Patents

 USPTO patent grants with a Dallas-Fort Worth connection.

Dallas Invents: 89 Patents Granted for Week of July 11

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's banking as a service enabled virtual exchange computing platform, DocuSign's blockchain-based network transitioned by a legal contract, Dstillery's AI or ML models trained to predict user actions based on an embedding of network locations, Intellective AI's mapper component for a neuro-linguistic behavior recognition system, Minor IP's underwater wings for providing lift to boats, Acclarent's method of treating a deviated nasal septum and more, Adaptive 3D Technologies and UT Systems' sealed isocyanates resin composite, and Furka's bow tie fidget device.
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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of July 4
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 149 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Wave Insurance Technologies's dynamic automated insurance application architecture, Abbott Laboratories' automated laboratory inventory management using RFID technology, Actimize's sentiment analysis of content using expression recognition, Beta Air's computing device for predicting battery temperature in an electric aircraft, Celanese EVA Performance Polymers' implantable device for sustained release of a macromolecular drug compound, Schneider Electric Buildings Americas' building energy management during power-loss event, MSP Solutions Group's user management system for computing support, Quest Resource Management's commercial recycling system Sercel's seismic vibrator with adjustable resonance frequency, Likewize's computer-readable storage media for real-time event management system for mobile devices, STMicroelectronics' atomic layer deposition of selected molecular clusters, UT Systems' quad-polymer precursor for producing carbon fiber, Toyota's aerial vehicle, and more.
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Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of June 27
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Apple's message mapping via frequency and/or time indexing, AT&T's quantum security enhancement for IPsec protocol, BNSF's drone-based automated yard check, Digital Seat Media's wagering platforms and access derived from machine-readable codes, Frito-Lay's vision systems for robotic unloading, Fujitsu's digital representations of physical intelligent moving objects, Galaxy Unmanned Systems' unmanned airships, aerostats, and hybrid airship-aerostat systems, Schumacher Electric's battery charger with battery state detection, TeamOfDefenders' monitoring controlled spaces for transitory uses, and more.
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Dallas Startup Touts a Headgear Invention That Could Reduce Concussions in Contact Sports
by | Jun 29, 2023
College football player and third-generation inventor Carter Hogg says his G8RSkin “balaclava” has drawn interest from sports leagues, players associations, and college teams.
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Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of June 13

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's text conversion to a numerical vector by mapping to a hypercube, Axon Healthcare systems management system for medical benefit prescriptions, Hedera Hashgraph's methods and apparatus for a distributed database including anonymous entries, IA Smart Start's method for self-assessment of drinking behavior, IBM's personalization of advertisement selection using data generated by IoT devices, Plainsight Corp.'s detection of fluid levels in tanks, Schumacher Electric's multifunctional battery booster, JPMorgan Chase's universal data ingestion, Stynger's cigar clamp holder, USAA's environmental conditions monitoring system, and Verizon's command center for drone management.
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Dallas Invents: 123 Patents Granted for Week of June 6
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include:  Amazon's detection of overfilled containers in sortation systems, Magic Leap's display device, American Airlines' fare classes with obscured demand, Thermomirror's infant observation mirror assembly with temperature display attachable to automobile seat, AiBUY's interactive product placement system, PlayMakar's massage gun acupressure tip, J. Hench Consulting's mastless wind turbine for power generation, Nike's sole structure with midsole protrusions and arced profile for forward momentum, World Bottling Cap's method of manufacturing ring pull bottle crowns, and Toyota's tunable loudspeaker absorber.
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Dallas Invents: 136 Patents Granted for Week of May 30
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 136 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Amtech Systems' vehicle tracking system using transponders, Capital One's augmented reality displayed keypad for authenticated keyless door access, ForceGenie's wind, wave, and water power generation system, H24US' hydrogen purification using molecular dynamics, IBM's intelligent hashing of sensitive information, Parsec Technologies' emergency portable hot spot with antennas built into cover, Segmint's pulling a credit offer on bank's pre-approved property, Sunshotz's sunscreen dosing device and sunscreen bottle, Tango Networks' automatic identification of a vehicle driver based on driving behavior, and Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America's on-demand roadside AI service.
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Dallas Invents: 152 Patents Granted for Week of May 23
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's authentication using blockchains, Apple's beam tracking using downlink data reception and motion sensing information, USAA's color-changing vehicle to improve visibility, American Security Products' keyless courier entry for safes, Toyota's LiDAR reflective fabric, Akamai Technologies' detecting internet eavesdroppers, Anametric's preservation of qubits, Textron's takeoff power boost, Magic Leap's controlling virtual image generation system using emotional states of user, and Accenture's utilizing machine learning to prevent intellectual property issues for content during different stages of a project lifecycle.
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Dallas Invents: 132 Patents Granted for Week of May 9

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's topview item tracking using a sensor array, Advanced Neuromodulation Systems' method for controlling neurostimulation according to user activity and automated rescheduling of stimulation programs, IBM's clustering a set of natural language queries based on significant events, Lennox Industries' error correction for predictive schedules for a thermostat, PWC's continuous machine learning method and system for information extraction, ShockWatch's impact indicator, Target's sports bra support testing, and Textron Innovations' aircraft for transporting and deploying UAVs.
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Dallas Invents: 69 Patents Granted for Week of May 2
Patents granted this week include: Bank of America's travel identity tokening, Floway Innovations' adaptive fluid switches for autonomous flow control, Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co.'s hybrid power devices, Intuit's automated field-mapping of account names for form population, Lennox Industries's method for identifying causes of HVAC system faults, Nice Ltd.'s methods for retrieving and presenting information using augmented reality, Norton Lifelock's protecting from automatic reconnection with Wi-Fi access points having bad reputations, Raytheon's image turbulence correction of moving targets, Skyhigh Security's security service for an unmanaged device, Unification Technologies' methods for identifying storage resources that are not in use, and USAA's call routing using artificial intelligence.
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Dallas Invents: 104 Patents Granted for Week of April 25
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AXIP Energy Services' carbon dioxide capture from exhaust gas, Bank of America's intelligent cash handling, Capital One's vehicle identification driven by AR, DFB Soria's topical treatment for skin malignancies using nanoparticles of taxanes, Noodle.ai's artificial intelligence platform, Pacesetter's communication session between an implantable medical device and an external device, RailPros' automated railroad signage device, Tango Networks' enabling call originations using SMS and hotline capabilities, and Textron's distributed battery bank for ducted-rotor aircraft..
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Fort Worth Biotech Innovator Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award for Vision Research and Philanthropy
by | Apr 28, 2023
Former Alcon executive and Bios Partners co-founder Stella Robertson was recently awarded by the ARVO Foundation, recognizing a lifetime of work in vision research and philanthropy. Her vast expertise and guidance have been instrumental in helping countless entrepreneurs and startups in emerging technology.
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Dallas Invents: 120 Patents Granted for Week of April 11

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Elevens' detecting of shelf interactions using a sensor array, Adobe's automatically removing moving objects from video streams, AT&T's data harmonization across multiple sources, BMIC's methods to enable automated roof planning using a processor, Caris Science's method for measuring the amount of at least one molecule in a biological sample, EIR Pharmaceuticals's aqueous extraction process of plants, Laminator Holding's monitoring a signage system of a transit vehicle, Raytheon's key terrain finder, Siemens Industry Software's process design and analysis, and Spark Biomedical's methods for the treatment of substance use disorders.
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Dallas Invents: 95 Patents Granted for Week of April 4
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: American Airlines' remapping of flight leg bookings, Baylor Research Institute's diagnosing, prognosing, and treating colorectal cancer using biomarker expression, Care View Communications' surveillance system for predicting patient falls using motion feature patterns, JPMorgan Chase Bank's automated detection, elimination, and prevention of toxic combinations for personal information data, NXGEN Partners quantum-resistant blockchain with multi-dimensional quantum key distribution, Securus Technologies' personal computer wireless device docking station, Tango Networks' calling line/name identification of enterprise subscribers in mobile calls, and Versa Networks' systems for transitioning between client-less and client-based network connectivity to a secure access service edge (SASE) domain.
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Dallas Invents: 120 Patents Granted for Week of March 28
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's blockchain management platform for performing asset adjustment, cross sectional editing, and bonding, Capital One's anomaly analysis using a blockchain, Intel's technologies for managing interoperable high-definition maps for autonomous vehicles, KPMG's case-based reasoning systems and methods, Lennox Industries' personalized indoor microclimates, McAfee's large scale malware sample identification, Raytheon's method of virtually adhering materials to surfaces prior to encapsulation, RO5's de novo drug discovery using machine learning algorithms, and Verizon's method for un-biasing user personalizations and recommendations.
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Dallas Invents: 120 Patents Granted for Week of March 21
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Alcon's pad transfer printing method for making colored contact lenses, AT&T's emotion-based authentication service, Cancer Diagnostics Research Innovation's method for diagnosing and treating esophageal cancer, Citicorp Credit Services' multifactor authentication systems, Digital Tonic's augmented reality platform, Reliant Immune Diagnostics' microfluidic testing system for mobile veterinary applications, Sixgill's method of counting livestock, StaCyc's bike frame having a drive module enclosure, Textron Innovations' illuminated rope as an aircraft emergency egress aid, Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America's artificial muscles having vacuum coupled electrode insulators, Zixcorp Systems' delivery of an electronic message using a machine learning policy, and more.
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