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 June 27, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 16
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 13
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 5
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 2
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 7
G: PHYSICS 45
H: ELECTRICITY 48
DESIGN: 9

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 13
Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 11
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, VA) 7
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, Ri) 6
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) 5
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 4
Enseo LLC (Plano) 3
Mary Kay Inc. (Addison) 3
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) 3

Unassigned 9

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound) 5
William C. Fang (Plano) 3
David Gan (Southlake) 2
Jayshree Bharatia (Plano) 2
Jennifer Liu (Plano) 2
Michelle Hines (Hickory Creek) 2
Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, MI) 2
Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Spring actuated weedless fishing lure
Patent No. 11684053

Inventor(s): Jake Fletcher (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Domkos Investments, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16008139 on 06/14/2018 (1839 days app to issue)

Abstract: A spring actuated weedless fishing lure increases the chances of successfully catching a fish without entangling a hook on plant material. A weedless guard system prevents the hook from catching on weeds and compresses a spring to hold the spring and hook in a retracted position. When a fish strikes, the weedless guard system is released allowing the spring to expand and push the hook in a longitudinal direction to an expanded position away from other parts of the lure. This expanded position provides a greater area for the fish”s mouth to engage with the hook without interference from other parts of the lure. The expanded position also allows the hooks to embed closer to the front of a fish”s mouth and reduces the risk of the fish swallowing the whole lure.

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

Food thawing cabinet and related methods
Patent No. 11684076

Inventor(s): Henry L. Nguyen (Haltom City, TX), Joseph F. Sanders (North Richland Hills, TX), Steven T. Jackson (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. (Glenview, IL)
Law Firm: Thompson Hine LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17120421 on 12/14/2020 (925 days app to issue)

Abstract: A food thawing apparatus includes a cabinet structure defining a thawing chamber, and at least one air mover and associated air flow structure for causing an air flow through the thawing chamber. At least one air heating element is positioned for heating the air flow. At least one shelf is positioned within the thawing chamber for supporting a food product in the thawing chamber, the shelf including at least one integrated shelf heating element. A control system is configured for controlling the air mover, the air heating element and the shelf heating element so as to thaw the food product. NULL

Surgical personal protection apparatus
Patent No. 11684106

Inventor(s): Marshall Proulx (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Kalamazoo, MI)
Law Firm: Howard Howard Attorneys PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17133431 on 12/23/2020 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: A personal protection system for providing a sterile barrier around medical/surgical personnel. The system may include a head unit over which surgical garment such as a hood or a toga may be suspended over. The surgical garment may include a sterile material and a shield configured to be disposed in front of the wearers face when disposed over the head unit. The shield may comprise an anti-reflective coating configured to reduce the glare observed by the individual through said shield. The head unit may comprises a light assembly that is disposed on the wearers side of the surgical garment, and an inner surface of said surgical garment may comprise a light reflective material configured to reduce the amount of light emitted from said light assembly that is reflected back toward the individual.

[A62B] DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING (valves specially adapted for medical use A61M 39/00; composition of chemical substances used in respirators, gas-masks, breathing apparatus or the like A62D; rescuing from mountains or trees A63B 27/00, A63B 29/00; life-saving devices, apparatus or methods specially adapted for use in water B63C 9/00; divers’ equipment B63C 11/00; specially adapted for use with aircraft, e.g. parachutes or ejector seats, B64D; rescue devices peculiar to mining E21F 11/00)

Accessory wearable around a boot shaft
Patent No. 11684124

Inventor(s): Charles H. Brown, III (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Madan Law PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17031508 on 09/24/2020 (1006 days app to issue)

Abstract: An accessory that is wearable around a boot or other high-top shoe includes a generally flat strap having a first side, a second side, a first end and a second end. A patch of hook material may be secured to the first side of the strap adjacent to the first end and a patch of loop material may be secured to the second side of the strap adjacent to the second end. The strap has a length sufficient to wrap around the shaft of a boot and reduce an effective circumference of the boot shaft with the patch of hook material in face-to-face engagement with the patch of loop material.

[A41D] OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES (eye or ear protectors A61F 9/00, A61F 11/00; sweating suits A61H 36/00)

Inflatable in-vivo capsule endoscope with magnetic guide
Patent No. 11684246

Inventor(s): Kevin Rubey (Ventura, CA), Xiaodong Duan (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee(s): AnX Robotica Corp. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17382730 on 07/22/2021 (705 days app to issue)

Abstract: An inflatable in-vivo capsule endoscope and method of operation is provided. The inflatable in-vivo capsule endoscope may include a sensing device for capturing in-vivo images and one or more permanent magnets for magnetically guiding the endoscope, housed interior to a capsule-shaped body. The inflatable in-vivo capsule endoscope may include an inflatable buoy attached externally to the capsule-shaped body. An inflation device may inflate the in-vivo capsule endoscope to reduce its specific gravity by injecting gas into the inflatable buoy, such that when the inflatable buoy is injected with an above threshold volume of gas, the inflatable in-vivo capsule endoscope floats in liquid. The inflatable in-vivo capsule endoscope may be magnetically guided via its permanent magnets when exposed to an externally generated magnetic field. A reduced magnetic field strength and external magnet size may be used to magnetically navigate an inflated capsule floating in liquid than a conventional uninflated capsule.

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

System and method for integrated surgical guide-hub and drill with guided drilling and plunge protection
Patent No. 11684376

Inventor(s): Nisar Hemant Parekh (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): HUBLY INC. (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17061040 on 10/01/2020 (999 days app to issue)

Abstract: A drilling system includes a guide-hub that includes contact feet configured to be placed against a drilling surface to maintain a fixed angle with the drilling surface. A drilling insert includes a drill bit and a harness. The drilling insert is configured to be inserted into the guide-hub and the harness is configured to detect when the drill bit punctures the drilling surface and automatically prevent further drilling.

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

System, kit and apparatus for attachment of external fixators for bone realignment
Patent No. 11684391

Inventor(s): Adam Starr (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16549428 on 08/23/2019 (1404 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes a system, kit and apparatus to aid in the realignment of one or more bones of a patient. The present invention provides a substantially rigid orthopedic stabilization scaffold for attachment of one or more external fixators for the realignment of one or more bones of a patient. The orthopedic stabilization scaffold includes a first anchorable frame and a second anchorable frame that are removably attachable to an operating table and connected adjustably by one or more crossbars.

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

In-situ curing biodegradable anchor with reinforcement
Patent No. 11684467

Inventor(s): Minh-Tuan Richard Tran (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Acuitive Technologies, Inc. (Allendale, NJ)
Law Firm: McCarter English, LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16347489 on 11/07/2017 (2058 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention provides an anchor system for musculoskeletal applications, e.g., for anchoring tendons or ligaments to bone or anchoring two or more bone sections. The anchor system comprises a substantially solid pre-manufactured distal portion (i.e., anchor component) and a settable, biodegradable composite. The biodegradable composite is flowable at the time of delivery and is introduced into the fixation site before or after the anchor component. Both the anchor component and the biodegradable composite may be manufactured from citrate-based polymers.

[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]

Multifocal lens having reduced chromatic aberrations
Patent No. 11684469

Inventor(s): Myoung-Taek Choi (Arlington, TX), Xin Hong (Fort Worth, TX), Yueai Liu (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17223268 on 04/06/2021 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system provide a multifocal ophthalmic device. The ophthalmic lens has an anterior surface, a posterior surface and at least one diffractive structure including a plurality of echelettes. The echelettes have at least one step height of at least one wavelength and not more than two wavelengths in optical path length. The diffractive structure(s) reside on at least one of the anterior surface and the posterior surface. The diffractive structure(s) provide a plurality of focal lengths for the ophthalmic lens.

Temporary cast devices comprising artificial muscles
Patent No. 11684505

Inventor(s): Michael P. Rowe (Pinckney, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16929863 on 07/15/2020 (1077 days app to issue)

Abstract: A temporary cast that includes an exterior shell, a lining body including an inner layer, one or more integrated pressure sensors communicatively coupled to a controller, and a plurality of artificial muscles disposed between the inner layer and the exterior shell. Each of the plurality of artificial muscles is communicatively coupled to the controller and includes a housing including an electrode region and an expandable fluid region, a dielectric fluid housed within the housing, and an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region of the housing. The electrode pair includes a first electrode fixed to a first surface of the housing and a second electrode fixed to a second surface of the housing, where the electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated and actuated states such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs the dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region, expanding the expandable fluid region.

Locking system of a wheelchair
Patent No. 11684528

Inventor(s): Parag Gupta (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16548196 on 08/22/2019 (1405 days app to issue)

Abstract: A locking system of a wheelchair is disclosed. The locking system includes a locking member, an actuator, a locking frame, and an opening. The opening is disposed within the locking frame. The actuator is in communication with the locking member and is configured to move the locking member within the opening. The actuator is operable in a retracted operation state and an extended operation state. The actuator is configured to move the locking member in an upward direction when the locking system is set from the extended operation state to the retracted operation state. The actuator is configured to move the locking member in a downward direction when the locking system is set from the retracted operation state to the extended operation state, and the locking member is naturally biased in the extended operation state.

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

Topical skin care formulations comprising plant extracts
Patent No. 11684562

Inventor(s): David Gan (Southlake, TX), Michelle Hines (Hickory Creek, TX), Tiffany Florence (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17186886 on 02/26/2021 (851 days app to issue)

Abstract: A topical skin composition is disclosed. The topical skin composition can include a [i]Bougainvillea glabra [/i]extract, hyaluronic acid, glycerin, tocopherol, phenoxyethanol, sodium hydroxide, and ethylhexylglycerin.

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

Cosmetic composition
Patent No. 11684566

Inventor(s): David Gan (Addison, TX), Geetha Kalahasti (Addison, TX), Milagros Sanchez (Addison, TX), Patricia Jacoby (Addison, TX), Shona Burkes-Henderson (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17849304 on 06/24/2022 (368 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for topically treating skin is disclosed. The method can include applying to skin a composition that includes tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, [i]Morus alba [/i]fruit extract, [i]Acmella oleracea [/i]extract, and retinol, wherein topical application of the composition treats the skin.

Topical cosmetic compositions
Patent No. 11684568

Inventor(s): David Gan (Southlake, TX), Geetha Kalahasti (Plano, TX), Michelle Hines (Hickory Creek, TX), Tiffany Florence (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17719922 on 04/13/2022 (440 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of reducing the appearance of dark circles in a periorbital area of a person”s face is disclosed. The method can include topically applying to the dark circles a composition comprising an extract of [i]Opuntia ficus[/i]-[i]indica [/i]to reduce the appearance of the dark circles in the periorbital area of the person”s face.

Golf clubs and golf club heads
Patent No. 11684828

Inventor(s): Gary G. Tavares (Azle, TX), John T. Stites (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (Phoenix, AZ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17387879 on 07/28/2021 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: Golf clubs and/or golf club heads include a club head body defining an interior chamber, structure for engaging a shaft with the body, and/or a shaft engaged with the body. The club head body may have an overall length of at least 4.5 inches and an overall breadth of at least 4.2 inches. In other examples, the club head body may have an overall length of at least 4.6 inches and a ratio of the overall breadth dimension to the overall length dimension of 1 or less. If desired, the ratio of the head breadth to head length dimensions may be in a range from at least 0.94 to 1 or less.

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

Martial arts training dummy
Patent No. 11684838

Inventor(s): H. Clay Alexander (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Rolling Fool, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17565769 on 12/30/2021 (544 days app to issue)

Abstract: A training dummy having a waist portion, a first leg coupled to the waist portion, a second leg coupled to the waist portion, a first foot coupled to the first leg, and a second foot coupled to the second leg. At least one of the first foot or the second foot includes a front foot portion, a back foot portion, and a rod assembly coupling the front foot portion to the back foot portion. The front foot portion is configured to move with respect to the back foot portion.

[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

Transport-based energy allocation
Patent No. 11685283

Inventor(s): Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16821974 on 03/17/2020 (1197 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, via a transport, a state of charge of a storage unit of the transport, determining, via the transport, an environment at a location, determining, via the transport, a status of a charging station at the location including at least one of a location energy cost and a location power level and providing, via the transport, a needed amount of energy to the charging station at the location based on the status of the charging station.

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

Vehicle, authentication system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and authentication method
Patent No. 11685339

Inventor(s): Eduard Vandersmitte (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Toyota, , JP)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17397254 on 08/09/2021 (687 days app to issue)

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

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

Unmanned airships, aerostats, and hybrid airship-aerostat systems and methods thereof
Patent No. 11685500

Inventor(s): Antonio Roberto White (Bedford, TX), Jason Theodore White (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): GALAXY UNMANNED SYSTEMS LLC (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Carter, DeLuca Farrell LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17477052 on 09/16/2021 (649 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hybrid airship-aerostat includes a hull, a motor, a fin, a controller, and a bridle system. The motor is coupled to the hull and is configured to rotate between a thrust configuration and a lift configuration. The motor is configured to generate a lift force, a thrust force, or a combination thereof. The fin is coupled to a tail of the hull and is configured to provide directional control of the hull. The controller is configured to operate the motor and the fin to pilot the hull. The bridle system is configured to removably couple to a first end of a tether.

[B64B] LIGHTER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFT (ground installations for aircraft in general B64F)

Modular hybrid airframe structure for battery thermal event protection and repair
Patent No. 11685502

Inventor(s): Joseph Richard Carpenter, Jr. (Burleson, TX), Nicholas Hou (Arlington, TX), Timothy Brian Carr (Fort Worth, TX), William Anthony Amante (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16916732 on 06/30/2020 (1092 days app to issue)

Abstract: A replaceable web structure for an aircraft frame is described and includes a plurality of structural members fabricated from a first type of material, the replaceable web structure comprising a plurality of web members fabricated from thin sheets of a second type of material, wherein each of the web members is fastened to a web frame of one of the structural members to replace a web portion of the one of the structural members; wherein the second type of material is stronger than the first type of material such that one of the sheets of the second type of material is lighter weight than a sheet of equal strength of the first type of material.

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

Active horizontal stabilizer for high speed rotorcraft
Patent No. 11685515

Inventor(s): Aaron Alexander Acee (Euless, TX), Craig Lovell (Arlington, TX), James Rigsby (Coppell, TX), Jeffrey Kirkman (Fort Worth, TX), Luke Dafydd Gillett (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (BHTI) (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17069816 on 10/13/2020 (987 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rotorcraft has a horizontal stabilizer movable about an axis of rotation and a horizontal stabilizer control system configured to control the horizontal stabilizer to at least one of move the rotorcraft into a minimum drag position, maintain the aircraft in a minimum drag position, efficiently achieve a maneuver, enter efficient autorotation, and maintain efficient autorotation.

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

Rotor hub vibration attenuator
Patent No. 11685521

Inventor(s): Amarjit Olenchery Kizhakkepat (Fort Worth, TX), David Heverly (Arlington, TX), Frank Bradley Stamps (Colleyville, TX), Jouyoung Jason Choi (Southlake, TX), Michael Seifert (Southlake, TX), Michael Smith (Colleyville, TX),
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17397956 on 08/09/2021 (687 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vibration attenuator has a first spinner configured for rotation about a first axis and a first mass coupled to the first spinner for rotation therewith, the first mass being movable radially relative to the first axis between an inner position and an outer position. An actuator is coupled to the first mass for selectively controlling a radial location of the first mass relative to the axis, and a first motor is configured for driving the first spinner in rotation about the first axis.

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

System and method for monitoring aircraft pilot control position and providing a retrim prompt
Patent No. 11685523

Inventor(s): Robert Earl Worsham, II (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17369611 on 07/07/2021 (720 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rotorcraft including a pilot control having a sensor that generates pilot control position data, a flight control that controls a flight characteristic of the rotorcraft, a trim system connected to the pilot control and configured to move the pilot control, and a flight control computer (FCC) configured to receive the pilot control position data from the sensor. The FCC executes a first flight control process and generates, according to the first flight control commands, a trim signal indicating a target position for the pilot control and to send the trim signal to the trim system to cause the trim system to attempt to move the pilot control to the target position to reflect a position of the flight control, and to monitor a working state of the trim system and execute a retrim process in response to determining that the trim system has failed.

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

System and method for determining the real-time effect of ice accumulation on aircraft surfaces on angle of attack during flight
Patent No. 11685534

Inventor(s): Russell Guy Torti (Southlake, TX), William Betush (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16989475 on 08/10/2020 (1051 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of sensors along a surface of an airfoil operable to measure a first set of ice thickness values at a first time and a second set of ice thickness values at a second time. The system further includes a processor configured to determine a first plurality of lift calculation variables and a second plurality of lift calculation variables. The processor also generates a threshold angle of attack value and updates the threshold angle of attack value at the second time, based on one or more differences between the first and second sets of ice thickness values and the first and second plurality of lift calculation variables. The processor is further configured to send, to a display, based on the updated threshold angle of attack, one or more changes to flight data to adjust the actual angle of attack of the airfoil.

[B64D] EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

Fuel cells configured to deliver bi-polar high voltage DC power
Patent No. 11685536

Inventor(s): Joseph Dean Rainville (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16257726 on 01/25/2019 (1614 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fuel-cell system at 540 VDC for powering an electrical load of a rotorcraft with a first fuel cell and a second fuel cell. Each fuel cell is configured identically and features a positive electrical node and a negative electrical node. Each fuel cell is configured to provide one half of the electrical load of the rotorcraft and one half of the voltage of the electrical load.

[B64D] EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

Vibrating actuator based hybrid cooling systems for electric machines
Patent No. 11685543

Inventor(s): Hiroshi Ukegawa (South Lyon, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17703008 on 03/24/2022 (460 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hybrid cooling system of an electric machine is contemplated. The hybrid cooling system comprises a propeller positioned on an exterior of an enclosure, at least one electronic component disposed within the enclosure, and a vapor chamber disposed within the enclosure, wherein the vapor chamber comprises an actuator configured to generate mist from a liquid coolant within the enclosure. In operation, in a first mode, the propeller rotates for generating air that is channeled into the enclosure via fins that are disposed on exterior portions of the enclosure, and in a second mode, the actuator generates mist within the vapor chamber, and the propeller rotates for generating air that is channeled into the enclosure via the fins disposed therein.

[B64D] EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

Devices and methods to verify main rotor swashplate positioning
Patent No. 11685553

Inventor(s): Bradley D. Linton (Mansfield, TX), Chad R. Haugeberg (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Pramudji Law Group PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17222967 on 04/05/2021 (813 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device to verify main rotor swashplate positioning includes an inner surface of a first section and a gradient surface of a second section. The gradient surface of the second section may have a plurality of graduation indications. In one implementation, the inner surface of the first section at least partially defines a travel arc that is parallel to and concentric with the inner surface. In such an implementation, the device may be configured to move along the travel arc as it rotates about a collective sleeve to contact a swashplate lug.

[B64F] GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Spacecraft servicing devices and related assemblies, systems, and methods
Patent No. 11685554

Inventor(s): James Dulin Reavill (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, VA)
Law Firm: PCFB LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17107095 on 11/30/2020 (939 days app to issue)

Abstract: Spacecraft servicing devices or pods and related methods may include a body configured to be deployed from a host spacecraft at a location adjacent a target spacecraft and at least one spacecraft servicing component configured to perform at least one servicing operation on the target spacecraft.

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

Shading topography imaging for robotic unloading
Patent No. 11688030

Inventor(s): Christopher Koci (Austin, TX), Clark A. Turpin (Perry, GA), Evan N. Sanford (The Colony, TX), Nicholas Conrad (Austin, TX), Robert Eastlund (Austin, TX), Romik Chatterjee (Austin, TX), Sih Ying Wu (Austin, TX), Thomas
Assignee(s): Frito-Lay North America, Inc. (Plano, TX), Graftek Imaging Inc. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16898903 on 06/11/2020 (1111 days app to issue)

Abstract: Vision systems for robotic assemblies for handling cargo, for example, unloading cargo from a trailer, can determine the position of cargo based on shading topography. Shading topography imaging can be performed by using light sources arranged at different positions relative to the image capture device(s).

[B25J] MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES (robotic devices for individually picking fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D 46/30; needle manipulators for surgery A61B 17/062; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B 39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J 13/10; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B 30/00; cranes B66C; arrangements for handling fuel or other materials which are used within nuclear reactors G21C 19/00; structural combination of manipulators with cells or rooms shielded against radiation G21F 7/06) [5]

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

Metal oxide nanoparticles with alkylsiloxane ligands bonded thereto
Patent No. 11685666

Inventor(s): Marissa Lynn Higgins (Forney, TX), Michael David Irwin (Heath, TX), Nicholas Charles Anderson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): CubicPV Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17509271 on 10/25/2021 (610 days app to issue)

Abstract: A metal oxide nanoparticle comprises a metal oxide core of formula M[subscript]2[/subscript]O[subscript]5[/subscript], wherein M is tantalum (V) or niobium (V) and alkylsiloxane ligands bonded to the metal oxide core. The alkylsiloxane ligands are selected from the group consisting of isobutylsiloxane, allylsiloxane, vinylsiloxane, n-propyl siloxane, n-butylsiloxane, sec-butyl siloxane, tert-butyl siloxane, phenylsiloxane, n-octylsiloxane, isooctylsiloxane n-dodecyl siloxane, 4 -(trimethyl silyl)phenylsiloxane, para-tolylsiloxane, 4-fluorophenyl siloxane, 4 -chlorophenyl siloxane, 4-bromophenyl siloxane, 4-iodophenylsiloxane, 4-cyanophenyl siloxane, benzylsiloxane, methylsiloxane, ethylsiloxane, 4-(trifluoromethyl)phenylsiloxane, 4 -ammoniumbutylsiloxane, and any combination thereof.

[C01G] COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F (metal hydrides C01B 6/00; salts of oxyacids of halogens C01B 11/00; peroxides, salts of peroxyacids C01B 15/00; thiosulfates, dithionites, polythionates C01B 17/64; compounds containing selenium or tellurium C01B 19/00; binary compounds of nitrogen with metals C01B 21/06; azides C01B 21/08; metal amides C01B 21/092; nitrites C01B 21/50; phosphides C01B 25/08; salts of oxyacids of phosphorus C01B 25/16; carbides C01B 32/90; compounds containing silicon C01B 33/00; compounds containing boron C01B 35/00; compounds having molecular sieve properties but not having base-exchange properties C01B 37/00; compounds having molecular sieve and base-exchange properties, e.g. crystalline zeolites, C01B 39/00; cyanides C01C 3/08; salts of cyanic acid C01C 3/14; salts of cyanamide C01C 3/16; thiocyanates C01C 3/20; fermentation or enzyme-using processes for the preparation of elements or inorganic compounds except carbon dioxide C12P 3/00; obtaining metal compounds from mixtures, e.g. ores, which are intermediate compounds in a metallurgical process for obtaining a free metal C21B, C22B; production of non-metallic elements or inorganic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B)

Process for continuous acetic acid production
Patent No. 11685706

Inventor(s): Ronald D. Shaver (Houston, TX)
Assignee(s): CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17021576 on 09/15/2020 (1015 days app to issue)

Abstract: A process for producing acetic acid that involves operating the flash vessel and first column at the lowest possible pressure for a given production rate is described. Low pressures are achieved by operating on a back pressure established by a vapor discharge from an absorbing system. This reduces the pressure differential to allow steady and efficient acetic acid production.

[C07C] ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08; production of organic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B 3/00, C25B 7/00)

Cationic sulfonamide amino lipids and amphiphilic zwitterionic amino lipids
Patent No. 11685710

Inventor(s): Daniel J. Siegwart (Dallas, TX), Jason B. Miller (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17399774 on 08/11/2021 (685 days app to issue)

Abstract:

[C07C] ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08; production of organic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B 3/00, C25B 7/00)

Substituted benzoxazole and benzofuran compounds as PDE7 inhibitors
Patent No. 11685745

Inventor(s): DeMichael Chung (San Diego, CA), Mi Chen (San Diego, CA), Vincent John Santora (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Dart Neuroscience, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16629922 on 07/11/2018 (1812 days app to issue)

Abstract:

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

Non-pyrophoric hydrogen storage alloys and hydrogen storage systems using the alloys
Patent No. 11685978

Inventor(s): Baoquan Huang (Troy, MI)
Assignee(s): Harnyss IP, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17869992 on 07/21/2022 (341 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-pyrophoric AB[subscript]2[/subscript]-type Laves phase hydrogen storage alloy and hydrogen storage systems using the alloy. The alloy has an A-site to B-site elemental ratio of no more than about 0.5. The alloy has an alloy composition including about (in at %): Zr: 2.0-5.5, Ti: 27-31.3, V: 8.3-9.9, Cr: 20.6-30.5, Mn: 25.4-33.0, Fe: 1.0-5.9, Al: 0.1-0.4, and/or Ni: 0.0-4.0. The hydrogen storage system has one or more hydrogen storage alloy containment vessels with the alloy disposed therein.

[C22C] ALLOYS (treatment of alloys C21D, C22F)

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

Power tailgate control system and method
Patent No. 11686143

Inventor(s): Norman C. Kerr (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: 16429759 on 06/03/2019 (1485 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method of operating a power tailgate assembly for a vehicle. The system can detect that a tailgate, connected to the vehicle by a pivotal connection and having an open position and a closed position, is in the open position, detect that the vehicle is being driven, detect, by one or more sensors, a movement of the tailgate, and control a motor assembly to restrain movement of the tailgate and return the tailgate to the open position in response to detecting that the tailgate is in the open position, the vehicle is being driven, and the tailgate has moved more than a threshold amount.

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

Systems and methods for conditioning a gas
Patent No. 11686188

Inventor(s): Christopher A. Fournier (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): PROFRAC SERVICES, LLC (Willow Park, TX)
Law Firm: MH2 Technology Law Group LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18049320 on 10/25/2022 (245 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for conditioning a gas includes an inlet configured to receive the gas from a gas source. The system also includes a strainer downstream from the inlet. The strainer is configured to remove debris from the gas. The system also includes a first flowpath downstream from the strainer. The first flowpath includes a first pressure regulator that is configured to regulate a pressure of the gas by a first amount. The system also includes a second flowpath downstream from the strainer. The first and second flowpaths are parallel. The second flowpath includes a second pressure regulator that is configured to regulate the pressure of the gas by a second amount. The system also includes one or more flowpath valves downstream from the strainer and upstream from the first pressure regulator, the second pressure regulator, or both.

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

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

Temperature regulation for a vehicle power system
Patent No. 11685233

Inventor(s): Charlie Yang (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17214069 on 03/26/2021 (823 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for temperature regulation of a charging system. An indication is received that the battery system will need to be heated or cooled at a future point in time. A fluid that has been heated or cooled during operation of the vehicle is stored in a storage tank to enable the heating or cooling, respectively the battery system. The flow of the fluid from the storage tank to the battery system is controlled at the future point in time to heat or cool the battery system.

[F25D] REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHER SUBCLASS (refrigerated showcases A47F 3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J 41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60-B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D 81/38; 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; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B; cooling of engines or pumps, see the relevant classes)

Cellular tube for replacement of traditional gas-charged cartridges in suction stabilizers
Patent No. 11686328

Inventor(s): John Thomas Rogers (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Performance Pulsation Control, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16526815 on 07/30/2019 (1428 days app to issue)

Abstract: An annular tube (or other shape) of elastomeric cellular material comprising elastomeric closed cells having gas infused therein is supported by structures protruding from the bottom surface of a suction stabilizer”s head and/or by structures within the interior volume of the annular body of the suction stabilizer, preferably with spacing between the outer diameter of the annular tube of the cellular material and the inner walls of the suction stabilizer body. The gas-infused closed cell material may thus be employed in new suction stabilizer or pulsation dampener or to retrofit existing suction stabilizers or pulsation dampeners designed for a gas-filled bladder.

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

Vibration isolator with zero Poisson”s ratio outer tube
Patent No. 11686361

Inventor(s): Brian J. Pinkelman (Ann Arbor, MI), Paul A. Gilmore (Ann Arbor, MI), Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, MI), Umesh Gandhi (Farmington Hills, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17094574 on 11/10/2020 (959 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for limiting transmission of vibrations and forces causing vibrations from one element to another are provided. A vibration isolator may include a compressible inner member and an outer member compressible with the inner member. The outer member may be positioned at least partially around the inner member to provide lateral support to the inner member. The outer member may maintain a consistent diameter and compression force when in a compressed state. The outer member may include a tube with a zero or near-zero Poisson”s ratio.

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

Composite gear assembly and method of making same
Patent No. 11686381

Inventor(s): Gray Fowler (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (Miamisburg, OH)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17314628 on 05/07/2021 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: A composite hybrid gear assembly includes a gear hub formed from a composite material and a gear head assembly. The gear hub includes a shaft region having an axially symmetrical external profile and a hub web region having a flared profile extending from the shaft region. The gear head assembly includes a head web region and a teeth region where the gear head assembly is fixed to the gear hub. Additionally, the composite hybrid gear assembly includes a first sleeve fixed to an external surface of the shaft region. An associated method of making a composite hybrid gear assembly is also provided.

[F16H] GEARING

Valve leak repair composition
Patent No. 11686407

Inventor(s): Dennis Wayne Jones, III (Washington, PA), Donald A. Oldiges (Fate, TX), Gregory Paul Bruckner (Washington, PA), Rodney Roth (Cleveland, TX), Tom Blake (Spring, TX)
Assignee(s): Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC (Rockwall, TX)
Law Firm: Jones Delflache LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17838706 on 06/13/2022 (379 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-curable injectable ester containing packing material for use in the repair of leaking valves contains a calcium sulfonate grease containing at least one polyalphaolefin, an ester, an anti-wear/anti-galling agent, a binding/thickening agent and a plasticizing agent.

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

Grille assembly for air handling unit
Patent No. 11686478

Inventor(s): Pratik S. Deokar (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Rheem Manufacturing Company (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Eversheds-Sutherland (US) LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17132501 on 12/23/2020 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: A grille assembly for an air handling unit is provided. The grille assembly includes a plurality of first wires aligned in a first plane perpendicular to a direction of flow of air and a plurality of second wires aligned in a second plane perpendicular to the direction of flow of air. The plurality of first wires and the plurality of second wires together form a staggered structure to at least partly enclose an air passage opening of the air handling unit. The second plane is parallel to the first plane and separated by an offset distance along a third plane parallel to the direction of flow of air.

[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)

Polymer ammunition having a MIM primer insert
Patent No. 11686561

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: 17683561 on 03/01/2022 (483 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a polymeric ammunition having a metal injection molded primer insert.

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

P H Y S I C S

Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable mediums for SSVEP detection
Patent No. 11684301

Inventor(s): Hossein Hamidi Shishavan (New Britain, CT), Insoo Kim (Avon, CT), Kia Golzari (Vernon, CT), Muhamed Farooq (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17576370 on 01/14/2022 (529 days app to issue)

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method includes generating a plurality of icons, wherein each icon has a target frequency unique from each other, receiving brain activity data based on an epoch, generating a reference signal based on the epoch, calculating correlation coefficients between the brain activity data and the reference signal, wherein the correlation coefficients are calculated in a window that is within 0.5 Hz of the target frequencies, including endpoints, determining a confidence score based on the correlation coefficients and the epoch, and determining a selected icon among the plurality of icons based on the correlation coefficients in response to the confidence score surpassing a threshold confidence score.

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

Method for providing a hybrid distributed fiber optic sensing system with improved connection to existing deployed fiber infrastructure
Patent No. 11686602

Inventor(s): Glenn Wellbrock (Richardson, TX), Tiejun Xia (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): NEC Corporation (Tokyo, , JP), Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17196939 on 03/09/2021 (840 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of providing a hybrid distributed fiber optic sensing system (DFOS) that extends an existing fiber optic telecommunications network thereby providing that existing fiber optic telecommunications network with DFOS capabilities. The method provides a length of fiber optic cable, wherein said fiber optic cable conveys communications traffic; provides a DFOS interrogator system in optical communication with the communications fiber optic cable; extends the length of communications fiber optic cable with first and second lengths of fiber optic sensory cable, and operates the DFOS interrogator system such that first sensory data is generated in the first length of fiber optic sensory cable and second sensory data is generated in the second length of fiber optic sensory cable and conveyed to the DFOS interrogator system via the communications fiber optic cable, wherein the first type of sensory data and the second type of sensory data is a type selected from the group consisting of acoustic data, temperature data, and vibration data and the first type of sensory data is not the same type as the second type of sensory data.

[G01H] MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES [4]

Adding ion sensitivity to an integrated computational element (ICE)
Patent No. 11686672

Inventor(s): Neal G. Skinner (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17533022 on 11/22/2021 (582 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device including an ion-selective membrane arranged within an optical path of the device and coupled to a sample cell to interact with a fluid sample and thereby modify an optical response of the ion-selective membrane according to an ion concentration in the fluid sample, is provided. The device also includes an integrated computational element (ICE) arranged within the optical path, so that the illumination light optically interacts with the ICE and with the ion-selective membrane to provide a modified light that has a property indicative of the ion concentration in the fluid sample. A detector that receives the modified light provides an electrical signal proportional to the property of the modified light. A method and a system for using the above device are also provided.

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

Integrated circuit manufacture and outlier detection
Patent No. 11686764

Inventor(s): Amit Nahar (Allen, TX), Sirish Boddikurapati (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17001442 on 08/24/2020 (1037 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit method processes parametric data for each integrated circuit die in a plurality of integrated circuit die to determine an expected data pattern, screens integrated circuit die by comparing a data pattern corresponding to a plurality of parametric data for the integrated circuit die to an expected data pattern and, responsive to the comparing, determining whether a difference between the data pattern corresponding to a plurality of parametric data for the predetermined integrated circuit die and the expected data pattern is beyond a tolerance.

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

Geolocationing system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11686806

Inventor(s): William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16925536 on 07/10/2020 (1082 days app to issue)

Abstract: A geolocationing system and method for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, such as a hospitality environment or educational environment, are presented. In one embodiment of the geolocationing system, a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is provided. Each gateway device includes a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location within the multi-space environment. Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device. The gateway devices, in turn, send gateway signals to a server system having a redundant architecture, which determines estimated location of the wireless-enabled personal locator device.

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

Continuous-wave radar system for detecting ferrous and non-ferrous metals in saltwater environments
Patent No. 11686839

Inventor(s): Carlos Alberto Fonts (Dallas, TX), Carlos Ernesto Fonts (Dallas, TX), John Richard O”Hair (Ruskin, FL), Mark Allen O”Hair (Santa Fe, NM), Richard Dolan Randall (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): HG PARTNERS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Neo IP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17849170 on 06/24/2022 (368 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes systems and methods for a continuous-wave (CW) radar system for detecting, geolocating, identifying, discriminating between, and mapping ferrous and non-ferrous metals in brackish and saltwater environments. The radar system (e.g., the CW radar system) generates multiple extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic waves simultaneously and uses said waves to detect, locate, and classify objects of interest. These objects include all types of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, as well as changing material boundary layers (e.g., soil to water, sand to mud, rock to organic materials, water to air, etc.). The radar system (e.g., the CW radar system) is operable to detect objects of interest in near real time.

Virtual cross metrology-based modeling of semiconductor fabrication processes
Patent No. 11687066

Inventor(s): Juan Andres Torres Robles (Wilsonville, OR)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17462675 on 08/31/2021 (665 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing system may include a virtual cross metrology engine configured to construct a given virtual metrology model. The given virtual metrology model may take, as inputs, process parameters applied for the given step of a semiconductor fabrication process. The virtual cross metrology engine may also be configured to construct a subsequent virtual metrology model, and the subsequent step is performed after the given step in the semiconductor fabrication process. Doing so may include determining inputs for the subsequent virtual metrology model from a combination of the process parameters applied for the given step of the semiconductor fabrication process, process parameters applied for the subsequent step of the semiconductor fabrication process, and a wafer value for the given step of the semiconductor fabrication process that the given virtual metrology model is configured to predict.

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

Virtual network pre-arbitration for deadlock avoidance and enhanced performance
Patent No. 11687238

Inventor(s): Daniel Wu (Plano, TX), Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Matthew David Pierson (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17408552 on 08/23/2021 (673 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a data path, a first interface configured to receive a first memory access request from a first peripheral device, and a second interface configured to receive a second memory access request from a second peripheral device. The device further includes an arbiter circuit configured to, in a first clock cycle, a pre-arbitration winner between a first memory access request and a second memory access request based on a first number of credits allocated to a first destination device and a second number of credits allocated to a second destination device. The arbiter circuit is further configured to, in a second clock cycle select a final arbitration winner from among the pre-arbitration winner and a subsequent memory access request based on a comparison of a priority of the pre-arbitration winner and a priority of the subsequent memory access request.

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

Systems and methods for creating customized print or electronic materials
Patent No. 11687300

Inventor(s): Rochelle Rubin (Dallas, TX), Tim Eng (Jersey City, NJ)
Assignee(s): Rensera LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17654955 on 03/15/2022 (469 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and software are disclosed for a create-to-print document solution. A main processor generates individualized bespoke print material by receiving transmitted customizable third-party data and user input data, comprising, at least in part, project metadata. The third party data and user input data are integrated at the processor to create a plurality of customizable user templates and content.

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

Semiconductor device with modified access and associated methods and systems
Patent No. 11687403

Inventor(s): Scott E. Smith (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17350099 on 06/17/2021 (740 days app to issue)

Abstract: Memory devices, systems including memory devices, and methods of operating memory devices are described, in which a host device may access a group of memory cells (e.g., portion of an array configurable to store ECC parity bits) otherwise reserved for ECC functionality of a memory device. The memory device may include a register to indicate whether its ECC functionality is enabled or disabled. When the register indicates the ECC functionality is disabled, the memory device may increase a storage capacity available to the host device by making the group of memory cells available for user-accessible data. Additionally or alternatively, the memory device may store metadata associated with various operational aspects of the memory device in the group of memory cells. Moreover, the memory device may modify a burst length to accommodate additional information to be stored in or read from the group of memory cells.

[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)

Automatic window generation for process trace
Patent No. 11687439

Inventor(s): Richard Burch (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): PDF Solutions, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Dergosits Noah LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17383325 on 07/22/2021 (705 days app to issue)

Abstract: Automatic definition of windows for trace analysis. For each process step, the trace data are aligned to both the start of the process step and the end of the process step, and statistics including rate of change are calculated from both the start of the process step and the end of the process step. Windows are generated based on analysis of the calculated statistics.

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

Hardware coherence for memory controller
Patent No. 11687457

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano, TX), David Matthew Thompson (Dallas, TX), Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Intruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17460439 on 08/30/2021 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a non-coherent component; a coherent, non-caching component; a coherent, caching component; and a level two (L2) cache subsystem coupled to the non-coherent component, the coherent, non-caching component, and the coherent, caching component. The L2 cache subsystem includes a L2 cache; a shadow level one (L1) main cache; a shadow L1 victim cache; and a L2 controller. The L2 controller is configured to receive and process a first transaction from the non-coherent component; receive and process a second transaction from the coherent, non-caching component; and receive and process a third transaction from the coherent, caching component.

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

System and method for managing collaborative multiuser document editing via a distributed ledger
Patent No. 11687495

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Habeeb Hooshmand (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX), Stephen Wylie (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: KDW Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17707231 on 03/29/2022 (455 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device may include logic to provide a trust credential for linking to a permissioned network over a local network, comprising a plurality of user devices; retrieve a document in an initial status for editing, corresponding to a first state of a distributed ledger, maintained by the permissioned network; generate a first change in the document, wherein the document is in a second status; send, to the permissioned network via the local network, the first change for storage in the distributed ledger, in a second state; retrieve the document in a third status, including a second change, performed subsequently to the first change, the second change being generated by a user device, external to the electronic device, and coupled to the local network; and link to the distributed ledger to retrieve a third state of the distributed ledger, the third state comprising the first change and the second change.

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

Pipeline-based system for configuration checking and reporting associated with an information processing system
Patent No. 11687536

Inventor(s): Ramesh Ramanathan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): EMC IP Holding Company LLC (Hopkinton, MA)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17070288 on 10/14/2020 (986 days app to issue)

Abstract: Pipeline-based techniques for system configuration management are provided. For example, a method comprises, in a pipeline-based system comprising a set of one or more pipelines, for a given one of the set of one or more pipelines, collecting a set of one or more configuration datasets respectively associated with a set of one or more elements of an information processing system, wherein each of the configuration datasets of the collected set of one or more configuration datasets is specific to the respective element of the information processing system from which it is collected; executing a set of one or more configuration checks on the set of one or more configuration datasets; receiving a set of one or more output results from the executed one or more configuration checks; and generating at least one report from the one or more output results.

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

Data processing system for automatic presetting of controls in an evaluation operator interface
Patent No. 11687537

Inventor(s): Lorne E. Wood (McKinney, TX), Steven J. Graff (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): OPEN TEXT CORPORATION (Waterloo, , CA)
Law Firm: Sprinkle IP Law Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15984125 on 05/18/2018 (1866 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment comprises a data processing system for populating selections in an evaluation operator interface. The system may record voice sessions of phone calls, transcribe the voice sessions and store transactions including the voice sessions and transcripts. The system receives a request from a client computer for an evaluation to evaluate a transaction that was assigned an automated score according to the automated scoring template based on a transcript of the transaction having matched a lexicon. The system generates the evaluation. Generating the evaluation comprises setting an answer control for a question in the evaluation to a preselected answer based on a defined correspondence between the automated score and the preselected answer, the preselected answer selected from a defined set of acceptable answers to the question. The system may generate page code for the answer control that sets the answer control to the preselected answer.

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

System and method for mobile device rendering engine for use with a data analytics environment
Patent No. 11687541

Inventor(s): Reginald Hansbrough (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, CA)
Law Firm: Tucker Ellis LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17476250 on 09/15/2021 (650 days app to issue)

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing a mobile device application and rendering engine, for use with a data analytics environment in generating interactive visualizations of large amounts of data, with high frame rates. The mobile device can receive, from a data analytics server, a data payload describing data points associated with data analytics visualizations, and employs shader objects or routines (shaders) in combination with a graphics processing unit (GPU), to render data visualizations with high resolution, including support for features such as drill-downs. User interaction with a visualization can be interpreted by the rendering engine as transformations or deltas of an original presentation, and communicated to a shader to cause the GPU to render an updated visualization. A hierarchical data model enables data visualizations to be layered and brought forward or backward within the overall presentation in a multi-dimensional exploratory manner.

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

Algorithmic TCAM based ternary lookup
Patent No. 11687594

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: 16383448 on 04/12/2019 (1537 days app to issue)

Abstract: An algorithmic TCAM based ternary lookup method is provided. The method stores entries for ternary lookup into several sub-tables. All entries in each sub-table have a sub-table key that includes the same common portion of the entry. No two sub-tables are associated with the same sub-table key. The method stores the keys in a sub-table keys table in TCAM. Each key has a different priority. The method stores the entries for each sub-table in random access memory. Each entry in a sub-table has a different priority. The method receives a search request to perform a ternary lookup for an input data item. A ternary lookup into the ternary sub-table key table stored in TCAM is performed to retrieve a sub-table index. The method performs a ternary lookup across the entries of the sub-table associated with the retrieved index to identify the highest priority matched entry for the input data item.

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

Software code vulnerability remediation
Patent No. 11687658

Inventor(s): Chih-Hsiang Chow (Plano, TX), Elizabeth Furlan (Plano, TX), Steven Dang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17064186 on 10/06/2020 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods automating the process of application code vulnerability remediation. Implementations include building a repository of code revisions as software is checked for security vulnerabilities using or more software analysis tools. In certain implementations, historical code revisions are cataloged and stored in the repository. The revisions may be tokenized and utilized to detect and automatically remediate similar issues when new software packages are submitted to the system.

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

Shadow feature-based determination of capacitance values for integrated circuit (IC) layouts
Patent No. 11687695

Inventor(s): Hazem Hegazy (Cairo, , EG), Omar Elsewefy (Giza, , EG)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17218694 on 03/31/2021 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing system may include a shadow feature model training engine configured to access a set of integrated circuit (IC) layouts and capacitance values determined for components of the set of IC layouts. The shadow feature model training engine may construct shadow feature training data for the set of IC layouts, including by extracting shadow features for components of the set of IC layouts, combine extracted shadow features and determined capacitance values to form the shadow feature training data, and may further train a machine-learning (ML) model with the shadow feature training data. The computing system may also include a shadow feature application engine configured to extract shadow features for components of an input IC layout and determine capacitance values for the input IC layout via the trained ML model.

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

System and method for recognizing domain specific named entities using domain specific word embeddings
Patent No. 11687721

Inventor(s): Karpaga Ganesh Patchirajan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Intuit Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Paradice Li LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17380881 on 07/20/2021 (707 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for recognizing domain specific named entities are disclosed. An example method may be performed by one or more processors of a text incorporation system and include extracting a number of terms from a text under consideration, identifying, among the number of terms, a set of unmatched terms that do not match any of a plurality of known terms, passing each respective unmatched term to a vectorization module, embedding a vectorized version of each respective unmatched term in a vector space, comparing each vectorized version to known term vectors, passing, to a machine learning model, candidate terms corresponding to known term vectors closest to the vectorized versions, identifying, using the machine learning model, a best candidate term for each respective unmatched term, mapping the best candidate terms to unmatched terms in the text under consideration, and incorporating the text under consideration into the system based on the mappings.

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

Systems and methods for recognition of user-provided images
Patent No. 11687782

Inventor(s): Chi-San Ho (Allen, TX), Micah Price (The Colony, TX), Yue Duan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17536744 on 11/29/2021 (575 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides devices, systems and computer-readable media for identifying object characteristics using a machine learning model trained to de-emphasize brightness values. The machine learning model can be trained using modified training data. Modifying the training data can include converting the training data from an original color space into a color space having a brightness channel. The values of the brightness channel for the, training data can then be modified. After the values of the brightness channel are modified, the training data can be converted back into the original color space and used to train the machine learning model. A detection device can be configured with the machine learning model and used to identify object characteristics.

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

System and method for home automation services
Patent No. 11687847

Inventor(s): Claudia Jean Morrow (Murphy, TX), Jennifer Marie Pulliam (Dallas, TX), Samudra Sen (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): TXU Energy Retail Company LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16864261 on 05/01/2020 (1152 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interface receives procurement data, the procurement data comprising data received from a home automation device. A processor applies forecast development rules to the procurement data. The processor determines an electricity procurement recommendation, the electricity procurement recommendation based on the analyzed energy usage data and the forecast development rules. Upon a determination of the electricity procurement recommendation, the interface communicates the electricity procurement recommendation to a retail electricity provider.

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

System and method for interfacing with a decisioning service from a third party domain
Patent No. 11687882

Inventor(s): Dustin Ryan Nation (The Colony, TX), Jeffrey Roberts (Keller, TX), Jonathan Darling (Richardson, TX), Rajaboopathy Vijayaraghavan (Carrollton, TX), Satish Kesiboyana (Plano, TX), Venkata Sudharsan Dasa (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17830558 on 06/02/2022 (390 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for interfacing with a decisioning service from a third-party domain. A backend system may receive a request to interface with the decisioning service to generate a prequalification result for a user for a specified product, in response to the actuation of a button included in a third-party web domain rendering a product. The backend system may execute a call on a website of the decisioning service. The backend system may receive the product information from the button. The backend system may generate the website within the third-party domain, including a request for information about the user, in response to executing the call to the website. The backend system may transmit a request for generating prequalification result for the product to the decisioning service. The backend system may receive the prequalification result from the decisioning service.

Prefunding for money transfer send transactions
Patent No. 11687891

Inventor(s): Lorenzo Nardone (Rome, , IT), Shaun Buswell (London, , GB)
Assignee(s): MoneyGram International, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16519469 on 07/23/2019 (1435 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer is configured to facilitate prefunding a number of money transfer transaction fees. Each prefunded money transfer transaction fee is usable to pay for a transaction fee associated with a future money transfer send transaction. The computer is further configured to charge an amount for each prefunded money transfer transaction fee based on the number of money transfer transaction fees prefunded. A server connected to the computer is configured to store information related to the prefunded money transfer transaction fees.

Systems and methods for detecting complaint interactions
Patent No. 11687946

Inventor(s): Katie Truong (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Nice Ltd. (Ra”anana, , IL)
Law Firm: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17481094 on 09/21/2021 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer based system and method for identifying complaint interactions, including: detecting appearances of linguistic structures related to complaints in an interaction; calculating at least one sentiment metric of the interaction; and classifying the interaction as being or not being a complaint interaction based on the detected linguistic structures and the at least one sentiment metric, for example using a trained supervised learning model.

Generation online e-commerce and networking system transform scattered assets data on the internet into centralized assets data and generate my assets ratings for internet users
Patent No. 11687950

Inventor(s): Wenxuan Tonnison (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Bond, Schoeneck King, PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16389121 on 04/19/2019 (1530 days app to issue)

Abstract: A new generation online e-commerce and networking system is disclosed. According to the embodiments of the present invention, the online e-commerce and networking system enables: 1) a user to obtain estimated market value or appraisal value of assets associated with said user wherein said assets data scattered in multiple computer systems are centrally retained in said computer system; 2) automatic calculation of said user”s estimated wealth; 3) said user or an entity to request or solicit sponsorships from sponsors for purchasing or selling assets; 4) automatic determination the ratings of said user”s wealth among wealth figures of groups; and 5) automatic display said user”s wealth and rating information within said computer system with said user”s controls. These are revolutionary technologies to disrupt the traditional distributed user data on the Internet and in business systems to create a favorable digital infrastructure environment or user-data-interconnected Internet fabric for the rapid acceleration of the next generation Internet.

Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations
Patent No. 11687958

Inventor(s): Madhusudhan Reddy Alla (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): The Nielsen Company (US), LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Hanley, Flight Zimmerman, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17693159 on 03/11/2022 (473 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, first instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the first instructions. The first instructions, when executed, are to: instruct a media provider to include second instructions in an application to create an instrumented application and receive data from a media device based on the media device executing the second instructions. The second instructions, when executed, are to cause the media device to: access configuration information to instruct the instrumented application on the media device to operate in at least one of a first mode or a second mode, the second mode different from the first mode; access a media identifier corresponding to a media presentation event when monitoring functionality is enabled on the instrumented application; determine a second identifier to identify at least one of the media device or a user of the media device when the monitoring functionality is enabled, the second identifier assigned by a first entity when the instrumented application is to operate in the first mode, the second identifier assigned by a second entity when the instrumented application is to operate in the second mode, the first entity separate from the second entity; and send the media identifier in association with the second identifier to the second entity when the monitoring functionality is enabled.

Graphical user interface-based platform supporting request for X (RFX) creation and response management
Patent No. 11687989

Inventor(s): Adrianne M. Norwood (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16828765 on 03/24/2020 (1190 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving, using a first GUI, information associated with multiple RFXs to be generated and provided to multiple suppliers. The method also includes identifying multiple bid groups associated with different groups of materials from at least one bill of materials to be potentially sourced from different groups of suppliers. Some information received using the first GUI varies for different bid groups. The method further includes identifying one or more acquisition scenarios based on the received information. The method also includes generating the RFXs based on the received information, the identified bid groups, and the identified acquisition scenario(s), where different RFXs are associated with different bid groups. The method further includes receiving, using a second GUI, an RFX response from each of at least some of the suppliers. In addition, the method includes presenting a third GUI that is based on at least one of the RFX responses.

Wagering platforms and access derived from machine-readable codes
Patent No. 11688029

Inventor(s): Cameron Fowler (Fort Worth, TX), Matthew Sullivan (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): Digital Seat Media, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Vos-IP, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17660681 on 04/26/2022 (427 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for verifying a user device for authorizing access to a wagering portal comprising: a server system comprising at least one server, at least one database, and at least one user device; a plurality of operable rules populated on said server system wherein said operable rules are met by actions performed by scanning by the user device one or more tags positioned within a geofence within a venue; verifying an identification card or another verification data confirm age of the user; verifying a location by determining whether the scan by the user device of the first tag was within a geofence corresponding to the venue; and upon verifying the age and a location, redirecting from a server a URL or a Web app to the user device to a wagering portal.

Video object detection
Patent No. 11688078

Inventor(s): Kumar Desappan (Bengaluru, , IN), Manu Mathew (Bengaluru, , IN), Pramod Kumar Swami (Bengaluru, , IN), Soyeb Noormohammed Nagori (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17093681 on 11/10/2020 (959 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for video object detection includes detecting an object in a first video frame, and selecting a first interest point and a second interest point of the object. The first interest point is in a first region of interest located at a first corner of a box surrounding the object. The second interest point is in a second region of interest located at a second corner of the box. The second corner is diagonally opposite the first corner. A first optical flow of the first interest point and a second optical flow of the second interest point are determined. A location of the object in a second video frame is estimated by determining, in the second video frame, a location of the first interest point based on the first optical flow and a location of the second interest point based on the second optical flow.

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

System and method for obtaining profile of eye lens capsule
Patent No. 11688093

Inventor(s): Paul J. Missel (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16905693 on 06/18/2020 (1104 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a controller with at least one processor and at least one non-transitory, tangible memory on which instructions are recorded for executing a method for obtaining a profile of a lens capsule of an eye. The profile is represented by respective central surfaces and respective equatorial surfaces separated at respective transition points. The controller is configured to obtain imaging data for a portion of the lens capsule visible through a pupil of the eye. The imaging data is transformed to an adjusted frame of reference and fitted to the respective central surfaces in a predefined central region of the lens capsule. The profile is obtained based on a set of fitting parameters for the respective central and equatorial surfaces. The respective central surfaces and respective equatorial surfaces may be represented as elliptical cones and skewed parabolas, respectively.

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

Drone based automated yard check
Patent No. 11688169

Inventor(s): Bryan Gabric (Weatherford, TX), Michael Ibanez (McAllen, TX), Nicholas Dryer (North Barrington, IL), Yasha Hajizeinalibiouki (Fort Worth, TX), Zachery Bettis (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17822999 on 08/29/2022 (302 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing mechanisms for automated inventory control are provided. In embodiments, an operational workflow for providing automated inventory control includes automated data collection and automated image data analysis. The automated data collection includes capturing image data for a storage facility by a capturing device (e.g., an unmanned aerial system (UAS)). The automated image data analysis includes functionality to detect objects (e.g., containers, trailers, empty slots, and/or other objects) appearing in the image data (e.g., using a machine learning (ML) model), to identify the objects in the image data (e.g., using the ML model), to inspect the objects (e.g., including determining a condition and/or location of the objects) based on the collected image data and metadata associated with the image capturing device and correlated to the image data (e.g., using an advance mathematical rule-based analysis), and/or to generate results that may be used by an inventory management system. NULL

Driving automation external communication location change
Patent No. 11688184

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: 16903721 on 06/17/2020 (1105 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, system and non-transitory computer readable medium which monitor a road user in order to move the external position of the vehicle intent notification (eHMI) to another external position that can be seen by the road user based on the gaze direction of the road user. In some aspects, the eHMI notification displays the vehicle intent for a single autonomous vehicle. In another aspect, a group eHMI notification displays the trajectories for a plurality of autonomous and non-autonomous vehicles. Based on the gaze direction of the road user, the eHMI notification can be displayed on a single external position or on multiple external positions. Different eHMI notifications can be displayed at different external positions on the autonomous vehicle to provide information to more than one road user. NULL

Systems and methods for improving task offload scheduling in an edge-computing environment
Patent No. 11688208

Inventor(s): BaekGyu Kim (Mountain View, CA), Haoxin Wang (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: 16939409 on 07/27/2020 (1065 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving scheduling tasks within an edge-computing environment. In one embodiment, a method includes, upon establishing a communication connection with a vehicle by an edge device of the edge-computing environment, collecting offloading information about the vehicle including task information describing at least a vehicle task that is to be offloaded to the edge device and context information about aspects relating to operation of the vehicle. The method includes triggering offloading of the vehicle task to the edge device in response to determining that at least the context information satisfies a scheduling threshold. The method includes providing, by the edge device, a result of executing the vehicle task to the vehicle.

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

Health advisory alert systems, mobile computing units having the same, and health advisory alert methods
Patent No. 11688266

Inventor(s): Bryan Else Yamasaki (Ypsilanti, MI), Roger Akira Kyle (Frisco, TX), Timothy Wang (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: 17578993 on 01/19/2022 (524 days app to issue)

Abstract: A health advisory alert system for a vehicle is presented. A controller may determine whether a vehicle occupant is preparing to exit the vehicle. Upon determination that the vehicle occupant is preparing to exit the vehicle, the controller may determine a location of the vehicle, determine a health advisory metric based on the location of the vehicle, and determine whether personal protective equipment should be worn based on the health advisory metric. Upon determination that personal protective equipment should be worn, the controller may output a notification to the vehicle occupant indicating that personal protective equipment should be worn.

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

Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring controlled spaces for transitory uses
Patent No. 11688271

Inventor(s): John Knowles (Haslet, TX), Mark A. Cieri (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): TeamOfDefenders LLC (Crossroads, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16926041 on 07/10/2020 (1082 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention includes electronic monitoring-device for monitoring controlled spaces, as well as systems and methods for such monitoring. The monitoring-devices may be battery powered devices, with various sensors and capable of wireless communications. Installation of the monitoring-device may not require any wiring. These monitoring-devices may be installed at a given controlled space to monitor that given controlled space and to electronically communicate occurrences of that given controlled space to various interested stakeholders, such as, but not limited to, a tenant of the given controlled space, facility operators of the given controlled space, the provider of the electronic monitoring-device, and/or third-parties (e.g., insurance companies, first responders, and/or law enforcement). The monitoring-device may provide details, information, alerts, reminders, notices, notifications, alarms, and/or the like to various authorized stakeholders of the occurrences within that given controlled space. One example of a controlled space is a self-storage unit.

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

Traffic drone system
Patent No. 11688278

Inventor(s): Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, TX), Richard Daniel Graham (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: BakerHostetler (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17124990 on 12/17/2020 (922 days app to issue)

Abstract: Unmanned vehicles can be terrestrial, aerial, nautical, or multi-mode. Unmanned vehicles may be used to direct vehicle traffic in response to a vehicular accident. For example, an unmanned vehicle may analyze information about the accident scene and based on the information direct traffic near the accident scene.

[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]

Control system for platooning of vehicles
Patent No. 11688284

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Champa (Heath, TX), Kevin Haugh (Alexandria, VA), Philip Friedman (Dallas, TX), Wesley Mays (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Omnitracs, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: ArentFox Schiff LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17694273 on 03/14/2022 (470 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a network control center that coordinates candidate vehicles suited for platooning based at least in part on the hours of service (HOS) requirements, customer constraints, and service time of each candidate vehicle. Further, the network control center may integrate a navigation system that incorporates one or more of the above factors to manage logistics associated with platooning vehicles.

Interlocking blocks for building customizable resonant sound absorbing structures
Patent No. 11688378

Inventor(s): Hideo Iizuka (Ann Arbor, MI), Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, MI), Taehwa Lee (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: 16945286 on 07/31/2020 (1061 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems for building modular quarter-wavelength resonators, and arrays of said resonators, include interlocking blocks having channels in them. Different block varieties can include those having straight channels and those having curved channels, to facilitate assembly of resonators of any desired configuration. Resonator length, and therefore resonance frequency, can be easily designed by adjusting the number of blocks used for a particular resonator.

[G10K] SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES (sound-producing toys A63H 5/00); METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [6]

Plate bending wave absorber
Patent No. 11688379

Inventor(s): Hideo Iizuka (Ann Arbor, MI), Taehwa Lee (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: 16995186 on 08/17/2020 (1044 days app to issue)

Abstract: An acoustic system is provided for the perfect absorption of bending waves. The acoustic system includes a longitudinally extending substrate (plate or beam) defining upper and lower opposing major surfaces. At least two mechanical resonators are coupled to the upper major surface and separated by a distance dimension that may be based on a fraction of a magnitude of the wavelength of a selected bending wave. Each mechanical resonator includes a rigid mass component and a connecting element. The mechanical resonators are configured to block or absorb bending waves that propagate through the substrate. The connecting elements maintain the rigid mass component an elevated distance from the upper major surface of the beam when in a rest position. The connecting element can be a spring and damper; a flexible rubber/plastic component with an axial stiffness; or a base connecting component with a flexible arm, optionally with vibration damping.

Forced current access with voltage clamping in cross-point array
Patent No. 11688446

Inventor(s): Michael Grobis (Campbell, CA), Michael Nicolas Albert Tran (San Jose, CA), Nathan Franklin (Belmont, CA), Ward Parkinson (Boise, ID)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17846684 on 06/22/2022 (370 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technology for limiting a voltage difference between two selected conductive lines in a cross-point array when using a forced current approach is disclosed. In one aspect, the selected word line voltage is clamped to a voltage limit while driving an access current through a region of the selected word line and through a region of the selected bit line. The access current flows through the memory cell to allow a sufficient voltage to successfully read or write the memory cell, while not placing undue stress on the memory cell. In some aspects, the maximum voltage that is permitted on the selected word line depends on the location of the selected memory cell in the cross-point memory array. This allows memory cells for which there is a larger IR drop to receive an adequate voltage, while not over-stressing memory cells for which there is a smaller IR drop.

Non-volatile memory with sub-block based self-boosting scheme
Patent No. 11688469

Inventor(s): Dengtao Zhao (Santa Clara, CA), Gerrit Jan Hemink (San Ramon, CA), Guirong Liang (Santa Clara, CA), Ken Oowada (Fujisawa, , JP), Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17399498 on 08/11/2021 (685 days app to issue)

Abstract: To help reduce program disturbs in non-selected NAND strings of a non-volatile memory, a sub-block based boosting scheme in introduced. For a three dimensional NAND memory structure, in which the memory cells above a joint region form an upper sub-block and memory cells below the joint region form a lower sub-block, dummy word lines in the joint region act as select gates to allow boosting at the sub-block level when the lower block is being programmed in a reverse order.

Method and system for automated population outreach
Patent No. 11688492

Inventor(s): Joel Nathanael Luce (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): LUCE COMMUNICATIONS LLC (Mira Loma, CA)
Law Firm: Osha Bergman Watanabe Burton LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17079989 on 10/26/2020 (974 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may include various user devices coupled to a cellular network. Each user device may be associated with a respective member of a predetermined population. The system may further include a contact management server coupled to the cellular network. The contact management server may determine a previous contact event of a user device among the user devices. The contact management server may further determine a selection of a first contact type for contacting the user device. The first contact type may be different from a second contact type of the previous contact event. The contact management server may further transmit a command that triggers the contact event of the user device based on the first contact type. NULL

Data labeling system and method operative with patient and clinician controller devices disposed in a remote care architecture
Patent No. 11688522

Inventor(s): Douglas Alfred Lautner (Frisco, TX), James Nagle (Celina, TX), Scott DeBates (Frisco, TX), Tucker Tomlinson (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17483745 on 09/23/2021 (642 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for facilitating remote care management involving a patient having an implantable medical device (IMD). Upon establishing a remote care session between a patient controller device and a clinician programmer, wherein the clinician and the patient are remotely located with respect to each other, input from the patient or the clinician may be received via a user interface control associated with a particular functionality or aspect of the remote care session, including audiovisual (AV) communications, remote therapy programming, and related context. Responsive to the user input, a dialog interface is effectuated at one of the patient controller device and/or the clinician programmer. A user characterization label is received via the dialog interface from the user, wherein the user characterization label is indicative of a subjective assessment of the particular functionality of the remote care session, which may be used in generating user-labeled data pertaining thereto. NULL

Onboarding a VNF which includes a VNFC composed of manageable software elements
Patent No. 11689389

Inventor(s): Keith William Melkild (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Google LLC (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Lerner David LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17229853 on 04/13/2021 (805 days app to issue)

Abstract: The instant solution includes at least one element or action described or depicted herein.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Leadframe capacitors
Patent No. 11688672

Inventor(s): Sreeram Subramanyam Nasum (Bangalore, , IN), Tarunvir Singh (Punjab, , IN), Vijaylaxmi Khanolkar (Pune, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17527994 on 11/16/2021 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device having a package structure with conductive leads, first and second dies in the package structure, as well as first and second conductive plates electrically coupled to the respective first and second dies and having respective first and second sides spaced apart from and directly facing one another with a portion of the package structure extending between the first side of the first conductive plate and the second side of the second conductive plate to form a capacitor. No other side of the first conductive plate directly faces a side of the second conductive plate, and no other side of the second conductive plate directly faces a side of the first conductive plate.

[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]

Merged power pad for improving integrated circuit power delivery
Patent No. 11688704

Inventor(s): Hong Liu (Shanghai, , CN), Hongquan Sun (Beijing, , CN), Hongying Zhang (Shanghai, , CN), Jinghua Zhu (Dongguan, , CN), Jun Xia (Shenzhen, , CN), Liming Zhao (Shanghai, , CN), Shiqun Gu (San Diego, CA), Shuangfu Wang (Shanghai,
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17580961 on 01/21/2022 (522 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit package and a system including the integrated circuit package as well as a process for assembling the integrated circuit package are provided to improve integrated circuit power delivery. The integrated circuit package includes a first die having a plurality of pads formed in the first die and exposed on a top surface of the first die, at least one post on the first die, and a substrate including one or more redistribution layers. Each post in the at least one post spans at least two pads on the first die utilized for power distribution, and the first die is connected to the substrate via the at least one post.

3D stacked integrated circuits having functional blocks configured to accelerate artificial neural network (ANN) computation
Patent No. 11688734

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17160287 on 01/27/2021 (881 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional stacked integrated circuit (3D SIC) for implementing an artificial neural network (ANN) having a memory die having an array of memory partitions. Each partition of the array of memory partitions is configured to store parameters of a set of neurons. The 3D SIC also has a processing logic die having an array of processing logic partitions. Each partition of the array of processing logic partitions is configured to: receive input data, and process the input data according to the set of neurons to generate output data.

IC including capacitor having segmented bottom plate
Patent No. 11688760

Inventor(s): Byron Williams (Plano, TX), Jeffrey West (Dallas, TX), Maxim Franke (Dallas, TX), Mrinal Das (Allen, TX), Thomas Bonifield (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17409080 on 08/23/2021 (673 days app to issue)

Abstract: An IC includes a substrate including circuitry configured to provide a receiver or a transmitter circuit. A metal stack is over the semiconductor surface including a top metal layer and a plurality of lower metal layers. An isolation capacitor includes the top metal layer as a top plate that is electrically connected to a first node; and a top dielectric layer on the top plate with a top plate dielectric aperture. One of the plurality of lower metal layers provides a bottom plate that includes a plurality of spaced apart segments. A capacitor dielectric layer is between the top and bottom plate. The segments include a first segment electrically connected to a second node and at least a second segment electrically connected to a third node, with separation regions located between adjacent spaced apart segments. The top plate covers at least a portion of each of the separation regions.

Battery charger with battery state detection
Patent No. 11688891

Inventor(s): John S. Whiting (North Richland Hills, TX), Patrick J. Clarke (St. Charles, IL)
Assignee(s): Schumacher Electric Corporation (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: McAndrews, Held Malloy, Ltd. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17548918 on 12/13/2021 (561 days app to issue)

Abstract: A battery charger and method is disclosed for detecting when a battery has a low state of health while simultaneously charging or maintaining the battery. A battery charger includes a processor; a non-transitory memory device; a power management device to receive an input power and to output a charging current; a pair of electrical conductors to electrically couple with a battery, and a display electrically coupled to the processor. The display being configured to indicate a bad battery indicator when the battery has a low state of health and whether the battery is good to start.

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

Module for a cellular communications monopole
Patent No. 11688925

Inventor(s): Jignesh Patel (Plano, TX), Richard Williams (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17227054 on 04/09/2021 (809 days app to issue)

Abstract: A module for a base station monopole has a wall defining an interior space. The wall includes an opening configured to receive electronic equipment and a vent opening in communication with the exterior of the module. A reinforcement member is secured to the wall and is positioned opposite to the opening and adjacent the vent opening. A baffle is supported adjacent the wall where the baffle has an intake opening and an exhaust opening in communication with the vent opening. The intake opening is laterally offset from the exhaust opening.

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

Radio frequency connectors, omni-directional WiFi antennas, omni-directional dual antennas for universal mobile telecommunications service, and related devices, systems, methods, and assemblies
Patent No. 11688947

Inventor(s): Jerry Douglas Leopold (Yukon, OK), Richard Loy Smith, Jr. (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): RLSmith Holdings LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16914220 on 06/26/2020 (1096 days app to issue)

Abstract: Antenna systems have an RF connector, a PCB dipole antenna, and a radome. The RF connector provides a direct connection to the PCB and limits PIM. An omni-directional WiFi antenna has a pair of horizontal dipole antennas on a PCB having different wavelengths and same frequency. An omni-directional UMTS dual antenna has a vertical arrangement of two independent antennas on a PCB and has a jumper printed circuit board connecting the RF connector to the upper antenna. Corresponding connectors, radomes, and ways of combining antenna elements on a single PCB are also disclosed. A single frequency omnidirectional antenna includes both half and full wavelength dipole elements. A plus-shaped radome enhances the omnidirectional radiation pattern of the enclosed antenna. A jumper printed circuit board allows independent antennas on a single circuit board without the degradation of internal coaxial connections. The connector provides a direct interface with a circuit board to reduce the number of parts and also reduce passive intermodulation.

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

Controller circuit for photovoltaic module
Patent No. 11689027

Inventor(s): Amneh Mohammed Akour (Plano, TX), Nat Maruthachalam Natarajan (Plano, TX), Suheng Chen (Plano, TX), Timothy Patrick Pauletti (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17731140 on 04/27/2022 (426 days app to issue)

Abstract: A controller circuit for a PV module includes a receiver circuit and a mode control and power conversion circuit. The receiver circuit receives a first signal from a transmitter circuit and changes a second signal from a first state to a second state responsive to the first signal. The mode control and power conversion circuit receives a DC voltage from a string of PV cells, receives the second signal from the receiver circuit, switches from a first mode to a second mode in response to the second signal being in the second state, converts the DC string voltage to a standby voltage in the second mode, and provides the standby voltage to DC power lines. The standby voltage is less than an operating voltage provided by the mode control and power conversion circuit in the first mode.

[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)

Self-powered solid state relay using digital isolators
Patent No. 11689111

Inventor(s): Manu Balakrishnan (Kollam, , IN), Navaneeth Kumar Narayanasamy (Coimbatore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17224456 on 04/07/2021 (811 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a solid-state relay, a rectifier, and a current transformer-based power supply. The rectifier is adapted to be coupled to the solid-state relay. The rectifier is configured to provide a voltage to an output terminal responsive to the solid-state relay being in an off state. The current transformer-based power supply is coupled to the rectifier and is adapted to be coupled to a transformer. The current transformer-based power supply is configured to provide a voltage to the output terminal responsive to the solid-state relay being in an on state.

[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]

Variable stiffening device comprising electrode stacks in a flexible envelope
Patent No. 11689119

Abstract: A variable stiffening device that includes a flexible envelope having a fluid chamber, a dielectric fluid housed within the fluid chamber, and an electrode stack that includes a plurality of electrodes and one or more abrasive strips. The electrode stack is housed within the fluid chamber and is configured to receive voltage. In addition, the one or more abrasive strips are each positioned between adjacent electrodes, such that when voltage is applied to the electrode stack thereby electrostatically drawing adjacent electrodes together, the one or more abrasive strips generate frictional engagement between adjacent electrodes to actuate the variable stiffening device from a relaxed state to a rigid state.

[H02N] ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Modular inflation systems and inflation segments including artificial muscles
Patent No. 11689123

Inventor(s): Michael P. Rowe (Pinckney, MI), Ty B. Ebling (Traverse City, 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: 17217166 on 03/30/2021 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: Modular inflation systems and inflation segments including an inflation enclosure and a plurality of artificial muscle layers provided within the inflation enclosure in a stacked arrangement, each of the plurality of artificial muscle layers including one or more artificial muscles, wherein one or more plurality of artificial muscles of each of the plurality of artificial muscle layers are operable between an actuated state and a non-actuated state, and one or more fastening members for attaching the inflation segment to another inflation segment.

[H02N] ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Dynamically reconfigurable motors and generators and systems with efficiency optimization
Patent No. 11689136

Inventor(s): Hengchun Mao (Allen, TX), Xuezhong Jia (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Quanten Technologies, Inc. (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16732768 on 01/02/2020 (1272 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes adjusting currents of a plurality of windings of a motor through a plurality of power converters coupled to the plurality of windings so that the number of poles and the number of phases of the motor are dynamically adjustable, and injecting a plurality of high-order harmonic currents into the plurality of windings of the motor through controlling the plurality of power converters to improve a performance index of the motor.

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

Methods and apparatus to calibrate a dual-residue pipeline analog to digital converter
Patent No. 11689210

Inventor(s): Prasanth K (Kerala, , IN), Srinivas Kumar Reddy Naru (Bangalore, , IN), Visvesvaraya Appala Pentakota (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17515041 on 10/29/2021 (606 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: an analog input; a resistor circuit including a first reference output and a second reference output; a first amplifier including a first analog input, a first reference input, and a first amplifier output, the first analog input coupled to the analog input, the first reference input coupled to the first reference output; a second amplifier including a second analog input, a second reference input, and a second amplifier output, the second analog input coupled to the analog input, the second reference input coupled to the second reference output; a first comparator including a first comparator input, the first comparator input coupled to the first amplifier output; and a second comparator including a second comparator input, the second comparator input coupled to the second amplifier output; a first multiplexer including a first multiplexer input and a first residue output, the first multiplexer input coupled to the first amplifier output; and a second multiplexer including a second multiplexer input and a second residue output, the second multiplexer input coupled to the second amplifier output.

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

Wireless network with channel hopping
Patent No. 11689244

Inventor(s): Jyothsna Kunduru (Plano, TX), Kumaran Vijayasankar (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17231778 on 04/15/2021 (803 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless network with network-level channel hopping. A wireless network includes a wireless device. The wireless device includes a receiver, a data channel selector, and a transmitter. The receiver is configured to receive a beacon signal comprising a beacon sequence value. The data channel selector is configured to select, as a pseudorandom function of the beacon sequence value, a data channel on which to transmit in an interval following reception of the beacon signal. The transmitter is configured to transmit on the data channel selected by the channel selector.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for configuring parameters of a port selection codebook
Patent No. 11689268

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17449931 on 10/04/2021 (631 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving information about a channel state information (CSI) report, the information including information about a parameter , wherein the parameter is a rational number1; determining a value of K[subscript]1 [/subscript]based on the parameter ; selecting K[subscript]1 [/subscript]CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) ports from a total of P CSI-RS ports; determining the CSI report including an indicator indicating the selected K[subscript]1 [/subscript]CSI-RS ports; and transmitting the CSI report including the indicator indicating the selected K[subscript]1 [/subscript]CSI-RS ports.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Reduced power transmitter during standby mode
Patent No. 11689316

Inventor(s): Brahmendra Reddy Yatham (Bengaluru, , IN), Jaiganesh Balakrishnan (Bengaluru, , IN), Jawaharlal Tangudu (Bengaluru, , IN), Sanjay Pennam (Visakhapatnam, , IN), Shailesh Wardhen (Bengaluru, , IN), Vamsi Krishna Kandalla (Bengaluru, ,
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17462055 on 08/31/2021 (665 days app to issue)

Abstract: A transmitter includes a data stream encoder layer having an output and a pattern generator having a bit pattern output. The transmitter further includes a first multiplexer having first and second inputs and a first multiplexer output. The first input is coupled to the output of the data stream encoder layer, and the second input is coupled to the bit pattern output of the pattern generator. While at least a portion of the data stream encoder layer is powered down, the pattern generator is configured to provide bit patterns on its bit pattern output, a control signal to the first multiplexer is configured to select the second input of the first multiplexer, and the first multiplexer is configured to output the bit patterns on the output of the first multiplexer.

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

Systems and methods for adaptation in a wireless network
Patent No. 11689328

Inventor(s): Jialing Liu (Palatine, IL), Qian Cheng (Naperville, IL), Weimin Xiao (Hoffman Estates, IL)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17006420 on 08/28/2020 (1033 days app to issue)

Abstract: An embodiment method of network node operation includes indicating, by a first network node, to a first UE, a first number of REs in a first set of RBs for a first reference signal, transmitting, by the first network node, to the first UE, the first reference signal in accordance with the first number of REs and a first precoding in a first subframe, receiving, by the first network node, from the first UE, a report indicating a first MCS in accordance with a level of signal and interference measured by the first UE, wherein the measurement is restricted to the first reference signal, and transmitting, by the first network node, a first data with the indicated first MCS and the first precoding in a second subframe, the first data being transmitted on a second number of REs in the first set of RBs in the second subframe.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Power and resource efficient uplink DMRS sequences for IFDMA
Patent No. 11689331

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Christopher Weisberg, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17128797 on 12/21/2020 (918 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of transmitting demodulation reference signals (DMRS) over one, three or five resource blocks (RBs) with Interleaved Frequency Division Multiple Access (IFDMA) from a wireless device to a wireless network node in a wireless network wherein Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-OFDMA) is deployed in uplink, is provided. At least one of: a set of base sequences including thirty quadrature phase shifting keying, QPSK, sequences of length 6, 18 or 30 is determined, a demodulation reference signal sequence is derived from the determined set of base sequences, the demodulation reference signal sequence is multiplexed, and the multiplexed demodulation reference signal sequence is transmitted, by the wireless device, to the wireless network node.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Synchronization between devices for PWM waveforms
Patent No. 11689350

Inventor(s): Manish Bhardwaj (Poughkeepsie, NY), Shamim Choudhury (Katy, TX), Venkataratna Subrahmanya Bharathi Akondy (Cypress, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17833971 on 06/07/2022 (385 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a first controller configured to transmit a synchronization signal to a second controller. The second controller is configured to produce a PWM signal. The system also includes a counter configured to provide a count for the second controller, where the second controller is configured to initiate rising edges and falling edges of the PWM signal based on the count from the counter. The second controller is also configured to measure an error between a time when the synchronization signal is received at the second controller and an expected time of receipt for the synchronization signal. The second controller is also configured to adjust a period of the counter based at least in part on the error.

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

Configuring multicast communication
Patent No. 11689382

Inventor(s): Vijay Lewis (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Skylo Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17832581 on 06/04/2022 (388 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 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 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]

Gateway device and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11689390

Inventor(s): Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17810813 on 07/05/2022 (357 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gateway device and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, multiple wireless transceivers are located within an in-wall housing, which also interconnectedly includes a processor, memory, various physical ports and wireless transceivers. To improve convenience, the gateway device may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device. Virtual remote control functionality for various amenities may then be provided. To improve safety, the gateway device may be incorporated into a geolocation and safety network.

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

Memory decision feedback equalizer
Patent No. 11689394

Inventor(s): Raghukiran Sreeramaneni (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16858156 on 04/24/2020 (1159 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a decoder configured to receive an input signal. The decoder is configured to also output a control signal based on the input signal. The device further includes an equalizer configured to receive a distorted bit as part of a data stream, receive the control signal, select a distortion correction factor based upon the control signal, apply the distortion correction factor to the distorted bit to offset inter-symbol interference from the data stream on the distorted input data to generate a modified value of the distorted bit, and generate a corrected bit based on the modified value of the distorted bit.

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

Automated monitoring of infrastructure and application on cloud
Patent No. 11689412

Inventor(s): Bhaskar Banerjee (Plano, TX), Cuong Ly (Dallas, TX), Joseph Knight (Dallas, TX), Manohar Malapati (Plano, TX), Patrick Barnes (Mckinney, TX), Priyanka Kulkarni (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17393744 on 08/04/2021 (692 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for determining monitoring compliance for an enterprise application deployed on an application delivery platform. Existing resources, monitors and alerts are discovered with gaps in monitoring being calculated based on a comparison of monitoring objectives and the existing monitors and alerts. Gaps in monitoring are reported in a GUI reflecting effectiveness of existing monitors.

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

Multi-level data channel and inspection architectures having data pipes in parallel connections
Patent No. 11689441

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17395503 on 08/06/2021 (690 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to inspecting a data stream. Some aspects include conveying the data stream through a multi-level data channel and inspection architecture. The architecture includes a multi-level data pipeline. The pipeline includes a plurality of parallel pipes. The output of one pipe provides an input to a successive one of the pipes. The method further includes receiving the data stream at an upstream portion of the pipeline and inspecting data in the data stream for converting the data stream into inspected data. The method then outputs inspected data at a downstream portion of the pipeline. Each of the pipes inspect the data on a different level of data channel inspection than the other pipes. Each level of data channel inspection has data attributes and/or metadata extracting capabilities. Each pipe transfer data packets at greater than or equal to a threshold data transfer rate.

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

Systems and methods for secure data access control
Patent No. 11689535

Inventor(s): Sebastian Smith (Plano, TX), Suresh Pandey (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17128716 on 12/21/2020 (918 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer system for secure data access control, according to some examples, may perform operations including: receiving first data from a first client associated with a first user; using a first data access agent to store the first data in a first data store, the first data access agent having access to the first data store and not having access to a second data store; receiving second data from a second client associated with a second user; and using a second data access agent to store the second data in the second data store, the second data access agent having access to the second data store and not having access to the first data store.

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

Quantum security enhancement for IPsec protocol
Patent No. 11689570

Inventor(s): Daniel Solero (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Hartman Citrin LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17107846 on 11/30/2020 (939 days app to issue)

Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to quantum security enhancement for IPsec protocol. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a quantum resource manager (”Q-RM”) can find a recommended quantum routing path for routing data from a first data center to a second data center via a pair of entangled quantum particles. The Q-RM can instruct a first quantum node (”QN”) associated with the first data center and a second QN associated with the second data center to establish a quantum channel that facilitates the recommended quantum routing path. The Q-RM can prepare an IPsec encrypted tunnel to carry a qubit associated with the pair of entangled quantum particles from the first data center to the second data center. The Q-RM can find the recommended quantum routing path responsive to an issue detected with the IPsec encrypted tunnel previously established between the first data center and the second data center.

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

Systems and methods for blockchain wireless services in a controlled environment
Patent No. 11689658

Inventor(s): Brian Francis Byrne (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17873030 on 07/25/2022 (337 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of providing blockchain wireless services in a controlled environment is provided. The method comprises a wireless communication device associated with an inmate of a controlled environment receiving one of a voice and video call from a device external to the controlled environment. The method further comprises the device placing the received call into a hold state and sending a request for validation of the call via a blockchain, the request identifying at least parties to the call. The method further comprises the device, upon receipt of validation, removing the call from the hold state; and enabling at least one of voice and video functionality for the parties. The method further comprises the wireless communication device sending the request for validation to a telecommunications server and the server conducting real time monitoring of the call. The method further comprises the device continuously recording the call.

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

Virtual memory access bandwidth verification (VMBV) in video coding
Patent No. 11689712

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16807697 on 03/03/2020 (1211 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided that includes determining a target picture virtual memory access (VMA) bandwidth rate, wherein the target picture VMA bandwidth rate indicates a maximum VMA bandwidth rate for motion compensation of a picture, and verifying the target picture VMA bandwidth rate for a compressed video bit stream.

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

Systems and methods for generating scalable personalized recommendations based on dynamic and customized content selections and modeling of the content selections
Patent No. 11689755

Inventor(s): Abhishek A. Desai (Irving, TX), Haripriya Srinivasaraghavan (Plano, TX), Praveen Kumar Bandaru (Irving, TX), Vamshi Gillipalli (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17382031 on 07/21/2021 (706 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for generating personalized recommendations based on dynamic and customized content selections and modeling of the content selections. The system may receive a request with an identifier and a query, and may obtain a particular recommendation configuration based the identifier and the query. The system may retrieve a set of content that satisfies the query and that is identified with at least one content prioritization parameter specified in the particular recommendation configuration, may generate a set of models of one or more model types that model relevance between the set of content and a different event specified in the particular recommendation configuration, and may compute a score for each content in each model based on the modeled relevance. The system may present recommended content in a different order than the set of content based on aggregate scores compiled for each content from the set of models.

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

Server for providing television and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11689759

Inventor(s): Raymond S. Horton (McKinney, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17122417 on 12/15/2020 (924 days app to issue)

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

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

Compression of internet protocol version 6 addresses in wireless sensor networks
Patent No. 11689900

Inventor(s): Alper Sinan Akyurek (La Jolla, CA), Ariton E. Xhafa (Plano, TX), Jianwei Zhou (Allen, TX), Ramanuja Vedantham (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17330715 on 05/26/2021 (762 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for managing Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) addresses in a wireless sensor network is provided that includes storing, on a wireless sensor device in the wireless sensor network, a prefix of an IPv6 address in association with a key, forming an address indicator for the IPv6 address, the address indicator consisting of the key and a node address of the IPv6 address, and storing the address indicator in at least one memory location on the wireless sensor device in lieu of the IPv6 address.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for transmission of control and data in vehicle to vehicle communication
Patent No. 11689905

Inventor(s): Sridhar Rajagopal (Plano, TX), Thomas David Novlan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16708121 on 12/09/2019 (1296 days app to issue)

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and base station (BS) in a wireless communication network. The UE includes a receiver configured to receive at least one semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration among a plurality of SPS configurations from a BS. Each of the SPS configurations configures the UE with a different periodicity of a sidelink transmission to be transmitted to another UE. The UE also includes a transmitter configured to transmit the sidelink transmission in the different periodicity according to the at least one of the plurality of SPS configurations. The BS includes a controller configured to select at least one SPS configuration among a plurality of SPS configurations for a UE. Each of the SPS configurations configures the UE with a different periodicity of a sidelink transmission to be transmitted to another UE. The BS also includes a transmitter configured to transmit the selected at least one SPS configuration to the UE.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Support of emergency number descriptions
Patent No. 11689910

Inventor(s): Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BlackBerry Limited (Waterloo, , CA)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17057559 on 05/21/2019 (1498 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprising transmitting, by a user equipment (UE) to a network node, a registration message comprising at least one of a first indicator configured to indicate emergency call information display capability, a second indicator configured to indicate language information, or a third indicator configured to indicate a status of previously received emergency information, and receiving, by the user equipment from the network node, a registration accept message.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for security protection of NAS messages
Patent No. 11689920

Inventor(s): Jennifer Liu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17278487 on 09/24/2019 (1372 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods that provide NAS security protection for mobile networks. In one embodiment, a network element of a mobile network performs a NAS procedure in multiple phases to establish a NAS communication session with User Equipment (UE) when no NAS security context exists. For a first phase, the network element receives an initial NAS message from the UE populated with a subset of NAS protocol Information Elements (IEs) designated for security-related handling, selects a NAS security algorithm for the NAS security context, and sends a response to the UE that indicates the NAS security algorithm. For a second phase, the network element receives a subsequent NAS message from the UE having a NAS message container that contains the initial NAS message populated with each of the NAS protocol IEs for the NAS procedure, and decrypts the NAS message container of the subsequent NAS message using the NAS security algorithm.

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

Network function redundancy using binding header enhancements
Patent No. 11689943

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: 17204374 on 03/17/2021 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: A first network function (NF) instance sends a request for a session to a second NF instance. The first NF instance receives a response, from the second NF instance, that includes a binding header that includes a failover mode identifier, a designated number of retry attempts, and a retry mode. The first NF instance sends a second request for the session to the second NF instance. The first NF instance determines if an error or a timed out response has occurred subsequent to sending the second request to the second NF instance, and re-sends, in response to the error or timed out response, the second request based on the failover mode identifier, the designated number of retry attempts and the retry mode from the binding header.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for RRM measurement enhancement for NR unlicensed
Patent No. 11689955

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17443014 on 07/19/2021 (708 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), a set of radio resource control (RRC) parameters comprising at least one measurement object (MO); identifying, based on the at least one MO, at least one modulo value for synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks, and at least one bitmap indicating indices of the SS/PBCH blocks; identifying a set of SS/PBCH block locations based on the at least one modulo value and the at least one bitmap; performing radio resource management (RRM) measurement based on the identified set of SS/PBCH block locations; and transmitting, to the BS via an uplink channel, a measurement report message including a result of the RRM measurement.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Weighted MEC selection for application-based MEC traffic steering
Patent No. 11689982

Inventor(s): Joseph Lee (Frisco, TX), Maqbool Chauhan (Keller, TX), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17409989 on 08/24/2021 (672 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network device receives location information for a user equipment device (UE), an application identifier (ID), and a latency requirement associated with a data session involving the UE. The network device retrieves from a database, based on the UE”s location information, the application ID, and the latency requirement, Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) selection weight values associated with multiple MEC platforms. The network device selects a MEC platform, from among the multiple MEC platforms, based on the retrieved MEC selection weight values, and causes the data session to be established between the selected MEC platform and the UE.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for applying routing protocol and selecting a network interface in a mesh network
Patent No. 11689984

Inventor(s): Osamu Kawakami (Plano, TX), Shingo Sugimoto (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17219001 on 03/31/2021 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mesh network system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate a plurality of radio metric scores for a plurality of network interfaces for a first vehicle of a plurality of vehicles of a mesh network as a function of radio metrics in a current motion state of the first vehicle. The radio metrics indicate performance of the plurality of network interfaces in the current motion state of the first vehicle. The electronic control unit is further configured to select a desired network interface from the plurality of network interfaces comprising a desired radio metric score indicative of a desired performance in the current motion state.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Interception aware access node selection
Patent No. 11689993

Inventor(s): Jennifer Liu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16372704 on 04/02/2019 (1547 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some example embodiments, there may be provided an apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least: obtain information to enable selection of an access node for a non-GPP access; query a server to determine whether the country at which the access node is located requires lawful interception of communications; and select, based at least on the obtained information and/or a response to the query, the access node for the non-3GPP access. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Facilitating terminal communications in a wireless communications system
Patent No. 11689994

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Thomas David Novlan (Dallas, TX), Young Han Nam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16729082 on 12/27/2019 (1278 days app to issue)

Abstract: Network-assisted device discovery includes initiating the D2D network-assisted device discovery of a receiving UE to enable a target UE and the receiving UE to establish a D2D communication. A discovery feasibility measurement is performed to determine whether a D2D communication between the target UE and the receiving UE is feasible. A discovery setup message is transmitted and a discovery report is received from the target UE.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Network edge controller and remote field service system
Patent No. 11690003

Inventor(s): Ralph McCoy (Irving, TX), Tim Garcia (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Apptricity Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Hemingway Hansen, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17212989 on 03/25/2021 (824 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is machine-to-machine (M2M) mobile platform that has a controller that can communicate with RFID tags and receives RFID information into a mobile vehicle foreign network with an all-in-one mobile solution and also communicates with a home network having a computer server. The present invention provides an integrated command and communication platform to support communications by cell phone, WiFi, GPS, RFID controller, vehicle information controller, and real-time integration to optimize performance of the remote tracking network. With the use of the present invention, fleet services, mobile inventory, and asset tracking can be efficiently organized and conducted across a fleet vehicles, a multitude of remote tracking devices, and geographically around the world.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Connecting a wireless hub across multiple wireless networks
Patent No. 11690006

Inventor(s): Vijay Lewis (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Skylo Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17503667 on 10/18/2021 (617 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for connecting a wireless hub across multiple wireless networks are disclosed. One system includes a state machine and a router. The state machine operates to maintain a network availability of each of a plurality of wireless networks for a hub, wherein each of the plurality of wireless networks include network characteristics, wherein the network characteristics include at least IP and non-IP protocols, satellite and non-satellite communication channels, and a connection status. The router operative to select a one of the plurality of wireless networks based on the network availability and the network characteristics as maintained by the state machine, process data packets according to the selected available wireless network based on the network characteristics of the selected available wireless network, and route the processed data packets to the hub through the selected one of the plurality of wireless networks.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for inter-user equipment coordination signaling
Patent No. 11690048

Inventor(s): Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17447188 on 09/08/2021 (657 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for inter user equipment (UE) coordination signaling. A method of operating a UE includes determining a first set of first sidelink (SL) resources based on SL sensing and resource exclusion; selecting a first one or more SL resources within the first determined set for reservation, transmitting information about the first one or more SL resources, and receiving inter UE co-ordination information indicating whether a SL resource in the first one or more SL resources has a conflict. The method further includes transmitting on one of the first one or more SL resources, when the one SL resource does not have a conflict; and determining a second set of SL resources based on SL sensing and resource exclusion, and selecting a second one or more SL resources within the second set for transmission and reservation, when all of the first one or more SL resources have a conflict.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Time sensitive network bridge configuration
Patent No. 11690110

Inventor(s): Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Ofinno, LLC (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17509761 on 10/25/2021 (610 days app to issue)

Abstract: A session management function (SMF) receives, from an access and mobility management function (AMF), a request for a time sensitive network (TSN) bridge. The SMF sends, to a user plane function (UPF) that supports TSN functionality, a message comprising configuration parameters of the TSN bridge. The configuration parameters comprise an identifier of the TSN bridge. The configuration parameters comprise an identifier of a port associated with TSN packet transmission.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Digital representations of physical intelligent moving objects
Patent No. 11690128

Inventor(s): Jian Kong (Richardson, TX), Nannan Wang (Allen, TX), Paparao Palacharla (Richardson, TX), Tadashi Ikeuchi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): FUJITSU LIMITED (Kawasaki, , JP)
Law Firm: Fujitsu Patent Center (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16298578 on 03/11/2019 (1569 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods including identifying a physical intelligent moving object (IMO), the physical IMO associated with a current location and a service request; creating, from a digital representation template that is based on the service request, a digital representation instance of the physical IMO in a particular edge cloud of a distributed cloud computing environment that is closest to the current location of the physical IMO; in response to creating the digital representation instance, establishing a network connection between the digital representation and the physical IMO using the particular edge cloud; detecting a movement of the physical IMO from coverage of the particular edge cloud; in response to detecting the movement of the physical IMO: identifying a target edge cloud of the distributed cloud computing environment for coverage of the physical IMO; and establishing a network connection between the digital representation and the physical IMO using the target edge cloud.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Hierarchical CDRX configuration for dynamic bandwidth part management and power saving
Patent No. 11690129

Inventor(s): Yang Li (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17069385 on 10/13/2020 (987 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a base station to perform a method construct dynamic hierarchical sub-configurations of bandwidth parts (BWPs) for use in a connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) communication session with a user equipment (UE) device. The base station may configure a first BWP at a baseband frequency associated with the CDRX communication session as a default BWP, a second BWP with a wider bandwidth than the first BWP as a transmission BWP, and one or more third BWPs as resting BWPs. The transmission BWP and the one or more resting BWPs may be configured to periodically override the default BWP as the active BWP for a predetermined number of CDRX cycles. The transmission BWP may be utilized, when activated to perform data transmission by UE device, and the one or more resting BWPs may be utilized, when activated, for performing channel measurements.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Network initiated release assistance information
Patent No. 11690130

Inventor(s): Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Ofinno, LLC (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17549146 on 12/13/2021 (561 days app to issue)

Abstract: A session management function (SMF) comprises one or more processors and memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the SMF to receive, from a network exposure function (NEF), a message comprising downlink data from an application server and for transmission to a wireless device, and a release assistance indicator (RAI), the RAI indicating, transmission of uplink data by the wireless device is expected subsequent to transmission of the downlink data and a release of a connection associated with the wireless device after the transmission of the uplink data, receive an indication that the uplink data is transmitted, and send, to an access and mobility management function (AMF) based on receiving of the indication, a release message indicating release of a non-access stratum connection associated with the wireless device, the release message comprising the RAI.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Message mapping via frequency and/or time indexing
Patent No. 11690134

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting message mapping via time and/or frequency indexing. For example, these techniques may be applied to device-to-device wireless communication. For example, device to device discovery may use message mapping via frequency indexing. A portion of the payload of a message, such as a discovery message, may be offloaded to a frequency and/or time index. A receiving device may determine the offloaded portion of the payload based on the frequency and/or time (e.g., subcarrier and/or slot) used to transmit the message.

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

DESIGN PATENTS

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Patent No. D990320

Inventor(s): David Jerome Hutts (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BLUETRITON BRANDS, INC. (Stamford, CT)
Law Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29798120 on 07/06/2021 (721 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen with a graphical user interface
Patent No. D990502

Inventor(s): Mycale Hoffman (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc. (St. Louis, MO)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29814832 on 11/09/2021 (595 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Patent No. D990503

Inventor(s): Bryan Parker (Dallas, TX), Nicole Lee (Lewisville, TX), Saman Baghestani (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29817839 on 12/03/2021 (571 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Combine harvester concave threshing bar
Patent No. D990525

Inventor(s): Brian G. Robertson (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Sam Sokhansanj PLLC (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29842357 on 06/13/2022 (379 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D990556

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Goldstein Law Offices, P.C. (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29812410 on 10/21/2021 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D990557

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29812412 on 10/21/2021 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D990558

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29812414 on 10/21/2021 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Gift certificate
Patent No. D990559

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29812416 on 10/21/2021 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D990560

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29812417 on 10/21/2021 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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