Dallas Fort Worth: U.S. Patents Granted in the Dallas Fort Worth region. Dallas Invents is a weekly look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor. Patent activity can be an indicator of future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. By tracking both inventors and assignees in the region, we aim to provide a broader view of the region’s inventive activity. Listings are organized by Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC).

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of December 6, 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 10
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 10
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 5
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 11
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 6
G: PHYSICS 48
H: ELECTRICITY 32

DESIGN: 24

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 15
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 7
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 6
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 4
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 4
BMIC LLC (Dallas) 3
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 3
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) 3
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 3

UNASSIGNED 33

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound) 20
Bradly Jay Billman (Celina) 2
Karpaga Ganesh Patchirajan (Plano) 2
Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton) 2
Vipul Jha (Plano) 2
Akram Ali Salman (Plano)

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Microbicidal system

Patent No. 11517019

Inventor(s): Arthur S. Freeman (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): About Better Life Experiences, LLC (Atlanta, GA)

Law Firm: Denton Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC (no location found)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17172058 on 02/09/2021 (665 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention provides a system for sanitizing fluids such as water and air. In particular, the invention provides a combination of solid chlorhexidine and a polymer matrix, for which effluents are essentially free of leached chlorhexidine. The systems enable rapid disinfecting of fluids, including in line at the point of use, and can be employed for both high volume applications and disposable single-use applications.

[A01N] PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF (preservation of food or foodstuff A23); BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES (preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes which kill or prevent the growth or proliferation of unwanted organisms A61K); PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS (mixtures of pesticides with fertilisers C05G)

Use of edible-oil-processing spent bleaching earth in formulating poultry and livestock feed products

Patent No. 11517030

Inventor(s): Norman J. Smallwood (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: McKee, Voorhees Sease, PLC (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 15555660 on 03/04/2016 (2468 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for disposing of spent bleaching earth that is economically beneficial and avoids the problems typically associated with its disposal. By adding fine-particle lime (calcium carbonate) to the spent bleaching earth discharged from the process filters, spontaneous combustion can be eliminated. The material can then be transported in solid form to a production facility for use as a nutritious ingredient in making a wide range of feed products for poultry and livestock.
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Removeable helmet cover and methods of manufacture

Patent No. 11517068

Inventor(s): Conner Alan Preston (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: Carlson, Caspers, Vandenburgh Lindquist, P.A. (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17664892 on 05/25/2022 (195 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is directed to injection molded articles as well as methods of manufacture of the same. The injection molded article is a helmet cover for a protective helmet, and more particularly a replaceable helmet cover for enhancing the aesthetic outer appearance of a helmet used in military, construction, manufacturing, and/or contact sports such as American football, baseball, lacrosse, hockey, equestrian, skiing, snowboarding, and the like.

[A42C] MANUFACTURING OR TRIMMING HATS OR OTHER HEAD COVERINGS

Walk-in bath

Patent No. 11517156

Inventor(s): Christopher Helmstetter (Langhorne, PA), Douglas Leavitt (Bethlehem, PA)

Assignee(s): Safety Tubs Company, LLC (Grand Prairie, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17277217 on 09/19/2019 (1174 days app to issue)

Abstract: A walk-in bath comprising a sidewall and a door; wherein the door is configured to be in an open position or a closed position, the sidewall and closed door define a tub configured to hold bathing water, the door comprises a fin configured to be grasped by a bather, and the fin comprises a continuous projection positioned on a top edge of the door between a first end of the door and a second end of the door.

[A47K] SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (connecting to water supply or waste pipe, sinks E03C; water-closets E03D); TOILET ACCESSORIES (cosmetic equipment A45D)

Pregnant guide pin drill passer

Patent No. 11517330

Inventor(s): Tarek O. Souryal (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16724013 on 12/20/2019 (1082 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure provides an apparatus, system and method for pregnant guide pin drill passer. The pregnant guide pin drill passer includes a drill shank removably to transfer a rotational force of a drill; a drill neck to translate the rotational force from the drill shank to the drill bit; the drill bit to use the rotational force to create a bone tunnel in a bone; a hole finisher to embed bone dust into a surface of the bone tunnel; an eyelet to receive a first end of a suture after the drill shank is removed from the drill, pull the first end of the suture through the bone tunnel when the drill shank is pulled through the bone tunnel, and remove the suture from the eyelet.

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

Systems and methods for providing sanitary touch interface experiences

Patent No. 11517641

Inventor(s): Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, TX)

Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)

Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17385650 on 07/26/2021 (498 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sanitary method and system of providing touch interface experiences to users of public devices are disclosed. In one aspect, the system and method are configured to deploy a clean, protective barrier across a touchscreen for each user of the public device. The barrier includes a transparent membrane that permits the user to provide touch-based inputs to the touchscreen through the barrier. In cases where the touch interface is generated by a projector, the system and method are configured to deploy a membrane that serves as a disposable screen for the projected interface. Once each user completes their session, the system automatically replaces the used membrane with a fresh membrane, ensuring subsequent users are not exposed to contaminants or residue from previous user sessions.

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

Fluid sensor

Patent No. 11517670

Inventor(s): Adam D. McBrady (Dallas, TX), Andy Walker Brown (Richardson, TX)

Assignee(s): HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, NJ)

Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16409496 on 05/10/2019 (1306 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid sensing apparatus and a method for detecting pressure and a presence of bubbles within a fluid tube. The fluid sensing apparatus comprises a housing configured to receive a portion of the tube and to house a pressure sensor and an ultrasonic transmitter. The pressure sensor is positioned adjacent the tube and is configured to receive a pressure sensor signal, which correlates to a detected pressure differential within the tube. A controller transmits a drive signal to the ultrasonic transmitter, which emits ultrasonic waves through the portion of the tube and to the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor receives both the ultrasonic waves and the pressure sensor signal, and subsequently transmits an output signal to the controller. In a presence of a pressure differential or a bubble within the tube, the output signal will exhibit a DC shift or a distortion of signal characteristics of the output signal, respectively.

[A61M] DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D 7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F 13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J 1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L; magnetotherapy using magnetic elements placed within the body A61N 2/10); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR [5]

Tissue-stimulating method using spatial scanning of electric and magnetic fields

Patent No. 11517761

Inventor(s): Francisco Javier Velasco Valcke (Bogot, , CO)

Assignee(s): PANACEA QUANTUM LEAP TECHNOLOGY LLC (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Fountainhead Law Group P.C. (2 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16967755 on 02/07/2019 (1398 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure refers to methods and devices for electromagnetic stimulation of tissues. Some methods comprising the steps: a) disposing an arrangement of electromagnetic transducers encompassing a volume containing a tissue; b) applying an electromagnetic field stimulus to a tissue through the arrangement of electromagnetic transducers according to an activation pattern for a period of time; wherein the activation pattern allows to vary the intensity and direction of the electromagnetic field vector. Some devices comprising: a computing unit, an external power source connected to the computing unit; a decoupling circuit connected to the external power source and to the computing unit; a switching circuit connected to the external power source, to the decoupling circuit and to the computing unit; an arrangement of electromagnetic transducers connected to the computing unit and to the de switching circuit; wherein the computing unit implements the methods of the disclosure for electromagnetic stimulation of tissues.

[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]

Golf club with polymeric insert and removeable weight

Patent No. 11517796

Inventor(s): Joshua Boggs (Aledo, TX)

Assignee(s): Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (Phoenix, AZ)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17348676 on 06/15/2021 (539 days app to issue)

Abstract: A golf club head includes a face, a crown, a sole, and defines a bore that is configured to receive and to selectively retain an elongate weight. The bore is aligned on a longitudinal axis that intersects the face. An elongate weight is insertable into the bore. The elongate weight is rotatable between a first angular position and a second angular position. The golf club head can further include a compliant stop positioned to contact a protrusion of the elongate weight, such that a torque threshold must be overcome to rotate the elongate weight.

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

Iron-type golf club head or other ball striking device

Patent No. 11517797

Inventor(s): Robert M. Boyd (Flower Mound, TX)

Assignee(s): Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (Phoenix, AZ)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17080716 on 10/26/2020 (771 days app to issue)

Abstract: A ball striking device, such as an iron-type golf club head, includes a face having a ball striking surface and a rear surface, and a body connected to the face. The body has a sole member and a rear cavity defined at least partially by the sole member and the rear surface of the face. The body has an elongated, recessed channel extending within the cavity along a juncture line between the rear surface of the face and the sole member. Additionally, the head is formed in part by a face member having a first leg forming at least a major portion of the face and a second leg extending rearwardly from a bottom end of the first leg and forming at least a portion of the sole member. The head may further be formed by a body member connected to the face member.

[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

Abatement system for pyrophoric chemicals and method of use

Patent No. 11517831

Inventor(s): George Andrew Rabroker (Dallas, TX), Michael Carleton Murphey (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: Law Office of Jeff Williams PLLC (Local + 690 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16452179 on 06/25/2019 (1260 days app to issue)

Abstract: An abatement system for pyrophoric chemicals where the materials are captured or controlled by a hazard volume and fed to a vaporizer in an oxygen deprived environment. Materials are heated until vaporized while mixed with nitrogen. The mixture exits the system through a reaction column. The system is monitored by oxygen sensors, smoke detectors and temperature sensors.

[B01D] SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D, by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B, by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges B04B; vortex apparatus B04C; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B 9/02) [5]

Selective adsorption of gaseous alkenes into non-porous copper(I) complexes: controlling heat of adsorption and loading pressure

Patent No. 11517877

Inventor(s): Devaborniny Parasar (Arlington, TX), Rasika Dias (Arlington, TX)

Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX), University of Canterbury (Christchurch, , NZ)

Law Firm: Meunier Carlin Curfman LLC (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17355743 on 06/23/2021 (531 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are air-stable small-molecule adsorbents trimeric [CuBr][subscript]3 [/subscript]and [CuH][subscript]3 [/subscript]that undergo a reversible solid-state molecular rearrangements to [CuBr.(alkene)][subscript]2 [/subscript]and [CuH.(alkene)][subscript]2 [/subscript]dimers. The reversible solid-state rearrangement allows one to break adsorbent design trade-offs and achieve low heat of adsorption while retaining high selectivity and uptake.

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

Thermoplastic forming tool

Patent No. 11518115

Inventor(s): Charlie Falconer (Carrollton, TX)

Assignee(s): THERMALOOP (Carrollton, TX)

Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17037147 on 09/29/2020 (798 days app to issue)

Abstract: A thermoplastic forming tool includes a wand that includes a handle, a tip, and a conduit coupling the handle to the tip. The tip includes a heating element, a forming shoe, and a forming shoe support. During use, heat from the heating element heats the forming shoe to a temperature at or above the glass transition temperature of a thermoplastic polymer. The thermoplastic forming tool may be used to apply a thermoplastic material to a surface.

[B29C] SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B 11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B 37/00-B32B 41/00) [4]

Dynamic vehicle head unit lockout system

Patent No. 11518243

Inventor(s): Brandon Salahat (Frisco, TX)

Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16751023 on 01/23/2020 (1048 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for controlling subsystems of a vehicle. The system comprises a control unit, a speedometer or vehicle speed unit, a sensor in communication with the control unit that is configured to detect at least one of a first activation stimulus or a second activation stimulus; and a control panel in communication with the control unit. The control panel displays a plurality of selectable vehicle control options. When the vehicle is moving above a threshold velocity, at least one vehicle control option is disabled for the first activation stimulus and enabled for the second activation stimulus.

[B60N] VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (furniture construction A47)

Energy absorption stabilizers and methods

Patent No. 11518502

Inventor(s): Eric Sinusas (Southlake, TX)

Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)

Law Firm: Pramudji Law Group PLLC (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16399932 on 04/30/2019 (1316 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to one implementation of the present disclosure, a stabilizer of an aircraft includes an energy absorbing assembly. The energy absorbing assembly includes first and second portions and a retractable section. The retractable section may be at least partially affixed to the first portion and is configured to enable displacement of the second portion of the stabilizer with respect to the first portion.

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

Compound helicopters having auxiliary propulsive systems

Patent No. 11518504

Inventor(s): Alan Carl Ewing (Keller, TX), Brent Chadwick Ross (Flower Mound, TX), Steven Ray Ivans (Ponder, TX)

Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)

Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17330281 on 05/25/2021 (560 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fully compounding rotorcraft includes a fuselage having first and second wings extending therefrom and configured to provide lift compounding responsive to forward airspeed. A twin boom includes first and second tail boom members that extend aftward from the first and second wings. An empennage is coupled between the aft ends of the tail boom members. An anti-torque system includes a tail rotor that is rotatably coupled to the empennage. An engine is disposed within the fuselage and is configured to provide torque to a main rotor assembly via an output shaft and a main rotor gearbox. An auxiliary propulsive system is coupled to the fuselage and is configured to generate a propulsive thrust to offload at least a portion of a thrust requirement from the main rotor during forward flight, thereby providing propulsion compounding to increase the forward airspeed of the rotorcraft.

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

Power line inspection vehicle

Patent No. 11518512

Inventor(s): Daniel Bryan Robertson (Southlake, TX), Kirk Landon Groninga (Keller, TX), William Benjamin Johns (Little Elm, TX)

Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)

Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16778269 on 01/31/2020 (1040 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exemplary unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) mountable to a conductor of an aerial power transmission line system includes a body having a rotor system, a motivation system attached to the body to motivate the UAV along the conductor, a battery carried by the body and electrically connected to at least one of the rotor system and the motivation system, a monitoring tool mounted with the body and an inductive coil carried by the body and in electric connection with the battery, wherein the inductive coil is configured to harvest electricity from the aerial power transmission line system and charge the battery.

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

Driveshaft misalignment measurement systems and methods

Patent No. 11518544

Inventor(s): Matthew Carl VanBuskirk (Euless, TX)

Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)

Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16516088 on 07/18/2019 (1237 days app to issue)

Abstract: A driveshaft misalignment measurement system for a drivetrain of an aircraft includes a driveshaft having a first end forming a driveshaft spline and a drivetrain subsystem including a spline adapted to connect to the driveshaft spline to form a splined connection. Rotational energy is transferred between the drivetrain subsystem and the driveshaft via the splined connection. The driveshaft misalignment measurement system also includes accelerometers coupled to the drivetrain configured to detect acceleration data and a flight control computer configured to measure misalignment at the splined connection using the acceleration data.

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

Automated unloading and loading robot system with telescoping mast, z-axis control and conveyor-nesting gripper

Patent No. 11518630

Inventor(s): Aaron James Plauche (Plano, TX), Chase Christian Grigsby (Mansfield, TX), Joe G. Zoghzoghy (Dallas, TX), Kendall Prewitt (Mesquite, TX)

Assignee(s): Bastian Solutions, LLC (Indianapolis, IN)

Law Firm: Woodard, Emhardt, Henry, Reeves Wagner LLP (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 15929963 on 05/30/2020 (920 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a robot configured to load and/or unload from a location, such as a cargo carrier or building. The robot includes a base unit that has a transport system to move the base unit. A mast extends from the base unit, and the mast has a mast conveyor. The mast is configured to extend and retract. An End of Arm Tool (EoAT) is coupled to the mast in a rotatable manner. The EoAT includes an EoAT conveyor configured to move a cargo item to and from the mast conveyor. A gripper mechanism is configured to move between a retracted position where the gripper mechanism is clear of the cargo item on the EoAT conveyor and an extended position where the gripper mechanism is able to grip the cargo item.

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

Vehicle window or panel covering with service level indicator

Patent No. 11521431

Inventor(s): Clinton J. Williams (Saline, 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: 17158191 on 01/26/2021 (679 days app to issue)

Abstract: A service level indicator system for a vehicle includes one or more sensor that provides one or more of a battery charge level, fuel fill level, oil fill level, and tire pressure level to a control system that instructs the actuation of at least one of a sun visor, shade, and tonneau cover is positioned to generate a message that is readily understood by the vehicle”s operator but is ambiguous to other viewers. These components require no power after actuation and do not draw attention to any message they transmit. The position can identify the level that is deficient, and the degree of the deficiency using one or a plurality of the vehicle”s components. The entire message is viewable from at least the driver”s side of the vehicle and can be at least partially received from any angle of approach to the vehicle.

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

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

Process for reclamation of polyester by reactor addition

Patent No. 11518865

Inventor(s): Mohammed Razeem (Plano, TX), William J. Barenberg (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): OCTAL SAOC FZC (Muscat, , OM)

Law Firm: Squire Patton Boggs (US) (13 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16808939 on 03/04/2020 (1007 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for reclaiming polyester can include: providing a feed of recycled polyester; providing a feed of polyester precursors; depolymerizing the recycled polyester to obtain depolymerized polyester monomers; polymerizing the depolymerized polyester monomers with the polyester precursors to form a reclaimed polyester; and providing the reclaimed polyester as output.

[C08J] WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H (working, e.g. shaping, of plastics B29) [2]

Methods and thermally stable aqueous borate-based cross-linking suspensions for treatment of subterranean formations

Patent No. 11518930

Inventor(s): Abdelaziz Rahy (Waxahachie, TX), DeWitt Knox (Mansfield, TX)

Assignee(s): Univar USA Inc. (Downers Grove, IL)

Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16928351 on 07/14/2020 (875 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aqueous cross-linking suspension composition having brine, water-soluble suspending agent and borate cross-linker in a single package and methods for using the package composition for increasing the efficiency of fracturing subterranean formations and effectively delivering borate cross-linkers.

[C09K] MATERIALS FOR APPLICATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Method of mitigating frac hit production interference from adjacent oil wells using treatment fluids with nanoparticles

Patent No. 11518931

Inventor(s): Juergen M. Lukas (Mineral Wells, TX)

Assignee(s): Nissan Chemical America Corporation (Houston, TX)

Law Firm: Nixon Vanderhye, PC (2 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17428115 on 01/29/2020 (1042 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for minimizing the creation and existence of frac hits in an oil field comprising the step of pumping treatment fluids into the Parent well before performing the frac on the Child well wherein the treatment fluids contain brine resistant silica nanoparticles is described and claimed.

[C09K] MATERIALS FOR APPLICATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Composition and method for making picocrystalline artificial borane atoms

Patent No. 11521853

Inventor(s): Patrick Curran (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): SemiNuclear, Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Locke Lord LLP (Local + 12 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 15959463 on 04/23/2018 (1688 days app to issue)

Abstract: Materials containing picocrystalline quantum dots that form artificial atoms are disclosed. The picocrystalline quantum dots (in the form of born icosahedra with a nearly-symmetrical nuclear configuration) can replace corner silicon atoms in a structure that demonstrates both short range and long-range order as determined by x-ray diffraction of actual samples. A novel class of boron-rich compositions that self-assemble from boron, silicon, hydrogen and, optionally, oxygen is also disclosed. The preferred stoichiometric range for the compositions is (B[subscript]12[/subscript]H[subscript]w[/subscript])[subscript]x[/subscript]Si[subscript]y[/subscript]O[subscript]z [/subscript]with 3w5, 2×4, 2y5 and 0z3. By varying oxygen content and the presence or absence of a significant impurity such as gold, unique electrical devices can be constructed that improve upon and are compatible with current semiconductor technology.

[C07F] ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC, OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM (metal-containing porphyrins C07D 487/22; macromolecular compounds C08)

Inorganic oxychloride ionic conductors

Patent No. 11522218

Inventor(s): Nikhilendra Singh (Ann Arbor, MI), Ryuta Sugiura (Ann Arbor, MI), Shingo Ota (Ann Arbor, MI), Timothy S. Arthur (Ann Arbor, MI)

Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17732644 on 04/29/2022 (221 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ionic conductor includes an inorganic oxychloride compound with a chemical composition of (Fe[subscript]1-x[/subscript]M[subscript]x[/subscript])O[subscript]1-y[/subscript](OH)[subscript]y[/subscript]Cl[subscript]1-x [/subscript]where M is selected from at least one of Mg and Ca, and x is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.25, y is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 0.25. The inorganic oxychloride compound has a thermal decomposition start temperature of about 410 C. and x-ray diffraction peaks (2) between about 20.79 and about 22.79, between about 30.03 and about 32.03, between about 39.47 and about 41.47, and between about 76.44 and about 78.44.

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

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

Methods of forming an asphalt shingle waste powder from asphalt shingle waste

Patent No. 11519137

Inventor(s): Dale Kelley (Flower Mound, TX), James Svec (Kearney, NJ), Kirby Erickson (Waxahachie, TX), Kris Edelsward (Lockport, NY), Michael T. Ferraro (Savannah, GA), Paul Richardson (Euless, TX)

Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17733784 on 04/29/2022 (221 days app to issue)

Abstract: Non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising: obtaining asphalt shingle waste (ASW) and performing grinding, screening, and separating steps on the ASW. In some embodiments, granules are removed from the ASW. In some embodiments, the method transforms ASW into ASW powder. In some embodiments, the ASW powder is formed into a plurality of briquettes. In some embodiments, at least one of: the ASW powder, the plurality of briquettes, or any combination thereof is fed into a mixing process that results in an ASW powder filled coating.

[E01C] CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming road or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H)

Connector for soil reinforcing and method of manufacturing

Patent No. 11519151

Inventor(s): Thomas P. Taylor (Colleyville, TX)

Assignee(s): THE TAYLOR IP GROUP LLC (Colleyville, TX)

Law Firm: Nolte Lackenbach Siegel (no location found)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17238712 on 04/23/2021 (592 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus, system and method of connecting an earthen formation to a facing of a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure in which a connector includes a single piece of wire that defines an opening for coupling the connector to an anchor and a pair parallel legs for mechanically connecting the to a soil reinforcing element.

[E02D] FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES [6]

Smoke baffle system

Patent No. 11519170

Inventor(s): Murtuza Tinwala (Lewisville, TX), Ryan Fitzgerald (Richardson, TX)

Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17197372 on 03/10/2021 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and corresponding method for suspending a set of panels. The system includes a mounting rail with a base having a first side and a second side. The first side of the base defines a planar surface configured to be secured against a structural support member and the second side includes a curved surface. The system also includes an alignment rail with a curved base, the alignment rail rotatably secured to the mounting rail along a pair of curved mating surfaces. The pair of curved mating surfaces is formed from the curved surface of the mounting rail and the curved base of the alignment rail. Additionally, the system includes a panel secured to the alignment rail.

[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)

Roofing shingles with sealant pressure relief channel

Patent No. 11519176

Inventor(s): Olan T. Leitch (Mt. Juliet, TN)

Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17548621 on 12/13/2021 (358 days app to issue)

Abstract: A roofing shingle has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a sealant material applied along the lower surface. A pressure relief channel is formed along the lower surface of the roofing shingle, with a release strip applied over the pressure relief channel. When the roofing shingle is paired with another roofing shingle in a stack, the sealant material of the roofing shingle is arranged in registration with the release strip and pressure relief channel of the other roofing shingle.

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

Fastener plate for securing an underlayment to a roof surface

Patent No. 11519177

Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearney, NJ), Gerry Messina (Wyckoff, NJ), Yan Zheng (Livingston, NJ)

Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16776971 on 01/30/2020 (1041 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fastener plate for use in coupling an underlayment to a roof surface is disclosed. In use, the fastener plate is arranged and configured to enable subsequently applied liquid coatings to flow through a top surface of the fastener plate and into one or more cavities so that the liquid coating seals any openings created by introduction of the fastener. In one embodiment, the fastener plate may include a top surface, a bottom surface, a fastener opening for receiving a fastener, a plurality of openings formed in the top surface, and one or more cavities positioned between the top surface and the bottom surface, the one or more cavities being in fluid communication with the plurality of openings so that the liquid coating can flow through the plurality of openings formed in the top surface and into the one or more cavities to seal any voids created by the fastener.

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

Utility door handle assembly

Patent No. 11519196

Inventor(s): William Anthony Amante (Grapevine, TX)

Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)

Law Firm: Akona IP PC (no location found)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16915322 on 06/29/2020 (890 days app to issue)

Abstract: A handle assembly for an access panel is described and includes a center body portion; first and second handles rotatably connected to the center body portion such that the handles are rotatable toward each other to a first position and away from each other to a second position; and a gear assembly for connecting the first and second handles to the center body portion.

[E05B] LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS

Running lines through expandable metal sealing elements

Patent No. 11519239

Inventor(s): Darrell Wayne Adkins (Dallas, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Little Elm, TX)

Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)

Law Firm: McGuireWoods LLP (Local + 9 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16667678 on 10/29/2019 (1134 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for traversing an expandable metal sealing element. An example method includes positioning an expandable metal sealing element in a wellbore; wherein the expandable metal sealing element includes a reactive metal and a void extending axially through at least a portion of the expandable metal sealing element. The method further includes disposing a line in the void and contacting the expandable metal sealing element with a fluid that reacts with the reactive metal to produce a reaction product having a volume greater than the reactive metal, wherein the reaction product seals around the line while it is disposed in the void.

[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]

Well intervention-less control of perforation formation and isolation

Patent No. 11519245

Inventor(s): James Marshall Barker (Mansfield, TX)

Assignee(s): HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. (Houston, TX)

Law Firm: Novak Druce Carroll LLP (8 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16869260 on 05/07/2020 (943 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for controlling a hydraulic fracturing job. One or more perforations to create during a fracturing stage of a fracturing job at one or more corresponding perforation sites in a wellbore can be identified. The one or more perforations can be formed through one or more perforation devices disposed in the wellbore. Specifically, the one or more perforation devices can be selectively activated from a surface of the wellbore through a well intervention-less technique to selectively form the one or more perforations during the fracturing stage. Further, a volume of fracturing fluid can be pumped into the wellbore during the fracturing stage to form one or more first fractures in a surrounding formation through the one or more perforations.

Momentum trap

Patent No. 11519246

Inventor(s): Brenden Michael Grove (Mansfield, TX), Jason Metzger (Joshua, TX)

Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)

Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16590652 on 10/02/2019 (1161 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an embodiment of a perforating gun assembly for use in a wellbore. The perforating gun assembly, in one example includes a carrier gun body. The perforating gun assembly, in this example, further includes a plurality of shaped charges supported within the carrier gun body, wherein each shaped charge may include a case exterior, the case exterior including an outer surface, and an inner surface forming a cavity, a liner located within the cavity, and explosive material located within a gap between the inner surface of the case exterior and the liner. The perforating gun assembly, in this example, may further include one or more momentum traps positioned between one or more adjacent shaped charges.

Select fire perforating cartridge system

Patent No. 11519247

Inventor(s): Charles Levine (Waxahachie, TX)

Assignee(s): Hunting Titan, Inc. (Pampa, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16335850 on 09/22/2017 (1901 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for using a tandem sub between two perforating guns where an EB fire pressure switch arms a detonator after the detonation of a first perforating gun and then a subsequent electrical signal can then detonate the second perforating gun.

Deployment of downhole sensors

Patent No. 11519261

Inventor(s): James Dan Vick, Jr. (Dallas, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX)

Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)

Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16340102 on 04/10/2018 (1701 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a patch with a wall configured to be seated in a well casing. A sensor is mounted to the wall of the patch. The wall of the patch can define a central passage therethrough configured to allow passage of downhole tools therethrough. The wall of the patch can be expandable from a first compressed diameter to a second expanded diameter. The wall of the patch can include at least one of a corrugated expandable structure, a stretchable structure, and/or an internally trussed expandable structure, for example.

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

Precision blade pitch adjustment

Patent No. 11518506

Inventor(s): Aaron Acee (Flower Mound, TX), Andrew Paul Haldeman (Fort Worth, TX), Diana R. Tinlin (Fort Worth, TX), Glenn Thornton Lancaster (Fort Worth, TX), Michael Seifert (Southlake, TX)

Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)

Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17198007 on 03/10/2021 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: A blade pitch adjustment mechanism includes a pitch cylinder having a first face and pitch slots extending longitudinally from the first face, a blade sleeve having a second face and a blade slot extending longitudinally from the second face, the blade sleeve is configured to be rotationally positioned in the pitch cylinder with the second face located with the first face, wherein the blade slot and the pitch slots are cooperative to form keyway, corresponding to a discrete blade pitch, when the blade slot is aligned with a pitch slot.

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

Reciprocating pump

Patent No. 11519396

Inventor(s): Bryan Wagner (Fort Worth, TX), Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, TX), John S. Marquez (Fort Worth, TX), Justin Rand Cummings (Fort Worth, TX), Kourosh Momenkhani (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)

Law Firm: Baker Botts, L.L.P. (Local + 6 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17008645 on 09/01/2020 (826 days app to issue)

Abstract: A reciprocating pump includes a frame for a power end, a skid support structure integrally formed at a base of the power end frame to provide proper support and rigidity for the pump power end, where the integral skid support structure has a plurality of struts forming a series of chambers.

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

Connecting clip incorporating a spring structure

Patent No. 11519445

Inventor(s): Praveen Kumar (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: 16424696 on 05/29/2019 (1287 days app to issue)

Abstract: A clip is structured for coupling together a first component and a second component. The clip includes a body portion and an opposing wall residing opposite and spaced apart from the body portion. At least one connecting member spans a space between the body portion and the opposing wall to connect the body portion and the opposing wall. The at least one connecting member is structured to enable resilient movement of each of the body portion and the opposing wall with respect to the other one of the body portion and the opposing wall responsive to a force acting on the body portion and/or a force acting on the opposing wall.

[F16B] DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

Full-root-radius-threaded wing nut having increased wall thickness

Patent No. 11519530

Inventor(s): Brian Witkowski (Weatherford, TX), Bunhap Sam (Fort Worth, TX)

Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16673961 on 11/05/2019 (1127 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to one aspect, a hammer union includes a female sub; a male sub; and a wing nut that is concentrically disposed about the female and male subs. The wing nut includes a body having first and second end surfaces, and an exterior surface extending therebetween; a passage extending through the body from the first to second end surface that defines an interior surface of the body; an internal shoulder formed by the interior surface; an internal threaded connection that extends from the first end surface and towards the internal shoulder; and lugs extending radially from the exterior surface. In one aspect, the body has a wall thickness defined between the interior and exterior surfaces, with a greater wall thickness at the internal shoulder than at the first end surface; the internal threaded connection has a full-root radius; and a lug that extends along the axial length of the body.

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

Determination of blower flow rate

Patent No. 11519629

Inventor(s): Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX), Shiliang Wang (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)

Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16885661 on 05/28/2020 (922 days app to issue)

Abstract: An HVAC system includes a blower, a motor drive, and a controller. A benchmark rate of the flow of air provided by the blower and a corresponding benchmark power output of the motor drive associated with operation of the blower at a test condition are received. The controller determines a first motor drive frequency at which the motor drive is operating. Based on the benchmark rate and a comparison of the first motor drive frequency to the predefined motor drive frequency, a first rate of the flow of air provided by the blower is determined. At a later time, a current power output of the motor drive is determined during operation of the blower at the test condition. Based on a comparison of the current benchmark power output to the benchmark power output, an updated benchmark rate of the flow of air provided by the blower is determined.

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

Heat pump systems with gas bypass and methods thereof

Patent No. 11519646

Inventor(s): Yang Zou (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY (Atlanta, GA)

Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17005418 on 08/28/2020 (830 days app to issue)

Abstract: Heat pump systems with a gas bypass tank and that operate in both heating and cooling modes are disclosed. The systems include a first splitting valve that can route liquid refrigerant to either the indoor coil or the outdoor coil, depending on whether the heat pump system is in heating or cooling mode. An expansion valve in the system can lower the pressure of liquid refrigerant leaving a condenser, thereby creating a two-phase fluid comprising liquid refrigerant and vaporized refrigerant. The gas bypass tank can separate liquid refrigerant from vaporized refrigerant. The liquid refrigerant can be supplied to the evaporator of the system, while the vaporized refrigerant can be bypassed to a compressor. The first splitting valve can include a first plurality of switching paths that route the separated liquid refrigerant to either the outdoor coil or the indoor coil.

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

P H Y S I C S

Capacitive-sensing rotary encoders and methods

Patent No. 11519755

Inventor(s): Jun Zhang (Shanghai, , CN), Lichang Cheng (Shanghai, , CN), Rujun Ji (Shanghai, , CN)

Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16868596 on 05/07/2020 (943 days app to issue)

Abstract: Example capacitive-sensing rotary encoders and methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a rotary encoder structured to be mounted to a motor, the rotary encoder including a plurality of circumferential capacitive sensor arrays, each of the plurality of capacitive sensor arrays having an output representing a binary bit of a rotary encoder output, the rotary encoder output changing as a conductor rotates responsive to a rotatable shaft of the motor relative to the rotary encoder.

[G01D] MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TRANSFERRING OR TRANSDUCING ARRANGEMENTS NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Ultrasonic transducer system and method for bi-modal system responses

Patent No. 11519882

Inventor(s): Amardeep Sathyanarayana (Austin, TX), Anand G. Dabak (Plano, TX), David P. Magee (Allen, TX), Srinath M. Ramaswamy (Murphy, TX)

Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17020884 on 09/15/2020 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: A transducer system. The system comprises a transducer and circuitry for applying an excitation waveform to excite the transducer during an excitation period. The circuitry for applying has: (i) circuitry for applying a first waveform at a first frequency; and (ii) circuitry for applying a second waveform at a second frequency differing from the first frequency.

[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)

Buried cable break detector and method

Patent No. 11519951

Inventor(s): David J. Melbourne (Arlington, TX)

Assignee(s): Robin Autopilot Holdings, LLC (Irving, TX)

Law Firm: Dan Brown Law Office (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17102572 on 11/24/2020 (742 days app to issue)

Abstract: A buried perimeter loop wire break detector with a base unit and probe unit. The base unit injects different frequencies into the two ends of the loop wire and the probe unit detects the frequencies at a test location along the wire. If a signal is not detected, that indicates the direction toward the break. By halving the distance along the wire toward the break and retesting, the location is quickly determined. Both frequencies and amplitude are measured, sometimes with amplification, both earth and wired grounds may be employed, and a micro-ohmmeter measures resistance of the loop wire to indicate satisfactory operation.

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

Reduced signaling interface circuit

Patent No. 11519959

Inventor(s): Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)

Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16950030 on 11/17/2020 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure describes a reduced pin bus that can be used on integrated circuits or embedded cores within integrated circuits. The bus may be used for serial access to circuits where the availability of pins on ICs or terminals on cores is limited. The bus may be used for a variety of serial communication operations such as, but not limited to, serial communication related test, emulation, debug, and/or trace operations of an IC or core design. Other aspects of the disclosure include the use of reduced pin buses for emulation, debug, and trace operations and for functional operations.

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

Phase controlled codec block scan of a partitioned circuit device

Patent No. 11519964

Inventor(s): Prakash Narayanan (Bangalore, , IN), Wilson Pradeep (Bangalore, , IN)

Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17353882 on 06/22/2021 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit device is provided with a first codec including a first portion of a logic circuit and a second codec including a second portion of the logic circuit. The circuit device can also include a plurality of first scan chains coupled to the first codec and configured to shift a delayed test vector onto the first codec, wherein the delayed test vector is a test vector with a phase delay. A plurality of second scan chains can be coupled to the second codec and configured to shift the test vector onto the second codec.

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

Current sensor configuration and calibration

Patent No. 11519993

Inventor(s): Erick Macias (McKinney, TX), James Daniel Evans (Carrollton, TX), Kripasagar Kay Venkat (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16522446 on 07/25/2019 (1230 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for phase and gain calibration of a current sensor system. The system comprises a microcontroller configured to execute software in an energy measurement component and a calibration computer having a calibration application. The energy measurement component receives first and second digital signals representing current and voltage signals, respectively, received from a test source, and calculates active power and a power factor, and provides those values to the calibration computer. The power factor is converted to a converted phase angle. Based on the information received from the energy measurement component, the calibration application calculates parameters used to update components within the microcontroller to maximize the accuracy of the current sensor system.

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

Methods and apparatuses for object presence detection and range estimation

Patent No. 11520032

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Pengda Huang (Allen, TX), Vutha Va (Plano, TX), Wenxun Qiu (Allen, TX)

Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16660101 on 10/22/2019 (1141 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and electronic device for object detection. The electronic device includes at least a first antenna pair comprising a first transmitter antenna configured to transmit signals and a first receiver antenna configured to receive signals, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to control the first transmitter antenna to transmit a first signal, generate a channel impulse response (CIR) based on receiving, by the first receiver antenna, a reflection of the first signal, determine a location of at least one leakage peak in the CIR, compare a first segment of taps in the CIR prior to the at least one leakage peak with a second segment of taps in the CIR after the leakage peak, and determine an object is present based on symmetry between the first and second segments of taps.

[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

Environmental scanning electron microscopy analysis for contact lens coating selection and manufacturing

Patent No. 11520167

Inventor(s): David B. Cantu-Crouch (Fort Worth, TX), James Yuliang Wu (Arlington, TX), Xinfeng Shi (Southlake, TX)

Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16695986 on 11/26/2019 (1106 days app to issue)

Abstract: Use of high resolution environmental scanning electron microscopy to capture images of contact lens coating layers, enabling measurement of the coating thickness and structures of the coating layer to be precisely characterized. The coating layer can be directly visualized and quantitatively measured. Furthermore, controlled environments of varying temperatures and varying levels of relative humidity can be established in environmental scanning electron microscopy, such that the dynamic changes of the coating in such conditions can be imaged and measured. The controlled environments can be set up to mimic either the manufacturing process conditions, or be set up to simulate lens-on-eye conditions.

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

Wing tip control effector

Patent No. 11520355

Inventor(s): Rikin Gupta (Ann Arbor, MI), Taewoo Nam (Ann Arbor, MI), Yufei Zhu (Ypsilanti, 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: 17186251 on 02/26/2021 (648 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft can include a first wing and a second wing. The first wing can extend laterally from an aircraft body to a first tip, and the second wing can extend laterally from the aircraft body to a second tip. The aircraft can include a first end effector and a second end effector, each including a fore winglet and an aft winglet. The fore and aft winglets of the first end effector can be pivotably connected to the first tip. The fore and aft winglets of the second end effector can be pivotably connected to the second tip. The fore and aft winglets of the first and second end effectors can be independently operable. The first and second end effectors can be independently operable. A processor can be operatively connected to control movement of the fore and aft winglets of the first and second end effectors.

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

System on board an on-road vehicle for identifying, tagging and reporting hazardous drivers in the vicinity of a host vehicle

Patent No. 11520460

Inventor(s): Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, TX), Cory Matheson (Celina, TX), Matthew T. Flachsbart (Grapevine, TX), Snehal Desai (Richardson, TX)

Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)

Law Firm: BakerHostetler (Local + 4395 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 15889875 on 02/06/2018 (1764 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method onboard a host vehicle for identifying, tagging and reporting hazardous drivers in adjacent vehicles in the vicinity of the host vehicle and displaying a message on a display of the tagged adjacent vehicle visible outside the tagged vehicle.

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

Systems and methods for identifying a set of characters in a media file

Patent No. 11520471

Inventor(s): Margarita Khafizova (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): GOOGLE LLC (Mountain View, CA)

Law Firm: Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17515527 on 10/31/2021 (401 days app to issue)

Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for notifying a user when a set of characters are identified in a media file. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a set of characters inputted by the user of a computing device, playing the media file, transcribing the media file to form a transcription, and determining whether the transcription of the media file includes the set of characters. The method also includes initiating a notification prompt on a graphical user interface of the computing device in response to determining that the media file includes the set of characters.

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

Processor with instruction iteration

Patent No. 11520580

Inventor(s): Horst Diewald (Freising, , DE), Johann Zipperer (Unterschleissheim, , DE)

Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 15063308 on 03/07/2016 (2465 days app to issue)

Abstract: A processor includes a plurality of execution units. At least one of the execution units is configured to repeatedly execute a first instruction based on a first field of the first instruction indicating that the first instruction is to be iteratively executed.

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

Thread associated memory allocation and memory architecture aware allocation

Patent No. 11520633

Inventor(s): Keith Lowery (Garland, TX)

Assignee(s): Rambus Inc. (San Jose, CA)

Law Firm: Lowenstein Sandler LLP (3 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16947191 on 07/22/2020 (867 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for thread aware, class aware, and topology aware memory allocations. Embodiments include a compiler configured to generate compiled code (e.g., for a runtime) that when executed allocates memory on a per class per thread basis that is system topology (e.g., for non-uniform memory architecture (NUMA)) aware. Embodiments can further include an executable configured to allocate a respective memory pool during runtime for each instance of a class for each thread. The memory pools are local to a respective processor, core, etc., where each thread executes.

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

Systems, methods, and apparatus for fast ransomware recovery

Patent No. 11520666

Inventor(s): Douglas Peckover (Carrollton, TX), Robert Hirsch (San Juan, PR)

Assignee(s): DT Labs, LLC (Carrollton, TX)

Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16949106 on 10/14/2020 (783 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for protecting data. Backup copies of data are created in real time and restoration of this backup data is enabled. For example, backup repositories of files stored in a primary storage device of a computer system may be created by examining information concerning the files to determine critical fields therein, and storage of the critical fields to a critical storage device and of non-critical fields and tags that are substituted for the critical fields to a context storage device effected. Following compromise of the files stored in the primary storage device, accesses by applications may be directed to the context storage device, e.g., as a means of rapid failover, and/or for each file stored in the context storage device, record-by-record copying of such files to the primary storage device may be effected to restore the contents of the primary storage device.

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

Managing hazards in a memory controller

Patent No. 11520718

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: 17075365 on 10/20/2020 (777 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices and techniques for managing hazards in a memory controller are described herein. The memory controller can receive a memory request that includes a base memory address. An index can be computed from the base memory address and a lookup, using the index, can be performed to find a lock. When the lock is found, the memory controller can store the memory request in a buffer that corresponds to the lock. In response to a signal to clear the lock, the memory controller removes the memory request from the buffer and performs the memory request.

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

Servicing, diagnosing, logging, and surveying building equipment assets

Patent No. 11520793

Inventor(s): Lloyd Oetgen (Carrollton, TX)

Assignee(s): The Internet of Team, LLC (Hutto, TX)

Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16816149 on 03/11/2020 (1000 days app to issue)

Abstract: An asset inventory for a site location is conducted by providing a user with a mobile interface, collecting a site ID, collecting an equipment ID, collecting equipment asset information, associating the equipment ID and equipment asset information with the site ID, and storing the equipment asset information, equipment ID, and site ID in one or more data repositories. Site surveys are conducted based on a system comprising a server, one or more data repositories, a mobile data interface, a network, and a series of rules corresponding to service and maintenance of site equipment.

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

System and method for automatically obtaining data lineage in real time

Patent No. 11520801

Inventor(s): John Popplewell (Richardson, TX)

Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17094054 on 11/10/2020 (756 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes an execution engine and a processor. The execution engine receives application code that, when executed, is configured to generate a second data element from a first data element that is stored in a first database and store the second element in a second database. The execution engine converts the code into an execution plan and executes it. The execution plan includes a first operation to obtain the first element from the first database, a second operation to apply a transformation to the first element, and a third operation to store the first element as the second element in the second database. The processor accesses the execution plan and determines that the third operation includes storing the second element. In response, the processor generates a data lineage for the second element by extracting, from each operation from the third to the first, a portion of the data lineage.

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

Automated platform for data management

Patent No. 11520836

Inventor(s): Brandy Smith (Colleyville, TX)

Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: Meunier Carlin Curfman LLC (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16896106 on 06/08/2020 (911 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic record management system creates a streamlined full-service technology solution on a single electronic platform that has the capability to enable business transactions including but not limited to real estate transactions as well as buying and selling commercial debt and equity while optimizing performance. The automated platform utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to iteratively optimize consolidated electronic data files from multiple sources to allow sophisticated transactions involving commercial real estate, and other transferrable properties, electronically through a single platform.

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

Multi-dimensional malware analysis

Patent No. 11520888

Inventor(s): Steven Grobman (Flower Mound, TX)

Assignee(s): McAfee, LLC (San Jose, CA)

Law Firm: Patent Capital Group (Local + 6 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17083457 on 10/29/2020 (768 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a hardware platform, including a processor, a memory, and a network interface; a bucketized reputation modifier table; and instructions encoded within the memory to instruct the processor to: perform a feature-based malware analysis of an object; assign the object a malware reputation according to the feature-based malware analysis; query and receive via the network interface a complementary score for a complementary property of the object; query the bucketized reputation modifier table according to the complementary score to receive a reputation modifier for the object; adjust the object”s reputation according to the reputation modifier; and take a security action according to the adjusted reputation.

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

System and method for routing data to authorized users based on security classification of data

Patent No. 11520910

Inventor(s): Daniel Joseph Serna (The Colony, TX), Marcus Raphael Matos (Richardson, TX)

Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17170963 on 02/09/2021 (665 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for classifying a data item to communicate to authorized users extracts features from the data item, where the features comprise a responsibility feature and a sensitivity feature. The responsibility feature indicates a job responsibility associated with the data item. The sensitivity feature indicates a sensitivity level of the data item. The system determines, based on the responsibility feature, that the data item belongs to a particular responsibility class. The system determines, based on the sensitivity feature, that the data item belongs to a particular sensitivity class. The system determines whether a user to whom the data item is directed belongs to the particular responsibility class and sensitivity class to which the data item belongs. The system sends the data item to the user, if is it determined that the user belongs to the particular responsibility class and sensitivity class to which the data item belongs.

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

System and method for modeling of parts with lattice structures

Patent No. 11520944

Inventor(s): George Allen (Okinawa, , JP), Louis Komzsik (Huntington Beach, CA), Lucia Mirabella (Plainsboro, NJ), Nurcan Gecer Ulu (Pittsburgh, PA), Suraj Ravi Musuvathy (Princeton, NJ)

Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 15776948 on 11/25/2015 (2568 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for modeling of parts with lattice structures and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving a model of an object to be manufactured. The method includes receiving a user specification of a void region within the model to create a lattice. The method includes performing a trimming operation to create a trimmed lattice by tessellating void surfaces and grouping together at least one row of connected rods to be treated as a single entity.

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

Lean parsing: a natural language processing system and method for parsing domain-specific languages

Patent No. 11520975

Inventor(s): Karpaga Ganesh Patchirajan (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): Intuit Inc. (Mountain View, CA)

Law Firm: Paradice and Li LLP (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16751199 on 01/23/2020 (1048 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system parses natural language in a unique way, determining important words pertaining to a text corpus of a particular genre, such as tax preparation. Sentences extracted from instructions or forms pertaining to tax preparation, for example are parsed to determine word groups forming various parts of speech, and then are processed to exclude words on an exclusion list and word groups that don”t meet predetermined criteria. From the resulting data, synonyms are replaced with a common functional operator and the resulting sentence text is analyzed against predetermined patterns to determine one or more functions to be used in a document preparation system.

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

Handheld-computer adapter for sled

Patent No. 11521004

Inventor(s): Adam Fay (Fort Worth, TX), Evan Engle (Waxahachie, TX), Michael Zebrun (Fort Worth, TX)

Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)

Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17410014 on 08/24/2021 (469 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a handheld-computer case and a sled adapter. The handheld-computer case includes a body portion adapted to receive a handheld computer. The sled adapter includes a pedestal adapted to receive the handheld-computer case and a base portion adapted to mount the sled adapter to a sled. The body portion is positioned at a 45-90 angle relative to the base portion.

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

Restricting airplane pushback based on gate hold times

Patent No. 11521136

Inventor(s): Ilhan Ince (Baltimore, MD), Lourdmareddy Gumireddy (Sewickley, PA), Noel Alfonso (Chandler, AZ)

Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)

Law Firm: Snell Wilmer L.L.P. (5 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16887343 on 05/29/2020 (921 days app to issue)

Abstract: A misconnect management system models the movement of passengers, bags, and crew through flights and airports. In various embodiments, a misconnect management system identifies potential misconnected passengers and provides recommendations and input configured to support decision makers, such as ramp controllers and operations controller, in evaluating hold/no hold decisions for a flight. Via use of the misconnect management system and associated methods, misconnected passenger numbers may be reduced, expenses associated with missed connections may be reduced, and organizational efficiency may be improved.

[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]

Generation online E commerce and networking system for transforming scattered business operations into centralized business operations

Patent No. 11521217

Inventor(s): Wenxuan Tonnison (Fort Worth, TX)

Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: Bond, Schoeneck King, PLLC (4 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16389261 on 04/19/2019 (1327 days app to issue)

Abstract: A new generation online e-commerce and networking system is disclosed. According to the embodiments of the present invention, by utilizing single-sign-on and interface technologies, the system enables: 1) transforming scattered business application processing capabilities of organizations into centralized processing capabilities for Internet users; and 2) integrating entity processes to meet various entities” operational needs. These are revolutionary technologies to disrupt the traditional isolated business operations and to effectively solve the thorny issue of scattered user data on the Internet, so as to create a favorable digital infrastructure environment or user-data-interconnected Internet fabric for the rapid acceleration of the next generation Internet.

System, method and apparatus for location based delivery of determined pertinent data

Patent No. 11521236

Inventor(s): Bradly J. Billman (Celina, TX)

Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (San Antonio, TX)

Law Firm: Locke Lord LLP (Local + 12 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16850916 on 04/16/2020 (964 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a portable computing device (a smart phone device) in an area of proximity to a vendor to determine relevant pertinent information. A beacon device at a retail location establishes communication with a user”s smart phone device which detection is then send to a remotely located server. The remotely located server determines if the detected portable computing device is associated with a predefined category of user. Contingent upon the category of user determination, a determination is made regarding information pertinent to the user. The pertinent information is then caused to be sent to the user”s smart phone device.

Vehicle inventory and advertisement campaign system

Patent No. 11521239

Inventor(s): Sam Mahrouq (Arlington, TX)

Assignee(s): VBI GROUP, INC. (Arlington, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16859697 on 04/27/2020 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed is an event-triggered advertisement communication system for vehicles and vehicle dealerships. In some embodiments, an advertising communication system may be configured to provide an advertisement campaign to a user designed to respond to certain events the user experiences in real-time. In some embodiments, the inventory advertisement management system may be designed to: (1) track whether the device is located within a predetermined perimeter; (2) provide current inventory attribute status associated the device; and (3) send advertisement campaigns to the user depending on attribute and location perimeters.

Systems and methods for identifying a service qualification of a unit based on an image-based window analysis

Patent No. 11521369

Inventor(s): Harish Arunachalam (Frisco, TX), Shail Bhatt (Plano, TX), Somasekhar C. Nekkalapudi (Dallas, TX), Vipul Jha (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17304595 on 06/23/2021 (531 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a service qualification system may receive, from a user device, a set of images that depict a window. The service qualification system may perform an image-based analysis of the set of images to determine a reflectivity score associated with the window. The reflectivity score may be indicative of a quality associated with a signal of the service being received through the window. The service qualification system may determine, based on the reflectivity score, a service qualification metric that is indicative of a capability of receiving the service within the unit. The service qualification system may perform an action associated with the service qualification metric.

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

Fertility window prediction using a convolutional neural network (CNN) and other learning methods

Patent No. 11521401

Inventor(s): Tapley Holland (Celina, TX)

Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: Bell Nunnally Martin LLP (Local)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16945716 on 07/31/2020 (858 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method of biological testing and deep learning to predict fertility based on ferning patterns and detecting white blood cells in cervical mucous samples.
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Generating structured representations of forms using machine learning

Patent No. 11521405

Inventor(s): Karpaga Ganesh Patchirajan (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): Intuit Inc. (Mountain View, CA)

Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17244586 on 04/29/2021 (586 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include acquiring, from an initial document having a document type, initial document elements and initial attributes, deriving initial features for the initial document elements using the initial attributes, detecting initial form components using the initial features, clustering the initial form components into initial line objects of an initial structured representation by applying an unsupervised machine learning model to the geometric attributes of the initial document elements, acquiring, from a next document having the document type, next document elements and next attributes describing the next document elements, deriving next features for the next document elements using the next attributes, detecting next form components using the next features, determining that the initial form components and the next form components are different, clustering the next form components into next line objects of a next structured representation, and replacing the initial structured representation with the next structured representation.
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Method and system for identifying biometric characteristics using machine learning techniques

Patent No. 11521412

Inventor(s): Marigona Bokshi-Drotar (McKinney, TX)

Assignee(s): State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Bloomington, IL)

Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17087446 on 11/02/2020 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system may use machine learning analysis of audio data to automatically identify a user”s biometric characteristics. A user”s client computing device may capture audio of the user. Feature data may be extracted from the audio and applied to statistical models for determining several biometric characteristics. The determined biometric characteristic values may be used to identify individual health scores and the individual health scores may be combined to generate an overall health score and longevity metric. An indication of the user”s biometric characteristics which may include the overall health score and longevity metric may be displayed on the user”s client computing device.
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System and method for adaptive diagnostics and data collection in a connected robot-cloud environment

Patent No. 11521432

Inventor(s): Florian Pestoni (Arlington, TX)

Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16746747 on 01/17/2020 (1054 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for adaptive diagnostics and data collection in a connected robot-cloud environment allows for the management and use of date from a robot or fleet of robots to ensure the efficient utilization thereof. The data is collected from the robots via a software agent and is transmitted to an interface that allows action from an end-user.

Automatic physical access

Patent No. 11521446

Inventor(s): Gregory O. Harp (Allen, TX)

Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)

Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17069362 on 10/13/2020 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: Physical access to secure areas is automatically performed based on presence or detection of a wireless device. A unique identifier of a wireless cellular device, for example, may be pre-authorized for occupants, employees, and tenants of a building. Contractors and vendors may also have their wireless cellular devices pre-approved for access. When the wireless cellular device is detected by a network serving the secure area, its unique identifier may be compared to databases or lists of approved cellular devices. Physical access may thus be automatically granted, based on possession of a recognized cellular device.

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

Paperless venue entry and location-based services

Patent No. 11521449

Inventor(s): Matthew Servant (Frisco, TX)

Assignee(s): Flash Seats, LLC (Los Angeles, CA)

Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear LLP (9 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17141946 on 01/05/2021 (700 days app to issue)

Abstract: When attending an event at a venue, the attendee typically presents ticket information that is scanned by a venue scanner. In conventional systems, once validated, the scanner prints a paper stub that typically includes seat location data. Production of this paper stub can be dispensed with, and the associated data conveyed by the paper stub as well as additional information not contemplated or possible with paper stubs can be conveyed by an electronic stub or e-stub that resides on a device of the attendee, generally the same device employed to present the ticket information.

Thermostat and system and method for use of same

Patent No. 11521483

Inventor(s): Raymond S. Horton (McKinney, TX), Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17218453 on 03/31/2021 (615 days app to issue)

Abstract: A thermostat and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, multiple wireless transceivers are located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a processor, memory, and a camera. To improve convenience, the thermostat may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device having a display. Virtual remote control functionality for various amenities may then be provided. To improve safety, the thermostat may be incorporated into a geolocation and safety network and, under certain conditions, the thermostat may provide a video feed.

[G08C] TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmission systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D 5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) [4]

Modular electro-mechanical agent

Patent No. 11521517

Inventor(s): Gregory Needel (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): DEKA Products Limited Partnership (Manchester, NH)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16913874 on 06/26/2020 (893 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular electro-mechanical agent having a plurality of modules including mechanical and electrical components, that can be constructed to complete at least one pre-determined task and/or contribute in performing the at least one pre-determined task. The electro-mechanical agent can include extension modules and can be altered as per user preference to add, eliminate or modify any features of the agent for completing and/or participating in a plurality of pre-determined tasks.

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

Machine learning framework for tuning interactive voice response systems

Patent No. 11521596

Inventor(s): Bharathiraja Krishnamoorthy (Plano, TX), Emad Noorizadeh (Plano, TX), Ravisha Andar (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)

Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16993478 on 08/14/2020 (844 days app to issue)

Abstract: An artificial intelligence (”AI”) system for tuning a machine learning interactive voice response system is provided. The AI system may perform analysis of outputs generated by the machine learning models. The AI system may determine an expected model output for a given test input. The AI system may determine accuracy, precision and recall scores for an actual output garneted in response to the test input. The system may determine performance metrics for interim outputs generated by individual machine learning models within the interactive voice response system. The AI system may replace malfunctioning models with replacement models.

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

System and method for efficient processing of universal background models for speaker recognition

Patent No. 11521622

Inventor(s): Milind Borkar (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): ILLUMA Labs Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: MB IP Analysts, LLC (4 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17081394 on 10/27/2020 (770 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for efficient universal background model (UBM) training for speaker recognition, including: receiving an audio input, divisible into a plurality of audio frames, wherein at least a first audio frame of the plurality of audio frames includes an audio sample having a length above a first threshold extracting at least one identifying feature from the first audio frame and generating a feature vector based on the at least one identifying feature; generating an optimized training sequence computation based on the feature vector and a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM), wherein the GMM is associated with a plurality of components, wherein each of the plurality of components is defined by a covariance matrix, a mean vector, and a weight vector; and updating any of the associated components of the GMM based on the generated optimized training sequence computation.

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

Binary weighted voltage encoding scheme for supporting multi-bit input precision

Patent No. 11521658

Inventor(s): Martin Lueker-Boden (Fremont, CA), Pi-Feng Chiu (Milpitas, CA), Won Ho Choi (San Jose, CA)

Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16460947 on 07/02/2019 (1253 days app to issue)

Abstract: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is an apparatus including a non-volatile memory cell and multi-bit input circuitry that simultaneously receives a plurality of bits, receives a supply voltage, converts the plurality of bits and the supply voltage into a multiply voltage, and applies the multiply voltage to the non-volatile memory cell. The non-volatile memory cell may pass a memory cell current in response to the multiply voltage. A magnitude of the multiply voltage may represent a multiplier. The memory cell current may represent a product of the multiplier and a multiplicand stored in the non-volatile memory cell.

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

Block-dependent cell source bounce impact reduction in non-volatile memory

Patent No. 11521675

Inventor(s): Anirudh Amarnath (San Jose, CA), Kou Tei (San Jose, CA), Ohwon Kwon (Pleasanton, CA)

Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17349009 on 06/16/2021 (538 days app to issue)

Abstract: A data storage system includes a storage medium coupled to a storage controller via an electrical interface connected to a plurality of input/output (IO) pads of the storage medium. The storage medium receives a read or write instruction from the storage controller via the IO pads, associates the read or write instruction with memory cells of a first block of a first plane of a plurality of planes of the storage medium, and adjusts a word line voltage level or a source line voltage level for the first block of the first plane based on (i) a position of the first plane with respect to the IO pads of the storage medium and (ii) a position of the first block within the first plane.

Memory apparatus and method of operation using negative kick clamp for fast read

Patent No. 11521677

Inventor(s): Huai-yuan Tseng (San Ramon, CA), Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)

Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17326641 on 05/21/2021 (564 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory apparatus and method of operation are provided. The apparatus includes memory cells connected to word lines and arranged in strings and configured to retain a threshold voltage. A control circuit is coupled to the word lines and strings and is configured to compute a target word line voltage including a kicking voltage to be applied to selected ones of word lines for a kick time during a read operation. The control circuit extends the kick time by a compensation time to a compensated kick time in response to determining the target word line voltage is not greater than a predetermined voltage design limit. The control circuit applies the kicking voltage to the selected ones of word lines for the compensated kick time thereby enabling a word line voltage to reach one of a plurality of reference voltages quickly without exceeding the predetermined voltage design limit.

Memory apparatus and method of operation using state bit-scan dependent ramp rate for peak current reduction during program operation

Patent No. 11521686

Inventor(s): Fanglin Zhang (Fremont, CA), Hua-Ling Hsu (Fremont, CA), Huai-Yuan Tseng (San Ramon, CA), Yu-Chung Lien (San Jose, CA)

Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17218498 on 03/31/2021 (615 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory apparatus and method of operation is provided. The apparatus includes memory cells connected to word lines and bit lines and configured to retain a threshold voltage corresponding to one of a plurality of data states following a program operation. A control circuit is coupled to the word lines and the bit lines. The control circuit is configured to count a bit-scan quantity of the memory cells during a bit-scan of the program operation. The control circuit determines whether the bit-scan quantity of the plurality of memory cells is greater than at least one predetermined bit-scan threshold. In response to the bit-scan quantity of the memory cells being greater than the at least one predetermined bit-scan threshold, the control circuit is configured to adjust a word line ramp rate of a word line voltage applied to the word lines during the program operation.

Triggering next state verify in program loop for nonvolatile memory

Patent No. 11521691

Inventor(s): Erika Penzo (San Jose, CA), Fanglin Zhang (Fremont, CA), Han-Ping Chen (San Jose, CA), Henry Chin (Fremont, CA), Hua-Ling Hsu (Fremont, CA)

Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)

Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17336936 on 06/02/2021 (552 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described to program memory cells and control bit line discharge schemes during programming based on the data pattern. The memory controller can predict program data pattern based on SLC pulse number and TLC data completion signals and use these signals to adjust when the inhibited bit lines can discharge. Once a TLC program operation have more one data, the memory controller will enable EQVDDSA_PROG to equalize to VDDSA, and then discharge. In SLC program, the memory controller will enable EQVDDSA_PROG only in first program pulse and disable it thereafter.

Digital bit generators for trim circuits

Patent No. 11521695

Inventor(s): Robert Allan Neidorff (Bedford, NH)

Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17347236 on 06/14/2021 (540 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a circuit comprises a first polyfuse and a first diode having a first diode anode and a first diode cathode, where the first diode anode is coupled to the first polyfuse. The circuit comprises a second polyfuse coupled to the first polyfuse and a second diode having a second diode anode and a second diode cathode, where the second diode cathode is coupled to the second polyfuse. The circuit comprises a probe pad coupled to the first diode cathode and the second diode anode.

Testing read-only memory using memory built-in self-test controller

Patent No. 11521698

Inventor(s): Aravinda Acharya (Bengaluru, , IN), Jasbir Singh (Bengaluru, , IN), Naveen Ambalametil Narayanan (Bengaluru, , IN), Nikita Naresh (Bengaluru, , IN), Prakash Narayanan (Bengaluru, , IN), Prathyusha Teja Inuganti (Bengaluru, , IN), Rak

Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17002813 on 08/26/2020 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a volatile storage device, a read-only memory (ROM), a memory built-in self-test (BIST) controller and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU, upon occurrence of a reset event, executes a first instruction from the ROM to cause the CPU to copy a plurality of instructions from a range of addresses in the ROM to the volatile storage device. The CPU also executes a second instruction from the ROM to change a program counter. The CPU further executes the plurality of instructions from the volatile storage device using the program counter. The CPU, when executing the plurality of instructions from the volatile storage device, causes the ROM to enter a test mode and the memory BIST controller to be configured to test the ROM.

Personalized patient engagement in care management using explainable behavioral phenotypes

Patent No. 11521724

Inventor(s): Gema Almoguera (Irving, TX)

Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16593178 on 10/04/2019 (1159 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system to implement a personalized patient engagement engine. The personalized patient engagement engine develops a set of models for a plurality of behavioral phenotypes based on anonymized unstructured and structured patient-care management records for a plurality of patients over a period of time; matches a given patient to a behavioral phenotype; estimates a propensity of positive and/or negative behavioral responses of each of a plurality of targeted behaviors; dynamically updates personalized intervention effectiveness rankings in context for care manager and patient decision-making based on what has been shown to lead to positive responses for individuals with a similar behavioral profile; generates an intervention recommendation for the given patient based on the personalized intervention effectiveness rankings relative to the patient given an assigned goal and an individual intervention effect estimation; and provides the intervention recommendation to the care manager.
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System and method for monitoring drug delivery

Patent No. 11521726

Inventor(s): Avinash Prasanna Jayaraman (Chicago, IL), Dimitri Macris (Dallas, TX), John Thomas Menchaca (San Antonio, TX), Michael Giles (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): Sonara Health, Inc. (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Whitmyer IP Group LLC (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17540717 on 12/02/2021 (369 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for monitoring drug delivery including a container having a medicine, the medicine associated with a patient and a code on an outside of the container. The system also including a user device having a camera and software executing on a computer readable medium for initiating recording of a video with the camera, prompting the patient to show the code in the video and show the taking of the medicine in the video. The system further includes a computer receiving the video, the computer having a datastore with a plurality of profiles, one of the plurality of profiles being a patient profile associated with the patient and software executing on a computer readable medium for storing the video, verifying the association of the medicine and the patient, identifying movement in the video, and generating a score indicative of the likelihood the medicine was taken by the patient.
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System and method for modulating therapy in a remote care architecture

Patent No. 11521754

Inventor(s): Andrew Csavoy (Dallas, TX), Douglas Alfred Lautner (Frisco, TX), Scott DeBates (Frisco, TX), Tucker Tomlinson (Sachse, TX), Yagna Pathak (Skokie, IL)

Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16900202 on 06/12/2020 (907 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for modulating delivery of remote therapy to a patient having an implantable medical device (IMD). Upon establishing a remote care session between a patient controller device and a clinician programmer, wherein the clinician and the patient are remotely located with respect to each other, a determination may be made if a first triggering event is detected. Responsive to the determination, a remote therapy session used for programming the patient”s IMD is paused and one or more remote care therapy setting controls provided at the clinician programmer device to facilitate one or more adjustments with respect to the patient”s IMD are disabled. Subsequently, responsive to detecting a second triggering event, the remote therapy session with the patient may be resumed, wherein the one or more remote care therapy setting controls of the clinician programmer device are enabled.
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System for processing of biogas to produce electricity in fuel cells

Patent No. 11517853

Inventor(s): N. Ross Buckenham (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16783940 on 02/06/2020 (1034 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system including biogas purification and provides biogas as feedstock to a solid oxide fuel cell. The biogas purification treatment process provides a polished biogas that is substantially free of carbonyl sulfides and hydrogen sulfide. The system uses a biogas treatment apparatus, that includes apparatus such as a packed columns, comprising copper oxide or potassium permanganate packing material, and an activated carbon component configured to treat the biogas by polishing it to remove carbonyl sulfides and deleterious trace residues, such as hydrogen sulfide, that were not removed by any prior bulk H2S removal steps. In addition, an oil removal device is used to remove any entrained fine oil droplets in the biogas. A polished biogas having in the range of 60% methane is charged to the fuel cell. Electricity generated may be fed into a grid or used directly as energy to charge electrical-powered vehicles, for example. Energy credits are tracked in real time and are appropriately assigned.

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

Methodology for trustworthy software build

Patent No. 11520902

Inventor(s): Haijun Liu (Shenzhen, , CN), Long Chen (Cupertino, CA)

Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)

Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16812090 on 03/06/2020 (1005 days app to issue)

Abstract: A certificate-based methodology is used to establish the trustworthy relationship between source codes and produced binary files for a given software build. The trustworthy relationship between the source code and binary files is generated by recording build information during building of the source code. The build information may include build environment information, framework information, source files identification, intermediately generated files information, final binary files information, file operations during building of the source code, and/or commands/operations during building of the source code. A certificate is generated using the build information for establishing a relationship between the source code and a binary file created from the source code, and the certificate is signed with a public cryptographic key. A software release package is provided to the recipient including at least the source code, final binary files generated from the source code, and the certificate.

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

Database system consensus-based access control

Patent No. 11520917

Inventor(s): Andrew Vishnyakov (Frisco, TX), Dan Flynn (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17093603 on 11/09/2020 (757 days app to issue)

Abstract: A processing system may obtain an operations set associated with database sources of a database system from a client entity, the operations set including a statement, the statement including a query, identify data sets from the operations set, transmit, a request to a first owner to permit access to a first data set, and a request to a second owner to permit access to a second data set, and receive approvals from the first and second owners. The processing system may retrieve a first portion of data stored in the first data set and a second portion of data stored in the second data set in accordance with the approvals, execute the operations set in accordance with the first portion of data and the second portion of data to generate a result set, and provide the client entity access to the result set.

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

Variable transport data retention and deletion

Patent No. 11520926

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: 16925121 on 07/09/2020 (880 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of encrypting, by a transport, received data based on a first biometric associated with an occupant, unencrypting, by the transport, the encrypted data, based on a verification of a second biometric, wherein the second biometric is a continuum of the first biometric, and providing, by the transport, the unencrypted data to the occupant.

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

Cloud service usage risk assessment

Patent No. 11521147

Inventor(s): Dejan Curcic (San Jose, CA), Kaushik Narayan (San Jose, CA), Prasad Raghavendra Somasamudram (Bangalore, , IN), Rajiv Gupta (Los Altos, CA), Sekhar Sarukkai (Cupertino, CA)

Assignee(s): Skyhigh Security LLC (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Byrne Poh LLP (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16938633 on 07/24/2020 (865 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of assessing a risk level of an enterprise using cloud-based services from one or more cloud service providers includes assessing provider risk scores associated with the one or more cloud service providers; assessing cloud service usage behavior and pattern of the enterprise; and generating a risk score for the enterprise based on the provider risk scores and on the cloud service usage behavior and pattern of the enterprise. The risk score is indicative of the risk of the enterprise relating to the use of the cloud-based services from the one or more cloud service providers.

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

Wire bond damage detector including a detection bond pad over a first and a second connected structures

Patent No. 11521904

Inventor(s): Hung-Yun Lin (Murphy, TX), Siva Prakash Gurrum (Allen, TX)

Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16815130 on 03/11/2020 (1000 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) includes semiconductor substrate with a metal stack including a lower, upper and a top metal layer that includes bond pads and a detection bond pad (DBP). A wirebond damage detector (WDD) includes the DBP over a first and second connected structure. The first and second connected structures both include spaced apart top segments of the upper metal layer coupled to spaced apart bottom segments of the lower metal layer. The DBP is coupled to one end of the first connected structure, and 1 metal trace is coupled to another end extending beyond the DBP to a first test pad. The second connected structure includes metal traces coupled to respective ends each extending beyond the DBP to a second test pad and to a third test pad.

[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]

Back ballasted vertical NPN transistor

Patent No. 11521961

Inventor(s): Akram Ali Salman (Plano, TX), Guruvayurappan Mathur (Plano, TX), Ryo Tsukahara (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16914579 on 06/29/2020 (890 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a bipolar transistor, e.g. a back-ballasted NPN, that can conduct laterally and vertically. At a low voltage breakdown and low current conduction occur laterally near a substrate surface, while at a higher voltage vertical conduction occurs in a more highly-doped channel below the surface. A relatively high-resistance region at the surface has a low doping level to guide the conduction deeper into the collector.

Three-dimensional memory device containing low resistance source-level contact and method of making thereof

Patent No. 11521984

Inventor(s): Adarsh Rajashekhar (Santa Clara, CA), Fei Zhou (Pleasanton, 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: 16910752 on 06/24/2020 (895 days app to issue)

Abstract: A source-level sacrificial layer and an alternating stack of insulating layers and spacer material layers are formed over a substrate. The spacer material layers are formed as, or are subsequently replaced with, electrically conductive layers. Memory openings are formed through the alternating stack and the source-level sacrificial layer, and memory opening fill structures are formed. A source cavity is formed by removing the source-level sacrificial layer, and exposing an outer sidewall of each vertical semiconductor channel in the memory opening fill structures. A metal-containing layer is deposited on physically exposed surfaces of the vertical semiconductor channel and the vertical semiconductor channel is crystallized using metal-induced lateral crystallization. Alternatively or additionally, cylindrical metal-semiconductor alloy regions can be formed around the vertical semiconductor channels to reduce contact resistance. A source contact layer can be formed in the source cavity.

IC with matched thin film resistors

Patent No. 11522043

Inventor(s): Abbas Ali (Plano, TX), Can Duan (Richardson, TX), Erich Wesley Kinder (Plano, TX), Scott William Jessen (Allen, TX), Steven Lee Prins (Fairview, TX), Tae Seung Kim (Austin, TX)

Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17085116 on 10/30/2020 (767 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) includes forming a dielectric layer on a substrate having a plurality of the IC. A thin-film resistor (TFR) layer is deposited on the dielectric layer, and an underlayer (UL) including carbon is formed on the TFR layer. A hard mask layer including silicon is formed on the UL. Masked etching of the hard mask layer transfers a pattern of a photoresist layer onto the hard mask layer to form a hard mask layer pattern. Masked etching of the UL transfers the hard mask layer pattern onto the UL to form a UL pattern. Masked etching of the TFR layer transfers the UL pattern onto the TFR layer to form a TFR layer pattern including a matched pair of TFRs. The matched pair of TFRs are generally included in circuitry configured together for implementing at least one function.

Lead-based alloy and related processes and products

Patent No. 11522190

Inventor(s): Matthew T. Raiford (Dallas, TX), R. David Prengaman (Dallas, TX), Timothy W. Ellis (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): RSR Technologies, Inc. (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Baker Botts, LLP (Local + 6 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17194470 on 03/08/2021 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lead-based alloy containing alloying additions of bismuth, antimony, arsenic, and tin is used for the production of doped leady oxides, lead-acid battery active materials, lead-acid battery electrodes, and lead-acid batteries.

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

Wireless device with substrate to antenna coupling

Patent No. 11522268

Inventor(s): Benjamin Stassen Cook (Los Gatos, CA), Hassan Omar Ali (Murphy, TX)

Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17116668 on 12/09/2020 (727 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device comprises an integrated circuit (IC) die, a substrate, a printed circuit board (PCB), an antenna, and a waveguide stub. The IC die is affixed to the substrate, which comprises a signal launch on a surface of the substrate that is configured to emit or receive a signal. The substrate and the antenna are affixed to the PCB, such that the signal launch and a waveguide opening of the antenna are aligned and comprise a signal channel. The waveguide stub is arranged as a boundary around the signal channel. In some implementations, the waveguide stub has a height of /4, where represents a wavelength of the signal. In some implementations, the antenna includes the waveguide stub; in others, the substrate includes the waveguide stub.

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

Solution for beam tilting associated with dual-polarized mm-Wave antennas in 5G terminals

Patent No. 11522270

Inventor(s): Gary Xu (Allen, TX), Hamid Reza Memar Zadeh Tehran (Frisco, TX)

Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17477428 on 09/16/2021 (446 days app to issue)

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a method of operating the UE. The UE a display, a cover, a transceiver, and an antenna array. The display partially forms a front surface of the UE. The cover partially forms a side surface of the UE and includes a plurality of electromagnetic strips . The transceiver transmits a signal including a vertical polarization element and a horizontal polarization element. The antenna array is electrically connected with the transceiver and disposed in the space such that, the antenna array is substantially non-overlapped with the cover. The vertical polarization element or the horizontal polarization element is substantially perpendicular to at least one of the plurality of electromagnetic strips.

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

System, method and apparatus for spray-on application of a wire pulling lubricant

Patent No. 11522348

Inventor(s): Mark D. Bennett (Dodd City, TX), Ramon V. Hernandez (Howe, TX), William T. Bigbee, Jr. (Melissa, TX)

Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)

Law Firm: Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16877079 on 05/18/2020 (932 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus lubricating a wire or cable during manufacturing, wherein the wire is aligned with an entry to a spraying enclosure and passes through a first seal of the spraying enclosure. Lubricant is sprayed onto the wire inside of the spraying enclosure while the unapplied, but sprayed, lubricant is collected at the bottom of the spraying enclosure. The wire passes through a second seal of the spraying enclosure, is aligned, and exits from the spraying enclosure.

[H01B] CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F 1/00; waveguides H01P)

Switching converter controller with soft stop

Patent No. 11522441

Inventor(s): Jean Picard (Hooksett, NH)

Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17088671 on 11/04/2020 (762 days app to issue)

Abstract: A switching converter controller includes a detection circuit, an input load circuit, and a timer circuit. The detection circuit is configured to compare voltage at a power stage voltage input to a line undervoltage threshold voltage to initiate a soft stop operation. The input load circuit is coupled to the power stage voltage input. The input load circuit is configured to, responsive to the soft stop operation, switchably reduce a resistance from the power stage voltage input to a ground terminal. The timer circuit is configured to set a duration of reduced resistance from the power stage voltage input to the ground terminal.

[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]

Buck-boost converter and control method

Patent No. 11522457

Inventor(s): Bo Yang (Allen, TX), Xiaoyu Xi (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): M3 Technology Inc. (Taipei, , TW)

Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17149168 on 01/14/2021 (691 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a buck-boost converter comprising a buck portion and a boost portion connected in cascade, and a controller comprising a first timer and a second timer, wherein the first timer is configured to determine a turn-on time of a high-side switch of the buck portion, and wherein the first timer determines the turn-on time of the high-side switch of the buck portion based on a comparison between a first signal and a second signal, and wherein the first signal is proportional to an output voltage of the buck-boost converter and the second signal is generated based on a signal proportional to an input voltage of the buck-boost converter, and the second timer is configured to determine a turn-on time of a low-side switch of the boost portion.

Combining temperature monitoring and true different current sensing in a multiphase voltage regulator

Patent No. 11522459

Inventor(s): Shea Petricek (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): Renesas Electronics America Inc. (Milpitas, CA)

Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 15927667 on 03/21/2018 (1721 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to certain aspects, the present embodiments are directed to techniques for providing the ability to monitor one or more operational parameters of a voltage regulator. In embodiments, the voltage regulator is a multiphase voltage regulator having a plurality of power stages corresponding to each respective phase. In these and other embodiments, the operational parameters include one or both of a phase current and a phase temperature. According to certain additional aspects, the present embodiments provide the ability to monitor the respective phase current output and phase temperature of each phase independently. According to further aspects, this ability to monitor the operational parameters is achieved while minimizing circuit complexity.

System and method to extend low line operation of flyback converters

Patent No. 11522463

Inventor(s): Abhiman Ananthakrishna Hande (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): Harman Professional, Inc. (Northridge, CA)

Law Firm: Brooks Kushman, P.C. (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17182965 on 02/23/2021 (651 days app to issue)

Abstract: An amplifier system may include at least one input source, a flyback converter including a pair of complementary metal oxide silicon field effect transistor (MOSFETs), a controller integrated circuit (IC) having a quasi-resonant (QR) pin and configured to provide a biased drive current to the flyback converter, and a transition component arranged at the controller IC and configured to correct pulse width modulation at the IC to ensure the voltage at a transition pin of the IC is above a predefined threshold during a resonant transition.

Electromagnetic interference filter system and method

Patent No. 11522512

Inventor(s): Javier Haro Ramirez (Plano, TX), Michael Joseph Beauchamp (McKinney, TX), Norman Dean Gray (Allen, TX)

Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17137669 on 12/30/2020 (706 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electromagnetic interference filter (EIF) system/method configured to maximize filter performance associated with EIF interconnects is disclosed. The disclosed system eliminates the use of conventional printed circuit board (PCB) interconnects and associated electrical connection terminals by attaching EIF filter capacitors and other components directly to power supply bus bars using a mechanical design and plastic encapsulating cover (PEC) that reduces parasitic inductances between the various EIF components while maximizing series inductance between +BUS/+CON connections and BUS/CON connections respectively through a permeable inductor core (PIC). The system/method may be applied to a variety of EIF applications including those associated with electric vehicles and the like.

[H03H] IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (measuring, testing G01R; arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K 15/08; impedance networks or resonators consisting of distributed impedances, e.g. of the waveguide type, H01P; control of amplification, e.g. bandwidth control of amplifiers, H03G; tuning resonant circuits, e.g. tuning coupled resonant circuits, H03J; networks for modifying the frequency characteristics of communication systems H04B)

Programmable gain amplifier and a delta sigma analog-to-digital converter containing the PGA

Patent No. 11522554

Inventor(s): Jun Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)

Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16933599 on 07/20/2020 (869 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes an operational amplifier and a resistor network coupled to an output of the operational amplifier. The resistor network includes a first set of resistors coupled between the output of the operational amplifier and a first node of the resistor network, wherein the resistors of the first set are electrically connected in series with each other, a second set of resistors coupled between the first node and a second node of the resistor network, wherein the resistors of the second set are electrically connected in series with each other and include a first number of resistors, a third set of resistors coupled between the second node and a third node of the resistor network, wherein the third node is coupled to a first voltage, and wherein the resistors of the third set are electrically connected in parallel with each other and include a second number of resistors, and a resistor coupled between the first node and the second node and arranged in parallel with the second set of resistors.

[H03G] CONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION (impedance networks, e.g. attenuators, H03H; control of transmission in lines H04B 3/04)

Efficient SRS resource indication methods

Patent No. 11522658

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)

Assignee(s): TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm, , SE)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17114716 on 12/08/2020 (728 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of identifying reference signal resources to be used in a transmission by a wireless device is disclosed. The method comprises a wireless device receiving signaling configuring the wireless device with a plurality of reference signal resource groups, each group comprising a plurality of reference signal resources. The wireless device subsequently receives an indication, in a control channel, of a selection of reference signal resources to be used. Each of the plurality of reference signal resources to be used is selected from a different one of the plurality of reference signal resource groups such that reference signal resources belonging to the same reference signal resource group are not selected for simultaneous use. A reference signal is then transmitted to a network node in the network using the indicated selection of reference signal resources.

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

Method and apparatus for SS/PBCH block frequency location indication

Patent No. 11522659

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX), Young Han Nam (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17443021 on 07/19/2021 (505 days app to issue)

Abstract: A UE in a wireless communication system is provided. The UE comprises a transceiver configured to receive, from a BS, a SS/PBCH block including the PBCH using a first frequency location (GSCN-Current) over downlink channels, GSCN-Current being based on a set of predefined synchronization rasters that is determined by a global synchronization channel number (GSCN). The UE further comprises a processor operably connected to the transceiver, the processor configured to determine the SS/PBCH block, identify content of a PBCH included in the determined SS/PBCH block, determine a configuration for at least one of the SS/PBCH block that is associated with a PDCCH including scheduling information for RMSI on the GSCN-Current or the SS/PBCH block that is not associated with the PDCCH including the scheduling information for the RMSI on the GSCN-Current.

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

System and method for establishing dynamic trust credentials for network functions

Patent No. 11522721

Inventor(s): Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)

Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 16842060 on 04/07/2020 (973 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods leverage trust anchors to generate tokens which can then be used by network functions (NFs). A virtualization infrastructure manager (VIM) for a virtualized platform receives a NF software package and a certificate request token (CRT) from a management function. The NF is a virtual NF, a containerized NF, or another virtual entity (xNF) to be deployed. The CRT is digitally signed by the management function and includes a network address of a trust anchor platform and a NF profile. The VIM deploys the NF and provides the CRT to the NF. The NF obtains from the CRT the network address of the trust anchor platform, generates a certificate signing request (CSR) for a digital certificate, and submits the CSR and the CRT to the trust anchor platform. The NF receives a digital certificate from the trust anchor platform based on validation of both the CSR and CRT.

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

Sounding reference signal (SRS) design for cellular time division duplex (TDD) mmWave systems

Patent No. 11522743

Inventor(s): Bin Liu (San Diego, CA), Nathan Edward Tenny (Poway, CA), Richard Stirling-Gallacher (San Diego, CA)

Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)

Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 15139987 on 04/27/2016 (2414 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method of communicating sounding reference signals (SRSs) in a cellular time division duplex (TDD) mmWave system. A transmission point (TP) may transmit beamformed reference signals to a user equipment (UE), each of the beamformed reference signals having been transmitted according to a beam direction in a set of beam directions available to the TP. The TP may receive a feedback message from the UE that identifies one of the beamformed reference signals transmitted to the UE. The TP may select, from the set of beam directions available to the TP, a subset of beam directions for SRS reception based on the feedback message received from the UE, and receive uplink SRS signals according to beam directions in the subset of beam directions. The set of beam directions available to the TP includes at least one beam direction that is excluded from the subset of beam directions.

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

Systems and methods for profiling and clustering network-connected devices

Patent No. 11522760

Inventor(s): Harish Babu Arunachalam (Plano, TX), Safwan Aly (Plano, TX), Srinivasan Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Vipul Jha (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17165341 on 02/02/2021 (672 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network device determines when multiple users each connect to a network using one or more devices. The network device obtains device or network-related parameters associated with the one or more devices and generates profiling vectors for each of the multiple users, that connects to the network using the one or more devices, to produce multiple profiling vectors. The network device clusters the multiple profiling vectors to identify cluster centers associated with a plurality of user groups, and determines first users of the multiple users for, or with, whom to perform certain actions or activities based on the first users” affinity with one or more of the plurality of user groups. The network device performs the certain actions or activities with respect to the determined first users.

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

Multipath data transmission processing method and network device

Patent No. 11522790

Inventor(s): Hinghung Anthony Chan (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. (Guangdong, , CN)

Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16733915 on 01/03/2020 (1068 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to a multipath data transmission processing method and a network device. A first network device receives a packet from a first host device, and determines a first connection identifier between the first network device and a second network device based on the packet. The first network device encapsulates the packet based on the first connection identifier. The first network device sends the encapsulated packet to the second network device through one of a plurality of subflows between the first network device and the second network device. According to the embodiments of this application, multipath data transmission is implemented, a data transmission rate is increased, and a host device does not perceive a plurality of paths. The embodiments of this application can be applied to any existing communications system.

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

Method and apparatus for handling packet delay budget division and quality of service monitoring in a communication system

Patent No. 11522803

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)

Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16792700 on 02/17/2020 (1023 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product receive, at a network node of a communication network, information about an accumulated packet delay in the communication network. The method, apparatus and computer program product estimate next hop transport delay and estimate or measure a processing delay of the network node. The method, apparatus and computer program product update the accumulated packet delay by adding the next hop transport delay and the processing delay to the accumulated packet delay. The method, apparatus and computer program product cause transmission of information about the accumulated packet delay in a header of a packet carrying user data or a control packet in the communication network to a next hop node of the communication network.

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

Method and system for robust streaming of data

Patent No. 11522804

Inventor(s): Krishnamurthy Subramanian (Saratoga, CA)

Assignee(s): Cornami, Inc. (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: Nixon Peabody LLP (8 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16825585 on 03/20/2020 (991 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for providing robust streaming of data from a multi-core die is disclosed. The techniques include using a high bandwidth memory (HBM) device as retransmit buffers for large amounts of data to ensure robust communication in relatively high round trip-transmission time (RTT) transmission. Another technique is supporting two or more Ethernet ports between components to both transmit the same data packets on the two ports to insure robustness. Another technique is to use sequence numbers and send data packets from the different ports in a round robin fashion and reorder the packets upon receipt of an external device. Another technique is dynamically adding and removing paths for data packets between devices with multiple ports based on the quality of the path.

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

System and method of acquiring network-centric information for customer premises equipment (CPE) management

Patent No. 11522830

Inventor(s): Angel V. Gomez (Fort Worth, TX), Stephen J. Kolanowski (Keller, TX)

Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17026565 on 09/21/2020 (806 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, device, and computer-readable medium are provided for sending, by a customer-premises equipment (CPE) device to a wireless access device via a CPE network interface, an Internet protocol (IP) address lease request, wherein the wireless access device terminates a wireless backhaul connection to a service provider network; receiving, responsive to the IP address lease request, an acknowledge message that includes a requested IP address and a protocol configuration option (PCO) providing identification information for the wireless access device; connecting, via the wireless access device and using the requested IP address, to a bootstrap server device associated with the service provider network; receiving, via the wireless access device, attachment information associated with a network management server and the service provider network; and sending, via the wireless access device, the identification information to the network management server in an attachment procedure using the attachment information.

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

Configuring service mesh networking resources for dynamically discovered peers or network functions

Patent No. 11522951

Inventor(s): Michael Anthony Brown (McKinney, TX)

Assignee(s): Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (Redmond, WA)

Law Firm: Ray Quinney Nebeker P.C (1 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 17006286 on 08/28/2020 (830 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for configuring service mesh networking resources for dynamically discovered external entities. The methods and systems create custom resource objects for services provided by the external entities and dynamically create service mesh network resources for the custom resource objects. The methods and systems enable communications with the external entities using the service mesh network resources.

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

Transmission control protocol (TCP) acknowledgement (ACK) packet suppression

Patent No. 11522979

Inventor(s): Ben Gilboa (Tel Aviv, , IL), Oren Shani (Israel, , IL), Uri Weinrib (Lod, , IL)

Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17329919 on 05/25/2021 (560 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) acknowledgement (ACK) packet suppression are described. In various implementations, these systems and methods may be applicable to low-power communications. For example, a method may include receive a transport packet at a transport layer; de-encapsulating the transport packet using a transport protocol to identify a security packet; communicating the security packet to a security layer by the transport layer; communicating an acknowledgement signal to the transport layer from the security layer in response to receiving the security packet; suppressing an acknowledgement packet at the transport layer in response to receiving the acknowledgement signal; adding an acknowledgment indication to a next data packet to be sent after the suppress action; and sending the next data packet.

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

Method and system for enhancing cellular network coverage

Patent No. 11523289

Inventor(s): Heitor Almeida (Plano, TX)

Assignee(s): T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, KS)

Law Firm: No Counsel

Application No., Date, Speed: 17481604 on 09/22/2021 (440 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enhancing cellular network coverage. In order to enhance network coverage, churn data is correlated with the measured coverage data for the multiple locations in the cellular network. Based on the correlation, a network readiness status in the multiple locations is determined. Network resources are then deployed to any of the multiple locations determined to have a network readiness status of not ready.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Partitioning of frequency resources for transmission of control signals and data signals in SC-FDMA communication systems

Patent No. 11523391

Inventor(s): Aris Papasakellariou (Dallas, TX)

Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED

Law Firm: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C. (3 non-local offices)

Application No., Date, Speed: 16907880 on 06/22/2020 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for determining a resource for an acknowledgement signal in a wireless communication system. A transceiver of a user equipment (UE) receives a parameter associated with one or more resource blocks (RBs) for periodic transmission of a channel quality indication (CQI) signal in an operating bandwidth. A controller of the UE determines an RB for transmission of the acknowledgement signal, based on the parameter. The transceiver transmits the acknowledgement signal on the determined RB. The RB for the transmission of the acknowledgement signal is not more outer than the one or more RBs for periodic transmission of the CQI signal in the operating bandwidth.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

DESIGN PATENTS

Drawer organizer

Patent No. D971691

Inventor(s): Cori Horsch (McKinney, TX)

Assignee(s): The Container Store, Inc. (Coppell, TX)

Law Firm: Hubbard Law, PLLC (Local + 1 other metros)

Application No., Date, Speed: 29766554 on 01/15/2021 (690 days app to issue)