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USPTO patent grants with a Dallas-Fort Worth connection.
![Plano-based Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America has received a newly granted patent for a chair that moves in sync with on-screen action. The system uses actuators made with shape-memory materials to shift the seat in response to video games, movies, or other visual content—mimicking motion for a more immersive experience. The patent was invented by Brian J. Pinkelman, Ryohei Tsuruta, and Michael Paul Rowe of Pinckney. [Composite illustration: Sources, USPTO Patent #12383066, Fig. 9; DI Studio]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Patents-091725-Toyota-970-940x436.jpg)
Plano-based Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America has received a newly granted patent for a chair that moves in sync with on-screen action. The system uses actuators made with shape-memory materials to shift the seat in response to video games, movies, or other visual content—mimicking motion for a more immersive experience. The patent was invented by Brian J. Pinkelman, Ryohei Tsuruta, and Michael Paul Rowe of Pinckney. [Composite illustration: Sources, USPTO Patent #12383066, Fig. 9; DI Studio]
Patented: Toyota’s Shape Memory Chair That Moves with Visual Content and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Sep 17, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 12 with a total of 151 patents granted.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Sep 10, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 5 with a total of 138 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Sep 3, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of July 29 with a total of 174 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 26, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of July 22 with a total of 139 patents granted.
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Patented: Dallas Chocolatier Kate Weiser’s Hot Beverage Shells That Release Cocoa and Marshmallows, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Aug 13, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of July 8 with a total of 142 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 6, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of July 1 with a total of 150 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 30, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of June 24 with a total of 151 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 23, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of June 17 with a total of 147 patents granted.
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[Image: Vitalli Barida/istockphoto; DI Studio]
This week, newly granted patents include:
- 7-Eleven's autonomous delivery mechanism and a user device network communication
- Arcadia Biosciences' wheat with increased resistant starch levels
- Apple's cell search based on user equipment battery condition
- AT&T's aggregation of application and systems for services for 6G or other next generation network
- Coinbase's managing partial private keys for cryptography-based, storage applications used in blockchain operations for decentralized applications
- Ignite Sales' dynamically-generated guided dialogue using artificial intelligence
- Overhead Door's disinfecting door system and method
- Samsung Electronics' 3D arts viewing on display devices
- Toyota's system and methods for vehicle platoon-leader-as-a-service
- Verily Life Sciences' virtual health coach for facilitating dynamic dosage titration
Patented: Spark Biomedical’s Stress Control Using Auricular Neurostimulation and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jul 9, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of June 3 with a total of 132 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 2, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of May 27 with a total of 168 patents granted.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 25, 2025
Dallas-based attorney Jake LaCombe is now leading the technology-focused firm’s patent preparation and prosecution group, supporting the firm's clients from fintech startups to Fortune 50 companies.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 25, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of May 20 with a total of 130 patents granted.
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The University of Texas System has received a newly granted patent for "Intercepting or Surrounding a Group of Hostile UAVs with a Net," invented by Arlington-based Animesh Chakravarthy. The patent describes a system in which defense UAVs coordinate using 3D collision cone strategies to intercept and surround swarms of hostile drones—whether stationary or in motion—by maneuvering a net to capture them midair. [Images: USPTO Patent #12293675, Figs. 1A and 1B; background DI Studio]
This week, newly granted patents also include:
- AT&T's dynamic and optimal selection of internet of things (IoT) hubs in cellular networks
- Battelle Energy Alliance and Sortera Technologies' sorting of dark colored and black plastics
- Dell Products' detection of anomalous behavior on online platforms using machine learning techniques
- Hunt Energy's enhanced geothermal energy extraction
- Novocure's treating tumors using TTFields combined with a PARP inhibitor
- Toyota's air mattress with automatic pitch adjustment
- USAA's systems for incentivizing saving
- Unassigned system for detecting and removing microplastics from water
Patented: Intercepting a Swarm of Hostile UAVs With a Net and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jun 11, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of May 6 with a total of 134 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 4, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of April 29 with a total of 80 patents granted.
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![T-Mobile USA has received a newly granted patent for "Autonomous Delivery to a Dynamic Location," invented by Prosper-based Sathyaraj Kolandasamy. The patent describes a system that enables an autonomous vehicle to update its delivery destination in real time by tracking the changing location of a user's wireless device—allowing items to be delivered even as the recipient moves. [Source image: USPTO Patent #12282888, Fig. 1; background by DI Studio]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Patents-week-of-42225-360x203.jpg)
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 28, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of April 22 with a total of 110 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 21, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of April 15 with a total of 84 patents granted.
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