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The Last Word: Cosm Dallas GM On Its ‘VR Without the Goggles’ Experience

by | Sep 25, 2024
“It’s VR without the goggles.”

Justin Renville General Manager Cosm Dallas …via Inclusion Cloud’s Jayme Byrd after touring the newly opened Cosm Dallas at Grandscape.

Cosm Dallas, the new immersive entertainment venue at Grandscape, is turning heads. In a LinkedIn post, Jayme Byrd shared her impressions after a recent tour with the Dallas Regional Chamber’s Innovation Task Force....

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Patented: Accenture Global Solutions’ Intelligent Privacy Data Governance System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Sep 25, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Sept. 10, with a total of 146 patents granted.
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Last Call!: Submit Your Nominations for The Innovation Awards 2025
by | Sep 20, 2024
We're searching for the entrepreneurs, executives, and trailblazers driving meaningful change in North Texas. Submit your nominations for D CEO and Dallas Innovates' The Innovation Awards 2025 by Tuesday, September 24.

Now in its sixth year, the awards recognize companies and individuals leading innovation across sectors like AI, cybersecurity, healthcare, consumer goods, real estate, and more.
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A patent for health analysis based on ingestible sensors was assigned to CVS Pharmacy Inc.
Patented: CVS Pharmacy’s Health Analysis Using Ingestible Sensors and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Sep 18, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Sept. 3, with a total of 151 patents granted.
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This week, newly granted patents also include:

  • • ADT's customer experience diagnostics in premises monitoring systems
  • • AT&T's framework for a 6G ubiquitous access network
  • • Bank of America's geolocation security using biometric analysis
  • • Capital One's automated vehicle trade-in with limited human interaction
  • • Electrolux's system for integrated device connectivity and agile device control for dynamic object tracking and management
  • • Forescout Technologies' AI-driven classifier using a defined taxonomy framework
  • • Lasso Technologies' through-the-wall tank level measurement with telemetry and millimeter wave radar
  • • McWane's remote monitoring of water distribution system
  • • Micron's cloud-service on-boarding without prior customization of endpoints
  • • Oracle's future transaction processing
  • • Palantir Technologies' fault-tolerant and highly available configuration of distributed services
  • • Surgisil's lip implant

Patented: Alcon’s Voice‑Controlled Surgical System and More North Texas Inventive Activity

by | Sep 11, 2024

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 27, with a total of 122 patents granted.

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Children’s Health, Investing Partners Back Pieces Technologies With $25M to Advance AI in Hospital Care
by | Sep 10, 2024
"Our mission is to help those who help others," says Pieces Technologies CEO Dr. Ruben Amarasingham. With $25M in growth funding, Dallas-based Pieces is gearing up to transform hospital care with AI that streamlines clinical workflows and eases the load on care teams.
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Patented: Walmart Apollo’s Image Processing for Shrinkage Evaluation and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Sep 4, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 20, with a total of 122 patents granted.
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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
by | Aug 28, 2024
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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This colorized visualization, created by an artist for Dallas Innovates using Fig. 16 of U.S. Patent No. 12054091 envisions the color-changing technology patented by the United Services Automobile Association (USAA). The tech enables users to remotely change the color of a vehicle via a smartphone app to enhance visibility under various conditions. The depicted scenario shows multiple vehicles in a parking lot, demonstrating how they could be adjusted to stand out. [Sources: Patent No. Fig 16, USPTO; DI Studio]

This week, newly granted patents also include:

  • Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.'s plants with reduced Lipase 1 activity
  • BNSF Railway Company's drone based automated yard check
  • Bone Solutions, Inc.'s implant of osteostimulative material
  • Harnyss IP, LLC's 3D printed hydrogen storage systems using non-pyrophoric hydrogen storage alloys
  • Lennox Industries Inc.'s occupancy tracking using sound recognition
  • Nvidia Corporation's decision feed forward equalization for partial response equalized signal including pre-cursor cancelation
  • Volvo Car Corporation's methods and systems for unsupervised depth estimation for fisheye cameras using spatial-temporal consistency

Patented: USAA’s Color-Changing Vehicle and More North Texas Inventive Activity

by | Aug 21, 2024
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
by | Aug 14, 2024

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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Texas-Based Research Bridge Partners Taps New Board Leadership to Drive ‘High-Quality Investment Opportunities’ in Biomedical Innovation
by | Aug 9, 2024
With a new CEO and three seasoned industry veterans joining its board, Research Bridge Partners is focused on moving university innovations from the lab to the marketplace.

Last year, the Texas-based nonprofit, in collaboration with Lyda Hill Philanthropies, invested $4 million into North Texas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center, bolstering efforts to transform groundbreaking research into viable companies.
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Patented: A ‘Space Railway’ and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Aug 7, 2024
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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Dallas-Fort Worth Biotech Targets Cancer’s ‘Achilles Heel’ with Nanotechnology

by | Aug 1, 2024
OncoNano's innovative approach to cancer treatment leverages nanotechnology to bring tumors into the light.
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Dallas’ Spectral AI Is Developing a Battlefield Burn Assessment Tool
by | Jul 31, 2024
The company noted that burn wounds account for a significant portion of combat-related injuries. Its DeepView SnapShot M device is designed to be an integral part of the battlefield triage process by providing a quick and accurate wound assessment, so that those with more severe burn injuries can be prioritized for evacuation.
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Patented: NICE Ltd.’s Complaint Detection and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Jul 31, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of July 9, 2024. 122 patents granted include: K2M's expandable spinal implants, Nice Ltd.'s systems and methods for detecting complaint interactions, Plainsight Technologies' system and method of detecting gas leaks, Reddy Ice's bagged ice dispensing machine, Roku's centralized mediation between ad-replacement platforms, Spark Biomedical's wearable auricular neurostimulator and methods of use, VPAY's system and method for virtual payment fraud detection.
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Alpha Cognition’s ZUNVEYL Receives FDA Approval to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
by | Jul 29, 2024
“The approval of ZUNVEYL is a pivotal moment in the fight against Alzheimer's disease as it's only the second oral AD treatment to be approved in more than a decade," said CEO Michael McFadden of Alpha Cognition. Based in Vancouver with an office in Frisco, the company was honored at the 2023 BioNTX iC3 Summit as one of eight "Rising Stars."
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