Patents

 USPTO patent grants with a Dallas-Fort Worth connection.

This week, newly granted patents also include:

  • Alcon's hydraulic delivery of surgical implants
  • Bank of America's user-side non-fungible token storage using super non-volatile random access memory
  • Bitly's systems and methods for providing search results based on user interaction with content
  • EllansaLabs' system and method for etching internal surfaces of transparent gemstones with information pertaining to a blockchain
  • Ferndale Pharma Group's composition and method of treating fragile skin
  • Hunt Energy Network's systems for optimizing battery charging and discharging
  • Magic Leap's technique for controlling virtual image generation system using emotional states of user
  • ProKidney's bioactive renal cells


Patented: Bank of America’s Gesture-Based Authentication in the Metaverse and More North Texas Inventive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Dec. 3 with a total of 88 patents granted.
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Patented: Toyota’s Artificial Muscle-Based Child Soothing Devices and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 26, with a total of 95 patents granted.
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Patented: IBM’s Benchmarking and Prediction of Cloud System Performance, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 19, with a total of 107 patents granted.
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Patented: Bank of America’s New Browser Security Extension and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 12, with a total of 122 patents granted.
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This week, newly granted patents also include:

  • 7-Eleven's reducing a search space for item identification using machine learning
  • Apple's power headroom reporting with dual connectivity
  • Bank of America's blockchain management platform for performing asset adjustment, cross sectional editing, and bonding
  • Beta Air's systems for predicting degradation of a battery for use in an electric vehicle
  • Capital One Services' methods for providing an autonomous vehicle vendor lot
  • CollabIP's automated conversation monitoring and control
  • Cooper Health and Fitness Applications' fitness systems and methods
  • Electronic Caregiver's systems for mitigating the spread of infectious diseases


Patented: Verily Life Sciences’ Eye-Mountable Therapeutic Devices and More North Texas Inventive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 29, with a total of 126 patents granted.
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Patented: Apple’s eSIM Technology for Dynamic Mobile Connectivity and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 22, with a total of 125 patents granted.
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EV Game Changer? Dallas-Based Solidion Develops Lithium Battery That Can Charge in 5 Minutes
by | Oct 30, 2024
Solidion—an advanced battery tech solutions provider headquartered in Dallas with production facilities in Dayton, Ohio—said its newly patented technology uses a graphene-based heat spreader to quickly move heat from a battery to warm it up before or during fast charging, and a cooling system that kicks in when the battery is in use.
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Patented: Toyota’s Cooperative AI-Assisted Driving and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 15, with a total of 122 patents granted.
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Dallas-based Worlds Inc. has secured U.S. patent #12106569 for a system that tracks 2D objects in a virtual 3D space, invented by Nik Willwerth, Paul Aarseth, Ross Bates, and Ruben Luna. The technology integrates sensor data to create a virtual 3D environment that mirrors real-world movements, enhancing operational capabilities for industries such as logistics, security, manufacturing, and defense. [Image: USPTO patent Fig. 2; DI Studio]



This week, newly granted patents also include:

  • BMIC's cryptographically-secured systems configured to execute events-based communication protocols and architectures
  • CareView Communications' surveillance system and method for predicting patient falls using motion feature patterns
  • Celanese EVA Performance Polymers' implantable device for sustained release of a macromolecular drug compound
  • Crown Laboratories' probiotic skin formulations
  • Lennox Industries' occupancy tracking using environmental information
  • Match Group's matching process
  • Protect Animals With Satellites' corrective collar utilizing geolocation technology
  • Rad AI's workflow management and image review
  • Textron Innovations' high-speed VTOL drive-shaft systems
  • The University of Texas System's treatment of viral infections targeting TRIM7
  • Verily Life Sciences' step-based system for robot-assisted surgery providing surgical intraoperative cues

Patented: Dallas-Based Worlds’ Object Tracking in a Virtual 3D Space and More North Texas Inventive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 1, with a total of 133 patents granted.
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Patented: 3M Innovative Properties’ Nanopatterned Films and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Sept. 17, with a total of 108 patents granted.
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Patented: AT&T’s Homoglyph Attack Detection and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Sept. 24, with a total of 108 patents granted.
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Patented: Accenture Global Solutions’ Intelligent Privacy Data Governance System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Sept. 10, with a total of 146 patents granted.
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This week, newly granted patents also include:

  • ADT's customer experience diagnostics in premises monitoring systems
  • AT&T's framework for a 6G ubiquitous access network
  • Bank of America's geolocation security using biometric analysis
  • Capital One's automated vehicle trade-in with limited human interaction
  • Electrolux's system for integrated device connectivity and agile device control for dynamic object tracking and management
  • Forescout Technologies' AI-driven classifier using a defined taxonomy framework
  • Lasso Technologies' through-the-wall tank level measurement with telemetry and millimeter wave radar
  • McWane's remote monitoring of water distribution system
  • Micron's cloud-service on-boarding without prior customization of endpoints
  • Oracle's future transaction processing
  • Palantir Technologies' fault-tolerant and highly available configuration of distributed services
  • Surgisil's lip implant


Patented: Alcon’s Voice‑Controlled Surgical System and More North Texas Inventive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 27, with a total of 122 patents granted.

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Patented: Walmart Apollo’s Image Processing for Shrinkage Evaluation and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 20, with a total of 122 patents granted.
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A Cruise robotaxi, pictured in Downtown Dallas in June 2024, could potentially benefit from U.S. Patent No. 12062290. Recently granted to GM Cruise Holdings and invented by Dallas’s Clifton Trigg Hutchinson, the patent describes a system for dynamically dispatching autonomous vehicles. This technology enables real-time route adjustments based on user location updates, enhancing urban transport efficiency. [Photo: Cruise]
Patented: GM Cruise’s Adaptive Dispatch of Autonomous Cars and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 13, with a total of 108 patents granted.
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Patented: USAA’s Color-Changing Vehicle and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 6, with a total of 122 patents granted.
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