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USPTO patent grants with a Dallas-Fort Worth connection.
U.S. Patent No. 11,873,085 (VTOL aircraft with tilting rotors and tilting ducted fans) was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc.
Patented: Textron Innovations’ VTOL Aircraft and More North Texas Invetive Activity
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.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 31, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. 166 patents granted this week include: American Airlines' airline flight operations support, Dal-Tile's method for manufacturing an engineered stone, Mary Kay's combination of plant extracts to improve skin tone, MIT's biomass conversion reactors, Zimperium's mobile device security application for malicious website detection based on representative image, and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 24, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 2, 2024. 170 patents granted include: Apogee Semiconductor's compact radiation-hardened integrated circuits, ARKH's smart ring, Firehawk Aerospace's additive manufactured hybrid rocket fuel grain, GF-17's system for creating and sharing bots, Lockheed Martin's ultrasonic cutting system, Musarubra's subscription-based malware detection, NCR Voyix's network-based work assignment platform, Palantir Technologies' systems for data entry, Scoot's dynamic virtual environment, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance's biometric characteristic application using audio/video analysis, United Services Automobile Association's unmanned vehicle security guard, and Waymo's LIDAR device having multiple receivers..
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 17, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of Dec. 19, 2023. 101 patents granted include: 7-Eleven's detecting and identifying misplaced items using a sensor array, AiTax Corporation's tax planning using video-based graphical user interface and artificial intelligence, Bollinger Industries' portable power station, Discourse.AI's estimation of interlocutor intents and goals in turn-based electronic conversational flow, and Innomist's multi-mode fluid nozzles.
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Patented: Texas Instruments’ New RGB-Infrared Sensor Processing Tech and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jan 3, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. 153 patents granted for the week of Dec. 5 include: 7-Eleven’s network-enabled fuel dispensing system, Alcon’s retractable cap actuation for an intraocular lens cartridge, Apple’s TDM transmission for inter-RAT dual connectivity UE, Bank of America Corporation’s electronic system for data processing by a self-correcting, deep neural network integrated within a memory resource, Beta Air’s system and method for dynamic excitation of an energy storage element configured for use in an electric aircraft, Cisco Technology’s techniques for selecting network protocols, and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 27, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. 139 patents granted for the week of Nov. 11 include: Coronado Aesthetics’ thermal skin treatment with metal nanoparticles, The Container Store’s monitor riser, PlayMakar’s percussive massager device connecting rod, Loftwall Inc. - Furniture article having panels with embedded magnets, and more.
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Patented: University of North Texas’ Remote Smell Technology and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 20, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. 125 patents granted for the week of Nov. 11 include: PurWorld Technologies' methods of chemically disinfecting a vehicle, University of North Texas' remote smell technology, Baxter Healthcare's renal therapy system and machine, RPOD Tech's offloading cargo from tank trailers, Toyota's vehicle noise reduction for vehicle occupants, United Services Automobile Association's distracted driving detection and mitigation, and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 13, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. 127 patents granted for the week of Nov. 14 include: 7-Eleven’s method for determining an item count in a rack using magnetic sensors, Alcon’s multifocal lens having reduced visual disturbances, Curantis Solutions’ event-driven data processing system and method, Digital Seat Media’s interactive and dynamic digital event program, Inmar Rx Solutions’ medication inventory system including image based boundary determination for generating a medication tray stocking list and related methods, IBM’s cognitive industrial floor cleaning amelioration, Memory Medical Systems’ odular aligner devices and methods for orthodontic treatment, and Meta Platforms’ Device-side capture of data representative of an artificial reality environment.
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Patented: Illumina’s ‘Flexible Seed Extension’ for Hash Table Genomic Mapping and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 15, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros, with 116 patents for the week of Oct. 31. Patents granted include: Bank of America's user authentication using tokens, Capital One Services' predictive engine for machine-learning failures, CommScope Technologies' DC power systems using communication networks, Dentsply Sirona's tooth attachment placement device, Hoya Optical Labs of America's easy-clean coating, Illumina's flexible seed extension for hash table genomic mapping, Juul Labs' concentrate adaptor for vaporizer device, Lennox Industries' occupancy tracking using user device detection, Stryker Corporation's battery management for patient support apparatuses, Texas Instruments' tamper detection, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America's electronic skin for vehicle components, United Services Automobile Association's virtual reality for catastrophe preparedness and response education, Walmart Apollo's product identification within an image, and West Pak Avocado's supply chain management system and method.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 8, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's tool for generating a virtual store that emulates a physical store, AT&T's autonomous aerial vehicle-assisted viewing location selection for event venue, Avery Dennison Retail Information Services' RFID wristband, Badge Inc.'s biometric public key system providing revocable credentials, Galaxy Unmanned Systems' hybrid airship-aerostat, Hedera Hashgraph's distributed database within a network, and Toyota's omnidirectional structural color made from metal and dielectric layers.
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Nov 1, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of October 17. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's proactive request communication system with data prediction, Raytheon's laser weapon system with integrated targeting camera, Toyota's personalized adaptive cruise control that learns and mimics your driving style, Samsung's under-display smartphone camera for true full-screen experience, Intel's energy efficient bitcoin mining chip, NxGen Partners' miniaturized virus sterilization device using radio frequencies, Alcon's vision simulation for patients with eye conditions, Hunt Energy's road-embedded batteries, McAfee's methods and apparatus to defend against adversarial machine learning, Zengine's machine learning system for asymmetrical matching of medical providers and care receivers, and more.
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Patented: Adobe’s ‘Depicting Humans in Text-Defined Outfits’ and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 24, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 10, 2023: Patents granted include: Adobe's depicting humans in text-defined outfits, Bank of America's threat detection within information systems, Capital One's purchase recommendations based on responses to inquiries on product attributes, EllansaLabs' systems for authentication and related devices and methods, FeverTags' livestock health monitoring system and method of use, Illuma Labs' speaker authentication and identification, Linear Labs' multi-tunnel electric motor/generator, and Toyota's method for detecting objects left behind by using heated resistive filament in a vehicle.
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U.S. Patent No. 11,767,041 (Railroad virtual track block system) was assigned to BNSF Railway Company.
Patented: BNSF’s Railroad Virtual Track Block System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Oct 11, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros with 108 patents granted for the week of Sept. 26. Patents granted include: BNSF's Railroad Virtual Track Block System, Digital Seat Media's location-based individualized content and mobile wallet offers, Flex Ltd.'s bio-sensing integrated garment, Mary Kay's delivery of active ingredients from plant materials to skin, PACCAR's headlamp heater, Palantir Technologies Inc.'s automated risk visualization using customer-centric data analysis, and Toyota's structural energy storage with carbon fiber.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 4, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of Sept. 19. Patents granted include: Balanced Media Technology's abstracted interface for gamification of machine learning algorithms, Walmart Apollo's monitoring product placement within a shopping facility, Textron Innovations' augmented reality system for pilot and passengers, Capital One Services's augmented reality vehicle search assistance, Intuit's detection of blanks in documents, AiBUY's dynamic binding of video content, UT System's leptin antibodies, Apple's LTE NR power control for EN-DC, ADT Security's unmanned aerial vehicle transport devices, American Airlines' virtual measurement system for baggage management, and Cisco Technology's wireless LAN public identity federation trust architecture.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 3, 2023
Granted to Agustina Huckaby, design patent 1 million is for the ornamental design for a dispensing comb, the U.S. Patent and Trade Office said. The agency said that Huckaby, a licensed cosmetologist, also holds another patent for a different comb design and markets her business under the federally registered trademark Pomp and Powder.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Sep 27, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 182 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: ARKH's spatially aware computing hub and environment, Bank of America's artificial intelligence reverse vendor collation, Lockheed Martin's workforce augmenting inspection device, Mary Kay's method for determining facial muscle responses, Match Group's method for matching using location information, Micron Technology's bank-to-bank data transfer, University of Arkansas' grape plant named A-1400, Toyota's parking spot and person detection, and USAA's autonomous vehicle haven seeking system and method.
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