Patents

 USPTO patent grants with a Dallas-Fort Worth connection.

A new patent assigned to Toyota describes a resonator for detecting a vehicle occupant's heart rate using a chamber with a microphone that records "vibrations entering the cavity via the front opening," amplified within a target frequency range. [Composite illustration: Sources, U.S. Patent No. 12,543,964, Fig. 1; DI Studio]

Patented: Toyota’s Vehicle Heart Rate Detection Device and More North Texas Inventive Activity

by | Mar 11, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Feb. 10 with a total of 180 patents granted.
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Patented: Rivian’s Simultaneous Charging and Power Export, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Mar 4, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Feb. 3 with a total of 103 patents granted.
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Patented: Bank of America’s Securing Interactive Response Systems from AI Infiltration and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Feb 25, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 27 with a total of 121 patents granted.
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Patented: Verily Life Sciences’ Intraocular Laser Projection System and Other North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Feb 18, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 20 with a total of 104 patents granted.
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Synergen Technology Labs has received a newly granted patent for a baby monitor that delivers sound or light based on an infant's sleep schedule and vital signs. Invented by a Dallas-based team—Mel Gunawardena, Prabath Gallage, Pradeep Pathirana, and Sunil Konda—the system uses data such as pulse oximetry, Doppler monitoring, or temperature sensing to trigger calming responses. [Composite illustration: Sources, USPTO Patent #12515010, Fig. 4; DI Studio]

Patented: Synergen Technology Labs’ Baby Monitor That Responds to Infant Vitals with Sound and Light, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity

by | Feb 4, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 6 with a total of 141 patents granted.
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Patented: USAA’s System for Replacing Lost NFTs Using Digital Twins and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Jan 28, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Dec. 30 with a total of 154 patents granted.
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Patented: Spark Biomedical’s Devices for Treating Stress, Improving Alertness Using Electrical Stimulation and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Jan 21, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Dec. 23, 2025 with a total of 83 patents granted.
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Patented: Treatment of Depression Using Machine Learning and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Jan 14, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Dec. 9 with a total of 100 patents granted.
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Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 25 with a total of 135 patents granted.

Patented: Bank of America’s Quantum Reflection Access Credentialing and More North Texas Inventive Activity

by | Dec 31, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 25 with a total of 135 patents granted.
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Patented: Gemma Robotics’ Automated Makeup Application System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Dec 24, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 18 with a total of 159 patents granted.
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Patented: Island Technology’s Kernel-Based Protection of Computer Processes and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Dec 17, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 11 with a total of 128 patents granted.
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Patented: Nanoscope Therapeutics’ Optogenetic Vision Restoration and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Dec 10, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 4 with a total of 156 patents granted.
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Patented: Allstate’s Accident Re-Creation Using Augmented Reality and More North Texas Inventive Activity

by | Nov 26, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 21 with a total of 136 patents granted.
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Patented: Verily Life Sciences’ AI Prediction of Prostate Cancer Outcomes and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Nov 19, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 14 with a total of 139 patents granted.
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Patented: Fluor Corp.’s Offshore System for Growing and Harvesting Seaweed, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Nov 12, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 7 with a total of 117 patents granted.
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Patented: Monolithic 3D’s Multilayer Semiconductor Device Production Method and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Nov 5, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Sept. 30 with a total of 119 patents granted.
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