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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 18
by Quincy Preston | Sep 2, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Apple's approach for traffic overhead and UE mobility tradeoff, Audatex North America's mobile system for generating a damaged vehicle insurance estimate, Capital One's database image matching using machine learning with output estimation, Flowserve's near field RF powered electronic valve actuator, Ingar's management of aerial drone parcel transfers, IBM's location-aware trust-based P2P currency exchange, Lennox's intelligent defrost control method, and Oceus's mobile cellular networks.
by Chantal Canales |
Sep 1, 2020
The virtual panel of leaders from Ericsson and Kodiak discussed Dallas' growth and how startups can seek funding and partnerships from large corporations.
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by Dave Moore |
Sep 1, 2020
CTO Kris Fitzgerald thinks of Dallas as having "pragmatic innovation." NTT DATA wants to tap into that.
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by Quincy Preston and Sandra Engelland |
Aug 27, 2020
$25,000 to disinfect an office building? Toxic chemicals sprayed in a daycare? Thomas Holland, founder of APEX Property Services, has heard all the complaints about janitorial services. Now he intends to shake up the status quo. His company—a certified B Corp—is one of a limited number of preferred partners that can apply Allied BioScience's SurfaceWise2, the first antiviral surface coating approved by the EPA last week.
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Lucas Rodriguez, CerSci [Photo: Skyler Fike]
Dallas-based Biotech CerSci Acquired by ACADIA Pharmaceutical in $52.5M Deal
by Quincy Preston | Aug 25, 2020
CerSci shareholders could net another $887 million in milestones and tiered royalties. The clinical-stage startup, which launched in 2015, is developing a new generation of non-opioid meds to treat acute and chronic pain.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 24, 2020
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given approval to Allied BioScience for its electrostatic spraying solution, SurfaceWise2. The next-gen coating will give critical protection to Texas-based companies like early partner American Airlines.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 20, 2020
With two new investments and a $2.5M evaluation, the startup plans to ship an input device that can better match the speed of the human brain in December.
CharaChorder thinks it's positioned as one of the leading consumer electronics startups in Texas.
CharaChorder thinks it's positioned as one of the leading consumer electronics startups in Texas.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 20, 2020
OncoNano Medicine, a spinout of University of Texas Southwestern, uses pH as a biomarker to detect metastatic cancer. Its technology, which visualizes a tumor, could be a gamechanger.
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The proposed Water Table at West End Square.
DDI Foundation Donates $300K for West End Park Water Feature That Changes With the Weather
by Lauren Hawkins | Aug 18, 2020
The interactive water table will bubble, mist, or be still as it reacts to Dallas weather. West End Square is slated for completion in early 2021.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 17, 2020
The DoD, under the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, is funding three experts from UNT’s College of Engineering who hope to give scientists better insight on how metal alloys used by the military and aerospace industries deform under stress.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 13, 2020
The Native American and woman-owned Teltech Group has launched a virtual IoT marketplace for Polte-powered real-time tracking solutions. Last month, Frisco-based Teltech announced a new lease for a 200,000 square-foot industrial space in Flower Mound, where it will consolidate operations.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 12, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AiBUY's peer-assisted shopping, Bone Solutions' implant of osteostimulative material, Dell's proximity-based authorization for encryption and decryption services, Intellective AI's logical sensor generation in a behavioral recognition system, Lintec of America's nanofiber fabric, Luminator Holding's monitoring a signage system of a transit vehicle, and USAA's voice synthesis for virtual agents.
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In a new limited series, Dallas Innovates is highlighting the local startups in MassChallenge Texas' latest cohort, which aims to make the state "the best in the world to start and scale a business."
MassChallenge Texas: Meet the Summer Cohort
by Alex Edwards | Aug 6, 2020
In a new limited series, Dallas Innovates is highlighting the local startups in MassChallenge Texas' latest cohort, which aims to make the state "the best in the world to start and scale a business."
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by Quincy Preston and Alex Edwards |
Aug 5, 2020
Taysha Gene Therapies, which was been operating in stealth with UT Southwestern until this April, plans to use the financing to advance its initial cohort of lead programs into its clinic. By the end of 2021, Taysha expects to file four Investigational New Drug applications.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 5, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Globus Medical's artificial spinal disk prothesis, Allstate's accident re-creation using augmented reality, AT&Ts 5D edge cloud network design, Blacktop Plus' therapeutic elastic sports tape, IBM's smart garment, Kwikboost's mobile device charging stations, State Farm's trip-based vehicle insurance, and Toyota's co-pilot and conversational companion.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 4, 2020
Articulate Labs' wearable devices strengthen muscles through everyday activity. That makes its training more mobile, convenient, and effective, CEO Josh Rabinowitz says.
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