Patents

 USPTO patent grants with a Dallas-Fort Worth connection.

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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Patented: Tango Networks’ Driver Identification Based on Driving Behavior and More North Texas Inventive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of July 23, with a total of 134 patents granted.

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Patented: A ‘Space Railway’ and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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.
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Patented: Dallas-Based Amera IoT’s Quantum Resistant Keys for Enhanced Cybersecurity

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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Patented: Aizaco’s Microplastics Detection and Removal Technology, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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Apple Inc. has secured Patent No. 12016123 for high-capacity computer modules, invented by Michael D. McBroom of Celeste, TX. The patent details modules that simplify computer system design, utilize system resources in a highly configurable manner, offer versatile functionality, and can be easily inserted into or removed from a computer system.
Patented: Apple’s High-Capacity Computer Modules and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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Patented: Stratis IoT’s Smart Lock System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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Patented: SmartDrive Systems’ Detection of ‘Sitting Duck Scenarios’ and More North Texas Inventive Activity

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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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.
Patented: Toyota’s Vehicle Configuration via Brainwave, Gait Recognition and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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AnX Robotica Appoints Industry Veterans to Leadership Team, Continues Innovation in Gastrointestinal Diagnostics
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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Patented: Gemma Robotics’ Automated Makeup Application and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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Patented: nMetric’s Genetic Algorithm and More North Texas Inventive Activity

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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Crown Laboratories Is Giving Skincare a Makeover and Replacing Hype With Hope
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.
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Patented: Wing Aviation’s Automated Assignment of UAVs to Staging Pads and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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Patented: StaCyc’s Electric Bike and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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