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

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of 2/11/2025 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 8
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 6
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 6
E: Fixed Constructions 3
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 6
G: Physics 47
H: Electricity 35

Design: 11

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 12
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) 5
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 3
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) 3
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.) 3
7-Eleven Inc. (Irving) 2
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 2
BMIC LLC (Dallas) 2
Homecourt Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.) 2

Unassigned 5

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell) 2
Mohamed Seck (Aubrey) 2
Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving) 2
Sarah Jahnke (Dallas) 2
Sheldon Arora (Plano) 2
Travis James Reinert (McKinney) 2

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

Metal planter assembly
Patent No. 12219908

Inventor(s): Robert Glen Allen (Mesquite, TX)
Assignee(s): Colmet LLC (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, L.L.P. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17003165 on 08/26/2020 (1630 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention discloses a collapsible metal planter. The planter has a plurality of wall sections. Each wall section side portion has a first end portion and an opposing second end portion. The end portions are angularly disposed inwards. Each first end portion has a first edge with a V-shaped notch positioned in vertical orientation. Each second end portion has a second edge with a V-shaped notch positioned in vertical orientation opposite to that of the first edge notch. The first edge notch and second edge notch form a square orifice when the first end portion of a wall section is placed in abutment with the second end portion of an adjacent wall section. The square orifice is receivable of a fastener to secure the adjacent wall sections together.

[A01G] HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS, OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops, or the like A01D 46/00; plant reproduction by tissue culture techniques A01H 4/00; devices for topping or skinning onions or flower bulbs A23N 15/08; propagating unicellular algae C12N 1/12; plant cell culture C12N 5/00)

Cushioned diaper changing table
Patent No. 12220068

Inventor(s): Adia Gundry (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Pluie, Inc. (Lake Forest, IL)
Law Firm: Vedder Price P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18407249 on 01/08/2024 (400 days app to issue)

Abstract: A changing table comprises a wall assembly and a tray assembly. The wall assembly is capable of mounting to a wall, and the tray assembly is pivotally attached to the wall assembly such that the wall assembly and tray assembly form a changeable angle in between them. The tray assembly comprises an exterior first surface and an interior second surface. The interior second surface comprises a cushion and is configured to receive an infant.

[A47D] FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN (school benches or desks A47B 39/00, A47B 41/00)

Method, system and apparatus for a rail track
Patent No. 12220069

Inventor(s): Larry McNutt (Carrollton, TX), Marc A. Gilpin (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Omni Consumer Products, LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Fulton Jeang PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18365398 on 08/04/2023 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rail track assembly comprises a rail defining a longitudinal channel configured to slidably receive at least a portion of a monitoring drone. An end cap is configured to be coupled to a first longitudinal end of the rail. A charge cap is configured to be coupled to second longitudinal end of the rail opposite the first longitudinal end, the charge cap configured to house a power module for charging the monitoring drone when the monitoring drone is located at the second longitudinal end.

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

Limited-use tool disposable enclosure
Patent No. 12220198

Inventor(s): Matthew Jones (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): INSURGICAL, INC. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: CLEARPAT SERVICES, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18368282 on 09/14/2023 (516 days app to issue)

Abstract: A re-usable medical procedure power tool includes enclosed housing including a tool attachment portion, a handle portion connected to a tool attachment portion and a power portion. A removable, single use, contamination-blocking cover substantially covering the housing, the handle portion the power portion. The cover also includes an opening adjacent an exposed first end of the tool attachment portion, whereby a tool accessory is selectively attached to and removed from the first end of the tool attachment portion during a medical procedure.

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

Methods and apparatus for treatment of aneurysms adjacent branch arteries
Patent No. 12220306

Inventor(s): Jonathan Morris (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Medtronic Vascular, Inc. (Santa Rosa, CA)
Law Firm: Medler Ferro Woodhouse Mills PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17960913 on 10/06/2022 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: A polymer coating/ring is employed to aid in the sealing and connection of modular elements used in body flow lumens for the exclusion and bypass of diseased regions of the flow lumen, such as where aneurysm occurs adjacent to branching blood vessels.

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

Intraocular lens having hinged haptic structures
Patent No. 12220309

Inventor(s): William Jacob Spenner Dolla (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18507814 on 11/13/2023 (456 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes an optic including an optic axis and a haptic structure coupled with the optic. The haptic structure includes an inner ring comprising a plurality of hinges such that portions of the inner ring reside at different radii from the optic axis. The haptic structure further includes a first loop extending from the inner ring and having two points of connection to the inner ring and a second loop extending from the inner ring and having two points of connection to the inner ring. The second loop is oriented opposite the first loop.

Topical skin care formulations comprising plant extracts
Patent No. 12220480

Inventor(s): David Gan (Southlake, TX), Michelle Hines (Hickory Creek, TX), Tiffany Florence (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17836597 on 06/09/2022 (978 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprising topically applying to skin a composition comprising an aqueous, alcoholic, or aqueous-alcoholic extract from [i]Ipomoea batatas. [/i]

[A61K] PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J 3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D)

Identifying a location for a striker of an object
Patent No. 12220614

Inventor(s): Johan Peter Cederloo (Stockholm, , SE), Per Dennis Ekstrm (Stockholm, , SE)
Assignee(s): Topgolf International, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18465620 on 09/12/2023 (518 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for identifying the location of a striker of an object, includes, in at least one aspect, a method including initiating an audio recording by a microphone of a mobile computing device operated by a striker located in a striking area having space for two or more strikers to strike objects into a target area; identifying a physical location in the striking area and a first strike time determination for an object struck from the striking area based on sensor observations of the object in flight between the striking area and the target area; identifying a second strike time determination in data of the audio recording; and associating the physical location with the mobile computing device when the second strike time determination is matched with the first strike time determination.

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

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

Vehicle gear selection control
Patent No. 12221104

Inventor(s): Bennet Langlotz (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BULLETPROOF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC (Cheyenne, WY)
Law Firm: Langlotz Patent Trademark Works, LLC (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18928130 on 10/27/2024 (107 days app to issue)

Abstract: A controller is operably connected to the steering control, to the motor, and to the wheels, and is operable to selectably drive the wheels in a forward direction in a drive mode and in a rearward direction in a reverse mode. The controller is operable to select a direction for driving the wheels in response to a pattern of steering angle movements, without operator indication of a direction.

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

Landing gear with caster and variable shimmy damping
Patent No. 12221206

Inventor(s): Mark Loring Isaac (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18342123 on 06/27/2023 (595 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft landing gear shimmy damping device for aircraft landing gear with castering may include a centering cam engaged in a curvic slot in an internal diameter of an aircraft landing gear wheel spindle when the landing gear wheel is aligned with forward ground travel of the aircraft, engaging a landing gear wheel shimmy dampener. The centering cam may be pushed out of the curvic slot when the aircraft begins to turn, disengaging the landing gear wheel shimmy dampener, and may slide back into the curvic slot and (re)engage the shimmy dampener, when the landing gear wheel is realigned with forward ground travel of the aircraft.

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

Inner member for main rotor centrifugal force bearing
Patent No. 12221207

Inventor(s): Amarjit Kizhakkepat (Fort Worth, TX), Mark Adam Wiinikka (Hurst, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18347737 on 07/06/2023 (586 days app to issue)

Abstract: A back-to-back spherical bearing assembly for a rotary system of a rotary aircraft includes a spherical bearing member having an interior cavity and a spherical bearing surface defining a bearing focal point, a first elastomeric and a second elastomeric bonded to the spherical bearing surface on opposite sides of the bearing focal point, an inboard attachment bonded to the first elastomeric and configured to be secured to a rotor hub of the rotary system, and an outboard attachment bonded to the second elastomeric and configured to be secured to a rotor blade of the rotary system.

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

Semantic adjustment of unmanned aerial vehicle delivery points
Patent No. 12221211

Inventor(s): Kevin Jenkins (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Wing Aviation LLC (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert Berghoff LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17657538 on 03/31/2022 (1048 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes capturing, by a sensor on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), an image of a delivery location. The method further includes determining, based on the image of the delivery location, a segmentation image. The segmentation image segments the delivery location into a plurality of pixel areas with corresponding semantic classifications. The method also includes determining, based on the segmentation image, a distance-to-obstacle image of a delivery zone at the delivery location. The distance-to-obstacle image comprises a plurality of pixels, each pixel representing a distance in the segmentation image from a nearest pixel area with a semantic classification indicative of an obstacle in the delivery location. Additionally, the method includes selecting, based on the distance-to-obstacle image, a delivery point in the delivery zone. The method also includes positioning the UAV above the delivery point in the delivery zone for delivery of a payload.

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

Shaker system and method
Patent No. 12221266

Inventor(s): John Dallager (Dallas, TX), Steven Mccarthy (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Braxton Perrone, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17446120 on 08/26/2021 (1265 days app to issue)

Abstract: A shaker for housing and dispensing food or drink items. The shaker has a top can sitting atop a bottom can. Each can contains a separate component. The top can is removed and its contents are added to the second can. This allows the user to control how much of the contents from the top can are added to the bottom can. A single multi-compartment vessel houses two separate ingredients and prevents their mixing.

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

Remote loading dock authorization systems and methods
Patent No. 12221301

Inventor(s): Daryl Day (Frisco, TX), Richard K. Hoofard (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB (Landskrona, , SE)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18491641 on 10/20/2023 (480 days app to issue)

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

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

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

Enhanced leachate evaporation with heat induced acceleration process
Patent No. 12221361

Inventor(s): Jeffrey R. Palutis (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Custom Environmental Consulting LLC (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Harper Bates LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18407874 on 01/09/2024 (399 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention disclosed herein includes apparatus and a method for enhancing the evaporation rate of leachate from leachate evaporator ponds. The HIAP apparatus and method promotes enhances evaporation by providing heat from high powered industrial heat lamps that direct heated air and heat energy across the air/leachate liquid interface of the evaporator pond surface to increase the evaporation rate of leachate from the evaporator pond.

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

Pozzolanic compositions containing coal ash and remediation agents for use in cementitious materials
Patent No. 12221380

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Alexander Whidden (Brentwood, MO), Joseph Earl Thomas (Malad City, ID), Richard Douglas Carter (Macon, GA)
Assignee(s): CR Minerals Company, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: O’’Connor Company (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18240407 on 08/31/2023 (530 days app to issue)

Abstract: It has been unexpectedly discovered that the addition of a natural or other pozzolan to non-spec coal ash significantly improves the properties of the non-spec coal ash to the extent it can be certified under ASTM C618 and AASHTO 295, as either a Class F or Class C coal ash. The natural pozzolan may be a volcanic ejecta, such as pumice or perlite. Other pozzolans may also be used for this beneficiation process. Many pozzolans are experimentally tested and may be used to beneficiate non-spec coal ash into certifiable Class F coal ash. Additionally, this disclosure provides a method of converting a Class C coal ash to a more valuable Class F coal ash. This discovery will extend diminishing Class F coal ash supplies and turn non-spec coal ash waste streams into valuable, certified coal ash pozzolan which will protect and enhance concrete, mortars and grouts.

[C04B] LIME; MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS (devitrified glass-ceramics C03C 10/00); REFRACTORIES (alloys based on refractory metals C22C); TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE [4]

Switch receptors using IL-9 signaling domains
Patent No. 12221469

Inventor(s): John Connolly (Red Oak, TX)
Assignee(s): PARKER INSTITUTE FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY (San Francisco, CA), THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Stanford, CA)
Law Firm: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18328473 on 06/02/2023 (620 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to, inter alia, a class of chimeric switch receptors containing an endodomain of an IL-9 receptor, engineered to modulate transcriptional regulation in a ligand-dependent manner. The disclosure also provides compositions and methods useful for producing such receptors, nucleic acids encoding same, host cells genetically modified with the nucleic acids, as well as methods for modulating gene expression, modulating an activity of a cell, and/or for the treatment of various health conditions or diseases.

[C12N] MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF (biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing microorganisms, viruses, microbial fungi, enzymes, fermentates, or substances produced by, or extracted from, microorganisms or animal material A01N 63/00; medicinal preparations A61K; fertilisers C05F); PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA (microbiological testing media C12Q 1/00) [3]

Recyclable laminate
Patent No. 12221510

Inventor(s): Tuoqi Li (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, MI)
Law Firm: Boyle Fredrickson, S.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17754521 on 10/01/2020 (1594 days app to issue)

Abstract: A polyolefin-based laminating adhesive composition for use in producing a mechanical recyclable material, the adhesive composition including a mixture of: (a) at least one saturated polyolefin polyol; and (b) at least one aliphatic multi-functional isocyanate compound; a process for producing the above adhesive composition; a mechanically recyclable multi-layer laminate including: (A) at least one first film substrate layer; (B) at least one second film substrate layer; and (C) at least one layer of the above polyolefin-based laminating adhesive composition; wherein the at least one first film substrate layer is bonded to the at least one second film substrate layer via the adhesive composition layer; a process for producing the above mechanically recyclable multi-layer laminate; and a packaging article made from the above mechanically recyclable multi-layer laminate.

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

Optically clear resin composition, flexible optical film and image display device
Patent No. 12221515

Inventor(s): Kejia Yang (Santa Clara, CA), Radu Reit (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Ares Materials Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: McGuire Woods LLP (Local + 9 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16973540 on 12/09/2019 (1891 days app to issue)

Abstract: A photocurable resin composition for forming an optically clear film. The photocurable resin composition includes a polyfunctional thiol monomer comprising 2 thiol functional groups, a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate monomer comprising 2 (meth)acryloyl functional groups, a photo-initiator present in a concentration of about 1 parts per hundred (phr) or less, a sterically hindered phenolic antioxidant present in a concentration of about 5 phr or less, and a phosphite antioxidant present in a concentration of about 5 phr or less.

pH-modulating biodegradable polymer and poly(glycerol sebacate)-augmented cell culture media
Patent No. 12221618

Inventor(s): Peter D. Gabriele (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): THE SECANT GROUP, LLC (Telford, PA)
Law Firm: McNees Wallace Nurick LLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17405168 on 08/18/2021 (1273 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pH-modulating poly(glycerol sebacate) composition includes poly(glycerol sebacate) and at least one pH-modulating agent associated with the poly(glycerol sebacate). A process of making a pH-modulating poly(glycerol sebacate) composition includes forming a poly(glycerol sebacate) by a water-mediated reaction from glycerol and sebacic acid and associating at least one pH-modulating agent with the poly(glycerol sebacate). A process of modulating a pH of a buffered aqueous solution includes placing a pH-modulating poly(glycerol sebacate) composition in a buffered aqueous solution. The pH-modulating agent is released into the buffered aqueous solution during degradation of the poly(glycerol sebacate) to reduce a decrease in pH of the buffered aqueous solution caused by degradation of the poly(glycerol sebacate).

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

Roofing material with patterned adhesive
Patent No. 12221787

Inventor(s): Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, NJ), James A. Svec (Kearny, NJ), Li-Ying Yang (Whippany, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18437730 on 02/09/2024 (368 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a roofing system. In some embodiments, the roofing system includes a first roofing material, wherein the first roofing material comprises a top surface and a bottom surface. In some embodiments, the top surface of the first roofing material comprises a nail zone with a plurality of fines. In some embodiments, the roofing system includes a second roofing material, wherein the second roofing material comprises a top surface and a bottom surface. In some embodiments, the bottom surface of the second roofing material comprises a plurality of fines. In some embodiments, the roofing system comprises and a patterned adhesive, which directly contacts at least a portion of the plurality of fines in the nail zone and at least a portion of the plurality of fines on the bottom surface of the second roofing material.

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

Impact resistant roofing systems and methods
Patent No. 12221789

Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearney, NJ), Eric R. Anderson (Montclair, NJ), Walter Zarate (Prospect Park, NJ), Yan Zheng (Livingston, NJ), Yixi Xiao (Edison, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18375567 on 10/02/2023 (498 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hail resistant roofing system and method includes a roofing substrate such as a shingle or tile or membrane having an array of exposed upwardly projecting features. The features may rise to sharp points and may have side surfaces that are angled relative to the plane of the roofing substrate. The features are spaced and arranged so that a large hail stone capable of damaging the roofing substrate will always impact one or more of the exposed features. This can break up the hail stone into smaller benign pieces or can redirect the energy and direction of the hail stone so that the impact is absorbed without damage to the roofing substrate.

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

Position measurement system for correlation array
Patent No. 12221877

Inventor(s): Adam Harold Martin (Addison, TX), Donald G. Kyle (Plano, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Nicholas Cole Ashford (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17161329 on 10/23/2018 (2303 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure may generally relate to operations performed in a wellbore. More particularly, systems and methods may be provided for measuring the position of a tool and/or tubular string downhole. The present disclosure may be able to determine an accurate position change in a downhole tool without requiring surface equipment manipulation during measurement acquisition. A position measurement system may comprise a position measurement tool, wherein the position measurement tool comprises a sensor module and a telemetry module; and a marker, wherein the marker emits a signal measured by the sensor module.

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

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

Multi-width cloth gripping wire clip
Patent No. 12221991

Inventor(s): Randall Lynn Darby (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): ULTICLIP, LLC (Orlando, FL)
Law Firm: INNOVATION CAPITAL LAW GROUP, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18319041 on 05/17/2023 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: A clip assembly allows users to adjust the position at which the clip is mounted, allows for variance in mounting positions and styles, provides adjustability to allow a varying width of belts or webbing, and has cloth gripping abilities. The clip assembly can include a wire clip that is adjustably attached to a mounting base. The wire clip can, for example, be mounted facing upward, relative to the mounting base, downward, relative to the mounting base, or may adjustably slide to a desired position relative to the mounting base. A spacer may be provided that can adjust a size of an opening of the wire clip. The spacer may also provide a fabric catch member for helping keep the clip assembly in a desired position.

[F16B] DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

Swivel assembly formed of a corrosion-resistant material
Patent No. 12222054

Inventor(s): Brian Witkowski (Weatherford, TX), Jacob Bayyouk (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17858282 on 07/06/2022 (951 days app to issue)

Abstract: A swivel assembly for oilfield operations, the swivel assembly including a first pipe section having a first end fitting and a second pipe section having a second end fitting corresponding to and receiving the first end fitting, each of the first and second end fittings having an inner surface and an outer surface. The swivel assembly further includes a swivel joint rotatably securing, via the corresponding first and second end fittings, the first and second pipe sections together along a central axis to define a fluid passageway therethrough. At least a portion of one of the first pipe section and the second pipe section is formed of a corrosion-resistant material having a first hardness and at least a portion of the swivel joint is formed having a second hardness different from the first hardness.

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

Burner assembly and systems incorporating a burner assembly
Patent No. 12222102

Inventor(s): Souhel Khanania (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17825717 on 05/26/2022 (992 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that include providing a cooking system that comprises a burner assembly and a heat exchanger, the burner assembly having a high velocity burner configured to provide the necessary high velocity, volumetric flowrate through the heat exchanger, and the burner assembly also having a low velocity burner configured to significantly reduce and/or substantially eliminate ‘’lift off’’ that could result from operation of only the high velocity burner.

[F23D] BURNERS

Sound-based motor diagnostics for a condensing unit
Patent No. 12222117

Inventor(s): Fnu Aishwarya Mukunda (Dublin, CA), Ian Burmania (Rockwall, TX), Payam Delgoshaei (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17935827 on 09/27/2022 (868 days app to issue)

Abstract: An analysis device is configured to operate a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and to receive an audio signal from a sound sensor, wherein the audio signal is associated with a condensing unit of the HVAC system. The device is configured to determine an audio signature from the audio signal and to determine whether a motor of the condensing unit is operating within a mode of operation based on the audio signature. The device is further configured to determine a fault type that is associated with the audio signature and to output a recommendation based on the determined fault type.

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

Methods and configuration for retrofitting NGL plant for high ethane recovery
Patent No. 12222158

Inventor(s): Curt Graham (Mission Viejo, CA), James Shih (Houston, TX), John Mak (Santa Ana, CA), Sabrina Devone (Richmond, TX)
Assignee(s): FLUOR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18348557 on 07/07/2023 (585 days app to issue)

Abstract: A natural gas liquid plant is retrofitted with a bolt-on unit that includes an absorber that is coupled to an existing demethanizer by refrigeration produced at least in part by compression and expansion of the residue gas, wherein ethane recovery can be increased to at least 99% and propane recovery is at least 99%, and where a lower ethane recovery of 96% is required, the bolt-on unit does not require the absorber, which could be optimum solution for revamping an existing facility. Contemplated configurations are especially advantageous to be used as bolt-on upgrades to existing plants.

[F25J] LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION, OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT (cryogenic pumps F04B 37/08; gas storage vessels, gas-holders F17; filling vessels with, or discharging from vessels, compressed, liquefied, or solidified gases F17C; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B)

Suppressor design
Patent No. 12222176

Inventor(s): John McCartney Hibbitts (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Gladius Suppressor Company, LLC (Laurens, SC)
Law Firm: Offit Kurman (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17992095 on 11/22/2022 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved design for a suppressor which suppresses sound from a gun report as well as reduces heat transference therefrom.

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

P H Y S I C S

Method for generating a time delay
Patent No. 12222233

Inventor(s): Chester Roy Wildey (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Rochester Sensors, LLC (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Howard IP Law Group, PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17377651 on 07/16/2021 (1306 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) measurement system including a measurement probe and an electronics assembly, a method for generating a time delay between transmit and receive pulses for capturing measurements in a given measurement cycle, comprising initiating first relatively slow and second relatively fast time-dependent non-linear ramped waveform functions associated with transmit and receive signals, respectively; and initiated at a time prior to initiation of the first time-dependent non-linear ramped waveform at a second time t[subscript]0[/subscript]; comparing outputs of the first and second time dependent non-linear ramped waveform functions and activating a receive signal to measure a data point along the waveguide at a third time t[subscript]1 [/subscript]when the outputs of the first and second time-dependent non-linear functions are equal; wherein the first and second time-dependent non-linear ramped functions are configured such that their waveform characteristics produces a time delay between time t[subscript]0 [/subscript]and time t[subscript]1 [/subscript]that is a linear function of time.

[G01F] MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW, OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME [5]

Impact indicator
Patent No. 12222255

Inventor(s): Aldric Lee (Plano, TX), Anthony N. Fonk (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): SHOCKWATCH, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17304039 on 06/14/2021 (1338 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a device and technique for impact detection includes an impact indicator having a housing enclosing a detection assembly where the detection assembly is configured to detect an acceleration event. A module is configured to output data indicative of an activation state of the detection assembly. The indicator also includes logic configured to blockchain the data output by the module.

[G01L] MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE (weighing G01G) [4]

Automated functional testing systems and methods of making and using the same
Patent No. 12222263

Inventor(s): Myung Ki Kim (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: EcoTech Law Group, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18131400 on 04/06/2023 (677 days app to issue)

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

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

Fault tolerant synchronizer
Patent No. 12222390

Inventor(s): Denis Roland Beaudoin (Rowlett, TX), Samuel Paul Visalli (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18457537 on 08/29/2023 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: A synchronization circuit includes a first synchronizer having a first data input, a first clock input, and first output; a second synchronizer having a second data input, a second clock input, and a second output; selection circuitry having first, second, third and fourth inputs, and a synchronized data output, the first and second inputs coupled to the first and second outputs, respectively; and storage circuitry having a storage data input coupled to the synchronized data output, a third clock input, and a feedback output coupled to the fourth input.

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

Systems and method for managing dispatch and lifecycle of energy storage systems on an electrical grid, including management of energy storage systems for provisioning of multiple services
Patent No. 12222393

Inventor(s): Mandhir S. Sahni (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Jupiter Power LLC (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18488596 on 10/17/2023 (483 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing dispatch of an energy storage system through use of projected outcomes. The projected outcomes are generated based on a model that includes a set of defined operating states. The operating states represent a particularized energy-market allocation approach. An outcome is projected for each operating state. An optimal outcome is selected from the set of projected outcomes.

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

LIDAR scanning with expanded scan angle
Patent No. 12222450

Inventor(s): Terry A. Bartlett (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17555759 on 12/20/2021 (1149 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples of a system for outputting a patterned light beam, the system includes: an illumination source; a positive optical element positioned to receive light from the illumination source and to output converging light; a reflective element positioned to receive the converging light from the positive optical element, the reflective element configured to reflect the converging light to form a scan beam; and a negative optical element to receive the scan beam from the reflective element, the negative optical element configured to output the scan beam to a field of view.

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

Methods and apparatus to perform process analyses in a distributed control system
Patent No. 12222713

Inventor(s): Anthony Amaro, Jr. (Princeton, TX)
Assignee(s): FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Hanley, Flight Zimmerman, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17886420 on 08/11/2022 (915 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example system to modify an industrial control system includes: at least one memory; programmable circuitry; and instructions to cause the programmable circuitry to: configure a device driver based on a first command, the first command to configure the device driver to initiate a device-specific communication protocol to collect input data from a publisher device coupled to the device driver; access a second command from a subscriber device, the second command to include a device identifier of the publisher device and to specify at least one of a communication mode, a device calibration configuration, or a fault detection configuration, the second command based on a product quality prediction, the product quality prediction generated using a spectral data model; and provide the second command to the device driver.

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

Systems and methods for using risk profiles based on previously detected vehicle events to quantify performance of vehicle operators
Patent No. 12222731

Inventor(s): David Forney (La Jolla, CA), Jason Palmer (Carlsbad, CA), Mark Freitas (San Diego, CA), Nicholas Shayne Brookins (Encinitas, CA), Reza Ghanbari (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): SmartDrive Systems, Inc. (Westlake, TX)
Law Firm: Esplin Associates, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18161736 on 01/30/2023 (743 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for using risk profiles for fleet management of a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. Fleet management may include determining the performance levels of particular vehicle operators. The risk profiles characterize values representing likelihoods of occurrences of vehicle events. The values are based on vehicle event information for previously detected vehicle events. Exemplary implementations may: receive, from a particular vehicle, particular vehicle event information for particular vehicle events that have been detected by the particular vehicle; determine one or more metrics that quantify a performance level of the particular vehicle operator, based on the risk profiles; compare the one or more metrics for the particular vehicle operator with aggregated metrics that quantify performance levels of a set of vehicle operators; and store, transfer, and/or present results of the comparison.

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

Methods and apparatus to facilitate safe startup of a power management unit
Patent No. 12222747

Inventor(s): Michael Zwerg (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18129674 on 03/31/2023 (683 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes an input terminal; an output terminal; a delay circuit including an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal coupled of the delay circuit coupled to the input terminal; a comparator including a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal, the first input terminal of the comparator coupled to a supply voltage terminal, the second input terminal of the comparator coupled to a reference voltage terminal; and a logic AND gate including a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a third input terminal, and an output terminal, the first input terminal of the logic AND gate coupled to the output terminal of the comparator, the second input terminal of the logic AND gate coupled to the output terminal of the delay circuit, the third input terminal of the logic AND gate coupled to the input terminal, and the output terminal of the logic AND gate coupled to the output terminal.

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

Memory access control through permissions specified in page table entries for execution domains
Patent No. 12222869

Inventor(s): Steven Jeffrey Wallach (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17899366 on 08/30/2022 (896 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to a computer system having a page table entry containing permission bits for predefined types of memory accesses made by executions of routines in predefined domains are described. The page table entry can be used to map a virtual memory address to a physical memory address. In response to a routine accessing the virtual memory address, a permission bit corresponding to the execution domain of the routine and a type of the memory access can be extracted from the page table entry to determine whether the memory access is to be rejected.

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

Connectivity in coarse grained reconfigurable architecture
Patent No. 12222893

Inventor(s): Bryan Hornung (Plano, TX), Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18388784 on 11/10/2023 (459 days app to issue)

Abstract: A reconfigurable compute fabric can include multiple nodes, and each node can include multiple tiles with respective processing and storage elements. The tiles can be arranged in an array or grid and can be communicatively coupled. In an example, the tiles can be arranged in a one-dimensional array and each tile can be coupled to its respective adjacent neighbor tiles using a direct bus coupling. Each tile can be further coupled to at least one non-adjacent neighbor tile that is one tile, or device space, away using a passthrough bus. The passthrough bus can extend through intervening tiles.

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

Method of indexing a hierarchical data structure
Patent No. 12222919

Inventor(s): Andrew Fitt (Cambridge, , GB)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18008406 on 06/18/2020 (1699 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of indexing a hierarchical data structure or product structure is disclosed. For a product structure including a product and a plurality of items associated with the product, each item shares a parent-child relationship with at least one other item or the product. The method includes generating a packed configuration-independent index of the product structure by enumerating an unconfigured item-path from the product to an item for each item. Then, when one or more unconfigured item-paths are identical, only one of the identical unconfigured item-paths is maintained. The index may also be combined with an unconfigured item-path spatial-bounds index. Both product structure and spatial location queries may be filtered against the combined index.

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

Pre-fetch engine for mesh data network having date micro silos
Patent No. 12222928

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18115823 on 03/01/2023 (713 days app to issue)

Abstract: Arrangements for controlling data retrieval are provided. In some aspects, a data request may be received by a computing platform. A pre-fetch engine may be executed to analyze the data request and generate, using a machine learning model, a pre-fetch template identifying data sets responsive to the request. The pre-fetch template may be transmitted to one or more data repositories and at least one data repository may transmit response data sets to the computing platform. An issue in the mesh network through which the data sets are transmitted may be detected and the data sets may be stored at a data silo associated with a node of the mesh network. An alternate transmission path may be generated and the data may be transmitted from the data silo of the node to another node in the mesh network based on the alternate transmission path.

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

Systems and methods for query optimization
Patent No. 12222938

Inventor(s): Chris Gallucci (Plano, TX), Mohamed Seck (Aubrey, TX), Nikitha Kondapally (Frisco, TX), Prerna Kandhari (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18394493 on 12/22/2023 (417 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for query optimization may include capturing a proposed database query input into a user interface. The method may further include providing the proposed database query to a machine-learning model. The machine-learning model may have been trained, using one or more gathered and/or simulated sets of query execution overhead data and one or more gathered and/or simulated sets of database queries, to determine a potential execution overhead of a database query and output a query execution score. The method may further include outputting, by the machine-learning model, the query execution score based on the proposed database query. The method may further include determining that the query execution score exceeds a query execution score threshold. The method may further include triggering a corrective action based on the query execution score exceeding the query execution score threshold.

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

Dual ledger syncing
Patent No. 12222961

Inventor(s): Damien Patton (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TRETE Inc. (Prosper, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18616165 on 03/26/2024 (322 days app to issue)

Abstract: In certain aspects, a computer-implemented method includes monitoring data entries written on a private primary ledger. The computer-implemented method includes recording the data entries written on the private primary ledger to an immutable public secondary ledger.

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

Machine learning variable selection and root cause discovery by cumulative prediction
Patent No. 12223012

Inventor(s): Jonathan Holt (Sachse, TX), Qing Zhu (Rowlett, TX), Richard Burch (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): PDF Solutions, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Dergosits Noah LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17072830 on 10/16/2020 (1579 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sequence of models accumulates r-squared values for an increasing number of variables in order to quantify the importance of each variable to the prediction of a targeted yield or parametric response.

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

Risk modeling for cyberspace control implementation deficiencies
Patent No. 12223057

Inventor(s): Bryan Cline (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): HITRUST SERVICES CORP. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: CRGO Global (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17862661 on 07/12/2022 (945 days app to issue)

Abstract: Risk modeling for cyberspace control deficiencies includes characterizing a subject organization and loading a baseline set of controls, each control mapping to one or more threats to the subject organization. For each of the threats, a baseline risk value is computed from a hypothetical implementation of the baseline set of controls. Concurrently, risk assessment data is uploaded for the subject organization and an implemented set of controls for the organization extracted therefrom. For each of the threats, one or more of the implemented set of controls are mapped thereto and a risk value computed. Thereafter, the baseline risk value compared to the computed risk value producing a risk deficit value. On condition that the risk deficit value exceeds a threshold value, a flag is written in association with the risk assessment data indicating a necessity to modify the implemented set of controls.

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

Methods and systems for analyzing dataflow associated with software code to detect software anomalies
Patent No. 12223061

Inventor(s): Chris O’’Ferrell (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): Affirm Logic Corporation (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: COOLEY LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18590781 on 02/28/2024 (349 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions to be executed by one or more processors, and the instructions include code to cause the one or more processors to (1) receive executable binary code and a specification that defines a constraint and (2) generate a predicate set. The code also causes the one or more processors to identify an argument of a function to be called by the executable binary code, the argument identified based on a map. A constrained predicate set is generated based on the predicate set and the machine-readable specification and, using solver software, the code causes the one or more processors to determine that the argument satisfies the constraint based on the constrained predicate set. A signal that indicates that the executable binary code is associated with a predetermined software action is generated in response to determining the argument satisfies the constraint.

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

End-to-end measurement, grading and evaluation of pretrained artificial intelligence models via a graphical user interface (GUI) systems and methods
Patent No. 12223063

Inventor(s): Manjit Rajaretnam (Irving, TX), Prithvi Narayana Rao (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18739111 on 06/10/2024 (246 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring, grading, evaluating, and comparing AI models via a graphical user interface are disclosed. The technology obtains a set of application domains of the AI model in which an AI model will be used. The application domains are mapped to one or more guidelines to determine a set of guidelines that define operational boundaries of the AI model. The guidelines are used to generate assessment domains, each associated with specific benchmarks that include indicators of a degree of satisfaction with the guidelines. For each assessment domain, assessments are constructed to evaluate the AI model’’s degree of satisfaction with the corresponding guidelines. The AI model is then evaluated against the assessments. Based on these comparisons, grades are assigned to the AI model for each assessment domain. The application-domain-specific grades are generated and displayed at a GUI, reflecting the AI model’’s degree of satisfaction with the guidelines.

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

Data security in virtual-world systems
Patent No. 12223066

Inventor(s): Manu J. Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17809743 on 06/29/2022 (958 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a memory, a user device that can be used by a user to enter a virtual environment and a processor coupled to the user device and the memory. The processor is configured to receive a first user credential from the user to perform a first data interaction in the virtual environment with a second user. The processor detects that the first user and the second user are part of a first virtual community, invokes a first set of rules, and processes the first request according to the first set of rules. The processor receives a second request from the first user to perform a second data interaction in the virtual environment with a third user. The processor detects that the third user is part of a second virtual community, invokes a second set of rules, and processes the second request according to the second set of rules.

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

Hardware protection of inline cryptographic processor
Patent No. 12223100

Inventor(s): Amritpal S. Mundra (Allen, TX), William C. Wallace (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18480815 on 10/04/2023 (496 days app to issue)

Abstract: A real time, on-the-fly data encryption system is operable to encrypt and decrypt data flow between a secure processor and an unsecure external memory system. Multiple memory segments are supported, each with its own separate encryption capability, or no encryption at all. Data integrity is ensured by hardware protection from code attempting to access data across memory segment boundaries. Protection is also provided against dictionary attacks by monitoring multiple access attempts to the same memory location.

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

Hardware-based security authentication
Patent No. 12223101

Inventor(s): Eric Thierry Jean Peeters (Volente, TX), Gregory Allen North (Austin, TX), Per Torstein Roine (Oslo, , NO)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18376928 on 10/05/2023 (495 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a multiplexer, an input/output (I/O) pin, a logic circuit, and a control register. The multiplexer has multiple inputs, an output, and a selection input. The logic circuit is coupled between the multiplexer and the I/O pin. The logic circuit has a first input. The control register includes first and second bit fields corresponding to the I/O pin. The first bit field is coupled to the selection input of the multiplexer, and the second bit field is coupled to the first input of the logic circuit.

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

Multicore, multibank, fully concurrent coherence controller
Patent No. 12223165

Inventor(s): Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Matthew David Pierson (Frisco, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17875440 on 07/28/2022 (929 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a multi-core shared memory controller (MSMC). The MSMC includes a snoop filter bank, a cache tag bank, and a memory bank. The cache tag bank is connected to both the snoop filter bank and the memory bank. The MSMC further includes a first coherent slave interface connected to a data path that is connected to the snoop filter bank. The MSMC further includes a second coherent slave interface connected to the data path that is connected to the snoop filter bank. The MSMC further includes an external memory master interface connected to the cache tag bank and the memory bank. The system further includes a first processor package connected to the first coherent slave interface and a second processor package connected to the second coherent slave interface. The system further includes an external memory device connected to the external memory master interface.

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

System and method to increase display area utilizing a plurality of discrete displays
Patent No. 12223218

Inventor(s): Benedetto Vigna (Geneva, , CH), Mahesh Chowdhary (San Jose, CA), Matteo Dameno (Novara, , IT)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18063028 on 12/07/2022 (797 days app to issue)

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

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

System for natural language processing of safety incident data
Patent No. 12223272

Inventor(s): Vijay Alluru (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Benchmark Digital Partners LLC (Mason, OH)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17942853 on 09/12/2022 (883 days app to issue)

Abstract: An incident report management system is configured to receive and analyze incident reports relating to workplace accidents and injuries. A natural language processing function utilizes word dictionaries of varying type and scope to reduce an incident description to a set of core components that are far smaller than the input text while also preserving important aspects of the input text. The reduced core component set may be analyzed for meaning, compared to large volumes of historic incident reports, and otherwise processed more quickly and more efficiently whether by an expert function or AI function. In this manner, the system is able to provide real-time feedback during submission of incidents to improve quality and completeness, and after submission of incidents to notify users of serious incidents, provide dashboard analytics, and identify underlying and undiscovered risks in the workplace.

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

Software change analysis and automated remediation
Patent No. 12223314

Inventor(s): Mohamed Seck (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18146031 on 12/23/2022 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a system may receive dependency indicators associated with a plurality of cloud-based applications and receive change indicators associated with changes to one or more first applications of the plurality of cloud-based applications. The system may receive an indicator associated with an incident ticket based on a problem with a second application of the plurality of cloud-based applications. The device may determine at least one of the change indicators associated with the incident ticket based on dependencies between the one or more first applications and the second application and based on a difference between a time associated with the incident ticket and a time associated with the at least one of the change indicators. The system may, based on determining the at least one of the change indicators, transmit a command to rollback at least one of the changes or to rollforward at least one change.

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

CPUs with capture queues to save and restore intermediate results and out-of-order results
Patent No. 12223327

Inventor(s): Duc Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA), Reid E. Tatge (Los Altos, CA), Timothy D. Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18487186 on 10/16/2023 (484 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques related to executing a plurality of instructions by a processor comprising a method for executing a plurality of instructions by a processor. The method comprises detecting a pipeline hazard based on one or more instructions provided for execution by an instruction execution pipeline, beginning execution of an instruction, of the one or more instructions on the instruction execution pipeline, stalling a portion of the instruction execution pipeline based on the detected pipeline hazard, storing a register state associated with the execution of the instruction based on the stalling, determining that the pipeline hazard has been resolved, and restoring the register state to the instruction execution pipeline based on the determination.

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

System and method for molecular reconstruction from molecular probability distributions
Patent No. 12223435

Inventor(s): Alvaro Prat (Barcelona, , ES), Alwin Bucher (Cambridge, , GB), Roy Tal (Dallas, TX), Zygimantas Jocys (Hove, , GB)
Assignee(s): RO5 INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Galvin Patent Law LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17540153 on 12/01/2021 (1168 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method comprising a transmoler that identifies common substructures of a given 3D conformer and predicts its structural information. First, based on contrastive learning, substructure embeddings are learned in an unsupervised manner. Secondly, a novel oriented 3D object regressor predicts the dimensions and directions of each substructure in a conformer as well as its fingerprint embedding which are used to create differentiable junction tree molecular graphs. Lastly, using the junction tree graphs, molecular representations such as DeepSMILES are generated which represent new and novel molecules. The system may also generate conformers directly from a pocket. A pocket may be input to the model and the model learns to generate structures which can fit that pocket by conditioning the generative system. Furthermore, structure-based contrastive embeddings generated for transmoler can be recycled in structure-based generative modelling.

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

Mitigating regression test variability
Patent No. 12223438

Inventor(s): Manish Anand (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16936549 on 07/23/2020 (1664 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more computer processors identify one or more similar, historical regression tests and historical builds utilizing a computed similarity measure between a regressed build and one or more historical builds conducted on a same release cycle, wherein the identified one or more similar historical regression tests and historical builds are K closest neighbors to the regressed build; predict an elapsed time of the one or more profiled regression tests utilizing a KNN algorithm comprising the K closest neighbors each weighted by a corresponding average distance from a test point and the elapsed time as a target variable; responsive to the predicted elapsed time exceeding an actual elapsed time associated with the regressed build, determine that the regressed build is an actual regression; responsive to determining that the regressed build is not due to variability, apply one or more mitigation actions to the regressed build.

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

System and method for providing a group payment vehicle
Patent No. 12223474

Inventor(s): Bradan Mitchell (Dallas, TX), Christian Waller (Dallas, TX), Jake Johnson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): OneCard LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18586395 on 02/23/2024 (354 days app to issue)

Abstract: A group payment vehicle and process for establishing and utilizing the group payment vehicle may be utilized to make proxy payments for group members and associate payment mechanisms with the group payment vehicle. The group payment vehicle may be virtual or physical and may be time limited (or have another payment limitation). The group payment vehicle may be a debit-type or credit-type as established by a creator of the group payment vehicle. A system may be configured to enable the creator to invite potential group participants to participate with the group payment vehicle that functions as a single payment mechanism to vendors for an event. The system may limit the group payment vehicle to be time limited, geolocation limited, and/or merchant limited to limit potential financial exposure and fraud.

[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01]

Systems and methods for continuous availability of account information
Patent No. 12223489

Inventor(s): Priyank Tiwari (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18385807 on 10/31/2023 (469 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a processing circuit including one or more processors coupled to non-transitory memory. The processing circuit is configured to: store a cookie associated with a user device of a user; receive a prefetch request based on the cookie for account information in advance of a user request for the account information; identify the user based on the stored cookie; verify the identity of the user based on a received credential regarding the user; perform asynchronous data gathering by receiving data intermittently over one or more network nodes to retrieve the account information based on the prefetch request and the verification of the identity of the user; and provide account information to an active cache of the user device that proactively updates stored account information. The account information is stored in the active cache of the user device for later retrieval.

Interactive product placement system and method therefor
Patent No. 12223528

Inventor(s): Christian Briggs (Austin, TX), Delfino Galindo, Jr. (Laguna Niguel, CA), Freddy Knuth (Euless, TX), Heath McBurnett (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): AiBUY Holdco, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: COOLEY LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18301855 on 04/17/2023 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for facilitating the order of commercial products in connection with the display of media content, whereby a player comprises a media production component and an interactive e-commerce component embedded therein. The player with the e-commerce component can be virally copied and propagated from one web page to any number of other web pages. A method for presenting advertisements for commercial products in video productions, whereby the commercial product is placed in the video production as an element of the video production. A viewer is enabled to interact with the video production to select the product. Information is then displayed about the selected product; and the viewer is enabled to purchase the selected product.

System and method for dynamic creation of product links from a web browser application
Patent No. 12223529

Inventor(s): Alexei Stoliartchouk (Kensington, CA), Baxter Box (Dallas, TX), Forrest Jordan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): rewardStyle, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18804388 on 08/14/2024 (181 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system is provided for facilitating affiliate link generation using a web browser application. A publisher enables the system by identifying a webpage on an affiliate web site. The system performs an initial assessment of the page to extract webpage information, which is compared to information stored in a database. If the extracted information matches stored information, a record of the webpage is displayed and an affiliate link is dynamically generated for immediate use. If the extracted information does not match stored information, a new record of the webpage is created. If the webpage contains product-specific data, a product-specific record is stored. If the webpage does not contain product-specific data, a non-product record is stored. An affiliate link is then dynamically created. The new record of the product and dynamically created affiliate link is added to the database for immediate use.

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

Detecting and identifying misplaced items using a sensor array
Patent No. 12223537

Inventor(s): Deepanjan Paul (Plano, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Sarath Vakacharla (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18515052 on 11/20/2023 (449 days app to issue)

Abstract: An object tracking system that includes a sensor and a tracking system. The sensor is configured to capture a frame of at least a portion of a rack within a global plane for a space. The tracking system is further configured to receive the frame, to determine a pixel location for the first person, and to determine a person is within the predefined zone associated with the rack. The tracking system is further configured to identify the plurality of items in a digital cart associated with the person, to identify an item from the digital cart associated with the first person, and to remove the identified item from the digital cart associated with the person.

Ingesting, augmenting, and querying records across user accounts
Patent No. 12223552

Inventor(s): Gideon Bowie Luck (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): UIPCO, LLC (San Antonio, TX), United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17560514 on 12/23/2021 (1146 days app to issue)

Abstract: Implementations ingest records across multiple accounts hosted by different service providers and augment the records with metadata. For example, ingesting can include processing the records to identify transactions in the records and to discover additional aspects of the transactions. In some implementations, metadata can be used to augment the identified transactions in the records, where metadata can include a category, a digital receipt, a user tag such as a geotag, and other suitable metadata. The ingesting and augmenting the records can populate a coordination data structure with identified transactions and their associated data elements. These identified transactions can then be queried and a result set of transactions that span the different user accounts can be returned. In some implementations, the transactions can be queried using the augmented metadata, or other suitable pieces of information for the transactions.

Smart meter modules and assemblies
Patent No. 12223556

Inventor(s): Guilibaldo Ruiz (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Claremont, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18181059 on 03/09/2023 (705 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an assembly for mounting a smart meter on a mounting pole. The assembly includes a support frame and an outer cover. The support frame includes a top mounting plate having a first routing aperture located and a first plurality of elongated apertures located circumferentially around the first routing aperture, a bottom mounting plate having a corresponding second routing aperture and a second plurality of apertures located circumferentially around the second routing aperture, the top mounting plate is spaced apart a distance from the bottom mounting plate to form an interior space of the smart meter module, and an inner bracket between the top and bottom mounting plates and coupled thereto, the inner bracket having an aperture that is generally perpendicular relative to the top and bottom mounting plates and configured to receive and secure a smart meter within the interior space of the smart meter module. The outer cover is sized to extend circumferentially around the interior space of the smart meter module. The bottom mounting plate is configured such that the smart meter module can be secured to the top of a mounting pole. Smart meter modules and related assemblies are also provided.

Systems and methods for dynamically generating artwork based on vehicle sensor data
Patent No. 12223563

Inventor(s): David Tsai (Irvine, CA), Will Hargis (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17935717 on 09/27/2022 (868 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically generating artwork from vehicle sensor data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of generating an artwork includes receiving vehicle sensor data from a vehicle, inputting the vehicle sensor data into a trained model, and generating, by the trained model, the artwork based at least in part on the vehicle sensor data.

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

Image cropping using depth information
Patent No. 12223710

Inventor(s): Crystal Maung (Dallas, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Shantanu Yadunath Thakurdesai (Denton, TX), Sumedh Vilas Datar (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17455907 on 11/19/2021 (1180 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device configured to capture a first image of an item on a platform using a camera and to determine a first number of pixels in the first image that corresponds with the item. The device is further configured to capture a first depth image of an item on the platform using a three-dimensional (3D) sensor and to determine a second number of pixels within the first depth image that corresponds with the item. The device is further configured to determine that the difference between the first number of pixels in the first image and the second number of pixels in the first depth image is less than the difference threshold value, to extract the plurality of pixels corresponding with the item in the first image from the first image to generate a second image, and to output the second image.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Systems and methods for determining operating criteria for performing vehicular tasks
Patent No. 12223742

Inventor(s): Chang-Heng Wang (Mountain View, CA), Onur Altintas (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17161757 on 01/29/2021 (1474 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving first environment information related to a first vehicular task from a host vehicle, comparing the first environment information to second environment information captured when a member vehicle performed a second vehicular task corresponding to the first vehicular task using a second set of operating criteria, and determining a first set of operating criteria for performing the first vehicular task based on a similarity score between the first environment information and the second environment information and a success or accuracy rate of the second vehicular task performed by the member vehicle.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Analysis of transport damage
Patent No. 12223780

Inventor(s): Anil Nagpal (Plano, TX), Neil Dutta (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18212694 on 06/21/2023 (601 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a server, an accident report from a transport, accessing, by a server, at least one media file associated with the report on a remote storage, analyzing, by the server, the media file to assess a damage to the transport, and storing the damage assessment onto the remote storage.

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

Systems and methods for till management
Patent No. 12223792

Inventor(s): Darren Taylor (Carrollton, TX), Jack Lee (Carrollton, TX), Steve Bozeman (Carrollton, TX), Steven Remis (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Tidel Engineering, L.P. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Polsinelli PC (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18018790 on 07/27/2021 (1295 days app to issue)

Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for till management. In one implementation, a recycling of notes is triggered using a recycler controller. The notes are recycled using a cash recycler, and the notes corresponding to a till. A coin value of plurality of coins corresponding to the till is recorded using the recycler controller. The coin value is determined by capturing a weight of a set of coins of the plurality of coins corresponding to a designated coin denomination. The weight of the set of coins is captured using a coin scale. The till is validated based on the coin value and the recycling of the notes.

[G07D] HANDLING OF COINS OR OF PAPER CURRENCY OR SIMILAR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING [2]

Printer system including paper medium including backing strip and adhesive label affixed thereto
Patent No. 12223808

Inventor(s): Arunprakash Dhanabal (Irving, TX), Jeffrey Charles Johnson (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18089054 on 12/27/2022 (777 days app to issue)

Abstract: A printer system includes a paper medium disposed, the paper medium including an adhesive label and a backing strip to which the adhesive label is affixed. The adhesive label includes first, second, and third portions affixed to the backing strip, wherein each of the first, second, and third portions is permitted to be peeled off from the backing strip while the others of the first, second, and third portions remain affixed to the backing strip.

[G07G] REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS (digital computing in general G06C, G06F) [4]

System and method for emergency vehicle detection and alerting
Patent No. 12223832

Inventor(s): David W. Newland (Aledo, TX), Shane M. Hopkins (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Alert The Mechanism LLC (Aledo, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18661655 on 05/12/2024 (275 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method is provided for detecting the approach of official and emergency vehicles and alerting drivers. The system is comprised of a vehicle device, a client device, a local device and a dongle. The local device includes a set of acoustic sensors and a set of light wave sensors. The local device is connected to the dongle. The dongle is connected to the local device, the vehicle device and the client device. In use, the sensors record analog light wave and acoustic signals. The signals are processed through a series of rolling frequency and amplitude summary tables to determine the type of emergency vehicle and whether or not it is approaching. If so, an alert is generated and sent to the vehicle device and the client device where it is displayed.

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

Modifying spoken commands
Patent No. 12223959

Inventor(s): Cody Schnacker (Westminster, TX)
Assignee(s): Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Spring, TX)
Law Firm: Quarles Brady LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18385890 on 10/31/2023 (469 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining, at a first conference endpoint device, spoken command data representing a spoken command detected by the first conference endpoint device during a teleconference between the first conference endpoint device and a second conference endpoint device. The method further includes generating modified spoken command data by inserting a spoken phrase into the spoken command. The method further includes transmitting the modified spoken command data to a natural language service.

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

Synchronous input buffer control using a write shifter
Patent No. 12223999

Inventor(s): David R. Brown (Allen, TX), Guy S. Perry, IV (Plano, TX), William Chad Waldrop (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17853517 on 06/29/2022 (958 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory device includes a command interface configured to receive write commands from a host device. The memory device also includes an input buffer configured to buffer data from the host device. The memory device further includes a write shifter configured to receive a first write command of the write commands and to shift the first command through the write shifter. The write shifter is also configured to cause the input buffer to be disabled after a first threshold of clock cycles when the first write command has shifted through the write shifter. The write shifter is additionally configured to receive a second write command and prevent the input buffer from being re-enabled until the second write command has shifted through a second threshold of stages of the write shifter.

[G11C] STATIC STORES (information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; semiconductor devices for storage H01L, e.g. H01L 27/108-H01L 27/11597; pulse technique in general H03K, e.g. electronic switches H03K 17/00)

Lifetime mixed level non-volatile memory system
Patent No. 12224005

Inventor(s): G. R. Mohan Rao (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Vervain, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18926560 on 10/25/2024 (109 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for storing data in a nonvolatile memory includes a controller configured to erase a group of physical memory cells in the nonvolatile memory. The controller is configured to write multiple bits of information to each of a first group of physical memory cells in the nonvolatile memory. The controller is configured to map a logical address range to a physical address range for the first group of physical memory cells in the nonvolatile memory. The controller is configured to determine if the first group of physical memory cells fails a data integrity test. If the first group of physical memory cells fails the data integrity test, the controller writes at least some of the information stored in the first group of physical memory cells to a second group of physical memory cells in the nonvolatile memory. The controller writes a single bit of information per cell in the second group of physical memory cells. The controller is configured to map the logical address range to a second physical address range for the second group of physical memory cells.

Systems and methods for managing workspace capabilities
Patent No. 12225018

Inventor(s): Jason Kolodziej (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products, L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18157160 on 01/20/2023 (753 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing capabilities of workspaces operating on an Information Handling System (IHS). A request is received from a user of the IHS for access to a protected resource. A security context and a productivity context are determined for operation of a primary workspace on the IHS. Two or more applications are identified for operation within the primary workspace, where the applications provide access to the protected resource, and where the applications include overlapping capabilities. Based on the security context and the productivity context for the primary workspace deployment, two or more of the applications with overlapping capabilities are selected for operation within the primary workspace.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Electronically addressable display incorporated into a transmission mode secondary electron image intensifier
Patent No. 12224148

Inventor(s): Arlynn Walter Smith (Blue Ridge, VA)
Assignee(s): ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Spencer Fane, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17222582 on 04/05/2021 (1408 days app to issue)

Abstract: A night vision system along with an image intensifier tube and method for forming the tube are provided. The night vision system incorporates the image intensifier tube in both an analog channel as well as a digital channel, with an addressable display within the analog image intensifier tube analog channel configured to create an electronically addressable output. An analog image intensifier tube is included in the digital imager for presenting binary digital signals representative of an image, or of symbol indicia, and registering those digital representation from the digital imager onto one or more electron multipliers of the analog image intensifier tube within the analog channel. The provided night vision system also utilizes a cathodoluminescent screen, which is a highly efficient light source that reduces system power.

[H01J] ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; arc lamps with consumable electrodes H05B; particle accelerators H05H)

Laser-cut lead-frame for integrated circuit (IC) packages
Patent No. 12224181

Inventor(s): Alex Chin Sern Ting (Johor, , MY), Li Xiang Zheng (Si Chuan, , CN), Tiange Xie (Si Chuan, , CN), Zhenzhen He (Si Chuan, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17458653 on 08/27/2021 (1264 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example described herein includes a method for fabricating integrated circuit (IC) packages. The method includes fabricating a plurality of IC dies and providing a conductive metal material sheet. The method also includes laser-cutting the conductive metal material sheet to form a lead-frame sheet. The lead-frame sheet includes at least one of through-holes and three-dimensional locking features. The method further includes coupling the IC dies to the lead-frame sheet and coupling the lead-frame sheet and the IC dies to packaging material to form an IC package block comprising the IC packages.

[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2]

Adaptive structure for thermal regulation and optimization
Patent No. 12224223

Inventor(s): Edward L. Hieb (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Arlington, VA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17499040 on 10/12/2021 (1218 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes forming an initial structure having voids, where the initial structure includes one or more first materials. The method also includes infiltrating one or more second materials into the initial structure, where the one or more second materials are different from the one or more first materials. The method further includes forming a finished structure configured to receive and support one or more heat-generating components. A combination of the first and second materials provides a coefficient of thermal expansion in a portion of the finished structure that substantially matches a coefficient of thermal expansion of the one or more heat-generating components. The finished structure is configured to provide a path to remove thermal energy from the one or more heat-generating components.

Power MOSFET with gate-source ESD diode structure
Patent No. 12224311

Inventor(s): Chia-Wei Hu (New Taipei, , TW), Ta-Chuan Kuo (New Taipei, , TW), Wan-Yu Kai (New Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18747341 on 06/18/2024 (238 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a drain and a source on opposing sides of an epitaxial layer, a plurality of gates formed in the epitaxial layer, a source contact connected to the source, a gate contact connected to the plurality of gates, a drain contact on opposing sides of the epitaxial layer of the source contact, a gate-source electrostatic discharge (ESD) diode connected between the gate contact and the source contact, and a breakdown voltage enhancement and leakage prevention structure formed underneath the gate-source ESD diode structure, wherein the breakdown voltage enhancement and leakage prevention structure comprises a body ring structure.

Coating of electrode materials for energy storage devices
Patent No. 12224431

Inventor(s): Fantai Kong (McKinney, TX), Jin-Myoung Lim (Coppell, TX), Mark Griffin (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Hunt Energy Enterprises, L.L.C. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17751100 on 05/23/2022 (995 days app to issue)

Abstract: Cathode materials, batteries, and methods of forming one or more electrodes for batteries are disclosed. A coated cathode material includes a lithium battery cathode material, a first sub-nanoscale lithium metal oxide coating on the lithium transition metal oxide and a sub-nanoscale metal oxide coating on top of the first sub-nanoscale lithium metal oxide coating. The first sub-nanoscale lithium metal oxide and the sub-nanoscale metal oxide coating are each less than 1 nm thick.

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

Integrated thick film spacer for RF devices
Patent No. 12224475

Inventor(s): Keely M. Musgrove (Allen, TX), Mark B. Hanna (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: CANTOR COLBURN LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18536908 on 12/12/2023 (427 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of fabricating a portion of magnetically controlled signal distribution device includes receiving a substrate and screen printing a low-k dielectric spacer over an upper surface of the surface from a low-k dielectric paste. The method also includes firing the substrate after the spacer has been screen printed thereon, forming an adhesive layer on top of the spacer and securing a magnet to a top of the adhesive layer.

[H01P] WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B)

Offset extension units for antenna mounts and related assemblies
Patent No. 12224478

Inventor(s): Dale Heath (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Claremont, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18059614 on 11/29/2022 (805 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a sector frame antenna mount assembly. The assembly includes an antenna mount, a sector frame, and a pair of offset extension units. The pair of offset extension units are configured to position the sector frame an increased distance from a mounting structure.

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

Microelectronic device package including antenna horn and semiconductor device
Patent No. 12224480

Inventor(s): Rajen Manicon Murugan (Dallas, TX), Yiqi Tang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17736653 on 05/04/2022 (1014 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example semiconductor package comprises a patch antenna formed in a first conductor layer of a multilayer package substrate. The multilayer package substrate comprises conductor layers spaced from one another by dielectric material and coupled to one another by conductive vertical connection layers. The multilayer package substrate has a board side surface opposite a device side surface. The semiconductor package further comprises a semiconductor die mounted to the device side surface of the multilayer package substrate spaced from and coupled to the patch antenna. An antenna horn is mounted to the device side surface and aligned with the patch antenna using a mounting structure. The semiconductor package further comprises a reflector formed on a second conductor layer in the multilayer package substrate. The second conductor layer is positioned closer to the board side surface of the multilayer package substrate compared to the patch antenna.

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

Low-profile high-efficiency wide-scanning antenna array
Patent No. 12224493

Inventor(s): Gang Xu (Allen, TX), Jiantong Li (McKinney, TX), Navneet Sharma (Allen, TX), Won Suk Choi (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18174583 on 02/24/2023 (718 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate, first and second transmission lines on the substrate, first antenna elements coupled to a first-first transmission line, and second antenna elements coupled to a first-second transmission line. A first distance between the adjacent first-first and first-second transmission lines is different than a second distance between the first-first transmission line and a second-second transmission line, the second-second transmission line adjacent to the first-first transmission line on an opposite side from the first-second transmission line. At least two antenna elements in the first antenna elements are differently sized.

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

Power conversion system and control method
Patent No. 12224665

Inventor(s): Songnan Yang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Halo Microelectronics International (Campbell, CA), The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18046977 on 10/17/2022 (848 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power conversion system includes one or more switched capacitor input cells connected between an input dc source and a plurality of interleaved multilevel voltage rails, one or more inductor links connected to the plurality of interleaved multilevel voltage rails, and one or more output cells, wherein each output cell is connected to an output load and all of the plurality of interleaved multilevel voltage rails through a corresponding inductor link.

[H02M] APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (conversion of current or voltage specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/02; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables in general, e.g. using transformers, reactors or choke coils, combination of such systems with static converters G05F; for digital computers G06F 1/00; transformers H01F; connection or control of one converter with regard to conjoint operation with a similar or other source of supply H02J; dynamo-electric converters H02K 47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P; pulse generators H03K) [5]

Multi-phase oscillators
Patent No. 12224708

Inventor(s): Baher Haroun (Allen, TX), Bichoy Bahr (Allen, TX), Michael Henderson Perrott (Nashua, NH), Swaminathan Sankaran (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17389935 on 07/30/2021 (1292 days app to issue)

Abstract: An oscillator circuit includes a first BAW oscillator, a first coupling stage, a second BAW oscillator, and a second coupling stage. The first BAW oscillator is configured to generate a first output signal at a frequency. The first coupling stage is coupled to the first BAW oscillator, and is configured to amplify the first output signal. The second BAW oscillator is coupled to the first coupling stage, and is configured to generate a second output signal at the frequency. The second output signal differs in phase from the first output signal. The second coupling stage is coupled to the first BAW oscillator and the second BAW oscillator, and is configured to amplify the second output signal and drive the first BAW oscillator.

[H03B] GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLOYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS WHICH OPERATE IN A NON-SWITCHING MANNER; GENERATION OF NOISE BY SUCH CIRCUITS (generators specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments G10H; masers or lasers H01S; generation of oscillations in plasma H05H)

Distributed bias circuit for wideband amplifiers
Patent No. 12224717

Inventor(s): Charles Forrest Campbell (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17689469 on 03/08/2022 (1071 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embedded blocking capacitor structures for wideband amplifier circuits are disclosed. A wideband amplifier circuit includes transistors that output radio frequency (RF) signals. An embedded blocking capacitor structure is operably connected between the terminals of the transistors and an RF output. The embedded blocking capacitor structure distributes a bias voltage to the terminals of the transistors and blocks the bias voltage from passing to the RF output. The embedded blocking capacitor structure also propagates an RF signal to an RF output.

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

Power amplifier with quasi-static drain voltage adjustment
Patent No. 12224721

Inventor(s): Elias Reese (Dallas, TX), Jeffrey Gengler (McKinney, TX), Nikolaus Klemmer (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17488920 on 09/29/2021 (1231 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power amplifier with a quasi-static drain voltage adjustment is provided that has a transistor that is made from Gallium Nitride (GaN). In an exemplary aspect, the transistor is a field-effect transistor (FET) having a source, gate, and drain. The transistor is tested for process variations. Based on detected process variations, a microcontroller may raise a drain voltage to increase output power capability. Power capability of the power amplifier scales as the square of the drain voltage, so small adjustments are sufficient to offset the slow process corner while maintaining reliability.

Noise-shaping of additive dither in analog-to-digital converters
Patent No. 12224761

Inventor(s): Harshit Moondra (Mumbai, , IN), Neeraj Shrivastava (Bangalore, , IN), Nithin Gopinath (Bangalore, , IN), Visvesvaraya A. Pentakota (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17729374 on 04/26/2022 (1022 days app to issue)

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter circuit module utilizing dither to reduce multiplicative noise. A dither generation circuit generates a noise-shaped analog dither signal having lower amplitudes at frequencies below a cutoff frequency than at frequencies above the cutoff frequency. The noise-shaped analog dither signal is added to the input analog signal to be converted and the summed signal applied to an analog-to-digital converter The dither generation circuit may be implemented as an analog dither generator followed by an analog high-pass filter. The dither generation circuit may alternatively be implemented digitally, for example with a digital noise-shaping filter applying a high-pass digital filter to a pseudo-random binary sequence. The digital dither generation circuit may alternatively be implemented by one or more 1-bit sigma-delta modulators, each generating a bit of a digital dither sequence that is converted to analog.

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

Method for identifying and highlighting available fibers in a fiber distribution hub
Patent No. 12224796

Inventor(s): Carlo Nino Alba (Dallas, TX), John Valdez (Copper Canyon, TX), Vincenzo Gaccetta (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18605048 on 03/14/2024 (334 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking fiber port availability in a fiber distribution hub are presented. An exemplary method may include: responsive to a detection of a disconnection of a termination unit associated with the fiber distribution hub, the termination unit associated with a first port of a plurality of candidate ports, automatically updating, by one or more processors, a fiber distribution record representative of port availability in the fiber distribution hub such that the fiber distribution record is representative of an association between the termination unit and a second port of the plurality of candidate ports; generating, by the one or more processors and based on the detection of the disconnection of the termination unit, an indication of the second port; and transmitting, by the one or more processors, the indication of the second port to at least one of a computing device or a user interface.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus of group-based beam reporting
Patent No. 12224831

Inventor(s): Dalin Zhu (Richardson, TX), Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17649790 on 02/02/2022 (1105 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for beam measurement and reporting in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes identifying an indication for reporting, in a channel state information (CSI) report, at least a first group of two resource indicators and corresponding beam metrics associated with a first entity identity (ID) and a second entity ID, respectively, and transmitting, in the CSI report, the first group of two resource indicators and the corresponding beam metrics. The first or second entity IDs correspond to at least one of: a physical cell identity (PCI) corresponding to a serving cell PCI or a PCI different from the serving cell PCI; and a PCI index pointing to a PCI corresponding to the serving cell PCI or a PCI different from the serving cell PCI in a list of PCIs that are higher layer configured to the UE.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for reporting of time-domain channel correlation properties
Patent No. 12224835

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18451813 on 08/17/2023 (544 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for reporting of time-domain channel correlation properties are provided. A method includes receiving a configuration about a CSI report. The configuration includes information about (i) M non-zero power (NZP) CSI reference signal (RS) resources for tracking, (ii) a number (K) of time-domain correlation values, and (iii) delay values [subscript]k [/subscript]for k=0, 1, . . . , K1. The method further includes, based on the configuration: measuring the M NZP CSI-RS resources for tracking, determining, based on the measurement, the K time-domain correlation values, wherein a k-th correlation value is between two CSI-RS transmission occasions that are separated by one of the delay values [subscript]k[/subscript], and quantizing a value for an amplitude of each of the K time-domain correlation values. The method further includes transmitting the CSI report including an indicator, for each of the K time-domain correlation values, indicating the quantized value of the amplitude.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Systems and methods for network function discovery in a segmented network
Patent No. 12224913

Inventor(s): Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah (Keller, TX), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18186428 on 03/20/2023 (694 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include subscribing, by a first network repository function (NRF) located in a first segment of a network, to event information associated with a unified data management (UDM) function or a unified data repository (UDR) located in a second segment of the network. The method may also include receiving, by the first NRF and from a second NRF included in the second segment UDM or UDR information associated with the UDM or UDR located in the second segment of the network. The method may further include receiving, at the first NRF, a UDM or UDR discovery request from a network function (NF), wherein the UDM or UDR discovery request is associated with subscriber information stored in a UDM or UDR located in the second segment of the network, and responding, by the first NRF, to the discovery request.

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

Detecting malicious activity using user-specific parameters
Patent No. 12225026

Inventor(s): Ganesh Babu Gopal (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18914035 on 10/11/2024 (123 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and descriptions are described herein for using user-specific parameters to detect malicious activity in an interaction by a user. In particular, the system may receive user action data representing user actions for users relative to applications. The system may generate, using first user action data representing first user actions of a first user, parameters specific to the first user for determining whether interactions of the first user represent malicious activity. The system may receive, for the first user, a request for a pending interaction with a particular application. The system may then use a first user model trained on the first user action data to identify a set of parameters for identifying the malicious activity. The system may validate the request, in real time, by using the set of parameters to generate a likelihood that the request represents malicious activity.

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

Systems and methods for streaming content control and privacy management
Patent No. 12225094

Inventor(s): Carl M. Knopf (Flower Mound, TX), Parry Cornell Booker (Sunnyvale, TX), Raghuram Parvataneni (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18342929 on 06/28/2023 (594 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for utilizing designed market access (DMA) zones in conjunction with mobile networks so as to enable secure, appropriate read/write access to streaming content. The disclosed systems and methods enable a mapping of an Internet Protocol (IP) address to a particular geolocation node of a mobile network, whereby a DMA for such node can be identified/determined. Accordingly, the DMA can be leveraged for monitoring a customer user’’s location respective to streaming service/media access requests.

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

End to end file-sharing schema using signed Merkle tree randomly originated keys
Patent No. 12225113

Inventor(s): Sergei Rodionov (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore, , SG)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17932904 on 09/16/2022 (879 days app to issue)

Abstract: A process for transmitting a file from a sender device to a receiver device includes generating a random symmetric session key for the sender device, and randomly selecting a private ephemeral key for the sender device. The private ephemeral key is associated with a corresponding first public key. A public ephemeral key is randomly selected for the receiving device. The public ephemeral key is associated with a corresponding first private key. A random value is generated, an encrypted session key is calculated, and the file is encrypted using symmetric encryption. The sender device includes a first public X509 certificate comprising a second public key and a corresponding second private key that is signed by a service provider, and the receiver device includes a second public X509 certificate comprising a third public key and a corresponding third private key.

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

Systems and methods for device grouping based on quantum resistant encryption capability
Patent No. 12225117

Inventor(s): Mun Wei Low (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and LicensingInc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17667708 on 02/09/2022 (1098 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. In an example, a system includes a first non-quantum-resistant (NQR) device configured to generate first data and a first quantum capable proxy server configured to receive the first data, encrypt the first data using a quantum resistant (QR) protocol to generate first QR data, and communicate the first QR data to a first target device using a first QR channel. In an example, a method includes generating first data by a first non-quantum-resistant (NQR) device, communicating the first data, by the first NQR device, to a first quantum capable proxy server, encrypting the first data, by the quantum capable proxy server, using a quantum resistant (QR) protocol to generate first QR data, and communicating, by the quantum capable proxy server, the first QR data to a first target device using a first QR channel.

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

Method and apparatus for using a picture and shared secret to create replicable high quality pools of entropy for keys for encryption, authentication and one time pads for images, data and message encoding
Patent No. 12225125

Inventor(s): Anthony V. Valentino (Richardson, TX), Christopher J. Daly (Dallas, TX), Max Fleming (Addison, TX), Robert B. Roessler, Jr. (Coupeville, WA)
Assignee(s): Amera IoT Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18798510 on 08/08/2024 (187 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for encoding/decoding a message with One Time Pad (OTP) process, includes receiving a message to be encoded and an ordered dataset. A PRNG is parameterized with an initial seed that is used in a harvesting operation, which selects data from the dataset to create a current entropy plane of the selected data. In an encoding operation a portion of the received message is selected. The current entropy plane is scanned and data from which data is selected. The location of the selected data from the entropy plane is determined and marked as used and then assembled in an encoded message. This operation is repeated until no unmarked data is present in the current entropy plane. A new entropy plane is generated, and the scanning operation repeated until all portions of the received message have been processed. The process is reversed for a decoding operation.

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

Systems and methods for measuring document legibility
Patent No. 12225168

Inventor(s): Aaron Attar (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18593608 on 03/01/2024 (347 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may include a system for measuring document legibility. The system may automatically receive document image data from a user device. The system may then process the image data using optical character recognition to create language data containing a plurality of words. The system may then obtain an overall number by counting the plurality of words in the language data. The system may then identify and count the common words within the plurality of words by comparing the plurality of words to words in a database. A score may be obtained by dividing the common word number by the overall number. The score may then be compared to a legibility threshold. If the score is below the threshold, the system may determine the document is illegible. If the score is above the threshold, the system may determine the document is legible.

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

Virtual memory access bandwidth verification (VMBV) in video coding
Patent No. 12225184

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18214017 on 06/26/2023 (596 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided that includes determining a target picture virtual memory access (VMA) bandwidth rate, wherein the target picture VMA bandwidth rate indicates a maximum VMA bandwidth rate for motion compensation of a picture, and verifying the target picture VMA bandwidth rate for a compressed video bit stream.

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

Return path for broadcast system and method
Patent No. 12225251

Inventor(s): Imran Syed (Irving, TX), John Vetter (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Trilogy 5G, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Manatt, Phelps Phillips, LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18137655 on 04/21/2023 (662 days app to issue)

Abstract: A broadcast system may have an out of band return path and the out of band return path may be used for communications with digital services provided by the broadcast system. For example, the broadcast system may provide a file transfer digital service to a user of the broadcast system and the out of band return path may be used to communicate acknowledgments back to the broadcast system during a file transfer process. In one implementation, the broadcast system may be an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 television broadcast system. A method for using the out of band return path to interact with the digital service is disclosed.

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

Systems and methods for determining a source of interference based on current measurements of a measurement device
Patent No. 12225426

Inventor(s): Brian A. Ward (Fort Worth, TX), Hector A. Garcia Crespo (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17810733 on 07/05/2022 (952 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may determine that a first geographical area satisfies an area threshold. The first geographical area includes an estimated location of a source of interference associated with base stations. A first plurality of vertices, of the first geographical area, are based on locations of the base stations. The device may determine a second plurality of vertices. The second plurality of vertices are closer to the estimated location than the first plurality of vertices. The device may provide information regarding the second plurality of vertices and may obtain magnitude information indicating magnitudes of the interference measured at the second plurality of vertices. The device may determine a third plurality of vertices based on the magnitude information. The device may provide information regarding a second geographical area, formed by the third plurality of vertices, to cause a search of the second geographical area to identify the source of the interference.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Support of emergency number descriptions
Patent No. 12225444

Inventor(s): Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Malikie Innovations Limited (Dublin, , IE)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18194352 on 03/31/2023 (683 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprising transmitting, by a user equipment (UE) to a network node, a registration message comprising at least one of a first indicator configured to indicate emergency call information display capability, a second indicator configured to indicate language information, or a third indicator configured to indicate a status of previously received emergency information, and receiving, by the user equipment from the network node, a registration accept message.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Peer-to-peer communication with non-simultaneous transmit and receive operation
Patent No. 12225469

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Peshal Nayak (Plano, TX), Rubayet Shafin (Allen, TX), Shiyang Leng (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17834848 on 06/07/2022 (980 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for facilitating notification of an impending TDLS transmission in a wireless local area network. The apparatuses include a non-access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) comprising stations (STAs) and a processor. Each STA comprises a transceiver configured to transceive signals on multi-link operation (MLO) links with APs of an AP MLD and on tunneled direct link setup (TDLS) direct links between the STAs and peer STAs of a second non-AP MLD, and to transmit, to the AP MLD on one of the MLO links, a TDLS transmission notification message. The processor is configured to determine that a TDLS transmission is impending over one of the TDLS direct links from one of the STAs that forms a non-simultaneous transmit/receive (NSTR) link pair with another STA, and to generate the TDLS transmission notification message, which includes an indication that the TDLS transmission is impending.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for NR sidelink SS/PBCH block
Patent No. 12225486

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX), Li Guo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18399604 on 12/28/2023 (411 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of a first UE comprises: determining a sidelink synchronization identity (SL-SID) and a set of resources; generating at least one sidelink synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (S-SSB) based on the SL-SID and the set of resources, wherein each S-SSB of the at least one S-SSB includes first two symbols for a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS) and second two symbols for a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS); generating a first sequence corresponding to the S-PSS, wherein the first sequence is determined based on a binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulated M-sequence with a 127 of sequence length and a low cross-correlation with a PSS; generating a second sequence corresponding to the S-SSS, wherein the second sequence is determined based on a BPSK modulated Gold-sequence with a 127 of sequence length; and transmitting, the at least one S-SSB over sidelink channels established with the second UE.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for setting up and/or adjusting backhaul link in maritime network
Patent No. 12225498

Inventor(s): Serdar Sahin (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Sage Patent Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17635817 on 08/20/2019 (2002 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for setting up and/or adjusting backhaul link in maritime network. A method in a first radio node in a first ship comprises: obtaining a first position and moving information of the first ship; receiving a second position and moving information of a second ship from a second radio node in the second ship; determining whether to connect to the second radio node to form a maritime network, based on radio measurements between the first and second radio nodes, the first position and moving information and the second position and moving information.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Apparatuses and methods for selectively scanning resources of a communication network and system
Patent No. 12225516

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17702863 on 03/24/2022 (1055 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a first value for a first parameter to a first user equipment, wherein the first parameter pertains to a first number of scans to be performed by the first user equipment to detect a first signal having a first frequency within a first frequency band as part of a first scanning procedure, and transmitting a second value for a second parameter to the first user equipment, wherein the second parameter pertains to a first amount of time that the first user equipment is to wait between the first scanning procedure and a second scanning procedure, the second scanning procedure pertaining to detection of the first signal having the first frequency within the first frequency band. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Wireless base station and wireless communication terminal and wireless communication system
Patent No. 12225599

Inventor(s): Hitoshi Takai (Osaka, , JP), Tsutomu Mukai (Osaka, , JP)
Assignee(s): Sovereign Peak Ventures, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18190820 on 03/27/2023 (687 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless communication system transmits information to a communication terminal moving through a spot wireless area. In an integrated base station, an external information communication section controls communication with a server. A contents memory section stores contents received from the server. A wireless LAN communication section communicates with the communication terminal. A control section establishes connection with the communication terminal using a first connection not requiring an authentication procedure for connection with the communication terminal or using a second connection requiring the authentication procedure for connection with the communication terminal. An access control (restriction) section permits access from the communication terminal to the contents memory section and prohibits access to the server when a type of connection with the communication terminal is the first connection and permits access from the communication terminal to the contents memory section and to the server in the case of the second connection.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Three-dimensional memory device with doped semiconductor bridge structures and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 12225720

Inventor(s): Akihisa Sai (Yokkaichi, , JP), Kenzo Iizuka (Yokkaichi, , JP), Ryousuke Itou (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17530861 on 11/19/2021 (1180 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vertically alternating sequence of continuous insulating layers and continuous sacrificial material layers is formed over a substrate, and memory opening fill structures including vertical stacks of memory elements are formed through the vertically alternating sequence. Backside trenches are formed to divide the vertically alternating sequence into a plurality of alternating stacks of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers. Bridge structures are formed within each of the backside trenches. The sacrificial material layers are replaced with electrically conductive layers while the bridge structure are present within the backside trenches.

[H10B] ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES

Systems and methods for adaptive flexural wave absorber
Patent No. 12225825

Inventor(s): Hideo Iizuka (Ann Arbor, MI), Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, MI), Xiaopeng Li (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DARROW MUSTAFA PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17193784 on 03/05/2021 (1439 days app to issue)

Abstract: A flexural wave absorption system includes a base member connected to a beam that may be subject to flexural waves, an arm member, connected to the base, disposed substantially in parallel alignment with the beam, a mass member connected to a distal end of the arm member, a piezoelectric patch, connected to the arm member, that generates electricity in response to a flexural wave propagating through the beam, and a shunting circuit, connected to the piezoelectric patch, that dissipates electricity generated by the piezoelectric patch to absorb the flexural wave.

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Shingle v-clip
Patent No. D1061233

Inventor(s): Stacy L. Kennedy (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Canny Systems, LLC (Mansfield, TX)
Law Firm: Ice Miller, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29870102 on 01/17/2023 (756 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Bottle
Patent No. D1061259

Inventor(s): Sarah Jahnke (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Homecourt Inc. (Santa Monica, CA)
Law Firm: Young Basile Hanlon MacFarlane, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29952952 on 07/18/2024 (208 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Bottle
Patent No. D1061261

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Christmas tree ornament
Patent No. D1061315

Inventor(s): William Jeffery Kinney (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Craft Chu PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29876747 on 05/26/2023 (627 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Chopped lower fairings
Patent No. D1061369

Inventor(s): Charles Taggart (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Carter, DeLuca Farrell LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29856923 on 10/18/2022 (847 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display device with graphical user interface having a client report
Patent No. D1061559

Inventor(s): Brittany Sumarsono (Plano, TX), James A. Buffington (Plano, TX), Shekinah Cravens (Plano, TX), Xueyin Liu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Intuit Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Lathrop GPM LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29874759 on 04/24/2023 (659 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen with a graphical user interface for a mobile device
Patent No. D1061571

Inventor(s): Sheldon Arora (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): STAFFDNA LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Johnston IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29884580 on 02/13/2023 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen with a graphical user interface for a mobile device
Patent No. D1061572

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle light bar
Patent No. D1061970

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Trent Collins (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29892600 on 05/19/2023 (634 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Lighting fixture
Patent No. D1062008

Inventor(s): Travis James Reinert (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, , NL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29850342 on 08/18/2022 (908 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Lighting fixture
Patent No. D1062009

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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