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U.S. Patent No. 11,448,413 (Occupancy tracking using sound recognition) was assigned to Lennox Industries Inc. [Source image: USPTO]

Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of September 20

by | Oct 3, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. • Frito-Lay’s plant protein snack with meat-like texture
• Treble Innovations’ portable wireless endoscope
• Toyota’s systems and methods for automatically cleaning wheels
• Good Sportsman Marketing’s communication device for hearing protection devices
• Panacea Quantum Leap Technology’s bidirectional sensor circuit
• Badge’s biometric public key system providing revocable credentials
• AMS International AG’s method and device for estimating ambient light
• Heart Test Laboratories’ quantitative heart testing
• Futurewei Technologies’ transaction-based hybrid memory
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Texas Instruments’ Newest Fab Plant in Richardson Kicks Off Wafer Production
by | Oct 3, 2022
The new 300-mm wafer fabrication plant will help support the future growth of semiconductors in electronics. Called RFAB2, the new "fab" is connected to RFAB1, which opened in 2009 as the world’s first 300-mm analog wafer fab. Inside, 15 miles of automated, overhead delivery systems will eventually move wafers between the two fabs. At full production, the Richardson fabs will manufacture more than 100 million analog chips a day that will go into electronics everywhere, TI says.
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UT Southwestern Is Selected as One of 12 NIH Obesity Research Centers
by | Sep 28, 2022
Over 150 scientists across dozens of departments will be part of the elite National Institutes of Health-funded, university-wide interdisciplinary research center. Dallas' UT Southwestern Medical Center is the only institution in Texas to be selected for the NIH initiative.

UTSW wants to translate scientific discoveries into new therapeutic strategies for the prevention and treatment of obesity, which it describes as a chronic disease affecting more than 40% of the U.S. population, with medical costs nearing $175 billion.
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Dallas Invents: 142 Patents Granted for Week of September 13
by | Sep 28, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: DoorDash’s automatic floor-level retail operation decisions using video analytics, Toyota’s automated pest warning and eradication system, Textron’s aircraft weapon system, Paradigm Shift Technologies’ food ordering via embedded links in video game advertising, O’Reilly Winship’s rechargeable USB electrical outlet with integrated lighting, BMIC’s self-adhered roofing systems and methods, iPMachine’s system for mixed reality experiences, Samsung’s methods for gesture recognition and control, Sleep Technologies’ adjustable sleeping system with massage function, SRFC Bio’s analysis of antimicrobial coatings using X-ray fluorescence, and an unassigned mobile legal counsel system and method.
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HeartSciences' MyoVista Wavelet ECG. [Photo: HeartSciences]

HeartSciences Pumps Life into Assessing Diastolic Dysfunction with New AI Patent

by | Sep 22, 2022
Southlake-based HeartSciences, which closed on a $6.375M IPO in June, applies AI-based technology to an ECG to detect cardiac dysfunction—one of the earliest signs of heart disease. The company says this can't be diagnosed by current conventional ECGs, making its MyoVista Wavelet ECG device a potential game changer. CEO Andrew Simpson says adding this diagnostic information to an ECG "addresses a significant unmet need in the market with an estimated 100 million-plus ECG tests performed annually in the U.S.A. alone."
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Dallas Invents: 113 Patents Granted for Week of September 6
by | Sep 20, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's wearable device for operational compliance, Bridge To Life's organ preservation system with automatic priming and air removal, NTT Data's bot-on-bot optimization, Siemens Logistics' automatic unloading of parcels, SpeedChain's systemized blockchain reconciliation in a hybrid distributed network ecosystem, TD Ameritrade's string processing of clickstream data, Verizon's managing unmanned aerial vehicle flight data, Visual Shot Recognition Gaming's live fire gaming system, and more.
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The 2022 BioNTX iC3 Summit Will Bring Together Leaders and Changemakers to ‘Accelerate Life Sciences Across North Texas’
by | Sep 16, 2022
The once-a-year summit on September 22 and 23 is an innovation multiplier for capital, collaboration, and commercialization. Experts in the field will discuss strategy and exchange insights—and what's driving life science success across the region.

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Gamified Exercise, Medical Devices, and More: 10 Startups Bring Their Ideas to Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator
by | Sep 15, 2022
The inaugural Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator is kicking off with 10 startups who come from all over the map—from Dallas to cities across the U.S. as well as Canada, Switzerland, and Germany. They'll be taking up residence in Fort Worth for an "intensive" 13-week mentorship program that makes each eligible for $120,000 in seed funding from the UNT Health Science Center and Goff Capital. “We believe that Fort Worth can become the physical health innovation capital of the world, and this is an incredible next step to making that vision a reality,” says Dr. Sylvia Trent-Adams, president of UNT HSC.
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U.S. Patent No. 11,425,891 (Method and system for remote monitoring, care and maintenance of animals) was assigned to Botsitter, LLC.

Dallas Invents: 160 Patents Granted for Week of August 30

by | Sep 14, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Botsitter's remote monitoring, care and maintenance of animals, Socrates Health Solutions' blood glucose trend meter, Kyndryl's prioritization for charging electric vehicles while driving on the road, BNSF Railway's train simulator test set and method therefor, Alliance for Sustainable Energy's perovskite materials , TI's accelerated decision-tree execution, USAA's authentication in a virtual reality environment, JPMorgan Chase Bank's gamification-based engagement, Polara Enterprises' integrated accessible pedestrian system, and more.
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Dallas Invents: 121 Patents Granted for Week of August 23
by | Sep 7, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 121 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include:7-Eleven's Event Trigger Based On Region-Of-Interest Near Hand-Shelf Interaction, Coronado Aesthetics' Delivery Of Nanoparticles, Her Technologies' Skin Rejuvenation Device, IBM's Assisted Smart Device Context Performance Information Retrieval, Intuit's Optimization Based On Archetypes, Match Group's System And Method For Modifying A Preference, Red River Tea's Touchless Beverage Dispensing Valve, Sigl-G's Geothermal Power Generation, Solo Brands' Combustible Fuel Burning Stove With Spark Arrestor, Toyota's Off-Highway Auto Ev Mode, ZscalerCloud-Based Virtual Private Access Systems And Methods For Application Access , Siemens Industry Software's Isometric Control Data Generation for Test Compression and Vive Scientific's Apparatus For Tissue Ablation Using Radiofrequency Energy And Method Of Use
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CPRIT Is Funding the Development of Products That Fight Cancer
by | Sep 6, 2022
The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas has provided more than $3.1 billion in funding toward the development of cancer-fighting therapeutics, devices, diagnostics, and tools since 2010. It's now issued a call for startups and early-stage companies to apply for product development research grants for the 2023 fiscal year. “CPRIT’s mission is to invest in the research prowess of Texas institutions while expediting breakthroughs in cancer cures and prevention,” CEO Wayne Roberts said last May.
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Dallas Invents: 155 Patents Granted for Week of August 16
by | Aug 31, 2022
Bank of America's correction, synchronization, and migration of databases, Berkshire Biomedical's computerized oral prescription administration with refillable medication dispensing devices, UT Systems' cancer cell trap, Cleanspray USA's disinfection system for mass transit vehicles, Fujifilm Medical Systems' detecting errors in artificial intelligence engines, Knightscope's autonomous parking monitor, Micron Technology's modified checksum using a poison data pattern, Texas Instruments' handling non-correctable errors, Textron Innovations' fuel cell powered line-replaceable thrust module, The Nielsen Company's methods and apparatus to improve usage crediting in mobile devices, and UNT's ultrasonic through-wall sensors.
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[Image: Jolygon/ iStock]

Dallas Invents: 92 Patents Granted for Week of July 26

by | Aug 17, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AITAX's tax planning using video-based graphical user interface and AI, Alcon's dissolvable polymeric eye inserts with a biodegradable polymer, Amgen's electronic drug delivery device, Frito-Lay's vending machine for foodstuffs, Ironwood Cyber's generating upsampled signal from gyroscope data, OmniMax USA's smart desk and chair, Pavestone's random linear paving slab, SanDisk's vertical mapping and computing for deep neural networks in non-volatile memory, and Toyota's ramp merging assistance.
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HackDFW Returns for 2022 to Connect Tech Talent to Companies
by | Aug 17, 2022
The Dallas Regional Chamber's talent-attraction arm — Say Yes to Dallas — powers the event. 

A roster of company sponsors expands career opportunities for HackDFW participants, says DRC's Duane Dankesreiter. “Last year we gave over 600 resumes to participating companies."
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Medicine Delivered in Plant Seeds? UNT Researchers Get $1.4M Grant for a First-of-Its-Kind Study
by | Aug 17, 2022
The University of North Texas BioDiscovery Institute's $1.4 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation is seeding research in sustainable medicine—literally.

“What we're thinking long-term is that if plants can store medicines in seeds, you eat the seeds, and the medicine is already contained. You don't have all these factories, you don't need any chemicals—it's just there and available,” said UNT lead researcher Elizabeth Skellam.
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Dallas Invents: 129 Patents Granted for Week of August 2
by | Aug 17, 2022

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• 7-Eleven's vector-based object re-identification during image tracking
• Amazon's multi-factor message-based authentication for network resources
• Blue Yonder Group's sentient optimization for continuous supply chain management
• BMIC's methods of forming an adhesive composition from asphalt shingle waste powder
• Cali-Curl's hair curling system
• Gradalis' methods for treating cancers
• McAfee's methods and apparatus to deconflict malware or content remediation
• NCH Corporation's system method and composition for incubating spores for use in aquaculture agriculture wastewater and environmental remediation applications
• vSpatial's devices and methods for creating a collaborative virtual session

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