Invention

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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Dallas’ Arcadia Biosciences Sells ‘Wheat Trait’ to Corteva Agriscience for $4M, Then Sells GoodWheat Brand for $4M
by | May 16, 2024
Two deals announced 48 hours apart have brought Arcadia Biosciences $8 million, including the sale of its "better-for-you" wheat brand, GoodWheat, to Canada's Above Food Corp.
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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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Plano-Based Siemens Industry Software Partners with Sony on New Spatial Content Creation System

by | May 14, 2024
Sony's new XR head-mounted display, designed using Siemens' NX software, is a key part of the NX Immersive Designer. The solution aims to empower creators in industrial design and product engineering by providing "more immersive design, review, and collaboration tools."
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Dallas-Based Solidion Unveils Solid-State EV Battery Tech That Could ‘Dramatically Reduce’ Battery Weight, Volume, Cost
by | May 9, 2024
Solidion Technology's patented bipolar electrode-to-pack (BEEP) tech aims to simplify the design and manufacture of solid-state EV batteries. It does that by requiring only one casing and a small number of connectors, instead of the hundreds of housings and connectors required by today’s EV batteries.
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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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Artificial Intelligence, Psychedelics, and Psychotherapy Working Together to Fight Chronic Pain
Based in Dallas, Cacti leverages technology from fellow DFW company Blackbox Bio to pioneer psychedelic-derived medicines without traditional side effects. This innovative effort, led by the husband-wife team of Kaitlin and David Roberson, includes AI-powered algorithms capable of automatically detecting psychedelic hallucinations in mice.
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Dallas High School Wins 1st Place at NASA’s 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge

by | Apr 26, 2024
After winning the NASA challenge in 2022—and snagging second last year—Dallas' Parish Episcopal School returned to first-place glory recently with its human-powered, potentially Mars-conquering rover.
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Patented: Firehawk Aerospace’s Hybrid Rocket Engine Fuel Grains and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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Breaking, a ‘Plastic Degradation’ Startup, Emerges from Stealth with $10.5M After Gestating at Colossal
by | Apr 17, 2024
Breaking is developing X-32, a breakthrough microbial discovery that destroys multiple types of plastic by breaking down hydrocarbon chains across different chemical structures quickly. The startup's goal is for X-32 to help address the global plastics crisis.
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Dallas’ Imaginuity Launches an AI-Created ‘Virtual Shopping Bestie’ Named Cindy

by | Apr 16, 2024
Now appearing on the websites of 13 JLL-managed shopping centers across the U.S., "Cindy" may seem like just another influencer peddling perfume and athleisure. But she's really a "complex mix of generative AI tools driven by a proprietary recipe of procedures, prompts, and modeling."
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Dallas-Based SpotSee Launches Device to Track Temperature Integrity of Insulin and GLP-1 Medications
by | Apr 10, 2024
SpotSee said that TempMonitor uses its WarmMark technology to provide visual evidence if a medication is exposed to unacceptable temperature levels.
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Patented: Alcon’s Vision Quality Assessment Through Machine Learning and Innovation, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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North Texas’ EnLiSense To Launch Corti Health Wearables for Stress and Sleep Hormone Monitoring
by | Apr 5, 2024
Allen-based EnLiSense—co-founded by a professor and department head of bioengineering at UT Dallas—said the wearable features its proprietary passive-sweat sensor technology, which "non-invasively" rests on your skin, day and night, continuously measuring biomarker levels.
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