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. By tracking both inventors and assignees in the region, we aim to provide a broader view of the region’s inventive activity. Listings are organized by Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC).

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of May 16, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

124 patents granted
Ranked No. 9 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 16
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 20
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 7
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 6
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 6
G: PHYSICS 31
H: ELECTRICITY 34
DESIGN: 4

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas) 8
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 8
The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin) 5
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) 4
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 4
Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano) 4
Capital One Services, Llc (McLean, VA) 3
CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC) 3
Enseo, LLC (Plano) 3

UNASSIGNED 4

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

William C. Fang (Plano) 3
Daniel J. Siegwart (Dallas) 2
David Filbey (Plano) 2
John Richard McCullough (Weatherford) 2
Qiang Cheng (Dallas) 2
Tuo Wei (Dallas) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

H U M A N N E C E S S I T I E S

Food product permeated with homogenized dispersion
Patent No. 11647770

Inventor(s): Tracey Williams (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ConAgra Foods RDM, Inc. (Omaha, NE)

Law Firm: Advent, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16783243 on 02/06/2020 (1195 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is a food product and a method of creating the food product that satisfies the need for a homogenized dispersion that disperses throughout meat, wherein the particle size of macromolecular ingredients within the dispersion is reduced to form a more stable homogenized dispersion with increased ingredient functionality. This permeated meat offers added health benefits such as the substitution of the anti-oxidant rich olive oil for problematic animal fat. NULL

Storage assembly
Patent No. 11647835

Inventor(s): David Williams (Ringwood, , GB), Jack Wayne Johnson (McKinney, TX), Matthew Dewey (Plano, TX), Michael Risdall (Minneapolis, MN), Robert Scharfenkamp (Prosper, TX), Roger John Carr (Croydon, , GB)
Assignee(s): Smith System Manufacturing Company (Carrollton, TX)

Law Firm: Price Heneveld LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16833739 on 03/30/2020 (1142 days app to issue)

Abstract: A storage assembly includes top and bottom walls, a pair of end walls extending between the top and bottom walls and cooperating with the top and bottom walls to define an interior space, and at least one end surface configured to closely interfit with at least one end surface of an adjacent storage assembly that is substantially similar to the storage assembly at a predefined angular orientation such that a longitudinal axis of the storage assembly is angularly offset from a longitudinal axis of the adjacent storage assembly when the at least one end surface of the storage assembly is interfit with the at least one surface of the adjacent storage assembly The storage assembly may also include a pair of interior walls and a handle relief extending into the top wall and/or a frame assembly located between one of the end walls and one of the interior walls.

[A47B] TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (jointing of furniture F16B 12/00)

Anti-sweep merchandise display hook
Patent No. 11647850

Inventor(s): Ansh B. Jhaveri (Irving, TX), Matthew J. Goebel (Fort Worth, TX), Nick Farinola (Kinnelon, NJ)
Assignee(s): VIRA Insight, LLC (Lewisville, TX)

Law Firm: Dan Brown Law Office (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17398339 on 08/10/2021 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: A retail display hook for merchandise packaged with a hang tab aperture includes mounting bracket with a hang bar and an access bar cantilevered therefrom. The hang bar extends outwardly along a straight portion, through an upwardly peaked portion, and followed by an upwardly angled portion. An access flap pivotally engages a distal end of the access bar, and is located above and adjacent to the distal end of the hang bar. The access flap includes an arrester extension and a blocker extension. Rotation of the access flap between a display position and an access position controls removal of merchandise to one unit at a time, requiring cyclical operation to remove more than one unit.

[A47F] SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS, OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS

System and method to treat obstructive sleep apnea
Patent No. 11648047

Inventor(s): Charles Lee Powell (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): VIVE SCIENTIFIC, LLC (Irving, TX)

Law Firm: Polsinelli PC (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16155213 on 10/09/2018 (1680 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is provided to treat sleep apnea, with a method of use. The system includes a handpiece which includes at least one penetrating electrode configured to penetrate tissue and one or more temperature sensors. A processor is coupled with the one or more temperature sensors and the at least one penetrating electrode, and a memory is configured to store instructions executable by the processor. The instructions, when executed, are operable to emit, by the at least one penetrating electrode, RF energy from the electrodes to heat a region of a base of a tongue until a target energy is delivered to the region. The instructions are also operable to measure, by the one or more temperature sensors, the temperature of the region.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Systems and methods for electrode orientation determination in deep brain stimulation (DBS)
Patent No. 11648063

Inventor(s): Anahita Kyani (Plano, TX), Dehan Zhu (Plano, TX), Douglas Lautner (Frisco, TX), Erika Ross (Dallas, TX), Hyun-Joo Park (Frisco, TX), Simeng Zhang (Frisco, TX), Yagna Pathak (Skokie, IL)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17113385 on 12/07/2020 (890 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for estimating an orientation of an implanted deep brain stimulation (DBS) lead. Such methods include generating an initial image dataset, down-sampling a respective image or adding noise to images of the subset of the initial image dataset, and re-slicing at least a subset of the modified image dataset along an alternative primary imaging axis, to generate an integrated image dataset. The method also include partitioning the integrated image dataset into a preliminary training image dataset and a testing image dataset, and re-sizing at least a subset of the preliminary training image dataset with a localized field of view around a depicted DBS lead, to generate a training image dataset. The method further includes training a machine-learning model using the training image dataset, and executing the trained machine-learning model to estimate, during a DBS implantation procedure, an orientation of a subject implanted DBS lead.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Intra-oral scanning device
Patent No. 11648095

Inventor(s): Andrei Tchouprakov (Plano, TX), Grant E. Kenworthy (Allen, TX), Gregory R. Basile (Dallas, TX), Henley S. Quadling (Dallas, TX), Justin G. Graham (Wylie, TX), Lasse H. Toimela (Plano, TX), Mark S. Quadling (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): D4D Technologies, LLC (Richardson, TX)

Law Firm: Scheef Stone, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16059915 on 08/09/2018 (1741 days app to issue)

Abstract: An intra-oral scanning device includes a light source and an optical system, and communicates with a display system. The device has a reduced form factor as compared to prior devices, and it provides for more efficient transmission and capture of images.

[A61C] DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; preparations for dentistry A61K 6/00; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K 8/00, A61Q 11/00)

Methods of designing three-dimensional lattice structures for implants
Patent No. 11648124

Inventor(s): Jason Tinley (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): NANOHIVE MEDICAL LLC (Woburn, MA)

Law Firm: McDermott Will Emery LLP (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16917685 on 06/30/2020 (1050 days app to issue)

Abstract: The methods disclosed herein of generating three-dimensional lattice structures and reducing stress shielding have applications including use in medical implants. One method of generating a three-dimensional lattice structure can be used to generate a structure lattice and/or a lattice scaffold to support bone or tissue growth. One method of reducing stress shielding includes generating a structural lattice to provide sole mechanical spacing across an area for desired bone or tissue growth. Some examples can use a repeating modified rhombic dodecahedron or radial dodeca-rhombus unit cell. Some methods are also capable of providing a lattice structure with anisotropic properties to better suit the lattice for its intended purpose.

[A61F] FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) [2006.01]

Mobility devices with transitional foot plates
Patent No. 11648171

Inventor(s): Douglas A. Moore (Fairview, CA), Paul Nichols (Healdsburg, CA), Thomas Mitchell Dair (Lafayette, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17014233 on 09/08/2020 (980 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mobility device positionable between a powered transport position and a powered wheelchair position is provided. The mobility device includes a frame including a pair of side rails, a pair of wheels on each side rail, a distance between each wheel on a corresponding side rail defining a length of the mobility device, a pair of arms coupled to an end of the pair of side rails, and a seat member positioned between the pair of arms. A pair of foot plates is pivotally attached to the pair of side rails and rotatable between an unfolded position in which the foot plate is horizontal and a folded position in which the foot plate is vertical. Each foot plate having a length at least substantially equal to the length of the mobility device.

[A61H] PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy, ultrasound therapy A61N)

Topical skin formulation
Patent No. 11648187

Inventor(s): Bob Foley (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addision, TX)

Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16722412 on 12/20/2019 (1243 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for applying a cosmetic composition to skin is disclosed. The method can include applying a first composition to skin that includes at least about 50% by weight of a volatile hydrocarbon, a film former, a solvent comprising an ester group, and a combination of ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) sunscreen agents, wherein the UVA sunscreen agent comprises 4-tert-butyl-4-methoxydibenzoylmethane, wherein the first composition has an SPF of at least about 15 and a PFA of at least about 5, and wherein the first composition dries within two minutes after topical application to skin, and subsequently applying the cosmetic composition onto the first composition.

[A61K] PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J 3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D)

Cosmetic composition and methods of use thereof
Patent No. 11648194

Inventor(s): Julia Collier (Addison, TX), Kim Wilson (Addison, TX), Michael Frushour (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)

Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17206745 on 03/19/2021 (788 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a topical skin composition. The composition can include water, caprylic/capric triglyceride, [i]Butyrospermum parkii [/i](shea) butter, [i]Helianthus annuus [/i](sunflower) seed oil, cetyl alcohol, glyceryl stearate, and beeswax.

Use of histone acetyltransferase inhibitor amidoximes as anti-proliferative agents
Patent No. 11648217

Inventor(s): Amon Gekombe (Lewisville, TX), Debra Dolliver (Tuscaloosa, AL), James E. Johnson (Denton, TX), Michael Bergel (Denton, TX), Sudheer Dhanireddy (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Woman”s University (Denton, TX)

Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17008617 on 08/31/2020 (988 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein is the use of bisamidoximes compounds for the treatment of HAT malfunction related pathologies.

Bioresponsive particles
Patent No. 11648297

Inventor(s): Annie Y. Heble (Dallas, TX), Jacques Lux (Dallas, TX), Robert F. Mattrey (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16429026 on 06/02/2019 (1444 days app to issue)

Abstract: Shielding enzymes are made by modifying the enzyme surface with silica precursors and then depositing silica to a desired thickness while retaining biological activity of the enzyme.

Anti-DC-HIL antibodies for cancer diagnosis, prognosis and therapy
Patent No. 11648307

Inventor(s): Kiyoshi Ariizumi (Dallas, TX), Ponciano Cruz (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)

Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16731285 on 12/31/2019 (1232 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to antibodies that bind to DC-HIL on the surface of myeloid-derived suppressor cells, and thus antagonize the T cell suppressor function of these cells, as well as their use in diagnosing and treating cancers such as melanoma.

Stovetop fire suppressor with shuttle actuator and method
Patent No. 11648428

Inventor(s): Donald W Murray (Arlington, TX), Richard M Anthony (River Oaks, TX)
Assignee(s): WilliamsRDM, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)

Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16591853 on 10/03/2019 (1321 days app to issue)

Abstract: An automatic stovetop fire suppressor is activated by a shuttle actuator. The self-contained and closed container device provides a gradual release of a fire suppressing agent in a desired distribution pattern. A method of reliable and spatial agent release are provided herein. A plastic cone shaped lid seals on the bottom of a can and forms a closed container. The closed container is filled with a fire suppressing agent. An initiator charge is housed external to the container of fire suppressing agent and is fuse activated. The activated charge displaces the shuttle. As the shuttle displaces, vertical support for the bottom cone lid is removed and a compression spring breaks a circumferential seal between the bottom lid and container cylindrical sidewall and lowers the bottom lid exposing a radial opening. Fire suppressing agent flows out of the radial opening, suppressing a stovetop fire.

[A62C] FIRE-FIGHTING (fire-extinguishing compositions, use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires A62D 1/00; spraying, applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; fire-fighting aircraft B64D 1/16; alarm arrangements G08B, e.g. fire alarms actuated by smoke or gases G08B 17/10)

Devices and assays for diagnosis of viral and bacterial infections
Patent No. 11650213

Inventor(s): Oriana E. Hawkins (Fort Worth, TX), Oscar E. Okiya (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Entvantage Diagnostics, Inc. (Austin, TX)

Law Firm: Shay Glenn LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16847587 on 04/13/2020 (1128 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and kits for sampling mucous from within a sinus to determine if a single sample includes one or more bacterial types indicating a bacterial infection, such as bacterial sinusitis, and one or more viruses indicating a viral infection, such as influenza.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Dose volume histogram and dose distribution based autoplanning
Patent No. 11651847

Inventor(s): Mingli Chen (Coppell, TX), Steve Jiang (Southlake, TX), Troy Long (Fort Worth, TX), Weiguo Lu (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, TX)

Law Firm: DLA Piper LLP (US) (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16558698 on 09/03/2019 (1351 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for generating a voxel-based quadratic penalty model for automatic intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment planning are disclosed herein. A computing system generates an initial assignment of threshold values to a penalty function for IMRT treatment planning. The computing system receives an update to a dose value associated with the IMRT treatment planning. The computing system dynamically updates the threshold values based on the updated dose value. The computing system continues to iterate the threshold values based on further updated dose values.

[A61N] ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B 18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infra-red radiators for heating H05B) [6]

O P E R A T I O N S & T R A N S P O R T

Systems for converting light paraffins to alcohols
Patent No. 11648519

Inventor(s): Bruce B. Randolph (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: Phillips 66 Company (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17153390 on 01/20/2021 (846 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems for the catalytic activation and/or dehydrogenation of a paraffin feed stream that is enriched in C5 alkanes to produce olefins that are then hydrated in the presence of water to produce C5 alcohols. Optionally, paraffin isomers are separated and the n-paraffins isomerized prior to catalytic activation and/or dehydrogenation.

[B01J] CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS, COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS (processes or apparatus for specific applications, see the relevant places for these processes or apparatus, e.g. F26B 3/08) [2]

Multi-axis articulating and rotary spray system and method
Patent No. 11648578

Inventor(s): Charles Horace Camp, Jr. (Spring, TX), Michael Shawn Zilai (Katy, TX)
Assignee(s): TRINITY BAY WORX, LLC (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16583644 on 09/26/2019 (1328 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method articulating and rotary spray system for fluids that includes a first drive for rotating a mast for different headings and a second drive for rotating a nozzle for different pitches at any time with or without rotation of the mast. The method and system uses a system of interacting gears that rotate a control rod in variable synchronization to control the nozzle pitch relative to the mast heading while the control rod orbits about a center of rotation of the rotating mast along a longitudinal axis.

[B05B] SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F 5/20; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) [2]

Carpet waste composite and method for making same
Patent No. 11648748

Inventor(s): Daniel R. McIntyre (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ADVANCED CARPET RECYCLING, LLC (Southlake, TX)

Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17713712 on 04/05/2022 (406 days app to issue)

Abstract: A carpet waste composite and method for making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the method, cleaned, unadulterated layers of carpet having a backing side and a tufted side are provided. An initial, unfused carpet layer is made by placing two cleaned, unadulterated layers of carpet tufted side-to-tufted side with homogenous and adhesive contact therebetween. Heat and pressure followed by cooling are applied to furnish an initial, fused carpet layer. An iterative, unfused carpet layer is created by placing two cleaned, unadulterated layers of carpet tufted side-to-tufted side with the initial, fused carpet layer interposed therebetween using adhesive contact. Heat and pressure followed by cooling are applied to furnish an iterative, fused carpet layer. The process of adding layers may continue as required.

[B32B] LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM

Print head cooling jacket
Patent No. 11648788

Inventor(s): Andrew P. Hull (McKinney, TX), Jeffrey T. Mileger (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)

Law Firm: Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17334772 on 05/30/2021 (716 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling a print head implemented on a wire and cable manufacturing line, the apparatus comprising a sleeve, wherein the sleeve has an internal portion and an external portion and wherein the sleeve forms an internal void marginally larger than the size of the print head and wherein the sleeve further comprises an elongated surface; a front surface connected to the elongated surface, wherein the front surface comprises an ink outlet opening; a rear surface connected to the elongated surface, wherein the rear surface comprises a cable opening; a channel connected to the internal portion of the sleeve, wherein the channel comprises an open side facing the internal void and wherein the channel on the internal portion of the sleeve extends from the rear to the front of the sleeve; an air inlet compartment in communication with the channel and enclosed by the rear surface; an air inlet in communication with the air inlet compartment; and an exhaust channel connected to the sleeve and extending from the front surface to the rear surface along the elongated surface and connected to the channel at the front of the sleeve.

[B41J] TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS (composing B41B; printing on special surfaces B41F; laundry marking B41K; erasers, rubbers or erasing devices B43L 19/00; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D 10/00; recording the results of measuring G01; recognition or presentation of data, marking record carriers in digital fashion, e.g. by punching, G06K; franking or ticket-printing and issuing apparatus G07B; electric keyboard switches, in general H01H 13/70, H03K 17/94; coding in connection with keyboards or like devices, in general H03M 11/00; receivers or transmitters for transmission of digital information H04L; transmission or reproduction of documents, or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, H04N 1/00; printing mechanisms specially adapted for apparatus, e.g. cash registers, weighing machines, producing records of their own performance, see the relevant subclasses)

No roll torsion bar
Patent No. 11648812

Inventor(s): Aaron Weidenaar (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17000127 on 08/21/2020 (998 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for a torsion bar system. The torsion bar system includes a first torsion bar. The first torsion bar is configured to adjust a ride height of a first wheel of a vehicle. The torsion bar system includes a first actuator. The first actuator is coupled to the first torsion bar. The first actuator is configured to control a load on the first torsion bar. The torsion bar system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is coupled to the first actuator. The electronic control unit is configured to set a position of the first torsion bar using the first actuator and based on the load on the first torsion bar.

[B60G] VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS (air-cushion vehicles B60V; connections between vehicle bodies and vehicle frames B62D 24/00) [5]

Smart grille shutter in connected vehicle
Patent No. 11648835

Inventor(s): Abhishek Srivastava (Ann Arbor, MI), David W. Cosgrove (Milford, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16824087 on 03/19/2020 (1153 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for a engine compartment ventilation system. The engine compartment ventilation system includes a grille cover. The grille cover is configured to cover an engine compartment of the vehicle. The grille cover has one or more grille shutters. The engine compartment ventilation system includes a sensor. The sensor is configured to measure an ambient temperature of an environment surrounding the vehicle. The engine compartment ventilation system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is coupled to the one or more grille shutters and the sensor. The electronic control unit is configured to control the one or more grille shutters based on the ambient temperature of the environment surrounding the vehicle.

[B60K] ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES [2006.01]

Vessel guidance system
Patent No. 11648868

Inventor(s): Peter Tishenko (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16249436 on 01/16/2019 (1581 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vessel guidance system is used with a boat trailer typically having a frame formed of a pair of side rails with numerous transverse rails ding therebetween. The guidance system includes a pair of elongated, buoyant supports, each hingedly attached to the front end of one the trailer side rails. Each support configured to receive a pontoon or a discrete portion of a boat hull. Extending from the rear end of each support is a V-shaped guide for capturing the nose cone and the skeg on a pontoon or boat hull. Once the hull or pontoon is captured, the vessel is guided onto the supports as the vessel is further propelled onto the trailer. As the towing vehicle withdraws the trailer from the water, the supports gradually lower the vessel onto the trailer frame.

[B60P] VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G 3/00)

System, method and apparatus for configurable multi-purpose input controls for an automobile
Patent No. 11648893

Inventor(s): Jae Seung Lee (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16818769 on 03/13/2020 (1159 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses may provide for technology to configure input control systems for an automobile. The technology may include one or more controllers to provide an input control signal for a function of an automobile, wherein each of the one or more controllers are to be situated at different locations that are accessible by a driver. The technology may also include a human machine interface to reconfigure a layout or function of at least one of the one or more controllers so that at least one of the one or more controllers is relocated to a different location or the at least one of the one or more controllers controls a different automobile function. Reconfiguring the location or function of the one or more controllers is to improve driver access, comfort and safety.

[B60R] VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles A62C 3/07)

Vehicle, authentication system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and authentication method
Patent No. 11648914

Inventor(s): Eduard Vandersmitte (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Toyota, , JP)

Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17397254 on 08/09/2021 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle includes a communication interface, a sensor configured to detect biological information for a user of the vehicle, and a controller configured to perform electronic payments. The controller receives authentication information from a first terminal apparatus using the communication interface and acquires the biological information from the sensor when a first authentication using the received authentication information succeeds. The controller acquires authorization information indicating authorization to perform an electronic payment for the user, who is associated with the authentication information, when a second authentication using the acquired biological information succeeds.

[B60R] VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles A62C 3/07)

Braking data mapping
Patent No. 11648938

Inventor(s): Jonathan Spilman (McKinney, TX), Nathan Kokes (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16591246 on 10/02/2019 (1322 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for monitoring vehicle behavior based on vehicle control data includes a network access device configured to receive braking data from multiple vehicles, the braking data corresponding to vehicle braking events having a brake pressure that is equal to or greater than a threshold brake pressure and including a corresponding location. The system further includes a processor coupled to the memory and configured to determine an event of interest on a roadway by analyzing the braking data and the corresponding location, and to transmit a notification of the event of interest to at least one vehicle.

[B60W] CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT [2006.01]

Vehicle tailgate cargo stabilizer
Patent No. 11648992

Inventor(s): James Dennis Cunningham (Clarkston, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17208931 on 03/22/2021 (785 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle tailgate configured to secure cargo and methods of using the same. The vehicle tailgate tray have a base portion. The base portion may have a top surface and be attachable to the vehicle. The vehicle tailgate may further have a top portion. The top portion may have a bottom surface and be attachable to the base portion. The top surface and the bottom surface may face each other and be configured to receive and fix the cargo when the top portion and the base portion are attached together. The bottom surface may be configured to adapt to a shape of the cargo.

[B62D] MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B 69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motorcycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)

Seat devices comprising artificial muscles
Patent No. 11649004

Inventor(s): Maduran Palaniswamy (Ann Arbor, MI), Michael P. Rowe (Pinckney, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17217049 on 03/30/2021 (777 days app to issue)

Abstract: A seat that includes an upper surface, a lower surface, one or more pressure sensors communicatively coupled to a controller, and a plurality of artificial muscles disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface. Each of the plurality of artificial muscles is communicatively coupled to the controller. Each of the plurality of artificial muscles includes a housing having an electrode region and an expandable fluid region, a dielectric fluid housed within the housing, and an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region of the housing. The electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs the dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region, expanding the expandable fluid region.

[B62J] CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; ACCESSORIES PECULIAR TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS (registration plates B60R 13/10; cyclometers, i.e. wheel-revolution counters, G01C 22/00)

Collapsible spar mandrel
Patent No. 11649042

Inventor(s): Sven R. Lofstrom (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION (Bethesda, MD)

Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16928453 on 07/14/2020 (1036 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to an aspect, a method of assembling a mandrel includes assembling a plurality of members via interlocking features arranged at opposing edges of each member of the plurality of members to form a compartment, the assembled members having a collective outer surface that conforms to an inner surface of the spar. A support member is inserted into the compartment formed radially inward from the assembled members, the support member making contact with a portion of each member of the plurality of members.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Tilted propellers for enhanced distributed propulsion control authority
Patent No. 11649043

Inventor(s): Carlos Alexander Fenny (Fort Worth, TX), Jouyoung Jason Choi (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)

Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17406174 on 08/19/2021 (635 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft comprises a fuselage, one or more support structures connected to the fuselage, one or more engines or motors disposed within or attached to the one or more support structures or the fuselage, and a distributed propulsion system. The distributed propulsion system comprising two or more propellers symmetrically distributed in an array along the one or more support structures with respect to a center of gravity of the aircraft and operably connected to the one or more engines or motors, wherein each propeller has a rotation direction within a tilted plane of rotation, and a summation of horizontal force vectors created by the tilted plane of rotation of all the propellers is substantially zero when all the propellers are creating a substantially equal thrust magnitude. Movement of the aircraft is controlled by selectively increasing or decreasing a thrust of at least one of the two or more propellers.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Power management methods for multi engine rotorcraft
Patent No. 11649045

Inventor(s): William Mathisen Gons (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)

Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17949511 on 09/21/2022 (237 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power management system for a multi engine rotorcraft having a main rotor system with a main rotor speed. The power management system includes a first engine that provides a first power input to the main rotor system. A second engine selectively provides a second power input to the main rotor system. The second engine has at least a zero power input state and a positive power input state. A power anticipation system is configured to provide the first engine with a power adjustment signal in anticipation of a power input state change of the second engine during flight. The power adjustment signal causes the first engine to adjust the first power input to maintain the main rotor speed within a predetermined rotor speed threshold range during the power input state change of the second engine.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Aircraft having multiple independent yaw authority mechanisms
Patent No. 11649061

Inventor(s): John Richard McCullough (Weatherford, TX), Paul K. Oldroyd (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)

Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17225778 on 04/08/2021 (768 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft has multiple independent yaw authority mechanisms. The aircraft includes an airframe having first and second wings with at least first and second pylons extending therebetween and with a plurality of tail members extending therefrom each having an active control surface. A two-dimensional distributed thrust array is coupled to the airframe that includes a plurality of propulsion assemblies each having a rotor assembly and each operable for thrust vectoring. A flight control system is operable to independently control each of the propulsion assemblies. A first yaw authority mechanism includes differential speed control of rotor assemblies rotating clockwise compared to rotor assemblies rotating counterclockwise. A second yaw authority mechanism includes differential longitudinal control surface maneuvers of control surfaces of two symmetrically disposed tail members. A third yaw authority mechanism includes differential thrust vectoring of propulsion assemblies. NULL

Space object maneuver detection
Patent No. 11649076

Inventor(s): Christine Nezda (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)

Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16796175 on 02/20/2020 (1181 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system detects a maneuver of at least one space object by receiving a first data set relating to orbital characteristics of at least one space debris object. The system trains a model, using the first data set, in order to model orbital behaviors of the at least one space debris object. The system then receives a second data set relating to orbital characteristics of the at least one space object, and detects a maneuver of the at least one space object using the trained model and the second data set.

[B64G] COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR (apparatus for, or methods of, winning materials from extraterrestrial sources E21C 51/00)

Multi-compartment rigid tray with recloseable rigid dome lid
Patent No. 11649087

Inventor(s): Jorge W. Maldonado (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): The Quaker Oats Company (Chicago, IL)

Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15802530 on 11/03/2017 (2020 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are rigid multi-compartment recloseable packages. A package may comprise a rigid tray comprising a product surface to hold food products. The tray may comprise a raised lip along a perimeter of the product surface to laterally secure the food products thereon. The tray may have a tray skirt horizontally extending outward from a top edge of the lip, and dividing features upwardly extending from the product surface to form distinct compartments on the product surface for receiving the food products therein. Furthermore, such an exemplary package also comprises a recloseable rigid lid having an upper surface substantially coextensive with the product surface, and at least one sidewall downwardly extending from the upper surface. The lid may also comprise a lid skirt horizontally extending outward from a bottom edge of the at least one sidewall, where the lid skirt is coextensive and complimentary in shape with the tray skirt.

[B65D] CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

Capstan-driven air pump system for opening and closing a longitudinal railcar door
Patent No. 11649744

Inventor(s): Kenneth W. Huck (Fairview, TX), Robert J. DeGroot (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): TRINITY RAIL GROUP, LLC (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17080980 on 10/27/2020 (931 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an apparatus comprises an air pump configured to couple to a capstan, and a pneumatic cylinder coupled to the air pump at a first end of the pneumatic cylinder. The pneumatic cylinder comprises a piston. Rotation of the capstan in a first rotational direction causes the air pump to provide air pressure to the first end of the pneumatic cylinder. In response to the air pump providing air pressure to the first end of the pneumatic cylinder, the piston of the pneumatic cylinder moves in a first linear direction. The piston is coupled to a longitudinal beam of a longitudinal door system of a railcar. In response to the piston moving in the first linear direction, the longitudinal beam moves in the first linear direction, opening a door of the longitudinal door system.

[B61D] BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES (vehicles in general B60; adaptation of vehicles to special systems B61B; underframes B61F)

Yaw control systems for tailsitting biplane aircraft
Patent No. 11650604

Inventor(s): John Richard McCullough (Weatherford, TX), Matthew John Hill (Keller, TX), Sung Kyun Kim (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)

Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17720254 on 04/13/2022 (398 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft includes an airframe with first and second wings having a fuselage extending therebetween. A propulsion assembly is coupled to the fuselage and includes a counter-rotating coaxial rotor system that is tiltable relative to the fuselage to generate a thrust vector. First and second yaw vanes extend aftwardly from the fuselage. A flight control system is configured to direct the thrust vector of the coaxial rotor system and control movements of the yaw vanes. In a VTOL orientation of the aircraft, differential operation of the yaw vanes and/or differential operations of first and second rotor assemblies of the coaxial rotor system provide yaw authority for the aircraft. In a biplane orientation of the aircraft, collective operation of the yaw vanes provides yaw authority for the aircraft.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

C H E M I S T R Y & M E T A L L U R G Y

Compositions and methods for organ specific delivery of nucleic acids
Patent No. 11648209

Inventor(s): Daniel J. Siegwart (Dallas, TX), Qiang Cheng (Dallas, TX), Tuo Wei (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)

Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17839699 on 06/14/2022 (336 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions which shown preferential targeting or delivery of a nucleic acid composition to a particular organ. In some embodiments, the composition comprises a steroid or sterol, an ionizable cationic lipid, a phospholipid, a PEG lipid, and a permanently cationic lipid which may be used to deliver a nucleic acid.

[C07H] SUGARS; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; NUCLEIC ACIDS (derivatives of aldonic or saccharic acids C07C, C07D; aldonic acids, saccharic acids C07C 59/105, C07C 59/285; cyanohydrins C07C 255/16; glycals C07D; compounds of unknown constitution C07G; polysaccharides, derivatives thereof C08B; DNA or RNA concerning genetic engineering, vectors, e.g. plasmids, or their isolation, preparation or purification C12N 15/00; sugar industry C13) [2]

Compositions and methods for organ specific delivery of nucleic acids
Patent No. 11648210

Zinc indicators for cellular imaging
Patent No. 11649228

Inventor(s): Ebrahim Ghazvini Zadeh (Dallas, TX), Wen-Hong Li (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)

Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16665647 on 10/28/2019 (1296 days app to issue)

Abstract:

[C07D] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08) [2]

Polyethylene terephthalate alloy having talc
Patent No. 11649329

Inventor(s): Chris DeArmitt (Cincinnati, OH), Mohammed Razeem (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): OCTAL, INC. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Maschoff Brennan (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16982451 on 05/07/2018 (1835 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of forming a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) mixture with talc includes: providing a feed of PET (PET feed); providing a feed of talc (talc feed); mixing the feed of PET with the feed of talc in a mixer at a PET:talc ratio of about 3:1 to about 1:3 to form a PET/talc mixture; and providing the PET/talc mixture as output. A method of forming a Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) alloy having talc includes: providing a feed of the PET/talc mixture (PET/talc feed); providing a feed of PET (PET feed); mixing the feed of PET with the feed of PET/talc in a mixer to form a PET alloy having from about 1% (w/w) talc to about 50% talc (w/w); and providing the PET alloy as output.

[C08J] WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H (working, e.g. shaping, of plastics B29) [2]

Polyvinyl ester formulations, methods of making the same roofing materials and roofing systems including the same
Patent No. 11649350

Inventor(s): Denis Tibah (Waxahachie, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Venable LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17577928 on 01/18/2022 (483 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising obtaining a mixture comprising at least one vinyl polymer, at least one organic acid, and at least one hydronium ion donor. In some embodiments, the method comprises reacting an OH group of the B polymer chain segment with the at least one organic acid in the presence of the at least one hydronium ion donor, so as to form at least one polyvinyl ester. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a roofing material comprising at least one reinforcement material and at least one polyvinyl ester.

[C08L] COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) [2]

Two-component adhesive compositions based on phosphate ester modified isocyanates, and methods for making same
Patent No. 11649386

Inventor(s): Tuoqi Li (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Midland, MI)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17042796 on 01/28/2019 (1569 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed adhesive compositions comprise (A) an isocyanate component comprising an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer that is the reaction product of a polyisocyanate and an isocyanate-reactive mixture comprising a phosphate ester polyol. The disclosed adhesive compositions further comprise (B) an isocyanate-reactive component polyol component comprising a polyol. In some embodiments, methods for preparing two-component adhesives formulations are disclosed comprising preparing an isocyanate component comprising an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer by reacting a polyisocyanate with an isocyanate-reactive mixture comprising a phosphate ester polyol and preparing an isocyanate-reactive component comprising a polyol. The methods further comprise mixing the isocyanate component and the isocyanate-reactive component at a stoichiometric ratio (NCO/OH) of from about 1.0 to about 5.0. Methods for forming laminate structures, and the laminate structures themselves, are also disclosed.

[C09J] ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES (surgical adhesives A61L 24/00; adhesives on the basis of non specified organic macromolecular compounds used as bonding agents in layered products B32B; labelling fabrics or comparable materials or articles with deformable surface using adhesives and thermo-activatable adhesives respectively B65C 5/02, B65C 5/04; preparation of glue or gelatine C09H; adhesive labels, tag tickets or similar identification of indication means G09F 3/10) [5]

Process and manufacture of low-dimensional materials supporting both self-thermalization and self-localization
Patent No. 11651957

Inventor(s): Patrick Curran (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): SemiNuclear, Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Locke Lord, LLP (Local + 2 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16425582 on 05/29/2019 (1448 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various articles and devices can be manufactured to take advantage of a what is believed to be a novel thermodynamic cycle in which spontaneity is due to an intrinsic entropy equilibration. The novel thermodynamic cycle exploits the quantum phase transition between quantum thermalization and quantum localization. Preferred devices include a phonovoltaic cell, a rectifier and a conductor for use in an integrated circuit.

[C07F] ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC, OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM (metal-containing porphyrins C07D 487/22; macromolecular compounds C08)

F I X E D C O N S T R U C T I O N S

Engine mount for compact utility loader
Patent No. 11649605

Inventor(s): Toshihiko Takemura (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. (Salina, KS)

Law Firm: Hovey Williams LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16942420 on 07/29/2020 (1021 days app to issue)

Abstract: A compact utility loader compact utility loader comprising a frame, and a pair of loader arms supported by the frame. The frame includes a right side, a left side, and a bottom side extending between the right side and the left side. The compact utility loader additionally includes an engine mount secured to the bottom side of the frame and spaced apart from each of the left side and the right side of the frame. The compact utility loader further comprises an engine supported on the engine mount.

[E02F] DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C 49/00)

Area separation firewall system
Patent No. 11649628

Inventor(s): Robert Ek (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): EAGLE MATERIALS IP LLC (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17649869 on 02/03/2022 (467 days app to issue)

Abstract: A firewall includes wallboard arranged in three or more layers. The wallboard may include gypsum, fiber glass, and/or vermiculite. The firewall may be reinforced with fasteners, such as laminating screws, affixing the layers of wallboard to one another. The firewall may be incorporated into an area separation wall such that the area separation wall satisfies the standards of ASTM E119 or UL 263.

[E04B] GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings E06B 1/00)

System and device for leveling and aligning tiles and method for use of same
Patent No. 11649647

Inventor(s): Clinton D. Bunch (Keller, TX), Joshua A. Bunch (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Acufloor, LLC (North Richland Hills, TX)

Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17818593 on 08/09/2022 (280 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and device for leveling and aligning tiles and a method for leveling and aligning tiles are disclosed. In one embodiment of the tile leveling system, a tile leveling device includes an upright body having a head and base at opposite ends thereof. The base and the upright body are integral prior to a frangible separation. The tile leveling device is selectively threaded through a line-of-sight opening of a wedge device for use in an operational configuration.

[E04F] FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B)

Perforating gun
Patent No. 11649684

Inventor(s): George Innes, III (Irving, TX), Jeremy Ursi (Frisco, TX), Varun Garg (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): OSO PERFORATING, LLC (Irving, TX)

Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17869320 on 07/20/2022 (300 days app to issue)

Abstract: A perforating gun with one or more centralizing charge tube inserts and, optionally, an orienting centralizer, used in oil and gas completions operations. A gun string including the perforating gun and one or more additional perforating guns substantially identical to the perforating gun.

[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5]

Fluid flow control devices and methods to reduce overspeed of a fluid flow control device
Patent No. 11649686

Inventor(s): Richard Decena Ornelaz (Frisco, TX), Ryan Wesley McChesney (Prosper, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. (Houston, TX)

Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg, LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17128948 on 12/21/2020 (876 days app to issue)

Abstract: Fluid flow control devices and methods to reduce overspeed of a fluid flow control device are presented. A fluid flow control device includes a port and a rotatable component that rotates about an axis in response to fluid flow from the port. The fluid flow control device also includes a mechanical component disposed on the rotatable component and configured to reduce rotational speed of the rotatable component.

Preferential fragmentation of charge case during perforating
Patent No. 11649703

Inventor(s): Camille Anne Bryant (Cleburne, TX), Christopher C. Hoelscher (Arlington, TX), Jason Paul Metzger (Joshua, TX), Richard Calvin Nelms (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)

Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17321192 on 05/14/2021 (732 days app to issue)

Abstract: A perforating apparatus and method are disclosed wherein voids and inclusions may be configured to promote fragmentation of the charge case into pieces of less than a target size. In one example, the charge case of a shaped charge has a plurality of inclusions of a material interspersed with a plurality of voids of the material to promote fragmentation of the charge case. The inclusions and voids may be disposed along the periphery, such as along a mounting flange. In some examples, the voids may be holes of any of a variety of shapes, geometries, and positioning formed in the parent material of the charge case. In other examples, pieces of hardened material may be embedded in the parent material of the charge case to displace the parent material as well as to initiate probable locations of fragmentation.

M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G
LIGHTING | HEATING | WEAPONS | BLASTING

Support pole system for supporting articles
Patent No. 11647827

Inventor(s): Jason Wallace (Huntsville, TX), Jordan Stockton (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): High Dry LLC (North Richland Hills, TX)

Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17527481 on 11/16/2021 (546 days app to issue)

Abstract: A support pole system for supporting articles above the ground or earth includes a support pole formed from at least two elongated pole sections that are movably coupled together so that the pole sections can be moved relative to one another between collapsed and extended positions to shorten and lengthen the support pole. An article head piece is coupled to an upper end of the support pole for attaching articles to the support pole. A base assembly couples to the lower end of the support pole and has a stake configured for insertion into the ground or earth for supporting the support pole in an upright position. The stake has projecting members that engage the ground or earth when the stake is inserted therein to prevent rotation of the stake about the longitudinal axis of the stake. A cross member is positioned at an upper end of the stake to form a footrest to facilitate insertion of the stake into the ground or earth.

[F16M] FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS OR SUPPORTS

Anti-vortex tube retaining ring and bore basket
Patent No. 11649729

Inventor(s): Jashandeep Singh (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, CT)

Law Firm: Cantor Colburn LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17886190 on 08/11/2022 (278 days app to issue)

Abstract: An anti-vortex tube (AVT) retaining ring and bore basket is provided and includes a unitary body having an inboard portion, an outboard portion and an intermediate portion. The inboard portion includes a first ring-shaped body with an outer diameter. The outboard portion is configured to support an array of AVTs and includes a second ring-shaped body with an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the first ring-shaped body. The intermediate portion includes a flange extending between the outer and inner diameters of the first and second ring-shaped bodies, respectively.

[F01D] NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (combustion engines F02; machines or engines for liquids F03, F04; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D)

Multi-stable actuator
Patent No. 11649808

Inventor(s): Brian J. Pinkelman (Ann Arbor, MI), Brian J. Stasey (Fishers, IN), Mark A. Gummin (Silverton, OR), Paul A. Gilmore (Ann Arbor, MI), Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, MI), Shardul Singh Panwar (Ann Arbor, MI), Umesh N. Gandhi (Fa
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17505912 on 10/20/2021 (573 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-stable actuator includes a first superelastic-shape memory alloy (SE-SMA) wire extending between a first fixed support and a movable element and a second SE-SMA wire extending between a second fixed support and the movable element. The first SE-SMA wire is in tension against the second SE-SMA wire and the second SE-SMA wire is in tension against the first SE-SMA wire. The multi-stable actuator also includes at least one heating device configured to heat the first SE-SMA wire independent of the second SE-SMA wire and to heat the second SE-SMA wire independent of the first SE-SMA wire such that the movable element moves between and to at least three fixed positions without use of a brake or clutch.

[F03G] SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA, OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER-PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (arrangements in connection with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60K 16/00; electric propulsion with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60L 8/00)

Vibration isolator with flexible housing
Patent No. 11649870

Inventor(s): Brian J. Pinkelman (Ann Arbor, MI), Paul A. Gilmore (Ann Arbor, MI), Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, MI), Umesh N. Gandhi (Farmington Hills, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17180145 on 02/19/2021 (816 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vibration isolator includes a first conical disc spring member having a first end and a second end. A first-end spacer in contact with the first spring member first end, and a second-end spacer in contact with the first spring member second end. A second conical disc spring member has a first end and a second end. The second spring member first end is in contact with the first-end spacer. Another second-end spacer is in contact with the second spring member second end. A flexible housing of the isolator defines an interior. The housing is in contact with and extends between the second-end spacer and the other second-end spacer so that the first-end spacer and the first and second spring members are received in the housing interior. The housing includes a plurality of spaced-apart through holes formed therealong between the second-end spacer and the other second-end spacer.

[F16F] SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION

Dual-inlet valve refilling of a single fuel cylinder
Patent No. 11649927

Inventor(s): Jacquelyn Birdsall (Pasadena, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16777021 on 01/30/2020 (1202 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fuel cylinder, such as a high-pressure fluid storage tank, is provided with dual-inlet refilling capabilities. The storage tank may include a main body section with a first domed end portion and a second domed end portion disposed at opposite portions of the main body section. A first inlet assembly and a second inlet assembly are provided at the respective first domed end portion and the second domed end portion. Each inlet assembly is configured to provide fluid communication between a supply of a high-pressure fluid and an interior of the storage tank. Each inlet assembly may include a boss and a tank valve, with each tank valve being in fluid communication with the compressed fluid receptacle. During filling of the storage tank, the high-pressure fluid travels through a compressed fluid receptacle and enters the interior of the storage tank simultaneously through each of the first and second inlet assemblies.

[F17C] VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES (storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth B65G 5/00; construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil-engineering techniques E04H 7/00; variable-capacity gas-holders F17B; liquefaction or refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25)

Floor air diffuser
Patent No. 11649983

Inventor(s): Gary A. Minor (Flower Mound, TX), Mark J. Costello (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC (Milwaukee, WI)

Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17373530 on 07/12/2021 (673 days app to issue)

Abstract: An air diffuser configured to be positioned in a raised floor, in which the air diffuser includes a sleeve having a first end and a second end with an air flow passage extending through the sleeve from the first end to the second end, a diffuser face disposed at the first end of the sleeve and configured to be exposed to an environment in an installed position within the raised floor, a damper disposed at the second end of the sleeve, and a plenum chamber defined within the sleeve between the damper and the diffuser face.

[F24F] AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B 15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F 17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L 17/02)

P H Y S I C S

Barrier access for autonomous vehicle
Patent No. 11649652

Inventor(s): Bart M. Lomont (Dallas, TX), David J. Melbourne (Arlington, TX), Justin Crandall (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Robin Technologies, Inc. (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Dan Brown Law Office (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16172059 on 10/26/2018 (1663 days app to issue)

Abstract: Access control for an autonomous vehicle through a door in a doorway. A magnet is attached to the autonomous vehicle and a magnetometer is located some distance from the doorway. The magnetometer outputs a magnetometer signal in response to detecting the magnet, which causes the transmitter to transmit a detection signal. A doorway device is fixed about the doorway, and includes a receiver, and a locking mechanism with a locking pin. The doorway device retracts the pin to unlock the door for a predetermined period of time in response to receipt of the detection signal, and extents the pin to lock the door after the predetermined period of time ends.

[G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS

System and method for reducing route time using big data
Patent No. 11650067

Inventor(s): Fanuel Zekiros (Addison, TX), Gagandeep Singh Saini (Plano, TX), Katherine L. Naiser (Plano, TX), Mathew D. Gardner (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16505508 on 07/08/2019 (1408 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for navigating a vehicle. The system includes an input/output device of the vehicle configured to receive a destination from a user of the vehicle. The system also includes a transceiver of the vehicle configured to receive traffic data and traffic light timing data of traffic lights between a current location of the vehicle and the destination. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle configured to determine one or more routes from the current location to the destination based on the traffic data and the traffic light timing data.

[G01C] MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)

Portable lane departure detection
Patent No. 11650072

Inventor(s): Manickam Alagappan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16695433 on 11/26/2019 (1267 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide computer-implemented methods, computer program products and systems. Embodiments of the present invention can receive position and location information. Embodiments of the present invention can generate a risk score for one or more maneuvers associated with a predicted trajectory of a vehicle. Embodiments of the present invention can generate a visual representation for each of the one or more maneuvers associated with the predicted trajectory of the vehicle based on the generated risk score associated with each maneuver. Embodiments of the present invention can integrate the generated visual representation into a user display.

[G08G] TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems or lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S 13/91, G01S 15/88, G01S 17/88; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems or lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S 13/93, G01S 15/93, G01S 17/93; control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, not being specific to a traffic environment G05D 1/00) [2]

Methods and devices configured to operated scanning tunneling microscopes using out-of-bandwidth frequency components added to bias voltage and related software
Patent No. 11650222

Inventor(s): Hamed Alemansour (Richardson, TX), Seyed Omid Reza Moheimani (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)

Law Firm: Stanek Lemon Crouse Meeks, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17490925 on 09/30/2021 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: In the system and method disclosed, an ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tip is used to selectively desorb hydrogen atoms from the Si(100)-2X1:H surface by injecting electrons at a negative sample bias voltage. A new lithography method is disclosed that allows the STM to operate under imaging conditions and simultaneously desorb H atoms as required. A high frequency signal is added to the negative sample bias voltage to deliver the required energy for hydrogen removal. The resulted current at this frequency and its harmonics are filtered to minimize their effect on the operation of the STM”s feedback loop. This approach offers a significant potential for controlled and precise removal of hydrogen atoms from a hydrogen-terminated silicon surface and thus may be used for the fabrication of practical silicon-based atomic-scale devices.

[G01Q] SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES OR APPARATUS; APPLICATIONS OF SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES, e.g. SCANNING-PROBE MICROSCOPY [SPM] [2010.01]

Chirp frequency non-linearity mitigation in radar systems
Patent No. 11650285

Inventor(s): Karthik Subburaj (Bangalore, , IN), Sachin Bharadwaj (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16036011 on 07/16/2018 (1765 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides a radar apparatus. The radar apparatus includes a transmit unit that generates a first signal in response to a reference clock and a feedback clock. The first signal is scattered by one or more obstacles to generate a second signal. A receive unit receives the second signal and generates N samples corresponding to the second signal. N is an integer. A conditioning circuit is coupled to the transmit unit and the receive unit. The conditioning circuit receives the N samples corresponding to the second signal, and generates N new samples using an error between the feedback clock and the reference clock.

[G01S] RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

Slim object detection using multi-polarized radar signals
Patent No. 11650304

Inventor(s): Brian Ginsburg (Dallas, TX), Dan Wang (Allen, TX), Meysam Moallem (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17019509 on 09/14/2020 (974 days app to issue)

Abstract: A millimeter or mm-wave system includes transmission of a millimeter wave (mm-wave) radar signal by a transmitter to an object. The transmitted mm-wave radar signal may include at least two signal orientations, and in response to each signal orientation, the object reflects corresponding signal reflections. The signal reflections are detected and a determination is made as to location of the object.

Cut pattern for film
Patent No. 11650353

Inventor(s): David Olund (Stanchfield, MN), James Kunkel (Monticello, MN), Lance Andersen (Rogers, MN), Richard Blacker (North Oaks, MN)
Assignee(s): HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)

Law Firm: Inskeep IP Group, Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16687503 on 11/18/2019 (1275 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cut pattern for a film or film laminate used in the fabrication of optical articles such as lenses.

[G02B] OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes precedence; optical elements specially adapted for use in lighting devices or systems thereof F21V 1/00-F21V 13/00; measuring-instruments, see the relevant subclass of class G01, e.g. optical rangefinders G01C; testing of optical elements, systems, or apparatus G01M 11/00; spectacles G02C; apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B; sound lenses G10K 11/30; electron and ion “optics” H01J; X-ray “optics” H01J, H05G 1/00; optical elements structurally combined with electric discharge tubes H01J 5/16, H01J 29/89, H01J 37/22; microwave “optics” H01Q; combination of optical elements with television receivers H04N 5/72; optical systems or arrangements in colour television systems H04N 9/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B 3/84) [7]

Interface assemblies for manufacturing components
Patent No. 11650562

Inventor(s): Hayato Narita (Aichi, , JP), Patrick McLain (Georgetown, KY)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16550469 on 08/26/2019 (1359 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to an assembly having a plurality of machines, a first programmable logic controller device and a second programmable logic controller device commutatively coupled to the first programmable logic controller device. The second programmable logic controller device includes a human machine interface having a display and displaying a plurality of user inputs. A processing device communicatively coupled to the display and a storage medium. The storage medium includes one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to prompt a user to select a desired program, to input a desired line speed time, and to input a plurality of line control data. The data is converted into a simulated data and transferred to the first programmable logic controller device, which causes at least one machine of the plurality of machinery to move in a predetermined manner based on the simulated data.

[G05B] CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (fluid-pressure actuators or systems acting by means of fluids in general F15B; valves per se F16K; characterised by mechanical features only G05G; sensitive elements, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. G12B, subclasses of G01, H01; correcting units, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. H02K)

Payload parity protection for a synchronous interface
Patent No. 11650876

Inventor(s): Dean E. Walker (Allen, TX), Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)

Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17866998 on 07/18/2022 (302 days app to issue)

Abstract: A chiplet system can include a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus for communication. A controller or primary device coupled to the SPI bus can generate a message with read or write instructions for one or more secondary devices. In an example, the primary device can be configured to read information from a secondary device about whether the secondary device supports parity-protected data communications. The primary device can be configured to selectively send or receive parity-protected data communications depending on a capability of the secondary device to support parity.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Reconfigurable memory mapped peripheral registers
Patent No. 11650930

Inventor(s): Anand Kumar G (Bengaluru, , IN), Prachi Mishra (Ahmedabad, , IN), Veeramanikandan Raju (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17482676 on 09/23/2021 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing device, including a processor; a memory, wherein the memory is accessible for memory operations via a range of logical memory addresses; a peripheral interface including a first control register; and a peripheral address remapping module configured to determine that the peripheral interface is unused for interfacing with a peripheral; determine a first memory address for accessing the first control register; determine a first logical memory address, the first logical memory address outside of the range of logical memory addresses for accessing the memory; and map the first logical memory address to the first memory address, wherein the first control register is accessible for memory operations using the first logical memory address.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Plan model searching
Patent No. 11651004

Inventor(s): Amit Agarwal (Bangalore, , IN), Koustuv Chatterjee (Gilbert, AZ)
Assignee(s): o9 Solutions, Inc. (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17546732 on 12/09/2021 (523 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interactive user interface is generated to illustrate a graphical view of a network of plan models. The network of plan models includes a plurality of plan models, each plan model including one or more measures and one or more dimensions. At least one user-entered text character is entered in a query field and the plan models are searched for names of measures and/or dimensions in the plan models that correspond to the user entry. The names are presented as search term suggestions in the search query field and at least one suggestion is selected and adopted as at least a portion of a search query. The network of plan models is searched to generate search results corresponding to the search query. The graphical view of the network of plan models can be revised based on the search results.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods for optimizing delivery of content recommendations
Patent No. 11651021

Inventor(s): Michael James Brehm (Allen, TX), Walter John Schmidt (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ROVI GUIDES, INC. (San Jose, CA)

Law Firm: Haley Guiliano LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17349352 on 06/16/2021 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: The system and methods described herein provide content recommendations to user equipment timed to reduce interruption of content. A content recommendation application detects output of first content and determines viewing metrics for the first content. Using the determined viewing metrics, the content recommendation application determines whether output of a content recommendation should be blocked. In response to determining that the viewing metrics indicate output of the content recommendation should be blocked, the content recommendation application blocks the content recommendation. Upon receiving an input changing output of the first content to output of a second content, the content recommendation application unblocks and outputs the content recommendation.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Methods and systems for reducing false positive findings
Patent No. 11651083

Inventor(s): Adam Youngberg (Allen, TX), David Filbey (Plano, TX), Kishore Prabakaran Fernando (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)

Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17181600 on 02/22/2021 (813 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for validating software security analysis findings includes a non-transitory computer readable medium and a processor. The non-transitory computer readable medium stores a source truth dataset including criteria for validating characteristics of findings. The processor receives a finding from a software security analysis tool that performs scan on application code. The processor identifies a characteristic from the finding. The processor selects a criterion from the non-transitory computer readable medium for validating the identified characteristic. The processor determines a validity score for the finding based on whether the selected criterion is met. The processor determines whether the finding is false positive by comparing the validity score to a predetermined validity threshold. If the finding is true positive, a graphical user interface displays the finding.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Methods and systems for determining software risk scores
Patent No. 11651084

Inventor(s): Adam James Youngberg (Allen, TX), David Filbey (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)

Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17208658 on 03/22/2021 (785 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for assessing software risks includes a non-transitory computer readable medium and a processor. The non-transitory computer readable medium stores category risk scores based on findings generated by software security analysis tools of different categories. The processor receives at least one first finding from a first category of software security analysis tools and at least one second finding from a second category of software security analysis tools. A first category risk score is computed based on the at least one first finding. A second category risk score is computed based on the at least one second finding. An overall risk score for application code is determined by computing a weighted average based on the first category risk score and the second category risk score. A graphical user interface displays the overall risk score.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Centralized and automated document generation and collection
Patent No. 11651148

Inventor(s): Bharath Chekuri (Plano, TX), Gowtham Guduru (Mckinney, TX), Hussam Hashem (Plano, TX), Levent Turgut (Frisco, TX), Rahul Raj (Irving, TX), Vaishnavi Kakumani (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)

Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17481480 on 09/22/2021 (601 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for receive, via a client application executing on a client device, a request for a dynamically rendered formatted document based on a subset of display fields. The method includes selecting a template from a plurality of templates based at least partially on the subset of display fields, converting the display fields of the template based on the subset of display fields, transforming the display fields to integrate data into the template, and generating a formatted document or a formatted fillable document for display.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Optical articles and systems interacting with the same
Patent No. 11651179

Inventor(s): Arash Sangari (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, MN)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16486311 on 09/27/2017 (2057 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure includes in one instance an optical article comprising a data rich plurality of retroreflective meats that are configured in a spatially defined arrangement, where the plurality of retroreflective elements comprise retroreflective elements having at least two different retroreflective properties, and where data rich means information that is readily machine interpretable. The present disclosure also includes a system comprising the previously mentioned optical article, an optical system, and an inference engine for interpreting and classifying the plurality of retroreflective elements wherein the optical system feeds data to the inference engine.

[G06K] RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (printing per se B41J)

Holistic service advisor system
Patent No. 11651197

Inventor(s): Biao Hao (Grapevine, TX), Denzil Sunil Menezes (Coppell, TX), Endemecio Santana (Lewisville, TX), Shiju Mathai (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16808595 on 03/04/2020 (1168 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for neural networks and virtual agents is provided. A computing device analyzes (i) one or more consumer requests and (ii) one or more underlying attributes. A computing device generates a threshold level of prediction of a response profile based on, but is not limited to, output data from the neural network. A computing device distributes the predicted response from the neural network to one or more cognitive service agents.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Methods and systems for association rule mining
Patent No. 11651310

Inventor(s): Anshul Kumar (Glen Allen, VA), Duy Tran (Saint Paul, MN), Jacob Hookom (Chaska, MN)
Assignee(s): MCKESSON CORPORATION (Irving, TX)

Law Firm: Ballard Spahr LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16370185 on 03/29/2019 (1509 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided are methods, systems, and apparatuses for improving supply chain management interfaces and functionality. A frequency of occurrence for each unique combination of a use attribute and a product attribute for various supplies may be determined. A frequency table containing each unique combination may be generated as well as one or more association rules. A level of confidence and a level of lift may be determined for each of the one or more association rules, both of which may be used to generate a score for each unique combination that may be used to rank each unique combination. The ranked unique combinations may then be provided to a supply chain management interface and a database.

[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01]

Triggering actions responsive to blockchain transactions
Patent No. 11651360

Inventor(s): Susan K. Schreitmueller (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Kyndryl, Inc. (New York, NY)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15357313 on 11/21/2016 (2367 days app to issue)

Abstract: A blockchain may store transactions for various purposes which may be later accessed by interested parties for ledger verification. One example method of operation may comprise one or more of receiving a blockchain transaction, identifying a proof-of-work is generated for the blockchain transaction via a network entity, transmitting the proof-of-work and a select portion of ledger data to a registered third party via an encrypted message based on a third party key, validating the proof-of-work via the third party, and providing a reward to the network entity.

Automatic generation of a funding event
Patent No. 11651396

Inventor(s): Charlet N. Givens (Dallas, TX), Cienn R. Givens (Dallas, TX), Tsz S. Cheng (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16445985 on 06/19/2019 (1427 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for automatically creating a funding event in response to identifying an issue. The method includes one or more processors identifying an issue and an individual associated with the issue. The method further includes one or more processors determining whether the individual meets eligibility criteria of a crowdfunding platform. In response to determining that the identified individual does meet eligibility criteria of the crowdfunding platform, the method further includes one or more processors creating a funding event for receiving donations to resolve the identified issue.

Dynamic go-bag service for emergency situations
Patent No. 11651405

Inventor(s): Brian Francisco Shipley (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)

Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16880548 on 05/21/2020 (1090 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of providing a dynamic go-bag service to a user is described. The go-bag contains various supplies and important documents, and is configured to protect these contents during an emergency situation. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving user information from a user, including information about the user, the user”s family, and the user”s home or residence. Based on the received user information, the method further includes generating a customized go-bag for the user that includes contents specific for the user to use in an emergency situation. The method also includes providing the customized go-bag to the user.

Augmented reality-based ply layups on a composite part layup tool
Patent No. 11651577

Inventor(s): Edward Bernardon (Bedford, MA), Robert S. Flory (Concord, MA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16482412 on 09/04/2018 (1715 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may support augmented reality (AR)-based layup of plies to form a composite laminate. The system may include an AR headset configured to drive an AR view that digitally visualizes ply placement data on a composite part layup tool physically visible through the AR headset. The system may also include an AR ply layup engine AR ply layup engine configured to analyze a view of the AR headset to identify the composite part layup tool, obtain ply placement data, and provide ply placement data to the AR headset to digitally overlay on the composite part layup tool physically visible through the AR headset.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Method and system for document data extraction
Patent No. 11651606

Inventor(s): Amar J. Mattey (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): INTUIT, INC. (Mountain View, CA)

Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17804739 on 05/31/2022 (350 days app to issue)

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for extracting data from a document. An example method generally includes identifying a bounding polygon of the region from an electronic image of the document and extracting data from within the bounding polygon of the region. The method further includes generating revised extracted data based on the extracted data, and combining the revised extracted data with other data extracted from the electronic image of the document to generate input data for a data processing application.

[G06K] RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (printing per se B41J)

Diagnosis of transport-related issues
Patent No. 11651632

Inventor(s): Shahzad H. Pirwani (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17228660 on 04/12/2021 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining an issue related to a stationary transport, determining a cause of the issue, determining moving transports that do not have the issue, but exhibit characteristics similar to the cause, and based on the characteristics, notifying the moving transports of a potential of the issue.

[G07C] TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE (identification of persons A61B 5/117; indicating or recording apparatus for measuring in general, analogous apparatus but in which the input is not a variable to be measured, e.g. a hand operation, G01D; clocks, clock mechanisms G04B, G04C; time-interval measuring G04F; counting mechanisms per se G06M)

System and method for providing relevant and timely information associated with a travel itinerary
Patent No. 11651636

Inventor(s): John Shields (Fort Worth, TX), Pedram Kazemi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)

Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15606175 on 05/26/2017 (2181 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for providing relevant and timely information associated with a travel itinerary, such as an airline travel itinerary. In an exemplary embodiment, one of a plurality of home screens is displayed on a portable user device when an application is opened on the portable user device.

Sense amplifier mapping and control scheme for non-volatile memory
Patent No. 11651800

Inventor(s): Feng Lu (Fremont, CA), Jongyeon Kim (Milpitas, CA), Ohwon Kwon (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius, LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17354613 on 06/22/2021 (693 days app to issue)

Abstract: A data storage includes a memory array including a plurality of memory cells, and peripheral circuitry disposed underneath the memory array. The peripheral circuitry includes an M-tier sense amplifier (SA) circuit including X stacks of SA latches, wherein each SA latch is respectively coupled to a bit line of a memory cell of the plurality of memory cells; and an N-tier memory cache data (XDL) circuit including Y stacks of XDL latches, wherein M is less than N, and X is greater than Y. The peripheral circuitry further includes data path circuitry coupling (i) each SA latch of the X stacks of SA latches to (ii) a respective XDL latch of the Y stacks of XDL latches.

[G11C] STATIC STORES (information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; semiconductor devices for storage H01L, e.g. H01L 27/108-H01L 27/11597; pulse technique in general H03K, e.g. electronic switches H03K 17/00)

Medication delivery management
Patent No. 11651846

Inventor(s): Thomas William Utech (Dallas, TX), William Lee Webster (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): CAREFUSION 303, INC. (San Diego, CA)

Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17204859 on 03/17/2021 (790 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed system identifies a preparation status of a first and second medication. Based on the delivery time and the completion time for the second medication, the system determines whether the first medication should be delivered prior to delivering the second medication and, when determining that the second medication should delivered prior to delivering the first medication, a notification to deliver the second medication before delivering the first medication is sent to a display device. NULL

System and method for real-time insurance quote in response to a self-diagnostic test
Patent No. 11651866

Inventor(s): Jovan Hutton Pulitzer (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): RELIANT IMMUNE DIAGNOSTICS, INC. (Austin, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16137076 on 09/20/2018 (1699 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for initiating a telemedicine conference on a mobile device is provided. The method comprises receiving diagnostic test results in response to a diagnostic test, determining if the diagnostic test results include a positive result, storing the diagnostic test results on a server disposed on a network, presenting, if the diagnostic test results are positive, a telemedicine initiation option on a screen of the mobile device, determining whether the telemedicine initiation option is selected, sending the diagnostic test results from the server to the telemedicine provider, sending additional medical history information to the telemedicine provider, and initiating a telemedicine conference with the telemedicine provider. Some of these aspects also provide healthcare providers the ability to electronically send prescriptions and provide users the ability to use a mobile application to send prescriptions to pharmacies to be filled.

[G01N] INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

Systems and methods for caching emails for subsequent delivery
Patent No. 11652779

Inventor(s): Christopher Russell (The Colony, TX), Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX), Ryan Thomas Russell (The Colony, TX), Victor Kwak (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)

Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17842295 on 06/16/2022 (334 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for improving the download time of emails in an environment in which a server distributes emails to persons working in close proximity to each other. When these persons receive multi-recipient emails intended for several or all of these persons, the server distributing the emails delivers the multi-recipient emails to the first one of the persons who logged on to read his or her emails on his or her personal computer, for distribution to the other persons over a personal area network. This reduces the download time for the persons downloading their emails at a subsequent time.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Contextual engagement and disengagement of file inspection
Patent No. 11652789

Inventor(s): Andrew E. Ossipov (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (San Jose, CA)

Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16454911 on 06/27/2019 (1419 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses providing file type inspection in firewalls by moving the flow between deep inspection file and lightweight accelerated paths. The method includes obtaining, by a network security device, a packet flow of a file transfer session in which at least two files are transferred and determining, by the network security device, at least an offset parameter based on at least one attribute of at least a first packet in the packet flow. The offset parameter is for a first file being transferred of the at least two files and relates to an expected positon of a control data sequence within the packet flow. In this method, based on the offset parameter, directing, by the network security device, to an accelerated packet inspection path instead of to a deep packet inspection path, a portion of the packet flow including one or more packets that follow the first packet.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Integrated electrical bus bars in liquid coldplate with high density interconnects
Patent No. 11653473

Inventor(s): Gordon R. Scott (Farmersville, TX), James M. Giesey (Richardson, TX), James S. Wilson (Hurst, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16867465 on 05/05/2020 (1106 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a coldplate and a bus bar. The coldplate is configured to be thermally coupled to a structure to be cooled and to remove thermal energy from the structure. The bus bar is integrated into the coldplate and is configured to deliver power to multiple components of the structure. The apparatus may also include multiple mounting holes positioned in rows on the coldplate and configured to mechanically couple the structure to the coldplate, where one of the bus bar or an additional bus bar is integrated between each pair of adjacent rows of mounting holes. The apparatus may further include sealed cooling channels adjacent to the bus bar and each additional bus bar. The bus bar may be integrated into the coldplate using vacuum brazing or ultrasonic additive manufacturing.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Desktop electronic device
Patent No. 11650634

Inventor(s): Daniel L. McBroom (Leonard, TX), Michael D. McBroom (Leonard, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17649661 on 02/01/2022 (469 days app to issue)

Abstract: An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU).

[H05K] PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (details of instruments or comparable details of other apparatus not otherwise provided for G12B; thin-film or thick-film circuits H01L 27/01, H01L 27/13; non-printed means for electric connections to or between printed circuits H01R; casings for, or constructional details of, particular types of apparatus, see the relevant subclasses; processes involving only a single technical art, e.g. heating, spraying, for which provision exists elsewhere, see the relevant classes)

Two dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) materials and alloys as catalysts for cathode in lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries
Patent No. 11652206

Inventor(s): Wonbong Choi (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): University of North Texas (Denton, TX)

Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17219523 on 03/31/2021 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: Two-dimensional (2D) material-based metal or alloy catalysts synthesized on carbon materials (e.g., carbon nanotubes) prevent polysulfide shuttling and overcome technical challenges for developing practical lithium-sulfur (LiS) batteries. Soluble lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) tend to shuttle during battery cycling and corrode a Li anode, leading to eventual performance fading in the LiS battery. This shuttle effect can be reduced by accelerating the conversion of the dissolved polysulfides to the insoluble LiPSs and back to the sulfur. A 2D material-based alloy or 2D material synthesized on carbon materials can suppress polysulfide shuttling by catalyzing polysulfide reactions. 2D material-based alloys with 2H (semiconducting)1T (metallic) mixed phase exhibit synergistic effects of accelerated electron transfer and catalytic performance as confirmed by the lower charge-transfer resistance of carbon nanotube (CNT)S cathode and the high binding energy of LiPSs to the catalyst.

[H01M] PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY [2]

Modular type cellular antenna assembly
Patent No. 11652278

Inventor(s): Troy Inslee Vanderhoof (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)

Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16690438 on 11/21/2019 (1272 days app to issue)

Abstract: An individually formed radiating unit, an antenna array, and an antenna assembly are provided. The individually formed radiating unit includes a reflector, at least one radiating element integrated into a first side of the reflector, and a housing disposed on a second side of the reflector. The housing forms a chamber for housing a feed network

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Radiating elements having angled feed stalks and base station antennas including same
Patent No. 11652300

Inventor(s): Haifeng Li (Richardson, TX), XiaoHua Hou (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)

Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17205122 on 03/18/2021 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: Radiating elements of first and second linear arrays of radiating elements have respective feed stalks that can reside at an angle to provide a balanced dipole arm with an inner end portion laterally offset to be closer to a right or left side of the base station antenna and reflector than an outer end portion that faces a radome of the base station antenna. The feed stalk can include sheet metal legs and printed circuit boards providing an RF transmission line(s).

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Connectors for a single twisted pair of conductors
Patent No. 11652322

Inventor(s): Amid Ihsan Hashim (Plano, TX), Bryan Scott Moffitt (Richardson, TX), Scott Martin Keith (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)

Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16608126 on 04/24/2018 (1848 days app to issue)

Abstract: A family of connectors to accommodate a single twisted pair of conductors is disclosed herein. The family of connectors includes a free connector, a fixed connector, and an adapter; the free and/or fixed connectors can be modified to accommodate the adapter configuration and/or modified to accommodate various patch cord configurations. In certain embodiments, the one or more of the family of connectors adopts an LC fiber optic style connector configuration and an LC fiber optic footprint configuration. In certain examples, one or more of the family of connectors adopts an LC fiber optic style connector configuration but in a footprint that is larger or smaller than the footprint of the LC fiber optic footprint. Other configurations may also be adopted.

[H01R] ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS (switches, fuses H01H; coupling devices of the waveguide type H01P 5/00; switching arrangements for the supply or distribution of electric power H02B; installations of electric cables or lines, or of combined optical and electric cables or lines, or of auxiliary apparatus H02G; printed means for providing electric connections to or between printed circuits H05K)

Boost converter with down-mode
Patent No. 11652413

Inventor(s): Jian Liang (Shanghai, , CN), Linjue Li (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17114840 on 12/08/2020 (889 days app to issue)

Abstract: A boost converter includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a switching terminal, a low-side transistor, and a down-mode detection circuit. The low-side transistor is coupled to the switching terminal. The down-mode detection circuit is coupled to the low-side transistor. The down-mode detection circuit is configured to detect a voltage at the output terminal greater than a voltage at the input terminal, and turn off the low-side transistor based on the voltage at the output terminal being greater than the voltage at the input terminal.

[H02M] APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (conversion of current or voltage specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/02; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables in general, e.g. using transformers, reactors or choke coils, combination of such systems with static converters G05F; for digital computers G06F 1/00; transformers H01F; connection or control of one converter with regard to conjoint operation with a similar or other source of supply H02J; dynamo-electric converters H02K 47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P; pulse generators H03K) [5]

Single stage frequency multiplier using different types of signal mixing modes
Patent No. 11652446

Inventor(s): Sachin Kalia (Dallas, TX), Swaminathan Sankaran (Allen, TX), Tolga Dinc (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17694953 on 03/15/2022 (427 days app to issue)

Abstract: A frequency multiplier includes an input section having inputs to receive an input signal having an input frequency, a mixer section, and an output section magnetically coupled to the input section and generating an output signal in response to the input signal. The mixer section may be coupled to the input section by a common mode node forming a path for a common mode current to flow to the mixer section and be magnetically coupled to the common mode node. The input section may generate a signal current, and the mixer section may be magnetically coupled to the input section and be directly capacitively coupled to the input section through a capacitor in a signal current path. The mixer section may have differential inputs capacitively coupled to the input section and also be coupled to the input section through a current path. A current helper section may be coupled to the current path.

[H03D] DEMODULATION OR TRANSFERENCE OF MODULATION FROM ONE CARRIER TO ANOTHER (masers, lasers H01S; circuits capable of acting both as modulator and demodulator H03C, e.g. balanced modulators H03C 1/54; details applicable to both modulators and frequency-changers H03C; demodulating pulses which have been modulated with a continuously-variable signal H03K 9/00; transforming types of pulse modulation H03K 11/00; relay systems, e.g. repeater stations H04B 7/14; demodulators adapted for digitally modulated-carrier systems H04L 27/00; synchronous demodulators adapted for colour television H04N 9/66)

Apparatus, system, and method for calibrating transceivers in beamforming antennas over the air without calibration circuitry
Patent No. 11652560

Inventor(s): Kodanda Ram Reddy Engala (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Meta Platforms, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA)

Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17691833 on 03/10/2022 (432 days app to issue)

Abstract: An antenna system comprising (1) a plurality of transceivers capable of being calibrated over the air to improve beamforming and (2) at least one controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of transceivers, wherein the controller (A) identifies a set of partially overlapping subgroups that include the plurality of transceivers, (B) obtains leakage measurements taken in connection with signals emitted by at least one transceiver included in each of the partially overlapping subgroups, (C) identifies, within the leakage measurements, a subset of leakage measurements taken in connection with an overlapping transceiver and multiple non-overlapping transceivers included in the set of partially overlapping subgroups, and (D) calibrates, based at least in part on the subset of leakage measurements, the plurality of transceivers with respect to at least one feature to improve beamforming. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Intelligent multi-channel VPN orchestration
Patent No. 11652665

Inventor(s): Subil M. Abraham (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)

Law Firm: Cuenot, Forsythe Kim, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17178095 on 02/17/2021 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: A respective VPN routing table for each of a plurality of VPNs can be stored on a client device. The client device can access a first VPN routing table and, using the first VPN routing table, establish a first VPN tunnel to a first VPN. The first VPN can be a first subnetwork assigned a particular network prefix. While the first VPN tunnel is currently active, the client device can access a second VPN routing table and, using the second VPN routing table, establish a second VPN tunnel to the second VPN. The second VPN can be a second subnetwork assigned the same particular network prefix as the first subnetwork. While the first VPN tunnel and the second VPN tunnel are simultaneously active, the client device can communicate data to remote devices in the first VPN and the second VPN using the particular network prefix for both.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Systems and methods for providing pre-emptive intercept warnings for online privacy or security
Patent No. 11652795

Inventor(s): Tuan Dao (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)

Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig LLP (19 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17663505 on 05/16/2022 (365 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing pre-emptive intercept warning for online privacy or security are disclosed. In one embodiment, at a privacy security appliance comprising at least one computer processor, a method for may include: (1) establishing a virtual private network (VPN) connection with a computer application executed by a client device; (2) receiving, over the VPN connection, an internet protocol (e.g., HTTP or HTTPS) request for a website host; (3) communicating the internet protocol request to the website host; (4) receiving a response to the internet protocol request from the website host; (5) inspecting the response for privacy or security issues with embedded links in the response; (6) scoring the embedded links based on the inspection; (7) generating a mock webpage based on the response comprising the scoring for the embedded links; and (8) delivering the mock webpage with the scoring to the application over the VPN. The mock webpage may include links to the embedded links.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

User-configured network fallback control
Patent No. 11652854

Inventor(s): Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX), Timothy M. Dwight (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17024104 on 09/17/2020 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device receives a call invitation message with a Session Description Protocol (SDP) offer for establishing a call between a calling party and a called party and obtains a set of network fallback rules associated with the called party. The device determines, based on the set of network fallback rules, whether to reject the call and avoid network fallback from a first wireless network to a second wireless network. The device sends, based on the determination, a call denial message without an SDP answer, to reject the call and avoid the network fallback.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Synchronous delivery of media content in a collaborative environment
Patent No. 11652855

Inventor(s): David A. Shamma (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee(s): Match Group, LLC (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Patent Capital Group (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17338813 on 06/04/2021 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus and method for facilitating a synchronous display of a time-based media object (e.g., a video or audio file) with a remote device is provided. In one example, the apparatus comprises control logic for controlling the display of a media object in response to a user entered command with a first device, and communication logic for causing communication of the user entered command (e.g., play, pause, skip, etc.) and a metric (e.g., time or frame reference) associated with the media object to a second device for synchronizing the display of the media object with the first and second devices. The first and second devices may communicate via peer-to-peer communications, for example, in a collaborative or social application such as an IM application. Further, the apparatus may include various devices such as a personal computer, mobile phone device and/or mobile personal entertainment device, DVR, or the like.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

System and method for ingesting and presenting a video with associated linked products and metadata as a unified actionable shopping experience
Patent No. 11652867

Inventor(s): Baxter Murrell Box (Dallas, TX), Joseph Patrick Copenhaver (Garland, TX), William Kress Bodin (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): rewardStyle, Inc. (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17821323 on 08/22/2022 (267 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for ingesting and presenting a video with associated linked products and metadata as a unified actionable shopping experience may include accessing a video file, receiving information about an object, the information including a link to a merchant portal or web page through which the object may be purchased, combining the video file and information about the object into a social media post, and delivering the social media post to consumers.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Media distribution system with redundant integrated services layers
Patent No. 11652868

Inventor(s): Steven Gable (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc. (San Antonio, TX)

Law Firm: Garlick Markison (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17159392 on 01/27/2021 (839 days app to issue)

Abstract: A media distribution system includes an enterprise hub, which in turn includes a processor and memory, multiple media outlets, and multiple integrated services layers (ISLs) acting as intermediaries between the enterprise hub to the media outlets. A first media outlet is served by a single ISL, while a second media outlet is served redundantly by at least two ISLs.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Dynamic and optimal selection of Internet of things (IoT) hubs in cellular networks
Patent No. 11652891

Inventor(s): Basavaraj Patil (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT MOBILITY II LLC (Atlanta, GA)

Law Firm: Amin, Turocy Watson, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16855335 on 04/22/2020 (1119 days app to issue)

Abstract: An architecture for dynamically selecting and routing traffic from Internet of things (IoT) devices and sensors to the nearest or most proximate IoT hub device. A method can comprise receiving a connection request from a user device; retrieving address data representing a network device of a group of network devices; and sending the address data to the user device.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Method and system for application management service
Patent No. 11652897

Inventor(s): Parry Cornell Booker (Arlington, TX), Peter B. Sensenbrenner (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17930130 on 09/07/2022 (251 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an application management service is provided. The service may provide a coordination between network or platform level application management functions and application level application management functions that enables the management of an application service. The network or platform level application management functions may include autoscaling, load balancing, and ingress resource management. The application level application management functions may include throttling and circuit breaker functions.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Reducing context coded and bypass coded bins to improve context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) throughput
Patent No. 11652997

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Vivienne Sze (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17355488 on 06/23/2021 (692 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) coding with a reduced number of context coded and/or bypass coded bins are provided. Rather than using only truncated unary binarization for the syntax element representing the delta quantization parameter and context coding all of the resulting bins as in the prior art, a different binarization is used and only part of the resulting bins are context coded, thus reducing the worst case number of context coded bins for this syntax element. Further, binarization techniques for the syntax element representing the remaining actual value of a transform coefficient are provided that restrict the maximum codeword length of this syntax element to 32 bits or less, thus reducing the number of bypass coded bins for this syntax element over the prior art.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Delayed duplicate I-picture for video coding
Patent No. 11653031

Inventor(s): Chaitanya Satish Ghone (Pune, , IN), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bengaluru, , IN), Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA), Ranga Ramanujam Srinivasan (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17093695 on 11/10/2020 (917 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided that includes receiving pictures of a video sequence in a video encoder, and encoding the pictures to generate a compressed video bit stream that is transmitted to a video decoder in real-time, wherein encoding the pictures includes selecting a picture to be encoded as a delayed duplicate intra-predicted picture (DDI), wherein the picture would otherwise be encoded as an inter-predicted picture (P-picture), encoding the picture as an intra-predicted picture (I-picture) to generate the DDI, wherein the I-picture is reconstructed and stored for use as a reference picture for a decoder refresh picture, transmitting the DDI to the video decoder in non-real time, selecting a subsequent picture to be encoded as the decoder refresh picture, and encoding the subsequent picture in the compressed bit stream as the decoder refresh picture, wherein the subsequent P-picture is encoded as a P-picture predicted using the reference picture.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Set-top box with enhanced content and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11653049

Inventor(s): Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17543172 on 12/06/2021 (526 days app to issue)

Abstract: A set-top box with enhanced content and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, a wireless transceiver is located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a television input, a television output, a processor, and memory. The set-top box provides a fully tuned signal including general content via the television output to a display or a television, for example. The set-top box may also identify a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device and responsive to identifying the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device, forward a fully tuned signal including custom content relative to a group identification associated with the proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Set-top box with enhanced behavioral controls and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11653056

Inventor(s): Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17689746 on 03/08/2022 (434 days app to issue)

Abstract: A set-top box with enhanced behavioral controls and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, a wireless transceiver is located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a signal input, a signal output, a processor, and memory. The set-top box may pair with an electronic door locking apparatus coupled to a door that is room-collocated with the set-top box in a hospitality establishment. The set-top box may then reprogram the electronic door locking apparatus as well as control amenities, such as a display, in response to presence signal from the electronic door locking apparatus.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Set-top box for changing channels and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11653060

Inventor(s): Raymond S. Horton (McKinney, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17104818 on 11/25/2020 (902 days app to issue)

Abstract: A set-top box for changing channels and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the set-top box includes a network interface controller that is configured to receive a source internet protocol television signal, which includes two channels, from an external source and at least partially prepare the source internet protocol signal in order to forward the tuned signal to a television. The set-top box saves in a buffer the at least partially prepared second channel beginning at a recent periodic, sequential signal access point. In response to receiving a channel change instruction when the set-top box is forwarding the at least partially prepared first channel signal, the set-top box causes the television tuner to forward the at least partially prepared signal based on the second channel stored in the buffer beginning at the recent periodic, sequential signal access point.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Intensity separated local white balance correction
Patent No. 11653105

Inventor(s): Gang Hua (Katy, TX), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, , IN), Niraj Nandan (Plano, TX), Rajasekhar Reddy Allu (Plano, TX), Shashank Dabral (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17110139 on 12/02/2020 (895 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for local automatic white balance (AWB) of wide dynamic range (WDR) images is provided that includes collecting statistics for local AWB by an image signal processor (ISP) from a first WDR image generated by the ISP, receiving, by the ISP, a plurality of local gain lookup tables (LUTs), one for each color channel, wherein the plurality of local gain LUTs is generated using the statistics, and applying, by the ISP, a gain value to each pixel in a second WDR image generated by the ISP, wherein the gain value for the pixel is determined by the ISP using the local gain LUT for the color channel of the pixel.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Electronic device monitoring system
Patent No. 11653173

Inventor(s): Divya Sai Toopran (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17199927 on 03/12/2021 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring a vehicle. The system includes a sensor of the vehicle configured to detect sensor data indicating a presence of an electronic device within the vehicle. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle communicatively coupled to the sensor. The ECU is configured to determine whether the electronic device is within the vehicle. The ECU is also configured to provide a notification to a user of the vehicle regarding the presence of the electronic device within the vehicle.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for updating user equipment capability
Patent No. 11653196

Inventor(s): Haibo Xu (Beijing, , CN), Jian Wang (Beijing, , CN), Nathan Edward Tenny (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17552186 on 12/15/2021 (517 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes detecting an occurrence of an overheating condition in the UE, and based thereon, determining a first set of operating capabilities of the UE from a second set of operating capabilities of the UE, where the first and second set of operating capabilities are associated with a connection between the UE and a network entity, and where the first set of operating capabilities is a reduction in operating capability of the UE when compared to the second set of operating capabilities, triggering a transfer of UE capability information associated with the first set of operating capabilities, and applying, by the UE, the first set of operating capabilities to the connection.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus of UE adaptive beam management
Patent No. 11653224

Inventor(s): Anum Ali (Plano, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Dalin Zhu (Richardson, TX), Jianhua Mo (Allen, TX), Vutha Va (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17153805 on 01/20/2021 (846 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating an electronic device having a plurality of antenna modules, wherein at least one of the plurality of antenna modules is a serving module, comprises: triggering a module sweeping operation based on one or more of: a reference signal receive power (RSRP) of the serving module being below a dynamic, time-varying threshold; the RSRP of the serving module being lower than an average RSRP of the serving module when the electronic device is at a same location; an estimated angle of arrival of a beam being on an edge or outside of a coverage area of the serving module; inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors indicating that the electronic device has rotated; or the RSRP of the serving module cannot support a predicted data requirement.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

CSI definitions and feedback modes for coordinated multi-point transmission
Patent No. 11653240

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Dallas, TX), Jin-Kyu Han (Allen, TX), Young-Han Nam (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16947248 on 07/24/2020 (1026 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus report channel state information (CSI) feedback of a user equipment (UE) in a coordinated multipoint communication system. The method includes identifying, when downlink transmissions to the UE are configured with at least two CSI subframe subsets, an interference measurement resource within one of the CSI subframe subsets belonging to a CSI reference resource. The method also includes using the identified interference measurement resource to derive an interference measurement. The apparatus includes a controller configured to, when downlink transmissions to the UE are configured with at least two CSI subframe subsets, identify an interference measurement resource within one of the CSI subframe subsets belonging to a CSI reference resource. The controller is configured to use the identified interference measurement resource to derive an interference measurement.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamically adjusting the bandwidth of downlink transmissions based on a radio access technology used by a radio access network
Patent No. 11653268

Inventor(s): Haibo Qian (Frisco, TX), Michael Anthony Brown (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (Redmond, WA)

Law Firm: Ray Quinney Nebeker P.C (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17348568 on 06/15/2021 (700 days app to issue)

Abstract: A core network can send first data transmissions to a radio access network (RAN) at a first data rate that is based at least in part on a first RAT policy associated with a first RAT used by the RAN for downlink transmissions to user equipment. The core network can obtain information indicating that the RAN is using a second RAT for the downlink transmissions to the user equipment. The core network can cause a RAT policy that is applied to the data transmissions from the core network to the RAN to be changed from the first RAT policy to a second RAT policy that is associated with the second RAT. The core network can send second data transmissions from the core network to the RAN at a second data rate that is based at least in part on the second RAT policy.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Modifying idle mode DRX on wireless devices
Patent No. 11653307

Inventor(s): Robert Holden (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)

Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17315502 on 05/10/2021 (736 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for deactivating the Idle mode discontinuous reception (iDRX) for services that require latency that is less than the conventional paging channel values.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for determining transmit power
Patent No. 11653310

Inventor(s): Li Guo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD. (Guangdong, , CN)

Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17470965 on 09/09/2021 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for determining a transmit power includes: determining, by UE, a transmit power of a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) based on a downlink pathloss of at least one of a serving cell or one or more neighbor cells, wherein the SRS transmission is for positioning purpose.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for reducing transcoding resource allocation during call setup to multiple terminations
Patent No. 11653334

Inventor(s): Danysel Barthelme (Frisco, TX), Ertao Li (Plano, TX), Gaurav Patel (McKinney, TX), Kashif Khan (Keller, TX), Ronald E. Collier, II (Arlington, TX), Steve L. Padilla (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17102755 on 11/24/2020 (903 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, an application server may receive, from a calling party user equipment, a call for a called party associated with multiple user equipment. The application server may provide to the multiple user equipment, and based on the call, a request for transcoding information associated with the multiple user equipment. The application server may assign a transcoding resource for handling the call, wherein the transcoding resource is provided in a network. The application server may receive, based on the request, the transcoding information from a particular user equipment of the multiple user equipment. The application server may provide the transcoding information to the transcoding resource, wherein the transcoding information causes the transcoding resource to establish and transcode the call between the calling party user equipment and the particular user equipment.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Frequency-aware cellular communication network
Patent No. 11653342

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)

Law Firm: Amin, Turocy Watson, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16881404 on 05/22/2020 (1089 days app to issue)

Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards a frequency-aware cellular communication network. A mobile device, or a radio access network (RAN) device at a base station in communication with the mobile device, can proactively notify a core network device regarding changes of a frequency band used for communications between the mobile device and the base station. The core network can use received notifications to adjust service provided to the mobile device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System, method, and computer-readable medium for schedule-based telecommunication policies
Patent No. 11653397

Inventor(s): Andrew Silver (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TANGO NETWORKS, INC. (Frisco, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17558494 on 12/21/2021 (511 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for enforcing user telecommunication privileges on a per-schedule basis are provided. Enterprise members may have a schedule associated therewith that defines scheduled locations of the users. Telecommunication service privileges may be coordinated with the users” schedules such that communication services are disabled at particular times based on the users” schedules. In other implementations, particular users may have telecommunication services disabled by an administrator in the event of a catastrophe or emergency. By this mechanism, users that are not proximate to a particular catastrophe or emergency area according to the users” schedule may have services disabled while other users that are located more proximate to the emergency may have their telecommunication services enabled. In this manner, the demand on a cellular network may be alleviated thereby increasing the likelihood that users directly impacted by the emergency may receive and place calls or access data services.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Light-emitting diode (LED) driver system with slew-rate control
Patent No. 11653432

Inventor(s): Shangquan Liang (Shanghai, , CN), Xianghao Meng (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17537694 on 11/30/2021 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example described herein includes a light-emitting diode (LED) driver system. The system includes an error amplifier configured to compare an input voltage with a reference voltage to generate a control voltage. The system further includes an amplifier output stage configured to control an output current through a first current path and a shunt current through a second current path based on the control voltage. The amplifier output stage comprises a slew-rate controller configured to control a slew-rate of the shunt current. The shunt current can be provided through a shunt resistor in the second current path and added to the output current to provide a total current through an LED string.

[H05B] ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Integrated circuit stress sensor
Patent No. 11653568

Inventor(s): Baher Haroun (Allen, TX), Ernst Muellner (Munich, , DE), Michael Szelong (Freising, , DE), Tobias Bernhard Fritz (Mainburg, , DE)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17136413 on 12/29/2020 (868 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit is described herein that includes a semiconductor substrate. First and second piezoresistive sensors are on or in the substrate where each have a respective sensing axis extending in first and second directions respectively parallel with a surface of the substrate, where the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. A third piezoresistive sensor is on or in the substrate and has a respective sensing axis extending in a third direction parallel with the surface of the substrate and neither parallel nor perpendicular to the first and second directions.

[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2]

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Fastener
Patent No. D986045

Inventor(s): Chih-Hong Lu (Kaohsiung, , TW), Tse-Kuang Jou (Kaohsiung, , TW)
Assignee(s): PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. (Irving, TX)

Law Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29805981 on 08/31/2021 (623 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Container
Patent No. D986066

Inventor(s): David Jerome Hutts (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BLUETRITON BRANDS, INC. (Stamford, CT)

Law Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29798113 on 07/06/2021 (679 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Stand
Patent No. D986133

Inventor(s): Robert Lee Taylor (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): 365 Outdoor Gear, LLC (Richardson, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29763821 on 12/24/2020 (873 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Barber template card
Patent No. D986503

Inventor(s): Tameika Price (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29754965 on 10/15/2020 (943 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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