Beyond Apple, other organizations with notable patents granted this week include:

Bank of America’s data integration and predictive analytics using tokenized artificial intelligence agents
BMIC’s roofing model kit that is a scalable replica of a commercial roofing system
BNSF Railway’s intermodal facility management
Capital One’s stateless web elements that decode or decrypt data
Cisco’s security techniques for biometric keyboard with continuous reading from in-line fingerprint sensors
Citibank’s explainable large language model routing with immutable audit trails
Dell’s location-based policy enforcement for data processing systems using out-of-band methods
Ericsson’s apparatus and method to mitigate malicious calls in a wireless network
Lennox’s system for providing cooling during refrigerant leak
MyDimoda’s textile matching using color and pattern recognition and methods of use
Sleep Technologies’ adjustable sleeping system with force control
Texas Instruments’ quantum-based device including gas cell
Toyota’s detection and remediation of an instability condition in a vehicle-trailer system
University of North Texas’ synthesis of uniform diamond nanoparticles
University of Texas System’s use of 6-thio-dG to treat therapy-resistant telomerase positive pediatric brain tumors
Verizon’s RCS proxy system and method for PSAP sessions
And, an unassigned patent for a pizza cutter holder

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 April 7, 2026 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

108 patents granted
Ranked No. 11 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 11
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 3
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 4
E: Fixed Constructions 4
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 7
G: Physics 31
H: Electricity 35

DESIGN: 13

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) — 10
UNASSIGNED — 7
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) — 6
Traxxas L.P. (McKinney) — 6
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) — 5
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) — 3
Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, CA) — 3
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) — 3
Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano) — 3
BMIC LLC (Dallas) — 2

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney) — 6
Casey Christen Jens Christensen (Trenton) — 6
Jory Sprowl (Howe) — 6
Kent Poteet (Lucas) — 6
Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett) — 6
Randy Perez (McKinney) — 6
Skylar Hagler (Anna) — 6
Terry Soward (Van Alstyne) — 5
I’geal Che’rie Turner (McKinney) — 2
Malcolm M. Smith (Richardson) — 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Seperable slide fastener actuating device
Patent No. 12593898

Inventor(s): Anh Ta Kajita (Arlington, TX), Marcos Suguru Kajita (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18894873 on 09/24/2024 (560 days app to issue)

Abstract: A zipper actuating device includes a first handle configured to provide an actuating force to actuate a zipper handle with a first distal end; a second distal end; and an aperture located near the first distal end configured to slide over a zipper pull tab; a second handle configured to provide a counter force to actuate the zipper with a first distal end; and a second distal end. The counter force allows the actuating force to be transferred to a bottom of the zipper handle which moves a zipper apparatus in a parallel direction to the actuating force to a set of zipper threads.

[A44B] BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE (fastenings specially adapted for footwear A43C)

Adjustable sleeping system with force control
Patent No. 12593927

Inventor(s): Matthew Hayward (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Sleep Technologies, LLC (Harlingen, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16713906 on 12/13/2019 (2307 days app to issue)

Abstract: Adjustable sleeping system with force control. At least one example embodiment is a method of operating a sleeping system, the method including: sensing an area of a sleeping surface of the sleeping system, the area upon which a person resides, the sensing by a bed controller communicatively coupled to an array of adjustable spring assemblies arranged such that a top of each adjustable spring assembly defines an upper surface parallel to the sleeping surface; and driving a plurality of the adjustable spring assemblies being the adjustable spring assemblies beneath the area, the driving to control force distribution among the plurality of the adjustable spring assemblies.

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

Spring modules for an adjustable sleeping system
Patent No. 12593928

Abstract: Spring modules for an adjustable sleeping system. At least some of the example embodiments are spring modules comprising: a spring rail, and a plurality of adjustable spring assemblies spaced along the length of the spring rail. Each adjustable spring assembly may comprise: a motor with a stator coupled to the spring rail via a load cell, a lead screw coupled to a rotor of the motor, and the lead screw extending above an upper surface of the spring rail, a spring plate coupled to the lead screw, and a main spring coupled to the spring plate. A tubular sock disposed over the main spring, and a compliant insert can be disposed between adjacent main springs to inhibit side loading and maintain the main spring in upright relation with the spring rail.

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

Integrated analysis of multiple spectral information for ophthalmology applications
Patent No. 12593972

Inventor(s): Lu Yin (Keller, TX), Ramesh Sarangapani (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18358881 on 07/25/2023 (987 days app to issue)

Abstract: In certain embodiments, an ophthalmic system and computer-implemented method for analyzing multiple spectral information to generate ophthalmic information are described. In an exemplary ophthalmic system, multiple spectral information associated with an eye of a patient is captured via an imaging system. A first set of information and a second set of information are extracted from the multiple spectral information. A visualization of the multiple spectral information is generated using the first set of information. The first set of information and the second set of information are evaluated using different deep learning models to generate ophthalmic information. The ophthalmic information is sent to a user for diagnostic evaluation.

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

Surgical ligature instrument for minimally invasive surgery
Patent No. 12594066

Inventor(s): Manish Mohanka (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18499002 on 10/31/2023 (889 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is a surgical suturing device that assists in applying an open-looped, pre-knotted suture around a targeted area of application. The surgical suturing device contains a handle, a grasping mechanism, a clamp tube, a pusher tube, a cutter tube, and a pivot arm. A first coupler is positioned on the pivot arm. A second coupler is positioned at the end of the shaft, offset from the pivot arm. A suture knot is fitted over the second coupler, and a strand is connected to the first coupler. When activated, the pivot arm moves into a closed position, thereby encircling the suturing portion and joining the first coupler to the second coupler. Next, the suture knot is pushed forward off the second coupler and tightened up against the suturing portion. The pusher tube slides back, allowing the cutter tube to cut the excess suture cord.

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

System and method for navigation
Patent No. 12594131

Inventor(s): Andrew J. Wald (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Medtronic Navigation, Inc. (Louisville, CO)
Law Firm: Mueting Raasch Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18524898 on 11/30/2023 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for assisting in guiding and performing a procedure on a subject. The subject may be any appropriate subject such as a living or non-living subject or inanimate object and/or an animate object.

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

Immunodulating small molecules
Patent No. 12594286

Inventor(s): Santosh K. Panda (Maryland Heights, MO), Suchismita Acharya (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): AYUVIS RESEARCH, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17824362 on 05/25/2022 (1413 days app to issue)

Abstract:

[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)

Use of 6-thio-dG to treat therapy-resistant telomerasepositive pediatric brain tumors
Patent No. 12594293

Inventor(s): Jerry Shay (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, OH), The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: pH IP Law (Local + 65 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18511417 on 11/16/2023 (873 days app to issue)

Abstract: Brain tumors remain the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children and often are associated with long-term sequelae among survivors of current therapies. Telomerase and telomeres play important roles in cancer, representing attractive therapeutic targets to treat children with poor-prognosis brain tumors such as diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), high-grade glioma (HGG) and high-risk medulloblastoma (MB). It has shown that DIPG, HGG and MB frequently express telomerase activity. It is now shown that the telomerase-dependent incorporation of 6-thio-2deoxyguanosine (6-thio-dG), a telomerase substrate precursor analog, into telomeres leads to telomere dysfunction-induced foci (TIFs) along with extensive genomic DNA damage, cell growth inhibition and cell death of primary stem-like cells derived from patients with DIPG, HGG and MB. Importantly, the effect of 6-thio-dG is persistent even after drug withdrawal. Treatment with 6-thio-dG elicits a sequential activation of ATR and ATM pathways and induces G[subscript]2[/subscript]/M arrest. In vivo, treatment of mice bearing MB xenografts with 6-thio-dG delays tumor growth, increases in-tumor TIFs and apoptosis. Furthermore, 6-thio-dG crosses the blood-brain barrier and specifically targets tumor cells in an orthotopic mouse model of DIPG. Together, these findings suggest that 6-thio-dG is a promising approach to treat therapy-resistant telomerase-positive pediatric brain tumors.

Systems and methods for detecting evoked compound action potential (ECAP) features in response to neurostimulation
Patent No. 12594426

Inventor(s): Erika Ross (Dallas, TX), Hyun-Joo Park (Frisco, TX), Kyuwan Choi (Plano, TX), Mingming Zhang (McKinney, TX), Nishant Verma (Madison, WI), Yagna Pathak (Skokie, IL)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18074449 on 12/02/2022 (1222 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for conducting spinal cord stimulation or other neurostimulation and sensing evoked compound action potential (ECAP) signals. The sensed signals may be processed to isolate ECAP features from noise and/or interfering signals. The isolated ECAP features may be used to control neurostimulation therapy for the patient and/or guide an implant procedure.

[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]

LILRB2 antibodies and uses thereof
Patent No. 12596122

Inventor(s): Chengcheng Zhang (Southlake, TX), Heyu Chen (Dallas, TX), JingJing Xie (Plano, TX), Xiaoye Liu (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): IMMUNE-ONC THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Palo Alto, CA), THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: pH IP Law (Local + 65 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17759800 on 01/28/2021 (1895 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies binding to LILRB2 and the uses of the antibodies in detecting and treating cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Story ribbons
Patent No. 12597360

Inventor(s): Robyn Luscombe (Anna, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Examiners Edge (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19242449 on 06/18/2025 (293 days app to issue)

Abstract: A communicable information apparatus and method for at least one user including a three-dimensional multilayer flexile stack having a first base layer set, a second intermediate layer set arranged in a stacked relation; and a third slidable layer set moveably embedded within the second intermediate layer set such that the third slidable layer set is reversibly extensible along a first dimension, wherein the third slidable layer set contains communicable information upon at least one face of at least one layer within the third slidable layer set, and wherein the communicable information is substantially one or more indicia for communicating with the at least one user.

[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

Suspension system
Patent No. 12594800

Inventor(s): Nestor Alexander Berardi (Temecula, CA)
Assignee(s): XTravel Suspension, LLC (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Umberg Zipser LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18571006 on 06/16/2022 (1391 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various suspension systems for vehicles are described that preferably comprise a multi-link suspension where one or more of the links can move independently of the other links. The multiple independent links are connected to an upright, vertical load reaction that is decoupled from horizontal load reaction, thus delivering a more comfortable ride and reduced feedback to the driver or operator of the vehicle. By eliminating that external feedback using the inventive subject matter discussed herein, vehicles can be safer and easier to control in all circumstances.

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

Temperature based resistive braking capacity
Patent No. 12594834

Inventor(s): Dennis Christopher Agee (Newark, TX)
Assignee(s): Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Dallas) (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18514655 on 11/20/2023 (869 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein is a system including a resistor grid comprising a plurality of resistor elements, the resistor grid electrically coupled to a motor of an electric drive machine; a temperature sensor arranged to measure a temperature of at least one of the plurality of resistor elements; a control circuit comprising one or more processors and memory structured to store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the control circuit to: determine a temperature of the least one resistor element, according to measurements from the temperature sensor; and determine a resistive braking capacity of the resistor grid within a power capacity differential, according to the determined temperature of the resistor element; and a display configured to render a graphical representation of the resistive braking capacity of the resistor grid relative to the power capacity differential.

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

Detection and remediation of an instability condition in a vehicle-trailer system
Patent No. 12594945

Inventor(s): Brian James Haugen (Plano, TX), Christopher James Smalley (Canton, MI), Nicholas Earl Merkel (Canton, MI), Patrick David Jordan (Austin, TX), Steven William Marion (Canton, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota, , JP), Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18456811 on 08/28/2023 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stability monitoring system for detecting an instability condition in a moving vehicle-trailer system includes a processor and a memory communicably coupled to the processor. The memory may store a stability evaluation module configured to determine if a measured value of at least one stability evaluation parameter satisfies an associated predetermined condition. The stability evaluation module may be configured to, if the measured value of the stability evaluation parameter satisfies the associated predetermined condition, determine a total amount of time within a predetermined time period that the measured value of the stability evaluation parameter satisfied the associated predetermined condition. The stability evaluation module may be configured to, if the total amount of time that the measured value of the stability evaluation parameter satisfied the associated predetermined condition exceeds a significant proportion of the predetermined time period, control operation of the vehicle to generate a stability alert.

[B60W] CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT [2006.01]

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

Synthesis of uniform diamond nanoparticles
Patent No. 12595179

Inventor(s): Hao Yan (Denton, TX), Tengteng Lyu (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Haukaas Fortius PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18057028 on 11/18/2022 (1236 days app to issue)

Abstract: The synthesis of sub-five-nanometer nanodiamonds with high uniformity and purity. Inspired by the formation of natural diamond, iron carbide nanoparticles embedded in iron oxide matrices as the carbon source were used. High-pressure-high-temperature treatment of the precursor yields nanodiamonds with tunable diameters down to 2.13 nm and 0.22-nm standard deviation. The disclosed synthesis procedures also include a method for forming fluorescent nanodiamonds.

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

Biaryl amides with modified sugar groups for treatment of diseases associated with heat shock protein pathway
Patent No. 12595278

Inventor(s): Bradley Caprathe (Livonia, MI), Chitase Lee (Ann Arbor, MI), Christopher F. Bender (Garland, TX), Gary Bolton (Ann Arbor, MI), Melean Visnick (Irving, TX), Xin Jiang (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): REATA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: pH IP Law (Local + 65 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18485699 on 10/12/2023 (908 days app to issue)

Abstract:

[C07H] SUGARS; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; NUCLEIC ACIDS (derivatives of aldonic or saccharic acids C07C, C07D; aldonic acids, saccharic acids C07C 59/105, C07C 59/285; cyanohydrins C07C 255/16; glycals C07D; compounds of unknown constitution C07G; polysaccharides, derivatives thereof C08B; DNA or RNA concerning genetic engineering, vectors, e.g. plasmids, or their isolation, preparation or purification C12N 15/00; sugar industry C13) [2]

Vinyl acetate-based copolymer dispersions with small particle size
Patent No. 12595323

Inventor(s): Argiri Tsami-Schulte (Kelkheim, , DE), Bastiaan Van Voorn (Beuningen, , NL), Harmin Mller (Hofheim, , DE), Matthias Seib (Friedberg, , DE)
Assignee(s): Celanese International Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17923151 on 04/08/2020 (2190 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aqueous copolymer dispersions are useful for incorporating into primer formulations. The aqueous copolymer dispersions comprise a vinyl acetate-based copolymer and have a particle size of less than or equal to 120 nanometers. The resulting primer formulations have good penetration in various substrates, and/or water resistance/binding properties.

[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]

Surface-modified silicone roofing materials and related systems and related methods
Patent No. 12595397

Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearny, NJ), Andrew Andrade (Hackensack, NJ), Daniel Pena (Parisippany, NJ), Jon Henson (Parisippany, NJ), Joshua Tingley (Morris Plains, NJ), Michael Dougherty (Mount Arlington, NJ), Steven Heinje (Parisippan
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18821189 on 08/30/2024 (585 days app to issue)

Abstract: Silicone roofing materials are provided. A roofing material comprises at least one of a plurality of particles, a silicone coating, a substrate, an adhesive layer, a release liner, or any combination thereof. The substrate is located between the silicone coating and the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is located between the substrate and the release liner. The release liner covers at least a portion of the adhesive layer. The plurality of particles covers at least a portion of a surface of the silicone coating. Each of the plurality of particles has a surface. When the roofing material is installed on a roofing substrate, at least a portion of the surface of the plurality of particles is exposed to an environment. Related systems and related methods are also 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

Length adjustable railing panel with removable upright end rails
Patent No. 12595661

Inventor(s): Collin M. Robinson (Garland, TX), Kevin B. Flatt (Garland, TX), Kevin T. Burt (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17343911 on 06/10/2021 (1762 days app to issue)

Abstract: A railing panel includes a top rail and a bottom rail disposed spaced apart from the top rail. A plurality of slats are disposed between and run parallel to the top rail and the bottom rail. A midspan support rail defines a plurality of through holes, with each through hole receiving a slat therethrough. A length adapter includes an upright end rail that defines a plurality of apertures, and an upper insertable portion that is disposed at a first end of the upright end rail. The length adapter also includes a lower insertable portion that is disposed at a second end of the upright end rail opposite the first end, and each of the plurality of apertures is sized and shaped to receive an end of each of the plurality of slats. A plurality of inserts are coupled to the upright end rail, with each insert disposed proximate a respective aperture of the plurality of apertures, each insert configured to be received by a respective slat.

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

Panic bar latch system and method
Patent No. 12595687

Inventor(s): Toby Jack Sims (Krum, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18825373 on 09/05/2024 (579 days app to issue)

Abstract: A panic bar latch (PBL) system and method is disclosed that provides for the temporary functional disablement of a panic bar assembly (PBA) that controls passage through a door and associated door frame. The PBL system utilizes a panic latch handle (PLH) coupled to a panic latch body (PLB). The PLB incorporates a panic latch void (PLV) that is configured to mechanically conform and couple (MCC) to a panic bar base (PBB) on a PBA via a panic bar ridge (PBR) located on the PBB. A panic latch edge (PLE) on the PLB rests on the PPB when the MCC is engaged. The MCC prevents the PPB from being depressed or released by maintaining a fixed separation between the PPB and the PBB.

[E05B] LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS

Multilateral junction fitting for intelligent completion of well
Patent No. 12595717

Inventor(s): David J. Steele (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16595259 on 10/07/2019 (2374 days app to issue)

Abstract: A completion system and method for intelligent control of multilateral wells. A wye-shaped junction fitting defines a hollow interior that is fluidly coupled with the uphole tubing string and both downhole main and lateral completion strings. Hydraulic, electric, and/or fiber-optic communication line segments extend between the uphole end and both downhole ends of the junction fitting for providing power, control or communications between the surface and all production zones. The communication line segments are located outside the junction fitting interior and may be located within longitudinal grooves formed along the exterior wall surface of the junction fitting. Stabable, wet-matable connectors may be provided at each end of the junction fitting, which connect the both interior flow paths and communication lines, and which may allow connection at any relative radial orientation.

[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]

System and method for determining the location of a bottom hole assembly
Patent No. 12595730

Inventor(s): Teddy C. Chen (Austin, TX), Todd W. Benson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MOTIVE DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18981307 on 12/13/2024 (480 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and method for determining an updated location of a bottom hole assembly (BHA) during drilling of a well are provided. During drilling, a computer system may receive tool face updates and may determine build rate estimates and a borehole depth increase during a toolface update period. The computer system may also calculate an updated estimate of the borehole position.

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

Multi-bolt clamshell retainer for wristpin on rod pump unit
Patent No. 12595791

Inventor(s): Robert G. McDonald (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): TRC Services, Inc. (The Woodlands, TX)
Law Firm: Cabello Hall Zinda, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18100340 on 01/23/2023 (1170 days app to issue)

Abstract: An assembly connects a pitman arm to a slot in a crank arm of a pumping unit. A pin extends from the pitman arm disposed on a first side of the crank arm. The pin is disposed in the slot of the crank arm and has a distal end exposed on a second side of the crank arm. The distal end defines an external shouldered profile. A clamp is positioned on the distal end of the pin. The clamp has an internal shouldered profile, which is configured to engage the external shouldered profile on the pin. One or more spacers are disposed on the clamp and are configured to adjustably extend from the clamp toward the second side of the crank arm.

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

Controlling fracturing pumps in a hydraulic fracturing system
Patent No. 12595795

Inventor(s): Christopher Floyd Hall (Perrin, TX), Justin T. Robertshaw (Azle, TX), Michael Kurecka (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): ProFrac Holdings II, LLC (Willow Park, TX)
Law Firm: Henry Patent Law Firm PLLC (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18899743 on 09/27/2024 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a general aspect, the present disclosure relates to techniques for providing a pumping control user interface used to control an automated hydraulic fracturing system. In some embodiments, a system displays a pumping control interface associated with a plurality of fracturing pumps. The system receives first input for a target input region. After receiving the first input, the system causes a hydraulic fracturing system to perform a hydraulic fracturing operation. While the hydraulic fracturing operation is being performed, the system displays an operation recommendation that includes displaying a suggested change to an operating setting. The system receives second input corresponding to acceptance of the operation recommendation and, in response, causes the hydraulic fracturing system to implement the operation recommendation and continue performing the hydraulic fracturing operation.

Morphable surface
Patent No. 12595810

Inventor(s): Koray Benli (Ann Arbor, MI), Shinnosuke Shimokawa (Ann Arbor, MI), Umesh N. Gandhi (Farmington Hills, MI), Yuyang Song (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18905431 on 10/03/2024 (551 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system can include a base and an outer layer defining an outer surface. An actuator can be positioned between the base and outer layer. The actuator can include a body that is inflatable and has a bellows configuration. The actuator is movable between an activated configuration and non-activated configuration by selective inflation or deflation of the body. The actuator being operatively positioned to cause the outer surface to morph when in an activated configuration.

[F15B] SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (motors, turbines, compressors, blowers, pumps F01-F04; fluid dynamics F15D; fluid clutches or brakes F16D; fluid springs F16F; fluid gearing F16H; pistons, cylinders, packing F16J; valves, taps, cocks, actuating-floats F16K; safety valves with auxiliary fluid operation of the main valve F16K 17/10; fluid-operating means for valves F16K 31/12; pipes, pipe joints F16L; lubricating F16N)

One sided access for blade pin
Patent No. 12595818

Inventor(s): Bryan K. Baskin (Arlington, TX), Ken Shundo (Fort Worth, TX), Ryan A. Smith (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: FBT Gibbons LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17947392 on 09/19/2022 (1296 days app to issue)

Abstract: A coupling system is described that allows users to avoid having to manipulate two tools at the same time while reaching around to both sides of the coupled components. A lock plate can rest above one or more holes passing through (and for joining together) the components. A blade pin with a partially hollow cylinder can be inserted through holes in the lock plate and at least partially through the holes. A blade bolt can be inserted into the holes and the cylinder from the other side. The blade bolt can comprise an o-ring that engages with an inner diameter of a portion of the cylinder and holds the parts together with an interference fit. A portion of the bolt can extend through the top of the holes, and a washer and nut can be attached to or about a threaded portion of the bolt. During each state of installation a user will not have to reach to both sides of the system while manipulating multiple tools.

[F16B] DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

Dynamically engageable electromechanical brake
Patent No. 12595828

Inventor(s): Bruce Edward Scott (Carrollton, TX), Kevin Robin Passmore (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18932064 on 10/30/2024 (524 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods including an electromechanical brake used downhole to impart dynamic or static braking capabilities while absorbing or otherwise reducing shock loads. The electromechanical brake may be used for a downhole electromechanical linear actuator to control a valve for the production of subterranean fluid. In some examples, it may be desirable for an electromechanical linear actuator to maintain a retracted position during certain safety and/or maintenance operations. The electromechanical brake includes a brake housing, a first armature rotatably disposed in the brake housing, a second armature rotatably disposed in the brake housing for rotation by a motor, an electrical coil energizable to urge the second armature into axial engagement with the first armature, and a rotational spring for biasing the first armature to a neutral rotational position relative to the brake housing while allowing a limited rotation of the first armature relative to the brake housing.

[F16D] COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION (gearing for conveying rotation F16H, e.g. fluid gearing F16H 39/00-F16H 47/00); CLUTCHES (dynamo-electric clutches H02K 49/00; clutches using electrostatic attraction H02N 13/00); BRAKES (electrodynamic brake systems for vehicles in general B60L 7/00; dynamo-electric brakes H02K 49/00) [2]

Lubrication system
Patent No. 12595881

Inventor(s): Micheal Cole Thomas (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): Kerr Machine Co. (Sulphur, OK)
Law Firm: Tomlinson McKinstry, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19015887 on 01/10/2025 (452 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lubricating system configured to provide a lubricating oil from a lubricant reservoir to a fluid end by use of a pump. The lubricating system has a plurality of check valves that each have an elastomeric insert. The lubricating system also has at least one pressure relief valve that is configured to re-rout lubricant to the lubricant reservoir when needed to stabilize pressure within the system. The lubricating system uses a pump drive controller and at least one sensor to selectively turn the pump on and off.

[F16N] LUBRICATING

System and method for providing cooling during refrigerant leak
Patent No. 12595924

Inventor(s): Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX), Siddarth Rajan (Addison, TX), Vijay Kumar Sathyamurthi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18453015 on 08/21/2023 (960 days app to issue)

Abstract: A refrigeration system to provide cooling during refrigerant leak is disclosed. The system detects a refrigerant leak by detecting that a refrigerant concentration is more than a threshold concentration on at least two occasions. The system executes a mitigation plan until the concentration of refrigerant is less than the threshold concentration. The system determines if it is operated in a safe mode, where in the safe mode, a blower of the system is set to operate continuously. When the system is in the safe mode, the system determines a number of times where the concentration of refrigerant exceeded the threshold concentration. In response to determining that the number of times where the concentration of refrigerant exceeded the threshold concentration is more than the threshold value, the system operate the HVAC system in the safe mode and communicate a first alert message.

[F24F] AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B 15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F 17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L 17/02)

P H Y S I C S

Spooled marking apparatus and methods therefor
Patent No. 12595994

Inventor(s): Farhad Qamar Rizvi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Shamack LLC (Lewes, DE)
Law Firm: Lloyd Mousilli (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19000619 on 12/23/2024 (470 days app to issue)

Abstract: A spooled marking apparatus for defining layouts of athletic fields, playing surfaces, home improvement projects, and the like is presented herein. The reel includes a housing within which a spool is disposed retaining an elongated marking device wound thereon. The housing includes an opening through which a free end of the elongated marking device is allowed to pass through. The free end of the elongated marking device includes a fastener, and the housing includes a lock and a roller handle.

[G01B] MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS

Diagnosing identical circuit blocks in data streaming environment
Patent No. 12596149

Inventor(s): Manish Sharma (Wilsonville, OR), Mark A. Kassab (Wilsonville, OR), Wu-Tung Cheng (Lake Oswego, OR)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18238680 on 08/28/2023 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit comprises: a plurality of identical circuit blocks, each of the plurality of identical circuit blocks comprising one or more test output ports; a first bit-combining device and a second bit-combining device for each of the one or more test output ports; a delay device for each of the one or more test output ports; and a network coupled to each of the plurality of identical circuit blocks and configured to transport a first bit stream and a second bit stream during a test, wherein the first bit-combining device and the second bit-combining device are configured to combine bits outputted from the each of the one or more test output ports with bits of the first bit stream and bits of the second bit stream that are delayed by the delay device, respectively.

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

X-masking for in-system deterministic test
Patent No. 12596150

Inventor(s): Bartosz Wlodarczak (Swarzedz, , PL), Grzegorz Mrugalski (Swarzedz, , PL), Janusz Rajski (West Linn, OR), Jerzy Tyszer (Poznan, , PL)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18713259 on 12/07/2021 (1582 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit comprises: scan chains comprising scan cells, the scan chains configured to shift in test patterns, apply the test patterns to the circuit, capture test responses of the circuit, and shift out the test responses; a decompressor configured to decompress compressed test patterns into the test patterns; and a test response compactor configured to compact the test responses, the test response compactor comprising: first X-masking circuitry configured to mask, based on first masking information, some of X bits in the test responses, the first masking information remaining the same while a test response for each of the test patterns is being shifted out, the first masking information being different for at least two of the test patterns; and second masking circuitry configured to mask, based on second masking information, rest of the X bits in the test responses.

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

Head-mountable device with connectable accessories
Patent No. 12596254

Inventor(s): Leah M. Cohen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Law Firm: BAKERHOSTETLER (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18124491 on 03/21/2023 (1113 days app to issue)

Abstract: Head-mountable devices can include connection mechanisms that provide adjustable and exchangeable connections with other devices to enhance performance of the head-mountable device. Such connections can provide both mechanical engagement and operable communication between the connected devices. Accessory devices and/or external devices can be easily connected to provide different components and functions at different times as desired. Accordingly, a main portion of the head-mountable device need not include permanent components that provide every function that will later be desired by the user. Instead, the head-mountable device can have expanded and customizable capabilities by the use of one or more accessory devices.

[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]

Memory device log data storage
Patent No. 12596477

Inventor(s): Scheheresade Virani (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18756399 on 06/27/2024 (649 days app to issue)

Abstract: Implementations described herein relate to memory device log data storage. In some implementations, a memory device may store a first data stream associated with a first type of log data in a circular buffer. The memory device may store a second data stream associated with a second type of log data in another memory location. The memory device may detect an event included in the second data stream that is associated with an attribute level that satisfies a threshold. The memory device may write data stored in the circular buffer after a time at which the event is detected to a non-volatile memory based on the attribute level satisfying the threshold, wherein the data stored in the circular buffer is stored in the non-volatile memory in connection with data associated with the event.

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

Audio multithreaded profiling
Patent No. 12596572

Inventor(s): Madhan Mohan Gundluru (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): DSP Concepts, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18124189 on 03/21/2023 (1113 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of thread-level cycle processing includes determining a clock value at the start of execution of a first thread, receiving preemption of the first thread by a second thread; determining a clock value at the start and end of execution of the second thread, determining a duration of the second thread by subtracting the clock value at the start of execution of the second thread from the clock value at the end of execution of the second thread. A clock value at the end of execution of the first thread is then determined and a duration of the first thread is determined by subtracting the duration of the second thread from the difference between the clock value at the end of execution of the first thread and the clock value at the end of execution of the first thread.

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

User-configured multi-location service deployment and scaling
Patent No. 12596593

Inventor(s): Junaid Arif Kapadia (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Nicholson DeVos Webster Elliott LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18190662 on 03/27/2023 (1107 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for intelligent user-configured multi-location service deployment and scaling are described. Autoscaling configuration data is received, the autoscaling configuration data including an application redistribution trigger condition and a placement optimization constraint, the application redistribution trigger condition based on a variable associated with a state of an application, the application deployed across a first set of deployment zones of a plurality of deployment zones of a cloud provider network. The application redistribution trigger condition is determined to be satisfied. A redistribution placement plan is obtained that satisfies the placement optimization constraint and identifies a second set of deployment zones of the plurality of deployment zones of the cloud provider network across which to deploy the application. The application is redistributed across the second set of deployment zones.

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

Vendor onboarding and pre-deployment service testing
Patent No. 12596622

Inventor(s): Ramanathan Sekkappan (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C. (Englewood, CO)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18468597 on 09/15/2023 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for service vendor onboarding and pre-production artifact validation and functional testing are provided. An example method includes receiving, in an automated test control system in connection with a cellular network, a request for deploying an artifact on the cellular network, generating an artifact profile, a configuration profile, a release note associated with the artifact, performing a validation of the artifact according to a predetermined validation rule, in response to a determination that the artifact is validated, instantiating one or more test environments for the validated artifact, performing a functional test on the artifact within the test environment, and outputting results of the validation and the functional test.

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

Systems and methods for data integration and predictive analytics using tokenized artificial intelligence agents
Patent No. 12596625

Inventor(s): Matthew Williams (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18766190 on 07/08/2024 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for data integration and predictive analytics using tokenized artificial intelligence agents. The present disclosure is configured to extract invoicing data from an invoicing database, service ticket data from a service ticket system, and contract data from a contract warehouse using a tokenized API interface; normalize and integrate the extracted data within a data rationalization warehouse; process the integrated data using a proprietary tokenized AI agent to identify patterns and trends; apply a machine learning model to the processed data to generate predictive maintenance recommendations; present the predictive maintenance recommendations and underlying data to end users through a presentation layer; and allow end users to interact with and adjust the predictive maintenance recommendations, with changes tracked and updated in the system. This innovative approach enhances data security, accuracy, and the efficiency of maintenance operations through advanced AI-driven analytics.

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

Storage system with subdivisions
Patent No. 12596643

Inventor(s): Andrey V. Kuzmin (Moscow, , RU), James G. Wayda (Laguna Niguel, CA)
Assignee(s): Radian Memory Systems LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Fenwick West LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18516384 on 11/21/2023 (868 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)

Apparatus and method for adaptive data conversion
Patent No. 12596703

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: 18963603 on 11/28/2024 (495 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus and method for adaptive data conversion are disclosed. The apparatus includes a memory communicatively connected to at least a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to access an interactive data structure including a plurality of input elements in a plurality of first formats, identify an input attribute of each of the plurality of input elements, convert each of the plurality of input elements in the plurality of first formats to a second format as a function of the input attribute, generate output data as a function of the plurality of input elements in the second format, and update the interactive data structure as a function of the output data.

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

Explainable large language model routing with immutable audit trails
Patent No. 12596738

Inventor(s): Julisia Jackson (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19313684 on 08/28/2025 (222 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems for explainable large language model routing with immutable audit trails are disclosed. The system receives a query and determines its characteristics including complexity, domain, regulatory constraints, and performance requirements. It retrieves profiles for multiple LLMs from a model matrix containing performance attributes, resource consumption, and compliance parameters. The system selects a particular LLM by balancing resource consumption with performance requirements, evaluating regulatory compliance, ranking LLMs based on these factors, and prioritizing models with successful processing history. The system generates a human-readable explanation of the selection including decision factors, rationale, and alternatives considered. Finally, it records the selection and explanation in a tamper-evident, immutable audit trail data structure.

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

Security techniques for biometric keyboard with continuous reading from in-line fingerprint sensors
Patent No. 12596778

Inventor(s): Matthew Robert Engle (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18583225 on 02/21/2024 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprises: at a workstation with a biometric keyboard that has keys with fingerprint readers: accepting a login to the workstation by a first user; receiving, from the fingerprint readers, first fingerprint readings indictive of first fingerprints of the first user responsive to typing on the keys by the first user; upon first determining the first fingerprint readings match known first fingerprints for the first user, authenticating the first user as an authorized user; receiving, from the fingerprint readers, second fingerprint readings indicative of second fingerprints of a second user responsive to typing on the keys by the second user; and upon second determining that the second fingerprint readings do not match the known first fingerprints of the first user, automatically logging-out the first user to prevent the first user from using the workstation.

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

Autonomous agent observation and control
Patent No. 12596813

Inventor(s): Manjit Rajaretnam (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19283194 on 07/28/2025 (253 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices that relate to monitoring and managing autonomous agents are disclosed. In one example aspect, the method includes receiving activity data from autonomous agents in an operational environment, deploying static and dynamic observing agents to monitor expected behavior and deviations, detecting a deviation by an autonomous agent, determining the cause through analysis, performing a mitigative action based on the cause, and executing a preventative action to block similar future deviations. The method may also involve configuring observing agents with different observation modalities, periodically modifying observation parameters unpredictably, facilitating direct communication between observing agents, resolving conflicts in observations, and updating observation policies. Mitigative actions can include disabling credentials, rerouting communications, and logging actions. Preventative measures may involve updating behavioral policies and adjusting agent parameters to disincentivize problematic behaviors.

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

Systems and methods for secure aggregating and reporting of monitored data
Patent No. 12596844

Inventor(s): William McCarley (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17664902 on 05/25/2022 (1413 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device described herein may maintain criteria associated with private information, and may receive action information that includes information regarding one or more actions performed by one or more systems. The device may identify a first subset of the action information that meets the criteria associated with private information, and may identify a second subset of the action information that does not meet the criteria associated with private information. The device may encrypt, using one or more keys, the first subset of the action information based on identifying that the first subset meets the criteria associated with private information, and may generate an action package based on the encrypted first subset and the second subset of the action information. Another device may use the one or more keys to decrypt the encrypted first subset of the action information included in the action package.

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

Method of verifying integrity of data from a device under test
Patent No. 12596848

Inventor(s): Antti Huopana (Oulu, , FI), Kari Vierimaa (Kempele, , FI), Miika Niiranen (Pirkkala, , FI)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18683959 on 08/26/2021 (1685 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of verifying integrity of data from a device under test includes obtaining network data from the device under test, wherein the network data is generated by the device under test based on a test data from a source device by transforming the test data from a first domain to a second domain and framing the transformed test data in a first protocol. The method further includes: deframing the received network data from the first protocol to a second protocol for extracting the transformed test data; obtaining the test data from the source device for verifying the transformed test data; and verifying the integrity of the transformed test data based on the test data using a block error rate or a bit error rate.

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

Attachment management system
Patent No. 12596903

Inventor(s): Elizabeth Baker (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. (Salina, KS)
Law Firm: Hovey Williams LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18813225 on 08/23/2024 (592 days app to issue)

Abstract: An attachment management system comprises a working vehicle, a plurality of attachments, a mobile terminal, and a plurality of communication tags fixed on the attachments to communicate with the mobile terminal through a wireless signal that is compliant with a near field communication standard. The mobile terminal is switchable between a first mode to receive the wireless signals from the communication tags and a second mode to receive the wireless signals from the communication tags and to transmit attachment information. The mobile terminal displays, in the first mode, tag identifiers and a plurality of pieces of attachment information stored in the tag memories of the communication tags, and in the second mode, the tag identifiers and the plurality of pieces of attachment information stored in the tag memories of the communication tags which transmit the wireless signals each having signal intensity equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.

[G06K] RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (printing per se B41J)

Systems and methods for use in operations and maintenance systems for controlling the operation of second system
Patent No. 12596912

Inventor(s): John P. Volpi (Garland, TX), Randal Allen (Orlando, FL), Steven D. Roemerman (Highland, TX)
Assignee(s): INCUCOMM, INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Boisbrun Hofman, PLLC (Local + 2 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18449532 on 08/14/2023 (967 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for operations and maintenance (OM) systems for controlling the operation of a second system, wherein the second system includes a plurality of objects (i.e., components and/or subsystems). The OM system comprises means for evaluating at least one of the plurality of objects using a first model to produce a first prediction of a characteristic of the object; evaluating at least one of the plurality of objects using a second model to produce a second prediction of the characteristic of the object, the second model being dissimilar to the first model; generating a final prediction of the characteristic of the object as a function of dynamic weightings of the first prediction and the second prediction; and, executing an operational or maintenance decision with respect to the second system as a function of the final prediction of the characteristic of the at least one of the plurality of objects.

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

Systems and methods for adjusting data processing components for non-operational targets
Patent No. 12596926

Inventor(s): Aamer Charania (Flower Mound, TX), Behrouz Saghafi Khadem (Frisco, TX), Jiankun Liu (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17956996 on 09/30/2022 (1285 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting data processing components. In some aspects, the systems and methods include training a first machine learning model using a similarity graph generated based on training entries to predict whether a target system related to a node in the similarity graph will be non-operational within a future period of time, processing using the trained first machine learning model an updated similarity graph generated based on training and inference entries to predict for each node for the inference entries whether a target system related to the node will be non-operational within the future period of time, processing using a second machine learning model predictions and associated inference entries to predict that a target system related to a node for an entry will be non-operational within the future period of time, and adjusting data processing components related to the target system.

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

Machine learning for management of positioning techniques and radio frequency usage
Patent No. 12596954

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: 17804513 on 05/27/2022 (1411 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for improved networking are provided. An indication that a mobile device is in a first region of a physical space is received, and one or more current exogenous factors are determined for the physical space. Positioning technique accuracy is predicted for each respective positioning technique of a plurality of positioning techniques by processing the indication of the first region and the one or more current exogenous factors using a machine learning model. A first positioning technique of the plurality of positioning techniques is selected based on the predicted positioning technique accuracies.

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

System and method for intermodal facility management
Patent No. 12596970

Inventor(s): Gregory Edward Kolesar (Fort Worth, TX), Joseph C. Lumbert (Fort Worth, TX), Mitchel Varela (Fort Worth, TX), Robert Cleveland Darwin, II (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18065185 on 12/13/2022 (1211 days app to issue)

Abstract: An intermodal facility management system for facilitating delivery, pickup, facility access, and cargo management is presented. The system can receive data from clients within proximity of one or more wireless beacons. The system can capture data from clients that ingress or egress into or out of a facility, respectively, and validate received data with the captured data. The system can enable cargo transfer optimization by forecasting client arrival times to particular destination locations, and the forecasting can account for access point delays, such as can be due to an authentication process. The system can provide a measure of redundancy in ensuring that particular cargo is being sent to proper locations, and the system can further prompt facility personnel to ensure that cargo is accessible and ready for dispatch upon arrival of any given client.

[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]

Textile matching using color and pattern recognition and methods of use
Patent No. 12597228

Inventor(s): Andrs Kalecz-Simon (Budapest, , HU), Bin Jin (Tumen, , CN), Peter Hussami (Debrecen, , HU), Terrence A. Carroll (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): MYDIMODA, INC. (The Colony, TX)
Law Firm: Franklin Associates International Inc (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17897192 on 08/28/2022 (1318 days app to issue)

Abstract: Textile matching using color and pattern recognition and methods of use are provided herein. An example method includes analyzing an image of a first article of clothing to obtain color information and pattern information, comparing the color information and pattern information of the first article of clothing to color information and pattern information for a plurality of other articles of clothing using Bayesian probability analysis to determine matched pairs, and providing a user with wardrobe suggestions using the matched pairs.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Alert directives and focused alert directives in a behavioral recognition system
Patent No. 12597258

Inventor(s): Anthony Akins (West Columbia, TX), Dennis G. Urech (Katy, TX), Gang Xu (Katy, TX), Kerry Joseph (Pearland, TX), Kishor Adinath Saitwal (Houston, TX), Ming-Jung Seow (The Woodlands, TX), Wesley Kenneth Cobb (The Woodlands,
Assignee(s): Intellective Ai, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: COOLEY LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18804361 on 08/14/2024 (601 days app to issue)

Abstract: Alert directives and focused alert directives allow a user to provide feedback to a behavioral recognition system to always or never publish an alert for certain events. Such an approach bypasses the normal publication methods of the behavioral recognition system yet does not obstruct the system’s learning procedures.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Early commit late detect attack prevention
Patent No. 12597307

Inventor(s): Eivind Syvertsen (Oslo, , NO), Hunor Melegh (Heggedal, , NO), Tomas Motos (Hamar, , NO)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18544089 on 12/18/2023 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes identifying, by a first device, a level of degradation. The method also includes transmitting, by the first device during a communication phase, a first signal with a first signal quality based on the level of degradation. The method further includes transmitting, by the first device during a second communication phase, a second signal with a second signal quality. The second signal quality may be greater than the first signal quality.

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

Methods, systems, and devices for e-mirror traffic lane identification
Patent No. 12597345

Inventor(s): Coh L. Yoshizaki (Wixom, 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: 18668029 on 05/17/2024 (690 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for assisting a driver of a vehicle. A traffic lane identification system may include one or more displays located on or within the vehicle. The system may further include an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the one or more displays. The ECU may transmit a real-time video data to a display so as to display the field of view of the surrounding area of the vehicle. The ECU may further generate a lane identifier indicating a current traffic lane of the vehicle. The ECU may further transmit the lane identifier to the display so as to display the lane identifier overlaid within the field of view of the surrounding area of the vehicle.

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

Roofing model kit that is a scalable replica of a commercial roofing system
Patent No. 12597368

Inventor(s): Benjamin Runyan (Dallas, TX), Cameron Baher (Dallas, TX), Van Taylor (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19284173 on 07/29/2025 (252 days app to issue)

Abstract: A roofing mock-up kit includes a container having at least two sides, at least one side is clear so as to visually display contents within the container, and at least three modular interchangeable roofing components, the at least three modular interchangeable roofing components configured to be assembled by a user, the modular interchangeable roofing components positionable in an assembled state within the container to form a scale replica of a roofing system, the modular interchangeable roofing components including at least one distinct interchangeable base layer, at least one distinct interchangeable insulation layer, and at least one distinct membrane layer.

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

Sound absorbing devices for panels with openings
Patent No. 12597408

Inventor(s): Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, MI), Xiaopeng Li (Ann Arbor, MI), Ziqi Yu (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17951414 on 09/23/2022 (1292 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sound absorbing device includes a panel with an opening, a duct extending from the panel and in fluid communication with the opening, and a plurality of acoustic resonators embedded in the panel and in fluid communication with the duct. The duct can have a rectangular cuboid shape and the plurality of acoustic resonators can include a first subset of quarter-wavelength tubes extending from a first planar side of the duct, a second subset of quarter-wavelength tubes extending from a second planar side of the duct, a third subset of quarter-wavelength tubes extending from a third planar side of the duct, and a fourth subset of quarter-wavelength tubes extending from a fourth planar side of the duct. Also, the second subset of quarter-wavelength tubes and the fourth subset of quarter-wavelength tubes can have mirror symmetry with the first subset of quarter-wavelength tubes and the third subset of quarter-wavelength tubes, respectively.

[G10K] SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES (sound-producing toys A63H 5/00); METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [6]

Systems and methods for increasing a resonator quality factor
Patent No. 12597409

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a high-Q resonant state embedded system in a continuous body. In one embodiment, a system includes a longitudinally extending body that is subject to a flexural wave. The longitudinally extending body is attached to a fixed structure at a first end. The system also includes a mechanical resonator coupled to a surface of the longitudinally extending body along a length dimension of the longitudinally extending body. The mechanical resonator is located at a distance away from a second end of the longitudinally extending body to exhibit an infinite Q factor based on physical properties of the mechanical resonator.

Systems and methods for optimal network slice selection
Patent No. 12598114

Inventor(s): Mahesh Chapalamadugu (Plano, TX), Parry Cornell Booker (Sunnyvale, TX), Raghuram Parvataneni (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18524492 on 11/30/2023 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may include a processor. The processor may be configured to: receive, from an external device outside a cellular network, a request to provide network slice information for an application which is to receive a service from a network slice when the application is installed and running on a User Equipment device (UE); select optimum network slices for providing the service to the application; and provide the network slice information to the external device, wherein the network slice information identifies the optimum network slices. The external device may be configured to download the application to the UE.

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

System and method for improving data security using dynamic data fragmentation and data generation
Patent No. 12598232

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18777937 on 07/19/2024 (627 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for implementing data security using dynamic data fragmentation and storage is disclosed. The system accesses digital content and splits the digital content into a set of data shards according to a splitting rule. The splitting rule indicates that each data shard combined with a respective pseudo data shard should appear as the digital content. The system generates a pseudo data shard such that the first data shard together with the pseudo data shard appears as the digital content. The pseudo data shard comprises pseudo information that is a counterpart to the original information indicated in other data shards. The system communicates the first data shard and the pseudo data shard to a database.

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

Display controller with content-adaptive modulation control signaling
Patent No. 12598275

Inventor(s): Aravind Lakshminarayanan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18524330 on 11/30/2023 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes: a spatial light modulator including pixel elements; and a controller coupled to the spatial light modulator. The spatial light modulator sets the pixel elements based on a modulation control signal. The controller is configured to: obtain an image; analyze the image to determine image attributes including a dynamic range metric; provide a control sequence responsive to the determined image attributes; and provide the modulation control signal to the spatial light modulator based on the control sequence. The modulation control signal reduces a number of bits used by the pixel elements relative to a default number of bits if the dynamic range metric is below a dynamic range threshold.

[G09G] ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F 3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F 9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H01L, H05B 33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N 1/00) [5]

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Mixed-halide perovskite spectra generators
Patent No. 12595887

Inventor(s): Anthony Ruth (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Anthony Ruth Consulting LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19240949 on 06/17/2025 (294 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may include a first emitter that includes a first mixed halide perovskite film that includes a first type mixed halide perovskite material that possesses a first usable photoemission wavelength range. The system may include a first excitation device that is positioned adjacent to the mixed halide perovskite film based on an excitation mode of the first excitation device. The first excitation device is configured to tune, based on a first instruction, the first mixed halide perovskite film to emit a first photoemission peak within the first usable photoemission wavelength range, and tune, based on a second instruction, the first mixed halide perovskite film to emit a second photoemission peak within the first usable photoemission wavelength range. The second photoemission peak has at least one of a different width or center within the first usable photoemission wavelength range than the first photoemission peak.

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

Vehicle data services configurable deployment
Patent No. 12596009

Inventor(s): Randall M. Harris (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-Ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17866460 on 07/15/2022 (1362 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of linking a mobile device and a vehicle, configuring, on the mobile device, a data service request, receiving at a controller area network of the vehicle the data service request from the mobile device, and displaying within the vehicle a data set responsive to the configuring.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Quantum-based device including gas cell
Patent No. 12597690

Inventor(s): Claudia Vasanelli (Munich, , DE), Hassan Ali (Murphy, TX), Juan Herbsommer (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18385465 on 10/31/2023 (889 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example, an apparatus includes a substrate, an antenna on the substrate, a sealed container enclosing a dipolar gas, a waveguide, and a stub. The waveguide is communicatively coupled between the antenna and the sealed container. The waveguide is separated from the substrate by a gap. The stub is adjacent to the waveguide and extends away from the gap.

[H01P] WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B)

Base station antennas having f-style arrays that generate antenna beams having narrowed azimuth beamwidths
Patent No. 12597701

Inventor(s): Kumara Swamy Kasani (GodavariKahani, , IN), Ligang Wu (Suzhou, , CN), Sekharbabu Bunga (Sullurpeta, , IN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18499562 on 11/01/2023 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: Base station antennas include first and second RF ports, a first array of radiating elements that includes a first column of radiating elements, a first additional radiating element and a second additional radiating element, where each of the radiating elements in the first array of radiating elements are coupled to the first RF port and not to the second RF port, and a second array of radiating elements that includes a second column of radiating elements, a third additional radiating element and a fourth additional radiating element, where each of the radiating elements in the second array of radiating elements are coupled to the second RF port and not to the first RF port. The first through fourth additional radiating elements may form a third column of radiating elements that is positioned between the first column of radiating elements and the second column of radiating elements.

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

Selective voltage boosting for a radio system
Patent No. 12597842

Inventor(s): John T. Hanley (Orland Park, IL)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18576297 on 05/04/2022 (1434 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for enhancing a power efficiency of a direct current (DC) power delivery system is provided. The power delivery system may be configured to provide DC power to a radio. The power delivery system bypasses or does not bypass a DC voltage converter based upon whether DC power efficiency will be increased.

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

System and method for communicating driver readiness to a controller
Patent No. 12597861

Inventor(s): David H. Elwart, II (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC (Scottsdale, AZ)
Law Firm: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18435788 on 02/07/2024 (790 days app to issue)

Abstract: A switching regulator is disclosed that includes a driver having a driver-wake circuit configured to report its readiness for operation during a startup period. The driver-wake circuit can operate during startup by temporarily drawing power from the controller’s power supply until the driver’s power supply has reached a level sufficient to power the driver-wake circuit. The driver-wake circuit is configured to communicate the status of the driver’s power supply during startup over a pin typically used to communicate temperature. Thus, the disclosed driver can communicate status during startup without needing extra pins, and because the circuitry is automatically disconnected after startup, very little additional power is consumed.

Methods and apparatus to improve performance specifications of amplifiers
Patent No. 12597887

Inventor(s): Arun Singh (Bangalore, , IN), Mahadevan Shankara Venkiteswaran (Bangalore, , IN), Nimidev Kovilparambil Prasannan (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17732383 on 04/28/2022 (1440 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes a first amplifier stage having a first stage input, a first input pair having a first input and a first output coupled to the first stage input, a second input pair having a second input and a second output, current steering circuitry having a third input, a fourth input, a third output, and a fourth output, the third output coupled to the first input and the fourth output coupled to the second input, source follower circuitry having a fifth input and a fifth output, the fifth output coupled to the first input, and a comparator having a sixth output coupled to the fifth input.

[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)

Piezoelectric bulk layers with tilted c-axis orientation and methods for making the same
Patent No. 12597902

Inventor(s): Derya Deniz (McKinney, TX), Robert Kraft (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17742827 on 05/12/2022 (1426 days app to issue)

Abstract: Bulk acoustic wave resonator structures include a bulk layer with inclined c-axis hexagonal crystal structure piezoelectric material supported by a substrate. The bulk layer may be prepared without first depositing a seed layer on the substrate. The bulk material layer has a c-axis tilt of about 32 degrees or greater. The bulk material layer may exhibit a ratio of shear coupling to longitudinal coupling of 1.25 or greater during excitation. A method for preparing a crystalline bulk layer having a c-axis tilt includes depositing a bulk material layer directly onto a substrate at an off-normal incidence. The deposition conditions may include a pressure of less than 5 mTorr and a deposition angle of about 35 degrees to about 85 degrees.

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

Folded ramp generator
Patent No. 12597913

Inventor(s): Junmin Jiang (San Jose, CA), Shailendra Kumar Baranwal (Murphy, TX), Yinglai Xia (Plano, TX), Yogesh Kumar Ramadass (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18512158 on 11/17/2023 (872 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example, an apparatus comprises a power stage having a first power stage input, a second power stage input, and a power stage output. The apparatus also comprises a modulator circuit having a first ramp input, a second ramp input, a modulator input, a first modulator output, and a second modulator output, the first modulator output coupled to the first power stage input, and the second modulator output coupled to the second power stage input. The apparatus also comprises a multi-level ramp generator having a first ramp output and a second ramp output, the first ramp output coupled to the first ramp input, and the second ramp output coupled the second ramp input.

[H03K] PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D 3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) [4]

Methods and apparatus to dynamically correct time keeping errors
Patent No. 12597933

Inventor(s): Anand Kumar G (Bangalore, , IN), Aniruddha P N (Bangalore, , IN), Anuvrat Srivastava (Bengaluru, , IN), Robin Hoel (Oslo, , NO)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18773777 on 07/16/2024 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes clock divider circuitry configured to divide a system clock by a pre-scaler input to generate a divided clock; counter circuitry configured to increment a system count based on the divided clock; comparison circuitry configured to determine a count difference between the system count and a real-time clock count; and controller circuitry configured to modify the pre-scaler input based on a comparison of the count difference to a threshold value.

Method and apparatus for beam management in wireless network
Patent No. 12598041

Inventor(s): Keying Wu (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Apogee 5G Global, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: VOLPE KOENIG (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18218015 on 07/04/2023 (1008 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosure provides a method and device in a node for wireless communications. A first node receives a first signaling; monitors a first-type channel in a first resource pool set; the first signaling is used to determine a target time and a first reference signal; a first resource pool subset and a second resource pool subset are respectively subsets of the first resource pool set; after the target time, for the monitoring in the target resource pool subset, the first node assumes same QCL parameters as the first reference signal; when the first reference signal belongs to the first reference signal set, the target resource pool subset is the first resource pool subset; and when the first reference signal belongs to the second reference signal set, the target resource pool subset is the second resource pool subset; when an updated beam is a beam of an adjacent cell.

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

Electronic device tracking or verification
Patent No. 12598083

Inventor(s): Cheryl Reid (Mckinney, TX), Nick Angelo (Mckinney, TX), Steven J. Austin, Sr. (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Arlington, VA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18355957 on 07/20/2023 (992 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for device or bio-organism authenticity verification are provided. A method can include identifying (i) respective challenges indicating respective stimuli and (ii) a root node hash value, generating the respective stimuli, recording respective responses to the respective electrical stimuli, hashing the respective responses resulting in respective hashed responses, hashing a combination of hashed responses of the respective hashed responses resulting in a key, and comparing the key to the root node hash value.

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

Systems and methods for securing network traffic
Patent No. 12598158

Inventor(s): Arvin Reddy Jakkamreddy (Frisco, TX), Karthik Shourya Kaligotla (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Outlier Patent Attorneys, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18642163 on 04/22/2024 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is for systems and methods for securing network traffic. An example method may comprise receiving, from an edge node for a network, a packet (original packet) from a first computing device addressed to a second computing device. The first computing device may be located inside the network. The second computing device may be located outside the network. Key information may be extracted from the original packet. The extracted key information may comprise an address associated with the first computing device, an address associated with the second computing device, etc. A new packet may be created with the extracted key information. The original packet may be discarded. Known safe information may be entered in a payload of the new packet. The new packet may be caused to be routed outside of the network, to the second computing device, as instructed by the original packet.

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

Secure tunnel proxy with software-defined perimeter for network data transfer
Patent No. 12598162

Inventor(s): Elvis Nyamwange (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18207272 on 06/08/2023 (1034 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for a secure tunnel proxy with software-defined perimeter for network data transfer. The present disclosure is configured to receive sensor configuration information associated with an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor; receive information associated with an edge computing device configured to receive sensor data from the IoT sensor; configure a secure tunnel proxy between the IoT sensor and the edge computing device based on at least the sensor configuration information and the information associated with the edge computing device; and deploy the secure tunnel proxy between the IoT sensor and the edge computing device.

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

Stateless web elements that decode or decrypt data
Patent No. 12598165

Inventor(s): Erol Unal (Allen, TX), Jason Vanderslice (Plano, TX), Mark Morrison (Plano, TX), Preetha Veeraraghavan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18593483 on 03/01/2024 (767 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a user device may receive, from a web host, code associated with a webpage. The user device may perform, using a host application, at least one call to an application programming interface (API) function on behalf of a stateless web element in the webpage. The user device may receive, in response to the at least one call to the API function, encoded data. The user device may pass the encoded data to a stateless web element for decoding. The user device may output a rendered webpage with the stateless web element including a decoded version of the encoded data.

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

Systems, methods, and graphical user interfaces for accelerating a construction of a data integration for a non-integrated technology data source
Patent No. 12598199

Inventor(s): Andrew Pritchett (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Expel, Inc. (Herndon, VA)
Law Firm: Alce PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19207677 on 05/14/2025 (328 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-program product includes displaying, via a data integration building user interface, a plurality of integration-identifying user interface input elements configured to receive one or more strings of text for specifying a set of integration identification parameters that characterize an in-development security integration for a third-party security service, displaying, via the data integration building user interface, a signal-specific data mapping container based on receiving an input selecting a signal mapping addition control button of the data integration building user interface, displaying, via the data integration building user interface, a raw event simulation container based on receiving an input selecting a simulation addition control button of the data integration building user interface, and displaying, via the data integration building user interface, an integration deployment control element that, when operated, transitions the in-development security integration to a deployed security integration.

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

Apparatus and method to mitigate malicious calls in a wireless network
Patent No. 12598210

Inventor(s): Qiwen Zhang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: NICHOLSON DE VOS WEBSTER ELLIOTT LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18030173 on 05/20/2021 (1783 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of invention mitigate stealthy DoS attack and the multiple concurrent ghost calls through enhancing the SIP call procedures. In one embodiment, a first SIP invite message is forwarded from a caller party to a callee party to set up a SIP session, and in response to the first SIP invite message, a timer is started and forwarding one or more session progress messages are forwarded to the caller party. If the caller party is unresponsive upon expiration of the timer, a counter is incremented once and an additional SIP invite message from the caller party is forwarded to the callee party, which responds with session progress messages. When the caller party remains unresponsive and the counter reaches a threshold, the subsequent SIP messages from the caller party are dropped.

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

Location-based policy enforcement for data processing systems using out-of-band methods
Patent No. 12598213

Inventor(s): Luis Antonio Valencia Reyes (Waxahachie, TX), Mohit Arora (Frisco, TX), Rajaravi Chandra Kollarapu (Allen, TX), Vinodkumar Vasudev Ottar (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18498294 on 10/31/2023 (889 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing a data processing system are disclosed. A management controller of the data processing system may obtain location data for the data processing system via an out-of-band communication channel. The management controller may identify policies based on the location data, and make an identification regarding whether the data processing system is operating out of compliance with respect to the policies. If the data processing system is operating out of compliance, then the management controller may perform an action set to update operation of the data processing system in a manner that improves compliance of the data processing system with respect to the policies. The data processing system may provide computer-implemented services based on the updated operation.

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

RCS proxy system and method for PSAP sessions
Patent No. 12598220

Inventor(s): Danysel Barthelme (Frisco, TX), Ertao Li (Plano, TX), Gaurav Patel (Mckinney, TX), Kashif Khan (Keller, TX), Ronald E. Collier, II (Arlington, TX), Steve L. Padilla (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18166658 on 02/09/2023 (1153 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for a Rich Communication Services (RCS) Proxy that can be enabled via a novel network element, which provides functionality for establishing and enabling emergency RCS communications. The disclosed RCS framework can facilitate simultaneous voice and chat features for an emergency services caller. With Session Initiation Protocol (SIP and Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) interfaces, the disclosed RCS framework can function to automatically establish an emergency chat session for RCS-capable devices. For devices that are not configured with RCS capabilities, the disclosed framework can function to provide a uniform resource locator (URL) via a short message/messaging service (SMS) message, such that via interaction with the URL, an internet session with the PSAP can be established. Accordingly, the disclosed RCS framework provides functionality for aligning voice and chat interactions between conversing entities (e.g., a user caller and a dispatcher at the PSAP handling the incoming call).

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

Parsing friendly and error resilient merge flag coding
Patent No. 12598306

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18772625 on 07/15/2024 (631 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for parsing friendly and error resilient merge flag coding in video coding are provided. In some methods, in contrast to merging candidate list size dependent coding of the merge flag in the prior art, a merge flag is always encoded in the encoded bit stream for each inter-predicted prediction unit (PU) that is not encoded using skip mode. In some methods, in contrast to the prior art that allowed the merging candidate list to be empty, one or more zero motion vector merging candidates formatted according to the prediction type of the slice containing a PU are added to the merging candidate list if needed to ensure that the list is not empty and/or to ensure that the list contains a maximum number of merging candidates.

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

Systems and methods for providing notifications based on geographic location
Patent No. 12598341

Inventor(s): Brian F. Roberts (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Discovery.com, LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18521684 on 11/28/2023 (861 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for apprising a user of a proximately located aspect-of-interest are disclosed. One method may include: receiving an indication of a geographic location associated with the user; identifying an aspect associated with a multimedia content interest of the user; determining whether the geographic location associated is within a predetermined distance to a known location the aspect associated with the multimedia content interest; transmitting, responsive to determining that the geographic location is within the predetermined distance to the known location, instructions to a user device associated with the user to provide a notification to the user; receiving, at the server, another indication that the user has provided interaction input to the notification; and transmitting additional instructions to another device to perform an action that is based on the interaction input.

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

Methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and apparatus for adaptive metering
Patent No. 12598350

Inventor(s): Achilleas Papakostas (Dallas, TX), Nigel Smith (Richardson, TX), Sanjeev Viswambharan (Frisco, TX), Travis Berthelot (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): The Nielsen Company (US), LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18298227 on 04/10/2023 (1093 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and apparatus for adaptive metering are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a condition analyzer to determine a condition associated with a mobile device, a meter selector to select a meter for the mobile device based on the condition, and a data collector to collect data pertaining to the mobile device based on the selected meter.

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

Pixel arrangement and method for operating a pixel arrangement
Patent No. 12598404

Inventor(s): Adi Xhakoni (Kessel Lo, , BE), Denver Lloyd (Boise, ID), Scott Johnson (Boise, ID)
Assignee(s): ams Sensors USA Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18681753 on 08/10/2022 (1336 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment a pixel arrangement includes a photodiode, a circuit node, a transfer transistor coupled to the photodiode and to the circuit node, an amplifier with an input coupled to the circuit node, a first capacitor and a second capacitor, a first transistor coupled to an output of the amplifier and to the first capacitor, a second transistor coupled to the first transistor and to the second capacitor, a supply terminal, a reset transistor coupled to the supply terminal, a coupling transistor coupled to the circuit node and to the reset transistor and a third capacitor with a first electrode coupled to a node between the reset transistor and the coupling transistor.

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

Power fault recovery mechanism for an audio system
Patent No. 12598439

Inventor(s): Jobin Mathew Varughese (Sachse, TX), Paul J. Weaver (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED (Stamford, CT)
Law Firm: BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18391020 on 12/20/2023 (839 days app to issue)

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an audio system for providing a fault recovery mechanism is provided. The system includes at least one digital signal processor (DSP) and at least one host processor. The at least one DSP is programmed to process an audio input signal to transmit an audio output signal to an amplifier for playing back the audio output signal in a listening environment and to transmit metering information indicative of audio attributes employed by the at least one DSP while processing the audio input signal. The at least one host processor is programmed to receive the metering information; and to control an amplifier to deactivate playing back the audio output signal in the listening environment at least based on the at least one host processor is not receiving the metering information within a predetermined time frame.

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

Method and apparatus for L2 SL-based UE-to-network relay operations in wireless communication network
Patent No. 12598451

Inventor(s): Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18419429 on 01/22/2024 (806 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for layer 2 (L2) sidelink (SL)-based user equipment (UE)-to-network relay operations in a wireless communication network. A method for operating a first UE includes receiving, from a second UE, a message including assistance information for a relay operation between the first UE and the second UE and receiving, from a base station (BS), a short message. The method further includes acquiring, based on information in the short message, first system information blocks including an earthquake and tsunami warning system/commercial mobile alert service (ETWS/CMAS) notification or second system information blocks for the second UE and transmitting, to the second UE over a sidelink channel, the acquired first system information blocks or the acquired second system information block.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for dynamic authorization of priority-based session
Patent No. 12598460

Inventor(s): Jayshree A. Bharatia (Plano, TX), Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18398306 on 12/28/2023 (831 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, network device, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to priority-based service authorization, including receiving, via an application service, a session request from a user equipment device (UE), wherein the session request includes a priority service subscription indicator associated with invoking a priority service session with the UE; determining, based on an applicable policy, a first authorization of the application service for the priority service; obtaining, from a user data function and based on the first authorization, a subscriber profile associated with the UE; sending, to an authenticator, a request for a second authorization of the UE for the priority service based on a verification of the priority service subscription indicator to the subscriber profile; receiving, from the authenticator, a verification message of the second authorization; and notifying, based on the verification message, the application service of the invoking of the priority service session.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for operation mode on unlicensed spectrum
Patent No. 12598476

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17305159 on 06/30/2021 (1742 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for operation modes on unlicensed spectrum in a wireless communication system including a carrier operating with shared spectrum channel access. A method of operating a UE includes receiving a set of higher layer parameters from a BS over the carrier and determining, from the set of higher layer parameters, a first operation mode for the BS. The method further includes determining, from the set of higher layer parameters, a second operation mode for the UE and transmitting to the BS based on the second operation mode. The first operation mode and the second operation mode include information on whether channel sensing is required before transmission on the carrier operating with shared spectrum channel access.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Traffic aware UE temperature management
Patent No. 12598484

Inventor(s): Anum Ali (Frisco, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Priyabrata Parida (Dallas, TX), Vutha Va (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18490619 on 10/19/2023 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: A UE includes a processor configured to detect a type of service currently active at the UE based on a traffic history of the UE, determine UE status and sensor information, and determine a current communication configuration for the UE. The processor is further configured to, based on the service type, the UE status and sensor information, and the current communication configuration, predict a risk of the UE overheating; and based on the predicted risk of the UE overheating, identify a new communication configuration to propose for use by the UE. The UE further includes a transceiver operably coupled to the processor, the transceiver configured to transmit, to a BS, information indicating the new communication configuration.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for antenna power attenuation
Patent No. 12598557

Inventor(s): Christopher J Sheppard (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18123295 on 03/19/2023 (1115 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for determining radio frequency (RF) emission metrics associated with an antenna system and/or controlling a transmitter power of the antenna system based upon the determined RF metrics. In an example, a video stream is received from a camera associated with an antenna system. An object is detected in a video frame of the video stream. A separation distance between the object and a location associated with the antenna system is determined. A transmitter power of the antenna system is controlled and/or an alert is transmitted based upon the separation distance.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Avoiding cellular co-existence interference in a Wi-Fi network
Patent No. 12598632

Abstract: Techniques for wireless communications are disclosed. These techniques include identifying a change in at least one of: (i) a WiFi radio channel or (ii) a cellular radio channel for a wireless station (STA) supporting both WiFi and cellular radio access technologies. The techniques further include determining one or more WiFi radio channels subject to interference from the cellular radio for the STA, based on a network message received from the STA, and modifying one or more parameters for WiFi communication relating to the STA, based on the determined one or more WiFi radio channels subject to interference.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Analog converter box mounting structure
Patent No. 12598718

Inventor(s): Nicholas Scott Moody (Westland, 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: 18190270 on 03/27/2023 (1107 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mounting structure for an analog converter box includes a mounting block having a base portion, a block first side wall extending from the base portion, an end wall intersecting the base portion and the block first side wall, and a block first front wall extending from the end wall and the block first side wall so as to overhang a portion of the base portion. The base portion, the block first side wall, the end wall and the block first front wall combine to define a block first pocket structured to receive a portion of the converter box therein. The converter box can be secured to a mounting surface in either of two, orthogonally-related orientations, for the convenience of a user and/or to facilitate testing operations.

[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)

Vertical trench gate fet with split gate
Patent No. 12598772

Inventor(s): Hong Yang (Richardson, TX), Meng-Chia Lee (Allen, TX), Seetharaman Sridhar (Richardson, TX), Sunglyong Kim (Allen, TX), Thomas Eugene Grebs (Bethlehem, PA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17147875 on 01/13/2021 (1910 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first, second and third trenches formed in a semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type. Each trench includes a corresponding field plate and a corresponding gate over each field plate. A first body region having a second opposite conductivity type is between the first and second gates, and a second body region having the second conductivity type is located between the second and third gates. A first source region is located over the first body region and a second source region is located over the second body region, the first and second source regions having the first conductivity type. A first gate bus is conductively connected to the first gate and a second gate bus is conductively connected to the second gate, the first gate bus conductively isolated from the second gate bus.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

High voltage finger layout transistor
Patent No. 12598799

Inventor(s): James Craig Ondrusek (Richardson, TX), Jungwoo Joh (Allen, TX), Sameer Pendharkar (Allen, TX), Seetharaman Sridhar (Richardson, TX), Srikanth Krishnan (Plano, TX), Sunglyong Kim (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17463529 on 08/31/2021 (1680 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit, including a source region, a drain region, a channel region between the source region and the drain region, and a gate for inducing a conductive path through the channel region. The integrated circuit also includes structure, proximate a curved length of the gate, for inhibiting current flow along a portion of the channel region.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Passive circuit on a back-end-of-line of a package
Patent No. 12598996

Inventor(s): Ibukunoluwa Momson (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Schwabe, Williamson Wyatt, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17853572 on 06/29/2022 (1378 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to systems, apparatuses, or processes directed to fabricating passive circuits on a surface of a BEOL of a package, for example on a C4 connection layer of the BEOL. In embodiments, the passive circuits may be fabricated using a standard bump process. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

[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]

Substrate-integrated waveguide
Patent No. 12599002

Inventor(s): Juan Alejandro Herbsommer (Allen, TX), Rajen Manicon Murugan (Dallas, TX), Yiqi Tang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17733921 on 04/29/2022 (1439 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example includes a method for fabricating a substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW). The method includes forming a first metal layer on a carrier surface. The first metal layer can extend along an axis. The method also includes forming a first metal sidewall extending from a first edge of the first metal layer along the axis and forming a second metal sidewall extending from a second edge of the first metal layer opposite the first edge along the axis to form a trough extending along the axis. The method also includes providing a dielectric material over the first metal layer and over the first and second metal sidewalls. The method further includes forming a second metal layer over the dielectric material and over the first and second metal sidewalls. The second metal layer can extend along the axis to enclose the SIW in all radial directions along the axis.

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Maternity scrub top
Patent No. D1121273

Inventor(s): I’geal Che’rie Turner (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Turner Family Joint Enterprises, LLC (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Gunn, Lee Cave, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29959788 on 08/27/2024 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Maternity scrub top
Patent No. D1121274

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pizza cutter holder
Patent No. D1121395

Inventor(s): Steve Worcester (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Saxton Stump, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29909042 on 07/31/2023 (981 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Handle applied to cutting implement, such as knife
Patent No. D1121413

Inventor(s): Dillon Douglas (Henderson, NV)
Assignee(s): Good Sportsman Marketing, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Cabello Hall Zinda, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29953420 on 07/22/2024 (624 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Detector housing
Patent No. D1121469

Inventor(s): Thomas Andrew Weston (Winchester, , GB)
Assignee(s): PEBL Technologies, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29943255 on 05/21/2024 (686 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Video camera bar with shutter
Patent No. D1121697

Inventor(s): Douglas Laube (Plano, TX), Kevin Scott Hodge (Allen, TX), Rashid Skaf (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Biamp Systems, LLC (Beaverton, OR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29835872 on 04/22/2022 (1446 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle wheelie bar
Patent No. D1121737

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Casey Christen Jens Christensen (Trenton, TX), Jory Sprowl (Howe, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Randy Perez (McKinney, TX), Skylar Hagler (Anna, TX
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29989481 on 02/13/2025 (418 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle brake servo horn
Patent No. D1121738

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle c-hub
Patent No. D1121739

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle steering block
Patent No. D1121740

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle caster block
Patent No. D1121742

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle brake caliper
Patent No. D1121743

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Set of toe separators
Patent No. D1121828

Inventor(s): Craig DiGiovanni (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Medi-Dyne Healthcare Products, Ltd. (Colleyville, TX)
Law Firm: Sheri Higgins Law, PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29988854 on 02/07/2025 (424 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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