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Patents
USPTO patent grants with a Dallas-Fort Worth connection.
Kenneth Douglas of Dallas is among the inventors of a space transportation system. The patented system uses tethers made of advanced materials like carbon nanotubes, equipped with electromagnets and tapering profiles, to transport passengers and cargo via electromagnetic levitation. Energy is generated from solar panels and vehicle movement. Fig. 3 shows the initial deployment of the counterweight and unspooling of the primary rail line by a de-spooling drone. [Sources: Illustration, USPTO Patent No. 12037144 Fig. 3; Background DI Studio]
This week, newly granted patents also include:
- 7-Eleven's data prediction and proactive request system using artificial intelligence
- BuzzBallz's container apparatus
- Compass Datacenters' sidewall-connected HVAC units for modular datacenter facilities
- Elevance Health's automated cloud provisioning
- Husqvarna's rake
- KidStrong's door frame exercise system
- OxeFit's motorized strength training apparatus with integrated content and settings stream
- Phanes Therapeutics' anti-DLL3 antibodies and uses thereof
- Playful's method for content streaming interactivity
- T-Mobile Innovations' software development project infrastructure builder tool
- T-System's systems and methods for coding data from a medical encounter
- Texas Instruments' adaptive frequency hopping in a wireless battery management system
- Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children's device and method for treating osteonecrosis
- Toyota's remote control of vehicle via smartphone and gesture input
- Verizon's methods for utilizing models to identify location spoofing by user equipment
Patented: A ‘Space Railway’ and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Aug 7, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of July 16, 2024. 120 patents granted include: Azitra's therapeutic treatment of skin disease with recombinant commensal skin microorganisms, BuzzBallz's container apparatus, Compass Datacenters' sidewall-connected HVAC units for modular datacenter facilities, Elevance Health's systems and methods for automated cloud provisioning, Husqvarna's rake, KidStrong's door frame exercise system, and Malikie Innovations' increasing battery performance for a device that uses power saving features.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 31, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of July 9, 2024. 122 patents granted include: K2M's expandable spinal implants, Nice Ltd.'s systems and methods for detecting complaint interactions, Plainsight Technologies' system and method of detecting gas leaks, Reddy Ice's bagged ice dispensing machine, Roku's centralized mediation between ad-replacement platforms, Spark Biomedical's wearable auricular neurostimulator and methods of use, VPAY's system and method for virtual payment fraud detection.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 24, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of July 2, 2024. 122 patents granted include: Auradine's innovative heat management in cryptomining operations, Huawei's semantic addressing in resource-aware network forwarding, Samsung’s dynamic gesture recognition using mmWave radar, Texas Instruments’ high speed differential ROM technology, and Toyota’s remote vital sign monitoring systems in vehicles.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 17, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of June 25, 2024. 150 patents granted include: Amazon's grip aid, AT&T's frequency-aware cellular communication network, Bank of America's ATM leveraging edge devices for offline processing, Enseo's geolocationing system, HighLevel's systems and methods for building funnel websites using artificial intelligence in a tiered software framework, Intel Corporation's technologies for managing interoperable high definition maps for autonomous vehicles, and Linear Labs' reluctance synchronous machines without permanent magnets.
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STRATIS IoT, acquired by Richardson-based RealPage in 2020, has secured Patent No. 12008095 for its innovative electronic lock system to control access to a property. [Image: Screenshot/RealPage video]
Patented: Stratis IoT’s Smart Lock System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jun 26, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of June 11, 2024. 156 patents granted include: Digital Seat Media's systems and methods for delivering augmented reality content, Electronic Caregiver's remote physical therapy and assessment of patients, HighLevel's systems and methods for building funnel websites using artificial intelligence in a tiered software framework, Linear Labs' multi-tunnel electric machine, SmartDrive Systems' systems and methods for comparing driving performance for simulated driving, and Toyota Motor North America's autonomous seat sanitizing system for a vehicle.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 19, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of June 4, 2024. 153 patents granted include: 7-Eleven's feedback and training for a machine learning algorithm configured to determine customer purchases during a shopping session at a physical store, Apple's enhanced RACH (random access channel) design for 5G CIoT (cellular internet of things), ATT Intellectual Property I's facilitation of voice over new radio for 5G or other next generation network, Avohdah's automated gesture identification using neural networks, Bank of America's dynamic unauthorized activity detection, and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 12, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of May 28, 2024. 133 patents granted include: 7-ELEVEN's anomaly detection and controlling fuel dispensing operations using fuel volume determinations, ATT Intellectual Property I, ATT Mobility II's method and apparatus for indoor mapping and location services, Capital One Services' systems and methods for artificial intelligence-based personalized purchase recommendations, Mavenir Systems' method and apparatus for survival time handling for time sensitive connections, Miovision Technologies' location-based message distribution, Musarubra US's attribute-controlled malware detection, and Paragon Furniture's furniture with organizational frame.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 5, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of May 21, 2024. 121 patents granted include: Bank of America's agent-side chatbot simulator with throttling capabilities, Crestron Electronics' tabletop touchscreen panel, GM Global Technology Operations' perception system with attention module for processing visual data, Health Management Systems' healthcare coverage matching and verification, Netscout Systems Texas' determining geolocation of devices in a communication network, Revision Robotics Surgical Innovations' robotic joint revision system, Sanofi's medicament delivery device, Tango Networks' system, method, and computer-readable medium for provisioning dual-homed voice call continuity, Topgolf International's golf ball dispenser, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America's parking seeker detection system and method for updating parking spot database using same, and United Services Automobile Association's environmental conditions monitoring system.
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One of Gemma Robotics' robots applies makeup in under three minutes, the startup says. [Photo: Gemma Robotics]
Patented: Gemma Robotics’ Automated Makeup Application and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | May 29, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of May 14, 2024. 114 patents granted include: Amazon Technologies' speech signal bandwidth extension using cascaded neural networks, Bank of America's hash-based transaction tagging, Bear Robotics' non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for controlling a serving robot, IBM's inline detection and prevention of adversarial attacks, Texas Instruments' streaming engine with short cut start instructions, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America's tow hitch connector cover system, and Walmart Apollo's systems, and methods for automatically annotating images.
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by Sandra Engelland |
May 22, 2024
The USPTO anticipates three upcoming vacancies for each committee. Selected members will serve a three-year term beginning Dec. 1, 2024, and can participate in the committees remotely. Nominations must be submitted online on or before July 5.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 22, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of May 7, 2024. 116 patents granted include: AmplifAI Solutions' use of multiple AI engines to determine a next best action for professional development of employees, ATT's configuring a federated blockchain network, Charles Machine Works' virtual path guidance system, Dell Products' cloud provisioning readiness verification, Discourse.AI's computer-based interlocutor understanding using classifying conversation segments, Futurewei Technologies' primary preview region and gaze-based driver distraction detection, Hewlett Packard's automatic notifications for expired subscriptions, and more.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
May 20, 2024
Dallas-based scientist Thomas Hitchcock, the mastermind behind Crown Laboratories' newest product called BIOJUVE, leverages a common skin microbe to optimize skin health. One local woman, after experiencing the products benefits firsthand in a clinical trial, says she "needs this in her life."
Hitchcock's innovative work harnessing the power of the skin microbiome has established a new category of skin therapeutics.
Hitchcock's innovative work harnessing the power of the skin microbiome has established a new category of skin therapeutics.
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U.S. Patent No. US D1,022,804 S (Electric bicycle) was assigned to StaCyc, LLC.
Patented: StaCyc’s Electric Bike and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | May 8, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of April 16, 2024. 109 patents granted include: Arkestro’s electronic third-party negotiation automation system and tool, Baylor Research Institute’s compositions for treating autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, Boston Scientific Neuromodulation’s neuroinflammation treatments with parameters controlled using biomarkers, and Global Tel*Link Corporation’s mobile correctional facility robots.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 1, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of April 9, 2024. 124 patents granted include: A. O. Smith Water Treatment (North America)’s liquid filtration systems, components, and methods, Avodah’s real-time gesture recognition method and apparatus, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association’s geographic population health information system, and Lennox Industries’ component tracking in automated manufacturing using digital fingerprints.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 24, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of April 2, 2024. 124 patents granted include: 7-Eleven’s system for determining an item count in a rack using magnetic sensors, Alcon’s methods for using machine learning to predict contact lens compatibility, American Airlines’ deep learning-based demand forecasting system, Bloodsolutions’ blood marketplace system, MedCognetics’ racially unbiased deep learning-based mammogram analyzer, Qorvo US’s semiconductor chip suitable for 2.5D and 3D packaging integration , and Raytheon Company’s metrics-based planning and scheduling system.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 17, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of March 26, 2024. 144 patents granted include: Aeris Communications' auto-immobilization of machines capable of moving, Smart Tracking Technologies' canine collar clip, Hunt Energy Enterprises' decentralized system and method for mitigation of climate change, 3M Innovative Properties Company's high transmission light control film, and Biora Therapeutics' ingestible device for delivery of therapeutic agent to the gastrointestinal tract.
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