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 31, 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

133 patents granted
Ranked No. 11 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES   17
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 5
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 12
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING     6
G: PHYSICS 41
H: ELECTRICITY   43
DESIGN: 9

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments (Dallas) 22
Capital One Services (McLean, VA) 4
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 4
Toyota Motor North America (Plano) 4
Bank of America (Charlotte, NC)   3
AT&T Intellectual Property I (Atlanta, GA)   3
Halliburton Energy Services (Houston)   3
Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)    3
SanDisk Technologies (Addison)    3

UNASSIGNED 9

TOP LOCAL INVENTOR (NO. OF PATENTS)

David Prieto de Sicart (Garland) 2
Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen) 2
Jianzhong Zhang (Garland)   2
Madhukar Budagavi (Plano)   2
Marc Zamora Salvador (Garland)    2
Michael James Brehm (Allen) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Storage case for preserving fishing rods and reels
Patent No. 11344016

Inventor(s): Christopher T. Gorski (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16696084 on 11/26/2019 (917 days app to issue)

Abstract: A storage case ([b]1[/b]) for storing fishing rods ([b]2[/b]) and reels ([b]3[/b]) in a dry controlled atmosphere to prevent rust, corrosion and mildew from forming on the fishing rods ([b]2[/b]) and reels ([b]3[/b]) stored therein.

[A01K] ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

Spinning wing decoy and wings for decoy
Patent No. 11344024

Inventor(s): Fred Zink (Clinton, OH)
Assignee(s): GOOD SPORTSMAN MARKETING, L.L.C. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Ice Miller LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15636995 on 06/29/2017 (1797 days app to issue)

Abstract: A decoy comprises a wing system that includes a drive system and at least one wing that is operable to create realistic movement of the at least one wing, thereby simulating actual motion of a fowl wing. The wing system comprises at least one wing that may look like the top of a bird wing and bottom of a bird wing, respectively. During operation, the at least one wing would look natural and realistic, accurately mimicking a real flapping wing. The at least one wing may be configured to oscillate repeatedly back and forth. The at least one wing may be configured to flap. The at least one wing may be configured to oscillate repeatedly back and forth and flap simultaneously.

[A01M] CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS (appliances for catching swarms or drone-catching A01K 57/00; fishing A01K 69/00-A01K 97/00; biocides, pest repellants or attractants A01N); APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS

Pumping/nursing garment
Patent No. 11344069

Inventor(s): Joy Kosak (Moraga, CA)
Assignee(s): Simple Wishes LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Cooley LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16551295 on 08/26/2019 (1009 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus are described herein for providing a garment (e.g. a bra) that can be used by a wearer during extraction of breast milk using a breast pump. In some embodiments, a garment can include an inner panel that defines one or more openings and an outer panel that can cover the openings. Each of the openings can receive a portion of a breast pump, and the inner panel can provide support to the breast pump during milk extraction. The outer panel can be removably coupled to the inner panel with a clasp such that the outer panel can be at least partially removed from the inner panel to gain access to the opening(s). In some embodiments, the inner panel can be removably coupled to another portion of the garment such that the inner panel can be partially removed and/or fully removed from the remaining portions of the garment.

[A41C] CORSETS; BRASSI»RES

Ventilated locker with equipment rack
Patent No. 11344119

Inventor(s): Sam Allen (Maypearl, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16546977 on 08/21/2019 (1014 days app to issue)

Abstract: A locker includes a pair of spaced-apart upstanding sidewalls and at least one shelf extending between the sidewalls, the shelf and sidewalls defining a compartment. A tray is carried on the shelf in the compartment and supported by a pair of rollers and coupled to a pair of rails mounted on the sidewalls above the shelf, wherein the tray slides forward and backward relative to the shelf and rotates about the rollers.

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

Devices, systems, and methods for epidermal tissue harvesting
Patent No. 11344328

Inventor(s): John B. Riley, III (Dallas, TX), Max Alan Probasco (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Tara Medical Devices, LLC (Farmers Branch, TX)
Law Firm: Johnston IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16576726 on 09/19/2019 (985 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one instance, a medical device for harvesting epidermal tissue from a patient includes a first compartment that is mateable with a second, disposable compartment that goes against the skin. The first compartment has a floor that is formed, at least in part, by a first printed circuit board. The ceiling of the second, disposable compartment is formed at least in part by a second printed circuit board that electrically couples with the first printed circuit board when in a mated position. Suction is delivered to the second compartment to pull skin through apertures on the floor of the second compartment to form blisters that are harvested to obtain epidermal tissue. The first compartment remains uncontaminated in use and the second compartment is disposable. Other features are presented; some of which include a thermal sensor in the second compartment for temperature control, clear side walls, and a distributed heating element.

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

Proximal femur hook plate
Patent No. 11344344

Inventor(s): Cory A. Collinge (Fort Worth, TX), Frank A. Liporace (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. (Raynham, MA)
Law Firm: BakerHostetler (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15918680 on 03/12/2018 (1541 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bone plate for treating periprosthetic fractures includes a head portion to be positioned along a greater trochanter of a bone. The head portion includes pairs of bone fixation element receiving openings extending therethrough from a first surface of the plate which, when the plate is in an operative position, faces away from the bone, and a second surface which, when the plate is in the operative position, faces toward the bone. A pair of cable holes extend through the head portion from a first longitudinal side connecting the first and second surfaces to a second longitudinal side connecting the first and second surfaces. The head portion includes a pair of hooks for engaging a superior ridge of the greater trochanter. The plate also includes a shaft portion extending distally from the head portion to extend along a portion of the bone distal of the greater trochanter.

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

Bone fixation system and methods of use
Patent No. 11344348

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Nycz (Warsaw, IN), Jill A. Serbousek (Winona Lake, IN), Jon C. Serbousek (Winona Lake, IN), Richard G. Fessler (Lake Forest, IL)
Assignee(s): Orthofix US LLC (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17359163 on 06/25/2021 (340 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bone fixation system is provided for use in the spine between vertebrae. The system comprises a first fastener configured to anchor into a first vertebrae, a second fastener configured to anchor into a second vertebrae, and a set screw to retain the second fastener to the first fastener. The first fastener includes a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis and a head. The shaft includes a first cylindrical body. The head of the first fastener includes a second cylindrical body defining a passageway having an interior surface. The passageway defines a longitudinal axis that is different than the longitudinal axis of the shaft. The first cylindrical body of the shaft and the second cylindrical body of the head are angled relative to each other. The second fastener includes a shaft and a head. The head of the second fastener is configured to engage the interior surface of the passageway of the head of the first fastener. The set screw also engages the interior surface of the passageway and retains the head of the second fastener in the passageway.

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

Bone fixation system and methods of use
Patent No. 11344349

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

Cam-actuated optic lockout mechanism
Patent No. 11344406

Inventor(s): Douglas Brent Wensrich (Bedford, TX), Len Takudzwa Magara (Fort Worth, TX), Yinghui Wu (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16712164 on 12/12/2019 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices, for delivery of a lens portion of a modular intraocular lens into an eye, may be provided. A device may include a housing; a nozzle positioned at an end of the housing, wherein an interior of the nozzle comprises a floor, the floor including an aperture; and a cam-actuated mechanism positioned within the housing, comprising: a lens stop comprising a base and a post, wherein the post is movably disposed within the aperture; and a slider configured to move in a direction toward the lens stop, wherein the lens stop is positioned at a distal end of the slider, the slider comprising a slot that is aligned with a portion of the base of the lens stop and configured to receive the portion of the base as the slider moves.

[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]

Glenoid fossa prosthesis
Patent No. 11344422

Inventor(s): Gerhard E. Maale (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Washam PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16657423 on 10/18/2019 (956 days app to issue)

Abstract: The improved glenoid fossa prosthesis for repair of a scapular deficient patient includes a base with a fixed flange, and a separable flange. A conical taper on the base and a complimentary locator edge positively orient the separable flange when joined with the base for affixation by screw. A plurality of flange fixation screws penetrates the scapular tissue between the flanges for affixation of the flanges thereto. The flange thickness is variable to approximate the topography of the scapular tissue in the affixation area to minimize tissue trimming during fitment. A cutting mask attaches to the deficient scapula in the glenoid fossa area to guide the physician in trimming scapular tissue for fitment. A cortical screw further fixates the base to the scapular tissue. A second conical taper on the base serves as a mount for a glenoid sphere (reverse shoulder) or socket (standard shoulder) repair configuration.

Support cushion liners comprising artificial muscles
Patent No. 11344461

Inventor(s): Danil Prokhorov (Canton, MI), Michael P. Rowe (Pinckney, MI), Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, 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: 16931578 on 07/17/2020 (683 days app to issue)

Abstract: A support cushion liner includes a liner body having a cavity disposed between an outer layer and an inner layer and a plurality of artificial muscles disposed in the cavity of the liner body. Each of the plurality of artificial muscles include 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 includes a first electrode fixed to a first surface of the housing and a second electrode fixed to a second surface 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 thereby applying pressure to the outer layer of the liner body.

[A61G] TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H 3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N 1/00)

Devices, systems and methods for self-administered therapy
Patent No. 11344468

Inventor(s): Brittney Richardson (Dallas, TX), Douglas Bruce Davis (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Sensus Holistic Technologies, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17115476 on 12/08/2020 (539 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a device configured for self-administered therapy comprises at least two base members, each base member configured to be secured to a surface for mounting the device of said surface, a shaft configured to secure to the at least two base members and extend between the at least two base members, and at least one therapy member configured to be secured relative to the shaft, wherein the at least one therapy member is configured to rotate relative to the shaft during use, wherein the at least one therapy member is configured to be contacted by a user and configured to rotate during use.

[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)

Methods and compositions for treating striae distensae
Patent No. 11344595

Inventor(s): David Gan (Southlake, TX), Geetha Kalahasti (Plano, TX), Shona Burkes (Dallas, TX), Tiffany Carle (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16787162 on 02/11/2020 (840 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of reducing the appearance of fine lines or wrinkles or increasing skin elasticity or skin firmness is disclosed. The method can include topically applying to the fine line or wrinkle or to sagging or loose skin an effective amount of a topical composition comprising a combination of vegetable amino acids from navy bean, [i]Myrciaria dubia [/i]fruit extract, [i]Peucedanum graveolens [/i]extract, and tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate. The combination can reduce the appearance of the fine line or wrinkle, increases skin elasticity, or increases skin firmness.

[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)

Stereognosis training system and method for patients with chronic stroke, spinal cord injury or neuropathy
Patent No. 11344727

Inventor(s): Michael P. Kilgard (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16681575 on 11/12/2019 (931 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is an effective stereognosis training system that integrates hardware and software to provide a simple, reliable, quantitative system to provide tactile rehabilitation and progress monitoring. The system can include an interactive device including a novel set of objects, that are combined with neuromodulatory systems such as wireless closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation to improve neural plasticity and expedite functional recovery. The system can send updates to therapists or clinicians to monitor progress and encourage compliance with prescribed therapy.

[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]

Cosmetic compositions and uses thereof
Patent No. 11344751

Inventor(s): Barbara Durkee (Addison, TX), Daniel Ramirez (Addison, TX), Geetha Kalahasti (Addison, TX), Lisha Vanpelt (Addison, TX), Maria Milagros Sanchez (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: 17142415 on 01/06/2021 (510 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of reducing oxidative damage in skin is disclosed. The method can include topically applying to skin in need thereof a composition comprising 0.01% w/w to 5% w/w of [i]Hylocereus undatus [/i]fruit extract, 0.01% w/w to 1% of [i]Aloe barbadensis [/i]leaf extract, and a skin conditioning agent including 0.001% w/w to 5% w/w of methyldihydrojasmonate or 0.0001% w/w to 1% w/w of panthenol, to reduce oxidative damage in the skin.

[A61Q] SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILET PREPARATIONS [2006.01]

Heated and cooled seat for locker
Patent No. 11346041

Inventor(s): John Allen (Desoto, TX), Sam Allen (Maypearl, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17494057 on 10/05/2021 (238 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved locker seat includes a pair of spaced-apart upstanding sidewalls having a pair of lateral edges. A generally horizontal seat is disposed between the lateral edges of the sidewalls. In a first mode, an air source is connected to an airway formed within the seat to create an airflow. The airflow from the air source creates a first temperature differential to cool the seat. In a second mode, an external or internal heat source provides heat to a top surface of the seat, creating a second temperature differential to heat the seat. The first and second temperature differential are distributed across the top surface of the seat. The seat is hinged to be movable about the hinge between an open and a closed position.

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

Wireless circuit for electrical irrigation valve and wifi wireless irrigation system
Patent No. 11343982

Inventor(s): Omar Solorzano (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Plager Schack LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17465608 on 09/02/2021 (271 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless circuit for electrical irrigation valve and WiFi wireless irrigation system that does not use sprinkler controllers or timers is disclosed. The wireless circuit for electrical irrigation valve and WiFi wireless irrigation system is a purely wireless and includes a WiFi irrigation system controller that does not need to use copper wiring or any other wiring that can be damaged over time, nor does it need to use sprinkler controllers or timers. The wireless circuit for electrical irrigation valve and WiFi wireless irrigation system is a plug and play device operated through an application on a computer or other similar device that allows the end user to control all aspects of the irrigation system via the application. The wireless circuit for electrical irrigation valve and WiFi wireless irrigation system is also designed to be waterproof and weatherproof. [A01G] HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS, OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops, or the like A01D 46/00; plant reproduction by tissue culture techniques A01H 4/00; devices for topping or skinning onions or flower bulbs A23N 15/08; propagating unicellular algae C12N 1/12; plant cell culture C12N 5/00)

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

Microfluidic device with integrated waveguides for analyte identification and method of operation thereof
Patent No. 11344883

Inventor(s): Ecatherina Roodenko (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): MAX-IR LABS INCORPORATED (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16551301 on 08/26/2019 (1009 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microfluidic device and a method of detecting the presence of an analyte in a fluid. In one embodiment, the microfluidic device includes: (1) a substrate, (2) a waveguide supported by the substrate and configured to receive light and (3) a microfluidic channel contacting the waveguide and configured to convey a fluid, a characteristic of the light changing under influence of an analyte in the fluid.

[B01L] CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE (apparatus for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61; apparatus for industrial purposes or laboratory apparatus whose construction and performance are comparable to that of similar industrial apparatus, see the relevant classes for industrial apparatus, particularly subclasses of B01 and C12; separating or distilling apparatus B01D; mixing or stirring devices B01F; atomisers B05B; sieves B07B; corks, bungs B65D; handling liquids in general B67; vacuum pumps F04; siphons F04F 10/00; taps, stop-cocks F16K; tubes, tube joints F16L; apparatus specially adapted for investigating or analysing materials G01, particularly G01N; electrical or optical apparatus, see the relevant classes in sections G and H)

Automated sweepers for item sortation systems
Patent No. 11344919

Inventor(s): Justin Stone (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16869057 on 05/07/2020 (754 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for automated sweepers for item sortation systems. In one embodiment, an example item sortation system may include an aisle, a number of chutes accessible from the aisle, a shuttle configured to transport first items from an induction portion of the item sortation system to a first chute of the plurality of chutes, and a robotic sweeping system disposed in the aisle. The robotic sweeping system may be configured to sweep second items on a floor of the aisle to a first end of the item sortation system. The robotic sweeping system may include a motor and a sweeping device.

[B07C] POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING (specially adapted for a specific purpose covered by another class, see the relevant place, e.g. A43D 33/06, B23Q 7/12)

Printable cling-type document
Patent No. 11345133

Inventor(s): Ray Sun (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ACCELERATED PRODUCTIONS, INC. (Smithfield, VA)
Law Firm: Patent Law of Virginia, PLLC (Local + 121 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17160116 on 01/27/2021 (489 days app to issue)

Abstract: A printable cling-type document comprises a planar paper layer having a front side and a rear side, a planar cling layer having a front side and a rear side, and a planar backing layer having a front side and a rear side. The front side of the cling layer is affixed to the rear side of the paper layer. The front side of the backing layer is adhered to and selectively removable from the rear side of the cling layer.

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

Priority-based energy transfer
Patent No. 11345251

Inventor(s): Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16909551 on 06/23/2020 (707 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, an energy transfer request from a charging station, determining, by the server, a current priority level of the at least one transport within an accessible range of the charging station, and responsive to the current priority level being below a threshold, sending an instruction to the at least one transport to transfer energy to the charging station based on the energy transfer request.

[B60L] PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K 1/00, B60K 6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K 17/12, B60K 17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C 15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D 1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H 1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES [4]

Selective gettering through phase segregation and temperature dependent storage and release structure for lubricant
Patent No. 11345589

Inventor(s): Simon Joshua Jacobs (Lucas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16728309 on 12/27/2019 (886 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device package includes a host material and a gettering material. The microelectronic device package also includes a polymeric component between the host material and the gettering material. The polymeric component substantially encapsulates the gettering material. The microelectronic device package further includes a fluorochemical lubricant. The polymeric component serves to prevent a reaction between the fluorochemical lubricant and the gettering material. Alternatively, the fluorochemical lubricant may be encapsulated by a polymeric component and may be released upon an increase in temperature during or after a packaging step.

[B81B] MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICAL DEVICES (piezo-electric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements per se H01L 41/00) [7]

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

Roofing shingles with registered self-seal strip patterns
Patent No. 11346108

Inventor(s): Olan T. Leitch (Mt. Juliet, TN)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17144220 on 01/08/2021 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: Shingles have self-seal strips with features that include sealant dashes or dots separated by drainage gaps. The self-seal strips are registered with each shingle so that the features are positioned at the same locations on each shingle. A method of making such shingles includes synchronizing the rotation of sealant applicator wheels with the shingle chop cutter so that cuts are made at repeated designated locations along the applied self-seal strips.

[E04D] ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F 13/00)

Raking rail panel and bracket system and method
Patent No. 11346110

Inventor(s): Evan Timmons (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Fortress Iron, LP (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16722309 on 12/20/2019 (893 days app to issue)

Abstract: A raking rail panel system includes a raking rail panel that is supported by four pivotable bracket assemblies. Each pivotable bracket assembly includes a rail support bracket that is hinged to a post bracket. Each post bracket is configured to be coupled to a vertical support post. The post brackets each include a gap filling portion that extends from a mounting face of the vertical support posts. The gap filling portions are sized to either fill a long or a short gap between an end baluster and the vertical support post. The four pivotable bracket assemblies facilitate drop-in installation of the rail panel pivoted in a range of rake angles.

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

Floor element for forming a floor covering and a floor covering
Patent No. 11346113

Inventor(s): Claudio Caselli (Dallas, TX), Rahul Patki (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Flooring Industries Limited, SARL (Bertrange, , LU)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16612574 on 05/14/2018 (1478 days app to issue)

Abstract: A floor element for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor element comprises a decorative layer made of a ceramic material; a support layer arranged below the decorative layer; and a reinforcing layer arranged in between the decorative layer and the support layer, wherein the support layer comprises edges provided with coupling elements configured to realize a mechanical coupling with coupling elements of an adjacent floor element.

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

Fencing system
Patent No. 11346125

Inventor(s): Jason Moreno (Dallas, TX), Jerry Short (Washougal, WA), Tim O”Brien (Belvidere, NJ)
Assignee(s): Master-Halco, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15909346 on 03/01/2018 (1552 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved fencing system can include an improved fence posts. Such fence posts can include features for accommodating different types of fasteners for attachment to fence components, such as fence rails. Additionally, some fence posts, such as gateposts, can be formed with one or more pieces of other fenceposts in a fencing system. Some such improved fence posts can include concrete locks.

[E04H] BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) [4]

Safety brake for vertical lifting doors
Patent No. 11346140

Inventor(s): Caleb Allan White (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Renlita Doors North America, LLC (Bonham, TX)
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16258713 on 01/28/2019 (1219 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vertical door system includes a safety brake that is engaged when the vertical door system fails. The safety brake includes a panel with a slanted channel and a pin slidably disposed in the slanted channel. The panel may be coupled to a counterweight that keeps the pin from engaging with stops in a track when the safety brake is disengaged. When the panel is uncoupled from the counterweight, the safety brake engages and the pin may slide in the channel to allow contact between a portion of the pin and one of the stops in the track to inhibit movement of a door.

[E05D] HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS, OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C 11/00)

Smart window to reduce HVAC load
Patent No. 11346142

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: 16824049 on 03/19/2020 (803 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for an air management system that circulates air to reduce the cabin temperature within a vehicle. The air management system includes a window configured to allow air circulation within the vehicle. The air management system includes an actuator coupled to the window and configured to open or close the window to control an amount of air circulation. The air management system includes a sensor. The sensor is configured to measure or determine a cabin temperature within the vehicle. The air management system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is coupled to the actuator and the sensor and configured to determine, using the sensor, that the cabin temperature is greater than or equal to a first temperature and control the actuator to open the window and allow air circulation within the vehicle.

[E05F] DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING

Well screen for use with external communication lines
Patent No. 11346187

Inventor(s): Austin Lee Wright (Dallas, TX), Liam Andrew Aitken (Bedford, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16677250 on 11/07/2019 (936 days app to issue)

Abstract: A well screen for a borehole. The well screen may include an arcuate outer shroud, a mesh layer, and a drainage layer. The arcuate outer shroud may include perforations, a first longitudinal end, and a second longitudinal end. The first and second longitudinal ends may be spaced arcuately apart such that a gap is formed between the first and the second longitudinal ends of the outer shroud. The mesh layer may restrict flow of particulate materials of a predetermined size from passing therethrough and is positioned radially inward from the outer shroud. The mesh layer may include a first and a second longitudinal end that are radially aligned with the first and the second longitudinal ends of the outer shroud to continue the gap. The drainage layer may be positioned radially inward from to the mesh layer and may include at least one of perforations or louvers.

[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]

Cluster gun system
Patent No. 11346191

Inventor(s): Christopher Brian Sokolove (Midlothian, TX), Shane Matthew Wilson (Waxahachie, TX)
Assignee(s): Hunting Titan, Inc. (Pampa, TX)
Law Firm: Saunders McKeon PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16865106 on 05/01/2020 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for containing one or more shaped charges in a single plane, arrayed about the center axis of a gun body, and detonated from a single initiator in a shaped charge cluster assembly.

Pressure activated firing heads, perforating gun assemblies, and method to set off a downhole explosion
Patent No. 11346192

Inventor(s): Christopher C. Hoelscher (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: McGuireWoods LLP (Local + 9 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16862268 on 04/29/2020 (762 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include pressure-activated firing heads, perforating gun assemblies, and methods to set off a downhole explosion. A pressure-activated firing head includes a first chamber and a second chamber having an energy storage element disposed within the second chamber. The pressure-activated firing head also includes a port fluidly connecting the first chamber and the second chamber. The pressure-activated firing head further includes a flow restrictor that restricts fluid flow from the second chamber to the first chamber. The pressure-activated firing head further includes a firing pin shiftable from a first position to a second position to strike an initiator. The pressure-activated firing head further includes a shear pin that holds the firing pin in the first position and configured to shear in response to a threshold pressure applied to the shear pin to release the firing pin from the first position.

Internal valve plunger
Patent No. 11346193

Inventor(s): David Robert Dahlgren (Brighton, CO), Garrett S. Boyd (Godley, TX), Mitchell A. Boyd (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): FLOWCO PRODUCTION SOLUTIONS, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: FisherBroyles, LLP (Local + 17 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17152181 on 01/19/2021 (497 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bypass plunger includes a plunger body that includes a head portion located at one end of the plunger body and a tail portion located at an opposite end of the plunger body. The head portion includes at least one flow port, and the tail portion includes at least one passageway. A valve component is disposed within an internal bore of the plunger body and is moveable between an open position and a closed position. At least one plug is located within a respective one of the flow ports and/or a respective one of the passageways, and is configured to reduce or prevent flow through the respective flow port or the respective passageway.

Fracturing of a wet well utilizing an air/fuel mixture
Patent No. 11346198

Inventor(s): Edwin E. Wilson (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Twin Disc, Inc. (Racine, WI)
Law Firm: Boyle Fredrickson S.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17122729 on 12/15/2020 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of producing subterranean fractures in geologic formations having a significant amount of water present (a wet well) for the extraction of hydrocarbons therefrom includes flowing an explosive hydrophobic emulsion mixture to protect the air and fuel mixture subsequently flowed into a well hole. The well hole may then be sealed with a packer plug creating a compression chamber with the air and fuel mixture. A liquid, such as water, may be pumped into the well hole to create pressure in the compression chamber. The build-up of pressure eventually causes auto-ignition of the air and fuel mixture which fractures the formation. The water may then rush into the compression chamber which thermally shocks the area causing additional fractures. The water may vaporize to steam and thoroughly disinfect the well hole eliminating the need for added biocides.

Downhole interventionless depth correlation
Patent No. 11346209

Inventor(s): Adam Harold Martin (Addison, TX), Donald G. Kyle (Plano, TX), Kenneth L. Schwendemann (Flower Mound, TX), Kevin Michael Renkes (Dallas, TX), Nicholas Cole Ashford (Frisco, TX), Paul David Ringgenberg (Frisco, TX), Vincent
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16631211 on 11/28/2017 (1645 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes depth correlation tools and associated methods which do not require wireline depth correlation runs.

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

Fluid end crossbore
Patent No. 11346340

Inventor(s): Johnny Eric DeLeon, II (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM OIL GAS INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16943864 on 07/30/2020 (670 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid cylinder for a reciprocating pump includes a body having inlet, outlet, and plunger bores. The inlet and outlet bores extend coaxially along a fluid passage axis. The plunger bore extends along a plunger bore axis that extends at an angle relative to the fluid passage axis. The body includes a crossbore at the intersection of the fluid passage axis and the plunger bore axis. The crossbore intersects the inlet, outlet, and plunger bores at respective inlet, outlet, and plunger bore ends. The inlet bore end and outlet bore ends are connected to the plunger bore end at respective first and second corners of the crossbore. The first corner includes a first linear bridge segment connected to the inlet and plunger bore ends by corresponding curved segments. The second corner includes a second linear bridge segment connected to the outlet and plunger bore ends by corresponding curved segments.

[F04B] POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F; crankshafts, crossheads, connecting-rods F16C; flywheels F16F; gearings for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion in general F16H; pistons, piston-rods, cylinders, in general F16J; ion pumps H01J 41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K 44/02)

System and method for automatic calibration of actuators
Patent No. 11346377

Inventor(s): Gavin Maestas (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Epiroc Drilling Solutions, LLC (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: Harper Bates LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17000421 on 08/24/2020 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for automatic calibration of an actuator, where the system has an actuator and a computer, and the computer further includes a PID controller. A sensor connected to the actuator transmits values representing the motion of the actuator to the input of the PID controller. The computer is programmed to compare the values representing the motion of the actuator to the output of the PID controller, thus outputting an error signal representing the difference between the output of the PID controller and the values representing the motion of the actuator. The computer stores this difference as a calibrated set point for the actuator when the difference is less than a predetermined amount. This calibrated set point is used to initialize the operation of a machine propelled by the actuator.

[F15B] SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (motors, turbines, compressors, blowers, pumps F01-F04; fluid dynamics F15D; fluid clutches or brakes F16D; fluid springs F16F; fluid gearing F16H; pistons, cylinders, packing F16J; valves, taps, cocks, actuating-floats F16K; safety valves with auxiliary fluid operation of the main valve F16K 17/10; fluid-operating means for valves F16K 31/12; pipes, pipe joints F16L; lubricating F16N)

Burner assembly and heat exchanger
Patent No. 11346548

Inventor(s): Souhel Khanania (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Souhel Khanania (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15388796 on 12/22/2016 (1986 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that include providing a cooking system that comprises a burner assembly and a heat exchanger, the burner assembly having a high velocity burner configured to provide the necessary high velocity, volumetric flowrate through the heat exchanger having a first fluid circuit having a plurality of compactly-arranged tubes disposed perpendicularly and interstitially to a second fluid circuit having a plurality of compactly-arranged tubes, and the burner assembly also having a low velocity burner configured to significantly reduce and/or substantially eliminate ”lift off” that could result from operation of only the high velocity burner.

[F23D] BURNERS

Burner assembly and systems incorporating a burner assembly
Patent No. 11346549

Inventor(s): Souhel Khanania (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16022390 on 06/28/2018 (1433 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that include providing a cooking system that comprises a burner assembly and a heat exchanger, the burner assembly having a high velocity burner configured to provide the necessary high velocity, volumetric flowrate through the heat exchanger, and the burner assembly also having a low velocity burner configured to significantly reduce and/or substantially eliminate ”lift off” that could result from operation of only the high velocity burner.

[F23D] BURNERS

Bridging lintel with support hangers for an insert and block system for a structure
Patent No. 11346559

Inventor(s): William H. Karau (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Keystone Retaining Wall Systems LLC (West Chester, OH)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16704222 on 12/05/2019 (908 days app to issue)

Abstract: An outdoor structure and structural system including a plurality of structural blocks having opposed top and bottom surfaces, opposed front and rear surfaces and opposed first and second side surfaces, the bottom surfaces of the plurality of structural blocks having a receiving channel extending along the bottom surface from the first side surface towards the second side surface, the receiving channel sized and shaped to receive and retain a hanger. The outdoor structure and structural system also including at least one bridging lintel, the bridging lintel having an upper surface, front and rear sides and first and second sides, the bridging lintel having first and second hangers extending from the upper surface of the bridging lintel, the first hanger extending a distance along the upper surface and a distance outward from the upper surface beyond the first side of the bridging lintel, the second hanger extending a distance along the upper surface and a distance outward from the upper surface beyond the second side of the bridging lintel.

[F24B] DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS; IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES [6]

Refrigeration heat exchangers with embedded fins
Patent No. 11346587

Inventor(s): Nicole Z. Martin (Marietta, GA)
Assignee(s): Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Johnston IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16537477 on 08/09/2019 (1026 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a refrigeration system, a tube-and-fin heat exchanger has spaced fins that extend to an outer periphery of the heat exchanger and has smaller embedded fins in between or in a spaced relationship with each of the other fins. The embedded fins do not extend all the way to the outer periphery of the fins along the airside directions but have a shorter outer periphery such that there is an offset distance. Because of the offset distance, there is space that continues to provide room for fluid movement without fouling of the face of the heat exchanger and that provides an expected appearance while still having the benefit of additional fins elements further inside of the heat exchanger. Other exchangers and condensers are included.

[F25B] REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS, OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K 5/00; pumps, compressors F04; use of heat pumps for domestic or space-heating or for domestic hot-water supply F24D; air-conditioning, air-humidification F24F; fluid heaters using heat pumps F24H)

P H Y S I C S

Parking exit coordination systems and methods
Patent No. 11346685

Inventor(s): Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16185431 on 11/09/2018 (1299 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for determining a direction of a vehicle relative to an exit gate of a parking structure includes a vehicle location detector, one or more processors, one or more memories communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing one or more maps of one or more parking structures, machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory, and a communication unit configured to exchange one or more data streams over a network. The machine readable instructions performs at least (i) receiving location information of a target vehicle from the vehicle location detector, (ii) determining a current location of the target vehicle in the target parking structure, (iii) applying a predetermined set of rules to determine an optimal exit gate of the target parking structure, and (iv) outputting the optimal exit gate on a display screen.

[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)

Weigh module lockout assembly and method
Patent No. 11346707

Inventor(s): James A. Austin (Fort Worth, TX), Jeffrey O. Getrum (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Cone Craft, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Dan Brown Law Office (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16839584 on 04/03/2020 (788 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lockout assembly for selectively limiting the force applied to a weigh module, with a load cell, that senses force applied to a top plate from an equipment flange. A cowling with a flange spacer, is placed between the top plate and the equipment flange. The cowling has a jack arm that extends laterally and downwardly therefrom, and a jack screw extending downwardly, adjacent a support structure. A jack nut is threaded onto the jack screw, and is adjustable between a lockout position wherein the jack nut engages the support structure, and a weighing position wherein the jack nut does not engage the support structure.

[G01G] WEIGHING

Gas concentration measurement apparatus and techniques
Patent No. 11346772

Inventor(s): Dmitry Medvedev (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): OWS AGRI LIMITED (London, , GB)
Law Firm: KDB (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16767301 on 01/16/2018 (1596 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes an emitter, the emitter comprising an ultraviolet light emitting diode (UV-LED) and being disposed on a first end of a bounded volume suitable for holding a gas. The bounded volume can be a chamber, a room, or the like. The apparatus includes a detector, the detector comprising an ultraviolet light sensor (UV sensor) and being disposed on a second end of the bounded volume, the second end being opposite the first end, wherein the UV-LED comprises a point source, and wherein the emitter generates a parallel beam of light.

[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)

System and method for sensing battery capacity
Patent No. 11346888

Inventor(s): Dale Allen Blackwell (Austin, TX), Yandong Zhang (Plano, TX), Yevgen Barsukov (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16952513 on 11/19/2020 (558 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment of the invention includes a battery sense system. The system includes a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a battery and a memory configured to store predetermined data associated with steady-state and transient behaviors of the battery relative to a depth of discharge (DOD) of the battery. The system also includes a controller configured to measure a voltage of the battery and to calculate a state of charge (SOC) of the battery based on the voltage, the predetermined data, and the temperature.

[G01R] MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J 3/12)

Shaped ultrasonic transmission and echo processing with coding
Patent No. 11346941

Inventor(s): Anand Gopalan (Plano, TX), Lei Ding (Plano, TX), Michael John Zroka (Marengo, IL), Srinath Mathur Ramaswamy (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16364613 on 03/26/2019 (1162 days app to issue)

Abstract: Ultrasonic sensing systems and associated methods provide side-lobe reduction to improve the acoustic detection of small objects, the signature envelope peaks of which can otherwise be obscured by subsidiary envelope peaks in side lobes that result from residual correlation between a signal received by an ultrasonic transducer and a template signal corresponding to a burst signal emitted by the ultrasonic transducer. A shaping signal by which the amplitude of the burst signal can be varied with respect to time is taken into account in the template signal, and correlator circuitry correlates a signal derived from the ultrasonic transducer with the template signal to produce a correlated output exhibiting the desired side-lobe reduction. The distance from the transducer to the detected object can thereby be determined with enhanced accuracy and responsiveness.

[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

System and method for precision spin measurement using autocorrelation
Patent No. 11346945

Inventor(s): James K. McCoy (Garland, TX), Jared Smothermon (Lucas, TX), Robert S. Gammenthaler (Princeton, TX)
Assignee(s): APPLIED CONCEPTS, INC. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16662612 on 10/24/2019 (950 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for determining spin of a projectile comprising generating an electromagnetic radar signal and transmitting the electromagnetic radar signal towards a projectile. Receiving a reflected electromagnetic radar signal from the projectile. Identifying a component of the reflected electromagnetic radar signal, and performing an autocorrelation process on the reflected electromagnetic radar signal using the component to generate an estimate of a spin of the projectile as a function of the autocorrelation process.

Mesogen polarizer
Patent No. 11346989

Inventor(s): James Mulligan (North Yorkshire, , GB), Jared Johnson (Ramsey, MN), Jeffrey Brown (St. Louis Park, MN), Joseph Leaman (Minneapolis, MN), Michael Boulineau (Forest Lake, MN), Michael Marshall (Andover, MN), Sandy Goebel (Sta
Assignee(s): HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Inskeep IP Group, Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16817398 on 03/12/2020 (810 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polarization filter for ophthalmic lenses. The polarization filter comprises a mesogen layer coated onto a retardation film, either directly or through an adhesive layer. The present invention further discloses that the polarization filter formed by employing a thin film or sheet, having a defined level of retardation between the light source and the mesogen layer, for example, a cholesteric mesogen layer, the multilayered laminate structure demonstrates linear polarization of the light transmitted through the mesogen laminate structure, and, hence, can be used in ophthalmic lenses, e.g. spectacle or eyeglass lenses. The polarization filter enhances the performance by allowing transmission of the polarization filter closer to the theoretical maximum transmission.

[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]

Reversible optical connectors and associated devices, systems, and methods
Patent No. 11347009

Inventor(s): Akihito Ishikawa (Allen, TX), Takashi Sato (Tokyo, , JP), Tomoaki Kaga (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Sanwa Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17172904 on 02/10/2021 (475 days app to issue)

Abstract: Reversible optical connectors, and associated devices and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a connector for a communication cable includes a housing comprising a cavity, and a first plug and a second plug coupled to a distal portion of the housing. The first and second plugs are connected to the housing such that the first and second plugs are independently rotatable with respect to the housing. The connector further includes a latch actuator coupled to the housing and configured to disengage one or more latches from an outlet. By rotating the plugs 180 degrees and turning the connector over, the relative arrangement or position of the two plugs can be switched or reversed. The plugs can be rotated or reversed without completely disassembling the connector, in some embodiments. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure can improve workflows for a user or operator that in a high-density networking setting.

Interconnect system with pre-terminated cables and adapter trays
Patent No. 11347013

Inventor(s): Diana Rodriguez (Fort Worth, TX), Karyne Poissant Prevratil (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Corning Research Development Corporation (Corning, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17021636 on 09/15/2020 (623 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interconnect system for a building includes a pre-terminated trunk cable assembly that has different groups of optical fibers carried by subunits and terminated by ferrules. The interconnect system also includes trays for managing interconnections with the ferrules. A plurality of adapters are disposed on each tray and arranged in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the tray. The adapters may be oriented at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis to facilitate routing of the optical fibers. At least one tray mount receiver may also be provided on each tray to cooperate with a tray mount that can secure a select subunit to the tray.

Marine propulsion system and method for preventing collision of marine propulsion devices
Patent No. 11347223

Inventor(s): Brad E. Taylor (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Brunswick Corporation (Mettawa, IL)
Law Firm: Andrus Intellectual Property Law, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16152554 on 10/05/2018 (1334 days app to issue)

Abstract: A marine propulsion system for a marine vessel includes a first marine propulsion device rotatable with respect to the marine vessel about at least one of a first steering axis and a first tilt-trim axis and a second marine propulsion device rotatable with respect to the marine vessel about at least one of a second steering axis and a second tilt-trim axis. A first control module controls operation of the first marine propulsion device, and a second control module controls operation of the second marine propulsion device. In response to one of the first and second marine propulsion devices being commanded to rotate about at least one of its respective first or second steering axis and its respective first or second tilt-trim axis, the respective first or second control module of the other of the first and second marine propulsion devices is turned ON.

[G05D] SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES (for continuous casting of metals B22D 11/16; valves per se F16K; sensing non-electric variables, see the relevant subclasses of G01; for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F)

Current limit through reference modulation in linear regulators
Patent No. 11347249

Inventor(s): Avinash Shreepathi Bhat (Tucson, AZ), Vadim Valerievich Ivanov (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16934334 on 07/21/2020 (679 days app to issue)

Abstract: A linear regulator system is described. The linear regulator system includes a linear regulator core circuit including a pass element adapted to provide an output voltage, and a voltage error amplifier circuit coupled to the pass element and adapted to regulate the output voltage to form a regulated output voltage, based on an output reference voltage. The linear regulator core circuit further includes a current limit circuit comprising a current limit switch element coupled to the voltage error amplifier circuit and adapted to selectively modulate the output reference voltage of the voltage error amplifier circuit to form a current limited reference voltage, based on a current limit control signal received at a current limit control terminal associated therewith, in order to limit a load current through the pass element from exceeding a predefined maximum allowable load current limit.

[G05F] SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES (regulating the timing or recurrence frequency of pulses in radar or radio navigation systems G01S; regulation of current or voltage, specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces G04G 19/02; closed-loop systems for regulating non-electric variables by electric means G05D; regulating power supply of digital computers G06F 1/26; for obtaining desired operating characteristics of electromagnets with armatures H01F 7/18; regulating electric power distribution networks H02J; regulating the charging of batteries H02J 7/00; regulating of the output of static converters, e.g. switching regulators, H02M; regulation of the output of electric generators H02N, H02P 9/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils H02P 13/00; regulating frequency response, gain, maximum output, amplitude or bandwidth of amplifiers H03G; regulating tuning of resonant circuits H03J; controlling generators of electronic oscillations or pulses H03L; regulating characteristics of transmission lines H04B; controlling electric light sources H05B 37/02, H05B 39/04, H05B 41/36; electric control of X-ray apparatus H05G 1/30) [5]

Method and apparatus for vector based matrix multiplication
Patent No. 11347503

Inventor(s): Asheesh Bhardwaj (Allen, TX), Mujibur Rahman (Plano, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16878607 on 05/20/2020 (741 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided that includes performing, by a processor in response to a vector matrix multiply instruction, multiplying an mn matrix (A matrix) and a np matrix (B matrix) to generate elements of an mp matrix (R matrix), and storing the elements of the R matrix in a storage location specified by the vector matrix multiply instruction.

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

Converting a stream of data using a lookaside buffer
Patent No. 11347510

Inventor(s): Joseph Raymond Michael Zbiciak (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16861347 on 04/29/2020 (762 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stream of data is accessed from a memory system by an autonomous memory access engine, converted on the fly by the memory access engine, and then presented to a processor for data processing. A portion of a lookup table (LUT) containing converted data elements is preloaded into a lookaside buffer associated with the memory access engine. As the stream of data elements is fetched from the memory system each data element in the stream of data elements is replaced with a respective converted data element obtained from the LUT in the lookaside buffer according to a content of each data element to thereby form a stream of converted data elements. The stream of converted data elements is then propagated from the memory access engine to a data processor.

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

System and method for controlling the content of a device in response to an audible request
Patent No. 11347525

Inventor(s): Richard Daniel Graham (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: 17147950 on 01/13/2021 (503 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for controlling the content of a user device in response to an audible request is disclosed. The system and method include an intelligent voice assistant that can control viewable content of the user device in response to a user”s request. The system and method can also be used to sync content between a user and a service representative when either the user or service representative make an audible request to sync content.

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

Computer architecture for representing phase and frequency components using correlithm objects in a correlithm object processing system
Patent No. 11347526

Inventor(s): Patrick N. Lawrence (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16733373 on 01/03/2020 (879 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system configured to emulate a correlithm object processing system includes an input node, a first output node, and a second output node. The input node receives a real-world numeric value comprising an amplitude component and a phase component. The first output node receives the amplitude component and generates a first correlithm object associated with the amplitude component. The second output node receives the phase component and generates a second correlithm object associated with the phase component. A string correlithm object engine maps the first correlithm object to a first sub-string correlithm object of a string correlithm object, and maps the second correlithm object to a second sub-string correlithm object of the string correlithm object.

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

System and method for app-to-app content reconfiguration
Patent No. 11347565

Inventor(s): Julia Beatrice Isaac (Plano, TX), Nathan Ryan Johnson (Celina, 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: 17364261 on 06/30/2021 (335 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system of providing users with a tool to interact with content from a primary app through a secondary app are disclosed. The secondary app obtains source data from the primary app and determines whether the data includes labels that can trigger the application of a particular configuration in the presentation of the content. Changes made to the source data in the secondary app that relate to substantive or key data for the content do not affect the source data in the primary app. However, changes made in the secondary app that relate to non-substantive data can be propagated back to the primary app.

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

Distributed error detection and correction with hamming code handoff
Patent No. 11347644

Inventor(s): Daniel Wu (Plano, TX), Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Matthew David Pierson (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16653324 on 10/15/2019 (959 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a data path, a first interface connected to the data path and configured to receive a request from a processor package to write a data value to a memory address, and a controller connected to the data path and configured to receive the request to write the data value to the memory address and to calculate a Hamming code of the data value. The controller is configured to transmit the data value and the Hamming code on the data path. The device includes an external memory interleave connected to the data path. The external memory interleave is configured to receive the data value and calculate a test Hamming code of the data value and to determine whether to send the data value to an external memory interface to be written to the memory address based on a comparison of the Hamming code and the test Hamming code.

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

Victim cache with write miss merging
Patent No. 11347649

Inventor(s): Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Pete Hippleheuser (Murphy, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16882403 on 05/22/2020 (739 days app to issue)

Abstract: A caching system including a first sub-cache, a second sub-cache, coupled in parallel with the first sub-cache, for storing cache data evicted from the first sub-cache and write-memory commands that are not cached in the first sub-cache, and a cache controller configured to receive two or more cache commands, determine a conflict exists between the received two or more cache commands, determine a conflict resolution between the received two or more cache commands, and sending the two or more cache commands to the first sub-cache and the second sub-cache.

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

Multi-table data validation tool
Patent No. 11347719

Inventor(s): Babitha Bandi (Plano, TX), Raveender Kommera (Flower Mound, TX), Suresh G. Gubba (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: KDB (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16731894 on 12/31/2019 (882 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-table data validation tool is run following migration of data from a source database to a target database. The multi-table data validation tool extracts data from source and target locations into memory, transforms data and masks confidential data as needed, then performs two types of data comparison, including row count and data content comparison. Result files of each comparison are available to the migration team, enabling updates and improvements to the migration tools. The multi-table data validation tool may further be used to extract requested data from either the source database or the target database. The multi-table data validation tool may be dockerized as a container for ease of deployment in different environments.

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

Data transfer and resource management system
Patent No. 11347720

Inventor(s): Abhijit Chitnis (Frisco, TX), Gurucharan Manadavadi Prakash (Frisco, TX), Madan Gumudavelly (Little Elm, TX), Naga Chintala (Frisco, TX), Naga Venkata Sriram Vadakattu (Frisco, TX), Sarvani Maddina (Frisco, 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: 16860780 on 04/28/2020 (763 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments for a data transfer and resource management system. An embodiment operates by retrieving both data and a schema from a table. A first offset corresponding to the retrieved data indicating a retrieval time of the retrieved data and a number of records is identified. It is determined that the retrieved data corresponds to the schema. The data is stored on a messaging platform and made available to be pulled by one or more end users prior to a transfer to one or more cloud servers. A second offset corresponding to a number of records of the data retrieved by the one or more end users from the messaging platform is determined. It is validate that the second offset corresponds to the first offset. The records and the schema retrieved from the intermediary messaging platform are transferred to the one or more cloud servers.

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

System and method for transforming unstructured numerical information into a structured format
Patent No. 11347733

Inventor(s): Joy Mustafi (Telangana, , IN)
Assignee(s): salesforce.com, inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16536169 on 08/08/2019 (1027 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments described herein automatically classifies numerical expressions from a textual document and designates a context to understand each numerical expression. Specifically, numerical expressions from a textual context are classified as nominal or cardinal. For cardinal numerical expressions that carry a quantitative meaning, inference terms are determined from the textual context to associate with the cardinal numerical expressions. The numerical expressions are then translated to a format of a numerical value and stored with metadata indicating the unit scale or the meaning of the numerical value.

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

Real-time processing of event-based streaming with NoSQL databases
Patent No. 11347745

Inventor(s): Jingjie Zhao (Allen, TX), Nathan E. Gloier (Frisco, TX), Rajesh Sathraboina (Irving, TX), Raveender Kommera (Flower Mound, TX), Vairavelu Sathish Kumaran (Mckinney, TX), Venu Meda (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16577678 on 09/20/2019 (984 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for real-time processing of event-based streaming with NoSQL databases are provided. For example, disclosed embodiments may include receiving an event associated with an update to an entry in a first database. Also, disclose embodiments may include identifying; based on the event, relevant data in the first database associated with the update. Further, disclose embodiments may include generating a plurality of queries to the first database to request the identified relevant data. Disclose embodiments may also include receiving, in response to the plurality of queries, raw data from the first database. Additionally, disclose embodiments may include processing the raw data to be compatible with a second database. Disclose embodiments may also include storing the processed raw data in the second database. And, disclosed embodiments may include receiving data requests for the second database to distribute the processed data to at least one computer terminal.

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

Systems and methods for leveraging authentication for cross operating system single sign on (SSO) capabilities
Patent No. 11347859

Inventor(s): Minhaj Ahmed (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Egan, Enders Huston LLP. (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16529317 on 08/01/2019 (1034 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented during a pre-boot environment to authenticate a user in the basic input/output system (BIOS) of an information handling system, and to securely provision a resulting authentication token to post-boot operating system (OS) login components of the system. In addition, single sign-on user authentication may be performed during a pre-boot BIOS environment and then extended to the post-boot OS environment without requiring exchange of pins or other intermediary authentication factors between the OS and pre-boot authentication (PBA) for the user to gain access to the information handling system or other network resources.

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

Data security tool
Patent No. 11347884

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16460200 on 07/02/2019 (1064 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory that stores a plurality of records and a hardware processor. The processor receives a request for a first record and a second record of the plurality of records and divides, based on a type of the first record and a type of the second record, the first record into a first portion and a second portion and the second record into a third portion and a fourth portion. The processor also creates a first chunk using the first portion of the first record and the third portion of the second record and creates a second chunk using the second portion of the first record and the fourth portion of the second record. The processor further scrubs the first chunk to create a first message, scrubs the second chunk to create a second message, and communicates the first and second messages to an external device.

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

Computer architecture for training a node in a correlithm object processing system
Patent No. 11347969

Inventor(s): Patrick N. Lawrence (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15927282 on 03/21/2018 (1532 days app to issue)

Abstract: A correlithm object processing system that includes a trainer configured to receive a real world input value and a real world output value. The trainer is further configured to send the real world input value to a sensor engine and to receive a source correlithm object in response to sending the real world value to the sensor engine. A source correlithm object is a point in an n-dimensional space represented by a binary string. The trainer is further configured to send a real world output value to an actor engine and to receive a target correlithm object in response to sending the real world output value to the actor engine. A target correlithm object is a point in the n-dimensional space represented by a binary string. The trainer is further configured to generate an entry in a node table linking the source correlithm object with the target correlithm object.

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

Transmitting tag
Patent No. 11347989

Inventor(s): Paul James Garrity (Rockwall, TX), Ross Eliot Teggatz (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): SEMTECH CORPORATION (Camarillo, CA)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17026994 on 09/21/2020 (617 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tag is provided that includes a battery having a printed anode and cathode. A printed circuit connection layer is formed in one of the anode or the cathode. A printed antenna is formed in one of the anode or the cathode. A low-power transmitter coupled to the circuit connection layer.

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

Computer-based systems and methods involving biometric authentication aspects for handling exceptions, enabling deactivation and/or performing other functionality
Patent No. 11347990

Inventor(s): Michael Bailey (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17219827 on 03/31/2021 (426 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods involving biometric authentication of transaction cards including aspects of exception handling, deactivation and other features are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary computer-implemented method may comprise generating a first user interface having one or more interactive UI elements that enable a card owner to manage a plurality of features associated with a transaction card, and determining, if a biometric-activated control is enabled and the vendor is not excluded from the biometric-activated control, whether the transaction card is biometrically-active. Further, the interactive UI elements may include elements such as a first UI element that is configured to allow the card owner to enable a biometric-activated control of the transaction card, and/or a second UI element that is configured to allow the card owner to exclude one or more vendors from the biometric-activated control.

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

Application usage and process monitoring in an enterprise environment having agent session recording for process definition
Patent No. 11348051

Inventor(s): Eshai Livne (Karkur, , IL), Itai Nahshon (Haifa, , IL), Paul Harold Leamon (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): IEX CORPORATION (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16988813 on 08/10/2020 (659 days app to issue)

Abstract: A real-time activity monitor (RTAM) operates within or in association with a machine (such as a desktop) within a back office environment to automatically track and record desktop processing activities, application usage, as well as manual processing. The real-time activity monitor provides visibility into real-time task processing at the client desktop to enable an enterprise to address back office operational inefficiencies that are exposed by the data. According to a further feature, a recording approach is used to enable a user of the system to automatically define processes and tasks to be monitored. The approach obviates manual configuration by recording application usage actions and then using these interactions as a template for a new process object to be monitored. In an alternative embodiment, the process recorder captures screenshots and enables screen element bookmarking.

[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]

System and method of enhanced distribution of pharmaceuticals in long-term care facilities
Patent No. 11348054

Inventor(s): James W. Moncrief (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TECH PHARMACY SERVICES, LLC (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14589174 on 01/05/2015 (2703 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and related methods of enhanced distribution of pharmaceuticals in long-term care facilities are provided. An embodiment of a system includes one or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines each positioned in a long-term care facility remote from a long-term care facility pharmacy group management server and in communication therewith, and long-term care facility pharmacy management computer programs associated with the long-term care facility pharmacy group management server to enhance use of the one or more of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines. The long-term care facility management computer programs include a patient prescription receiver and a medication dispensing apparatus administrator and are configured and operable to transmit dispensing instructions to the one or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines when no drug conflicts exist to thereby initiate packaging and dispensing of one or more disposable patient dosing packages. NULL

Inventory management system
Patent No. 11348068

Inventor(s): Edward Casteel Milner (Dallas, TX), Jamar Beall (Euless, TX), Rob Garner (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Laundris Corporation (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Thompson Patent Law (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17212908 on 03/25/2021 (432 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to an inventory management system having a machine learning engine trained to (a) dynamically predict a demand amount of the inventory in response to a set of near-future data and (b) generate a signal to order the amount of inventory as needed. In an illustrative example, the machine learning engine may be trained by a hotel”s historical room booking data, the hotel”s historical occupancy data, and corresponding inventory consumption data stored in a database. Various embodiments may enable, for example, the hotel to have better management on the status of inventories at various stages. For example, sufficient inventory may be available. In addition, providing the proper amount of inventory may also advantageously reduce the cost spent on unused products.

Systems and methods for pre-staging ATM transactions
Patent No. 11348077

Inventor(s): Giridhar Narayanan (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Johnson, Marcou, Isaacs Nix, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15375296 on 12/12/2016 (1996 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for performing a pre-staged transaction, such as a cash withdrawal by a user or a user”s surrogate, employ a host server that receives pre-staged ATM transaction data via a first communication channel from a user”s mobile device and sends a first unique authentication token via a second communication channel to the user”s mobile device processor. An ATM processor receives entry of a pre-staged ATM transaction request and the first unique authentication token and sends the entered pre-staged ATM transaction request and first unique authentication token to the host server for validation, which validates the received pre-staged ATM transaction input data and the entered first unique authentication token.

Methods and systems for inspection of wafers and reticles using designer intent data
Patent No. 11348222

Inventor(s): Sagar A. Kekare (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): KLA-Tencor Technologies Corp. (Milpitas, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16677652 on 11/07/2019 (936 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for inspection of wafers and reticles using designer intent data are provided. One computer-implemented method includes identifying nuisance defects on a wafer based on inspection data produced by inspection of a reticle, which is used to form a pattern on the wafer prior to inspection of the wafer. Another computer-implemented method includes detecting defects on a wafer by analyzing data generated by inspection of the water in combination with data representative of a reticle, which includes designations identifying different types of portions of the reticle. An additional computer-implemented method includes determining a property of a manufacturing process used to process a wafer based on defects that alter a characteristic of a device formed on the wafer. Further computer-implemented methods include altering or simulating one or more characteristics of a design of an integrated circuit based on data generated by inspection of a wafer.

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

Point cloud compression via color smoothing of point cloud prior to texture video generation
Patent No. 11348283

Inventor(s): Hossein Najaf-Zadeh (Allen, TX), Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16503437 on 07/03/2019 (1063 days app to issue)

Abstract: An encoding device and a decoding device is disclosed. The encoding device includes a processor and a communication interface. The processor is configured to generate, for a 3D point cloud, a first frame representing a first attribute and a second frame representing a second attribute. The first and second frames include patches representing respective clusters of points from the 3D point cloud. The processor is configured to generate an occupancy map frame. The processor is configured to identify a query point that is positioned on a boundary of one of the patches. The processor is configured to perform smoothing with respect to the query point. The processor is configured to encode the frames and generate a compressed bitstream. The communication is configured to transmit the compressed bitstream.

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

Building mask generation from 3D point set
Patent No. 11348310

Inventor(s): Richard W. Ely (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16683068 on 11/13/2019 (930 days app to issue)

Abstract: Discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for building mask generation. A method can include setting a respective pixel value of an image to a first specified value if the respective pixel corresponds, according to a three-dimensional (3D) point set, to an elevation greater than a specified Z threshold, otherwise setting the respective pixel value to a second, different specified value, grouping contiguous pixels set to the first specified value into one or more groups, determining a feature of each of the one or more groups, comparing the determined feature to a threshold and retaining the group if the feature is greater than a threshold, otherwise removing the group, and providing a building mask that includes pixels of the retained group set to a value and other pixels set to a different value.

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

Vehicle intelligent processing and presentation of wireless emergency alerts
Patent No. 11348460

Inventor(s): Terri L. Brooks (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): T-MOBILE USA, INC. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Loeb Loeb LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17005764 on 08/28/2020 (641 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of receiving and processing a wireless emergency alert at a vehicle comprises receiving, at a computer system of the vehicle, the wireless emergency alert over a wireless communication network. The wireless emergency alert may include an alert message and geographical coordinates defining one or more alert areas associated with the emergency alert. The method may further include comparing, via the vehicle computer system, a current location of the vehicle with the geographical coordinates to determine whether the vehicle is within or near the alert area(s) and, if the vehicle is within or near the alert area(s), generating via the computer system a map illustrating the current location of the vehicle with respect to the alert area(s), and displaying the map at a display screen of the vehicle.

[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]

Threshold voltage setting with boosting read scheme
Patent No. 11348649

Inventor(s): Hiroki Yabe (Yokohama, , JP), Ken Oowada (Fujisawa, , JP), Kiyohiko Sakakibara (Mie, , JP), Masaaki Higashitani (Cupertino, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16909826 on 06/23/2020 (707 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for reducing read disturb using NAND strings with poly-silicon channels and p-type doped source lines are described. During a boosted read operation for a selected memory cell transistor in a NAND string, a back-gate bias or bit line voltage may be applied to a bit line connected to the NAND string and a source line voltage greater than the bit line voltage may be applied to a source line connected to the NAND string; with these bias conditions, electrons may be injected from the bit line and annihilated in the source line during the read operation. To avoid leakage currents through NAND strings in non-selected memory blocks, the threshold voltages of source-side select gate transistors of the NAND strings may be set to a negative threshold voltage that has an absolute voltage value greater than the source line voltage applied during the read operation.

[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)

Usage-based cost structuring system and method
Patent No. 11349339

Inventor(s): Daniel J. Butzer (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): EMC IP Holding Company LLC (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Polsinelli PC (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15499209 on 04/27/2017 (1860 days app to issue)

Abstract: A usage-based cost structuring system includes a computer-executable tool for obtaining, using a power monitor coupled to at least one of a plurality of equipment devices configured in a computing rack, ongoing power consumption measurements of the at least one equipment devices at ongoing intervals. Using the measurements, the instructions may estimate an energy consumption of the equipment device by combining the obtained power consumption measurements over a specified period of time, and determine a cost to be assessed to a user of the at least one equipment device according to the estimated energy consumption.

System and method to standardize and improve implementation efficiency of user interface content
Patent No. 11349902

Inventor(s): Dana Ballinger (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Excentus Corporation (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: RegitzMauck PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17168505 on 02/05/2021 (480 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method to improve implementation efficiency of user interface content by using standard content attributes used across all platforms and devices to implement a lowest common denominator programming system. Standardized content attributes are used to produce a universal content framework that is implemented identically across various devices and platforms, resulting in a consistent and standardized user experience. The invention allows programming functionality to be universally applied and usable with any device and platform so that significant computer programming and updating inefficiencies are eliminated.

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

Intelligent programmable policies for network functions
Patent No. 11349939

Inventor(s): Anuj Dutia (Irving, TX), Manish Srivastava (Frisco, TX), Ramesh Nadella (Allen, TX), Sivanaga Ravi Kumar Chunduru Venkata (Irving, TX), Susmitha Hymasree Pulakhandam (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17176408 on 02/16/2021 (469 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide unified policy management framework network functions in enterprise networks. The systems and methods store an abstract micro-service template configured from predefined configuration elements; receive descriptive information for a vendor-specific micro-service that corresponds to the abstract micro-service template; solicit first customer labels for at least some of the predefined configuration elements associated with a group of users for a micro-service on a customer network; solicit second customer labels for other of the predefined configuration elements associated with applications used on the customer network; generate a vendor-agnostic micro-service template using the first customer labels, the second customer labels, and the abstract micro-service template; convert, based on the descriptive information, the vendor-agnostic micro-service template into a vendor-specific micro-service template for the customer; and generate, based on the vendor-specific micro-service template, a network policy for enforcement across multiple sites of the customer network.

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

Method and apparatus for frame coding in vertical raster scan order for HEVC
Patent No. 11350095

Inventor(s): Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen, TX), Hyung Joon Kim (McKinney, TX), Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16185401 on 11/09/2018 (1299 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for frame coding in adaptive raster scan order. The method includes encoding at least one of image or video utilizing input frames and at least one of a data related to the input frame to produce bitstream with raster scan order information and displacement information for producing compressed video bitstream, at decoding time, decoding at least one of the encoded bitstream with raster scan order information and displacement information for producing compressed video bitstream.

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

Methods and apparatus to optimize power consumption and capacity in a multi-mode communication system
Patent No. 11350311

Inventor(s): Il Han Kim (Allen, TX), Wonsoo Kim (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17101650 on 11/23/2020 (554 days app to issue)

Abstract: A utilization factor controller is to estimate power consumption values corresponding to a plurality of first utilization factor and second utilization factor pairs, the first utilization factor corresponding to utilization of the first transceiver that is to communicate using a first protocol, the second utilization factor corresponding to utilization of the second transceiver that is to communicate using a second protocol different form the first protocol, the utilization factor controller to select a first utilization factor and second utilization factor pair based on the estimated power consumption value. A transmission time controller is to calculate first and second transmission times to be used by the first and second transceiver based on the selected first utilization factor and second utilization factor pair. A data allocator is to allocate data for transmission by the first transceiver and the second transceiver according to the first and second transmission times.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Dual gate dielectric layers grown with an inhibitor layer
Patent No. 11348782

Inventor(s): Damien Thomas Gilmore (Allen, TX), Mark Francis Arendt (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16836755 on 03/31/2020 (791 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer is formed by forming an inhibitor layer over a semiconductor material. The inhibitor layer includes at least silicon and nitrogen. The semiconductor material is heated in an oxygen-containing ambient which oxidizes the inhibitor layer and forms the first dielectric layer which includes the oxidized inhibitor layer, and oxidizes the semiconductor material to form the second dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is thicker than, the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer each include at least 90 weight percent silicon dioxide and less than 1 weight percent nitrogen. The first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer may be used to form gate dielectric layers for a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor that operates at a higher voltage than the first MOS transistor.

[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]

Making a flat no-lead package with exposed electroplated side lead surfaces
Patent No. 11348806

Inventor(s): Anis Fauzi Abdul Aziz (Kedah, , MY), Lee Han Meng@ Eugene Lee (Johor, , MY), Shu Hui Ooi (Kedah, , MY), Wei Fen Sueann Lim (Melaka, , MY)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 14581233 on 12/23/2014 (2716 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of making Flat No-Lead Packages with plated lead surfaces exposed on lateral faces thereof. The method includes providing a plurality of Flat No-Lead Packages having severed, unplated lead surfaces exposed on lateral faces thereof and having plated lead surfaces exposed on bottom faces thereof. The method further includes batch electroplating the severed unplated lead surfaces of the plurality of Flat No-Lead Packages.

Switch-mode converter module
Patent No. 11348808

Inventor(s): Charles Devries (Winfield, IL), Kristen Nguyen Parrish (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16818849 on 03/13/2020 (809 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a switch-mode converter includes forming a plurality of windings by coiling one or more conductors. Each of the windings is secured to one of a plurality of module bases arranged in a module array. At least one side of the array is encapsulated in a magnetic mold compound.

High voltage isolation barrier with electric overstress integrity
Patent No. 11348883

Inventor(s): Jeffrey A. West (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16833268 on 03/27/2020 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device comprises a multilevel metallization structure over a semiconductor layer and including a first region, a second region, a pre-metal level on the semiconductor layer, and N metallization structure levels over the pre-metal level, N being greater than 3. The electronic device also comprises an isolation component in the first region, the isolation component including a first terminal and a second terminal in different respective metallization structure levels, as well as a conductive shield between the first region and the second region in the multilevel metallization structure, the conductive shield including interconnected metal lines and trench vias in the respective metallization structure levels that at least partially encircle the first region.

Interfacial tilt-resistant bonded assembly and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 11348901

Inventor(s): Lin Hou (Leuven, , BE), Masaaki Higashitani (Cupertino, CA), Peter Rabkin (Cupertino, CA), Yangyin Chen (Leuven, , BE)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17106884 on 11/30/2020 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: A first bonding unit is provided, which includes a first substrate, a first passivation dielectric layer, and first bonding pads. A second bonding unit is provided, which includes a second substrate, a second passivation dielectric layer, and second bonding pads including bonding pillar structures. Solder material portions are formed on physically exposed surfaces of the first bonding pads. The second bonding unit is attached to the first bonding unit by bonding the at least one of the bonding pillar structures to a respective solder material portion.

Magnetic tunnel junction memory devices employing resonant tunneling and methods of manufacturing the same
Patent No. 11349066

Inventor(s): Alan Kalitsov (San Jose, CA), Bhagwati Prasad (San Jose, CA), Derek Stewart (Livermore, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17081625 on 10/27/2020 (581 days app to issue)

Abstract: A magnetoresistive memory device includes a magnetic tunnel junction including a free layer, at least two tunneling dielectric barrier layers, and at least one metallic quantum well layer. The quantum well layer leads to the resonant electron tunneling through the magnetic tunnel junction in such a way that it strongly enhances the tunneling probability for one of the magnetization states of the free layer, while this tunneling probability remains much smaller in the opposite magnetization state of the free layer. The device can be configured in a spin transfer torque device configuration, a voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy, a voltage controlled exchange coupling device configuration, or a spin-orbit-torque device configuration.

Artificial SEI transplantation for insertion anodes
Patent No. 11349111

Inventor(s): Nikhilendra Singh (Ypsilanti, MI), Timothy S. Arthur (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16527870 on 07/31/2019 (1035 days app to issue)

Abstract: An insertion anode for a Li-ion cell, protected with an SEI by pre-treatment in an SEI-formation cell, is stable for cell cycling even in the presence of substantial water in the cell electrolyte. A method for making the protected anode includes forming an SEI on a lithium-ion insertion electrode by performing multiple charge/discharge cycles on the electrode in a first cell having an SEI formation electrolyte to produce the protected anode. The SEI formation electrolyte includes an ionic liquid having at least one of twelve organic cations.

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

Ceramic soft composites for solid-state batteries
Patent No. 11349150

Inventor(s): Nikhilendra Singh (Ypsilanti, MI), Oscar Tutusaus (Ann Arbor, MI), Rana Mohtadi (Northville, MI), Timothy S. Arthur (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16528946 on 08/01/2019 (1034 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite material of formula (I): (LPS)[subscript]a[/subscript](OIPC)[subscript]b [/subscript]wherein each of a and b is a mass % value from 1% to 99% such that a+b is 100%; (LPS) is a material selected from the group consisting of Li[subscript]3[/subscript]PS[subscript]4[/subscript], Li[subscript]7[/subscript]P[subscript]3[/subscript]S[subscript]11[/subscript], Li[subscript]10[/subscript]GeP[subscript]2[/subscript]S[subscript]11[/subscript], and a material of formula (II): xLi[subscript]2[/subscript]S.yP[subscript]2[/subscript]S[subscript]5[/subscript].(100xy)LiX; wherein X is I, Cl or Br, each of x and y is a mass % value of from 33.3% to 50% such that x+y is from 75% to 100% and the total mass % of Li[subscript]2[/subscript]S, P[subscript]2[/subscript]S[subscript]5 [/subscript]and LiX is 100%; and (OIPC) is a salt of a cation and a closo-borane cluster anion.

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

Hinged strain relief backshells, cable assemblies and methods for strain relief
Patent No. 11349254

Inventor(s): Matthew Ryan Carr (Hurst, TX), Patrick David Reibel (Paradise, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15913266 on 03/06/2018 (1547 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hinged strain relief backshell, selectively disposed about a cable, adjacent to a cable connector for selective assembly with the connector, includes a first integral semi-cylindrical backshell half and a second integral semi-cylindrical backshell half second hinged to the first integral backshell half. The integral semi-cylindrical backshell halves configured to be to be selectively disposed about the cable with one another. Each integral semi-cylindrical backshell half defining complementary half-threads defined by the respective backshell half and corresponding wrench flats defined in an outside surface portion of each backshell half. At least one of the integral semi-cylindrical backshell halves defining at least one strain clamp ear portion extending from a connector distal portion of the backshell half for retraining the cable at least in a direction parallel to the cable.

[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)

Wide input voltage low IQ switching converter
Patent No. 11349393

Inventor(s): Ahmed Essam Hashim (Gilbert, AZ), Eric Wayne Tisinger (Chandler, AZ), Sang Yong Lee (Chandler, AZ), Uzair Mohammed (Chandler, AZ)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16996207 on 08/18/2020 (651 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system has an input voltage source, a power stage coupled to the input voltage source, a load coupled to an output node of the power stage and a control circuit, the control circuit implemented on a semiconductor die and including: an error amplifier having a first input, a second input and an output; a voltage divider coupled to the output node and configured to provide an output voltage sense value to the first input of the error amplifier; and a programmable reference voltage circuit with an output coupled to the second input of the error amplifier. The programmable reference voltage circuit includes: a reference voltage source; scaling circuit components between the reference voltage source and the second input of the error amplifier; and a switch between the reference voltage source and the second input of the error amplifier. The control circuit is coupled to the power stage and is configured to generate a control signal for switches of the power stage.

[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]

Ultra-low energy per cycle oscillator topology
Patent No. 11349456

Inventor(s): Manikandan R R (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15958980 on 04/20/2018 (1502 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples of an integrated circuit (IC), an oscillator includes Schmitt trigger delay cells connected in a ring topology. The Schmitt trigger delay cells have a high input threshold approximately equal to Vdd and a low input threshold approximately equal to Vss to increase delay through each cell. An output buffer receives a phase signal from an output terminal of one of the Schmitt trigger delay cells and converts a transition phase signal to a faster transition clock signal. The output buffer has control circuitry that generates non-overlapping control signals in response to the phase signal, to control an output stage to generate the fast transition clock signal while preventing short circuit current in the output stage.

[H03K] PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D 3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) [4]

Polyphase phase shifter
Patent No. 11349465

Inventor(s): Sudipto Chakraborty (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16804236 on 02/28/2020 (823 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a quadrature phase shifter includes digitally programmable phase shifter networks for generating leading and lagging output signals in quadrature. The phase shifter networks include passive components for reactively inducing phase shifts, which need not consume active power. Output currents from the transistors coupled to the phase shifter networks are substantially in quadrature and can be made further accurate by adjusted by a weight function implemented using current steering elements. Example low-loss quadrature phase shifters described herein can be functionally integrated to provide low-power, low-noise up/down mixers, vector modulators and transceiver front-ends for millimeter wavelength (mmwave) communication systems.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Circuits based on magnetoelectric transistor devices
Patent No. 11349480

Inventor(s): Andrew Marshall (Dallas, TX), Nishtha Sharma Gaul (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA (Lincoln, NE), BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX), INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Talem IP Law, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16581691 on 09/24/2019 (980 days app to issue)

Abstract: Logic circuits constructed with magnetoelectric (ME) transistors are described herein. A ME logic gate device can include at least one conducting device, for example, at least one MOS transistor; and at least one ME transistor coupled to the at least one conducting device. The ME transistor can be a ME field effect transistor (ME-FET), which can be can be an anti-ferromagnetic spin-orbit read (AFSOR) device or a non-AFSOR device. The gates and logic circuits described herein can be included as standard cells in a design library. Cells of the cell library can include standard cells for a ME inverter device, a ME minority gate device, a ME majority gate device, a ME full adder, a ME XNOR device, a ME XOR device, or a combination thereof.

Analog-to-digital converter
Patent No. 11349492

Inventor(s): Amal Kumar Kundu (Bengaluru, , IN), Laxmi Vivek Tripurari (Hyderabad, , IN), Minkle Eldho Paul (Bengaluru, , IN), Sovan Ghosh (Paschim Medinipur, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17112095 on 12/04/2020 (543 days app to issue)

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit includes a signal input terminal, a sample-and-hold circuit, and a successive approximation register (SAR) ADC. The sample-and-hold circuit includes an input terminal coupled to the signal input terminal. The SAR ADC includes a comparator, a first capacitive digital-to-analog converter (CDAC), and a second CDAC. The first CDAC includes a first input terminal coupled to the signal input terminal, a second input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the sample-and-hold circuit, and an output terminal coupled to a first input terminal of the comparator. The second CDAC includes a first input terminal coupled to the signal input terminal, an output terminal coupled to a second input terminal of the comparator.

[H03M] CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL (using fluidic means F15C 4/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F 7/00; coding, decoding or code conversion, specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. G01D, G01R, G06F, G06T, G09G, G10L, G11B, G11C, H04B, H04L, H04M, H04N; ciphering or deciphering for cryptography or other purposes involving the need for secrecy G09C) [4]

Codebook subset restriction for full-dimension MIMO
Patent No. 11349537

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Murphy, Bilak Homilier, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16819805 on 03/16/2020 (806 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, in a radio network node, comprises identifying, among a predetermined codebook of precoding matrix codewords, a subset of precoding matrix codewords that are not to be reported by the wireless device in channel-state-information, CSI, feedback, and transmitting, to the wireless device, a bitmap identifying the subset of precoding matrix codewords that are not to be reported by the wireless device; where each bit in the bitmap corresponds to only one combination of a first dimension index l[subscript]1 [/subscript]and a second dimension index l[subscript]2 [/subscript]out of the possible combinations of the first dimension index l[subscript]1 [/subscript]and the second dimension index l[subscript]2[/subscript], and where the first dimension index l[subscript]1 [/subscript]and the second dimension index l[subscript]2 [/subscript]identify a two-dimensional beam, the two-dimensional beam being defined by a vector of complex numbers comprised within at least one column of a precoding matrix codeword in the codebook.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Staged search radio direction finding
Patent No. 11349555

Inventor(s): James Furgerson (Dallas, TX), John Clancy (Allen, TX), William P. Harokopus (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17022028 on 09/15/2020 (623 days app to issue)

Abstract: A technology is described for direction finding. An example of the technology can include executing stages of an N stage search for a direction finding estimate of a plane wave X. The stages of the N stage search include searching a search space in a calibration set having a plurality of points in space and calculating a direction finding estimate, wherein a first search space is a coarse set of points in space and subsequent search spaces selected for subsequent stages of the N stage search are increasingly finer sets of points in the space, and a solution for the direction finding estimate output by a stage of the N stage search is used to select a next search space for a next stage of the N stage search. A direction finding estimate output by a final stage of the N stage search is the final direction finding estimate.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

System and method to prevent unauthorized voice detection via fiber links
Patent No. 11349577

Inventor(s): Glenn Wellbrock (Wylie, TX), Tiejun Xia (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17242585 on 04/28/2021 (398 days app to issue)

Abstract: A random acoustic phase scrambler device is installed in-line with a telecommunications fiber link to prevent voice detection via fiber links. The device includes a transducer to produce vibrations; a length of optical fiber positioned to receive the vibration from the transducer; and a random acoustic phase driver configured to control the intensity and frequency of the vibrations. The transducer produces randomized vibrations within an acoustic bandwidth. The device is configured to introduce device-induced phase changes to signals within the telecommunications fiber link. The bandwidth of the device-induced phase changes is greater than the bandwidth of voice-induced phase changes, and the device-induced phase changes are greater in intensity than the voice-induced phase changes. The device-induced phase changes mask voice-induced phase changes through the telecommunications fiber link that are otherwise detectable by voice detection equipment tapped to the telecommunications fiber link.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Database exclusion (DBX) for multi party access (MPA) to sensitive personal information (SPI)
Patent No. 11349644

Inventor(s): Jeff J. Stapleton (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16862281 on 04/29/2020 (762 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for protecting Sensitive Personal Information (SPI) from Multi-Party Access (MPA), including receiving a request for access to a data record, encrypting the data record using a random symmetric key to generate an encrypted data record, storing the encrypted data record on a database, encrypting the symmetric key to generate an encrypted symmetric key by using a public key associated with the client device or a key encryption key associated with the one or more processors, and transmitting a message including the encrypted symmetric key. The message causes the client device to access the data record using the database and the encrypted symmetric key.

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

Method and system for enhanced queue management in a switch
Patent No. 11349771

Inventor(s): Christopher Michael Brueggen (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Park, Vaughan, Fleming Dowler LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16863904 on 04/30/2020 (761 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. During operation, the switch maintains a first counter to indicate a first number of packets in a queue of the switch. The switch then determines whether a clock of the switch has reached a threshold value. If the clock reaches the threshold value, the switch starts maintaining a second counter to indicate a second number of packets in the queue that have been received after the clock has reached the threshold value. The switch continues to decrement the first counter in response to a packet leaving the queue until the first counter reaches a value of zero. When the clock reaches a maximum value supported by the clock, the switch drops a third number of packets from the queue indicated by the first counter.

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

Vehicle data offloading systems and methods
Patent No. 11349903

Inventor(s): Felipe G. Salles (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16175313 on 10/30/2018 (1309 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for offloading vehicle data from a vehicle includes detecting and capturing a first set of data points with a group of sensors mounted on a vehicle, processing and analyzing, with a vehicle processor, the data points, determining whether the data points are to be offloaded from the vehicle or stored in the vehicle, and upon determination that the data points are to be offloaded from the vehicle, determining when to offload the vehicle data from the vehicle.

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

Peer-to-peer network for telecommunication network traffic rerouting
Patent No. 11349913

Inventor(s): Christopher W. Rice (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16037677 on 07/17/2018 (1414 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media and methods are disclosed for establishing a peer-to-peer network for rerouting network traffic of a telecommunication network during a network disruption. For example, a processing system may detect a network disruption between a first device and a second device of the telecommunication network. The processing system may identify a first peering device having a connection to the first device of the telecommunication network, identify a second peering device having a connection to the second device of the telecommunication network, and establish a peer-to-peer network via at least the first peering device and the second peering device, wherein at least one of the first peering device or the second peering device is a mobile endpoint device configured to operate as a virtual network function. The processing system may then route network traffic between the first device and the second device via the peer-to-peer network.

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

Media device check-out/check-in control
Patent No. 11349951

Inventor(s): Alexander Noland (North Richland Hills, TX), Connor Pickens (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Securus Technologies, LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15625045 on 06/16/2017 (1810 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling access to one or more media devices that may be shared among multiple users, such as multiple residents in a controlled-environment facility, are described herein. In some embodiments, a method includes operating at least one computer system. Operating the at least one computer system includes checking out a media device. Checking out the media device comprises enabling the media device for use for a first duration of a first timer. Operating the at least one computer system further includes, upon expiration of the first duration of the first timer, disabling use of the media device, and checking in the media device. The media device is prohibited from being checked out for a second duration of a second timer.

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

Call processing system for modifying inmate communication limits
Patent No. 11349998

Inventor(s): Stephen Lee Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16995141 on 08/17/2020 (652 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for customizing time limits for inmate communications in a correctional facility is disclosed. The system includes a profile subsystem that stores an inmate profile of the inmate and a communication processing subsystem comprising one or more processors configured to receive data of an inmate communication of an inmate, identify a type of communication device of the inmate and a call recipient of the inmate communication based on the data of the inmate communication, retrieve the inmate profile of the inmate form the profile subsystem, identify a plurality of behaviors of the inmate based on the inmate profile, determine a time limit based on at least one of the type of communication device, the call recipient of the inmate communication, and the plurality of behaviors of the inmate, and assign the time limit to the inmate communication of the inmate.

[H04M] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

Systems and methods for collecting information regarding optical connections in a fiber distribution hub of a passive optical network
Patent No. 11350061

Inventor(s): Erwin Wardojo (McKinney, TX), Steven Smith (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Norwalk, CT)
Law Firm: Marshall, Gerstein Borun LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17524365 on 11/11/2021 (201 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for collecting information regarding optical connections in an FDH are disclosed. An example FDH includes: a bulkhead having a plurality of passive optical couplers, each of the plurality of passive optical couplers having a respective first port adapted to receive an end of a respective first optical fiber, a respective second port adapted to receive an end of a respective second optical fiber, and a respective passive optical activity indicator configured to expose (i) a portion of first light propagating in the respective first optical fiber when the first optical fiber is received in the first port, and (ii) a portion of second light propagating in the respective second optical fiber when the second optical fiber is received in the second port; and an image sensor configured to capture one or more images of the respective passive optical activity indicators of the plurality of passive optical couplers.

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

Camera-assisted projection optics distortion characterization and correction
Patent No. 11350066

Inventor(s): Jaime Rene De La Cruz Vazquez (Carrollton, TX), Jeffrey Matthew Kempf (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17118327 on 12/10/2020 (537 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes projecting an image onto a projection surface through a projection lens of a projector, where the image comprises a fiducial marker. The method also includes capturing a point cloud of the fiducial marker with a camera, and generating a distortion map of projection lens distortion based at least in part on the point cloud. The method also includes generating a correction map for the projection lens, and applying the correction map to a video signal input to the projector.

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

Selection of video quality metrics and models to optimize bitrate savings in video encoding applications
Patent No. 11350105

Inventor(s): Myo Tun (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Euclid Discoveries, LLC (Burlington, MA)
Law Firm: Hamilton, Brook, Smith Reynolds, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17144924 on 01/08/2021 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: Videos may be characterized by objective metrics that quantify video quality. Embodiments are directed to target bitrate prediction methods in which one or more objective metrics may serve as inputs into a model that predicts a mean opinion score (MOS), a measure of perceptual quality, as a function of metric values. The model may be derived by generating training data through conducting subjective tests on a set of video encodings, obtaining MOS data from the subjective tests, and correlating the MOS data with metric measurements on the training data. The MOS predictions may be extended to predict the target (encoding) bitrate that achieves a desired MOS value. The target bitrate prediction methods may be applied to segments of a video. The methods may be made computationally faster by applying temporal subsampling. The methods may also be extended for adaptive bitrate (ABR) applications by applying scaling factors to predicted bitrates at one frame size to determine predicted bitrates at different frame sizes. A dynamic scaling algorithm may be used to determine predicted bitrates at different frame sizes.

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

Sub-pictures for pixel rate balancing on multicore platforms
Patent No. 11350117

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17115165 on 12/08/2020 (539 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for decoding a compressed video bit stream in a video decoder to recover a video sequence, the video decoder including a plurality of decoder processing cores is provided. The method includes determining that a picture is encoded in the compressed bit stream as a pre-determined number of independently encoded sub-pictures, and dispatching a first encoded sub-picture of the pre-determined number of sub-pictures to a first decoder processing core of the plurality of decoder processing cores and a second encoded sub-picture of the pre-determined number of sub-pictures to a second decoder processing core of the plurality of decoder processing cores, wherein the first encoded sub-picture and the second encoded sub-picture are independently decoded in parallel on the respective first and second decoder processing cores.

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

Method and device for encoding and decoding a video bitstream using a selected motion vector
Patent No. 11350129

Inventor(s): Christopher A. Segall (Camas, WA)
Assignee(s): Velos Media, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Grable martin Fulton PLLC (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17013779 on 09/07/2020 (631 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for decoding video includes creating a first list of motion vectors from at least one neighboring block in a current frame of the video and creating a second list of motion vectors from at least one previous block in a temporally earlier frame of the video. A third list of motion vectors is created based upon the first list and the second list. Based upon receiving a motion vector competition control parameter selecting one of the motion vectors from the third list, wherein the second list of motion vectors is further based upon a flooring function.

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

Method and apparatus for sample adaptive offset without sign coding
Patent No. 11350135

Inventor(s): Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen, TX), Woo-Shik Kim (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16417264 on 05/20/2019 (1107 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sample adaptive offset without sign coding. The method includes selecting an edge offset type for at least a portion of an image, classifying at least one pixel of at least the portion of the image into edge shape category, calculating an offset of the pixel, determining the offset is larger or smaller than a predetermined threshold, changing a sign of the offset based on the threshold determination; and performing entropy coding accounting for the sign of the offset and the value of the offset.

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

Consolidating content streams to conserve bandwidth
Patent No. 11350144

Inventor(s): Georgios Vastardis (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17182143 on 02/22/2021 (463 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example, a method includes monitoring a delivery of an item of multimedia content to a first user endpoint device in a first stream of data, monitoring a delivery of the item of multimedia content to a second user endpoint device in a second stream of data, consolidating the stream of data and the second stream of data into a third stream of data, sending an first instruction to a source of the first stream of data and a source of the second stream of data to cease delivering the first stream of data and the second stream of data, and sending a second instruction to the source of the first stream of data and the source of the second stream to begin delivering the third stream of data to the first user endpoint device and the second user endpoint device.

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

Adaptive on-screen guide based on channel or content transition commands
Patent No. 11350176

Inventor(s): Michael James Brehm (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): ROVI GUIDES, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Haley Guiliano LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16427674 on 05/31/2019 (1096 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a channel sequence for display via an abbreviated on-screen guide are disclosed herein. Channel tuning commands are entered via a user interface of a computing device. Channel tuning data, which describes channel transitions caused by the channel tuning commands, is stored in a buffer. Based on the channel tuning data, a channel family comprising a plurality of channels is generated. A determination is made as to whether a currently tuned channel is included in the channel family. In response to determining that the currently tuned channel is included in the channel family, an on-screen guide, which comprises an abbreviated channel listing of the plurality of channels of the channel family, is generated for display.

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

Adaptive on-screen guide based on channel or content transition commands
Patent No. 11350177

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a content item sequence for display via an abbreviated on-screen guide are disclosed herein. Content selection commands are entered via a user interface of a computing device. Transition data, which describes content item playback transitions caused by the content selection commands, is stored in a buffer. Based on the transition data, a content family, which comprises a plurality of content items, is generated. A determination is made as to whether a content item currently being played back is included in the content family. In response to determining that the currently played-back content item is included in the content family, an on-screen guide, which comprises an abbreviated content item listing of the plurality of content items of the content family, is generated for display.

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

Content management system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11350181

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: 17153467 on 01/20/2021 (496 days app to issue)

Abstract: A content management system and method for use of same is disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, the set-top box is configured to receive a source signal which includes a stream of network programming having time slots interposed therein. The set-top box detects signaling data indicative of a designated time slot within the network programming and responsive thereto, interposes content stored at the set-top box at the designated time slot within the network programming. The set-top box then forwards the interposed content to the display. Following the forwarding of the interposed content, the set-top box returns to receiving network programming and forwarding the network programming to the display. The set-top box also provides confirmation of the displayed interposed content to a server, which may map the confirmation information.

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

Monitoring circuit for photovoltaic module
Patent No. 11350186

Inventor(s): Suheng Chen (Plano, TX), Timothy Patrick Pauletti (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16819562 on 03/16/2020 (806 days app to issue)

Abstract: A monitoring circuit for a photovoltaic module includes a measurement conditioning circuit, a microcontroller circuit, and a transmitter circuit. The measurement conditioning circuit includes a voltage sense terminal, a voltage reference terminal, and a digital measurement data output. The microcontroller circuit includes a digital measurement data input coupled with the digital measurement data output, a modulation clock input, a measurement data stream output, and a transmit select output. The transmitter circuit includes a measurement data stream input coupled with the measurement data stream output, a modulation clock output coupled with the modulation clock input, a transmit select input coupled with the transmit select output, and positive and negative output communication terminals.

[H02S] Generation of electric power by conversion of infra-red radiation, visible light or ultraviolet light, e.g. using photovoltaic [PV] modules (solar heat collectors F24J 2/00; obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H 1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H01L 31/00; thermoelectric devices H01L 35/00; pyroelectric devices H01L 37/00; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H01L 51/42) [2014.01]

Wireless device and methods for use therewith
Patent No. 11350246

Inventor(s): Robert M. Kennard (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): THL Holding Company, LLC (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Garlick Markison (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17578676 on 01/19/2022 (132 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless device includes a user interface that generates a pairing signal in response to an indication from a user to pair the wireless device to at least one remote device and generates a first location request signal in response to a second indication from a user to locate the at least one remote device. A short-range wireless transceiver communicates RF signals to pair the wireless device to the at least one remote device and that transmits a first RF paging signal to the at least one remote device in response to the location request signal.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Presence discovery techniques
Patent No. 11350265

Inventor(s): Yang Li (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16903529 on 06/17/2020 (713 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing presence discovery in a wireless communication. A wireless device may monitor a wireless medium for discovery signals. A candidate discovery signal may be detected. A frequency offset estimation consistency check may be performed on the candidate discovery signal. A peak to sidelobe ratio check may be performed on the candidate discovery signal. The wireless device may determine whether the candidate discovery signal is a false positive based at least in part on the frequency offset estimation consistency check and the peak to sidelobe ratio check.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamic policy-based on-boarding of devices in enterprise environments
Patent No. 11350279

Inventor(s): Malcolm Muir Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Baker Botts, LLP (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16866166 on 05/04/2020 (757 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for providing access to wireless networks may include receiving, by a wireless network access provider from a user device, a request to access a wireless network. The method may include obtaining data representing a policy applicable to the access request, sending the access request, augmented with the policy, to an identity provider associated with the user and having no pre-existing relationship with the access provider, and receiving, from the identity provider, an access request response indicating whether or not the policy is met. The method may include communicating, to the wireless device, an indication that the access request has been accepted, if the policy is met, or an indication that the access request has been rejected, if the policy is not met. The access provider and identity provider may be members of an identity and access federation that communicate over a dynamically established secure connection.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Rolling production test
Patent No. 11350294

Inventor(s): Serge M. Manning (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Sprint Communications Company L.P. (Overland Park, KS)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17099704 on 11/16/2020 (561 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of testing a communication network. The method comprises providing network communication service to communication service subscribers by a first set of computing resources that are part of a communication network, replicating communication data packets, directing the replicated communication data packets to the first set of computing resources and to a second set of computing resources that are part of the communication network but which do not provide network communication service to communication service subscribers, introducing a random error into the second set of computing resources, capturing by a testing application executing on a server computer the outputs from the second set of computing resources after processing the replicated communication data packets in the context of the random error, analyzing the captured outputs by the testing application, determining that the captured outputs indicate a failure by the testing application, and taking action by the testing application.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Grid reference system wireless network anomaly detection and visualization
Patent No. 11350301

Inventor(s): Eric Parker (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16843370 on 04/08/2020 (783 days app to issue)

Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a request that identifies a region associated with a wireless communication network, identify sub-areas within the region, obtain performance indicator data for the sub-areas for a plurality of time periods from mobile devices within each sub-area, and apply an adaptive thresholding to the performance indicator data for each sub-area to determine one or more thresholds associated with the performance indicator data. The processing system may further identify a risk level, from among a plurality of risk levels, for each sub-area for at least one time periods based upon the one or more thresholds and the performance indicator data for each sub-area, where the one or more thresholds define one or more risk levels of the plurality of risk levels, and provide reporting data indicating the risk level for each sub-area for the at least one time period.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for releasing connection with local GW when UE moves out of the residential/enterprise network coverage
Patent No. 11350334

Inventor(s): Noun Choi (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): BlackBerry Limited (Waterloo, , CA)
Law Firm: Trop, Pruner Hu, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15930576 on 05/13/2020 (748 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a user equipment (UE) obtains a connectivity in a first cell, the connectivity identified by an access point name (APN), where the APN corresponds to a first type of connection, and where the first type of connection provides access to services in a local data network. The UE camps on a second cell, determines if the connectivity is not supported in the second cell based on broadcast information from the second cell, the broadcast information comprising information of the second cell, and in response to determining that the connectivity is not supported in the second cell, disconnect the connectivity, wherein the disconnecting comprises sending a Non Access Stratum (NAS) message via the second cell.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for synchronization and link acquisition in cellular wireless systems with directional antennas
Patent No. 11350376

Inventor(s): Lukasz Krzymien (Rolling Meadows, IL), Majid Ghanbarinejad (Chicago, IL), Qian Cheng (Naperville, IL), Weimin Xiao (Hoffman Estates, IL)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16434332 on 06/07/2019 (1089 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and a method for synchronization and link acquisition in cellular wireless systems with directional antennas are disclosed. In an embodiment a method on includes determining, by the UE, a subset of the antennas for communication, using, by the UE, the subset of the antennas to perform a measurement on at least one reference signal from a network controller, reporting, by the UE, channel state information (CSI) based on the measurement on the at least one reference signal and using, by the UE, the subset of the antennas to perform the communication with the network controller.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for channel measurement and reporting in coreset basis
Patent No. 11350418

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16748653 on 01/21/2020 (861 days app to issue)

Abstract: A UE includes a receiver configured to receive a first configuration for a first CORESET, a second configuration for a reception of a first CSI-RS, and the first CSI-RS. The first configuration includes a first TCI state. The TCI state for a CORESET indicates a set of quasi co-location properties for a PDCCH reception in the CORESET. A PDCCH includes a DCI format. The second configuration includes a first set of REs and the first TCI state. The UE also includes a processor operably connected to the receiver. The processor is configured to compute a first CQI value, based on the first CSI-RS, for a first PDCCH reception in the first CORESET and at least one CQI value based on the first CQI value. The UE further includes a transmitter operably connected to the processor, the transmitter configured to transmit a channel that includes the at least one CQI value.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Integrated temperature control for multi-layer ceramics and method
Patent No. 11350490

Inventor(s): James S. Wilson (Hurst, TX), Joshua Lamb (Garland, TX), Steven P. McFarlane (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15453269 on 03/08/2017 (1910 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic module is provided that includes an integrated temperature control and a power switch. The integrated temperature control is configured to dissipate thermal energy. The power switch is configured to couple a power source for a standard component of the multi-layer ceramic module to the integrated temperature control.

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

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One piece medical scrub
Patent No. D952991

Inventor(s): Vashene Renee Barfield (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29740645 on 07/06/2020 (694 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Baking tray lid
Patent No. D953100

Inventor(s): David Prieto de Sicart (Garland, TX), Jianzhong Zhang (Garland, TX), Marc Zamora Salvador (Garland, TX), Xiaojia Liu (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29733696 on 05/06/2020 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Baking tray lid
Patent No. D953101

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Cooking utensil
Patent No. D953127

Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Lewisville, TX), Eric H. Jan (Lehi, UT)
Assignee(s): SOLO BRANDS, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29727321 on 03/10/2020 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vehicle grille
Patent No. D953216

Inventor(s): Eric Norman Tucker (Denton, TX), Zachary Steven Gross (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29797882 on 07/02/2021 (333 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vehicle wheel
Patent No. D953232

Inventor(s): Alberto Echazabal (Prosper, TX), Jakin C. Wilson (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29711627 on 11/01/2019 (942 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Console device
Patent No. D953237

Inventor(s): Joshua Andrew Emrich (Grapevine, TX), Mark Allen Siemsen (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29758193 on 11/12/2020 (565 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Surgical drill bit
Patent No. D953530

Inventor(s): Daniel Lanois (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): BFM Holdings, LLC (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29652228 on 06/18/2020 (712 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pet toy
Patent No. D953664

Inventor(s): Josiah Wilhelm (Columbia Station, OH)
Assignee(s): DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Global IP Counselors, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29725098 on 02/21/2020 (830 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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