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 January 10, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

150 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 19
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 4
D: TEXTILES; PAPER 1
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 6
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 6
G: PHYSICS 42
H: ELECTRICITY 51

DESIGN: 9

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas) 19
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 8
Sandisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 7
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 5
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) 5
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 4
Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano) 4
Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) 3
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston) 3
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring) 3

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Carlos Alexander Fenny (Fort Worth) 2
Claudio Caselli (Dallas) 2
Jianzhong Zhang (Plano) 2
Lee D. Whetsel (Parker) 2
Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Pet food container
Patent No. 11547085

Inventor(s): Chris Wilson (Arlington, TX), Josiah Wilhelm (Columbia Station, OH), Ron Bagley (Arlington, TX), Sunil Pinto (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Global IP Counselors, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16715875 on 12/16/2019 (1121 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pet food container includes a hollow body including a top, a bottom, and an outer surface disposed between the top and the bottom. The top has a recessed portion defined by an inner longitudinal surface and recessed top surface. The recessed top surface includes an opening in communication with an interior of the hollow body and the inner longitudinal surface includes a latching mechanism configured to couple to a removable cap.

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

Thumb brace
Patent No. 11547161

Inventor(s): Hugh Allen Frederick (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16430968 on 06/04/2019 (1316 days app to issue)

Abstract: A thumb brace comprising a glove having a thumb portion disposed between a palm side and a back side and comprising a first attachment region positioned adjacent a base of the thumb portion and a second attachment region positioned on the back side of the glove; a first elastic strap having a first end, a mid-portion, and a second end, wherein the mid-portion is disposed within a cradle of the glove between the thumb portion and an index finger portion of the glove, the first end is releasably attached to the first attachment region, and the second end is releasably attached to the first attachment region, whereby the first strap extends a distal end of a thumb metacarpal bone of a user of the brace; and a second elastic strap having a first end, a mid-portion, and a second end, wherein the first end is attached to the palm side of the glove and the second end is releasably attached to the second attachment region, whereby the second strap reduces a proximal end of a thumb metacarpal bone of a user of the brace.

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

Tarsometatarsal joint arthrodesis tools and related method for bunion correction
Patent No. 11547425

Inventor(s): Edward A. Lebrija (Richardson, TX), Paul J. Vasta (Richardson, TX), Scott Campbell (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): GRAMERCY EXTREMITY ORTHOPEDICS LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Panitch Schwarze Belisario Nadel LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17870300 on 07/21/2022 (173 days app to issue)

Abstract: A kit of tarsometatarsal joint arthrodesis tools include a metatarsal multi-tool, a first ray multi-tool, a cuneiform cut guide, and a joint compressor-distractor. The metatarsal multi-tool is configured for securement to a first metatarsal establishing an anatomic reference for carrying out a surgical procedure and guiding a surgeon to perform the metatarsal base cut. The first ray multi-tool is configured for securement to the first metatarsal using a fixation method. The first ray multi-tool is also configured to be secured to the medial cuneiform. The cuneiform cut guide is configured for removable attachment to the first ray multi-tool and is configured to guide the surgeon to perform the cuneiform head cut. The compressor-distractor is configured to apply a force to the first ray multi-tool such that the position of the first metatarsal may be adjusted toward or away from the medial cuneiform.

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

Selection of intraocular lens based on a plurality of machine learning models
Patent No. 11547484

Inventor(s): Ramesh Sarangapani (Coppell, TX), Sinchan Bhattacharya (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17064254 on 10/06/2020 (826 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for selecting an intraocular lens, with a controller having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory. A plurality of machine learning models is selectively executable by the controller. The controller is configured to receive at least one pre-operative image of the eye and extract, via a first input machine learning model, a first set of data. The controller is configured to receive multiple biometric parameters of the eye and extract, via a second input machine learning model, a second set of data. The first set of data and the second set of data are combined to produce a mixed set of data. The controller is configured to generate, via an output machine learning model, at least one output factor based on the mixed set of data. An intraocular lens is selected based in part on the at least one output factor.

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

Haptic optic management system utilizing rotating cams
Patent No. 11547556

Inventor(s): Sudarshan B. Singh (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16713064 on 12/13/2019 (1124 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) into an eye may be provided. An example haptic optic management system may comprise a first cam assembly comprising a first cam body portion, an opening in the first cam body portion, and haptic folder arms disposed in the opening. The haptic optic management system may further comprise a second cam assembly positioned on one side of the first cam assembly, wherein the second cam assembly comprises a second cam body portion, an opening in the second cam body portion, and optic folders disposed in the opening. The haptic optic management system may further comprise a central plate for holding an intraocular lens in the opening of the second cam body portion, wherein the central plate is disposed between the first cam assembly and the second cam assembly.

[A61F] FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) [2006.01]

Cosmetic compositions
Patent No. 11547733

Inventor(s): 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: 17076542 on 10/21/2020 (811 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for moisturizing skin in need thereof, the method comprising topically applying to the skin a composition that includes effective amounts of an extract from [i]Echinacea purpurea[/i], an extract from [i]Silybum marianum[/i], and glycerin, wherein topical application of the composition activates human cannabinoid receptor type 2 and inhibits fatty acid amide hydrolase activity in the skin and treats the 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)

Topical muscle relaxation compositions and methods
Patent No. 11547734

Inventor(s): David Gan (Southlake, TX), Geetha Kalahasti (Plano, TX), Shona Burkes-Henderson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16457027 on 06/28/2019 (1292 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for reducing muscle contraction of a facial muscle or reducing the appearance of a fine line or wrinkle is disclosed. The method can include topical application of a composition to facial skin and/or to the fine line or wrinkle. The composition can include an effective amount of [i]Rosmarinus officinalis [/i]leaf extract, an effective amount of [i]Lavendula stoechas [/i]extract, and an effective amount of [i]Acmella oleracea [/i]extract. Topical application of the composition to facial skin can reduce muscle contraction of the facial muscle. Topical application of the composition to the fine line or wrinkle can reduce the appearance of the fine line or wrinkle.

Medicament delivery device
Patent No. 11547791

Inventor(s): Andrew Nelson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH (Frankfurt am Main, , DE)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16336273 on 09/20/2017 (1938 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medicament delivery device. The medicament delivery device comprises a housing, a needle and a reservoir. The needle is configured to project from a distal end of the housing. The reservoir is disposed in the housing and has a flexible wall. The medicament delivery device further comprises a dispensing member and a biasing member. The dispensing member is disposed in the housing and the biasing member is configured to bias the dispensing member to move in an arcuate path relative to the housing such that the dispensing member moves across the flexible wall of the reservoir to dispense medicament from the reservoir when the reservoir contains medicament.

[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]

Systems and methods for ruggedized penetrating medical electrode arrays
Patent No. 11547849

Inventor(s): Carlos Rackham (Plano, TX), Rio J. Vetter (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NeuroNexus Technologies, Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16001866 on 06/06/2018 (1679 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for ruggedized neural probes are provided. Such probes may be adapted for penetrating tissue. An exemplary ruggedized penetrating electrode array system includes an elongate shank having one or more electrodes disposed on at least one exterior surface thereof and a backend structure. A proximal end of the elongate shank is secured to the backend structure. The exemplary array system further includes an elongate carrier secured to the backend structure and extending away from the backend structure toward the distal end of the elongate shank, the elongate carrier being more rigid than the elongate shank. Methods for fabricating such an array system are also provided.

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

Wireless power transfer circuit for a rechargeable implantable pulse generator
Patent No. 11547862

Inventor(s): William Winstrom (Leander, TX)
Assignee(s): ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: The Small Patent Law Group LLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16676197 on 11/06/2019 (1161 days app to issue)

Abstract: A charging energy control system includes an implantable medical device (IMD) and an external charger for effectuating wireless power transfer. The IMD receives charging energy to recharge a battery during an ON period and rejects the charging energy during an OFF period. A series switch is disposed between the IMD”s coil and rectifier circuitry that is controlled by voltage regulation circuitry operative to generate a clamp control signal configured to detune the coil in the OFF state.

Hammer action pike pole
Patent No. 11547882

Inventor(s): Casey W. Towery (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16507891 on 07/10/2019 (1280 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention discloses a multi-purpose pike pole firefighting tool. The pike pole comprises a blade, a square shaft, an elongated handle member, a handle and an elongated tubular member. The blade of the pike pole is welded to the square shaft. The square shaft is disposed with in the elongated handle member and configured to move up and down within the elongated handle member. One end of the elongated tubular member is coupled to the elongated handle member by threading assembly via a connection sleeve and another end is coupled to one side of a receiver or cap and the handle is fastened to another side of the receiver. The pike pole uses a manually driven by a piston action or a hammer action to assist a user to remove wood shiplaps/walls of the fired structures for checking fire extension by opening walls and ceilings during firefighting operations.

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

Controlled-environment facility resident wearables and systems and methods for use
Patent No. 11550360

Inventor(s): Scott Passe (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): Securus Technologies, LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17006485 on 08/28/2020 (865 days app to issue)

Abstract: Controlled-environment facility resident behavioral and/or health monitoring may employ controlled-environment facility resident wearables each having a band configured to be affixed around a portion of a controlled-environment facility resident, irremovable by the resident and may include sensor(s) configured to measure biometric(s) of the controlled-environment facility resident and one or more physical parameter(s) experienced by the wearable, with a transmitter transmitting the biometric(s) and/or the physical parameter(s) to a controlled-environment facility management system. The controlled-environment facility management system may predetermine one or more normal input levels of the biometric(s) and/or physical parameter(s), receive the transmitted biometric(s) and/or physical parameter(s), determine whether received biometric(s) and/or physical parameter(s) rises above or falls below the predetermined normal input level(s), and alert controlled-environment facility personnel and/or law enforcement when received physical parameter(s) and/or received biometric(s) rise above or fall below the predetermined normal input level(s).

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

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

Support devices including collapsible casters
Patent No. 11547618

Inventor(s): Michael Baca (Kalamazoo, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16890467 on 06/02/2020 (952 days app to issue)

Abstract: A support device includes a base member, a caster assembly coupled to the base member including a caster pivotally coupled to the base member, at least two planar members positioned above the caster and pivotally coupled to one another by at least two opposing hinges, and a shaft positioned between the at least two opposing hinges and extending through the at least two planar members.

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

Systems and methods for heat exchanger manufacturing
Patent No. 11548055

Inventor(s): Sivakumar Gopalnarayanan (Plano, TX), Yang Zou (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Rheem Manufacturing Company (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17747882 on 05/18/2022 (237 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for pressure expanding a tube to fit a heat exchanger fin are disclosed. The systems can include one or more pressure relief devices, and each pressure relief device can be configured to release at least some pressurized fluid via a respective auxiliary flow path in response to a pressure of the pressurized fluid being greater than a predetermined pressure relief threshold.

[B21D] WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL (working or processing of wire B21F)

Mobile pressure tool for rotor blade processes
Patent No. 11548103

Inventor(s): David W. Littlejohn (Fort Worth, TX), Ryan Lehto (Crowley, TX), Sven R. Lofstrom (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, CT)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17075531 on 10/20/2020 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pressure tool for rotor blade repair including a mobile support system including a support surface, a first bladder support assembly including a first inflatable bladder fixedly mounted to the support surface, a second bladder support assembly including a second inflatable bladder pivotally mounted relative to the support surface, and an activation mechanism operatively coupled to the second bladder support assembly. The activation mechanism is operable to selectively shift the second bladder support assembly relative to the first bladder support assembly. A fluid delivery system is operable to direct a fluid into each of the first inflatable bladder and the second inflatable bladder.

[B23P] OTHER WORKING OF METAL; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q)

Magnetic attachment for shaving cartridge
Patent No. 11548178

Inventor(s): Craig A. Provost (Newport Beach, CA), John W. Griffin (Moultonborough, NH), Robert A. Wilson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): SL IP COMPANY LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Leber IP Law (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17520346 on 11/05/2021 (431 days app to issue)

Abstract: Shaving systems are disclosed that include a replaceable shaving assembly and a cartridge connecting structure for connecting the shaving assembly to a handle. In preferred implementations, the cartridge connecting structure has a magnetic portion configured to help draw the cartridge onto the handle and retain the cartridge in place when the razor is not in contact with the skin, and a mechanical engagement that provides the necessary retention forces required to keep the system intact during shaving.

[B26B] HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufacturing or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D 29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; for surgical purposes A61B 17/00; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C 5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B 7/22; pincers B25C 11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; for erasing B43L 19/00; for textile materials D06H)

Structure with selectively variable stiffness
Patent No. 11548261

Inventor(s): Danil V. Prokhorov (Canton, MI), Michael Paul Rowe (Pinckney, MI), Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, MI), Umesh N. Gandhi (Farmington Hills, 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: 16169333 on 10/24/2018 (1539 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stiffness control and systems for the same are disclosed herein. A first plate and a second plate can be connected with rigid support, a hydraulic actuator and a high roughness surface. Upon actuation, the actuator can force the high roughness surface against the first plate, thus increasing rigidity through hydraulic pressure against the first plate and the second plate. Thus, the stiffness of the surface can be altered in a variable and reversible fashion.

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

Control systems and methods to meet fuel cell fuel demand
Patent No. 11548408

Inventor(s): Daniel C. Folick (Long Beach, CA), Jared M. Farnsworth (San Francisco, CA), Nobukazu Mizuno (Aichi, , JP), Shigeki Hasegawa (Aichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17191658 on 03/03/2021 (678 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling fluid flow in a fuel cell circuit of a vehicle. A system may have a fuel cell stack configured to receive hydrogen gas. The system may have a current sensor configured to detect current flowing through the fuel cell stack. The system may have a plurality of actuators, which may include at least one injector, a pump, and a shut valve. The system may have an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU may estimate pressures of the hydrogen gas and non-hydrogen gases in the circuit. The ECU may determine a current increase rate based on the detected current. The ECU may apply a compensatory hydrogen gas stoic to a base hydrogen gas stoic to meet a target hydrogen gas stoic by controlling one or more of the actuators based on the estimated pressures when the current increase rate is above a predetermined threshold value.

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

Vehicle floor silencer
Patent No. 11548455

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Anil Hoshing (Ann Arbor, MI), Taylor E. Darling (Ypsilanti, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16536846 on 08/09/2019 (1250 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle floor silencer includes at least one first wall, at least one second wall positioned opposite the first wall, and at least one floor extending between the at least one first wall and the at least one second wall. The at least one first wall, the at least one second wall, and the at least one floor combine to define a receptacle structured to open in an upward direction and to receive a wire harness therein after the floor silencer has been positioned on the floor of the vehicle.

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

Systems and methods for managing driver habits
Patent No. 11548515

Inventor(s): Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Xuewei Qi (Dublin, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17155913 on 01/22/2021 (718 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing driver habits are disclosed herein. One embodiment learns undesirable driving habits of a driver over time as the driver operates a vehicle; identifies, for each learned undesirable driving habit, one or more situational triggers associated with that undesirable driving habit; receives information from one or more of vehicle sensors and one or more external sources; predicts that the driver will engage in a particular undesirable driving habit; and carries out one or more of the following avoidance strategies to assist the driver in refraining from engaging in the particular undesirable driving habit: communicating one or more speed advisories to the driver; suggesting an alternate route to the driver; and presenting the driver with one or more of a coupon, an offer, and a discount at a place of business to encourage the driver to take a break by stopping at the place of business.

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

Methods for validating manufacturing equipment for use during production of a motor vehicle
Patent No. 11548579

Inventor(s): Nicholas A. Farmwald (Covington, KY)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17234851 on 04/20/2021 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for validating manufacturing equipment for use during the production of a motor vehicle include identifying touchpoints on the underbody of a vehicle, machining a foam underbody, and validating manufacturing equipment using the foam underbody. A three-dimensional model of the underbody of the vehicle may be used to identify the touchpoints and for machining the foam underbody. The foam underbody includes a polyurethane foam. At least the touchpoints of the foam underbody are machined to a tolerance of less than or equal to +/3 millimeters with reference to the touchpoints on the three-dimensional model.

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

Parasite aircraft for airborne deployment and retrieval
Patent No. 11548608

Inventor(s): Brett Rodney Zimmerman (Hurst, TX), Carlos Alexander Fenny (Fort Worth, TX), John Richard McCullough (Weatherford, TX), Joseph Scott Drennan (Dallas, TX), Michael John Ryan (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17223274 on 04/06/2021 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: A parasite aircraft for airborne deployment and retrieve includes a wing; a fuselage rotatably mounted to the wing; a dock disposed on top of the fuselage and configured to receive a maneuverable capture device of a carrier aircraft; a pair of tail members extending from the fuselage; and a plurality of landing gear mounted to the wing. A method of preparing a parasite aircraft for flight includes unfolding an end portion of a wing; unfolding an end portion of a tail member of the parasite aircraft; and rotating a fuselage of the parasite aircraft so that the fuselage is perpendicular to the wing. A method of preparing a parasite aircraft for storage includes rotating a fuselage of the parasite aircraft to be parallel with a wing of the parasite aircraft; folding an end portion of the wing; and folding an end portion of a tail member of the parasite aircraft.

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

Pitch-change apparatus and method of pitching rotor blades
Patent No. 11548617

Inventor(s): Carlos Alexander Fenny (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16439055 on 06/12/2019 (1308 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of pitching rotor blades by interrupting torque applied to the hub.

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

Conversion spindle with dual ducted tiltrotors
Patent No. 11548630

Inventor(s): Joseph Richard Carpenter, Jr. (Kennedale, TX), Karl Schroeder (Southlake, TX), Timothy Brian Carr (Fort Worth, TX), William Anthony Amante (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16732065 on 12/31/2019 (1106 days app to issue)

Abstract: A ducted-rotor aircraft includes a fuselage, first and second ducts, and a spindle that is coupled to the fuselage. Each duct includes a rotor having a plurality of blades. The first and second ducts are coupled to opposed ends of the spindle. The spindle is rotatably coupled to the fuselage with first and second bearings. The first bearing is configured to react to radial loads and the second bearing is configured to react to both radial and axial loads. The spindle includes a shaft, first and second fittings secured to opposed ends of the shaft, and first and second attachment interfaces that are attachable to the first and second ducts. The attachment interfaces may be integral with the fittings. Alternatively, the fittings may be configured to be secured to the attachment interfaces with fasteners.

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

System and method of protection of aircraft from foreign object strikes
Patent No. 11548655

Inventor(s): Cheng-Ho Tho (Colleyville, TX), Michael Smith (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16102229 on 08/13/2018 (1611 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft structure protected from collisions with foreign objects includes a first support proximate to an aircraft structure root; first sheets attached to the first support to form a first leading edge portion of the aircraft structure; a second support proximate to an outer end of the aircraft structure; second sheets attached to the second support to form a second leading edge portion; and a door including one or more ribs disposed between the first and second supports and configured to give shape to a third leading edge portion of the aircraft structure; and third sheets, attached to the ribs to form the third portion of the leading edge; wherein the first support, the first sheets, the second support, the second sheets, the one or more ribs, and the third sheets are disposed to mitigate damage from a foreign object collision by absorbing kinetic energy from a collision.

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

Bottle crown with opener assembly
Patent No. 11548683

Inventor(s): Abe Frishman (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): World Bottling Cap, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16896906 on 06/09/2020 (945 days app to issue)

Abstract: A crown for a bottle or other container has a top portion and an annular skirt that descends contiguously from the top portion. An opener assembly and an arrangement of frangible scoring lines on the crown allow for ease of opening the bottle or container. Corrugated embodiments provide material strengthening for a reduced gauge crown.

[B65D] CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

Polymeric bags and method to make same
Patent No. 11548726

Inventor(s): Anthony H. Bertrand (Mansfield, TX), Gregory James Wood (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Poly-America, L.P. (Grand Prairie, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17016533 on 09/10/2020 (852 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bag of polymeric film and a method to make the bag. The bag can be comprised of a front panel and a rear panel. The front and rear panels can each be comprised of multiple layers of film. The bag can be formed from a collapsed bubble of polymeric film that has been folded in half so that opposing edges of the collapsed bubble form an opening of the bag. One of the layers of the folded bubble can be split adjacent to an edge of the collapsed bubble and a draw tape film can be inserted between the layers of the folded and collapsed bubble. The collapsed bubble can further be embossed by a pattern that can provide enhanced properties to bags formed from the folded bubble.

Remote loading dock authorization systems and methods
Patent No. 11548743

Inventor(s): Daryl Day (Frisco, TX), Richard K. Hoofard (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB (Landskrona, , SE)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17232910 on 04/16/2021 (634 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring components of a loading dock station that implement a remote monitoring and authorization system are disclosed. The systems and methods can provide information regarding the status of various components of the loading dock station to a remote monitoring and authorization control unit, where a supervisor or the like is capable of reviewing real time information regarding the status of the components and progress through and adherence to a workflow protocol. The systems and methods can also provide for authorization requests to be sent to the remote monitoring and authorization control unit, such as requests to override certain components of the docking station. The user at the remote monitoring and authorization control unit can then grant or deny requests based on status information and other data provided at the remote monitoring and authorization control unit.

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

Chain link adapter
Patent No. 11548769

Inventor(s): Mario E. Hernandez Ortiz (Tecate, , MX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16049583 on 07/30/2018 (1625 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for providing safety to a hoist having a hook and a chain. The system includes a safety cable threaded through an opening of the hook or an object to be lifted. The system includes a connector connected to the safety cable and the chain such that when the hook and the chain of the hoist are disconnected, the object remains connected to the chain via the connector and safety cable. The connector includes a base portion having a chain opening configured to receive the chain, and a first cable opening configured to receive the safety cable. The connector includes a top portion configured to be coupled to the base portion and cover a portion of the chain opening such that the base portion and the top portion, when coupled together, remain at a substantially fixed position along the length of the chain.

[B66C] CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES (rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, braking or detent devices therefor B66D; specially adapted for nuclear reactors G21)

Saddle rigging limiting stirrup strap movement, and methods
Patent No. 11548778

Inventor(s): Edwin Charles Powell (Commerce, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Braxton Perrone, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15530313 on 12/21/2016 (2211 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a rigging for a saddle, a saddle containing this rigging and a method of making the rigging wherein the rigging has a slot in the rigging material, the slot being large enough for at least a part of a stirrup leather or stirrup strap loop to pass through the slot, the rigging slot having a width for limiting the movement forward and/or rearward of a stirrup that is supported by the stirrup strap loop, the slot in the rigging located spaced downward on the saddle from a slot in a saddle tree of the saddle that supports the stirrup leather or stirrup strap loop.

[B68C] SADDLES; STIRRUPS

Functionally graded variable entropy alloys with resistance to hydrogen induced cracking
Patent No. 11549165

Inventor(s): Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17343021 on 06/09/2021 (580 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides for a layered metal with resistance to hydrogen induced cracking and method of production thereof, comprising a core metal alloy and a skin metal alloy. The core metal alloy comprises twinned boundaries. The core metal alloy has undergone plastic deformation and a heat treatment. The core metal alloy comprises nickel and cobalt. The skin metal alloy is disposed on the core metal alloy, wherein the skin metal alloy comprises an entropy greater than the core metal alloy. The core metal alloy comprises a greater density of twinned boundaries than the skin metal alloy. The skin metal alloy comprises a stacking fault energy of at least about 50 mJ/m[superscript]2[/superscript], and the skin metal alloy comprises iron, aluminum, and boron.

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

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

Method for preparation of n-acetyl cysteine amide and derivatives thereof
Patent No. 11548851

Inventor(s): Anja Rubenstein (Florence, SC), Douglas G. Johnson (Arvada, CO), G. Michael Wall (Fort Worth, TX), Josh Bolger (Florence, SC), Rodney Tucker (Hartsville, SC)
Assignee(s): NACUITY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17366913 on 07/02/2021 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes methods for making and isolating N-acetylcysteine amide, (2R,2R)-3,3-disulfanediyl bis(2-acetamidopropanamide, diNACA), intermediates and derivatives thereof comprising: contacting cystine with an alcohol and a chlorinating reagent to form an organic solution containing L-cystine dimethylester dihydrochloride; combining dried or undried L-cystine dimethylester dihydrochloride with a triethylamine, an acetic anhydride, and an acetonitrile to form a di-N-acetylcystine dimethylester; mixing dried di-N-acetylcystine dimethylester with ammonium hydroxide to form a di-N-acetylcystine amide (diNACA); and separating dried di-N-acetylcystine dimethylester into N-acetylcysteine amide with dithiothreitol, triethylamine and an alcohol.

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

Benzamide or benzamine compounds useful as anticancer agents for the treatment of human cancers
Patent No. 11548894

Inventor(s): Jef DeBrabander (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16139865 on 09/24/2018 (1569 days app to issue)

Abstract: The described invention provides small molecule anti-cancer compounds for treating tumors that respond to cholesterol biosynthesis inhibition. The compounds selectively inhibit the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway in tumor-derived cancer cells, but do not affect normally dividing cells.

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

Method, compositions and applications of mechanosensitive channels in visual disorders and other applications thereof
Patent No. 11548920

Inventor(s): Chinenye Abiodun Idigo (Mansfield, TX), Samarendra Kumar Mohanty (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Nanoscope Technologies, LLC (Bedford, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17419878 on 12/30/2019 (1107 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention generally relate to the novel method, compositions and applications of mechanosensitive channels in therapeutics for visual, neurological and other disorders. Specifically, some embodiments of the invention relate to exploitation of mechanosensitive channels” intrinsic property as a transgenic pressure modulator and alternative outflow actuator in the treatment of different diseases such as glaucoma, dry eye disease and other diseases involving of cells prone to mechanical or osmotic stress. Furthermore, some embodiments of the invention relate to exploitation of mechanosensitive channels for stimulation of cells as well as molecular delivery to cells triggered by internal as well as external mechanical stimuli.

[C07K] PEPTIDES (peptides containing ﬂ-lactam rings C07D; cyclic dipeptides not having in their molecule any other peptide link than those which form their ring, e.g. piperazine-2,5-diones, C07D; ergot alkaloids of the cyclic peptide type C07D 519/02; single cell proteins, enzymes C12N; genetic engineering processes for obtaining peptides C12N 15/00) [4]

Non-metallic belt-driven crosshead drive system for hydraulic decoking
Patent No. 11549060

Inventor(s): Daniel O. Arzuaga (Hermosa Beach, CA), Hrishikesh Raghunath Gadre (Long Beach, CA)
Assignee(s): Flowserve Management Company (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17314596 on 05/07/2021 (613 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for raising and lowering a cutting tool within a decoking drum, a decoking system and a method of raising and lowering a decoking system cutting tool. Instead of using metallic ropes, chains, or a self-propelled gear-based approach, non-metallic belts are secured at respective ends to a crosshead and one or more counterweights to enable vertical movement of the crosshead that in turn permits vertical movement of the cutting tool throughout the height of the drum. A motorized pulley system controls the movement of the belt, and preferably avoids having the motor be carried by the crosshead. The belts on each pulley are preferably arranged as cooperative sets so that within each set, both primary load belts and secondary load belts are present. Enhanced engagement between at least the primary load belts and the pulleys promotes greater load-bearing capability, while the secondary load belts are sufficiently strong to ensure positional stability of the crosshead and decoking tool upon damage to or failure of one or more of the primary load belts.

[C10B] DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION OF GAS, COKE, TAR, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS (cracking oils C10G; underground gasification of minerals E21B 43/295) [5] HEADER D PAPER

Nanofiber fabric
Patent No. 11549205

Inventor(s): Marcio D. Lima (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Greenblum Bernstein, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16926301 on 07/10/2020 (914 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fabric of nanofibers that includes an adhesive is described. The nanofibers can be twisted or both twisted and coiled prior to formation into a fabric. The adhesive can be selectively applied to or infiltrated within portions of the nanofibers comprising the nanofiber fabric. The adhesive enables connection of the nanofiber fabric to an underlying substrate, even in cases in which the underlying substrate has a three-dimensional topography, while the selective location of the adhesive on the fabric limits the contact area between the adhesive and the nanofibers of the nanofiber fabric. This limited contact area can help preserve the beneficial properties of the nanofibers (e.g., thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, infra-red (IR) radiation transparency) that otherwise might be degraded by the presence of adhesive.

[D04H] MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL (weaving D03; knitting D04B; braiding D04C; net-making D04G; sewing D05B; tufting D05C; finishing non-woven fabrics D06); FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING (non-woven fabrics having an intermediate or external layer of a different kind, e.g. of woven fabric, B32B)

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

Tile edge systems and methods
Patent No. 11549263

Inventor(s): Claudio Caselli (Dallas, TX), Rahul Patki (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Daltile Corporation (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16007214 on 06/13/2018 (1672 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are tiles, systems, and methods related to manufacturing bullnose or other non-straight edge tiles. In a method of manufacturing a bullnose tile, the method comprises the steps of providing a tile, wherein the tile is a fired ceramic tile comprising a base and a decoration; cutting or milling the tile to form a bullnose edge; transporting the tile to at least a first printing station; printing at least one print layer of print media on the bullnose edge; transporting the tile to a curing station and curing the print media to provide the bullnose tile.

[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)

Roof ridge or hip covering element and method for manufacturing a roof ridge or hip covering element
Patent No. 11549265

Inventor(s): Claudio Caselli (Dallas, TX), Rahul Patki (Richardson, TX), Raul Rodriguez (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Dal-Tile Corporation (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17265223 on 08/07/2019 (1252 days app to issue)

Abstract: A roof ridge or hip covering element comprising a first flat body, a second flat body, and a flexible sheet for joining together the first and second flat body.

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

Gear rod rotator systems and related systems, sensors, and methods
Patent No. 11549316

Inventor(s): Juan Felipe Correa Pugliese (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): NORRIS RODS, INC. (Tulsa, OK)
Law Firm: PCFB LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17589765 on 01/31/2022 (344 days app to issue)

Abstract: Sensor systems for sucker rod pump systems and gear rod rotator systems may include one or more sensor modules comprising a sensor including at least one of a position sensor, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, or a vibration sensor for detecting a characteristic related to at least one component of the sucker rod pump systems or the gear rod rotator system.

[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]

Density constant flow device with flexible tube
Patent No. 11549332

Inventor(s): Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17130578 on 12/22/2020 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided, in one aspect, is a fluid flow device. The fluid flow device may include a housing having at least one fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet. The fluid flow device according to this aspect may further include a flexible tube positioned within the housing, the flexible tube defining a fluid flow path, the flexible tube operable to have a first diameter (d[subscript]1[/subscript]) when the flexible tube encounters a first pressure from fluid within the housing and a second different diameter (d[subscript]2[/subscript]) when the flexible tube encounters a second greater pressure within the housing, the first diameter (d[subscript]1[/subscript]) and second different diameter (d[subscript]2[/subscript]) configured to provide a constant flow of the fluid out of the at least one fluid outlet.

Gravel pack assemblies and methods to bypass a fluid restrictor during gravel packing operations
Patent No. 11549342

Inventor(s): Caleb Thomas Warren (Richardson, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: McGuireWoods LLP (Local + 9 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16484079 on 12/18/2018 (1484 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include gravel pack assemblies, method to bypass a fluid restrictor during gravel packing operations, and methods to control fluid flow during and after gravel packing operations. In one embodiment, a gravel pack assembly including a flow restrictor that is coupled to a downhole string that is deployed in a borehole is disclosed. The flow restrictor forms a first fluid passageway from the borehole to an internal cavity of the string. The gravel pack assembly includes a fluid bypass portion having a first chamber, a sealing member inserted into the first chamber; and an actuation assembly operable to actuate the sealing member. The fluid bypass portion forms a second fluid passageway from the borehole to the internal cavity of the downhole string prior to actuation of the actuation assembly. After actuation of the actuation assembly, fluid flow through the second fluid passageway is restricted by the sealing member.

Systems and methods for conditioning a gas
Patent No. 11549351

Inventor(s): Christopher A. Fournier (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): PROFRAC SERVICES, LLC (Willow Park, TX)
Law Firm: MH2 Technology Law Group LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17873688 on 07/26/2022 (168 days app to issue)

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

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

Cellular tube for replacement of traditional gas-charged cartridges in suction stabilizers
Patent No. 11549524

Inventor(s): John Thomas Rogers (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Performance Pulsation Control, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16526815 on 07/30/2019 (1260 days app to issue)

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

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

Movable fan assembly of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit
Patent No. 11549694

Inventor(s): Zhiwei Huang (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP (Milwaukee, WI)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16744015 on 01/15/2020 (1091 days app to issue)

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a cabinet defining a cabinet interior configured to house components of the HVAC unit. The cabinet includes an opening defining an air flow path between the cabinet interior and an external environment. The HVAC unit also includes a fan assembly including fan blades configured to move an air flow through the opening, wherein the fan assembly is configured to enable translation of the fan blades through the opening between a shipping arrangement in which the fan blades are disposed in the cabinet interior and an operational arrangement in which the fan blades are disposed in the external environment.

[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)

HVAC systems with evaporator bypass and supply air recirculation and methods of using same
Patent No. 11549714

Inventor(s): Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX), Vijay Sathyamurthi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17156211 on 01/22/2021 (718 days app to issue)

Abstract: An HVAC system includes an evaporator coil disposed between a return air duct and a supply air duct. The system includes a compressor fluidically connected to the evaporator coil, and a blower for providing a flow of air through the HVAC system. The HVAC system includes a supply air recirculation line with a recirculation damper and an evaporator bypass line with a bypass damper. A controller of the HVAC determines a recirculation portion of a flow of air and causes the recirculation damper to move to divert the recirculation portion to the recirculation line, so the air recirculates through the HVAC system. The controller determines a bypass portion of a flow of air and causes the bypass damper to move to divert the bypass portion to the bypass line, so the bypass portion does not contact the evaporator coil.

Charging handle accessory with sighting device
Patent No. 11549768

Inventor(s): Andrew Pischke (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Sellmark Corporation (Mansfield, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17539322 on 12/01/2021 (405 days app to issue)

Abstract: A charging handle accessory has an upper portion with a pair of parallel, spaced-apart sidewalls connected at their upper extent. The upper portion is configured to be assembled over an upper portion of the charging slide. A lower portion has a pair of parallel, spaced-apart sidewalls connected at one end. Each of the sidewalls of the lower portion has a lip configured to engage a lower extent of the charging slide. A sliding connection is provided at the lower extent of the upper portion and the upper extent of the lower portion, wherein the upper and lower portions are coupled together in sliding relation. A fastener extends between the upper and lower portions to secure the upper and lower portions against sliding relative to one another and secure them on the charging slide of the firearm.

[F41A] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE [5]

Determination of pulley ratio of a belt-drive blower
Patent No. 11549861

Inventor(s): Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX), Shiliang Wang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17405169 on 08/18/2021 (510 days app to issue)

Abstract: An HVAC system includes a blower. The blower includes a driven pulley and a motor with a driver pulley. A motor drive supplies electrical power to the motor. A controller receives a benchmark rate of the flow of air provided by the blower and a corresponding benchmark output current of the motor drive. A benchmark input power corresponding to the benchmark output current is determined based on a predetermined relationship between input power and output current for the motor drive. A ratio of the benchmark rate of the flow of air provided by the blower to the benchmark input power is determined. The controller determines a pulley ratio for the blower based on this ratio.

Waterproof and explosion-proof circuit board and electronic valve actuator for flow control applications
Patent No. 11552422

Inventor(s): Dan Morris (Forest, VA), Michael Gorbutt (Lynchburg, VA), William Hooss (Rustburg, VA)
Assignee(s): FLOWSERVE MANAGEMENT COMPANY (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17343282 on 06/09/2021 (580 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bulkhead passthrough connector containing a printed circuit board (PCB) for transferring electrical signals across a bulkhead to an electronic valve actuator, an electronic valve actuator configured to operate and communicate with a valve using a PCB through a bulkhead, the electronic valve actuator, and a method of assembling a bulkhead passthrough connector incorporating a PCB. The embodiments may include a passthrough partition which separates one side of the bulkhead from another. A PCB retainer may also be secured to the passthrough partition. The PCB is attached to the PCB retainer and extends from one side to another side of the bulkhead through the passthrough partition. The PCB further includes electrical paths printed on the PCB and electrical connectors located on both sides of the bulkhead to enable communication with external devices.

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

P H Y S I C S

System and method for human motion detection and tracking
Patent No. 11547324

Inventor(s): Gregory Murray Smith (Lewisville, TX), Nathanael Lloyd Gingrich (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Physmodo, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17746698 on 05/17/2022 (238 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for human motion detection and tracking are disclosed. In one embodiment, a smart device having an optical sensing instrument monitors a stage. Memory is accessible to a processor and communicatively coupled to the optical sensing instrument. The system captures an image frame from the optical sensing instrument. The image frame is then converted into a designated image frame format, which is provided to a pose estimator. A two-dimensional dataset is received from the pose estimator. The system then converts, using inverse kinematics, the two-dimensional dataset into a three-dimensional dataset, which includes time-independent static joint positions, and then calculates, using the three-dimensional dataset, the position of each of the respective plurality of body parts in the image frame.

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

JTAG bus communication method and apparatus
Patent No. 11549982

Inventor(s): Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17213808 on 03/26/2021 (655 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes using the JTAG Tap”s TMS and/or TCK terminals as general purpose serial Input/Output (I/O) Manchester coded communication terminals. The Tap”s TMS and/or TCK terminal can be used as a serial I/O communication channel between; (1) an IC and an external controller, (2) between a first and second IC, or (3) between a first and second core circuit within an IC. The use of the TMS and/or TCK terminal as serial I/O channels, as described, does not effect the standardized operation of the JTAG Tap, since the TMS and/or TCK I/O operations occur while the Tap is placed in a non-active steady state.

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

3D tap and scan port architectures
Patent No. 11549983

Inventor(s): Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17551406 on 12/15/2021 (391 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure describes die test architectures that can be implemented in a first, middle and last die of a die stack. The die test architectures are mainly the same, but for the exceptions mentioned in this disclosure.

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

Method and apparatus for biometric authentication using face radar signal
Patent No. 11550031

Inventor(s): Abhishek Sehgal (Richardson, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Khuong N. Nguyen (Allen, TX), Vutha Va (Plano, TX), Wenxun Qiu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16687367 on 11/18/2019 (1149 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device, a method, and computer readable medium are disclosed. The method includes transmitting radar signals via a radar transceiver. The method also includes identifying signals of interest that represent biometric information of a user based on reflections of the radar signals received by the radar transceiver. The method further includes generating an input based on the signals of interest that include the biometric information. The method additionally includes extracting a feature vector based on the input. The method also includes authenticating the user based on comparison of the feature vector to a threshold of similarity with preregistered user data.

[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

Dynamically deformable surfaces to analyze user conditions using biodata
Patent No. 11550385

Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Frederico Marcolino Quintao Severgnini (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: 16526047 on 07/30/2019 (1260 days app to issue)

Abstract: A surface of a vehicle component can be dynamically deformable surface. The dynamically deformable surface can be configured to undergo deformations to dynamically form a dynamic button or other user interface element on demand. The dynamically deformable surface can include one or more biosensors. When a user engages the dynamic button with a portion of the body, the one or more biosensors can acquire user biodata. The user biodata can be used by the vehicle as input for various purposes. For instance, the vehicle can operate as a health-monitoring and/or comfort monitoring system. As a result of these arrangements, buttons and other user interface elements can appear and disappear depending on the need and/or application, providing a cleaner vehicle cockpit interface and greatly expanding the possibilities of where such buttons can be located at and how many things can be controlled by the driver using physical interfaces.

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

Software safety-locked controls to prevent inadvertent selection of user interface elements
Patent No. 11550445

Inventor(s): Laura Strater (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17368679 on 07/06/2021 (553 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes displaying a user interface having a first region with one or more user interface elements and determining whether a shield is in a locked state or an unlocked state. The shield covers the first region when in the locked state and uncovers at least part of the first region when in the unlocked state. The method includes, in response to determining that the shield is in the locked state, displaying the shield covering the first region and disabling the user interface element(s). The method includes, in response to receiving user input on the shield while the shield is in the locked state, changing the shield to the unlocked state. Additionally, the method includes, in response to determining that the shield is in the unlocked state, displaying the first region such that the user interface element(s) is/are not covered by the shield and enabling the user interface element(s).

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

Interactive presentation system
Patent No. 11550458

Inventor(s): Callie Thomas (Dallas, TX), William Thomas (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Trustees of the Thomas Family Trust (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17466219 on 09/03/2021 (494 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some aspects, a method of authoring an interactive presentation includes defining a sequence of two or more primary content items within a presentation, and associating a link to additional content with a primary content item of the sequence in a non-transitory computer-readable medium. In additional aspects, a method of delivering an interactive presentation includes accessing the sequence of two or more primary content items, delivering the primary content items to a presentation device, and delivering, to applications operating on mobile devices of audience members, the primary content items with the additional content and/or one or more links thereto. In further aspects, a method of interacting with an interactive presentation includes receiving, by a mobile device of an audience member, a sequence of primary content items with additional content and/or one or more links thereto, and displaying the received primary content items and the additional content.

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

System and method to increase display area utilizing a plurality of discrete displays
Patent No. 11550531

Inventor(s): Benedetto Vigna (Geneva, , CH), Mahesh Chowdhary (San Jose, CA), Matteo Dameno (Novara, , IT)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17380754 on 07/20/2021 (539 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a master agent, announcements from candidate consumer agents indicating the presence of the candidate consumer agents. Each announcement includes display parameters for a display of the corresponding candidate consumer agent. The method further includes receiving at the master agent content parameters from a producer agent, the content parameters defining characteristics of content to be provided by the consumer agent. A mosaic screen is configured based on the received announcements and the content parameters. This configuring of the mosaic screen includes selecting ones of the consumer agents for which an announcement was received and generating content distribution parameters based on the content parameters and the display parameters of the selected ones of the consumer agents. The generated content distribution parameters are provided to the consumer agent.

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

Unified digital automation platform combining business process management and robotic process automation
Patent No. 11550549

Inventor(s): Narayanaswamy Viswanathan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ASG Technologies Group, Inc. (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Carr Ferrell LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17331871 on 05/27/2021 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for combining business process management (BPM) and robotic process automation (RPA) into a unified BPM and RPA process. An example method commences with creating a BPM process flow. The BPM process flow can include one or more BPM models for executing BPM tasks. The method then proceeds with creating an RPA process flow. The RPA process flow can include one or more RPA models for executing the one or more RPA tasks. The method can further include linking the one or more RPA models to the BPM process flow. Thereafter, the method proceeds with creating an application package associated with the unified BPM and RPA process. The application package can include the one or more BPM models and the one or more RPA models. The method can further include exporting the application package for deployment.

[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 to control the number of active vector lanes in a processor
Patent No. 11550573

Inventor(s): Duc Quang Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17126156 on 12/18/2020 (753 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one disclosed embodiment, a processor includes a first execution unit and a second execution unit, a register file, and a data path including a plurality of lanes. The data path and the register file are arranged so that writing to the register file by the first execution unit and by the second execution unit is allowed over the data path, reading from the register file by the first execution unit is allowed over the data path, and reading from the register file by the second execution unit is not allowed over the data path. The processor also includes a power control circuit configured to, when a transfer of data between the register file and either of the first and second execution units uses less than all of the lanes, power down the lanes of the data path not used for the transfer of the data.

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

Method and apparatus for vector sorting
Patent No. 11550575

Inventor(s): Mujibur Rahman (Plano, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17387260 on 07/28/2021 (531 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for sorting of a vector in a processor is provided that includes performing, by the processor in response to a vector sort instruction, sorting of values stored in lanes of the vector to generate a sorted vector, wherein the values are sorted in an order indicated by the vector sort instruction, and storing the sorted vector in a storage location.

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

System and method for implementing strong load ordering in a processor using a circular ordering ring
Patent No. 11550590

Inventor(s): David A. Carlson (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd. (Singapore, , SG)
Law Firm: Hamilton, Brook, Smith Reynolds, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17587719 on 01/28/2022 (347 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and corresponding method enforce strong load ordering in a processor. The system comprises an ordering ring that stores entries corresponding to in-flight memory instructions associated with a program order, scanning logic, and recovery logic. The scanning logic scans the ordering ring in response to execution or completion of a given load instruction of the in-flight memory instructions and detects an ordering violation in an event at least one entry of the entries indicates that a younger load instruction has completed and is associated with an invalidated cache line. In response to the ordering violation, the recovery logic allows the given load instruction to complete, flushes the younger load instruction, and restarts execution of the processor after the given load instruction in the program order, causing data returned by the given and younger load instructions to be returned consistent with execution according to the program order to satisfy strong load ordering.

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

Mechanism to trigger early termination of cooperating processes
Patent No. 11550642

Inventor(s): Patrick Estep (Rowlett, TX), Skyler Arron Windh (McKinney, TX), Tony M. 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: 17405233 on 08/18/2021 (510 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices and techniques for triggering early termination of cooperating processes in a processor are described herein. A system includes multiple memory-compute nodes, wherein a memory-compute node comprises: event manager circuitry configured to establish a broadcast channel to receive event messages; and thread manager circuitry configured to organize a plurality of threads to perform portions of a cooperative task, wherein the plurality of threads each monitor the broadcast channel to receive event messages on the broadcast channel, and wherein upon achieving a threshold operation, the thread manager circuitry is to use the event manager circuitry to broadcast, on the broadcast channel, an event message indicating that the cooperative task is complete, causing other threads, in response to receiving the event message, to terminate execution of their respective portions of the cooperative task.

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

Redundant communications for multi-chip systems
Patent No. 11550674

Inventor(s): Mihir Narendra Mody (Bengaluru, , IN), Prithvi Shankar Yeyyadi Anantha (Bengaluru, , IN), Sriramakrishnan Govindarajan (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17463232 on 08/31/2021 (497 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device, comprising: a first component configured to transmit a first set of data to a second component by providing a first memory request specifying the first set of data for and an input memory address, and a transaction tracking unit coupled to a first transport interface, the transaction tracking unit configured to: receive the first memory request; transmit a second memory request that specifies at least a first portion of the first set of data, via the first transport interface, to the second component; receive a response to the second memory request from the second component; determine that the response corresponds to the second memory request; and provide, to the first component, an output response based on the received response to the second memory request.

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

Multiple data channel memory module architecture
Patent No. 11550719

Inventor(s): Michael K. Dugan (Richardson, TX), Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX), William D. O”Leary (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17191542 on 03/03/2021 (678 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to one example of the present disclosure, a system includes a computing element configured to provide requests for memory access operations and a memory module comprising a plurality of memories, a plurality of independent data channels, each of the independent data channels coupled to one of the plurality of memories, a plurality of internal address/control channels, each of the independent address/control channels coupled to one of the plurality of memories, and control logic coupled to the plurality of internal address/control channels and configured to receive and decode address and control information for a memory access operation, the control logic further configured to selectively provide the decoded address and control information to a selected internal address/control channel for a selected independent data channel of the plurality of independent data channels based on the received address and control information for the memory access operation.

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

Geographic population health information system
Patent No. 11550842

Inventor(s): Trent Tyrone Haywood (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (Chicago, IL)
Law Firm: Neal, Gerber Eisenberg LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17333167 on 05/28/2021 (592 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for providing a data analysis in the form of a customized geographic visualization on a graphical user interface (GUI) on a remote client computing device using only a web browser on the remote client device. The system receives a user”s selected data analysis to be performed by the system for display on the remote client device. The system verifies the data access permissions of the user to render a data analysis solution customized to that particular user, and automatically prevents that user from gaining access to data analysis solutions to which that user is prohibited. The system is configured to respond to the user”s data analysis request, perform the necessary computations on the server side on the fly, and send a dataset interpretable by the client device”s web browser for display on the client device or on a device associated with the client device.

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

Multi-factor validation for varying environments
Patent No. 11550893

Inventor(s): Mohammad Nejad (Dallas, TX), Nadeem Panjwani (Dallas, TX), Paul Eric Hazboun (Flower Mound, TX), Rudolph D. Hoffman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16702076 on 12/03/2019 (1134 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and methods may include a method for validating a script. The script may be a script for firing a job in an Autosys application deployed in a predetermined environment. The validating may use a validation system. The method may include providing a plurality of pre-deployment validation utility actions. The plurality of pre-deployment utility actions may include permitting only insert (INS), update (UPD) and delete (DEL) as actions in the script. The permitting may use an action name review utility. The plurality of pre-deployment utility actions may include permitting only command (CMD) or box parameter types (BMT) in the script. The permitting may use a parameter type review utility. The plurality of pre-deployment utility actions may include specifying only NULL, FDR and LMCTR as project codes. The specifying may use a project code specifier utility.

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

Analytics processing circuitry for mitigating attacks against computing systems
Patent No. 11550965

Inventor(s): Subbayya Chowdary Yanamadala (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ARM LIMITED (Cambridge, , GB)
Law Firm: Talem IP Law, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16855659 on 04/22/2020 (993 days app to issue)

Abstract: Analytics processing circuitry can include a data scavenger and a data analyzer coupled to receive the data from the data scavenger. The data scavenger collects data from at least one element of interest of a plurality of elements of interest of an IC. The data analyzer identifies patterns in the data from the data scavenger over a time frame or for a snapshot of time based on a predefined metric. The analytics processing circuitry can further include a moderator and a risk predictor. The risk predictor generates a risk assessment regarding whether the data collected by the data scavenger is indicative of normal behavior or abnormal behavior based at least on the output of the data analyzer and a behavioral model for the IC, which can be device and application specific. A threat response can be performed based on the risk assessment.

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

Distributed application processing with synchronization protocol
Patent No. 11550981

Inventor(s): Amit Agrawal (Waltham, MA), Vipul Kulshrestha (Burlington, MA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17007980 on 08/31/2020 (862 days app to issue)

Abstract: This application discloses a distributed computing system implementing multiple participating processes to separately compile different portions of a circuit design describing an electronic device over multiple phases. The distributed computing system can implement a management process to utilize a synchronization protocol to identify operational states of the participating processes during compilation of the different portions of the circuit design, maintain the operational states of the participating processes, and separately determine when the participating processes have completed compilation of the circuit design portions for one of the phases based on the operational states of the participating processes. The management process can determine to have the participating processes synchronously transition to another one of the phases or that the participating processes have compiled the circuit design into a compiled design corresponding to the circuit design, and deploy the compiled design in an emulator for verification of a functionality of the electronic device.

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

Bridge impact detection and classification systems and methods
Patent No. 11551092

Inventor(s): Brett Story (Rockwall, TX), Jase D. Sitton (Dallas, TX), John P. Orsak (Austin, TX), Walter F. Bleser, II (Denver, CO)
Assignee(s): SENSR Monitoring Technologies LLC (Georgetown, TX), SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Parsons Behle Latimer (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16129062 on 09/12/2018 (1581 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for classifying a response signal of acceleration data of a structure includes obtaining at least one signal feature of a response signal, inputting the at least one signal feature into an artificial neural network, and classifying, using the artificial neural network, the response signal as an impact event or a non-impact event. One or more signal features may be used, including a response length feature, a number of peaks feature, a spectral energy feature, a dominant frequency feature, a maximum response feature, a center of mass feature, a slope feature, an average peak power feature, a response symmetry feature, or combinations thereof. One or more artificial neural networks may be used. The artificial neural networks may be trained using different combinations of signal features.

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

Travel-related cognitive profiles
Patent No. 11551107

Inventor(s): John N. Faith (Austin, TX), Kyle W. Kothe (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): REALPAGE, INC. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16676531 on 11/07/2019 (1160 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for performing cognitive computing operations comprising receiving streams of data from a plurality of data sources; processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources, the processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources performing data enriching for incorporation into a cognitive graph; defining a travel-related cognitive persona within the cognitive graph, the travel-related cognitive persona corresponding to an archetype user model, the travel-related cognitive persona comprising a set of nodes in the cognitive graph; associating a user with the travel-related cognitive persona; defining a travel-related cognitive profile within the cognitive graph, the travel-related cognitive profile comprising an instance of the travel-related cognitive persona that references personal data associated with the user; associating the user with the travel-related cognitive profile; and, performing a cognitive computing operation based upon the travel-related cognitive profile associated with the user.

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

System and method for patient health data prediction using knowledge graph analysis
Patent No. 11551109

Inventor(s): Artem Krasnoslobodtsev (Frisco, TX), Roy Tal (Dallas, TX), Zygimantas Jocys (Hove, , GB)
Assignee(s): RO5 INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Galvin Patent Law LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17575623 on 01/13/2022 (362 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for patient health data prediction and analysis which utilizes an automated text mining tool to automatically format ingested electronic health record data to be added to a knowledge graph, which enriches the edges between nodes of the knowledge graph with fully interactive edge data, which can extract a subgraph of interest from the knowledge graph, and which analyzes the subgraph of interest to generate a set of variables that define the subgraph of interest. The system utilizes a knowledge graph and data analysis engine capabilities of the data platform to extract deeper insights based upon the enriched edge data.

[G06G] ANALOGUE COMPUTERS (analogue optical computing devices G06E 3/00; computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Risk variables associated with reserve airline staffing levels
Patent No. 11551166

Inventor(s): Hadi Purnomo (Phoenix, AZ), JonCarlo Gulbranson (Scottsdale, AZ), Kathleen Dege (Mesa, AZ), Markus A. Wegner (Phoenix, AZ), Sumit Batra (Edina, MN), Timothy L. Jacobs (Tempe, AZ)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer L.L.P. (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16684030 on 11/14/2019 (1153 days app to issue)

Abstract: A crew planning system includes a demand forecasting module and an optimization module. The system forecasts anticipated reserve demand levels, and determines suitable reserve staffing approaches to meet anticipated reserve demand. The forecasting is based upon probabilistic distribution models which take into account variability associated with reserve demand for a particular day. Via use of the crew planning system, reserve staffing expenses may be reduced and/or reserve demand may be met with a higher degree of probability.

System and method for governing execution of a geography dependent computer process
Patent No. 11551233

Inventor(s): LaShunda Patrece Lewis (Dallas, TX), Richard Chuck Rhoades (Denton, TX), Stephen Thomas Miller (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Pizza Hut Connect, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: McDermott Will Emery LLP (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16773597 on 01/27/2020 (1079 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for governing execution of a geography dependent computer process are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a target location comprising a geographic identifier. The method also includes accessing a data store comprising a plurality of maps. Each map of the plurality of maps includes a plurality of geometric shapes and each geometric shape is associated with an execution rule. The method also includes determining which geometric shape of the plurality of geometric shapes the geographic identifier is bounded within for at least two maps of the plurality of maps. The method further includes generating an aggregate rule set based on each execution rule associated with each geometric shape determined to bound the geographic identifier. The method further includes applying the aggregate rule set. Machine-readable media are also provided.

Systems and methods for making vehicle purchase recommendations based on a user preference profile
Patent No. 11551279

Inventor(s): Shravanthi Denthumdas (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16553783 on 08/28/2019 (1231 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle includes a system for recording and analyzing user preferences during a vehicle test drive. The system includes a processor and a memory that stores processor-readable instructions. When executed by the processor, the processor-readable instructions cause the system to: determine a user identity; create a user preference profile based on the user identity; communicate a prerecorded message describing one or more vehicle options to the user; record a user response of the user in response to the prerecorded message; analyze the recorded user response; and update the user preference profile based on the analysis of the recorded user response.

Methods and systems for providing a vehicle suggestion based on image analysis
Patent No. 11551283

Inventor(s): Derek Bumpas (Allen, TX), Jeremy Huang (Plano, TX), Jiaxin Guo (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17108137 on 12/01/2020 (770 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for providing a vehicle suggestion to a user based on image analysis. The method may include: receiving one or more vehicle images via website data associated with the user; identifying one or more first-level traits from the one or more vehicle images; obtaining one or more vehicle identifications from the one or more vehicle images based on the one or more first-level traits; determining a value of each of the one or more first-level traits and/or the one or more vehicle identifications via one or more algorithms; determining the vehicle suggestion based on the value of each of the one or more first-level traits and/or the one or more vehicle identifications; and transmitting, to a device associated with the user, a notification indicating the vehicle suggestion.

Systems and methods for a refinancing savings widget
Patent No. 11551294

Inventor(s): Adam Shackleton (Dallas, TX), Patrick Eberle (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17670145 on 02/11/2022 (333 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for calculating a savings amount for loan refinancing. According to one implementation, a method includes displaying a graphic user interface comprising a widget at a client device and receiving input data from a user regarding a loan. In some embodiments, the input data may include the user”s credit level and the current monthly payment, APR, and payoff amount associated with the user”s current loan. The method further includes determining a saving amount based on a comparison of the input data with historical savings data accessible to the widget, and displaying the savings amount in the graphic user interface.

Smart engine risk assessments
Patent No. 11551310

Inventor(s): Ameer Noorani (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17344538 on 06/10/2021 (579 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium storing instructions can be used to predict insurance information. One of the methods includes obtaining information about an insured entity. The method includes providing the information to a machine learning system, the machine learning system trained to provide insurance information based on the provided information. The method includes in response to providing the information, receiving a prediction of the insurance information. The method also includes adjusting an insurance premium based on the prediction.

Methods and apparatus to perform graphics processing on combinations of graphic processing units and digital signal processors
Patent No. 11551399

Inventor(s): Ajay Jayaraj (Sugar Land, TX), Anand Balagopalakrishnan (Bangalore, , IN), Erick Zadiel Narvaez (Dallas, TX), Hemant Hariyani (Plano, TX), Jason A. T. Jones (Richmond, TX), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17015172 on 09/09/2020 (853 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to perform graphics processing on combinations of graphic processing units and digital signal processors are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes processing first data representing input vertices to create second data, the first data using a first format organized by vertex, the second data using a second format organized by components of the vertices. A digital signal processor (DSP) is to perform vertex shading on the second data to create third data, the third data formatted using the second format, the vertex shading performed by executing a first instruction at the DSP, the first instruction generated based on a second instruction capable of being executed at a graphics processing unit (GPU). The third data is processed to create fourth data, the fourth data formatted using the first format.

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

Homography error correction using marker locations
Patent No. 11551454

Inventor(s): Kyle Dalal (Coppell, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts, LLP (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17105196 on 11/25/2020 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: An object tracking system that includes a sensor that is configured to capture frames of at least a portion of a global plane for a space. The system is configured to receive a first frame from the sensor and to identify a first pixel location and a second pixel location within the first frame. The system is further configured to determine (x,y) coordinates by applying a homography to the first pixel location and the second pixel location. The system is further configured to determine an estimated distance between the (x,y) coordinates, to determine an actual distance, and to determine a distance difference between the estimated distance and the actual distance. The system is further configured to compare the distance difference to a difference threshold level and to recompute the homography in response to determining that the distance difference exceeds the difference threshold level. NULL

Airline flight operations support
Patent No. 11551558

Inventor(s): Arman Rezaee (Euless, TX), Christopher S. Roush (Keller, TX), Michael Finn (Euless, TX), Rocco Bova (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16436362 on 06/10/2019 (1310 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of displaying an electronic report on a GUI that includes receiving a user identifier and an authentication identifier associated with a user gaining access to a first application; displaying, on the GUI, a first window associated with the first application; displaying, via the first window, a listing of monitored flights; receiving, via the first window, a request; accessing, using the first application, a second application and a third application that are different from each other and the first application; updating the displayed listing of monitored flights using information accessed from the second and third applications; wherein a flight has a delay greater than two hours; and receiving, via the first window, a request for the electronic report for the flight; displaying, on the GUI and via a second window, the electronic report for the flight that includes information from each of the second and third applications.

[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]

Determining whether video display interfaces are coupled to terminations
Patent No. 11551635

Inventor(s): Christopher M. Wesneski (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, TX)
Law Firm: Trop, Pruner Hu, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16943472 on 07/30/2020 (894 days app to issue)

Abstract: A process includes controlling a current source to cause the current source to provide a plurality of different currents at different times to an output communication line of a video display interface; and acquiring a plurality of voltages corresponding to the plurality of different currents. Acquiring the plurality of voltages includes sampling a voltage of the output communication line. The process includes comparing the plurality of voltages to a plurality of voltage thresholds; and based on a result of the comparison, determining whether the video display interface is coupled to a cable-based far end termination.

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

Multi-pipeline language processing platform
Patent No. 11551674

Inventor(s): Emad Noorizadeh (Plano, TX), Prejish Thomas (Plano, TX), Priyank R. Shah (Plano, TX), Ramakrishna R. Yannam (The Colony, TX), Ravisha Andar (Plano, TX), Saahithi Chillara (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16996106 on 08/18/2020 (875 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for increasing the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of language processing systems. A provided method may include storing a plurality of distinct rule sets in a database. Each of the rule sets may be associated with a different pipeline from a set of pipelines. The method may include receiving the utterance. The method may include tokenizing and/or annotating the utterance, determining a pipeline for the utterance, and comparing the utterance to the rule set that is associated with the pipeline. When a match is achieved between the utterance and the rule set, the method may include resolving the intent of the utterance based on the match. The method may include transmitting a request corresponding to the intent to a central server, receiving a response, and transmitting the response to the system user.

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

Computation in-memory architecture for analog-to-digital conversion
Patent No. 11551745

Inventor(s): Avishek Biswas (Dallas, TX), Mahesh Madhukar Mehendale (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17162842 on 01/29/2021 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a comparator to provide an indication of a difference between Vp on a first terminal coupled to a top plate of each of a first group of differential capacitors, and Vn on a second terminal coupled to a top plate of each of a second group of differential capacitors. The device includes a control circuit coupled to the comparator. The control circuit is to receive a first indication of a difference between Vp and Vn; responsive to the first indication, cause a first driver to provide a reference voltage to bottom plates of one of the first and second groups, and cause a second driver to provide a ground voltage to bottom plates of the other of the first and second groups; receive a second indication of a difference between Vp and Vn; and provide a digital value responsive to the first indication and the second indication.

[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)

Non-volatile memory with program skip for edge word line
Patent No. 11551761

Inventor(s): Deepanshu Dutta (Fremont, CA), Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17461418 on 08/30/2021 (498 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a non-volatile memory, a block of NAND strings is divided into sub-blocks by etching the select gate layers between sub-blocks. This results in a subset of NAND strings (e.g., at the border of the sub-blocks) having select gates that are partially etched such that the partially etched select gates are partially shaped as compared to the select gates of NAND strings that have not been etched. Host data is programmed to non-volatile memory cells that are connected to an edge word line and are on NAND strings having a complete shaped select gate. Host data is also programmed to non-volatile memory cells that are connected to non-edge word lines. However, host data is not programmed to non-volatile memory cells that are connected to the edge word line and are on NAND strings having a partial shaped select gate.

Non-volatile memory with speed control
Patent No. 11551765

Inventor(s): Dengtao Zhao (Santa Clara, CA), Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17329617 on 05/25/2021 (595 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-volatile memory system adjusts the speed of a memory operation for a subset of non-volatile memory cells. For example, during a GIDL based erase process, the GIDL generation can be dampened for a subset of memory cells (e.g., for a set of NAND strings, or one or more sub-blocks).

Read and verify methodology and structure to counter gate SiO[subscript]2 [/subscript]dependence of non-volatile memory cells
Patent No. 11551768

Inventor(s): Akira Okada (Yokohama, , JP), Rajdeep Gautam (Yokohama, , JP)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17091834 on 11/06/2020 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for programming a target memory cell in a memory array of a non-volatile memory system, the method comprising defining a default read biasing voltage value and a default verify biasing voltage value for each program state of a target memory cell of a memory structure, determining a location of a target memory cell within the memory structure and, based upon the determined location of the target memory cell, applying a first incremental offset voltage to the default read biasing voltage value with respect to each program state, and applying a second incremental offset voltage to the default verify biasing voltage value with respect to each program state.

Global redundant column select implementation for boundary faults in a memory device
Patent No. 11551779

Inventor(s): Harish V. Gadamsetty (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17240389 on 04/26/2021 (624 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes memory banks and repair circuitry configured to remap data from the memory banks to repair memory elements of the memory banks when a failure occurs. The repair circuitry includes a logic gate configured to receive an output from a memory bank of the memory banks, receive a failure signal indicating whether a corresponding memory element has failed, and transmit the output with a value of the output is based at least in part on the failure signal. The repair circuitry also includes error correction circuitry configured to receive the output via the logic gate and a multiplexer configured to receive the output from the memory bank, receive a repair value, and selectively output the output or the repair value from the repair circuitry as an output of the repair circuitry.

Programming memory cells with concurrent storage of multi-level data as single-level data for power loss protection
Patent No. 11551781

Inventor(s): Gerrit Jan Hemink (San Ramon, CA), Ken Oowada (Fujisawa, , JP), Toru Miwa (Yokohama, , JP), Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17349321 on 06/16/2021 (573 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and techniques are described for programming data in memory cells while concurrently storing backup data. Initial pages of multiple bit per cell data are encoded to obtain at least first and second pages of single bit per cell data. The initial pages of multiple bit per cell data are programmed into a primary set of memory cells, while concurrently the first and second pages of single bit per cell data are programmed into first and second backup sets of memory cells, respectively. In the event of a power loss, the first and second pages of single bit per cell data are read from the first and second backup sets of memory cells, and decoded to recover the initial pages of multiple bit per cell data.

Blood marketplace system and method
Patent No. 11551809

Inventor(s): Christopher Godfrey (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BloodSolutions, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Polsinelli PC (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16859314 on 04/27/2020 (988 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computerized system and method to provide a marketplace for real-time matching of a blood order to a blood supplier based on a variety of variables tracked by the system including real-time marketplace trend statistical analysis. NULL

Image processing system for extending a range for image analytics
Patent No. 11553162

Inventor(s): Shannon Scott (Los Alamos, NM), Steven Schramm (Los Alamos, NM)
Assignee(s): Evolon Technology, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17131358 on 12/22/2020 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present application describes a system and method for extending a range of an image detection and classification system that is associated with various image capture devices. The range of the image detection and classification system is extended using one or more of an optical zoom on an area of interest, a digital zoom on the area of interest and a crop operation on the area of interest.

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

Apparatus and methods for content storage, distribution and security within a content distribution network
Patent No. 11553217

Inventor(s): Ramneek Bali (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC (St. Louis, MO)
Law Firm: Patent Beach PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17189068 on 03/01/2021 (680 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for content fragmentation, distribution, protection, and re-constitution within a content distribution network. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods enable distribution of content fragments to edge nodes (which may include user or subscriber CPE), thereby enabling edge networks or membership groups to be established wherein content can be shared solely at the edge. In one variant, high data bandwidth, symmetric uplink/downlink, low latency PHY links (e.g., 5G NR-compliant wireless interfaces) between the edge nodes participating in the edge networks or membership groups are used such that particular quality of service/experience performance requirements can be met. Distribution of the fragments also advantageously enhances redundancy and security.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Multi-zone plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition apparatus and methods for operating the same
Patent No. 11551961

Inventor(s): Masaaki Higashitani (Cupertino, CA), Shigehiro Fujino (Yokkaichi, , JP), Shigeru Nakatsuka (Yokkaichi, , JP), Shoichi Murakami (Yokkaichi, , JP), Syo Fukata (Yokkaichi, , JP), Yusuke Osawa (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16867845 on 05/06/2020 (979 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes an electrostatic chuck and located within a vacuum enclosure. A plurality of conductive plates can be embedded in the electrostatic chuck, and a plurality of plate bias circuits can be configured to independently electrically bias a respective one of the plurality of conductive plates. Alternatively or additionally, a plurality of spot lamp zones including a respective set of spot lamps can be provided between a bottom portion of the vacuum enclosure and a backside surface of the electrostatic chuck. The plurality of conductive plates and/or the plurality of spot lamp zones can be employed to locally modify chucking force and to provide local temperature control.

[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]

Shape memory polymer for use in semiconductor device fabrication
Patent No. 11551986

Inventor(s): Benjamin Stassen Cook (Dallas, TX), Steven Alfred Kummerl (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17220782 on 04/01/2021 (649 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes curing a shape memory polymer in a first shape. The shape memory polymer is coupled to a conductive layer. The method further includes folding the shape memory polymer from the first shape into a second shape. The method also includes bonding a semiconductor wafer to the conductive layer while the shape memory polymer is in the second shape. The semiconductor wafer has first and second dies. The semiconductor wafer is then singulated to separate the first die from the second die. The method further includes expanding the shape memory polymer to its first shape and singulating the shape memory polymer to separate the first and second dies.

Substrate with embedded active thermoelectric cooler
Patent No. 11551995

Inventor(s): Mark C. Woods (Richardson, TX), Tarak A. Railkar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16160442 on 10/15/2018 (1548 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a substrate that includes a substrate body and a thermoelectric cooler embedded in the substrate body. The thermoelectric cooler includes a top-side plate with an element-contact pad and a bottom-side plate. The element-contact pad is on a top surface of the top-side plate, which faces a same direction as a top surface of the substrate body and is exposed to the external space of the substrate body. The bottom-side plate is below the top-side plate and close to a bottom surface of the top-side plate. Herein, the element-contact pad is configured to accommodate attachment of a heat-generating electrical element. The top-side plate is configured to change temperature of the heat-generating electrical element, and the bottom-side plate is configured to transfer heat to or absorb heat from the bottom surface of the substrate body.

Integrated circuit package electronic device
Patent No. 11552005

Inventor(s): Abram M. Castro (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17399010 on 08/10/2021 (518 days app to issue)

Abstract: A surface mount electronic device providing an electrical connection between an integrated circuit (IC) and a printed circuit board (PCB) is provided and includes a die and a dielectric material formed to cover portions of the die. Pillar contacts are electrically coupled to electronic components in the die and the pillar contacts extend from the die beyond an outer surface of the die. A conductive ink is printed on portions of a contact surface of the electronic device package and forms electrical terminations on portions of the dielectric material and electrical connector elements that connect an exposed end surface of the pillar contacts to the electrical terminations.

Coated semiconductor devices
Patent No. 11552006

Inventor(s): Sreenivasan Kalyani Koduri (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16936290 on 07/22/2020 (902 days app to issue)

Abstract: In examples, a semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor die, an opaque mold compound housing covering the semiconductor die, a conductive terminal extending from the mold compound housing, and an insulative coat covering the mold compound housing and at least a portion of the conductive terminal.

Fuses for packaged semiconductor devices
Patent No. 11552013

Inventor(s): Enis Tuncer (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17218941 on 03/31/2021 (650 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, an apparatus includes: a package substrate having a die pad configured for mounting a semiconductor die, and leads spaced from the die pad; a semiconductor die mounted on the die pad; a fuse mounted to a lead, the fuse having a fuse element coupled between a fuse cap and the lead, the fuse having a fuse body with an opening surrounding the fuse element, the fuse cap attached to the fuse body; electrical connections coupling the semiconductor die to the fuse; and mold compound covering the semiconductor die, the fuse, the electrical connections, and a portion of the package substrate, with portions of the leads exposed from the mold compound to form terminals.

Semiconductor cell blocks having non-integer multiple of cell heights
Patent No. 11552067

Inventor(s): Mark S. Rodder (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16853535 on 04/20/2020 (995 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor cell block includes a series of layers arranged in a stack. The layers include one or more first layers each having a first height and one or more second layers each having a second height. The second height is larger than the first height, and the second height is a non-integer multiple of the first height. The semiconductor cell block also includes a first semiconductor logic cell having a first cell height in one of the series of layers, and a second semiconductor logic cell having a second cell height in one of the series of layers. The second cell height is larger than the first cell height, and the second cell height is a non-integer value multiple of the first cell height.

Three-dimensional memory device having on-pitch drain select gate electrodes and method of making the same
Patent No. 11552094

Inventor(s): James Kai (Santa Clara, CA), Johann Alsmeier (San Jose, CA), Masaaki Higashitani (Cupertino, CA), Murshed Chowdhury (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17031080 on 09/24/2020 (838 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, and an array of memory opening fill structures extending through the alternating stack, an array of drain-select-level assemblies overlying the alternating stack and having a same two-dimensional periodicity as the array of memory opening fill structures, a first strip electrode portion laterally surrounding a first set of multiple rows of drain-select-level assemblies within the array of drain-select-level assemblies, and a drain-select-level isolation strip including an isolation dielectric that contacts the first strip electrode portion and laterally spaced from the drain-select-level assemblies and extending between the first strip electrode portion and a second strip electrode portion.

Three-dimensional memory device including a composite semiconductor channel and a horizontal source contact layer and method of making the same
Patent No. 11552100

Inventor(s): Satoshi Shimizu (Yokkaichi, , JP), Yanli Zhang (San Jose, CA), Zhixin Cui (Nagoya, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16985340 on 08/05/2020 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes a source contact layer overlying a substrate, an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located overlying the source contact layer, and a memory opening fill structure located within a memory opening extending through the alternating stack and the source contact layer. The memory opening fill structure includes a composite semiconductor channel and a memory film laterally surrounding the composite semiconductor channel. The composite semiconductor channel includes a pedestal channel portion having controlled distribution of n-type dopants that diffuse from the source contact layer with a lower diffusion rate provided by carbon doping and smaller grain sizes, or has arsenic doping providing limited diffusion into the vertical semiconductor channel. The vertical semiconductor channel has large grain sizes to provide high charge carrier mobility, and is free of or includes only a low concentration of carbon atoms and n-type dopants therein.

Transistors with oxide liner in drift region
Patent No. 11552183

Inventor(s): Andrew D. Strachan (Santa Clara, CA), Henry Litzmann Edwards (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16897382 on 06/10/2020 (944 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method to fabricate a transistor includes implanting dopants into a semiconductor to form a drift layer having majority carriers of a first type; etching a trench into the semiconductor; thermally growing an oxide liner into and on the trench and the drift layer; depositing an oxide onto the oxide liner on the trench to form a shallow trench isolation region; implanting dopants into the semiconductor to form a drain region in contact with the drift layer and having majority carriers of the first type; implanting dopants into the semiconductor to form a body region having majority carriers of a second type; forming a gate oxide over a portion of the drift layer and the body region; forming a gate over the gate oxide; and implanting dopants into the body region to form a source region having majority carriers of the first type.

Avalanche photodiode gain control comprising a bias circuit having a second avalanche photodiode
Patent No. 11552200

Inventor(s): Baher Haroun (Allen, TX), Gerd Schuppener (Allen, TX), Miaad Aliroteh (Milpitas, CA), Srinath Ramaswamy (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17347822 on 06/15/2021 (574 days app to issue)

Abstract: An avalanche photo-diode (APD) circuit includes a first APD and a bias circuit. The first APD is configured to detect light. The bias circuit is configured to control a gain of the first APD. The bias circuit includes a second APD, a reference voltage source, a bias voltage generation circuit, and a metal layer configured to shield the second APD from the light. The reference voltage source is configured to bias the second APD. The bias voltage generation circuit is configured to generate a bias voltage for biasing the first APD based on dark current output by the second APD.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Methods for making tailored permeability fuel cell bipolar plates
Patent No. 11552308

Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Tsuyoshi Nomura (Novi, MI), Yu Yang Song (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: 16275394 on 02/14/2019 (1426 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods are provided for designing a microchannel layout for a flow field of a bipolar plate. The methods include defining a fluid flow optimization domain with boundary conditions and loads. Using a gradient-based algorithm together with computational fluid dynamics, the domain is then optimized for minimum flow resistance. The methods include setting the minimum inverse permeability to a non-zero value, and obtaining a grayscale design and fluid velocity field. Using Gray-Scott reaction diffusion equations with the grayscale design and fluid velocity field, the method includes obtaining a microchannel layout. The microchannel layout is then incorporated as a pattern for the flow field of the bipolar plate. In various aspects, anisotropic microchannels are provided; they may be formed using at least one of an additive manufacturing technique, a metal inverse opal electroplating technique, and a hybrid combination thereof.

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

Non-contact test solution for Antenna-On-Package (AOP) devices using near-field coupled RF loopback paths
Patent No. 11552382

Inventor(s): Brian P. Ginsburg (Allen, TX), Guor-Chaur Jung (Plano, TX), Meysam Moallem (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17088877 on 11/04/2020 (797 days app to issue)

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) loopback substrate or printed circuit board (PCB) which contains receive and transmit antennas located on the bottom of the loopback substrate which are aligned with the complementary transmit and receive antennas on an antenna on package (AOP) device under test. The loopback substrate receive and transmit antennas are coupled to each other. The device under test contacts are driven by a conventional tester, which causes RF circuitry in the integrated circuit to drive an AOP transmit antenna. The corresponding loopback substrate receive antenna receives the RF signal from the AOP transmit antenna and provides it to the loopback substrate transmit antennas. The integrated circuit package AOP receive antennas then receive the RF signals from the loopback substrate transmit antennas. The signals at the integrated circuit package AOP receive antennas are monitored through the integrated circuit contacts to monitor the received RF signals.

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

Mobile device with multiple-antenna system
Patent No. 11552391

Inventor(s): Wei Huang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15868958 on 01/11/2018 (1825 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments provide mobile device comprising a body frame; processing circuitry affixed to the body frame; a first antenna and a second antenna arranged adjacent to each other in the body frame, the first antenna and the second antenna electrically coupled to the processing circuitry to provide radiation, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna share a common ground defined by the body frame, wherein the first antenna is configured to provide radiation of a first polarization, and wherein the second antenna is configured to provide radiation of a second polarization substantially orthogonal to the first polarization to provide a signal isolation between the first antenna and the second antenna.

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

High gain and large bandwidth antenna incorporating a built-in differential feeding scheme
Patent No. 11552397

Inventor(s): Gary Xu (Allen, TX), Hamid Reza Memar Zadeh Tehran (Richardson, TX), Jianzhong Zhang (Plano, TX), Won Suk Choi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17444986 on 08/12/2021 (516 days app to issue)

Abstract: An antenna and a base station including the antenna. The antenna includes a sub-array that includes first and second unit cells and a feed network. The first and second unit cells comprise first and second patches, respectively, having quadrilateral shapes. The feed network comprises a first transmission line terminating below first corners of the first and second patches, respectively; a second transmission line terminating below third corners of the first and second patches, respectively; a third transmission line terminating below a second corner of the first patch and a fourth corner of the second patch; and a fourth transmission line terminating below a fourth corner of the first patch and a second corner of the second patch. The first corners are opposite the third corners on the respective first and second patches and the second corners are opposite the fourth corners on the respective first and second patches.

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

Base station antennas having RF reflectors therein with integrated backside multi-choke assemblies
Patent No. 11552408

Inventor(s): Amit Kaistha (Coppell, TX), Gangyi Deng (Allen, TX), Xiangyang Ai (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17286953 on 10/11/2019 (1187 days app to issue)

Abstract: A base station antenna (BSA) includes a reflector having a main reflector surface thereon, which extends between first and second sidewalls thereof. First and second choke-within-a-choke assemblies are provided on first and second sides of the reflector, respectively. The first choke-within-a-choke assembly includes: a first relatively low-band choke defined on one side thereof by the first sidewall of the reflector, and a first relatively high-band choke contacting on two sides thereof a rear surface of the reflector and an inner surface of the first sidewall. The second choke-within-a-choke assembly includes: a second relatively low-band choke defined on one side thereof by the second sidewall of the reflector, and a second relatively high-band choke contacting on two sides thereof the rear surface of the reflector and an inner surface of the second sidewall.

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

Multi-level medium voltage data center static synchronous compensator (DCSTATCOM) for active and reactive power control of data centers connected with grid energy storage and smart green distributed energy sources
Patent No. 11552474

Inventor(s): Subrata K. Mondal (South Windsor, CT)
Assignee(s): INERTECH IP LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Weber Rosselli Cannon LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17202329 on 03/15/2021 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for supplying power (both active and reactive) at a medium voltage from a DCSTATCOM to an IT load without using a transformer are disclosed. The DCSTATCOM includes an energy storage device, a two-stage DC-DC converter, and a multi-level inverter, each of which are electrically coupled to a common negative bus. The DC-DC converter may include two stages in a bidirectional configuration. One stage of the DC-DC converter uses a flying capacitor topology. The voltages across the capacitors of the flying capacitor topology are balanced and switching losses are minimized by fixed duty cycle operation. The DC-DC converter generates a high DC voltage from a low or high voltage energy storage device such as batteries and/or ultra-capacitors. The multi-level, neutral point, diode-clamped inverter converts the high DC voltage into a medium AC voltage using a space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) technique.

[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)

Fold-flat car charger interface
Patent No. 11552485

Inventor(s): Garold C. Miller (Hartford, CT), Nathan Daniel Weinstein (Hartford, CT), Troy Starkey (Hartford, CT)
Assignee(s): BOLLINGER INDUSTRIES, INC. (Roanoke, TX)
Law Firm: Lathrop GPM LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16737077 on 01/08/2020 (1098 days app to issue)

Abstract: A car charger interface, adapted for connection with a car charger socket, is connected to an electronic device or portable charger unit and movable between an extended condition for use and a retracted condition for storage. The interface has a generally flat shape when not in use and can be unfolded to a shape adapted for complementary connection with the car charger socket for use. The interface comprises a first portion and a second portion movable relative to one another between folded and unfolded conditions. The second portion may comprise wings pivotally connected along the first portion for pivoting to an unfolded position projecting from the first portion to form a generally X-shaped adapter body. Alternately, the second portion may be positioned at the longitudinal end of the first portion and connected thereto via a pivot point at the central longitudinal axis thereof for pivotal movement.

Wirelessly notifying a transport to provide a portion of energy
Patent No. 11552507

Inventor(s): Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16821905 on 03/17/2020 (1029 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of wirelessly notifying, via a charging station, at least one transport of a group of identified transports of a needed amount of energy stored in the at least one transport prior to the at least one transport being connected to the charging station.

Circuit electromagnetic interference control
Patent No. 11552555

Inventor(s): Brian Thomas Lynch (Brookline, NH), Indumini Ranmuthu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17139470 on 12/31/2020 (740 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a circuit includes a state machine. The state machine is configured to operate in a buck state in which the state machine is configured to control a power converter to operate in a buck mode of operation at a first frequency. The state machine is configured to determine that a switch time of the power converter has decreased to within a threshold amount of a minimum switch time for the power converter. The state machine is configured to, responsive to the switch time of the power converter having decreased to within the threshold amount of the minimum switch time for the power converter, transition from the buck state to a reduced frequency buck state in which the state machine is configured to control the power converter to operate in the buck mode of operation at a second frequency that is less than the first frequency.

[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]

Switch-mode power supply with load current based throttling
Patent No. 11552565

Inventor(s): Huy Le Nhat Nguyen (Raleigh, NC), Michael G. Amaro (Naperville, IL), Robert Allan Neidorff (Bedford, NH), Saurav Bandyopadhyay (Dallas, TX), Thomas Matthew LaBella (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16860511 on 04/28/2020 (987 days app to issue)

Abstract: A switch-mode power supply circuit includes a low-side switching transistor, a high-side switching transistor, a low-side current sensing circuit, and a gate driver circuit. The low-side current sensing circuit is coupled to the low-side switching transistor and is configured to sense a current flowing through the low-side switching transistor. The gate driver circuit is coupled to the low-side current sensing circuit and the high-side switching transistor. The gate driver circuit is configured to generate a signal having a first drive strength to switch the high-side switching transistor based on current flowing through the low-side switching transistor being less than a threshold current, and to generate a signal having a second drive strength to switch the high-side switching transistor based on current flowing through the low-side switching transistor being greater than the threshold current. The first drive strength is greater than the second drive strength.

Current sensing for valley current-controlled power converters
Patent No. 11552566

Inventor(s): Christian Harder (Freising, , DE), Ivan Shumkov (Freising, , DE), Joerg Kirchner (Mauern, , DE), Stefan Dietrich (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17176077 on 02/15/2021 (694 days app to issue)

Abstract: To facilitate current sensing for valley current-controlled power converters, an example apparatus includes a comparator having a first terminal, a second terminal, and an output. A first transistor has a first drain coupled to the first terminal of the comparator. A second transistor has a second drain coupled to the first terminal of the comparator. A third transistor has a third drain coupled to the second terminal of the comparator.

Adaptive hysteretic control for a power converter
Patent No. 11552619

Inventor(s): Kashyap Jayendra Barot (Bangalore, , IN), Sreeram Subramanyam Nasum (Bangalore, , IN), Suvadip Banerjee (Kolkata, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17377087 on 07/15/2021 (544 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first control circuit having an output and including a first comparator and a second control circuit coupled to the output of the first control circuit. The second control circuit includes a second comparator configured to: compare a first value to a reference frequency value, the first value indicating a frequency of a signal at the output of the first control circuit; and provide an adjustment value to change a hysteresis window of the first comparator.

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

Constant amplitude ramp generator
Patent No. 11552624

Inventor(s): Huy Le Nhat Nguyen (Raleigh, NC), Saurav Bandyopadhyay (Dallas, TX), Taisuke Kazama (Plano, TX), Tianyu Chang (Atlanta, GA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17491343 on 09/30/2021 (467 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples of a ramp circuit, a first terminal of a capacitor is coupled to a ramp terminal and a second capacitor terminal is coupled to a return terminal. A charge source has an input terminal coupled to a supply terminal and a charge output terminal. A resistor has a first terminal coupled to the return terminal. A first switch is coupled between the ramp terminal and a second terminal of the resistor. A second switch is coupled between the charge output terminal and the ramp terminal.

Voltage comparator
Patent No. 11552631

Inventor(s): Antony E. Brinlee (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Volpe Koenig (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17395601 on 08/06/2021 (522 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit arrangement is disclosed for controlling the switching of a field effect transistor (FET). A current controlled amplifier may be configured to amplify a current in a current sense device to generate an amplified current, wherein the current in the current sense device indicates a current through the FET. A comparator may be coupled to the current sense amplifier to compare a voltage corresponding to the amplified current with a voltage reference and to generate a comparator output based on the comparison, wherein the comparator output controls whether the FET is on or off.

Digital filter for a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter
Patent No. 11552648

Inventor(s): Venkataratna Subrahmanya Bharathi Akondy Raja Raghupathi (Cypress, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17381460 on 07/21/2021 (538 days app to issue)

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes a modulator, an integrator circuit, and first and second differentiator circuits. The modulator has a modulator input and a modulator output. The modulator input is configured to receive an analog signal, and the modulator is configured to generate digital data on the modulator output. The integrator circuit has an integrator circuit input and an integrator output. The integrator input is coupled to the modulator output. The first differentiator circuit is coupled to the integrator output, and the first differentiator circuit is configured to be clocked with a first clock. The second differentiator circuit is coupled to the integrator output, and the second differentiator circuit configured to be clocked with a second clock. The second clock is out of phase with respect to the first clock.

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

Forward error control coding
Patent No. 11552654

Inventor(s): June Chui Roh (Allen, TX), Mohamed Farouk Mansour (Richardson, TX), Srinath Hosur (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17141095 on 01/04/2021 (736 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for providing error control coding for backhaul applications are disclosed. Data is first encoded using Reed-Solomon (RS) coding. The output RS blocks are then turbo coded. The size of the output RS blocks is selected to match the input of the turbo encoder. The bits from the RS blocks may be interleaved to create the input turbo blocks. Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) parity bits may be added to the data prior to RS coding.

Measurement procedures for DRS with beamforming
Patent No. 11552679

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17171883 on 02/09/2021 (700 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods relating to transmission and use of Discovery Reference Signal (DRS) signals are disclosed in herein. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a Transmission Point (TP) in a cellular communications network comprises transmitting, from the TP, a same one or more DRS signals using at least two different transmit beams in at least two different time resources. Each transmit beam is characterized by a direction in which it is transmitted. In this manner, the TP is enabled to reuse DRS resources, which in turn enables transmission of DRS signals on a larger number of transmit beams and, correspondingly, adaptation of measurement procedures at wireless devices to obtain measurements on those transmit beams.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Wavelength modulation for improved optical link bit error rate
Patent No. 11552707

Inventor(s): Terrel Morris (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, TX)
Law Firm: Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17302681 on 05/10/2021 (610 days app to issue)

Abstract: An optical transceiver module includes an optical transceiver and a controller. The optical transceiver has a ring filter configured to transmit optical signals from or receive optical signals for the optical transceiver module. The controller is configured to: detect a carrier frequency at the optical transceiver; detect a data signal frequency of data at the optical transceiver; determine a bit error rate of the data; and in response to determining that the bit error rate of the data is greater than a threshold, periodically vary a central wavelength of the ring filter at a frequency at least three orders slower than the data signal frequency.

[H04J] MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L 5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N 7/08; in exchanges H04Q 11/00)

Method and apparatus for SS/PBCH block frequency location indication
Patent No. 11552761

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX), Young Han Nam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17443021 on 07/19/2021 (540 days app to issue)

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

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

Code sign white listing (CSWL)
Patent No. 11552804

Inventor(s): Jeff J. Stapleton (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16932428 on 07/17/2020 (907 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for efficiently managing an executable environment involving multiple code-sign certificate chains. The system and method include receiving, by one or more processors and from a client device, a request for information to verify an authorization of a code bundle, the code bundle associated with a first signed code segment and a second signed code segment. The system and method include generating, by one or more processors, a list of certificates associated with the code bundle. The system and method include transmitting, by the one or more processors and to the client device, a message comprising the list of certificates, the message causing the client device to verify the code bundle based on the list of certificates.

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

Uplink timing and frequency offset estimation and compensation for CSI estimation and tracking
Patent No. 11552837

Inventor(s): Jianzhong Zhang (Plano, TX), Jin Yuan (Richardson, TX), Junmo Sung (Richardson, TX), Yang Li (Plano, TX), Yeqing Hu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17143957 on 01/07/2021 (733 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a base station (BS) includes receiving a set of uplink signals; estimating, based on a subset of the set of uplink signals, uplink channels; estimating a timing offset (TO) and a frequency offset (FO) for a subset of the estimated uplink channels; compensating, based on the estimated TO and FO, the subset of the estimated uplink channels to generate TO and FO compensated uplink channel estimates; and generating channel prediction information based on the compensated subset of the estimated uplink channels.

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

Architecture for high performing data plane applications with smart network interface on compute servers
Patent No. 11552904

Inventor(s): Arun Rajagopal (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): RELIANCE JIO INFOCOMM USA, INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17152283 on 01/19/2021 (721 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for processing data, comprising a compute node having a first processor that is configured to receive a digital data message containing a request for computing services and to allocate processing resources on a network as a function of the request. A smart network interface controller (NIC) having a second processor that is configured to interface with the network and to send and receive data over the network associated with the computing services as a function of one or more policies. The smart NIC configured to receive policy update data and to implement the policy update data and to process the data that is sent and received over the network in accordance with the policy data.

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

Geo-aware capture with reduced personal information disclosure
Patent No. 11552958

Inventor(s): Helga Russman (Southlake, TX), Kevin Luong Tran (Frisco, TX), Prathyusha Paida (Plano, TX), Radha Sattanathan (Frisco, TX), Sonja M. Brown (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17060128 on 10/01/2020 (831 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for authenticating and executing a user request with increased security and efficiency are provided. A method may include receiving a selection from a user to restrict informational access of a selected administrator who is logged in to a system network, and locking access of the administrator to secure user information. The method may also include receiving, from the user, limited identifying information, and transmitting to the user, based on the limited identifying information, a uniform resource locator (URL) link and a one-time password (OTP). The method may also include achieving 2-factor authentication when the user accesses the URL link and submits the OTP, and receiving from the user the secure user information and a service request. In response to receiving the secure user information and the service request, the method may include executing a response to the service request via the system network.

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

Trusted travel devices equipped with on-the-fly monitoring
Patent No. 11552972

Inventor(s): Vijaya L. Vemireddy (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16928797 on 07/14/2020 (910 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for enhancing travel security features associated with a mobile device is provided. The method may include operating a time clock on the mobile device to determine a start device confiscation time in the memory and to determine an end device confiscation time in the memory. The method may also include monitoring the operation of the mobile device between the start device confiscation time and the end device confiscation time to determine the existence of an anomalous device condition. The monitoring may include using a network traffic monitor device, a bandwidth usage monitor device, a battery performance monitor device, a website presentation monitor device, and/or central processing usage monitor device. The monitoring may record a device activity between the start time and the end time and flag the anomalous device condition that occurred between the start time and the end time.

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

Providing audio content to a device
Patent No. 11553081

Inventor(s): Kevin V. Nguyen (Allen, TX), Monica Rose Martino (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): FIRST ORION CORP. (Little Rock, AR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17210403 on 03/23/2021 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes receiving a trigger operation indication that content has been selected by a user device, and determining whether the content offers a recurring audio content data. The operation may also include retrieving a first audio content and transmitting the first audio content to the user device.

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

Cloud migration utilities for telephony services
Patent No. 11553092

Inventor(s): Christopher Edwin Pearce (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Behmke Innovation Group LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17347009 on 06/14/2021 (575 days app to issue)

Abstract: In various embodiments, a device receives profile data regarding users or devices of an on-premise telephony system. The device identifies, based on the profile data, group features associated with the users or devices of the on-premise telephony system. The device forms a candidate set of users or devices of the on-premise telephony system for migration to a cloud-hosted call agent, based on them sharing at least one of the group features. The device provides data indictive of the candidate set of users or devices to a user interface for display.

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

Electronic patient sitter management system and method for implementing
Patent No. 11553161

Inventor(s): Derek Stevan del Carpio (Corinth, TX), Matthew Cameron Clark (Frisco, TX), Sam Anthony Greco (Flower Mound, TX), Steven Gail Johnson (Highland Village, TX)
Assignee(s): Care View Communications, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Meister Seelig Fein LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17335137 on 06/01/2021 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic sitter management system coupled to patient surveillance network having a plurality of video cameras, each camera transmitting a stream of surveillance video of a respective patient room. The sitter management system includes at least one sitter management device and a plurality of sitter devices. Each device being assigned a plurality of patient rooms and capable of receiving a plurality of streams of surveillance video for the corresponding plurality of patient rooms and simultaneously displaying a plurality of video images of the corresponding plurality of patient rooms. Each device is also capable of transmitting sitter device availability information to the sitter management device. The sitter management device being capable of recognizing a sitter device being unavailable and reassigning the plurality of patient rooms previously assigned to the unavailable device to other of the plurality of sitter devices that are available.

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

Thermostat and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11553214

Inventor(s): Raymond S. Horton (McKinney, TX), Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17173916 on 02/11/2021 (698 days app to issue)

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

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

Optical network having combined circuit-packet switch architecture
Patent No. 11553260

Inventor(s): Terrel Morris (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, TX)
Law Firm: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Patent Department (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17655032 on 03/16/2022 (300 days app to issue)

Abstract: An optical network includes top networking ports coupled to a packet switch, first media converters, second media converters, and bottom networking ports. The first media converters are coupled to top networking ports, each of the first media converters including a first ASIC transceiver that has a circuit switch function. The second media converters are coupled to the first media converter via optical cables to receive the optical signals. Each of the second media converters includes a second ASIC transceiver that has a circuit switch function. The bottom networking ports are coupled to the second media converters. The first ASIC transceiver and the second ASIC transceiver are configured to transmit a signal from one of the top networking ports to any one of the bottom networking ports, and transmit a signal from one of the bottom networking ports to any one of the top networking ports.

[H04Q] SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) [2009.01]

Digital passport with verified data provenance
Patent No. 11553311

Abstract: Systems and methods for accurately and securely assembling, storing, and leveraging travel data are provided. A method may include detecting a travel event of a user. The method may include recording the travel event in a travel map that is stored in a database. The travel map may be a temporal- and spatial-based record of one or more travel events of the user. The travel map may be stored as a blockchain ledger. The method may include tokenizing sensitive information associated with the user in the database, and calculating a hazard vector. The method may include updating, based at least in part on the hazard vector, a status index associated with the user, and providing the user and a system administrator access to the travel map and the status index. Access may be provided via an online portal configured to be viewed via an application running on a mobile device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Apparatuses and methods for enhancing network controls based on communication device information
Patent No. 11553354

Inventor(s): Paul Edward Smith, Jr. (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16915115 on 06/29/2020 (925 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a first identifier associated with a processing system to a communication device, transmitting first data to the communication device, obtaining, from the communication device and based on the transmitting of the first identifier and the first data, a first directive, wherein the first directive directs the processing system to utilize a first radio access technology for a first communication session, and utilizing, based on the first directive, the first radio access technology for the first communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for reporting beam information
Patent No. 11553364

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: 16988394 on 08/07/2020 (886 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for reporting beam information includes setting, by a user equipment (UE), a report type of a beam information report, wherein the beam information report includes beam indices of communications beams being reported, a reference beam quality measurement of one of the communications beams reported, and a report type field conveying the report type, and sending, by the UE to an access node, the beam information report.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods of managing communication endpoints
Patent No. 11553386

Inventor(s): Allen Nemer (Plano, TX), Shaldon Li (Plano, TX), Todd Lehmann (Allen, TX), Wei Zhao (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): iNEMSOFT, Inc. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17106791 on 11/30/2020 (771 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a trigger to dynamically modify a serving site of a communication endpoint, wherein the communication endpoint is registered to receive digital communication service from a first serving site. The method further includes determining a stored serving-site selection policy applicable to the communication endpoint. The method also includes selecting a second serving site for the communication endpoint based, at least part, on a stored serving-site selection policy. Also, the method includes determining endpoint-configuration requirements of the second serving site. Furthermore, the method includes dynamically generating endpoint configurations that satisfy the endpoint-configuration requirements of the second serving site. Moreover, the method includes writing the generated endpoint configurations to the communication endpoint. Additionally, the method includes causing the communication endpoint to register to receive digital communication service from the second serving site in place of the first serving site.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Seamless roaming for multi-link device clients
Patent No. 11553390

Inventor(s): Malcolm Muir Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17144931 on 01/08/2021 (732 days app to issue)

Abstract: Seamless client roaming for Multi-Link Device (MLD) clients may be provided. First, a Traffic Identifier (TID)-to-link map may be established by an Upper Service Access Point (U-SAP) of a multi-AP MLD entity that assigns subsets of TIDs to at least two links of the entity. For example, a client device logically associates with the U-SAP, while the client device physically connects to a first and second AP of the entity on a respective first and second link, where the first and second AP include first and second Lower Service Access Points (L-SAPs) and are non-collocated. Next, using the map, data received at the U-SAP is directed over one of the two links for transmission to the client device. Further, frame aggregation and block acknowledgment functions may be performed by one of the first or second L-SAP based on whether data transmission is over the first or second link.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for subscription based multicast service discovery
Patent No. 11553402

Inventor(s): Mansoor Ali Shah Mohammed (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17377971 on 07/16/2021 (543 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include receiving registration information from a first user equipment (UE) device and identifying a first multicast service associated with the first UE device. The method may also include transmitting, to the first UE device, a first file associated with the first multicast service and determining a number of UE devices associated with the first multicast service that have provided registration information. The method may further include determining whether a threshold associated with the number of UE devices that have provided registration information has been reached and initiating a broadcast of content associated with the first multicast service, in response to determining that the threshold has been reached.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Methods and systems for signal interpretation via image analysis
Patent No. 11553407

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17121281 on 12/14/2020 (757 days app to issue)

Abstract: A signal interpretation system includes a communication device, a memory storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations including: receiving scanned information including a shape of at least one article scanned with a scanning device to identify the at least one article and identifying a geographic location of the scanning device, when a scan of the at least one article was performed, based on a location signal received from the scanning device. The operations also include evaluating a signal indicative of interest in the identified at least one article and transmitting, via the communication device, a notification based on the evaluated signal, the notification being indicative of the identified at least one article and the identified geographic location, the notification being configured to cause an update in at least one graphical element presented by the scanning device or another device.

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

Enhanced broadband and mobility access
Patent No. 11553412

Inventor(s): Bhushan Padhiar (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17101163 on 11/23/2020 (778 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network communication device that includes a backhaul link circuit and a Wi-Fi access point to provide broadband services to a service provider”s broadband customers and to provide mobility services to the service provider”s mobility customers. This network communication device is installed outside of a dwelling unit in order to simplify the installation procedure and avoid property disruption. An extender device registered to a broadband customer user account may associate to the access point for seamless service. User equipment (UE) of the service provider”s mobility customers may associate to the access point to receive Wi-Fi roaming services. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods of application to network slice mapping
Patent No. 11553463

Inventor(s): Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17174518 on 02/12/2021 (697 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein include receiving an indication that an application on a user device has been launched; determining subscription information associated with the user device or a provider of the application, wherein the subscription information includes an indication of one or more recommended network slices to use for traffic associated with the application; and initiating a data session with the user device for sending and receiving the traffic associated with the application via a recommended network slice of the one or more recommended network slices.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for state context management in dual connectivity network environments
Patent No. 11553544

Abstract: Devices, methods, and computer-readable media described herein and provide for sending, by a first wireless station, a suspend message to a second wireless station associated with a radio resource control (RRC) session for a dual connectivity (DC) capable user equipment (UE) device that places the DC capable UE device in an RRC inactive mode; storing, by the first wireless station, UE context information from a core network for the DC capable UE device for the RRC session; and evaluating, by the first wireless station, a set of criteria to determine whether to also store the UE context information at the second wireless station.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Intelligent cellular channel management
Patent No. 11553548

Inventor(s): Ashish Bansal (Frisco, TX), Kazi Bashir (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): DISH Wireless L.L.C. (Littleton, CO)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17181815 on 02/22/2021 (687 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various arrangements for performing intelligent cellular channel management are presented herein. A physical cellular communication channel may be established between a user equipment (UE) and a cellular network for sending a short message service (SMS) message in response to a cellular service request from the UE. One or more characteristics of the UE, the SMS message, or both may be analyzed. A duration of time for which the physical cellular communication channel is kept active may be based on the analyzed one or more characteristics. A channel maintenance instruction may be transmitted to keep the physical cellular communication channel active based on a cellular network messaging controller determining to adjust the duration of time for which the physical cellular communication channel is kept active.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

DESIGN PATENTS

Steering wheel pad
Patent No. D974979

Inventor(s): John P. Jensen (Sanger, TX), Jon Forrest Acton (Fort Worth, TX), Louis Daniel Heilaneh (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29829025 on 03/02/2022 (314 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pop-out side step storage for an electric vehicle
Patent No. D974985

Inventor(s): Anthony Aquila (Justin, TX)
Assignee(s): Canoo Technologies Inc. (Torrance, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29773633 on 03/10/2021 (671 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Decorative portable power charger and cable
Patent No. D975005

Inventor(s): Garold C. Miller (Hartford, CT), Nathan Daniel Weinstein (Hartford, CT)
Assignee(s): BOLLINGER INDUSTRIES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Lathrop GPM LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29685212 on 03/27/2019 (1385 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Multiport terminal for making optical connections
Patent No. D975023

Inventor(s): Cameron Meyer (Lewisville, TX), Monique Lise Cote (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Corning Research Development Corporation (Corning, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29770223 on 02/10/2021 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
Patent No. D975130

Inventor(s): Ben Cline (Salt Lake City, UT), Brittany Jo Brown (Salt Lake City, UT), Daniel Hall (Dallas, TX), Louie Solomon (Richardson, TX), Tuhin Diptiman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29762387 on 12/16/2020 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Educational number line
Patent No. D975178

Inventor(s): Brittany Goerig (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): HAND2MIND, INC. (Vernon Hills, IL)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29709012 on 10/10/2019 (1188 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Scooter
Patent No. D975191

Inventor(s): Jianbing Wu (Lishui, , CN), Matao Cao (Lishui, , CN), Wei Xu (Lishui, , CN)
Assignee(s): GOLABS INC. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Muncy, Geissler, Olds Lowe, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29711117 on 10/29/2019 (1169 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Electrostatic sprayer
Patent No. D975242

Inventor(s): Michael D. Harper (Fort Worth, TX), Michael L. Sides (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): SanoTech 360, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29749479 on 09/04/2020 (858 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Tourniquet device
Patent No. D975277

Inventor(s): Jeff Cain (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): PRECISION TRAUMA, LLC (Fortson, GA)
Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29757421 on 11/05/2020 (796 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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