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 July 4, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 12
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 11
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 3
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 3
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 9
G: PHYSICS 50
H: ELECTRICITY 45

DESIGN: 15

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 26
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) 6
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 5
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 4
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 4
Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) 3
Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) 3
Celanese EVA Performance Polymers LLC (Irving) 2
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, CN) 2

UNASSIGNED 16

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound) 11
Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen) 2
Madhukar Budagavi (Plano) 2
Naveen Bhoria (Plano) 2
Ramanuja Vedantham (Allen) 2
Stephen Morgan (Mansfield) 2
Timothy David Anderson (University Park) 2
Tony Brewer (Plano) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Weighted rodent bait stations and related methods
Patent No. 11690371

Inventor(s): Ethan Vickery (Colleyville, TX), Larry Covington (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): VM PRODUCTS INC. (Bedford, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17305178 on 07/01/2021 (733 days app to issue)

Abstract: Rodent bait station assemblies and methods for assembly and bundling.

[A01M] CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS (appliances for catching swarms or drone-catching A01K 57/00; fishing A01K 69/00-A01K 97/00; biocides, pest repellants or attractants A01N); APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS

Cooking system with burner assembly and heat exchanger
Patent No. 11690471

Inventor(s): Souhel Khanania (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16732967 on 01/02/2020 (1279 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that include providing a cooking system that comprises a burner assembly and a heat exchanger submerged in a vessel. The burner assembly includes a high velocity burner and a low velocity burner, the high velocity burner configured to provide the necessary high velocity, volumetric flowrate through a fluid duct of the heat exchanger that includes a plurality of compactly-arranged, alternatingly-disposed vertical and horizontal tubes passing through the fluid duct, and the low velocity burner configured to significantly reduce and/or substantially eliminate ”lift off” that could result from operation of only the high velocity burner. The heat exchanger is submerged in the vessel with the tubes of the heat exchanger open to the vessel to allow ingress and egress of a fluid contained within the vessel.

[A47J] KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES [6]

Systems and methods relating to an analyte sensor system having a battery located within a disposable base
Patent No. 11690537

Inventor(s): Neal Davis Johnston (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DexCom, Inc. (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16403037 on 05/03/2019 (1523 days app to issue)

Abstract: An analyte sensor system is provided. The system includes a base configured to attach to a skin of a host. The base includes an analyte sensor configured to generate a sensor signal indicative of an analyte concentration level of the host, a battery, and a first plurality of contacts. The system includes a sensor electronics module configured to releasably couple to the base. The sensor electronics module includes a second plurality of contacts, each configured to make electrical contact with a respective one of the first plurality of contacts, and a wireless transceiver configured to transmit a wireless signal based at least in part on the sensor signal. The system includes a first sealing member configured to provide a seal around the first and second plurality of contacts within a first cavity. Related analyte sensor systems, analyte sensor base assemblies and methods are also provided.

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

Systems and methods for communication between wheelchairs and vehicles
Patent No. 11690768

Inventor(s): Jerry R. Tipper (Plano, TX), Katsumi Nagata (Foster City, CA), Stephen McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16809680 on 03/05/2020 (1216 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to a vehicle. The vehicle includes a passenger compartment and a master controller. The passenger compartment has a plurality of rear passenger seats disposed on a track. Each seat of the plurality of rear passenger seats is configured to move on the track. The master controller is configured to receive a first data from a wheelchair and to direct a movement of each seat of the plurality of rear passenger seats along the track. In response to receiving the first data, the master controller actuates at least one actuator to move at least one of the plurality of rear passenger seats along the track to provide a transportation space for the wheelchair based on the first data received from the wheelchair.

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

Topical cosmetic compositions
Patent No. 11690798

Inventor(s): David Gan (Southlake, TX), Geetha Kalahasti (Plano, TX), Michelle Hines (Hickory Creek, TX), Tiffany Florence (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17865068 on 07/14/2022 (355 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of treating a person”s skin is disclosed. The method can include topically applying to the skin a composition comprising jojoba oil and an oil extract of [i]Opuntia ficus[/i]-[i]indica tuna [/i]or [i]Opuntia ficus[/i]-[i]indica [/i]nopales, or a combination thereof, to treat the person”s skin.

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

Ophthalmic emulsion
Patent No. 11690802

Inventor(s): David L. Meadows (Colleyville, TX), Howard Allen Ketelson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17200043 on 03/12/2021 (844 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an ophthalmic emulsion. The emulsion has a unique combination of ingredients that promotes the stability of small oil droplets within the emulsion. The emulsion also includes a mucoadhesive polymer that aid in delivering a lipid to the ocular surface.

Implantable device for sustained release of a macromolecular drug compound
Patent No. 11690806

Inventor(s): Christian Schneider (Hattersheim, , DE)
Assignee(s): Celanese EVA Performance Polymers LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16416328 on 05/20/2019 (1506 days app to issue)

Abstract: An implantable device for delivery of a macromolecular drug compound is provided. The device comprises a core having an outer surface and a membrane layer positioned adjacent to the outer surface of the core. The core comprises a core polymer matrix within which is dispersed a drug compound having a molecular weight of about 0.5 kDa or more, the polymer matrix containing a hydrophobic polymer. Further, the membrane layer comprises a membrane polymer matrix within which the macromolecular drug compound is optionally dispersed. The membrane polymer matrix contains a hydrophobic polymer in combination with a hydrophilic compound, and the weight ratio of the hydrophobic polymer to the hydrophilic compound within the membrane polymer matrix ranges from about 0.25 to about 200.

Implantable device for sustained release of a macromolecular drug compound
Patent No. 11690807

Abstract: An implantable device for delivery of a macromolecular drug compound is provided. The device comprises a core having an outer surface and a membrane layer positioned adjacent to the outer surface of the core. The core comprises a core polymer matrix within which is dispersed a drug compound having a molecular weight of about 0.5 kDa or more, the polymer matrix containing a hydrophobic polymer. Further, the membrane layer comprises a membrane polymer matrix within which the macromolecular drug compound is optionally dispersed. The concentration of the macromolecular drug compound in the core is greater than the concentration of the macromolecular drug compound in the membrane layer.

Inhibitors of receptor interacting protein kinase I for the treatment of disease
Patent No. 11690850

Inventor(s): Naphtali Reyna (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16952422 on 11/19/2020 (957 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds which inhibit RIPK1, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of RIPK1-mediated diseases, such as neurodegenerative disorders, inflammatory disorders, and cancer.

Irrigation system and clip for a surgical instrument
Patent No. 11690949

Inventor(s): R. Mitchell Sherry (Fort Worth, TX), S. Shane Dexter (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Medtronic PS Medical, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Carter, DeLuca Farrell LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16105058 on 08/20/2018 (1779 days app to issue)

Abstract: An irrigation system for a surgical instrument includes an irrigation tube arranged to convey an irrigation fluid and an irrigation clip structurally arranged to receive a portion of the irrigation tube. The irrigation clip includes a proximal portion, a distal portion, a body portion, and an arm portion. The arm portion is structurally configured to selectively attach the irrigation clip to the surgical instrument and to bias the irrigation clip toward the surgical instrument with a biasing force. The irrigation clip includes a tube locking portion structurally arranged to cooperate with the surgical instrument to engage the outer surface portion of the irrigation tube to inhibit rotation and axial displacement of the irrigation tube relative to the irrigation clip in response to the biasing force.

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

Systems and methods for single puncture percutaneous reverse blood flow
Patent No. 11690985

Inventor(s): Jeff Franco (Plano, TX), Michael Calhoun (Lighthouse Point, FL)
Assignee(s): J.D. FRANCO CO., LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16334891 on 09/22/2017 (2111 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of inducing retrograde blood flow may include extending a sheath through opposite walls of one of an artery and a vein of a subject and through a wall of the other of the artery and the vein such that a distal end of the sheath may be positioned within one of the artery and the vein. The method may include inducing retrograde blood flow in the artery and delivering the induced retrograde blood flow into the vein of the subject via the sheath.

[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]

Golf swing training device
Patent No. 11691051

Inventor(s): James R. Paulk, Jr. (Dallas, TX), Steven J. Iseberg (Schaumburg, IL), Sumitrajit Dhar (Wilmette, IL)
Assignee(s): PD Golf LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17815125 on 07/26/2022 (343 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of a golf training system. In one non-limiting example, a system includes a feedback device, a sensor, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to at least receive sensor data from the sensor during the golf swing of the user and identify a plurality of body movements in which each respective body movement corresponds to a stage of a golf swing sequence based at least in part on the sensor data. The computing device can also be configured to activate a plurality of feedback indicators according to the golf swing sequence for feedback to the user during the golf swing.

[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

Spray applicator apparatuses for generating uniform spray patterns and methods incorporating the same
Patent No. 11691186

Inventor(s): Adan Gonzalez (Jourdanton, TX), Wayne M. Linton (Floresville, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16527843 on 07/31/2019 (1434 days app to issue)

Abstract: A spray apparatus that includes a stand, a motor secured to the stand, a spray applicator secured to the stand, and a rotatable disc secured to the stand relatively above the spray applicator such that the rotatable disc is positioned within a spray field of the spray applicator. The rotatable disc is coupled to the motor such that the rotatable disc is configured to rotate in response to activation of the motor. The rotatable disc is configured to receive an overspray from the spray field to generate a spray pattern from the spray applicator. The apparatus includes a scraper positioned in fixed engagement with the rotatable disc, where the scraper is configured to remove accumulated overspray from the rotatable disc.

[B05B] SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F 5/20; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) [2]

Commercial recycling system and method
Patent No. 11691316

Inventor(s): S. Ray Hatch (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Quest Resource Management Group (The Colony, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17657026 on 03/29/2022 (462 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for recycling organics from a commercial facility includes a plurality of waste producing facilities each producing recyclable waste including organics and food packaging; one or more bins at each of the waste producing facilities, the bins being able to house the recyclable waste; a distribution center; a recycling facility able to separate the organics from the food packaging; one or more first vehicles for transporting the bins containing the recyclable waste from the plurality of waste producing facilities to the distribution center; and one or more second vehicles for transporting the recyclable waste from the distribution center to the recycling facility.

[B29B] PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS [4]

Combination interior trim and reinforcement for exterior resin pane
Patent No. 11691485

Inventor(s): Hiroki Sawa (Nagakute, , JP), Jonathan Quijano (Ann Arbor, MI), Jonathan R. Young (Saline, MI), Kelly L. T. Harbison (Canton, MI), Naipaul D. Ramoutar (Ann Arbor, MI), Valerie Schnabelrauch (Ypsilanti, MI), William Brian De
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter Hampton LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16925325 on 07/09/2020 (1090 days app to issue)

Abstract: Anchor brackets/tethers may be used to reinforce a vehicle”s resin rear door without substantially increasing the mass of the resin rear door. Such anchor brackets hold an interior trim panel(s) in place, and keep the interior trim panel(s) connected to the door structure or portion(s) thereof. The interior trim panel(s) can act as a protective interior shield that eliminates any exposure of the interior cabin/passenger compartment from any outer (and/or interior) door panel cracks/gaps that may be created during an adverse event. Moreover, conventional interior trim panels may, during a collision, break apart, the broken pieces becoming potentially dangerous projectiles. By being attached to the door structure and/or door componentry, the chance that the interior trim panel (or portions thereof) becoming a projectile is negated or at least lessened.

[B60J] WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)

Method of forming a headliner that includes shaped reinforcement brackets
Patent No. 11691574

Inventor(s): Logan R. Astrike (Dexter, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16532914 on 08/06/2019 (1428 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of forming a headliner for a vehicle includes forming the headliner into a desired shape from one or more materials. The headliner includes a headliner cutout portion corresponding to an opening through the headliner. A reinforcement bracket preform is formed into the headliner cutout portion during the step of forming the headliner. The headliner cutout portion is removed from the headliner. The reinforcement bracket preform is removed from the headliner cutout portion and a shaped reinforcement bracket is formed.

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

Aerial vehicle
Patent No. 11691718

Inventor(s): Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI), Yanghe Liu (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: 17514080 on 10/29/2021 (613 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aerial vehicle includes a body and a wireless charging receiver pad connected to the body, whereby the aerial vehicle is configured to be wirelessly charged when parked above a wireless charging transmitter pad. The aerial vehicle includes landing gear connected to the body and extending underneath the body. The landing gear is configured for actuation to control the location of the receiver pad with respect to the transmitter pad.

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

Pitch change linkage
Patent No. 11691720

Inventor(s): Gerard Michael Schneider (Azle, TX), Lawrence Michael Petsch (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Pramudji Law Group PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17029569 on 09/23/2020 (1014 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pitch change link may include a shaft having a first end region and a second end region, and a bearing cartridge on at least one of the first end region and the second end region. The bearing cartridge may include a bearing and a bearing ring at least partially surrounding the bearing. The bearing ring may have a geometric symmetry and a cross section that is wider at a first end than at a second end, the first end may oppose the second end.

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

Rotor assembly with static mast and pivoting rotor hub
Patent No. 11691723

Inventor(s): Albert Gerard Brand (North Richland Hills, TX), Frank Bradley Stamps (Colleyville, TX), John E. Brunken, Jr. (Colleyville, TX), Jouyoung Jason Choi (Southlake, TX), Michael Scott Seifert (Southlake, TX), Richard E. Rauber (Co
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17307845 on 05/04/2021 (791 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gimbaled rotor assembly for an aircraft. The gimbaled rotor assembly including a static mast; a spherical bearing comprising an inner component and an outer component pivotable relative to each other about a bearing focus, the inner component fixedly coupled to the static mast; a rotor hub rotatably coupled to the outer component, allowing for relative rotation of the rotor hub about a rotor axis and for pivoting together with the outer component about the bearing focus; and a primary hub spring coupling the outer component to the static mast and configured for opposing pivoting of the rotor hub about the bearing focus from a neutral position.

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

Twin fuselage tiltrotor aircraft
Patent No. 11691725

Inventor(s): Robert Roe (Fort Worth, TX), Steven R. Ivans (Ponder, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17528989 on 11/17/2021 (594 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment is an aircraft including first and second fuselages; a wing assembly connecting the first and second fuselages, wherein the first and second fuselages are parallel to one another; first and second forward propulsion systems tiltably attached to forward ends of the first and second fuselages; and first and second aft propulsion systems fixedly attached proximate aft ends of the first and second fuselages.

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

Systems and methods for aerial aircraft resupply
Patent No. 11691753

Inventor(s): Brent Chadwick Ross (Flower Mound, TX), Jeffrey Paul Nissen (Arlington, TX), Steven Ray Ivans (Ponder, TX), Troy Cyril Schank (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17095634 on 11/11/2020 (965 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aerial resupply system (ARS) including a supply aircraft. The supply aircraft includes at least one of supply fuel, an ordinance, and data. The supply aircraft also includes a retractable boom system (RBS) configured for selective stowage within a fuselage of the supply aircraft and configured to supply at least one of supply fuel, the ordinance, and data to a location external to the fuselage.

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

Ground wire side car
Patent No. 11691843

Inventor(s): John L. Rhoads (Lewisville, TX), Kevin D. Rodgers (Roswell, NM), 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: 17732497 on 04/28/2022 (432 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for the transportation and dispensing of spooled wire or cable, the apparatus comprising a payoff reel, wherein the payoff reel comprises an arbor hole having a payoff reel diameter and a detachable side car reel, wherein the detachable side car reel comprises an arbor hole having a detachable side car reel diameter and wherein the detachable side car reel is attachable to the payoff reel and wherein the detachable side car reel further comprises a reel lift.

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

Glueless pocketed spring cushioning unit assembler
Patent No. 11691868

Inventor(s): Martin Wolfson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Carrington, Coleman, Sloman Blumenthal, L.L.P. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17894879 on 08/24/2022 (314 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a cushioning unit assembler includes first, second, third, and fourth rows of welding heads, a transport, and a feed module. The welding heads have a welding position and a retracted position. A main axis of the welding heads is oriented in a first dimension while in the welding position. The transport is disposed above the rows of welding heads. The transport has a main axis oriented in a second dimension perpendicular to the first dimension. The feed module includes a pocketed spring intake and a pocketed spring outflow. The transport is mechanically coupled to enable the feed module to move in the second dimension along a scope of movement. An exit aperture of the outflow vertically aligns with welding heads of the first row that are in the welding position, and vertically aligns with welding heads of the second row that are in the welding position.

[B68G] METHODS, EQUIPMENT, OR MACHINES FOR USE IN UPHOLSTERING; UPHOLSTERY NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

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

Transgenic corn with antifungal peptide AGM182 (DN:0113.18)
Patent No. 11690894

Inventor(s): Jeffrey W. Cary (Covington, LA), Jesse M. Jaynes (Auburn, AL), Kanniah Rajasekaran (Metairie, LA), Rajtilak Majumdar (Metairie, LA), Ronald Sayler (Farmington, AR)
Assignee(s): GENVOR INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17352445 on 06/21/2021 (743 days app to issue)

Abstract: [i]Aspergillus flavus [/i]is an opportunistic, saprophytic fungus that infects maize and other fatty acid-rich food and feed crops and produces toxic and carcinogenic secondary metabolites known as aflatoxins. In vitro studies showed a five-fold increase in antifungal activity of AGM182 (vs. tachyplesin1) against [i]A. flavus[/i]. Transgenic maize plants expressing AGM182 under maize Ubiquitin-1 promoter were produced through [i]Agrobacterium[/i]-mediated transformation. PCR products confirmed integration of the AGM182 gene, while RT-PCR of maize RNA confirmed the presence of AGM182 transcripts. Maize kernel screening assay using a highly aflatoxigenic [i]A. flavus [/i]strain (AF70) showed up to 72% reduction in fungal growth in the transgenic AGM182 seeds compared to isogenic negative control seeds.

[C12N] MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF (biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing microorganisms, viruses, microbial fungi, enzymes, fermentates, or substances produced by, or extracted from, microorganisms or animal material A01N 63/00; medicinal preparations A61K; fertilisers C05F); PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA (microbiological testing media C12Q 1/00) [3]

Method for production of a soil amendment
Patent No. 11692163

Inventor(s): David P. Lanciault (Plano, TX), John R. Coyne (Bridgewater, CT), Michael LaMontagne (Denton, TX), Robert Chisholm (McKinney, TX), Robert N. Ames (Pilot Point, TX)
Assignee(s): Tenfold Technologies, LLC (Pilot Point, TX)
Law Firm: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17743276 on 05/12/2022 (418 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for the production of microbial consortiums and by-product material is provided. A physical containment system comprising phase spaces arranged in a discrete order to favor specific biological reactions is also provided. Phase profiles and phase data sets include the pre-determined physical and biological parameters for the phase space transitions. Movement of material from one phase to the next is hydraulically balanced enabling working fluid to continuously move in a fixed direction and rate of flow. Continuous monitoring of phase profiles and phase data sets provide feedback to the system enabling alteration of the conditions in the system to control reactions therein.

[C12P] FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE [3]

Quad-polymer precursor for producing carbon fiber, method for producing same and method for using same
Patent No. 11692285

Inventor(s): Benjamin Batchelor (Dallas, TX), Duck Joo Yang (Flower Mound, TX), Samsuddin Mahmood (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Revolution IP, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16611214 on 05/09/2018 (1882 days app to issue)

Abstract: A quad-polymer composition includes monomers of (a) acrylonitrile, (a) vinylimidazole, (c) methyl acrylate and (d) either acrylic acid or itaconic acid. Such quad-polymer compositions may be used to form fibers (such as by melt spinning) that may then be annealed, stabilized, and/or carbonized to produce carbon fibers. The quad-polymer composition may be used for supercapacitors, lithium battery electrodes once carbonized, and as synthesized, it may be used for wound healing fibers, fabrics, coatings, and films, and anti-bacterial/anti-microbial fibers, fabrics, coatings and films. The carbon fibers formed from the quad-polymer composition may be used for the fiber composites for automobile, aerospace structures, marine structures, military equipment/parts, sporting goods, robotics, furniture, and electronic parts.

[C08F] MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS (production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from lower carbon number hydrocarbons, e.g. by oligomerisation, C10G 50/00; fermentation or enzyme-using processes to synthesise a desired chemical compound or composition or to separate optical isomers from a racemic mixture C12P; graft polymerisation of monomers containing carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds on to fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials D06M 14/00) [2]

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

Compact utility loader
Patent No. 11692328

Inventor(s): Toshihiko Takemura (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. (Salina, KS)
Law Firm: Hovey Williams LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16942467 on 07/29/2020 (1070 days app to issue)

Abstract: A compact utility loader compact utility loader comprising a frame including a lower portion and an upper portion. A width of the lower portion is smaller than a width of the upper portion. The compact utility loader additionally comprises a first track and a second track, with each track being positioned on a side of the frame. Each of the tracks has a width of at least 7.5 inches, and the compact utility loader has an overall width of no more than 36 inches.

[E02F] DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C 49/00)

Dynamic, fire-resistance-rated thermally insulating and sealing system having a F-Rating of 120 min for use with curtain wall structures
Patent No. 11692343

Inventor(s): Arndt Andresen (North Richland Hills, TX), Chad Stroike (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (Schaan, , LI)
Law Firm: Grneberg and Myers, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17407280 on 08/20/2021 (683 days app to issue)

Abstract: An approved dynamic construction is used for effectively thermally insulating and sealing of a safing slot between a floor of a building and an exterior wall construction, wherein the exterior wall construction includes a curtain wall configuration defined by an interior wall glass surface including one or more aluminum framing members, wherein the vision glass extends to the finished floor level below. The dynamic, thermally insulating and sealing system includes a first element for receiving the insulating elements and positioned in the zero spandrel area of a glass curtain wall construction including only vision glass to maintain thermally insulating and sealing of the safing slot during exposure to fire and heat as well as movement in order to maintain a complete seal extending across the safing slot.

[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)

High performance regular and high expansion elements for oil and gas applications
Patent No. 11692412

Inventor(s): Anthony Phan (Carrollton, TX), Chad William Glaesman (Carrollton, TX), Xiaoguang Allan Zhong (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17152887 on 01/20/2021 (895 days app to issue)

Abstract: A downhole sealing device, a well system employing a downhole sealing device, and a method for sealing within a wellbore. The downhole sealing device, in one aspect, includes one or more downhole sealing features, and an elastomeric element comprising a thiourethane/acrylate polymer coupled to the one or more downhole sealing features. In at least one aspect, the elastomeric element is operable to be compressed in a downhole application against a tubular as a seal.

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

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

Suction cover assembly for reciprocating pumps
Patent No. 11692545

Inventor(s): Adalberto Cortes (Fort Worth, TX), Jeff Myers (Fort Worth, TX), Richard David Peer (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17269492 on 08/20/2019 (1414 days app to issue)

Abstract: A suction cover assembly for a reciprocating pump assembly includes a suction cover having a body that is configured to be held at least partially within an access port of a fluid cylinder of the reciprocating pump assembly. The body includes a receptacle that includes at least one radial opening that extends through the body. The suction cover assembly includes a suction cover retainer that includes a plug configured to be at least partially received within the receptacle of the body. The suction cover retainer includes at least one retention segment configured to be held within the at least one radial opening of the body. The plug is configured to be moved between a locked position wherein the at least one retention segment is in a radially extended position and an unlocked position wherein the at least one retention segment is in a radially retracted position.

[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)

Method and system for retaining a fastener
Patent No. 11692584

Inventor(s): William B. Buchanan (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16750848 on 01/23/2020 (1258 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for securing a panel to a structure is provided. In one embodiment, the fastener includes a fastener having a fastener head and a threaded tail, and the fastener may be disposed through a structure and an external panel. The apparatus also includes a retainer housing positioned on the fastener head, where the retainer housing is detached from the fastener. A spring engaging the fastener and the retainer housing is also included within the retainer housing.

[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)

Crankshaft assembly
Patent No. 11692616

Inventor(s): Fred E. Hunstable (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17688724 on 03/07/2022 (484 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is presented various embodiments disclosed in this application, including an improved crankshaft system using a load connecting member which provides a greater maximum torque angle than a conventional system, thereby improving efficiency and power.

[F16H] GEARING

Valve with re-melting expansion port
Patent No. 11692645

Inventor(s): Michael P. Nelson (Lehi, UT), Paul Jeffrey Parish (Spanish Fork, UT)
Assignee(s): Flowserve Management Company (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Maine Cernota Rardin (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17485676 on 09/27/2021 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: A valve for controlling a molten liquid includes an expansion port in liquid communication with an internal volume of the valve that is filled with the molten liquid. An expansion valve can be opened during unfreezing of the valve, to allow melting process substance to expand out of the internal volume into an expansion line as it is melted. During initialization of the valve, an inert gas source, pressure regulator, and ultrasonic transition level sensor can be used to establish a liquid/gas interface at a desired height within the expansion line. The valve can include a multi-zone heater, wherein a first of the zones is adjacent the expansion port, so that during unfreezing, after the first zone has been melted, the remaining zones can be sequentially activated in an order that ensures that each zone is activated only after an adjacent zone has been melted.

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

Valves including one or more flushing features and related assemblies, systems, and methods
Patent No. 11692646

Inventor(s): Stephen Schappert (Irving, TX), Tim Nitz (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): FLOWSERVE PTE. LTD. (Singapore, , SG)
Law Firm: PCFB LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17517547 on 11/02/2021 (609 days app to issue)

Abstract: Valve and related assemblies, systems, and methods may include a self-cleaning feature that may be configured to at least partially displace material from a portion of the valve. Such valves may be utilized in a pressure exchanger.

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

Pressure relief shipping adapter for a bottle head assembly
Patent No. 11692672

Inventor(s): James Robert Moore, III (Fort Worth, TX), Mark S. Osborne (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17125330 on 12/17/2020 (929 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, systems and methods include using a pressure relief shipping adapter to reduce the internal pressure of a container. A pressure relief shipping adapter comprises a body comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a first bore and a set of protrusions. The second portion comprises a second bore, wherein the second bore comprises a radial gap, wherein the radial gap comprises a uniform arc length along the length of the radial gap. A first end and a second end of the radial gap comprise a greater arc length than the radial gap. A pressure relief shipping adapter further comprises a pressure relief valve disposed at a first end of the first bore and an interlocking component comprising a first tab and a second tab, wherein the interlocking component is at least partially contained within the second bore.

[F17C] VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES (storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth B65G 5/00; construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil-engineering techniques E04H 7/00; variable-capacity gas-holders F17B; liquefaction or refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25)

Fire pit system
Patent No. 11692713

Inventor(s): Jeffrey H. Jan (Keller, TX), Spencer H. Jan (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): SOLO BRANDS, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17684912 on 03/02/2022 (489 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present fire pit system includes a fire pit stand including a body including a plurality of openings, wherein the walls of a fire pit body can rest upon the fire pit stand. The fire pit stand protects below surfaces (e.g., floor, ground, etc.) from high heat. The openings in the fire pit stand increase airflow. The fire pit stand fits inside the fire pit body creating a portable unit. When the fire pit is being assembled, the fire pit stand can be removed from inside the fire pit body, placed on the ground, and the fire pit body can be placed on top of the fire pit stand.

[F24B] DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS; IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES [6]

System and method for distinguishing HVAC system faults
Patent No. 11692726

Inventor(s): Amita Brahme (Dallas, TX), Umesh Gokhale (Irvng, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17451551 on 10/20/2021 (622 days app to issue)

Abstract: A controller of an HVAC system is communicatively coupled to a liquid-side sensor and a shutoff switch. The controller stores measurements of a liquid-side property over an initial period of time. The controller detects that the shutoff switch is tripped at a first time stamp corresponding to an end of the initial period of time. The controller accesses the measurements of the liquid-side property. The controller determines, based on the measurements of the liquid-side property, that the liquid-side property has a decreasing trend. In response to determining that the liquid-side property has the decreasing trend, a malfunction of a blower of the system is determined to have caused the shutoff switch to trip.

[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)

Sliding drain pans for cooling units
Patent No. 11692758

Inventor(s): Karthick Kuppusamy (Salem, , IN), Vignesh Thiyagarajan (Tamilnadu, , IN)
Assignee(s): Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Johnston IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16920339 on 07/02/2020 (1097 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one instance, a cooling unit for use as an aspect of a cooling system includes a cabinet having a plurality of panels and having an interior, a front face with a fan aperture formed in the front face, and a bottom panel. The cooling unit further includes a drain pan below the bottom panel. The cooling unit also includes a plurality of guide-rail slide and track assemblies coupled between at least a portion of the cabinet and the drain pan for providing controlled movement of the drain pan between an operational position and a maintenance position. Other cooling units are disclosed with drain pans that may be lowered by a single technician.

[F25D] REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHER SUBCLASS (refrigerated showcases A47F 3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J 41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60-B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D 81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K 5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B; cooling of engines or pumps, see the relevant classes)

P H Y S I C S

Microprismatic retroreflective mold, sheet, and article and methods of manufacture thereof
Patent No. 11691365

Inventor(s): Drew J. Buoni (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Aura Optical Systems, LP (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17733286 on 04/29/2022 (431 days app to issue)

Abstract: An article, including a transparent sheet having a first side with a structured surface The structured surface includes microprisms thereon, the microprisms being part of a microprism array on the structured surface. Each one of the microprisms are part of adjacent pairs of the microprisms, such that for each one of the adjacent pairs: the first microprism has a first lateral face, a second lateral face, and a third lateral face, the second microprism has a first lateral face, a second lateral face, and a third lateral face, and there is a continuous surface transition with a maintenance of surface continuity between the second lateral face of the first microprism and the third lateral face of the second microprism, without the presence of a seam, ridge, gap or tooling line.

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

Tape dispenser for defining a perimeter, apparatus therefrom and methods therefor
Patent No. 11692802

Inventor(s): Farhad Qamar Rizvi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Lloyd Mousilii PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17336300 on 06/01/2021 (763 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tape dispenser that includes a gripper pad and a tape reel. The tape reel includes a spool around which a tape is wound. The spool is enclosed in a housing that includes an opening through which a free end of the tape is allowed to pass through. The free end of the tape includes a fastener such as a hook. The housing also includes a tape lock and a roller handle. The gripper pad includes at least one suction pad, receiving means for a stake, or both. The tape reel and the gripper pad each include receiving means for a connecting means. The connecting means is a wedge connector, a magnetic connector, or the like, and combinations thereof. The tape reel is allowed to freely rotate while the gripper pad remains affixed onto a surface such as a floor, a lawn or a turf.

[G01B] MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS

Vehicle safely calculator
Patent No. 11692836

Inventor(s): Gregory Scott Jones (Lewisville, TX), Shiju Mathai (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16781077 on 02/04/2020 (1246 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an approach to assessing safety of a vehicle based on usage context, one or more computer processors receive a planned usage of a vehicle from a user. Based on the received planned usage, one or more computer processors determine a set of preferred vehicle characteristics. One or more computer processors retrieve a maintenance record and a usage history of a first vehicle. Based on the maintenance record and the usage history, one or more computer processors determine one or more vehicle characteristics of the first vehicle. Based on the set of preferred characteristics and the one or more vehicle characteristics of the first vehicle, one or more computer processors calculate a usage match score. One or more computer processors generate a risk assessment report.

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

Housing for flexible fuel sensor and method of use
Patent No. 11692992

Inventor(s): Bryan Thompson (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17824538 on 05/25/2022 (405 days app to issue)

Abstract: A housing for a flexible fuel sensor and method of use is disclosed. The housing comprises of a first chamber, a second chamber, and bypass passageway extending therebetween. The first chamber is configured to receive and hold the first conduit of the flexible fuel sensor. The second chamber is configured to receive and hold the second conduit of the flexible fuel sensor. The bypass passageway is configured to permit fuel to flow therethrough and thereout.

[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

System and method for variable function mobile application for providing medical test results using visual indicia to determine medical test function type
Patent No. 11693002

Inventor(s): Jovan Hutton Pulitzer (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): RELIANT IMMUNE DIAGNOSTICS, INC. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15804990 on 11/06/2017 (2066 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for image analysis of medical test results, comprising receiving information from a mobile device application regarding a test performed using a testing device, wherein the testing device includes a plurality of immunoassay test strips and at least one test function indicator on a surface thereof, wherein the mobile device application is configured to recognize the at least one test function indicator to trigger performance of one or more of the plurality of medical test functions, receiving at the server an image of the testing device from the mobile device application, determining by the server RGB values for a plurality of pixels of the image, normalizing by the server the RGB values into a single value, comparing the single value to a control value, and providing by the server a risk indicator, wherein the risk indicator indicates a likelihood of a presence of a medical condition.

[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)

Portable, integrated antenna test bed with built-in turntable
Patent No. 11693038

Inventor(s): Colan Ryan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17353363 on 06/21/2021 (743 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure relates to technology for testing parameters of an antenna under test. The technology includes an antenna test bed, reference antenna and turntable for supporting the device and antenna under test. The turntable may be used to test the response of the antenna under test at different azimuth angles. Additionally, the reference antenna and turntable are integrated into a single test bed platform to ensure consistency and repeatability of test results.

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

Direct scan access JTAG
Patent No. 11693055

Inventor(s): Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17573761 on 01/12/2022 (538 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes novel methods and apparatuses for directly accessing JTAG Tap domains that exist in a scan path of many serially connected JTAG Tap domains. Direct scan access to a selected Tap domain by a JTAG controller is achieved using auxiliary digital or analog terminals associated with the Tap domain and connected to the JTAG controller. During direct scan access, the auxiliary digital or analog terminals serve as serial data input and serial data output paths between the selected Tap domain and the JTAG controller.

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

Lidar with phase light modulator
Patent No. 11693096

Inventor(s): John Peter Fenske (Richardson, TX), Terry Alan Bartlett (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16808457 on 03/04/2020 (1217 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described examples include an apparatus having a phase light modulator. The apparatus also has a first light source configured to direct a first light beam to the phase light modulator, the phase light modulator configured to provide a first modulated light beam directed to a first field of view. The apparatus also has a second light source configured to direct a second light beam to the phase light modulator, the phase light modulator configured to provide a second modulated light beam directed to a second field of view. The apparatus also has a first light detector configured to detect the first modulated light beam as reflected from the first field of view; and a second light detector configured to detect the second modulated light beam as reflected from the second field of view.

[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

Framework and method for acknowledging multiple messages in UWB communication and ranging systems
Patent No. 11693109

Inventor(s): Aditya V. Padaki (Richardson, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Zheda Li (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15929366 on 04/28/2020 (1162 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus a first network entity in a wireless communication system supporting ranging capability is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: identifying, in a ranging block, one or more ranging rounds to transmit a ranging control message (RCM) with a multiple message receipt confirmation request (MMRCR) for a transmission of at least one first message comprising at least one of a set of ranging messages or a set of ranging ancillary data messages; transmitting, to a second network entity, the RCM with the MMRCR; transmitting, to the second network entity, ranging ancillary data in at least one ranging round of one or more ranging rounds following the RCM, wherein the ranging ancillary data is associated with the MMRCR; and receiving, from the second network entity, a ranging multiple message receipt confirmation (RMMRC) corresponding to the transmission of the at least one first message.

Static virtual reference station agents for global navigation satellite system corrections
Patent No. 11693124

Inventor(s): Christopher N. Del Regno (Rowlett, TX), Mohammed M. Rahman (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17661952 on 05/04/2022 (426 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microservice node can include a network real-time kinematics (RTK) device to receive raw satellite data associated with a physical reference station via a first message in a first message queue, to receive static virtual location data associated with a static virtual reference station (VRS) agent, to generate corrections data for the static VRS agent based on the raw satellite data and the static virtual location data, and to transmit the corrections data to the static VRS agent. The microservice node can include the static VRS agent to publish the corrections data in a second message in a second message queue. The microservice node can include an adapter device to determine that the client device is located within a geographic area associated with the static VRS agent and to transmit the corrections data from the second message queue to the client device.

Seismic vibrator with adjustable resonance frequency
Patent No. 11693136

Inventor(s): John J. Sallas (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): SERCEL (Carquefou, , FR)
Law Firm: Patent Portfolio Builders PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16833902 on 03/30/2020 (1191 days app to issue)

Abstract: A seismic vibrator is configured to operate close to resonance for range of actuating frequencies. The vibrator has a baseplate, a reaction mass coupled to the baseplate via an elastic coupling mechanism and an actuator configured to displace the reaction mass with an actuating frequency. The vibrator also has a frequency-adjusting system configured to adjust a natural frequency of the elastic coupling mechanism and the reaction mass, to track the actuating frequency so that to achieve resonance.

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

Lens cleaning via electrowetting
Patent No. 11693235

Inventor(s): Benjamin Stassen Cook (Addison, TX), Daniel Lee Revier (Addison, TX), David Patrick Magee (Allen, TX), Stephen John Fedigan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17165895 on 02/02/2021 (882 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a mass detection circuit coupled to a surface covered with a plurality of electrodes. The mass detection circuit is configured to detect a mass of a first droplet present on the surface. The apparatus further includes a transducer circuit coupled to a transducer, which is coupled to the surface and form a lens unit. The transducer circuit configured to excite a first vibration of the surface at a resonant frequency to form a high displacement region on the surface. The apparatus also includes a voltage excitation circuit coupled to the plurality of electrodes. In response to the detection of the mass of the first droplet, the voltage excitation circuit is configured to apply a sequence of differential voltages on one or more consecutive electrodes which moves the first droplet to the high displacement region.

Systems and methods for building energy management during power-loss event
Patent No. 11693379

Inventor(s): Maxime Joseph Frederic Marie Laudren (Montral, , CA), Youcef Chaoua (Laval, , CA)
Assignee(s): Schneider Electric Buildings Americas, Inc. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Locke Lord LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17135572 on 12/28/2020 (918 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing energy consumption during a power-loss event provide a backup power unit that can notify electronic devices of a switch to backup power. The electronic devices can then automatically minimize power consumption upon receiving such notification. The notification can take the form of one or more signals indicative of a backup power operational state. The signals may be sent to the electronic devices over any suitable wired or wireless connection. Depending on the particular operational states, the electronic devices can take one or more predefined backup power handling actions, such as reducing device functionality, entering low-power mode, performing a controlled shutdown, and the like. The particular actions taken may depend on the type of devices, such that certain devices may have power consumption priority over other devices. The above arrangement provides an intelligent way to reduce overall energy consumption during a power-loss event.

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

Method and apparatus for displaying content on display
Patent No. 11693558

Inventor(s): Andrew Joseph Dickerson (Allen, TX), James Edward Vandenheuvel (Sachse, TX), Jordan Daniel Goulding (Allen, TX), Kitae Kim (McKinney, TX), Lam Nguyen (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: Cha Reiter, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17341556 on 06/08/2021 (756 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, a method for displaying content on a display of an electronic device comprises determining, based on information about the content, a first region of the display on which a first portion of the content is to be displayed; obtaining an angle between the first region and a second region of the display, the second region being distinguished from the first region; generating, based on the angle and a location of a user, correction content corresponding to a second portion of the content; and displaying the first portion on the first region, and displaying the correction content on the second region.

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

Apparatuses and methods for memory alignment
Patent No. 11693576

Inventor(s): John D. Leidel (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Brooks, Cameron Huebsch, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17360533 on 06/28/2021 (736 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to memory alignment. An example method comprises performing an alignment operation on a first byte-based memory element and a second byte-based memory element such that a padding bit of the first byte-based memory element is logically adjacent to a padding bit of the second byte-based memory element and a data bit of the first byte-based memory element is logically adjacent to a data bit of the second byte-based memory element.

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

Network-based solution module deployment platform
Patent No. 11693643

Inventor(s): Tegbir Singh Harika (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Accenture Global Solutions Limited (Dublin, , IE)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17395414 on 08/05/2021 (698 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention provides a deployment platform that enables solution modules to be created and deployed without writing new code. The solution modules may include existing solutions, solution components, connectors, and the like selected from a solution library. The deployment platform includes a development engine providing functionality for generating deployment information for the solution module. The deployment information may include a blueprint or other information for deploying the solution module to target infrastructure. The deployment platform also includes a deployment engine providing functionality for deploying the solution module to the target infrastructure automatically. During deployment, the deployment engine pushes components of the solution module to the target infrastructure in accordance with the deployment information. During and after deployment, information may be captured and recorded to a distributed ledger to provide end-to-end visibility into the deployed solution over the deployment lifecycle (e.g., including initial deployment, updates/upgrades, and decommissioning).

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

Deployment of new versions of event consumers in an event-driven system
Patent No. 11693647

Inventor(s): Sunil Kaitha (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17452810 on 10/29/2021 (613 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a system may receive, in a state event store, a deployment state event notification based on deployment of a new event consumer in the system. An old event consumer of the system may retrieve the deployment state event notification from the state event store. The system may deactivate an old event consumer based on retrieving the deployment state event notification, wherein the old event consumer refrains from processing topic event notifications after deactivation and continues to monitor the state event store for state event notifications. The old event consumer may publish a deactivation state event notification to the state event store based on deactivating the old event consumer. The new event consumer may retrieve the deactivation state event notification from the state event store. The system may activate the new event consumer based on retrieving the deactivation state event notification.

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

Data processing apparatus having streaming engine with read and read/advance operand coding
Patent No. 11693660

Inventor(s): Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16871253 on 05/11/2020 (1149 days app to issue)

Abstract: A streaming engine employed in a digital signal processor specified a fixed data stream. Once started the data stream is read only and cannot be written. Once fetched, the data stream is stored in a first-in-first-out buffer for presentation to functional units in the fixed order. Data use by the functional unit is controlled using the input operand fields of the corresponding instruction. A read only operand coding supplies the data an input of the functional unit. A read/advance operand coding supplies the data and also advances the stream to the next sequential data elements. The read only operand coding permits reuse of data without requiring a register of the register file for temporary storage.

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

Mechanism for interrupting and resuming execution on an unprotected pipeline processor
Patent No. 11693661

Inventor(s): Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA), Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Timothy D. Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17241198 on 04/27/2021 (798 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques related to executing a plurality of instructions by a processor comprising receiving a first instruction for execution on an instruction execution pipeline, beginning execution of the first instruction, receiving one or more second instructions for execution on the instruction execution pipeline, the one or more second instructions associated with a higher priority task than the first instruction, storing a register state associated with the execution of the first instruction in one or more registers of a capture queue associated with the instruction execution pipeline, copying the register state from the capture queue to a memory, determining that the one or more second instructions have been executed, copying the register state from the memory to the one or more registers of the capture queue, and restoring the register state to the instruction execution pipeline from the capture queue.

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

Lifecycle management of VNFC software modules
Patent No. 11693687

Inventor(s): Keith William Melkild (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17688560 on 03/07/2022 (484 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include a method comprising one or more of receiving a VNFC module LCM request where the LCM request specifies a VNFC instance (VNFCI), a target VNFC module, and an LCM operation to be performed, comprising retrieving a VNFCI data entry, determining a target OS installation of the VNFCI, establishing a secure connection to a target OS on a VNFCI hosting VM/container, determining a default command for the LCM operation, adapting the default command to the target OS, executing the adapted command, normalizing a response code, and sending a response to the VNFC module LCM request.

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

Method of completing a programmable atomic transaction by ensuring memory locks are cleared
Patent No. 11693690

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: 17074770 on 10/20/2020 (987 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is an instruction for a programmable atomic transaction that is executed as the last instruction and that terminates the executing thread, waits for all outstanding store operations to finish, clears the programmable atomic lock, and sends a completion response back to the issuing process. This guarantees that the programmable atomic lock is cleared when the transaction completes. By coupling thread termination with clearing the lock bit, this guarantees that the thread cannot terminate without clearing the lock.

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

Error documentation assistance
Patent No. 11693726

Inventor(s): Bing (Aaron) Lin (Allen, TX), Carlos Gonzalez (Allen, TX), Javier Lozano (Wylie, TX), William Luo (Garland, 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: 17370968 on 07/08/2021 (726 days app to issue)

Abstract: An error documentation system including tools to collect and analyze application error data for individual development teams and tools to share documented defects and solutions across development teams during any stage of development cycle. The system may receive and analyze event logs for error events triggered by applications on end-user devices. The system may automatically generate defect tickets and/or ticket entries for defects identified in event logs. The system may train one or more machine learning (ML) models to correlate input with identified defects from a defects database. In response to identifying correlated identified defects, the system may generate ticket entries indicating the correlated identified defects and associated solutions for the defects. The system may provide an interface for users to query the data stored in the database.

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

Network virtualization policy management system
Patent No. 11693749

Inventor(s): David H. Lu (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): SHOPIFY, INC. (Ottawa, , CA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17558377 on 12/21/2021 (560 days app to issue)

Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing a network virtualization policy management system. An event relating to a service can be detected. A first policy that defines allocation of hardware resources to host the virtual network functions can be obtained, as can a second policy that defines deployment of the virtual network functions to the hardware resources. The hardware resources can be allocated based upon the first policy and the virtual network functions can be deployed to the hardware resources based upon the second policy.

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

Real time input/output address translation for virtualized systems
Patent No. 11693787

Inventor(s): Charles Lance Fuoco (Allen, TX), Donald E. Steiss (Richardson, TX), Gregory Raymond Shurtz (Houston, TX), Jason A.T. Jones (Richmond, TX), Jonathan Elliot Bergsagel (Richardson, TX), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, , IN), S
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17171185 on 02/09/2021 (875 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a device includes a memory and a processor core coupled to the memory via a memory management unit (MMU). The device also includes a system MMU (SMMU) cross-referencing virtual addresses (VAs) with intermediate physical addresses (IPAs) and IPAs with physical addresses (PAs). The device further includes a physical address table (PAT) cross-referencing IPAs with each other and cross-referencing PAs with each other. The device also includes a peripheral virtualization unit (PVU) cross-referencing IPAs with PAs, and a routing circuit coupled to the memory, the SMMU, the PAT, and the PVU. The routing circuit is configured to receive a request comprising an address and an attribute and to route the request through at least one of the SMMU, the PAT, or the PVU based on the address and the attribute.

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

Methods and apparatus to facilitate write miss caching in cache system
Patent No. 11693790

Inventor(s): Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Pete Michael Hippleheuser (Murphy, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16882258 on 05/22/2020 (1138 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to facilitate write miss caching in cache system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first cache storage; a second cache storage, wherein the second cache storage includes a first portion operable to store a first set of data evicted from the first cache storage and a second portion; a cache controller coupled to the first cache storage and the second cache storage and operable to: receive a write operation; determine that the write operation produces a miss in the first cache storage; and in response to the miss in the first cache storage, provide write miss information associated with the write operation to the second cache storage for storing in the second portion.

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

Victim cache that supports draining write-miss entries
Patent No. 11693791

Inventor(s): Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Pete Hippleheuser (Murphy, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17377509 on 07/16/2021 (718 days app to issue)

Abstract: A caching system including a first sub-cache and a second sub-cache in parallel with the first sub-cache, wherein the second sub-cache includes a set of cache lines, line type bits configured to store an indication that a corresponding cache line of the set of cache lines is configured to store write-miss data, and an eviction controller configured to flush stored write-miss data based on the line type bits.

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

Tunable and scalable command/address protocol for non-volatile memory
Patent No. 11693794

Inventor(s): Sneha Bhatia (Karnataka, , IN), Vinayak Ghatawade (Karnataka, , IN)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17008553 on 08/31/2020 (1037 days app to issue)

Abstract: A data storage system includes a storage medium including a plurality of memory cells; a storage controller in communication with the storage medium; and an electrical interface between the storage medium and the storage controller. The electrical interface includes an N-bit data bus; a data strobe; a command latch enable signal; and an address latch enable signal; wherein, while the command latch signal or the address latch enable signal is asserted, the storage medium is configured to: (i) receive command or address data via a subset of lines of the data bus; and (ii) latch the command or address data using the data strobe.

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

Methods and apparatus to extend local buffer of a hardware accelerator
Patent No. 11693795

Inventor(s): Mihir Mody (Karnataka, , IN), Niraj Nandan (Plano, TX), Rajat Sagar (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17138740 on 12/30/2020 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to extend local buffer of a hardware accelerator are disclosed herein. In some examples, an apparatus, including a local memory, a first hardware accelerator (HWA), a second HWA, the second HWA and the first HWA connected in a flexible data pipeline, and a spare scheduler to manage, in response to the spare scheduler inserted in the flexible data pipeline, data movement between the first HWA and the second HWA through the local memory and a memory. Local buffer extension may be performed by software to control data movement between local memory and other system memory. The other system memory may be on-chip memory and/or external memory. The HWA sub-system includes a set of spare schedulers to manage the data movement. Data aggregation may be performed in the other system memory. Additionally, the other system memory may be utilized for conversion between data line and data block.

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

Systems and methods for presenting web application content
Patent No. 11693914

Inventor(s): Ashwani Chugh (Frisco, TX), Karthick Abiraman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17361489 on 06/29/2021 (735 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for presenting web application content. For example, a computer-readable medium may include instructions executable by one or more processors to perform operations including: executing a parent application using a web browser, the parent application being a single page application configured to display a web page element in the web browser; identifying a child application requested by a user action; obtaining, from a server system, child application code of the identified child application, the child application code defining a micro-frontend in a first programming language; transpiling the child application code from the first programming language to a second programming language executable by the web browser, to obtain a transpiled child application code renderable by the web browser; and rendering the transpiled child application code so that the micro-frontend is displayed in the web browser.

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

Remote software usage monitoring and entitlement analysis
Patent No. 11693930

Inventor(s): Julian Michael Flores (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ServiceNow, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17809711 on 06/29/2022 (370 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computational instance of a remote network management platform may execute a remote access call for a license consolidation server. The remote access call may contain instructions for obtaining concurrent license usage statistics from the license consolidation server. In response to obtaining the concurrent license usage statistics, the computational instance may update a software configuration with the concurrent license usage statistics, where the software configuration contains a license rights allocation for the concurrent software application. Based on the concurrent license usage statistics and the license rights allocations, the computational instance may generate a representation of a graphical user interface that contains an overview pane indicating a utilization of the concurrent software application. Then the computational instance may transmit, to a client device, the representation of the graphical user interface.

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

Processor and memory system to selectively enable communication
Patent No. 11693993

Inventor(s): Jonathan William Nafziger (Houston, TX), Veeramanikandan Raju (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17181123 on 02/22/2021 (862 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system including a bus, a processor coupled to the bus, a non-volatile memory coupled to the bus, circuitry for providing a detected condition, and a secure controller. The secure controller is coupled to the circuitry for providing a detected condition and to selectively enable communication of information between the non-volatile memory and the bus in response to the detected condition.

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

Customized protective devices and systems and methods for producing the same
Patent No. 11694002

Inventor(s): Timothy John Skapek (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): PROTECT3D, INC. (Durham, NC)
Law Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17489470 on 09/29/2021 (643 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for generating a representation of a three-dimensional protective device includes accessing a scan of anatomical data of a target and identifying a reference model of a closest size or proportion to a size or proportion of the target. The method further includes creating a boundary of a three-dimensional protective device using the reference model and the scan of anatomical data of the target. Additionally, the method includes generating a representation of a continuous, three-dimensional surface of the three-dimensional protective device that corresponds to the scan of anatomical data and the reference model within the boundary of the three-dimensional protective device.

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

Predictive sensor system for aircraft engines with graphical user interface
Patent No. 11694101

Inventor(s): Jose Antonio Ramirez-Hernandez (Mansfield, TX), Mei Zhang (Lewisville, TX), Ning Xu (Euless, TX), Ou Bai (Euless, TX), Steven James Oakley (Euless, TX), Supreet Reddy Mandala (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17811965 on 07/12/2022 (357 days app to issue)

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

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

System for determining quantitative measure of dyadic ties
Patent No. 11694131

Inventor(s): Ethan Francis (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): 6DOS, LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17581247 on 01/21/2022 (529 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described are platforms, systems, and methods for determining quantifiable measures of dyadic ties. In one aspect, a method comprises receiving contextual data for a user from at least one data source; processing the contextual data through a first machine-learning model to determine quantifiable measures of dyadic ties between the user and each of a plurality of individuals, the first machine-learning model trained with previously received contextual data of a plurality of other users; determining a grouping for the user based on the determined quantifiable measures, the grouping comprising at least one of the individuals; and providing, through a user-interface, access to the determined quantifiable measures to members of the grouping.

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

Automated identification and notification of performance trends
Patent No. 11694144

Inventor(s): Aaron Harris (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Sage Intacct, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Raubvogel Law Office (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16513272 on 07/16/2019 (1449 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method may be used to indicate change to a key performance indicator (KPI). The method may include receiving data regarding operation of an enterprise, generating the KPI based on the data, assessing a rate of change of the KPI, and initiating notification of a user regarding the rate of change of the KPI. The method may further include modeling the KPI to obtain an ordinary rate of change of the KPI, or a KPI element incorporated into the KPI, over time, comparing the rate of change with the ordinary rate of change, and, based on a difference between the rate of change and the ordinary rate of change, determining that the notification is to be initiated. The method may further include determining whether to notify a user of the change to the KPI based on materiality of the KPI to the user.

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

System and method for automated laboratory inventory management using RFID technology
Patent No. 11694146

Inventor(s): John Curtis Jones (Grapevine, TX), Patrick P. Fritchie (Southlake, TX), William B. Williams (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): ABBOTT LABORATORIES (Abbott Park, IL)
Law Firm: Hanley, Flight Zimmerman, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17093919 on 11/10/2020 (966 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one aspect, a computer readable memory medium comprising program instructions for graphically developing a connectivity driver is provided. The computer readable memory medium is a non-transitory medium. The program instructions are executable by a processor to generate a purchase order for a laboratory item, transmit the purchase order to a remote computer in order to communicate the purchase order to a vendor, receive an advance shipping notice generated in response to the purchase order, receive item information stored in an RFID tag of a tagged item received at the delivery location, and check the item information against the advance shipping notice in order to verify that the tagged item is the same as the ordered laboratory item. The purchase order specifies a delivery location.

Automated systems for reducing computational loads in the mass execution of analytical models using scale-out computing
Patent No. 11694156

Inventor(s): Ajmal Karuthakantakath (Flower Mound, TX), Chandra Dhandapani (Dallas, TX), Fredrick Crable (Allen, TX), Gurmeet Singh (Irving, TX), Nicholas Dolle (McKinney, TX), Raman Bajaj (Frisco, TX), Sanjiv Yajnik (Dallas, TX),
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17135900 on 12/28/2020 (918 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide systems and techniques for mass execution of analytical models across multiple dimensions of client, collateral, deal structure, third party, and other data relevant to predicting optimal decisions in real-time. In some embodiments, disclosed systems and techniques increase decisioning speed through the reduction of computational loads on disclosed decisioning systems. Further disclosed systems and techniques may scale-out analytical modeling computations through, among other technological solutions, advanced execution environments that are asynchronous and non-blocking in nature so as to allow the execution of a plurality of analytical models in parallel and optimizing the results.

Systems and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for real-time event management system for mobile devices
Patent No. 11694210

Inventor(s): Clay Bodnarek (Alpharetta, GA), John Harper (Roswell, GA), Mariela Millington (Melbourne, , AU), Ranga Rajamanickam (Cumming, GA)
Assignee(s): Likewize Corp. (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17212033 on 03/25/2021 (831 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computerized system and method of managing events surrounding the lifecycle of used and new mobile devices. The system provides a ”360 view” that integrates a mobile device”s service options, such as financing and device protection, as well as at the device level regarding potential hardware/software errors. This provides an end-to-end view of consumers, such as claims on device protection plans, repayment issues, utilization of upgrades and/or other information in a user”s profile across multiple underlying systems during the device”s lifecycle.

Data driven customer loyalty prediction system and method
Patent No. 11694216

Inventor(s): Mallikarjuna R. Yemme (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Greenblum Bernstein, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16220665 on 12/14/2018 (1663 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to predict customer behavior during a digital transaction at a point of sale. The disclosed systems and methods can collect information regarding a merchant and the merchant”s business as well as information about the current sales environment in which the merchant is operating. From the collected information, the disclosed systems and methods can process the collected information to generate a prediction of future customer behavior in real-time or near real-time.

Forming and using master records based on consumer transaction data
Patent No. 11694227

Inventor(s): Yasha Avshalumov (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Quotient Technology Inc. (Salt Lake City, UT)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17490906 on 09/30/2021 (642 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a data processing method comprises obtaining a first record associated with a first computer and a second record associated with a second computer that is different than the first computer; in response to determining that the first record has been obtained from a primary source, determining that at least a first set of key information in the first record matches a second set of key information in the second record, and in response thereto: creating and storing a master record comprising a union of the first record and the second record; using the master record to determine one or more electronic offers to present to any of a user, a computing device, or an account that is associated with the master record.

[G01Q] SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES OR APPARATUS; APPLICATIONS OF SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES, e.g. SCANNING-PROBE MICROSCOPY [SPM] [2010.01]

Dynamic automated insurance application architecture
Patent No. 11694275

Inventor(s): Gail Jordan (Dallas, TX), Keith Saving (Dallas, TX), Marc Still (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Wave Insurance Technologies, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Sughrue Mion, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17559603 on 12/22/2021 (559 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for generating an application document is provided. The apparatus retrieves a plurality of candidate questions from at least one database, each of the plurality of candidate questions corresponding to one of a plurality of entities, and each of the plurality of entities being different from each other, removes substantively similar candidate questions among the plurality of candidate questions from the different entities; and generates a graphical user interface by aggregating remaining candidate questions among the plurality of candidate questions after the removal of the substantively similar candidate questions as application questions.

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

Component tracking in automated manufacturing using digital fingerprints
Patent No. 11694321

Inventor(s): Satish Seshayya (Plano, TX), Vinay R. Thatigutla (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17035617 on 09/28/2020 (1009 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is configured to receive an indication that an apparatus in a first assembled state should comprise a component with a first digital fingerprint and a component with a second digital fingerprint. The system is configured to receive video footage of apparatuses in the first assembled state. The system is configured to isolate an image of an apparatus in the first assembled state. The system is configured to split the image into a frame comprising a first component and a frame comprising a second component. The system is configured to generate first and second filtered images. The system is configured to identify feature points in the filtered images. The system is configured to determine that the first set of feature points matches the first digital fingerprint and that the second set of feature points matches the second digital fingerprint. The system is configured to update a component database.

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

Cascaded architecture for disparity and motion prediction with block matching and convolutional neural network (CNN)
Patent No. 11694341

Inventor(s): Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen, TX), Jing Li (Richardson, TX), Tarek Aziz Lahlou (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16725296 on 12/23/2019 (1289 days app to issue)

Abstract: A CNN operates on the disparity or motion outputs of a block matching hardware module, such as a DMPAC module, to produce refined disparity or motion streams which improve operations in images having ambiguous regions. As the block matching hardware module provides most of the processing, the CNN can be small and thus able to operate in real time, in contrast to CNNs which are performing all of the processing. In one example, the CNN operation is performed only if the block hardware module output confidence level is below a predetermined amount. The CNN can have a number of different configurations and still be sufficiently small to operate in real time on conventional platforms.

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

Sentiment analysis of content using expression recognition
Patent No. 11694478

Inventor(s): Steven Logalbo (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Actimize LTD. (Ra”anana, , IL)
Law Firm: Soroker-Agmon-Nordman (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17838316 on 06/13/2022 (386 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computerized method for providing a sentiment score by evaluating expressions of participants during a video meeting is provided herein. The computerized method comprising: a Sentiment Analysis (SA) module. The SA module is: (i) retrieving one or more recordings of a video meeting from the database of video meeting recordings of each participant in the video meeting and associating the one or more recordings with a participant; (ii) dividing each retrieved recording into segments; (iii) processing the segments in a Facial Expression Recognition (FER) system to associate each segment with a timestamped sequence of expressions for each participant in the video meeting; and (iv) processing each segment in an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) having a dense layer, by applying a prebuilt and pretrained deep learning model, to yield a sentiment score for each statement for each participant. NULL

Vehicle data sharing with interested parties
Patent No. 11694486

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Risberg (Flower Mound, TX), Felipe G. Salles (Garland, TX), Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri (McKinney, TX), Joshua C. Batie (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17411021 on 08/24/2021 (679 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include providing a value to a transport based on sensor data associated the transport.

[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)

Computing device and method for predicting battery temperature in an electric aircraft
Patent No. 11694560

Inventor(s): Steven J. Foland (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): BETA AIR, LLC (South Burlington, VT)
Law Firm: Caldwell Intellectual Property Law (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17563251 on 12/28/2021 (553 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an aspect of the present disclosure is a computing device for predicting battery temperature in an electric aircraft, the computing device including a controller communicatively connected to the electric aircraft, the controller comprising: a battery model, the battery model configured to: receive a flight plan; instantiate a machine-learning model, wherein the machine-learning model is trained as a function of a training set correlating flight plan data to battery temperature labels.

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

Augmented reality system for educating drivers of vehicle dimensions
Patent No. 11694573

Inventor(s): Snehal Desai (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16888601 on 05/29/2020 (1131 days app to issue)

Abstract: An augmented reality system may include a data gathering device configured to collect data regarding an environment exterior to the vehicle. In addition, the system may include a vehicle controller including a device processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions, executable by the processor, for performing the following steps: receiving data from the data gathering device; and transmitting information to a set of augmented reality goggles in order to facilitate a projection of a modified view of an interior of the vehicle based on the data collected regarding the environment exterior to the vehicle.

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

Nonvolatile memory with data recovery
Patent No. 11694755

Inventor(s): Althaf Rahamathulla (San Jose, CA), Heguang Li (Newark, CA), Hiroyuki Mizukoshi (Kawasaki, , JP), Qihan Li (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17337329 on 06/02/2021 (762 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes control circuits configured to connect to a plurality of non-volatile memory cells. The control circuits are configured to abort fine programming of the plurality of non-volatile memory cells at an intermediate stage and read the plurality of non-volatile memory cells at the intermediate stage to obtain first partial data of at least one logical page. The control circuits are configured obtain the at least one logical page of data by combining the first partial data with second partial data of the at least one logical page stored in data latches.

[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)

System and method for supply chain of pharmaceuticals and other goods
Patent No. 11694781

Inventor(s): Rex A. Swords (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): WALGREEN CO. (Deerfield, IL)
Law Firm: Marshall, Gerstein Borun LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17063645 on 10/05/2020 (1002 days app to issue)

Abstract: The following relates generally to facilitating delivery of prescription medication. In some embodiments, a pharmacy computer system: (i) receives a prescription, (ii) reviews the prescription, and (iii) sends the prescription to an intermediate cloud layer. The intermediate cloud layer may then determine a warehouse to send the prescription to based on at least one criteria. The at least one criteria may comprise at least one of: (i) a health insurance plan; (ii) whether the medication comprises a controlled substance; (iii) whether the medication must be refrigerated during shipping; (iv) a warehouse shipping address; or (v) a fulfillment cap of a warehouse. NULL

Management and control across heterogeneous edge devices of a client network using device abstractions
Patent No. 11695632

Inventor(s): Robin Satish Harwani (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17810321 on 06/30/2022 (369 days app to issue)

Abstract: Automatic onboarding, management, and control across heterogeneous edge devices of a client network using device abstractions may be performed (e.g., different types of edge devices manufactured by different vendors). A device onboarding and integration service may emulate, by a first device abstraction, an edge device of a client network, where the edge device is a first type of device. The service emulates, by a second device abstraction, the edge device as a second type of edge device (e.g., from a different vendor/uses a different API). The service updates a state of the first device abstraction based on a state of the edge device. The service then updates a state of the emulating, by a second device abstraction, the edge device as a second type of edge device. The second device abstraction sends its updated state to an application at the client network.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Mobile device location
Patent No. 11693082

Inventor(s): Cory A Moreira (Tampa, FL), Nicholas Patrick Johns (Tampa, FL)
Assignee(s): Intercept LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17552128 on 12/15/2021 (566 days app to issue)

Abstract: Determining location of a mobile device includes determining the proximity of the mobile device to a predetermined location. Based on the proximity determination, a locational accuracy criterion is selected and the location of the mobile device is determined according to the selected locational accuracy criterion.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Multi-pitch leads
Patent No. 11694947

Inventor(s): Nazila Dadvand (Richardson, TX), Sreenivasan K. Koduri (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17404946 on 08/17/2021 (686 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a system comprises a die having multiple electrical connectors extending from a surface of the die and a lead coupled to the multiple electrical connectors. The lead comprises a first conductive member; a first non-solder metal plating stacked on the first conductive member; an electroplated layer stacked on the first non-solder metal plating; a second non-solder metal plating stacked on the electroplated layer; and a second conductive member stacked on the second non-solder metal plating, the second conductive member being thinner than the first conductive member. The system also comprises a molding to at least partially encapsulate the die and the lead.

[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]

Atomic layer deposition of selected molecular clusters
Patent No. 11695053

Inventor(s): John H. Zhang (Altamont, NY)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17948961 on 09/20/2022 (287 days app to issue)

Abstract: Energy bands of a thin film containing molecular clusters are tuned by controlling the size and the charge of the clusters during thin film deposition. Using atomic layer deposition, an ionic cluster film is formed in the gate region of a nanometer-scale transistor to adjust the threshold voltage, and a neutral cluster film is formed in the source and drain regions to adjust contact resistance. A work function semiconductor material such as a silver bromide or a lanthanum oxide is deposited so as to include clusters of different sizes such as dimers, trimers, and tetramers, formed from isolated monomers. A type of Atomic Layer Deposition system is used to deposit on semiconductor wafers molecular clusters to form thin film junctions having selected energy gaps. A beam of ions contains different ionic clusters which are then selected for deposition by passing the beam through a filter in which different apertures select clusters based on size and orientation.

Surge protection apparatus
Patent No. 11695272

Inventor(s): Gangqiang Zhang (Plano, TX), Wenchao Qu (Plano, TX), Zhao Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Halo Microelectronics International (Campbell, CA)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17646666 on 12/30/2021 (551 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first diode and a second diode connected in series between a first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal, a switch connected between the first voltage terminal and the second voltage terminal, and a clamping threshold circuit connected between a common node of the first diode and the second diode, and a gate of the switch, wherein the clamping threshold circuit is configured such that in response to a voltage surge applied to the common node of the first diode and the second diode, the switch is turned on once the voltage surge is greater than a predetermined threshold.

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

Shoot-through current limiting circuit
Patent No. 11695283

Inventor(s): Alejandro Vera (Wylie, TX), Mustapha El Markhi (Richardson, TX), Rohit Bhan (Plano, TX), Tonmoy Roy (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16277548 on 02/15/2019 (1600 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for a circuit. In at least some examples, the circuit includes a logic circuit, a first comparator, a second comparator, and an AND logic circuit. The logic circuit has an output and the first comparator has a first input coupled to an input voltage (VIN) pin, a second input configured to receive a Vin under voltage lockout (VINUVLO) threshold value, and an output. The second comparator has a first input coupled to a power middle (PMID) pin, a second input coupled to a battery pin, and an output and the AND logic circuit has a first input coupled to the output of the logic circuit, a second input coupled to the output of the first comparator, a third input coupled to the output of the second comparator, and an output coupled to an input of a field-effect transistor (FET) control circuit.

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

Adaptive gain and bandwidth ramp generator
Patent No. 11695320

Inventor(s): Neil Gibson (Freising, , DE), Stefan Herzer (Marzling, , DE), Zhangyi Xie (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17214527 on 03/26/2021 (830 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a circuit includes a resistor network, a filter, a current generator, and a capacitor. The resistor network has a resistor network output and is adapted to be coupled between a switch terminal of a power converter ([b]104[/b]) and a ground terminal. The filter has a filter input and a filter output, the filter input coupled to the resistor network output. The current generator has a current generator output and first and second current generator inputs, the first current generator input configured to receive an input voltage and the second current generator input coupled to the filter output. The capacitor is coupled between the current generator output and 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]

Gate drive adapter
Patent No. 11695321

Inventor(s): Ingolf Frank (Freising, , DE), Xun Gong (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17539868 on 12/01/2021 (580 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gate drive adapter circuit includes an input circuit, an output circuit, and a charge pump circuit. The input circuit is configured to receive pulses suitable for controlling a silicon power transistor. The output circuit is coupled to the input circuit. The output circuit is configured to translate the pulses to voltages suitable for controlling a silicon-carbide power transistor. The charge pump circuit is coupled to the input circuit and to the output circuit. The charge pump circuit is configured to generate a negative voltage. The output circuit is configured to apply the negative voltage to translate the pulses.

Voltage regulator for series-connected loads
Patent No. 11695332

Inventor(s): Pradeep Samuel Shenoy (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17537907 on 11/30/2021 (581 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a power management circuit includes a voltage sensor and a differential power converter. The voltage sensor is coupled in series with other voltage sensors between a high voltage bus and a ground bus. The voltage sensor senses a voltage across an impedance and outputs a control signal in response to the sensed voltage. The differential power converter is coupled in series with other differential power converters and in parallel with a load between the high voltage bus and the ground bus. The differential power converter is configured to increase or decrease a supplied current in response to a change in magnitude of the control signal.

Hybrid boost converters
Patent No. 11695335

Inventor(s): Dianbo Fu (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17188859 on 03/01/2021 (855 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprises configuring a power converter to operate as a boost converter, the power converter comprising a low side switch and a high side switch, during a first dead time after turning off the low side switch and before turning on the high side switch, configuring the power converter such that a current of the power converter flows through a high speed diode, and after turning on the high side switch, configuring the power converter such that the current of the power converter flows through a low forward voltage drop diode.

Methods, circuits, systems and apparatus providing audio sensitivity enhancement in a wireless receiver, power management and other performances
Patent No. 11695440

Inventor(s): Jaiganesh Balakrishnan (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17530158 on 11/18/2021 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless receiver ([b]10[/b]) includes a down converter module ([b]210[/b]) operable to deliver a signal having a signal bandwidth that changes over time, a dynamically controllable filter module ([b]200[/b]) having a filter bandwidth and fed by said down converter module ([b]210[/b]), and a measurement module ([b]295[/b]) operable to at least approximately measure the signal bandwidth, said dynamically controllable filter module ([b]200[/b]) responsive to said measurement module ([b]295[/b]) to dynamically adjust the filter bandwidth to more nearly match the signal bandwidth as it changes over time, whereby output from said filter module ([b]200[/b]) is noise-reduced. Other wireless receivers, electronic circuits, and processes for their operation are disclosed.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Transceiver with time domain IQMM estimation
Patent No. 11695442

Inventor(s): Sucheth S. Kuncham (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17537400 on 11/29/2021 (582 days app to issue)

Abstract: A receiver includes a switch network, a mixer, and an IQ mismatch (IQMM) estimation circuit. The switch network is adapted to be coupled to an output of a transmitter. The switch network is configured to selectably swap complementary signals of a differential pair. The mixer is coupled to the switch network and is configured to down-convert an output signal of the switch network. The IQ IQMM estimation circuit is coupled to the mixer, and is configured to estimate an IQMM of the transmitter based on an output signal of the mixer.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Equalizer assisted polynomial based linearity enhancement and self-interference canceler
Patent No. 11695445

Inventor(s): Chance Tarver (Euless, TX), Khurram Muhammad (Southlake, TX), Yu Liu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17389258 on 07/29/2021 (705 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cross-division duplex (XDD) system includes an apparatus having a transceiver configured to communicate via an uplink channel and a downlink channel concurrently. The apparatus also includes a transmit antenna, a receive antenna, and a processor. The processor is configured to: estimate a non-linear component corresponding to a transmit path in the transceiver; apply an equalizer function to a received signal; and subtract, in a self-interference cancel (SIC) circuitry, the estimated non-linear component from the equalized signal.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Power control for New Radio uplink single-user Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output communication
Patent No. 11695458

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16653402 on 10/15/2019 (1358 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for determining a power to be used for a set of antenna ports for a physical uplink shared channel transmission. In some embodiments, a User Equipment (UE) comprises processing circuitry configured to derive a power P to be used for uplink power control for a physical uplink shared channel transmission and determine a power to be used for a set of antenna ports based on the power P according to a rule that depends on whether the UE is utilizing codebook based transmission or non-codebook based transmission for the physical uplink shared channel transmission. The set of antenna ports is antenna ports on which the physical uplink shared channel transmission is transmitted with non-zero power.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Pairing electronic devices through an accessory device
Patent No. 11695484

Inventor(s): Alberto J. Montilla Bravo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17081503 on 10/27/2020 (980 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example, an accessory device establishes a connection with a first collaboration device. An acoustic signal encoded with a token and transmitted by a second collaboration device is received at the accessory device. The acoustic signal is decoded at the accessory device to obtain the token. The token is transmitted from the accessory device to the first collaboration device for verification and pairing of the first collaboration device with the second collaboration device.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Communication method and apparatus in a point-to-multipoint communication network
Patent No. 11695511

Inventor(s): Frank Effenberger (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16995995 on 08/18/2020 (1050 days app to issue)

Abstract: A communication method and device are provided for communication in a point-to-multi-point communication network. A communication method includes receiving, by a node of a plurality of multi-point nodes, a transmission frame comprising a header including a repetition information and a data section comprising multiple modulation symbols, with at least two repeated modulation symbols that are repeated to represent a first modulation symbol; extracting, by the node, the repetition information of the header; recovering, by node, the amplitude of each modulation symbol of the at least two repeated modulation symbols; and combining, by the node, the amplitudes of the at least two repeated modulation symbols, based on the repetition information, to reconstruct the first modulation symbol represented by the at least two repeated modulation symbols.

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

Data and control multiplexing in PUSCH in wireless networks
Patent No. 11695514

Inventor(s): Eko N. Onggosanusi (Allen, TX), Pierre Bertrand (Antibes, , FR), Tarik Muharemovic (Pearland, TX), Zukang Shen (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16665777 on 10/28/2019 (1345 days app to issue)

Abstract: Transmission of information in a wireless network is performed by allocating a channel from a transmitter to a receiver. The channel has at least one time slot with each time slot having a plurality of symbols. Each slot contains at least one reference symbol (RS). As information becomes available for transmission, it is classified as prioritized information (PI) and other information. One or more priority symbols are generated using the digital samples of the priority information. Other symbols are generated using the other data. Priority symbols are transmitted on the channel in a manner that separation of priority symbol(s) and a reference symbol does not exceed a time duration of one symbol. For example, Rank Indicator (RI) is transmitted using symbol k, ACKNAK is transmitted using symbol k+1; and the reference signal (RS) is transmitted using symbol k+2, wherein symbols k, k+1, and k+2 are consecutive in time. The other symbols are transmitted in available locations.

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

Network physical layer transceiver with single event effect detection and response
Patent No. 11695539

Inventor(s): Geet Govind Modi (Cupertino, CA), Raghu Ganesan (Bangalore, , IN), Shankar Ramakrishnan (Bangalore, , IN), Sumantra Seth (Bangalore, , IN), Vikram Sharma (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17587241 on 01/28/2022 (522 days app to issue)

Abstract: A physical layer transceiver and a network node including the transceiver. The transceiver includes a media independent interface, a converter circuit block comprising circuitry configured to convert digital signals to analog signals for transmission over a network communications medium and convert analog signals received over the medium to digital signals, and one or more processing blocks configured to process digital data communicated between the media independent interface and the converter circuit block according to a network protocol. Management and control circuitry including power management circuitry and reset circuitry are provided. The transceiver further includes at least one single event effect (SEE) monitor, such as an ambience monitor, a configuration register monitor, a state machine monitor, or a phase locked loop (PLL) lock monitor, configured to detect and respond to an SEE event in the transceiver.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

System and method for providing network support services and premises gateway support infrastructure
Patent No. 11695585

Inventor(s): Alvin R. McQuarters (Euless, TX), Amir Ansari (Plano, TX), George A. Cowgill (Farmersville, TX), Jude P. Ramayya (Richardson, TX), Ramprakash Masina (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): KIP PROD P1 LP (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17190823 on 03/03/2021 (853 days app to issue)

Abstract: A service management system communicates via wide area network with gateway devices located at respective user premises. The service management system remotely manages delivery of application services, which can be voice controlled, by a gateway, e.g. by selectively activating/deactivating service logic modules in the gateway. The service management system also may selectively provide secure communications and exchange of information among gateway devices and among associated endpoint devices. An exemplary service management system includes a router connected to the network and one or more computer platforms, for implementing management functions. Examples of the functions include a connection manager for controlling system communications with the gateway devices, an authentication manager for authenticating each gateway device and controlling the connection manager and a subscription manager for managing applications services and/or features offered by the gateway devices. A service manager, controlled by the subscription manager, distributes service specific configuration data to authenticated gateway devices.

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

Filtered coarse mixer based digital down-converter for RF sampling ADCs
Patent No. 11695602

Inventor(s): Aswath Vs (Kannur, , IN), Jaiganesh Balakrishnan (Bengaluru, , IN), Nagalinga Swamy Basayya Aremallapur (Ranebennur, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17538460 on 11/30/2021 (581 days app to issue)

Abstract: A digital down converter (DDC) that improves efficiency by taking advantage of the periodicity of the coarse mixing process and the memory inherent in the convolution operation performed by decimation filters. In embodiments, the DDC filters and decimates a received signal to generate subfilter outputs and coarse mixes the subfilter outputs for each frequency band of interest. Accordingly, the DDC eliminates the need for separate decimation filters for each of the in-phase (I-phase) and quadrature (Q-phase) signals of each frequency band. In some embodiments, for each frequency band, the DDC combines the subfilter outputs into partial sums for each of the I- and Q-phases. In some of those embodiments, the coarse mixing operation is performed by multiplying the partial sums by real multiplicands and performing a simple post-rotation operation. In those embodiments, the DDC significantly reduces the number of multiplication operations required to perform the coarse mixing process.

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

Virtualized network service management and diagnostics
Patent No. 11695642

Inventor(s): Krishna Prakash Bhat (Richardson, TX), Manish Srivastava (Frisco, TX), Ramesh Nadella (Allen, TX), Sivanaga Ravi Kumar Chunduru Venkata (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17248345 on 01/21/2021 (894 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device monitors, for a software-defined networking wide area network (SD-WAN) deployment, a set of virtualized network services of the SD-WAN deployment, and applies a set of diagnostic tests to evaluate the set of virtualized network services. The device detects, based on monitoring the set of virtualized network services and in connection with applying the set of diagnostic tests, an event associated with a virtualized network service. The device analyzes, using an analytics model of SD-WAN operation, the event to identify an issue associated with the virtualized network service, and determines, based on the analytics model of SD-WAN operation, a recommendation relating to remediating the issue. The device generates an abstraction layer user interface to represent the set of virtualized network services and to convey the recommendation relating to remediating the issue, and implements, after providing the abstraction layer user interface, the recommendation to remediate the issue.

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

Platform for automated management of servers
Patent No. 11695655

Inventor(s): Sandeep Ravi (Coppell, TX), Sunny Behl (Irving, TX), Suresh Kanyaka Billa (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Citigroup Technology, Inc. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18099826 on 01/20/2023 (165 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for managing networked environments. A computer system may provide a user interface for configuring a plurality of groups of servers each hosting a resource for an application. The user interface may include: a first element configured to select, upon interaction, at least one group of servers from the plurality of groups of servers to which to install a patch for the application; a second element configured to identify, upon interaction, a first group of servers of the plurality of groups of servers to which to transfer network traffic associated with the application and communicated with a second group of servers of the plurality of groups of servers; and a third element configured to provide, upon interaction, one or more performance indicators for at least one of a plurality of functions of the application.

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

Reduced sized encoding of packet length field
Patent No. 11695704

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for reducing the size of packet headers without reducing the range of packet lengths supported. A packet header includes a fixed-width length field. Using a linear encoding, the maximum packet size is a linear function of the fixed-width length field. Thus, to expand the range of sizes available, either the granularity of the field must be decreased (e.g., by changing the measure of the field from flits to double-flits) or the size of the field must be increased (e.g., by changing the size of the field from 4 bits to 5 bits). However, by using a non-linear encoding, the difference between the minimum and maximum size can be increased without decreasing the granularity within a first range of field values and without increasing the size of the length field.

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

User management system for computing support
Patent No. 11695779

Inventor(s): Luke Matthew Glover (McKinney, TX), Sage David Driskell (Allen, TX), Timothy Mark Conkle (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): MSP Solutions Group LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Holzer Patel Drennan (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17756953 on 01/27/2022 (523 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing support system is configured to programmatically manage support access to a computing system via a support technician console across multiple levels of support access. The system receives a request to authenticate a user requesting support for the computing system, issues one or more authentication challenges to the user to authenticate the identity of the user, receives one or more corresponding authentication challenge responses from the user based on the authentication challenge, and verifies a level of authentication based on the authentication challenge response, the level of authentication being selected from multiple levels of authentication. The system also determines a level of support access to the computing system based on the verified level of authentication and the identity of the user and programmatically enforces limits on the support access to the computing system via the support technician console based on the determined level of support access.

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

Apparatus and methods for determining event information and intrusion detection at a host device
Patent No. 11695787

Inventor(s): David Edwin Harris (Southlake, TX), Timothy J. Shelton (Dallas, TX), Todd Jason Wheeler, Jr. (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Hawk Network Defense, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Loza Loza, LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16918935 on 07/01/2020 (1098 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and methods that facilitate analysis of events associated with network and computer systems. The methodology includes determining at least one lookup key in a host device for an event occurring in the host device and determining whether the at least one lookup key is used in a memory to determine if at least one key-value pair exists for the event. The methodology also includes appending the at least one key-value pair to the event, and storing the at least one key-value pair in the memory based on the at least one lookup key including replacing existing keys found for the at least one lookup key.

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

Integrated control frameworks
Patent No. 11695802

Inventor(s): Marshall C. McCain (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig LLP (19 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16998907 on 08/20/2020 (1048 days app to issue)

Abstract: Integrated controls frameworks are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for using an integrated control framework for an application comprising a plurality of application modules may include: (1) defining an application profile, an application model, and a target cloud environment for an application; (2) identifying a plurality of security, resiliency, and controls requirements for the target cloud environment; (3) configuring a plurality of security controls for the application based on the plurality of security, resiliency, and controls requirements; and (4) deploying the security controls to the target cloud environment.

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

Perceptual three-dimensional (3D) video coding based on depth information
Patent No. 11695936

Inventor(s): Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen, TX), Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Ming-Jun Chen (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17243623 on 04/29/2021 (796 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for encoding a multi-view frame in a video encoder is provided that includes computing a depth quality sensitivity measure for a multi-view coding block in the multi-view frame, computing a depth-based perceptual quantization scale for a 2D coding block of the multi-view coding block, wherein the depth-based perceptual quantization scale is based on the depth quality sensitive measure and a base quantization scale for the 2D frame including the 2D coding block, and encoding the 2D coding block using the depth-based perceptual quantization scale.

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

Adaptive coding unit (CU) partitioning based on image statistics
Patent No. 11695939

Inventor(s): Hyung Joon Kim (Johns Creek, GA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17499301 on 10/12/2021 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for determining coding unit (CU) partitioning of a largest coding unit (LCU) of a picture is provided that includes computing a first statistical measure and a second statistical measure for the LCU, selecting the LCU as the CU partitioning when the first statistical measure does not exceed a first threshold and the second statistical measure does not exceed a second threshold, and selecting CUs in one or more lower layers of a CU hierarchy of the LCU to form the CU partitioning when the first statistical measure exceeds the first threshold and/or the second statistical measure exceeds the second threshold.

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

Tiling for video based point cloud compression
Patent No. 11695957

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17354997 on 06/22/2021 (742 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for point cloud encoding includes generating, for a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud, video frames and atlas frames that includes pixels representing information about the 3D point cloud, wherein atlas tiles represent partitions in the atlas frames and video tiles represent partitions in the video frames. The method also includes setting a value for a syntax element according to relationships between sizes of the video tiles and sizes of the atlas tiles. The method further includes encoding the video frames and the atlas frames to generate video sub-bitstreams and an atlas sub-bitstream, respectively. Additionally, the method includes generating a bitstream based on the atlas sub-bitstream, the video sub-bitstreams, and the syntax element and transmitting the bitstream.

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

Use of in-band data to correct schedule drift
Patent No. 11695972

Inventor(s): Alejandro Gutierrez (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Roku, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17305613 on 07/12/2021 (722 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system to help control when to monitor for presence of replaceable advertisements in a media stream. An example method includes determining a time offset based at least on a difference between (i) a time of occurrence of a content event in a media stream as indicated by data carried in-band with the media stream and (ii) a time of occurrence of the content event in the media stream as indicated by schedule data that is not carried in-band with the media stream. Further, the method includes applying the determined time offset as a basis to adjust a scheduled time of an advertisement in the media stream, and using the adjusted scheduled time of the advertisement in the media stream as a basis to control when to monitor for presence of a replacement advertisement in the media stream.

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

Pixel arrangement and method for operating a pixel arrangement
Patent No. 11696048

Inventor(s): Adi Xhakoni (Kessel Lo, , BE), Denver Lloyd (Boise, ID), Muhammad Maksudur Rahman (Fremont, CA), Scott Johnson (Boise, ID)
Assignee(s): ams Sensors USA Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Viering, Jentschura Partner MBB (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17709518 on 03/31/2022 (460 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pixel arrangement comprises a photodiode, a circuit node, a transfer transistor coupled to the photodiode and to the circuit node, an amplifier with an input coupled to the circuit node, a first and a second capacitor, a first transistor coupled to an output of the amplifier and to the first capacitor, a second transistor coupled to the first transistor and to the second capacitor, and a coupling transistor coupled to the circuit node and to the second capacitor.

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

Wireless transceiver indexing
Patent No. 11696101

Inventor(s): Akshay Choudhari (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. (Auburn Hills, MI)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17545847 on 12/08/2021 (573 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exemplary method for indexing transceivers uses wireless ranging functionality. The method includes determining a ranging distance between at least one transceiver and each other transceiver in a plurality of transceivers, determining a transceiver spatial distribution based on the ranging distance between at least one transceiver and each other transceiver in the plurality of transceivers, and indexing each transceiver by applying the transceiver spatial distribution to a spatial distribution map using an electronic control unit (ECU).

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

BLE link-cluster architecture
Patent No. 11696104

Inventor(s): Yaron Alpert (Hod Hasharon, , IL), Yuval Matar (Kiryat Mozkin, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17669225 on 02/10/2022 (509 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) link layer (LL) controller configured to maintain a link cluster including multiple links between the device and one or more connected devices that share parameters associated with the link cluster and to process data associated with the links of the link cluster at a LL. The links of the link cluster established according to a BLE communication standard. The device further includes or is coupled to BLE physical link (PHY) interfaces coupled to the BLE LL controller and configured to exchange the data on different links of the link cluster at different respective signal frequencies, interface with the BLE LL controller, and process the data at a PHY layer.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and methods for network control of 5G operation mode
Patent No. 11696118

Inventor(s): Parry Cornell Booker (Arlington, TX), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17491697 on 10/01/2021 (641 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods provide for network-based selection of a UE device”s 5G operation mode. A network device in a wireless core network receives a policy query for a user equipment (UE) device. The UE device is capable of 5G non-standalone (NSA) and 5G standalone (SA) operation modes. The network device identifies one or more of subscription data for the UE device, stored network data associated with the UE device, or dynamic network data relevant to the UE device. The network device assigns, based on the identifying, a radio access technology/frequency selection and prioritization (RFSP) value for the UE device. The network device sends the RFSP value to an access management function in the wireless core network for controlling selection of the 5G NSA operation mode or 5G SA operation mode.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Authentication based on user interaction with images or objects
Patent No. 11696140

Inventor(s): Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17240587 on 04/26/2021 (799 days app to issue)

Abstract: An authentication system includes an authenticator that receives an authentication request from a device and receives sensor data from one or more sensors, the sensor data being indicative of interaction with one or more real world objects or with a displayed authentication image. The authenticator determines that the sensor data is indicative of an authorized interaction with the one or more real world objects or with the displayed authentication image and, in response to the determination, grants the authentication request.

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

Method and apparatus for resource mapping of PDSCH on unlicensed spectrum
Patent No. 11696142

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16792786 on 02/17/2020 (1233 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting shared spectrum channel access is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving a set of downlink channels supporting the shared spectrum channel access; identifying, a window for SS/PBCH block transmission, a bitmap for SS/PBCH blocks (ssb-PositionsInBurst), and a parameter for QCL assumption Q; determining, based on the identified window for the SS/PBCH block transmission, the identified bitmap for the ssb-PositionsInBurst, and the identified parameter for the QCL assumption Q, a SS/PBCH block as one of: a first set of SS/PBCH blocks assumed to be transmitted by the BS, or a second set of SS/PBCH blocks not transmitted by the BS; determining a set of resources that is not available for at least one PDSCH as overlapped with the first set of SS/PBCH blocks; and receiving the at least one PDSCH based on resource other than the determined set of resources.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Registered and unregistered operation for shared band wireless nodes within wireless networks
Patent No. 11696145

Inventor(s): Navin Hathiramani (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17249435 on 03/02/2021 (854 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a method may include sending, by a wireless node to a spectrum access controller, a request, including information indicating at least a location of the wireless node; receiving, by the wireless node from the spectrum access controller, information indicating at least one restricted channel for the wireless node and indicating at least one unrestricted channel for the wireless node within a shared frequency band; wherein the wireless node is prohibited from transmitting signals via the at least one restricted channel if the wireless node is in an unregistered state with respect to the spectrum access controller; and wherein the wireless node is permitted to transmit signals via the at least one unrestricted channel regardless whether the wireless node is in the registered state or the unregistered state with respect to the spectrum access controller.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods to automate slice admission control
Patent No. 11696167

Inventor(s): Viswanath Kumar Skand Priya (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17073011 on 10/16/2020 (991 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may include a processor configured to receive a request to admit a network slice, associated with at least one requirement, in a wireless communication network. The processor may be further configured to determine a resources, associated with the wireless communication network, needed to implement the network slice; compute an estimated resource load for the network slice; compute a projected resource load for the determined resources; and determine that the resources have sufficient capacity to meet the at least one requirement associated with the network slice based on the computed estimated resource load and the projected resource load for the resources. The processor may admit the network slice to be deployed in the wireless communication network, in response to determining that the resources have sufficient capacity to meet the at least one requirement associated with the network slice.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Context-specific customization of handover parameters using characterization of a device”s radio environment
Patent No. 11696205

Inventor(s): Hao Chen (Allen, TX), Jianhua Mo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17031622 on 09/24/2020 (1013 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for managing mobility in a wireless communication system includes determining an initial mobility management configuration for a user equipment (UE) in a serving cell based on cell configuration information. The method also includes identifying a current context of the UE based on reports received from the UE. The method further includes determining an updated mobility management configuration for the UE based on the current context of the UE. Additionally, the method includes transmitting a configuration message to update the UE with the updated mobility management configuration. The method also includes determining whether to trigger a handover of the UE based on comparison of the serving cell and neighbor cell measurements with thresholds. The method further includes triggering the handover based on the updated mobility management configuration.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Priority data transport service
Patent No. 11696208

Inventor(s): Serge Mukerji Manning (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17379466 on 07/19/2021 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques, devices, and systems for implementing a Priority Data Transport Service (PDTS) are disclosed. The PDTS provides authorized devices and/or authorized users with on-demand, priority data transport (e.g., priority Internet access). For example, the PDTS allows authorized devices and/or authorized users to access the Internet, use mobile applications, and/or send and receive image data, video data, and text data in a prioritized manner, as compared to the regular (non-priority) Internet access that is provided to non-subscribers of the PDTS over commercial telecommunications networks. An authorized user may activate and deactivate the PDTS on demand. For instance, the PDTS may be activated during an emergency or crisis situation when networks may be congested, thereby providing the user with priority data transport (e.g., priority Internet access) in an emergency or crisis situation when a telecommunications network may be overloaded.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Methods to improve connectionless reception window widening
Patent No. 11696243

Inventor(s): Guy Mishol (Shoham, , IL), Lior Gersi (Kfar Saba, , IL), Omri Eshel (Harel, , IL), Uri Weinrib (Mazkeret Batya, , IL), Yaniv Weizman (Tel Aviv Jaffa, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17563871 on 12/28/2021 (553 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: a memory; instructions in the apparatus; and a Bluetooth controller to execute the instructions to: enable circuitry to receive a synchronized transmission; determine if a synchronized transmission is received during a first duration; increment the first duration to a second duration as a result of not receiving the synchronized transmission during the first duration; and determine a third duration based on a determined difference in time between enabling circuitry to receive a synchronized transmission and receiving the synchronized transmission.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for minimizing risk to wireless backup services
Patent No. 11696251

Inventor(s): Vikram K Rawat (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17152481 on 01/19/2021 (896 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive data identifying a quantity of wireless network devices, distance data identifying distances from the wireless network devices to a geographical location, data identifying signal strengths of the wireless network devices, carrier data identifying wireless and wireline carriers for the wireless network devices, or path data identifying wireline paths for the wireless network devices and wireline network devices. The device may assign scores to the quantity, the distance data, the signal strengths, the carrier data, or the path data to generate scores, and may combine the scores to generate a diversity risk score. The device may compare the diversity risk score to a diversity risk threshold scale and may determine whether the diversity risk score satisfies thresholds of the diversity risk threshold scale based on the comparison. The device may perform actions based on whether the diversity risk score satisfies the thresholds.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for random access communications
Patent No. 11696336

Inventor(s): Bin Liu (San Diego, CA), Pengfei Xia (San Diego, CA), Young Hoon Kwon (Laguna Niguel, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17245955 on 04/30/2021 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating an access node includes receiving a first random access preamble in a first random access resource, wherein the first random access preamble and the first random access resource at least partially identifies a first beam selected by a user equipment (UE), and wherein the first random access resource is one of a plurality of random access resources assigned to the UE, and determining that first additional information associated with the first beam is needed, and based thereon, sending a first message responsive to the first random access preamble, the first message including a first information set to request the additional information associated with the first beam, and receiving a second message including the first additional information associated with the first beam.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Power efficient tunneled direct link setup apparatus, systems and methods
Patent No. 11696350

Inventor(s): Ariton Xhafa (Plano, TX), Leonardo William Estevez (Rockwall, TX), Ramanuja Vedantham (Allen, TX), Yanjun Sun (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17467526 on 09/07/2021 (665 days app to issue)

Abstract: An emulated wireless access point (AP) at a first PMC device (PMC[b]1[/b]) establishes a first tunneled direct link setup (TDLS) session between a first station module (STA[b]1[/b]) incorporated into the PMC[b]1[/b] and a second station module (STA[b]2[/b]) incorporated into a second PMC device (PMC[b]2[/b]). Following establishment of the TDLS session, the wireless AP is allowed to sleep; and most infrastructure management duties are handled by the STA[b]1[/b] during the session. PMC device battery charge may be conserved as a result. The emulated wireless AP may also establish a second TDLS link to a third station module (STA[b]3[/b]) incorporated into a third PMC device (PMC[b]3[/b]). The STA[b]1[/b] may then bridge data traffic flow between the STA[b]2[/b] and the STA[b]3[/b]. Such bridging operation may enable communication between two PMC devices otherwise unable to decode data received from the other.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for indicating coverage types for user devices in dual connectivity wireless networks
Patent No. 11696355

Inventor(s): Esneyder Ospina (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17830454 on 06/02/2022 (397 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein improve a customer experience for non-standalone cellular networks by displaying a secondary cell group (SCG) network icon after data activity ends while a user device likely remains in SCG coverage. When connected to the SCG, the user device detects inactivity on the connection and initiates a first timer, based on the detecting, while continuing to present an SCG-related icon. If the first timer expires while the user device is in an idle state, the user device initiates a second timer, while continuing to present the SCG-related icon. If the user device detects an active connection before expiration of the second timer, the user device initiates a third timer while continuing to present the SCG-related icon. If the user device fails to detect a connection to the SCG before expiration of the third timer, a master cell group (MCG)-related icon is displayed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Selective multiple-media access control
Patent No. 11696364

Inventor(s): Kumaran Vijayasankar (Allen, TX), Mehul Soman (Sunnyvale, CA), Ramanuja Vedantham (Allen, TX), Robert Liang (Frisco, TX), Xiaolin Lu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17322987 on 05/18/2021 (777 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a network device having a split network stack that includes a physical (PHY) layer associated with first and second media access control (MAC) protocol sublayers, a processing device, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to select a route through the split network stack that includes one of the first and second MAC protocol sublayers but not the other one of the first and second MAC protocol sublayers.

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

Dynamic measurement of frequency synthesizer noise spurs or phase noise
Patent No. RE049571 (Reissue)

Inventor(s): Karthik Subburaj (Karnataka, , IN), Raghu Ganesan (Karnataka, , IN), Sreekiran Samala (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17154611 on 01/21/2021 (894 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of measuring phase noise (PN). A PLL frequency synthesizer is provided including a first phase frequency detector (PFD) receiving a reference frequency signal coupled to a first charge pump (CP) coupled to a VCO having an output fedback to the first PFD through a feedback divider that provides a divided frequency signal to the first PFD which outputs an error signal, and PN measurement circuitry including a replica CP coupled to an output of a second PFD or the first PFD. The error signal is received at the replica CP or the divided and reference frequency signal are received at the second PFD, wherein the replica CP outputs a scaled phase error current which is current-to-voltage converted and amplified to provide an amplified phase error voltage, and digitized to provide a digital phase error signal. The digital phase error signal is frequency analyzed to generate a PN measurement. Patent Class: N/A

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Hood side panel
Patent No. D991120

Inventor(s): Brent Johnson (Denton, TX), Scott D. Hite (Pilot Point, TX), Tu H. Do (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29733098 on 04/29/2020 (1161 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Hood for a welding consumable container
Patent No. D991299

Inventor(s): Roberto Carlos Guerrero Kees (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): ESAB AB (Gothenburg, , SE)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29781660 on 04/30/2021 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D991331

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Goldstein Law Offices P.C. (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29812425 on 10/21/2021 (621 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D991334

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29812413 on 10/21/2021 (621 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D991335

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29812418 on 10/21/2021 (621 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D991336

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29812420 on 10/21/2021 (621 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D991337

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Goldstein Law Offices P.C (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29812426 on 10/21/2021 (621 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D991338

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D991339

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D991340

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D991341

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Goldstein Law Offices, P.C. (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29812432 on 10/21/2021 (621 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D991342

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D991343

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Reticle for an optical aiming device
Patent No. D991390

Inventor(s): Stephen Morgan (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Sun Optics USA, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Wood Herron & Evans LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29719822 on 01/08/2020 (1273 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Reticle for an optical aiming device
Patent No. D991391

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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