery of therapeutic agent to the gastrointestinal tract
Patent No. 12569659

Inventor(s): Pejman Rahimian (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): BT BIDCO, INC. (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18419135 on 01/22/2024 (778 days app to issue)

Abstract: Ingestible devices can directly deliver therapeutic agents to desired tissue(s) of the GI tract of a subject, such as the submucosa, the mucosa, and/or the mucus layer of the GI tract, and methods of using the same. The ingestible devices can deliver therapeutic agents in a safe, effective, and reliable manner. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions for use in methods of treating a disease or condition in a subject in need thereof.

[A61J] CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE

Multi-electrode miniature electrical stimulation system and tremor relief wristband
Patent No. 12569678

Inventor(s): Baitong Wang (Hangzhou, , CN), Bing Ye (Hangzhou, , CN), Jules Anh Tuan Nguyen (Dallas, TX), Linh Hoang (Dallas, TX), Markus Drealan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Fasikl Incorporated (Dallas, TX), Hangzhou Fasikl Technology Co., Ltd (Hangzhou, , CN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18116334 on 03/02/2023 (1104 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a multi-electrode miniature electrical stimulation system, including a BOOST circuit and a voltage doubling circuit; the core of the BOOST circuit is a switching power chip; a stimulation waveform control circuit includes several half-bridge drive circuits; each half-bridge drive circuit is correspondingly connected with one electrode, and any half-bridge drive circuit can output a bidirectional stimulation current; a voltage-controlled constant current source circuit includes an operational amplifier, a multi-channel analog switch and several diffusing power tubes; the operational amplifier works in a negative feedback working state.

[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]

Implantable head located radiofrequency coupled neurostimulation system for head pain
Patent No. 12569683

Inventor(s): Claire Denault (Dallas, TX), Kenneth Lyle Reed (Dallas, TX), Robert Raymond Bulger (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Shiratronics, Inc. (Brooklyn Park, MN)
Law Firm: Schwegman, Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17739748 on 05/09/2022 (1401 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is provided for driving an implantable neurostimulator lead, the lead having an associated plurality of electrodes disposed in at least one array on the lead. The system comprises an implantable pulse generator (IPG), the IPG including an electrode driver, a load system for determining load requirements, an IPG power coupler, and an IPG communication system. The system also includes an external unit, which includes an external variable power generator, an external power coupler, an external communication system, and a controller for varying the power level of the variable power generator.

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

High speed powder coating line for heat sensitive substrates
Patent No. 12569877

Inventor(s): Kevin C. Cross (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, OH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18709095 on 11/04/2022 (1222 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for applying a powder coating to a heat-sensitive substrate that may include at least one radiative oven, at least one convective oven, and a powder application system. The powder application system may include a plurality of powder application devices configured to apply powder to at least a top surface of the heat sensitive substrate while the heat sensitive substrate is oriented in a horizontal orientation.

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

Loading dock automated trailer door systems
Patent No. 12570129

Inventor(s): Daryl Day (Frisco, TX), Elijah Holzapfel (Irving, TX), L. Blake Whitley (Arlington, TX), Richard K. Hoofard (Dallas, TX), Stephen Kosek (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB (Landskrona, , SE)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17829057 on 05/31/2022 (1379 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed generally to automated trailer door systems for use at vehicle loading docks. At least a portion of the trailer door system can be externally driven for opening and closing trailer doors at the loading dock. The automated trailer door system can include a counterbalance shaft that moves the trailer door between a closed position and an open position; and a drive unit having a torsion member operably coupled to the counterbalance shaft; and a drive member rotatably engaged with the torsion member, the drive member having an engagement portion accessible external to the trailer door. Rotation of the drive member via the engagement portion can rotate the torsion member to move the trailer door between the closed and open positions. A door winder can be coupled to a centering body and have a motor to rotate the drive member via the engagement portion.

[B60J] WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)

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

Targeting LILRB4 with CAR-T or CAR-NK cells in the treatment of cancer
Patent No. 12570710

Inventor(s): Chengcheng Zhang (Dallas, TX), Heyu Chen (Dallas, TX), Mi Deng (Plano, TX), Samuel John (Dallas, 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: 16762273 on 11/06/2018 (2681 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for immunotherapy employing a modified T cell or NK cell comprising a chimeric LILRB4 antigen receptor (CAR) that can be administered to patients for disease (e.g., cancer) treatment.

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

Modified polyvinyl alcohol resin with improved solubility in alcohol mixtures
Patent No. 12570780

Inventor(s): Kazuhiro Sawa (Pasadena, TX), Richard Vicari (Pasadena, TX)
Assignee(s): Sekisui Specialty Chemicals America, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Osha Bergman Watanabe Burton LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18154654 on 01/13/2023 (1152 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sulfonic acid modified polyvinyl alcohol resin comprising up to 15 mol % of a first comonomer comprising sulfonic acid groups. The modified polyvinyl alcohol resin has a hydroxyl unit content of at least 65 mol % and a gel fraction of 3.2 or less. Further, the modified polyvinyl alcohol resin has a disintegration time of 85 seconds or less, as measured in a mixture of 50 vol % water and 50 vol % isopropyl alcohol at 23 C. Additionally, the modified polyvinyl alcohol resin has a hard component present in a component ratio of 10% or greater and 55% or less and having a relaxation time of 0.0091 milliseconds or greater and 0.0104 milliseconds or less, as measured by the pulsed NMR Solid Echo method at 80 C. Also disclosed are methods for producing the sulfonic acid modified polyvinyl alcohol resins, which may advantageously be used in inks, paints, paper coatings, emulsions, or films.

[C08F] MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS (production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from lower carbon number hydrocarbons, e.g. by oligomerisation, C10G 50/00; fermentation or enzyme-using processes to synthesise a desired chemical compound or composition or to separate optical isomers from a racemic mixture C12P; graft polymerisation of monomers containing carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds on to fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials D06M 14/00) [2]

Process for formation of additive-containing polyester
Patent No. 12570793

Inventor(s): Mohammed Razeem (Plano, TX), William J. Barenberg (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): OCTAL SAOC FZC (Muscat, , OM)
Law Firm: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17984947 on 11/10/2022 (1216 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for forming additive-containing reclaimed polyester can include: providing a feed of recycled polyester; providing a feed of polyester precursors; depolymerizing the recycled polyester to obtain depolymerized polyester monomers; polymerizing the depolymerized polyester monomers with the polyester precursors to form a reclaimed polyester; adding additives to the reclaimed properties to adjust for example, the color and/or viscosity, and providing the additive-containing reclaimed polyester as output.

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

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

Asphalt shingle waste-filled polymer-modified asphalt coatings and related systems and related methods
Patent No. 12571213

Inventor(s): Ann Hamer (Waxahachie, TX), Denis Muki Tibah (Waxahachie, TX), Steven Sparks (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): BMRC LLC (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18782889 on 07/24/2024 (594 days app to issue)

Abstract: Roofing shingles are provided herein. A roofing shingle comprises a substrate, an asphalt filled coating on the substrate, and granules on the asphalt filled coating. The asphalt filled coating comprises an asphalt, a polymer modifier, at least 50% by weight of an asphalt shingle waste based on a total weight of the asphalt filled coating, and 40% by weight or less of at least one filler based on the total weight of the asphalt coating. Roofing systems and related methods are also provided herein.

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

Surface mount cable infill system
Patent No. 12571215

Inventor(s): E. Erik Timothy (Apollo Beach, FL), Hung Wei Lord (Tampa, FL)
Assignee(s): PRIMESOURCE BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18356071 on 07/20/2023 (964 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and a system for a cable infill system that may be used with a railing assembly for an elevated structure are provided. The cable infill system may include a first end-post fitting and a second end-post fitting, each configured to receive a tensioning fitting or a non-tensioning fitting therein for receiving a cable of the railing assembly. The first end-post fitting and the second end-post fitting may each be mounted to an outer surface of a first end-post and a second end-post of the railing assembly respectively. The cable infill system may further include one or more intermediate-post fittings and one or more corner-post fittings, each configured to be mounted on an outer surface of a intermediate-post or a corner-post of the railing assembly respectively. The cable infill system may further include a modular template to aid the installation of various fittings on the posts.

[E04F] FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B)

Setting tool adaptor
Patent No. 12571274

Inventor(s): James F. Shelton (Kennedale, TX)
Assignee(s): HARRISON JET GUNS II, L.P. (Kennedale, TX)
Law Firm: WARNER NORCROSS + JUDD LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18726612 on 01/05/2023 (1160 days app to issue)

Abstract: A setting tool adaptor for attachment to a tandem and a setting tool is provided. The setting tool adaptor includes an ignitor within an ignitor cavity and includes an electrically grounded thermal fuse within a logic cavity. The ignitor is adjacent a power charge in a setting tool, such that the ignitor initiates a combustion of the power charge. Pressure and heat generated by the combustion of the power charge ejects the ignitor into the logic cavity and initiates the thermal fuse to render internal circuitry unreadable, while the adjacent tandem isolates the hot gases from an upstream perforating gun or other upstream tool.

[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]

Subsea well intervention systems and methods
Patent No. 12571279

Inventor(s): Adan H. Herrera (Carrollton, TX), Darrin N. Towers (Carrollton, TX), Kenneth L. Schwendemann (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19002319 on 12/26/2024 (439 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to systems for providing well intervention for a subsea wellhead. For example, the system can comprise a tool insertion system and a subsea work chamber, with the tool insertion system operatively coupled to the subsea work chamber and to the wellhead. In embodiments, both the work chamber and the tool insertion system can be disposed subsea, for example in proximity to the wellhead. In some embodiments, the work chamber may be maintained at atmospheric pressure. In some embodiments, the tool insertion system can have a retracted position which provides access to a wireline within the work chamber, and an extended position which isolates the work chamber from the tool insertion system, the distal end of the wireline, an isolation valve, and/or the wellhead.

Systems and methods for drilling a well
Patent No. 12572986

Inventor(s): John Burkhart (Dallas, TX), Teddy C. Chen (Austin, TX), Todd Benson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MOTIVE DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19092971 on 03/27/2025 (348 days app to issue)

Abstract: A drilling system may have a drilling rig with a drill string including a BHA with a drill bit. The method may include determining a current BHA location and a future BHA location based on the current BHA location and a current trajectory of the BHA and comparing the future BHA location to a target drilling path. When the future BHA location is a predetermined distance from the target drilling path, then a plurality of geometric convergence paths may be generated, each providing a convergence solution from the current BHA location toward the target drilling path. The method may include determining (i) a distance to drill, (ii) an overall curvature, and (iii) a time required for drilling, of each of the geometric convergence paths and selecting a geometric convergence path responsive to the above. The wellbore may be drilled in accordance with the selected one of the plurality of geometric convergence paths.

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

Removeable power source and lighting device
Patent No. 12571508

Inventor(s): Todd Lee Marcucci (Mansfield, TX), Yu Xin (Ningbo, , CN)
Assignee(s): Alliance Sports Group, L.P. (Roanoke, TX)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western, LLP. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19081937 on 03/17/2025 (358 days app to issue)

Abstract: A light source having a body with a cavity is disclosed. A rechargeable power source is disposed within the cavity of the body. The rechargeable power source has a first end and a second end. The first end of the rechargeable power source has a symmetric shape with a plurality of finite orientations shaped to fit into a portion of the body. The portion of the body is shaped to correspond to the symmetric shape of the rechargeable power source.

[F21L] LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION [7]

Trigger assembly
Patent No. 12571602

Inventor(s): Benjamin Ni Ye (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): Shadow Systems LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Kim IP Law Group LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18389133 on 11/13/2023 (848 days app to issue)

Abstract: A trigger assembly can include a sear defining a trigger bar engagement surface and a reset notch; and a trigger bar including an upper leg, the upper leg defining a sear engagement surface, the upper leg deflectable from a default leg shape to a disconnected leg shape, the sear engagement surface laterally aligned with the trigger bar engagement surface when the upper leg is in the default leg shape, the sear engagement surface laterally misaligned from the trigger bar engagement surface when the upper leg is in the disconnected leg shape.

[F41A] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE [5]

Method and system for rail grabber with attenuated mechanical response
Patent No. 12571611

Inventor(s): Shawn Mize (Duncanville, TX)
Assignee(s): DRS Network Imaging Systems, LLC (Melbourne, FL)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18733472 on 06/04/2024 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: An attenuated rail grabber includes a rigid support member operable to be mounted on a weapon and support an optical device including a first fastener receiver and a second fastener receiver. The attenuated rail grabber includes a fastening mechanism coupled to the rigid support member and operable to fasten the rigid support member to the weapon. The attenuated rail grabber includes a first spring feature coupled to the rigid support member. The first spring feature includes a fore mounting tab having a fore fastener aperture. The attenuated rail grabber also includes a second spring feature coupled to the rigid support member. The second spring feature includes an aft mounting tab having an aft fastener aperture. The fore fastener aperture is operable to receive a first fastener joined to the first fastener receiver and the aft fastener aperture is operable to receive a second fastener joined to the second fastener receiver.

[F41G] WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING (optical aspects thereof G02B)

Mine clearing line charge design with improved efficiency
Patent No. 12571616

Inventor(s): Steven Dart (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): DAY ZIMMERMANN, INC. (Philadelphia, PA)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Locke LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18813468 on 08/23/2024 (564 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mine clearing device configured to be propelled into an area and detonated after landing has a detonating cord and a plurality of explosive blocks along the detonating cord. Each of the plurality of explosive blocks is configured such that, upon landing, a majority of the explosive material is between a ground and a horizontal plane of the detonating cord.

[F41H] ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL

P H Y S I C S

Vehicle navigation and control system and method
Patent No. 12571641

Inventor(s): Michael Bratcher (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): Transportation IP Holdings, LLC (Norwalk, CT)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17834343 on 06/07/2022 (1372 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a controller that may receive location data points indicative of locations of a vehicle as measured by a location sensor. This controller may determine a distribution of the location data points and identify one or more of a route or a lane of a route in which the vehicle is disposed by comparing the distribution of the location data points to one or more characteristics of the one or more of the route or the lane of the route.

[G01C] MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)

Systems and methods for interactively and virtually exploring geographic areas during vehicle travel
Patent No. 12571642

Inventor(s): Benjamin Piya Austin (Saline, MI), Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, 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: 18631197 on 04/10/2024 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to generating audiovisual and virtual content that are interesting to occupants about a geographic area during vehicle travel using adaptive timing. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting features about an area surrounding a vehicle during vehicle travel using sensor data. The method also includes transitioning a mode for the vehicle using the features and occupant parameters. The method also includes generating audiovisual content and virtual information of a view within the area for the mode using a time sequence. The method also includes adapting an environment of the vehicle using the audiovisual content, the virtual information, and the occupant parameters.

Optical cavity-enhanced frequency comb spectroscopy
Patent No. 12571725

Inventor(s): Andy Walker Brown (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18449995 on 08/15/2023 (938 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus, method, and system for determining a characteristic of a target gas in a fluid sample is provided. In some embodiments, the example apparatus includes a frequency comb illumination source configured to emit pulsed light having a plurality of frequency comb wavelengths. The apparatus also includes an optical cavity containing a fluid sample and exhibiting a plurality of cavity resonance modes. A frequency comb wavelength of the plurality of frequency comb wavelengths associated with the frequency comb illumination source is configured to align with a cavity resonance mode of the plurality of cavity resonance modes. A characteristic of the fluid sample is determined based on one or more optical characteristics of a transmitted light passing through the fluid sample within the optical cavity.

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

Force, deflection, resistance, and temperature testing system and method of use
Patent No. 12571833

Inventor(s): Jack Lewis (Richardson, TX), Lynwood Adams (Richardson, TX), Njteh Keleshian (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Modus Test, LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: BrownWinick Law Firm (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18304135 on 04/20/2023 (1055 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of use of the testing system having an electrical interconnect attached to an electrical interconnect testing device, a device under test aligned with the electrical interconnect, and an environmental chamber. The method comprising positioning the environmental chamber such that the device under test is operably contained within the environmental chamber, setting the environmental chamber to a first temperature, pressing down on the device under test with a plurality of different levels of force, or to a plurality of different positions, and taking at least one measurement of at least one electrical property while the device under test is pressed down. In various arrangements, the method of use further including the steps of adjusting the temperature within the environmental chamber to a second temperature and repeating the steps of pressing down on the device under test and taking at least one measurement of at least one electrical property.

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

Array of through-silicon via contact points on a semiconductor die
Patent No. 12571840

Inventor(s): Baher S. Haroun (Allen, TX), Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18313608 on 05/08/2023 (1037 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for testing TSVs within a semiconductor device. According to embodiments illustrated and described in the disclosure, a TSV may be tested by stimulating and measuring a response from a first end of a TSV while the second end of the TSV held at ground potential. Multiple TSVs within the semiconductor device may be tested in parallel to reduce the TSV testing time according to the disclosure.

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

Compact chip scale lidar solution
Patent No. 12571886

Inventor(s): Daniel Nelson Carothers (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16896590 on 06/09/2020 (2100 days app to issue)

Abstract: A LIDAR system includes a static monolithic LIDAR transceiver, a collimating optic, and a first rotatable wedge prism. The static monolithic LIDAR transceiver is configured to transmit a laser beam and receive reflected laser light from a first target object. The collimating optic is configured to narrow the transmitted laser beam to produce a collimated laser beam. The first rotatable wedge prism is configured to steer the collimated laser beam in a direction of the first target object based on the first rotatable wedge prism being in a first position.

Laminate having microstructured substrate and method for producing the laminate
Patent No. 12571940

Inventor(s): Haifeng Shan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-pont, , FR)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17918045 on 04/12/2021 (1793 days app to issue)

Abstract: A laminate, including a substrate having a microstructure on a surface thereof; and a coating layer formed on the substrate and encapsulating the microstructure of the substrate. A glass transition temperature T[subscript]1 [/subscript]of the substrate is higher than a glass transition temperature T[subscript]2 [/subscript]of the coating layer. A method of producing an ophthalmic lens, including deforming the laminate into a shape of the ophthalmic lens by applying heat and/or pressure at a temperature of lower than T[subscript]1[/subscript].

[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]

Interference filter with minimal angular and thermal dependence
Patent No. 12571978

Inventor(s): Ghanim Aljumaily (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17963315 on 10/11/2022 (1246 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes positioning a substrate at an initial position. The method also includes placing a filter onto the substrate. The filter is configured with a first set of layers with a maximized index and a second set of layers with a maximized index. The index for the first set of layers is greater than the index for the second set of layers. The filter has a reduced/minimal dependence on an angle of incidence (AOI) and reduced/minimal thermal dependence. The filter transmits signal photons onto a photon detector, rejects ambient photons, and increases signal-to-noise ratio of the photon detector.

Optical microstructure-containing laminate for ophthalmic lens incorporation
Patent No. 12572031

Inventor(s): Ahmed Drammeh (Dallas, TX), Aref Jallouli (Dallas, TX), Zbigniew Tokarski (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, , FR)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17918227 on 04/13/2021 (1792 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laminate, comprising a first film including a pattern of microstructures debossed within a first surface of the first film, each microstructure of the debossed pattern of microstructures being an optical microstructure arranged such that a height of the first surface of the first film is greater than a height of each optical microstructure, and a second film that is laminated, via a first surface of the second film, to the first film at the first surface of the first film, wherein a delta between the height of the first surface of the first film and the height of each optical microstructure encapsulates, upon the lamination of the second film to the first film, a void fill material in at least a portion of at least one void defined by the delta.

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

Compact millimeter wave system
Patent No. 12572118

Inventor(s): Adam Joseph Fruehling (Dallas, TX), Argyrios Dellis (McKinney, TX), Juan Alejandro Herbsommer (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18332789 on 06/12/2023 (1002 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus comprises a substrate, an interposer mechanically coupled to the substrate, a gas cell on at least part of the interposer, and a plate on the gas cell and mechanically coupled to the interposer. Some examples of the apparatus are configured to be millimeter wave devices.

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

Vehicle guidance systems and associated methods of use at logistics yards and other locations
Patent No. 12572147

Inventor(s): Daryl Day (Frisco, TX), L. Blake Whitley (Arlington, TX), Richard K. Hoofard (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB (Landskrona, , SE)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18390227 on 12/20/2023 (811 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling operations of autonomous vehicles and systems in, for example, logistics yards at distribution, manufacturing, processing and/or other centers for the transfer of goods, materials, and/or other cargo. In some embodiments, an autonomous yard tractor or other vehicle can include one or more systems for locating an over-the-road trailer parked in a yard of a distribution center, engaging the trailer, and moving the trailer to a loading dock for loading/unloading operations in accordance with a workflow procedure provided by a central control system. In other embodiments, an autonomous yard tractor can locate the trailer at the loading dock after the loading/unloading operations, engage the trailer, and move the trailer to a parking location in the yard. In some embodiments, the autonomous yard tractor can include a sensor system configured to detect the position of the trailer relative to, for example, the tractor, and/or the dock station can include a sensor system configured to detect the position of the trailer relative to, for example, the dock station during a docking procedure.

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

Cache preload operations using streaming engine
Patent No. 12572360

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano, TX), Daniel Wu (Plano, TX), David M. Thompson (Dallas, TX), Jonathan (Son) Hung Tran (Murphy, TX), Joseph Raymond Michael Zbiciak (San Jose, CA), Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Timothy David Ander
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17720657 on 04/14/2022 (1426 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stream of data is accessed from a memory system using a stream of addresses generated in a first mode of operating a streaming engine in response to executing a first stream instruction. A block cache preload operation is performed on a cache in the memory using a block of addresses generated in a second mode of operating the streaming engine in response to executing a second stream instruction.

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

Dual-port memory module design for composable computing
Patent No. 12572455

Inventor(s): Jinshui Liu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18350042 on 07/11/2023 (973 days app to issue)

Abstract: An efficient structure and methodology are provided for implementing a dual-port memory module to provide improved memory capacity composability, expansion and sharing. This dual-port memory module uses high-speed SerDes or Optical based redundant access ports for connection to one or more CPUs or compute nodes, where each access port may access part or all of the module”s memory capacity under configuration. This provides improvement for memory capacity composability, expansion through memory sharing and improved memory access performance and reliability for composable computing applications.

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

Mobile-optimized multi-stage LLM with generalized thought caching
Patent No. 12572471

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: 19177611 on 04/13/2025 (331 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for mobile-optimized natural language processing employs a three-tier thought caching architecture comprising a local device cache, a user-specific cloud cache, and a global generalized thought cache. The system processes prompts using a first large language model to generate thoughts, which are then processed with the prompt by a smaller model to produce responses. A thought generalizer identifies common reasoning patterns across users, removes personal information, and creates shareable abstracted thought structures. Mobile-specific optimizations include battery-aware execution scaling and predictive thought pre-caching. When offline, the system adapts existing cached thoughts to address new prompts. Hierarchical thought management organizes information at different abstraction levels, enabling effectively unlimited context while efficiently managing resources. This architecture provides sophisticated language processing on mobile devices with offline functionality while maximizing battery efficiency and maintaining privacy.

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

Method and apparatus for dual issue multiply instructions
Patent No. 12572478

Inventor(s): Mujibur Rahman (Plano, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18660120 on 05/09/2024 (670 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various configurations of processors are provided. In a configuration, the processor comprises first and second multiplication units. The first multiplication unit includes first multiply circuitry including a first set of outputs; and first multiplexing logic coupled to the first set of outputs and configured to generate a first partial sum and a first partial carry. The second multiplication unit includes second multiply circuitry including a second set of outputs; and second multiplexing logic coupled to the second set of outputs and configured to generate a second partial sum and a first partial carry.

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

Universal serial bus repeater with improved remote wake capability
Patent No. 12572488

Inventor(s): Anant Kamath (Bangalore, , IN), Mark E. Wentroble (Plano, TX), Prajwala Puttappa (Bangalore, , IN), Rakesh Hariharan (Bangalore, , IN), Suzanne M. Vining (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18371490 on 09/22/2023 (900 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various configurations of high-speed data communication devices, e.g., repeaters, interfacing between a host and a peripheral, and methods of operating the same, are provided to improve the Remote Wake sequence. Repeaters include circuitry to detect the start of Resume signaling or the end of Resume, following initiation of Remote Wake. In an example, pull-up resistors coupled to upstream differential signal lines and a detection circuit with a current source are controlled to detect the start of Resume signaling. In another example, the upstream-side pull-resistors and an enable signal to an upstream-side transmitter are controlled to detect the end of Resume.

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

Machine-learning-automated recognition and labelling of columnar data
Patent No. 12572520

Inventor(s): William Sniffen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc. (St. Louis, MO)
Law Firm: Miller Johnson (Local + 48 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18545020 on 12/19/2023 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving input data that is organized into a set of rows and a set of columns. A column of the set of columns includes data associated with a set of product types. A first row of the set of rows includes data associated with an individual of a set of individuals and a first product type of the set of product types. A second row of the set of rows includes data associated with the individual and a second product type of the set of product types. The method includes splitting the input data into a first data structure associated with the first product type and a second data structure associated with the second product type. The method includes generating output data that is organized into rows and columns by merging the first data structure and the second data structure into a unified data structure.

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

Universal parsing framework systems and methods
Patent No. 12572548

Inventor(s): Kris Loia (Richardson, TX), Phil Hanson (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): OPEN TEXT GXS ULC (Halifax, , CA)
Law Firm: Sprinkle IP Law Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18674587 on 05/24/2024 (655 days app to issue)

Abstract: An applicant can instantiate a parsing framework, provide an input stream, attach observers, and initiate parsing, which inverts control to the parsing framework. The parsing framework can have an observer manager, a parser controller, and parsers. The observer manager manages observer design patterns from which the observers are instantiated. The parser controller determines which parser would be appropriate for parsing the input stream and instantiate the appropriate parser(s). The parser controller gets the callbacks from the parsers and communicates outcomes to the observer manager. The observer manager determines which of the observers is to be notified, generates parsing notifications accordingly, and dispatches the parsing notifications directly to the observers. The application can be any application that needs parsing in an electronic information exchange platform. The input stream can be created by the application opening a document received from a backend system communicatively connected to the electronic information exchange platform.

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

Systems and methods for batch processing of blockchain operations
Patent No. 12572562

Inventor(s): Ahmed A. Khan (Plano, TX), Sammy Alnajar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18882705 on 09/11/2024 (545 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may maintain a blockchain in conjunction with a plurality of other devices. The system may receive a first request to perform a first set of operations with respect to the blockchain, and may process the first request. Processing the first request may include performing the first set of operations to generate a first result set. Prior to completing processing of the first request, the system may receive a second request to perform a second set of operations with respect to the blockchain, and a third request to perform a third set of operations with respect to the blockchain. After completing processing of the first request, the system may batch process the second and third requests. Batch processing the second and third requests may include performing the second set of operations and the third set of operations to generate a second result set.

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

Apparatuses, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products for improved controlled output of audio data
Patent No. 12572590

Inventor(s): John Raymond McElwain (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18469124 on 09/18/2023 (904 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for improved secure audio outputting onboard a vehicle. Some embodiments utilize an authorized control device that facilitates authenticated control of creation or other altering of a set of playable audio data. The playable audio data, or updates thereto, are pushable via at least one wireless communications network to at least one intermediary device, and forwarded to an onboard vehicle system onboard a particular vehicle. The onboard vehicle system subsequently may be controlled, for example locally via wired communication system, to perform output of audio via one or more audio outputs onboard the vehicle, in some embodiments without adjustable control of the set of playable audio data.

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

System and method for matching users based on selections made by third parties
Patent No. 12572611

Inventor(s): John Masten Mitchell (Dallas, TX), Kenneth Basil Hoskins (Plano, TX), Rahim Sherali Makani (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Match Group Americas, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19016745 on 01/10/2025 (424 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface sends and receives data over a network. The processor uses the interface to transmit a first series of profiles to a first user that includes recommended profiles for a second user. The processor uses the interface to receive a selection from the first user of a profile corresponding to a third user. The processor uses the interface to transmit a second series of profiles to the third user that includes recommended profiles for the third user. The processor uses the interface to receive a selection from the third user of a profile corresponding to the second user. In response to receiving the selection from the first user of the profile corresponding to the third user and the selection from the third user of the profile corresponding to the second user, the processor enables communication between the second and third users.

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

Path-based layer stack connectivity check for plasma induced damage avoidance
Patent No. 12572701

Inventor(s): Chung Lee (Tigard, OR), Lei Ling (Fremont, CA), Sridhar Srinivasan (Tualatin, OR), Yi-Ting Lee (Zhubei City, , TW)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18856912 on 06/16/2022 (1363 days app to issue)

Abstract: This application discloses a computing system implementing a reliability verification tool to identify a portion of a layout design describing an integrated circuit includes a victim transistor having a gate connected to an aggressor transistor. The reliability verification tool can extract a resistance network for connections between the victim transistor and the aggressor transistor, and simulate the resistive network to determine connectivity between the wells of the victim transistor and the aggressor transistor occurs prior to the victim transistor having a gate connected to an aggressor transistor.

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

Generating machine interpretable decomposable models from requirements text
Patent No. 12572739

Inventor(s): Bridget B. Beamon (McKinney, TX), Hector L. Irizarry (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Arlington, VA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17957934 on 09/30/2022 (1257 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments regard generating a requirements statement model. A method can include extracting, from a requirements document, a requirement statement, tagging each word of the requirements statement with a corresponding part of speech tag, identifying dependencies between words and types of dependencies between each word of the requirements statement and associating types of dependencies with each word, generating respective meta-tags for each word of the requirements statement based on the part of speech tag and dependencies, each meta-tag including the parts of speech and type of dependency for each word, identifying, based on the meta-tags and the dependencies, a tree of trees that represent the structure of the requirements statement, and populating the requirements statement model that maps to the identified tree with words of the requirements statement.

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

Device and method for random walk simulation
Patent No. 12572818

Inventor(s): James Bradley Aimone (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): National Technology Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
Law Firm: Yee Associates, P.C. (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17200003 on 03/12/2021 (1824 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for simulating a random walk using spiking neuromorphic hardware is provided. The method comprises receiving, by a buffer count neuron, spiking inputs from upstream mesh nodes, wherein the inputs include information packets comprising information associated with a simulation of a random walk process. A buffer generator neuron generates spikes until the buffer count reaches a first predefined threshold, after which it sends buffer spiking outputs to a spike count neuron. The spike count neuron counts the buffer spiking outputs, and a spike generator neuron generates spikes until the spike count neuron reaches a second specified threshold. The spike generator neuron then sends counter spiking outputs to a probability neuron, which selects downstream mesh nodes to receive the counter spiking outputs, wherein the spiking outputs include updated information packets. The probability neuron then sends the spiking outputs to the selected downstream nodes.

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

System and method for enterprise hierarchical persistent cognitive machines with organizational hierarchy awareness and compliance integration
Patent No. 12572830

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: 19315849 on 09/01/2025 (190 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and methods for enterprise hierarchical persistent cognitive machines (PCMs) that extends mobile-optimized multi-stage language model processing with organizational hierarchy awareness and enterprise-specific adaptations. The system comprises a CEO-PCM at the executive level coordinating multiple functional domain PCMs corresponding to organizational departments. A supervisory network layer dynamically adapts underlying language models to enterprise-specific dialect, terminology, and communication patterns through automated analysis of organizational knowledge sources. User prompts are routed through enterprise hierarchical pathways based on authority levels and sensitivity classification, enabling appropriate escalation and cross-functional coordination. The CEO-PCM synthesizes insights from multiple domain PCMs to generate enterprise-wide strategic intelligence while domain-specific compliance modules enforce regulatory requirements during cognitive processing. The system automatically adapts to organizational changes by redistributing knowledge and reconfiguring PCM architecture, while maintaining persistent cognitive state across enterprise operations through comprehensive state preservation and restoration mechanisms that ensure organizational knowledge continuity.

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

Extraction of actionable insights through analysis of unstructured computer text
Patent No. 12572860

Inventor(s): Michael Boyer (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): FMR LLC (Boston, MA)
Law Firm: Cesari and McKenna, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18214645 on 06/27/2023 (987 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described in which unstructured computer text is analyzed for extraction of actionable insights in a computing environment. A server executes a machine learning classification model on text messages exchanged between users to classify each text message according to a disposition and a theme. The server analyzes the classified messages to generate candidate work items, each associated with software applications and skills requirements. The server filters the candidate items to remove extraneous items based upon a work item backlog or a prioritization. The server determines team members to assign to each remaining candidate item by comparing the software applications and the skills requirements for the work item to a profile for each team member. The server creates a task for each remaining candidate item, the task including the assigned team members. The server generates a notification for each task for transmission to the assigned team members.

[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]

System and computer program for providing intelligent prescriptive analytics
Patent No. 12572870

Inventor(s): Ranjit Notani (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Blue Yonder Defense Solutions, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Miller Johnson (Local + 48 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17189774 on 03/02/2021 (1834 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes multiple remote computers in communication with multiple remote users. A service provider computer in communication with a shared database is configured to determine a real-time state of the system, receive a real-time update to the state of the system and, upon receipt of the update, determine a potential prescription. In response to a prescriptive outcome being inferred, the potential prescription is set based on the inferred prescriptive outcome; otherwise, the potential prescription is set based on a simulated prescriptive outcome. The simulated prescriptive outcome determination includes creating a simulation via a network scratchpad, determining potential simulation prescription outcomes within the network scratchpad, determining a potential prescription based on the one or more potential simulation prescription outcomes, and removing the network scratchpad. In response to determining that the potential prescription is within a predefined prescription value threshold, the potential prescription is added to a potential prescription list.

Systems and methods for end-to-end modular intelligence
Patent No. 12572877

Inventor(s): Gowthamraman Subbaraman (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Jones Day (Local + 44 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18789210 on 07/30/2024 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing computer-readable image data to determine deviations from planogram data are disclosed. Image data of at least one physical display unit is obtained. The image data is annotated by an image processing engine to identify at least one item within the image data. Planogram data of a planogram corresponding to the at least one physical display unit is obtained and the at least one item within the image data is compared to an expected aspect of the at least one item within the planogram data. A user interface is generated including the image data and at least one interface indicator at least partially overlapping with the at least one item in the image data. At least one graphical aspect of the interface indicator is selected based on the comparison between the item within the image data and the item within the planogram data.

Systems and methods for presenting insurance-related information in metaverses
Patent No. 12572982

Inventor(s): Subhalakshmi Selvam (Allen, TX), Timothy Benjamin Czerlinsky (Dallas, 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: 18474718 on 09/26/2023 (896 days app to issue)

Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for providing insurance-related in metaverses. For example, a metaverse user affiliation system may be used to continuously monitor data relating to activity of a metaverse user with respect to one or more metaverses, to automatically generate insurance-related data to be presented to the metaverse user via the one or more metaverses based at least in part on the data relating to the activity of the metaverse user with respect to the one or more metaverses, and to transmit the insurance-related data to one or more metaverse servers to enable presentation of the insurance-related data to the metaverse user via the one or more metaverses.

Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting pay-per-ride insurance
Patent No. 12572983

Inventor(s): Brian Francisco Shipley (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18658641 on 05/08/2024 (671 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving, via a processor, location data from a sensor within a vehicle associated with one or more locations of the vehicle over time. The method also includes determining that a user of the vehicle is expected to perform an online-platform task by comparing the location data to a set of locations associated with performing the online-platform task and determining one or more routes for the vehicle to travel to perform the online-platform task in response to determining that the user is expected to perform the online-platform task. Additionally, the method includes determining one or more insurance rates for the one or more routes based on a type of the online-platform task and the one or more routes and displaying a visualization indicative of the one or more insurance rates via an electronic display.

Anomaly detection for component through machine-learning based image processing and considering upper and lower bound values
Patent No. 12573022

Inventor(s): Dakota Mahan (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Tokyo, , JP)
Law Firm: Gray Ice Higdon (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18139132 on 04/25/2023 (1050 days app to issue)

Abstract: Implementations process an image, using a machine learning (ML) model, to generate a reduced dimensionality ML output. The image captures component(s) of an environment (e.g., an industrial automation facility) and can be captured via a vision component of a mobile robot within the environment. The ML output indicates, for each of N regions of the image, a corresponding anomaly detection probability that indicates whether an anomaly is present in a respective region, of the N regions of the image. Those implementations determine, based on the ML output, a quantity of anomaly detection probabilities that each satisfy a threshold. Those implementations further determine whether the quantity is both greater than a lower bound value and less than an upper bound value and, if so, cause remediating action(s) to be performed, such as causing rendering of an alert that indicates an anomaly is present for the component(s).

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

Methods and systems for analyzing brain lesions for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
Patent No. 12573046

Inventor(s): Darin T. Okuda (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18549673 on 03/08/2022 (1463 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some methods comprise, for each of one or more lesions of a patients brain, from data taken at first and second times, determining two or more lesion characteristics including a lesion”s volume change and whether the lesion moved toward a center of the brain. Some methods comprise, for each lesion, determining whether one or more criteria are satisfied, including a volume-and-displacement-based criterion that is satisfied when the change in the volume of the lesion is less than zero and the lesion moved toward the brain”s center or the change in the volume of the lesion is greater than zero and the lesion did not move toward the brain”s center. Some methods comprise characterizing whether the patient has multiple sclerosis and/or the progression, regression, or stability of multiple sclerosis based at least in part on the assessment of the one or more criteria for each of the lesion(s).

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

Motion-aware neural radiance field network training
Patent No. 12573058

Inventor(s): Hamid R. Sheikh (Allen, TX), Nguyen Thang Long Le (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18334931 on 06/14/2023 (1000 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining multiple training image frames of a scene, where the training image frames are captured at multiple viewpoints and multiple viewing angles relative to the scene. The method also includes generating multiple initial motion maps using the training image frames and identifying three-dimensional (3D) feature points associated with the scene using the training image frames. The method further includes generating tuned motion masks using the initial motion maps and projections of the 3D feature points onto the initial motion maps. In addition, the method includes training a machine learning model using the training image frames and the tuned motion masks, where the machine learning model is trained to generate 3D information about the scene from viewpoints and viewing angles not captured in the training image frames.

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

Monocular depth estimation parameter assistance and augmentation
Patent No. 12573064

Inventor(s): Emrah Akin Sisbot (Mountain View, CA), Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA), Yongkang Liu (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18161587 on 01/30/2023 (1135 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to determine optimal (image analysis) parameters for generating or adapting/adjusting a monocular depth estimation (MDE) depth map based on various factors, such as vehicle operating conditions, environmental conditions, road conditions, etc. After determining the optimal parameters to use, the optimal parameters can be stored on a cloud server or an edge server along with the vehicle location for use when another vehicle approaches the location to perform MDE without needing to independently determine the optimal parameters to use. Moreover, the use of such optimal image analysis parameters, enable a richer/enhanced view of the environment/area around or about a vehicle, where image analysis parameters may be used to more accurately interpret or otherwise characterize a depth map.

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

Multimodal contextual diagnostics and live masking
Patent No. 12573220

Inventor(s): Rajasekharam Talluri (Prosper, TX), Sathiskumar Meganathan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Minneapolis, MN)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19319833 on 09/05/2025 (186 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses, methods, computer-readable media, computer program products, and systems related to, responsive to an actuation of an interactive element of a graphical user interface associated with a software application operating on a client device, receiving (i) a captured image representative of at least a portion of the graphical user interface and (ii) context data associated with the software application and/or the client device; executing a multimodal diagnostic inference engine to: extract, via an optical character recognition (OCR) model using the captured image, text from the captured image; generate, using the extracted text and the context data, a context-aware fault point indicator characterizing a fault associated with the software application and/or client device; and generate, using the context-aware fault point indicator and a retrieval-augmented diagnostic repository, a context-aware fault resolution; and transmitting the context-aware fault resolution to the software application to cause resolution of the fault.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Systems and methods for generating and providing timely vehicle event information
Patent No. 12573247

Inventor(s): Barry James Parshall (Portland, OR), Daniel Andrew Deninger (Carlsbad, CA), Jason Palmer (Carlsbad, CA), Mark Freitas (San Diego, CA), Nicholas Shayne Brookins (Encinitas, CA), Reza Ghanbari (San Diego, CA), Slaven Sljiva
Assignee(s): SmartDrive Systems, Inc. (Westlake, TX)
Law Firm: Esplin Associates, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18366508 on 08/07/2023 (946 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system configured to generate and provide timely vehicle event information for a fleet of vehicles including at least a first vehicle. Individual vehicles detect vehicle events and transmit related information to a remote computing server. The remote computing server determines whether the detected vehicles events are relevant to add to a set of vehicle events scenarios. For example, if a particular vehicle event is duplicative of a previous vehicle event, if may not need to be added. The newest vehicles events may be reported at certain intervals, in particular if they are indicative of a trend.

[G07C] TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE (identification of persons A61B 5/117; indicating or recording apparatus for measuring in general, analogous apparatus but in which the input is not a variable to be measured, e.g. a hand operation, G01D; clocks, clock mechanisms G04B, G04C; time-interval measuring G04F; counting mechanisms per se G06M)

Training lesson authoring and execution
Patent No. 12573315

Inventor(s): Ken J. Cyr (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): The Boeing Company (Arlington, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18093999 on 01/06/2023 (1159 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides generating, using a flight simulator, graphic user interfaces (GUIs) simulating a cockpit of an aircraft; receiving, using the flight simulator, user input that affects an operation of the aircraft; receiving events from the flight simulator that affect the operation of the aircraft; translating the events into inputs for a plane simulator comprising a model of the aircraft; receiving outputs from the plane simulator generated in response to the inputs; and determining whether, based on at least one of the events and the outputs from the plane simulator, a step in a training lesson was performed correctly.

[G09B] EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS

Educational aid for teaching mathematics
Patent No. 12573316

Inventor(s): Elizabeth Roesch (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): EQUATE-ING IP HOLDCO, LLC (Keller, TX)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18173001 on 02/22/2023 (1112 days app to issue)

Abstract: A balance, having an indicator with clearly marked inequalities, provides feedback to a user where the user determines whether they have created an equality or inequality and whether an adjustment is necessary. Users connect mathematical statements with a correct equality or inequality symbol. The indicator provides users with a physical representation of basic math operations, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, as well as fractions, negative numbers, and algebraic equations. Physical adjustments to the balance system correspond to conventional mathematic/algebraic written representation. Constant cubes include several different sets of unit weight. Other cubes or objects are labeled with colored symbols and are provided in a variety of weights and quantities. Opposite chips are labeled with negative signs; line chips are labeled with ”x” and ”y.” Combinations of the constant cubes, cubes or objects labeled with colored symbols, opposite chips, and line chips are arranged on removable pans on the balance to teach mathematical functions.

[G09B] EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS

Main wordline decoding circuitry
Patent No. 12573446

Inventor(s): Kevin John Platt (McKinney, TX), Mark W. Keefer (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18493692 on 10/24/2023 (868 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory device includes multiple decoding unit circuitries configured to decode a first set of addressing bits to multiple wordline arming bits each configured to arm a corresponding wordline. Each decoding unit circuitry includes multiple sub-units each configured to decode a second set of addressing bits to a respective subset of the multiple wordline arming bits. The multiple sub-units each include an inverter configured to invert the second set of addressing bits and to output a wordline arming signal. The inverter is coupled between a supply voltage and a common node that is configured to be coupled to and decoupled from a common return by one or more transistors of the wordline decoding circuitry. The multiple-sub-units and each include a bleed transistor that is configured bleed charge onto the wordline arming signal to mitigate for a potential floating condition of the common node.

[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)

Valence profiling of virtual interactive objects
Patent No. 12573479

Inventor(s): Bret Peterson (Lafayette, CA), Collin Walter (San Francisco, CA), Honor Hsin (Palo Alto, CA), Merle Fromer (New Rochelle, NY)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Perkins Cole LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18061560 on 12/05/2022 (1191 days app to issue)

Abstract: Introduced here are health management platforms able to infer the health state of a subject based on behavioral changes reflected in the digital activities performed by a subject. A health management platform can initially acquire contextual data pertaining to digital activities performed by the subject. The health management platform can identify the target(s) of the digital activities by parsing the contextual data, and then compile the digital activities and corresponding activities into a personalized valence index. Thereafter, the health management platform can compare digital activities performed by the subject to the entries included in the personalized valence index. If a matching entry is not discovered, the health management platform can identify an instance of behavior change. These instances of behavior change may be indicative of changes in the subject”s health state.

[G16H] HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

Geolocationing system and method for use of same
Patent No. 12574596

Inventor(s): Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: GriggsBergen LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18439391 on 02/12/2024 (757 days app to issue)

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

[G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS

Systems and methods for neural pathways creation/reinforcement by neural detection with virtual feedback
Patent No. RE050815 (Reissue)

Inventor(s): Veena Somareddy (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Neuromersive, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18625758 on 04/03/2024 (706 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for providing virtual feedback of a neural pattern to create a neural pathway corresponding to an action of an affected limb of a brain injury patient. Embodiments provide for detecting a neural pattern and determining a target action associated with the detected neural pattern. A virtual feedback is generated that includes a virtual action to be performed in a virtual representation of the affected limb. In embodiments, the brain injury may prevent the affected limb from performing the target action. The virtual representation of the affected limb is superimposed over a real-world presence of the affected limb such that the virtual representation is presented to the patient in lieu of the real-world presence, and the virtual action is performed in the virtual representation, such that the virtual action is presented to the patient in lieu of the target action in the real-world. Patent Class: N/A

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Error correcting codes for multi-master memory controller
Patent No. 12572416

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano, TX), David Matthew Thompson (Dallas, TX), Son Hung Tran (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18453598 on 08/22/2023 (931 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a memory controller, multiple memories coupled to the memory controller, and multiple controlling components coupled to the memory controller. The memory controller calculates an error correction code (ECC) syndrome of a first type for a segment of data; stores the segment of data and the ECC syndrome of the first type in a first memory of the multiple memories; receives a request from a controlling component of the multiple controlling components directed to the segment of data, the controlling component implementing an ECC syndrome of a second type; transforms the ECC syndrome of the first type for the segment of data to the ECC syndrome of the second type; detects a number of errors, if any, present in the segment of data; and takes further action depending on how many errors are detected.

[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]

Low wind-load antenna
Patent No. 12573740

Inventor(s): Amit Kaistha (Coppell, TX), Joy Huang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel. P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18581586 on 02/20/2024 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: A reduced wind load antenna includes: a radome having front, rear, and side surfaces; upper and lower end caps attached to upper and lower ends of the radome to define an internal cavity; and radiating elements positioned within the internal cavity and configured to transmit and receive radio frequency (RF) signals. The antenna includes at least one airflow separation delaying feature selected from the group consisting of: large radiused corners on the lower end cap; a domed upper end cap; a domed lower end cap; a plurality of protuberances on the front surface; a plurality of protuberances on each of the side surfaces; spiral ridges on the front surface; and a continuous protuberance on each of the side surfaces.

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

Base station antenna
Patent No. 12573745

Inventor(s): Changfu Chen (Jiangsu, , CN), Haifei Qin (Jiangsu, , CN), Junfeng Yu (Jiangsu, , CN), Long SHan (Jiangsu, , CN), Yuemin Li (Jiangsu, , CN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18484960 on 10/11/2023 (881 days app to issue)

Abstract: A base station antenna includes: a reflector; a first radiator located at the front side of the reflector; an ground conductor located at the rear side of the reflector, the ground conductor forming a chamber with an opening forward; and a first stripline conductor mounted in the chamber configured to feed the first radiator, the first stripline conductor extending in a plane substantially parallel to the reflector; where the reflector and the ground conductor are configured such that the opening is capped by the reflector, and the reflector is grounded via the ground conductor, so that the first stripline conductor and the ground conductor and the reflector are configured as a first strip transmission line.

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

Array lattice techniques for high symmetry and high scan performance
Patent No. 12573752

Inventor(s): Jason Leo Durbin (San Diego, CA), Trang Thai (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Qorvo Texas, LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18601689 on 03/11/2024 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: A phased array system has a substrate, a plurality of elements, a beamforming IC, and a plurality of feedlines electrically coupling the plurality of elements with at least one beamforming IC. In preferred embodiments, the feedlines are non-intersecting, symmetric feedlines that mitigate cross-polarization.

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

Access point port security system and locking plug cover apparatus
Patent No. 12573787

Inventor(s): Martin Liam Casey (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Calix, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Staniford Tomita LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18479086 on 10/01/2023 (891 days app to issue)

Abstract: Access point network equipment has communication ports that allow communications with other network components. Communications cables coupled to ports can be easily removed and replaced with unauthorized devices that have access to the network creating a security breach. Covers placed over the authorized cable connectors can create a physical barrier preventing unauthorized connections to the access point network equipment. When an authorized cable is removed from a port, a link down event can be detected by tamper detection by tamper detection software running on the access point network equipment. When a link down events is detected the tamper detection software can perform various possible security actions to protect the network.

[H01R] ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS (switches, fuses H01H; coupling devices of the waveguide type H01P 5/00; switching arrangements for the supply or distribution of electric power H02B; installations of electric cables or lines, or of combined optical and electric cables or lines, or of auxiliary apparatus H02G; printed means for providing electric connections to or between printed circuits H05K)

Direct current power adapter for powering network equipment
Patent No. 12573844

Inventor(s): Erwin Wardojo (McKinney, TX), John Valdez (Copper Canyon, TX), Raymond Whitsel (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19268072 on 07/14/2025 (239 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may include a DC power input port configured to receive a primary DC power input from a DC power source. The device may include a primary DC power output port configured to supply a first DC power output to networking equipment. The device may include one or more battery connection ports configured to supply a second DC power output to a battery backup unit (BBU) when the DC power input port is active and receive a secondary DC power input from the BBU when the DC power input port is inactive. The device may include operating circuits configured to transform the secondary DC power input into the first DC power output when the DC power input port is inactive and transform the primary DC power input into the first DC power output and the second DC power output when the DC power input port is active.

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

Systems and methods for controlling multi-level diode-clamped inverters using space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM)
Patent No. 12573966

Inventor(s): Subrata K Mondal (South Windsor, CT)
Assignee(s): Inertech IP LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Weber Rosselli Cannon LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18623734 on 04/01/2024 (708 days app to issue)

Abstract: Control systems for a multi-level diode-clamped inverter and corresponding methods include a processor and a digital logic circuit forming a hybrid controller. The processor identifies sector and region locations based on a sampled reference voltage vector V* and angle [subscript]e[/subscript]*. The processor then selects predefined switching sequences and pre-calculated turn-on time values based on the identified sector and region locations. The digital logic circuit generates PWM switching signals for driving power transistors of a multi-level diode-clamped inverter based on the turn-on time values and the selected switching sequences. The control system takes care of the existing capacitor voltage balancing issues of multi-level diode-clamped inverters while supplying both active and reactive power to an IT load. Using the control system, one can generate a symmetrical PWM signal that fully covers the linear under-modulation region.

[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]

Open-load detection for stepper motor drivers
Patent No. 12573971

Inventor(s): Laxman Sreekumar (Thrissur, , IN), Venkata Naresh Kotikelapudi (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18343821 on 06/29/2023 (985 days app to issue)

Abstract: Motor driver circuitry including driver transistors coupled to first and second output terminals, gate driver circuitry with outputs coupled to gate terminals of the driver transistors, controller circuitry coupled to the gate driver circuitry, a trip limit current source, an open-load limit current source, comparator circuitry, and fault detect circuitry. The comparator circuitry is coupled to the driver transistors, to the trip limit current source, and to the open-load limit current source. The comparator circuitry compares a drive current at the driver transistors with a trip limit current responsive to a signal from the controller indicating a standstill state, and configured to compare the driver current with an open-load limit current responsive to the signal indicating a motor running state. The fault detect circuitry has an input coupled to the comparator output and has a fault output.

[H02P] CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS [4]

Non-linear compensation in bandpass filters
Patent No. 12573997

Inventor(s): Prashuk Jain (Bangalore, , IN), Raja Sekhar (Bangalore, , IN), Ravikumar Pattipaka (Bangalore, , IN), Sandeep Oswal (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18217325 on 06/30/2023 (984 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are described corresponding to current limit circuitry with controlled current variation. An example circuit includes an amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal; a capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the capacitor coupled to the input terminal of the amplifier, the second terminal of the capacitor coupled to the output terminal of the amplifier; and diode circuitry having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the diode circuitry coupled to the first terminal of the capacitor and the input terminal of the amplifier, the second terminal of the diode circuitry coupled to the second terminal of the capacitor and the output terminal of the amplifier.

[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)

Methods and apparatus to correct non-linearity in transmitters
Patent No. 12574017

Inventor(s): Raja Sekhar (Bangalore, , IN), Ravikumar Pattipaka (Bangalore, , IN), Sandeep Oswal (Bangalore, , IN), Savyan Kanisserry (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18620293 on 03/28/2024 (712 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are described to correct non-linearity in transmitters. An example system includes an input stage, a driver, an input terminal of the driver coupled to an output terminal of the input stage; an output buffer, an input terminal of the output buffer coupled to an output terminal of the driver, an output terminal of the output terminal coupled to a first input terminal of the input stage via a resistor; and non-linear correction circuitry having an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal of the non-linear correction circuitry coupled to the output terminal of the output buffer and the first input terminal of the input stage via the resistor, the output terminal of the non-linear correction circuitry coupled to the output terminal of the input stage and the input terminal of the driver.

[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]

Serdes transmitter and receiver utilizing single frequency phase amplitude modulation
Patent No. 12574022

Inventor(s): Sheau-Jiung Lee (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Milkyway Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Vedder Price P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19359117 on 10/15/2025 (146 days app to issue)

Abstract: Multiple examples are disclosed of SerDes transmitters and receivers. In one example, a transmitter comprises a mapping block to receive a clock signal and a two-bit data signal and to generate a plurality of pairs of digital values; a plurality of current steering blocks, each of the plurality of current steering blocks receiving one of the plurality of pairs of digital values to generate a pair of currents; a current summer and modulation block to receive the pair of currents from each of the plurality of current steering blocks to generate a differential output signal; wherein the differential output signal is a single frequency pulse amplitude modulated signal wherein the single frequency is a frequency of the clock signal.

Method and apparatus for CSI codebook parameters
Patent No. 12574087

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Gilwon Lee (McKinney, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18298901 on 04/11/2023 (1064 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for channel state information (CSI) codebook parameters. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving information about a channel state information (CSI) report, the information indicating N1 CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resources and a codebook. The codebook includes a spatial-domain (SD) basis component, a frequency-domain (FD) basis component, and a coefficient component. The SD basis component includes L[subscript]r [/subscript]basis vectors for each CSI-RS resource r=1, . . . , N. The FD basis component includes M[subscript]v [/subscript]basis vectors. The coefficient component includes coefficients associated with (SD, FD) basis vector pairs. The information includes codebook parameters. The method further includes, based on the information, measuring the N CSI-RS resources; determining, based on the codebook parameters, the SD basis component, the FD basis component, and the coefficient component; and transmitting the CSI report.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Reporting channel state information in advanced MIMO antenna systems for cellular communications
Patent No. 12574090

Inventor(s): Jianhua Mo (Allen, TX), Shouvik Ganguly (Frisco, TX), Young Han Nam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18495606 on 10/26/2023 (866 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for channel state information reporting in advanced MIMO antenna systems is provided. The method comprises: receiving information for an analog beam and an R CSI-RS resources; constructing an analog beam codebook; deriving sets of PMIs corresponding to analog beams, wherein each set of R sets of PMIs corresponds to an analog beam of the analog beams associated with the R CSI-RS resources; identifying a set of digital beams corresponding to each of the analog beams; identifying a set of hybrid beams corresponding to each of the R CSI-RS resources, wherein the set of the hybrid beams comprises the set of digital beams and the analog beam, respectively; identifying a subset of the set of hybrid beams using an index to generate a PMI corresponding to the analog beams; and transmitting a CSI report including the PMI and the subset of the set of hybrid beams.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

FRER support of wireless communication system operable as TSN bridge
Patent No. 12574149

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Carter, DeLuca Farrell LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18029971 on 10/02/2020 (1985 days app to issue)

Abstract: There are provided measures for enabling/realizing FRER support of a wireless communication system operable as a TSN bridge, such as e.g. FRER support of a 5GS TSN bridge. Such measures exemplarily comprise configuration of a wireless communication system operable as a TSN bridge, such as e.g. a 5GS TSN bridge, for supporting FRER functionality, wherein parameters relating to a stream identification function and at least one of a stream splitting function and a sequence recovery function are extracted from a FRER configuration, at least one network entity is identified, and FRER-related configuration information is provided for the identified at least one network entity, including at last part of the extracted parameters, for enabling realization of the stream identification function and the at least one of the stream splitting function and the sequence recovery function.

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

Dynamically configuring retry policies of network functions
Patent No. 12574156

Inventor(s): Haibo Qian (Frisco, TX), Michael Anthony Brown (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: Ray Quinney Nebeker P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18087457 on 12/22/2022 (1174 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for configuring a network function in a core network of a telecommunications environment. For example, systems described herein involve collecting transmission data including timing and success/failure data for use in generating a retry policy that includes rules and instructions that govern transmission of retries between computing nodes. Once generated, the retry policy may be applied to message packages by selectively transmitting message retries based on specific timing delays that are determined from the collected transmission data. This generation and implementation of the retry policy may improve the latency and success rate of messages transmitted by computing nodes within a core network architecture, thereby improving network conditions in a variety of ways.

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

Backward compatible bandwidth extension
Patent No. 12574172

Inventor(s): Anand G. Dabak (Plano, TX), Badri Varadarajan (Mountain View, CA), Eko N. Onggosanusi (Allen, TX), Runhua Chen (Plano, TX), Tarik Muharemovic (Pearland, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 14469349 on 08/26/2014 (4214 days app to issue)

Abstract: A transmitter includes a bandwidth configuration unit configured to provide an increased system bandwidth corresponding to a bandwidth extension over multiple component carriers. Additionally, the transmitter also includes a transmit unit configured to employ the bandwidth extension.

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

System and method for disabling hybrid automatic repeat request in internet of things-non-terrestrial network
Patent No. 12574188

Inventor(s): Neng Wang (Lund, , SE), Sina Khoshabi-Nobar (Ottawa, , CA), Young-Han Nam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Mavenir US Inc (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Ruggiero McAllister McMahon LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18308200 on 04/27/2023 (1048 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described are implementations for HARQ-disabling in IoT-NTN deployment AND disabling HARQ-ACK feedback. Signaling mechanisms include configurations for HARQ process ID(s), NPDCCH monitoring, a New Data Indicator (NDI) bit in Downlink Control Information (DCI), and a HARQ-ACK feedback transmission in the uplink.

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

Secure GUID for wireless communication
Patent No. 12574246

Inventor(s): Edward Allen Cain, Jr. (Plano, TX), Mark R. Klausner (San Diego, CA), Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, 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: 18624112 on 04/01/2024 (708 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a message from a user device, the message comprising a timestamp, a random number, and a hash value, identifying a globally unique identifier (GUID) in a storage of a software application, combining the timestamp, the random number, and the GUID to generate a combined value, and hashing the combined value to generate a local hash value, and establishing a connection between the software application and the user device when the local hash value matches the hash value.

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

Method and device in UE and base station for transmitting power adjustment
Patent No. 12574274

Inventor(s): Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Apogee Networks, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Volpe Koenig (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18426408 on 01/30/2024 (770 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a User Equipment (UE) supporting transmission power adjustment. The UE receiving a first signaling; and transmitting a first radio signal; wherein, a first modulation symbol sequence is used to generate the first radio signal, the first modulation symbol sequence employs a target waveform, a first bit block is used to generate the first modulation symbol sequence, the first signaling is used to determine the target waveform out of X waveforms, the X is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, a transmitting power of the first radio signal is a first power, the target waveform is used to determine an upper bound of the first power. The method can adjust the UE transmitting power according to the waveform of the uplink transmission, thus reducing the power loss of the UE or improving the coverage performance of the uplink transmission.

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

Managing cloud-native virtual network functions
Patent No. 12574293

Inventor(s): Michael Anthony Brown (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: Ray Quinney Nebeker P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18076219 on 12/06/2022 (1190 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing cloud-native virtual network functions (CNFs) in a telecommunication network environment. The systems described herein involve specifying an architecture for a telecommunication network management system that facilitates integration with a variety of cloud-native management solutions while also minimizing impact to existing service-based management architectures (SBMA) of fifth generation (5G) operations administration and management (OAM) systems.

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

Zero trust network access and virtual private network client offloading
Patent No. 12574355

Inventor(s): Jae-Sun Chin (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Hartman Citrin LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18079933 on 12/13/2022 (1183 days app to issue)

Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to zero trust network access (”ZTNA”) and virtual private network (”VPN”) client offloading. According to one aspect, a user device can establish a private network session to access a private network resource in a private network. The user device can receive a request to offload the private network session from the user device to a secure router. In response to the request, the user device can offload the private network session to the secure router.

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

Privacy-preserving biometric authentication
Patent No. 12574371

Inventor(s): Charles H. Herder, III (Dallas, TX), Tina P. Srivastava (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Badge Inc. (Lewes, DE)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17116483 on 12/09/2020 (1917 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for using biometric data to authenticate a subject as an individual whose biometric data has been previously obtained. A second transducer has a digital electronic signal output characterizing a biometric of the subject; a second computing facility to receive the digital electronic signal; an array of servers; and a third computing facility. These components implement processes including generating shards from the digital electronic signal and distributing of the generated shards to the array of servers; receiving and storing by the array of servers the generated shards; performing a data exchange process using a subset of the generated shards to develop information relating to authentication of the subject; and transmitting to a third computing facility, the information developed, to cause the third computing facility to generate an output value indicating whether the subject is authenticated as the individual. A related enrollment system is also provided.

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

Sharing a biometric token across platforms and devices for authentication
Patent No. 12574372

Inventor(s): Andrew Ricchuiti (Dallas, TX), James Dunlap (The Colony, TX), Mayur Gupta (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17934269 on 09/22/2022 (1265 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may obtain the biometric token associated with an account via a registration procedure associated with a first platform that is associated with a host. The server device may store an indication of the biometric token in a database. The server device may receive a login request associated with the account for a second platform that is associated with the host. The server device may identify that biometric authentication is enabled for the account based on the indication of the biometric token being stored in the database. The server device may provide an authentication challenge associated with the biometric token. The server device may receive a response to the authentication challenge indicating whether the authentication device has authenticated biometric information associated with a user based on the biometric token. The server device may authenticate the login request for the second platform based on the response.

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

Generating a content signature of a textual communication using optical character recognition and text processing
Patent No. 12574407

Inventor(s): Mesfin Adane Dema (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: Wade IP Law PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17991756 on 11/21/2022 (1205 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of generating a content signature of a textual communication using OCR and text processing. The textual communication is rendered. Text is extracted from the rendered textual communication using OCR. Customization is removed from the text to provide a templatized version of the rendered textual communication that includes de-customized text. The de-customized text is parsed into tokens. Each token includes a respective subset of a plurality of characters. The tokens are converted into respective numbers. Each number is processed using fuzzy hash functions to provide respective hash values associated with the respective token. Representative hash values are selected for the respective fuzzy hash functions by selecting each representative hash value from the hash values that are processed using the respective fuzzy hash function. A content signature of the textual communication is generated by bitwise concatenating at least portions of the respective representative hash values.

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

Transport layer security management using a management controller
Patent No. 12574411

Inventor(s): 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: 18425249 on 01/29/2024 (771 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing an endpoint device are disclosed. To do so, a key pair may be generated by a management controller of the endpoint device and a private key of the key pair may be kept secret by the management controller. A public key of the public private key pair may be provided to a first entity for use in generating a certificate for the endpoint device. The certificate may be provided to a second entity desiring a level of trust with the endpoint device. As a portion of establishing a secure connection between the second entity and the endpoint device, a TLS handshake may be performed. Performing the TLS handshake may include obtaining a TLS packet, signing the TLS packet using the private key, and providing the signed TLS packet to the second entity to demonstrate that the endpoint device is trustworthy for the level of trust.

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

Management of location-based security policies using out of band methods
Patent No. 12574419

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: 18425275 on 01/29/2024 (771 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing operation of a data processing system are disclosed. To manage operation of the data processing system, a management controller of the data processing system may obtain validated location data for the data processing system via at least an out of band communication channel. The management controller may identify applicable security policies based on the validated location data. If the management controller identifies a security policy applicable to a geographical location of the data processing system, then the management controller may perform an action set to manage operation of the data processing system based on instructions associated with the applicable security policy.

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

Movable barrier anomaly detection and data backfilling
Patent No. 12574441

Inventor(s): Mahidhar Nandigam (Haslet, TX), Prudhvi Reddy Vemireddy (Irving, TX), Robert Eugene Thomas, Jr. (Flower Mound, TX), Thomas Kerber (Dallas, TX), Timothy Vriend (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): GMI Holdings, Inc. (Mt. Hope, OH)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19050769 on 02/11/2025 (392 days app to issue)

Abstract: A barrier operator monitoring system includes a barrier operator system and a cloud processing platform. The barrier operator system includes a movable barrier, sensors configured to measure data regarding the barrier operator system, and a barrier operator. The barrier operator is configured to move the movable barrier, detect a loss of a data connection between the barrier operator and the cloud processing platform, collect measured data from the sensors, perform wavelet transformation on the measured data, store coefficients of the wavelet transformation, and transmit, upon restoration of the data connection, the coefficients. The cloud processing platform is configured to receive the coefficients, reconstruct a representation of the measured data, compare the representation of the measured data to model data, detect an anomaly in the barrier operator system based on the comparison, and transmit a notification from the cloud processing platform to a user device.

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

Interactive client notifications
Patent No. 12574445

Inventor(s): Sivakumar Nagarajan (Plano, TX), Tai Nguyen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18433585 on 02/06/2024 (763 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for utilizing push alert notifications resident in an auto-dialer is provided. The auto-dialer may include a notification/dialing list of push alert notification recipients, an outbound orchestrator utility for receiving a list of the recipients, and a notification service utility. The outbound orchestrator utility may initiate a push alert notification for a member including instructions to send the push alert notification to the notification service utility, and displaying an actionable viewing screen that prompts the member to accept the scheduled time or to schedule a different time. When accepted, a selection is received that accepts the scheduled time for the future call and transmits a confirmation instruction to execute the scheduled call. When the selection declines the scheduled time for the call and re-schedules a new time for the future call, the instructions transmit an instruction to the auto-dialer to execute the future telephone call at the new time.

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

Transport audio quality testing remote from testing site
Patent No. 12574456

Inventor(s): Ehab Bahjat (Rockwall, TX), Ronald Royer (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Spirent Communications, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Haynes Beffel Wolfeld LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18127590 on 03/28/2023 (1078 days app to issue)

Abstract: The technology includes a method, computer medium, and system for testing transport audio quality irrespective of tester location. The technology involves a virtual test agent (VTA) selecting a Mobility Management Engine (MME) for routing a second call through a Serving Gateway (SGW) assigned by the MME for audio communication with a tester terminus over a transport segment under test, so a tester can evaluate audio quality over the transport segment under test. The VTA makes a first call to a tester appliance, and makes a second call, over the transport segment under test, to the tester terminus by signaling the MME. The VTA bridges the first and second calls by relaying audio during a test of subjective audio quality, whereby the bridging assures that the relayed audio in the second call continues to be relayed over the transport segment under test and not re-routed by core network components.

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

Digital display system and method
Patent No. 12574481

Inventor(s): Gregory Scott Pettitt (Sherman, TX), Jeffrey Matthew Kempf (Dallas, TX), Kristofer Scott Oberascher (Van Alstyne, TX), Michael Terry Davis (Richarson, TX), Xi Zhou (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18448205 on 08/11/2023 (942 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a color filter including a first segment configured to transmit first light having a first color and to reflect second light having a second color and a second segment configured to transmit the second light having the second color and to reflect the first light having the first color. The system also includes an integrator rod optically coupled to the color filter, a reflective surface having an aperture on an end of the integrator rod.

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

Video content delivery methods
Patent No. 12574517

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Vivienne Sze (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19296051 on 08/11/2025 (211 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) coding with a reduced number of context coded and/or bypass coded bins are provided. Rather than using only truncated unary binarization for the syntax element representing the delta quantization parameter and context coding all of the resulting bins as in the prior art, a different binarization is used and only part of the resulting bins are context coded, thus reducing the worst case number of context coded bins for this syntax element. Further, binarization techniques for the syntax element representing the remaining actual value of a transform coefficient are provided that restrict the maximum codeword length of this syntax element to 32 bits or less, thus reducing the number of bypass coded bins for this syntax element over the prior art.

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

Distribution of video content
Patent No. 12574531

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19302403 on 08/18/2025 (204 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for encoding a video sequence is provided that includes signaling in the compressed bit stream that a subset of a plurality of partitioning modes is used for inter-prediction of a portion of the video sequence, using only the subset of partitioning modes for prediction of the portion of the video sequence, and entropy encoding partitioning mode syntax elements corresponding to the portion of the video sequence, wherein at least one partitioning mode syntax element is binarized according to a pre-determined binarization corresponding to the subset of partitioning modes, wherein the pre-determined binarization differs from a pre-determined binarization for the least one partitioning mode syntax element that would be used if the plurality of partitioning modes is used for inter-prediction.

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

Set-top box with interactive portal and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 12574568

Inventor(s): Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18500461 on 11/02/2023 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: A set-top box with an interactive portal and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, the set-top box is deployed to provide an interactive portal in a hospitality establishment having multiple rooms, such as a hotel. The set-top box is associated with a room and includes a housing that secures a television input, a television output, a processor, a transceiver, and memory therein in an interconnected bus architecture. The set-top box generates a default interactive portal as well as a guest-specific interactive portal, which is generated from a guest configuration profile having information including guest identification, a guest channel preference presentation, and a guest service preference presentation with guest account information. The guest configuration profile may also enable the creation of a local area wireless network with substantially the same behavior as the guest”s home wireless network.

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

Systems and methods for providing route redundancy in networking systems
Patent No. 12574667

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: 19184864 on 04/21/2025 (323 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for providing route redundancy for services at a service location of a PON include obtaining indications of a service location of the PON and a set of required services for the location; and detecting, based on geospatial locations and interconnections of optical components of the PON, that two or more physical polyline routes (each configured to support the set of required services at the service location) include different elements, e.g., different on-ramp facilities, network serving equipment, physical polyline route segments connecting to a common component of each of the two or more routes, or serving facilities of one or more providers. The detected two or more routes may be configured to be a set of redundant physical polyline routes for providing the required services to the location. One or more services may be caused to be delivered to the location via the configured set of redundant physical polyline routes.

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

Method and system for end device configuration based on subscriber attributes and availability
Patent No. 12574720

Inventor(s): Angel V. Gomez (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18340075 on 06/23/2023 (991 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a network subscription activation and configuration service is provided. The service may include a network device receiving subscription information including at least one of a short messaging service (SMS) packet data unit (PDU) format supported by an end device or an SMS delivery preference of the end device The network device also receiving availability information indicating that the end device is active on a network; selecting, based on the subscription information and the availability information, a network path from among network paths that enables delivery of a binary short messaging service (SMS) message; and transmitting, via the network path, the binary SMS message to the end device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems for enabling communications over shared spectrum using O-RAN fronthaul interface in radio access networks
Patent No. 12574747

Inventor(s): Neil Piercy (Royston, , GB), Rasiklal Kachhla (Plano, TX), Wessam Afifi Ahmed (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Mavenir Systems, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Ruggiero McAllister McMahon LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17723563 on 04/19/2022 (1421 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating an Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) fronthaul interface between O-RAN radio unit (O-RU) and an O-RU controller for controlling the O-RU includes: sending, from the O-RU to the O-RU controller, a message informing whether the O-RU supports Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) operation; and if so, sending from the O-RU to the O-RU controller a report of capabilities of the O-RU including whether spectrum measurement is supported; if the O-RU supports spectrum measurement, providing an indication the O-RU supports either measurement without grant or measurement with gram from a Spectrum Access System (SAS); and sending from the O-RU to the O-RU controller a Federal Communications Commission certification identification (FCC ID) for the O-RU, Citizens Broadband Radio Service Device (CBSD) category for the O-RU, user registration identification (userId) for CBRS, installation parameters, grouping parameters, and/or a call sign device identifier provided by the FCC.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and system in wireless communication for determining QCL parameter to receive a refeence signal
Patent No. 12574758

Inventor(s): Lu Wu (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Apogee Networks, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Volpe Koenig (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17849683 on 06/26/2022 (1353 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present application provides a method and device in a node used for wireless communications. A first node receives a first information block and a second information block; receives a first reference signal; and receives a first signal. The first information block is used to trigger a transmission of the first reference signal, a time interval between the first information block and the first reference signal is less than a first reference interval, and the first reference interval is a positive integer; the second information block is used to determine the first signal; the first reference signal and the first signal comprise a same multi-carrier symbol in time domain; the second information block is used to determine a first index, and the first index is used to determine whether a QCL parameter for receiving the first reference signal is related to a QCL parameter for receiving the first signal.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for time-sensitive networking analytics
Patent No. 12574759

Inventor(s): Anthony Clay Reynolds (Rhome, TX), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17726586 on 04/22/2022 (1418 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide an interface for an Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF) to extract events from a Time Sensitive Communication Time Synchronization Function (TSCTSF) when operators deploy Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) for a given network slice. An NWDAF in a core network receives an information request for a TSN service and sends, to a TSCTSF, a data request based on the information request. The NWDAF receives event data responsive to the data request and generates an analytics report based on the event data.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Inter-core transport audio quality testing remote from testing site
Patent No. 12574766

Abstract: The technology includes a method, computer medium, and system for testing audio quality of a transport segment between two core networks. A first virtual test agent (VTA) selects a Mobility Management Engine (MME) corresponding to an eNodeB served by a first core network for routing a second call, through a Serving Gateway (SGW) assigned by the MME for audio communication with a tester terminus. The second call is made from the first VTA to a second VTA at a second core network over a transport-segment-under-test that connects the first and second core networks, So that a tester can evaluate audio quality over the transport-segment-under-test. The first VTA makes a first call to a tester appliance, makes a second call, over the transport-segment-under-test, to the second VTA implementing audio evaluation, by signaling the MME, and bridges the first and second calls by relaying audio during a test of subjective audio quality.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for physical downlink control channel monitoring per multiple slots
Patent No. 12574768

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17649785 on 02/02/2022 (1497 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring per multiple slots. A method for operating a user equipment includes determining a combination (X, Y) of consecutive slots, where X and Y are positive integers with YX, and receiving first physical PDCCHs with a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) configuration [subscript]1 [/subscript]within Y slots of X slots. The X slots start from a slot with a number n[subscript]start[/subscript], on a first cell. Here, (n[subscript]f[/subscript]N[subscript]slot[/subscript][superscript]frame,[/superscript][superscript]

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Fifth generation (5G) and Wi-Fi multi-access point coordination function
Patent No. 12574800

Inventor(s): Malcolm Muir Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17816773 on 08/02/2022 (1316 days app to issue)

Abstract: A Fifth Generation (5G) and Wi-Fi Multi-Access Point Coordination (MAPc) function may be provided. A MAPc processor may determine a first traffic flow and a second traffic flow for a User Equipment (UE) and a property of the first traffic flow and of the second traffic flow. The MAPc processor may schedule restricted Target Wake Time (rTWT) service intervals on a Wi-Fi AP for the first traffic flow, and the MAPc processor may schedule rTWT service intervals on a 5G AP for the second traffic flow. The rTWT service intervals on the Wi-Fi AP may be at different times than the rTWT service intervals on the 5G AP.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and system for improved positioning measurement
Patent No. 12574893

Inventor(s): Li Guo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD. (Dongguan, , CN)
Law Firm: BAYES PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18238218 on 08/25/2023 (928 days app to issue)

Abstract: A UE receives configuration information for transmission of Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resources for positioning to be associated with a higher layer parameter, which has a plurality of values respectively corresponding to a plurality of transmit (Tx) timing offsets of the UE. The UE transmits SRS resources for positioning associated with the higher layer parameter according to the configuration information to a plurality of TRPs. The plurality of values of the higher layer parameter are used for calculating positioning measurements between the UE and the plurality of TRPs based on the plurality of Tx timing offsets of the UE, and the calculated positioning measurements are used for determining the position of the UE.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication
Patent No. 12574934

Abstract: The present application provides a method and device in nodes used for wireless communications. A first node receives a first information block, and then transmits a first signal in a first time unit group and transmits a second signal in a second time unit group; a start time of the first time unit group is earlier than a start time of the second time unit group; the first information block is used to determine a first index group and a second index group, the first index group comprises an index of each time unit in the first time unit group, and the second index group comprises an index of each time unit in the second time unit group; a minimum value of the second index group minus a maximum value of the first index group is equal to a target integer.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Stress relief structure for flip-chip packaged devices
Patent No. 12575025

Inventor(s): Bernardo Gallegos (McKinney, TX), Jonathan Almeria Noquil (Plano, TX), Osvaldo Jorge Lopez (Annandale, NJ), Satyendra Singh Chauhan (Murphy, TX), Tianyi Luo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18603099 on 03/12/2024 (728 days app to issue)

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

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

Cooling distribution with adaptive control valves
Patent No. 12575061

Inventor(s): Pardeep Shahi (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Lowenstein Sandler LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17864989 on 07/14/2022 (1335 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods include pressure sensors that measure a pressure differential of coolant between a first coolant line and a second coolant line. Coolant flow control valves control respective valve flow rates. A processor selects a valve from the flow control valves to provide coolant to a coolant output, responsive to the measured pressure differential.

Low capacitance ESD protection devices
Patent No. 12575191

Inventor(s): Chinna Veerappan Venkatachalam (Bangalore, , IN), Shraddha Balasaheb Keripale (Kolhapur, , IN), Sreeram Nasum Subramanyam (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17955926 on 09/29/2022 (1258 days app to issue)

Abstract: Examples of low capacitance bidirectional and unidirectional electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection devices for high voltage (e.g., 15 kV, 30 kV) applications are provided. Such devices include a circuit of a diode and a Zener diode coupled via their anodes to form an NPN structure and another, low capacitance diode coupled in series with the NPN structure. Such circuit may be configured on each of two dies, and the circuits coupled via wire bonds. Additional wire bonds may be used to respectively couple two pins of the device to the two circuits, or the pins may be coupled to the circuits via respective conductive die attaches. In a multichip module (MCM) topology, the NPN diode structure may be coupled to two low capacitance diodes on one die, and that circuit may be coupled to a third low capacitance diode disposed on another die. Some arrangements employ an insulator in conjunction with a single die. Some arrangements enable FlipChip fabrication technology.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Perovskite material photovoltaic device and method for assembly
Patent No. 12575250

Inventor(s): Michael Holland (Lancaster, TX)
Assignee(s): CubicPV Inc. (Bedford, MA)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18797403 on 08/07/2024 (580 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a photovoltaic device. The method comprises fabricating a first photovoltaic device portion with a first photoactive layer having a first face comprising a first perovskite precursor material; fabricating a second photovoltaic device portion with a second photoactive layer having a second face comprising a second perovskite material or a second perovskite precursor material; arranging the first photovoltaic device portion and the second photovoltaic device portion such that the first face is in contact with the second face; and compressing the first photovoltaic device portion and the second photovoltaic device portion at a pressure sufficient to fuse the first perovskite precursor material to the second perovskite material or the second perovskite precursor material.

[H10K] ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES

Integrated wet clean for gate stack development
Patent No. 12575357

Inventor(s): Brian K. Kirkpatrick (Allen, TX), Malcolm J. Bevan (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17859777 on 07/07/2022 (1342 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 thermal treatment chamber coupled with the first transfer chamber. 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 second transfer chamber.

[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]

High performance high-voltage isolators
Patent No. 12575407

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Alan West (Dallas, TX), Thomas Dyer Bonifield (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18527618 on 12/04/2023 (827 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of dielectric layers over the semiconductor substrate, including a top dielectric layer. A metal plate or metal coil is located over the top dielectric layer; a metal ring is located over the top dielectric layer and substantially surrounds the metal plate or metal coil. A protective overcoat overlies the metal ring and overlies the metal plate or metal coil. A trench opening is formed through the protective overcoat, with the trench opening exposing the top dielectric layer between the metal plate/coil and the metal ring, the trench opening substantially surrounding the metal plate or metal coil.

Methods and apparatus for scribe street probe pads with reduced die chipping during wafer dicing
Patent No. 12575416

Inventor(s): Erika Lynn Mazotti (San Martin, CA), Ricky Alan Jackson (Richardson, TX), Sudtida Lavangkul (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17953301 on 09/26/2022 (1261 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes a semiconductor wafer with a plurality of probe pads each formed centered in scribe streets and intersected by saw kerf lanes. Each probe pad includes a plurality of lower level conductor layers arranged in lower level conductor frames, a plurality of lower level vias extending vertically through lower level insulator layers and electrically coupling the lower level conductor frames; a plurality of upper level conductor layers, each forming two portions on two outer edges of the probe pad, the two portions aligned with, spaced from, and on opposite sides of the saw kerf lane, the coverage of the upper level conductor layers being less than about twenty percent; and a plurality of upper level vias extending vertically through upper level insulator layers and coupling the upper level conductor layers electrically to one another and to the lower level conductor layers. Methods are disclosed.

Semiconductor package with antenna
Patent No. 12575422

Inventor(s): Meysam Moallem (Plano, TX), Michael Paul Pierce (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16598483 on 10/10/2019 (2343 days app to issue)

Abstract: A package includes a substrate, a conductive layer on a first surface of the substrate forming a set of antennas, and a semiconductor die forming communication channels for the antennas, each of the communication channels being electrically coupled to the antennas by way of a redistribution layer that includes the substrate, the semiconductor die being mounted on either the first surface or an opposing second surface of the substrate. The package further includes a set of electrical contacts on the second surface of the substrate, the redistribution layer further coupling the set of electrical contacts to the semiconductor die. The package further includes a stiffening layer over the first surface of the substrate, the stiffening layer forming gaps over the antennas such that the antennas are on an outer surface of the package.

Dynamic measurement of frequency synthesizer noise spurs or phase noise
Patent No. RE050814 (Reissue)

Inventor(s): Karthik Subburaj (Bangalore, , IN), Raghu Ganesan (Bangalore, , IN), Sreekiran Samala (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18143211 on 05/04/2023 (1041 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of measuring phase noise (PN). A PLL frequency synthesizer is provided including a first phase frequency detector (PFD) receiving a reference frequency signal coupled to a first charge pump (CP) coupled to a VCO having an output fedback to the first PFD through a feedback divider that provides a divided frequency signal to the first PFD which outputs an error signal, and PN measurement circuitry including a replica CP coupled to an output of a second PFD or the first PFD. The error signal is received at the replica CP or the divided and reference frequency signal are received at the second PFD, wherein the replica CP outputs a scaled phase error current which is current-to-voltage converted and amplified to provide an amplified phase error voltage, and digitized to provide a digital phase error signal. The digital phase error signal is frequency analyzed to generate a PN measurement. Patent Class: N/A

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Plexiglass blinds
Patent No. D1116533

Inventor(s): Jesus Cancel (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29956397 on 08/07/2024 (580 days app to issue)