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 December 13, 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 7
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 10
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 1
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 3
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 1
G: PHYSICS 38
H: ELECTRICITY 38

DESIGN: 2

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 16
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 6
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 4
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 4
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) 3
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) 3
Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, FI) 3
Toyota Motor North America Inc. (Plano) 3
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, VA) 2

UNASSIGNED 6

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Devaki Chandramouli (Plano) 2
Douglas A. Moore (Fairview) 2
Stephen Lee Hodge (Aubrey) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Modular storage
Patent No. 11523665

Inventor(s): Clark P. McCune (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Plano Molding Company, LLC (Plano, IL)
Law Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16026656 on 07/03/2018 (1624 days app to issue)

Abstract: A soft-store having a storage compartment for holding one or more articles. The soft-store has a main body that can be inserted into and seated in a crate. The soft-store has a plurality of walls that form a portion of the storage compartment, a top body that attaches to the main body and covers the storage compartment, and a pair of ancillary bodies. Each of the ancillary bodies has an end portion that rotatably attaches to the main body and an opposite end portion that rotates away from the main body to allow the ancillary bodies to be moved to a single-hand transport configuration. The main body includes an attachment mechanism that attaches the main body to the crate.

[A45C] PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS

Input devices for controlling a wheelchair
Patent No. 11523952

Inventor(s): Christopher Lee (Little Elm, TX), Douglas A. Moore (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16570114 on 09/13/2019 (1187 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for controlling a wheelchair is disclosed. The system includes an input device that includes a shaft element, a base element, and one or more annular elements. A lower distal end of the shaft element is coupled to the base element, and the shaft element is configured to pivotally move about the lower distal end of the shaft element. A first annular element of the one or more annular elements is circumferentially disposed around the shaft element. The first annular element is coupled to the base element, and the first annular element is configured to rotate about the shaft element. The input device is configured to generate one or more input signals based on a position of the first annular element and a pivotal movement of the shaft element. The one or more input signals are configured to cause a controller to set an operation mode of the wheelchair.

[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)

Crenolanib for treating TRK kinase associated proliferative disorders
Patent No. 11524006

Inventor(s): Vinay K. Jain (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): AROG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17320350 on 05/14/2021 (578 days app to issue)

Abstract:

[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)

Foraminal ligament anchor for application in DRG therapy
Patent No. 11524155

Inventor(s): Matthew K. Dion (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16864317 on 05/01/2020 (956 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for stimulating the dorsal root ganglion of a patient comprises an elongate flexible implantable stimulation lead adapted to apply the stimulation pulses to the dorsal root ganglion of the patient, wherein the distal end comprises at least one electrode. A first segment and a second segment of the anchor are configured to transition between a collapsed configuration and deployed configuration. A central channel in the first segment and the second segment allows the anchor to be advanced along the stimulation lead from a proximal end toward the distal end while in the collapsed configuration. The central channel of each segment grips onto the stimulation lead in the deployed configuration so that the segment does not move from a deployed position on the stimulation lead. The first segment and the second segment may be deployed on opposite sides of foraminal ligament to anchor the stimulation lead.

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

Topical skin care formulations comprising plant extracts
Patent No. 11524184

Inventor(s): David Gan (Southlake, TX), Michelle Hines (Hickory Creek, TX), Tiffany Carle (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16855717 on 04/22/2020 (965 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for treating a person”s skin is disclosed. The method includes topically applying to the skin a composition comprising from 0.001% to 20% by weight of an aqueous, alcoholic, or aqueous-alcoholic extract from a plant extract.

Method and apparatus for fire prevention in openings in demising wall
Patent No. 11524194

Inventor(s): Alvin Crosson (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16676013 on 11/06/2019 (1133 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fire prevention apparatus includes an inner pipe having multiple perforations along a length of the inner pipe. The fire prevention apparatus also includes an outer pipe surrounding the inner pipe, the outer pipe having a slit along a length of the outer pipe. The fire prevention apparatus also includes fire retardant disposed in a gap between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. The outer pipe is configured to compress when a force is applied to the outer pipe, so as to cause the fire retardant to pass through the perforations into the inner pipe.

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

Adjustable difficulty rock hold
Patent No. 11524218

Inventor(s): David Barr (Dallas, TX), Frederick M. Rieber (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): KidKraft, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17257392 on 07/03/2019 (1259 days app to issue)

Abstract: An adjustable rock hold having a rotatable outer portion configured to rotate about an axis of the adjustable rock hold and rotate with respect to a climbing surface, wherein the adjustable rock hold is configured to be attached to the climbing surface; a plurality of gripping surfaces positioned around an outer edge of the rotatable outer portion; and one or more securing elements configured to secure the rotatable outer portion with respect to the climbing surface.

[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

Closed loop feedback press
Patent No. 11524495

Inventor(s): Daniel Black Thayer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NIKE, Inc. (Beaverton, OR)
Law Firm: Shook, Hardy Bacon L.L.P. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16820990 on 03/17/2020 (1001 days app to issue)

Abstract: The pressing of an article is achieved with a closed-loop feedback press. The closed-loop feedback press is effective to measure an amount of pressure applied and adjust the pressure to achieve a prescribed amount of compression on the article. Further, the press may leverage a closed-loop feedback system to maintain a consistent temperature of one or more platens. The press is able to adjust a pressure applied one or more times during a pressing operation to accelerate a temperature change in the pressed article while reducing the pressure applied as the temperature approaches a target temperature to limit unintentional deformation and bleeding of the pressed material of the article.

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

Omni-wheel brake devices and methods for braking an omni-wheel
Patent No. 11524523

Inventor(s): Douglas A. Moore (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16667389 on 10/29/2019 (1141 days app to issue)

Abstract: An omni-wheel may include a shaft, a plurality of rollers, and a braking device. The plurality of rollers may be circumferentially arranged about the shaft and arranged radially outward from the shaft. The braking device may include an at least one flexible clutch member, an at least one brake pad, and an actuator. The at least one flexible clutch member may have an outer diameter arranged about the shaft. The at least one brake pad may be arranged on the outer diameter of the at least one flexible clutch member. The actuator may be arranged to axially displace the at least one flexible clutch member. The at least one flexible clutch member may expand radially outward when axially displaced by the actuator, which may displace the at least one brake pad arranged on the outer diameter of the at least one flexible clutch member radially outward to contact at least one of the plurality of rollers, preventing rotation of the roller.

[B60B] VEHICLE WHEELS (making wheels or wheel parts by rolling B21H 1/00, by forging, hammering or pressing B21K 1/28); CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION

Electronic vehicle charge regulation
Patent No. 11524600

Inventor(s): Michael Millies (Flower Mound, TX), Michael Treadway (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): KYNDRYL, INC. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Calderon Safran Cole P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16923206 on 07/08/2020 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to partition an area into zones, wherein each zone includes one or more delivery mechanisms and each delivery mechanism include one or more portions that are capable of charging an electric vehicle. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to, in response to receiving a request to charge, reserve a portion of a delivery mechanism for a fixed period of time based on available capacity of the delivery mechanism and need of the requesting electric vehicle. Embodiments of the present invention can be further used to modify the fixed period of time based on real time use of the delivery mechanism.

[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]

Adaptive vehicle headlight
Patent No. 11524625

Inventor(s): John Peter Fenske (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16951910 on 11/18/2020 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: Example adaptive vehicle headlights are disclosed. An example system includes a photodetector, an illumination source configured to generate first light during a first operating mode, a spatial light modulator (SLM), and a dichroic filter optically coupled to the illumination source and to the SLM, wherein the dichroic filter is configured to direct the first light to the SLM, and the SLM is configured to direct second light to the dichroic filter during a second operating mode, wherein the dichroic filter is configured to direct the second light having a first color to the photodetector, and direct the first light during the first operating mode.

[B60Q] ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL [4]

Retainer for securing personal electronic devices on seatbacks
Patent No. 11524635

Inventor(s): Steven Wayne Thomas (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Dunlap Bennett Ludwig, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16717556 on 12/17/2019 (1092 days app to issue)

Abstract: A portable retainer for securing personal electronic devices on the backs of seats is provided. The portable retainer provides a core having communicating wire holes adjacent each end of thereof, through which an elastic wire protrudes for either hanging from a seatback in an upright hanging position or being supported in a pocket of the seatback in an inverted propped up position. The portable retainer provides front and rear endplates that are peripherally broader than the core for facilitating winding the elastic wire about the core in a stored position. The endplates may provide a slot for magnets, to which anchor plates can removably attach to a desired electronic device in either the hanging or the propped-up positions for viewing the anchored electronic device from selective angles and height, due in part to the rigidly malleable elastic wire.

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

Internally damped crossbar assembly having a slip plate damper
Patent No. 11524636

Inventor(s): Kirk A. Miller (Dallas, TX), Sean G. Thomas (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16721792 on 12/19/2019 (1090 days app to issue)

Abstract: A crossbar system for facilitating isolation of a sensor assembly from external vibrations of a support structure. The crossbar system comprises first and second crossbar assemblies and a payload mount, Each of the first and second crossbar assemblies comprises a crossbar segment and a slip plate damper. Each crossbar segment comprises a payload mount interface at a first end of the crossbar assembly and a first support structure interface at a second end of the crossbar assembly. Each slip plate damper is disposed about the crossbar segment and is slidably coupled to the crossbar segment to constrain movement in two lateral degrees of freedom and to facilitate movement in a longitudinal degree of freedom, Each slip plate damper comprises a second support structure interface at the second end of the crossbar assembly. The payload mount is coupled to the payload mount interfaces of the first and second crossbar assemblies.

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

Electric truck steering with varying pump speed
Patent No. 11524716

Inventor(s): Ed Legler (Denton, TX), William Kahn (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16909341 on 06/23/2020 (903 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present technology describes systems and methods for varying a pump speed of an electric truck. In examples, vehicle efficiency losses may be reduced by varying the speed of a hydraulic pump associated with a power steering gear. An electronic control unit (ECU) may receive a set of steering information from a torque overlay system (TOS). Based on the set of steering information, a power may be provided to a variable pump motor. The power provided to the variable pump motor may correspond with a speed of a hydraulic pump associated with a power steering gear of the vehicle. As new or additional steering information is received from the TOS, the ECU may adjust the power provided to the variable pump motor.

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

Single motor single actuator rotorcraft
Patent No. 11524766

Inventor(s): Kip Gregory Campbell (Hurst, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16889608 on 06/01/2020 (925 days app to issue)

Abstract: An unmanned rotorcraft includes an airframe, rotor blades that are coupled to the airframe for rotation therewith, a propulsion unit having a propeller, and an actuator that is coupled to the airframe and adapted to temporarily reorient the propulsion unit such that an axis of the propeller moves out of alignment with an axis of the rotor blades. Rotation of the propeller causes counter-rotation of the airframe and rotor blades. The rotor blades and blades of the propeller are adapted to deploy from collapsed positions when flight of the rotorcraft is initiated. A method of operation by the rotorcraft includes, when it is determined that a current heading does not correspond to a determined flight path, causing the actuator to temporarily reorient the propulsion unit in accordance with an angular orientation of the actuator relative to the current heading.

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

Rotor control mechanism
Patent No. 11524776

Inventor(s): Bryan Marshall (Mansfield, TX), Jason McPeak (Weatherford, TX), Steve Lewis (Alvarado, TX)
Assignee(s): AVX Aircraft Company (Benbrook, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16888519 on 05/29/2020 (928 days app to issue)

Abstract: A compact and unobtrusive rotor control mechanism is presented that provides collective and cyclic pitch change to both rotors of a coaxial rotor system as well as a differential collective pitch change to one or both rotors simultaneously.

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

Nanofiber yarn dispenser
Patent No. 11524862

Inventor(s): Mrcio D. Lima (Richardson, TX), Raquel Ovalle-Robles (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Greenblum Bernstein, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17085397 on 10/30/2020 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dispenser is described for dispensing nanofiber yarns that includes a housing that defines an inlet, an outlet, and a chamber. A spool, around which is wound a length of nanofiber yarn, is disposed within the chamber defined by the housing. The nanofiber yarn is threaded from the chamber through the outlet and can be dispensed in a controlled way that reduces the likelihood of developing knots within the nanofiber yarn, and which facilitates convenient application of the yarn onto an underlying surface. In some cases, the dispenser can be used to concurrently dispense an adhesive or other polymer along with the nanofiber yarn.

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

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

Nickel-niobium intermetallic alloy useful for valve seat inserts
Patent No. 11525172

Inventor(s): David M. Doll (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): L.E. Jones Company (Menominee, MI)
Law Firm: Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17539614 on 12/01/2021 (377 days app to issue)

Abstract: A nickel-niobium intermetallic alloy contains, in weight percent, silicon from about 1.5 to about 3.5 percent; chromium from 5 to about 15 percent; nickel from about 45 to about 75 percent; niobium from about 14 to about 30 percent; cobalt up to about 7 percent; and iron up to about 10 percent; wherein the nickel plus niobium content is about 70 to about 90 percent and the total silicon, chromium, cobalt and iron content is about 10 to about 30 percent. The alloy can have a cast microstructure of at least 95 volume percent intermetallic phases and no more than about 5 volume percent solid solution phases. The intermetallic phases can include rod-like intermetallic phases of Ni[subscript]3[/subscript]Nb and Ni[subscript]8[/subscript]Nb[subscript]7[/subscript]. The microstructure can be a lamellar microstructure and/or the microstructure can have less than 5 volume percent NiFe and NiCo rich intermetallic phases.

[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

Composite subgrade formwork and method of use
Patent No. 11525260

Inventor(s): Scott Armstrong (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Forma Technologies Inc. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16949670 on 11/10/2020 (763 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure presents a formwork system which utilizes Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) panels to create modular segments to form and reinforce concrete subgrade structures. The segments may be rearranged and bonded together to conform to intended dimensions of many subgrade structures. The segments are manufactured by cast molding, bonding or vacuum forming. The segments may include integrated FRP stanchions to prevent deflection of the panels during concrete placement. The stanchions also may be used for positioning structural steel or FRP rebar. FRP bars are permanently bonded to the interior sides of the panels inside the segments. In use, the assembled segments are filled with concrete. After the concrete is cured, the segments remain in place and function as external protection and reinforcement for the cured concrete.

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

Setting tool
Patent No. 11525319

Inventor(s): Justice Baker (Granbury, TX), Trea Baker (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): Kingdom Downhole Tools, LLC (Granbury, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17303396 on 05/27/2021 (565 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gas operated setting tool comprising a piston rod and an outer tool assembly having a hollow interior within which the piston rod is disposed coaxially. The outer tool assembly comprises a top cap connected to the cylinder”s upper end and a bottom connector connected to the cylinder”s lower end. The piston rod comprises an upper section to which a firing head attaches and a lower section to which a setting adapter attaches. The piston section”s exterior surface fits within and is sealed against the cylinder”s interior surface. The piston rod has a hollow power charge chamber and port holes that open into the bottom connector”s upper surface. A shear ring engages a counterpart surface feature to prevents axial movement of the outer tool assembly relative to the piston rod until the power charge has fired and sheared the shear ring.

[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]

One piece frac plug
Patent No. 11525325

Inventor(s): Haoyue Zhang (Dallas, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17072377 on 10/16/2020 (788 days app to issue)

Abstract: A collet comprising a collet ring, a plurality of collet fingers, and an object seat (e.g., ball seat), wherein the object seat comprises a surface (e.g., a curved surface) configured to interface with a correspondingly sized blocking object (e.g., a ball, dart, etc.) to form a seal therebetween, wherein each of the plurality of collet fingers has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is proximate the collet ring, and wherein the second end of at least a portion of the plurality of collet fingers comprises a key (e.g., a tab) that is configured to engage a corresponding latch of a downhole structure.

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

Density gas separation appartus for electric submersible pumps
Patent No. 11525448

Inventor(s): Michael L. Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Richard D. Ornelaz (Frisco, TX), Stephen M. Greci (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16614611 on 11/15/2019 (1124 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes an electric submersible pump (ESP) configured for pumping fluid through a flow path. An autonomous inflow control device (AICD) is included in fluid communication with the flow path to separate one of gas or liquid out of the flow path. A method includes producing liquid from a wellbore using an electric submersible pump (ESP) in the wellbore. The method includes bypassing gas from a headspace the wellbore using an autonomous inflow control device (AICD) to prevent gas locking the ESP.

[F04D] NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J 41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K 44/02)

P H Y S I C S

Methods of measuring real-time junction temperature in silicon carbide power MOSFET devices using turn-on delay, related circuits, and computer program products
Patent No. 11525740

Inventor(s): Bhanu Vankayalapati (Richardson, TX), Bilal Akin (Richardson, TX), Chi Xu (Plano, TX), Fei Yang (Plano, TX), Shi Pu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Boards of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Stanek Lemon Crouse Meeks, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16908997 on 06/23/2020 (903 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of measuring a junction temperature of a SiC MOSFET can be provided by applying a gate-source voltage to an external gate loop coupled to a gate of the SiC MOSFET, detecting a first time when the gate-source voltage exceeds a first value configured to disable conduction of a current in a drain of the SiC MOSFET, detecting, after the first time, a second time when a voltage across a common source inductance in a package of the SiC MOSFET indicates that the current in the drain is greater than a reference value, defining a time interval from the first time to the second time as a turn on delay time of the SiC MOSFET and determining the junction temperature for the SiC MOSFET using the turn on delay time.

[G01K] MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (radiation pyrometry G01J 5/00)

Manufacturing fluid sensing packages
Patent No. 11525820

Inventor(s): Bernhard Peter Lange (Freising, , DE), Heinrich Wachinger (Helfenbrunn, , DE), Sebastian Meier (Munich, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16572303 on 09/16/2019 (1184 days app to issue)

Abstract: In examples, a method of manufacturing a fluid sensing package comprises coupling a semiconductor die to a first set of conductive terminals; positioning the semiconductor die within a socket, a fluid probe extending through a probe orifice in a lid of the socket; positioning a ring of the fluid probe on a fluid sensing portion of the semiconductor die by closing the lid of the socket; and using the fluid probe to apply fluid to an area of the fluid sensing portion circumscribed by the ring.

[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)

Blood-based screen for detecting neurological diseases in primary care settings
Patent No. 11525834

Inventor(s): Dwight German (Dallas, TX), Guanghua Xiao (Coppell, TX), Sid E. O”Bryant (Aledo, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX), University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (Forth Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Saul Ewing Arnstein Lehr LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14904244 on 07/09/2014 (3079 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes methods and kits for the diagnosing a neurological disease within primary care settings comprising: obtaining a blood test sample from a subject, measuring IL-7 and TNF biomarkers in the blood sample, comparing the level of the one or a combination of biomarkers and neurocognitive screening tests with the level of a corresponding one or combination of biomarkers in a normal blood sample and neurocognitive screening tests, and predicting that an increase in the level of the blood test sample in relation to that of the normal blood sample indicates that the subject is likely to have a neurological disease.

Systems and methods for detecting a liquid level
Patent No. 11525839

Inventor(s): Frank Pawlowski (Amherst, NH)
Assignee(s): ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA / KMC SYSTEMS, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16450409 on 06/24/2019 (1268 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for detecting a liquid surface of a liquid sample with a pipetting tip, the method includes receiving an indication of a capacitance of the pipetting tip, and determining, based on a rate of change of the indication of the capacitance rising above a first preselected threshold, that the pipetting tip has come into contact with the liquid surface. The method also includes determining, based on the rate of change of the indication of the capacitance falling below a second preselected threshold, that the pipetting tip has lost contact with the liquid surface.

Multi-spectral vehicular radar system
Patent No. 11525884

Inventor(s): Jae Seung 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: 16896308 on 06/09/2020 (917 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of a vehicular radar system are presented herein. One embodiment comprises a first circuitry layer including a first radar subsystem for a first frequency band, the first radar subsystem including a first end-fire antenna. The vehicular radar system also includes a second circuitry layer stacked on or under the first circuitry layer, the second circuitry layer including a second radar subsystem for a second frequency band, the second radar subsystem including a second end-fire antenna. In this embodiment, one or more components of the vehicular radar system are shared between the first and second radar subsystems.

[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

Near eye display projector
Patent No. 11526014

Inventor(s): Zhongyan Sheng (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16930146 on 07/15/2020 (881 days app to issue)

Abstract: A near eye display apparatus includes: a lens having a viewing area, the lens comprising a waveguide having a waveguide input and a waveguide output optically coupled to the viewing area; an optical projector having a projector output, the optical projector comprising an illumination source optically coupled to the optical prism element and configured to provide illumination light into the optical prism element at a particular direction, a spatial light modulator optically coupled to the optical prism element and configured to receive the illumination light from the optical prism element and to reflect patterned light, the optical prism element configured to provide the patterned light to the projector output at the particular direction; and an optical folding element optically coupled between the projector output and the waveguide input, the optical folding element configured to fold an optical path of the patterned light in at least two different directions.

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

Eyewear with flexible audio and advanced functions
Patent No. 11526034

Inventor(s): Ram Pattikonda (Plano, TX), Shariq Hamid (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16584884 on 09/26/2019 (1174 days app to issue)

Abstract: Eyewear providing flexible audio to a user. The eyewear includes a frame having two temple arms. The frame also has a front rim retaining two lenses. The eyewear also includes an open ear speaker for firing directional audio to an ear of a user, thereby providing semi-private audio to the user. The eyewear may include a wireless connection to another smart device or network.

[G02C] SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES

System and method for siting of energy storage systems in an electrical grid, including optimizing locations of energy storage systems based on technical parameters of an energy storage system or other parameters
Patent No. 11526188

Inventor(s): Mandhir Sahni (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): JUPITER POWER, LLC (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15929665 on 05/14/2020 (943 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying optimal siting locations for an energy storage system. Siting locations are identified based on a value index derived from pricing data associated with a plurality of nodes on an electrical grid. An index is derived for each selected node of the plurality of nodes to produce a siting recommendation.

[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)

Precision reference circuit
Patent No. 11526191

Inventor(s): Mehedi Hassan (Plano, TX), Sreejish Sreenivasan (Dallas, TX), Tianhong Yang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16781549 on 02/04/2020 (1043 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a precision reference circuit, which contains a bandgap reference circuit and an offset-correction circuit. The bandgap reference circuit has an output that is coupled to provide a bandgap reference voltage and an intermediate node that is separated from the output by a transimpedance resistor. The offset-correction circuit is coupled to the bandgap reference circuit and includes a DAC. The DAC is coupled to the intermediate node and is also coupled to receive an external digital value. The external digital value determines a fraction of a correction current that will be passed by the DAC.

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

Command scheduling in a memory subsystem according to a selected scheduling ordering
Patent No. 11526306

Inventor(s): Patrick A. La Fratta (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Nicholson De Vos Webster Elliott LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17323628 on 05/18/2021 (574 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for command scheduling in a memory subsystem according to a selected scheduling ordering are described. Scheduling orderings are determined for a set of commands, where a scheduling ordering identifies an order by which a memory subsystem controller is to issue each command in the set of commands to the memory device. Scores are calculated for the scheduling orderings. A score of the plurality of scores includes a measure of performance of execution of the set of commands according to the scheduling ordering. A scheduling ordering is selected from the scheduling orderings based on the scores, and a command is issued to the memory device according to the scheduling ordering.

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

Variable pipeline length in a barrel-multithreaded processor
Patent No. 11526361

Inventor(s): Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17074722 on 10/20/2020 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices and techniques for variable pipeline length in a barrel-multithreaded processor are described herein. A completion time for an instruction can be determined prior to insertion into a pipeline of a processor. A conflict between the instruction and a different instruction based on the completion time can be detected. Here, the different instruction is already in the pipeline and the conflict detected when the completion time equals the previously determined completion time for the different instruction. A difference between the completion time and an unconflicted completion time can then be calculated and completion of the instruction delayed by the difference.

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

Systems and methods to leverage unused compute resource for machine learning tasks
Patent No. 11526385

Inventor(s): Sateesh Mannar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: Marshall, Gerstein Borun LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17000553 on 08/24/2020 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods relating to leveraging inactive computing resources are discussed. An example system may include one or more computing nodes having an active state and an inactive state, one or more processors, and a memory. The memory may contain instructions therein that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to identify a task to be performed by the one or more computing nodes based upon a received request. The instructions may further cause the one or more processors to create one or more sub-tasks based upon the task and schedule the one or more sub-tasks for execution on the one or more computing nodes during the inactive state. The instructions may further cause the one or more processors to collate the one or more sub-tasks into a completed task, and generate a completed task notification based upon the completed task.

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

Predicting and reducing hardware related outages
Patent No. 11526388

Inventor(s): Anand Samuel Injeti (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16908494 on 06/22/2020 (904 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed here is a system to automatically predict and reduce hardware related outages. The system can obtain a performance indicator associated with a wireless telecommunication network including a system performance indicator or an application log, along with a machine learning model trained to predict and resolve a hardware error based on the performance indicator. The machine learning model can detect an anomaly associated with the performance indicator by detecting an infrequent occurrence in the performance indicator. The machine learning model can determine whether the anomaly is similar to a prior anomaly indicating a prior hardware error. Upon determining that the anomaly is similar to the prior hardware error, the machine learning model can predict an occurrence of the hardware error.

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

Resource allocation tool
Patent No. 11526412

Inventor(s): Rama Venkata S. Kavali (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17334251 on 05/28/2021 (564 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving a plurality of data processing requests and generating a primary processing stack indicating a queue for processing the first data. The primary processing stack comprises a plurality of layers. Each layer comprises a plurality of slices, wherein each slice represents a portion of the first data of at least one data processing request. The plurality of slices are arranged within each layer based at least on the priority indicator corresponding to the first data that each slice represents. The method further includes receiving resource information about a plurality of servers, assigning each slice of the primary processing stack to one of the servers, and sending processing instructions comprising an identification of each slice of the primary processing stack assigned to the respective server.

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

Apparatus including parallel pipelines and methods of manufacturing the same
Patent No. 11526453

Inventor(s): Kallol Mazumder (Dallas, TX), Navya Sri Sreeram (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17401729 on 08/13/2021 (487 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to an apparatus are described. The apparatus may include (1) a read state circuit configured to control the schedule/timing associated with parallel pipelines, and (2) a timing control circuit configured to coordinate output of data from the parallel pipelines.

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

Code generator platform for data transformation
Patent No. 11526475

Inventor(s): Alagushankar Sathasivam (Plano, TX), Gauri Kelkar (Plano, TX), Manigandan Eswaran (McKinney, TX), Pratap Kumar Mittapally (Frisco, TX), Ramesh Babu Singamsetty (McKinney, TX), SaiPriya Rayala (Plano, TX), Surya Ram Harees
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16713340 on 12/13/2019 (1096 days app to issue)

Abstract: A code generator platform may receive source metadata and a target data model. The code generator platform may determine a parameter, of the target data model, that is associated with the attribute. The code generator platform may map, based on the attribute and the source metadata, the data to the parameter of the target data model. The code generator platform may generate, based on mapping the data to the parameter, data transformation code associated with the data and the target data model, wherein the data transformation code, when executed, generates target data that corresponds to the data according to the target data model. The code generator platform may perform an action associated with the data transformation code to permit the data transformation code to be executed in order to update a target database with the target data.

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

System and method for preparing a data set for searching
Patent No. 11526479

Inventor(s): Amit Ramesh Deshpande (McKinney, TX), Liju Mathews (Plano, TX), Renjith Katharin Pascas (Allen, TX), Vipin Dwivedi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: DLA Piper LLP (US) (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16849620 on 04/15/2020 (972 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for preparing a data set for searching. In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to solutions for configuring a storage infrastructure and indexing process for a data set.

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

System for building data communications using data extracted via frequency-based data extraction technique
Patent No. 11526550

Inventor(s): Maruthi Shanmugam (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17021712 on 09/15/2020 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for building intelligent data communications. The system is configured for performing frequency based extraction of data from at least one entity data source, indexing the data extracted from the at least one entity data source, in response to indexing the data, correlating the data extracted from the at least one entity data source, receiving a data input from a user, in response to receiving the data input, generating at least one data output based on indexed and correlated data, and presenting the at least one data output to the user.

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

System for securing and allowing access to electronic data in a data storage container
Patent No. 11526619

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16456168 on 06/28/2019 (1264 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for securing and allowing access to electronic data in a data storage container. The system is configured for identifying initiation of a connection with an data storage container, determining establishment of the connection with the data storage container, instantaneously crawling into the data storage container to access data that is associated with the data storage container, instantaneously performing one or more operations associated with the data, storing information associated with the one or more operations in a data store, identifying initiation of a connection with an entity system, determining establishment of the connection with the entity system, instantaneously transferring the information associated with the one or more operations to the entity system, and performing one or more actions, via one or more applications stored on the entity system, utilizing the information associated with the one or more operations.

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

Systems for sanitizing production data for use in testing and development environments
Patent No. 11526625

Inventor(s): Sujata Devon Raju (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16665157 on 10/28/2019 (1142 days app to issue)

Abstract: An online data hub/portal that provides for data to be extracted from production environments, sanitized (removal of non-public information NPI) and loaded into non-production environment (e.g., testing and development environment). The online data hub/portal allows users to extract data from a disparate production applications into a first secure staging location that triggers identification of Non-Public Information (NPI), sanitization of the identified NPI and validation of the data (e.g., verifying that NPI has been identified and sanitized and that all relationships between data elements in downstream and upstream applications are kept intact). Once sanitized and validated, the data hub places the data in a second secure staging location that provides for loading the sanitized data into the non-production environment.

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

Media exfiltration prevention system
Patent No. 11526633

Inventor(s): Joseph Dawson Davis, III (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Kyndryl, Inc. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Heslin Rothenberg Farley Mesiti PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17004155 on 08/27/2020 (838 days app to issue)

Abstract: A media exfiltration authorization system is provided. A computer device receives a request from an application on a remote device, wherein the request is to store data on an external storage device. The computing device validates that the application is running in protected space on the remote device and includes an established unique identifier. The computing device generates an encryption key for the external storage device based, at least in part, on the validating. The computing device sends the encryption key to the application with authorization for the application to reformat the external storage device, store the requested data on the external storage device, and encrypt the external storage device using the encryption key.

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

Side channel aware automatic place and route
Patent No. 11526646

Inventor(s): Subbayya Chowdary Yanamadala (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): CHAOLOGIX, INC. (Gainesville, FL)
Law Firm: Talem IP Law, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17097144 on 11/13/2020 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power planning phase module, a placement phase module, and a routing phase module are provided that can replace, supplement, or enhance existing electronic design automation (EDA) software tools. The power planning phase module adds distributed power sources and a network of switching elements to the power frame or ring assigned to regions of a chip (that may be identified during a floor planning stage). The placement phase module optimizes a number and type of cells attached to each power source of the distributed power sources already added or to be added during the power planning phase. The routing phase module optimizes routing length to, for example, mask power consumption.

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

System and method for analyzing and investigating communication data from a controlled environment
Patent No. 11526658

Inventor(s): Stephen Lee Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17113909 on 12/07/2020 (736 days app to issue)

Abstract: The growing amount of communication data generated by inmates in controlled environments makes a timely and effective investigation and analysis more and more difficult. The present disclosure provides details of a system and method to investigate and analyze the communication data in a correctional facility timely and effectively. Such a system receives both real time communication data and recorded communication data, processes and investigates the data automatically, and stores the received communication data and processed communication data in a unified data server. Such a system enables a reviewer to review, modify and insert markers and comments for the communication data. Such a system further enables the reviewer to search the communication data and create scheduled search reports.

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

RFID tag having an integrated antenna coupled to test pads
Patent No. 11526719

Inventor(s): Dirk Preikszat (Freising, , DE), Norbert Asche (Moosburg, , DE), Stefan Beierke (Furth, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17137487 on 12/30/2020 (713 days app to issue)

Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. In one embodiment, an RFID tag includes an integrated circuit die. The integrated circuit die includes circuitry configured to store information and transmit the stored information responsive to reception of a radio frequency (RF) signal. The integrated circuit die also includes an antenna coupled to the circuitry. The antenna is formed as a loop antenna array configured to transmit and receive RFID signals. Further, the RFID tag includes a first test pad and second test pad formed on the integrated circuit die with the first test pad coupled to a first end of the antenna by a first interconnect and a second test pad coupled to the second end of the antenna by a second interconnect.

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

Method and system for generating a dynamic sequence of actions
Patent No. 11526751

Inventor(s): Sumit Singh (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16694891 on 11/25/2019 (1114 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive historical data and real-time data associated with a troubleshooting service, identify, using a machine learning model, an optimal resolution based on the historical data and the real-time data, and identify, using a graph analytics model, an optimal path of actions based on the optimal resolution. The machine learning model may be trained to identify one of the set of historical issues associated with the unresolved issue, and identify the optimal resolution based on one of the set of historical resolutions associated with the one of the set of historical issues. The graph analytics model may be trained to generate a set of paths of actions based on the historical data, and identify the optimal path based on respective numbers of actions associated with the set of paths. The device may identify optimal action based on the optimal path and the prior action.

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

RFID enterprise inventory management systems and methods
Patent No. 11526839

Inventor(s): Clinton Leroy Tennill (Frisco, TX), Craig Lawrence Tennill (Frisco, TX), Curtis James Stankovich (Irving, TX), Dean Lee Frew (McKinney, TX), Travis Clayton Ernst (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): SML Intelligent Inventory Solutions LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Boisbrun Hofman, PLLC (Local + 2 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15929827 on 05/22/2020 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods to maintain inventory location data in an enterprise inventory management system, wherein the system includes a global inventory database subsystem for cataloging a plurality of inventory items, each of the inventory items identified in the database by at least a unique identification code and a physical location. The system, and related method, detects, using a motion detection subsystem, movement within a region between a first physical zone and a second physical zone; enables, in response to detecting movement, an RFID interrogator subsystem; identifies, utilizing the RF interrogator subsystem, any inventory items moving from the first physical zone to the second physical zone; and, reports, to the global inventory database subsystem, the identity of each identified inventory item, whereby the global inventory database system can update the physical location of each item from the first physical zone to the second physical zone.

[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]

Enhanced space management via micro-location tracking
Patent No. 11526852

Inventor(s): Paul Brand (Coppell, TX), Steven T. Archer (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15181742 on 06/14/2016 (2373 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system dynamically assigns spaces to users. The system acquires scheduling information for users and identified times when one of the spaces should be assigned to a group of the users (e.g., when a meeting is scheduled). The system may select the space based on the size of the group. The users wear smart identifier (ID) badges that transmit short-range communications signals. A detector detects the signals and may forward a notification to the system identifying the users” locations. The system dynamically re-assigns the space to different users if more than a threshold portion of the group members are, based on the determined locations, not expected to reach the reserved space at the scheduled time. The system assigns a different space to the group that is closer to the determined locations and/or more appropriately sized for the number of available group members.

Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing a contactless protocol
Patent No. 11526870

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Tomczak (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): GOOGLE LLC (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17202285 on 03/15/2021 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for managing contactless transactions. A first tap is performed when a system is placed within a predetermined proximity to a payment terminal. A first select command including an AID corresponding to a first application is received from the payment terminal. A first response based on the first select command is transmitted to the payment terminal. A data request including information indicating supported data types is received from the payment terminal. A second response based on the data request and including transaction data is transmitted to the payment terminal. The transaction data includes at least a portion of commerce data stored in the at least one memory.

Method, apparatus and system for management of information content for enhanced accessibility over wireless communication networks
Patent No. 11526911

Inventor(s): David Walker Harper (Bay Shore, NY), Jason James Sabella (Coram, NY), William Henry Munch (Tampa, FL)
Assignee(s): Mobile Data Technologies LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17069220 on 10/13/2020 (791 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprises providing an interface permitting a first user to control activation of a mobile information channel through which the first user can share access to content with a plurality of additional users, activating the mobile information channel responsive to input received from the first user via the interface, inserting content provided by the first user into the mobile information channel, receiving additional content relating to the mobile information channel from one or more of said additional users via one or more respective mobile devices associated with at least one wireless network, inserting at least a portion of the additional content into the mobile information channel, and integrating into the mobile information channel information associated with at least one wireless networking functionality of said at least one wireless network.

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

Methods and systems for calibrating surface data capture devices
Patent No. 11527014

Inventor(s): Vidhya Seran (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17103495 on 11/24/2020 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: An illustrative scene capture system determines a set of two-dimensional (2D) feature pairs each representing a respective correspondence between particular features depicted in both a first intensity image from a first vantage point and a second intensity image from a second vantage point. Based on the set of 2D feature pairs, the system determines a set of candidate three-dimensional (3D) feature pairs for a first depth image from the first vantage point and a second depth image from the second vantage point. The system selects a subset of selected 3D feature pairs from the set of candidate 3D feature pairs in a manner configured to minimize an error associated with a transformation between the first depth image and the second depth image. Based on the subset of selected 3D feature pairs, the system manages calibration parameters for surface data capture devices that captured the intensity and depth images.

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

Systems and methods for assessing property development condition
Patent No. 11527061

Inventor(s): Brian F. Shipley (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16828481 on 03/24/2020 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: A technique for assessing development condition of a property is provided that determines development condition for an individual property or properties of interest using image or other sensor data from one or more unmanned aerial vehicles taken over the development process. A property condition output may be generated to indicate a condition of the property or properties. NULL

Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring controlled spaces for transitory uses
Patent No. 11527147

Inventor(s): John Knowles (Haslet, TX), Mark A. Cier (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16923781 on 07/08/2020 (888 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

Wrong way driving prevention
Patent No. 11527154

Inventor(s): Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16796939 on 02/20/2020 (1027 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of initially determining, via one or more sensors on a transport, that the transport is approaching a one-way road in a wrong direction based on a slowing down of the transport and a movement of the transport toward the one-way road, notifying, via the one or more sensors, one or more occupants of the transport about the approaching, and in response to the transport continuing to approach in the wrong direction, slowing the transport, by a computer associated with the transport, to not permit entry into the one-way road.

[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]

Display pixel design and control for lower power and higher bit depth
Patent No. 11527189

Inventor(s): Craig Michael Waller (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Syndiant, Inc. XDMicro(Zhongshan) Optoelectronics Semiconductor Co. LTD (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17587433 on 01/28/2022 (319 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method to generate pixel control signal more rapidly and with less overhead is disclosed. The method generates pixel control signals for a block of pixels having a first pixel and a second pixel. A base control signal that is shared by the block of pixels is generated. A first sharpening control signal for the first pixel is generated and a second sharpening control signal for the second pixel is generated. The first pixel control signal is generated using the first sharpening signal and the base control signal. The second pixel control signal is generated using the second sharpening signal and the base control signal. The base control signal is stored in a first memory cell; the first sharpener control signal is stored in a second memory cell; and the second sharpener control signal is stored in a third memory cell.

[G09G] ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F 3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F 9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H01L, H05B 33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N 1/00) [5]

Wearable display system for portable computing devices
Patent No. 11527220

Inventor(s): Rachel Elizabeth Csabi (Frisco, TX), Snehal Desai (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17522097 on 11/09/2021 (399 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system of providing a wearable expanded display system for portable computing devices is disclosed. The method includes connecting a head-mounted display system to the portable computing device and anchoring a virtual projection of content from the portable computing device to a screen of the portable computing device to provide the user with an augmented reality viewing experience. The virtual projection can present the content in an enlarged view with richer content options than the smaller screen of the portable computing device. The position of the virtual projection will adapt to changes in pose of the screen to maintain the anchored relationship.

Magnetic coupling for sound transmission
Patent No. 11527229

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: 16862754 on 04/30/2020 (957 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems for magnetoacoustically transferring sound across an acoustic barrier include first and second acoustic resonators positioned on opposite sides of the barrier. Each of the first and second resonators includes an attached magnet. Via magnetic coupling between the magnets, an acoustic oscillation at the first resonator induces an oscillation of the same frequency at the second resonator. Thus sound waves absorbed at the first resonator are magnetically transferred across the barrier to the second resonator, from which they are emitted.

[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]

Single ended bitline current sense amplifiers
Patent No. 11527283

Inventor(s): Sudipto Chakraborty (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17149915 on 01/15/2021 (697 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sense amplifier circuit includes a bitline node, a sense node, and a feedback circuit which is connected to the bitline node and to the sense node. The feedback circuit includes a cascode-connected pair of transistors configured to isolate the bitline node from an occurrence of a voltage variation on the sense node.

[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)

Artificial intelligence response system based on testing with parallel/serial dual microfluidic chip
Patent No. 11527324

Inventor(s): Jovan Hutton Pulitzer (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): RELIANT IMMUNE DIAGNOSTICS, INC. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16186517 on 11/10/2018 (1494 days app to issue)

Abstract: An artificial intelligence response system comprises a centralized system having associated therewith a trained database, a tends engine, and a plurality of patient records, a plurality of interconnected entities connected over a network to the centralized system, and a voice-activated assistant device connected over the network to the centralized system and to the interconnected entities, the voice-activated assistant device including a memory operatively coupled to a processor, wherein the processor is configured to receive medical information pertaining to a patient”s health from the centralized system, request a treatment regimen for the patient from the centralized system, receive a voice command from a medical professional to retrieve additional medical information, request additional medical information in response to the voice command, and request one or more actions related to treating a patient. NULL

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Thermistor die-based thermal probe
Patent No. 11525739

Inventor(s): Matthew David Romig (Wylie, TX), Steve Edward Harrell (Corinth, TX), Steven Aldred Kummerl (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15973964 on 05/08/2018 (1680 days app to issue)

Abstract: A thermistor-based thermal probe includes a thermistor die having a thermistor thereon with first and second bond pads coupled across the thermistor, and first and second die interconnects coupled to the respective bond pads. First and second wires W[b]1[/b], W[b]2[/b] that extend beyond the thermistor die are attached to the first and to the second die interconnects, respectively. An encapsulant material encapsulates the thermistor die and a die end of the first and second wires.

[H01C] RESISTORS

System and method for dynamically orchestrating application program interface trust
Patent No. 11526928

Inventor(s): Chooi Peng Low (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Larson Newman, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16780804 on 02/03/2020 (1044 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a purchase portal configured to receive a purchase order from a customer, wherein the purchase order includes a service from each of a plurality of service providers. When receipt of the purchase order is detected, a processor determines first and second ones of the service providers associated with the purchase order; and establishes a trust relationship between the first service provider and the second service provider in a context of the customer. The processor also sends a first request for a first trust artifact to the first service provider and a second request for a second trust artifact to the second service provider; receives the first trust artifact from the first service provider, receives the second trust artifact from the second service provider, sends the first trust artifact to the second service provider, and sends the second trust artifact to the first service provider.

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

Multi-services application gateway and system employing the same
Patent No. 11527311

Inventor(s): Alvin R. McQuarters (Euless, TX), Amir Ansari (Plano, TX), George A. Cowgill (Farmersville, TX), Jude P. Ramayya (Richardson, TX), Ramprakash Masina (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): KIP PROD P1 LP (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16876946 on 05/18/2020 (939 days app to issue)

Abstract: An intelligent gateway device provided at a premise (home or business) for providing and managing application services associated with use and support of a plurality of digital endpoint devices associated with the premises. The device includes a communications and processing infrastructure integrated with a peer and presence messaging based communications protocol for enabling communications between the device and an external support network and between the device and connected digital endpoint devices. A services framework at the gateway device implements the communications and processing infrastructure for enabling service management, service configuration, and authentication of user of services at the intelligent gateway. The framework provides a storage and execution environment for supporting and executing received service logic modules relating to use, management, and support of the digital endpoint devices. Thus, the gateway device provides a network-based services point of presence for a plurality of digital endpoint devices at the premises.

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

Power electronics assemblies with CIO bonding layers and double sided cooling, and vehicles incorporating the same
Patent No. 11527458

Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, 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: 16569762 on 09/13/2019 (1187 days app to issue)

Abstract: A 2-in-1 power electronics assembly includes a frame with a lower dielectric layer, an upper dielectric layer spaced apart from the lower dielectric layer, and a sidewall disposed between and coupled to the lower dielectric layer and the upper dielectric layer. The lower dielectric layer includes a lower cooling fluid inlet and the upper dielectric layer includes an upper cooling fluid outlet. A first semiconductor device assembly and a second semiconductor device assembly are included and disposed within the frame. The first semiconductor device is disposed between a first lower metal inverse opal (MIO) layer and a first upper MIO layer, and the second semiconductor device is disposed between a second lower MIO layer and a second upper MIO layer. An internal cooling structure that includes the MIO layers provides double sided cooling for the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device.

[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]

Semiconductor structure containing multilayer bonding pads and methods of forming the same
Patent No. 11527500

Inventor(s): Adarsh Rajashekhar (Santa Clara, CA), Fei Zhou (San Jose, CA), Raghuveer S. Makala (Campbell, CA), Rahul Sharangpani (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17118036 on 12/10/2020 (733 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bonded assembly includes a first semiconductor die that includes first semiconductor devices, and a first pad-level dielectric layer and embedding first bonding pads; and a second semiconductor die that includes second semiconductor devices, and a second pad-level dielectric layer embedding second bonding pads that includes a respective second pad base portion. Each of the first bonding pads includes a respective first pad base portion and a respective first metal alloy material portion having a higher coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) than the respective first pad base portion. Each of the second bonding pads is bonded to a respective one of the first bonding pads.

Electrostatic discharge protection system
Patent No. 11527530

Inventor(s): Ann Margaret Concannon (Palo Alto, CA), James Paul DiSarro (Allen, TX), Krishna Praveen Mysore Rajagopal (Sunnyvale, CA), Rajkumar Sankaralingam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17321492 on 05/16/2021 (576 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ESD protection system including structure to operate an IC during nominal conditions, to protect the IC during an ESD event, and to allow the IC to operate during slow rising input node voltages that exceed nominal conditions.

MOS transistor with folded channel and folded drift region
Patent No. 11527617

Inventor(s): Alexei Sadovnikov (Sunnyvale, CA), Sheldon Douglas Haynie (Morgan Hill, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17201021 on 03/15/2021 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a folded drain extended metal oxide semiconductor (DEMOS) transistor. The semiconductor device has a substrate including a semiconductor material with a corrugated top surface. The corrugated top surface has an upper portion, a lower portion, a first lateral portion extending from the upper portion to the lower portion, and a second lateral portion extending from the upper portion to the lower portion. The folded DEMOS transistor includes a body in the semiconductor material, a gate on a gate dielectric layer over the body, a drift region contacting the body, and a field plate on a field plate dielectric layer, all extending continuously along the upper portion, the first lateral portion, the second lateral portion, and the lower portion of the corrugated top surface. Methods of forming the folded DEMOS transistor are disclosed.

Nitride-based semiconductor layer sharing between transistors
Patent No. 11527619

Inventor(s): Dong Seup Lee (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17115562 on 12/08/2020 (735 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first transistor including a gate structure, a drain, and a source. The gate structure of the first transistor includes a nitride-based semiconductor layer. The semiconductor structure further includes a second transistor including a gate structure, a drain, and a source. The gate structure of the second transistor also includes a nitride-based semiconductor layer. The nitride-based semiconductor layer of the first transistor”s gate structure is continuous with the nitride-based semiconductor layer of the second transistor”s gate structure.

Semiconductor Schottky rectifier device
Patent No. 11527627

Inventor(s): John Huang (New Taipei, , TW), Kolins Chao (Zhubei, , TW)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16922048 on 07/07/2020 (889 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor Schottky rectifier built in an epitaxial semiconductor layer over a substrate has an anode structure and a cathode structure extending from the surface of the epitaxial layer. The cathode contact structure has a trench structure near the epi-layer and a vertical sidewall surface covered with a gate oxide layer. The cathode structure further comprises a polysilicon element adjacent to the gate oxide layer.

Fuel cell vehicle with a water system
Patent No. 11527768

Inventor(s): Christopher Lee Rovik (McKinney, TX), Daniel Charles Folick (Long Beach, CA), Luke A. Rippelmeyer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16939363 on 07/27/2020 (869 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods of operating a vehicle include operating at least one fuel cell stack, whereupon a heat exchanger for the at least one fuel cell stack counter-balances heat therefrom with heat rejected therefrom, and operating a water system to pump water from the at least one fuel cell stack into a water reservoir. Moreover, in response to high water levels in the water reservoir, the embodiments include increasing electrical energy loads on at least one battery operable to store electrical energy from the at least one fuel cell stack, operating the at least one fuel cell stack for higher output, whereupon the heat exchanger under-balances heat therefrom with heat rejected therefrom, and operating the water system to apply water from the water reservoir onto the heat exchanger, whereupon the heat exchanger restoratively counter-balances heat therefrom with heat rejected therefrom.

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

Universal RRU mounting assembly
Patent No. 11527815

Inventor(s): Michael Shawn McFall (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17038523 on 09/30/2020 (804 days app to issue)

Abstract: An assembly for mounting one or more RRUs to a mounting structure includes: first and second mounting panels, each of the first and second mounting panels having a main body and a flange that extends generally perpendicularly to the main body, the main body including mounting apertures patterned for mounting of an RRU; a mounting foundation having side edges, each of the side edges having an open-ended slot; mounting members extending from the flanges away from the main body of each of the first and second mounting panels, the mounting members configured to enter the open-ended slots on the mounting foundation and slide therein, and fasteners cooperating with the mounting members to mount the mounting panel to the mounting foundation.

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

Wireless device cradles
Patent No. 11527898

Inventor(s): Dale Robert Anderson (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Wilson Electronics, LLC (St. George, UT)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16282135 on 02/21/2019 (1391 days app to issue)

Abstract: A user device cradle can include a receiver configured to removably retain a wireless user device. One or more Radio Frequency (RF) signal couplers and one or more power couplers can be disposed in the receiver of the cradle. The one or more RF signal couplers can be configured to couple one or more RF communication signals to the wireless user device, while the one or more power couplers can be configured to couple power to the wireless user device. The coupling of power to the user device can be reduced or minimized when a downlink signal is received by a user device in the user device cradle, or when the user device cradle is in a weak signal area.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Auxiliary power supply apparatus and method for isolated power converters
Patent No. 11527960

Inventor(s): Heping Dai (Plano, TX), Liming Ye (Plano, TX), Yushan Li (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16865762 on 05/04/2020 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a pulse-width modulation (PWM) generator configured to generate a PWM signal for controlling a power switch of a power converter, a bias switch and a bias capacitor connected in series and coupled to a magnetic winding of the power converter and a comparator having a first input connected to the bias capacitor, a second input connected to a predetermined reference and an output configured to generate a signal for controlling the bias switch to allow a magnetizing current from the magnetic winding to charge the bias capacitor when a voltage across the bias capacitor is less than the predetermined reference.

[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]

Input vector set for position detection of PM motors
Patent No. 11527978

Inventor(s): David Patrick Magee (Allen, TX), Eric James Thomas (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17347753 on 06/15/2021 (546 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of determining angular position () of a rotor of an N-phase permanent magnet motor (PMM). A processor having an associated stored angular position determination (APD) algorithm is programmed to implement the algorithm to cause an associated motor controller to execute steps including forcing one vector at a time a phase vector set of current or voltage vectors to stator terminals of windings for the N-phases a positive and negative magnitude vector, wherein the vector magnitude is sufficiently small to not move the rotor, and a time duration for the forcing current or voltage vectors is essentially constant. The resulting stator current or voltage levels are measured for each current or voltage vector. An N-dimension current vector or voltage vector is generated from superposition of the resulting stator current levels or resulting stator voltage levels. The N-dimension current vector or voltage vector is used to determine angular position.

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

Dynamic biasing circuit
Patent No. 11527999

Inventor(s): Amal Kumar Kundu (Bengaluru, , IN), Anand Subramanian (Bengaluru, , IN), Laxmi Vivek Tripurari (Hyderabad, , IN), Sovan Ghosh (Paschim Medinipur, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17027093 on 09/21/2020 (813 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes first and second gain stages and an output transistor. The second gain stage includes a transconductance amplifier and a variable impedance circuit coupled to an output of the transconductance amplifier. The variable impedance circuit is configured to implement a first impedance level at frequencies below a first frequency threshold and to implement a second impedance level at frequencies above a second frequency level. The first impedance level is larger than the second impedance level. The output transistor has a control input coupled to the variable impedance circuit. At frequencies above the second frequency threshold, the second impedance level is configured to be inversely related to current through the output transistor.

[H03F] AMPLIFIERS (measuring, testing G01R; optical parametric amplifiers G02F; circuit arrangements with secondary emission tubes H01J 43/30; masers, lasers H01S; dynamo-electric amplifiers H02K; control of amplification H03G; coupling arrangements independent of the nature of the amplifier, voltage dividers H03H; amplifiers capable only of dealing with pulses H03K; repeater circuits in transmission lines H04B 3/36, H04B 3/58; application of speech amplifiers in telephonic communication H04M 1/60, H04M 3/40)

Multi-level turn-off circuit and related methods
Patent No. 11528026

Inventor(s): Arun Rao (San Jose, CA), Mayank Garg (Murphy, TX), Shu-Ing Ju (Santa Clara, CA), Wei Zhang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17082937 on 10/28/2020 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a multi-level turn-off circuit. An example power delivery circuit includes a two-level turn-off circuit to be coupled to a first switch to reduce a first gate voltage of the first switch from a first voltage to a second voltage when a current flowing through the first switch is greater than an over-current threshold, the two-level turn-off circuit including a second switch, a voltage-current-voltage buffer to reduce a second gate voltage of the second switch from a third voltage to a fourth voltage, and a comparator circuit to turn off the second switch when the second gate voltage is the fourth voltage, and a driver to be coupled to the first switch to turn off the first switch when the second gate voltage is the fourth voltage.

[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]

Built-in-self-test and characterization of a high speed serial link receiver
Patent No. 11528102

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Kwabena Okyere (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Cantor Colburn LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17405171 on 08/18/2021 (482 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a driver arranged at a stand-alone receiver that is configured to receive a binary sequence from a pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS) generator arranged at the receiver. The driver is configured to adjust the signal characteristics of the binary sequence to simulate channel loss at the receiver. The driver is further configured to output the adjusted binary sequence to a downstream data path of the receiver to enable the receiver to perform a self-test.

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

Methods and apparatuses for configuration of measurement restrictions
Patent No. 11528115

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Murphy, Bilak Homiller, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15969865 on 05/03/2018 (1685 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for operating a wireless device in a wireless network, wherein the wireless device is configured, by higher layer signaling, with a first measurement restriction (MR) configuration for measuring and reporting Channel State Information (CSI) the method comprises transmitting a first indication with lower layer signaling, indicating that a second MR configuration for measuring and reporting CSI, replaces the first MR configuration for measuring and reporting CSI.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Watermarking for electronic device tracking or verification
Patent No. 11528152

Inventor(s): Michelle Moholt (Celina, TX), William T. Jennings (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17068467 on 10/12/2020 (792 days app to issue)

Abstract: Generally discussed herein are systems, devices, and methods for device verification. A method can include providing, by test equipment (TE), electrical stimulus consistent with a challenge of a challenge response pair (CRP) to a physical unclonable function (PUF) of a device under test (DUT), receiving, by the TE and from the DUT, a response to the electrical stimulus, comparing, by the TE, the provided response to responses to CRPs in a database including PUF CRPs associated with a device identification and a device type, and validating the identity of the DUT when the response of the PUF to the electrical stimulus matches the response of the CRP or invalidating the identity of the electrical device when the response of the PUF does not match the response of the CRP.

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

System and method for hybrid transmitter
Patent No. 11528180

Inventor(s): Hong Jiang (Kernersville, NC), Jamil Mark Forrester (Summerfield, NC), Wael Al-Qaq (Oak Ridge, NC), Zhihang Zhang (Cary, NC)
Assignee(s): FutureWei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: FutureWei Technologies, Inc. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17560259 on 12/23/2021 (355 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a device that includes: a first quadrature modulator configured to receive an in-phase portion of a baseband signal and a quadrature portion of the baseband signal, and to produce a first portion of an output signal according to the in-phase and quadrature portions of the baseband signal; a second quadrature modulator configured to receive a first modified signal and a second modified signal, and to produce a second portion of the output signal according to the first and second modified signals; an output circuit configured to sum the first and second portions of the output signal, and to transmit the output signal to an antenna; and a mode selection circuit configured to turn on the first quadrature modulator, to receive a control signal, and to determine whether to turn on the second quadrature modulator according to the control signal.

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

EMS assisted split-brain resolution in virtual network function components
Patent No. 11528183

Inventor(s): Keith William Melkild (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17468608 on 09/07/2021 (462 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method or system, comprising receiving, at a virtual network function component instances (VNFCI), a heartbeat message from a peer VNFCI with current operational state of active, sending the heartbeat message to the peer VNFCI with a current operational state of active, constructing and sending a next state request message to an element management system (EMS) with one or more of: an active parameter, and a split-brain parameter, starting a response timer, sending a heartbeat message to the peer VNFCI with a current operational state of active and a desired operational state of active when a receive next state response message is received and the VNFCI response state is active.

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

Dynamic unauthorized activity detection and control system
Patent No. 11528261

Inventor(s): Ruchira Ghosh (Southlake, TX), Russell Scott Nejdl, Jr. (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16860341 on 04/28/2020 (959 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems for dynamically detecting and controlling unauthorized events are presented. In some examples, data may be received from one or more computing systems. In some examples, the computing systems may each be associated with an enterprise unit within an enterprise organization. The data may include, in some examples, processed unauthorized activity event data, such as account takeover event data. The data received may be aggregated and analyzed (e.g., using machine learning) to identify potential threats and threat outputs. In some examples, the threat output may include a user interface indicating the threat or potential threat, systems or applications potentially impacted, enterprise units impacted, and the like. Based on the threat output, one or more mitigation actions may be identified and executed. The mitigation actions may include modifying operation of one or more systems, modifying authentication requirements, and the like.

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

Mobile device security application for malicious website detection based on representative image
Patent No. 11528297

Inventor(s): Asaf Peleg (Kadima-Zoran, , IL), Elad Golan (Even-Yehuda, , IL), Izhak Kedar (Tel-Aviv, , IL), Massimo Dragano (Gzira, , MT), Nicols Chiaraviglio (Barcelona, , ES), Ryan Chazen (South Africa, , ZA)
Assignee(s): Zimperium, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Fenwick West LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16714459 on 12/13/2019 (1096 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for detecting a malicious website. In an embodiment, a mobile device detects a URL referencing an unknown website. Responsive to detecting the URL, the mobile device retrieves a representative image of the unknown website. The mobile device determines whether the representative image matches an image of a known legitimate website. Responsive to determining that the representative image matches the image of the known legitimate website, the mobile device determines if the unknown website is malicious. The mobile device performs a security action responsive to determining that the website is malicious.

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

Stateless network function support in the core network
Patent No. 11528328

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16759494 on 12/15/2017 (1824 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for supporting network functions. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes selecting, by a network node, a network function instance and/or a group of network function instances, the selecting based on information indicating membership of the network function instance in the group of network functions instances and the information including session information for a request associated with a session of a user equipment, the session information indicating whether the network function instance and/or the group of network function instances is assigned to the user equipment; and forwarding, by the network node, the request to the selected network function instance and/or the selected group. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.

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

System and method for application traffic control
Patent No. 11528335

Inventor(s): Baxter Box (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): rewardStyle, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17688504 on 03/07/2022 (281 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for managing web traffic comprising a meta control operating on a first processor having a first control interface and configured to generate a request for content and to transmit the request for content over a digital data network to a meta control server. The meta control server operating on a second processor and configured to receive the request for content and to select data for one or more second control interfaces as a function of data associated with the first control interface and to transmit the data for the one or more second control interfaces over the digital data network to the first control interface. The first control interface displays the data for the one or more second control interfaces and monitors user activity associated with the data.

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

Engine to propagate data across systems
Patent No. 11528341

Inventor(s): Jayachandra Varma (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17533351 on 11/23/2021 (385 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to cognitive automation-based engine processing to propagate data across multiple systems via a private network to overcome technical system, resource consumption, and architecture limitations. Data to be propagated can be manually input or extracted from a digital file. The data can be parsed by analyzing for correct syntax, normalized into first through sixth normal forms, segmented into packets for efficient data transmission, validated to ensure that the data satisfies defined formats and input criteria, and distributed into a plurality of data stores coupled to the private network, thereby propagating data without repetitive manual entry. The data may also be enriched by, for example, correcting for any errors or linking with other potentially related data. Based on data enrichment, recommendations of additional target(s) for propagation of data can be identified. Reports may also be generated. The cognitive automation may be performed in real-time to expedite processing.

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

Noise suppression in a sampling circuit
Patent No. 11528388

Inventor(s): Nagesh Surendranath (Plano, TX), Sravana Kumar Goli (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16928248 on 07/14/2020 (882 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a circuit includes an integrator. The integrator receives an input signal. A first sampling network is coupled to the integrator and generates a signal voltage. A second sampling network is coupled to the integrator and generates a pixel sampled noise voltage. The pixel sampled noise voltage generated in a previous cycle is subtracted from the signal voltage generated in a current cycle to generate a true signal voltage.

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

Methods and devices to identify focal objects
Patent No. 11528407

Inventor(s): Andrew Hodgson (Edinburgh, , GB), Darin K. Winterton (San Jose, CA), Donald Baxter (Stirling, , GB), Gordon Lunn (Linlithgow, , GB), Kalyan-Kumar Vadlamudi-Reddy (San Jose, CA), Olivier Pothier (Sceaux, , FR)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17122667 on 12/15/2020 (728 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes dividing a field of view into a plurality of zones and sampling the field of view to generate a photon count for each zone of the plurality of zones, identifying a focal sector of the field of view and analyzing each zone to select a final focal object from a first prospective focal object and a second prospective focal object.

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

Secure nonscheduled video visitation system
Patent No. 11528450

Abstract: Described are methods and systems in which the censorship and supervision tasks normally performed by secured facility personnel are augmented or automated entirely by a Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation System. In embodiments, the Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation System performs voice biometrics, speech recognition, non-verbal audio classification, fingerprint and other biometric authentication, image object classification, facial recognition, body joint location determination analysis, and/or optical character recognition on the video visitation data. The Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation utilizes these various analysis techniques in concert to determine if all rules and regulations enforced by the jurisdiction operation the secured facility are being followed by the parties to the video visitation session.

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

Sensor fusion based perceptually enhanced surround view
Patent No. 11528453

Inventor(s): Aishwarya Dubey (Plano, TX), Martin Fritz Mueller (San Jose, CA), Shashank Dabral (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17115378 on 12/08/2020 (735 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques including obtaining a first location of a vehicle, the vehicle having two or more cameras disposed about the vehicle, each camera associated with a physical camera pose, capturing, by a first camera, a first image of a first area in a first field of view, associating the first image with the first location of the vehicle when the first image was captured, moving the vehicle in a direction so that the first area is in an expected second field of view of a second camera, wherein the second camera is not capturing images, obtaining a second location of the vehicle, determining a temporal camera pose based on a first physical camera pose, a second physical camera pose, and the second location of the vehicle, and rendering a view of the first area from the expected second field of view of the second camera based on the first image.

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

Reduced complexity coefficient transmission for adaptive loop filtering (ALF) in video coding
Patent No. 11528489

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16889936 on 06/02/2020 (924 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for adaptive loop filtering is provided that includes determining a coefficient value for each coefficient position of an adaptive loop filter, applying the adaptive loop filter to at least a portion of a reconstructed picture using the coefficient values, and entropy encoding coefficient values into a compressed bit stream using predetermined short binary codes, wherein the short binary code used depends on the coefficient position of the coefficient value.

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

Systems and methods for emphasizing and deemphasizing radio beams from base stations
Patent No. 11528590

Inventor(s): Krishna K. Bellamkonda (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17443338 on 07/26/2021 (505 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive data identifying user devices within a geographical area of a base station, respective services provided by the base station to the user devices, the geographical area, an earth station within the geographical area, an infrastructure within the geographical area, and other base stations located geographically adjacent to the geographical area. The device may determine, based on the received data, interfering beams of the base station that interfere with the earth station, and may include data identifying the interfering beams, in a first list of beams to be deemphasized. The device may determine, based on the received data, beams of the base station to be emphasized based on the infrastructure, and may include data identifying the beams to be emphasized, in a second list. The device may control the base station based on the first list and the second list.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Providing secondary coverage in a mobile communication system
Patent No. 11528617

Inventor(s): Jack Anthony Smith (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16729103 on 12/27/2019 (1082 days app to issue)

Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, articles of manufacture and systems for providing secondary coverage in a mobile communication system are disclosed. Example methods for a first device to provide secondary coverage in a mobile communication system include transmitting a secondary coverage signal and receiving a presence indication from a second device. Such example methods can also include reporting the presence indication to an access node of the mobile communication system. Such example methods can further include receiving information from the access node to enable relay node functionality in the first device in response to reporting the presence indication to the access node.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Generating and calibrating signal strength prediction in a wireless network
Patent No. 11528620

Inventor(s): Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17393329 on 08/03/2021 (497 days app to issue)

Abstract: A core network entity (CNE) can predict received signal strength values for base station (BS). In response to a triggering event, the CNE fetches information on BS configuration parameters, including at least one of: a BS class, a BS location, a BS height, an orientation of the BS, a BS antenna pattern, and topographical details surrounding the BS. The BS obtains, processes and forwards to the CNE, measurement reports created by a user equipment (UE) including a signal strength value and a location of the UE. The CNE pools the measurement reports based on the BS class and, in response to another triggering event, recalibrates signal strength prediction tools, which can predict received signal strength values from the BS to a location in a vicinity of the BSs. The CNE also pools and stores the measurement reports and corresponding BS configuration parameters, after post processing and compression.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Hybrid release for processing user equipment transaction
Patent No. 11528648

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16349355 on 11/15/2017 (1854 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from handling of various connection states. For example, certain wireless communication systems may benefit from a hybrid release that may enable any access management function to process a user equipment transaction. A method can include determining, by an access management function, whether to remain a serving node for a user equipment. The method can include taking an action with respect to an NG2 association for the user equipment based on the determination.

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

Node configuration and self healing for ad hoc networks
Patent No. 11528653

Inventor(s): Ariton E. Xhafa (Plano, TX), Jianwei Zhou (Allen, TX), Xiaolin Lu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16864405 on 05/01/2020 (956 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network includes at least one node to communicate with at least one other node via a wireless network protocol. The node includes a network configuration module to periodically switch a current node function of the node between an intermediate node function and a leaf node function. The switch of the current node function enables automatic reconfiguration of the wireless network based on detected communications between the at least one node and at least one intermediate node or at least one leaf node via the wireless network protocol.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Primary and secondary beams based channel access
Patent No. 11528707

Inventor(s): Navin Hathiramani (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Harrington Smith (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17239764 on 04/26/2021 (596 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor; and a non-transitory memory including computer program code; wherein the memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to: report at least two reported beams to a radio node; receive a configuration from the radio node for at least two configured beams, the at least two configured beams comprising a primary beam and at least one secondary beam; attempt to decode data based on the primary beam, per monitoring occasion for a downlink channel, based on the received configuration; in response to a failure to decode the data based on the primary beam, attempt to decode the data based on the at least one secondary beam over the downlink channel; and transmit or receive information over a scheduling occasion using at least one of the at least two configured beams following a successful decoding attempt.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Apparatus and methods for efficient wireless channel usage
Patent No. 11528708

Inventor(s): Ahmad Reza Hedayat (Lake Forest, CA), Young Hoon Kwon (Lake Forest, CA)
Assignee(s): ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17317726 on 05/11/2021 (581 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-user uplink transmission is performed by analyzing, by a first wireless station, a spatial reuse field in a first frame, and generating, by the first wireless station, a second frame, wherein the second frame includes a spatial reuse field that is generated based on the spatial reuse field of the first frame. The first frame and the second frame are within the same transmission opportunity (TXOP) and the first frame is transmitted prior to the second frame during the TXOP.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

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Inventor(s): David Wyatt (Fort Worth, TX), James Donn Hethcock, Jr. (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Holland Hart LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29629919 on 12/18/2017 (1821 days app to issue)

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Pet toy
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Inventor(s): Jill Jackson (Fort Worth, TX), Josiah Wilhelm (Fort Worth, TX), Ron Bagley (Dallas, TX), Sunil Pinto (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Global IP Counselors, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29756834 on 10/30/2020 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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