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Patents
USPTO patent grants with a Dallas-Fort Worth connection.
Aizaco Limited Company, based in Frisco, has patented a groundbreaking system for detecting and removing microplastics from wastewater. Patent #12017928, developed by Aiza Fernanda Jose Sanchez and Carlos Alberto Hernandez Gutierrez, includes advanced monitoring and sampling components, along with a specialized capture net apparatus for efficient filtration. [Image: jurisam/istockphoto]
Patented: Aizaco’s Microplastics Detection and Removal Technology, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity
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.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 10, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of June 18, 2024. 102 patents granted include: Google's selecting and presenting representative frames for video previews, Halliburton Energy Services' downhole chemical reactor and gas generator with passive or active control, Intel Corporation's technologies for managing interoperable high definition maps for autonomous vehicles, Pieces Technologies' creating multiple prioritized clinical summaries using artificial intelligence, Sandisk Technologies' adaptive semi-circle select gate bias, and Texas Instruments' integrated current sensor with magnetic flux concentrators.
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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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Companies with standout patents related to Dallas-Fort Worth for the week of May 21, 2024, include Toyota, USAA, Tango Networks, Crestron, GM, Sanofi, Topgolf, and Bank of America.[Logos: the companies]
Patented: Toyota’s Vehicle Configuration via Brainwave, Gait Recognition and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 31, 2024
Ruediger Nigbur has been promoted to VP and general manager for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and Ray Bengermino has been appointed VP of U.S. sales. Their leadership comes at a pivotal time for AnX Robotica, said the company, which holds over 200 patents in advanced medical technology.
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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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Courtesy: Crown Laboratories
Crown Laboratories Is Giving Skincare a Makeover and Replacing Hype With Hope
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 15, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of April 30, 2024. 128 patents granted include: 7-Eleven’s action detection during image tracking, Accenture’s rendering virtual objects in 3D environments, Advanced Neuromodulation Systems’ neurostimulator output switching circuitry with self-test mode, Bear Robotics’ system and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for controlling a serving robot, Google’s methods and computer program products for providing a contactless protocol, and Huawei Technologies’ supporting multiple border gateway protocol (BGP) sessions using multiple QUIC streams.
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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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U.S. patent no. 11,939,164 (Automated item handling systems and methods) was assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc. [Image sources: USPTO patent no. 11,939,164; DI studio]
Patented: Amazon’s Automated Item Handling Systems and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 10, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of March 19, 2024. 169 patents granted include: Musarubra US’s risk analyzer for ascertaining a risk of harm to a network and generating alerts regarding the ascertained risk, United Airlines’ remote airline agent on-demand, and Yahoo Ad Tech’s systems and methods for monitoring the display of electronic content on client devices.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 3, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of March 12, 2024. 109 patents granted include: Acquolina Il Mondo’s systems and methods for desalination of liquids, Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University’s systems and methods for failure detection tools in large-scale maintenance operations, Avodah’s visual sign language translation training device and method, Bank of America’s threat detection and prevention for information systems, COSM’s panoramic picture-in-picture video, OxeFit’s motorized strength training apparatus with selectable force multiplication, Reddy Ice’s bagged ice dispensing machine, Worlds Enterprises’ systems and methods for 2D to 3D conversion, and ZixCorp Systems’ delivery of an electronic message using a machine learning policy.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 27, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of March 5, 2024. 159 patents granted include: Lennox Industries' predictive temperature scheduling for a thermostat using machine learning, Musarubra US's improved end-to-end cybersecurity machine learning and deployment, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company's senior living engagement and care support platforms, Tenfold Technologies' prevention or control of plant diseases methods and agricultural compositions, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America's 3D printed cold plates for cooling power devices embedded in 3D printed circuit boards, and Validator's dynamic templated data test generation and execution.
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