Beyond AT&T, other organizations with notable patents granted this week include:

7-Eleven’s system for electronically determining correct product placement
American Airlines’ real-time probability determined iteratively throughout a period of time
Aristocrat Technologies’ modular robot with power management platform
Bank of America’s multilingual chatbot
BMIC’s solar panel roof system with raised access panels
Celanese’s molded articles with laser-formed pattern
Elbit Systems of America’s weapon system control handle gauge shaft
Frontier Communications’ retention brackets for fiber optic cables
Kyndryl’s patent to identify and obfuscate sensitive data before ingesting to generative AI engines
Meta Platforms Technologies’ active noise cancellation using remote sensing for open-ear headset
NVIDIA’s two-phase cooling structure cooling within a single-phase liquid cooled server
Schumacher Electric’s automotive battery power system
Texas Instruments’ passive radar receiver system
Toyota’s remote control of vehicles
The University of Texas System’s systems for seizure detection
Verily’s systems and methods for directly predicting cancer patient survival based on histopathology images
And, an unassigned patent for a spinal decompression rack with artificial intelligence

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 March 17, 2026 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

140 patents granted
Ranked No. 9 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 13
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 11
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 4
E: Fixed Constructions 6
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 3
G: Physics 47
H: Electricity 47

DESIGN: 8
REISSUE: 1

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) — 20
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) — 6
7-Eleven Inc. (Irving) — 4
BMIC LLC (Dallas) — 4
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) — 4
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) — 3
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) — 3
AT&T Intellectual Property I L.P. (Atlanta, GA) — 2
The University of Texas System (Austin) — 2

UNASSIGNED — 9

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell) — 3
Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano) — 3
Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving) — 3
Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney) — 2
Andrey V. Kuzmin (Moscow, RU) — 2
Dongbin Hou (Plano) — 2
Imed Bouazizi (Frisco) — 2
James D. Cunningham (Clarkston, MI) — 2
Kent Poteet (Lucas) — 2
Krishan Kumar Mittal (Denton) — 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Combine harvester concave frame assembly
Patent No. 12575502

Inventor(s): Brian G. Robertson (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Sam Sokhansanj PLLC (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17375690 on 07/14/2021 (1707 days app to issue)

Abstract: A threshing concave frame assembly for crop separating operations in a combine harvester is disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the concave frame includes a first side member and a second side member opposing each other, wherein the first and second side members each have an interior surface and exterior surface. In addition, a crop threshing bar member is disposed between the interior surface of the first side and second side members of the concave frame. In particular, the crop threshing bar member includes a first end and a second end, wherein the first and second ends are secured to the interior surface of the first and second side members of the concave frame.

[A01F] THRESHING (combines A01D 41/00); BALING OF STRAW, HAY OR THE LIKE; STATIONARY APPARATUS OR HAND TOOLS FOR FORMING OR BINDING STRAW, HAY OR THE LIKE INTO BUNDLES; CUTTING OF STRAW, HAY OR THE LIKE; STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE (arrangements for making or setting stacks in connection with harvesting A01D 85/00)

Corrective collar utilizing geolocation technology
Patent No. 12575546

Inventor(s): Michael Ehrman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Protect Animals With Satellites, LLC (, NJ)
Law Firm: Epstein Drangel LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18901782 on 09/30/2024 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a pet collar that can be configured to determine its geolocational position and evaluate that position with respect to the geo-fence of a predetermined, geo-fenced ”safe” zone. If the collar determines that its position is inside a safe zone but is near the geo-fence, the collar may be configured to provide a warning correction. If the collar determines that it is outside a predetermined safe zone, the collar can also be configured to provide a stronger correction to discourage the pet from continuing away from the safe zone. The collar may also be configured to guide the pet back to the safe zone such as by varying the strength and/or type of correction provided based at least in part on the distance of the collar from the geo-fence.

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

System, apparatus, and method for threading a beader tool with hair beads
Patent No. 12575656

Inventor(s): Kia-Shun Voltz (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19055970 on 02/18/2025 (392 days app to issue)

Abstract: A shaft, apparatus, and method for threading a beader tool with hair beads are disclosed. In one embodiment of the apparatus, multiple silos form an array with each silo being sized to allow the passage of a beader tool while preventing hair beads from escaping. The interior of each silo is tailored to accommodate a stack of hair beads, with the height of the silos being sufficient to house at least the shaft of the beader tool. A support structure secures the array of silos in an upward orientation. This support structure takes the form of a box, which defines a chamber beneath the array of silos. The chamber is designed with a height that can accommodate at least a loop of the beader tool and includes a drawer for additional utility. This apparatus presents a practical and innovative solution for simplifying the process of threading hair beads.

[A45D] HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; MANICURING OR OTHER COSMETIC TREATMENT (wigs, toupees, or the like A41G 3/00, A41G 5/00; hairdressers’ chairs A47C 1/04; hair cutting appliances, razors B26B)

Furniture with organizational frame
Patent No. 12575666

Inventor(s): Richard Kassanoff (Dallas, TX), Robert Larry Stewart (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18640279 on 04/19/2024 (697 days app to issue)

Abstract: In various implementations, furniture, such as a table (e.g., a desk) and/or free-standing board, may include an organizational frame to which other members (e.g., table top, white board, smart board, etc.) may be coupled. The frame may include legs and at least one organizational member disposed between two or more of the legs. The organizational member may include a plurality of openings. The opening(s) in the organizational member may be able to couple with one or more organization tools.

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

Cooking utensil with integrated seasoning dispenser
Patent No. 12575701

Inventor(s): Edward Scott Rubin (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Makoui Law, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18450384 on 08/15/2023 (945 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cooking article includes a cooking utensil and a handle. The handle includes several hollow seasoning compartment sections. The handle also includes a rotatable handle cap, a seasoning compartment section selector, and first and second release shafts that rotate together. The first and second release shafts and a release button move together along the axis of the handle. Rotating the handle without depressing the release button, selects one of the seasoning compartment sections such that an opening of the second release shaft is positioned above an opening the selected seasoning compartment section. Pressing the release button moves the release button and the first and second release shafts such that the opening of the second release shaft is aligned with the opening of the selected seasoning compartment section, releasing seasonings from the selected seasoning compartment, through the opening of the second release shaft, into a cavity of the second release shaft.

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

Systems and processes for detecting oxygen saturation and compensating for skin tone variation
Patent No. 12575741

Inventor(s): Pannaga Sameer Kaushik Gummuluru (Kennedale, TX)
Assignee(s): HUXLEY MEDICAL, INC. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18945077 on 11/12/2024 (490 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for optimizing the detection of a patient’s heartbeats, which may be useful in detection of the patient’s oxygen saturation, as well as systems and processes for improving and optimizing the PPG signal quality of those patients with highly pigmented skin. In various embodiments, the process may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a radio, red data, infrared (IR) data, and a series of heartbeats associated with a time period; computing a series of peaks of the red data and IR data for the time period; computing a subset of the red data and IR data; estimating an oxygen saturation percentage (SpO2%) for the patient by computing an optical ratio of the red data and IR data included in the subset; and displaying on a computer screen the estimated SpO2% for the patient.

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

Systems and methods for seizure detection
Patent No. 12575783

Inventor(s): Abbas A. Zaki (Plano, TX), Alexander J. Edwards (Melissa, TX), Hina Dave (Dallas, TX), Jay H. Harvey (Southlake, TX), Joseph S. Friedman (Dallas, TX), Mehrdad Nourani (Richardson, TX), Noah C. Parker (Denton, TX), Tae
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17837503 on 06/10/2022 (1376 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods to detect seizures using analog circuitry. One example method generally includes obtaining, at a seizure detection system, one or more electroencephalogram (EEG) signals, detecting a plurality of features associated with each of the one or more EEG signals, generating a bitstream indicating a seizure probability associated with each feature of the plurality of features to yield a plurality of bitstreams indicating a plurality of seizure probabilities, and generating a seizure detection output based on the plurality of bitstreams indicating the plurality of seizure probabilities of the plurality of features.

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

Intraocular lens injector apparatus
Patent No. 12575925

Inventor(s): Sushant Muchhala (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): BAUSCH + LOMB IRELAND LIMITED (Dublin, , IE)
Law Firm: Simpson Simpson, PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18053070 on 11/07/2022 (1226 days app to issue)

Abstract: An injector for injecting an IOL into an eye, comprising an injector body having a lumen wall defining a lumen, a plunger having a longitudinal axis and a soft tip at a distal end of the plunger. The soft tip having a concave distal surface. In a plane including the longitudinal axis, the plane being perpendicular to an IOL optical axis when the IOL is located at a staging area of the injector body, the concave distal surface extending in a direction at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the longitudinal axis. The concave distal surface may be oval-shaped in a plane perpendicular to the direction, and the concave distal surface has no curvature along the direction.

[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]

Spinal decompression rack with artificial intelligence
Patent No. 12575993

Inventor(s): David Medrano (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18444184 on 02/16/2024 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: A spinal decompression rack includes a padded backrest having an elongated telescoping shaft on a rear surface. The lower end of the shaft includes two pairs of spaced, padded foot cylinders for straddling the feet of a user lying on the backrest. The upper end of the shaft includes a pair of opposing padded arm rollers for engaging the user’s armpits. The decompression rack also includes a hip attachment for stretching the spine by pulling the abdomen downwardly, and a neck harness for decompressing the cervical spine. On an intermediate portion of the shaft is a motor and an artificial intelligence controller that automatically extend and retract a piston attached to the lower shaft section to pull the user’s feet or abdomen relative to the upper torso or neck.

[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)

Recombinant proteins with CD40 activating properties
Patent No. 12576147

Inventor(s): Gerard Zurawski (Midlothian, TX), Sandra Zurawski (Midlotian, TX), Valentina Ceglia (Dallas, TX), Yves Levy (Paris, , FR)
Assignee(s): Assistance Publique-Hpitaux de Paris (APHP) (Paris, , FR), Baylor Research Institute (Dallas, TX), INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE) (Paris, , FR), Universit Paris est Cretil Val de Marne (Cretil, , FR)
Law Firm: WCF IP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17598582 on 03/26/2020 (2182 days app to issue)

Abstract: CD40 activating proteins comprising recombinant proteins with CD40 agonist antibodies or their antigen-binding fragments fused or linked to CD40 ligand are provided. The CD40 activating proteins may further comprise at least one antigen. Uses for the CD40 activating proteins include inducing immune responses directed to delivered antigens such as viral or cancer antigens. Properties of the CD40 activating protein may include the ability to induce proliferation of B cells or secretion of cytokines, such as IL-6, IL-12 and/or IL-15.

[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)

Collagen pellet and methods for making and use
Patent No. 12576186

Inventor(s): Bernardo S. Vielma (Garland, TX), Robert E. Delk (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16974188 on 11/06/2020 (1957 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mass or pellet of collagen, such as Type 1 bovine collagen, can advantageously be implanted last into a subcutaneous incision into which one or more medicinal and/or pharmaceutical masses or pellets have already been disposed in the subcutaneous channel incised into the tissue under the skin. The collagen is preferably shaped in the form of a pellet similar in size and shape to the medicinal and/or pharmaceutical element that is to be implanted in a patient, but other shapes and sizes of collagen can be selected for implantation. A pellet of implantable collagen can be made by rolling out the collagen into a cylinder shape, lyophilizing the collagen, then physically cross-linking the collagen by heating, and using forming tools to form the collagen into a desired shape and size. Before being formed, the collagen (which is normally a dry fine powder) may be combined with a binder component, so that the collagen pellet has sufficient mechanical solidity for a sufficient time to be implanted. One preferred method of making a collagen pellet is to hand-roll a collagen sheet or extrude the collagen into an elongated cylinder shape, and to then lyophilize (freeze dry) the collagen cylinder. Then the collagen cylinder is physically cross-linked by heating it over a period of time. The collagen cylinder can then be cut into pellets of the desired length. A method of implanting a collagen pellet is disclosed.

[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]

System and method for controlling neurostimulation according to user activity and automated balancing of stimulation program duration
Patent No. 12576275

Inventor(s): Christopher S. L. Crawford (Sunnyvale, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18755940 on 06/27/2024 (628 days app to issue)

Abstract: This application is generally related to systems and methods for providing a medical therapy to a patient by tracking patient activity and adjusting medical therapy based on occurrence of different types of activities performed by the patient while automatically balancing stimulation program duration.

[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]

Tabletop totem
Patent No. 12576342

Inventor(s): Larry McNeny (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19321379 on 09/08/2025 (190 days app to issue)

Abstract: A totem display. The totem display includes a base figurine having a flat base platform and a second figurine. Additionally, the totem display includes a latching mechanism for detaching and attaching the second figurine to a top portion of the base figurine. The base figurine and second figurine are aligned vertically when the second figurine is attached to the base figurine. The totem display may also attach additional figurines in a vertical alignment on top of the second figurine. The figurines may be any character, such as sporting figurines, political or religious leaders, actors/actresses, film characters, musical celebrities, composers, cartoon or action figurines.

[A63H] TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS, BUILDING BLOCKS

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

Hinged wrench
Patent No. 12576484

Inventor(s): Ryan Keith Gaskie (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: PATENT CAPITAL GROUP (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18200955 on 05/23/2023 (1029 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is disclosed a wrench, having a first body piece and a second body piece, wherein the first body piece and second body piece are of substantially identical construction, and wherein the second body piece is oriented 180 from the first body piece along a longitudinal axis, and wherein the first and second body pieces have respective head pieces that, when closed together, form a box-end wrench head, and wherein the first and second body pieces are joined at a pivot joint on the box-end wrench head.

[B25B] TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING

Modular robot with power management platform
Patent No. 12576537

Inventor(s): Adam Loeckle (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. (Las Vegas, NV)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18473055 on 09/22/2023 (907 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure describes a system that, itself, includes a base subsystem. The base subsystem may include a mobility device that is configured to move the base subsystem along a surface. The system also may also include a set of sensors that are physically coupled to the base subsystem and are communicatively coupled to the mobility device in a manner than enables the system to navigate two or more different operational environments. The system may further include an upper subsystem that is coupled to the base subsystem and that includes a set of input devices. The system may also include a control circuit programmed to coordinate input received from the set of input devices with signals from the set of sensors to provide a user with a gaming experience within at least one of the operational environments. Other corresponding apparatuses and modular robot systems are also provided.

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

Heavy duty vehicle suspension with user controlled pneumatic assist
Patent No. 12576685

Inventor(s): Lyle Reed (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): FORETRAVEL, INC. (Nacogdoches, TX)
Law Firm: Greer, Burns Crain, Ltd (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18456029 on 08/25/2023 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: A suspension kit is provided for use in heavy duty vehicles having an independent front suspension including air springs, the kit includes an anti-roll bar having two ends, each end configured for connection to the front suspension in operational relationship to an associated one of two front wheel assemblies, at least one ping tank in fluid communication with an associated one of the air springs, a valve in fluid communication between each at least one ping tank and the associated air spring, a control switch connected to each valve for moving the valve between an open position, allowing fluid communication between the at least one ping tank and the air spring, and a closed position, closing fluid communication between the at least one ping tank and the air spring. An associated front suspension is also provided.

[B60G] VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS (air-cushion vehicles B60V; connections between vehicle bodies and vehicle frames B62D 24/00) [5]

Cooling systems and assemblies, and vehicles including the same
Patent No. 12576693

Inventor(s): Danny J. Lohan (Northville, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18411628 on 01/12/2024 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pump-assisted cooling system including a pump, a fluid feed line, a fluid bypass line, a heat exchanger, and a cooler assembly. The cooler assembly includes one or more heat generating devices, a housing, a fluid inlet and outlet, a fluid pathway, a vaporization structure, a condenser, and a condenser outlet line. The fluid pathway within the housing is fluidly coupled to the fluid inlet and outlet. The vaporization structure includes a plurality of feeding tubes fluidly coupled to the fluid pathway, a wick, and one or more vapor outlets. The condenser is housed within the housing. The vaporization structure induces vaporization of a cooling fluid and facilitates vapor flow into the condenser. The condenser induces condensation of the cooling fluid, the cooling fluid rejoins the fluid bypass line through the condenser outlet line positioned distal to the condenser.

[B60H] ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING, OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES

Automotive battery power system
Patent No. 12576734

Inventor(s): Donald Anderson (Fort Worth, TX), John Whiting (Fort Worth, TX), Patrick Clarke (Fort Worth, TX), Randall Lawson (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Schumacher Electric Corporation (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: McAndrews, Held Malloy, Ltd. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17470740 on 09/09/2021 (1650 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is an automotive power system configured to facilitate monitoring and charging (and/or discharging) of a vehicle. The vehicle may be a hybrid electric vehicle or an electric vehicle. The automotive power system may further comprise a cable management system. In some examples, the automotive power system may further comprise a reversible dock and/or status indicators on the handle.

[B60L] PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K 1/00, B60K 6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K 17/12, B60K 17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C 15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D 1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H 1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES [4]

Refrigerated boxcar ducted floor
Patent No. 12576893

Inventor(s): Carter Ray Andrews (Dallas, TX), Kenneth W. Huck (Fairview, TX), Marco A. Morales (Flower Mound, TX), Ricky A. Cribbs (Ovilla, TX)
Assignee(s): Trinity Rail Group, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18360033 on 07/27/2023 (964 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a refrigerated railcar comprises a pair of side walls, a roof, a floor, and a refrigeration unit. The floor comprises a bottom structure comprising a plurality of channels for return air flow from an interior of the railcar to the refrigeration unit. The floor further comprises at least two top plates coupled to the bottom structure (e.g., via a pivot rod). Each of the top plates extends longitudinally along the bottom structure and is configured to rotate up and away from the bottom structure proximate one of the side walls of the pair of side walls. Lifting an edge of a top plate opposite the edge of the top plate pivotally coupled to the bottom structure causes the top plate to rotate to an upright position exposing the plurality of channels of the bottom structure.

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

Tailgate cable stay ramp
Patent No. 12576922

Inventor(s): Eric Archambeau (Northville, MI), James D. Cunningham (Clarkston, MI), Jayaprabhu KA Ramaswamy (Ann Arbor, MI), Stefan Hebert (Northville, MI), Tarakorn Soonthornwinate (Plymouth, MI), Yasuhisa Tsuchida (Northville, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18139843 on 04/26/2023 (1056 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle includes a tailgate configured to enclose a truck bed, a power tailgate system configured to cause the tailgate to move between a closed position and an open position, at least one sensor disposed on the tailgate, a cable stay configured to couple to the tailgate and a body of the vehicle such that the cable stay is extended between the tailgate and the body of the vehicle when the tailgate is in the open position, and a cable stay ramp assembly disposed on the body of the vehicle and configured to guide the cable stay as the tailgate moves from the open position to the closed position. The sensor is configured to detect an object between the tailgate the body of the vehicle.

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

Helicopter pitch controls
Patent No. 12576964

Inventor(s): Ryan Lee Robinson (Aledo, TX), William Wolcott (Burleson, TX), Zachary Scott Poster (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18926193 on 10/24/2024 (509 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rotary-wing aircraft may include a rotor system comprising, a gear module including, a servo having an output shaft linearly moveable along a second axis, a rotating pitch change shaft that rotates about the second axis, a pitch change assembly for coupling linear movement of the output shaft to rotational movement of the pitch change shaft, the pitch change assembly including, a flexible rod movable along the second axis, the flexible rod including a first end having a plate fixedly coupled with the output shaft and a second end operably coupled with the pitch change shaft, the second end disposed within the rotating pitch change shaft, and a bearing having a rotational outer surface coupled for rotation with the pitch change shaft and a non-rotating inner surface operably coupled with the flexible rod for linear movement.

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

Storage bin and lid
Patent No. 12577019

Inventor(s): Eric Matthew Walton (Frisco, TX), Shelby Alexis Stanfield (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Yum Connect, LLC (Louisville, KY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18532677 on 12/07/2023 (831 days app to issue)

Abstract: A storage system is provided that includes a stadium shaped bin having a bottom and an outer wall adjacent and extending from an outer edge of the bottom. The bottom and the outer wall defining an inner storage area. The bin having a plurality of legs located on a lower side of the bottom of the bin. The storage system further includes a lid having a raised top-hat portion about an upper surface and a skirt about an outer edge of the lid. The lid sized such that the skirt extends over the outer wall of the bin when the lid is placed on the bin, wherein the legs of the bin and raised top-hat portion of the lid are sized so that the legs nest about the raised top-hat portion of the lid when the bin is placed on the lid.

[B65D] CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

Apparatus, system, and method for the translation and rotation of an object
Patent No. 12577089

Inventor(s): Bruce Null (Lewisville, TX), Kade C. Munden (Clifton, TX)
Assignee(s): Upright Technologies, LLC. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18309500 on 04/28/2023 (1054 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for the translation and rotation of an object to position the object into an upright position. In embodiments, an apparatus can include a base plate configured to attach to a clamp vehicle, a surface plate, and a rotator configured to rotatably connect the surface plate to the base plate such that the surface plate is able to rotate independently of the base plate about an axis. In embodiments, the surface plate is positioned against a proximate end of the object, and a compressive force can be applied to the object, causing the surface plate to press against the proximate end of the object. A lifting force can be applied to raise the object upwards to cause the surface plate to rotate the object toward the upright position while maintaining a secure hold on the object. The upright object can then be lowered in an upright position.

[B66F] HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD (mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B 17/00; scaffolds combined with lifting devices E04G 1/22, E04G 3/28; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G 11/24; lifting of buildings E04G 23/06; shores or struts E04G 25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C 7/12; props for mining E21D 15/00)

Diffractive displays
Patent No. 12578517

Inventor(s): Milad Khoshnegar Shahrestani (Coquitlam, , CA)
Assignee(s): Authentix, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18837826 on 12/13/2022 (1190 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a diffractive display for displaying a diffracted image, an article, comprising the diffractive display, and methods of forming a display for displaying a diffracted image.

[B42D] BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS

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

Removal of acetals from process streams
Patent No. 12577189

Inventor(s): David Lee (Houston, TX), Ronald D. Shaver (Houston, TX), Yaw-Hwa Liu (Missouri City, TX)
Assignee(s): Celanese International Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17928569 on 06/03/2021 (1748 days app to issue)

Abstract: A process for producing acetic acid is provided that is capable of lowering acetaldehyde mass composition in acetic acid. The process for producing acetic acid according to the present invention comprises at least one distillation step that satisfies the following operating conditions (i) temperature in a lower portion of the distillation column is not less than 40 C.; (ii) water mass composition in the lower stream is not less than 0.3 wt. %; or (iii) acetic acid mass composition in the lower stream on weight percentage basis is greater than the acetic acid mass composition in the first mixture; wherein the methanol mass composition in the first mixture is less than or equal to 2 wt. %.

[C07C] ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08; production of organic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B 3/00, C25B 7/00)

Molded articles with laser-formed pattern
Patent No. 12577376

Inventor(s): Kent Miller (Nicholasville, KY), Sarah Ann Niese (Amelia, OH)
Assignee(s): Celanese Interntaional Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17988294 on 11/16/2022 (1217 days app to issue)

Abstract: Molded articles are disclosed having a pattern formed into a surface of the article. For example, the molded article can include a facing surface and the pattern can cover greater than about 10%, such as greater than about 30% of the surface area of the facing surface. The pattern can be formed using high intensity light that reacts with an additive contained in the polymer composition used to form the article. The resulting pattern can not only have a unique and distinctive appearance but can also improve one or more properties of the molded article, such as the tactile feel of the article.

[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]

Compatibilizer precursor, methods, systems, and uses thereof, and formulations including the same
Patent No. 12577402

Inventor(s): Denis Muki Tibah (Waxahachie, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Venable LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18961741 on 11/27/2024 (475 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising mixing at least one compatibilizer precursor with at least one polymer, so as to result in a polymer concentrate and mixing the polymer concentrate with asphalt, so as to result in a polymer modified asphalt (”PMA”). Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to formulations comprising a compatibilizer precursor, a polymer concentrate, PMA, or any combination thereof.

[C08L] COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) [2]

Sprayable adhesive compositions and related systems and related methods
Patent No. 12577433

Inventor(s): Laxman Gurung (Parsippany, NJ), Lingtao Yu (Summit, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19067583 on 02/28/2025 (382 days app to issue)

Abstract: Sprayable adhesive compositions are provided. A sprayable adhesive composition comprises at least one propellant, at least one solvent, and at least 50% by weight of solids based on a total weight of the solids and the at least one solvent. The solids comprise at least one polymer and at least one tackifier. Methods of installation, roofing systems, and various other related systems and related methods are provided.

[C09J] ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES (surgical adhesives A61L 24/00; adhesives on the basis of non specified organic macromolecular compounds used as bonding agents in layered products B32B; labelling fabrics or comparable materials or articles with deformable surface using adhesives and thermo-activatable adhesives respectively B65C 5/02, B65C 5/04; preparation of glue or gelatine C09H; adhesive labels, tag tickets or similar identification of indication means G09F 3/10) [5]

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

Gate latch
Patent No. 12577808

Inventor(s): Audrius Macernis (Victoria, , AU)
Assignee(s): PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18378652 on 10/11/2023 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved gate latch for holding a gate locked with a fence. A striker component is adapted inside an elongated housing. The striker component has a first rod and a second rod, each passing through a spiral coil. A ring-shaped structure is also provided at one end of the second rod. Further, an engagement assembly is provided that has a lock cylinder and a retainer. The lock cylinder is operated using a key to move the retainer in and out of the ring-shaped structure. The retainer is received by the ring-shaped structure when the gate latch is in a locked position. A spring mechanism provided with the lock cylinder that allows the key to always come back to its lock position without getting stuck in any other position.

[E05B] LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS

Vehicle inside door lever assembly
Patent No. 12577817

Inventor(s): James D. Cunningham (Clarkston, MI), Justin B. Norris (Brighton, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18422632 on 01/25/2024 (782 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle inside door lever assembly includes a frame, a lever rotatably mounted on the frame so as to be rotatable with respect to the frame, and a torsion spring structured and operably connected to the lever and the frame so as to rotationally bias the lever in a first rotational direction, toward a closed and latched condition of the lever. An extension spring is structured and operably connected to the lever and the frame so as to rotationally bias the lever in the first rotational direction when the spring is in tension. In a lever where a side impact force acting on the lever would tend to rotate the lever in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction, the arrangement described may prevent the lever from swinging inwardly in the second rotational direction toward an unlatched condition and releasing the door latch.

[E05B] LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS

Isolation plugs, ratchet systems, and methods to set a packing element
Patent No. 12577840

Inventor(s): Evan Blott (Carrollton, TX), Matthew Dexter (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18931935 on 10/30/2024 (503 days app to issue)

Abstract: An isolation plug includes a ratchet wedge having a set of threads formed along an interior surface of the ratchet wedge, where the set of threads are configured to permit movement in a first direction and restrict movement in a second direction. The isolation plug also includes a ratchet shoe configured to shift in the first direction to ratchet into the ratchet wedge to engage the ratchet wedge, where the ratchet shoe has a corresponding set of threads that are configured to engage the set of threads of the ratchet wedge to permit the ratchet shoe to shift in the first direction, and restrict movement in the second direction. The isolation plug further includes a packing element positioned in between the ratchet shoe and the ratchet wedge, the packing element configured to expand radially as the ratchet shoe is shifted in the first direction.

[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]

Compliant screen with flow restrictive portions to reduce cross flow of wellbore fluids
Patent No. 12577858

Inventor(s): Gordon McLeary (Carrollton, TX), Ryan M. Novelen (Carrollton, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: The Hilton Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18889926 on 09/19/2024 (544 days app to issue)

Abstract: Compliant screens and methods of preventing crossflow through the compliant screen in a well completion. Example compliant screens have a drainage layer, a filtration layer disposed over the drainage layer, and an outer shroud disposed over the filtration layer. The filtration layer is a mesh having a lower transition portion, an upper transition portion, and a compliant portion disposed between the lower and upper portions. Flow through the lower and upper portions is reduced relative to the compliant portion. The compliant screen is activated by expanding the compliant screen such that it makes contact with an adjacent subterranean formation and a fluid is flowed through the compliant section from the subterranean formation.

Piping assembly for hydraulic fracturing manifold
Patent No. 12577866

Inventor(s): Adam Stephen Hardman (Azle, TX), Ronald E. Arizpe (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Ft. Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18817335 on 08/28/2024 (566 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for performing a hydraulic fracturing operation includes providing a manifold assembly to deliver a fracturing fluid into a well bore. The manifold assembly has a low-pressure section and a high-pressure section. The high-pressure section includes first side inlets at a first side of the manifold assembly, second side inlets at a second side of the manifold assembly. The second side inlets face away from the first side inlets and the second side faces towards fracturing pumps. The method includes fluidly coupling piping assemblies to respective first side inlets. Each piping assembly, at least in part, extends laterally from the first side towards the second side and spans over the high-pressure section. The method includes fluidly coupling high-pressure discharge portions of the fracturing pumps with the piping assemblies such that, high-pressure discharge fluid flows from the fracturing pumps into the high-pressure section via the respective first side inlets.

Orienting energy transfer mechanism connections high side in a well
Patent No. 12577872

Inventor(s): David Joe Steele (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18604605 on 03/14/2024 (733 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a well system and a method. The well system, in one aspect, includes a wellbore extending through one or more subterranean formations, and a tubular located within the wellbore. The well system, according to one aspect, further includes an energy transfer mechanism coupled to the tubular, wherein the energy transfer mechanism is located above 3 o’clock or above 9 o’clock relative to gravity.

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

Portable movement activated lighting system
Patent No. 12578087

Inventor(s): Clark McCune (Roanoke, TX), Todd Lee Marcucci (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Alliance Sports Group, L.P. (Roanoke, TX)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western, LLP. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19048122 on 02/07/2025 (403 days app to issue)

Abstract: A light assembly is disposed about a core that is slidably and rotatably coupled to a frame. The frame has an interior volume that is shaped to receive the core therein. When the core is disposed within the frame, the light assembly is visible through the frame. In this manner, light propagated from the light assembly is propagated through an opening in the frame. The core can be moved longitudinally with respect to the frame and/or radially with respect to the frame. Light output increases as the core is moved with respect to the frame.

[F21V] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [7]

Thermal energy storage integrated heat pump
Patent No. 12578128

Inventor(s): Sivakumar Gopalnarayanan (Plano, TX), Yang Zou (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Rheem Manufacturing Company (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18485828 on 10/12/2023 (887 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a heat pump having a thermal energy storage (TES) material. The heat pump can include a first heat exchanger to exchange heat between ambient air and refrigerant, a second heat exchanger to exchange heat between the refrigerant and air supplied to a climate-controlled space, and a third heat exchanger to exchange heat between the TES material and the refrigerant in a first fluid path and the refrigerant in a second fluid path. The heat pump can include a first compressor to circulate refrigerant to the first, second, and third heat exchangers and a second compressor to circulate refrigerant to the second and third heat exchangers. The first compressor can facilitate heat exchange between the ambient air and the TES material and the second compressor can facilitate heat exchange between the TES material and the air supplied to the climate-controlled space.

[F25B] REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS, OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K 5/00; pumps, compressors F04; use of heat pumps for domestic or space-heating or for domestic hot-water supply F24D; air-conditioning, air-humidification F24F; fluid heaters using heat pumps F24H)

Weapon system control handle gauge shaft
Patent No. 12578170

Inventor(s): Hua Yang (Lake Worth, FL), John O. Weber, II (Deerfield Beach, FL), Juan Sosa Cruz (Boynton Beach, FL), Robert C. Knabe, Jr. (Boynton Beach, FL)
Assignee(s): Elbit Systems of America, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Spencer Fane, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18930285 on 10/29/2024 (504 days app to issue)

Abstract: The devices and systems disclosed herein improve on existing weapon system control handles, by replacing complicated spring and cam components with a gauge shaft. The use of a gauge shaft eliminates unnecessary part-complexity and extra assembly labor. The use of a gauge shaft increases operational response and accuracy while decreasing cost and weight of weapon system control handles. Moreover, the gauge shafts can be readily repaired or replaced, reducing the overall costs of maintenance associated with damaged weapon system control handles. In alternative embodiments, a disk gauge is used in place of gauge shafts.

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

P H Y S I C S

Robust step detection using low cost MEMS accelerometer in mobile applications, and processing methods, apparatus and systems
Patent No. 12578207

Inventor(s): Goutam Dutta (Karnataka, , IN), Jayawardan Janardhanan (Karnataka, , IN), Sandeep Rao (Karnataka, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18480003 on 10/03/2023 (896 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for pedestrian use includes an accelerometer having multiple electronic sensors; an electronic circuit operable to generate a signal stream representing magnitude of overall acceleration sensed by the accelerometer, and to electronically correlate a sliding window of the signal stream with itself to produce peaks at least some of which represent walking steps, and further operable to electronically execute a periodicity check to compare different step periods for similarity, and if sufficiently similar then to update a portion of the circuit substantially representing a walking-step count; and an electronic display responsive to the electronic circuit to display information at least in part based on the step count. Other systems, electronic circuits and processes are disclosed.

[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)

Eye glasses lens inspection device with interchangeable lenses
Patent No. 12578247

Inventor(s): Daryl Squicciarini (Bellport, NY)
Assignee(s): Essilor of America, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Booth Albanesi Schroeder PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17818683 on 08/09/2022 (1316 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure relates to multi-purpose eyeglass lens inspection devices, and more particularly to such a device having a lighted base with a viewing lens assembly, an inspection lens assembly, and a plurality of interchangeable lenses with integral storage for the interchangeable lenses.

[G01M] TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Hybrid CT-MRI system
Patent No. 12578404

Inventor(s): Jace Grandinetti (Dallas, TX), Xun Jia (Dallas, TX), Yuting Peng (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
Law Firm: Barclay Damon LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18228064 on 07/31/2023 (960 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic resonance (MR) subsystem for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The MR subsystem includes a first magnet-coil assembly and a second magnet-coil assembly. The first magnet-coil assembly includes a first magnet structure and a first gradient coil. The second magnet-coil assembly includes a second magnet structure and a second gradient coil. The first magnet-coil assembly and the second magnet-coil assembly are separated by a gap. The gap is configured to facilitate transmission of an x-ray beam from an x-ray source to an x-ray detector. The x-ray source and the x-ray detector are included in a computed tomography (CT) subsystem.

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

Passive radar receiver system
Patent No. 12578411

Inventor(s): Anand Ganesh Dabak (Plano, TX), Brian Ginsburg (Allen, TX), Matan Ben-Shachar (D.N. Emek Hefer, , IL), Yaron Alpert (Hod Hasharon, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18439335 on 02/12/2024 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example includes a passive radar receiver system including an RF receiver front-end to receive a wireless source signal and a reflected signal. An antenna switch of the front-end switches a first antenna to a receiver chain during a first time to generate first radar signal data based on a combined wireless signal comprising wireless source signal and the reflected signal, and switches a second antenna to the receiver chain during a second time to generate second radar signal data based on the combined wireless signal. A signal processor generates source signal data associated with the wireless source signal based on the first and second radar signal data and generates reflected signal data associated with the reflected signal based on the first and second radar signal data, and generates target radar data associated with a target based on the source and reflected radar signal data.

[G01S] RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

Narrowband sensors based on plasmonic metasurfaces integrated on piezoelectric plates
Patent No. 12578504

Inventor(s): Corina Nistorica (San Jose, CA), Jeronimo Segovia-Fernandez (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17515113 on 10/29/2021 (1600 days app to issue)

Abstract: An optical detector system includes a light source configured to emit light having a frequency spectrum and modulated in time, and an optical detector configured to detect an intensity of the light at a wavelength range within the frequency spectrum. The optical detector includes a piezoelectric layer, a first metal layer coupled to a first surface of the piezoelectric layer, a second metal layer coupled to a second surface of the piezoelectric layer, and a plasmonic metasurface coupled to the first metal layer and configured to absorb the light at the wavelength range, the plasmonic metasurface including metal structures and a dielectric layer disposed on the first metal layer. The optical detector system further includes a voltage detector coupled to the first metal layer and the second metal layer, the voltage detector configured to detect a voltage at a frequency of the modulated light.

[G02B] OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes precedence; optical elements specially adapted for use in lighting devices or systems thereof F21V 1/00-F21V 13/00; measuring-instruments, see the relevant subclass of class G01, e.g. optical rangefinders G01C; testing of optical elements, systems, or apparatus G01M 11/00; spectacles G02C; apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B; sound lenses G10K 11/30; electron and ion “optics” H01J; X-ray “optics” H01J, H05G 1/00; optical elements structurally combined with electric discharge tubes H01J 5/16, H01J 29/89, H01J 37/22; microwave “optics” H01Q; combination of optical elements with television receivers H04N 5/72; optical systems or arrangements in colour television systems H04N 9/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B 3/84) [7]

Retention brackets for fiber optic cables
Patent No. 12578541

Inventor(s): Seth M. Goodwin (Lafayette, IN)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19229374 on 06/05/2025 (285 days app to issue)

Abstract: An enclosure for retaining a multi-core fiber cable includes a shell defining an interior volume and featuring an upper retention member forming a channel. A retention bracket is at least partially disposed within the shell and includes a base panel with a front surface and rear surface. The rear surface features an upper hook member adapted to engage the upper retention member for slidably coupling the retention bracket with the shell, while the front surface includes a guide wall to accommodate a length of individual fiber strands along the surface. A floor panel extends from the base panel and includes openings dimensioned to individually receive the strands of fiber cable.

Systems and methods for remote control of vehicles
Patent No. 12578721

Inventor(s): Imad Zahid (Carrollton, TX), Yosuke Tsuruta (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Toyota, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18184388 on 03/15/2023 (1098 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a driver station having a control interface, an electronic display, and a driver data communication module, and a vehicle data communication module. The vehicle data communication module receives vehicle sensor data generated by a plurality of vehicle sensors of a vehicle, and environment sensor data generated by a plurality of environment sensors within an environment of the vehicle. The driver data communication module and the vehicle data communication module are in bidirectional communication such that the vehicle data communication module wirelessly provides the vehicle sensor data and the environment sensor data to the driver data communication module, the driver data communication module renders a view of the vehicle and the environment on the electronic display, the control interface wirelessly provides control instructions to the vehicle data communication module, and the vehicle data communication module provides the control instructions to the vehicle.

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

Cooperative management strategies for unsafe driving
Patent No. 12578734

Inventor(s): Hao Yang (Hamilton, , CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Yashar Zeiynali Farid (Mountain View, 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: 18335257 on 06/15/2023 (1006 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to implementing cooperative management strategies. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a severity score and a risk area. The method may then determine whether vehicles should belong to a first vehicle set, which may perform a cooperative vehicle response action, or a second vehicle set, in which individual response actions may be performed. The method may then generate a cooperative response action or an individual response action corresponding to the cooperative or individual vehicle sets, provided such vehicle sets are not empty.

Techniques for directed data migration
Patent No. 12578900

Inventor(s): Alan Chen (Simi Valley, CA), Andrey V. Kuzmin (Moscow, , RU), Craig Robertson (Simi Valley, CA), Robert Lercari (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Assignee(s): Radian Memory Systems, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18999070 on 12/23/2024 (449 days app to issue)

Abstract: A host stores ”context” metadata for logical block addresses (LBAs) in a manner tied to physical location. Notwithstanding log-structured or copy on write processes, the host is then provided with immediate context when the host is called upon to assist a memory controller with data identified by physical location, for example, for memory reconfiguration, garbage collection, wear leveling or other processes. The metadata for example can provide the host with insight as to which data may be moved to enhance performance optimization and where that data can be placed. In one embodiment, the host writes back one or more references that span multiple layers of indirection in concert with write of the underlying data; in another embodiment, the context can point to other metadata.

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

System and method for dynamic code patch deployment within a distributed network
Patent No. 12578946

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17724150 on 04/19/2022 (1428 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for dynamic code patch deployment within a distributed network. The method includes identifying one or more potential vulnerabilities within a software library that is associated with a first application within a decentralized network. The method also includes receiving a code update relating to the identified software library associated with the first application within the decentralized network. The method further includes identifying a second applications within the decentralized network that is also associated with the identified software library. The method still further includes causing a transmission of the code update to the second application within the decentralized network.

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

Secure transport software update
Patent No. 12578955

Inventor(s): Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18468714 on 09/17/2023 (912 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a software update at a first component in a target transport, parsing the software update by a second component in the target transport into a first portion of critical updates and a second portion of non-critical updates, verifying the first portion, by the second component, based on a source of the software update, running, by the second component, the verified first portion with a dedicated process on the target transport for a pre-set period of time, and responsive to positive results over the period of time, running the verified first portion with other processes on the target transport.

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

Automated software deployment and management
Patent No. 12578959

Inventor(s): Srinivasa Rao Vadrevu (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Fannie Mae (Washington, DC)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18416078 on 01/18/2024 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a software release validation platform and a software release deployment platform. The software release validation platform is configured to generate a release container, generate an issue and automatically associate the issue with the release container, and transmit a command signal to the software release deployment platform. The software release validation platform is configured to, in response to receiving the command signal, access the software release validation platform and process a status of the issue. The software release validation platform is configured to, in response to the status of the issue being a completed status, retrieve source code from a source code repository platform, compile the source code, deploy the source code to a production platform, and determine an effective lead time metric based on metadata about the source code in the source code repository and metadata about the source code in the release container.

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

Implied fence on stream open
Patent No. 12578963

Inventor(s): Abhijeet A. Chachad (Plano, TX), Duc Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Son Hung Tran (Murphy, TX), Timothy D. Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18378207 on 10/10/2023 (889 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques related to executing a plurality of instructions by a processor comprising receiving a first instruction configured to cause the processor to output a first data value to a first address in a first data cache, outputting, by the processor, the first data value to a second address in a second data cache, receiving a second instruction configured to cause a streaming engine associated with the processor to prefetch data from the first data cache, determining that the first data value has not been outputted from the second data cache to the first data cache, stalling execution of the second instruction, receiving an indication, from the second data cache, that the first data value has been output from the second data cache to the first data cache, and resuming execution of the second instruction based on the received indication.

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

Virtual machine register in a computer processor
Patent No. 12578984

Inventor(s): Steven Jeffrey Wallach (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17942558 on 09/12/2022 (1282 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to a virtual machine register in a computer processor are described. For example, a memory coupled to the computer processor can store instructions of routines of predefined, non-hierarchical domains. The computer processor can store, in the virtual machine register, an identifier of a virtual machine for which the processor is currently executing instructions in a current domain in the set of domains. For example, the processor can implement resource restriction/mapping and/or perform address translation for the virtual machine based on the identifier stored in the virtual machine register.

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

Systems and methods for universal auto-scaling
Patent No. 12579006

Inventor(s): Srinu Dasari (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP (19 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17817109 on 08/03/2022 (1322 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for universal auto-scaling are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include: (1) monitoring, by an auto-scale computer program executed by a computer processor, a utilization level at each of a plurality of data layers in a data pod, wherein each data layer comprises at least one node; (2) comparing, by the auto-scale computer program, each of the utilization levels to a threshold; (3) identifying, by the auto-scale computer program, that one of the thresholds is met or exceeded; and (4) deploying, by the auto-scale computer program, an additional node to the data layer with the met or exceeded utilization level.

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

Storage device with erase unit level address mapping
Patent No. 12579062

Inventor(s): Andrey V. Kuzmin (Moscow, , RU), James G. Wayda (Laguna Niguel, CA)
Assignee(s): Radian Memory Systems, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18928526 on 10/28/2024 (505 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure provides for improvements in managing multi-drive, multi-die or multi-plane NAND flash memory. In one embodiment, the host directly assigns physical addresses and performs logical-to-physical address translation in a manner that reduces or eliminates the need for a memory controller to handle these functions, and initiates functions such as wear leveling in a manner that avoids competition with host data accesses. A memory controller optionally educates the host on array composition, capabilities and addressing restrictions. Host software can therefore interleave write and read requests across dies in a manner unencumbered by memory controller address translation. For multi-plane designs, the host writes related data in a manner consistent with multi-plane device addressing limitations. The host is therefore able to ”plan ahead” in a manner supporting host issuance of true multi-plane read commands.

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

Multi-bus replicator using RF serializer/deserializer for chip-to-chip interconnect
Patent No. 12579085

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: 18961414 on 11/26/2024 (476 days app to issue)

Abstract: Multiple examples are disclosed of a multi-bus replicator using RF SerDes components for a chip-to-chip interconnect. In one example, a multi-bus replicator comprises an initiator write bus replication unit to receive write commands and write data from a plurality of write buses and to transmit the write commands and the write data using one or more RF SerDes transmitters; and a target write bus replication unit to receive the write commands and the write data from the RF SerDes transmitters and to provide the write commands and the write data on a plurality of write buses.

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

Automatic validation of input files
Patent No. 12579101

Inventor(s): Jamaal D. Marshall (Irving, TX), Madhushalini Kuruganthy (Frisco, TX), Neelima Rath (Irving, TX), Robin J. Kurian (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18826355 on 09/06/2024 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network system to analyze a combined output of various input files from data-based applications. The system provides custom profiling of the data from each application based on an application of one or more sets of rules. The system stores the data from any other number of applications in a base level of granularity to allow direct comparison of the data from each application output. Because the data is stored at a same level of granularity, the data may be compared or processed regardless of the application from which the data is received. The system applies rules to compare the data across the applications to identify outliers, trends, or commonalities. The system may also search for and identify data fitting a specific rule across the applications to extract, modify, or label the data. The system provides a visualization of the data based on the rules applied.

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

Managing relational databases
Patent No. 12579114

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Allen Erickson (Farmersville, TX)
Assignee(s): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18806247 on 08/15/2024 (579 days app to issue)

Abstract: A relational database for migrating data in a workflow between databases in different environments. Graphical user interfaces are generated through which database management scripts are automatically generated for migrating data between environments. Generally, the database management scripts are compatible with database attributes. The database management scripts are executed to update data tables stored on the databases.

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

Systems and methods for maintaining distributed media content history and preferences
Patent No. 12579183

Inventor(s): Ian Ward Frank (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Sonos, Inc. (Goleta, CA)
Law Firm: Fortem IP LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19188886 on 04/24/2025 (327 days app to issue)

Abstract: Distributed media content history and preferences can be stored and maintained by media playback systems including one or more blockchain-capable playback devices. Content record sets, such as content experience record sets and content network record sets, can be stored via distributed ledgers and updated at least in part based on media consumption events performed or detected by playback devices, service providers, or other participants. Such distributed data can also be accessed to facilitate playback of media content for particular users, devices, households, or environments.

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

Bias scaling for n-bit constrained hardware acceleration
Patent No. 12579213

Inventor(s): Anand Anil Pathak (Bangalore, , IN), Anshu Jain (Bangalore, , IN), Kumar Desappan (Bangalore, , IN), Manu Mathew (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17528472 on 11/17/2021 (1581 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, an integrated circuit includes a memory storing weights and biases, an N-bit fixed point matrix operations accelerator, and a processor. Starting with a first convolution layer, a convolution layer modeled using the processor receives input feature values. A feature scale and weight scale are reduced if an accumulator scale is greater than a maximum bias scale. The input feature values are rescaled using the feature scale, the weights are quantized using the weight scale, and the biases are quantized using the feature scale and weight scale. The rescaled input feature values and quantized weights and biases are convolved using the N-bit fixed point matrix operations accelerator to generate output feature values. The process repeats from the receive action using the output feature values as the input feature values of the next convolution layer. The process then repeats for all layers, feeding back an output feature range.

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

DNS validation to avoid inadvertent subzone creation
Patent No. 12579229

Inventor(s): Brandon Krouse (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18631680 on 04/10/2024 (706 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for management of a Domain Name System (DNS) system. The system comprises numerous improvements, many related to CNAME records of the DNS. A computing device may manage authentication for a DNS using shared authentication credentials of a first authentication framework. In this manner, a wide variety of users might authenticate themselves using a first framework and use authentication credentials for a second framework to access a DNS. The computing device may further protect DNS servers from Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by bifurcating read and write requests to a DNS to different servers, such that attacks on read requests do not affect all of the DNS. The computing device may further validate DNS requests using, for example, natural language processing to avoid typographical errors inadvertently creating DNS zones.

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

Identify and obfuscate sensitive data before ingesting to generative AI engines
Patent No. 12579311

Inventor(s): Venkatapurna Parthasarathy Madhira (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Kyndryl, Inc. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: CANTOR COLBURN LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18438073 on 02/09/2024 (767 days app to issue)

Abstract: An approach is provided that identifies a sensitive data in a request to an artificial intelligence (AI) engine. In one embodiment, the identifying further includes: translating the request from one natural language to other natural languages, thus creating translated requests, comparing fields in the first natural language to fields in the other natural languages with the comparing resulting in some untranslated fields that are treated as the sensitive data. The approach further includes creating an obfuscated request by obfuscating the sensitive data identified in the request before the obfuscated request is transmitted to the AI engine.

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

System and method for electronic duplication and simulation of environments via a hardware device network
Patent No. 12579333

Inventor(s): Bhavikkumar Jaguwala (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17668939 on 02/10/2022 (1496 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, computer program product, and computer-implemented method for electronic duplication and simulation of environments via a hardware device network. An environment and the conditions therein are represented in an electronic layout. A hardware device network comprising user devices and/or IoT devices continuously relay user locations within the environment via a link to the electronic layout. Predictive artificial intelligence and self-learning algorithms are implemented in the electronic layout to provide optimized conditions within the environment.

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

Correct-by-construction filler cell insertion
Patent No. 12579354

Inventor(s): Fady Fouad (Heliopolis, , EG)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17997271 on 04/30/2020 (2147 days app to issue)

Abstract: This application discloses a computing system implementing a yield enhancer tool to extract characteristics of cells from a physical layout design for an integrated circuit, determine locations of vacant regions in the physical layout design, apply electrical design rules for manufacture of the integrated circuit to the extracted characteristics in order to identify cells in the physical layout design that would violate the electrical design rules. The computing system can select filler cells for the vacant regions based, at least in part, on extracted characteristics of the cells abutting the vacant regions and the electrical design rules, and insert the selected filler cells in the vacant regions of the physical design layout. The computing system can perform a design rule check operation, which applies the electrical design rules to the physical design layout having been inserted with the selected filler cells.

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

Mathematical calculations with numerical indicators
Patent No. 12579356

Inventor(s): Christopher Gillam (Jacksonville, FL), David Diminnie (Dallas, TX), Todd Fortenberry (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17934644 on 09/23/2022 (1271 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example includes a method for assigning numerical indicators that each define a respective numerical format in a mathematical calculation. The method includes receiving a mathematical expression as an input. The mathematical expression includes at least one expression term. The method also includes assigning a first numerical indicator to each of the expression term(s) and performing at least one mathematical calculation provided by the mathematical expression to obtain a mathematical solution comprising at least one solution term. The method also includes assigning a second numerical indicator to each of the solution term(s) based on the first numerical indicator of each of the at least one expression term and based on rules defined in an indicator priority rule-set. The method further includes displaying each of the at least one solution term of the mathematical solution in a format corresponding to the respectively assigned second numerical indicator on a graphical display.

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

Multilingual chatbot
Patent No. 12579370

Inventor(s): Emad Noorizadeh (Plano, TX), Jennifer Russell (Dallas, TX), Rajan Jhaveri (Plano, TX), Ramakrishna R. Yannam (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17993063 on 11/23/2022 (1210 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for reducing response time of an utterance received in a multilingual chatbot system may be provided. The utterance may be received in a language other than a default language with respect to the multilingual chatbot system. The method may include receiving a request utterance from a remote user device and determining that the request utterance is not in the default language. In response to the determining, the method may include transmitting the request utterance, in parallel, to both a translational track for translating the request utterance and an intelligence track for translating the request utterance. The method may include computing a first intent of the translated request utterance at the translational track. The method may include computing a second intent based on a ML request utterance. The method may include determining that the first intent matches the second intent and following the determining, generating a response utterance.

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

System and method for synthetic text generation to solve class imbalance in complaint identification
Patent No. 12579373

Inventor(s): Amol Mavuduru (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: GREENBLUM BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17992340 on 11/22/2022 (1211 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer based system and method for synthetic text generation includes a processor. The processor implements a text style transfer algorithm to first input data to generate complaints data from non-complaint emails data associated with a plurality non-complaint emails. The processor converts the plurality of non-complaint emails into a first set of complaint emails based on implementing the text style transfer algorithm and implements a text generation model algorithm to second input data to generate a second set of complaint emails from a plurality of complaint emails. The processor also generates a set of synthetic complaint emails based on the generated first set of complaint emails and the second set of complaint emails; trains a model based on the generated synthetic complaint emails; and applies the trained model to a new set of emails to resolve class imbalance in automatic complaint identification from the new set of emails.

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

Mobile-optimized multi-stage LLM with federated persistent cognitive architecture
Patent No. 12579437

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: 19294125 on 08/07/2025 (222 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for extending mobile-optimized multi-stage language model processing with federated persistent cognitive architecture. The system processes prompts through a first large language model to generate ”thoughts,” which are cached and processed with the original prompt through a smaller language model. Building upon the three-tier thought caching, the system implements a federated multi-tier hierarchy with local device, domain-specific branch, and global collective caches. A federated cognitive orchestrator coordinates operations across multiple domain-specialized instances, managing thought routing, state synchronization, and cross-domain knowledge sharing while maintaining domain boundaries. During user inactivity, autonomous reasoning continues in cloud environments, generating insights from existing thoughts and interaction history. The system performs memory consolidation, thought cache optimization, and cross-domain pattern recognition without consuming mobile device resources, while maintaining privacy boundaries. This persistent cognitive architecture functions as an evolving reasoning partner rather than merely a responsive tool.

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

Machine-learning techniques for risk assessment based on clustering
Patent No. 12579446

Inventor(s): Rajkumar Bondugula (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): EQUIFAX INC. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18057147 on 11/18/2022 (1215 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting future risk for a target entity are provided. A risk assessment system receives historical risk assessment data of the target entity and identifies a target cluster that matches the historical risk assessment data. The target cluster is identified from a group of clusters determined using high dimensional clustering based on risk assessment data of a set of entities. The risk assessment system identifies a set of nearest neighbors of the target cluster and determines a prediction of future risk for the target entity based on the target cluster and the set of nearest neighbors. The risk assessment system transmits a responsive message, which can include the prediction of future risk, to a remote computing device for use in controlling access of the target entity to one or more interactive computing environments.

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

Real-time probability determined iteratively throughout a period of time
Patent No. 12579483

Inventor(s): Arthur Busse (Tempe, AZ), Daniel Muzich (Phoenix, AZ), James Fox (Phoenix, AZ), Julianne Anderson (Tempe, AZ), Marcial Lapp (Ann Arbor, MI), Randeep Ramamurthy (Phoenix, AZ), Thomas Trenga (Mesa, AZ)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: SNELL WILMER L.L.P. (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18535689 on 12/11/2023 (827 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods to generate predicted variances of an operation based on data from one or more connected databases.

[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]

Data-driven requirements analysis and matching
Patent No. 12579506

Inventor(s): Bhairavsingh Ghorpade (Dallas, TX), Michael Morford (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Sustainment Technologies, Inc. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: KOKKA BACKUS, PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18078802 on 12/09/2022 (1194 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for data-driven requirements analysis and matching are described, including receiving an input from a notification service over a data network, the input including data indicating a requirement used to manufacture, procure, or distribute an item, the requirement being generated by an application configured to identify an attribute of the item, querying an endpoint in response to the input, the input indicating a machine capable of manufacturing the item, transforming the input, the data, and a result to a data format using a logic module of the platform to generate match data identifying a supplier capable of manufacturing at least a portion of the item, ranking the match data, and changing the match data from the data format to another format used to render a display of resultant data from the match data presented on a display.

System and method for electronically determining correct product placement of items
Patent No. 12579508

Inventor(s): Matthew O’Daniel Redmond (Denton, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-Eleven, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18170772 on 02/17/2023 (1124 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of racks each storing packs of cigarettes, a display device associated with each rack and a master controller coupled to the racks and the display devices. A processor of the master controller is configured to receive a first indication that a scanner has scanned a first code associated with a first rack of the plurality of racks while the scanner is in a product checking mode. In response, the processor obtains from a memory a first rack number of the first rack and a first UPC associated with the rack number based on a planogram. The processor subsequently receives a second UPC scanned by the scanner of a pack actually stored in the first rack. Based on determining that the first and second UPCs do not match, the processor transmits an alert message indicating incorrect product placement in the first rack.

Asset location system and method of use
Patent No. 12579509

Inventor(s): Michael S. Hanna (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Molocar, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18455272 on 08/24/2023 (936 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved asset location system deploys gateways to communicate with transmitters that are disposed upon an asset. The gateway to create a web of interlocking area where the gateways communicate with the same transmitters. These measurements are combined to increase the accuracy of location data provided to track or locate assets within an operations area.

System and method for providing a real-time payment between a customer financial institution account and a merchant financial institution account for a transaction based on a direct communication between a user device and a point-of-sale devi
Patent No. 12579530

Inventor(s): Denzelle R. Walker (Bridgeport, TX)
Assignee(s): Worldpay, LLC (Symmes Township, OH)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18057395 on 11/21/2022 (1212 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a payment authorization to a real-time payment (RTP) network to initiate an RTP between a customer financial institution account and a merchant financial institution account. One method performed by a payment facilitator device includes, based on a user device of a customer and a point-of-sale (POS) device of a merchant performing a direct communication regarding a transaction, receiving a payment request for a transaction amount of the transaction and receiving a customer authorization for the transaction. The payment facilitator then provides a payment authorization to an RTP network to initiate an RTP for the transaction amount of the transaction from a customer financial institution account to a merchant financial institution account, based on receiving the customer authorization for the transaction.

Systems and methods for dynamically updating data for course generation
Patent No. 12579594

Inventor(s): Blake Browder (Dallas, TX), Joy Figarsky (Little Rock, AR)
Assignee(s): BH Operations, LLC (North Richland Hills, TX)
Law Firm: CALDWELL LLC (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18957639 on 11/22/2024 (480 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for dynamically updating data for course generation, the system including a web crawler operating on a server, wherein the web crawler is configured to identify one or more predetermined HTML elements on a plurality of web pages, identify isolated data as a function of the one or more predetermined HTML elements, compare the isolated data to a modification baseline and generate regulatory data as a function of the isolated data and the comparison, and a memory the memory containing instructions configuring at least a processor to receive the regulatory data, classify the regulatory data to one or more guideline categorizations, identify a plurality of course modules, modify the one or more course modules as a function of the regulatory data and transmit a notification associated with the one or more modified course modules to an end user.

Periodic-pattern background removal
Patent No. 12579633

Inventor(s): Jatinder Dhaliwal (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Onto Innovation Inc. (Wilmington, MA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18220636 on 07/11/2023 (980 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various examples described herein include various mechanisms, techniques, and methods to subtract collected signals caused by a periodic pattern formed on substrates to enable a higher level of defect detection on substrates. Signals detected by various types of metrology and substrate-inspection systems that are caused by periodic patterns on inspected substrates can be reduced or eliminated by, for example, a Fourier analysis of the detected signals. Both gray-scale value thresholds and area thresholds may be applied after the Fourier analysis of the image and are sufficient for defect detection on an image with a substantially-reduced number of false defects or no defects being present in a final image produced after processing. Other techniques and methods are also disclosed.

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

System and method for identifying moved items on a platform during item identification
Patent No. 12579665

Inventor(s): Fahad Mirza (Arlington, TX), Jon Andrew Crain (Mechanicsburg, PA), Kyle J Dalal (Coppell, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Xinan Wang (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-Eleven, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18476445 on 09/28/2023 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: In response to detecting a first triggering event corresponding to placement of a first item on a platform, a plurality of first images are captured of the first item and a plurality of cropped first images are generated based on the first images. A first item identifier associated with the first item is identified based on the cropped first images. In response to detecting a second triggering event corresponding to placement of a second item on the platform, a plurality of second images of the first item are captured and a plurality of cropped second images are generated from the second images. In response to determining that the cropped first images match with the cropped second images, the first item identifier is assigned to the first item depicted in the second images.

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

System and method for search space reduction for identifying an item
Patent No. 12579666

Inventor(s): Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Shashipal Reddy Masini (Austin, TX), Sumedh Vilas Datar (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-Eleven, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18476511 on 09/28/2023 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: In response to detecting a triggering event corresponding to placement of a first item on a platform, a plurality of images are captured of the first item and a plurality of cropped images are generated based on the images. For each cropped image, a first encoded vector is generated and compared to encoded vectors in an encoded vector library that are tagged as a front image. Based on the comparison, a second encoded vector is selected from the encoded vector library that most closely matches with the first encoded vector. An item identifier is identified that is associated with the second encoded vector. A particular item identifier is selected that is identified for a particular cropped image.

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

Image view adjustment
Patent No. 12579683

Inventor(s): Darryl Ellis Whitlock (Carrollton, TX), Ladan S. Pickering (Plano, TX), Mauricio Martinez (Plano, TX), Nannan Wang (Allen, TX), Paparao Palacharla (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): 1FINITY Inc. (Kawasaki, , JP)
Law Firm: MASCHOFF BRENNAN (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17710872 on 03/31/2022 (1447 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include obtaining a first image of a first view. The first illustrated by the first image may be defined by one or more viewing parameters. The method may also include acquiring, from a machine learning system, a location of an object within the first image, calculating a relative position of the object within the first image using the location of the object within the first image, and determining whether the relative position of the object satisfies a condition. In response to the relative position of the object not satisfying the condition, at least one of the viewing parameters may be adjusted based on the relative position of the object and the condition. The method may further include obtaining a second image of a second view. The second view illustrated by the second image may be defined by the adjusted at least one of the viewing parameters.

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

Signaling pose information to a split rendering server for augmented reality communication sessions
Patent No. 12579763

Inventor(s): Imed Bouazizi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM INCORPORATED (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Shumaker Sieffert, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18438631 on 02/12/2024 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example device for presenting split-rendered media data includes a memory configured to store media data; and a processing system comprising one or more processors implemented in circuitry, the processing system being configured to: send pose information representing a predicted pose of a user at a first future time to a split rendering server; receive an at least partially rendered image for the first future time and data associating the pose information with the at least partially rendered image from the split rendering server; and at a second future time, present a rendered image based on the partially rendered image.

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

System and method for automatic tagging of images and video in an operative report
Patent No. 12579774

Inventor(s): Inderpal Singh Sarkaria (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): VAIM TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Oceanport, NJ)
Law Firm: ROSSI, KIMMS McDOWELL LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18133293 on 04/11/2023 (1071 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically extracting one or more salient images from a surgical video stream are described. A plurality of records including annotated images from recorded surgical procedures are used as training data to generate an image extraction machine learning model. Features, extracted from the training data, are used as inputs to the image extraction machine learning model in a training phase, which outputs salient images. After training, features extracted from the surgical video stream are input into the trained image extraction machine learning model to output the one or more salient images from the surgical video stream.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

System and method for selecting an item from a plurality of identified items by filtering out back images of the items
Patent No. 12579783

Inventor(s): Ravi Teja Mulpuri (Sunnyvale, CA), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Shashipal Reddy Masini (Austin, TX), Sumedh Vilas Datar (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-Eleven, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18476479 on 09/28/2023 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: In response to detecting a triggering event corresponding to placement of a first item on a platform, a plurality of images are captured of the first item and a plurality of cropped images are generated based on the first images. An item identifier is identified based on each cropped image, wherein each item identifier is associated with a numerical similarity value. Each cropped image is further tagged as a front image or a back image. A particular item identifier identified for a corresponding cropped image tagged as a front image is selected and associated with the first item. An indicator of the particular item identifier is displayed on a user interface device.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Active noise cancellation using remote sensing for open-ear headset
Patent No. 12579965

Inventor(s): Muhammad Zubair Ikram (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC (Menlo Park, CA)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18126876 on 03/27/2023 (1086 days app to issue)

Abstract: An open-ear device performs active noise cancellation (ANC) for a user. A sensor located outside an ear of a user which does not occlude an ear canal of the ear and measures vibrational data indicative of a sound pressure level at a location outside the ear, or a level of pinna vibration of the user. A prediction pipeline generates a prediction of sound pressure within the ear canal using an individualized model, taking into account the measured vibrational data and the unique geometric shape of the user’s head and pinna. This sound pressure prediction is used to generate audio instructions for rendering playback at an noise cancellation source, such as a bone conduction transducer and/or cartilage transducer, to perform ANC for the user by cancelling at least portion of the sound received at the ear canal.

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

Automated conversion of drug libraries
Patent No. 12580075

Inventor(s): Claire Ellen Knight (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): CAREFUSION 303, INC. (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: MASCHOFF BRENNAN (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17794900 on 01/13/2021 (1889 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for converting drug library packages. An existing drug library software package is automatically analyzed to determine existing drug library information compatible with a target library format corresponding to a target medical device type, and to identify drug library information omitted, missing, or needing editing from the existing drug library information. A user interface is provided for display to convert at least a portion of the identified drug library information to the second library format, and an instruction is received via the user interface to select one or more predetermined parameters in the target library format for assignment to a new drug library software package configured in the target library format based one or more corresponding parameters selected from the identified drug library information. The new drug library software package is generated based on the existing drug library information and the selected one or more predetermined parameters.

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

Systems and methods for directly predicting cancer patient survival based on histopathology images
Patent No. 12580081

Inventor(s): Apaar Sadhwani (Mountain View, CA), Craig Mermel (Mountain View, CA), David F. Steiner (Mountain View, CA), Ellery Wulczyn (Mountain View, CA), Martin Stumpe (Mountain View, CA), Narayan Hegde (Mountain View, CA), Po-Hsua
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18000359 on 07/07/2021 (1714 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example method includes obtaining one or more histopathology images of a sample from a cancer patient; selecting a plurality of tissue image patches from the one or more histopathology images; determining, by a deep learning system comprising a plurality of trained machine learning (”ML”) models, a plurality of image features for the plurality of tissue image patch, wherein each tissue image patch is analyzed by one of the trained ML models; determining, by the deep learning system, probabilities of patient survival based on the determined plurality of image features; and generating, by the deep learning system, a prediction of patient survival based on the determined probabilities.

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

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing a two-wire sensor device
Patent No. 12580404

Inventor(s): Girish Thorat (Montreal, , CA), Richard Nathan Dinsdale (Vancouver, WA), Wray Robert Price (Tigard, OR)
Assignee(s): Schneider Electric Buildings Americas, Inc. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: FIG. 1 Patents (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18138202 on 04/24/2023 (1058 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are described for providing a sensor device. The system includes a control unit and a sensing unit. The sensing unit is coupleable to the control unit via a current loop and includes an input terminal coupleable to the current loop, at least one energy storage unit configured to be charged to a first voltage from the input terminal, a sensing element configured to sense an environmental parameter, wherein the sensing element receives power from the at least one energy storage unit at a second voltage, and wherein the second voltage is lower than the first voltage, a controller configured to receive a sensor signal from the sensing element and to generate an output signal, and an output terminal coupleable to the current loop and configured to transmit output corresponding to the output signal to the control unit via the current loop.

[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)

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Mobile device case with tactile elements spaced for discrete sensation
Patent No. 12578800

Inventor(s): Michael Jason Herrera (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): My Everyday Intention LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Cecil Law PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19354806 on 10/09/2025 (159 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mobile device case includes a housing adapted to fit around a mobile device. The housing exterior features a plurality of tactile elements on a surface which may be raised or recessed and are spaced to allow distinct sensation by a user’s fingers and may be arranged to represent physical objects.

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

Single sign-on through customer authentication systems
Patent No. 12579573

Inventor(s): Dinesh Sundaram (Plano, TX), Jacob Creech (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18141629 on 05/01/2023 (1051 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein is a system, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium related to a service provider using a third party identity provider to authenticate a user with improved security. An authentication token is received from the identity provider, and can be verified against internal configuration information. The internal configuration information includes data that is not included in the authentication token, and therefore, is not vulnerable to some security attacks, such as a man-in-the-middle attack. After the authentication token is verified, the internal configuration information and authentication token may be used to create a custom identifier, referred to as an identity ID. The identity ID may be used by the service provider to verify user access to resources.

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

Jacket marking and scoring system and method
Patent No. 12580101

Inventor(s): Kevin D. Rodgers (Roswell, NM), Ryan J. Maxwell (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18747925 on 06/19/2024 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for marking and scoring an insulated wire or cable is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing enclosing a portion of a wire path, wherein the insulated wire or cable moves along the wire path through the housing; an upper splined gear rod and a lower splined gear rod within the housing; an actuator connected to the upper splined gear rod, wherein the actuator raises and lowers the upper splined gear rod; and wherein the actuator when lowered presses the insulated wire or cable between the upper and lower splined gear rods.

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

Laminate transformer with overlapping lead frame
Patent No. 12580115

Inventor(s): Dongbin Hou (Plano, TX), Zhemin Zhang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17363115 on 06/30/2021 (1721 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus has a laminate substrate that has a first surface and an opposite second surface. A laminate transformer is located within the laminate substrate between the first surface and the second surface. The transformer has a first coil adjacent the first surface and a second coil adjacent the second surface. A magnetic core element on the first surface overlaps a portion of the first coil. A lead frame on the first surface is spaced apart from the magnetic core element. A portion of the lead frame overlaps a portion of the first coil to provide a thermal conductive path.

[H01F] MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES [2]

Module with reversely coupled inductors and magnetic molded compound (MMC)
Patent No. 12580122

Inventor(s): Dongbin Hou (Plano, TX), Jeffrey Morroni (Parker, TX), Kenji Kawano (Nagano, , JP), Sombuddha Chakraborty (Redwood City, CA), Yuki Sato (Saitama-ken, , JP)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18826688 on 09/06/2024 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example, an apparatus includes a base, a first inductor, and a second inductor. The first inductor is on the base. The first inductor has a first winding extension, a second winding extension, and a first winding coupled between the first winding extension and the second winding extension, in which at least a part of the second winding extension is vertically between at least a part of the first winding extension and the base. Also, the second inductor is on the base. The second inductor has a third winding extension, a fourth winding extension, and a second winding coupled between the third winding extension and the fourth winding extension, in which at least a part of the fourth winding extension is vertically between at least a part of the third winding extension and the base, and the second winding is laterally adjacent to the first winding.

[H01F] MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES [2]

Semiconductor processing tool cleaning
Patent No. 12580164

Inventor(s): David Claar (Draper, UT), Gregory McKee (Riverton, UT)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18072021 on 11/30/2022 (1203 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor processing tool cleaning, such as may be included in semiconductor processing for manufacturing an integrated circuit (IC). In an example, a cleaning process is performed on an interior surface of a chamber of a semiconductor processing tool. The cleaning process includes flowing a reactive gas into an interior volume of the chamber. The interior volume is defined at least in part by the interior surface. The reactive gas consists exclusively of boron trichloride (BCl[subscript]3[/subscript]). After performing the cleaning process, a material layer over a semiconductor substrate is etched in the chamber.

[H01J] ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; arc lamps with consumable electrodes H05B; particle accelerators H05H)

Methods and apparatus to protect transistors using voltage clamp circuitry
Patent No. 12580380

Inventor(s): Ganapathi Shankar (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18204276 on 05/31/2023 (1021 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: a transistor having a source, a drain, and a gate; first voltage clamp circuitry having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, the first terminal of the first voltage clamp circuitry coupled to the source of the transistor, the second terminal of the first voltage clamp circuitry coupled to the gate of the transistor; second voltage clamp circuitry having a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal, the first terminal of the second voltage clamp circuitry coupled to the drain of the transistor, the second terminal of the second voltage clamp circuitry coupled to the gate of the transistor, the third terminal of the second voltage clamp circuitry coupled to the source of the transistor; and clamp control circuitry having a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal.

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

Voltage boost circuitry for radio systems
Patent No. 12580408

Inventor(s): Charles John Mann (Omaha, NE), John T. Hanley (Orland Park, IL), Mankun Li (Suzhou, , CN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18549563 on 03/12/2021 (1831 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for utilizing voltage boost circuitry are disclosed. The voltage boost circuitry is used when DC power is provided from at least one battery.

[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)

Foreign object detection apparatus and method
Patent No. 12580423

Inventor(s): Songnan Yang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17643465 on 12/09/2021 (1559 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes performing a power loss calibration on a wireless power transfer system, enabling a wireless power transfer on the wireless power transfer system, calculating a power loss of the wireless power transfer system based on the power loss calibration, measuring a coupling factor between a transmitter coil and a receiver coil of the wireless power transfer system, and determining whether to continue the wireless power transfer of the wireless power transfer system based on the calculated power loss and the measured coupling factor.

Heatsink with slits to reduce eddy current losses
Patent No. 12580452

Inventor(s): Matthew C. Gardner (Dallas, TX), Sri Vignesh Sankarraman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX), The Texas AM University System (College Station, TX)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18114247 on 02/25/2023 (1116 days app to issue)

Abstract: A heatsink for an electric motor, the heatsink comprising a heat spreader configured to be placed in proximity to a winding of the electric motor, a channel formed through the heat spreader and comprising a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, and a surface feature formed into a back face of the heat spreader that faces the winding and is configured to reduce eddy currents induced in the heatsink.

[H02K] DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H 53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power H02M 9/00)

Solar panel roof system with raised access panels
Patent No. 12580516

Inventor(s): Cory Boudreau (Lake Elmo, MN), Daniel E. Boss (Murphy, TX), Daniel R. Nett (Sun Prairie, WI), David Gennrich (Fitchburg, WI), Kent J. Kallsen (Jefferson, WI), Sudhir Railkar (Wayne, NJ), Tommy F. Rodrigues (Nutley, NJ
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18371477 on 09/22/2023 (907 days app to issue)

Abstract: A solar module for a roof covering system that generates electrical power from sunlight includes a frame having a bottom surface supported on a deck of a roof, a top surface, and a thickness between the bottom surface and the top surface. The solar module also includes a solar element mounted to the top surface of the frame which has an upper surface. a micro-inverter mounted to the top surface of the frame and to the side of the solar element, and a raised access panel that is removably coupled to the frame to surround the micro-inverter. The raised access panel has an access panel top surface that is elevated above the upper surface of the solar element. The top surface of the frame forms a water shedding surface below the micro-inverter for directing water away from the roof.

[H02S] Generation of electric power by conversion of infra-red radiation, visible light or ultraviolet light, e.g. using photovoltaic [PV] modules (solar heat collectors F24J 2/00; obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H 1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H01L 31/00; thermoelectric devices H01L 35/00; pyroelectric devices H01L 37/00; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H01L 51/42) [2014.01]

Reducing sampled AZ noise and sampled reset noise in switched capacitor amplifiers
Patent No. 12580527

Inventor(s): Nagesh Surendranath (Frisco, TX), Sravana Kumar Goli (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17899338 on 08/30/2022 (1295 days app to issue)

Abstract: In at least one example, a circuit includes an amplifier, a first feedback loop, and a second feedback loop. The amplifier includes an amplifier input and an amplifier output. The first feedback loop includes a first feedback capacitor and a first switch. The first feedback loop is coupled between the amplifier input and the amplifier output. The first feedback capacitor is coupled to the amplifier output through the first switch. The second feedback loop includes a second feedback capacitor and a second switch. The second feedback loop is coupled in parallel with the first feedback loop between the amplifier input and the amplifier output. The second feedback capacitor is coupled to the amplifier input and to the first feedback capacitor through the second switch.

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

Transceiver circuit and associated interference mitigation method
Patent No. 12580528

Inventor(s): Mayank Kumar Singh (Mountain View, CA), Zeshan Ahmad (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18157556 on 01/20/2023 (1152 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes: an analog-to-digital converter (ADC); a receiver path including a transimpedance amplifier having an output coupled to the ADC; and a controller coupled to the receiver path and configured to, upon detection of a jamming event of the receiver path, cause an increase in a transconductance of the transimpedance amplifier from a first transconductance value to a second transconductance value.

Gain control of audio data using hardware accelerators
Patent No. 12580540

Inventor(s): Anand Kumar G (Bangalore, , IN), Aniruddha Periyapatna Nagendra (Bangalore, , IN), Robin O. Hoel (Oslo, , NO), Vineet Khurana (Delhi, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18194065 on 03/31/2023 (1082 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various examples disclosed herein relate to digital signal processing, and more particularly, to identifying metrics of audio samples to dynamically adjust the gain of audio data. In an example embodiment, a pulse density modulation system is provided that includes sample generation circuitry and gain control circuitry coupled to the sample generation circuitry. The sample generation circuitry is configured to sample audio data to produce samples of the audio data and output the samples to a processor and to the gain control circuitry. The gain control circuitry is configured to determine one or more metrics based on the samples of the audio data and output the one or more metrics to the processor.

[H03G] CONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION (impedance networks, e.g. attenuators, H03H; control of transmission in lines H04B 3/04)

Phase aligning multiple channel dividers without stopping VCO root clock
Patent No. 12580573

Inventor(s): Christopher A. Schell (Tacoma, WA), Madusudanan Srinivasan Gopalan (Issaquah, WA), Robert Karl Butler (Issaquah, WA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18344510 on 06/29/2023 (992 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a system includes one or more clock channels on a clock chip, each clock channel configured to provide a clock signal. The system also includes a signal line coupled to the one or more clock channels, the signal line configured to send clock signals to and receive clock signals from each clock channel. The system includes a controller configured to select a first clock signal from a first clock channel to drive the signal line. The system also includes divider timing synchronization circuitry in a second clock channel configured to align a second clock signal from the second clock channel with the first clock signal.

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

Digital-to-time converter mismatch compensation
Patent No. 12580582

Inventor(s): Michael H. Perrott (Nashua, NH)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17899430 on 08/30/2022 (1295 days app to issue)

Abstract: A digital-to-time converter circuit includes a scrambling and noise shaping circuit, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and a buffer circuit. The scrambling and noise shaping circuit includes an input and an output. The input is coupled to a delay input terminal. The scrambling and noise shaping circuit is configured to generate a residue value signal that scrambles and noise shapes a mismatch error. The DAC includes an input and an output. The input of the DAC is coupled to the output of the scrambling and noise shaping circuit. The DAC is configured to generate a residue timing signal based on the residue value signal that scrambles and noise shapes the mismatch error. The buffer circuit includes an input and an output. The input of the buffer circuit is coupled to the output of the DAC. The output of the buffer circuit is coupled to a signal output terminal.

[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]

Variable delay FIR filter for reflection equalization
Patent No. 12580599

Inventor(s): Robert C. Keller (Friedrichshafen, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18089876 on 12/28/2022 (1175 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a circuit includes a first signal path including a first filter having a first number of taps and having an input and an output. The circuit also includes a combiner having first and second inputs, the first input coupled to the output of the first filter. The circuit includes a second signal path coupled to the input of the first filter and to the second input of the combiner. The second signal path includes a gain component, a delay component coupled to the gain component, and a second filter having a second number of taps and coupled to the delay component.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Multi-beam operations for multiple component carriers
Patent No. 12580630

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18066244 on 12/14/2022 (1189 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a UE comprises receiving configuration information including a list of CCs and a set of TCI states; receiving, based on the configuration information, a TCI state update via a medium, wherein: the TCI state update is common for a first subset of CCs, the first subset of CCs includes nN CCs, and N=a number of CCs in the list of CCs; and for each CC(i) in the first subset of CCs, determining a beam based on the TCI state update, and applying the beam for a reception of a downlink control channel or a downlink data channel associated with the CC(i), wherein i is an index and takes a value from [1, 2, . . . , n], wherein the beam is determined based on a spatial quasi-co-location property used to receive or transmit a source RS indicated via the TCI state update.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Rollback for communication link error recovery in emulation
Patent No. 12580682

Inventor(s): Charles W. Selvidge (Oakland, CA), Jean-Marc Brault (Guyancourt, , FR), Jean-Paul Clavequin (Sevres, , FR), Laurent Vuillemin (Montigny le Bretonneux, , FR)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17754320 on 10/10/2019 (2350 days app to issue)

Abstract: Each of a plurality of reconfigurable hardware modeling circuits in a reconfigurable hardware modeling device comprises: a plurality of communication ports; error monitoring circuitry configured to monitor, while the reconfigurable hardware modeling device is performing an operation for verifying a circuit design, whether data received from the plurality of communication ports contain an error or not, and send out an error signal indicating the monitoring result; and rollback circuitry configured to, if data received by any of the plurality of reconfigurable hardware modeling circuits contain an error, enable the reconfigurable hardware modeling circuit to repeat the operation from a state before the error is received, and if data received by the plurality of reconfigurable hardware modeling circuits contain no error, allow the reconfigurable hardware modeling circuit to continue the operation.

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

Method and apparatus for configuring semi-persistent CSI-RS resources
Patent No. 12580712

Abstract: (CSI-RS) burst including B1 time instances of a CSI-RS transmission. The CSI-RS burst is based on K1 CSI-RS resources. The method further includes measuring the CSI-RS burst and identifying a value d, where d is a number of consecutive time instances that are included in a Doppler domain (DD) unit of DD units. The method further includes determining multiple DD basis vectors, where each of the multiple DD basis vectors is associated with N[subscript]4[/subscript]1 of the DD units and where N[subscript]4 [/subscript]is a length of each of the multiple DD basis vectors, and transmitting the CSI report including an indication about the multiple DD basis vectors.

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

Methods and apparatus to reduce retimer latency and jitter
Patent No. 12580720

Inventor(s): Ani Xavier (Bangalore, , IN), Jagannathan Venkataraman (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18629247 on 04/08/2024 (708 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example system includes: interleaving circuitry including a data input, a plurality of data outputs, and a plurality of clock inputs, the data input coupled to the received data input and each of the plurality of clock inputs coupled to one of the plurality of receiver clock outputs; and handoff circuitry coupled to the interleaving circuitry, the handoff circuitry including: comparison circuitry coupled to the clock generation circuitry and configured to compare the plurality of receiver clocks to the transmission clock; clock configuration circuitry coupled to the comparison circuitry and configured to select one of the plurality of receiver clocks based on the comparison circuitry; and a plurality of flip-flops coupled to the clock configuration circuitry and configured to convert the plurality of data outputs from the plurality of receiver clocks to the transmission clock to generate a plurality of transmission data streams based on the one of the plurality of receiver clocks selected by the clock configuration circuitry.

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

Sounding reference signal processing for LTE
Patent No. 12580798

Inventor(s): Anthony Edet Ekpenyong (Houston, TX), Pierre Bertrand (Antibes, , FR)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18398817 on 12/28/2023 (810 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless communication receiver including a serial to parallel converter receiving an radio frequency signal, a fast Fourier transform device connected to said serial to parallel converter converting N[subscript]FFT [/subscript]corresponding serial signals into a frequency domain; an EZC root sequence unit generating a set of root sequence signals; an element-by-element multiply unit forming a set of products including a product of each of said frequency domain signals from said fast Fourier transform device and a corresponding root sequence signal, an N[subscript]SRS[/subscript]-length IDFT unit performing a group cyclic-shift de-multiplexing of the products and a discrete Fourier transform unit converting connected cyclic shift de-multiplexing signals back to frequency-domain.

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

Adapting forward error correction (FEC) or link parameters for improved post-FEC performance
Patent No. 12580814

Inventor(s): Pervez Mirza Aziz (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Lowenstein Sandler LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18770877 on 07/12/2024 (613 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technologies for optimizing post-FEC bit error rate performance of a Forward Error Correction (FEC) system are described. A controller is coupled to an FEC circuit and a receiver circuit. The controller receives FEC symbol error data from at least the receiver circuit or the FEC circuit and determines, using the FEC symbol error data, a post-FEC correlated performance metric indicative of an estimated post-FEC BER of the FEC circuit. The controller adjusts, based on the post-FEC correlated performance metric, at least one of a FEC parameter of the FEC circuit or a link parameter of the receiver circuit to decrease the estimated post-FEC BER. This improves the post-FEC BER performance of the FEC circuit.

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

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for mitigating resource usage
Patent No. 12580816

Inventor(s): Kevin Shopoff (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Assurant, Inc. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18990176 on 12/20/2024 (452 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses, methods, computer readable media, computer program products, and systems related to mitigating resource usage. In some embodiments, the system may comprise one or more device management servers and a mobile device. The mobile device may generate at least device triage data. The one or more device management servers may receive a use phase termination indication associated with the mobile device and the device triage data; retrieve a disposition rule set associated with the mobile device; generate, using a model and based on the device triage data, the disposition rule set, or second device triage data, predicted future resource usage data associated with the mobile device; generate, based on the predicted future resource usage data, a resource usage mitigation data object for the mobile device; and cause resource usage mitigation for the mobile device based on the resource usage mitigation data object.

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

Systems and methods for providing analytics from a network data analytics function based on network policies
Patent No. 12580863

Inventor(s): Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18487892 on 10/16/2023 (883 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network device may establish an interface with a unified data management (UDM) device, and may utilize the interface to register with the UDM device and to provide, to the UDM device, registration data identifying an association between the network device and a user equipment (UE). The network device may provide policy data to a network data analytics function (NWDAF) that identifies the network device based on the registration data, and may receive, from the NWDAF, analytics calculated based on the policy data. The network device may perform one or more actions based on the analytics.

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

Cyber threat detection based on threat context, threat changes and/or impact status
Patent No. 12580893

Inventor(s): Jared Holmberg (Lake Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Centripetal Networks, LLC (Portsmouth, NH)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18741624 on 06/12/2024 (643 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects described herein may relate to cyber threat detection based on threat context and/or threat changes. Cyber threat intelligence (CTI) data may be received from a CTI provider. Endpoint data that indicates evidence that endpoints are cyber threats may be determined based on the CTI data. The endpoint data may be analyzed and/or compared to stored data associated with the endpoint. The analysis and/or comparison may be performed to determine whether evidence that the endpoint is a cyber threat has changed. Based on any changes, dispositions for the endpoint may be determined and sent. The dispositions may change how devices filter network traffic associated with the endpoint. Alternatives to default dispositions may be determined based on a impact of blocking potentially legitimate network traffic to and/or from the endpoints. Machine-learning models may assist in processing and analyzing CTI data, performing threat monitoring, and/or determining feeds that include the dispositions.

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

Selective access to information during validation operations
Patent No. 12580916

Inventor(s): Sandeep N. Sadhwani (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C. (Englewood, CO)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18747326 on 06/18/2024 (637 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to one another. The processor is configured to, in response to receiving an architecture roadmap comprising one or more operational tasks, execute the machine learning algorithm to evaluate the operational tasks associated with the architecture roadmap, determine one or more reviewing guidelines based on the operational tasks, determine a reviewing entity profile of the one or more reviewing entity profiles comprising a reviewing parameter that at least partially match a reviewing guideline of the reviewing guidelines, determine a reviewing entity associated with the reviewing entity profile, and assign the operational tasks to the reviewing entity. The processor is configured generate one or more access commands configured to facilitate access to a one or more resources and transmit the access commands to the reviewing entity. The resources allow the operational tasks to be evaluated by the reviewing entity.

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

Quantum security system and method for classical and quantum networks
Patent No. 12580949

Inventor(s): David H. Lu (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18602470 on 03/12/2024 (735 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device with a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitates performance of operations, including: automatically detecting an intrusion of a secure communication channel that provides communication services to a node in a network; implementing a generative artificial intelligence that finds an alternative secure communication channel; and migrating the communication services to the alternative secure communication channel responsive to finding the alternative secure communication channel. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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

Using contextual information for vehicle trip loss risk assessment scoring
Patent No. 12580987

Inventor(s): Corey Casmedes (Plano, TX), Dalton Sherer (Richardson, TX), Edward Yang (Frisco, TX), Hoang Dang (Garland, TX), John Steven Kirtzic (Plano, TX), Krishna Nemmani (McKinney, TX), Sivarama Kirshna Panguluri (McKinney, TX
Assignee(s): State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18389395 on 11/14/2023 (854 days app to issue)

Abstract: A technique is provided for determining a loss risk assessment score for a vehicle trip. The technique includes, at a vehicle, a computing device receiving first information indicative of operation of the vehicle. The technique also includes, at the vehicle, the computing device receiving second information indicative of an environment at a particular location and time. The computing device correlates the first information and the second information to generate a data set. The technique also includes determining a score for the vehicle trip based at least in part upon the generated data set.

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

Transporting HEIF-formatted images over real-time transport protocol
Patent No. 12581098

Abstract: An example device for retrieving media data, the device comprising: a memory configured to store scene data and image data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: receive data for a bitstream indicating that the bitstream includes one or more overlay images, the overlay images comprising either a single static image to be presented with scene data that remains constant while being presented frame-by-frame with frames of the scene data or an image sequence that repeats with a regular periodicity while being presented frame-by-frame with the frames of the scene data; receive the one or more overlay images from the bitstream; receive the scene data including one or more scene images; and present the scene images and the overlay images.

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

Method and apparatus for beam measurement and reporting
Patent No. 12581338

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for beam measurement and reporting. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving information about a report, the report including at least one capability value about an uplink (UL) transmission; determining the at least one capability value; determining the report including an indicator indicating the at least one capability value; and transmitting the report.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Multiple access point WiFi sounding
Patent No. 12581344

Inventor(s): Malcolm M. Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18194614 on 03/31/2023 (1082 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for sounding for wireless communication include initiating staggered sounding between a plurality of wireless access points (APs) and a plurality of wireless stations (STAs), including transmitting, from each AP of the plurality of APs, a sounding trigger to a respective one or more of the plurality of STAs, where the sounding triggers are transmitted by the respective APs at staggered times. The techniques further include receiving sounding matrix data at the plurality of APs from the plurality of STA. The techniques further include modifying wireless transmission between at least one of the APs and at least one of the STAs based on the sounding matrix data.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Private network congestion control during onboarding and provisioning
Patent No. 12581358

Inventor(s): Mazin Al-Shalash (Frisco, TX), Zhixian Xiang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): FutureWei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18351092 on 07/12/2023 (979 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for reducing congestion in onboarding networks before onboarding and provisioning connections are made by user equipment (UE), and for reducing congestion in onboarding networks after attempts are made by UEs to make connections to onboarding networks for onboarding and provisioning which result in network congestion. Broadcast information (referred to herein as ”onboarding access control information”) from a radio access network (RAN) to user equipment (UE) is used in order to guide onboarding UEs to detect and access the right onboarding network to prevent unnecessary network access attempts by UEs which are not authorized to access an onboarding network for onboarding.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Optimizing traffic redirection operations
Patent No. 12581361

Inventor(s): Abhishek Mishra (Bangalore, , IN), Rohit Gupta (Bangalore, , IN), Tamanna Jindal (McKinney, TX), Vipin Padlikar (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Mavenir Systems, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Ruggiero McAllister McMahon LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18627615 on 04/05/2024 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: Minimizing signaling traffic between a User Plane (UP) and a Control Plane (CP), where Policy and Charging Function/Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCF/PCRF) software transmits a first and a second Policy and Charging Control rule (PCCRule1 and PCCRule2) to CP equipment. The CP equipment installs both PCCRule1 and PCCRule2 on UP equipment as UPRule1 and UPRule2 respectively, where UPRule1 is set as active during a first time period and the UPRule2 set as active during a second time period. User Plane Function (UPF) software matching data traffic with a Packet Detection Rule (PDR) to generate identified traffic during the first and second time periods and automatically redirecting data traffic to a predetermined location at the expiration of the first and second time periods respectively. UPRule1 and UPRule2 are automatically enabled and disabled alternatively after expiration of their respective timers by the UPF software.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and device for use in non-terrestrial network (NTN)
Patent No. 12581371

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: 17748038 on 05/19/2022 (1398 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and a device in a communication node used for wireless communications. A first node performs measurement on a first radio signal, and receives a first signaling; transmits a second radio signal when a first condition is fulfilled; otherwise, transmits transmission of the second radio signal; herein, the measurement performed on the first radio signal is used to determine a first measurement value; the first condition comprises a relative magnitude between the first measurement value and a first reference value, the first condition comprising a first geographical location of the first node and a relative positional relation between the first node and a reference geographical zone; the first signaling is used to determine the first reference value. The present disclosure can reduce the signaling overhead related to the measurement and measurement report during the procedure of UE handover between base stations, thus achieving synchronous handover of multiple users.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for area management in an NTN
Patent No. 12581373

Inventor(s): Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17730070 on 04/26/2022 (1421 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for area management in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a UE comprises: receiving a first neighboring cell list and a second neighboring cell list; determining a priority between an NTN and a TN; and prioritizing the first neighboring cell list or the second neighboring cell list in a cell selection or reselection operation based on the priority. The first neighboring cell list includes one or more NTN cells and the second neighboring cell list includes one or more TN cells.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for network slice performance optimization
Patent No. 12581384

Inventor(s): Amir Saghir (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18349564 on 07/10/2023 (981 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network device may receive an indication that a radio access network fails to support a network slice target service level agreement for a user equipment associated with a network slice. The network device may provide, to the radio access network, a network slice identifier associated with the network slice target service level agreement not supported by the radio access network. The network device may provide, to the radio access network, an indication of whether a neighbor radio access network supports the network slice target service level agreement to cause the radio access network to redirect the user equipment to a neighbor radio access network or to move the user equipment to another network slice.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Power saving techniques for supporting downlink data buffer size negotiation in a target wake time (TWT) protocol
Patent No. 12581409

Inventor(s): Rakesh Taori (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18488769 on 10/17/2023 (882 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein determine, by a processing device executing on a requesting station, a target wake time (TWT) buffer size, wherein the TWT buffer size indicates a buffer size to allocate at a responding station when the requesting station is in a sleep mode. The systems and methods insert, by the requesting station, a TWT buffer size request into a request message, wherein the TWT buffer size request comprises the TWT buffer size. In turn, the systems and methods transmit the request message from the requesting station to the responding station.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for wideband operation on unlicensed sidelink
Patent No. 12581473

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX), Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18345943 on 06/30/2023 (991 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for wideband operation on an unlicensed sidelink (SL). A method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining a sidelink (SL) bandwidth part (BWP); determining a set of resource block sets (RB-sets) and a set of intra-cell guard bands between the set of RB-sets; and determining, based on the set of RB-sets, a resource pool. A lowest RB of the resource pool is aligned with a lowest RB of a first RB set, and a highest RB of the resource pool is aligned with a highest RB of a second RB set. The method further includes determining, based on the resource pool, a set of sub-channels, determining, based on the set of sub-channels, a transmission of a physical SL shared channel (PSSCH), performing a SL channel access procedure, and performing the transmission of the PSSCH after successfully performing the SL channel access procedure.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Apparatuses and methods for facilitating priority-based capability messaging
Patent No. 12581528

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18173112 on 02/23/2023 (1118 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, allocating a first plurality of combinations of frequency bands to a first group, allocating a second plurality of combinations of frequency bands to a second group, prioritizing the first group relative to the second group, and obtaining a connection request from a communication device in accordance with the prioritizing, wherein the connection request references a first combination of frequency bands included in the first plurality of combinations of frequency bands. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Medium access methods for ambient power (AMP) devices
Patent No. 12581533

Abstract: A method includes transmitting, by an anchor wireless device, a beacon frame signal to client wireless devices, which are ambient power (AMP) devices. The beacon frame signal advertises at least a first service period during which at least a subset of the client wireless devices are to transmit. The method includes transmitting, by the anchor wireless device, during the first service period, a first wireless signal including a data packet with a command frame to activate the subset of the client wireless devices into a transmission mode. The method includes receiving, from the subset of the client wireless devices in response to detecting the command frame, second wireless signals each including a response data packet. The second wireless signals are received according to a pre-programmed schedule that deconflict transmissions by the subset of the client wireless devices.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication
Patent No. 12581539

Inventor(s): Qi Jiang (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Volpe Koenig (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17994015 on 11/25/2022 (1208 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present application provides a method and a device in a node for wireless communications. A node firstly receives a target information block, the target information block being generated in a protocol layer below an RRC layer, the target information block being used to determine a first time-frequency resource; and then performs a first random access procedure, the action of performing the first random access procedure comprising transmitting a first message; the first time-frequency resource is associated with one of a first identity and a second identity; the first message is used for random access; whether the first time-frequency resource is associated with the first identity is used to determine whether the first message is an MsgA or an Msg1. This application improves the criterion for determining 2-step random access in the case of Multi-TRP, thereby enhancing the efficiency of random access and optimizing the system performance.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

TDLS discovery process for EMLSR operation
Patent No. 12581548

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Peshal Nayak (Plano, TX), Rubayet Shafin (Allen, TX), Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18343647 on 06/28/2023 (993 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for tunneled direct link setup (TDLS) discovery for enhanced multi-link single radio (EMLSR) operation are disclosed. A method for wireless communication performed by a non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) that comprises stations (STAs), the method comprising: forming links with corresponding APs of an AP MLD, wherein at least a subset of the links are enhanced multi-link single-radio (EMLSR) links configured to operate in an EMLSR mode of operation; generating a first message including a TDLS discovery request on the links separately for discovery of a peer STA on a corresponding link on which the TDLS discovery request is sent; transmitting, to the AP MLD, the first message, and receiving a message containing a TDLS discovery response message indicating discovery of the peer STA on the link on which the TDLS discovery request was sent.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Two-phase cooling structure cooling within a single-phase liquid cooled server
Patent No. 12581623

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: 18234805 on 08/16/2023 (944 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes one or more two-phase cooling loops including one or more coolant pumps and one or more cooling condensers integrated within one or more servers to cause one or more first server components to be cooled using a single-phase coolant and to cause one or more second server components consuming more power than the one or more first server components to be cooled using a two-phase coolant. The one or more cooling condensers are to condense and cool the two-phase coolant using the single-phase coolant.

[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)

Raised source/drain transistor
Patent No. 12581718

Inventor(s): Manoj Mehrotra (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18308785 on 04/28/2023 (1054 days app to issue)

Abstract: Transistors with raised source/drain structures and methods of making the transistors are described. A method for making such transistors includes forming a first gate and a second gate on a substrate, forming a p-doped region adjacent the first gate, and forming an n-doped region adjacent the second gate. The method further includes forming a silicon germanium (SiGe) region in a portion of the p-doped region. Subsequently, the method simultaneously forms raised source-drain structures over the SiGe region and on the n-doped region.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Highly integrated power electronics and methods of manufacturing the same
Patent No. 12581960

Inventor(s): Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI), Jae Seung Lee (Ann Arbor, MI), Tianzhu Fan (Houston, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18127717 on 03/29/2023 (1084 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a power device fabrication panel includes aligning a first alignment mark in a lead frame of a power device substrate array with a second alignment mark in a bonding fixture. The power device substrate array includes a plurality of power device pockets, the bonding fixture includes a plurality of power device openings, and the power device openings are in assembly alignment with the power device pockets when the first alignment mark is aligned with the second alignment mark. And with the bonding fixture power device openings in assembly alignment with the power device pockets of the power device substrate array, a plurality of power devices are moved at least partially through the aligned power device openings and into the power device pockets where they are bonded.

[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]

IC package with field effect transistor
Patent No. 12581980

Inventor(s): Kwang-Soo Kim (Sunnyvale, CA), Makoto Shibuya (Beppu, , JP)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17584562 on 01/26/2022 (1511 days app to issue)

Abstract: An IC package includes an interconnect having a first platform and a second platform that are spaced apart. The IC package includes a die superposing a portion of the first platform of the interconnect. The die has a field effect transistor (FET), and a matrix of pads for the FET situated on a surface of the die. The matrix of pads having a row of source pads and a row of drain pads. A drain wire bond extends from a first drain pad to a second drain pad of the row of drain pads and to the first platform of the interconnect. A source wire bond extends from a first source pad to a second source pad of the row of source pads, back over the first source pad and is coupled to a connection region of the first platform.

End-to-end delay management for distributed communications networks
Patent No. RE050833 (Reissue)

Inventor(s): James Robert Grenier (Bloomington, MN), John M. Hedin (Mercer, WI)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17740184 on 05/09/2022 (1408 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for calculating delay in a distributed antenna system includes sending a ping initiation message from a remote node to a host node in a distributed antenna system. The ping initiation message uniquely identifies a first communication port of the remote node to the host node with a unique identification. The method also includes receiving a ping reply message at the remote node. The ping reply message corresponds to the ping initiation message and also uniquely identifies the first communication port of the remote node with the unique identification. The method also includes determining, at the remote node, whether the ping reply message corresponds to the first communication port of the remote node based on the unique identification. The method also includes, when the ping reply message corresponds to the first communication port of the remote node, calculating the round-trip time delay between sending the ping initiation message and receiving the ping reply message at the remote node. Patent Class: N/A

DESIGN PATENTS

Bottle
Patent No. D1118354

Inventor(s): Troy Rutledge (Arlington, WA)
Assignee(s): SLMP LLC (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Fredrikson Byron, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29952200 on 07/15/2024 (610 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Ring enhancer
Patent No. D1118402

Inventor(s): Krishan Kumar Mittal (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): Jostens, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
Law Firm: Brown Rudnick LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29961627 on 09/06/2024 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Ring enhancer
Patent No. D1118403

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle shock tower
Patent No. D1118428

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29961094 on 09/04/2024 (559 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle rear skid
Patent No. D1118777

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Jory Sprowl (Howe, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Skylar Hagler (Anna, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29908135 on 01/11/2024 (796 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Firearm slide
Patent No. D1118802

Inventor(s): Jeremy Daugherty (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Gurr Brande, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29818231 on 12/07/2021 (1561 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Spray gun
Patent No. D1118834

Inventor(s): Joshua Michael Boggs (Aledo, TX)
Assignee(s): Thomas Pump Machinery, Inc. (Slidell, LA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29862103 on 12/06/2022 (1197 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Roofing membrane
Patent No. D1118986

Inventor(s): Christopher McGroarty (Morristown, NJ), Linlin Xing (Wayne, NJ), Norman Chin (Somerville, NJ), Viraj Shah (Pearland, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29989148 on 02/10/2025 (400 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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