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 26, 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 7
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 7
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 3
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 3
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 6
G: PHYSICS 33
H: ELECTRICITY 24
DESIGN: 9

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 14
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 5
Pavestone Llc (Atlanta, GA) 4
Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 4
Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson) 3
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 3
Bank Of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 2
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin) 2
Frito-Lay North America Inc. (Plano) 2

UNASSIGNED 8

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

William H. Karau (Southlake) 4
Anand Kulkarni (San Jose, CA) 2
Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas) 2
Martin Lueker-Boden (Fremont, CA) 2
Paul Bothner (Arlington) 2
Tung Thanh Hoang (San Jose, CA) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Smart desk and chair
Patent No. 11395542

Inventor(s): Dabing Zhang (Yangzhou, , CN)
Assignee(s): OmniMax USA, LLC (Anna, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16852440 on 04/18/2020 (829 days app to issue)

Abstract: A smart desk and chair includes a desk having at least one lift arm that is expandable and retractable for adjusting the height of a desk surface and a chair having a sensor included inside a chair seat where the sensor detects the presence or absence of a user seated in the chair. A controller in the desk controls the position of the at least one lift arm in the desk. The desk and chair are connected wirelessly enabling the desk surface to be automatically raised or lowered in relation to the floor depending on the standing or seated position of the user.

[A47B] TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (jointing of furniture F16B 12/00)

Applicators for applying transcutaneous analyte sensors and associated methods of manufacture
Patent No. 11395607

Inventor(s): Jonathan Bodnar (Keller, TX), Neal Davis Johnston (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DexCom, Inc. (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16011578 on 06/18/2018 (1499 days app to issue)

Abstract: Applicators for applying an on-skin assembly to skin of a host and methods of their use and/or manufacture are provided. An applicator includes an insertion assembly configured to insert at least a portion of the on-skin assembly into the skin of the host, a housing configured to house the insertion assembly, the housing comprising an aperture through which the on-skin assembly can pass, an actuation member configured to, upon activation, cause the insertion assembly to insert at least the portion of the on-skin assembly into the skin of the host, and a sealing element configured to provide a sterile barrier and a vapor barrier between an internal environment of the housing and an external environment of the housing.

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

Vacuum-assisted insertion device
Patent No. 11395676

Inventor(s): Joseph Choate Burkett (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17287968 on 10/21/2019 (1009 days app to issue)

Abstract: Insertion devices, systems, and methods for inserting a needle into a target tissue in an individual in need thereof are disclosed herein. Also disclosed herein are needle cartridges comprising a needle, a plate, and a needle holder. Also disclosed herein are methods of introducing a catheter into a target tissue in an individual in need thereof.

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

Surgical device and methods of use
Patent No. 11395723

Inventor(s): Sid Poorya Jalali (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Texas AM University System (College Station, TX)
Law Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16134506 on 09/18/2018 (1407 days app to issue)

Abstract: A surgical device for identification of a surgical site of interest, such as a craniofacial or dental site (root apex of an identified tooth), and a method for using the device is provided. The device includes a perimeter bar and a plurality of intermediate cross bars arranged in a grid structure. The device can be used during a surgical procedure requiring enhanced precision, such as during an endodontic surgical procedure, by positioning the device next to a patient”s tooth and capturing a CBCT image, the CBCT image being used to identify a drilling location. The device can be repositioned alongside the patient”s tooth, and used to identify an accurate drilling position.

[A61C] DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; preparations for dentistry A61K 6/00; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K 8/00, A61Q 11/00)

Dissolvable polymeric eye inserts with a biodegradable polymer and method of using same
Patent No. 11395797

Inventor(s): Howard Allen Ketelson (Dallas, TX), Rekha Rangarajan (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17114931 on 12/08/2020 (595 days app to issue)

Abstract: Polymeric eye inserts are provided that may be dissolvable when placed in the cul-de-sac of the eye. These inserts may contain one or more mucoadhesive polymers polymers, a biodegradable polymer as well as softener/plasticizer so that, when inserted into the eye, they may absorb tears, and dissolve and slowly release lubricant into the tear film to lubricate and protect the ocular surface for an extended duration of time. The biodegradable polymer containing eye insert may increase dissolution time on the ocular surface for longer lasting relief, may reduce dosing frequency and patient burden typically associated with topical drop usage. These polymeric eye inserts also may include one or more pharmaceutically active agents.

[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)

Negative pressure wound therapy apparatuses and methods for using the same
Patent No. 11395870

Inventor(s): Kevin Bendele (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Smith Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited (Singapore, , SG)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16486131 on 02/15/2018 (1622 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems, apparatuses, and methods for operating the systems and apparatuses are disclosed. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a negative pressure source, a connector port, at least one switch, and a controller. The negative pressure source is connected through the connector port to either (i) a wound dressing having a canister configured to store fluid aspirated from the wound or (ii) a wound dressing without a canister between the connector port and the wound dressing. The controller determines, based on a signal received from the at least one switch, whether the canister is positioned in the fluid flow path and adjusts one or more operational parameters of negative pressure wound therapy based on the determination. The switch is activated by the connection of either the canister or canisterless wound dressing to the apparatus.

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

Electronic drug delivery device
Patent No. 11395880

Inventor(s): Gordon Johnston (Dallas, TX), Neal Johnston (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): AMGEN INC. (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Law Firm: Marshall, Gerstein Borun LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16615019 on 06/22/2018 (1495 days app to issue)

Abstract: A drug delivery device includes a housing, a drug delivery assembly disposed within the housing along a longitudinal axis, and a cap defining a shell. At least one electronic component, a power source, and a switch assembly are at least partially disposed in and coupled to the cap. The switch assembly is movable along a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the drug delivery assembly to cause the power source to provide power to the electronic component. The device further includes an activation mechanism at least partially disposed in the cap. Upon urging the cap along the longitudinal axis in a direction away from the housing, the activation mechanism engages the switch assembly and causes the switch assembly to move, thereby causing the power source to provide power to the at least one electronic component.

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

Apparatuses for cutting food products and methods for operating the same
Patent No. 11396108

Inventor(s): Corey Everette Baxter (Valparaiso, IN), Daniel Wade King (Valparaiso, IN), Keith Alan Barber (Plano, TX), Michael Scot Jacko (Valparaiso, IN), Richard James Ruegg (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Frito-Lay North America, Inc. (Plano, TX), Urschel Laboratories, Inc. (Chesterton, IN)
Law Firm: Hartman Global IP Law (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16735845 on 01/07/2020 (931 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for cutting food products. The apparatus includes an annular-shaped cutting head having at least a first mounting frame surrounding a central axis of the cutting head and a plurality of cutting tools arranged around the central axis of the cutting head and pivotably coupled to the first mounting frame such that each cutting tool has a pivot axis. The method includes deflecting each cutting tool about its pivot axis by engaging first portions of the cutting tools in proximity to the first mounting frame to deflect the first portions a first radial deflection distance relative to the central axis and engaging second portions of the cutting tools to deflect the second portions a second radial deflection distance relative to the central axis. The first and second radial deflection distances can be adjusted individually or in unison.

[B26D] CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments B02C 18/00; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C 5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B) [5]

Management of vehicle sensors and responses to sensor data
Patent No. 11396309

Inventor(s): Daniel W. Reaser (Oak Point, TX), Gaurav Saxena (Plano, TX), Lance D. Jacobs (Plano, TX), Simon P. Roberts (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Connected North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16839169 on 04/03/2020 (844 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for controlling vehicle sensors includes one or more processors and a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing a sensor control module including instructions that control processor(s) to, if the vehicle is not moving, and responsive to occurrence of an event, control operation of at least one radar sensor to scan the vehicle occupant compartment at a first scanning rate. Responsive to an occurrence of another event following commencement of scanning at the first scanning rate, the processor(s) control operation of the at least one radar sensor to scan the occupant compartment at a second scanning rate different from the first scanning rate. After passage of a predetermined time period after commencement of scanning at the second scanning rate, it is determined whether a living object resides in the occupant compartment. If no living object resides in the occupant compartment, radar scanning of the occupant compartment is discontinued.

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

Rotor hub assembly with universal joint
Patent No. 11396371

Inventor(s): Frank Bradley Stamps (Colleyville, TX), Richard E. Rauber (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17014897 on 09/08/2020 (686 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rotor hub assembly that includes a yoke configured to attach blades thereto, a universal joint configured to attach to, and transmit forces between, a mast and the yoke, and an elastomeric member configured to attenuate vibrations transmitted from the universal joint to the mast.

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

Redundant impact-resistant structure
Patent No. 11396372

Inventor(s): Charles Joseph Kilmain (North Richland Hills, TX), John Benjamin Osborne (Colleyville, TX), Ramesh Thiagarajan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16117924 on 08/30/2018 (1426 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for providing a control link for an aircraft in which the control link comprises an impact-resistant structure with a redundant load path. The control link has an inner structure that is sized to carry the anticipated load of the flight control system and to meet all safety factors. The control link also has an outer structure that is sacrificial and configured to absorb impact damage during operation, thereby protecting the inner structure. The outer structure is also designed to carry the anticipated load of the flight control system on its own, independent of the inner structure, and to meet all safety factors. If the outer structure fails, the inner structure allows for continued safe operation of the flight control system. The space or cavity between the inner and outer structures may be filled with a material, such as a closed-cell foam, to improve the impact resistance of the outer structure.

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

Pitch crank assembly with spherical bearings
Patent No. 11396373

Inventor(s): Kyle Thomas Cravener (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16874084 on 05/14/2020 (803 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pitch horn assembly for an aircraft comprises a pitch horn rotatably coupled to a connector pin along a first axis using a first set of spherical bearings. The connector pin is rotatably coupled to a housing along a second axis using a second set of spherical bearings. A crank is fixedly coupled to the connector pin, wherein the pitch horn and the crank are configured to commonly rotate relative to the housing.

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

Aircraft having radially extendable tailboom assembly
Patent No. 11396374

Inventor(s): Carlos Alexander Fenny (Fort Worth, TX), Daniel Bryan Robertson (Southlake, TX), Kirk Landon Groninga (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16371375 on 04/01/2019 (1212 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tail sitter aircraft includes a fuselage having a forward portion, an aft portion and a longitudinally extending fuselage axis. At least two wings are supported by the forward portion of the fuselage. A distributed propulsion system includes at least one propulsion assembly operably associated with each fixed wing and is operable to provide forward thrust during forward flight and vertical thrust during vertical takeoff, hover and vertical landing. A tailboom assembly extends from the aft portion of the fuselage and includes a plurality of rotatably mounted tail arms having control surfaces and landing members. In a forward flight configuration, the tail arms are radially retracted to reduce tail surface geometry and provide yaw and pitch control with the control surfaces. In a landing configuration, the tail arms are radially extended relative to the fuselage axis to form a stable ground contact base with the landing members.

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

Elastic drawstring trash bag
Patent No. 11396404

Inventor(s): Brad A. Cobler (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17244468 on 04/29/2021 (453 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric bags, particularly polymeric drawstring trash bags. The present invention comprises a trash bag having an elastic drawstring. The elastic drawstring trash bag features an integrated short seal comprising an inner seal, an outer seal, and an intermediate seal. The integrated short seal functions to reduce the upper opening of the drawstring trash bag, while the elastic drawstring utilized with the bag provides a bag that allows the bag to fit snugly on many common trash receptacles.

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

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

UV lamp and anti-scale water treatment water heater apparatus with sanitation loop
Patent No. 11396467

Inventor(s): Paul Bothner (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Watts Regulator Co. (North Andover, MA)
Law Firm: Harris Beach PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16196538 on 11/20/2018 (1344 days app to issue)

Abstract: A water heating and treatment system with UV lamp and anti-scale water treatment sanitation for suppression of pathogens including undesired bacterial content in a domestic water system includes a water heater. A cold water supply line to supply water to the water heater includes an anti-scale device, and a UV sanitation lamp. A water heater sanitation loop includes a sanitation loop pump to circulate hot water within the water heater. The water heater controller causes an activation of the water heater sanitation loop and a water temperature of the water heater to increase momentarily to a sanitization temperature above 151 F. for one or more periods of at least two minutes in a sanitation loop mode. A method for treating hot water to suppress pathogens including undesired bacterial content in a domestic water system is also described.

[C02F] TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE (processes for making harmful chemical substances harmless, or less harmful, by effecting a chemical change in the substances A62D 3/00; separation, settling tanks or filter devices B01D; special arrangements on waterborne vessels of installations for treating water, waste water or sewage, e.g. for producing fresh water, B63J; adding materials to water to prevent corrosion C23F; treating radioactively-contaminated liquids G21F 9/04) [3]

Dual mass spectrometry-cleavable crosslinking reagents for protein-protein interactions
Patent No. 11396527

Inventor(s): Saiful Mahmud Chowdhury (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Pabst Patent Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16923811 on 07/08/2020 (748 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described are dual mass-spectrometry-cleavable cross-linkers that can be cleaved selectively using two differential tandem mass-spectrometric techniques such as collision induced dissociation (CID) or electron transfer dissociation (ETD), i.e., a dual cleavable crosslinking technology (DUCCT) cross-linker. When used to cross-link a macromolecule, such as a peptide, MS/MS fragmentation produces two signature complementary mass spectra of same cross-linked peptides, the analysis of which gives rise to high confidence in characterizing the structures of the cross-linked macromolecules as well as sites of interactions. Also described, are methods of making and using DUCCT cross-linkers.

[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]

Adhesive formulations that are free of asphalt or substantially free of asphalt, methods of making the same, and roofing systems utilizing the same
Patent No. 11396617

Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearny, NJ), Isaac Bernard Rufus (Newark, DE), Jarod L. Krajca (Ennis, TX), Michael Dougherty (Mount Arlington, NJ), Overton Williams (Paterson, NJ), Ramil Marcelo L. Mercado (Waxahachie, TX), Richard Chin (Li
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17466511 on 09/03/2021 (326 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to roofing systems including a substrate and adhesive formulations that are free of asphalt or substantially free of asphalt. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods of making one or more adhesive formulations that are free of asphalt or substantially free of asphalt. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems utilizing one or more adhesive formulations that are free of asphalt or substantially free of asphalt.

[C09J] ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES (surgical adhesives A61L 24/00; adhesives on the basis of non specified organic macromolecular compounds used as bonding agents in layered products B32B; labelling fabrics or comparable materials or articles with deformable surface using adhesives and thermo-activatable adhesives respectively B65C 5/02, B65C 5/04; preparation of glue or gelatine C09H; adhesive labels, tag tickets or similar identification of indication means G09F 3/10) [5]

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

Exterior wall system
Patent No. 11396749

Inventor(s): John Frank (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): MITEK HOLDINGS, INC. (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Stinson LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17068888 on 10/13/2020 (651 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exterior wall section forms a portion of an exterior wall of a building. The building has multiple floors and a framework defining the multiple floors. The exterior wall section includes a structural layer to be connected to the framework. The structural layer includes a plurality of studs connected together. An insulation layer is supported by the structural layer to insulate the building. Siding is supported by the structural layer and defines an exterior side of the exterior wall section. A perimeter of the exterior wall section is defined by the edge margins of the structural layer, the insulation layer and/or the siding. The exterior wall section includes an interlocking structure extending along the perimeter that mates with an interlocking structure of another exterior wall section to form a seal with said another exterior wall section when the exterior wall sections are connected to the building.

[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)

Finishing shingle
Patent No. 11396753

Inventor(s): Andrew Hradisky (Dallas, TX), Michael John Hradisky (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17149965 on 01/15/2021 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: A finishing shingle includes a sheet having a front surface and a rear surface. The front surface is configured to resemble the shingle installed on a roof with which the finishing shingle will be used. The sheet further includes a central, frangible seam longitudinally extending from one side edge to an opposing side edge that allows a worker to easily separate the sheet into two equal finishing shingles that are substantially half the size of the roof shingle. Nail targets positioned on the top surface provide a template for a worker to nail the finishing shingle to the underlying flashing. Circular sealant patches on the rear surface are aligned with the nail targets to form a watertight seal around the nail and flashing.

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

Telescoping door with swing clear breakout hinge
Patent No. 11396770

Inventor(s): Federico Romero (Corpus Christi, TX)
Assignee(s): OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16372102 on 04/01/2019 (1212 days app to issue)

Abstract: A guide pin support system may include: a first support plate; a second support plate pivotally attached to the first support plate; a first guide pin supported by the first support plate; a second guide pin supported by the second support plate and the second guide pin pivotable with respect to the first guide pin.

[E05D] HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS, OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C 11/00) HEADER F mech eng

Rotating diffuser pump
Patent No. 11396887

Inventor(s): Andreas Dreiss (Hamburg, , DE), Jens Friedrichs (Schwulper, , DE), Rehan Farooqi (San Marino, CA), Stefano Tosin (Braunschweig, , DE)
Assignee(s): Flowserve Management Company (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15101460 on 12/03/2014 (2792 days app to issue)

Abstract: A centrifugal pump with a rotating impeller and a rotating diffuser. The diffuser may be rotated with a controlled speed to broaden the operational range of the pump. Such control may be done independently of the rotational speed of the impeller to tailor pump operation to a particular NPSH, efficiency, fluid flow or related requirement. In one preferred form, the impeller and diffuser are made to counter-rotate relative to one another, while the independent rotational speed of each may be provided by one or more motors, as well as a variable-speed transmission coupled to such motor or motors. Such a pump is optimized for specific speed operating ranges beneath those associated with axial flow pump configurations.

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

Device for making plumbing connections and a method of use thereof
Patent No. 11396963

Inventor(s): Brian B. Kim (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Sul Lee Law Firm PLLC (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15979975 on 05/15/2018 (1533 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device for making plumbing connections is provided. The device includes a first compression nut, a second compression nut, a sleeve fitting body between the first compression nut and the second compression nut, a first ferrule between the first compression nut and the sleeve fitting body, and a second ferrule between the sleeve fitting body and the second compression nut. The first compression nut has a first narrow portion and a first threaded portion, the first narrow portion having a first internal cavity with a first diameter. The second compression nut has a second narrow portion and a second threaded portion, the second narrow portion having a second internal cavity with a second diameter. The sleeve fitting body has a threaded portion that respectively correspond to the first and second threaded portions, and a first cavity portion having the first diameter, and a second cavity portion having the second diameter.

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

UV lamp and anti-scale water treatment water heater apparatus with sanitation loop
Patent No. 11397009

Abstract: A water heating and treatment system with UV lamp and anti-scale water treatment sanitation for suppression of pathogens and undesired bacterial content in a domestic hot water system includes an anti-scale device, and a UV sanitation lamp. A single or multiple mixing station supplies heated water to one or multiple temperature zones. A water heater sanitation loop includes a sanitation loop pump to circulate hot water within the water heater. A three-way return water diverter valve allows for safe sanitation of a domestic hot water system by diverting over temperature re-circulated water away from the mixing valve to a drain, as needed. A method for treating hot water to suppress pathogens and undesired bacterial content in a domestic hot water system is also described.

[F24D] DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR (preventing corrosion C23F; water supply in general E03; using steam or condensate extracted or exhausted from steam engine plants for heating purposes F01K 17/02; steam traps F16T; domestic stoves or ranges F24B, F24C; water or air heaters having heat generating means F24H; combined heating and refrigeration systems F25B; heat exchange apparatus or elements F28; removing furring F28G; electric heating elements or arrangements H05B)

Communications between thermostat and rooftop unit of climate control system
Patent No. 11397016

Inventor(s): Alan E. Bennett (Denton, TX), Anna Vishinsky (Little Elm, TX), Farhad Abrishamkar (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17129285 on 12/21/2020 (582 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a thermostat is configured for use in a climate control system. The thermostat is operable to use two-way communication for communicating operational information between the thermostat and at least one rooftop unit (RTU) within the climate control system. For example, the two-way communication comprises sending first operational information to the RTU and receiving second operational information from the RTU. The operational information comprising one or more climate control commands, setpoints, configuration information, diagnostics, and/or sensor data. The thermostat is further operable to operate the climate control system based on the operational information communicated between the thermostat and the RTU.

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

System and method for sealing and supporting external pipe connections in fluid lines and directing escaped fluids to a cabinet in an HVAC system
Patent No. 11397017

Inventor(s): Robert B. Uselton (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16580052 on 09/24/2019 (1036 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stub pipe housing and a method for installing a stub pipe housing in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (”HVAC”) system, the stub pipe housing comprising a first end for sealed contact with an external surface of a cabinet in the HVAC system and a non-permeable material extending to a second end for sealed contact with an external pipe. Sealed contact between the first end and the cabinet, sealed contact between the second end and the external surface, and the non-permeable material ensures any fluid escaping the connection between the stub pipe and the external pipe is directed to the cabinet. The stub pipe housing supports the connection using resilient material, rigid material with compliant seals or some combination. Fluids are directed to flow through the stub pipe opening in the cabinet or directed to flow through other openings.

Control scheme for automatic fan mode for use with variable refrigerant flow systems
Patent No. 11397040

Inventor(s): Ben Hobson (Dallas, TX), Der-Kai Hung (Dallas, TX), Hongbing Lian (Plano, TX), Lin Lan (Colleyville, TX), Shahn Markarian (Dallas, TX), Steve Mersh (Murfreesboro, TN)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16677964 on 11/08/2019 (991 days app to issue)

Abstract: An HVAC system includes an outdoor heat exchanger. A first indoor heat exchanger is fluidly coupled to the outdoor heat exchanger and disposed in a first zone. A second indoor heat exchanger is fluidly coupled to the outdoor heat exchanger and disposed in a second zone. A compressor is fluidly coupled to the outdoor heat exchanger, the first indoor heat exchanger, and the second indoor heat exchanger. A first zone controller is electrically coupled to the first indoor heat exchanger. The first zone controller is configured to measure a temperature in the first zone, compare the measured temperature to a setpoint temperature of the first zone, and responsive to a difference between the measured temperature and the setpoint temperature, adjust a speed of a first circulation fan independent of the speed of a second circulation fan.

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

P H Y S I C S

System and method for providing guided augmented reality physical therapy in a telemedicine platform
Patent No. 11395940

Inventor(s): Michelle Minh Hien Nguyen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: The Dobrusin Law Firm, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17065303 on 10/07/2020 (657 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention provides a method, a system, and a computer storage medium to provide a guided augmented-reality physical exercise in a virtual platform comprising of initiating the exercise to provide a live stream of the user”s body image and poses on the user interface; selecting an exercise wherein a reference skeleton image is animated on the user interface showing target poses for the user to mimic; capturing and tracking the user poses to provide captured body frame data; analyzing such data using a pose detection model to provide analyzed body motion frame data for the creation of a superposed skeleton image that dynamically tracks and moves with the user body poses on the user live stream; determining whether the body poses match the target poses using a pose matching algorithm; and indicating whether such match existed by changing appearance of one or more portions of the superposed skeleton image.

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

Power and security adjustment for face identification with reflectivity detection by a ranging sensor
Patent No. 11397077

Inventor(s): Arnaud Deleule (Cupertino, CA), John E. Kvam (Palo Alto, CA), Kalyan-Kumar Vadlamudi-Reddy (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16224543 on 12/18/2018 (1316 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method of controlling a facial recognition process by validating preconditions with a ranging sensor. The ranging sensor transmits a ranging signal that is reflected off of a user”s face and received back at the ranging sensor. The received ranging signal can be used to determine distance between the user”s face and the mobile device or to determine the reflectivity of the user”s face. Comparing the distance to a range of distances corresponding to normal operation of the device or normal reflectivities associated with human skin tones can reduce the number of false positive activations of the facial recognition process. Furthermore, a multiple zone ranging sensor can produce a face depth map that can be compared to a stored face depth map or can produce a reflectivity map that can be compared to a stored face reflectivity map to further increase power efficiency and device security.

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

Generating upsampled signal from gyroscope data
Patent No. 11397083

Inventor(s): Eric C. Larson (Garland, TX), Erik Gabrielsen (Dripping Springs, TX), Ian Johnson (Englewood, CO), Mitchell Thornton (Dallas, TX), Travis Siems (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): IRONWOOD CYBER INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16702116 on 12/03/2019 (966 days app to issue)

Abstract: Gyroscope data can be used to generate upsampled signal. Multiple mobile devices are spaced apart from each other in a spatial arrangement. Each mobile device includes a gyroscope sensor to detect mechanical vibrations caused by signals originating within a vicinity of a mobile device that includes the gyroscope sensor. Each mobile device includes one or more respective processors to receive representations of the mechanical vibrations sensed by the gyroscope sensor at a sampling frequency, and transmit the representations received at the sampling frequency as a respective vibration signal associated with sampling times. The signal processor is coupled to the multiple mobile devices. The signal processor generates a processed upsampled signal by interleaving the vibration signal received from each mobile device and processing the interleaved signal using one or more machine learning filters, and transmitting the processed upsampled signal.

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

Methods of monitoring conditions associated with aging of silicon carbide power MOSFET devices in-situ, related circuits and computer program products
Patent No. 11397209

Inventor(s): Bhanu Teja Vankayalapati (Richardson, TX), Bilal Akin (Richardson, TX), Chi Xu (Plano, TX), Enes Ugur (Plano, TX), Fei Yang (Plano, TX), Shi Pu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Stanek Lemon Crouse Meeks, P.A (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16897448 on 06/10/2020 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of monitoring a condition of a SiC MOSFET can include (a) applying a first test gate-source voltage across a gate-source of a SiC MOSFET in-situ, the first test gate-source voltage configured to operate the SiC MOSFET in saturation mode to generate a first drain current in the SiC MOSFET, (b) applying a second test gate-source voltage across the gate-source of the SiC MOSFET in-situ, the second test gate-source voltage configured to operate the SiC MOSFET in fully-on mode to generate a second drain current in the SiC MOSFET, (c) determining a drain-source saturation resistance using the first drain current to provide an indication of a degradation of a gate oxide of the SiC MOSFET; and (d) determining a drain-source on resistance using the second drain current to provide an indication of a degradation of contact resistance of the SiC MOSFET.

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

System and method for determining at least one characteristic of a transmitting coil
Patent No. 11397222

Inventor(s): Daniel Hashemi (Ann Arbor, MI), Hideo Iizuka (Ann Arbor, MI), Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16749287 on 01/22/2020 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for determining at least one characteristic of a transmitting coil generating a magnetic field may include a first measurement coil being wound in a first direction, a second measurement coil being wound in a second direction, a voltage measuring device, and at least one processor in communication with the voltage measuring device. The first measurement coil and the second measurement coil may be adjacent to one another. The voltage measuring device may be configured to measure a first voltage of the first measurement coil and a second voltage of the second measurement coil in response to the magnetic field generated by the transmitting coil. The at least one processor may be configured to determine the at least one characteristic of the transmitting coil based on a ratio between the first voltage and the second voltage at a predetermined frequency.

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

Time-of-flight measurement system and method
Patent No. 11397259

Inventor(s): Aslak Ringvoll Normann (Oslo, , NO), Espen Wium (Oslo, , NO), Oskar Gustaf Fredrik Von Heideken (Oslo, , NO), Reidar Myhr (Oslo, , NO), Tomas Motos (Hamar, , NO), Trond Meckelborg Rognerud (Sorumsand, , NO)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16358326 on 03/19/2019 (1225 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques related to measuring a time-of-flight (ToF), comprising switching a first measuring station to a main operating mode, transmitting, by the first measuring station, a first ToF packet to a remote device, switching the first measuring station to a receive mode to receive a first ToF response packet from the remote device, receiving, by the first measuring station, the first ToF response packet, determining, a time interval between transmitting of the first ToF packet and receiving the first ToF response packet, receiving a plurality of time intervals from one or more other measuring stations, determining a ToF measurement based on the first time interval and the plurality of time intervals, switching the first measuring station to a secondary operating mode, and transmitting to a second measuring station, an indication to switch to the main operating mode.

[G01S] RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

Machine learning model representation and execution
Patent No. 11397564

Inventor(s): Jeffrey B. Saxon (Rockwall, TX), Jeffrey Dix (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16858225 on 04/24/2020 (823 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations including receiving user specified metadata for execution tasks associated with a machine learning (ML) model; receiving artifacts specifying program code for implementing the ML model; creating a file system structure for a container to hold the ML model; receiving environment variables for operation of the ML model; and building the container including a model image for the ML model. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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

Conditional execution specification of instructions using conditional extension slots in the same execute packet in a VLIW processor
Patent No. 11397583

Inventor(s): Duc Quang Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Joseph Raymond Michael Zbiciak (San Jose, CA), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16558569 on 09/03/2019 (1057 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a memory and a processor core. The processor core includes functional units and an instruction decode unit configured to determine whether an execute packet of instructions received by the processing core includes a first instruction that is designated for execution by a first functional unit of the functional units and a second instruction that is a condition code extension instruction that includes a plurality of sets of condition code bits, wherein each set of condition code bits corresponds to a different one of the functional units, and wherein the sets of condition code bits include a first set of condition code bits that corresponds to the first functional unit. When the execute packet includes the first and second instructions, the first functional unit is configured to execute the first instruction conditionally based upon the first set of condition code bits in the second instruction.

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

Automatic electronic history centralization
Patent No. 11397595

Inventor(s): Julia Ruth Nash (Richardson, TX), Osakpamwan Osaigbovo (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17002833 on 08/26/2020 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer system, a computer program product, and a method that comprises determining user activity based on a personalized electronic history; generating a user interface that overlays on a physical object that denotes user interaction on the physical object based, at least in part, on the determined user activity and user location; and displaying the generated user interface that overlays on the physical object on the user interface on a computing device.

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

Block quality classification at testing for non-volatile memory, and multiple bad block flags for product diversity
Patent No. 11397635

Inventor(s): Ken Oowada (Fujisawa, , JP), Shih-Chung Lee (Yokohama, , JP), Takashi Murai (Fujisawa, , JP)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16708383 on 12/09/2019 (960 days app to issue)

Abstract: For a non-volatile memory die formed of multiple blocks of memory cells, the memory die has a multi-bit bad block flag for each block stored on the memory die, such as in a fuse ROM. For each block, the multi-bit flag indicates if the block has few defects and is of the highest reliability category, is too defective to be used, or is in of one of multiple recoverability categories. The multi-bit bad blocks values can be determined as part a test process on fresh devices, where the test of a block can be fail stop for critical category errors, but, for recoverable categories, the test continues and tracks the test results to determine a recoverability category for the block and write this onto the die as a bad block flag for each block. These recoverability categories can be incorporated into wear leveling operations.

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

Memory controller implemented error correction code memory
Patent No. 11397638

Inventor(s): Bryan Hornung (Plano, 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: 16834335 on 03/30/2020 (848 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices and techniques for memory controller implemented error correction code (ECC) memory are disclosed herein. ECC groups may be placed across banks of the memory. In some examples, an ECC group is a collection of bytes equal to one row in one bank. Also, the placement may restrict a given bank to a single member of the ECC group. A memory operation can be received and executed using the ECC groups.

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

Command interface and pre-fetch architecture
Patent No. 11397684

Inventor(s): Vijay Chinchole (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16682183 on 11/13/2019 (986 days app to issue)

Abstract: A data storage system includes a memory including a plurality of memory cells; and control logic configured to receive a first data string and determine a data type of the first data string. If the first data string is a combination command, the control logic obtains a plurality of sub-commands based on the first data string. Meanwhile, the control logic receives a second data string, determines that it represents an address, and decodes the address. While decoding the address or otherwise processing the second data string, the control logic performs a system operation specified by one of the sub-commands. The control logic also performs a memory operation, specified by another of the sub-commands, on one or more of the plurality of memory cells in accordance with the decoded address.

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

Systems and methods for scoring popularity of entities in a social network
Patent No. 11397743

Inventor(s): Haripriya Srinivasaraghavan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16808196 on 03/03/2020 (875 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for scoring popularity of entities in a social network are disclosed herein. An exemplary system assigns popularity scores to a plurality of entities in a social network, the popularity scores including a first popularity score assigned to a first entity of the plurality of entities and a second popularity score assigned to a second entity of the plurality of entities, and adjusts, in response to an operation in the social network, the second popularity score based on the first popularity score. In certain examples, the system also adjusts, in response to the operation in the social network, the first popularity score based on the first popularity score at the time of the operation.

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

System and method for determining rankings, searching, and generating reports of profiles and personal information
Patent No. 11397745

Inventor(s): Grant Carter Hemingway (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Hemingway Hansen, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16831798 on 03/26/2020 (852 days app to issue)

Abstract: This invention is a system and method that supports peer to peer interactions, in which users rate themselves and others, using a review-based system and algorithm-oriented search engine. The algorithm locates and displays users through a set list of parameters via the search engine. After locating the profile, the user can become more informed about their search or publish a report on the search, then utilize their newfound knowledge in their upcoming meeting to their benefit.

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

Vector matrix multiplication with 3D NAND
Patent No. 11397790

Inventor(s): Federico Nardi (San Jose, CA), Gerrit Jan Hemink (San Jose, CA), Won Ho Choi (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16452418 on 06/25/2019 (1127 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus performs vector matrix multiplication (VMM) for an analog neural network (ANN). The apparatus includes a column of NAND flash cells in series, where each NAND flash cell includes a control gate; a bit line connected to the column of NAND flash cells, where a current drawn from the NAND flash cells flows to the bit line; an integrator connected to the bit line; and a controller having programmed instructions to control the column of NAND flash cells by setting the voltage of the control gate of each NAND flash cell.

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

Systems and methods for user authentication in non-network-connected devices
Patent No. 11397802

Inventor(s): Evan D. Howarth (Sachse, TX), Gregory Creek (Prosper, TX), Mai H. Nguyen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16572393 on 09/16/2019 (1044 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for authenticating a user to reset account login credentials associated with a non-network-connected generator computing device. The generator computing device is programmed to receive a first user input requesting to initiate a reset of account login credentials, generate a challenge code, set a timer, display the generated challenge code, and receive a second user input. The second user input is a response code generated at a services computing device associated with a services provider. The generator computing device is also programmed to verify that an amount of time elapsed between generation of the challenge code and receipt of the second user input is within a predefined time limit. The generator computing device is programmed to generate an expected response code, authenticate the user by comparing the received response code to the expected response code, and reset the account login credentials.

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

Vertical mapping and computing for deep neural networks in non-volatile memory
Patent No. 11397885

Inventor(s): Anand Kulkarni (San Jose, CA), Martin Lueker-Boden (Fremont, CA), Tung Thanh Hoang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16861862 on 04/29/2020 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-volatile memory structure capable of storing layers of a deep neural network (DNN) and perform an inferencing operation within the structure is presented. A stack of bonded die pairs is connected by through silicon vias. Each bonded die pair includes a memory die, having one or more memory arrays onto which layers of the neural network are mapped, and a peripheral circuitry die, including the control circuits for performing the convolution or multiplication for the bonded die pair. The multiplications can either be done in-array on the memory die or in-logic on the peripheral circuitry die. The arrays can be formed into columns along the vias, allowing an inferencing operation to be performed by propagating an input up and down the columns, with the output of one level being the input of the subsequent layer.

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

Vertical mapping and computing for deep neural networks in non-volatile memory
Patent No. 11397886

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

System for validated tracking and management of events associated with equipment during lifetime usage
Patent No. 11397905

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16831342 on 03/26/2020 (852 days app to issue)

Abstract: Validated tracking and managing of events associated with equipment during a usage lifetime. Equipment is registered within a distributed register/ledger of a distributed trust network according to an equipment identifier and subsequently events related to the equipment are registered and managed within the distributed register/ledger during the usage lifetime. Such events include resource arrangement-related events and property-right-related events. In addition, logic may be included in the distributed register/leger that triggers various actions in response to the events.

[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]

Method and system for processing electronic checks
Patent No. 11397926

Inventor(s): Phillip C. Yarbrough (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): FIDELITY INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC (Jacksonville, FL)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16221905 on 12/17/2018 (1317 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, software is operable to identify checking account information from a repository, with the checking account information associated with a transaction. The software automatically generates an electronic check image based, at least in part, on the transaction and the identified checking account information. The software is then operable to communicate the electronic check image to a bank of first deposit for deposit.

Transport vehicle access sharing with various occupants
Patent No. 11397932

Inventor(s): James H. Kikuma (Plano, TX), Manish Kumar (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16389169 on 04/19/2019 (1194 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include determining a fractional responsibility of an event, a sub-event and/or an occupant associated with a transport.

Framework for implementing segmented dimensions
Patent No. 11397957

Inventor(s): Adeel Najmi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Blue Yonder Group, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ)
Law Firm: Spencer Fane LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14216477 on 03/17/2014 (3053 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for segmentation planning wherein a cost-to-serve interval and a value interval are used to generate a strategy for a micro-segment defined along a portion of the cost-to-serve interval and value interval, and similar micro-segments may be assigned to a single persona based on similar cost-to-serve and value tradeoffs.

Method and system for integrated search and selection in a transactional interface
Patent No. 11397980

Inventor(s): James Barry (Plano, TX), Jonathan Luke (Plano, TX), Matthew Chappel (Cedar Hill, TX), Michael Flanagan (Grand Prairie, TX), Russell Mendola (Cedar Hill, TX), Walter Sturghill (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): CITY ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16230483 on 12/21/2018 (1313 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system are disclosed. The method includes receiving a first communication at a computer system, performing a search operation, sending a second communication, receiving a third communication, and storing the at least the portion of item information in a transaction storage construct. The computer system can cause presentation of a search field in a user interface displayed by a remote computer system. The first communication is received as a result of an event in the search field. Further, a search result (a result of the performing the search operation) is communicated to the remote computer system and comprises item information corresponding to an item. The second communication can cause presentation of the search results in the user interface. The third communication represents a selection of the item in the user interface, and comprises at least a portion of the item information.

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

Tax planning using video-based graphical user interface and artificial intelligence
Patent No. 11397995

Inventor(s): John Anthony Castro (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): AITAX CORPORATION (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17569170 on 01/05/2022 (202 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method of generating and presenting a recommended filing strategy that includes receiving user inputs via a graphical user interface; identifying, using one or more computers, factual patterns of the user inputs; assigning, using the one or more computers and based on the identified factual patterns, a risk tolerance classification; generating, using an optimization model and based on the factual patterns, the risk tolerance classification, and relevant legal documents, the recommended filing strategy; identifying relevant media files from a library of media files that are associated with the recommended filing strategy; creating a combined media file from the plurality of relevant media files; and presenting the combined media file via the graphical user interface.

Real time traffic sign recognition
Patent No. 11398098

Inventor(s): Arun Shankar Kudana (Karnataka, , IN), Manu Mathew (Karnataka, , IN), Soyeb Nagori (Karnataka, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16865080 on 05/01/2020 (816 days app to issue)

Abstract: Advanced driver assistance systems can be designed to recognize and to classify traffic signs under real time constraints, and under a wide variety of visual conditions. This disclosure provides techniques that employ binary masks extracted by color space segmentation, with a different binary mask generated for each sign shape. Temporal tracking is employed to add robustness to the detection system. The system is generic, and is trainable to the traffic signs used in various countries. NULL

Vending machine for foodstuffs
Patent No. 11398125

Inventor(s): Mauricio Jasso Rodriguez (Apodaca, , MX)
Assignee(s): Frito-Lay North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16935743 on 07/22/2020 (734 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vending machine configured to dispense foodstuffs includes a plurality of cartridges having a plurality of slots with each slot releasably retaining a foodstuff; a heating section configured to receive at least one foodstuff from at least one of the plurality of slots and to heat the at least one foodstuff; and a dispensing drawer configured to receive the at least one foodstuff passing through the heating section and to permit access to the foodstuff.

[G07F] COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D 3/00; coin testing G07D 5/00) [7]

Ramp merging assistance
Patent No. 11398156

Inventor(s): Kyungtae Han (Palo Alto, CA), Prashant Tiwari (Santa Clara, CA), Ziran Wang (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16781211 on 02/04/2020 (903 days app to issue)

Abstract: A server can assist connected vehicles merging from a ramp onto a main lane. A connected vehicle can be configured to communicate with the server. Connected vehicles on the main lane and connected vehicles on the ramp can send their locations and speeds to the server. The server can determine when at least one connected vehicle is within a geo-fence surrounding a merging point, where the main lane and the ramp meet. The server can determine an order in which the connected vehicles on the main lane and on the ramp can merge based on the connected vehicles” locations and speeds. The server can determine an advisory speed for at least one of the connected vehicles based on the order. The server can send the advisory speed to the at least one connected vehicle.

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

Forced current access with voltage clamping in cross-point array
Patent No. 11398262

Inventor(s): Michael Grobis (Campbell, CA), Michael Nicolas Albert Tran (San Jose, CA), Nathan Franklin (Belmont, CA), Ward Parkinson (Boise, ID)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17232924 on 04/16/2021 (466 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technology for limiting a voltage difference between two selected conductive lines in a cross-point array when using a forced current approach is disclosed. In one aspect, the selected word line voltage is clamped to a voltage limit while driving an access current through a region of the selected word line and through a region of the selected bit line. The access current flows through the memory cell to allow a sufficient voltage to successfully read or write the memory cell, while not placing undue stress on the memory cell. In some aspects, the maximum voltage that is permitted on the selected word line depends on the location of the selected memory cell in the cross-point memory array. This allows memory cells for which there is a larger IR drop to receive an adequate voltage, while not over-stressing memory cells for which there is a smaller IR drop.

[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)

Lockout mode for reverse order read operation
Patent No. 11398280

Inventor(s): Deepanshu Dutta (Fremont, CA), Huai-yuan Tseng (San Ramon, CA), Ravi Kumar (Redwood City, CA), Yu-Chung Lien (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17189890 on 03/02/2021 (511 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for a pre-lockout read for a reverse order read operation with lockout mode is disclosed. The method comprises: performing a pre-lockout read at a first sensing level to determine which memory cells of the set of memory cells are on in response to the first sensing level being applied to a selected word line; performing a first sensing operation on the selected word line at a second sensing level including sensing memory cells of the set of memory cells determined to be off in response to the pre-lockout read; and performing a second sensing operation on the selected word line at a third sensing level including sensing memory cells of the set of memory cells determined to be on in response to the pre-lockout read, where the first sensing level is of a value between the second sensing level and the third sensing level.

Memory cell mis-shape mitigation
Patent No. 11398285

Inventor(s): Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16910504 on 06/24/2020 (762 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are provided for mitigating issues of memory hole mis-shape. In one aspect, one or more control circuits are configured to program a group of non-volatile memory cells from an erase state to a plurality of programmed states using a first program parameter. The one or more control circuits measure threshold voltages of the group to determine a severity of memory hole mis-shape in the group. The one or more control circuits program the group from the erase state to the plurality of programmed states using a second program parameter selected based on the severity of the memory hole mis-shape in the group.

Input/output circuit internal loopback
Patent No. 11398287

Inventor(s): Tianyu Tang (Milpitas, CA), Venkatesh Ramachandra (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16828547 on 03/24/2020 (854 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for a semiconductor die, and controlling operation of the semiconductor die. In some aspects, a semiconductor die is configured to test an I/O circuit on the semiconductor die. The semiconductor die has an input circuit that compares a voltage signal at one of a first input or a second input with a reference voltage at the other of the first input or the second input to generate an input voltage signal. The first input may be connected to an I/O contact. During a normal mode a control circuit on the die provides a reference voltage to second input. During a test mode, the control circuit internally loops back a test signal from an output circuit to the second input of the input circuit. Thus, the test signal avoids the I/O contact.

Storage medium-assisted system interface training scheme
Patent No. 11398288

Inventor(s): Niles Yang (Mountainview, CA), Phil Reusswig (Mountainview, CA), Rohit Sehgal (San Jose, CA), Sahil Sharma (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17326414 on 05/21/2021 (431 days app to issue)

Abstract: A data storage system includes a storage medium and a storage controller configured to perform interface training operations. The interface training operations include loading a test data pattern into a first controller buffer of the storage controller, loading the test data pattern into a first storage medium buffer of the storage medium, setting a first read voltage or timing parameter at the storage controller, transferring the test data pattern from the first storage medium buffer to a second controller buffer of the storage controller using the first read voltage or timing parameter, comparing the test data pattern in the first controller buffer with the test data pattern in the second controller buffer, and determining a first read transfer error rate based on the first comparison.

Secure and safe child social networking and parental oversight system and a method for accessing and using the secure and safe child social networking and parental oversight system by parents and children
Patent No. 11398999

Inventor(s): Rohan Kumar Shrestha (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Plager Schack LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17398773 on 08/10/2021 (350 days app to issue)

Abstract: A software/mobile app-implemented secure and safe child social networking and parental oversight system and a software/mobile app-implemented method are disclosed which places an emphasis on providing the utmost security and safety features for parents to ensure safe and secure interactions between their children and others. In this way, the secure and safe child social networking and parental oversight system and the software/mobile app-implemented method bring about a vision of the future of kids” social networking in a way that ensures safety and security.

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

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Wire harness grommets with pull handles and methods of use
Patent No. 11396960

Inventor(s): Travis Thomas (Brighton, MI), Yoshiyuki Ishihara (Aichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16817024 on 03/12/2020 (866 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wire harness grommet includes a grommet body including a first flared portion, a second flared portion and a narrow portion between the first flared portion and the second flared portion. The first flared portion has a wire receiving opening extending therethrough for receiving one or more wires. A pull handle has a first end located at a first side of the first flared portion and a second end located at an opposite, second side of the first flared portion forming a closed loop.

[H02G] INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES (insulated conductors or cables with arrangements for facilitating mounting or securing H01B 7/40; distribution points incorporating switches H02B; guiding telephone cords H04M 1/15; cable ducts or mountings for telephone or telegraph exchange installations H04Q 1/06)

Methods for reusing substrates during manufacture of a bonded assembly including a logic die and a memory die
Patent No. 11398451

Inventor(s): Ashish Baraskar (Santa Clara, CA), Peter Rabkin (Cupertino, CA), Raghuveer S. Makala (Campbell, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17106831 on 11/30/2020 (603 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a memory die bonded to a support die. The memory die includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a first single crystalline semiconductor layer, and memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack and containing respective memory film and a respective vertical semiconductor channel including a single crystalline channel semiconductor material. The support die includes a peripheral circuitry. Substrates employed to provide the memory die and the support die can be reused by replacing one of the substrates with an alternative low-cost substrate that provides structural support to the bonded assembly.

[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]

Three-dimensional memory device including through-memory-level via structures and methods of making the same
Patent No. 11398488

Inventor(s): Hirofumi Tokita (Yokkaichi, , JP), Takaaki Iwai (Yokkaichi, , JP), Yoshitaka Otsu (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16893933 on 06/05/2020 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device can include at least one alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a semiconductor material layer, memory stack structures vertically extending through the at least one alternating stack, and a vertical stack of dielectric plates interlaced with laterally extending portions of the insulating layers of the at least one alternating stack. A conductive via structure can vertically extend through each dielectric plate and the insulating layers, and can contact an underlying metal interconnect structure. Additionally or alternatively, support pillar structures can vertically extend through the vertical stack of dielectric plates and into an opening through the semiconductor material layer, and can contact lower-level dielectric material layers embedding the underlying metal interconnect structure to enhance structural support to the three-dimensional memory device during manufacture.

Three-dimensional memory device employing thinned insulating layers and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 11398496

Inventor(s): James Kai (Santa Clara, CA), Johann Alsmeier (San Jose, CA), Senaka Kanakamedala (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16859164 on 04/27/2020 (820 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of word lines and at least one insulating layers or air gaps located over a substrate, a memory opening fill structure extending through the alternating stack. The memory opening fill structure includes a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel contacting an inner sidewall of the memory film. The word lines are thicker than the insulating layers or air gaps.

Three-dimensional memory device containing auxiliary support pillar structures and method of making the same
Patent No. 11398497

Inventor(s): Atsushi Shimoda (Yokkaichi, , JP), Junpei Kanazawa (Yokkaichi, , JP), Kengo Kajiwara (Yokkaichi, , JP), Masanori Terahara (Yokkaichi, , JP), Tatsuya Hinoue (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16876370 on 05/18/2020 (799 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes a first-tier structure located over a substrate and including a first alternating stack of first insulating layers and first electrically conductive layers. a second-tier structure located over the first-tier structure and including a second alternating stack of second insulating layers and second electrically conductive layers, memory stack structures vertically extending through the first alternating stack and the second alternating stack, primary support pillar structures, and auxiliary support pillar structures vertically extending through the first alternating stack, underlying the second stepped surfaces, and located below a horizontal plane including a bottommost surface of the second alternating stack.

Silicon on insulator device with partially recessed gate
Patent No. 11398554

Inventor(s): John H. Zhang (Altamont, NY)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15874591 on 01/18/2018 (1650 days app to issue)

Abstract: Transistors having partially recessed gates are constructed on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) semiconductor wafers provided with a buried oxide layer (BOX), for example, FD-SOI and UTBB devices. An epitaxially grown channel region relaxes constraints on the design of doped source and drain profiles. Formation of a partially recessed gate and raised epitaxial source and drain regions allow further improvements in transistor performance and reduction of short channel effects such as drain induced barrier lowering (DIBL) and control of a characteristic subthreshold slope. Gate recess can be varied to place the channel at different depths relative to the dopant profile, assisted by advanced process control. The partially recessed gate has an associated high-k gate dielectric that is initially formed in contact with three sides of the gate. Subsequent removal of the high-k sidewalls and substitution of a lower-k silicon nitride encapsulant lowers capacitance between the gate and the source and drain regions.

Antenna mount
Patent No. 11398674

Inventor(s): Dale Richard Heath (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16592421 on 10/03/2019 (1027 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mount for an antenna includes: a plurality of horizontal members; and a plurality of vertical members interconnected with the horizontal members, the vertical members configured and arranged for mounting of at least one antenna. At least one of the horizontal members and/or the vertical members has a cross-section that reduces drag under wind load.

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

Directional curved antenna
Patent No. 11398680

Inventor(s): Stephen Christopher Lockhart (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): STAR SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Kwai Chung, , HK)
Law Firm: Muncy, Geissler, Olds Lowe, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16882069 on 05/22/2020 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: A directional curved antenna, comprising: a feed network; a curved ground plane; at least two radiating elements connected to the feed network above the curved ground plane, wherein the at least two radiating elements are arranged and configured such that the directional curved antenna provides a directional radiation.

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

Optimizing comparator operation for a varying DC component input
Patent No. 11398787

Inventor(s): Arun Tej Vemuri (Dallas, TX), Matthew Sean Sullivan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16008262 on 06/14/2018 (1503 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a different amplifier. A node in the apparatus receives a motor-current signal and an output of the differential amplifier. The motor-current signal represents a motor current of a DC brush motor. Moreover, a first input of the differential amplifier is coupled to a node. The apparatus also includes a low-pass filter with an input receiving a motor-current signal and an output coupled to a second input of the differential amplifier. The apparatus additionally includes a comparator with a first input coupled to the output of the differential amplifier and a second input coupled to a referential voltage.

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

Offset drift compensation
Patent No. 11398799

Inventor(s): Mayank Garg (Murphy, TX), Shyamsunder Balasubramanian (Plano, TX), Toru Tanaka (Plano, TX), Wenxiao Tan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16701502 on 12/03/2019 (966 days app to issue)

Abstract: An offset drift compensation circuit for correcting offset drift that changes with temperature. In one example, offset drift compensation circuit includes a low temperature offset compensation circuit and a high temperature offset circuit. The low temperature offset compensation circuit is configured to compensate for drift in offset at a first rate below a selected temperature. The high temperature offset compensation circuit is configured to compensate for drift in offset at a second rate above the selected temperature. The first rate is different from the second rate.

[H03F] AMPLIFIERS (measuring, testing G01R; optical parametric amplifiers G02F; circuit arrangements with secondary emission tubes H01J 43/30; masers, lasers H01S; dynamo-electric amplifiers H02K; control of amplification H03G; coupling arrangements independent of the nature of the amplifier, voltage dividers H03H; amplifiers capable only of dealing with pulses H03K; repeater circuits in transmission lines H04B 3/36, H04B 3/58; application of speech amplifiers in telephonic communication H04M 1/60, H04M 3/40)

Light communication between aircraft
Patent No. 11398864

Inventor(s): Daniel Duane Donley (Bedford, TX), Michael Raymond Hull (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17129900 on 12/21/2020 (582 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for providing light communication (LC) for an aircraft. An LC transmitter is mounted on an aircraft fuselage and is configured to broadcast light signals within a defined region outside the aircraft. An LC receiver mounted on the aircraft fuselage is configured to receive light signals broadcast by a remote LC device. A controller is configured to manage LC signals in the aircraft, and an interface is provided between the controller and an aircraft data network. The light signals may be in a visible light spectrum, an invisible light spectrum, or both. The remote LC device may be, for example, a ground station, an aircraft, a ground vehicle, a ship, a building, or a portable transmitter.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

CDM8 based CSI-RS designs for MIMO
Patent No. 11398887

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Christopher Weisberg, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16352433 on 03/13/2019 (1231 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network node, wireless device, base station, user equipment and corresponding methods are provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to: select a first set and second set of reference signal resources in a subframe and aggregate the first set and second set of reference signal resources in the subframe to form a code division multiplexing, CDM, aggregation configuration. The first set and second set of reference signal resources in the subframe satisfy a temporal criterion such that any two resource elements in the first set and second set of reference signal resources have up to a maximum time separation of six OFDM symbols. The first set and second set of reference signal resources in the subframe satisfy a frequency criterion such that any two resource elements in the first set and second set of reference signal resources have up to a maximum frequency separation of six subcarriers.

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

SDN facilitated multicast in data center
Patent No. 11398921

Inventor(s): Linda Dunbar (Plano, TX), Michael McBride (Laguna Niguel, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17209005 on 03/22/2021 (491 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method implemented by a controller in a software defined network (SDN), the method comprising sending, to an overlay edge node, a query message comprising a client specific multicast address, receiving, from the overlay edge node, one or more report messages corresponding to the query message, wherein each of the one or more report messages comprises an address of each of one or more virtual machines (VMs) coupled to the overlay edge node, and updating membership of a multicast group, which is identified by the client specific multicast address, such that the one or more VMs are members in the updated membership of the multicast group.

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

Method and apparatus for parsing and differently processing different portions of a request
Patent No. 11398992

Inventor(s): Allan Marks (Alpharetta, GA), Jessica Russell (Woodstock, GA), Melissa Frechen (Atlanta, GA), Patrick Harris (Brookhaven, GA)
Assignee(s): MCKESSON CORPORATION (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17219526 on 03/31/2021 (482 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product modify messaging behavior based upon parsing and different processing of different portions of a request. In a method, a request is received that includes a first and second differently formatted portions. The method parses the request to separately identify the first and second portions, analyzes the second portion of the request and causes a message based at least in part upon the first portion to be transmitted to a request processor. Based upon the message including the first portion, the method receives a response from the request processor. Based upon the response from the claims processor, the method causes a response to the request to be provided. The message to the request processor or the response to request is modified or an additional message to another entity is transmitted based upon an analysis of the second portion of the request.

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

Data security tool
Patent No. 11399015

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16437598 on 06/11/2019 (1141 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory and a hardware processor. The memory stores identification information of a user. The processor receives from a device a request for the identification information of the user and in response to the request, appends a data element to the identification information to produce a protected message. The processor also encrypts the protected message to produce an encrypted message and communicates the encrypted message to the device. The data element executes in response to the encrypted message being decrypted, and the data element encrypts the identification information when the data element executes.

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

System and method for generating a two-dimensional selectable user experience element
Patent No. 11399080

Inventor(s): Bradley Howard Cruse (Rowlett, 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: 17019809 on 09/14/2020 (680 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for generating a two-dimensional selectable user experience (UX) element are disclosed. A client device having a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving user input is configured to run interface applications. The client device is coupled with one or more server devices via a communication network. The one or more server devices provides user interface (UI) metadata. A processor causes a receiver to receive the UI metadata from the one or more server devices; generates, at the client device, a two-dimensional (2D) selectable user experience (UX) element based on the received UI metadata; receives a single action user input to select a single desired field, which conveys two desired actions, from the 2D selectable UX element; and executes the two desired actions based on the selected single desired field from the 2D selectable UX element.

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

Systems and methods for search based call routing
Patent No. 11399097

Inventor(s): Sridhar Duddala (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): FMR LLC (Boston, MA)
Law Firm: Proskauer Rose LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17317196 on 05/11/2021 (441 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computerized method of routing customer interactions (call and chats) includes the following steps performed by a server computing device: creating a database with a document for every agent with a set of attributes identifying the types of customer interactions they service, receiving a set of call attributes associated with an incoming call; formulating a query of the call attributes against all agent profiles and returning a matching score for all available agents using Elastic Search; and routing the incoming call to a target agent with the highest score in the set of available agents, if there is at least one available agent; or a customer waiting queue, if there is no suitable agent achieving at least a minimum score.

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

Encoding device and encoding method with setting and encoding of reference information
Patent No. 11399197

Inventor(s): Kazushi Sato (Kanagawa, , JP), Shuo Lu (Tokyo, , JP)
Assignee(s): Velos Media, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Nixon Vanderhye P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17170744 on 02/08/2021 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: An encoding unit generates a predicted image using a reference image. A transmission unit transmits inter_ref_pic_set_prediction_flag representing whether reference image specifying information specifying the reference image of a prior image that is an image prior to a current coding image in coding order is used as the reference image specifying information of the current coding image in a case where the current coding image is an image other than a first image of a GOP (Group of Picture). The present technology, for example, can be applied to an encoding device of an HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) system.

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

Contraband wireless device detection integrated into controlled-environment facility communication and/or media devices
Patent No. 11399259

Inventor(s): Patrick Dover (Hickory Creek, TX), Scott Passe (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): Securus Technologies, LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16703052 on 12/04/2019 (965 days app to issue)

Abstract: Controlled-environment facility contraband wireless communication device detection uses one or more controlled-environment facility communication and/or media devices that each include a radio frequency detection mechanism configured to detect presence of electromagnetic energy emissions in one or more frequency bands reserved for wireless communication by wireless communication devices. Each controlled-environment facility communication and/or media device reports detection of the presence of electromagnetic energy emissions in one or more frequency bands reserved for wireless communication by wireless communication devices to an investigative data aggregation and analysis system. The location of the reporting device(s) and/or signal strength of the emission(s) may be used by the investigative data aggregation and analysis system to determine a location, within the controlled-environment facility, of a contraband wireless communication device emitting the electromagnetic energy emissions.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Telematics offloading using V2V and blockchain as trust mechanism
Patent No. 11399268

Inventor(s): Andrew L. Wells (Denton, TX), Anil R. Nair (Plano, TX), David M. Goemer (Frisco, TX), Hazem Ahmed (Plano, TX), Michael C. Edwards (McKinney, TX), Neil Dutta (Addison, TX), Ryan Wheeler (Denton, TX), Senthilkumar Gopal
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16355564 on 03/15/2019 (1229 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for maintaining telematics data. The system includes a standard vehicle. The standard vehicle includes one or more sensors configured to detect telematics data, a memory configured to store a blockchain associated with the standard vehicle, an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to update the blockchain associated with the standard vehicle with the detected telematics data, and a transceiver configured to communicate the blockchain to one or more other vehicles. The system also includes a collection vehicle. The collection vehicle includes a transceiver configured to receive the blockchain from the standard vehicle, and communicate the blockchain from the standard vehicle to a network to update a distributed record of the blockchain associated with the standard vehicle.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Emergency identification based on communications and reliability weightings associated with mobility-as-a-service devices and internet-of-things devices
Patent No. 11399270

Inventor(s): Ryan M. Wiesenberg (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16829781 on 03/25/2020 (853 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods relate to technology to identify first performance metrics associated with a first plurality of remote devices, determine first reliability weightings based on the first performance metrics, and identify one or more characteristics of an emergency based on the first reliability weightings and data from a first plurality of communications, where the first plurality of communications are associated with the first plurality of remote devices.

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

Packet duplication by core network
Patent No. 11399304

Inventor(s): Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Ofinno, LLC (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16585841 on 09/27/2019 (1033 days app to issue)

Abstract: A session management function (SMF) sends, to an access and mobility management function (AMF), at least one first message comprising configuration parameters for a first session between a wireless device and a UPF and a second session, for a packet duplication of the first session, between the wireless device and the UPF. The SMF receives, from the UPF, traffic status information of the UPF. Based on the traffic status information, the SMF sends, to the AMF, a second message for activation of the packet duplication of the first session.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for fast return to 5G RAN after fallback to another RAN
Patent No. 11399327

Inventor(s): Maqbool Chauhan (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17031257 on 09/24/2020 (670 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may provide for the return (e.g., reconnection) of a User Equipment (”UE”) to a first radio access network (”RAN”) to which the UE was connected, after the UE has been redirected to a second RAN based on the occurrence of an event. The event may include a voice call placed by or to the UE. The return of the UE to the first RAN may occur based on the occurrence of another event, such as the voice call being terminated.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus of broadcast signals and channels for system information transmission
Patent No. 11399373

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16947105 on 07/17/2020 (739 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for receiving a broadcasting signal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), a physical broadcasting channel (PBCH) content over a PBCH, and determining the PBCH content including a payload, wherein the payload includes uncommon information within a transmission time interval (TTI) of the PBCH that comprises at least a portion of a 10-bit system frame number (SFN), a half frame index within a radio frame, and at least part of a synchronization signal (SS) block time index.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

DESIGN PATENTS

Handle for a bottle
Patent No. D958593

Inventor(s): Amir Homayounpour (Frisco, TX), Reza Bahrehmand (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Bell Nunnally Martin LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29736646 on 06/02/2020 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Eating dish
Patent No. D958604

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Jan (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SOLO BRANDS, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29731924 on 04/20/2020 (827 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Clamp assembly
Patent No. D958640

Inventor(s): Gavin Stener (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): WILD WEST INVESTMENTS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29743092 on 07/17/2020 (739 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Battery for tabletop point-of-sale terminal
Patent No. D958733

Inventor(s): Viren R. Balar (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Tabletop Media LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29755543 on 10/21/2020 (643 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Retractor
Patent No. D958978

Inventor(s): Christopher Robert Chuinard (Traverse City, MI)
Assignee(s): AZURMEDCS INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Nixon Vanderhye (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29788016 on 02/10/2021 (531 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Random linear paving slab
Patent No. D959026

Inventor(s): William H. Karau (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): PAVESTONE, LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29796261 on 06/23/2021 (398 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Random linear paving slab
Patent No. D959027

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Random linear paving slab
Patent No. D959028

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Random linear paving slab
Patent No. D959029

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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