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USPTO patent grants with a Dallas-Fort Worth connection.
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USPTO Seeks Nominations for Patent and Trademark Public Advisory Committees
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.
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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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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Patented: DT Whisky Solutions’ Monitoring Weight Loss From Casks and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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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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U.S. Patent No. 11,922,548 (accident re-creation using augmented reality) was assigned to Allstate Insurance Company. [Image via USPTO]
Patented: Allstate’s Accident Re-Creation Using Augmented Reality and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 19, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of Feb. 27, 2024. 169 patents granted include: Adaptive 3D Technologies' use of occluding fluids to augment additive manufacturing processes, Apptricity's flexible radio beacons and flexible delivery structures, Intellective AI's unusual score generators for a neuro-linguistic behavioral recognition system, Micell Medtech Inc.'s polymer coatings containing drug powder of controlled morphology, Microsoft Technology Licensing's autonomous operation of edge-based deployments, and nMetric's cascading notification system.
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Patented: Lupagen’s Real-Time Modifications of Patient Cells and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 13, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. 156 patents granted for the week of Feb. 13 include: Alcon's 3D printing of an intraocular lens having smooth, curved surfaces; Amazon Technologies' anomaly prediction for electronic resources; ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems' signal light for a loading dock; and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 6, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. 156 patents granted for the week of Feb. 13 include: Alcon's 3D printing of an intraocular lens having smooth, curved surfaces; Amazon Technologies' anomaly prediction for electronic resources; ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems' signal light for a loading dock; and more.
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Dallas Public Library's J. Erik Jonsson Central Library is located in downtown Dallas. [Photo: Michael Samples]
The Last Word: How the USPTO’s Resource Centers Are Empowering Innovation by Expanding Access
by David Seeley | Feb 27, 2024
The downtown Dallas Public Library is the only public library in the state of Texas to offer a Patent and Trademark Resource Center from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. PTRCs are part of a national network of public, state, and academic libraries in partnership with the USPTO to offer trademark and patent assistance to the public.
The USPTO aims to empower innovation by expanding access—so it recently put out a call to 600 libraries and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) around the country, inviting each institution to consider becoming PTRCs to assist their local innovators.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 21, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 30. 164 patents granted include: World’s Enterprises’ 2D detections and tracking, UNTHSC’s personalized medicine approach for treating cognitive loss, Toyota’s optical communication system for management of vehicle batteries, Overhead Door’s sliding barrier tracking system, 7-Eleven’s item identification using digital image processing, and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 14, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. 121 patents granted include: Mavenir Networks' method and apparatus for balancing server load in cloud RAN systems, Meta Platforms's selective offload of workloads to edge devices, Musarubra's system and method for detecting repetitive cybersecurity attacks constituting an email campaign, and National Tech Engineering Solutions of Sandia's secure authentication using recurrent neural networks.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 7, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patents out of 250 metros. 129 patents granted for the week of 1/16/24 include: Equifax’s secure online access control to prevent identification information misuse, Musarubra’s system and method for automatically prioritizing rules for cyber-threat detection and mitigation, Max-IR Labs’ IR radiation and fluid channel to detect contaminants and salts in fluids, Meta Platforms’ systems and methods for determining hand poses in artificial reality environments, Textron’s VTOL aircraft with tilting rotors and tilting ducted fans.
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