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AI Innovation: U.S. Patent Office to Hold Public Meeting in Dallas on Emerging Tech, IP Challenges
by David Seeley | Jan 26, 2023
Innovators across North Texas and entrepreneurs all over the U.S. are racing to launch (and patent) the latest breakthrough AI. That can lead to IP policy issues as emerging tech hits the market. On February 8, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will a public meeting to discuss how to promote innovation in AI and Machine Learning tech, to be held virtually and in person at the Arts District Mansion in Dallas.
"The takeaways will shape future work on AI and ET policy," says USPTO Director Kathi Vidal.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 23, 2023
Working in UT Dallas' UTDesign Capstone program, the student team is developing an automated agility course that motivates pets to stop their lazy sofa-surfing and jump around to earn treats. The team had to tweak their design when Wiggle—their "chief beta tester"—figured out how to snag free Cheez-Its with her nose.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 23, 2023
Long ago, maternity wear was one of the unmentionables of fashion. That changed forever in 1937, when sisters Elsie and Edna Frankfurt founded Page Boy, America's first high-end maternity wear firm, in Dallas. In 1939, the sisters patented their game-changing solution: an adjustable skirt design for pregnant women that "accommodated" a baby bump instead of clumsily trying to hide it. They engineered a "window" in front of the skirt that expanded using drawstrings—while keeping the hemline stylishly parallel to the ground.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 23, 2023
Caris Life Sciences, the Irving-based biotech company, announced Thursday that it closed a senior secured term loan providing up to $400 million in capital from OrbiMed and Braidwell, bringing its funding total since 2018 to roughly $1.7 billion....
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UTSW Pharmacologist James Collins receives 2023 TAMEST Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award [Photo: courtesy UTSW]
TAMEST Honors UT Southwestern Researcher for Work on Parasitic Disease
by Lance Murray | Jan 20, 2023
An associate professor of pharmacology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas will receive the 2023 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Biological Sciences from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) for increasing the understanding of schistosomiasis, a disease caused by parasitic worms that infect hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest people, including children....
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 17, 2023
TI has introduced the first purpose-built semiconductors with ultrasonic lens cleaning technology. The new tech enables camera systems to quickly detect and remove dirt, ice, and water using microscopic vibrations.
"ULC can make widespread use of self-cleaning cameras and sensors a reality," says TI's Avia Yashar—an important development that could offer applications for sensor-packed autonomous vehicles.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 17, 2023
Swiss American CDMO specializes in the manufacture of topical skin care products. It announced an agreement with LiquiGlide, inventors of the EveryDrop dispensing platform, to deliver the "frictionless" coating tech for the global skin care market.
"If a consumer spends $20 for a lotion, they should get $20 worth from the bottle," says Swiss American CDMO president and CEO Komel Grover.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 17, 2023
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Emergency medicine faculty member Dr. Gilberto Salazar and UT Design Director Todd Polk show a VR training tool. [Photo courtesy UTSW]
UTSW, UT Dallas Collaborate on VR Training on Handling Violent Encounters in the E.R.
by Lance Murray | Jan 11, 2023
The collaboration has led to an innovative VR training tool that places physicians inside a virtual hospital examination room—where they experience a series of realistic patient encounters. The tool enables physicians to practice proven de-escalation tactics to help these incidents end peacefully.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 10, 2023
Dallas Invents is a weekly look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor. Patent activity can be an indicator of future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. ...
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 9, 2023
Dallas Invents is a weekly look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor. Patent activity can be an indicator of future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. ...
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 8, 2023
Dallas Invents is a weekly look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor. Patent activity can be an indicator of future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. ...
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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of December 6
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jan 6, 2023
Dallas Invents is a weekly look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor. Patent activity can be an indicator of future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. ...
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 28, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Akamai Technologies' device discovery for cloud-based network security gateways, Amazon's identity-aware filtering proxy for virtual networks, BMIC's asphalt shingle waste coatings in roofing materials, Capital One's sorted parallel processing of a large dataset, EarthSystems Technologies' predictive monitoring geological and meteorological effects on subsurface infrastructure systems and reporting emergency conditions, Google's methods and computer program products for providing data use options, Halliburton's sealing apparatus with swellable metal, Toyota's managing drones in vehicular system, USAA's voice synthesis for virtual agents, and more.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 27, 2022
"We don’t have years to wait—it’s important that the data and recommendations are delivered as quickly as possible, in ways people can understand and apply," says Dr. Scott Walters, who served as steering committee chair of the 67-community HEALing Communities Study.
A center at the University of North Texas Health Science Center will share findings to communities most affected by the worsening opioid crisis. “We already know quite a bit about best practices,” Walters notes.
A center at the University of North Texas Health Science Center will share findings to communities most affected by the worsening opioid crisis. “We already know quite a bit about best practices,” Walters notes.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 22, 2022
The highly competitive grant shows NSF’s willingness to expand the study of quantum information technology to universities that are aspiring to become major players in the field, said UTA professor Michael Vasilyeve, who will lead the project.
One purpose of the NSF's expansion program is to ensure a steady supply of skilled workers for the quantum information technology industry, which is constantly in need of more talent than is available.
One purpose of the NSF's expansion program is to ensure a steady supply of skilled workers for the quantum information technology industry, which is constantly in need of more talent than is available.
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