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

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of July 25, 2023, 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

114 patents granted

Ranked No. 9 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 14
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 12
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 2
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 1
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 9
G: PHYSICS 40
H: ELECTRICITY 30
DESIGN 6

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 15
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 6
Capital One Services (Mclean, VA) 5
Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson) 5
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 4
Bank of America (Charlotte, NC) 3
Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) 3
Toyota Motor North America (Plano) 3

UNASSIGNED 6

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Darrell Lee Morehouse, III (Bedford) 2
David A. Carlson (Haslet) 2
David Andrew Prater (Hurst) 2
Eric Stephen Olson (Fort Worth) 2
Imran Karim (Frisco) 2
Keith R. Mowery (Plano) 2
Ken Hackenberg (Plano) 2
Nguyen T. Ho (Highland Village) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Automated poultry watering system
Patent No. 11707053 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Shane M. Gaffney (Milford, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17333604 on 05/28/2021 (788 days app to issue)

Abstract: An automated poultry watering system includes a hollow water tank having a bottom wall, at least one outer wall and an open top in communication within an internal water reservoir. Mounted on the outer wall are a plurality of watering stations for providing fresh water to poultry. Each watering station includes a bowl and a spring-biased lever that, when depressed, opens a valve to allow water from the reservoir to flow into the bowl. Within the reservoir is a refill valve that replenishes the tank with water from a municipal water source whenever the water level drops below a predetermined level.

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

Display system
Patent No. 11707143 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Larry Johnson (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): BOX BROKERS, INC. (Brea, CA)
Law Firm: Innovation Capital Law Group, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17380778 on 07/20/2021 (735 days app to issue)

Abstract: A display includes a riser and a cap where articles, such as jewelry elements and their holders, can be placed. The riser has a riser base and a riser side and the cap includes a cap side and a cap platform, wherein the cap side is in at least one of sliding and removable engagement with the riser side. In an alternative embodiment, the riser has a riser guide coupled with the riser side or the riser base, and the display further includes a drawer. The drawer has a drawer top, a drawer side, a drawer side guide coupled with the drawer side, and a drawer top guide. The cap has a cap platform and, at least one of a groove in the cap platform and a cap platform wide coupled with the cap platform. The groove and/or the cap platform guide is in at least one of sliding and removable engagement with the drawer top guide. In yet another embodiment, the display further includes removable light fixtures having light emitting diodes.

[A47F] SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS, OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS

Methods, devices and systems for cleaning an imaging element with a translatable cleaning element
Patent No. 11707189 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Jonathan Richmond Hearn (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): ClearCam Inc. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: IVC Patent Agency (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17979186 on 11/02/2022 (265 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device operable to clean an imaging element of a visualization scope comprises a visualization scope engagement body, a cleaning element having a first end portion thereof located adjacent to a distal end of the visualization scope engagement body and a cleaning head attached to the visualization scope engagement body at the distal end thereof. The first end portion of the cleaning element is engaged with the cleaning head. The cleaning head is movable between a deployed configuration relative to the visualization scope engagement body and a retracted configuration relative to the visualization scope engagement body. A centerline longitudinal axis of the visualization scope engagement body extends through the cleaning head when the cleaning head is in the deployed configuration and does not extend through the cleaning head when the cleaning head is in the retracted configuration. The cleaning element is movable for cleaning debris from the imaging element.

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

Powered prosthesis with torque dense, low ratio actuation
Patent No. 11707366 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Robert D. Gregg (Richardson, TX), Siavash Rezazadeh (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16398895 on 04/30/2019 (1547 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a powered prosthesis. In one embodiment, the powered prosthesis may include a first joint actuator; a second joint actuator; a connector to connect the first joint actuator with the second joint actuator; and a power source connected with both the first and second joint actuator; wherein the first joint actuator and the second joint actuator are both at least backdrivable and configured such that when one of the first or second joint actuator is drawing power from the power source, the other of the first or second joint actuator may be generating power for the power source. In some embodiments, the first motor is at least a high output torque motor. In other embodiments, the second motor is at least a high output torque motor.

[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]

Stents and related methods
Patent No. 11707370 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Bryan K. Elwood (Arlington, TX), Thomas Patrick Robinson (Addison, TX), Zeke Eller (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (South Jordan, UT)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16994260 on 08/14/2020 (1075 days app to issue)

Abstract: Stents are disclosed herein. In some embodiments stents within the scope of this disclosure may comprise a first flared end and second flared end. In some embodiments, a profile of each of the first flared end and the second flared end may circumscribe a portion of separate elliptical arcs. In some embodiments, the stents are formed from braided or woven wires having a constant pitch along a middle region and continuously varying pitches along the first flared end and the second flared end. Methods of manufacturing stents are disclosed herein. Methods of using stents are also disclosed herein.

Cosmetic compositions and methods
Patent No. 11707427 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Michael Frushour (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17302223 on 04/27/2021 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: The current disclosure relates to a combination of ingredients including [i]Plumeria alba [/i](Frangipani) flower extract and salicylic acid. The composition can further contain hydroxyacetophenone, titanium dioxide, and/or carrageenan. This combination of components has been shown to be useful as a cleansing composition that is effective for reducing sebum, increasing clarity of the skin, and for improving the appearance of the skin by reducing shine and pore size. This combination of components has further been shown to be useful for reducing irritation and inflammation in 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)

Theacrine-based supplement and method of use thereof in a synergistic combination with caffeine
Patent No. 11707465 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Shawn Wells (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Ortho-Nutra LLC (Morganville, NJ)
Law Firm: Amin Talati Wasserman LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17884346 on 08/09/2022 (350 days app to issue)

Abstract: A human dietary supplement comprises theacrine and optionally other compounds that modulate the effects of theacrine. Uses for the theacrine-containing supplement include improvement of at least one of mood, energy, focus, concentration or sexual desire or a reduction of at least one of anxiety or fatigue. A synergistic composition comprises co-administration of theacrine and caffeine, wherein the co-administered caffeine reduces theacrine oral clearance (CL/F) and oral volume of distribution (Vd/F). In addition, the co-administered caffeine increases area under the plasma concentration time curve (AUC) of theacrine, and increases theacrine maximum plasma concentration (C[subscript]max[/subscript]) in comparison with the corresponding pharmacokinetic parameters when theacrine is administered alone.

Miniaturized device to sterilize surfaces from Covid-19 and other viruses and bacteria
Patent No. 11707546 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Solyman Ashrafi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NXGEN PARTNERS IP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17039502 on 09/30/2020 (1028 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for sterilizing biological material comprising beam generation circuitry for generating a radiating wave having radiating energy therein at a predetermined frequency therein. A controller controls the radiating wave generation at the predetermined frequency. The predetermined frequency equals a resonance frequency of a particular biological material and is determined responsive to a plurality of parameters from an influenza virus. The predetermined frequency induces a mechanical resonance vibration at the resonance frequency of the particular biological material within the particular biological material for destroying a capsid of the particular biological material. Radiating circuitry projects the radiating wave on a predetermined location to destroy the particular biological material at the predetermined location.

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

Thermic infusion system dry tube detector
Patent No. 11707580 (Utility)

Inventor(s): James Kevin McCoy (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Life Warmer Inc. (Canton, CT)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16672901 on 11/04/2019 (1359 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for improved controlling of a thermic infusion system having a one tubal segment and a thermal element to heat an infusion fluid carried within the tubal segment, and having at least one sensor positioned within the thermic infusion system comprising regulating energy provided to the sensor for a first period of time to sense a self-heating effect of the at least one sensor due to a dry tube; responsive to detecting a dry tube, preventing energizing the thermal element; responsive to detecting a non-dry tube, regulating energy provided to the sensor for a second period of time to sense a temperature of an infusion fluid carried within the at least one tubal segment.

[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]

Ingestible device for delivery of therapeutic agent to the gastrointestinal tract
Patent No. 11707610 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Pejman Rahimian (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): BIORA THERAPEUTICS, INC. (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17784453 on 12/11/2020 (956 days app to issue)

Abstract: Ingestible devices can directly deliver therapeutic agents to desired tissue(s) of the GI tract of a subject, such as the submucosa, the mucosa, and/or the mucus layer of the GI tract, and methods of using the same. The ingestible devices can deliver therapeutic agents in a safe, effective, and reliable manner. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions for use in methods of treating a disease or condition in a subject in need thereof.

[A61J] CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE

Aerodynamic golf club head
Patent No. 11707652 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Jeffrey J. Albertsen (Plano, TX), Marc Schmidt (Dallas, TX), Michael Scott Burnett (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC. (Carlsbad, CA)
Law Firm: Dawsey Co., LPA (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17485977 on 09/27/2021 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aerodynamic golf club head having body attributes that impart beneficial aerodynamic properties.

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

Golf club head or other ball striking device having reinforced sole
Patent No. 11707658 (Utility)

Inventor(s): William C. Knight (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (Phoenix, AZ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17249453 on 03/02/2021 (875 days app to issue)

Abstract: A head for a ball striking device includes a bracing member connected to an upper sole surface located on the sole of the body opposite the bottom sole surface. The bracing member includes a first end connected to a first point on the upper sole surface, a second end connected to a second point on the upper sole surface spaced from the first point, and a bridge portion extending between the first and second ends. The bridge portion extends upward from the upper sole surface and is spaced from the upper sole surface. The bridge portion may be formed by one or more trusses, and may define a generally triangular shape in one embodiment. The first and second ends may be connected to the upper sole surface using a variety of techniques, e.g., welding or other integral joining technique, integral forming, adhesive or other bonding material, or other technique.

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

Interface display for infusion module
Patent No. 11709580 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Claire Knight (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): CAREFUSION 303, INC. (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17343641 on 06/09/2021 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: A medication delivery module is mounted to a patient care device, and a first graphic representative of the first medication delivery module is displayed on a display screen of the device, wherein the first graphic includes an information display area for display of infusion information associated with the first medication delivery module, and a status indicator for display of status information associated with the medication delivery module. Responsive to the indication, the status indicator is dynamically orienting such that the status indicator is displayed on a side of the first graphic nearest the coupling of the first medication delivery module. Infusion information from the first medication delivery module is displayed within the display area of the first graphic.

Patient video monitoring systems and methods for thermal detection of liquids
Patent No. 11710320 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Derek del Carpio (Corinth, TX), Kenneth W. Chapman (Lewisville, TX), Steven Gail Johnson (Highland Village, TX)
Assignee(s): CareView Communications, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Meister Seelig Fein LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17308282 on 05/05/2021 (811 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for monitoring a patient in a patient area having one or more detection zones, the system comprising one or more cameras, a user interface, and a computing system configured to receive a chronological series of frames from the one or more cameras, identify liquid candidates by comparing a current frame with a plurality of previous frames of the chronological series, determine locations of the liquid candidates, identify thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, determine types of liquids of the liquid candidates based on the locations and thermal signatures of the liquid candidates, and generate an alert with the user interface corresponding to the determined types of liquids.

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

Liquid distribution systems and methods
Patent No. 11707696 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Ian Buttridge (Garland, TX), Kyeongho Jeong (Seoul, , KR)
Assignee(s): GTI Solutions International LLC (Flower Mound, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17396745 on 08/08/2021 (716 days app to issue)

Abstract: A liquid distribution assembly includes a plate to collect liquid and a plurality of liquid distributors coupled to the plate. Each liquid distributor of the plurality of liquid distributors includes a conduit extending down from the plate. Liquid is to flow internal to the conduit from the plate. Each liquid distributor also includes a dome coupled to the conduit at an end of the conduit distal from the plate. The conduit defines openings disposed where the dome is coupled to the conduit permitting the liquid to flow from the conduit to the dome. The liquid is to flow over an edge of the dome.

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

Filter element integrated seal profile
Patent No. 11707703 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Darrell Lee Morehouse, III (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Law Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16859137 on 04/27/2020 (1184 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated seal member includes an at least partially annular body defining a longitudinal axis, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction. The at least partially annular body includes a mounting portion, a sealing portion including at least one top sealing feature and at least one bottom sealing feature, and an apertured connecting portion that extends radially outwardly from the mounting portion to the sealing portion.

Filtration media packs produced using additive manufacturing
Patent No. 11707892 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Darrell Lee Morehouse, III (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17167410 on 02/04/2021 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a filter medium includes providing a computer-readable three-dimensional model of the filter medium including a plurality of segments, each segment of the three-dimensional model being configured to be converted into a plurality of slices that each define a cross-sectional layer of the filter medium, each segment including an undulating layer extending along a predetermined direction that is different than the predetermined direction of the undulating layer of the other segment; and successively forming each layer of the filter medium by additive manufacturing.

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

Method for compactly folding paper and product
Patent No. 11707905 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Ruben Luviano (Forth Worth, TX), Tom Miller (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Platinum Press, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17741435 on 05/10/2022 (441 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of folding a sheet of paper. The method includes folding a strip of paper about in half to form a first folded strip. The method also includes folding the first folded strip about a point that is about two-thirds a length of the first folded strip to form a second folded strip including an exposed portion that is about a third the length of the first folded strip. The method also includes folding the second folded strip about in half to form a third folded strip. The method also includes before folding the third folded strip, applying a spot of glue on the third folded strip. The method also includes folding the third folded strip about in half to form a fourth folded strip.

[B31D] MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C (manufacture by dry processes of articles made from particles or fibres consisting of wood or other lignocellulosic or like organic material B27N; making layered products not composed wholly of paper or cardboard B32B; making articles from cellulosic fibrous suspensions, e.g. wood pulp, D21J)

Priority-based energy transfer
Patent No. 11708001 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17700387 on 03/21/2022 (491 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, an energy transfer request from a charging station, determining, by the server, a current priority level of the at least one transport within an accessible range of the charging station, and responsive to the current priority level being below a threshold, sending an instruction to the at least one transport to transfer energy to the charging station based on the energy transfer request.

[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]

Systems and methods for preventing an operation of a car application that reduces a quality of service of a computer system of a vehicle
Patent No. 11708049 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Baekgyu Kim (Mountain View, CA), Nejib Ammar (Sunnyvale, CA), Prashant Tiwari (Santa Clara, 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: 17167613 on 02/04/2021 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for preventing an operation of a car application that causes a quality of service of an operation of a computer system of a vehicle to be reduced below a threshold can include receiving, from a separate source, a value indicative of the quality of service of the operation of the computer system during the operation of the car application in conjunction with the operation of the computer system. The method can include determining an existence of a condition. The condition can be that the value is less than the threshold. The method can include causing, in response to a determination of a lack of the condition, the car application to be in a condition to be operated on the vehicle. The method can include preventing, in response to a determination of the existence of the condition, the car application from being in the condition to be operated.

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

Detecting an object outside of a field of view
Patent No. 11708070 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Chang-Heng Wang (Mountain View, CA), Onur Altintas (Mountain View, CA), Takayuki Shimizu (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17002935 on 08/26/2020 (1063 days app to issue)

Abstract: A message can be received from a first object. The message can include information about a position of the first object. An electromagnetic energy can be caused to be transmitted in a direction of the first object at a time in which the first object is in motion. A reflection of the electromagnetic energy can be received from the direction of the first object. A first possible position of a second object can be determined based on the reflection of the electromagnetic energy having traveled entirely along a path defined by a line formed by the first object and the vehicle. A second possible position of the second object can be determined based on the reflection of the electromagnetic energy having traveled along a path outside of the line. An actual position of the second object being the second possible position of the second object can be determined.

[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]

Discharge gate arrangements for railroad hopper cars
Patent No. 11708095 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Caglar Ozerdim (Dallas, TX), Peter L. Jones (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Gunderson LLC (Portland, OR)
Law Firm: Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung Stenzel LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17160721 on 01/28/2021 (908 days app to issue)

Abstract: A railroad hopper car having a single cargo-receiving hopper extending over substantially the length of a car body having a cargo discharge portion occupying most of the available distance between the wheeled trucks supporting opposite ends of the car body. The car has no pair of slope sheets separating longitudinally-adjacent hoppers and defining unusable space beneath the slope sheets, and so the overall length of such a hopper car capable of carrying a desired volume of cargo can be less than that of one with multiple separate hoppers. Cargo discharge openings are arrayed along the length of the cargo discharge portion, and a unitary multi-gate assembly is supported within the cargo discharge portion of the car body so as to be movable longitudinally of the car body to open or close all of the cargo discharge openings simultaneously.

[B61D] BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES (vehicles in general B60; adaptation of vehicles to special systems B61B; underframes B61F)

Friction welded raceways for use in rotorcraft propulsion assemblies
Patent No. 11708156 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Charles Hubert Speller (Flower Mound, TX), Ezra Mike Tiprigan (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17506058 on 10/20/2021 (643 days app to issue)

Abstract: A propulsion assembly for a rotorcraft includes a raceway having a tapered inner surface and a mast configured to receive the raceway at a raceway receiving station. The mast has a tapered outer surface at the raceway receiving station. The propulsion assembly includes a mast bearing assembly having a plurality of bearings facing the mast to engage the raceway. The tapered inner surface of the raceway is friction welded to the tapered outer surface of the mast at the raceway receiving station to form a tapered friction weld line.

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

Avionic sliding rack
Patent No. 11708173 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Mark Tentinger (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16536086 on 08/08/2019 (1447 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mounting rail system for a console of an aircraft includes a pair of mounting rails. The first mounting rail is secured to the console and includes a first track with a pair of threaded faces that are configured to receive a first fastener. The second mounting rail is secured to the console opposite the first mounting rail and includes a second track with a pair of threaded faces that are configured to receive a second fastener. The mounting rail system includes a first mounting bracket configured to be secured to the first mounting rail via the first fastener and a second mounting bracket configured to be secured to the second mounting rail via the second fastener.

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

Lumber handling and cutting apparatus
Patent No. 11708222 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Mark K. Gipson (Justin, TX), Ronald E. Findley (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, IL)
Law Firm: Neal, Gerber Eisenberg LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16855490 on 04/22/2020 (1189 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a lumber handling and cutting apparatus, including an incoming material conveyor assembly, a material infeed assembly adjacent to the incoming material conveyor assembly, a cutting assembly adjacent to the material infeed assembly, a material outfeed assembly adjacent to the cutting assembly, an outgoing material conveyor assembly adjacent to the cutting assembly, and a printer assembly adjacent to the incoming material conveyor assembly and the material infeed assembly.

[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)

Elastomeric bearing monitoring system
Patent No. 11709113 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Brian E. Tucker (Fort Worth, TX), Bryan K. Baskin (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Frost Brown Todd LLP (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17370783 on 07/08/2021 (747 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for monitoring of elastomeric bearings is described. A pattern or shape can be applied to a joint comprising elastomeric material. A camera can be disposed such that it can capture photographs or video of the pattern and how it deforms under torque and other stresses. Actual deformation of the shape/pattern can be compared to an expected deformation to gauge levels of degradation of the elastomeric material or other joint components.

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

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

Systems and methods for mechanosynthesis
Patent No. 11708384 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Tait Takatani (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CBN Nano Technologies Inc. (Ottawa, , CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17531998 on 11/22/2021 (610 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for mechanosynthesis are disclosed, including those that avoid the need for a bootstrap process, avoid the need to build tips via mechanosynthesis, avoid the need for charging tips with feedstock during a build sequence, avoid the need to dispose of reaction byproducts, which reduce the design complexity of new tips, and/or which reduce or avoid the need for multiple positional means and/or tip switching.

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

Method and apparatus for treating and producing non-wine alcoholic beverages with reduced noxious constituents
Patent No. 11708550 (Utility)

Inventor(s): David Meadows (Colleyville, TX), Howard Ketelson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Purewine Inc. (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16920878 on 07/06/2020 (1114 days app to issue)

Abstract: Treating a non-wine alcoholic beverage including: exposing the non-wine alcoholic beverage to an ion exchange matrix. The ion exchange matrix includes a mixture of cation exchange media and anion exchange media that includes: (1) cation exchange media that are in hydrogen form, (2) cation exchange media that are in mineral form comprising potassium mineral form, (3) anion exchange media that are in hydroxide form, and (4) anion exchange media that are in chloride mineral form. The exposing results in: binding ions of the mixture to one or more cationic or anionic constituents present in the pretreated beverage, reducing concentrations of the one or more cationic or anionic constituents in the beverage and maintaining a conductivity value of the treated beverage equal to or greater than the pretreated beverage”s conductivity value. An apparatus for treating a non-wine alcoholic beverage and a treated non-wine alcoholic beverage prepared by a process are also disclosed.

[C12H] PASTEURISATION, STERILISATION, PRESERVATION, PURIFICATION, CLARIFICATION, AGEING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OR REMOVAL OF ALCOHOL THEREFROM (deacidifying wine C12G 1/10; preventing winestone precipitation C12G 1/12; simulation ageing by flavouring C12G 3/06) [6]

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

3D printed tool with integral stress concentration zone
Patent No. 11708739 (Utility)

Inventor(s): James Dan Vick, Jr. (Dallas, TX), Kevin Robin Passmore (McKinney, TX), Robert Arthur Rademaker (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17177313 on 02/17/2021 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: A subsurface tool adapted to extend within a wellbore includes an integrally formed single-component body that defines an external surface and an internal chamber isolated from the external surface. When the tool is subjected to one or more stresses, a stress concentration is created within a stress zone of the single-component body, the stress zone being adjacent the internal chamber.

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

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

Multimode clutch assemblies having engagement status sensors
Patent No. 11708155 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Charles Eric Covington (Colleyville, TX), Chia-Wei Su (Lewisville, TX), David Andrew Prater (Hurst, TX), David Bryan Roberts (Bedford, TX), Douglas Andrew Goodwin (Fort Worth, TX), Eric Stephen Olson (Fort Worth, TX), Mic
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17516093 on 11/01/2021 (631 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multimode clutch assembly is positioned in a powertrain of a rotorcraft. The clutch assembly includes a freewheeling unit having a driving mode in which torque applied to the input race is transferred to the output race and an overrunning mode in which torque applied to the output race is not transferred to the input race. A bypass assembly has an engaged position that couples the input and output races of the freewheeling unit. An actuator assembly shifts the bypass assembly between engaged and disengaged positions. An engagement status sensor is configured to determine the engagement status of the bypass assembly. In the disengaged position, the overrunning mode of the freewheeling unit is enabled such that the clutch assembly is configured for unidirectional torque transfer. In the engaged position, the overrunning mode of the freewheeling unit is disabled such that the clutch assembly is configured for bidirectional torque transfer.

[F16D] COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION (gearing for conveying rotation F16H, e.g. fluid gearing F16H 39/00-F16H 47/00); CLUTCHES (dynamo-electric clutches H02K 49/00; clutches using electrostatic attraction H02N 13/00); BRAKES (electrodynamic brake systems for vehicles in general B60L 7/00; dynamo-electric brakes H02K 49/00) [2]

Failsafe multimode clutch assemblies for rotorcraft
Patent No. 11708868 (Utility)

Inventor(s): David Andrew Prater (Hurst, TX), Eric Stephen Olson (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17494356 on 10/05/2021 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: A failsafe multimode clutch assembly positioned in a powertrain of a rotorcraft. The clutch assembly includes a freewheeling having a driving mode in which torque applied to the input race is transferred to the output race and an overrunning mode in which torque applied to the output race is not transferred to the input race. A bypass assembly has an engaged position that couples the input and output races of the freewheeling unit. An actuator assembly uses pressurized lubricating oil to shift the bypass assembly between the engaged position and a disengaged position. A lock assembly enables and disables actuation of the bypass assembly. In the disengaged position, the overrunning mode of the freewheeling unit enables a unidirectional torque transfer mode of the clutch assembly. In the engaged position, the overrunning mode of the freewheeling unit is disabled such that the clutch assembly is configured for bidirectional torque transfer.

High-pressure re-start control algorithm for microchannel condenser with reheat coil
Patent No. 11708981 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Colin Clara (Frisco, TX), Eric Perez (Hickory Creek, TX), Walter E. Davis, II (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17208795 on 03/22/2021 (855 days app to issue)

Abstract: An HVAC system with a reheat coil is described, the system includes a compressor, a micro-channel condenser and an evaporator. A reversing valve is connected to the compressor, the micro-channel condenser and the reheat coil. The reversing valve is used to direct the refrigerant from the compressor to the micro-channel condenser in a normal mode, and to direct the refrigerant from the compressor to the reheat coil in a reheat mode. The reversing valve can be switched from normal mode to reheat mode when a high pressure condition is detected at an input to the micro-channel condenser, and switched back from reheat mode to normal mode when the high pressure condition has resolved or an amount of time has passed. In the normal mode the refrigerant is returned from the reheat coil into a refrigerant line between the evaporator and the compressor through a restrictor.

[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)

Error correction for predictive schedules for a thermostat
Patent No. 11708983 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Janathkumar Manohararaj (Mckinney, TX), Payam Delgoshaei (Addison, TX), Sridhar Venkatesh (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17451627 on 10/20/2021 (643 days app to issue)

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) control device is configured to record a plurality of actual occupancy statuses, to determine a plurality of corresponding predicted occupancy statuses, and to compare the plurality of predicted occupancy statuses to the plurality of actual occupancy statuses. The device is further configured to identify conflicting occupancy statuses based on the comparison. A conflicting occupancy status indicates a difference between an actual occupancy status and a corresponding predicted occupancy status. The device is further configured to identify timestamps corresponding with the conflicting occupancy statuses, to identify historical occupancy statuses corresponding with the identified timestamps, and to update the conflicting occupancy statuses in the predicted occupancy schedule with the historical occupancy statuses.

System for personalized indoor microclimates
Patent No. 11708993 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Keith R. Mowery (Plano, TX), Nguyen T. Ho (Highland Village, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17645397 on 12/21/2021 (581 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network of wireless remote climate sensors in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system permits the creation of personalized microclimates within an enclosed space. In addition to collecting temperature and humidity data, the wireless remote climate sensors can detect whether the enclosed space is occupied by a human. Human detection is made possible by optional cameras, microphones, and gas sensors on the wireless remote climate sensors. As the human moves throughout the enclosed space, the HVAC system is able to track the human”s movement using the wireless remote climate sensors. The HVAC system may adjust airflow to different portions of the enclosed space based on the human”s location. The result is an efficient use of system resources to keep users at their ideal temperature.

System for personalized indoor microclimates
Patent No. 11708994 (Utility)

Drain pan extension
Patent No. 11708998 (Utility)

Inventor(s): John Bauer (Grenada, MS), Michael Denley (Calhoun City, MS)
Assignee(s): Advanced Distributor Products LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17402021 on 08/13/2021 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a drain pan configured to receive liquid condensate from a horizontal evaporator coil above the drain pan and a drain pan extension coupled to the drain pan. A pin on the front and rear sides of the drain pan extension is fitted and movable within a corresponding notch in the front and rear sides of the drain pan. The drain pan extension is securably configurable in a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the drain pan extension extends above the drain pan at a first angle relative to the drain pan. In the second configuration, at least a portion of the drain pan extension extends beyond the left pan side of the drain pan at a second angle, which may be selected for improved capture of liquid condensate from the horizontal evaporator coil.

Method and a system for preventing a freeze event using refrigerant temperature
Patent No. 11709004 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX), Siddarth Rajan (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17123476 on 12/16/2020 (951 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes measuring a saturated suction temperature, receiving actual temperature value reflective of the measured saturated suction temperature, and determining whether the actual temperature value is less than a first pre-determined minimum threshold temperature value. If the actual temperature value is less than the first pre-determined minimum threshold temperature value, initiating a timer to operate for a pre-determined time interval. Determining whether the actual temperature value is less than a second pre-determined minimum threshold temperature value and if the actual temperature value is less the second pre-determined minimum threshold temperature value, initiating the timer to operate for a modified time interval. If the timer has expired, the operation of the compressor is modified.

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

Low-observable projectile
Patent No. 11709041 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Gregory Saltz (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Fitch, Even, Tabin Flannery LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17471089 on 09/09/2021 (684 days app to issue)

Abstract: A radar-absorbing material projectile system including a projectile with an outer layer of radar-absorbing material (RAM). A carrier or armature is disposed around the projectile, protecting the layer of RAM during the firing sequence. In some embodiments the carrier is a discarding carrier which falls away after firing, rendering the projectile low-observable with regard to radar detection due to the layer of RAM.

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

P H Y S I C S

User controlled directional interface processing
Patent No. 11709067 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Brian D. Owens (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Goodhue, Coleman Owens, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17093368 on 11/09/2020 (988 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for processing directional feedback. A free form path is received at a server from a first directional interface utilized by a user. The free form path is converted to directional feedback. The free form path is aligned to available paths communicated by the first directional interface utilizing mapping information to generate the directional feedback. The directional feedback is sent from the server to one or more directional interfaces utilized by one or more users associated with the first directional interface.

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

Automated functional testing systems and methods of making and using the same
Patent No. 11709114 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Myung Ki Kim (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: EcoTech Law Group, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16629574 on 04/06/2018 (1936 days app to issue)

Abstract: An automatic robot control system and methods relating thereto are described. These systems include components such as a touch screen panel (”TSP”) robot controller for controlling a TSP robot, a camera robot controller for controlling a camera robot and an audio robot controller for controlling an audio robot. The TSP robot operates inside a TSP testing subsystem, the camera robot operates inside a camera testing subsystem, and the audio robot operates inside an audio testing subsystem. Inside the audio testing subsystem, an audio signals measurement system, using a bi-directional coupling, controls the operation of the audio robot controller. In this control scheme, a test application controller is designed to control the different types of subsystem robots. Methods relating to TSP, camera, and audio robots, and their controllers, taken individually or in combination, for automatic testing of device functionalities are also described.

[G01M] TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Transition fault testing of functionally asynchronous paths in an integrated circuit
Patent No. 11709203 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Prakash Narayanan (Karnataka, , IN), Prashanth Saraf (Karnataka, , IN), Sundarrajan Rangachari (Karnataka, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17690821 on 03/09/2022 (503 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a test circuit in an integrated circuit to test signal timing of a logic circuit under test in the integrated circuit. The signal timing includes timing measurements to determine if an output of the logic circuit under test changes state in response to a clock signal. The test circuit includes a bit register that specifies which bits of the logic circuit under test are to be tested in response to the clock signal. A configuration register specifies a selected clock source setting from multiple clock source settings corresponding to a signal speed. The selected clock source is employed to perform the timing measurements of the specified bits of the bit register.

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

Noise-mitigated radar system
Patent No. 11709221 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Anil Varghese Mani (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17013910 on 09/08/2020 (1050 days app to issue)

Abstract:

[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

Beamforming hardware accelerator for radar systems
Patent No. 11709248 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Jasbir Singh (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17094338 on 11/10/2020 (987 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions that cause processors to obtain an NM range matrix comprising radar data indexed by velocity and antenna and an MS steering matrix comprising expected phases indexed by antenna and hypothesis angle. For each unique XY range slice corresponding to a particular set of X velocities, processors store the particular range slice in a first buffer. For each unique YZ steering slice corresponding to a particular set of Y antenna, processors store the particular steering slice in a second buffer. The processors perform beamforming operations on the range, steering, and intermediate slices, storing the result in a third buffer as the intermediate slice. After each steering and range slice for the particular set of X velocities has been iterated through, the processors store the intermediate slice as a beamforming slice for the particular set of X velocities and the hypothesis angles.

Asset tracking systems
Patent No. 11709282 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Jason Richard Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX), Stephen Michael Wylie (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (Mclean, VA)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17578590 on 01/19/2022 (552 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes image-based systems and methods for object tracking within an asset area. Some exemplary methods include receiving an indication of a first object entering an asset area and receiving data indicative of a plurality of captured images. The methods also include performing, by at least one processor, object classification of the first object based on one or more of the plurality of captured images. The methods further include determining a first object location of the first object based at least in part on the object classification, and outputting an indication of the first object location.

Heat curable epoxy compositions and transparent heat-cured coatings with durable adhesion prepared therefrom
Patent No. 11709290 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Christopher Thai (Dallas, TX), Haipeng Zheng (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, , FR)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17281053 on 10/03/2019 (1391 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides heat-curable coating compositions for optical articles. The coating compositions include a multifunctional epoxy monomer in combination with a UV absorber. The inclusion of at least one multifunctional epoxy monomer and at least one UV absorber provide epoxy coatings that exhibit excellent adhesion on a variety of lens substrates.

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

Mounting configurations for optical fiber distribution systems
Patent No. 11709330 (Utility)

Inventor(s): David Zhi Chen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Go!Foton Holdings, Inc. (Somerset, NJ)
Law Firm: Lerner David LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16728516 on 12/27/2019 (1306 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cable management unit including a support assembly for mounting a patch panel, such as to a wall. The support assembly may include first and second anchor members adapted to be anchored to the wall, and first and second support arms hingedly coupled to the first and second anchor members at first and second hinge points, respectively. The first and second support arms may be adapted to be coupled to the patch panel. A chassis the patch panel may be supported by the first and second support arms. The first and second support arms may be configured to pivot about the first and second hinge points respectively between storage and access positions. The first and second support arms may extend outward from the wall in the access position and may be substantially parallel to the wall in the storage position.

System and method for controlling an autonomous vehicle
Patent No. 11709501 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Shingo Sugimoto (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16276358 on 02/14/2019 (1622 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for controlling an autonomous vehicle are provided. The method includes identifying a trend for an autonomous vehicle based on autonomous vehicle profiles associated with one or more vehicles within a network, identifying optimal driving conditions for the autonomous vehicle based on the trend; and controlling one or more subsystems of the autonomous vehicle based on the identified optimal driving conditions.

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

Air distribution systems and methods
Patent No. 11709510 (Utility)

Inventor(s): David G. Pich (Frisco, TX), Hajo C. M. Siemers (Allen, TX), Jason T. Letterman (McKinney, TX), Kazim C. Demirhan (Garland, TX), Virginia M. Sivie (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC (Milwauke, WI)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17334932 on 05/31/2021 (785 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system including a sensor system configured to detect heat indications within a plurality of areas of a conditioned space, wherein the sensor system comprise a thermal light detector, and a controller configured to receive feedback from the sensor system and, based on the feedback, control airflow distribution, via an airflow distribution system, such that airflow management for each of the plurality of areas is individually correlated to a heat indication detected for the respective area.

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

Non-linear load line for a multiphase voltage regulator
Patent No. 11709513 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Shea Petricek (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Renesas Electronics America Inc. (Milpitas, CA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17882232 on 08/05/2022 (354 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more embodiments relate to a multi-phase voltage regulator with AVP or droop configured to implement a non-linear load line. According to certain aspects, the non-linear load line can have a non-linear or zero slope in a first current/voltage region and a constant non-zero slope in second current/voltage region. In embodiments, the non-linear or zero slope region can specify that for any value of output current in that region, the output voltage will be the same predetermined value. The non-zero slope region can specify that for any value of the output current in that region, output current will be multiplied by a constant non-zero droop resistance value.

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

Method and apparatus for managing global chip power on a multicore system on chip
Patent No. 11709534 (Utility)

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: 17202557 on 03/16/2021 (861 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to at least one example embodiment, a method and corresponding apparatus for controlling power in a multi-core processor chip include: accumulating, at a controller within the multi-core processor chip, one or more power estimates associated with multiple core processors within the multi-core processor chip. A global power threshold is determined based on a cumulative power estimate, the cumulative power estimate being determined based at least in part on the one or more power estimates accumulated. The controller causes power consumption at each of the core processors to be controlled based on the determined global power threshold. The controller may directly control power consumption at the core processors or may command the core processors to do so.

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

Data migration for memory operation
Patent No. 11709613 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Patrick A. La Fratta (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Holland Hart LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17580305 on 01/20/2022 (551 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for performing data migration operations are disclosed. An apparatus may include at least two interfaces, a first interface supporting data migration operations and a second interface supporting access operations associated with a host device. In some cases, the access operations may be a signal or protocol according to an industry standard or specification (e.g., a DRAM interface specification). The second interface may facilitate supporting industry standard applications, while the first interface supporting data migration operations may provide improved bandwidth for migrating data within the apparatus. The apparatus may include a buffer coupled with the interface and a bank cluster including two or more banks of memory cells. When a host device addresses a bank of the bank cluster, the apparatus may perform one or more data migration operations using the buffer and a different bank of the bank cluster.

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

Implementing 128-bit SIMD operations on a 64-bit datapath
Patent No. 11709674 (Utility)

Inventor(s): David A. Carlson (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd. (Singapore, , SG)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17072378 on 10/16/2020 (1012 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of implementing a processor architecture and corresponding system includes operands of a first size and a datapath of a second size. The second size is different from the first size. Given a first array of registers and a second array of registers, each register of the first and second arrays being of the second size, selecting a first register and corresponding second register from the first array and the second array, respectively, to perform operations of the first size. This allows a user, who is interfacing with the hardware processor through software, to provide data of the datapath bit-width instead of the register bit-width. Advantageously, the user is agnostic to the size of the registers.

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

Look-up table initialize
Patent No. 11709677 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Dheera Balasubramanian Samudrala (Richardson, TX), Duc Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Rama Venkatasubramanian (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17577482 on 01/18/2022 (553 days app to issue)

Abstract: A digital data processor includes an instruction memory storing instructions specifying a data processing operation and a data operand field, an instruction decoder coupled to the instruction memory for recalling instructions from the instruction memory and determining the operation and the data operand, and an operational unit coupled to a data register file and to an instruction decoder to perform a data processing operation upon an operand corresponding to an instruction decoded by the instruction decoder and storing results of the data processing operation. The operational unit is configured to perform a table write in response to a look up table initialization instruction by duplicating at least one data element from a source data register to create duplicated data elements, and writing the duplicated data elements to a specified location in a specified number of at least one table and a corresponding location in at least one other table.

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

Systems and methods for integrating script development and script validation platforms based on detected dependency branches in script code
Patent No. 11709757 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Balaji Kobula Madhavan (Prosper, TX), Robin Jose Kurian (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18180208 on 03/08/2023 (139 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods provide for an integrated script development and script validation platform. The integrated script development and script validation platform archives data in a way such that the dependencies between contributions of code strings (e.g., script sets) are detected and recorded. That is, the systems and methods detect dependency branches in the script code of script sets. By doing so, the systems and methods may identify individual performance characteristics for a given script set as well as determine the overall impact on the application itself.

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

Systems and method for testing computing environments
Patent No. 11709763 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Ajmal Karuthakantakath (Flower Mound, TX), Devi Kiran Gonuguntla (Flower Mound, TX), Maz Jawed Baig (Plano, TX), Palak Mathur (Celina, TX), Raghuram Madiraju (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17532533 on 11/22/2021 (610 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for improving data migration operations including testing and setup of computing environments. In one example, the method may include receiving data for one or more application programming interfaces (APIs). The method may further include generating one or more tests to test the one or more APIs in a first computing environment, testing the APIs, storing the results in a database, and performing a change data capture operation. The method may further include augmenting the one or more tests with the CDC data to generate an updated test. The method may further include testing, using the updated test, a second set of the one or more APIs and comparing the test results. The method may also include outputting a confidence score indicating a correlation between the first environment and the second environment.

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

Streaming engine with early and late address and loop count registers to track architectural state
Patent No. 11709778 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA), Timothy D. Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16916254 on 06/30/2020 (1120 days app to issue)

Abstract: A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor specifies a fixed read only data stream defined by plural nested loops. An address generator produces address of data elements. A steam head register stores data elements next to be supplied to functional units for use as operands. The streaming engine stores an early address of next to be fetched data elements and a late address of a data element in the stream head register for each of the nested loops. The streaming engine stores an early loop counts of next to be fetched data elements and a late loop counts of a data element in the stream head register for each of the nested loops.

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

Streaming engine with multi dimensional circular addressing selectable at each dimension
Patent No. 11709779 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17067986 on 10/12/2020 (1016 days app to issue)

Abstract: A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor may specify a fixed read-only data stream defined by plural nested loops. An address generator produces address of data elements for the nested loops. A steam head register stores data elements next to be supplied to functional units for use as operands. A stream template register independently specifies a linear address or a circular address mode for each of the nested loops.

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

Data input/output operations during loop execution in a reconfigurable compute fabric
Patent No. 11709796 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Bryan Hornung (Plano, TX), Douglas Vanesko (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17402840 on 08/16/2021 (708 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods in which a first flow controller of a first synchronous flow may receive an instruction to execute a first loop using the first synchronous flow. The first flow controller may determine a first iteration index for a first iteration of the first loop. The first flow controller may send, to a first compute element of the first synchronous flow, a first synchronous message to initiate a first synchronous flow thread for executing the first iteration of the first loop. The first synchronous message may comprise the iteration index. The first compute element may execute an input/output operation at a first location of a first compute element memory indicated by the first iteration index.

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

System and method for implementing a contract data management module
Patent No. 11709813 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Ilya Slavin (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Greenblum Bernstein, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17344058 on 06/10/2021 (775 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for automatic generation of a data tree structure are disclosed. A database stores contract metadata associated with a plurality of contracts. The metadata includes relationship information data regarding parentage and/or child relationship between a particular contract and other contracts among the plurality of contracts. A processor operatively connects to the database via a communication network and accesses the database via the communication network to retrieve the contract metadata including the relationship information data. The processor also implements a search engine; stores the retrieved contract metadata including the relationship information data onto the search engine for creating a linkage between data points; and automatically generates, based on the created linkage between the data points, both an application programming interface (API) and a data tree structure that displays inter-dependency between two or more sets of contracts among the plurality of contracts.

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

Access enhancements for network based interactive planning systems
Patent No. 11709861 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Timothy Clark (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Aptima, Inc. (Woburn, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17091907 on 11/06/2020 (991 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interactive planning system is provided to allow a user to create and manage plans in online, offline, and intermittent connectivity environments. In some embodiments, the interactive planning system comprises a mobile, web-based application with an in-browser database configured to allow the user to create and manage plans in an offline environment and synchronize the plan when online connectivity is restored. In some embodiments, the interactive planning system comprises a fitness planning system configured to allow users to create and manage physical fitness plans in online, offline, and intermittent connectivity environments; to provide instructors the ability to enter fitness plan attributes, detail focus areas and timeframe for fitness plans; to provide instructors the ability to highlight macro-level phases to inform plan analytics; and to provide an ability to share programs to groups.

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

Energy-efficient memory systems and methods
Patent No. 11709911 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Robert Michael Muchsel (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: North Weber Baugh LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16590258 on 10/01/2019 (1393 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods that increase the utilization and performance of computational resources, such as storage space and computation time, thereby, reducing computational cost. Various embodiments of the invention provide for a hardware structure that allows both streaming of source data that eliminates redundant data transfer and allows for in-memory computations that eliminate requirements for data transfer to and from intermediate storage. In certain embodiments, computational cost is reduced by using a hardware structure that enables mathematical operations, such as element-wise matrix multiplications employed by convolutional neural networks, to be performed automatically and efficiently.

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

Surgical product supply system and method
Patent No. 11710006 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Ian Robertson (Richardson, TX), Jason Catchings (Richardson, TX), Paul J. Vasta (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: 17726964 on 04/22/2022 (459 days app to issue)

Abstract: A surgical product supply system includes a cart having a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment has first, second, third and fourth walls. The first and second walls are constructed of radio-reflective material and the third and fourth walls are constructed of a radio-absorptive material. The first compartment has a first storage area. A first RFID antenna array is attached to the first wall and is positioned within the first storage area. The first RFID antenna array includes a first plurality of RFID antennas. A second RFID antenna array is attached to the second wall and is positioned within the first storage area. The second RFID antenna array includes a second plurality of RFID antennas. The first RFID antenna is offset relative to the second RFID antenna such that opposing central axes of the first and second RFID antennas are not colinear.

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

Fault detectable and tolerant neural network
Patent No. 11710030 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Mihir Narendra Mody (Bengaluru, , IN), Prithvi Shankar Yeyyadi Anantha (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16556733 on 08/30/2019 (1425 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hardware neural network engine which uses checksums of the matrices used to perform the neural network computations. For fault correction, expected checksums are compared with checksums computed from the matrix developed from the matrix operation. The expected checksums are developed from the prior stage of the matrix operations or from the prior stage of the matrix operations combined with the input matrices to a matrix operation. This use of checksums allows reading of the matrices from memory, the dot product of the matrices and the accumulation of the matrices to be fault corrected without triplication of the matrix operation hardware and extensive use of error correcting codes. The nonlinear stage of the neural network computation is done using triplicated nonlinear computational logic. Fault detection is done in a similar manner, with fewer checksums needed and correction logic removed as compared to the fault correction operation.

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

Unsupervised machine learning system to automate functions on a graph structure
Patent No. 11710033 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Ronnie J. Morris (Mesquite, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16006559 on 06/12/2018 (1869 days app to issue)

Abstract: Machine learning models, semantic networks, adaptive systems, artificial neural networks, convolutional neural networks, and other forms of knowledge processing systems are disclosed. An ensemble machine learning system is coupled to a graph module storing a graph structure, wherein a collection of entities and the relationships between those entities forms nodes and connection arcs between the various nodes. A hotfile module and hotfile propagation engine coordinate with the graph module or may be subsumed within the graph module, and implement the various hot file functionality generated by the machine learning systems.

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

System and method for the contextualization of molecules
Patent No. 11710049 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Roy Tal (Dallas, TX), Sam Christian Macer (Leicestershire, , GB), Zygimantas Jocys (Hove, , GB)
Assignee(s): RO5 INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Galvin Patent Law LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17972512 on 10/24/2022 (274 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method that given one or more input molecules, produces a contextualized summary of characteristics of related target molecules, e.g., proteins. Using a knowledge graph which is populated with all known molecules, input molecules are analyzed according to various similarity indexes which relate the input molecules to target proteins or other biological entities. The knowledge graph may also comprise scientific literature, governmental data (FDA clinical phase data), private research endeavors (general assays, etc.), and other related biological data. The summary produced may comprise target proteins that satisfy certain biological properties, general assay results (ADMET characteristics), related diseases, off-target molecule interactions (non-targeted molecules involved in a specific pathway or cascade), market opportunities, patents, experiments, and new hypothesis.

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

Augmented reality dynamic authentication
Patent No. 11710110 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Manu J. Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16733551 on 01/03/2020 (1299 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for performing authorization of a user in an augmented reality environment comprises an augmented reality user device, an automatic teller machine, and an authentication server. The automatic teller machine has a keypad with unmarked buttons. The augmented reality user device includes a display configured to overlay virtual objects onto a field of view of a user. The augmented reality user device receives a virtual keypad overlay, which assigns values to the unmarked buttons of the keypad. Using the overlay, the augmented reality user device displays the assigned values on the buttons of the keypad. The automatic teller machine detects an input sequence entered on the keypad and sends the input sequence to the authentication server. The authentication server determines an authentication code by combining the input sequence with the virtual keypad overlay, and compares the determined authentication code with an authentication code stored in a database.

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

System and method for activity summary and product promotion
Patent No. 11710149 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Danielle McDowell (Indianapolis, IN), David Kerr (Carmel, IN)
Assignee(s): BEAUTY SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14194658 on 02/28/2014 (3434 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for facilitating communication between a merchant and a client are provided. An example method may include creating a beautician identification record for a beautician, receiving an information related to an interaction between the beautician and a client, determining at least one product or service for the client from the information, and creating, using a processor, a communication to the client. The communication may include an indication of the at least one product or service. The method may also include sending the prescription to the client. Example systems, apparatuses, and computer readable media are also provided.

[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]

Systems and methods for automatically recommending an item to a customer while shopping at a retail store
Patent No. 11710169 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Ashok Ramaraj (Frisco, TX), Naveen Veloorkumara (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): WALMART APOLLO, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Fitch, Even, Tabin Flannery LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17061180 on 10/01/2020 (1027 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to automatically recommending an item. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for automatically recommending an item to a customer comprising a plurality of items available for purchase; a portable electronic device configured to obtain identifying data corresponding to a first item collected by a user; and a control circuit configured to receive data associated with the first item; determine a location in the retail store of the first item; identify one or more items previously purchased by the user that are located within a threshold proximity to the location; determine a most frequently bought item of the identified one or more items; and cause a portable electronic device to display a suggestion for the user to collect the most frequently bought item and add the most frequently bought item to an electronic shopping list of items to purchase.

Systems, media, and methods for automated response to queries made by interactive electronic chat
Patent No. 11710194 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Benjamin Edward Lamm (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): LIVEPERSON, INC. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Polsinelli LLP (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15691626 on 08/30/2017 (2155 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, media, and methods for automated response to social queries comprising: monitoring queries from users, each query submitted to a vendor via an interactive chat feature of an external electronic communication platform, monitoring human responses to the queries, monitoring subsequent communications conducted via the electronic communication platform until each query is resolved; applying a first machine learning algorithm to the monitored communications to identify a query susceptible to response automation; applying a second machine learning algorithm to the query susceptible to response automation to identify one or more responses likely to resolve the query; and either i) notifying a human to respond to the query susceptible to response automation with the one or more responses likely to resolve the query, or ii) instantiating an autonomous software agent configured to respond to the query susceptible to response automation with the one or more responses likely to resolve the query.

Guide-assisted capture of material data
Patent No. 11710252 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Rohit Ghatol (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Centric Software, Inc. (Campbell, CA)
Law Firm: Aka Chan LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17131662 on 12/22/2020 (945 days app to issue)

Abstract: A material data collection system allows capturing of material data. For example, the material data collection system may include digital image data for materials. The material data collection system may ensure that captured digital image data is properly aligned, so that material data may be easily recalled for later use, while maintaining the proper alignment for the captured digital image. The material data collection system may include using a capture guide, to provide cues on how to orient a mobile device used with the material data collection system.

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

Local physical environment modeling in extended reality environments
Patent No. 11710280 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17402408 on 08/13/2021 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an environmental scanning tool that generates a digital model representing the surroundings of a user of an extended reality head-mounted display device. The environment is imaged in both a depth map and in visible light for some select objects of interest. The selected objects exist within the digital model at higher fidelity and resolution than the remaining portions of the model in order to manage the storage size of the digital model. In some cases, the objects of interest are selected, or their higher fidelity scans are directed, by a remote user. The digital model further includes time stamped updates of the environment such that users can view a state of the environment according to various timestamps.

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

Generating event logs from video streams
Patent No. 11710313 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Avinash Misra (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): SKAN INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Fenwick West LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16991379 on 08/12/2020 (1077 days app to issue)

Abstract: A process mining system performs process mining using visual logs generated from video streams of worker devices. Specifically, for a given worker device, the process mining system obtains a series of images capturing a screen of a worker device while the worker device processes one or more tasks related to an operation process. The process mining system determines activity labels for a plurality of images. An activity label for an image may indicate an activity performed on the worker device when the image was captured. The activity label is determined by extracting information from pixels of the image and inferring the activity of the worker device from the extracted information. The process mining system generates event logs from the visual logs of worker devices and uses the event logs for process mining. NULL

Systems and methods for identifying a presence of a completed document
Patent No. 11710328 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Aaron Attar (Dallas, TX), Gowtham Guduru (McKinney, TX), Joshua Havens (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17576214 on 01/14/2022 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying a presence of a completed document are disclosed. The system may receive an image file from a client device associated with a first document, identify one or more image regions within the image file corresponding to a presence of one or more extractable data entries, selectively extract the one or more extractable data entries, and determine whether the one or more extractable data entries match one or more stored data entries. When the one or more extractable data entries match, the system may determine the status of the first document as completed. When the one or more extractable data entries do not match, the system may proactively replace one or more inconsistent extractable data entries with corresponding stored data entries to form a corrected first document, and generate a request for a client to verify the corrected first document. NULL

Systems and methods for separating ligature characters in digitized document images
Patent No. 11710331 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Douglas Slattery (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16953099 on 11/19/2020 (978 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide for systems and methods of separating characters associated with ligatures in digitized documents. The systems and methods provide for a ligature detection engine configured to identify the ligatures, and a ligature processing engine configured to identify and remove the glyphs attaching the separate characters forming the ligature. NULL

Vehicle-to-vehicle sensor data sharing
Patent No. 11710406 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Risberg (Flower Mound, TX), Devang H. Parekh (Dallas, TX), Felipe G. Salles (Garland, TX), Louis Brugman (Frisco, TX), Nutonya Parker (Dallas, TX), Robert D. Slater (Murphy, TX), Shintaro Iwaasa (Frisco, TX
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16939885 on 07/27/2020 (1093 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of detecting a potential event via sensors on a transport, sending data related to the potential event to other transports within a predefined distance, storing the data at the transports and a server, and performing a transport operation response on the transports.

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

Display system
Patent No. 11710468 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Dan Morgan (McKinney, TX), Jeff Kempf (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17238023 on 04/22/2021 (824 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and method for image generation in a gaze tracking display. A gaze tracking display system includes a graphics processor and display circuitry. The graphics processor is configured to perform foveated rendering of image data, and to output foveated image data. The display circuitry is coupled to the graphics processor. The display circuitry includes a display device and a display controller. The display device is configured to produce a viewable image. The display controller is configured to drive the display device. The display controller includes foveated data reconstruction circuitry configured to produce an image at a resolution of the display device based on the foveated image data received from the graphics processor.

[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]

Internal data availability for system debugging
Patent No. 11710534 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Christian N. Mohr (Allen, TX), Manoj Vijay (Dallas, TX), Scott E. Smith (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17682837 on 02/28/2022 (512 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments presented herein are directed to testing and/or debugging a memory device of a memory module (e.g., a dual in-line memory module (DIMM)) without having to remove the DIMM from a corresponding computing device and without having to interrupt operation of the computing device. A particular memory device (e.g., DRAM) may be identified for testing and/or debugging based on a failure message. However, the failure message may not identify a specific location or hardware of the module that caused the failure. Embodiments presented herein provide techniques to obtain data for analysis to determine and/or deliver a cause of the failure while reducing or eliminating downtime of the computing device. Test modes to do so may include a synchronous test mode, an asynchronous test mode, and an analog compare mode. A test mode may be selected based on the failure or a signal/function of the DRAM to be tested or debugged.

[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)

Virtual quality control system and method
Patent No. 11710548 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Michael J. Doke (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Cornerstone Automation Systems, LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15221881 on 07/28/2016 (2553 days app to issue)

Abstract: A virtual quality control system and a method for virtual quality control of an automated medication fulfillment process are disclosed herein. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a virtual quality control system. In one embodiment, the virtual quality control system includes: (1) a verification controller configured to receive visual verification data and identification data of a verification event and generate comparison data from the identification data, and (2) a verification station configured to send a verification status to the verification controller based on the comparison data, the visual verification data, and input from a verifier. NULL

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Methods and circuitry for analyzing voltages
Patent No. 11709186 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Johan Tjeerd Strydom (Santa Clara, CA), Olivier Trescases (Toronto, , CA), Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17233048 on 04/16/2021 (830 days app to issue)

Abstract: In circuitry for measuring a voltage at a node, a capacitive divider is coupled to the node, wherein the capacitive divider provides a first output. A resistive divider is coupled to the node, wherein the resistive divider provides a second output.

[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]

Time-of-flight estimation using sampling error values
Patent No. 11709276 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Tomas Motos (Hamar, , NO)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17241938 on 04/27/2021 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a first wireless radio frequency (RF) transceiver and a time-of-flight estimator included with or coupled to the first wireless RF transceiver. The time-of-flight estimator estimates a time-of-flight between the first wireless RF transceiver and a second wireless RF transceiver using: a first interval value that indicates an amount of time between when the second wireless RF transceiver received the message and when the second wireless RF transceiver transmitted the response; a first error value that indicates an offset between when the second wireless RF transceiver sampled the message and a target sampling point for the message; a second interval value that indicates an amount of time between when the TX chain sent the message and when the RX chain received the response; and a second error value that indicates an offset between when the RX chain sampled the response and a target sampling point for the response.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Microelectronic package with underfilled sealant
Patent No. 11710672 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Ken Hackenberg (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Akona IP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16504734 on 07/08/2019 (1478 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments may relate to a method of forming a microelectronic package with an integrated heat spreader (IHS). The method may include placing a solder thermal interface material (STIM) layer on a face of a die that is coupled with a package substrate; coupling the IHS with the STIM layer and the package substrate such that the STIM is between the IHS and the die; performing formic acid fluxing of the IHS, STIM layer, and die; and dispensing, subsequent to the formic acid fluxing, sealant on the package substrate around a periphery of the IHS.

[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]

Ultraviolet (UV)-curable sealant in a microelectronic package
Patent No. 11710677 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Ken Hackenberg (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Akona IP PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16505052 on 07/08/2019 (1478 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments may relate to a microelectronic package that includes an integrated heat spreader (IHS) coupled with a package substrate. The microelectronic package may further include a sealant material between the package substrate and the IHS. The sealant material may be formed of a material that cures when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.

Field effect transistors with reduced gate fringe area and method of making the same
Patent No. 11710740 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Hiroyuki Ogawa (Nagoya, , JP), Kiyokazu Shishido (Yokkaichi, , JP), Takahito Fujita (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17496099 on 10/07/2021 (656 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes at least two field effect transistors. A gate strip including a plurality of gate dielectrics and a gate electrode strip can be formed over a plurality of semiconductor active regions. Source/drain implantation is conducted using the gate strip as a mask. The gate strip is divided into gate electrodes after the implantation.

IC with 3D metal-insulator-metal capacitor
Patent No. 11710764 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Haowen Bu (Plano, TX), John Paul Campbell (Dallas, TX), Luigi Colombo (Dallas, TX), Mark Robert Visokay (Dallas, TX), Poornika Fernandes (Murphy, TX), Sagnik Dey (Frisco, TX), Scott Robert Summerfelt (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16020131 on 06/27/2018 (1854 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) including a semiconductor surface layer of a substrate including functional circuitry having circuit elements formed in the semiconductor surface layer configured together with a Metal-Insulator-Metal capacitor (MIM) capacitor on the semiconductor surface layer for realizing at least one circuit function. The MIM capacitor includes a multilevel bottom capacitor plate having an upper top surface, a lower top surface, and sidewall surfaces that connect the upper and lower top surfaces (e.g., a bottom plate layer on a three-dimensional (3D) layer or the bottom capacitor plate being a 3D bottom capacitor plate). At least one capacitor dielectric layer is on the bottom capacitor plate. A top capacitor plate is on the capacitor dielectric layer, and there are contacts through a pre-metal dielectric layer to contact the top capacitor plate and the bottom capacitor plate.

Air system pressure observer control method for fuel cell system
Patent No. 11710838 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Daniel C. Folick (Long Beach, CA), Jared M. Farnsworth (San Francisco, CA), Nobukazu Mizuno (Japan, , JP), Shigeki Hasegawa (Toyota, , 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: 17092095 on 11/06/2020 (991 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for controlling gas flow in a fuel cell circuit includes a fuel cell stack, a pressure sensor, and a valve to adjust a flow of gas through the fuel cell circuit. The system further includes an ECU designed to estimate pressure values of the gas at multiple locations in the fuel cell circuit based on the detected pressure of the gas and based on flow resistance values (including at the valve), the estimated pressure values including an estimated sensor pressure value at a location of the pressure sensor. The ECU is further designed to determine a pressure deviation between the detected pressure and the estimated sensor pressure value. The ECU is further designed to adjust the flow resistance value of the valve to determine a final flow resistance value of the valve that causes the pressure deviation to reach or drop below a threshold deviation amount.

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

Battery pack and a method for charging and cooling the battery pack using an external cooling device
Patent No. 11710868 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Caleb M. Rogers (Lexington, KY)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16891967 on 06/03/2020 (1147 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a battery pack and a method for charging the battery pack externally. The battery pack can include a charging port configured to charge the battery pack, a cooling circuit configured to cool the battery pack in a vehicle, and a cooling interface configured to connect the cooling circuit with an external cooling device that is external to the vehicle. The charging port and the cooling interface can be integrated into a charging port assembly, the cooling interface has an inlet port and an outlet port that have high pressure quick disconnect leakless fittings, and the battery pack is configured to be charged externally via the charging port. The battery pack can include a plurality of isolating devices configured to determine whether the cooling circuit is connected to the external cooling device.

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

Modular battery systems for aircraft
Patent No. 11710877 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Michael Raymond Hull (Fort Worth, TX), Steven Loveland (Keller, TX), Yue Fan (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17327753 on 05/23/2021 (793 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular battery system provides propulsive power to the rotor system of an aircraft. The modular battery system includes an array of battery modules arranged in at least one stack. Each battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a first side having positive and negative receptacles and a second side, that is opposite of the first side, having positive and negative plugs. The receptacles and plugs are configured such that adjacent battery modules in a side-by-side relationship are electrically coupled together via plug and receptacle connections and such that the battery modules are electrically coupled together in parallel. An interconnection electrically couples each stack of battery modules together via plug and receptacle connections with one of the battery modules in each stack such that the stacks of battery modules are electrically coupled together in parallel.

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

Power regulator with variable rate integrator
Patent No. 11711016 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Ammineni Balaji (Pulivendula, , IN), Naman Bafna (Balaghat, , IN), Preetam Charan Anand Tadeparthy (Bangalore, , IN), Sreelakshmi Suresh (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17489782 on 09/30/2021 (663 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples of a system having a proportional-integral control module, an error signal is produced that is indicative of a difference between a reference signal and an output signal. An integral control signal is produced by integrating the error signal using an integrator time constant value. During a steady state condition, a first integrator time constant value is used. When an undershoot in the output signal is detected, the integrator time constant value is increased to a second time constant value that is larger than the first integrator time constant value during the undershoot condition. The integrator time constant value is reduced to a third integrator time constant value that is less than the first integrator time constant value during a period following the undershoot condition.

[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]

Serial bus redriver with trailing edge boost circuit
Patent No. 11711072 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Srijan Rastogi (Bengaluru, , IN), Srikanth Manian (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16905264 on 06/18/2020 (1132 days app to issue)

Abstract: A serial bus re-driver circuit includes an edge detector circuit and a booster circuit. The edge detector circuit is configured to detect a transition of serial bus signal. The booster circuit is coupled to the edge detector circuit, and is configured to switch current to the serial bus signal. The booster circuit includes a leading edge boost pulse generation circuit and a trailing edge boost pulse generation circuit. The leading edge boost pulse generation circuit is configured to switch a first current pulse to the serial bus signal at the transition of the serial bus signal. The trailing edge boost pulse generation circuit is configured to switch a second current pulse to the serial bus signal. The second current pulse is shorter than the first current pulse.

Integrated bus interface fall and rise time accelerator method
Patent No. 11711079 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Huang Huanzhang (Plano, TX), Jonathan Lee Valdez (Bedford, TX), Kyle Edward Addington (Richardson, TX), Michael John Shay (Fairview, TX), Padmakumar Menon Nambiyath (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17506092 on 10/20/2021 (643 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second bus terminals, a pass-gate transistor, first and rising time accelerator (RTA) control circuits, and first and second falling time accelerator (FTA) control circuits. The pass-gate transistor couples between the first and second bus terminals. The first RTA control circuit couples to the first bus terminal, detects a rising edge on the first bus terminal, and accelerates the rising edge on the first bus terminal. The first FTA control circuit couples to the first bus terminal, detects a falling edge on the first bus terminal having a slope below a threshold, and accelerates the falling edge on the first bus terminal. The second RTA and FTA control circuits function similar to the first RTA and FTA control circuits but with respect to the second bus terminal.

System and method for remote monitoring of released individual
Patent No. 11711114 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Stephen Lee Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17829564 on 06/01/2022 (419 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for activating remote monitoring functionality of a personal wireless device associated with a released individual. After incarceration, former inmates are released under a variety of different circumstances, many of which require follow-up check-ins with case managers or other individuals. As part of their release, inmates often agree to multiple restrictions and requirements. In order to better monitor compliance with those requirements, a personal wireless device assigned to the released individual can be programmed with certain rules and automatically trigger when a violation is detected. As a result of a detected violation, the personal wireless device activates certain devices, such as a camera, microphone, etc., to capture data in order to remotely monitor the released individual. A case manager can also manually activate monitoring.

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

Unmanned aerial system communication duplicate registration ID detection and recovery
Patent No. 11711136 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Paul Spencer Dawkins (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TENCENT AMERICA LLC (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: Sughrue Mion, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17489016 on 09/29/2021 (664 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and method may provide unmanned aerial system communication. A method performed by at least one processor included in an unmanned aerial system (UAS) includes: transmitting, to a UAS Service Supplier (USS) implemented on at least one server, a first registration request to register a first remote identification (RID) corresponding to the UAS with the USS; receiving, from the USS, an indication that the first RID is a duplicate RID that is registered with the USS; determining, based on the first RID, a second RID corresponding to the UAS; and transmitting, to the USS, a second registration request to register the second RID.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

System and method for communicating time and frequency tracking signals using configurations for one port CSI-RSS
Patent No. 11711180 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Jialing Liu (Palatine, IL), Murali Narasimha (Lake Oswego, OR), Qian Cheng (Naperville, IL), Weimin Xiao (Hoffman Estates, IL)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17242010 on 04/27/2021 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network controller may configure one or more channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configurations for transmitting RSs to user equipments (UEs) for tracking. A CSI-RS configuration may specify a set of CSI-RS resources for transmitting RSs in two consecutive slots. The set of CSI-RS resources may include a plurality of one-port CSI-RS resources configured according to the CSI-RS configuration. The CSI-RS configuration may specify a quasi co-location (QCL) configuration including a set of QCL parameters, where a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) has a QCL relationship with the RS with respect to the set of QCL parameters. The network controller may signal the one or more CSI-RS configurations to UEs.

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

System and method for transmitting a sub-space selection
Patent No. 11711187 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Bin Liu (San Diego, CA), Pengfei Xia (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17368497 on 07/06/2021 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide techniques for receiving reference signals by a user equipment (UE) from a base station in a downlink channel, as well as transmitting a linear combination index from the UE to the base station. In particular, the linear combination index identifies a combination of beams selected from a set of beams in accordance with the RS.

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

Method to provide broadcast/multicast support in public cloud
Patent No. 11711240 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Andrew Ossipov (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17491199 on 09/30/2021 (663 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques and architecture are described for providing broadcast/multicast support using VXLAN in and among private on-premises/cloud networks and public cloud networks by defining peer groups comprising VXLAN tunnel endpoints (VTEPs) within clustered network security devices. For example, a static peer group comprising two or more virtual extensible local access network (VXLAN) tunnel end points (VTEPs) is defined. The two or more VTEPs may each comprise a data interface of a network security device. Based at least in part on the static peer group, an overlay network comprising the two or more VTEPs is defined. A network security device discovers available VTEPs within the static peer group. The network security device establishes a mesh network of available VTEPs.

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

Secure SD-WAN port information distribution
Patent No. 11711242 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Linda Dunbar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17234504 on 04/19/2021 (827 days app to issue)

Abstract: A Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) edge node is disclosed. The SD-WAN edge node includes edge node SD-WAN ports coupled to untrusted underlay networks. The SD-WAN edge node transmits a first Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) update message advertising WAN (Wide Area Network) properties of the edge node SD-WAN ports to a local controller via an encrypted channel over the untrusted underlay network. The SD-WAN edge node receives a second BGP update message from the local controller, the second BGP update message advertising WAN properties of peer node SD-WAN ports of a peer node. The SD-WAN edge node establishes a security association with the peer node over the untrusted underlay networks based on the WAN properties of the edge node SD-WAN ports and the WAN properties of the peer node SD-WAN ports.

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

Endpoint-assisted access control for network security devices
Patent No. 11711342 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Andrew E. Ossipov (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16746170 on 01/17/2020 (1285 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network security device has at least one Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) access policy that permits traffic to flow to at least one resource associated with at least one FQDN. The network security device receives, from a managed endpoint device, a packet directed to the at least one resource associated with the at least one FQDN. The network security device obtains DNS information associated with the managed endpoint device and, based on the domain name system (DNS) information, substitutes a network address of the at least one resource into the at least one FQDN access policy to open a traffic flow to the at least one resource associated with the at least one FQDN. The network security device then provides the packet to the at least one resource associated with the at least one FQDN.

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

System and method for cloud-based analytics
Patent No. 11711354 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Anoop Kunjuraman Pillai (Plano, TX), Dan Tresnak (Frisco, TX), Jonathan Lee (Frisco, TX), Leonardo Gomide (Addison, TX), Michael Carrillo (Frisco, TX), Raveender Kommera (Flower Mound, TX), Venu Gopal Rao Meda (Plano, TX,
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17355071 on 06/22/2021 (763 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method in accordance with example embodiments may include systems and methods for a cloud-based analytics platform. The cloud-based analytics platform may allow the manual and automatic uploading to and/or downloading from a cloud server. The platform may include single sign-on (SSO) capabilities such that a user may have one set of credentials to access data from the cloud-based analytics and/or data stored locally. The platform may include data validation and processing in order to provide real-time feedback on uploads based on file type, file size, access rights, extracted data, and transformed data.

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

Controlling access to secure information resources using rotational datasets and dynamically configurable data containers
Patent No. 11711369 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17472868 on 09/13/2021 (680 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling access to secure information resources using rotational datasets and dynamically configurable data containers. A computing platform may receive, from a requesting system, a data access request. After authenticating the requesting system, the computing platform may load, using a first data container, first source data from a data track. The computing platform may send the first source data to a second data container. Then, the computing platform may load, using the second data container, second source data from the data track and may produce a first combined dataset. The computing platform may send the first combined dataset to a third data container. Subsequently, the computing platform may load, using the third data container, third source data from the data track and may produce a second combined dataset. Thereafter, the computing platform may send, to the requesting system, the second combined dataset.

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

Systems and methods for understanding identity and organizational access to applications within an enterprise environment
Patent No. 11711374 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Colin Ross (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): vArmour Networks, Inc. (Los Altos, CA)
Law Firm: Carr Ferrell LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17170320 on 02/08/2021 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for understanding identity and organizational access to applications within an enterprise environment are provided. Exemplary methods include collecting data about relationships between applications and metadata associated with the applications in a computing environment of an enterprise, the metadata including information concerning a plurality of users accessing the applications; updating a graph database including nodes representing the applications of the computing environment of the enterprise and edges representing relationships between the applications; enriching the graph database by associating the nodes with metadata associated with the applications and associating user accounts with metadata associated with roles, organizations membership, privileges, and permissions; analyzing the graph database to identify a subset of nodes being accessed by a user of the plurality of users; and displaying, via a graphical user interface, a graphical representation of the subset of nodes and relationships between the nodes in the subset of the nodes.

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

System, method, and computer program product for user network activity anomaly detection
Patent No. 11711391 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Bo Dong (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Visa International Service Association (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: The Webb Law Firm (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17763282 on 10/18/2021 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described are a system, method, and computer program product for user network activity anomaly detection. The method includes receiving network resource data associated with network resource activity of a plurality of users and generating a plurality of layers of a multilayer graph from the network resource data. Each layer of the plurality of layers may include a plurality of nodes, which are associated with users, connected by a plurality of edges, which are representative of node interdependency. The method also includes generating a plurality of adjacency matrices from the plurality of layers and generating a merged single layer graph based on a weighted sum of the plurality of adjacency matrices. The method further includes generating anomaly scores for each node in the merged single layer graph and determining a set of anomalous users based on the anomaly scores.

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

Multiple namespaces support in priority call in IMS network
Patent No. 11711403 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Rick Bianconi (Rowlett, TX), Suprabhat Chatterjee (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Mavenir Systems, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Ruggiero, McAllister McMahon LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17505068 on 10/19/2021 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of call handling when multiple namespaces are present for a call of a priority or emergency call type initiated by a subscriber of a wireless network includes: obtaining, by an originating Proxy Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF), a predetermined precedence order for the multiple namespaces; retrieving, by the originating P-CSCF, each namespace and associated priority from the subscriber”s Registration Context; inserting, by the originating P-CSCF, a SIP Resource-Priority header for each namespace and associated priority; and inserting, by the originating P-CSCF, an additional SIP Resource-Priority header with an additional specified namespace (Multiple Namespace Precedence Order (MNPO)) and priority value identifying the predetermined precedence order for the multiple namespaces. The originating P-CSCF uses the namespace with the highest precedence order to select the appropriate values to fill in Reservation-Priority Attribute-Value Pair (AVP) and Multimedia-priority services (MPS) Identifier AVP in Rx interface signaling to a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF).

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

Image recognition sporting event entry system and method
Patent No. 11711497 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Todd Martin (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18105805 on 02/04/2023 (171 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for image recognition registration of an athlete into a sporting event. The athlete is registered in the sporting event using image recognition technology. A digital commencement image of the athlete taken by a camera ([b]106[/b]) as the athlete crosses a starting line. The digital commencement image is compared with a stored profile image of the athlete to identify the athlete and enter them into the event without the need for the athlete to pre-register for the particular event. Enhanced recognition techniques incorporating pattern recognition may be used to increase identity accuracy.

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

V3C video component track alternatives
Patent No. 11711506 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Youngkwon Lim (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17486648 on 09/27/2021 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor operably coupled to the communication interface. The communication interface receives a plurality of tracks in a compressed bitstream. The processor identifies an atlas track corresponding to a point cloud compression (PCC) component and identifies a set of first component tracks that is referenced by the atlas track and at least one second component track, each of the at least one second component track is an alternative version of a first component track of the set of first component tracks. The processor also determines which of the set of first component tracks and the at least one second component track are appropriate versions of the PCC component. The processor further decodes the appropriate version of the PCC component from among the set of first component tracks and the at least one second component track.

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

Conformable vented eartip
Patent No. 11711661 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Steve Iseberg (Crystal Lake, IL)
Assignee(s): TEAM IP HOLDINGS, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: McAndrews, Held Malloy, Ltd. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17495006 on 10/06/2021 (657 days app to issue)

Abstract: Conformable vented eartips are provided. A comfortable vented eartip includes an ear insertion end, an earphone insertion end opposite the ear insertion end, a base at the ear insertion end extending toward the earphone extension end, a central opening extending through the base to form an inner sound channel through the base, and at least one flange. The at least one flange includes a first flange end extending from the base at an angle away from the base and toward the earphone insertion end at a second flange end. The at least one flange includes at least one swept indent extending between the first flange end and the second flange end. The at least one swept indent sweeps laterally around a portion of a circumference of the at least one flange.

[H04R] LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) [6]

Systems and methods for client device roaming in a wireless network to provide lossless video transmission services
Patent No. 11711714 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Anjaneya Pericharla (Irving, TX), Ganesan Rengaraju (Irving, TX), Srinivasu Yelamarti (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17446997 on 09/07/2021 (686 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive threshold data identifying threshold ranges, and may receive, from a first access point of multiple access points, first network data identifying first quality measurement indicators associated with a first link. The device may determine whether a first quality of the first link is good, fair, or poor based on comparing the first network data and the threshold data, and may provide, to the first access point and when the first quality is determined to be poor, a request for second network data identifying second quality measurement indicators associated with multiple links between the device and the multiple access points. The device may receive, from the first access point, the second network data, and may select one of the multiple access points based on the second network data. The device may utilize a link associated with the one of the multiple access points to receive video data.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Minimizing disruption to a voice call in a mobile network that includes different network segments having different capabilities for supporting voice calls
Patent No. 11711732 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Haibo Qian (Frisco, TX), Michael Anthony Brown (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: Ray Quinney Nebeker P.C (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17324832 on 05/19/2021 (797 days app to issue)

Abstract: A transition region can be defined for a first network segment that can provide wireless communication services using a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT and that supports Internet protocol (IP) packet-based voice calls. The transition region can be defined based at least in part on a first coverage area of the first network segment and a second coverage area of a second network segment that does not support IP packet-based voice calls and does not support a first handoff mechanism based on the first RAT. A network node can be notified about an IP packet-based voice call involving a user equipment (UE) that is receiving service from the first network segment using a first RAT. Upon determining that the UE is located within the transition region, the network node can cause the UE to be switched to a second RAT for the IP packet-based voice call.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Wireless communication handover procedure
Patent No. 11711738 (Utility)

Inventor(s): Lior Gersi (Kfar Saba, , IL), Yaniv Weizman (Tel Aviv Jaffa, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17318303 on 05/12/2021 (804 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes communicating with a remote device using a first access node of an access network; determining, by a centralized stack node of the access network, that a quality of a first wireless communication link between the remote device and the first access node is below a threshold; identifying a second access node in the access network for which a quality of a second wireless communication link between the remote device and the second access node is above the threshold; responsive to identifying the second access node, updating, by a centralized controller of the stack node, an access node identifier associated with a connection with the remote device to be an identifier for the second access node; and communicating with the remote device using the second access node.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

DESIGN PATENTS

Air intake grille
Patent No. D993118 (Design)

Inventor(s): Jon Forrest Acton (Fort Worth, TX), Leannah Marie Nichols (Haslet, TX), Troy Robin McCuller (Argyle, TX), Tu Hoang Do (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29751837 on 09/23/2020 (1035 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Patent No. D993280 (Design)

Inventor(s): Richard Deitch (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: McAndrews Held Malloy, Ltd. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29810456 on 10/05/2021 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Syringe accessories kit for users with limited motor control and strength
Patent No. D993409 (Design)

Inventor(s): William Jeffery Kinney (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Craft Chu PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29800895 on 07/23/2021 (732 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Microneedling device
Patent No. D993412 (Design)

Inventor(s): Imran Karim (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Covalent Group Inc. (Lehi, UT)
Law Firm: Winstead PC (Local + 2 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29787874 on 06/09/2021 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Skin toning device
Patent No. D993429 (Design)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Handheld skin cleansing device
Patent No. D993436 (Design)

Inventor(s): Maoxiang Gong (Shenzhen, , CN)
Assignee(s): BEAUTY BIOSCIENCES LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29822809 on 01/12/2022 (559 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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