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 August 9, 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 8
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 12
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 3
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 10
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 7
G: PHYSICS 44
H: ELECTRICITY 53
DESIGN: 7

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 18
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 7
ATT Intellectual Property I L.P. (Atlanta, GA) 5
Micron Technolog Inc. (Boise, ID) 5
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 5
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 4
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 4
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR) 3
Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano) 3

UNASSIGNED 5

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Hongyan Lei (Plano) 3
Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA) 3
Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett) 3
Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney) 2
Adrian Borunda (Celina) 2
Andrew Silver (Frisco) 2
Austin Clay Styer (Plano) 2
Baik Hoh (Campbell, CA) 2
Carl T. Crawford (Hickory Creek) 2
Clinton D. Bunch (Keller) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Surgical burs
Patent No. 11406396

Inventor(s): Donald E. Stearns (Fort Worth, TX), Michael Vu (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): Medtronic PS Medical, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Harness, Dickey Pierce, P.L.C. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16390476 on 04/22/2019 (1205 days app to issue)

Abstract: A surgical bur is disclosed having cutting and trailing edges and associated flutes and lands. Each flute includes a cutting edge. Each of the trailing edges relatives in a selected dimension to a preceding cutting edge.

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

Instruments and instrument kit for Latarjet procedure and adapted method
Patent No. 11406435

Inventor(s): Armodios M. Hatzidakis (Denver, CO), Christopher R. Chuinard (Traverse City, MI), Felix Buddy Savoie (New Orleans, LA), Grant E. Garrigues (Hinsdale, IL), Gregory P. Nicholson (Western Spring, IL), Jean-Marie Berger (Eden Pra
Assignee(s): AZURMEDS INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Nixon Vanderhye (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16724965 on 12/23/2019 (960 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a positioning instrument that includes: two branches equipped at the proximal end thereof with an opposite jaw between which the graft is positioned, the two branches moving closer to one another by a translation movement; and a drill bush including a first hole and a second hole, separated by a distance and sized for the passage and guidance of a bone drill bit. Also disclosed are an instrument kit as well as a method for attaching a graft.

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

Trajectory guide with double X-Y sliding tables
Patent No. 11406470

Inventor(s): Galen L. Smith (Allen, TX), Robert E. Jones (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16265674 on 02/01/2019 (1285 days app to issue)

Abstract: A trajectory guiding apparatus and one or more methods associated therewith for facilitating precision-guided alignment and implantation of a DBS therapy device in a patient. A base plate and base frame combination provides a platform for a dual-stage slider (DSS) assembly comprising a bottom stage slider (BSS) table and a top stage slider (TSS) table that each have suitably sized apertures or orifices therethrough for allowing the passage of and securely holding an instrumentation column (IC) assembly whose translational movement (i.e., sideways or forward and/or backward directions along a translational plane) and pivotal/rotational movement (i.e., around a perpendicular axis orthogonal to the translational plane and extending through a pivot or fulcrum) are independently controlled by respective slide actuators in order to properly align the IC assembly to a desired trajectory.

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

Artificial sphincter system and method
Patent No. 11406483

Inventor(s): Alan G. Wirbisky (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. (Maple Grove, MN)
Law Firm: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15797734 on 10/30/2017 (1744 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention provides an artificial sphincter employing an easily controlled electro-mechanical pump system. The artificial sphincter includes an inflatable cuff, a control pump fluidly coupled to the inflatable cuff, and an electro-mechanical pump system. The inflatable cuff is adapted to surround a urethra or rectum of the patient to facilitate continence. An inflation element or balloon can be included to further control pressure to the cuff.

[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]

Compositions of marine botanicals to provide nutrition to aging and environmentally damaged skin
Patent No. 11406586

Inventor(s): Gopa Majmudar (Grand Rapids, MI)
Assignee(s): BELAJ INNOVATIONS LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16856241 on 04/23/2020 (838 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of treating skin is disclosed. The method can include topically applying to skin an effective amount of a composition that includes water, a [i]Crithmum maritimum [/i]extract, and an [i]Ulva lactuca [/i]extract.

[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)

Microporous zirconium silicate for the treatment of hyperkalemia
Patent No. 11406662

Inventor(s): Alvaro F. Guillem (Lantana, TX), Donald Jeffrey Keyser (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): ZS PHARMA, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Culhane Meadows PLLC (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16850468 on 04/16/2020 (845 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel microporous zirconium silicate compositions that are formulated to remove toxins, e.g. potassium ions, from the gastrointestinal tract at an elevated rate without causing undesirable side effects. The preferred formulations are designed avoid increase in pH of urine in patients and/or avoid potential entry of particles into the bloodstream of the patient. Also disclosed is a method for preparing high purity crystals of UZSi-9 exhibiting an enhanced level of potassium exchange capacity. These compositions are particularly useful in the therapeutic treatment of hyperkalemia.

Tunable, controlled-release, urethane-containing elastomers and processes of forming the same
Patent No. 11406732

Inventor(s): Peter D. Gabriele (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): THE SECANT GROUP, LLC (Telford, PA)
Law Firm: McNees Wallace Nurick (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17148130 on 01/13/2021 (573 days app to issue)

Abstract: A process forms an implantable product including poly(glycerol sebacate) urethane (PGSU) loaded with an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). The process includes homogeneously mixing a flowable poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS) resin with the API and a catalyst to form a resin blend. The process also includes homogeneously combining the resin blend with an isocyanate to form a reaction mixture and injecting the reaction mixture to form the PGSU loaded with the API. An implantable product includes a PGSU loaded with an API. In some embodiments, the implantable product includes at least 40% w/w of the API, and the implantable product releases the API by surface degradation of the PGSU at a predetermined release rate for at least three months under physiological conditions. In some embodiments, the PGSU is formed from a PGS reacted with an isocyanate at an isocyanate-to-hydroxyl stoichiometric (crosslinking) ratio in the range of 1:0.25 to 1:1.25.

[A61L] METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agent employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes A61K) [4]

Multiplayer, multisport indoor game system and method
Patent No. 11406887

Inventor(s): James Vollbrecht (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): FlyingTee Tech, LLC (Tulsa, OK)
Law Firm: Crowe Dunlevy, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17000158 on 08/21/2020 (718 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention relates to social activities typically based on physical manipulation of objects to achieve an objective common to the participants or to allow participants to engage in distinct activities on a shared field of play, part of which is physical and part of which is virtual and rendered on one or more displays. The invention provides a system and method to enable multiple participants (users) to engage in the activity sequentially or simultaneously, based on the context and objectives of the game. The activity includes one or many shared physical environments modeled on a computing system and displayed, in high fidelity, by one or more projectors or screens.

[A63B] APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

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

Apparatus, system, and method for beverage dispensing
Patent No. 11406219

Inventor(s): Greg McMullen (Dallas, TX), Jeff Farris (Dallas, TX), Jody Jacobsen (Dallas, TX), Rick Scheer (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Red River Tea Company (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens Cahoon, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16594920 on 10/07/2019 (1037 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for beverage dispensing, and control and management of a beverage dispenser. The beverage dispenser can have an enclosure. The enclosure includes a base section, a control section, and a dispensing section. The base section can be configured to house one or more BIBs, and support one or more beverage containers. The control section can be configured to house a heating device, one or more pumps, control circuits, communication circuits, distribution circuits, and fluid management systems. The dispensing section can be configured to house a computing device, one or more fluid dispensers, and support a brewing or mixing container. The brewing or mixing container can allow for the brewing, mixing, or blending of a beverage that can be dispensed to one or more beverage containers. The beverage dispenser can communicate through a computer network to a management, maintenance, and support portal.

[B67D] DISPENSING, DELIVERING, OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B 9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) [5]

Air lance for removing pellets from a tube
Patent No. 11406955

Inventor(s): Clifford L Johns (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Tubemaster, Inc. (Louisville, KY)
Law Firm: Duncan Galloway Greenwald PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16816939 on 03/12/2020 (880 days app to issue)

Abstract: An air lance for removing pellets from tubes may include a nozzle with an inner surface having converging and diverging portions adjacent the downstream end of the nozzle to improve air flow. The air lance may include a projection fixed relative to the nozzle and extending beyond the downstream end of the nozzle to serve as a feeler, a poker, and a spacer.

[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]

Smart push button device utilizing MEMS sensors
Patent No. 11407098

Inventor(s): Federico Rizzardini (Settimo Milanese, , IT), Lorenzo Bracco (Chivasso, , IT), Mahesh Chowdhary (San Jose, CA), Marco Bianco (Cesano Boscone, , IT), Roberto Mura (Milan, , IT), Stefano Paolo Rivolta (Desio, , IT)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16696772 on 11/26/2019 (987 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device for generating a control signal based on the linear movement of a linear member is provided. The device includes a linear member, a rotatable member, a first inertial measurement unit (IMU) coupled to the rotatable member and a second IMU having a fixed position. The device also includes a processing circuit which uses sensing signals from the IMUS to determine an attitude of the first IMU referenced to the second IMU and generate a control signal based on the attitude.

[B25F] COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [4]

Lumber handling and cutting apparatus
Patent No. 11407139

Inventor(s): Mark K. Gipson (Justin, TX), Ronald E. Findley (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, IL)
Law Firm: Neal, Gerber Eisenberg LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16855484 on 04/22/2020 (839 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a lumber handling and cutting apparatus, including an incoming material conveyor assembly, a material infeed assembly adjacent to the incoming material conveyor assembly, a cutting assembly adjacent to the material infeed assembly, a material outfeed assembly adjacent to the cutting assembly, an outgoing material conveyor assembly adjacent to the cutting assembly, and a printer assembly adjacent to the incoming material conveyor assembly and the material infeed assembly.

[B27B] SAWS FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; COMPONENTS OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (saws specially adapted for pruning or debranching A01G 3/08; sawing apparatus specially adapted for felling trees A01G 23/091; features not restricted to a particular type of wood saw B23D, e.g. attaching saw blades B23D 51/00; machine tool frames, beds, pillars or like members, in general B23Q 1/01) [5]

Structural composite panels for motor homes, recreational vehicles, and trailers
Patent No. 11407208

Inventor(s): Bennett McDonald Pearson (Lancaster, TX)
Assignee(s): TALACO HOLDINGS, LLC (Lawrenceville, GA)
Law Firm: Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17188305 on 03/01/2021 (526 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to laminate composite panels comprising a first layer of fiberglass reinforced polyester (”FRP”) and a second layer of a polyurethane material. The polyurethane layer can comprise a reaction product between an aromatic polyester polyether polyol and a diisocyanate. The polyurethane is cured-in-place on a surface of the FRP, thus creating a laminate composite material wherein the layers are adhered together without application of a separate adhesive layer. The panels exhibit improved water resistance and strength properties. The laminate composite can be adhered to a second material such as wood, polystyrene, polyurethane, or non-wovens. Such panels are particularly suitable for use in recreational vehicles, motor homes, trailers, and as building materials. Methods of making such laminate composite materials are also provided.

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

Protective packaging membranes as integrated layer in building system components
Patent No. 11407209

Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearny, NJ), Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, NJ), Isaac B. Rufus (Newark, DE), Wilson Cheung (Hillsborough, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17341529 on 06/08/2021 (427 days app to issue)

Abstract: Building materials such as structural panels, beams, roof decking, and flooring panels, are packaged within a protective layer including a sublayer of a polymeric material that can be applied at the factory. The protective layer protects the underlying building materials from exposure to weather and potential damage due to handling during shipping, at a job site, and which can be left in place during construction, thus eliminating the need for temporary protective measures covering the building materials. The protective layer may have additional properties such as breathability, fire resistance, and sound absorption. The protective layer also may provide an underlayment such as for flooring and roofing.

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

Control of automatic transmission during charging of a battery in a hybrid-electric vehicle
Patent No. 11407400

Inventor(s): Thomas S. Hawley (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: 16890347 on 06/02/2020 (798 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for controlling charging of a battery in a hybrid-electric vehicle. The system is configured to estimate a total vehicle power requirement and an available internal combustion engine power provided by the engine in each gear of a transmission system of the vehicle. The system may then determine a highest gear of the transmission system that has an estimated available power at least equal to the estimated total vehicle power requirement. The system may then, responsive to a state of charge of the battery falling below a predetermined low-charge threshold, and if the transmission system is not currently in the highest gear that has an estimated available power at least equal to the estimated total power requirement, control operation of the vehicle to shift the transmission system to the highest gear that has an estimated available power at least equal to the estimated total power requirement.

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

System and method for adjusting a yielding space of a platoon
Patent No. 11407415

Inventor(s): Benjamin P. Austin (Saline, MI), John K. Lenneman (Okemos, MI), Joshua E. Domeyer (Madison, WI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17009238 on 09/01/2020 (707 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and a method for adjusting a yielding space of a platoon are provided. The system can include camera modules, sensors, interface circuitry, processing circuitry, and memory. The sensors can detect one or more behaviors of one or more vehicles adjacent to the platoon. The processing circuitry can determine one or more triggering events between the one or more vehicles and the platoon based on the one or more behaviors. The processing circuitry can adjust the yielding space of the platoon.

Connectivity-enabled traffic-aware supplemental sensor control for informed driving
Patent No. 11407432

Inventor(s): Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Shalini Keshavamurthy (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16863254 on 04/30/2020 (831 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sensor control system for a vehicle includes one or more processors and a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors. The memory stores a zone of interest determination module including computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to determine if at least one localized zone of interest resides within a preliminary zone of interest of the vehicle. The memory also stores a sensor control module including computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to control one or more operational parameters of at least one sensor so as to, if at least one localized zone of interest resides within the preliminary zone of interest, bring at least a portion of the at least one localized zone of interest into a of field view of the at least one sensor.

Lift-sharing wing with rotatable trailing edge
Patent No. 11407491

Inventor(s): James Everett Kooiman (Fort Worth, TX), Tjepke Heeringa (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Patent Capital Group (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16894224 on 06/05/2020 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment includes a rotary aircraft, including: a rotary propulsion system; a body; and a pair of wings connected on opposite sides of the body, wherein each of the wings includes a flap rotatably connected to a trailing edge thereof and configured to rotate downward relative to the wing during low speed and stationary flight of the aircraft, and to rotate upward relative to the wing during high-speed flight of the aircraft.

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

Tip gap control systems with inner duct control surfaces
Patent No. 11407504

Inventor(s): George Matthew Thompson (Lewisville, TX), Jonathan Andrew Knoll (Burleson, TX), Nicholas Ralph Carlson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16907079 on 06/19/2020 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tip gap control system for a ducted aircraft includes a flight control computer including an inner duct surface control module configured to generate an inner duct surface actuator command and a proprotor system in data communication with the flight control computer. The proprotor system includes a duct having active inner duct surfaces movable into various positions including a retracted position and an extended position. The proprotor system also includes proprotor blades surrounded by the duct and one or more actuators coupled to the active inner duct surfaces. The one or more actuators move the active inner duct surfaces between the various positions based on the inner duct surface actuator command, thereby controlling a tip gap between the proprotor blades and the duct.

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

System and method for processing irregular parcels
Patent No. 11407597

Inventor(s): Michael D. Carpenter (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Siemens Logistics LLC (DFW Airport, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16568810 on 09/12/2019 (1062 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for sorting and delivering packages to one of a plurality of loading points includes a first movable cart positioned adjacent a first conveyor in a receiving position to receive packages from the first conveyor, a second movable cart positioned in a staging position, the second movable cart being empty, and a vehicle selectively engageable with the second movable cart to move the second movable cart from the staging position to the receiving position while simultaneously abutting and displacing the first movable cart from the receiving position to a transfer position.

[B65G] TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable or mobile lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F 9/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C 9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)

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

C17-heteroaryl derivatives of oleanolic acid and methods of use thereof
Patent No. 11406648

Inventor(s): Christopher F. Bender (Garland, TX), Melean Visnick (Irving, TX), Xin Jiang (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): REATA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17135128 on 12/28/2020 (589 days app to issue)

Abstract:

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

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

Compositions and methods for the systemic treatment of arthritis
Patent No. 11406688

Inventor(s): Jacques F. Banchereau (Montclair, NJ), Maria Virginia Pascual (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BAYLOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16947126 on 07/20/2020 (750 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating arthritic joints found in patients with autoinflammation, e.g., systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis, by administering at the site of inflammation a therapeutically effective amount of at least one agent that reduces or blocks the bioavailability of interleukin-1.

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

Solid forms of 3-(5-fluorobenzofuran-3-yl)-4-(5-methyl-5H-[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-f]indol-7-yl)pyrrole-2,5-dione
Patent No. 11407759

Inventor(s): Yamin Zhang (Beijing, , CN)
Assignee(s): Actuate Therapeutics Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: BakerHostetler (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16755903 on 10/16/2018 (1393 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to solid forms of 3-(5-Fluorobenzofuran-3-yl)-4-(5-methyl-5H-[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-f]indol-7-yl) pyrrole-2,5-dione, processes for preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and uses thereof in treating disease.

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

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

Embedded pole adapter assembly
Patent No. 11408175

Inventor(s): Daniel G. Beard (Olive Branch, MS), Guy L. Faries (Memphis, TN)
Assignee(s): MEYER UTILITY STRUCTURES, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts, LLP (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17196409 on 03/09/2021 (518 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device that includes pier caps. Each pier cap is configured to couple to a pole that is at least partially embedded below a surface of a ground. The device further includes threaded rods coupled with the pier caps. The device further includes an assembly frame that includes a base plate and coupling arms. The base plate includes a first plurality of openings that are configured to interface with a structure that is installed onto the base plate. The first plurality of openings are configured to allow a position of the structure to be adjusted radially about the base plate. Each coupling arm includes a second plurality of openings that are configured to allow a position of the assembly frame to be adjusted along a horizontal plane. Each coupling arm is coupled to a threaded rod and a position for each coupling arm is adjustable vertically along the threaded rod.

[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)

Roofing membranes with improved adhesive bonding strength
Patent No. 11408177

Inventor(s): Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, NJ), 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: 16571710 on 09/16/2019 (1058 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for manufacturing and using roofing membranes that are faster and easier to install than conventional adhesive-only membrane materials. In some embodiments, membrane materials are surface treated using a plasma flow, e.g., a blown-arc plasma flow, atmospheric plasma, corona plasma, or from portable plasma units, generated by passing a compressed plasma-generating gas through an electrical current to form the plasma-treated roofing membrane. The plasma treatments described herein may be applied as part of the manufacturing process, or in-situ at the site of roof installation. In some embodiments, membrane materials have surface chemistries, roughnesses and other surface characteristics that yield desired adhesion properties.

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

Tile spacing device and accompanying system and method
Patent No. 11408184

Inventor(s): Clinton D. Bunch (Keller, TX), Joshua A. Bunch (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Acufloor, LLC (North Richland Hills, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17032500 on 09/25/2020 (683 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tile spacing device and accompanying system and method are disclosed for spacing multiple tiles. In one embodiment, a central body has four arms extending therefrom with a releasably frangible connection. Each of the four arms has a cellular sheet structure defined by multiple cells, including at least one hexagonal cell. The central body and the four arms provide a four-tile engagement configuration. By selectively breaking and removing an arm, a three-tile engagement configuration may also be provided.

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

System and device for leveling and aligning tiles and method for use of same
Patent No. 11408186

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

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

Consumable packer element protection for improved run-in times
Patent No. 11408242

Inventor(s): Matthew Bradley Stokes (Keller, TX), Michelle Brianne Henckel (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15569043 on 07/22/2016 (2209 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sacrificial shroud is disposed over a packing element of a downhole packer to provide isolation from incompatible wellbore fluids and to minimize a tendency for swabbing or packer preset due to fluid flow past the packing element during run-in, thereby allowing for faster run-in speeds. The shroud may be depletive or consumable, such as by dissolution into a wellbore fluid or by melting at a predetermined downhole thermodynamic condition. The shroud may take the form of a sleeve or an applied coating.

[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]

Adjusting the zonal allocation of an injection well with no moving parts and no intervention
Patent No. 11408250

Inventor(s): Maxime P M Coffin (Frisco, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16321813 on 11/14/2017 (1729 days app to issue)

Abstract: A downhole, interventionless system and method of controlling fluid flow from a tubular string into isolated zones of a wellbore annulus utilizing fluidic devices having different flow restriction characteristics. In an embodiment, the system includes multiple fluidic devices positioned on a work string in fluidically isolated zones of a wellbore. Each fluidic device is configured with a different flow restriction characteristic that results in a different flow rate response when a working fluid having a particular initial fluidic property is introduced into the fluidic devices. By altering the initial fluidic property of the working fluid, the flow rate from the work string into the corresponding isolated zone may be adjusted and optimally controlled without the need for additional manipulation of the fluidic devices.

Energy transfer mechanism for wellbore junction assembly
Patent No. 11408254

Inventor(s): David Joe Steele (Arlington, TX), Xiaoguang Allan Zhong (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16309242 on 12/19/2017 (1694 days app to issue)

Abstract: A unitary multilateral junction for deployment in a wellbore, wherein the multilateral junction permits electrical power and communications signals to be established in both a lateral wellbore and a main wellbore utilizing capacitive coupling and a cavity resonator. The unitary junction assembly generally includes a conduit with a first upper aperture, a first lower aperture and a second lower aperture where the first lower aperture is defined at the distal end of a primary passageway extending from a conduit junction and a second lower aperture defined at the distal end of a lateral passageway extending from the conduit junction. A lower wireless energy transfer mechanism in the form of a capacitive coupler is positioned along at least one of the passageways between the distal end of the passageway and the junction. A cavity resonator is adjacent the capacitive coupler to enhance the electric field signal of the capacitive coupler.

Methods for supporting wellbore formations with expandable structures
Patent No. 11408257

Inventor(s): Stephen Michael Greci (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: McGuireWoods LLP (Local + 9 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16065050 on 08/03/2017 (1832 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method to provide support within a wellbore includes underreaming a section of the wellbore at a depth spanning a layer of an unstable formation. The method also includes deploying a bistable structure within the wellbore at the depth of the layer of the unstable formation. Additionally, the method includes actuating an expandable packer within the bistable structure to expand the bistable structure in a radially outward direction from a longitudinal axis of the bistable structure. The bistable structure is in contact with walls of the underreamed section of the wellbore upon expanding in the radially outward direction.

Mobile fracking pump trailer
Patent No. 11408262

Inventor(s): Bryan C. Wagner (Aledo, TX), Charles Benjamin Shuck (Azle, TX), Dalia El Tawy (Houston, TX), Udo Reckels (Neuss, , DE), Wesley P. Clark (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): Siemens Energy Global GmbH Co. KG (Munich, , DE), SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16857948 on 04/24/2020 (837 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mobile fracking pump trailer [b]100[/b] includes a gas turbine engine [b]102[/b] and fracking pump [b]104[/b], and torque converter [b]114[/b] that fluidly couples the gas turbine engine [b]102[/b] to the fracking pump [b]104[/b]. The mobile fracking pump trailer [b]100[/b] further includes a first reduction gearing [b]118[/b] connected between the gas turbine engine [b]102[/b] and the torque converter [b]114[/b] and a first power takeoff [b]120[/b] connected to first reduction gearing [b]118[/b]. An electrical machine [b]128[/b] is connected to the first power takeoff [b]120[/b] for selectively starting the gas turbine engine [b]102[/b] and generating electrical power to power the mobile fracking pump trailer [b]100[/b] after the gas turbine engine [b]102[/b] has been started.

Advanced inground operations, system and associated apparatus
Patent No. 11408273

Inventor(s): Craig Caswell (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Merlin Technology, Inc. (Kent, WA)
Law Firm: Pritzkau Patent Group LLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16918355 on 07/01/2020 (769 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are described for purposes of initiating a response to detection of an adverse operational condition involving a system including a drill rig and an inground tool. The response can be based on an uphole sensed parameter in combination with a downhole sensed parameter. The adverse operational condition can involve cross-bore detection, frac-out detection, excessive downhole pressure, a plugged jet indication and drill string key-holing detection. A communication system includes an inground communication link that allows bidirectional communication between a walkover detector and the drill rig via the inground tool. Monitoring of inground tool depth and/or lateral movement can be performed using techniques that approach integrated values. Bit force based auto-carving is described in the context of an automated procedure.

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

Wind powered system to lift water using multiple tanks
Patent No. 11408397

Inventor(s): Faizaan Syed Hussain (Plano, TX), Mariya Kawish (Plano, TX), Maryam Abid Bhojwani (Plano, TX), Mirza Faizan (Irving, TX), Mohammad Ayaan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17185083 on 02/25/2021 (530 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for pumping water from a lower tank water source [b]10[/b] that is operable in association with the windmill [b]12,13[/b] having a tower frame i.e supporting pillar [b]18[/b], and rotating cylinder [b]19[/b] connected to the windmill. The system includes a rotating cylinder [b]19[/b] linked to the windmill which rotates on the rotation of the windmill driven by the wind. The pipes [b]20[/b] operate through the motion of the rotating cylinder [b]19[/b] and delivers a flow of compressed water from the lower tank [b]10[/b] to a point above i.e upper tank [b]11[/b]. The speedometer [b]21[/b] drives the pipe to intermediate tanks on the basis of the rotation generated by the rotating cylinder [b]19[/b]. The microprocessor [b]22[/b] automatically switches pipe in various tanks based on the speedometer [b]21. [/b]

[F03D] WIND MOTORS

Apparatus and method for assembling double helical planetary system
Patent No. 11408484

Inventor(s): Alan Wayne Falls (Arlington, TX), Douglas Robert Mueller (Coppell, TX), Gregory Alan Spruce (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Patent Capital Group (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17086876 on 11/02/2020 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a planetary gear system. The planetary gear system includes a split double helical ring gear having a first ring gear with first helical ring teeth and a second ring gear with second helical ring teeth, a split double helical sun gear having a first sun gear with first helical sun teeth and a second sun gear with second helical sun teeth, a sun gear coupler coupling the first sun gear and the second sun gear; and a single-piece double helical planet pinion having a first helical planet teeth portion and a second helical planet teeth portion, where the first helical planet teeth mesh with the first helical sun teeth and the first helical ring teeth, and the second helical planet teeth mesh with the second helical sun teeth and the second helical ring teeth.

[F16H] GEARING

Simulated rev-matching in a vehicle having a two motor hybrid system transmission
Patent No. 11408506

Inventor(s): Erik Hasso Benedikt (Ann Arbor, MI), Justin Chow (Ann Arbor, MI), Shannon Wrobel (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter Hampton LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16548306 on 08/22/2019 (1083 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for simulating rev-matching in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), e.g., HEVs having a two motor hybrid system transmission. In particular, increased engine response is provided while downshifting during acceleration. The two-motor hybrid system transmission may include an electronic control unit that controls the speed of the engine to simulate gears, and increases the speed of the engine responsive to a driver using the gear selector to shift from one of the simulated gears to a lower one of the simulated gears, thereby providing the desired rev-matching experience.

[F16H] GEARING

Support shelf for an air conditioner evaporator coil
Patent No. 11408619

Inventor(s): Terrell Jackson Small, III (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17099237 on 11/16/2020 (631 days app to issue)

Abstract: A universal shelf for mounting an evaporator coil into an indoor furnace cabinet includes a planar platform substantially the size of the cross section of the furnace cabinet and having attachment means along its edges, which, in one embodiment, mate with existing mounting hardware for different types of evaporator coils. At least one side edge of the platform includes a rectangular step extending at least a portion of the length of the platform, the shelf adapted to mate with a U-shaped rail attachable to the inside of the cabinet. A foldable tab on the front edge of the shelf opposite the rail attaches to the front of the cabinet while, in a preferred embodiment, a leg hingedly attached to the rear corner of the shelf opposite the rail rests upon the floor of the cabinet to hold the platform level with the rail.

[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)

Heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration system with variable speed compressor
Patent No. 11408651

Inventor(s): Austin Clay Styer (Plano, TX), Carl T. Crawford (Hickory Creek, TX), Eric Berg (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17184065 on 02/24/2021 (531 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a high side heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a load, a variable speed compressor, and a three-way valve. The high side heat exchanger removes heat from a refrigerant. The second heat exchanger removes heat from the refrigerant. The load uses the refrigerant to remove heat from a space proximate the load. The variable speed compressor compresses the refrigerant from the load and directs the compressed refrigerant to the high side heat exchanger. The three-way valve, when operating in a first mode, directs the refrigerant from the high side heat exchanger to the load and when operating in a second mode, directs the refrigerant from the high side heat exchanger to the second heat exchanger.

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

Heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration system with variable speed compressor
Patent No. 11408652

Polymer ammunition having an overmolded primer insert
Patent No. 11408714

Inventor(s): Lonnie Burrow (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS, LLC (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: Burdick Patents, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16420727 on 05/23/2019 (1174 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a polymeric ammunition cartridge and methods of making and using the same. The cartridge includes a substantially cylindrical insert connected to a substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body. The substantially cylindrical insert includes a top surface opposite a bottom surface and a substantially cylindrical coupling element that extends from the bottom surface, a primer recess in the top surface that extends toward the bottom surface, a primer flash hole positioned in the primer recess to extend through the bottom surface, and a flange that extends circumferentially about an outer edge of the top surface. The substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body includes a substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end and a substantially cylindrical polymeric coupling end connected by a powder chamber, wherein the substantially cylindrical polymeric coupling end extends over the substantially cylindrical coupling element and covers a circumferential surface of the primer flash hole.

[F42B] EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING; FIREWORKS; AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C06B; fuzes F42C; blasting F42D) [5]

P H Y S I C S

Transport safety
Patent No. 11407428

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Risberg (Flower Mound, TX), Devang H. Parekh (Dallas, TX), Felipe G. Salles (Garland, TX), Louis Brugman (Frisco, TX), Nutonya L. Parker (Dallas, TX), Robert D. Slater (Murphy, TX), Shintaro Iwaasa (Frisco,
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16827637 on 03/23/2020 (869 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining automatically, by a processor based on data received from at least one sensor on a transport, a driving behavior associated with an operator of the transport over at least one first period of time as the operator”s normal driving behavior, determining automatically by the processor a difference between the operator”s normal driving behavior and a second driving behavior currently occurring over a second period of time as the operator”s current driving behavior, and in the case the difference between the operator”s normal driving behavior and the operator”s current driving behavior indicates the operator”s current driving behavior is unsafe, automatically guiding at least one of the operator and the transport to operate the transport in a safe driving behavior.

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

Methods and systems for identifying safe parking spaces
Patent No. 11408745

Inventor(s): Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17169157 on 02/05/2021 (550 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprises determining a plurality of available parking spaces within a threshold distance of a destination; determining an initial utility score for each of the available parking spaces based on a distance between each of the available parking spaces and the destination; determining a safety score associated with each of the available parking spaces based on crime data and a distance between each of the parking spaces and a major street, an entrance to a parking facility in which each available parking space is located, or an entrance to a point of interest; determining an adjusted utility score for each of the available parking spaces based on the initial utility score and the safety score associated with each of the available parking spaces; and selecting a parking space among the plurality of available parking spaces based on the adjusted utility score for the parking space.

Systems and methods for generating attributes-based recommendations
Patent No. 11408746

Inventor(s): Dingchao Zhang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Connected North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16703214 on 12/04/2019 (979 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to generating a recommendation for a destination or a route based on desired attributes. In one embodiment, a method of generating a recommendation responsive to one or more requested attributes, includes generating a location tensor associated with a geographical location, the location tensor being a multidimensional datastructure that indicates one or more attributes of the geographical location, extracting, from the location tensor, an embedding that indicates information contained in the location tensor, storing the embedding in a database in association with the geographical location, analyzing a plurality of embeddings in the database to identify at least one geographic area having attributes that correspond with the one or more requested attributes, and generating a recommendation that includes the at least one geographic area.

Optical detector and system therefor
Patent No. 11408765

Inventor(s): James Anton Harder (Bedford, TX), Michaelene Williams Sprague (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15789061 on 10/20/2017 (1754 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is provided in a first form, a detector. The detector includes a photosensitive detector element; and a reflecting surface disposed about and proximal to the photosensitive detector element, wherein the reflecting surface is configured to reflect radiation impinging on the reflecting surface onto the photosensitive detector element; and wherein the reflecting surface is further configured to determine a field of regard greater than a predetermined field of view.

[G01J] MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED, VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY [2]

Method for testing semiconductor devices
Patent No. 11408913

Inventor(s): Artur Darbinyan (Santa Clara, CA), Dale Lee Anderson (Los Gatos, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16149980 on 10/02/2018 (1407 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of testing semiconductor devices includes placing a plurality of semiconductor devices in a carrier assembly and performing at least one testing operation on the plurality of semiconductor devices while they remain inside the carrier assembly.

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

Generating multiple pseudo static control signals using on-chip JTAG state machine
Patent No. 11408936

Inventor(s): Mudasir Shafat Kawoosa (Srinagar, , IN), Rajesh Mittal (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16920806 on 07/06/2020 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: A scan chain may be formed throughout an integrated circuit in which the scan chain is coupled to a set of pins via bi-directional input/output (I/O) buffers. A state machine may be provided to control the scan chain. Decoding logic may monitor states and transitions between states and generate pseudo static control signals in response to certain states and transition sequences in order to free up test pins for use as additional scan data I/O pins using a single JTAG IR. A test pattern may be received from an external tester using the set of I/O pins and buffers operating in parallel. The test pattern may then be provided to combinatorial logic circuitry coupled to the scan chain. A response pattern may be captured in the scan chain. The response pattern may then be provided to the external tester using the same set of I/O pins and buffers operating in parallel.

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

Enhanced fault detection of latched data
Patent No. 11408937

Inventor(s): Jose Flores (Richardson, TX), Rama Venkatasubramanian (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16995855 on 08/18/2020 (721 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a latch includes active feedback circuitry for latching input information. A comparison of logic states between input and output states at selected times can determine whether, for example, the latch has correctly retained latch data. The latch can optionally be included within a scan chain, provide asynchronous latch error notifications, and/or synchronous notifications indicating where in the scan chain a latch error occurred.

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

Bidirectional scan cells for single-path reversible scan chains
Patent No. 11408938

Inventor(s): Wu-Tung Cheng (Lake Oswego, OR), Yu Huang (West Linn, OR)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17415872 on 02/11/2020 (910 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit comprises a plurality of scan chains. The plurality of scan chains comprises bidirectional scan cells. Each of the bidirectional scan cells comprises two serial input-output ports serving as either a serial data input port or a serial data output port based on a control signal. Each of the plurality of scan chains is configured to perform a shift operation in either a first direction or a second direction based on the control signal. The first direction is opposite to the second direction.

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

Replaceable entry module for cables and method
Patent No. 11409066

Inventor(s): William Julius McPhil Giraud (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): Corning Research Development Corporation (Corning, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17031051 on 09/24/2020 (684 days app to issue)

Abstract: An entry module for facilitating passage of one or more cables into an enclosure may include first and second module plates. The first module plate may include a first edge defining a first edge profile, and the second module plate may include a second edge defining a second edge profile. The first and second module plates may be configured to approach one another, such that the first edge profile and the second edge profile define one or more apertures for receiving a cable passing from exterior the enclosure to the interior of the enclosure. The first edge profile may define first aperture portions and first edge segments between at least some of the first aperture portions, and the second edge profile may define second aperture portions and second edge segments between at least some of the second aperture portions. The first and second aperture portions may define the apertures.

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

Mirror via conductivity for DMD pixel
Patent No. 11409098

Inventor(s): Jesse Yuan (Dallas, TX), Lucius M. Sherwin (Plano, TX), Noppawan Boorananut (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15818973 on 11/21/2017 (1722 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes forming a first aluminum silicon layer on a metal layer and forming a titanium nitride layer (or other titanium-based layer) on a surface of the aluminum-silicon layer opposite the metal layer. The method further includes etching the titanium nitride layer to create a titanium nitride pad and forming a torsion hinge in the metal layer. The titanium nitride pad is on the torsion hinge. The method also includes depositing a sacrificial layer over the torsion hinge and titanium nitride pad, forming a via in the sacrificial layer from a surface of the sacrificial layer opposite the torsion hinge to the titanium nitride pad, depositing a metal mirror layer on a surface of the sacrificial layer opposite the torsion hinge and into the via, and removing the sacrificial layer.

Non-linear load line for a multiphase voltage regulator
Patent No. 11409312

Inventor(s): Shea Petricek (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC. (Milpitas, CA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16856758 on 04/23/2020 (838 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more embodiments relate to a multi-phase voltage regulator with AVP or droop configured to implement a non-linear load line. According to certain aspects, the non-linear load line can have a non-linear or zero slope in a first current/voltage region and a constant non-zero slope in second current/voltage region. In embodiments, the non-linear or zero slope region can specify that for any value of output current in that region, the output voltage will be the same predetermined value. The non-zero slope region can specify that for any value of the output current in that region, output current will be multiplied by a constant non-zero droop resistance value.

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

Piecewise correction of errors over temperature without using on-chip temperature sensor/comparators
Patent No. 11409317

Inventor(s): Anand Kannan (Bangalore, , IN), Praful Kumar Parakh (Kolkata, , IN), Sunil Rafeeque (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15962515 on 04/25/2018 (1567 days app to issue)

Abstract: A temperature dependent correction circuit includes a first supply source, a second supply source, a rectifying circuit, and a reference. The first supply source is configured to supply a first signal that varies with temperature along a first constant or continuously variable slope. The second supply source is configured to supply a second signal that varies with temperature along a second constant or continuously variable slope. The rectifying circuit is configured to receive the first and second signal, rectify the first signal to produce a first rectified signal, and add the first rectified signal to the second signal to produce a correction signal. The reference is configured to receive the correction signal.

Current mirror circuit
Patent No. 11409318

Inventor(s): Binan Wang (Tucson, AZ), Mark Allan Shill (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17347951 on 06/15/2021 (420 days app to issue)

Abstract: A current mirror circuit includes a current output terminal, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The first transistor includes a first terminal coupled to a power rail, a second terminal coupled to a current source, and a third terminal coupled to the current source. The second transistor includes a first terminal coupled to the power rail, a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor, and a third terminal coupled to the current output terminal. The DAC includes an output terminal coupled to the second transistor.

Automatic sleep circuit
Patent No. 11409350

Inventor(s): Ganapathi Shankar Krishnamurthy (Bangalore, , IN), Venkatesh Guduri (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17390276 on 07/30/2021 (375 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit including an autosleep circuit and a voltage regulator. The autosleep circuit includes a latch, a voltage detection circuit outputting a signal to a set input of the latch responsive to a voltage at its input exceeding a threshold voltage, and a delay timer outputting a signal to a reset input of the latch responsive to inactivity at one or more input terminals. A voltage regulator is configured to generate a voltage for biasing a subsystem such as digital logic, and is also the input voltage to the voltage detection circuit. The voltage regulator includes a plurality of transistors in parallel, one gated by the output of the latch and each of the others gated by one of the one or more input terminals. The voltage regulator includes an output leg that generates the output voltage responsive to one of the parallel transistors being turned on.

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

Capacitive proximity detection system and method
Patent No. 11409393

Inventor(s): Robert J. Stoddard (Anna, TX), Ronald F. Cormier, Jr. (Vail, AZ)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16930568 on 07/16/2020 (754 days app to issue)

Abstract: A touch screen controller system for controlling a touch screen having row conductors and column conductors includes analog-digital circuitry coupled to the row conductors and column conductors to produce digital signals representative of self capacitance changes of one of the column conductors during an element proximity scanning mode and also representative of mutual changes of the touch screen during an element location scanning mode. The analog-digital circuitry indicates the influence of an element on the self-capacitance during the element proximity scanning. Proximity-determining circuitry operates on the digital signal changes during the element proximity scanning to determine if the element is proximate to the touch screen, and also to determine if the element is a specific kind of element by comparing the digital signal changes to a predetermined data profile.

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

Single finger user interface camera control
Patent No. 11409411

Inventor(s): Brett Jason Levin (Mill Valley, CA)
Assignee(s): Topgolf International, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17200655 on 03/12/2021 (515 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for controlling a virtual camera in a three dimensional environment displayed on a two dimensional touchscreen display of a handheld mobile computing device include: rendering a camera-control user interface (UI) element in a portrait mode UI; receiving first input indicating contact with the UI element, and then receiving second input indicating movement of the maintained contact point; rotating the camera view around a targeted location responsive to the second input indicating movement along a first axis of the UI element; zooming the camera view in and out from the targeted location responsive to the second input indicating movement up and down along a second axis of the UI element; and rendering changes to which portion of the three dimensional environment is shown from which perspective responsive to changing the camera view while the second input is received.

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

Context management for multiple devices
Patent No. 11409489

Inventor(s): Adrian Borunda (Celina, TX), Ben Hawkins (Plano, TX), Cale Riley Spratt (Plano, TX), Quincy Nanaasare Obeng (Plano, TX), Richard Tanner (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17151072 on 01/15/2021 (571 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present technology provides a system that enables a user to communicate with one of multiple devices in a network based on context information from another device in the network. The system includes a context manager configured to (1) receive context information from the multiple devices; (2) identify a subject-of-interest based on a user input; (3) determine a set of relevant context information based on the subject-of-interest and the received context information; and (4) transmitting the set of relevant context information to a target device to perform a task associated with the subject-of-interest. The context information managed by the present technology enables a user to conveniently interact with the multiple devices in the network without requiring the user to provide details of his/her instructions.

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

On-demand programmable atomic kernel loading
Patent No. 11409539

Inventor(s): Chris Baronne (Allen, TX), Dean E. Walker (Allen, TX), Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17075055 on 10/20/2020 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices and techniques for on-demand programmable atomic kernel loading are described herein. A programmable atomic unit (PAU) of a memory controller can receive an invocation of a programmable atomic operator by the memory controller. The PAU can then perform a verification on a programmable atomic operator partition for the programmable atomic operator. Here, the programmable atomic operator partition is located in a memory of the PAU. The PAU can then signal a trap in response to the verification indicating that the programmable atomic operator partition is not prepared.

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

Allocation of cloud-based resources for backup/recovery services
Patent No. 11409563

Inventor(s): Sriram V. R Nagaraja Rao (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Vista IP Law Group, LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16569641 on 09/12/2019 (1062 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved system, method, and computer program product to allocate backup devices for a database system, where an appropriate appliance can be automatically allocated to accommodate backups. The allocation selects an appliance that effectively balances space allocation needs of the database with overall performance effects on a multi-tenant backup system that handles multiple databases of varying sizes.

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

Memory device protection
Patent No. 11409601

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Brooks, Cameron Huebsch, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17158874 on 01/26/2021 (560 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to memory device protection are described. A quantity of errors within a memory device can be determined and the determined quantity can be used to further determine whether to utilize single or multiple memory devices for an error correction and/or detection operation. Multiple memory devices need not be utilized for the error correction and/or detection operation unless a quantity of errors within the memory device exceeds a threshold quantity.

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

Method for displaying program execution in a graphical fashion
Patent No. 11409627

Inventor(s): Douglas Peckover (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): DT Labs, LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15929526 on 05/07/2020 (824 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, method, and apparatus for analyzing data inside a computer program. As the program executes, a display of internal file contents is provided in real-time. Additionally, graphics and document text are provided to provide a better understanding of the program.

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

Memory with improved command/address bus utilization
Patent No. 11409674

Inventor(s): Gary L. Howe (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17062484 on 10/02/2020 (676 days app to issue)

Abstract: Memory devices and systems with improved command/address bus utilization are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a memory device comprises a plurality of external command/address terminals and a command decoder. The plurality of external command/address terminals are configured to receive a command as a corresponding plurality of command/address bits. A first set of the command/address bits indicate a read or write operation. A second set of the command/address bits indicate whether to execute a refresh operation. The memory device is configured to, in response to the first set of command/address bits, execute the read or write operation on a portion of a memory array. The memory device is further configured to, in response to the second set of command/address bits, execute the refresh operation to refresh at least one memory bank of the memory array when the second set of command/address bits indicate that the refresh operation should be executed.

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

Generating search queries for database searching
Patent No. 11409800

Inventor(s): Emad Noorizadeh (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17384571 on 07/23/2021 (382 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device configured to receive a data request comprising instructions for retrieving data. The device is further configured to input the instructions into a machine learning model that is configured to output a plurality of search token predictions for an entity based on the instructions. The device is further configured to generate a set of search query candidates based on the plurality of search token predictions. Each search query candidate comprises zero or more search tokens. The device is further configured to select a search query candidate based on a score that is associated with the search query candidate and to generate a search query using the search tokens from the selected search query candidate. The device is further configured to receive search results in response to sending the search query to the database and to output search results based on the search.

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

Watermark for manufacturing authenticity
Patent No. 11409859

Inventor(s): Christopher M. Wesneski (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Nolte Lackenbach Siegel (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16546862 on 08/21/2019 (1084 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for assembling a computing device including initiating a board management controller of the computing device, the board management controller having at least one fuse, forming data to control a video display operatively connected to the computing device to show an image of a watermark, and modifying the computing device. The method also includes blowing the at least one fuse in response to modifying the computing device and adjusting the watermark in response to blowing the at least one fuse.

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

System and method for securing identity identifiers for data engineering processing
Patent No. 11409912

Inventor(s): Michael J. Berry, Jr. (Mansfield, TX), Suneel Jakka (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16663453 on 10/25/2019 (1019 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processing system including a processor with a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations including: receiving an identity bridge file comprising records from a service provider, wherein each record includes one or more encrypted service identifiers for a customer, a customer location code of the customer, and an address location code of the customer; determining whether a tokenized identifier exists in a cross-reference table; responsive to a determination that the tokenized identifier does not exist in the cross-reference table: a) generating a new tokenized identifier; and b) adding a record to the cross-reference table comprising the new tokenized identifier, the customer location code, the address location code, and the one or more encrypted service identifiers; securing a usage record of a data usage log, wherein the usage record includes a unique usage identifier, wherein the securing comprises replacing the unique usage identifier with a matching tokenized identifier from the cross-reference table, resulting in secured usage records; and providing the secured usage records to data engineering. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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

Virtual to real waveform emulator
Patent No. 11409940

Inventor(s): Sudipto Chakraborty (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Intelletek Law Group, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17124484 on 12/16/2020 (601 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of validating support circuits of a qubit array includes generating virtual control waveforms from one or more abstracted support circuits of the qubit array. An abstracted pulse sequence is created from the virtual control waveforms. The abstracted pulse sequence is converted into waveforms. The waveforms are sent to individual qubits of the qubit array. Output data from the qubit array is captured in response to the sent waveforms.

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

Document classification using signal processing
Patent No. 11409981

Inventor(s): Deepankar Mohapatra (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): INTUIT, INC. (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Patterson Sheridan, LLC (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17218281 on 03/31/2021 (496 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for document classification through signal processing. Embodiments include receiving a document for classification. Embodiments include generating an image of the document. Embodiments include producing a signal representation of the document based on numbers of non-white pixels in each horizontal scan line or vertical scan line of the image of the document. Embodiments include comparing the signal representation of the document to signal representations of previously-classified documents. Embodiments include determining, based on the comparing, a classification for the document. Embodiments include performing additional processing with respect to the document based on the classification for the document.

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

Computer architecture for emulating a correlithm object converter in a correlithm object processing system
Patent No. 11409985

Inventor(s): Patrick N. Lawrence (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15966867 on 04/30/2018 (1562 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device that includes a converter engine configured to receive an input signal at one of a first input and a second input. In response to receiving the input signal at the first input, the device is configured to identify a real world value in a converter table based on the input signal, fetch a correlithm object linked with the real world value, and to output the identified correlithm object as the first output signal. In response to receiving the input signal at the second input, the device is configured to identify a correlithm object from the converter table with the shortest distance, to fetch a real world value from the converter table linked with the identified correlithm object, and to output the identified real world value as the second output signal.

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

Cognitive device management using artificial intelligence
Patent No. 11410034

Inventor(s): Kannappan Ramu (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): EMC IP Holding Company LLC (Hopkinton, MA)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16668440 on 10/30/2019 (1014 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for cognitive device management using artificial intelligence are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes determining an initial telemetry data collection frequency value for a given device by applying machine learning techniques to historic data pertaining to additional devices; collecting an initial set of telemetry data associated with the given device and one or more subsequent sets of telemetry data associated with the given device in accordance with the initial telemetry data collection frequency value; performing a comparison of the one or more subsequent sets of telemetry data to the initial set of telemetry data; updating the initial telemetry data collection frequency value by applying the machine learning techniques to information resulting from the comparison; determining automated actions related to the given device by utilizing a neural network in connection with the collected telemetry data; and automatically initiating the automated actions.

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

Predictive sensor system for aircraft engines with graphical user interface
Patent No. 11410056

Inventor(s): Jose Antonio Ramirez-Hernandez (Mansfield, TX), Mei Zhang (Lewisville, TX), Ning Xu (Euless, TX), Ou Bai (Euless, TX), Steven James Oakley (North Richland Hills, TX), Supreet Reddy Mandala (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16688352 on 11/19/2019 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system according to which a network of physical sensors are configured to detect and track the performance of aircraft engines. The physical sensors are placed in specific locations to detect an exhaust gas temperature, vibration, speed, oil pressure, and fuel flow for each aircraft engine. The performance of each aircraft engine is then viewed in combination with oil consumption associated with that aircraft engine and the routine maintenance program associated with that aircraft engine to route the aircraft and move the aircraft, in accordance with the routing, to a specific location. The sensors efficiently track the performance and physical condition of the engines. Moreover, a listing of identified ”at-risk” engines is displayed on a screen of a GUI in a manner that allows for easy navigation and display. Data point(s) that triggered the identification of each ”at-risk” engine are easily accessible and viewable.

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

Self-intelligent improvement in predictive data models
Patent No. 11410063

Inventor(s): Baris Abaci (Istanbul, , TR), Johnny Ghibril (Boston, MA)
Assignee(s): B.YOND, INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Fenwick West LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16261176 on 01/29/2019 (1288 days app to issue)

Abstract: A model assessor retrieves a plurality of predicted outputs from a plurality of models, each predicted output generated using one of the models based on one or more data inputs and a regression model. The model assessor generates a candidate model, which includes as input 1) the one or more data inputs of a selected model of the plurality of models and 2) a predictive output of one or more other models of the plurality of models or one or more other data inputs. A correlation is computed between an actual output and a predicted output of the candidate model, and the model assessor determines if the correlation score exceeds a threshold criteria. If so, the selected model is replaced with the candidate model. Otherwise, the candidate model is deleted.

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

Creating and using triplet representations to assess similarity between job description documents
Patent No. 11410130

Inventor(s): Amanda Klabzuba (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15854837 on 12/27/2017 (1686 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for assessing similarity between two job description documents. Job description documents consist of sentences framed in a particular manner, where the sentences are represented as a set of actions, an object corresponding to each action and a set of attributes corresponding to the object. The two job description documents are parsed to generate a first and a second set of an action-object-attribute triplet representation, where the first set of the action-object-attribute triplet representation is associated with the first job description document and the second set of the action-object-attribute triplet representation is associated with the second job description document. A similarity score between the first and second sets of action-object-attribute triplet representations is then calculated by hierarchically matching the first and second sets of action-object-attribute triplet representations across the job description documents. In this manner, similar job positions/job descriptions may be more accurately identified.

[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]

Method to recover non-recognized errors in aircraft weight determinations to increase weight and center of gravity limitations for regulated aircraft
Patent No. 11410183

Inventor(s): C. Kirk Nance (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Decker Jones, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15917149 on 03/09/2018 (1614 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of establishing a justification basis to Aircraft Regulatory Authorities, to allow a regulated aircraft to operate at increased maximum weight limitations, through the statistical identification of non-recognized weight errors being allowed in today”s aircraft weight determination methods, with the recovery and utilization of the non-recognized weight errors to increase weight limitations through a Regulatory Authority finding of an Equivalent Level of Safety. A system for use in measuring aircraft weight and center of gravity, providing a method to reveal non-recognized weight errors. Sensors are attached to the landing gear struts, so to periodically and randomly measure and monitor aircraft weight and center of gravity.

Greenhouse agriculture system
Patent No. 11410249

Inventor(s): Scott Edward Prendergast, Jr. (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Edible Garden AG Incorporated (Belvidere, NJ)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17451537 on 10/20/2021 (293 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed configured to control the planting, application of pesticides, and harvesting of greenhouse crops, such as herbs. The greenhouse may include a variety of sensors, such as moisture sensors, ph sensors, and/or CO2 sensors. Unmanned vehicles may be utilized to capture crop images, and a learning engine may be used to determine the size of greenhouse crops. Such sensor data may be used to predict crop availability. A predication engine may be utilized to predict demand for greenhouse crops using current and historical orders for greenhouse crops. Greenhouse crop production instructions may be generated and transmitted to a greenhouse computer system to cause crops to be sown or harvested. Pallet loading instructions may be generated regarding the loading of specified quantities of crop packs on respective pallets for shipment to a destination.

System and method for determining part damage
Patent No. 11410298

Inventor(s): William L. Rall (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Technologies Corporation (Farmington, CT)
Law Firm: Bachman LaPointe, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16210800 on 12/05/2018 (1343 days app to issue)

Abstract: A process for automated component inspection includes the steps of calibrating an imaging device mounted on a table; calibrating a coordinate measuring machine mounted on the table, the coordinate measuring machine comprising a fixture coupled to an arm of the coordinate measuring machine; coupling a component to the fixture; acquiring an image of said component with said imaging device; registering a baseline dimensioned image to the component image; applying the baseline dimensioned image to a damage detection algorithm; and determining component damage by the damage detection algorithm.

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

Digital system and method for paint color matching
Patent No. 11410335

Inventor(s): Nancy Peden (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): SWIMC LLC (Cleveland, OH)
Law Firm: Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16577109 on 09/20/2019 (1054 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining first color information for each of a plurality of first samples of a first target color with a color measurement device connected to a computing device including a display. A digital color image of at least one first target color is displayed on the display. An offset value for each first target color is determined such that the digital color image of each first target color matches the corresponding first target color on each of the first samples. A second sample including a second target color is scanned to obtain second color information. A processor of the computing device determines, using the offset values of the first target colors, an interpolated offset for the display such that the digital image of the second target color matches the second target color.

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

Methods and systems for displaying animal encounter warnings in vehicles
Patent No. 11410432

Inventor(s): Derek A. Thompson (Ypsilanti, 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: 17014396 on 09/08/2020 (700 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of displaying a message associated with a likelihood of an animal appearing within a proximity of vehicle is provided. The method includes detecting, using a sensor of a vehicle, an animal warning sign in an area external to the vehicle at a particular time. The method further includes accessing in real time, using a computing device, a database including data associated with the animal depicted on the animal warning sign, determining in real time, using the computing device of the vehicle, a likelihood of the animal appearing within a proximity of the vehicle based on the accessed data, and displaying in real time, on a user interface associated with the computing device of the vehicle, a message based on the likelihood of the animal appearing within the proximity of the vehicle. NULL

Information security assessment translation engine
Patent No. 11410447

Inventor(s): Allan Wayne Avellanet (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16906381 on 06/19/2020 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is configured for assessing information security in a network. The system identifies portions of documents that contain information that is responsive to questions about an entity”s compliance with network user requirements. The system then determines whether the identified information meets network user requirements. The system also calculates a confidence interval for its determinations. A report is generated to display the system”s determinations and the associated confidence intervals for those determinations. NULL

Systems and methods of creating and utilizing dependent vehicular micro clouds
Patent No. 11410548

Inventor(s): Baik Hoh (Campbell, CA), Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Onur Altintas (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16847197 on 04/13/2020 (848 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, methods, and embodiments described herein relate to creating and utilizing one or more vehicular micro clouds to assist in responding to a traffic event. At least one disclosed method includes receiving report information indicating a detection of a traffic event and including a location of the traffic event, defining a region of interest based at least in part on the report information, forming a dependent vehicular micro cloud in the region of interest, determining guidance information based at least in part on the report information, and transmitting the guidance information to the dependent vehicular micro cloud. The dependent vehicular micro cloud executes at least one responsive action based on the guidance information.

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

Apparatus with refresh management mechanism
Patent No. 11410715

Inventor(s): David R. Brown (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17091969 on 11/06/2020 (641 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to managing operations performed in response to refresh management (RFM) commands. A controller generates the RFM command for coordinating a refresh management operation targeted for implementation at an apparatus. The apparatus tracks refresh target set that includes refresh management target locations within the apparatus. According to the tracked refresh management target set, the apparatus selectively implements the targeted refresh management operation and/or a response operation in addition to or as a replacement for the targeted refresh management operation.

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

Scalable search system design with single level cell NAND-based binary and ternary valued content addressable memory cells
Patent No. 11410727

Inventor(s): Martin Lueker-Boden (Fremont, CA), Tung Thanh Hoang (San Jose, CA), Wen Ma (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: SanDisk Technologies LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17201946 on 03/15/2021 (512 days app to issue)

Abstract: Non-volatile memory structures are presented for a content addressable memory (CAM) that can perform in-memory search operations for both ternary and binary valued key values. Each ternary or binary valued key bit is stored in a pair of memory cells along a bit line of a NAND memory array, with the stored keys searched by applying each ternary or binary valued bit of an input key as voltage levels on a pair of word lines. The system is highly scalable. The system can also be used to perform nearest neighbor searches between stored vectors and an input vector to find stored vectors withing a specified Hamming distance of the input vector.

Programming techniques with fewer verify pulses to improve performance
Patent No. 11410739

Inventor(s): Abhijith Prakash (Milpitas, CA), Anubhav Khandelwal (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17206318 on 03/19/2021 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus that includes a word line with a plurality of memory cells that are able to be programmed to a plurality of data states is provided. The apparatus further includes a programming circuit. The programming circuit is configured to program count the number of verify pulses at a first verify voltage level that are performed during programming of the memory cells to a first programmed data state to determine a verify count. During programming to a second data state, the programming circuit applies a plurality of programming pulses at increasing voltage levels and a plurality of verify pulses at a second verify voltage level to the selected word line. During programming of the memory cells to the second programmed data state, the number of verify pulses is one fewer than the number of programming pulses.

Global spinal alignment method
Patent No. 11410767

Inventor(s): Isador Lieberman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): MAZOR ROBITCS LTD. (Caesarea, , IL)
Law Firm: Sheridan Ross P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17017283 on 09/10/2020 (698 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of planning the correction of spinal deformations of a subject, by performing segmentation on a three dimensional image of the subject”s spine in its erect neutral position, such that the positions and orientations of the vertebrae in a region of interest are characterized. Parameters relating to the alignment and position of the vertebrae are derived from the segmentation, followed by determining whether the parameters fall within an acceptable range desired for the spine of the subject. If not within the acceptable range, an alignment optimization is performed on the vertebrae to bring the parameters within the acceptable range, to reduce the spinal deformations of the subject”s spine. The alignment optimization is performed by taking into consideration limitations arising from the dynamic range of motion of the vertebrae as determined by analyzing images of the subject”s spine, while the subject is in positions of maximum bending. NULL

System and method for using a mobile device as an input device for surveys at a live event
Patent No. 11412575

Inventor(s): Jovan Hutton Pulitzer (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TESLA LABORATORIES, LLC (Jackson, WY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17073866 on 10/19/2020 (659 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided for interacting with audience members in an event, each of the potential attendees having available thereto a unique identifier. The method comprises creating, for an attendee, a unique ID (UID) on a mobile wireless device (MWD) by the steps of inputting to the MWD one of the unique identifiers, combining the obtained unique identifier with a UID time stamp at the time of creation of the UID; receiving with a server on a first wireless channel communications from the MWD; registering the UID at the physical location of the event; generating a visual query; displaying on the MWD response indicators; receiving at the server from the registered attendee a response, to the query over the first wireless channel; and storing in a database on the server the received response in association with the displayed query.

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Variable stiffness actuator with electrically modulated stiffness
Patent No. 11407105

Inventor(s): David P. Allen (Richardson, TX), Edgar A. Bolivar (Richardson, TX), Robert D. Gregg, IV (Richardson, TX), Walter E. Voit (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17122936 on 12/15/2020 (602 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dielectric elastomer system (DES) variable stiffness actuator (VSA) is provided. In an embodiment, the DES VSA includes a variable stiffness module (VSM). The VSM includes a DES that softens when energized and stiffens when unpowered, an outer frame, and an inner frame member. The stiffness of the DES is variable. The outer frame supports the DES and the inner frame member, which is disposed within the DES. The inner frame member is configured to be displaceable with respect to the outer frame. The DES VSA also includes an actuation motor mechanically coupled to the inner frame member that is configured to cause a force to be applied to the inner frame member and the actuation motor is configured to control an equilibrium position of the DES VSA.

[H01H] ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B 7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G 9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K 17/00)

Observation platform for determining proximity of device users
Patent No. 11410208

Inventor(s): Guy R. VanBuskirk (Grapevine, TX), Kranthimanoj Nagothu (Garland, TX), Ravi Shankar Kumar (Richardson, TX), Steven Paul Russell (Menlo Park, CA)
Assignee(s): Theatro Labs, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16896037 on 06/08/2020 (792 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a method of determining proximity of device users within an environment of an observation platform, an observation platform determines that a first communication device associated with a first user is in the environment of the observation platform. The first communication device is detected in proximity to a second communication device associated with a second user. In response to the detection, the observation platform generates proximity information for the first user and the second user.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Image compression/decompression in a computer vision system
Patent No. 11410265

Inventor(s): Ankit Ajmani (Ambala, , IN), Hrushikesh Tukaram Garud (Parbhani, , IN), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, , IN), Soyeb Noormohammed Nagori (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16858596 on 04/25/2020 (836 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer vision system is provided that includes a camera capture component configured to capture an image from a camera, a memory, and an image compression decompression engine (ICDE) coupled to the memory and configured to receive each line of the image, and compress each line to generate a compressed bit stream. To compress a line, the ICDE is configured to divide the line into compression units, and compress each compression unit, wherein to compress a compression unit, the ICDE is configured to perform delta prediction on the compression unit to generate a delta predicted compression unit, compress the delta predicted compression unit using exponential Golomb coding to generate a compressed delta predicted compression unit, and add the compressed delta predicted compression unit to the compressed bit stream.

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

Fan-out electronic device
Patent No. 11410875

Inventor(s): Anindya Poddar (Sunnyvale, CA), Ashok Prabhu (San Jose, CA), Hau Thanh Nguyen (San Jose, CA), Kengo Aoya (Oita, , JP), Luu Thanh Nguyen (San Jose, CA), Masamitsu Matsuura (Oita, , JP), Mutsumi Masumoto (Oita, , JP), Woochan
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16225875 on 12/19/2018 (1329 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device ([b]100[/b]) includes a substrate ([b]110[/b]) and an integrated circuit ([b]120[/b]) provided on the substrate ([b]110[/b]) having a surface facing away from the substrate ([b]110[/b]). An insulating layer ([b]150[/b]) extends over the substrate ([b]110[/b]) and around the integrated circuit ([b]120[/b]) to define an interface ([b]154[/b]) between the insulating layer ([b]150[/b]) and the integrated circuit ([b]120[/b]). An electrically conductive via ([b]130[/b]) is provided on the surface of the integrated circuit ([b]120[/b]). An insulating material ([b]140[/b]) extends over the via ([b]130[/b]) and includes an opening ([b]142[/b]) exposing a portion of the via ([b]130[/b]). A repassivation member ([b]162[/b]) extends over the insulating layer ([b]150[/b]) and has a surface ([b]164[/b]) aligned with the interface ([b]154[/b]). An electrically conductive redistribution member ([b]181[/b]) is electrically connected to the via ([b]130[/b]) and extends over the repassivation member ([b]162[/b]) into contact with the insulating layer ([b]150[/b]).

[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]

Multi-layer die attachment
Patent No. 11410913

Inventor(s): Leslie E. Stark (Rowlett, TX), Mohammad Waseem Hussain (Irving, TX), Steven Murphy (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16822329 on 03/18/2020 (874 days app to issue)

Abstract: A packaged electrical device that includes a cured adhesive layer and a cured layer of die attach material coupled between a semiconductor die and a substrate. The packaged electrical device may also include wire bonds coupled between the substrate and leads of the semiconductor die. In addition, the packaged electrical device may be encapsulated in molding compound. A method for fabricating a packaged electrical device. The method includes printing a layer of die attach material over a semiconductor wafer and applying a layer of 2-in-1 die attach film over the layer of die attach material. The method also includes singulating the semiconductor wafer to create a semiconductor die and placing the semiconductor die onto a substrate. In addition the method includes wire bonding the substrate to leads of the semiconductor die and encapsulating the device in molding compound.

Three-dimensional memory device including contact via structures for multi-level stepped surfaces and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 11410924

Inventor(s): Akihiro Shimada (Yokkaichi, , JP), Haruki Suwa (Yokkaichi, , JP), Keisuke Shigemura (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16999388 on 08/21/2020 (718 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers containing steps, memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack, a first contact via structure which contacts a top surface of a respective upper electrically conductive layer in a first step, a first dielectric spacer which does not contact any of the electrically conductive layers other than the respective upper electrically conductive layer in the first step, a second contact via structure which contacts a top surface of a respective lower electrically conductive layer in the first step, and a second dielectric spacer which extends through the respective upper electrically conductive layer, and which contacts the respective lower electrically conductive layer.

Brass-coated metals in flip-chip redistribution layers
Patent No. 11410947

Inventor(s): Christopher Daniel Manack (Flower Mound, TX), Nazila Dadvand (Richardson, TX), Patrick Francis Thompson (Allen, TX), Salvatore Frank Pavone (Murphy, TX), Vivek Swaminathan Sridharan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16721546 on 12/19/2019 (964 days app to issue)

Abstract: A package comprises a die and a redistribution layer coupled to the die. The redistribution layer comprises a metal layer, a brass layer abutting the metal layer, and a polymer layer abutting the brass layer. The package is a wafer chip scale package (WCSP). The package further includes a solder ball attached to the redistribution layer.

LOCOS with sidewall spacer for different capacitance density capacitors
Patent No. 11411070

Inventor(s): Henry Litzmann Edwards (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16897373 on 06/10/2020 (790 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and functional circuitry configured together with the capacitors for realizing at least one circuit function in a semiconductor surface layer on a substrate. The capacitors include a top plate over a LOCal Oxidation of Silicon (LOCOS) oxide, wherein a thickness of the LOCOS oxide for the second capacitor is thicker than a thickness of the LOCOS oxide for the first capacitor. There is a contact for the top plate and a contact for a bottom plate for the first and second capacitors.

Magnetic tunnel junction memory devices employing resonant tunneling and methods of manufacturing the same
Patent No. 11411170

Inventor(s): Alan Kalitsov (San Jose, CA), Bhagwati Prasad (San Jose, CA), Derek Stewart (Livermore, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17081557 on 10/27/2020 (651 days app to issue)

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

Compact wideband dual-polarized radiating elements for base station antenna applications
Patent No. 11411323

Inventor(s): Mohammad Vatankhah Varnoosfaderani (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17151854 on 01/19/2021 (567 days app to issue)

Abstract: Radiating elements include a conductive patch having first and second slots that each extend along a first axis and third and fourth slots that each extend along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, a feed network that includes first through fourth feed lines, each feed line crossing a respective one of the first through fourth slots, and a conductive ring that at least partially surrounds the periphery of the conductive patch and that encloses each of the first through fourth slots.

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

Electrical connector apparatus and methods of manufacturing the same
Patent No. 11411350

Inventor(s): Martin Hunley (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): PGS GEOPHYSICAL AS (Olso, , NO)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16891692 on 06/03/2020 (797 days app to issue)

Abstract: A class of electrical connectors are described along with methods of manufacturing the same. In one example embodiment, a method of assembling a connector includes extending a twisted pair through a slot in a seal plate; untwisting the twisted pair along a first distance; inserting first and second conductors of the twisted pair through first and second through holes of a seal carrier; coupling first and second electrical terminals to the first and second conductors; re-twisting the twisted pair along a portion of the first distance by rotating the seal carrier; and inserting the seal carrier into the slot of the seal plate.

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

Electronics unit for managed connectivity, patch panel incorporating the same, methods of installation and use
Patent No. 11411357

Inventor(s): Yi-Teh Shih (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16316292 on 07/06/2017 (1860 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronics units for providing intelligence to a patch panel includes spaced plug guides, a circuit board, and contacts with connection points that are movable relative to the circuit board in response to contact with a plug. The electronics unit can be used as part of a patch panel assembly and can be retrofittable into the patch panel.

Over/under voltage detection circuit
Patent No. 11411387

Inventor(s): Mayank Jain (Bengaluru, , IN), Preetam Tadeparthy (Bengaluru, , IN), Rohit Narula (Bengaluru, , IN), Shobhit Singhal (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16658311 on 10/21/2019 (1023 days app to issue)

Abstract: An over/under voltage protection circuit includes a voltage input terminal, a digital-to analog converter, a comparator, and a control circuit. The comparator includes a first input coupled to an output of the digital-to-analog converter, and a second input coupled to the voltage input terminal. The control circuit includes an output coupled to an input of the digital-to-analog converter, and an input coupled to an output of the comparator. The control circuit is configured to set the digital-to-analog converter to generate an overvoltage fault threshold responsive to the output of the comparator indicating that voltage of a signal at the voltage input terminal exceeds a threshold currently generated by the digital-to-analog converter.

[H02H] EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS (indicating or signalling undesired working conditions G01R, e.g. G01R 31/00, G08B; locating faults along lines G01R 31/08; emergency protective devices H01H)

Repeatable fast turn-on of transistors
Patent No. 11411424

Inventor(s): Huawen Jin (Dallas, TX), Kenneth J. Maggio (Irving, TX), Thomas James Jung, Jr. (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16858335 on 04/24/2020 (837 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system that includes a boost circuit comprising a boost capacitor. The boost circuit is configured to provide a boost voltage at a first terminal of the boost capacitor by increasing the boost voltage at the first terminal to exceed a target voltage for a given charge cycle. A boost switch is configured to supply the boost voltage from the first terminal to a charge node for turning on a transistor, which is coupled to the charge node, based on a boost signal during the given charge cycle. A pull-down circuit is configured to control discharge of the charge node to a clamp voltage that is sufficient to turn off the transistor for the given charge cycle and to facilitate charging of the charge node in a next charge cycle.

[H02J] CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY (power supply circuits for apparatus for measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation or cosmic radiation G01T 1/175; electric power supply circuits specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/00; for digital computers G06F 1/18; for discharge tubes H01J 37/248; circuits or apparatus for the conversion of electric power, arrangements for control or regulation of such circuits or apparatus H02M; interrelated control of several motors, control of a prime-mover/generator combination H02P; control of high-frequency power H03L; additional use of power line or power network for transmission of information H04B)

High efficiency power regulator and method
Patent No. 11411496

Inventor(s): Hengchun Mao (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16565302 on 09/09/2019 (1065 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power regulator includes an input capacitor connected between a first voltage bus and an intermediate point, an output capacitor connected between a second voltage bus and the intermediate point, a plurality of switches and an inductor connected between the input capacitor and the output capacitor, wherein a source of one switch of the plurality of switches is connected to the intermediate point and a protection device connected between the intermediate point and a third voltage bus.

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

Single-stage isolated DC-DC converters
Patent No. 11411502

Inventor(s): Jing Xu (Cary, NC), Liming Liu (Cary, NC), Yuxiang Shi (Cary, NC)
Assignee(s): ABB Power Electronics Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17081071 on 10/27/2020 (651 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a single-stage converter includes a rectifying circuit and a buck-boost circuit. The buck-boost circuit includes an inductor with a center tap configured to supply an output of the buck-boost circuit to the rectifying circuit. The buck-boost circuit also includes first and second interleaved arms arranged in parallel with a voltage input of the single-stage converter. The first and second interleaved arms are each coupled to the inductor and include a plurality of switches operable to control the output of the buck-boost circuit.

Charge pump
Patent No. 11411566

Inventor(s): Baher Haroun (Allen, TX), Gerd Schuppener (Allen, TX), Salvatore Luciano Finocchiaro (Dallas, TX), Siraj Akhtar (Richardson, TX), Swaminathan Sankaran (Allen, TX), Tolga Dine (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17397954 on 08/09/2021 (365 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a method of operating a charge pump includes a first control signal deactivating a first transistor, and the first control signal”s logical complement activating a second transistor to reset the first transistor”s DC bias voltage. The first control signal”s logical complement deactivates the second transistor, and the first control signal provides a bias voltage to the first transistor to activate it, causing current to be transmitted from an input voltage to an output terminal. A second control signal deactivates a third transistor, and the second control signal”s logical complement activates a fourth transistor to reset the second transistor”s DC bias voltage. The second control signal”s logical complement deactivates the fourth transistor, and the second control signal provides a bias voltage to the third transistor to activate it, causing current to be transmitted from the output terminal to a ground.

[H03L] AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION, OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES (of dynamo-electric generators H02P) [3]

Facilitation of predictive assisted access to content
Patent No. 11411757

Inventor(s): Sangar Dowlatkhah (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT MOBILITY II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Amin, Turocy Watson, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16913334 on 06/26/2020 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: Edge node networks can be utilized to facilitate predictive access to content for a wide variety of applications. For example, predictive data can be generated based on historical patterns, audio data, calendar invites, etc. The predictive data can include predicted locations, persons present based on usage of their mobile device, edge node and access point usage, etc. The predicted data can be used to facilitate more efficient access to content by proactively sending mobile application and/or content usage data to edge node equipment that is predicted to be used in accordance with a predicted a predicted event. Furthermore, the predictive analysis can be used to modify mobile screens for quicker access to content and/or mobile applications.

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

Emulating broadcast in a network on chip
Patent No. 11411759

Inventor(s): Iain Robertson (Bedfordshire, , GB)
Assignee(s): SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16940960 on 07/28/2020 (742 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit chip has a set of communication units, each unit being configured to operate according to a protocol in which a data packet sent by one unit is receivable by one unit only, each unit being configured to send at least one packet having one of a plurality of tiers to at least one other unit and being configured to specify, for each tier, a subset of destination units to which packets of that tier are to be sent, wherein each unit is configured to: receive a packet having one of the plurality of tiers; determine the tier of the received packet; and sequentially send packets having a different tier to the tier of the received packet to each of the respective subset of destination units for the different tier.

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

Configuring multicast communication
Patent No. 11411760

Inventor(s): Vijay Lewis (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Skylo Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17072173 on 10/16/2020 (662 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for configuring multicast communication, are disclosed. One method includes generating, by a system platform, a multicast scheduling control packet based upon a distribution of a plurality of network registered hubs, communicating, by the system platform, to a wireless communication base station the multicast scheduling control packet, generating, by the wireless communication base station, a plurality of multicast channel configurations based upon the multicast scheduling control packet, communicating, by the system platform, the multicast scheduling control packet to a wireless communication hub, wherein the wireless communication hub is one of the plurality of network registered hubs, selecting, by the wireless communication hub, specific multicast channels from the plurality of multicast channel configurations, to receive specific multicast data based upon a condition of the hub and the multicast scheduling control packet, and receiving, by the wireless communication hub, multicast data through the selected specific multicast channel configurations.

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

Secure controller area network (CAN) transceiver
Patent No. 11411766

Inventor(s): Adam Loyd Parker (Dallas, TX), Edward Allen Cain, Jr. (Plano, TX), Jonathan Burnham (Frisco, TX), Satyajit P. Patne (The Colony, TX), Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17144274 on 01/08/2021 (578 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of generating a data frame for transmission via a controller area network (CAN) bus of a transport, the data frame comprising data stored in a plurality of fields, encoding at least one authentication bit into a value within a data field of the generated data frame, wherein the at least one authentication bit comprises a digital signature based on a predefined key for the at least one authentication bit, and transmitting the generated data frame with the at least one authentication bit that comprises the digital signature via the CAN bus.

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

Multi-cloud VPC routing and registration
Patent No. 11411776

Inventor(s): Linda Dunbar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16997549 on 08/19/2020 (720 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for performing virtual private cloud (VPC) routing across multiple public cloud environments. In an embodiment, the method creates a first virtual routing agent (VRA) for a first VPC of a first public cloud. The method sends a registration request to a VRA controller, wherein the registration request comprises a data structure that includes communication parameters of the first VRA. The method receives the communication parameters of other VRAs for other VPCs located in other public cloud environments from the VRA controller. The method uses the communication parameters of the other VRAs for overlay routing of data packets from the first VPC of the first public cloud to other VPCs of other public clouds via the other VRAs of the other VPCs.

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

Multiple phase drive generator
Patent No. 11411784

Inventor(s): Michael Ozminkowski (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Law Firm: Suiter Swantz pc llo (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17208814 on 03/22/2021 (505 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for producing a for digitally producing amplifier drive signals for high power transmission includes signal generators to produce, based on the desired transmit frequency and modulation, a high digital pulse, low digital pulse, or no digital pulse of the desired pulse width and phase relationship. The drive signal is a three-level signal, having states of ”1”, ”0”, and ”1”. A drive signal will direct the amplifier to output either its high voltage rail, 0 volts, or its low voltage rail. Multiple signal sets may be used to independently generate pulses based on differently phase shifted signals. These multiple drive signals can be used to drive multiple amplifiers, whose combined output produces a stair-step approximation to the desired transmit signal.

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

Spiral polynomial division multiplexing
Patent No. 11411785

Inventor(s): Jerrold Prothero (Delray Beach, FL)
Assignee(s): Astrapi Corporation (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Law Office of Michael Antone (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17222651 on 04/05/2021 (491 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and computer readable medium for transmitting data using polynomials and instantaneous spectral analysis. In and/or prior to the transmitter, a signal may be formed by fitting the data with a Taylor series polynomial, which is projected onto Cairns series functions. The Cairns series functions are converted into Cairns exponential functions, which are combined based on frequency information to produce the set of sinusoidals with continuously time-varying amplitude, each of the sinusoidals having a different frequency.

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

Method and system for packet inspection in virtual network service chains
Patent No. 11411843

Inventor(s): Timothy A. Gowan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16540238 on 08/14/2019 (1091 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a packet inspection service is provided. The packet inspection service may enable a virtual entity of multiple virtual entities of a service chain to perform packet inspection on incoming packets and store the packet inspection information in a memory or storage device. The virtual entity may provide a service on the packets using the packet inspection information. The other virtual entities may provide services on the packets also using the packet inspection information without having to perform packet inspection.

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

Routing messages in an integrated circuit chip device using a crosslinked tree structure
Patent No. 11411861

Inventor(s): Callum Stewart (Livingston, , GB)
Assignee(s): SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16994030 on 08/14/2020 (725 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit chip device includes monitoring circuitry for monitoring system circuitry, the monitoring circuitry having units connected in a tree-based structure for routing communications through the integrated circuit chip device. The tree-based structure has branches extending from a root unit, each branch comprising a plurality of units, each unit connected to a single unit above in the branch and a single unit below in the branch. Communications are routable between the root unit and a destination unit of a branch via intermediate units of that branch. Crosslinks connect corresponding units of adjacent branches, each crosslink can be enabled to route communications between the root unit and a destination unit of one of the branches the crosslink connects via the other branch the crosslink connects in response to an intermediate unit being deemed defective, that intermediate unit being in the same branch as the destination unit.

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

Service chain header and metadata transport
Patent No. 11411863

Inventor(s): Hong Zhang (Palo Alto, CA), Louis Fourie (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16840754 on 04/06/2020 (855 days app to issue)

Abstract: Metadata may be embedded in a service chain header (SCH) appended to a packet that is forwarded over a service chain path. The metadata may include information that is used to process the packet at a downstream service function chain (SFC) entity on the service chain path. The metadata TLV field may identify a service action to be performed by a downstream SFC entity. For example, the metadata TLV field may instruct the downstream SFC entity to drop the packet, to redirect the packet (or a traffic flow associated with the packet), to mirror a traffic flow, to terminate a communication connection, to start or stop a packet accounting, and/or to apply a higher grade of service. Alternatively, the metadata TLV field specifies an OAM service action list that identifies service actions that have been performed on the packet.

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

Packet header field extraction
Patent No. 11411870

Inventor(s): Patrick Bosshart (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Barefoot Networks, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Essential Patents Group, LLP. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16573847 on 09/17/2019 (1057 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for processing a packet for a pipeline of a hardware switch. The pipeline, in some embodiments, includes several different stages that match against packet header fields and modify packet header fields. The method receives a packet that includes a set of packet headers. The method then populates, for each packet header in the set of packet headers, (i) a first set of registers with packet header field values of the packet header that are used in the pipeline, and (ii) a second set of registers with packet header field values of the packet header that are not used in the pipeline.

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

Hierarchical computing architecture for traffic management
Patent No. 11411883

Inventor(s): BaekGyu Kim (Cupertino, CA), Baik Hoh (Campbell, CA), Hao Yang (Mountain View, CA), Kentaro Oguchi (Menlo Park, CA), Shalini Keshavamurthy (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Eng. Manuf. North America. Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: VLP Law Group, LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16423068 on 05/27/2019 (1170 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example method determines a plurality of traffic sections for a geographical traffic area, each traffic section including a road segment and vehicle(s) traveling on the road segment; monitors a responsive vehicle rate for a first traffic section of the plurality of traffic sections; and assigns, based on the responsive vehicle rate of the first traffic section, the first traffic section to one of a first section server dedicated to manage the first traffic section and a remote management server capable of managing the plurality of traffic sections of the geographical traffic area, the first section server comprising computing device(s) of responsive vehicle(s) in the first traffic section.

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

Presence-based communications in a controlled environment
Patent No. 11411898

Inventor(s): Stephen Lee Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17399952 on 08/11/2021 (363 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing presence-based secure communications in a controlled environment. In an embodiment, a presence management system monitors communication status information related to communication devices within a controlled facility as well as communication devices external to the controlled facility. Communication statuses indicate the availability of users to receive certain types of communications, such as, for example, video conferencing, audio calls, and/or textual messages. In embodiments, secure communications are provided between inmates and approved individuals, such as medical or legal professionals, based on the communication statuses. Such secure communications are encrypted and not monitored for content.

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

Systems and methods for facilitating digital document communication
Patent No. 11411936

Inventor(s): Adrian Borunda (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16834134 on 03/30/2020 (862 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, to provide digital identification. One of these methods includes receiving a request for a digital document from a digital wallet executing on a mobile device. The method includes identifying a digital document provider capable of providing the requested document. The method includes sending the request for the digital document to the identified digital document provider. The method includes receiving, from the digital document provider, information that enables the mobile device to view the digital document and does not enable the computer system to view the digital document.

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

Electronic system for integration of communication channels and active cross-channel communication transmission
Patent No. 11411950

Inventor(s): Joshua Alan Ackles (Sachse, TX), Venu Gopal Vallabhaneni (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16860996 on 04/28/2020 (833 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to system structured for integration of communication channels and active cross-channel communication transmission, such that the user can utilize disparate electronic communication channels via a central user application. The system is configured to configured to construct a secure dynamic integrated interface in real-time structured for performing electronic activities associated with electronic communications. The system is also structured for dynamically transform electronic communications in response to the type of invoking communication channel and the authentication credential level of the communication channel. The system is also structured for, in response to determining a first user activity, in real-time, dynamically modifying the one or more graphical UI elements presented at the central user interface.

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

System, method, and computer-readable medium for by-passing the public switched telephone network when interconnecting an enterprise network and a carrier network
Patent No. 11412008

Inventor(s): Andrew Silver (Frisco, TX), Lathan W. Lewis (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TANGO NETWORKS, INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17075657 on 10/20/2020 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium by-passing the public switched telephone network when routing a call from a carrier network to an enterprise network are provided. A carrier gateway server is communicatively coupled with an enterprise gateway server. The enterprise gateway server is adapted to publish direct inward dial numbers assigned to enterprise extensions to the carrier gateway server. Once published, call setups originated in the carrier network may be routed directly to an enterprise network having a terminal assigned the dialed number of the call setup. Advantageously, the carrier network operator does not incur any inter-connect fee from any public switched network operator.

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

Multiple protocol header processing
Patent No. 11412075

Inventor(s): David Patrick (McKinney, TX), Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17007748 on 08/31/2020 (708 days app to issue)

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for processing headers that support multiple protocols. A header of a packet includes a bridge type (BTYPE) field that indicates the protocol of the packet. A command field of the packet is interpreted differently based on the value of the BTYPE field. Among the benefits of implementations of the present disclosure is that a single network may be used to carry packets of different protocols without the overhead of encapsulation.

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

Apparatus and method for operating multiple cameras for digital photography
Patent No. 11412136

Inventor(s): Hamid R. Sheikh (Allen, TX), John Seokjun Lee (Allen, TX), Michael O. Polley (Garland, TX), Youngjun Yoo (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16704982 on 12/05/2019 (978 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes, in a first mode, positioning first and second tiltable image sensor modules of an image sensor array of an electronic device so that a first optical axis of the first tiltable image sensor module and a second optical axis of the second tiltable image sensor module are substantially perpendicular to a surface of the electronic device, and the first and second tiltable image sensor modules are within a thickness profile of the electronic device. The method also includes, in a second mode, tilting the first and second tiltable image sensor modules so that the first optical axis of the first tiltable image sensor module and the second optical axis of the second tiltable image sensor module are not perpendicular to the surface of the electronic device, and at least part of the first and second tiltable image sensor modules are no longer within the thickness profile of the electronic device.

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

Method and system for employing depth perception to alter projected images on various surfaces
Patent No. 11412194

Inventor(s): Dana Comradd (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16525480 on 07/29/2019 (1107 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is a computer implemented method for projecting an image, comprising: providing an electronic device, wherein the electronic device has an image sensing component, a processing component, and a projecting component; capturing, by one or more processors, at least one image of an environment within the visible space of the projecting component of the electronic device; generating, by one or more processors, a depth map of the visible space of the environment; selecting, by one or more processors, an image to be projected on a portion of the visible space; altering, by one or more processors, the image based on the generated depth map of the visible space relative to the selected portion of the visible space; and projecting, by one or more processors, the image on the portion of the visible space.

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

Context initialization based on slice header flag and slice type
Patent No. 11412226

Inventor(s): Christopher Segall (Camas, WA), Kiran Misra (Vancouver, WA)
Assignee(s): Velos Media, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Nixon Vanderhye P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17155942 on 01/22/2021 (564 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technique for initialization of encoders and decoders. In some cases, the decoder receives a slice and identifies if the slice is either a forward predicted B-slice or a backward predicted B-slice, and not both a forward and backward predicted B-slice, and based upon this identification initializes, using a P-slice technique, a context associated with the slice.

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

Method and apparatus for parallelizing context selection in video processing
Patent No. 11412234

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Vivienne Sze (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17034806 on 09/28/2020 (680 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for parallel processing of at least two bins relating to at least one of a video and an image. The method includes determining scan type of at least a portion of the at least one of video and an image, analyzing neighboring position of a bin, removing dependencies of context selection based on the scan type and position of location being encoded in a transform, and performing parallel processing of that least two bins.

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

Low complexity large transform
Patent No. 11412257

Inventor(s): Ajit Gupte (Bangalore, , IN), Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 14630100 on 02/24/2015 (2723 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods of encoding a video stream in a video encoder and decoding an encoded video stream in a video decoder using a low complexity large transform are provided. An encoding method includes receiving an nn residual block in a transform component of the video encoder, and transforming the nn residual block using an nn transform to generate an nn transform coefficient block, wherein the nn transform is based on (n/m*n/m) mm Hadamard transforms and (m*m) (n/m)(n/m) discrete cosign transforms, wherein mn. A decoding method includes receiving an nn transform coefficient block in an inverse transform component of the video decoder, and applying an nn inverse transform to the nn transform coefficient block to reconstruct an nn residual block, wherein the nn inverse transform is based on (n/m*n/m) mm Hadamard transforms and (m*m) (n/m)(n/m) inverse discrete cosign transforms, wherein mn.

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

System and method for converting adaptive stream to downloadable media
Patent No. 11412272

Inventor(s): Bradley Reitmeyer (Allen, TX), Christopher Joel Ribble (Garland, TX), Paul Martel (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): RESI MEDIA LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17206250 on 03/19/2021 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for converting an adaptive media stream to downloadable media includes at least one network interface, at least one memory, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to receive, from a requesting device, a request for converting at least a portion of a media stream into a downloadable multimedia container, initialize a plurality of worker threads, retrieve, via one of the plurality of worker threads, a segment of the media stream from a storage location, concatenate, via the one of the plurality of worker threads, the retrieved segment into a multimedia container, determine that each segment of the media stream associated with the at least a portion of the media stream is included in the multimedia container, and transmit, via the at least one network interface, the multimedia container to the requesting device.

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

Performing and evaluating split rendering over 5G networks
Patent No. 11412310

Inventor(s): Imed Bouazizi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Qualcomm Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Shumaker Sieffert, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17322468 on 05/17/2021 (449 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example device includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: receive tracking and sensor information from an extended reality (XR) client device; generate scene data using the tracking and sensor information, the scene data comprising one or more video frames of the video data; encode the video frames to form encoded video frames; perform a radio access network (RAN) simulation of delivering the encoded video frames via a radio access network; decode the encoded video frames delivered according to the RAN simulation to form decoded video frames; calculate values representing individual frame quality for each of the video frames from the generated one or more video frames and the decoded video frames; and determine an overall quality value from the values representing the individual frame quality for each of the video frames.

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

System and method for providing services to vehicles
Patent No. 11412357

Inventor(s): Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX), Vladimeros Vladimerou (Whitmore Lake, 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: 16398521 on 04/30/2019 (1197 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, example systems and methods relate to a providing a regional server directory that identifies local servers and vehicles that can provide services to a requesting vehicle. A geographic area such as a country is divided into a plurality of regions. Each region is associated with a plurality of local servers that provide one or more driving related services with respect to the roads and highways that pass through their associated region. The services may include traffic light statuses, traffic speed and flow information, weather information, accident information, etc. The regional servers may further identify one or more other vehicles in their associated region that can similarly provide services. On a periodic basis, each of these regional servers communicates their associated regions and provided services to a directory server. The directory server may be one or more servers whose address is known to vehicles.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for supporting shared service profiles between network devices of core network
Patent No. 11412368

Inventor(s): Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16990247 on 08/11/2020 (728 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and method are provided to reduce redundant data transfers for service profiles within a wireless core network. A network device in the core network receives, from a mobility management entity (MME), a user profile request. The user profile request includes a user identifier for an end device. The network device determines that a user profile corresponding to the user identifier includes a shared service profile and determines, when the user profile includes a shared service profile, whether the MME has stored the shared service profile. When the MME has not stored the shared service profile, the network device sends, to the MME, the shared service profile and a shared profile identifier for the shared service profile. The network device sends, to the MME, a response to the user profile request, the response including the user identifier and the shared profile identifier for the shared service profile.

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

Establishing untrusted non-3GPP sessions without compromising security
Patent No. 11412375

Inventor(s): Tariq Habibullah (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Polsinelli PC (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16654514 on 10/16/2019 (1028 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for establishing sessions over a network. A query can be sent, from a mobile device to an authoritative DNS server, requesting a session over a network. In response to the query, a list of available communication protocol options can be received from the authoritative DNS server. A specific communication protocol can be selected from the list of available communication protocol options, where the specific communication protocol is selected based on one or more performance metrics. A connection with a gateway device can then be initiated using the selected specific communication protocol.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Messaging devices and methods
Patent No. 11412402

Inventor(s): David Andersen (Dillon, CO), J. Roy Pottle (Wellesley, MA), Jamie Gordon Nichol (Arlington, MA), John F. Nagel (Southlake, TX), Peter C. Barnett (Mason, OH), Sangsoo Kim (Seoul, , KR)
Assignee(s): American Messaging Services, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Ulmer Berne LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16861630 on 04/29/2020 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic messaging device includes a receiver configured to receive a message at one of a first operational frequency and second operational frequency. The messaging device can added to a message distribution group comprising a plurality of existing messaging devices. A test communication can be sent through a coupling to test an operation of the messaging device and confirming the addition of the messaging device to the message distribution group without communicating with the existing messaging devices.

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

Benchmarking of delay estimates in a 5G network for quality of service flow setup and monitoring
Patent No. 11412403

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16836120 on 03/31/2020 (861 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method and apparatus may include performing, by a first network entity, at least one benchmarking procedure of at least one network hop delay per at least one transmit resource towards at least one peer network node identified by at least one internet protocol destination address. The method and apparatus may further include deriving, by the first network entity, a second table, by, for each peer node associated with an internet protocol destination address, determining at least one existing configured mapping of at least one network instance into a transport resource T[subscript]i [/subscript]per internet protocol destination address. The method and apparatus may further include updating, by the first network entity, the first table and the second table for each internet protocol destination address and transmitting the updated second table to the second network entity.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Facilitating management of network resource allocation based on device effective isotropic radiated power in fifth generation (5G) or other advanced networks
Patent No. 11412421

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Amin, Turocy Watson, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16512291 on 07/15/2019 (1121 days app to issue)

Abstract: Facilitating management of network resource allocation based on device effective isotropic radiated power in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a first indication of a baseband output power of a mobile device and a second indication of a minimum peak effective isotropic radiated power of the mobile device. Further, the method can comprise scheduling, by the system, uplink physical resource blocks based on the first indication and the second indication, wherein the scheduling is performed during initial access. The method can also include communicating the device EIRP between network nodes during handover such that a target network device obtains the device EIRP from a source network device.

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

System and method for executing originating services in a terminating network for IMS and non-IMS applications
Patent No. 11412435

Inventor(s): Andrew Silver (Frisco, TX), Lathan Lewis (Dallas, TX), Patricia Landgren (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TANGO NETWORKS, INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16890886 on 06/02/2020 (798 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mobile application gateway for connecting devices on a cellular network with individual networks, such as enterprise voice and data networks and/or residential networks. The effects of the present invention are far reaching in terms of transferring effective call control from the cellular network into the control of the individual network such as the enterprise, and enabling new business models for the purchase of cellular service from a public cellular carrier by an enterprise. The invention may consist of a primarily of core network and services components based on the IMS network architecture, and is backward compatible to support legacy systems in place in current telecom and data networks.

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

Facilitation of radio access neighbor relationships for 5G or other next generation network
Patent No. 11412444

Abstract: Automatic neighbor relationships (ANR) can be implemented within a radio access network intelligent controller (RIC), which receives load information from network nodes and user equipment measurements from user equipment. The RIC can create and maintain real-time load information and leverage slicing knowledge of neighbor cells during mobility to direct the user equipment to various network slices. Thus, an enhanced radio access network (RAN) neighbor relationship that utilizes slicing information can provide slice level RAN neighbor visibility on top of physical ANR relationships to enable enhancements for mobility management optimization.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Wireless device paging by a wireless network
Patent No. 11412478

Inventor(s): Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Ofinno, LLC (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17381938 on 07/21/2021 (384 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless device sends a first request to a mobility management function. The first request includes a paging cause value in a paging message. The paging message is received by the wireless device and comprises the paging cause value. Based on the paging message, a second request for a connection setup is sent.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for determining subcarrier offset in unlicensed spectrum
Patent No. 11412514

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17090786 on 11/05/2020 (642 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system operating with shared spectrum channel access. A method of operating a UE includes receiving an SS/PBCH block; determining a higher-layer parameter ssb-SubcarrierOffset based on an MIB of a PBCH included in the SS/PBCH block; determining a bit ([subscript]+5[/subscript]) from a payload of the PBCH; and determining a first value (k[subscript]SSB[/subscript]) based on a second value (

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Resource allocation for supporting service differentiation in dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) deployments
Patent No. 11412525

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17244401 on 04/29/2021 (467 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first set of traffic load measurements associated with current traffic of a first RAT and a second set of traffic load measurements associated with current traffic of a second RAT, determining a respective weighted traffic load for each QoS level in a first set of QoS levels associated with the first RAT and for each QoS level in a second set of QoS levels associated with the second RAT, deriving a resource allocation ratio for the first and second RATs, and performing a resource allocation based on the resource allocation ratio to enable relative scheduling weights assigned to the QoS levels in the first set of QoS levels and the second set of QoS levels to be reflected in first RAT traffic and second RAT traffic over a DSS spectrum. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for configuration of a RACH occasion in NR unlicensed
Patent No. 11412544

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16798045 on 02/21/2020 (900 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting a shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including downlink control information (DCI); determining, based on the received DCI, time domain resource allocation information of a random access channel (RACH) occasion and channel sensing information; performing channel sensing on an uplink (UL) channel based on the determined channel sensing information; identifying a status of the UL channel based on a result of the channel sensing on the UL channel; and transmitting, to the BS, a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble over the UL channel based on the determined time domain resource allocation information and the identified status of the UL channel.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

On-pitch drain select level isolation structure for three-dimensional memory device and method of making the same
Patent No. RE049165 (Reissue)

Inventor(s): Johann Alsmeier (San Jose, CA), Masanori Tsutsumi (Yokkaichi, , JP), Sayako Nagamine (Yokkaichi, , JP), Shinsuke Yada (Yokkaichi, , JP), Yanli Zhang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16906278 on 06/19/2020 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory structure includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, an array of memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack, an array of drain select level assemblies overlying the alternating stack and having a same periodicity as the array of memory stack structures, drain select gate electrodes laterally surrounding respective rows of the drain select level assemblies, and a drain select level isolation strip located between a neighboring pair of drain select gate electrodes and including a pair of lengthwise sidewalls. Each of the pair of lengthwise sidewalls includes a laterally alternating sequence of planar sidewall portions and convex concave sidewall portions. Patent Class: N/A

DESIGN PATENTS

Vehicle bumper
Patent No. D960058

Inventor(s): Austin Hiep Phan (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29798383 on 07/07/2021 (398 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Fiber optic apparatus
Patent No. D960104

Inventor(s): Diana Rodriguez (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Corning Research Development Corporation (Corning, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29715393 on 12/02/2019 (981 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Patent No. D960178

Inventor(s): Ben Cline (Salt Lake City, UT), Daniel Hall (Dallas, TX), John Weston Pierce (Salt Lake City, UT), Louie Solomon (Richardson, TX), Tuhin Diptiman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29760884 on 12/04/2020 (613 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle bumper
Patent No. D960254

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS LP (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29730203 on 04/02/2020 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle wheelie bar assembly
Patent No. D960255

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle winch remote
Patent No. D960259

Inventor(s): Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Skylar Hagler (Anna, TX), Terry Soward (Van Alstyne, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS LP (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29736733 on 06/02/2020 (798 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Litter box
Patent No. D960465

Inventor(s): David Veness (Fort Worth, TX), Josiah Wilhelm (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Global IP Counselors, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29744834 on 07/31/2020 (739 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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