Dallas Invents: 137 Patents Granted for Week of October 18

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

Patents granted include:
•  7-Eleven's machine-learning algorithm trained to identify algorithmically populated shopping carts as candidates for verification
•  AT&T'S Quantum tampering threat management
•  Bank of America's real-time processing distributed ledger system
•  Care View Communications' patient video monitoring systems and methods having detection algorithm recovery from changes in illumination
•  GE Precision Health Care's motion correction systems and methods of propeller magnetic resonance images
•  Lockheed Martin's plasma engine with leptonic energy source
•  Prilenia Neurotherapeutics, UT System use of pridopidine to improve cognitive function and for treating Alzheimer's disease
•  Texas A&M's hybrid bluegrass named DALBG 1201
•  TMGCore's external robotic system for liquid immersion cooling platform

 

Dallas Fort Worth: U.S. Patents Granted in the Dallas Fort Worth region.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 October 18, 2022| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100) 

137 patents granted    
Ranked No. 10 
in patent production out of 250 metros


NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 15
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 10
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 1
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 4
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 10
G: PHYSICS 35
H: ELECTRICITY 49


TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 12
Sandisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 9
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 5
ATT Intellectual Property I L.P. (Atlanta, GA) 4
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 4
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 3
7-Eleven Inc. (Irving) 3
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 3
United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio) 3

UNASSIGNED 18


TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS) 

Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound) 7
Matthew Raymond Magee (Sanger) 3
Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina) 3
Chie-Ming Chou (Taipei, , TW) 2
James D. Cunningham (Clarkston, MI) 2
Joshua Hadley (Flower Mound) 2
Parry Cornell Booker (Arlington) 2
Paxton S. Williams (Milan, MI) 2
Richard Loy Smith, Jr. (Dallas) 2
Scott Louis Frederick (Brighton, MI) 2


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UTILITY PATENTS

H U M A N   N E C E S S I T I E S


Point of sale display incorporating non-sliding, stackable and unstackable product transport boxes
Patent No. 11470988 

Inventor(s): Arie Sharon (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
BLK Law Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17327650 on 05/21/2021 (515 days app to issue)

Abstract: A point of sale display includes at least two stacked product transport boxes each having a planar bottom and planar top; a pair of locking tabs on one of the planar bottom or planar top of each box, each locking tab having a hinge and sides extending therefrom; a pair of receiving openings on one of the planar bottom or planar top of each box, wherein the pair of receiving opening on one of the stacked boxes align with the pair of locking tabs on the other such that the locking tabs on the stacked boxes are selectively pivoted through the openings of the adjacent box to interconnect the boxes and prevent relative sliding, and wherein the pair of locking tabs has one of straight sides or an inwardly tapered trapezoidal shape extending from the hinge to allow the boxes to be separated.

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


Corneal topography system operations
Patent No. 11471046 

Inventor(s): Vrunjal Mehta (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Intelligent Diagnostics, LLC (Los Angeles, CA)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17572268 on 01/10/2022 (281 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mobile communication device-based corneal topography system includes an illumination system, an imaging system, a topography processor, an image sensor, and a mobile communication device. The illumination system is configured to generate an illumination pattern reflected off a cornea of a subject. The imaging system is coupled to an image sensor to capture an image of the reflected illumination pattern. A topography processor is coupled to the image sensor to process the image of the reflected illumination pattern. The mobile communications device includes a display, the mobile communications device is operatively coupled to the image sensor. The mobile communications device includes a mobile communications device (MCD) processor. A housing at least partially encloses one or more of the illumination system, the imaging system, or the topography processor.

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


Therapeutic garment for treatment of over-shunting headaches and method for use of same
Patent No. 11471231 

Inventor(s): Christina Marie Harrington (Prosper, TX), Frederick H. Sklar (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17406753 on 08/19/2021 (425 days app to issue)

Abstract: A therapeutic garment for treatment of over-shunting headaches and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the therapeutic garment includes a waistband and an abdominal portion that extends from the waistband to encircle the abdomen and hips from the groin to the costal margin of a person wearing the therapeutic garment. A binder portion is partially coincident to the abdominal portion. The binder portion includes a pressure subassembly including a network of interconnected channels having an inflation valve accessible from an exterior of the abdominal portion. The pressure assembly, when selectively inflated, provides a qualified degree of compression to distend an epidural venous plexus of the person wearing the therapeutic garment. The therapeutic garment may further be fashioned into a brief, a tank top, or include leg extensions.

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


Intraocular lens having an asymmetric hinged closed-loop haptic structure
Patent No. 11471271 

Inventor(s): Stephen John Collins (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)

Law Firm:
Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17140740 on 01/04/2021 (652 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes an optic having an optic axis and a closed-loop haptic structure coupled with the optic. The closed loop haptic structure includes a first hinge having a first section, a second section, and a connecting section extending between the first section and the second section. The first section has a first component extending in a first angular direction and a second component extending in a second angular direction that is opposite to the first angular direction. The closed loop haptic structure further includes a second hinge including a radial section and an axial section extending from the axial section in the first angular direction, the radial section having a cross-sectional area greater than a maximum cross-sectional area of the first hinge.

[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]


Systems, devices, and methods for joint fusion
Patent No. 11471286 

Inventor(s): Ralph F. Rashbaum (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): SI-Bone Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)

Law Firm:
Shay Glenn LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16523992 on 07/26/2019 (1180 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to implants and tools for the fixation or fusion of joints or bone segments. These tools include tissue dilators and protectors. Other tools include broaches used to shape bores in bone. The tools can also include a system for removing an implant from bone. Implants can include assemblies of one or more implant structures that make possible the achievement of diverse interventions involving the fusion and/or stabilization of lumbar and sacral vertebra in a non-invasive manner, with minimal incision, and without the necessitating the removing the intervertebral disc. Implants for fusing both sacroiliac joints of a patient include a long implant that extends across both sacroiliac joints.

[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]


Convertible stem/fracture stem
Patent No. 11471291 

Inventor(s): Sumant Krishnan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TORNIER SAS (Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, , FR)

Law Firm:
Duane Morris LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17590234 on 02/01/2022 (259 days app to issue)

Abstract: A humeral anchor for a shoulder prosthesis is disclosed. The humeral anchor includes a distal portion configured to be anchored in a proximal region of a humerus and a proximal portion, the proximal portion including a proximal face, where the proximal face includes an engagement feature configured to directly couple to a reverse shoulder insert having a concave proximal portion, and wherein the proximal face is further configured to directly couple with an anatomical shoulder insert having a convex proximal portion.

[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]


Methods, systems, and devices for treating tinnitus with VNS pairing
Patent No. 11471330 

Inventor(s): David Michael Pierce (Plano, TX), Michael P. Kilgard (Richardson, TX), Navzer Engineer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): THE BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)

Law Firm:
Hauptman Ham, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15422958 on 02/02/2017 (2084 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of treating tinnitus comprising measuring a patient”s hearing, determining the patient”s hearing loss and the patient”s tinnitus frequency using the measurements of the patient”s hearing, programming a clinical controller with the measurements of the patient”s hearing, selecting a plurality of therapeutic tones, where the therapeutic tones are selected to be at least a half-octave above or below of the patient”s tinnitus frequency, setting an appropriate volume for each of the plurality of tones, repetitively playing each of the plurality of therapeutic tones, and pairing a vagus nerve stimulation pulse train with each playing of a therapeutic tone, thereby reducing the patient”s perception of tinnitus.

[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]


Fascia activation and training device and methods of use
Patent No. 11471358 

Inventor(s): Meena McCullough (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17489479 on 09/29/2021 (384 days app to issue)

Abstract: Fascia activation and training devices having an adjustable length, collapsible, elongate device body having opposing ends to which open ended interchangeable cuffs are removably mounted. The end cuffs of the training devices provide for inward and/or outward compression forces to be applied by a user”s body members engaging such end cuffs, thereby enhancing fascial activation and training, and providing users with proprioceptive feedback, making motor learning in biomechanical retraining through fascia remodeling possible. Methods of use of such training devices provide for the use of multiple types of training devices in combination, resulting in the enhanced training of biomechanical chains of muscles.

[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)


Increasing cancer patient survival time by administration of dithio-containing compounds
Patent No. 11471431 

Inventor(s): Frederick H. Hausheer (San Antonio, TX)
Assignee(s): LANTERN PHARMA INC. (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard Smith LLP (Local + 9 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14675607 on 03/31/2015 (2758 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention discloses and claims compositions, methods of treatment, and kits which cause an increase in the time of survival in cancer patients, wherein the cancer: (i) overexpresses thioredoxin or glutaredoxin and/or (ii) exhibits evidence of thioredoxin- or glutaredoxin-mediated resistance to one or more chemotherapeutic interventions. The present invention also discloses and claims methods and kits for the administration of said compositions to properly treat cancer patients. Additionally, the present invention discloses and claims methods and kits for quantitatively determining the level of expression of thioredoxin or glutaredoxin in the cancer cells of a cancer patient, methods of using those determined levels in the initial diagnosis and/or planning of subsequent treatment methodologies for said cancer patient, as well as ascertaining the potential growth ”aggressiveness” of the particular cancer and treatment responsiveness of the particular type of cancer. Further, the present invention discloses and claims novel pharmaceutical compositions, methods, and kits used for the treatment of patients with medical conditions and disease where there is the overexpression of thioredoxin and/or glutaredoxin, and wherein this overexpression is associated with deleterious physiological effects in the patients.

[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)


Use of pridopidine to improve cognitive function and for treating Alzheimer”s disease
Patent No. 11471449 

Inventor(s): Ilya Bezprozvanny (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Prilenia Neurotherapeutics Ltd. (Herzliya, , IL), The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, TX)

Law Firm:
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16591875 on 10/03/2019 (1111 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention also provides a method of treating a subject afflicted with Alzheimer”s disease, comprising periodically administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of pridopidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof effective to treat the subject.

[A61P] SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS [7]


Uses of crenolanib
Patent No. 11471451 

Inventor(s): Vinay K. Jain (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): AROG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm:
Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16738108 on 01/09/2020 (1013 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes methods of monitoring measurable residual disease in patients suffering from a proliferative disorder, determining which patients could benefit from treatment or intervention with crenolanib or salt in reducing residual disease and maintaining remission, and administering a therapeutically effective amount of crenolanib as a single agent or sequentially or concomitantly with another therapeutic agent.

[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)


Ophthalmic suspension vehicles and related methods for pharmaceutical ingredient delivery
Patent No. 11471475 

Inventor(s): Ralph P. Stone (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
Barnes and Thornburg, LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17689219 on 03/08/2022 (224 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to ophthalmic suspension vehicles for delivery of at least one pharmaceutical ingredient to a patient in need of treatment. The disclosure also provides methods of delivering at least one pharmaceutical ingredient to a patient in need of treatment.

[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)


Compositions and methods relating to myomaker-induced muscle cell fusion
Patent No. 11471509 

Inventor(s): Douglas P. Millay (Frisco, TX), Eric Olson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)

Law Firm:
Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16379610 on 04/09/2019 (1288 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes the fusogenic activity of the Myomaker protein. This polypeptide, when expressed in non-muscle cells, is able to drive fusion of the cell with a muscle cell, but not with other non-muscle cells. The use of this protein and cell expressing it in the delivery of exogenous genetic material to muscle cells also is described.

[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)


Systems and methods for transmitting interactive game features to multiple devices of a shared streaming media session
Patent No. 11471777 

Inventor(s): Brian F. Roberts (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Discovery.com, LLC (New York, NY)

Law Firm:
Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17658137 on 04/06/2022 (195 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing one or more game features across devices associated with a synchronous multimedia stream are disclosed. One method may include: transmitting interactive game features to multiple devices associated with a synchronous multimedia stream using a server in network communication with at least one database, the method comprising operations including: establishing, on the server, a virtual media streaming session; connecting two or more user profiles of a media streaming platform to the virtual media streaming session; providing, in the virtual media streaming session, an article of multimedia content, wherein the article of multimedia content is simultaneously viewable on user devices associated with each of the two or more user profiles; determining, using a processor associated with the server, whether one or more interactive game features associated with the article of multimedia content are activated; and implementing, responsive to determining that the one or more interactive game features are activated, aspects associated with the one or more interactive game features in the virtual media streaming session.

[A63F] CARD, BOARD OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [5]


OX2R compounds
Patent No. 11472813 

Inventor(s): Daniel Rosenbaum (Dallas, TX), Jef De Brabander (Dallas, TX), Qiren Liang (Dallas, TX), Wentian Wang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
Richard Aron Osman (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17033879 on 09/27/2020 (751 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and compositions for agonizing a type-2 orexin receptor (OX2R) in a cell determined to be in need thereof, including the general method of (a) administering to a subject a cyclic guanidinyl OX2R agonist and (b) detecting a resultant enhanced wakefulness or increased resistance to diet-induced accumulation of body fat, or abbreviated recovery from general anesthesia or jet lag.

[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)


Hybrid bluegrass named DALBG 1201
Patent No. PP034672 (Plant)

Inventor(s): Ambika Chandra (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): The Texas AM University System (College Station, TX)

Law Firm:
Dentons US LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17242507 on 04/28/2021 (538 days app to issue)

Abstract: DALBG 1201 is an F[subscript]1 [/subscript]hybrid bluegrass with exceptional turfgrass quality, dark green color, high shoot density, medium-fine leaf texture, and ability to persist under a range of environmental stresses typically encountered in the southern United States. Patent Class: N/A


 

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

Systems, methods and apparatus for producing sustainable aviation fuel from coal
Patent No. 11471853 

Inventor(s): Brent Nelson (Southlake, TX), Jason Dvorin (Southlake, TX), Michael G. Smith (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Kepler GTL LLC (Midland, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17687640 on 03/05/2022 (227 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations an apparatus to produce SAF from coal includes a coal-reforming-area that receives the coal and that produces synthetic gas from the coal, a Fischer-Tropsch conversion area that is operably coupled to the coal-reforming-area and that receives the synthetic gas and produces a hydrocarbon chain from the synthetic gas and a product-upgrading-area that is operably coupled to the Fischer-Tropsch conversion area that receives the hydrocarbon chain and that produces the SAF from the hydrocarbon chain.

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


Microwave synthesis of iron oxide catalysts for cold start NO[subscript]x [/subscript]removal
Patent No. 11471873 

Inventor(s): Charles Alexander Roberts (Farmington Hills, MI), Krishna Gunugunuri (Canton, MI), Torin C. Peck (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: 16520848 on 07/24/2019 (1182 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods of making an iron based catalyst using microwave hydrothermal synthesis are provided. The methods include dissolving iron(III) nitrate, Fe(NO[subscript]3[/subscript])[subscript]3[/subscript], in an organic solvent to form a solution. Once dissolved, the methods include a step of neutralizing the solution with an alkaline mineralizing agent to obtain a precipitate. The solution with the precipitate is then subjected to microwave radiation to cause a temperature gradient and a hydrothermal crystallization process to form a synthesized product. The synthesized product is subsequently separated from the mineralizing agent. The method includes washing and drying the synthesized product to obtain particles of sodium iron oxide (NaFeO[subscript]2[/subscript]) catalyst that can be used as a composition for a passive NO[subscript]x [/subscript]adsorber. A two-stage NO[subscript]x [/subscript]abatement device for removal of NO[subscript]x [/subscript]from an exhaust gas stream during a cold start operation of an internal combustion engine is also provided.

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


Metal sorter
Patent No. 11471916 

Inventor(s): Isha Kamleshbhai Maun (Arlington, TX), Nalin Kumar (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SORTERA ALLOYS, INC. (Fort Wayne, IN)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16939011 on 07/26/2020 (814 days app to issue)

Abstract: A material sorting system sorts materials utilizing a vision system that implements a machine learning system in order to identify or classify each of the materials, which are then sorted into separate groups based on such an identification or classification determining that the materials are composed of either wrought aluminum, extruded aluminum, or cast aluminum.

[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)


Positive train control simulation system with emergency and horn applications and method therefor
Patent No. 11472454 

Inventor(s): Nicholas Glen Mason (Garden City, MO)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)

Law Firm:
Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17698559 on 03/18/2022 (214 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for simulating positive train control (PTC) systems in a local and controlled environment using software and hardware. The system can simulate various functionalities of the PTC system in the environment using software and hardware components. The system can instruct the software of a train management computer (TMC) to control electromechanical valves to simulate air compression on brake pipes in response to the PTC system executing a penalty on the locomotive. The system can display statuses of various systems on the locomotive to a user using a cab display unit (CDU). The system can control the software and hardware components to simulate warnings and actions from the PTC system allowing locomotive engineers and conductors to experience the PTC system for optimum training.

[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)


Wire caddy for transporting and dispensing wire or cable
Patent No. 11472457 

Inventor(s): John L. Rhoads (The Colony, TX), Kevin D. Rodgers (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)

Law Firm:
Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17334768 on 05/30/2021 (506 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for the transportation and dispensing of spooled wire or cable, the apparatus including a handle structure wherein the handle structure has a first end and a second end, a first support structure attached to the first end of the handle structure, a second support structure attached to the second end of the handle structure, a first spool center insert attached to the first support structure, a second spool center insert attached to the second support structure, a first leg moveably attached to the first support structure, a second leg moveably attached to the second support structure, and wherein a spool of spooled wire or cable is attached to the first and second spool center inserts during transportation and dispensing of the spooled wire or cable.

[B65H] HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES


Stators located aft of duct ring
Patent No. 11472533 

Inventor(s): Elizabeth Feeley (Dallas, TX), Karl Schroeder (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)

Law Firm:
Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16732106 on 12/31/2019 (1022 days app to issue)

Abstract: A duct for a ducted-rotor aircraft includes a hub, a duct ring, and a plurality of stators that extend outward from the hub. The hub may be configured to support a motor. The duct ring defines a trailing edge. The duct ring is coupled to each of the plurality of stators such that all or substantially all of each of the plurality of stators is located aft of the trailing edge of the duct ring.

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


Rotorcraft fly-by-wire go-around mode
Patent No. 11472535 

Inventor(s): Luke Dafydd Gillett (Grapevine, TX), Robert Earl Worsham, II (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)

Law Firm:
Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16877365 on 05/18/2020 (883 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fly-by-wire system for a rotorcraft includes a computing device having control laws. The control laws are operable to engage a level-and-climb command in response to a switch of a pilot control assembly being selected. The level-and-climb command establishes a roll-neutral (”wings level”) attitude with the rotorcraft increasing altitude. The switch may be disposed on a collective control of the pilot control assembly (e.g., a button on a grip of the collective control). Selection of the switch may correspond to a button depress. The level-and-climb command may include a roll command and a collective pitch command. One or more control laws may be further operable to increase or decrease forward airspeed in response to pilot engagement of the level-and-climb command. The level-and-climb command may correspond to a go-around maneuver, an abort maneuver, or an extreme-attitude-recovery maneuver to be performed by the rotorcraft.

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


Electric drive system line replaceable unit with integrated collective actuation
Patent No. 11472544 

Inventor(s): Stephen Yibum Chung (Keller, TX), William Kyle Heironimus (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)

Law Firm:
Akona IP PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16808836 on 03/04/2020 (958 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment is an electric drive system for an aircraft comprising a plurality of redundant motors, wherein power generated by the plurality of motors is used to drive a rotor system comprising a rotor shaft having a plurality of rotor blades connected thereto; a gear box associated with the plurality of redundant motors; a collective actuator for controlling a collective pitch of the rotor blades connected to the rotor shaft; and at least one structural element for retaining the redundant motors, the gear box, and the collective actuator together as a single integrated unit.

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


Biodegradable bottle cap using [i]Pestalotiopsis microsporia [/i]to biodegrade waste plastic bottle
Patent No. 11472617 

Inventor(s): Danyal Nawab (Dallas, TX), Faizan Mirza (Irving, TX), Hana Ahmad (Allen, TX), Humza Ahmad (Allen, TX), Mohsen Ahmad (Allen, TX), Sarah Nawab (Dallas, TX), Sofia Ali (Garland, TX), Zain Ali (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16575925 on 09/19/2019 (1125 days app to issue)

Abstract: Millions of plastic water bottles going to waste and harming the environment. Recycling is an option, but hardly becoming a practice. Biodegradable bottle cap consisting of the plastic-eating fungus pestalotiopsis microsporia, will consumes the plastic bottle and the cap so no trace is left behind. The cap is made of plastic and the fungus is contained in an aluminium casing.

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


Caseless container tray
Patent No. 11472619 

Inventor(s): Brett A. Johnson (Belvidere, IL), Daniel J. Slavin (Village of Lakewood, IL), John Kreider (Woodstock, IL)
Assignee(s): DFA Dairy Brands IP, LLC (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
Faegre Drinker Biddle Reath LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16941135 on 07/28/2020 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of caseless container trays are disclosed. In an embodiment, a caseless container tray includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface is configured to contact and receive base portions of a first plurality of containers. The top surface includes a plurality of top projections configured to divide the first plurality of containers into a plurality of rows. The bottom surface is configured to contact and receive spouts of a second plurality of containers. Furthermore, the bottom surface includes a plurality of bottom projections extending from the bottom surface, wherein a bottom surface of each bottom projection is configured to contact a shoulder portion of a container of the second plurality of containers and wherein each projection surrounds a center portion configured to contact and receive a spout.

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


Emblem
Patent No. D966929 

Inventor(s): Morgan Hull (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Real-Time Marketing, Ltd. (Carrollton, TX)

Law Firm:
Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29716907 on 12/12/2019 (1041 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A


 

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

Adhesive formulations including at least one silyl modified polymer
Patent No. 11472988 

Inventor(s): Lingtao Yu (Summit, NJ), Linlin Xing (Wayne, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17518847 on 11/04/2021 (348 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an adhesive formulation comprising a high viscosity silyl modified polymer. In some embodiments, the adhesive formulation may further comprise additional components, such as but not limited to, at least one moisture scavenger, at least one adhesion promoter, at least one catalyst, at least one filler, at least one plasticizer, at least one antioxidant, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the adhesive formulation may exclude a low viscosity polymer. In some embodiments, the adhesive formulation may include a low viscosity polymer in no more than a specified amount. At least one method of using the adhesive formulation and at least one roofing system comprising the adhesive formulation are also described herein.

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


 

F I X E D  C O N S T R U C T I O N S

Segmental duct coupler devices, systems, and methods
Patent No. 11473302 

Inventor(s): Gregory A. Hunsicker (Dallas, TX), Zuming Xia (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Structural Technologies IP, LLC (Columbia, MD)

Law Firm:
Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor Hunt, PA (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15598417 on 05/18/2017 (1979 days app to issue)

Abstract: Segmental duct coupler devices, systems, and methods are provided herein. A duct coupler device can include a single, discrete body of material for welding to a duct segment. A system, including a duct segment having a duct coupler device welded thereto, is provided. The connection or points of connection between the duct coupler device and the duct segment in the system are devoid of internal and/or external seals. The duct coupler device and system can be cast in concrete. Multiple concrete segments can be assembled together to form a bridge, a roadway, a building, a slab, or any other structure.

[E04C] STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS (for bridges E01D; specially designed for insulation or other protection E04B; elements used as building aids E04G; for mining E21; for tunnels E21D; structural elements with broader range of application than for building engineering F16, particularly F16S)


Vehicle hood locking mechanism
Patent No. 11473345 

Inventor(s): James D. Cunningham (Clarkston, MI), Paxton S. Williams (Milan, MI), Scott Louis Frederick (Brighton, 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: 16700483 on 12/02/2019 (1051 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle hood locking mechanism includes a housing and a hood lock having a locking portion positioned exterior of the housing. The hood lock is coupled to the housing such that the locking portion is rotatable with respect to the housing between a first rotational position and a second rotational position different from the first rotational position. Rotation of the locking portion to the first rotational position enables insertion of the locking portion through a shaped opening formed in the hood. Rotation of the locking portion to the second rotational position after insertion of the locking portion through the opening prevents withdrawal of the locking portion through the opening until the locking portion is rotated back to the first rotational position. This prevents the hood lock from being inadvertently detached from the raised hood, thereby maintaining the hood in the raised condition.

[E05B] LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS


Vehicle hood locking mechanism
Patent No. 11473350 

Inventor(s): James D. Cunningham (Clarkston, MI), Paxton S. Williams (Milan, MI), Scott Louis Frederick (Brighton, 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: 16728155 on 12/27/2019 (1026 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle hood locking mechanism includes a locking member including a helical portion structured to be insertable into a cavity formed in a vehicle hood. The helical portion is structured to be rotatable with respect to the hood so that contact between the hood and the helical portion during insertion of the helical portion into the cavity causes a rotation of the helical portion from a first rotational position to a second rotational position different from the first rotational position. The locking mechanism is also structured so that the helical portion is rotatable from the second rotational position back to the first rotational position when the helical portion becomes positioned inside the cavity.

[E05C] BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS (latching means for sideboard or tailgate structures for vehicles B62D 33/037; fastening devices for constructional or engineering elements E04, F16B; locks, fastening devices structurally or operatively combined or having significant cooperation with locks E05B; means for operating or controlling wing fasteners in conjunction with mechanisms for moving the wing E05F)


Packer sealing element with non-swelling layer
Patent No. 11473391 

Inventor(s): Geir Gjelstad (Dallas, TX), Vaughn Henrie Gardner (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)

Law Firm:
KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16070245 on 02/07/2017 (2079 days app to issue)

Abstract: Example apparatuses and methods are described for providing a swell packer apparatus having a vulcanized non-swelling outer layer with a pattern cut into it to expose an inner swellable sealing element. In an example embodiment, the swell packer includes a mandrel having a substantially cylindrical outer surface. A sealing element extends radially around the mandrel and a non-swelling layer circumferentially covers an outer surface of the sealing element. One or more grooves are cut in the non-swelling layer to expose a portion of the outer surface of the sealing element. The non-swelling layer is configured to prevent fluid communication between a swelling fluid disposed outside of the non-swelling layer and portions of the outer surface of the sealing element covered by the non-swelling layer.

[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]


 

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

 

Actuator for a support system of a seat
Patent No. 11472325 

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

Law Firm:
Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17217126 on 03/30/2021 (567 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein relate to improving an actuator for a support system of a seat. In one embodiment, an actuator includes a body that is bi-stable with a coiled state and an uncoiled state. The actuator also includes a strip, coupled to the body, that coils the body according to heat caused by a power source. The actuator also includes a wire coupled to a side of the body opposite from the strip and the wire uncoils the body in response to heating caused by the power source.

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


Programmable surface
Patent No. 11473567 

Inventor(s): Michael Paul Rowe (Pinckney, 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: 16269995 on 02/07/2019 (1349 days app to issue)

Abstract: The devices and systems described herein generally relate to programmable surfaces. A set of tiles in conjunction with actuators, allow for the surface to be constantly changeable from a first shape to an unlimited variety of second shapes. Once a desired second shape is achieved, the shape can be held by actuating the actuators. The system can include detection and maintenance of the shapes of the programmable surface by controlling which of the actuators are released and when they are released.

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


Plasma engine with leptonic energy source
Patent No. 11473569 

Inventor(s): Luke Alexander Uribarri (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17072574 on 10/16/2020 (732 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are various leptonic power sources, leptonic control systems, and leptonic-powered engines. In one example, an apparatus includes a housing having apertures through which material can enter and exit, and an anode coupled to the housing upstream from a cathode. A leptonic source emits beam electrons into the housing to ionize the material into a plasma according to a selectable ionization degree and deposit charge onto the cathode to establish an electric field in the plasma. A magnetic field source produces a magnetic field in the plasma at selectable angle to the flow of the plasma to at least partially entrain plasma electrons. Ions of the plasma are accelerated downstream in the housing by the electric field and impart momentum to a portion of the material to produce a thrust proportional to the selectable ionization degree of the plasma and a selectable intensity of the electric field.

[F03H] PRODUCING A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (from combustion products F02K)


Shock wave mechanical seal
Patent No. 11473679 

Inventor(s): Cheng-Kang Guan (Murrieta, CA), Chris John Rich, Jr. (Murrieta, CA), Daniel A. Nelson (Temecula, CA)
Assignee(s): Flowserve Management Company (Irving, TX)

Law Firm:
Maine Cernota Rardin (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17142351 on 01/06/2021 (650 days app to issue)

Abstract: An end face mechanical seal for a high pressure, compressible fluid includes metal or ceramic seal faces separated by a seal gap having at least one supersonic region that accelerates the fluid in the leakage direction, producing a shockwave that reduces fluid pressure to significantly reduce viscous heating and gap length. A choke width of the seal gap formed between the converging and diverging segments of the first supersonic region is between 50 and 200 micro-inches, and upper and lower boundaries thereof are flat, with combined slopes of less than 10 degrees. A total length of all of the supersonic regions is less than 0.1 inches. A non-supersonic region can further reduce fluid pressure by inducing viscous stresses. The seal can be configured axially or radially, and can be used as a pre-conditioner in combination with a conventional downstream mechanical fluid seal.

[F16J] PISTONS; CYLINDERS; PRESSURE VESSELS IN GENERAL; SEALINGS


Cladded valve seat, assembly, and methods for cladding such seat
Patent No. 11473686 

Inventor(s): Jacob A. Bayyouk (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Forth Worth, TX)

Law Firm:
Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17047043 on 06/07/2019 (1229 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure provides a valve seat having cladded surfaces of high hardness in order to improve the service life of valve seats. The cladded surfaces may include various materials of favorable mechanical properties for mitigating failure mechanisms known for common valve seats (e.g., having a common base metal throughout). In one example, the cladded surfaces are created using an additive manufacturing process, such as laser metal deposition. The cladded surfaces offer advantages including metallurgical bonding, localized low heat input at the laser focus (thus enabling accurate control of temperature and mitigating undesirable heat treatment effects), ductility in middle layers for increasing impact resistance, variable cladding thickness (optionally exceeding 1 mm), increased hardness by material and fusing temperature selections, corrosion resistance, modification of mechanical properties of the same selected material, and allowing for sensor embedment.

[F16K] VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING


System pulsation dampener device(s) substituting for pulsation dampeners utilizing compression material therein
Patent No. 11473711 

Inventor(s): John Thomas Rogers (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Performance Pulsation Control, Inc. (Richardson, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16404248 on 05/06/2019 (1261 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid delivery system including at least a housing for a charge-free pulsation dampener of a type utilizing elastomeric compression material, but without the compression material therein, includes a system pulsation dampener. The fluid delivery system includes a fluid reservoir, a fluid pump, a manifold, a pulsation dampener, and piping. The fluid reservoir stores a fluid used for a drilling procedure. The fluid pump pumps the fluid from the fluid reservoir through the fluid delivery system. The manifold is located downstream from the fluid pump, and receives and combines fluids from the at least one fluid pump. The pulsation dampener receives the combined fluid from the manifold, and dampens residual pulsations from the manifold. The piping receives fluid output from the pulsation dampener, and transfers the fluid received from the pulsation dampener further downstream.

[F16L] PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL


Rotating light emitting diode high mast luminaire
Patent No. 11473767 

Inventor(s): Scott Engberg (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): CHM Industries, Inc. (Saginaw, TX)

Law Firm:
Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17307811 on 05/04/2021 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power source housing for use with a high mast lighting apparatus has a front face and an opposing back face, and a first end face and a second end face disposed opposite the first end face, the first end face defines an aperture sized and shaped to receive an extension member of a high mast lighting system. At least two opposing side faces extending from the front face to the back face, and power source housing cooling fins extend outward from each of the at least two opposing side faces.

[F21V] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [7]


Auto addressing for HVAC secondary units
Patent No. 11473802 

Inventor(s): Cheng Liang Xu (Plano, TX), Hongbing Lian (Plano, TX), Saravanakumar Selvarajan (Tamil Nadu, , IN)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)

Law Firm:
Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16748430 on 01/21/2020 (1001 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a system comprises a primary unit and a plurality of secondary units each having a unique unit number. The primary unit is configured to communicate a command to each secondary unit with instructions to reply during a time window. The primary unit is also configured to receive a reply communication indicating the secondary unit”s unique unit number from at least one of the secondary units, and determine an address to assign to the replying secondary unit based at least in part on the received unique unit number.

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


Proactive system control using humidity prediction
Patent No. 11473806 

Inventor(s): Alwin Sebastian John (Ponkunnam, , IN), Leema Kulandaisamy (Trichy, , IN), Rohini Brahme (Irving, TX), Santhosh Kumar Selvam (Palakkad, , IN)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)

Law Firm:
Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17153669 on 01/20/2021 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: During an initial period of time, an HVAC controller receives an indoor humidity and an outdoor humidity. A record of an energy demand of the HVAC system is stored for each indoor humidity and outdoor humidity. For a future time period, an anticipated energy demand of the HVAC system is determined. The controller then recursively determines, for each of a plurality of time points within the future time period, an anticipated indoor humidity value using the anticipated energy demand and the record of the energy demand. The HVAC system is operated based at least in part on the anticipated indoor humidity value.

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


Firearm accessory mount
Patent No. 11473872 

Inventor(s): Andrew Pischke (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Sellmark Corporation (Mansfield, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17213478 on 03/26/2021 (571 days app to issue)

Abstract: A quick-attach-and-detach mount for removably securing an accessory on a rail of a firearm comprises a clamp carried by a portion of the accessory. The clamp includes a pair of generally opposing surfaces. An opposing jaw is formed on one of the generally opposing surfaces of the clamp and is configured to engage an undercut on the rail. At least one movable jaw is secured in a recess in another of the generally opposing surfaces of the clamp in opposition to the opposing jaw and is configured to engage an undercut on an opposite side of the rail from the opposing jaw. A biasing member is disposed in the recess to urge the movable jaw into engagement with the undercut on the rail. A locking member may be at least partially disposed in the recess and selectively act upon the movable jaw to selectively secure the movable jaw in engagement with the rail.

[F41C] SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS OR RIFLES (projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge F41B); ACCESSORIES THEREFOR [5]


 

P H Y S I C S

Enhancing sensitivity and robustness of mechanical rotation and position detection with capacitive sensors
Patent No. 11473938 

Inventor(s): Peter Spevak (Moosburg a.d. Isar, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17190007 on 03/02/2021 (595 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described example user interface control apparatus includes a first structure, with a first side, conductive capacitor plate structures spaced along a first direction on the first side, a movable second structure with an auxiliary conductive structure, and an interface circuit to provide excitation signals to, and receive sense signals from, the conductive capacitor plate structures to perform a mutual capacitance test and a self-capacitance test of individual ones of the conductive capacitor plate structures to determine a position of the second structure or a user”s finger relative to the first structure along the first direction.

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


Methods of determining operating conditions of silicon carbide power MOSFET devices associated with aging, related circuits and computer program products
Patent No. 11474145 

Inventor(s): Bilal Akin (Richardson, TX), Chi Xu (Plano, TX), Enes Ugur (Richardson, TX), Fei Yang (Plano, TX), Shi Pu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)

Law Firm:
Stanek Lemon Crouse Meeks, PA (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16897719 on 06/10/2020 (860 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments according to the invention can provide methods of testing a SiC MOSFET, that can include applying first and second voltage levels across a gate-source junction of a SiC MOSFET and measuring first and second voltage drops across a reverse body diode included in the SiC MOSFET responsive to the first and second voltage levels, respectively, to provide an indication of a degradation of a gate oxide of the SiC MOSFET and an indication of contact resistance of the SiC MOSFET, respectively.

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


Motion correction systems and methods of propeller magnetic resonance images
Patent No. 11474183 

Inventor(s): Shaorong Chang (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Wauwatosa, WI)

Law Firm:
Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17370627 on 07/08/2021 (467 days app to issue)

Abstract: A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging method of correcting motion in precorrection MR images of a subject is provided. The method includes applying, by an MR system, a pulse sequence having a k-space trajectory of a blade being rotated in k-space. The method also includes acquiring k-space data of a three-dimensional (3D) imaging volume of the subject, the k-space data of the 3D imaging volume corresponding to the precorrection MR images and acquired by the pulse sequence. The method further includes receiving a 3D MR calibration data of a 3D calibration volume, wherein the 3D calibration volume is greater than or equal to the 3D imaging volume, jointly estimating rotation and translation in the precorrection MR images based on the k-space data of the 3D imaging volume and the calibration data, correcting motion in the precorrection images based on the estimated rotation and the estimated translation, and outputting the motion-corrected images.

[G01V] GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS (means for indicating the location of accidentally buried, e.g. snow-buried, persons A63B 29/02) [6]


Partially synchronized multilateration or trilateration method and system for positional finding using RF
Patent No. 11474188 

Inventor(s): Felix Markhovsky (Dallas, TX), Michael John Buynak (Dallas, TX), Russ Markhovsky (Dallas, TX), Truman Prevatt (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): POLTE CORPORATION (Addison, TX)

Law Firm:
BakerHostetler (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16389827 on 04/19/2019 (1278 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a location of one or more user equipment (UE) in a wireless system can comprise receiving reference signals via a location management unit having two or more co-located channels, wherein the two or more co-located channels are tightly synchronized with each other and utilizing the received reference signals to calculate a location of at least one UE among the one or more UE. Embodiments include multichannel synchronization with a standard deviation of less than or equal 10 ns. Embodiments can include two LMUs, with each LMU having internal synchronization, or one LMU with tightly synchronized signals.

[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


Generating closures from abstract representation of source code
Patent No. 11474797 

Inventor(s): Behdad Forghani (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)

Law Firm:
Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17194632 on 03/08/2021 (589 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive source code and identify, based on the source code, an abstract syntax tree representing an abstract syntactic structure of the source code. Based on the abstract syntax tree, the device may identify a closure, the closure implementing a function based on at least a portion of the abstract syntax tree. In addition, the device may perform an action based on the closure.

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


Optimizing distributed and parallelized batch data processing
Patent No. 11474881 

Inventor(s): Marcus Matos (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)

Law Firm:
Banner Witcott, Ltd. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17218587 on 03/31/2021 (566 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to providing and maintaining efficient and effective processing of sets of work items in enterprise computing environments by optimizing distributed and parallelized batch data processing. A computing platform may initialize at least two processing workers. Subsequently, the computing platform may cause a first processing worker to perform a first query on a work queue database and initiate parallel processing of a first set of work items. Thereafter, the computing platform may cause the second processing worker to perform a second query on the work queue database and initiate parallel processing of a second set of work items. In some instances, performing the second query on the work queue database comprises reading at least one work item that was read and locked by the first processing worker.

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


Overlapping-in-time execution of load tests on applications in a centralized system
Patent No. 11474925 

Inventor(s): Praveen Morusupalli (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, CA)

Law Firm:
Trellis IP Law Group, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17184528 on 02/24/2021 (601 days app to issue)

Abstract: Application testing using non-emulated operating system assistance without rebooting a hardware host is provided. A user specified build job for executing the application based on a load test is received. The hardware host is selected from a pool of hardware hosts. The hardware host is configured based on the user specified build job to provide the non-emulated operating system assistance while executing the application based on the load test. The application is executed based on the load test including communications between a client and servers while using the non-emulated operating system assistance. The hardware host is returned to the pool of hardware hosts. The hardware host is available upon the returning for use of subsequent load tests without rebooting the hardware host.

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


Method and system for providing automated testing framework for service
Patent No. 11474935 

Inventor(s): Shankaranarayanan Kalyanaraman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)

Law Firm:
Greenblum Bernstein, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16387904 on 04/18/2019 (1279 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing a test that relates to a service associated with an application programming interface. Based on a specification for the service, testing scenarios are generated, and then tests are executed. An output report that indicates a health of the service is then generated.

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


Zero latency prefetching in caches
Patent No. 11474944 

Inventor(s): Hung Ong (Plano, TX), Oluleye Olorode (Garland, TX), Ramakrishnan Venkatasubramanian (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17151857 on 01/19/2021 (637 days app to issue)

Abstract: This invention involves a cache system in a digital data processing apparatus including: a central processing unit core; a level one instruction cache; and a level two cache. The cache lines in the second level cache are twice the size of the cache lines in the first level instruction cache. The central processing unit core requests additional program instructions when needed via a request address. Upon a miss in the level one instruction cache that causes a hit in the upper half of a level two cache line, the level two cache supplies the upper half level cache line to the level one instruction cache. On a following level two cache memory cycle, the level two cache supplies the lower half of the cache line to the level one instruction cache. This cache technique thus prefetches the lower half level two cache line employing fewer resources than an ordinary prefetch.

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


Natural language-based search and discovery of content service
Patent No. 11475080 

Inventor(s): Haripriya Srinivasaraghavan (Plano, TX), Praveen Kumar Bandaru (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16561554 on 09/05/2019 (1139 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described, which provide a natural language-based content search and discovery service. The natural language-based content search and discovery service may use query object types as a basis for interpreting a vocalized search query from a user. The natural language-based content search and discovery service may use a multi-interpretative procedure that includes use of a probabilistic grammar parser, parts of speech, and query object type identification that are configured for a media domain. The natural language-based content search and discovery service may merge different interpretations of the search query based on probability values associated with each interpretation.

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


System and method for providing limited utilization run time application control as a service in microcontrollers
Patent No. 11475148 

Inventor(s): Jonathan William Nafziger (Dallas, TX), Veeramanikandan Raju (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16419753 on 05/22/2019 (1245 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory device and a microcontroller device integrated with the memory device. The microcontroller device is adapted to be communicatively coupled to a processor device and is configured to manage access by the processor device to data stored on the memory device. Managing access by the processor device to the data stored on the memory device includes setting an access permission for controlled data stored by the memory device based on authorization data stored in the memory device. Managing access by the processor device further includes receiving, from the processor device, a request to access the controlled data. Managing access by the processor device further includes determining whether to initiate access to the controlled data by the processor device based on the access permission.

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


Methods and apparatus for implementing state proofs and ledger identifiers in a distributed database
Patent No. 11475150 

Inventor(s): Leemon C. Baird, III (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Hedera Hashgraph, LLC (Richardson, TX)

Law Firm:
Cooley LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16881132 on 05/22/2020 (879 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes calculating, at a first time, an identifier for a distributed database by using a first address book of the distributed database. The method includes receiving a transaction to at least one of (1) add a compute device to the first set of compute devices, (2) remove a compute device from the first set of compute devices, or (3) modify a compute device from the first set of compute devices, to define a second set of compute devices. The method includes defining, at a second time, a second address book. The method includes receiving, a state proof associated with data of the distributed database after the second time. The method includes verifying the data of the distributed database by confirming that a predetermined number of compute devices from the first set of compute devices have digitally signed the second address book.

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


Systems and methods for automated evaluation model customization
Patent No. 11475245 

Inventor(s): Scott Hellman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): PEARSON EDUCATION, INC. (Bloomington, MN)

Law Firm:
Quarles Brady LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16280639 on 02/20/2019 (1336 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated custom training of a scoring model are disclosed herein. The method include: receiving a plurality of responses received from a plurality of students in response to providing of a prompt; identifying an evaluation model relevant to the provided prompt, which evaluation model can be a machine learning model trained to output a score relevant to at least portions of a response; generating a training indicator that provides a graphical depiction of the degree to which the identified evaluation model is trained; determining a training status of the model; receiving at least one evaluation input when the model is identified as insufficiently trained; updating training of the evaluation model based on the at least one received evaluation input; and controlling the training indicator to reflect the degree to which the evaluation model is trained subsequent to the updating of the training of the evaluation model.

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


Method and system for digital record verification
Patent No. 11475409 

Inventor(s): Cameron Fowler (Fort Worth, TX), Matthew Sullivan (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): Digital Seat Media, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)

Law Firm:
Vos-IP, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17446298 on 08/29/2021 (415 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed that enable a mobile device to use an encoded tag to initiate and maintain communications with at least one remote server; wherein the encoded tag is positioned to identify a point of interest, and in response to using the mobile device to scan the encoded tag, communications regarding the point of interest may be initiated such that a single encoded tag may be used to obtain and update recorded information about the point of interest, to notify others about an issue related to the point of interest, to log into the system, and to wait to be alerted about an issue related to the point of interest; wherein if an issue relating to a point of interest has been reported, the system and method may monitor the reported issue to ensure that an action has been taken to address the reported issue.

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


Real-time processing distributed ledger system
Patent No. 11475438 

Inventor(s): Calvin William Tackett, Jr. (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)

Law Firm:
Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16564781 on 09/09/2019 (1135 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, computer program product, and method for executing real-time processing of resource transfers using distributed ledger technology is provided. In particular, the system utilizes a private or semi-private blockchain to create a distributed ledger which comprises a record of all resource transfers between a number of entities. The real-time processing system addresses a number of computer technology-centric challenges associated with executing resource transfers. In particular, executing resource transfers on a real-time basis allows the nodes of the blockchain to more evenly distribute computing workload over time when compared to more traditional resource transfer systems that use batch processing to execute transfers.

[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 techniques for utilizing a smart contracts library
Patent No. 11475453 

Inventor(s): Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX), Stephen Wylie (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
KDB (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16731849 on 12/31/2019 (1022 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and an apparatus for accessing a smart contract library that may include a number of templates of different legal contracts implementable as a smart contract between respective parties. Each template may include a number of sections having different contractual terms and conditions and fillable fields for specific contract terms. Each respective section of the number of sections includes programming code operable to enforce conformance with specific section-related contractual terms and conditions of the respective section and with any specific contract terms input to a fillable field of the respective section. A first user address generated based on cryptographic keys may be associated with a contract-creating computing device in a private blockchain. The first user address may be associated with the first user in the private blockchain. A finalized smart contract may have a smart contract address generated from the first user address and a nonce value.

[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]


Location-specific digital media advertising
Patent No. 11475478 

Inventor(s): Adam Lockhart (Dallas, TX), David Allen Kopaniky (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): REFLECT SYSTEMS, INC. (Richardson, TX)

Law Firm:
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17338040 on 06/03/2021 (502 days app to issue)

Abstract: A networked computerized advertising system used for integrating, processing and displaying location-based advertising information is provided. The system comprises at least one computing device, and a network that connects the computing device with multiple playback endpoints. The computing device includes a data storage subsystem component that stores information about the multiple end points, a data entry subsystem component that allows input of the information about the multiple end points, and a data analytics component programmed to process the information about the multiple end points and compute optimal advertising playback plans for each endpoint. Playbacks at endpoints are continuously monitored, and the playback plans are repeatedly reconstructed to provide flexible advertising campaigns to be customized in accordance with the schedule and the operations of the host business.

[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]


Community-based digital transaction authentication
Patent No. 11475489 

Inventor(s): Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX), Snehal Desai (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)

Law Firm:
Fletcher Yoder P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16944868 on 07/31/2020 (809 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present application is generally directed to a decentralized identity management system that has one or more processors configured to receive a review from a user regarding an entity, determine one or more locations associated with the entity, determine a location associated with the user; and determine a reputation score for the entity based on the review, a location of the one or more locations, and the location associated with the user. Additionally, the one or more processors are configured to cause the reputation score to be recorded on a distributed ledger.

[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]


Collaborative trust platform with portable files
Patent No. 11475525 

Inventor(s): Tod Ruble (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16905654 on 06/18/2020 (852 days app to issue)

Abstract: Computer systems and methods for generating portable and data-agnostic annuity datasets are disclosed where a central server generates multiple instructions to receive annuity dataset data records, participant attributes, and annuity attributes for a plurality of annuity datasets from employer servers and recordkeeper servers; integrates different annuity datasets by mapping the data fields of each respective annuity dataset and creating uniform data-agnostic annuity datasets; continuously monitors a performance value for each data-agnostic annuity dataset; and dynamically modifies recordkeepers when the performance value of annuity datasets do not satisfy a pre-determined threshold by modifying recordkeeper data records.

[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]


Organ isolation in scan data
Patent No. 11475558 

Inventor(s): Raymond Samaniego (Prosper, TX), Tuan T. Tran (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)

Law Firm:
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16683159 on 11/13/2019 (1070 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for analyzing scan data. In some embodiments, the method includes forming, from a first scan data array, a first mask, each element of the first mask being one or zero according to whether the corresponding element of the first scan data array exceeds a first threshold; forming, from the first scan data array, a second mask, each element of the second mask having a value of one or zero according to whether the corresponding element of the first scan data array exceeds a second threshold, the second threshold being less than the first threshold; and forming a fourth mask, the fourth mask being the element-wise product of the second mask and a third mask, the third mask being based on the first mask.

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


System and method for selectively verifying algorithmically populated shopping carts
Patent No. 11475656 

Inventor(s): Matthew Raymond Magee (Sanger, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)

Law Firm:
Baker Botts, LLP (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17174588 on 02/12/2021 (613 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores a set of inputs, an algorithmic shopping cart, and a machine learning algorithm. The set of inputs includes information collected from sensors located in a physical store during a shopping session of a person. The algorithmic shopping cart includes items determined by an algorithm, based on the set of inputs, to have been selected during the shopping session. The machine learning algorithm is configured to use the set of inputs to select between using the algorithmic shopping cart and using a virtual shopping cart to process a transaction associated with the shopping session. The processor uses the machine learning algorithm to determine, based on the set of inputs, to use the algorithmic shopping cart to process the transaction.

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


Machine learning algorithm trained to identify algorithmically populated shopping carts as candidates for verification
Patent No. 11475657 

Inventor(s): Crystal Maung (Dallas, TX), Kyle Dalal (Coppell, TX), Matthew Raymond Magee (Sanger, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX), Xinan Wang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)

Law Firm:
Baker Botts, LLP (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17174634 on 02/12/2021 (613 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory and processor. The memory stores a machine learning algorithm configured to decide whether to use a virtual shopping cart to verify all or a portion of a transaction performed with an algorithmic shopping cart. The processor receives feedback for a decision made by the algorithm, indicating whether the algorithmic and virtual carts match. The processor assigns a reward to the feedback. A first positive reward is assigned when the virtual shopping cart is not used for verification, and the feedback indicates that the carts match. A second positive reward is assigned when the virtual cart is used for verification, and the feedback indicates that the carts do not match. A first negative reward is assigned when the virtual shopping cart is not used for verification, and the feedback indicates that the carts do not match. A second negative reward is assigned when the virtual cart is used for verification, and the feedback indicates that the carts match. The processor uses the reward to update the algorithm.

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


Premises security system with dynamic risk evaluation
Patent No. 11475672 

Inventor(s): Colin Bodbyl (Oakville, , CA), David Del Giudice (Toronto, , CA), Jason Penny (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Stealth Monitoring, Inc. (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16510666 on 07/12/2019 (1194 days app to issue)

Abstract: A technique is introduced for utilizing data associated with a monitored premises to determine a likelihood of a crime, or other activity, occurring at the premises. In an example embodiment, premises data is received from one or more sources including sensor devices located at the premises and other data sources including third-party databases. The premises data is processed using a machine learning model, such as an artificial neural network, to generate a risk score that is indicative of the likelihood of a crime occurring at the premises in real-time or in the future. The introduced technique for risk evaluation can be implemented in conjunction with a premises security system, for example, to route alarms generated by monitoring devices located at the premises. NULL


Customer-based video feed
Patent No. 11475674 

Inventor(s): Matthew Raymond Magee (Sanger, TX), Ravi Kumar Kurva (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)

Law Firm:
Baker Botts, LLP (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17400280 on 08/12/2021 (432 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface, display, memory, and processor. The interface receives a video feed including first and second camera feeds, each feed corresponding to a camera located in a store. The processor stores a video segment in memory, assigned to a person and capturing a portion of a shopping session. The video segment includes first and second camera feed segments, each segment corresponding to a recording of the corresponding camera feed from a starting to an ending timestamp. Playback of the first and second camera feed segments is synchronized, and a slider bar controls a playback progress of the camera feed segments. The processor displays the camera feed segments and copies of the slider bar on the display. The processor receives an instruction from at least one of the copies of the slider bar to adjust the playback progress of the camera feed segments and adjusts the playback progress.

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


System and method for RF tripwire based intrusion detection
Patent No. 11475748 

Inventor(s): Christopher M. Stimek (Fort Worth, TX), Eduardo M. Hinojosa (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): WilliamsRDM, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)

Law Firm:
Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17032850 on 09/25/2020 (753 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting a presence of a target such as a vehicle, an animal, a person, or another object in a monitored area without the use of sensors, are provided. Multiple RF field anomaly detection nodes may be spaced through the monitored area and connected, such as in a mesh network. The RF field anomaly detection nodes may include radio transceivers that communicate with one another and which monitor a signal strength of received signals. The nodes may compare the signal strengths to expected strength values. As a target enters a portion of the monitored area, the dielectric properties of the target cause at least one signal strength of at least one received signal to change. The RF field anomaly detection nodes may detect this change and trigger a further action or human readable alert corresponding to the presence of the target.

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


Modification of extended reality environments based on learning characteristics
Patent No. 11475781 

Inventor(s): Haley Ashlin (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16680027 on 11/11/2019 (1072 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a method, computer program product, and system for modifying a simulation based on learning characteristics. A processor may receive a user profile associated with a user. The user profile includes a set of learning characteristics related to the user. The processor may display a simulation on an extended reality display. The displayed simulation is based in part on the set of learning characteristics. The processor may monitor focus data related to the user. The focus data is generated while the user is viewing the simulation. The processor may compare the focus data with one or more focus thresholds. The processor may modify the simulation in response to the one or more focus thresholds being met.

[G09B] EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS


System and method for ground-based advertising
Patent No. 11475807 

Inventor(s): Benjamin Elias Blumenthal (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
Standley Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16747350 on 01/20/2020 (1002 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for installing an advertising unit at an installation area of a surface are provided. The installation area is cleaned. One or more holes are formed in the installation area. The adhesive is applied at the installation area. The advertising unit is deposited at the installation area atop the adhesive. A fastener is passed through at least a portion of the advertising unit into each of the one or more holes. The adhesive is cured.

[G09F] DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS


System for introducing scalability of an action-topic approach to deriving intents from utterances
Patent No. 11475885 

Inventor(s): Emad Noorizadeh (Plano, TX), Isaac Persing (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)

Law Firm:
Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16883630 on 05/26/2020 (875 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for mapping intents to utterances using a three-tiered system is provided. Methods may include receiving a plurality of predetermined action-topic pairs and a plurality of predetermined intents. Methods may include mapping the plurality of predetermined action-topic pairs to the plurality of predetermined intents via a one-to-many mapping. Methods may include receiving a linguistic utterance at a first tier of the three-tiered system. Methods may include translating the linguistic utterance at the first tier of the three-tiered system. Methods may include mapping the textual representation to one or more action-topic pairs included in the plurality of action-topic pairs. The mapping may be executed at the second tier of the three-tiered system. Methods may include identifying one or more intents that correlate to the textual representation. The identifying may be executed at the third tier. The identifying may be based on the mapping between the action-topics pairs and the predetermined intents.

[G10L] SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING [4]


Variation mitigation scheme for semi-digital mac array with a 2T-2 resistive memory element bitcell
Patent No. 11475933 

Inventor(s): Jorge Kittl (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
The Farrell Law Firm, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16847741 on 04/14/2020 (917 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, system and electronic device for mitigating variance in a two transistor two resistive memory element (2T2R) circuit is provided. The method includes calculating a sum of a number of logical 1”s in a column of bitcells in the 2T2R circuit, N, of an input vector, sensing output current values from each current line in the column of bitcells and calculating an inner product, M, of the input vector and the bitcells in the column in the 2T2R circuit based on the sensed output current values.

[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)


Optimized programming with a single bit per memory cell and multiple bits per memory cell
Patent No. 11475957 

Inventor(s): Abu Naser Zainuddin (Milpitas, CA), Dongxiang Liao (Sunnyvale, CA), Jiahui Yuan (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm:
Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17149560 on 01/14/2021 (642 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and techniques are described for optimizing programming in a memory device in which memory cells can be programmed using single bit per cell programming and multiple bits per cell programming. In one aspect, a single bit per cell program operation is performed which reduces damage to the memory cells as well as reducing program time. The program operation can omit a pre-charge phase and a verify phase of an initial program loop of a program operation. Instead, a program phase is performed followed by a recovery phase. In one or more subsequent program loops of the single bit per cell program operation, as well as in each program loop of a multiple bit per cell program operation, the program loop includes a pre-charge phase, a program phase, a recovery phase and a verify phase.

[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)


Negative bit line biasing during quick pass write programming
Patent No. 11475958 

Inventor(s): Huai-yuan Tseng (San Ramon, CA), Swaroop Kaza (San Jose, CA), Tomer Eliash (Sunnyvale, CA), Yu-Chung Lien (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm:
Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17192598 on 03/04/2021 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating a memory system includes a first programming loop, which includes applying a first programming voltage to a control gate of a selected word line and applying a first bitline voltage to a bitline coupled to a first memory cell that is being programmed to a first data state and to a different bitline coupled to a second memory cell that is being programmed to a second data state. In a second programming loop, a second bitline voltage is applied to the bitline coupled to the first memory cell, and a third bitline voltage is applied to the bitline coupled to the second memory cell. The second bitline voltage is greater than the first bitline voltage to reduce a programming speed of the first bitline voltage to increase a programming speed of the second memory cell.

[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)


Reduced program time for memory cells using negative bit line voltage for enhanced step up of program bias
Patent No. 11475959 

Inventor(s): Sujjatul Islam (San Jose, CA), Xue Pitner (Sunnyvale, CA), Yu-Chung Lien (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm:
Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17363419 on 06/30/2021 (475 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and techniques are described for reducing the program time for a set of memory cells by using an enhanced step up of a program bias. A program operation includes a first pass in which memory cells are programmed to intermediate states and a second program pass in which the memory cells are programmed from an erased state and the intermediate states to final states. In the first program pass, program time can be reduced by applying an enhanced program bias step up to memory cells of the highest intermediate state in a single program loop, for example. The enhanced program bias step up can be achieved by applying a negative bit line voltage and can be triggered when the memory cells assigned to the second highest intermediate state reach a program milestone such as completing programming.

[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)


Nonvolatile memory with efficient look-ahead read
Patent No. 11475961 

Inventor(s): Deepanshu Dutta (Fremont, CA), Ravi J. Kumar (Redwood City, CA), Sujjatul Islam (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm:
Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17307396 on 05/04/2021 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes one or more control circuits configured to connect to a plurality of non-volatile memory cells through a plurality of word lines. The one or more control circuits are configured to, for each target word line of a plurality of target word lines to be read, select either a first neighboring word line or a second neighboring word line as a selected neighboring word line according to whether non-volatile memory cells of the first neighboring word line are in an erased condition. The one or more control circuits are further configured to determine a read voltage to read non-volatile memory cells of a corresponding target word line according to an amount of charge in non-volatile memory cells of the selected neighboring word line.

[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)


Modified verify in a memory device
Patent No. 11475967 

Inventor(s): Muhammad Masuduzzaman (Chandler, AZ), Ravi Kumar (Redwood City, CA), Xue Pitner (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm:
Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17307626 on 05/04/2021 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: The non-volatile memory includes a control circuitry that is communicatively coupled to an array of memory cells that are arranged word lines. The control circuitry is configured to program the memory cells using a multi-pass programming operation which includes a first pass and a second pass. The first pass programs the memory cells to a first number of data states, and the second pass programs the memory cells to a greater second number of data states. For at least one word line, during the second pass, a voltage that is applied to at least one memory cell is reduced from a verify voltage by an offset which is determined as a function of a data state of an adjacent memory cell of an adjacent word line and wherein the first pass but not the second pass has been completed in the adjacent word line.

[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)


Patient video monitoring systems and methods having detection algorithm recovery from changes in illumination
Patent No. 11477416 

Inventor(s): Derek del Carpio (Corinth, TX), Matthew Cameron Clark (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Care View Communications, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)

Law Firm:
Meister Seelig Fein LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17246984 on 05/03/2021 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments concern video patient monitoring with detection zones. Various embodiments can comprise a camera, a user interface, and a computing system. The computing system can be configured to perform various steps based on reception of a frame from the camera, including: calculate a background luminance of the frame; monitor for a luminance change of a zone as compared to one or more previous frames, the luminance change indicative of patient motion in the zone; and compare the background luminance to an aggregate background luminance, the aggregate background luminance based on the plurality of frames. If the background luminance changed by more than a predetermined amount, then the aggregate background luminance can be set to the background luminance, luminance information of the previous frames can be disregarded, and motion detection can be disregarded.

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


 

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Method and apparatus for depositing a multi-sector film on backside of a semiconductor wafer
Patent No. 11473199 

Inventor(s): Makoto Tsutsue (Yokkaichi, , JP), Seiji Shimabukuro (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm:
The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16897679 on 06/10/2020 (860 days app to issue)

Abstract: A patterned backside stress compensation film having different stress in different sectors is formed on a backside of a substrate to reduce combination warpage of the substrate. The film can be formed by employing a radio frequency electrode assembly including plurality of conductive plates that are biased with different RF power and cause local variations in the plasma employed to deposit the backside film. Alternatively, the film may be deposited with uniform stress, and some of its sectors are irradiated with ultraviolet radiation to change the stress of these irradiated sectors. Yet alternatively, multiple backside deposition processes may be sequentially employed to deposit different backside films to provide a composite backside film having different stresses in different sectors.

[H01J] ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; arc lamps with consumable electrodes H05B; particle accelerators H05H)


Lockstep comparators and related methods
Patent No. 11474151 

Inventor(s): Prasanth Viswanathan Pillai (Bangalore, , IN), Rajeev Suvarna (Bangalore, , IN), Saya Goud Langadi (Bangalore, , IN), Shailesh Ganapat Ghotgalkar (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17138529 on 12/30/2020 (657 days app to issue)

Abstract: Lockstep comparators and related methods are described. An example apparatus includes self-test logic circuitry having first outputs, and comparator logic including selection logic having first inputs and second outputs, ones of the first inputs coupled to the first outputs, first detection logic having second inputs and third outputs, the second inputs coupled to the second outputs, second detection logic having third inputs and fourth outputs, the third inputs coupled to the third outputs, latch logic having fifth inputs and fifth outputs, the third output and the fourth output coupled to the fifth inputs, and error detection logic having sixth inputs coupled to the fifth inputs.

[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]


Electronic message management program coordinating defined activity and controlled recipient/respondents through a unique id
Patent No. 11475386 

Inventor(s): David S Bower (Dallas, TX), Kai Zhu (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Telesolve, Inc. (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17372494 on 07/11/2021 (464 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is disclosed that sends, through one or more messaging modalities, an electronic message containing a system or user genera0ted unique identifier to at least one recipient on a system or user enabled and controlled list. The system receives a response electronic message containing the unique identifier and response data identified by a symbol. The program verifies the validity of the unique identifier and optionally that a sender of the response message is on the list. If the unique identifier is verified, the program correlates the message response data with the unique identifier and sends an additional message replicating the response data to the controlled list as a reply or update concerning the message. The program repeats the receiving, verifying, and sending to allow further updates on the message using the modality of communication.

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


Method of forming multi-threshold voltage devices and devices so formed
Patent No. 11476121 

Inventor(s): Mark S. Rodder (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)

Law Firm:
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16551028 on 08/26/2019 (1149 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method provides a gate structure for a plurality of components of a semiconductor device. A silicate layer is provided. In one aspect, the silicate layer is provided on a channel of a CMOS device. A high dielectric constant layer is provided on the silicate layer. The method also includes providing a work function metal layer on the high dielectric constant layer. A low temperature anneal is performed after the high dielectric constant layer is provided. A contact metal layer is provided on the work function metal layer.

[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]


Sensor package cavities with polymer films
Patent No. 11476175 

Inventor(s): Leslie Edward Stark (Heath, TX), Sreenivasan Kalyani Koduri (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17125487 on 12/17/2020 (670 days app to issue)

Abstract: In examples, a sensor package includes a semiconductor die, a sensor on the semiconductor die, and a mold compound covering the semiconductor die. The mold compound includes a sensor cavity over the sensor. The sensor package includes a polymer film member on the sensor and circumscribed by a wall of the mold compound forming the sensor cavity. The polymer film member is exposed to an exterior environment of the sensor package.

[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]


Resonant inductive-capacitive isolated data channel
Patent No. 11476189 

Inventor(s): Klaas De Haan (Berltsum, , NL), Mikhail Valeryevich Ivanov (Freising, , DE), Swaminathan Sankaran (Allen, TX), Thomas Dyer Bonifield (Dallas, TX), Tobias Bernhard Fritz (Mainburg, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17120123 on 12/12/2020 (675 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device has a substrate and first and second metallization levels with a resonant circuit. The first metallization level has a first dielectric layer on a side of the substrate, and a first metal layer on the first dielectric layer. The second metallization level has a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer and the first metal layer, and a second metal layer on the second dielectric layer. The electronic device includes a first plate in the first metal layer, and a second plate spaced apart from the first plate in the second metal layer to form a capacitor. The electronic device includes a winding in one of the first and second metal layers and coupled to one of the first and second plates in a resonant circuit.

[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]


ESD protection of MEMS for RF applications
Patent No. 11476245 

Inventor(s): James Douglas Huffman (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)

Law Firm:
Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15771245 on 11/14/2016 (2164 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the combination of MEMS intrinsic technology with specifically designed solid state ESD protection circuits in state of the art solid state technology for RF applications. Using ESD protection in MEMS devices has some level of complexity in the integration which can be seen by some as a disadvantage. However, the net benefits in the level of overall performance for insertion loss, isolation and linearity outweighs the disadvantages.

[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]


Three-dimensional memory device with a graphene channel and methods of making the same
Patent No. 11476272 

Inventor(s): Masaaki Higashitani (Cupertino, CA), Peter Rabkin (Cupertino, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm:
The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16227374 on 12/20/2018 (1398 days app to issue)

Abstract: Memory stack structures extending through an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers is formed over a substrate. Each memory stack structure includes a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel. A sacrificial polycrystalline metal layer may be formed on each memory film, and a carbon precursor may be decomposed on a physically exposed surface of the sacrificial polycrystalline metal layer to generate adsorbed carbon atoms. A subset of the adsorbed carbon atoms diffuses through grain boundaries in the polycrystalline e metal layer to an interface with the memory film. The carbon atoms at the interface may be coalesced into at least one graphene layer by an anneal process. The at least one graphene layer functions as a vertical semiconductor channel, which provides a higher mobility than silicon. A metallic drain region may be formed at an upper end of each vertical semiconductor channel.

[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]


Spin-transfer torque MRAM with a negative magnetic anisotropy assist layer and methods of operating the same
Patent No. 11476409 

Inventor(s): Michael Ho (Redwood City, CA), Paul VanderHeijden (Cupertino, CA), Quang Le (San Jose, CA), Zhanjie Li (Pleasanton, CA), Zhigang Bai (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm:
The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16880393 on 05/21/2020 (880 days app to issue)

Abstract: A MRAM device includes a magnetic tunnel junction containing a reference layer having a fixed magnetization direction, a free layer, and a nonmagnetic tunnel barrier layer located between the reference layer and the free layer, a negative-magnetic-anisotropy assist layer having negative magnetic anisotropy that provides an in-plane magnetization within a plane that is perpendicular to the fixed magnetization direction, and a first nonmagnetic spacer layer located between the free layer and the negative-magnetic-anisotropy assist layer.

[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]


Method and system for driving polarization shifting to mitigate interference
Patent No. 11476574 

Inventor(s): Richard Loy Smith, Jr. (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ISCO International, LLC (Schaumburg, IL)

Law Firm:
Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17709741 on 03/31/2022 (201 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a motorized drive assembly that includes a motor and a drive assembly, where the drive assembly has an axle configured to be disposed through a rotatable substrate of a polarization shifter for a dual-polarized radiating element, the axle being further configured to fasten, at a first end of the axle, to a support structure of the polarization shifter, wherein, when the motorized drive assembly is assembled to the polarization shifter, the motor is controllable to impart rotational forces, via movement of the axle, to the polarization shifter to effect polarization adjusting for the dual-polarized radiating element. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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


Polarization shifting devices and systems for interference mitigation
Patent No. 11476585 

Inventor(s): Richard Loy Smith, Jr. (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ISCO International, LLC (Schaumburg, IL)

Law Firm:
Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17709724 on 03/31/2022 (201 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a polarization shifter including a lower substrate having disposed thereon first and second transmission lines for coupling to a feed network, an upper substrate having disposed thereon third and fourth transmission lines for respective communicative coupling to orthogonally-polarized elements of a radiating element, and a dielectric layer residing between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, the upper substrate being configured to mechanically couple to the radiating element, the dielectric layer coupling the first transmission line with the third transmission line and coupling the second transmission line with the fourth transmission line, the upper substrate being rotatable relative to the lower substrate to effect polarization adjusting for the radiating element to facilitate avoidance of interference or passive intermodulation (PIM). Other embodiments are disclosed.

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


Integrated power control assemblies with built-in cooling systems
Patent No. 11476737 

Inventor(s): Fa Chen (Lincoln, NE), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI), Yanghe Liu (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: 16818559 on 03/13/2020 (949 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated power control assembly configured as an inverter for a motor is mounted directly on an axial end of the motor. The integrated power control assembly includes one or more power plates, one or more cooling plates coaxially disposed on and thermally connected to the one or more power plates, and one or more circuit boards circumferentially disposed around the one or more power plates. An individual power plate has a power card having one or more switching semiconductor devices corresponding to individual phases of the motor. The individual power card is electrically coupled to the motor through one or more busbars. An individual circuit board is electrically coupled to an individual power card corresponding to an individual phase of the motor. The individual circuit board has a first surface electrically coupled to the one or more power plates and a second surface opposite to the first surface.

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


Semiconductor process variation detector
Patent No. 11476760 

Inventor(s): Ramanathan Ramani (Plano, TX), Robert Allan Neidorff (Bedford, NH), Saurav Bandyopadhyay (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16927558 on 07/13/2020 (827 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a voltage source terminal, a voltage reference terminal, a field effect transistor (FET), a current source, a comparator, and adjustment circuitry. The FET has a gate terminal and a non-gate terminal, the gate terminal coupled to the voltage source terminal. The current source is coupled to the non-gate terminal. The comparator has a comparator output and first and second comparator inputs, the first comparator input coupled to the non-gate terminal, and the second comparator input coupled to the voltage reference terminal. The adjustment circuitry has a circuitry input and a circuitry output, the circuitry input coupled to the comparator output, and the adjustment circuitry configured to adjust the circuitry output responsive to the circuitry input, in which the adjustment reduces a drive strength of the circuit.

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


Single-input multiple-output (SIMO) converter having a controller with switchable rest states
Patent No. 11476761 

Inventor(s): Alex Kwasi Nyavor Titriku (Coppell, TX), Ariel Dario Moctezuma (Richardson, TX), Gary Franklin Chard (Murphy, TX), Hasibur Rahman (Wylie, TX), Srinath Hosur (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17014863 on 09/08/2020 (770 days app to issue)

Abstract: An inductor has first and second terminals. A first switch is coupled between the first terminal and a voltage supply terminal. A second switch is coupled between the first terminal and a negative output supply terminal. A third switch is coupled between the second terminal and a positive output supply terminal. A fourth switch is coupled between the second terminal and a ground terminal. A controller is coupled to the first, second, third and fourth switches. The controller is configured to provide: an inductor charge mode; a positive boost mode; a negative boost mode; a first rest state in which the controller closes the first switch and opens the second, third and fourth switches; and a second rest state in which the controller closes the fourth switch and opens the first, second and third switches.

[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]


Operational transition control of a motor
Patent No. 11476783 

Inventor(s): Ganapathi Hegde (Bengaluru, , IN), Prasad Kulkarni (Bengaluru, , IN), Venkata Pavan Mahankali (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17359158 on 06/25/2021 (480 days app to issue)

Abstract: Example systems and processes control transition of an electric motor from open-loop operation to closed-loop operation by detecting zero-crossing (ZC) locations of the back-electromotive force (BEMF). The rotor angle of the electric motor is changed, e.g., by changing acceleration of the electric motor to correct a phase difference based on the detected ZC locations and an open-loop profile of the electric motor. Detected ZC locations may be used to identify ZC-detected-based commutation points, and each detected ZC location may be used to update a next commutation point. During the control process the open-loop profile is updated. Transition may occur when a set number of ZC-detection-based commutation points are sufficiently aligned with corresponding updated commutation points, or such alignment is maintained for at least one electrical cycle.

[H02P] CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS [4]


Method and system for brushless wound field synchronous machines
Patent No. 11476786 

Inventor(s): Matthew C. Gardner (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Texas AM University System (College Station, TX)

Law Firm:
Winstead PC (Local + 2 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17236764 on 04/21/2021 (545 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator having a stator winding disposed thereon. A rotor is electromagnetically exposed to the stator. A field winding and an induction winding are disposed on the rotor. A rectifier is electrically coupled to the induction winding and the field winding. Upon application of a voltage to the stator winding, the stator winding produces a first rotating magnetic field and a second rotating magnetic field that has a different spatial frequency than the first rotating magnetic field. The first rotating magnetic field interacts asynchronously with the induction winding to produce an alternating current in the induction winding. The rectifier changes the alternating current to a direct current that is supplied to the field winding. The field winding interacts synchronously with the second rotating magnetic field.

[H02K] DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H 53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power H02M 9/00)


Interleaving errors sources and their correction for RF DACs
Patent No. 11476857 

Inventor(s): Aswath Vs (Kerala, , IN), Prasad Gandewar (Bangalore, , IN), Rahul Sharma (Bangalore, , IN), Sandeep Kesrimal Oswal (Karnataka, , IN), Sriram Murali (Karnataka, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17072225 on 10/16/2020 (732 days app to issue)

Abstract: Analog gain correction circuitry and analog switching clock edge timing correction circuitry can provide coarse correction of interleaving errors in radio-frequency digital-to-analog converters (RF DACs), such as may be used in 5G wireless base stations. The analog correction can be supplemented by digital circuitry configured to ”pre-cancel” an interleaving image by adding to a digital DAC input signal a signal equal and opposite to an interleaving image created by the interleaving DAC, such that the interleaving image is effectively mitigated. Error correction control parameters can be periodically adjusted for changes in temperature by a controller coupled to an on-chip temperature sensor. A model useful for understanding the sources of error in interleaving DACs is also described.

[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]


Compensated digital-to-analog converter (DAC)
Patent No. 11476859 

Inventor(s): Debapriya Sahu (Bengaluru, , IN), Meghna Agrawal (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17335667 on 06/01/2021 (504 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and a compensation circuit. The DAC has a first terminal and a second terminal. The compensation circuit has a third terminal and a fourth terminal. The third terminal is coupled to the first terminal, and the fourth terminal is coupled to the second terminal. The compensation circuit is configured to source current into the first terminal responsive to an increase in voltage on the second terminal, and to sink current from the first terminal responsive to a decrease in voltage on the second terminal.

[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]


Frequency nonlinearity calibration in frequency-modulated continuous wave radar
Patent No. 11476891 

Inventor(s): Hsing Kuo Lo (San Diego, CA), Lixi Wu (San Diego, CA), Luzhou Xu (Santa Clara, CA), Ricky Lap Kei Cheung (San Diego, CA), Yuan Su (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16820626 on 03/16/2020 (946 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and systems having detection apparatus operable to cancel or reduce leakage signal originating from a source signal being generated and transmitted from a transmitter. A leakage cancellation signal can be generated digitally, converted to an analog signal, and then subtracted in the analog domain from a received signal to provide a leakage-reduced signal for use in detection and analysis of objects. A digital cancellation signal may be generated by generating a cancellation signal in the frequency domain and converting it to the time domain. Optionally, an estimate of a residual leakage signal can be generated and applied to reduce residual leakage remaining in the leakage-reduced signal. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods can be implemented in a variety of applications.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]


Method and apparatus to enable CSI reporting based on non-uniform space-frequency compression
Patent No. 11476901 

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16395073 on 04/25/2019 (1272 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) for a channel state information (CSI) feedback in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), CSI feedback configuration information including a number (K[subscript]0[/subscript]) of coefficients for the CSI feedback, deriving, based on the CSI feedback configuration information, the CSI feedback including K[subscript]1 [/subscript]coefficients that are a subset of a total of Q coefficients, wherein K[subscript]1[/subscript]K[subscript]0 [/subscript]and K[subscript]0[/subscript]Q, and transmitting, to the BS, the CSI feedback including the K[subscript]1 [/subscript]coefficients over an uplink channel.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]


Multi-beam CSI reporting
Patent No. 11476902 

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)

Law Firm:
Withrow Terranova, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17111567 on 12/04/2020 (683 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-beam Channel State Information (CSI) reporting are provided. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a second node connected to a first node in a wireless communication network for reporting multi-beam CSI includes reporting a rank indicator and a beam count indicator in a first transmission to the first node. The method also includes reporting a cophasing indicator in a second transmission to the first node. The cophasing indicator identifies a selected entry of a codebook of cophasing coefficients where the number of bits in the cophasing indicator is identified by at least one of the beam count indicator and the rank indicator. In this way, feedback for both a rank indicator and a beam count indicator may be possible which may allow robust feedback and variably sized cophasing and beam index indicators.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]


Quantum tampering threat management
Patent No. 11476932 

Inventor(s): Daniel Solero (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)

Law Firm:
Hartman Citrin LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17107828 on 11/30/2020 (687 days app to issue)

Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to quantum tampering threat management. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a quantum security manager (”Q-SM”) can monitor a plurality of quantum channels for tampering. The Q-SM can detect tampering on a quantum channel of the plurality of quantum channels. The Q-SM can provide tampering monitoring statistics to a software-defined network (”SDN”) that, in turn, notifies a quantum security operations center (”Q-SOC”) about the tampering on the quantum channel. The Q-SM can receive threat mitigation instructions from the Q-SOC. The threat mitigation instructions can instruct the Q-SM how to counter the tampering on the quantum channel. The Q-SM can perform one or more actions in accordance with the threat mitigation instructions to counter the tampering on the quantum channel.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]


Optical line terminal
Patent No. 11476965 

Inventor(s): Jae Goo Kim (Suwon-si, , KR), Seung Dong Lee (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): DZS Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm:
Insight Law Group, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17240966 on 04/26/2021 (540 days app to issue)

Abstract: An optical line terminal (OLT) includes: a first optical transceiver and a second optical transceiver each configured to transmit or receive at least one optical signal among an optical signal of a first standard and an optical signal of a second standard through an optical cable inserted thereinto, and convert between an optical signal and an electrical signal; a first connector configured to electrically connect an extended output terminal of an electrical signal input/output unit of the first transceiver and an extended output terminal of an electrical signal input/output unit of the second optical transceiver; and a second connector configured to selectively connect the extended output terminal and a default output terminal of the electrical signal input/output unit of the second optical transceiver.

[H04J] MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L 5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N 7/08; in exchanges H04Q 11/00)


Method and apparatus for handling LCP restriction and HARQ process number
Patent No. 11476981 

Inventor(s): Chia-Hung Wei (Taipei, , TW), Chie-Ming Chou (Taipei, , TW), Hsin-Hsi Tsai (Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): Hannibal IP LLC (Frisco, TX)

Law Firm:
Cole Schotz, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17038436 on 09/30/2020 (748 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message that includes a first configuration indicating a first parameter associated with a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second configuration indicating a second parameter associated with a second BWP; receiving, from the BS, downlink control information (DCI) having a DCI format, the DCI indicating either a data reception or a data transmission on a BWP, and the DCI including a field indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number to be applied by the UE for the data reception or the data transmission; determining whether a bit length of the field is fixed or variable according to the DCI format; and in a case that the bit length of the field is variable, determining the bit length of the field according to one of the first parameter and the second parameter that is associated with the BWP.

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


System and method for SRS switching, transmission, and enhancements
Patent No. 11476989 

Inventor(s): Brian Classon (Beijing, , CN), Jialing Liu (Palatine, IL), Murali Narasimha (Lake Oswego, OR), 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: 16906962 on 06/19/2020 (851 days app to issue)

Abstract: User Equipments (UEs) may be assigned a set of aggregated component carriers for downlink carrier aggregation and/or carrier selection. Some UEs may be incapable of transmitting uplink signals over all component carriers in their assigned set of aggregated component carriers. In such scenarios, a UE may need to perform SRS switching in order to transmit SRS symbols over all of the component carriers. Embodiments of this disclosure provide various techniques for facilitating SRS switching. For example, a radio resource control (RRC) message may be used to signal a periodic SRS configuration parameter. As another example, a downlink control indication (DCI) message may be used to signal an aperiodic SRS configuration parameter. Many other examples are also provided.

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


Clock data recovery convergence in modulated partial response systems
Patent No. 11477004 

Inventor(s): Pervez Mirza Aziz (Dallas, TX), Viswanath Annampedu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NVIDIA CORP. (Santa Clara, CA)

Law Firm:
Rowan TELS LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17379732 on 07/19/2021 (456 days app to issue)

Abstract: A clock data recovery circuit detects illegal decisions for received data, accumulates a phase gradient for the data, determines a number of the illegal decisions in a configured window for receiving the data, and if the number of the illegal decisions exceeds a pre-defend number in the window, applies a sum of the accumulated phase gradient and a phase increment having a sign of the accumulated phase gradient to a clock circuit for the data receiver.

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


Change management system with monitoring, alerting, and trending for information technology environment
Patent No. 11477077 

Inventor(s): Thomas Alexander Hoffman (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)

Law Firm:
Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17085028 on 10/30/2020 (718 days app to issue)

Abstract: An information technology (IT) network includes configuration items (CIs) that may constantly change, where the CIs describe hardware components or software components that are configured to operate on the IT network. A system comprising a server can determine a change associated with a CI, send, to a configuration management database (CMDB), a message that updates the CMDB based on the determined change associated with the CI, determine, for the CI, a monitor configuration that describes one or more variables and corresponding one or more parameters with which the CI is to be monitored, and send the CI with the monitor configuration to a plurality of monitoring software tools operating on a plurality of servers, where each monitoring software tool is configured to monitor the CI based on the monitor configuration.

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


Smart point of presence (SPOP) devices for aircraft-based high availability edge network architecture
Patent No. 11477088 

Inventor(s): Abdul A. Khan (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA)

Law Firm:
Suiter Swantz pc llo (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17067500 on 10/09/2020 (739 days app to issue)

Abstract: A smart network access point (SNAP) device is disclosed. In embodiments, the SNAP device includes trunk ports for accepting a network trunk cable (e.g., fiber optic trunk) and thereby connecting the SNAP device to an aircraft-based network of SNAP devices. The SNAP device includes switch ports for incorporating physical connections to mission systems (MS) or air vehicle systems (AVS) components and devices, providing a local smart point of presence (SPoP) throughout a physical subdivision (e.g., network district) of an aircraft. The SNAP device is configured for monitoring data exchanges between local MS/AVS components and the aircraft network. The SNAP device includes a cybersecurity module for connecting to local security components (e.g., data guards and multiple levels of security (MLS) encryption/decryption) or for providing built-in data guard and encryption/decryption services. The SNAP device includes power control components for managing power distribution to the connected local network components.

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


Computer resource-based API transaction method and system
Patent No. 11477134 

Inventor(s): Christopher Russell (The Colony, TX), Ryan Thomas Russell (The Colony, 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: 17219026 on 03/31/2021 (566 days app to issue)

Abstract: A transactional method and system of managing access to API services based on the performance of computational tasks by an end-user is disclosed. The system and method are configured to identify requests from an end-user to an API for services that are associated with a transactional cost. This cost is passed on to the end-user by generation of a computational task assignment to be completed by the client computing system. Once the assignment has been performed, the end-user may be granted access to the requested service.

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


Transport communication
Patent No. 11477251 

Inventor(s): David Gerard Ledet (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17159125 on 01/26/2021 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable storage medium, in one embodiment, associating at least one autonomous transport and at least one user, determining at least one characteristic of said at least one user based on at least one of at least one user search history and at least one user preference selection, determining at least one user location of said at least one autonomous transport and querying at least one adjacent entity based at least on said determined at least one characteristic within a predetermined range of said at least one user location.

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


System and method for dynamically configuring a handshake protocol
Patent No. 11477291 

Inventor(s): Qin Ye (Plano, TX), Robert W. Peterson (Plano, TX), Thomas T. Wheeler (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Philips North America LLC (Cambridge, MA)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17463190 on 08/31/2021 (413 days app to issue)

Abstract: In order to enable a dynamic handshake procedure, a device may be configured with a list of handshake contributors. Contributors with connection handshake properties may be added to the contributor list. To perform handshake, the contributor list is processed to extract the connection handshake properties of each contributor to the handshake. Handlers for handling the connection handshake properties may also be dynamically added and invoked when a handshake is received.

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


Method and system for application management service
Patent No. 11477300 

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

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17503465 on 10/18/2021 (365 days app to issue)

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

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


Securely conveying location and other information in advanced networks
Patent No. 11477638 

Inventor(s): Mark D. Austin (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)

Law Firm:
Amin, Turocy Watson, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17028480 on 09/22/2020 (756 days app to issue)

Abstract: Facilitating secure conveyance of location information and other information in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise transforming, at a chipset level of the device, information indicative of a location of the device into a binary representation of the information indicative of the location of the device. The operations can also comprise embedding the binary representation of the information indicative of the location of the device into a message. Further, the operations can comprise facilitating a transmission of the message and the binary representation of the information indicative of the location of the device to a network device of a communications network.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


Proactively adjusting network infrastructure in response to reporting of real-time network performance
Patent No. 11477668 

Inventor(s): David Lu (Irving, TX), Mark Cottrell (Frisco, TX), Sachin Lohe (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17107883 on 11/30/2020 (687 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for proactively adjusting the infrastructure of a communications network in response to reporting of real-time network performance. For instance, in one example, a method includes obtaining real-time network performance metrics directly from a user endpoint device operated by a customer of a telecommunication service provider network, correlating the real-time network performance metrics with data from another data source, wherein the data includes data other than network performance metrics, and adjusting an infrastructure of the telecommunication service provider network in response to an insight gleaned through the correlating.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


Method of performing cell selection or reselection and related device
Patent No. 11477674 

Inventor(s): Chie-Ming Chou (Taipei, , TW), Hung-Chen Chen (Taipei, , TW), Mei-Ju Shih (Taipei, , TW), Yung-Lan Tseng (Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): Hannibal IP LLC (Frisco, TX)

Law Firm:
Cole Schotz, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17025981 on 09/18/2020 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of performing cell selection or reselection by a user equipment (UE) in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode or an RRC inactive mode is disclosed. The method comprises determining whether a white list is received from a serving cell, wherein the white list includes at least one cell identity, each of the at least one cell identity identifying a cell on at least one of an intra-frequency and an inter-frequency corresponding to a frequency that the serving cell is on, in response to the UE determining that the white list is received from the serving cell, performing a measurement on at least one cell associated with the at least one cell identity according to the white list, and selecting or reselecting a cell according to the measurement, the cell indicated only by the at least one cell identity in the white list.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


Systems and methods for utilizing machine learning and neural network models to identify issues in wireless networks
Patent No. 11477678 

Inventor(s): Brian A. Ward (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16691400 on 11/21/2019 (1062 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive input data associated with a wireless network, and may extract data from the input data to generate extracted data. The device may create PRB images based on the extracted data, and may process the PRB images, with a first model, to associate labels with each of the PRB images. The device may process the labels and the PRB images, with a second model, to identify potential issues associated with the PRB images, and may process data identifying the potential issues associated with the PRB images, with a third model, to compress the data identifying the potential issues into an array. The device may process the array, with a fourth model, to determine probability scores associated with the potential issues, and may select a potential issue with a greatest probability score as a detected issue. The device may perform actions based on the detected issue.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


User plane function (UPF) load balancing based on central processing unit (CPU) and memory utilization of the user equipment (UE) in the UPF
Patent No. 11477694 

Inventor(s): Ashish Bansal (Frisco, TX), Kazi Bashir (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. (Englewood, CO)

Law Firm:
VLP Law Group, LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17459279 on 08/27/2021 (417 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for user plane function (UPF) and network slice load balancing within a 5G network. Example embodiments include systems and methods for load balancing based on current UPF load and thresholds that depend on UPF capacity; UPF load balancing using predicted throughput of new UE on the network based on network data analytics; UPF load balancing based on special considerations for low latency traffic; UPF load balancing supporting multiple slices, maintaining several load-thresholds for each UPF and each slice depending on the UPF and network slice capacity; and UPF load balancing using predicted central processing unit (CPU) utilization and/or predicted memory utilization of new UE on the network based on network data analytics.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


System, method, and computer-readable medium for concurrent termination of multiple calls at a mobile terminal
Patent No. 11477713 

Inventor(s): Andrew Silver (Frisco, TX), Douglas J. Bartek (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Tango Networks, Inc. (Frisco, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15090991 on 04/05/2016 (2387 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for allocating multiple subscriptions to a single mobile terminal thereby allowing concurrent termination of multiple calls at the mobile terminal are provided. A mobile terminal adapted to terminate multiple concurrent calls is described. In one implementation, a network need not have any configuration data regarding the multi-line capabilities of the mobile terminal. In other implementations, network-centric mechanisms are provided for allowing multiple concurrent calls to be terminated by a mobile terminal. Multiple concurrent calls may be terminated at a mobile terminal on separate carrier frequencies or alternatively may be terminated on a common carrier frequency.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


Systems and methods for selecting a routing protocol
Patent No. 11477718 

Inventor(s): Osamu Kawakami (Plano, TX), Shingo Sugimoto (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm:
Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17219014 on 03/31/2021 (566 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mesh network system includes an electronic control unit The electronic control unit is configured to determine a first motion state of a first vehicle of a plurality of vehicles of a mesh network. The electronic control unit is further configured to determine a second motion state of a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles. The electronic control unit is further configured to select a dynamic routing protocol or a static routing protocol as a desired routing protocol based on the first motion state and the second motion state.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


Method and apparatus for handling non-integrity protected reject messages in non-public networks
Patent No. 11477727 

Inventor(s): Sung Hwan Won (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)

Law Firm:
Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16945297 on 07/31/2020 (809 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for handling non-integrity protected reject messages in non-public networks. In some example embodiments, there may be provided an apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least: receive, from a network function in a standalone non-public network (SNPN), a reject message, wherein information in the reject message indicates that the apparatus is not allowed to access the SNPN by subscription; and add the identity of the SNPN in a list of forbidden SNPNs associated with an access via which the apparatus sent a request and subsequently received the reject message.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


Increasing battery performance for a device that uses power saving features
Patent No. 11477735 

Inventor(s): Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BlackBerry Limited (Waterloo, , CA)

Law Firm:
Conley Rose, P. C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17045721 on 04/05/2019 (1292 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods to increase battery life of a user equipment (UE) by reducing the amount of time a UE spends in active time listening for paging messages following mobile originate (MO) or mobile terminated (MT) data transfers. A network node may receive, from a UE, a message including an identifier of the UE and a request to set the duration of an active time timer to zero. The network node may determine whether any MT traffic is available for the UE, and send a message to the UE including the duration of the active time timer or some other indicator to indicate to the UE whether or not MT data is awaiting transmission.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


Systems and methods for investigating and addressing battery life degradation of devices, such as IoT devices, in a cellular communications network
Patent No. 11477737 

Inventor(s): Virgilio Fiorese (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)

Law Firm:
Sage Patent Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17059454 on 05/29/2018 (1603 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for investigating and addressing excessive battery drainage in a wireless device in a cellular communications system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method in a core network of a cellular communications system comprises receiving, from an external entity, a request to investigate excessive battery drainage at a particular wireless device and initiating collection of information related to operation of the wireless device. The information comprises user plane data, control plane information, and/or network information related to the wireless device. The method also comprises collecting the information from one or more network nodes in the cellular communications system, analyzing the collected information to determine one or more root causes of excessive battery drainage at the wireless device, and initiating one or more actions in the cellular communications system to mitigate excessive battery drainage at the wireless device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


Control channel signaling using a common signaling field for transport format, redundancy version, and new data indicator
Patent No. 11477767 

Inventor(s): Akihiko Nishio (Kanagawa, , JP), Christian Wengerter (Kleinheubach, , DE), Hidetoshi Suzuki (Kanagawa, , JP), Joachim Lhr (Wiesbaden, , DE), Katsuhiko Hiramatsu (Kanagawa, , JP)
Assignee(s): Optis Wireless Technology, LLC (Plano, TX)

Law Firm:
Nixon Vanderhye P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16826731 on 03/23/2020 (939 days app to issue)

Abstract: A radio terminal in a radio communication system receives a physical downlink control signal comprising a control field and a new data indicator (NDI) field and determines that a value of the NDI field is one of a first value and a second value. A physical uplink shared channel signal is generated according to both a specific transport format and a specific redundancy version. The control field is used to determine the specific transport format when the NDI field is determined to be the first value, and the control field is used to determine the specific redundancy version when the NDI field is determined to be the second value.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


Wideband beacon channel for frequency hopping systems
Patent No. 11477788 

Inventor(s): Ariton Xhafa (Plano, TX), Arvind Khandalu Raghu (Plano, TX), Timothy Mark Schmidl (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17075332 on 10/20/2020 (728 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating a network on a plurality of frequency hopping channels is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a beacon on a beacon channel different from the frequency hopping channels and receiving a request from a node to join the network in response to the beacon. The method further includes adding the node to the network in response to the step of receiving and communicating with the node on the plurality of frequency hopping channels after the step of adding.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


System and method for request multiplexing
Patent No. 11477824 

Inventor(s): Bin Liu (San Diego, CA), Pengfei Xia (San Diego, CA), Young Hoon Kwon (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm:
Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15970426 on 05/03/2018 (1629 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes detecting that a first request type of a first request is not a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) and based thereon, selecting a first random access resource for transmitting the first request, wherein the first random access resource is selected from a first subset of one or more random access resources, and wherein random access resources in the first subset are associated with a communications beam serving the UE, and transmitting, by the UE to an access node, the first request in the first random access resource.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


Systems and methods for paging over WiFi for mobile terminating calls
Patent No. 11477829 

Inventor(s): Parry Cornell Booker (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)

Law Firm:
No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17115411 on 12/08/2020 (679 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may include a processor configured to detect that an Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) tunnel from a user equipment (UE) device connected via a WiFi connection has become idle, based on the IPsec tunnel meeting an idleness criterion, and instruct the UE device to tear down the IPsec tunnel, in response to detecting that the IPsec tunnel from the UE device connected via the WiFi connection meets the idleness criterion. The device may be further configured to receive a mobile terminating call for the UE device; establish a new IPsec tunnel to the UE device via the WiFi connection, in response to receiving the mobile terminating call for the UE device; and forward the received mobile terminating call to the UE device via the established new IPsec tunnel.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


Event triggered network parameter manipulation
Patent No. 11477841 

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

Law Firm:
Hartman Citrin LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16953396 on 11/20/2020 (697 days app to issue)

Abstract: Event triggered network parameter manipulation can include detecting a trigger to collect data associated with a connection between a user equipment and a cellular network; triggering delivery of a radio resource control message to the user equipment by the cellular network; and receiving, from the user equipment, a report that can include operational data associated with the user equipment. Data from the cellular network can be obtained. The data can include the report and operational data associated with the cellular network. The operational data associated with the cellular network can include connection parameters associated with the connection between the user equipment and the cellular network. The data can be analyzed to determine one of the connection parameters that is to be manipulated, and a command that instructs a recipient of the command to manipulate the one of the connection parameters can be issued.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]


Spark gap electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for memory cards
Patent No. 11477881 

Inventor(s): Albert Wallash (Morgan Hill, CA), John Thomas Contreras (Palo Alto, CA), Shajith Musaliar Sirajudeen (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm:
Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16453074 on 06/26/2019 (1210 days app to issue)

Abstract: To protect memory cards, such as SD type cards, and similar devices from Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), the input pads of the device include points along their edges that are aligned with correspond points on a conductive frame structure mounted adjacent the input pad to form a spark gap. The input pads are connected to a memory controller or other ASIC over signal lines that include a diode located between the input pad and the ASIC and a resistance located between the input pad and the diode. The resistance and diode are selected such that an ESD event at an input pad triggers a discharge across the spark gap before it is transmitted on to the ASIC, while also allowing a high data rate for signals along the signal line.

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


External robotic system for liquid immersion cooling platform
Patent No. 11477912 

Inventor(s): Jacob Mertel (Plano, TX), John David Enright (Plano, TX), Taylor Monnig (Plano, TX), William Hadala (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TMGCore, INC. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm:
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17392640 on 08/03/2021 (441 days app to issue)

Abstract: An autonomous vehicle is disclosed which can map a facility and navigate its way to a particular liquid cooling system. The vehicle can be in communication with a central server, which can control the vehicle. The vehicle can align itself against the liquid cooling system and receive a computing device on a platform of the vehicle. The platform can be lowered and secured in an enclosure of the vehicle. Then, the vehicle can transport the computing device to a storage facility.

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


DESIGN PATENTS

Shoe tote
Patent No. D966703 

Inventor(s): James Leaks, Jr. (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SHOE PAC LLC (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm:
Goodhue, Coleman Owens, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29746164 on 08/12/2020 (797 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A


Behavior tracking chart set
Patent No. D967256 

Inventor(s): Joshua Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
Goldstein Law Offices, P.C. (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29758452 on 11/16/2020 (701 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A


Daily status chart set
Patent No. D967257 

Inventor(s): Joshua Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
Goldstein Law Offices, P.C. (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29758454 on 11/16/2020 (701 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A


Educational poster
Patent No. D967258 

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
Goldstein Law Offices, P.C. (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29805117 on 08/25/2021 (419 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A


Educational poster
Patent No. D967259 

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
Goldstein Law Offices, P.C. (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29805119 on 08/25/2021 (419 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A


Educational poster
Patent No. D967260 

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
Goldstein Law Offices, P.C. (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29805125 on 08/25/2021 (419 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A


Educational poster
Patent No. D967261 

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
Goldstein Law Offices, P.C. (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29805134 on 08/25/2021 (419 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A


Educational poster
Patent No. D967262 

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
Goldstein Law Offices, P.C. (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29805135 on 08/25/2021 (419 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A


Educational poster
Patent No. D967263 

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
Goldstein Law Offices, P.C. (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29805137 on 08/25/2021 (419 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A


Educational poster
Patent No. D967264 

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm:
Goldstein Law Offices, P.C. (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29805115 on 08/25/2021 (419 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A


Trampoline
Patent No. D967316 

Inventor(s): Kinsey Harris (West Palm Beach, FL), Swastic Srihari (Addison, TX), Zorin Abraham (Sunnyvale, TX)
Assignee(s): PURE GLOBAL BRANDS, INC. (Mesquite, TX)

Law Firm:
Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29804542 on 08/20/2021 (424 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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