Dallas Invents is a look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted by the USPTO to local assignees and 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.

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Dallas Invents: 111 Patents Granted for Week of July 6
Patents granted include:
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include:
• Apple’s coprocessor memory ordering table
• Bank of America’s asset management block chain
• Baylor Research Institute’s classification of polyps using learned image analysis
• Bell Helicopter Textron’s parasite aircraft for airborne deployment and retrieval
• Myth Innovations’ AR interface and method of use
• Toyota’s mass transit for personal vehicles.

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Dallas Invents: 147 Patents Granted for Week of June 29
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Bank of America’s call interception heuristics
• Belaj Innovations’ magnolia extract containing compositions
• Illumina’s bioinformatics systems and methods for generating a De Brujin graph
• IBM’s data aggregation node for blockchain rollup
• Moneygram’s emergency services/virtual travel wallet
• Motorola Mobility’s gas sensor augmented human presence detection system
• Sealed Air’s crimped cushioned envelopes
• ShockWatch’s unmanned aerial vehicle impact monitoring system
• State Farm’s identifying property usage type based upon smart sensor data
• Verizon’s providing LTE nåetwork devices with downlink channels in an unlicensed spectrum
• Walmart Apollo’s shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods

 

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Dallas Invents: 107 Patents Granted for Week of June 15
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 15 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Accenture’s distributed ledger tech for freight systems
• Avodah’s visual sign language translation training device and method
• Cisco’s active speaker naming and request in real-time communication systems
• Futurewei’s multi-stage image recognition for a non-ideal environment
• Karsten’s golf club with polymeric insert and removable weight
• Mary Kay’s pore minimizer
• Textron’s sensor for monitoring rotors

 

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Dallas Invents: 112 Patents Granted for Week of June 8
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 15 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• 7-Eleven’s position tracking using edge computing
• Halliburton’s tracers and trackers in a perf ball
• Colhurst Concepts’ temporary pool cover and floor system
• Ingenious Ingredients’ compositions to promote muscle growth and function
• My Favorite Groomer’s animal supporting device
• Reflect Systems’ location-specific digital media advertising
• Motus Labs’ spiral cam gearbox mechanism

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Dallas Invents: 136 Patents Granted for Week of June 1
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Abbott Laboratories’ sample analysis
• Alkami’s ACH transaction notification and facilitating ACH transaction disputes
• Allied Biosciences’ antimicrobial coatings for medical dressings
• Amazon’s container chutes for sortation systems
• AT&T’s traffic management system
• Bell Textron’s navigation system with camera assist
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute’s geographic population health information system
• Capital One Services’ automated streaming data platform
• Raytheon’s self-organizing mobile peer-to-peer mesh network authentication

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Dallas Invents: 141 Patents Granted for Week of May 25
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• 7-Eleven’s selective verification of algorithmically populated shopping carts
• AT&T’s ad placement based on viewer movement
• Bank of America’s voice-based time-sensitive task processing
• Berenson Consulting Group’s infusion monitoring and patient compliance system
• Capital One’s vehicle information in augmented reality
• Cisco’s speaker anticipation in a video conference
• Home Depot’s method for creating an augmented reality experience
• Inertechip’s air curtain containment system for data centers
• Intellective AI’s anomalous object interaction detection and reporting
• Leland Stanford Junior University’s micro needle patches for transdermal delivery
• USAA’s machine-learning based call routing-system
• Verizon’s prevention of unauthorized voice detection via fiber links

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Dallas Invents: 128 Patents Granted for Week of May 18
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Apple’s adaptive multiplexing and transmit/receive diversity
• Flypsi’s telephone network system
• Micell Technologies’ coatings containing multiple drugs
• Polte’s multi-path mitigation in tracking objects using a distributed antenna system
• rewardStyle’s affiliate link generation
• Tesla Laboratories’ mobile device as an input device for surveys at a live event
• TMGCore’s liquid immersion cooling
• Twitter’s swipe-to-like
• USAA’s biometric authentication on push notification

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Dallas Invents: 125 Patents Granted for Week of May 11
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• 7-Eleven’s event trigger based on region-of-interest near hand-shelf interaction
• American Airlines’ monitoring/alert system for airline gate activities
• Danco’s smart water system
• Dell’s method to manage file access rights in an information handling system
• Discourse.AI’s training of chatbots
• Fresh Innovations’ avocado tray
• Lintec of America’s tear-resistant nanofiber sheet
• IBM’s managing transparent windows
• Rain Bird’s volumetric budget based irrigation control
• RFCyber’s payments between two mobile devices

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Dallas Invents: 115 Patents Granted for Week of May 4
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Allied Bioscience’s aqueous antimicrobial coatings
• American Leather Operations convertible furniture
• Caris Science’s method for measuring the amount of at least one molecule in a bio sample
• Siemens Industry Software ‘s environmental perception in autonomous driving
• STMicroelectronics’ NFC antenna switch T
• Toyota’s collaboorative robot hand bearing for high-torque tightening applications
• vSpatial’s method for creating a collaborative virtual session

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Dallas Invents: 119 Patents Granted for Week of April 27
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Bank of America’s authentication using blockchains
• Dell’s validation of data integrity through watermarking
• Samsung’s compensating for a movement of a sensor attached to a body of a user
• SYNERGEN Technology Labs’ baby monitor system sound and light delivery based on vitals
• Toyota’s parking meter monitoring and payment system
• Walmart’s product recognition through multi-model image processing

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Dallas Invents: 111 Patents Granted for Week of April 20
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Allied Biosciences’ aqueous antimicrobial coating composition
• AT&T’s placement of antennas for 5G)or other next-gen networks
• Brius Technologies’ teeth repositioning systems
• Cloud 9 Perception, Lineage Logistics’ profiling pallets and goods
• Intuit’s accounting workflow integration
• rewardStyle’s targeted marketing based on social media interaction
• Rolls-Royce’s aircraft engine cleaning system
• Quaker Oats’ whole grain composition comprising hydrolyzed starch

 

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Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of April 13
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• STMicroelectronics’ context awareness of a smart device
• Berg’s inhalable pharma compositions
• Toyota’s invisible sound barrier
• Proof of Life’s life detection system
• SwipeSense’s system for more accurate hygiene compliance determinations
• BlackBerry Limited’s optimized short message transport
• Bank of America’s synthesized voice authentication engine
• McKesson’s methods for determining patient financial responsibility for multiple prescription products

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Dallas Invents: 117 Patents Granted for Week of April 6

Patents granted include:
• Astrapi’s methods of transmitting data using polynomial-based signals
• AT&T’s allocation and extraction of data for augmented reality for 6G or other next-gen network
• Building Materials Investment Corp.’s moisture sensing roofing systems
• COEVAC’s automatic smoke/carbon monoxide evacuation system
• IBM’s cognitive intervention for voice recognition failure
• Kioma’s child safety seat, SanDisk Technologies’ low latency data transfer
• Shavelogic’s shaving systems
• USAA’s recommendation engine for cost of a claim, and
• An unassigned virus immune computer system.

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Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of March 30

Patents granted include:
• AT&T’s smart cascading security functions for 6G or other next-gen network
• Bank of America’s blockchain-based unexpected data detection
• Fevertag’s livestock health monitoring system
• GoVision’s portable video screen
• Signal One International’s reverse diffusion desalination
• The Nielsen Company’s system to monitor mobile internet activity
• UNT’s fabrication of multi-level graded photonic super-crystals
• An unassigned system for timed pet entertainment

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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of March 23

Patents granted include:
• 7-Eleven’s object tracking system
• Akamai Technologies’ cloud proxy autoconfiguration
• Avodah’s automated sign language translation
• Capital One’s system for assessing software risks
• Corning’s fiber optic connector parking device
• Mary Kay’s botanical formulations
• McKesson’s automated performance tuning of a data modeling platform
• Siemans’ mesh generation system

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Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of March 16

Patents granted include:
• Illuma Labs’ reduced computation of t-matrix training for speaker recognition
• Super-Sparkly Safety Stuff’s personal alarm
• Utility Isolation Systems’ floodwater isolation system
• Accenture’s cross-application identity and access management
• AirWatch’s management of grouped student devices with timed locks
• Apple’s 5G new radio beam refinement procedure
• Bank of America’s blockchain augmented IoT device-based system for dynamic supply chain tracking
• BNSF’s wireless slide fence system and method
• Global Tel*Link’s mobile correctional facility robots
• Texas Instruments’ touch screen
• Wells Fargo’s resource system for settlement of estate assets

 

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Dallas Invents: 111 Patents Granted for Week of March 9
Patents granted include:
• 7-Eleven’s object tracking system
• Accenture’s cost of healthcare analytics platform
• American Airlines’ flight number optimization system
• Deere’s scouting system with an autonomous ground vehicle
• Mavenir Networks’ system for supporting low latency applications in a cloud RAN
• Roka Sports’ snap-in nose pads for eyewear
• The Parking Genius’ sensors capable of determining direction and speed of vehicle entering or leaving a lot
• Toyota’s system for monitoring suspicious activity of a vehicle

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Dallas Invents: 129 Patents Granted for Week of March 2

Patents granted include:
• Accenture’s development project blueprint and package generation
• Amazon’s automated gates to secure mobile carrier unit payloads
• Capital One’s machine-learning AI system for identifying vehicles
• Corrino Holding’s collaborative storytelling in a virtual space
• Elbo’s system for remote game access
• Fevertags’ livestock health monitoring system
• Ford Global’s delivery locker and assemblies
• Hari Mari’s footwear with enhanced toe post
• National Presort’s high-speed print-and-apply label applicator
• TI’s authentication of networked devices with low computational capacity

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Dallas Invents: 146 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 23
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• ABB Power Electronics’ pluggable power distribution units for modular edge power systems
• AT&T’s dynamic data threading system
• UT System’s waveform design for RF power transfer
• Futurewei Technologies’ portrait image evaluation based on aesthetics
• Interactive Mobile Marketing’s mobile showroom
• IBM’s empathetic image selection
• Plush Cujo’s moveable and storable wardrobe
• Texas Instrument’s zero latency prefetching in caches
• USAA’s computer-implemented roof inspection systems
• Zimperium’s static analysis to detect malware in mobile apps
• Zynga’s social network data analysis to generate incentives for online gaming

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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 16
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• 7-Eleven’s customer-based video feed
• Audatex North America’s web-based repair cost estimating system
• BNSF’s pressure sensing probe
• DFB Soria’s delivery of drug nanoparticles
• Knightscope’s autonomous data machines and systems
• Raytheon’s smart receiver with compressive sensing and machine learning
• Sports 40 40’s swing training device
• Texas Instruments’ tamper detection
• Thermotek’s wound care utilizing a thermally-treated therapeutic agent
• Toyota’s autonomous vehicle virtual reality navigation system
• Zynga’s gameplay notification system for a cross-platform environment

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Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 9
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Bank of America’s neural mesh protection system for data transmission
• Building Materials Investment’s roof integrated photovoltaic system
• Intuit’s method to proactively manage alerts
• Lynntech’s fuel cell storage system
• Mary Kay’s stable vitamin c compositions
• Prova Group’s live auction system
• Texas Instrument’s projection system with offset image
• Texas A&M’s Zoysiagrass named DALZ 1308
• Toyota’s methods for communicating with a guide animal

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Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 2
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Bell’s foldable tiltrotor aircraft
• The University of Texas’ antisense antibacterial compounds
• DeCurtis‘ contact tracing via location service
• IBM’s automatic table cleanup for relational databases
• JPMorgan Chase’s data masking and devices
• Noble House Home Furnishing’s modular furniture with tool free assembly
• Paccar’s AR system for vehicle blind spot prevention
• Tango Network’s Automatic identification of a driver based on driving behavior
• Texas Instruments’ RFID tag with integrated antenna
• Textron’s blockchain airspace management system.

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Dallas Invents: 140 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 26
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• BlackBerry’s enhanced group communication services
• Capital One’s vehicle selection platform
• Enseo’s geolocationing system and method for use of same
• Kidkraft’s compact multiple gable house design and assembly
• Lintec’s nanofiber yarn spinning system
• NCR Corporation’s automated assistance in retail decisions
• STMicroelectronics double-tap event detection device
• TCU’s carbon nanotube-assisted antibiotic delivery
• TI’s motion detection and cancellation using ambient light
• Boeing’s aircraft digital event ledger

 

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Dallas Invents: 83 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 19
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Advanced Neuromodulation’s device to treat chronic pain with burst stimulation
• Beard Stencil’s hands-free grooming apparatus
• BNSF’s railroad virtual track block system
• Futurewei’s predictive routing for mobility
• IBM’s air quality monitoring, analysis and reporting system
• ShaveLogic’s magnetic attachment for shaving cartridge
• Space Data’s lighter-than-air (LTA) platforms
• Textron’s unmanned aerial vehicles with compact storage mode
• Toyota’s methods for managing freshness of fuel in a vehicle

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Dallas Invents: 113 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 12
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Atense’s storing and using multipurpose secret data
• Authentix’s product authentication using barcode characteristics
• Capital One’s task management platform
• Innovation First’s performance arena for robots with position system
• IBM’s cognitive vetting system for unsolicited residential visitors
• Kintrans’ body movement recognition and association system
• Mass Luminosity’s streaming and nonstreaming media transfer between devices
• b medication adherence apparatus
• STMicroelectronics’ atomic layer deposition of selected molecular clusters
• USAA’s traffic drone system

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Dallas Invents: 137 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 5
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• 7-Eleven’s scalable position tracking for large spaces
• Adobe’s AI for enhanced digital content and improved campaign design
• b’ method for optimally managing aircraft assets
• Avegant Corp.’s relative position-based eye-tracking system
• Bell Textron’s multidirectional airspeed detection system
• Bentley Motors‘ movement-based comfort adjustment
• Siemens Healthcare’s deep image-to-image network learning for medical image analysis
• Zinwave’s multi-range communication system using RF and millimeter wave signals

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Dallas Invents: 150 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 29
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• 7-Eleven’s camera array for a scalable position tracking system
• Avaya’s selective communication event extraction
• Cisco’s active speaker naming in ICN-based real-time communication systems
• Micronizing Technologies’ beneficiation of hydrocarbons from mineral matrices
• Textron’s foldable wings for UAS with a geared interface
• Toyota’s telepresence drones USAA’s digital identification system
• Vpay’s merchant portal system

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Dallas Invents: 86 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 22
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros.

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Dallas Invents: 85 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 15
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 14 for patents out of 250 metros.

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Dallas Invents: 152 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 8
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Toyota’s vehicle-based geo-fencing system
• AT&T’s automatic physical access to secure areas
• Microsoft’s optimized sign out for single account services
• R2 Solutions‘ system for enhanced search term suggestion
• AB Creations‘ vehicle disable black box
• SMU’s additive manufacturing of active devices using dielectric, conductive, and magnetic materials
• 7-Eleven’s method for populating a virtual shopping cart based on video of a customers shopping session at a physical store

 

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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 1
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• 4Web Medical’s programmable implant
• 7-Eleven’s action detection during image tracking
• Dell’s methods for preventing leakage of protected document data
• Northrop Grumman’s spacecraft servicing devices
• Prestige Ameritech’s perimeter seal for a face mask
• Verizon’s interactive vehicle window system with AR overlays

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Dallas Invents: 128 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 24
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 14 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Apple’s desktop electronic device
• Astrapi’s devices employing polynomial symbol waveforms
• Capital One’s augmented reality navigation
• CerSci Therapeutics‘ compounds for pain treatment
• Dell’s remote integrity assurance of a secured virtual environment
• Intellective Ai’s anomalous stationary object detection and reporting
• Lintec of America’s nanofiber yarn dispenser
• Parkifi’s parking sensor magnetometer calibration
• Spark Connected’s wireless power transfer through low-e window

 

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Dallas Invents: 135 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 17
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• AT&T’s prioritized network based on service and user device
• Honda’s applied artificial intelligence for natural language processing automotive reporting system
• IBM’s augment politeness in question answer systems
• Liberty Peak Ventures‘ funding a radio frequency device transaction
• Mitogrow’s vitamin-hormone horticultural product
• Texas Instruments‘ bluetooth data forwarding

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Dallas Invents: 138 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 10
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Amazon Technologies‘ tech for job processing using a public service network
• AT&T’s integrated wireline-wireless access using software definition
• Capital One’s vehicle listing image detection and alert system
• Doing Good Better’s collaborative giving system and method
• FHNC’s wastewater separation system
• IBM’s automated trend detection by self-learning models
• State Farm’s autonomous vehicle accident and emergency response
• Textron’s integral life raft, survival kit, and step
• Toyota’s self-healing metal structures

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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 3
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Fossil’s activity monitoring device
• Magic Leap’s virtual image generation system using emotional states of user
• Microfabrica’s counterfeiting deterrent and security devices
• Siemens Healthcare’s virtual biopsy techniques for analyzing diseases
• Topgolf’s RFID golf ball testing apparatus and systems
• Toyota’s on-the-fly autonomous vehicle refueling and recharging
• USAA’s predictive customer service support system and method

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Dallas Invents: 148 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 27
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Amera IoT’s apparatus for creating and using quantum resistant keys
• UT’s crowdshaping realistic 3D avatars with words
• Capital One’s code quality evaluation and user interfaces
• Elbit Systems’ landing strobe signature
• Ilumi’s wireless control device and methods thereof
• Johnson & Johnson’s pupil-only photochromic contact lenses
• NTT DATA’s augmented shareable video files for robotic process automation
• ROCA Medica’s predilution sets for distributing antigens
• Toyota’s vehicle velocity predictor using neural networks
• Zyvex Labs’ methods of fabricating an implantable device

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Dallas Invents: 143 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 20
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Alcon’s intraocular lens compositions
• Facebook’s location-based content aggregation and distribution
• FedEx’s loss prevention tracking system
• Halliburton’s wireless activation of wellbore tools
• Lynntech’s undersea vehicle
• USAA’s appliance monitoring sensors
• Vinli’s cloud-integrated vehicle platform

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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 13
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
•  Fossil’s activity monitoring device
•  Magic Leap’s virtual image generation system using emotional states of users
•  Microfabrica’s counterfeiting deterrent and security devices
•  Siemens Healthcare’s virtual biopsy techniques for analyzing diseases
•  Topgolf’s RFID golf ball testing apparatus and systems
•  Toyota’s on-the-fly autonomous vehicle refueling and recharging
•  USAA’s predictive customer service support system and method

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Dallas Invents: 163 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 6
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
•  Allegan’s dermal filler
•  Capital One Services’ personalized car recommendations based on customer web traffic
•  Evergaze’s method for improving, augmenting or enhancing vision
•  Exploring Inc.’s haptic mapping of a configurable virtual reality environment
•  iHeartMedia’s voice track editor
•  Mitsubishi’s method for sensing wind flow passing over complex terrain

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Dallas Invents: 107 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 29
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• 7-Eleven’s multi-camera image tracking on a global plane
• Apple’s licensed assisted access signal detection for reducing power use
• AT&T Mobility’s cell user occupancy indicator to enhance intelligent traffic steering
• BlackBerry’s emergency services handling
• Smurfit Kappa North America’s liquid carrier and dispenser
• Toyota’s methods for predicting and detecting a cardiac event
• An unassigned autonomous swimming pool skimmer

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Dallas Invents: 137 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 22
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• 7-Eleven’s custom rack for scalable position tracking system
• Flatiron Health’s extracting facts from unstructured data
• Futurewei’s intruder detection method and apparatus
• Hemotek’s plant medium including an oxygen-enabled composition
• Mary Kay’s combination of plant extracts to improve skin tone
• Spectral MD’s machine learning for healing prediction and treatment of wounds
• Toyota’s intelligent road markers
• Wells Fargo Bank’s monitored alerts
• The U.S. Government’s energy generation

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Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 15
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  BlackBerry’s method for managing local emergency numbers
•  Dell’s information handling system for eye-tracking data
•  Doskocil’s pet carrier car seat
•  Enseo’s method for making reservations
•  Facebook’s location-based content aggregation and distribution
•  Frito-Lay’s apparatus for production of snack food pellets
•  Mazor Robotics’ global spinal alignment method
•  Novartis’ cancer biomarkers predictive of therapeutic responsiveness

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Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 8
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
•  1974 Productions’ delivering music content to a smart phone
•  7-Eleven’s tracking positions using a scalable position tracking system
•  Amazon’s multi-channel order management
•  Flowserve’s permanent magnet submersible motor
•  SMU’s imaging hidden objects
•  Toyota’s vehicle-to-vehicle sensor data sharing

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Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 1
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Badge Inc.’s public/private key biometric authentication system
• Encore Wire’s apparatus for applying labels to cable
• Lennox’s optimized low power air circulation in HVAC systems
• NIKE’s footwear heel structure
• PACCAR’s use of laser scanner for autonomous truck operation
• Signature Systems Group’s modular flooring tile
• State Farm’s deep learning image processing method for determining vehicle damage
• Stone Boutique Technologies’ design visualization using actual product images
• Texas Instruments’ trickle charge control
• Thomson Reuters’ single audit tool
• Toyota’s rechargeable aqueous hybrid battery

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Dallas Invents: 150 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 25
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Textron Innovations’ autonomous package delivery aircraft
• Interstate Battery’s battery ecosystem
• American Airline’s demand class remapping for airline seat bookings
• NIKE’s ground-engaging structures for articles of footwear
• ADT’s portable system for managing events
• Global Tel*Link’s product ordering and delivery for inmates
• R2 Solutions’ targeted sidebar advertising
• Ortloff Engineers’ hydrocarbon gas processing
• Oceus Networks’ mobile cellular networks

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Dallas Invents: 122 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 18
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Apple’s approach for traffic overhead and UE mobility tradeoff
• Audatex North America’s mobile system for generating a damaged vehicle insurance estimate
• Capital One’s database image matching using machine learning with output estimation
• Flowserve’s near-field RF-powered electronic valve actuator
• Ingar’s management of aerial drone parcel transfers
• IBM’s location-aware trust-based P2P currency exchange
• Lennox’s intelligent defrost control method
• Oceus’s mobile cellular networks

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Dallas Invents: 122 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 11
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 14 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• AirWay Technologies’ apparatus for improved breathing
• Accenture’s rendering virtual objects in 3D environments
• Amazon’s parallelized forensic analysis using cloud-based servers
• Oceus Networks’ secure network enrollment
• REWARDSTYLE’s screenshot linking
• VPay’s payment card reconciliation
• Toyota’s agreement acceptance for vehicle platooning

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Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 4
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Bell’s personal air vehicle with ducted fans
• Cambium Learning’s tags for unlocking digital content
• Capital One’s vehicle recommendations by user-valued features
• StacyC’s convertible motorized running cycle
• USAA’s indoor drone flight awareness system
• Walmart’s workflow coordinator

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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of July 28
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
•  AiBUY’s peer-assisted shopping
•  Bone Solutions’ implant of osteostimulative material
•  Dell’s proximity-based authorization for encryption and decryption services
•  Intellective AI’s logical sensor generation in a behavioral recognition system
•  Lintec of America’s nanofiber fabric
•  Luminator Holding’s monitoring a signage system of a transit vehicle
•  USAA’s voice synthesis for virtual agents

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Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of July 14
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• AT&T’s detection of sentiment shift
• Verizon’s hyper-accuracy location platform
• The Parking Genius’ parking sensors for direction and speed
• E3 Water’s mobile sewage treatment and water reclamation system
• Authentix’s product authentication using barcode characteristics
• TRAXXAS’ self-righting vehicle

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Dallas Invents: 140 Patents Granted for Week of July 7
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
•  Amazon’s techniques for synchronizing communication across devices
•  Applied Concepts’ absolute speed detector
•  Authentix’s fluorescence-based global fuel analysis method
•  Capital One’s systems to update listings using crowdsourced images
•  Lyft’s method for managing media content
•  NxGen’s quantum-resistant blockchain
•  Ommo Technologies’s tracking using a magnetic field
•  Omnitracs’ vehicle and drone management system
•  Toyota’s vehicle collision mitigation

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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of June 30
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Turner Broadcasting Systems Inc.’s advertisement scheduler
• Accenture Global’s cost of healthcare analytics platform
• Bank of America’s IoT’s multi-layered embedded handshake
• Amazon’s network planning and optimization
• Futurewei’s robot navigation and object tracking
• An unassigned drown-proof bee feeder

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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of June 23
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Accenture Global Services’ connected classroom system
• ATT Mobility’s blockchain-based device management
• Bank of America’s event execution using a blockchain approach
• Building Materials Investment Corp.’s roof-integrated photovoltaic system
• Capital One Services’ lotless storage of vehicle inventory
• The Nielsen Company’s apparatus to detect uninstallation of an on-device meter

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Dallas Invents: 117 Patents Granted for Week of June 16
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• 7-Eleven’s action detection during image tracking
• Alto-Shaam’s multizone oven with variable volume steam-assisted cooking zones
• Astrapi’s spiral polynomial division multiplexing
• Baylor Research Institute’s anti-CD40 antibodies
• Halliburton’s position indicator through acoustics
• IBM’s big data sourcing simulator
• OMNITRACS’ vehicle video recording system with driver privacy
• An unassigned solar swimming pool skimmer
• Verizon’s streaming content using ad hoc networks of user devices
• Warstic Sports’s baseball bat with symmetrical rounded knob
• Bank of America’s ID of candidate training utterances from human conversations with an intelligent interactive assistant

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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of June 9
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
•  Alcon’s multifocal lens having reduced visual disturbances
•  Ataia’s methods for communicating through a hard plastic mask
•  Capital One’s methods for intelligent income verification to improve loan contract funding
•  Lockheed Martin’s generation of a 3-D physical map using different data sources
•  Panacea Quantum Leap Technology’s device for the extraction of water from the environment
•  Trimble’s earthquake and displacement early warning system

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Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of June 2
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:• Lockheed’s method for opening a combination padlock
• IBM’s social-geofenced-based application management for battery maximization
• Intuit’s integration of real-time personalized documents into a video conference session
• Karsten’s golf club with polymeric insert and removable weight
• Skycam’s infinite virtual pan tilt zoom camera
• TI’s turn-on power switch

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Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of May 26
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Apple’s synchronization sequence design for device-to-device communication
• AT&T’s software demarcation in an edge computing environment
• Bank of America’s quantum tech for extracting intents from linguistics
• Texas Instrument’s theft detector
• Verizon’s collision detection platform
• Walmart’s automated tote routing system and methods

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Dallas Invents: 141 Patents Granted for Week of May 19
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Motus Labs’ motorized gearbox mechanism
• Dell’s software integrity validation using blockchain
• Dolby’s light spreading with blurring element in projector systems
• G-CON’s modular, self-contained, mobile cleanroom
• NCH’s probiotic composition for animals and plants
• NEC’s facial recognition system

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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of May 12
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• IBM’s cognitive vetting for unsolicited residential visitors
• Raytheon’s method for combining 3D images in color
• Abbott’s methods for evaluating biological sample integrity
• CareFusion 303’s automated utilization-driven inventory management
• DM Eco Plasma’s system of ozone generation
• State Farm’s use of electronic metadata to verify insurance claims
• Toyota’s blind assistive tuning and orienting of musical instruments

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Dallas Invents: 148 Patents Granted for Week of May 5
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Bank of America’s keys for data security based on quantum particle states
• Bell’s ID tags for tracking manufacturing of aircraft parts
• The University of Texas System’s nanowire-based magnets
• Boot Royalty’s comfort system for cowboy and work boots
• Shavelogic’s magnetic attachment for a shaving cartridge
• Texas Instrument’s failure detection in a radar system
• Textron Innovations’ modular refueling systems for aircraft
• Verizon’s device for managing unmanned aerial vehicle flight data

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Dallas Invents: 147 Patents Granted for Week of April 28
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Ahkeo Ventures‘ inhalable compositions comprising caffeine and apparatus
• Alcon’s augmented reality ophthalmic surgical microscope projection
• AT&T’s embedding interactive objects into a video session
• DiscGenics’ human disc tissue
• Greenway Innovative Energy’s syngas generation for gas-to-liquid fuel conversion
• Halliburton’s nano-particle reinforced well screen
• McKesson’s methods for determining patient adherence to a prescribed medication protocol

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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of April 21
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• AT&T’s limiting data transmission under lossy wireless conditions of an IoT device
• Bell’s flexible fold-over seat configurations for emergency egress of aircraft
• CareView Communications’ electronic sitter management system
• Hilti’s construction product modeling
• Ilumi’s wireless communication methods
• Kintrans’ automatic body movement recognition and association system
• SalesBoost’s voice analysis training system
• Toyota’s adhesive hood reinforcement for pedestrian protection

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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of April 14
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Capital One’s method of deploying & versioning machine learning models
• Dell’s multi-threaded text affinity analyzer for text & sentiment analytics
• DePuy Synthes Products’ porous implant materials
• Hypergrid’s cloud computing scoring systems
• Intuit’s auto access of tax documents for preparing an electronic return
• Panacea Quantum Leap’s device to extract water from the environment
• Textron’s tiltrotor aircraft with interchangeable payload modules
• Toyota’s traffic signal learning and optimization
• USAA’s systems for gamification

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Dallas Invents: 171 Patents Granted for Week of April 7
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• 7-Eleven’s sensor mapping to a global coordinate system using a marker grid
• Bank of America’s information security in data transfers by using decoy data
• Overhead Door’s remote transmission of barrier status
• Purewine’s treatment of beverages to reduce the effects of noxious constituents
• Siemens Healthcare’s liver disease assessment in medical imaging
• SoftLayer’s method for customer discount management
• TMGCore’s robot for a liquid immersion cooling system

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Dallas Invents: 146 Patents Granted for Week of March 31
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• 7-Eleven’s training for a machine-learning algorithm to determine customer purchases
• Apple’s control channel for UE power saving
• Bank of America’s multi-biometric-factor IoT secured network
• Blacktop Plus’ therapeutic elastic sports tape
• Capital One’s visual inspection support using extended reality
• National Presort’s high-speed print-and-apply label applicator
• Siemens Healthcare’s atlas-based contouring of organs at risk for radiation therapy

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Dallas Invents: 143 Patents Granted for Week of March 24
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• CapSen Robotics’ 3-D scanner with detector pose identification
• Cardpool’s gift card exchange kiosks and methods of use
• Fresenius Medical Care Holdings’ portable dialysis machine
• The Patent Well’s UV LED disinfecting floor mat
• Avodah’s visual language interpretation system and user interface

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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of March 17
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• IBM’s systems for multiple drone delivery system with in-flight handoff
• Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation’s automated facial biological recognition
• Amazon Technologies’ bulk data uploading
• Capital One Services’ automated system for vehicle tracking
• Shopify’s network virtualization policy management system
• Toyota’s autonomous vehicle operation in view-obstructed environments

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Dallas Invents: 104 Patents Granted for Week of March 10
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
• ATT Mobility’s adaptive rate of congestion indicator to enhance intelligent traffic steering
• Bank of America’s augmented reality dynamic authentication
• D4D Technologies’ dental CAD/CAM application with real-time detail on 3D models
• Geodynamics’ preventing downhole airlock device and method
• Good Sportsman Marketing’s reconfigurable hunting blind
• Rain Bird’s volumetric budget-based irrigation control
• Siemens Healthcare’s deep learning-based bone removal
• Swipejobs’ job matching application, method, and system
• Linear Labs’s method and apparatus for power generation

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Dallas Invents: 152 Patents Granted for Week of March 3
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Toyota’s autonomous driving systems using aerial vehicles
• Walmart’s automated vehicle loading
• Amazon’s camera-level image processing
• Futurewei’s noise cancellation system
• Intuit’s lean parsing (a natural language processing system)
• Knightscope’s autonomous data machines and systems
• Philip Morris’s emulsified flavorants in tobacco-derived lipids
• SMU’s method for machine learning and classifying data

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Dallas Invents: 136 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 25
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Alcon’s intraocular lens injector
• Advanced Cooling Therapy’s methods for core body temperature management
• Curio’s RFID disruption device
• RealPage’s system for refining cognitive insights
• The Secant Group’s hyperthermia targeting for cancer therapy
• The Snoring Center’s uvula excision device
• Abbott Laboratories’ diagnostic analyzer
• Toyota’s transportation support for users needing mobility assistance

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Dallas Invents: 138 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 18
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• HS Labs’ water detection assembly
• Bank of America’s blockchain-based unexpected data detection
• Frito-Lay’s potato cultivar
• Toyota’s vehicle seat assembly for physical exercise
• ZixCorp’s secure transmission system with upgraded encryption strength
• Unassigned underwater wings for providing lift to boats

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Dallas Invents: 117 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 11
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  AiBUY’s dynamic binding of supplemental content to video
•  Daifuku Co.’s automatic tire loader/unloader
•  DFB’s treatment of skin malignancies using nanoparticles
•  Toyota’s assessment of human driving performance using autonomous vehicles
•  Samsung’s method for 360-degree video navigation

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Dallas Invents: 142 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 4
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  Frito-Lay’s potato chip that has more oil near its outer surfaces
•  ROCA Medical’s therapeutic treatment kit for allergies based on DNA profiles
•  American Leather’s seat convertible to a bed
•  Capital One’s authorized data sharing using smart contracts
•  Google’s dynamic digital certificate updating
•  IBM’s root cause analysis of performance problems
•  Raytheon’s shadow mask generation using elevation data

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Dallas Invents: 116 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 28
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
•  Toyota’s methods for determining the correct pronunciation of dictated words
•  Dolby Laboratories’ optical system for image projectors
•  Fujitsu Limited’s efficient message forwarding for distributed resource orchestration
•  Garrity Power Services’ wireless headset
•  Lynntech’s undersea vehicle and method for operating a reactor
•  Plano Molding’s flexible wildlife feeder and closure
•  SecurityProfiling’s real-time vulnerability monitoring
•  Texas Instrument’s crosstalk calibration for multi-channel systems

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Dallas Invents: 111 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 21
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metro-area 
Patents granted include:
• Apple’s narrowband awareness for in-device coexistence
• Capital One’s ground plane detection for placement of AR objects
• CareView Communications’ method for predicting patient falls using motion feature patterns
• Dell’s time-based local authentication in an information handling system utilizing asymmetric cryptography
• Genband’s denial-of-service protection for IP telephony systems
• Texas Instruments’ data encoder for power line communications
• FedEx Supply Chain Logistics Electronics’ apparatus for picking products

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Dallas Invents: 109 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 14
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metro-area Patents granted include:
•  Dolby Laboratories Licensing’s high contrast discrete input prism for image projectors
•  Doskocil Manufacturing’s destruction-resistant pet toys
•  Mobile Equity’s mobile payment station system and method
•  Motive Drilling Technologies’ automated slide drilling
•  rewardStyle’s location-based dynamic redirection of advertiser affiliate links for online advertising
•  Texas Instruments’ ultrasound color doppler imaging
•  Toyota’s vehicle data sharing with interested parties

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Dallas Invents: 147 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 7
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metro-area Patents granted include:
• IBM’s continuous health care plan coordination between a patient and care team
• Luraco’s portable and rechargeable drill system
• Occidental Chemical Corporation’s methods of making chlorinated hydrocarbons
• Roka Sports’ eyeglasses with interchangeable lenses
• Tesla’s power balancing in a multi-phase system
• Texas Instruments’ wireless power transmission with fractional timing resolution
• Toyota’s object detection system
• Verizon’s radio access technology change reporting

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Dallas Invents: 130 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 31
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Animal Experts’ training tool
• Amazon’s audio signal processing for motion detection
• Avodah Labs’ real-time gesture recognition method and apparatus
• Baylor Research Institute’s methods for diagnosing or detecting colorectal cancer metastasis
• Frito Lay’s fried food product with reduced oil content
• Solera Holdings’ vehicle smart mirror system with a heads-up display
• USAA’s blockchain-based transaction management

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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 3
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  Golf Tailor’s arm positioning aid for golf swing training
•  Harman Professional’s gesture-based control application for data sharing
•  Textron’s blockchain airspace management for air taxi services
•  Hemply Yours’ topical moisturizing composition
•  LDR Medical’s intervertebral disc prosthesis
•  Futurewei’s motion-based music recommendation for mobile devices

Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 26
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  Grizzly Home’s tornado-proof housing
•  American Airlines’ demand forecasting
•  Avodah Labs’ automated sign language translation and communication
•  Capital One’s techniques to leverage machine learning for SEO
•  Olaeris’ landing guidance for remotely operated aerial vehicles
•  Refocus Group’s scleral prosthesis for treating presbyopia and other eye disorders
•  Swirlds’ apparatus for efficiently implementing a fast-copyable database
•  Toyota’s system and method for Braille assistance

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Dallas Invents: 180 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 19
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Audatex North America’s VIN-based insurance claim system
• Bank of America’s holistic data transmission throughout an enterprise
• Novartis‘ curvature-changing, accommodative intraocular lens
• Capital One’s methods for co-browsing
• iMed Technology’s antiseptic swab with activation button
• Toyota’s physical assistive robotic systems

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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 12
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  Atos Digital Health Solutions’ system for secure messaging
•  Bell Helicopter Textron’s aircraft fleet maintenance system
•  Capital One’s data sharing via distributed ledgers
•  Carefusion 303’s variable dose dispensing system
•  Danco’s smart water filter system
•  rewardStyle’s dynamic creation of product links from a web browser
•  Texas Instruments’ one-way key fob and vehicle pairing

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Dallas Invents: 137 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 5
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  Century Interactive’s dynamic protection of personal information in audio recordings
•  Epsilon Data Management’s social media instant win method and system
•  General Electric’s system for data processing in a vehicle group
•  NEC’s method for capturing images used in facial recognition
•  Toyota’s electronic and physical storage for shared vehicles

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Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 29
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• ATT’s crowd location-based analytics for transactions
• Evergaze’s apparatus for improving, augmenting or enhancing vision
• Futurewei Technologies’ automatic identity detection
• Imagine Communications’ splicing media files
• IBM’s cognitive parking guidance
• Lone Star IP Holdings’ small smart weapon
• Oldcastle Building Envelope’s demountable wall system

Dallas Invents: 126 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 22
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• University of Washington’s cough detecting methods and devices 
• Advanced Micro Devices’ temperature-aware task scheduling
• Cyber adAPT’s cyber threat attenuation using multi-source threat data analysis
• DFB Soria’s delivery of drug nanoparticles
• Ecotomic Group’s furniture manufacturing system with on-demand production
• Raytheon Company’s detection system for detecting changes to circuitry
• Retina Foundation of the Southwest’s two-layer ocular implant

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Dallas Invents: 143 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 15
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Bell Helicopter Textron’s anti-ice system for thermally fragile materials
• Amazon Technologies’ trust management in an electronic environment •
• Bank of America’s synthesized voice authentication engine
• K2M’s expandable spinal implants
• Lyft’s apparatus for managing conference calls
• Raytheon’s LADAR data upsampling
• UT, Texas A&M System’s 3D printing of regenerative bone healing scaffolds for rapid fracture healing
• The Parking Genius‘ parking sensors capable of determining direction and speed of vehicle
• VPay’s virtual payment card fraud detection

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Dallas Invents: 164 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 8
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Your Command’s apparatus for electronically searching for an item
• University of Texas’ kit for external fixators for bone realignment
• LapKing Holdings’ method of tracking a vehicle’s course
• Capital One’s social home buying system
• Excentus Corporation’s system of influencing customer behavior
• Flashscan3D’s biometric image sensor with spoofing detection
• Tango’s identification of a vehicle driver based on driving behavior
• 1A Smart Start’s automated calibration station for ignition interlock devices
• Bank of America’s “Message spinning engine” to create or manage a queue
• Audatex North America’s predictive estimate for a damaged vehicle

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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 1
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:

•  Toyota’s smart necklace for social awareness
•  Apple’s adaptive multiplexing and transmit/receive diversity for wireless devices
•  Arch Holdings’ method for media destruction using a kiosk
•  AT&T’s system for grouping users to different speed tiers
•  Bank of America’s data security based on quantum particle states
•  Capital One’s vehicle location system
•  SMU’s privacy-preserving disclosure of a shared, identity-linked secret
•  Wells Fargo Bank’s biometric electronic signature tokens

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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 24
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  teleCalm’s telephone system for impaired individuals
•  AiBUY’s interactive product placement system
•  Allied Bioscience’s composition to form self decontaminating surface
•  Capital One Services’ method for an ATM to issue a secured bank card
•  Flex-a-Rock Holdings’ latex-based formulations for coating and sculpting
•  rewardStyle’s methods for screenshot linking
•  Tella Firma’s expendable fluid drive actuators for foundation lifting
•  Tesla’s solar photovoltaic power conditioning units
•  TRV Dispense’s soft food and beverage dispenser
•  Wells Fargo Banks’ methods for processing nuances in natural language

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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 17
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  Biological Innovation and Optimization Systems’ bio-dimming lighting
•  CTL Medical Corporation’s biomedical implants
•  Focal Therapeutics’s implantable tissue marker device
•  GF-17’s method for creating and sharing bots
•  Sprinkl.IO’s remote wireless moisture sensors for irrigation
•  Texas Instrument’s error-correcting analog-to-digital converters
•  Victor Equipment Company’s automated gas cutting system
•  Alcatel Lucent’s driver behavior monitoring systems

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Dallas Invents: 132 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 10
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Futurewei’s device for providing a key for IoT communication
• American Security Product’s physical article exchange using a safe
• Armor Defense’s detection of malicious instructions in a virtual machine memory
• BLIVIC’s needle for a bloodless intravenous catheter system
• Capital One Services’ visualization of vehicle condition using extended reality
• Yeshvik Solutions’ parking system

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Dallas Invents: 156 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 3
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

• Raytheon’s “agricultural situational awareness” tool
• Enseo’s hospitality property management tool
• Garrity Power Services’ wirelessly powered locker
• Global Tel*Link’s AR system for guards
• Microfabrica’s releasable tissue anchoring device
• MoneyGram’s prefunding for money transfer
• Nicomodo’s floral packaging method and apparatus
• Sigh’s noise detector and analysis/alert engine
• Toyota’s vehicle console with device charging trays
• USAA’s methods for distributed currency management
• Verizon’s identification of wireless coverage for multi-occupant structures
• ZS Pharma’s compositions to remove toxins from the GI tract

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Dallas Invents: 162 Patents Granted for Week of Aug 27
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

• An unassigned patent for a remotely controlled smart fence
• Bell Textron’s “mutually symbiotic aircraft systems”
• CPG Technologies’ geolocation using guided surface waves
• I D YOU’s audio announcement to called parties
• IBM’s “empathetic image selection”
• Roka Sports’ eyeglasses with interchangeable lenses
• Siemens Healthcare’s next-generation MRI spine evaluation
• The Snoring Center’s airway implant delivery device

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Dallas Invents: 153 Patents Granted for Week of Aug 20
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  Malibu Boats’ adjustable surf wake system that lets a rider control and enhance the wake
•  Audi’s system to detect and predict movement of a vehicle occupant
•  AT&T’s augmented reality shopping displays
•  Bank of America’s system to allow secure access to a virtual credential
•  FedEx’s method for remotely flashing a wireless device
•  IBM’s cognitive analysis for healing an IT system
•  Nimbix’s reconfigurable cloud computing

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Dallas Invents: 168 Patents Granted for Week of Aug 13
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Dallas Invents: 179 Patents Granted for Week of Aug 6
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  Vinli’s cloud-integrated vehicle platform
•  Bank of America’s network device spoofing detection 
•  Blue Calypso’s advertising distribution through mobile social gaming 
•  CareFusion 303’s methods for managing a return of medication 
•  NxGen Partners’ system for signal penetration into a building 
•  PACCAR’sspot augmented reality system for vehicle blind prevention 
•  Platform Manufacturing Group’s modular stair system 
•  State Farms’ vehicle image & sound data gathering for insurance rating purposes 
•  Verizon’s traffic monitoring systems and methods

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Dallas Invents: 136 Patents Granted for Week of July 30
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Rockwell Collins’ night sky spatial orientation
• Advanced Cooling Therapy’s devices for controlling patient temperature
• Capital One Services’ data processing platform monitoring
• FreeFlight Systems’ UAV guidance and communication device 
• IBM’s location of misplaced mobile computing devices
• K2M’s expandable spinal implants
• Lennox Industries’ systems for operating HVAC systems in low load conditions
• Rolls-Royce Corp.’s aircraft engine cleaning system
• TissueGen’s conformation and structural integrity of biomolecules 

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Dallas Invents: 111 Patents Granted for Week of July 23
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

• Sprinkl.IO’s water conservation apparatus and method for programmable irrigation controllers
• Toyota’s smart necklace with stereo vision and onboard processing
• American Vehicular Sciences’ method for displaying data to a vehicle’s occupant about road signs
• Global Tel*Link Corporation’s detection and control of contraband devices
• IBM’s automated prototype creation based on analytics and 3D printing
• Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software’s system for identifying clones
• Telepresence Technologies telemedicine consultation and diagnostic systems 
• VBikes Technology’s smart lock for shared-ride bicycle and mobile app-based control system

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Dallas Invents: 156 Patents Granted for Week of July 16
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

• The Pure Company Global’s air purifier
• Integrity Bio-Chemicals’ stabilization of clay-containing soils
• Toyota’s automatic brake application for one-pedal driving
• STMicroelectronics audio playback using RFID
• State Farm’s autonomous vehicle software version assessment
• IBM’s signatures to manage “derelict assets” of an IT environment
• Secure Access’ authentication of electronic content
• an unassigned patent for an eye-tracking wearable computer
• an unassigned patent for treating oncological disorders using Coenzyme Q10

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Dallas Invents: 129 Patents Granted for Week of July 9
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

•  Toyota’s autonomous vehicle routing based on chaos assessment
•  FutureWei Technologies’ predictive routing for mobility
•  Paragon Furniture’s modular desk systems
•  Phazr’s multifaceted radio base station
•  Red River Tea Co.’s still beverage brewing
• John Almeida’s unassigned virus-immune computer system
• Wynright’s perception-based robotic manipulation for an automated truck unloader
• ZixCorp Systems’ secure electronic mail system

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Dallas Invents: 143 Patents Granted for Week of July 2
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

• Honda Motor Cos.’ method of identifying a user of a charging station
• Match Group’s display screen with a graphical user interface of an electronic device
• Taylor Made’s golf club with unique mass properties
• The Big O’s personal item management apparatus
• Texas A&M’s new variety of Zoysiagrass: DALZ 0102
• Ilumi Solutions’ wireless control device

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Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of June 25
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  CPG Technologies’ wired and wireless power distribution coexistence
•  Apple Inc.’s user equipment location on a wireless transmission system
•  Facebook’s location-based content aggregation and distribution
•  PayPal’s management based on user tolerance for waiting in line
•  Sensogram Technologies’ non-invasive wearable blood pressure monitoring system
•  Barferno’s real-time patron-activity information system

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Dallas Invents: 101 Patents Granted for Week of June 18
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  Bank of America’s access control using device location tracking and blockchains
•  Dolby Laboratories’ control of light spreading in projector systems
•  FedEx’s method for removing customer personal information from a device
•  Halliburton’s subterranean monitoring using enhanced video
•  SoftLayer’s portable and flexible deployment of servers
• The Parking Genius’ sensors using magnetic signature recognition

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Dallas Invents: 163 Patents Granted for Week of June 11
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  IBM’s management of cookie data
•  AMI Investments’ remote monitoring of water distribution systems
•  Bank of America’s data security and risk ranking tool
•  Daltile’s glazed porcelain roof tile
•  Ilumi’s LED lighting device
•  The Nielsen Company’s apparatus to monitor mobile internet activity
•  Toyota’s personalized active safety systems

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Dallas Invents: 124 Patents Granted for Week of June 4
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  Knightscope’s autonomous parking monitor
•  Bank of America’s authorization of a user in a virtual reality environment
•  ATT’s distributed forwarding service
•  Freeflight Acquisition’s quick-mount detachable antenna
•  Imagine Communications’ distributed ledger platform
•  Service King’s auto repair systems including 3D printed parts
•  Siemens intelligent 3D printer
•  Johnson & Johnson’s pupil-only photochromic contact lenses

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Dallas Invents: 136 Patents Granted for Week of May 28
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Avodah Labs’ automated gesture identification using neural networks
• Futurewei’s wearable antenna array
• Chama Chairs’ collapsible swivel chair
• ROKA Sports’ eyeglasses
• Taylor Made’s golf club with a sole stress-reducing feature
• USAA’s self-charging unmanned vehicle

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Dallas Invents: 123 Patents Granted for Week of May 21
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  IBM’s collaborative shopping across multiple channels using shared virtual carts
•  American Vehicular Sciences’ in-vehicle signage for data about road signs
•  nMetric’s bus stop systems
•  The Parking Genius’ user validation system
•  Vivify’s virtual rehabilitation system
•  Breghtway Construction Solutions’ insulating panel for stucco exterior
•  Amazon’s mitigation of distributed distributed denial-of-service attacks

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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of May 14
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  Novartis’ multifocal diffractive ophthalmic lens
•  Refocus Group’s scleral prosthesis for treating presbyopia and other eye disorders
•  An unassigned system for using AI for routing electric vehicles
•  Baylor Research Institute’s vaccines against HPV
•  New York Air Brake’s train emission control system
•  Avodah Lab’s visual sign language translation training
•  Toyota’s distracted driver notification system
•  Linear Labs’ magnetic motor

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Dallas Invents: 147 Patents Granted for Week of May 7
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• IBM’s video sentiment analysis tool for video messaging
• Bank of America’s dynamic employee security risk scoring
• Dolby Laboratories’ optical system for image projectors
• Freeflight Acquisitions’ autonomous anonymity system
• Peloton Therapeutics’ methods of treating pulmonary arterial hypertension
• Siemens Healthcare’s image-based tumor phenotyping with machine learning
• STMicroelectronics’ zero standby power for powerline communication devices

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Dallas Invents: 118 Patents Granted for Week of April 30
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
•  Nvidia’s sound-activated control system
•  Shavelogic’s pivoting razors
•  YSEOP’s techniques for automatic generation of natural language text
•  Shooting Simulator’s  method for marksmanship training
•  Wells Fargo’s biometric electronic signature tokens
•  Advatect Diagnostics’ compositions for detecting fungi and mycotoxins
•  Bell’s avionics system for using a smartphone to input-output flight data
•  CareView Communications’  system and method for predicting patient falls 
•  Moneygram’s bail and bond services via a money transfer network
•  HoboLoco’s foot-operated video game and virtual reality controller

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Dallas Invents: 136 Patents Granted for Week of April 23
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• An unassigned patent for techniques for an automated hair-cutting system
• Hammond Development’s system for enabling a communication device to remotely execute an application
• Amazon’s technology for job processing using a public service network
• Textron Innovations’ takeoff/landing touchdown protection management system
• Tuesday Morning’s cookware lid with basting projections
• Olaeris’ battery status and failure detector
• 3i AVI’s computerized exchange network
• University of Arkansas’ new white wine grape plant named “Opportunity”

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Dallas Invents: 115 Patents Granted for Week of April 16
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include: 
• Conduent’s method for video-based detection of drive-offs and walk-offs
• AT&T’s augmented reality visual Wi-Fi signal
• Bank of America’s autonomous software containers
• Genband’s method for blocking notification messages during screen sharing 
• Linear Labs’ brushless electric motor/generator
• Sabre’s tokenized data security
• Phazr’s window-installed wireless communications device 

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Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of April 9
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Texas Instrument’s real-time traffic sign recognition
• IBM’s drone network delivery system 
• Futurewei’s operating states for device-to-device (D2D) discovery
• Kodiak Network’s push-to-anything (PTX) data analytic engine
• Rockwell Automation Technologies’ industrial data analytics in a cloud platform 
• Exploring Inc.’s haptic mapping of a configurable VR environment 
• En Rx Chemical’s environmental contamination remediation injector

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Dallas Invents: 129 Patents Granted for Week of April 2
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Apple’s cylindrical compact computing system
• State Farm’s detection of anomalous computer behavior
• Texas Instruments’ estimation of time to collision in a computer vision system
• USAA’s monitoring systems and methods for personal safety
• Toyota’s smart necklace with stereo vision and onboard processing
• Watchguard’s system for peer-to-peer operation of multiple recording devices
• Velos Media’s device for decoding a video bitstream

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Dallas Invents: 116 Patents Granted for Week of March 26
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include: 
• Google’s proximity payment system environment response 
• Omnitrac’s management of movable objects 
• Raytheon’s methods for acquiring, launching, and guiding missiles 
• Samsung’s techniques for millimeter-wave mobile communication 
• Slocum Geophysics’ airborne geophysical exploration 
• Toyota’s vision-assist devices 
• Conduent Business Services’ video redaction method and system

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Dallas Invents: 87 Patents Granted for Week of March 19
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include: 
• Dr Pepper/Seven Up’s sweet taste improving compositions
• Capital One’s asset tracking systems
• US Concrete’s concrete with a reduced surface drying time
• Toyota’s integrated truck bed washing system
• MoneyGram’s promotion generation engine for a money transfer system
• McAfee’s system for calculating an object’s trust level

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Dallas Invents: 97 Patents Granted for Week of March 12
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Uniloc’s pedestrian traffic monitoring and analysis
• Futurewei Technologies’ foldable mobile device
• IBM’s cognitive geofencing
• Lockheed Martin’s aircraft laser detector

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Dallas Invents: 148 Patents Granted for Week of March 5
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Paccar’s platooning light fence system for trucks
• Toyotas’ vehicle bumper damage indication
• Bell’s aircraft with manned and unmanned flight modes
• University of Texas’ methods for light-dependent gene regulation
• Conduent Business Services’ system for optimizing passenger pick up
• Amazon’s system for impairment issues of distributed hosts

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Dallas Invents: 110 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 26
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Avaya’s method for securing account access by verifying account with email provider
• Asphalt Sciences’ method of dissolving tire rubber
• Bell’s aircraft with autonomous and remote flight control capabilities
• IBM’s intelligent driving recommendation system
• Toyota’s systems for locally aligning map data
• Verizon’s wireless infrastructure with distributed fiber networks

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Dallas Invents: 147 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 19
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Armor Defense’s system to detect and extract malicious instructions on a virtual machine
• American Airline’s departure sequencing system that includes an airport state analyzer, a taxi-out predictor, and a pushback optimizer
• IBM’s root cause analysis of performance problems of a computer system
• SanDisk Technologies’ flash card end of life prediction based on memory wear
• an unassigned patent for a pull tab simulating a cannabis leaf cutout

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Dallas Invents: 104 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 12
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Armor Defense’s system to detect and extract malicious instructions on a virtual machine
• American Airline’s departure sequencing system that includes an airport state analyzer, a taxi-out predictor, and a pushback optimizer
• IBM’s root cause analysis of performance problems of a computer system
• SanDisk Technologies’ flash card end of life prediction based on memory wear
• an unassigned patent for a pull tab simulating a cannabis leaf cutout

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Dallas Invents: 125 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 5
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros.

Patents granted include:
• Medhab’s fall detection system
• Qantu Therapeutics’ vaccine formula to prevent and treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s
• Sirius XM’s vehicle telematics
• Skycam’s method of classifying and transmitting data from an event
• Tango Network’s control of mobile device calls, text messages and data usage while operating a motor vehicle
• UT and UNTHSC’s iron garnet nanoparticles for cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy

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Dallas Invents: 125 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 29
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros.
Patents granted include:
• Sensogram Technologies’ fingertip scanner
• Berkshire Biomedical’s devices for computerized oral prescription administration
• Phazr’s 5G radio system
• Rain Bird’s volumetric budget-based irrigation control
• Samsung’s video editing using contextual data and content discovery using clusters
• V-Moda’s method of identifying authentic versus counterfeit products

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Dallas Invents: 108 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 22
Patents granted include:
•Textron Innovations’ apparatus for reconfiguring flight control of an aircraft during a failure while the aircraft is flying
• USAA’s display screen with a financial workbench graphical user interface
• Verizon’s device for increased bandwidth
• TI’s feedforward cancellation of power supply noise
• Monument Peak Ventures’ system for locating nearby picture hotspots

 

Dallas Invents: 68 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 15
Patents were granted for Vital Art and Science’s vision measurement and training system; Frito-Lay’s micropellets of fine particle nutrients in snack food; Fit Toned’s integrated exercise device; and Addepar’s methods for depicting psychological analysis.

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Dallas Invents: 131 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 8
Patents were granted for ROKA Sports’ new design for sport eyeglasses; Capital One’s methods for tracking objects; Drexel University’s method of predicting seizures; Sierra Smart Systems’s electric vehicle fleet charging system; Securus’ detection for a call anomaly using biometric identification; SMU’s method of treating a subject that is resistant to one or more drugs; and Uber’s design for a firearm grip.

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Dallas Invents: 99 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 1
Patents were granted for Lockheed’s behavioral authentication of USB devices; IBM’s notifications issued about lost devices; Toyota’s impairment evaluation system; Cinsay’s containerized software for virally copying from one endpoint to another; and FedEx’s system, device, and method for inspecting the cosmetic features of electronic devices.

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Dallas Invents: 118 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 25
Patents were granted for Conduent’s apparatus for customized handwriting zones; Robin Technologies’ automated secure door for a robotic mower; Futurewei Technologies’ path selection for autonomous vehicles; Lennox Industries’ reflective UV light shield for HVAC units; Toyota’s methods for making an object appear transparent; and Varidesk’s electrically lifted computer and office desk.

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Dallas Invents: 86 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 18
Patents were granted for Reel Pro Motion’s system for recording and training athletes from multiple points of view; Dell’s platform for adopting settings to secure a protected file; UT’s method of detecting tumor cells; STMicroelectronics’ ceramic board with memory formed in the ceramic; and Sqwaq’s data transfer through a bonded communication link.

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Dallas Invents: 92 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 11
Patents were granted for an unassigned patent for bullet-proof blinds; Conduent’s Business Services’ systems to automatically create and suggest compatible ride-sharing groups; HD LifeSciences inter-body fusion implant; SecurityProfiling real-time vulnerability profiling; and Vattaca’s authentication tags and systems for golf clubs.

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Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 4
Patents were granted for Match Group’s method for matching using location information, Omnitracs’ tire pressure optimization system, Raytheon’s methods for sharpening multi-spectral imagery, and Speedgrocer’s method for order fulfillment.

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Dallas Invents: 116 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 27
Patents were granted for Toyota’s inventory robot, 1974 Productions’ method for delivering music content to a smart phone, Capital One’s machine-learning AI system for identifying vehicles, Innovative Signal Analysis’ video-enabled inspection using unmanned aerial vehicles, and Securus Technologies’ multi-party conversation analyzer.

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Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 20
Patents were granted for Walmart’s methods for autonomous drone navigation, Apple’s enclosure features for a portable computing device, Capital One’s transaction terminals for automated billing, and Dow’s spunbound nonwoven fabrics.

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Dallas Invents: 127 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 13
Patents were granted for Time Warner’s home automation system deployment, Toyota’s automated high beam headlight operation, and Fujitsu’s RFID for inventory of electronic equipment.

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Dallas Invents: 130 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 6
Patents were granted for Verizon’s techniques for providing content recommendations, Toyota’s mist-generating apparatus, Kodiak Network’s VoIP denial-of-service protection mechanisms, and an unassigned wildfire alert system.

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Dallas Invents: 137 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 30
Patents were granted for Verizon’s techniques for providing content recommendations, Toyota’s mist-generating apparatus, Kodiak Network’s VoIP denial-of-service protection mechanisms, and an unassigned wildfire alert system.

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Dallas Invents: 120 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 23
Patents were granted for SanDisk’s head-mountable camera system, Intuit’s script generation based on user actions, Verizon’s targeted advertising, Gemmy’s projection kaleidoscope, and Reata’s methods to treat obesity.

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Dallas Invents: 155 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 16
Patents were granted for Verizon’s auto suggestion in search, Hari Mari’s footwear, Toyota’s traffic signal indicator, Neu Robitics’ drone, and Moneygram’s emergency money transfer.

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Dallas Invents: 84 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 9
Patents were granted for Triune IP’s adaptive power control for energy harvesting, Reddy Ice’s apparatus for storing and dispensing bagged ice, OraMetrix’s Ortho treatment planning that uses a lip tracer, Dell’s out-of-band beacon for securing IoT devices, and Essilor’s self-healing hard coatings.

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Dallas Invents: 92 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 2
Patents were granted for Apple’s voltage regulator; Dell’s distributed authorization; ROKA Sports’ swimwear design & construction, iHeartMedia’s listener survey tool; Shavelogic’s razor tray; and more.

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Dallas Invents: 54 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 18
Patents granted include Capital One’s placement of augmented reality objects using a bounding shape, Experian’s method for providing an aggregation tool, Facebook’s location-based content aggregation and distribution systems, Toyota’s ray tracing for hidden obstacle detection, and Bell’s storage modes for tiltrotor aircraft

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Dallas Invents: 70 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 11
Patents granted include Toyota’s method and apparatus for determining lane identification in a roadway, Baylor Research Institute’s fatty acid treatment for cardiac patients, and Apple’s computer internal architecture.

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Dallas Invents: 76 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 4
Patents granted include Sherwin-Williams’ color display system; Virtuix Holdings’ haptic glove for use in a virtual environment; Astrapi’s method for communicating using polynomial-based signals; and Barefoot Networks’ hash table storing reduced search key.

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Dallas Invents: 104 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 28
Patents granted include Toyota’s vision assist systems, iWear Holdings’ garment that sends wireless messages, Galderma’s acne treatments, and Capital One’s placement of augmented reality objects.

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Dallas Invents: 104 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 21
Patents granted include Essilor’s automated eyewear kiosk, IBM’s music recommendation engine, Omnitrac’s emergency stopping for autonomous commercial vehicles, Tesla’s renewable energy power generation system, and Shavelogic’s shaving system.

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Dallas Invents: 90 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 14
Patents granted include Frito-Lay’s texture measurement apparatus; McAfee’s reputation scoring; Botsitter’s system for remote care of an animal; T-Mobile’s system for pairing with a mobile device; and Nestec’s pomegranate extract for treating fatty liver.

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Dallas Invents: 86 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 7
Patents granted include AT&T’s method to detect and manage lip sync errors; IBM’s framework for analyzing information from a body camera; Gemmy Industries’ projector for an image with a firework effect; and Bank of America’s circuit board with “organic light emitting diode” light technology to help hearing or visually impaired users.

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Dallas Invents: 79 Patents Granted for Week of July 31
Patents granted include Apple’s data function within an access gateway node; Dell’s credential sharing system including a pre-boot authentication; Daifuku’s automatic truck unloading robot; and IBM’s smart garment, such as a shirt, that identifies user changes.

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Dallas Invents: 117 Patents Granted for Week of July 17
Patents granted include Toyota’s “intelligent earpiece” that gives social and environmental awareness; Facebook’s method for aggregating and distributing content based on location; Baylor Research Institute’s method for treating breast cancer with vaccines of dendritic cells; and Google’s method for “sending data to a wireless station.”

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Dallas Invents: 97 Patents Granted for Week of July 10
Patents granted include Futurewei’s rotatable, panoramic camera for mobile devices; Nokia’s group messaging apparatus within a communication network; and Vbike’s smart bicycle locks.

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Dallas Invents: 68 Patents Granted for Week of July 3
Patents granted include Toyota’s steering wheel that illuminates via touch; AT&T’s electrical switch that generates signals through acoustic inputs; Frito-Lay’s method for removing part of a food product through an “abrasive stream”; and Conduent Business Services’ method to create a classifier that predicts a user’s personality type.

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Dallas Invents: 96 Patents Granted for Week of June 26
Patents granted include the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System’s low-cost, mobile 3D point of estimation headset; Mary Kay’s method for topical skin care treatment using plant extracts; Roka Sports’ garment for aquatic sports to help improve performance; and Capital One’s system of using a bounding shape to place augmented reality objects.

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Dallas Invents: 63 Patents Granted for Week of June 19
Patents granted include Nike’s golf club head with “impact-influencing” features; Futurewei Technologies’ increased spatial resolution for panoramic video; Harvard’s invention for regulating microRNA biogenesis that relates to helping prevent cancer; and Frito-Lay’s method for producing expanded nut kernels.

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Dallas Invents: 85 Patents Granted for Week of June 12
Patents granted include Toyota’s cloaking device to make an object seem transparent; Med Hab’s shoe sensor system to measure a runner’s gait; Google’s system for presenting multi-frame ads for mobile devices; and Kairos Social Solutions’s location-based social networking system that helps users select their favorite drink.   

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Dallas Invents: 97 Patents Granted for Week of June 5
Patents granted include GXI Holdings’ easy-to-use lawnmower with larger blades; Amazon’s thermal managing system for computing devices; Hulu’s video selecting system via diversity and relevance; and Jack Ten Suited’s new electronic card game apparatus.

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Dallas Invents: 85 Patents Granted for Week of June 12
Patents granted include GXI Holdings’ easy-to-use lawnmower with larger blades; Amazon’s thermal managing system for computing devices; Hulu’s video selecting system via diversity and relevance; and Jack Ten Suited’s new electronic card game apparatus.

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Dallas Invents: 91 Patents Granted for Week of May 29
Patents granted include IBM’s smart garment that can communicate to a receiver “at least one parameter” away; Bottle Rocket’s new interactive video viewing experience; Fossil’s design for a device that monitors activity; and Omnitrac’s advanced warning system for vehicles on the road.

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Dallas Invents: 79 Patents Granted for Week of May 22
Patents granted include Micro-Gaming Ventures’ system for micro-betting, Toyota’s device for traffic light detection, Syntilla Medical’s implantable head-mounted neurostimulation system for head pain, and IBM’s caller identity-based security.

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Dallas Invents: 85 Patents Granted for Week of May 15
Patents granted include Nuvectra Corporation’s paired communication between an implanted medical device and an external control device; Toyota’s “cloaking” apparatus and method for making an object appear transparent; and NewVoiceMedia’s workflow triggering that uses real-time analytics for intelligent sales engagement.

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Dallas Invents: 86 Patents Granted for Week of May 8
Patents granted include Bell Helicopter’s aircraft with selectively attachable passenger pod assembly, Fossil’s activity monitoring device, and Uber’s apparatus for managing communications.

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Dallas Invents: 74 Patents Granted for Week of May 1
Patents granted include Toyota’s system for wearable smart device communications, Tesla Laboratories’ method for creation of unique identification for use in gathering survey data from a mobile device at a live event, and Match.com’s matching process system.

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Dallas Invents: 79 Patents Granted for Week of April 24
Patents granted include Joshua RD Technologies’ interactive helmet system, ShopSavvy’s storage medium for payment of online purchases via a portable computing device, Baylor University’s nutraceutical with an oxygen-enabled composition and USAA’s home area recommender. 

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Dallas Invents: 74 Patents Granted for Week of April 17
Patents granted include Apple’s desktop consumer electronic device, IBM’s cognitive geofencing, Mentalix’s robotic document feeder, and McAfee’s digital

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Dallas Invents: 103 Patents Granted for Week of April 10
Patents granted include Botsitter’s system for remote care of an animal, Authentic’s sight-to-speech product authentication, United Services Automobile Association’s indoor drone flight awar

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Dallas Invents: 73 Patents Granted for Week of April 3
Patents granted include Amazon’s quality control for video encoders on mobile devices, Capital One’s method for expedited large file processing, and The Nielsen Company’s methods to recruit audience measurement panelists.

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Dallas Invents: 82 Patents Granted for Week of March 27
Patents granted include Endostim’s laparoscopic lead implantation method, Halliburton’s degradable balls for use in subterranean applications, Varidesk’s adjustable desk platform, and New York Air Brake’s train speed profiling system.

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Dallas Invents: 92 Patents Granted for Week of March 20
Patents were granted for Securus’ automated background check via facial recognition, Turner Broadcasting’s programming optimization, FedEx’s shipping system and method for tracking customer personal information in electronic devices, and more.

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Dallas Invents: 67 Patents Granted for Week of March 13
Patents were granted for Facebook’s location-based aggregation, McAfee’s contextual scoring of automobile drivers, Barclay Bank’s secure computing device, Gradalis’ individualized cancer therapy, and more.

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Dallas Invents: 81 Patents Granted for Week of March 6
Patents were granted for Nike’s golf club heads, Digital Three’s flight safety vest, Lennox’s system for replacing air filters, and more.

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Dallas Invents: 73 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 27
Patents were granted for Raytheon’s radar detection of a concealed object on a body, Nike’s golf clubs, Astrapi’s spiral-based waveforms for communication, and more.

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Dallas Invents: 76 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 22
Newly granted patents include IBM’s optical marker for drone cargo delivery, SoftLayer’s secure data entry, and University of Texas’ protection against/treatment of ionizing radiation.

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Dallas Invents: 72 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 13
Newly granted patents include those for ROKA Sports’ aquatic sport performance garments and Apple’s AC-DC power converters.

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Dallas Invents: 58 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 6
Newly granted patents include Syntilla Medical’s neurostimulation system for head pain and Baylor Research Institute’s methods to treat or prevent hepatitis C.

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Dallas Invents: 64 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 30
Patents secured this week include Cavandish Energy’s hydrogen production system for creating and extracting hydrogen gas, Roka Sports’ swimming goggles with retroscopic lens, and University of Texas’ micro-RNA regulation of bone loss.

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Dallas Invents: 66 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 23
Patents secured this week include Bell Helicopter Textron’s foldable tiltrotor aircraft and rewardStyle’s method for providing targeted marketing to a user based on the user’s social media interaction.

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Dallas Invents: 64 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 16
Patents secured this week include IBM’S method for using conversational biometrics and speaker identification/verification to filter voice streams, Baylor Research Institute’s biomarkers, Curio’s RFID disruption device, and Live Nation’s triggered queue transformation.

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Dallas Invents: 71 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 9
Patents secured this week include Mary Kay’s combination of plant extracts to improve skin tone, Apple’s devices for haptic mixing, and Futurewei Technologies’ method for faked base station detection.

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Dallas Invents: 74 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 2
Patents secured this week include Abbott’s method for coating an implantable lens, Apple’s solution to improve coverage and cell edge performance in a mobile user communication system, Amazon’s system for reducing power consumption in a memory architecture, and Reliant Immune Diagnostics’ pregnancy test to assess disease risk.

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Dallas Invents: 64 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 26
Patents secured this week include Trinity’s railroad tank car relief valve, Daifuku Co.’s automatic tire loader, unloader, Raytheon’s river velocity estimation system, and Prestige Ameritech’s medical gown.

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Dallas Invents: 44 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 19
Patents secured this week include those for Frito Lay’s potato cultivar, Mary Kay’s magnolia extract, and ShaveLogic’s pivoting razors.

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Dallas Invents: 56 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 12
Patents secured this week include Varidesk’s desk, Triune System’s “pop and click” noise reduction, and GE’s printed circuit board.

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Dallas Invents: 71 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 5
Patents secured this week include Fossil’s in-ear headphones and Zynga’s method of notifying a user of options to participate in meta games.

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Dallas Invents: 64 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 28
Patents secured this week include Bank of America’s multi-tiered protection platform and Securus Technologies’ location-based services for “exigent circumstances”

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Dallas Invents: 97 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 21
Patents secured range from Apple’s removable door for an electronic device and Fossil’s new wrist band to Match.com’s method for finding matches between users and Stripe Fitness’ exercise device for suspended body weight training.

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Dallas Invents: 97 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 14
Patents were granted to AT&T, Paragon Furniture, Varidesk, Accenture Global Solutions, State Farm, Blue Calypso, Southern Methodist University, Google, and more.

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Dallas Invents: 84 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 7
Patents secured include Omnitrac’s vehicle parking system, Apple’s invention to solve communication disruption problems, and SMU’s integrated circuits to protect hidden content.

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Dallas Invents: 90 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 31
Patents secured range from inventions for detecting explosive and making radioactive nanoparticles to vandalism detection using video and noise cancellation.

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Dallas Invents: 74 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 24
Patents secured range from Amazon’s inter-service network communication optimization to Robokind’s system and method for controlling animated characters for lifelike interactions to Health Happy Pets’ method for creating an animal litter that detects health conditions in felines.

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Dallas Invents: 106 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 17
Patents secured include Apple’s time-stamped event entries to Gradalis Inc.’s cancer vaccine to Nimbix Inc.’s reconfigurable cloud computing.

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Dallas Invents: 73 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 10
Patents granted range from a “system and method for early detection of Alzheimer’s” to a “blueberry plant named Norman.”

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Dallas Invents: 68 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 3
68 patents were granted in Dallas-Arlington-Fort Worth this week, ranging from the “secure erase of non-volatile memory” assigned to SanDisk Technologies to a “golf club head having trip step feature” secured by Taylor Made Golf Company.

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Dallas Invents: 71 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 26
71 patents were granted in Dallas-Arlington-Fort Worth this week, ranging from an “autonomous parking monitor” assigned to Knighscope Inc. and “crime reporting in a controlled-environment facility” to Securus Technologies, Inc.

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Dallas Invents: 91 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 19
Patents were granted to Fujitsu, Blackberry Limited, The Nielsen Company, Bank of America, Apple, Cisco, Brigham Young University, Qorvo, and more.

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Dallas Invents: 95 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 12
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ranked no. 8 in patent production out of 250 metros nationally. Patents were granted to Amazon, ATT, Blackberry, FedEx, CoorsTek, Lennox, Mary Kay, Toshiba, Reata Pharmaceuticals, and more.

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Dallas Invents: 86 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 5
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ranked no. 9 in patent production out of 250 metros nationally. Patents were granted to Match.com, IBM, Nokia, Ricoh, AT&T, Fujitsu, Sirius FM, and more.

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Dallas Invents: 87 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 29
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ranked no. 9 in patent production out of 250 metros nationally. Patents were granted to Phillip Morris, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Fujitsu, eBay, Bank of America, Fossil Group, Pavestone, AI Visualize, and more.

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Dallas Invents: 56 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 22
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ranked no. 14 in patent production out of 250 metros nationally. Check out patents granted to ATT, Mary Kay, Apple, Bell Helicopter, IBM, and more.

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Dallas Invents: 71 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 15
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ranked no. 13 in patent production out of 250 metros nationally. Check out patents granted to Tinder, Amazon, Dell, State Farm, Halliburton, and more.

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Dallas Invents: 83 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 8
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ranked no. 9 in patent production out of 250 metros nationally. Check out patents granted to Facebook, Samsung, Lockheed Martin, Lennox Industries, and more.

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