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 11, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

89 patents granted
Ranked No. 10 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 6
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 9
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 3
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 5
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 6
G: PHYSICS 22
H: ELECTRICITY 34
DESIGN: 4

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 13
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 6
Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) 4
Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) 4
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 4
Enseo, LLC (Plano) 3
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 3
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin) 2
Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano) 2

UNASSIGNED 6

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Thomas R. Miller (Plano) 3
Vanessa Ogle (Fairview) 3
William C. Fang (Plano) 3
Ariton E. Xhafa (Plano) 2
Anuj Batra (Dallas) 2
Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney) 2
Jason Hoover (Grapevine) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Helmet-based system for improved practice efficiency and athlete safety
Patent No. 11696611

Inventor(s): Austin Price Graham (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Build IP, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17458126 on 08/26/2021 (684 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is provided for use by athletes and their coaches during practice. The system includes an electronic system configured for inclusion in a helmet. The electronic system includes a transparent display screen coupled to the helmet, a processor coupled to the transparent display screen, a camera coupled to the processor and a first wireless transceiver coupled to the processor. The system also includes a handheld processing device. The handheld processing device includes a second wireless transceiver configured to communicate video content with the first wireless transceiver, an interactive display screen configured to display the first video and a video editing application configured to edit the first video to generate a second video including a simulated player technique superimposed in the first video. The second video is communicated from the handheld processing device to the electronic system for display to the athlete via the transparent display screen.

[A42B] HATS; HEAD COVERINGS (headbands, head-scarves A41D 20/00, A41D 23/00)

Systems, methods and apparatus for planter frame
Patent No. 11696655

Inventor(s): Dan Ford (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Nolan IP Law (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16900889 on 06/13/2020 (1123 days app to issue)

Abstract: A frame including at least two hangers and at least two vertical members, each of the vertical members attached to at least one of the hangers on a first side of the vertical members, and a bottom attached to a second side of the each of the vertical members.

[A47G] HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B 65/00; knives B26B)

Method of treating deviated nasal septum, enlarged nasal turbinate, or mucosal hypertrophy
Patent No. 11696775

Inventor(s): Marc Dean (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Acclarent, Inc. (Irvine, CA)
Law Firm: Frost Brown Todd LLP (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16396846 on 04/29/2019 (1534 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes inserting a first dilation catheter into a first nostril of a patient. A first dilator of the first dilation catheter is positioned between the nasal septum of the patient and the turbinate of the patient. The first dilator is expanded, thereby remodeling one or more of the nasal septum, the turbinate, or mucosal tissue of the patient. The first dilation catheter is removed from the nostril of the patient. A second dilation catheter may be inserted into a second nostril of the patient. A dilator of the second dilation catheter may provide an opposing force on the nasal septum to prevent over-medialization of the nasal septum.

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

Medical device transportation systems
Patent No. 11696811

Inventor(s): Jason D. Holt (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. (Maple Grove, MN)
Law Firm: Seager, Tufte Wickhem LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17123754 on 12/16/2020 (937 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for containing and transporting a medical device may include a container including a bottom face and surrounding side faces as a closed first end and an open second end to form an inner portion for receiving and retaining the medical device. The liner may be extendable over the side faces to line the inner portion of the container to an outer surface of the bottom face of the container. The liner may act as a protective barrier to the container to minimize contamination when receiving and/or retaining a used medical device. First and second covers may be removably attachable to the container, over the liner, to enclose a medical device therebetween. A first cover may have a color or marking indicating the medical device is ”clean”, while a second cover may have a color or marking indicating the medical device is ”used”.

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

Aural hematoma splint system and method
Patent No. 11696846

Inventor(s): Daniel Francis Whitton (Justin, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17343238 on 06/09/2021 (762 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aural hematoma splint (AHS) system/method providing for animal ear pinna (AEP) suspension and/or compression allowing non-surgical treatment of AEP auricular hematoma is disclosed. The AHS promotes healing performance by including a conical primary plate (CPP) and angular secondary plate (ASP) that are used in conjunction with non-elastic fabric tape (NFT) to hold the AEP in suspension during treatment. The NFT includes a long strap collar (LSC) and cross support strips (CSS) for preparatory taping and application of the CPP/ASP to the AEP. This sandwich configuration of the CPP/ASP surrounding the AEP creates equilibrium in hematoma fluid pressures within the damaged area of the AEP, promotes a uniform thin layer of blood to clot in the entirety of the hematoma region, and allows regeneration of damaged tissues in a controlled environment while limiting structural and aesthetic damage to the healed AEP post treatment.

[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]

Topical compositions and methods
Patent No. 11696888

Inventor(s): Barbara Durkee (Addison, TX), Kathlene Cummings (Addison, TX), Lisha Vanpelt (Addison, TX), Tiffany Carle (Addison, TX), Wanli Zhao (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17303288 on 05/26/2021 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to cosmetic compositions and methods that can be used to increase skin hydration, increase adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production in skin, increase antioxidant capacity of skin, reduce glycation of skin, or a combination thereof. In particular, topical application of the compositions to skin increases adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production in skin by at least 10%, increases antioxidant capacity of skin, and/or reduces glycation of skin by at least 50%. In particular, the compositions can include [i]Chamomilla recutita [/i]([i]Matricaria[/i]) flower extract, [i]Vitis vinifera [/i](Grape) seed extract, hydrolyzed sodium hyaluronate, Natural Moisturizing Factors (NMF), and optionally carnosine.

[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)

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

Multi-frequency hybrid piezo actuation and capactive transducer
Patent No. 11697135

Inventor(s): Mohammad Hadi Motieian Najar (Santa Clara, CA), Peter Smeys (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16186072 on 11/09/2018 (1705 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a transducer comprises a first piezoelectric stack comprising a piezoelectric material; a first layer in contact with the piezoelectric stack; and a base structure beneath the first layer. The first layer has a first displacement between a first portion of the base structure and the first layer, and the first displacement is configurable by a first bias voltage received by the transducer.

[B06B] GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL (for particular physical or chemical processes, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. B07B 1/40, B22C 19/06, B23Q 17/12, B24B 31/06, E01C 19/22; measurement of mechanical vibrations, including the combination of generation and measurement, G01H; systems using reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves G01S 15/00; generating seismic energy for prospecting G01V 1/02; control of mechanical vibrations G05D 19/00; methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound, in general G10K 11/00; synthesis of acoustic waves G10K 15/02; piezo-electric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements H01L 41/00; motors with vibrating magnet, armature or coil H02K 33/00; motors using piezo-electric effect, electrostriction or magnetostriction H02N 2/00; generation of electrical oscillations H03B; electromechanical resonators as resonant circuit elements H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R) [2]

Method for injection molding weld line free minus power lens elements
Patent No. 11697256

Inventor(s): Hao-Wen Chiu (Dallas, TX), Shannon Loiselle (Dallas, TX), Shawn Mcdermott (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, , FR)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16480511 on 01/26/2018 (1992 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for injection molding of a weld line free minus power lens element comprises injecting a melt of thermoplastic material at a temperature higher than a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the thermoplastic material in an initial molding cavity delimited by two facing mold inserts, wherein the melt of thermoplastic material comprises at least one UV absorber. During the injecting, the two facing mold inserts are moved toward one another to define a final molding cavity whose volume is less than that of the initial molding cavity. After cooling and disassembling of the two facing mold inserts, the weld line free minus power lens element is recovered. One of the two facing mold inserts comprises a flat surface facing the initial molding cavity, thereby to form a flat surface on one side of the weld line free minus power lens element. The other of the two facing mold inserts comprises a convex surface facing the initial molding cavity, thereby to form a concave surface on an opposite side of the weld line free minus power lens element.

[B29D] PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (making granules B29B 9/00; making preforms B29B 11/00) [4]

Farm-based predictive efficient drive
Patent No. 11697348

Inventor(s): Geoffrey D. Gaither (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16909854 on 06/23/2020 (1113 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for a vehicle control system. The vehicle control system includes a memory. The memory is configured to store multiple charging events that activate multiple charging plans. The vehicle control system includes a navigation unit that is configured to obtain a current location of the vehicle. The vehicle control system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that the vehicle is within a threshold distance of the first charging event. The electronic control unit is configured to control an operation of the vehicle to prepare the vehicle to charge or discharge the battery based on a first charging plan when the vehicle is within the threshold distance of a first charging event.

[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 with radio frequency resonators, tuning elements, and spectrum analyzers to provide values of resonance parameters
Patent No. 11697458

Inventor(s): Sandeep Tallada (Bangalore, , IN), Siva RaghuRam Prasad Chennupati (Unterschleissheim, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17242349 on 04/28/2021 (804 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system comprises: a radio frequency (RF) resonator comprising a cavity and a tuning element, the cavity having at least one port, and the tuning element having a length inside the cavity; a processor; a spectrum analyzer coupled to the at least one port, the spectrum analyzer to provide to the processor values of a resonance parameter, the resonance parameter indicative of a resonant wavelength of the RF resonator; and an automotive steering mechanism coupled to the tuning element.

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

Underwater wings for providing lift to boats
Patent No. 11697475

Inventor(s): Jason Bernard Minor (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Minor IP, LLC (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Gray Robinson, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17499486 on 10/12/2021 (637 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hydrofoil system provides lift to a motor-powered displacement hull without raising the hull out of the water. The hydrofoil system includes a pair of laterally opposed forward hydrofoil wings positioned respectively on the first pontoon and second pontoon forward a center of gravity of the hull. The forward hydrofoil wings extend laterally inboard and downwards towards each other. The hydrofoil system also includes a pair of laterally opposed aft hydrofoil wings positioned near the stern of the hull on the first pontoon and second pontoon respectively. The aft hydrofoil wings extend laterally inboard towards each other and have an upper surface with convex curvature that extends from the respective first pontoon or second pontoon to an inboard terminal end thereof.

[B63B] SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J 2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F 9/06) [2]

Single butt line keel and roof beam
Patent No. 11697486

Inventor(s): Nicholas Ralph Carlson (Dallas, TX), Timothy Brian Carr (Fort Worth, TX), William Anthony Amante (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16596922 on 10/09/2019 (1371 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to an aircraft fuselage comprises two keel beams and two roof beams. Each keel beam is formed as a single component having no joints. Each keel beam comprises a first portion that is configured to define a floor of an aircraft and a second portion that is configured to define a tail section of an aircraft. The second portion is positioned at an angle relative to the first portion. Each roof beam is coupled to the second portion of a corresponding keel beam at a point remote from the first portion. Each roof beam and a corresponding keel beam are positioned along a single butt line relative to an aircraft fuselage centerline. Frame members are coupled to both keel beams and both roof beams.

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

Electric reaction control system
Patent No. 11697491

Inventor(s): Carlos Fenny (Fort Worth, TX), Jouyoung Jason Choi (Southlake, TX), Kip Campbell (Hurst, TX), Sung Kim (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17038893 on 09/30/2020 (1014 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electric reaction control system that can selectively expel a ”burst” or ”puff” of air to alter the orientation of the aircraft during flight. An aircraft incorporating ducting, an air compressor, an electric motor, and a plurality of nozzles can facilitate in-flight trajectory modifications. When an air burst is needed to provide thrust for the purposes of reaction control, nozzles are selectively opened and closed to provide roll, pitch, and yaw of the aircraft. The ERCS can facilitate an electric aircraft that would be very agile and very light, utilizing electric power, as opposed to jet power.

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

Passenger seating arrangement
Patent No. 11697501

Inventor(s): Christopher Chilcott (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH Co. KG (Schwbisch Hall, , DE)
Law Firm: Posz Law Group, PLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17133706 on 12/24/2020 (929 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a passenger seating arrangement in an aircraft cabin, the passenger seating arrangement has exactly two rows of seat units and exactly one aisle. A first row of seat units and a second row of seat units are separated by the aisle. The rows of seat units and the aisle all extend in a longitudinal direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin. Each seat unit includes a seat, an upper shell and a lower shell, the lower shell forming a footwell. The seats are arranged in parallel to each other in a seating direction. An upper shell of a first seat unit and a lower shell of a second seat unit, which, viewed in the longitudinal direction, is arranged behind the first seat unit, partially overlap in a vertical direction.

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

Flexing label applicator
Patent No. 11697520

Inventor(s): Matthew D. McLean (Owings Mills, MD), Ronald Lee Schmoker (Littleton, CO)
Assignee(s): ID TECHNOLOGY LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Thompson Hine LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17903678 on 09/06/2022 (308 days app to issue)

Abstract: A label applying system includes a conveyance path for moving an item in a conveyance direction, and a label applicator With an elongated label applying arm pivotably moveable between a label load position spaced away from the item and a label apply position in which a free end of the elongated label applying arm is moved into contact with the item. The elongated label applying arm is configured to be sufficiently flexible such that at least a label carrying portion of the elongated label applying arm bends, as it moves into contact with the item, for pressing a label against the item.

[B65C] LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES (nailing or stapling in general B25C, B27F; processes for applying decalcomanias B44C 1/16; applying labels for packaging purposes B65B; labels, name-plates G09F)

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

Chimeric molecules providing targeted costimulation for adoptive cell therapy
Patent No. 11697677

Inventor(s): Eric Gschweng (Dallas, TX), Ruben Rodriguez (Dallas, TX), Sujita Sukumaran (Dallas, TX), Xingliang Zhou (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): INSTIL BIO (UK) LIMITED (Manchester, , GB)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17822251 on 08/25/2022 (320 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chimeric molecule useful in adoptive cell therapy (ACT), and cells comprising the same. The chimeric molecule can act as a modulator of cellular activity enhancing responses when an endogenous T-cell receptor (TCR) is engaged with its cognate antigen. The present invention also provides proteins, nucleic acids encoding the chimeric molecule and therapeutic uses thereof.

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

Sealed isocyanates
Patent No. 11697706

Inventor(s): Benjamin R. Lund (Plano, TX), Walter Voit (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Adaptive 3D Technologies (Plano, TX), Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17049046 on 04/19/2019 (1544 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to sealed isocyanate resin compositions. The resin compositions may be used for additive manufacturing. One embodiment of the invention includes a photopolymerizable resin for additive manufacturing, the resin comprising: a blocked isocyanate; at least one monomer or oligomer; and a multifunctional nucleophile.

[C08G] MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS (fermentation or enzyme-using processes to synthesise a desired chemical compound or composition or to separate optical isomers from a racemic mixture C12P) [2]

Efficient sequencing of dsDNA with extremely low level of errors
Patent No. 11697837

Inventor(s): Dominika Borek (Dallas, TX), Zbyszek Otwinowski (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17029056 on 09/23/2020 (1021 days app to issue)

Abstract: DNA is sequenced by: (a) combining dsDNA fragments with Y-adapters and hairpin adapters comprising an affinity-label under conditions wherein the adapters ligate to fragments forming a mixture of fragment inserts flanked by two Y-adapters, a Y-adapter and a hairpin adapter, and two hairpin adapters; and (b) sequencing the selected fragment inserts with sequencing primers selecting for the Y-adapters.

[C12Q] MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES OR MICROORGANISMS (immunoassay G01N 33/53); COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES [3]

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

Expanding metal used in forming support structures
Patent No. 11697915

Inventor(s): Brandon T. Least (Carrollton, TX), Luke William Holderman (Carrollton, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17335216 on 06/01/2021 (770 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a support structure and a method for manufacture thereof. The support structure, in one aspect, includes first and second expanded metal structural pillars positioned within the ground by a distance (d[subscript]1[/subscript]), the first and second expanded metal structural pillars comprising a metal that has expanded in response to hydrolysis. In at least one other aspect, the support structure includes one or more beams spanning the first and second expanded metal structural pillars.

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

Dynamic, fire-resistance-rated thermally insulating and sealing system for use with curtain wall structures
Patent No. 11697934

Inventor(s): Arndt Andresen (North Richland Hills, TX), Chad Stroike (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (Schaan, , LI)
Law Firm: Grneberg and Myers PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17660107 on 04/21/2022 (446 days app to issue)

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

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

Insulating panel assembly
Patent No. 11697963

Inventor(s): Billy Strait (McKinney, TX), Bob Gebert (Kronenwetter, WI), Jeff Geier (Weston, WI), Philip M. Benes (Wausau, WI), Richard Braunstein (Addison, TX), Rick Wright (Delran, NJ), Robert Williams (Somerdale, NJ), William J
Assignee(s): Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope Inc. (Terrell, TX)
Law Firm: Henry Patent Law Firm PLLC (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16863940 on 04/30/2020 (1167 days app to issue)

Abstract: An insulating panel assembly includes an exterior panel that is formed of a metal. The insulating panel assembly also includes an interior panel. A spacer is coupled to the exterior panel and the interior panel. The spacer maintains the exterior panel in a generally parallel, spaced relationship with the interior panel.

[E06B] FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G 9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D 25/10; sky-lights E04B 7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F 10/00)

Method for predicting drill bit wear
Patent No. 11697969

Inventor(s): Benjamin Richard Potash (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Klemchuk PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17398845 on 08/10/2021 (700 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for improving drill bit performance, having processors and memory storing instructions to obtain a wear report for a drill bit, wherein the wear report includes wear characteristics of the drill bit and drill operating parameters under which the drill bit was used; compare the wear characteristics of the drill bit to a threshold for acceptable drill bit wear; and adjust drill operating parameters based on the wear characteristics of the drill bit. The instructions to obtain the wear report for the drill bit include instructions to analyze images of the drill bit to identify wear characteristics; identify wear patterns based on the wear characteristics of the drill bit; identify probable drilling conditions based on the wear patterns; and generate the wear report for the drill bit based on the images of the drill bit, the wear characteristics of the drill bit, and the probable drilling conditions.

[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]

Confidence volumes for earth modeling using machine learning
Patent No. 11699099

Inventor(s): Orlando De Jesus (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): QUANTICO ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17082399 on 10/28/2020 (986 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to confidence volumes for earth modeling using machine learning. A method includes receiving detected data, wherein the detected data includes formation attributes relating to one or more depth points along or near a wellbore. The method further includes providing inputs to a plurality of machine learning models based on the detected data. The method further includes receiving output values from the plurality of machine learning models based on the inputs. The method further includes determining a measure of variance among the output values. The method further includes generating a confidence indicator related to the output values based on the measure of variance.

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

Asymmetric electrode insulation for artificial muscles
Patent No. 11696821

Inventor(s): Maduran Palaniswamy (Ann Arbor, MI), Michael P. Rowe (Pinckney, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17218287 on 03/31/2021 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: An artificial muscle that includes a housing having an electrode region and an expandable fluid region, a dielectric fluid housed within the housing, an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region of the housing, the electrode pair including a first electrode and a second electrode, and an electrode insulator having one or more insulation layers. The electrode insulator is disposed on an inner electrode surface of the first electrode of the electrode pair. The second electrode includes a free inner electrode surface exposed to the dielectric fluid when the electrode pair is in a non-actuated state. The electrode pair is actuatable between the non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs the dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region, expanding the expandable fluid region.

[F15B] SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (motors, turbines, compressors, blowers, pumps F01-F04; fluid dynamics F15D; fluid clutches or brakes F16D; fluid springs F16F; fluid gearing F16H; pistons, cylinders, packing F16J; valves, taps, cocks, actuating-floats F16K; safety valves with auxiliary fluid operation of the main valve F16K 17/10; fluid-operating means for valves F16K 31/12; pipes, pipe joints F16L; lubricating F16N)

Fluid sealing member and fluid pump and motor having fluid sealing member
Patent No. 11698079

Inventor(s): Thanh Le (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): LURACO, INC. (Arlinton, TX)
Law Firm: Norred Law, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15700091 on 09/09/2017 (2131 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a fluid sealing member and a motor for preventing or reducing chances of fluids and/or substances or products from entering the motor chamber or cavity of a motor and causing damage to the motor”s internal components and/or causing the motor to make undesirable noises or sounds. The present invention is also directed to a motor having a fluid sealing member, and to a fluid pump having a fluid sealing member. The present invention is further directed to a fluid pump that comprises a jet assembly and a motor assembly, which comprises a motor. The fluid pump may further comprise one, some or all of the following: a fluid sealing member, a mounting housing member or coupling device, a gasket or seal, a liner (when a liner is not already provided or present), and a driven magnetic disc assembly having a magnetic pole array.

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

Braking systems comprising artificial muscles
Patent No. 11698117

Inventor(s): Max P. Herzog (Fenton, MI), Michael P. Rowe (Pinckney, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17166669 on 02/03/2021 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: A braking system that includes a translatable braking mechanism selectively engageable with a wheel assembly, one or more artificial muscles contacting a support plate and disposed adjacent the translatable braking mechanism. Each of the one or more artificial muscles includes a housing having an electrode region and an expandable fluid region, a dielectric fluid housed within the housing, and an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region of the housing, the electrode pair having a first electrode and a second electrode. The electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs the dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region, expanding the expandable fluid region thereby applying pressure to the translatable braking mechanism, inducing frictional engagement between the translatable braking mechanism and the wheel assembly.

[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]

Gearbox including wireless sensors
Patent No. 11698130

Inventor(s): Brian Edward Tucker (Fort Worth, TX), Scott David Poster (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17372784 on 07/12/2021 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus includes: a gearbox including: a housing having an opening; an input pinion disposed in the housing; a moving feature mechanically coupled to the input pinion, the moving feature and the input pinion being operable to convert between power and torque; and first sensors disposed on the moving feature, the first sensors having batteries, where the moving feature is operable to rotate about a common axis, each of the first sensors being exposed by the opening as the moving feature rotates about the common axis.

[F16H] GEARING

Convertible hiking sticks
Patent No. 11698168

Inventor(s): Trent Ballentine (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Andrus Intellectual Property Law, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17363890 on 06/30/2021 (741 days app to issue)

Abstract: A convertible hiking stick includes a handle extending along a center axis and a first leg and a second leg that couple to the handle and extend along the center axis. The hiking stick is convertible into a tripod such that the first leg is in a first bore of the handle, the second leg is in a second bore of the handle, the first leg extends transverse to the second leg, and the first leg, the second leg, and the handle together support the hiking stick with respect to a surface.

[F16M] FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS OR SUPPORTS

Stackable propellant module for gas generation
Patent No. 11698245

Inventor(s): Thomas Earl Burky (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17509700 on 10/25/2021 (624 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure provides a stackable propellant module for use inside of a gas generation canister. The modules are designed to enable them to be individually fired rather than as a unitary mass, as done in conventional configurations. This enables the generation of a controlled pressure profile rather than an uncontrolled pressure profile determined by the environmental conditions downhole, such as temperature and pressure.

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

P H Y S I C S

Methods and apparatus to trim temperature sensors
Patent No. 11698307

Inventor(s): Nathan Richard Schemm (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16731910 on 12/31/2019 (1288 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to trim temperature sensors are disclosed. An example method includes: sampling a first value indicative of a temperature of a first die of a multi-chip module (MCM) with a first temperature sensor, the first die including a first transistor having a channel including a first material; and calibrating a second temperature sensor configured to sample a second value indicative of a temperature of a second die including a second transistor have a second channel including a second material, the calibrating based on the first value.

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

Visible quality additive manufactured aluminum mirror finishing
Patent No. 11698477

Inventor(s): John P. Schaefer (Plano, TX), Paul Gasloli (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Cantor Colburn LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16929177 on 07/15/2020 (1091 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mirrored apparatus includes a substrate having a surface and including an additive manufactured aluminum and about 2 to about 30 weight % (wt. %) silicon. The mirrored apparatus also includes a finish layer arranged directly on the surface of the substrate. The finish layer includes a polished surface opposite the substrate. The mirrored apparatus further includes a reflective layer arranged on the polished surface of the finish layer.

[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]

Systems and methods for identifying deployed fiber cables in real-time
Patent No. 11698505

Inventor(s): Tiejun J. Xia (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17447871 on 09/16/2021 (663 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may provide, to a user device, a first message instructing a technician to move fiber cables and may receive a first signal based on the technician moving the fiber cables and a rest signal based on the technician stopping movement of the fiber cables. The device may calculate a distance, an average peak signal, and a baseline signal based on the first signal and the rest signal and may calculate a data collection window based on the distance, the average peak signal, and the baseline signal. The device may provide, to the user device, a second message instructing the technician to move one fiber cable at a time and may receive second signals based on the technician moving one fiber cable at a time. The device may provide, for display to the user device, the data collection window and indications of the second signals.

Methods and systems for decoding and rendering a haptic effect associated with a 3D environment
Patent No. 11698680

Inventor(s): Yeshwant Muthusamy (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): IMMERSION CORPORATION (Aventura, FL)
Law Firm: Medler Ferro Woodhouse Mills PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17343811 on 06/10/2021 (761 days app to issue)

Abstract: In aspects, methods and apparatus are provided for generating a haptic effect for a three-dimensional (3D) environment that is experienced virtually by a user. The methods may be performed by a processor, and includes receiving media data that describes the 3D environment, wherein the media data includes haptic data which describes a haptic characteristic associated with at least one object, structure, or event in the 3D environment. The method further includes performing a haptic decoding operation and a haptic rendering operation. The decoding operation may include extracting the haptic data from the media data. The haptic rendering operation may include generating a drive signal and communicating the drive signal to a haptic output device to cause the haptic output device to generate a haptic effect at a user peripheral device. Numerous other aspects are provided.

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

Smart re-use of parity buffer
Patent No. 11698750

Inventor(s): Bhanushankar Doni (Bangalore, , IN), Pratik Bhatt (Ahmedabad, , IN)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17492983 on 10/04/2021 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for efficient use of volatile memory that is used for accumulating parity data of user data being written to non-volatile memory cells. A memory controller may replace primary parity in a first portion of a parity buffer with data other than primary parity while a second portion of the buffer is still being used to store the primary parity. Therefore, the memory controller smartly re-uses the parity buffer, which makes efficient use of the volatile memory. In one aspect, a memory controller accumulates secondary parity for the user data in a first portion of the parity buffer while a second portion of the parity buffer is still being used to store the primary parity. The memory controller may compute the secondary parity from present content of the first portion of the parity buffer and primary parity presently stored in the second portion of the buffer.

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

Cache-based memory read commands
Patent No. 11698756

Inventor(s): Patrick A. La Fratta (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17682670 on 02/28/2022 (498 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein provide for selectively sending a cache-based read command, such as a speculative read (SREAD) command in accordance with a Non-Volatile Dual In-Line Memory Module-P (NVDIMM-P) memory protocol, to a memory sub-system.

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

On-demand programmable atomic kernel loading
Patent No. 11698791

Inventor(s): Chris Baronne (Allen, TX), Dean E. Walker (Allen, TX), Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17880230 on 08/03/2022 (342 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices and techniques for on-demand programmable atomic kernel loading are described herein. A programmable atomic unit (PAU) of a memory controller can receive an invocation of a programmable atomic operator by the memory controller. The PAU can then perform a verification on a programmable atomic operator partition for the programmable atomic operator. Here, the programmable atomic operator partition is located in a memory of the PAU. The PAU can then signal a trap in response to the verification indicating that the programmable atomic operator partition is not prepared.

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

Integrated circuit chip with cores asymmetrically oriented with respect to each other
Patent No. 11698841

Inventor(s): Arun Shrimali (Bangalore, , IN), Jasbir Singh Nayyar (Bangalore, , IN), Rahul Gulati (Bangalore, , IN), Shashank Srinivasa Nuthakki (Telangana, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17585979 on 01/27/2022 (530 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) chip can include a given core at a position in the IC chip that defines a given orientation, wherein the given core is designed to perform a particular function. The IC chip can include another core designed to perform the particular function. The other core can be flipped and rotated by 180 degrees relative to the given core such that the other core is asymmetrically oriented with respect to the given core. The IC chip can also include a compare unit configured to compare outputs of the given core and the other core to detect a fault in the IC chip.

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

Automating the failover of a relational database in a cloud computing environment
Patent No. 11698843

Inventor(s): Kasi Reddy Sangala (Plano, TX), Paul Ly (Wylie, TX), Sampath Kumar Kasilingam (Frisco, TX), Shah Sidi (Plano, 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: 17575802 on 01/14/2022 (543 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein is a method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for helping customers in accessing data through an application from a replica database, detecting whether the replica database, zone of availability of the replica database, or geographical region encompassing the zone of availability is experiencing an outage or other failure, and re-routing traffic to a backup replica database accordingly. To assess the status of the database, metrics are pushed in a secure manner from a private subnet to a public-facing monitoring agent, achieving a clear segregation of private subnet and public facing components. Further, circuit-breaker logic is included for preventing failure during updating DNS addresses during the re-routing process.

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

Saturating local cache in memory-compute systems
Patent No. 11698853

Inventor(s): Randall Meyer (Allen, TX), Skyler Arron Windh (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17361691 on 06/29/2021 (742 days app to issue)

Abstract: Latency in a node-based compute-near-memory system can be problematic. A solution to the problem can include or use a dedicated software-based cache at each node. The cache can be configured to store information received from each of the other nodes in the system. In an example, the cache can be populated during a breadth first search algorithm to store frontier information from each of the other nodes.

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

Access control for a databank system
Patent No. 11698895

Inventor(s): Andrew Troy Hartwell (Prosper, 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: 17183578 on 02/24/2021 (867 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for managing a databank system. The databank system may have multiple databanks and each databank may have one or more repositories storing records (e.g., test data). The databank system exposes an application programming interface (API) and the databank system is managed by transmitting API calls to the exposed API. These API calls may be displayed to a user via GUI such that the user can copy the API call and paste the API call (or a modified version of the API call) into the code of other software application. Further, the databank system enables the owner of a databank or repository to share the databank or repository with other users accordingly to various access privileges. Further still, the databank system enables individual records to be reserved by a user, rendering the record invisible to other users until an expiration.

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

Die yield assessment based on pattern-failure rate simulation
Patent No. 11699017

Inventor(s): Andrew Burbine (Rochester, NY), Christopher Clifford (Alameda, CA), John L. Sturtevant (Portland, OR), Young Chang Kim (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17417223 on 08/23/2019 (1418 days app to issue)

Abstract: This application discloses a computing system to identify structures of an integrated circuit capable of being fabricated utilizing a lithographic mask described by mask layout data and to generate process windows for the identified structures based, at least in part, on the mask layout data and a failure definition for the identified structures. The computing system utilizes process windows for the identified structures to determine failure rates for the identified structures based on a distribution of the manufacturing parameters. The computing system determines frequency of occurrences for the identified structures from the mask layout data and generates a die yield metric for the integrated circuit by aggregating the failure rates for the identified structures based on the frequency of occurrences for the identified structures in the integrated circuit. These increases in yield of the integrated circuit allow manufacturers to produce more units per fixed processing cost of the wafer.

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

Artificial intelligence and/or machine learning models trained to predict user actions based on an embedding of network locations
Patent No. 11699109

Inventor(s): Mark Alan Jung (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Dstillery, Inc. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Cooley LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17732249 on 04/28/2022 (439 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method can facilitate delivery of targeted content to user devices in situations in which historic tracking data (e.g., cookie data) is generally unavailable and/or unreliable. A p-dimensional embedding of websites can be generated based on a group of user devices for whom tracking data is available. Conversion event data that indicates indicating whether that audience member performed a conversion action can be received. A machine learning model can be trained using the conversion event data and the positions of websites appearing in the conversion event data within the p-dimensional embedding to predict a likelihood of conversion and/or a type of content to provide given a position in the p-dimensional embedding. When an indication that a user device is accessing a website is received, a position of that website in the p-dimensional embedding can be determined and targeted content can be delivered to the user device.

[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]

Transitioning inventory search from large geographic area to immediate personal area
Patent No. 11699129

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX), Stephen Wylie (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: DLA Piper LLP (US) (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16894979 on 06/08/2020 (1128 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for improved efficiency of an inventory management system. The method can include: performing a first inventory search of inventory data stored in a database using search criteria; receiving, from a beacon sensor, inventory data broadcast from a plurality of beacons; performing a second inventory search by correlating the inventory data broadcast from the plurality of beacons with results of the first inventory search; receiving image data from a camera; performing image classification on the image data to determine one or more class labels for an inventory item within the field-of-view of the camera; performing a third inventory search by correlating the class labels with results of the second inventory search; and presenting results of the third inventory search to a user.

Banking as a service enabled virtual exchange computing platform
Patent No. 11699188

Inventor(s): Kevin Tran (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17401501 on 08/13/2021 (697 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing system includes a first computing platform and a virtual exchange computing platform, where the first computing platform provides an application and a first electronic value token and the virtual exchange computing platform is communicatively coupled to the first computing platform. The virtual exchange computing platform receives the information corresponding to the first electronic value token and calculates, via API functions linking to banking as a service (BaaS) functionality processed by a valuation computing platform, a valuation of the first electronic value token. The virtual exchange computing platform causes presentation, via a network and on a first user device, a user interface screen presenting a visualization of a value of the electronic value token and comprising an input and triggers, based on a received trade input from the user interface, a virtual exchange of value involving the first electronic value token.

System and method for blockchain-based network transitioned by a legal contract
Patent No. 11699201

Inventor(s): Peter Geoffrey Lerato Hunn (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): DocuSign, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Shumaker Sieffert, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16761184 on 11/01/2018 (1713 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for transitioning a distributed ledger network according to a legal contract that includes: establishing a contract, which comprises generating a set of programmable clauses for the contract by implementing a templating system comprised of a template model that contains the logic of each programmable clause of the set of programmable clauses; operating a distributed ledger network between participants, wherein the distributed ledger network is configured with an application model that maps to the template model; updating the contract state; updating the distributed ledger network according to the application model; in response to at least one update to the contract state, recording an update to the distributed ledger network; and in response to at least one contract-associated update in the distributed ledger network, initiating execution of at least one programmable clause of the contract and recording a subsequent update to the distributed ledger network.

Mapper component for a neuro-linguistic behavior recognition system
Patent No. 11699278

Inventor(s): Gang Xu (Houston, TX), Ming-Jung Seow (The Woodlands, TX), Tao Yang (Katy, TX), Wesley K. Cobb (The Woodlands, TX)
Assignee(s): Intellective Ai, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Cooley LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17397297 on 08/09/2021 (701 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for generating a sequence of symbols based on input data for a neuro-linguistic model. The model may be used by a behavior recognition system to analyze the input data. A mapper component of a neuro-linguistic module in the behavior recognition system receives one or more normalized vectors generated from the input data. The mapper component generates one or more clusters based on a statistical distribution of the normalized vectors. The mapper component evaluates statistics and identifies statistically relevant clusters. The mapper component assigns a distinct symbol to each of the identified clusters. NULL

Tracking of transport data
Patent No. 11699308

Inventor(s): Joshua C. Batie (Frisco, TX), Louis Brugman (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16524704 on 07/29/2019 (1443 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a diagnostic center, malfunction information related to a transport, acquiring, by a diagnostic center, agreements on a threshold for the malfunction information from a plurality of diagnostic centers, in response to the malfunction information exceeding the threshold, storing the malfunction information on a remote storage, and deleting the malfunction information from the transport.

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

Method for reduced computation of T-matrix training for speaker recognition
Patent No. 11699445

Inventor(s): Milind Borkar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ILLUMA LABS INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: MB IP Analysts, LLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17201619 on 03/15/2021 (848 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for improving T-matrix training for speaker recognition, comprising receiving an audio input, divisible into a plurality of audio frames including at least an audio sample of a human speaker; generating for each audio frame a feature vector; generating for a first plurality of feature vectors centered statistics of at least a zero order and a first order; generating a first i-vector, the first i-vector representing the human speaker; and generating an optimized T-matrix training sequence computation, based on at least the first i-vector.

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

Apparatuses and methods for monitoring word line accesses
Patent No. 11699476

Inventor(s): Daniel B. Penney (Wylie, TX), Jason M. Brown (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17375817 on 07/14/2021 (727 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus may include multiple memory devices. Each memory device may include multiple memory banks. Addresses of accessed word lines for a particular portion of memory and the number of times those word lines are accessed may be tracked by each memory device. When a memory device determines that an accessed word line is an aggressor word line, the memory device alerts other memory devices of the apparatus. The memory devices may then perform targeted refresh operations on victim word lines of the aggressor word line.

[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)

String dependent SLC reliability compensation in non-volatile memory structures
Patent No. 11699495

Inventor(s): Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17349118 on 06/16/2021 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for programming a memory block of a non-volatile memory structure, comprising determining whether a number of programming/erase cycles previously applied to the block exceeds a first programming/erase cycle threshold and, if the first threshold is exceeded, determining whether the number of programming/erase cycles previously applied to the block exceeds an extended programming/erase cycle threshold. Further, if the determination is made that the extended threshold is not exceeded, the method comprises applying a two-pulse per programming loop scheme to each of the outermost strings of the block and applying a single-pulse per programming loop scheme to all other strings of the block. Alternatively, or in addition thereto, relative to a programming/erase cycle threshold, one or more outermost strings of the block may be unpermitted to be further programmed, and a ”sub-block” comprised of all valid strings of the block may be defined and permitted for further programming.

Simulating memory cell sensing for testing sensing circuitry
Patent No. 11699502

Inventor(s): Iris Lu (Fremont, CA), Ohwon Kwon (Pleasanton, CA), Yan Li (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17550352 on 12/14/2021 (574 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for testing circuitry that controls memory operations in a memory structure having non-volatile memory cells. The testing of the circuitry can be performed without the memory structure. The memory structure may reside on one semiconductor die, with sense blocks and a control circuit on another semiconductor die. The control circuit is able to perform die level control of memory operations in the memory structure. The control circuit may control the sense blocks to simulate sensing of non-volatile memory cells in the memory structure even though the sense blocks are not connected to the memory structure. The control circuit verifies correct operation of the semiconductor die based on the simulated sensing. For example, the control circuit may verify correct operation of a state machine that controls sense operations at a die level. Thus, the operation of the semiconductor die may be tested without the memory structure.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Three-dimensional thermistor platform and a method for manufacturing the same
Patent No. 11699539

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Krotosky (Lewisville, TX), Zhihua Cai (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Tronics MEMS, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: DLA Piper LLP (US) (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17467196 on 09/04/2021 (675 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional thermistor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The three-dimensional thermistor device comprising a thermistor array formed on a base layer extending in first and second directions. Where the thermistor array comprises: thermistor pattern layers and insulating layers stacked alternately on the base layer in a third direction; each thermistor pattern layer including a continuous electrically conductive first trace disposed along a first path extending in both the first and second directions, and each insulating layer including an electrically conductive first via extending through the insulating layer in the third direction to electrically connect the first traces to each other. Where successive electrical connections between the respective first vias on the stacked insulating layers and the respective first traces on the stacked thermistor layers form a continuous electrical first thermistor element extending in the first, second and third directions across multiple of the thermistor pattern layers.

[H01C] RESISTORS

Integrated circuit die stacked with backer die including capacitors and thermal vias
Patent No. 11699629

Inventor(s): Andrew Ketterson (Dallas, TX), Anthony Chiu (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17213974 on 03/26/2021 (837 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an integrated circuit (IC) die stacked with a backer die, including capacitors and thermal vias. The backer die includes a substrate material to contain and electrically insulate one or more capacitors at a back of the IC die. The backer die further includes a thermal material that is more thermally conductive than the substrate material for thermal spreading and increased heat dissipation. In particular, the backer die electrically couples capacitors to the IC die in a stacked configuration while also spreading and dissipating heat from the IC die. Such a configuration reduces an overall footprint of the electronic device, resulting in decreased integrated circuits (IC) packages and module sizes. In other words, instead of placing the capacitors next to the IC die, the capacitors are stacked on top of the IC die, thereby reducing an overall surface area of the package.

[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]

Conductive member cavities
Patent No. 11699639

Inventor(s): Arvin Cedric Quiambao Mallari (San Fernando, , PH), Jovenic Romero Esquejo (Baguio, , PH), Rafael Jose Lizares Guevara (Metro Manila, , PH)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17219768 on 03/31/2021 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a quad flat no lead (QFN) semiconductor package comprises a flip chip semiconductor die having a surface and circuitry formed in the surface; and a conductive pillar coupled to the semiconductor die surface. The conductive pillar has a distal end relative to the semiconductor die, the distal end having a cavity including a cavity floor and one or more cavity walls circumscribing the cavity floor. The one or more cavity walls are configured to contain solder.

Electronic device having inverted lead pins
Patent No. 11699649

Inventor(s): Chang-Yen Ko (Taipei, , TW), J K Ho (New Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17525412 on 11/12/2021 (606 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device (e.g., integrated circuit) and method of making the electronic device is provided that reduces a strength of an electric field generated outside a package of the electronic device proximate to the low voltage lead pins. The electronic device includes a low voltage side and a high voltage side. The low voltage side includes a low voltage die attached to a low voltage die attach pad. Similarly, the high voltage side includes a high voltage die attached to a high voltage die attach pad. Lead pins are attached to each of the low and high voltage attach pads and extend out from a package of the electronic device in an inverted direction.

High dose implantation for ultrathin semiconductor-on-insulator substrates
Patent No. 11699757

Inventor(s): Jocelyne Gimbert (Crolles, , FR)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16168771 on 10/23/2018 (1722 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and structures for forming highly-doped, ultrathin layers for transistors formed in semiconductor-on-insulator substrates are described. High dopant concentrations may be achieved in ultrathin semiconductor layers to improve device characteristics. Ion implantation at elevated temperatures may mitigate defect formation for stoichiometric dopant concentrations up to about 30%. In-plane stressors may be formed adjacent to channels of transistors formed in ultrathin semiconductor layers.

Lens arrays configurations for improved signal performance
Patent No. 11699858

Inventor(s): Serguei Matitsine (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Matsing, Inc. (Irvine, CA)
Law Firm: Fish IP Law, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17175421 on 02/12/2021 (879 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lens elements array comprises at least two lens elements aligned along an alignment axis. Each lens element includes a spherical lens and a feed element. The feed elements are tilted such that the RF signals generated by the feed elements have major axes form an angle (preferably between 5 and 30) other than a perpendicular angle with respect to the alignment axis. The combined RF signals produced collectively by these feed elements have amplitude that has minimal dips across the array. The feed elements that are farther away from the center of the array have higher levels of tilts than the feed elements that are closer to the center of the array.

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

Electromagnetic generator transformer
Patent No. 11699927

Inventor(s): Babak Fahimi (Arlington, TX), Carl E. Copeland, Jr. (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): Prototus, Ltd. (Ambergris Caye, , BZ)
Law Firm: Dunlap Codding, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17228341 on 04/12/2021 (820 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electromagnetic generating transformer comprises one or more flux assembly having one or more magnetic field source having a positive pole and a negative pole and a magnetic field passing in a path between the positive pole and the negative pole and a conductor magnetically coupled with the one or more magnetic field source, the magnetic field source and the conductor being fixed relative to one another; a shunt is coupled with a motive source and configured to move the shunt into a primary position and a secondary position, wherein the magnitude of the magnetic field passing between the positive pole and the negative pole varies when the shunt is moved between the primary position and the secondary position.

[H02K] DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H 53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power H02M 9/00)

DC-DC converters with loop control
Patent No. 11699947

Inventor(s): Jiancong Ruan (Shenzhen, , CN), Peisheng Zhu (Shenzhen, , CN), Runqin Tan (Shenzhen, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17117401 on 12/10/2020 (943 days app to issue)

Abstract: A converter system ([b]100[/b]) includes a switch ([b]102[/b]) adapted to be coupled to a switching terminal ([b]104[/b]). The switch ([b]102[/b]) is configured to generate a switching signal having first and second states at the switching terminal ([b]104[/b]). Ripple generating circuitry ([b]122[/b]) is adapted to be coupled to the switching terminal ([b]104[/b]) and is configured to: generate a filtered signal based on the switching signal; and keep the filtered signal within a particular range. Loop control circuitry ([b]116[/b]) is coupled to the ripple generating circuitry ([b]122[/b]) and is configured to control the switch ([b]102[/b]) based on the filtered signal.

[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]

Enhanced channel hopping sequence
Patent No. 11700033

Inventor(s): Kumaran Vijayasankar (Allen, TX), Ramanuja Vedantham (Allen, TX), Timothy Schmidl (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17316789 on 05/11/2021 (791 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for enhanced channel hopping sequence is described. A pseudo random channel hopping sequence is redistributed using certain system specific parameters for separating adjacent transmission channels within a predetermined number of consecutive transmission channel numbers in the random channel hopping sequence to improve inter-channel interference between adjacent transmission channels.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for antenna selection for distributed MIMO system
Patent No. 11700047

Inventor(s): Ahmed Atef Ibrahim Ibrahim (Plano, TX), Gilwon Lee (McKinney, TX), Jianzhong Zhang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17578378 on 01/18/2022 (539 days app to issue)

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver receives information about an antenna system of a base station. The information includes a number of collocated antenna groups, and a number of antenna modules for each type of antenna modules in each of the collocated antenna groups. A collocated antenna group has at least two types of antenna modules: a first module with first antenna type and a second module with second antenna type. The transceiver also receives configuration information for a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resource. The transceiver also receives a CSI-RS based on the configuration information and acquires measurements. The processor determines a subset of antenna modules based on a comparison between the measurements and a criterion. The processor generates CSI for the subset of antenna modules. The transceiver transmits a CSI report comprising the CSI.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

System and method for implementing market data rights enforcement
Patent No. 11700124

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: 17658499 on 04/08/2022 (459 days app to issue)

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is directed to delivering an entitlements model that scales to both mid-frequency and low-latency use cases. The innovative solution may be distributed in nature and able to operate in low priority threads alongside the main logic of the software. An embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as a software module with APIs for ease of adoption.

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

Systems and methods for tokenized data delegation and protection
Patent No. 11700129

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX), Stephen Wylie (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16906705 on 06/19/2020 (1117 days app to issue)

Abstract: Example embodiments of systems and methods for data delegation and control through the use of tokenized data are provided. In an exemplary method of data delegation and control, a data device may store private information associated with a user and generate an access token, comprising tokenized data identifying the data device. The data device may transmit the access token to a user device through a front channel and receive an information request from a merchant device comprising the access token through a secure back channel. Upon authenticating the access token, the data device may transmit a portion of the private information to the merchant device through the secure back channel.

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

Authentication mechanism for 5G technologies
Patent No. 11700131

Inventor(s): Ahmad Shawky Muhanna (Richardson, TX), Marcus Wong (Green Brook, NJ)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17125665 on 12/17/2020 (936 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide techniques for securely communicating an IMSI over the air from a UE to an SeAN, as well as for securely validating an unencrypted IMSI that the SeAN receives from the home network, during authentication protocols. In particular, the UE may either encrypt the IMSI assigned to the UE using an IMSI encryption key (K[subscript]IMSIenc[/subscript]) or compute a hash of the IMSI assigned to the UE using an IMSI integrity key (K[subscript]IMSIint[/subscript]), and then send the encrypted IMSI or the hash of the IMSI to the serving network. The encrypted IMSI or hash of the encrypted IMSI may then be used by the SeAN to validate an unencrypted IMSI that was previously received from an HSS in the home network of the UE.

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

Systems and methods for configuring and deploying multi-access edge computing applications
Patent No. 11700187

Inventor(s): Sivanaga Ravi Kumar Chunduru Venkata (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17339648 on 06/04/2021 (767 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may include a processor configured to determine a plurality of requirements for a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) application requested by a customer; select a solution blueprint for the MEC application, from a set of solution blueprints, based on the determined plurality of requirements, wherein the solution blueprint includes an application deployment blueprint and a connectivity blueprint; and receive approval of the selected solution blueprint from the customer. The processor may be further configured to configure at least one transport network device based on the connectivity blueprint, in response to receiving the approval of the selected solution blueprint from the customer; and deploy at least one component of the MEC application on a MEC device in a MEC network based on the application deployment blueprint, in response to receiving the approval of the selected solution blueprint from the customer.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Locally protecting service in a label switched path network
Patent No. 11700195

Inventor(s): Huaimo Chen (Bolton, MA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16995743 on 08/17/2020 (1058 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network node that provides egress fault protection for a primary egress node. The network node may receive a service label associated with an application from a primary egress node of a primary label switched path (LSP). The network node may use the service label to add a forwarding entry into a forwarding table associated with the primary egress node. Following a fault in the primary egress node, the network node may receive a data packet comprising an LSP label and the service label from a partial backup LSP. The network node may use the LSP label to locate the forwarding table associated with the primary egress node. The service label may be used to deliver the data packet to a destination node according to the forwarding table associated with the primary egress node.

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

Expansion of packet data within processing pipeline
Patent No. 11700212

Inventor(s): Patrick Bosshart (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Barefoot Networks, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Essential Patents Group, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17494515 on 10/05/2021 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a network forwarding IC with packet processing pipelines, at least one of which includes a parser, a set of match-action stages, and a deparser. The parser is configured to receive a packet and generate a PHV including a first number of data containers storing data for the packet. A first match-action stage is configured to receive the PHV from the parser and expand the PHV to a second, larger number of data containers storing data for the packet. Each of a set of intermediate match-action stage is configured to receive the expanded PHV from a previous stage and provide the expanded PHV to a subsequent stage. A final match-action stage is configured to receive the expanded PHV and reduce the PHV to the first number of data containers. The deparser is configured to receive the reduced PHV from the final match-action stage and reconstruct the packet.

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

Configurable circuit telemetry system
Patent No. 11700336

Inventor(s): Preetam Tadeparthy (Bengaluru, , IN), Shobhit Singhal (Bangalore, , IN), Vikas Lakhanpal (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17592643 on 02/04/2022 (522 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for a circuit, in some examples, including a storage element, a co-processor, and a telemetry sequencer coupled to the storage element and the co-processor. The telemetry sequencer is configured to implement a digital state machine to receive configuration information indicating a type of telemetry data for generation, retrieve operations and operands, where the operations and the operands define a sequential series of actions for execution to generate the telemetry data, drive the co-processor with the operations and the operands by passing some of the operations and some of the operands to the co-processor for processing by the co-processor, receive, from the co-processor, and store an intermediate output of the series of actions as the telemetry data in a first format, and receive, from the co-processor, and store a final output of the series of actions as the telemetry data in a second format.

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

Multi camera image processing
Patent No. 11700350

Inventor(s): Gang Hua (Katy, TX), Mayank Mangla (Allen, TX), Shashank Dabral (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17330458 on 05/26/2021 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system on a chip (SoC) implementing dynamic grouping of multiple cameras in an image processing system is disclosed. The SoC includes an image signal processor (ISP) configured to receive a signal corresponding to an image from two or more cameras, dynamically group the cameras into groups based on a measured view brightness and/or color temperature observed by each of the cameras, and assign cameras with a group of the groups to a same exposure/gain setting. The SoC further includes a statistics engine configured to receive the image signals and statistics related to the image signals from the ISP and determine a measurement of image brightness and/or color temperature of each image based on the image signals for forwarding to the ISP.

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

Connected camera system for vehicles
Patent No. 11700357

Inventor(s): Masashi Nakagawa (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17166949 on 02/03/2021 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for sharing image data between vehicles. The system includes an image sensor of a first vehicle configured to detect image data of an environment around the first vehicle as it traverses a road. The system also includes a transceiver of the first vehicle configured to communicate the detected image data. The system also includes a transceiver of a second vehicle configured to receive the detected image data. The system also includes a display screen of the second vehicle configured to display a view of the environment around the road based on the detected image data.

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

Optimized edge order for de-blocking filter
Patent No. 11700396

Inventor(s): Mullangi Venkata Ratna Reddy (Bengaluru, , IN), Niraj Nandan (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17523541 on 11/10/2021 (608 days app to issue)

Abstract: A de-blocking filter includes a reconstructed memory that is configured to store reconstructed pixels corresponding to a current macroblock of a video image to be filtered. The current macroblock includes a set of sub-blocks, each sub-block having horizontal edges and vertical edges. An internal pixel buffer in the de-blocking filter is configured to store pixels corresponding to the set of sub-blocks from the reconstructed memory, and to store partially filtered pixels corresponding to a set of partially filtered macroblocks. An edge order controller in the de-blocking filter is configured to load the pixels corresponding to the set of sub-blocks into a filter engine from the internal pixel buffer, to filter the set of sub-blocks, such that, at least one horizontal edge is filtered before filtering all vertical edges of the set of sub-blocks.

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

Geolocationing system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11700399

Inventor(s): Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17562997 on 12/27/2021 (561 days app to issue)

Abstract: A geolocationing system and method for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, such as a hospitality environment or educational environment, are presented. In one embodiment of the geolocationing system, a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is provided. Each gateway device includes a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location within the multi-space environment. Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device. The gateway devices, in turn, send gateway signals to a server, which determines an estimated location of the wireless-enabled personal locator device.

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

Geolocationing system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11700400

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

Geolocationing system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11700401

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

Dynamically scheduling non-programming media items in contextually relevant programming media content
Patent No. 11700406

Inventor(s): Wassim Samir Chaar (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Chip Law Group (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16895304 on 06/08/2020 (1128 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hardware media items scheduling and packaging system, which schedules and distributes channels to be viewed on a plurality of consumer devices, extracts contextual data from program-specific information associated with programming media content of a channel received from a distribution source device. A plurality of potential non-programming media items is determined for a plurality of users based on a match between a sentiment type of each of a plurality of non-programming media items and the extracted contextual data. Based on at least the extracted contextual data and the sentiment type of each of the plurality of potential non-programming media items, a plurality of candidate spots in the programming media content is determined. Based on at least a set of constraints and user estimation data associated with the plurality of users, a schedule of non-programming media item(s) is dynamically generated for at least one candidate spot in the programming media content.

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

Capsule endoscope with a dynamic adjustable color illumination spectrum
Patent No. 11700437

Inventor(s): Xiaodong Duan (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee(s): AnX Robotica Corp. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17124277 on 12/16/2020 (937 days app to issue)

Abstract: A capsule endoscope device, system and method for dynamically adjusting a color illumination spectrum. A plurality of different color groups of LEDs may emit light, recorded by an image sensor, corresponding to a plurality of different respective wavelength subranges. A driving circuit may send a driving current to independently activate each different color group of LEDs during entirely or partially non-overlapping time pulses. A single color group of LEDs is independently activated at any one time, and the plurality of different color groups of LEDs are sequentially activated in successive time pulses to simulate a white light or multi-color illumination spectrum over a plurality of the time pulses. The activation pattern of the color groups of LEDs may be dynamically adjusted, in real-time, to achieve a flexible and customizable illumination spectrum ideal for imaging a variety of different environments e.g., in the GI tract.

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

Short message service interworking
Patent No. 11700511

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17510177 on 10/25/2021 (624 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from suitable interworking. For example, certain fifth generation short message service systems may benefit from interworking with long term evolution short message service deployments in a visited public land mobile network. A method can include receiving, at a network element, an attach request from a user equipment. The method can also include using an internal policy to find a short message service function that resides at the network element. The method can further include using an address of the short message service function for providing short message service to the user equipment.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for dynamic feature selection based on latency discovery
Patent No. 11700537

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17171470 on 02/09/2021 (882 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure include, for example, identifying a primary serving cell and a secondary serving cell, wherein the primary serving cell facilitates one of attachment, re-attachment or mobility, or any combination thereof, of a mobile device in association with coordination of a wireless service between the primary serving cell, the secondary serving cell and the mobile device. A latency value associated with a message exchange is determined between the primary and secondary serving cells via a messaging interface, and compared to latency requirements, which correspond to a group of mobile service features. A mobile service feature of the group is associated with the wireless service based on the comparison. The wireless service includes a coordinated exchange of wireless signals between the primary serving cell and the mobile device and between the secondary serving cell and the mobile device based on the mobile service feature. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for device-assisted seamless transfer between edge computing systems in a wireless network
Patent No. 11700563

Inventor(s): Darshan Gupta (Irving, TX), Karthik Ramaswamy (Coppell, TX), Sivanaga Ravi Kumar Chunduru Venkata (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17930215 on 09/07/2022 (307 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for the seamless transfer of services provided by a first Multi-Access/Mobile Edge Computing device (”MEC”) to a User Equipment (”UE”), to a second MEC. Context information associated with a given application for which services are provided by the first MEC may be cached by the UE based on a determination that the second MEC should provide the services, and the UE may provide the cached information to the second MEC in order to seamlessly continue receiving services. The providing of the cached information to the UE and/or to the second MEC may be performed with an elevated priority level, in order to facilitate the seamless providing of the services relating to the application, thus resulting in minimal to no interruption of the user experience associated with the application.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for producer network function discovery in a wireless network based on geographic location
Patent No. 11700574

Inventor(s): Parry Cornell Booker (Arlington, TX), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17662252 on 05/06/2022 (431 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for location-based handling of discovery requests in a service-based network in which different instances of network functions (”NFs”) may be deployed in geographically diverse locations. For example, a Network Repository Function (”NRF”) may maintain location information for the various NF instances and may respond to discovery requests by identifying particular NF instances based on locations associated with the discovery requests. For example, such discovery requests may include a ”preferred-locality” parameter or some other indication of location associated with the discovery request, based on which the NRF may identify one or more NF instances to provide in response to the discovery request.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Beacon scheduling for wireless networks
Patent No. 11700577

Inventor(s): Anuj Batra (Dallas, TX), Ariton E. Xhafa (Plano, TX), Bradford James Campbell (Ann Arbor, MI), Srinath Hosur (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17242872 on 04/28/2021 (804 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for reducing energy consumption in a wireless network. In one embodiment, a system includes a network coordinator configured to manage access to a wireless network. The network coordinator includes a controller. The controller is configured to define a channel hopping list that specifies on which channel a beacon signal is transmitted in each slot frame of the wireless network. The controller is also configured to set a number of time slots in each slot frame based on a length of the channel hopping list. The controller is further configured to transmit a first beacon signal in each slot frame on a channel specified by the channel hopping list. The number of slots in each slot frame causes the first beacon signal to be transmitted on a same channel in each slot frame.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for uplink multi-antenna power control in a communications system
Patent No. 11700582

Inventor(s): 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: 17091885 on 11/06/2020 (977 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for uplink multi-antenna power control in a communications system are provided. A method for user equipment operations includes determining a transmit power level for transmit antennas of the user equipment having at least two transmit antennas, and setting a power amplifier output level for each of the at least two transmit antennas in accordance with a respective transmit power level.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Mobile time-sync distribution
Patent No. 11700590

Inventor(s): Malcolm Muir Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17555595 on 12/20/2021 (568 days app to issue)

Abstract: This technology allows time synchronization in wireless networks with mobile stations. A wireless network controller transmits instructions to access points (”APs”) within the wireless network to monitor transmissions for time synchronization. One or more second APs observe fine time measurement (”FTM”) exchanges between a first AP and a mobile station. A particular second AP determines whether to perform a time synchronization with the first AP based on the detection of the FTM exchange or a determination that the station is moving toward the second AP. For time synchronization, the second AP determines the time that the first AP transmitted the FTM exchange and the time of transmission from the first AP to the second AP. The second AP synchronizes a second AP clock to the summation of the time of the transmission of the FTM exchange and the time of transmission from the first AP to the second AP.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Scheduling energy harvesting nodes in a wireless sensor networks
Patent No. 11700635

Inventor(s): Anuj Batra (Dallas, TX), Ariton E. Xhafa (Plano, TX), Bradford James Campbell (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17396868 on 08/09/2021 (701 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for optimizing power consumption of energy harvesting nodes in a wireless sensor network. In one embodiment, a system includes a network coordinator. The network coordinator includes a wireless transceiver and a controller. The wireless transceiver is configured to provide access to the wireless sensor network. The controller is configured to determine whether a wireless device that is wirelessly communicating with the network coordinator is powered via energy harvesting. The controller is also configured to schedule, based on a determination that the wireless device is powered via energy harvesting, the wireless device to communicate via the wireless sensor network using a priority timeslot of a superframe of the wireless sensor network. The priority timeslot is a timeslot occurring in an initial portion of the superframe.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Network device, terminal device, and methods therein
Patent No. 11700648

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Nicholson De Vos Webster Elliott LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15733021 on 03/24/2020 (1204 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of transmitting a Random Access Channel (RACH) Occasion configuration to a terminal device and receiving a RACH preamble according to the RACH Occasion configuration. The RACH Occasion configuration comprises a first time resource indication identifying a first set of time resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit a RACH preamble according to a first random access procedure, a first frequency resource indication identifying at least a first set of frequency resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit the RACH preamble, a second time resource indication identifying a second set of time resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit a RACH preamble according to a second random access procedure, and a second frequency resource indication identifying at least a second set of frequency resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit the RACH preamble.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

DESIGN PATENTS

Bracelet
Patent No. D991820

Inventor(s): Heather Ann Murphy (Van Alstyne, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Dunlap Bennett Ludwig, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29790380 on 11/24/2021 (594 days app to issue)

Abstract: Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Patent No. D991970

Inventor(s): Camron Sackett (Bountiful, UT), Geoffrey Crowl (Salt Lake City, UT), John-Michael McNew (Ann Arbor, MI), Varun J. Prabhakar (Saline, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29786564 on 06/01/2021 (770 days app to issue)

Abstract: Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Patent No. D991974

Inventor(s): Camron Sackett (Bountiful, UT), John-Michael McNew (Ann Arbor, MI), Varun J. Prabhakar (Saline, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29786565 on 06/01/2021 (770 days app to issue)

Abstract: Patent Class: N/A

Bow tie fidget device
Patent No. D992045

Inventor(s): Brian Lee Roderman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Furka, LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29781146 on 04/28/2021 (804 days app to issue)

Abstract: Patent Class: N/A

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