Invention

Dallas Invents: 113 Patents Granted for Week of June 20

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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Construction Begins on ‘One-of-a-Kind’ Glow-in-the-Dark Playground in Farmers Branch
by | Jun 27, 2023
In March, we previewed something truly innovative coming to Farmers Branch—a futuristic, glow-in-the-dark attraction the city says will be "the crown jewel of playgrounds." Well, don't tell the kids yet, but you can pencil in a date for an amazing evening experience: Joya at Oran Good Park is slated to open this fall. Take a sneak peek at its light-up delights here.
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Public-Private Consortium Will Fund 3 Gene Therapy Clinical Trials at UT Southwestern
by | Jun 22, 2023
"There are over 10,000 rare diseases that affect millions of people worldwide, and most of them are genetic," notes UT Southwestern's Steven Gray (above, with Susan Iannaccone, M.D.). Testing on a total of eight genetic diseases has been approved for funding by the Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium and other organizations.
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‘Dark Shadows’ Video Game Lights Up Human Trafficking Research at SMU
by | Jun 22, 2023
SMU's new federally funded data warehouse will feature a unique component—a video game called "Dark Shadows"—to help researchers extract and “clean” relevant human trafficking information from the U.S. Department of Justice’s press releases, such as victims' and perpetrators' names and crime locations.
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Drones Beware: Raytheon’s Laser Weapon Factory in McKinney Delivers Highly Mobile, Combat-Ready System

by | Jun 12, 2023
The new H4 laser weapon is able to acquire, target, track, and destroy drones whether they're close, far away, or attacking in swarms, Raytheon said. The system was built in what Raytheon calls "the world's first laser weapon factory" in McKinney north of Dallas, and "can be moved and mounted anywhere it’s needed"—even on a pickup truck.
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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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Caris Life Sciences and ConcertAI Announce New Clinico-Genomic Research Platform
by | Jun 1, 2023
Expanding a collaboration they announced in January, the two companies aim to drive "the future of cancer care" with the new platform, enabling novel insights for precision medicine, therapeutic development, and clinical trials management for academic and biopharma researchers.
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Dallas Invents: 124 Patents Granted for Week of May 16

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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New $500K Prizes Funded by Lyda Hill Will Promote Scientific Research and Innovation
by | May 24, 2023
Lyda Hill Philanthropies and TAMEST, the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science, and Technology, have launched the Hill Prizes. The new program will provide $2.5 million in funding to support the research of Texas scientists.
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Mark Cuban-Backed MeshTek Labs Wins Lightfair Innovation Award
by | May 23, 2023
Supported by 35 issued patents, Dallas-based MeshTek builds next-gen lighting systems that turn buildings into show-stoppers. "Their patented, long-range Bluetooth mesh is the brilliance behind the solution and the future of outdoor device connectivity," says investor Mark Cuban.
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Colossal Biosciences, Vertebrate Genomes Project Publish First High-Quality Reference Genome of African Elephant
by | May 19, 2023
Last year, the partnership announced a near complete sequence of the Asian elephant genome. Colossal and VGP said the sequencing work is part of a long-term effort to ensure the survival of elephant species in the face of climate change, deforestation, and disease.
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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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UTA Team Gets Nearly $3M From DOE To Develop Data Center Cooling Tech
by | May 16, 2023
Some things you just gotta keep cool: your temper on the Tollway at 8:45 a.m., your drink after work, and—maybe we should've put this first—data centers. All those endless rows of servers generate heat, which is why cooling accounts for nearly half of a data center's electricity usage. Now a team led by UT Arlington's Dereje Agonafer is developing hybrid cooling technology that could save "a massive amount of money in energy costs" for both current and future servers.
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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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Noted Dallas Researcher, Physician Named as Susan G. Komen Research Scholar
by | May 5, 2023
Carlos L. Arteaga, M.D., is director of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center and associate dean of oncology programs at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is a professor of internal medicine and the Lisa K. Simmons Distinguished Chair in Comprehensive Oncology at UT Southwestern.
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