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Patents
USPTO patent grants with a Dallas-Fort Worth connection.
USAA has received a newly granted patent (USPTO #12346421) for a system that uses tattoo detection to verify a person’s identity in video. Invented by Carrollton-based William Daniel Farmer, the method involves a hidden tattoo—made with ink invisible to the human eye—used as a cloaked token. When detected in video footage, the system can authenticate the user and authorize secure access to services or information. [Image souce: USPTO Patent #12346421; DI Studio composite image]
Patented: USAA’s Invisible Ink Tattoo Authentication System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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.
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 16, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of June 10 with a total of 108 patents granted.
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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.
Patented: Bank of America’s AI-Based Auditors of Artificial Intelligence and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 18, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of May 13 with a total of 175 patents granted.
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has received a newly granted patent for a "System and Method for RF-Based Robot Localization," invented by North Texas-based Boon Loong Ng, Indranil Sinharoy, Jianzhong Zhang, Songwei Li, and Yuming Zhu. The patent describes a method of using ultra-wideband signals, image data, and motion sensors to map a service area by tracking the movement of a handheld device—enabling robots to localize and operate within that space. [Image source: USPTO Patent #12285855, Fig. 3; Background, DI Studio]
This week, newly granted patents also include:
- Aiden Technologies' automatic machine deployment and configuration
- Bank of America's performing interactions across geographical regions within a metaverse
- Boston Scientific Neuromodulation's anatomical targeting of neuromodulation
- Citibank's system for constructing a layered artificial intelligence model
- DeadOn's technologies for providing contingency vehicular caution/emergency signaling
- Digital Hive's filtering data from or across different analytics platforms
- Dinemic Ventures' automated cooking systems
- My Robot Builds' systems for construction of structures using additive manufacturing
- Theatro Labs' deriving employee context from structured communication
- Toyota's over-the-air analytics
- TRETE's transaction flow with master account ledger and escrow ledger interaction
- USAA's sensor package for automated remote data capture in property appraisals
- UNTHSC's companion diagnostics for NSAIDs and donepezil for treating specific subpopulations of Alzheimer's disease patients
- The U.S. government's energy generation (represented by the Secretary of the Army)
- Verily Life Sciences' programmable therapeutic agent delivery from eye mounted device
- Walmart Apollo's methods for identifying individual retail products in a product storage area based on an image of the product storage area
Patented: Samsung’s RF-Based Robot Localization and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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Patented: Apple’s Dynamic Network Hardware Activation System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 14, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of April 8 with a total of 132 patents granted.
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This week, newly granted patents also include:
- Apptricity's network edge controller and remote field service system
- Bank of America's token thread authentication system for physical space access
- Capital One's systems for tracking actions using visually scannable codes
- Citibank's machine-learning models for image processing
- Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Board's system for generating internet of things-based notifications and records
- Linear Labs' overlapping independent phase electric motor/generator
- Microsoft's detecting anomalous post-authentication behavior for a workload identity
- Netflix's splicing targeted content into live broadcast streams with targeted content breaks of unknown placement and duration
- Osteal Therapeutics' total joint replacement infection control devices and methods
- PJ Hammer's mobile device capabilities to keep a user engaged with a mobile application
- Toyota's vehicular-network-assisted federated machine learning
- USAA's non-fungible token transaction management systems and methods for digital health data
- Verily Life Sciences' simulating medical images using generative adversarial networks
Patented: Plano-Based AmplifAI Solutions’ Coaching Effectiveness Assessment System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Apr 30, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of March 25 with a total of 134 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 23, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of March 18 with a total of 109 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 16, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of March 11 with a total of 97 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 9, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of March 4 with a total of 135 patents granted.
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