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

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of June 25, 2024 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 13
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 12
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 5
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 7
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 10
G: PHYSICS 44
H: ELECTRICITY 45

DESIGN: 14

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas) 21
Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) 6
Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano) 4
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 3
Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) 3
Prevue Holdings, LLC. (Crestview, FL) 3
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) 3
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 3
United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio) 3

UNASSIGNED 12

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Enzo Castellani (Plano) 3
Edward Allen Cain, Jr. (Plano) 2
Josiah Wilhelm (Fort Worth) 2
Lior Gersi (Kfar Saba, IL) 2
Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine) 2
Satyajit P. Patne (The Colony) 2
Tony Brewer (Plano) 2
Victor D. Trotter (Fort Worth) 2
Yaniv Weizman (Tel Aviv Jaffa, IL) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Concave cover plate system and methods
Patent No. 12016269

Inventor(s): Brian Robertson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17393290 on 08/03/2021 (1057 days app to issue)

Abstract: A removable cover plate assembly may be quickly attached, detached and adjusted to the exterior of a concave grate of a combine harvester in order to adjust the flow characteristics of the concave or separator grate assemblies.

[A01F] THRESHING (combines A01D 41/00); BALING OF STRAW, HAY OR THE LIKE; STATIONARY APPARATUS OR HAND TOOLS FOR FORMING OR BINDING STRAW, HAY OR THE LIKE INTO BUNDLES; CUTTING OF STRAW, HAY OR THE LIKE; STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE (arrangements for making or setting stacks in connection with harvesting A01D 85/00)

External fixation for the correction of bone deformity and trauma
Patent No. 12016593

Inventor(s): Robert E. Wigginton (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): New Standard Device, LLC (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: GREG GOSHORN, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17687945 on 03/07/2022 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and component parts of a system for the external fixation of bones. The component parts include fixation plates such as a C-shaped Plate, an N-shaped Plate, a J-shaped Plate, a K-shaped Plate, an I-shaped Plate, a Foor Plate, a Z-shaped Plate and a T-shaped Plate. Two or more fixation plates are configured along an axis, the two or more fixation plates; a plurality of telescoping adjustable struts that connect a first fixation plate along the axis with a second fixation plate of the plurality of fixation plates along the axis, wherein the first and second fixation plates are adjacent plates along the axis; and a plurality of posts, each post connecting two adjacent fixation plates of the plurality of fixation plates along the axis.

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

Multiple threshold checkers for specific applications and FFT based breathing detection for presence
Patent No. 12016670

Inventor(s): Darin K Winterton (San Jose, CA), Kalyan-Kumar Vadlamudi-Reddy (San Jose, CA), Olivier Lemarchand (Grenoble, , FR), Pierre-Loic Felter (Grenoble, , FR)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16832515 on 03/27/2020 (1551 days app to issue)

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, methods and systems for utilizing multiple threshold checkers are provided. A range sensor collects measurement data. The range sensor examines the measurement data based on multiple threshold checkers to determine satisfaction of a trigger condition. In response to the satisfaction of the trigger condition, the range sensor provides the measurement data to a host computing device of the range sensor.

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

Big data 911expedited EMT response after vehicle accidents or other emergencies
Patent No. 12016707

Inventor(s): Mark Haley (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17302264 on 04/29/2021 (1153 days app to issue)

Abstract: Device, system, and method, for simplicity call Big Data 911, which expedites 911 call response times after vehicle accidents or other emergencies. It uses GPS and other data which automatically detects a crash and sends this data comprising the location, severity of the crash, etc., to the cloud using software and/or hardware such as a phone app or device on the vehicle. This data also identifies the victim with all relevant medical or other records. This ensures that during the crucial Golden Hour after the accident EMTs (Emergency Medical Technicians), police and other responders provide the optical medical treatment both en route to the hospital and once there. This includes the technology to initiate the 911 call combined with AI or statistical information in the cloud to expedite the ideal medical solution for the victim. This system can be used nationally or internationally as a person travels worldwide.

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

Skin care formulation
Patent No. 12016895

Inventor(s): Tiffany Carle (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16838338 on 04/02/2020 (1545 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of treating telangiectasia in a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method includes topically applying to skin of said subject in need of treatment of telangiectasia a composition comprising effective amounts of an extract of [i]Centella asiatica [/i]leaf and an extract of [i]Vitis vinifera [/i]seed to disrupt endothelial tubes in skin.

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

Stable thermolysin hydrogel
Patent No. 12016907

Inventor(s): Aleksa Jovanovic (Fort Worth, TX), Dennis Carson (Burleson, TX), Lei Shi (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): SMITH NEPHEW, INC. (Memphis, TN)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17888229 on 08/15/2022 (680 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a hydrogel comprising a hydrophilic gelling agent that includes a nonionic cellulose ether, and active thermolysin, wherein the proteolytic activity of the thermolysin does not decrease by more than 20% when stored at room temperature for 6 months.

Agents that engage antigen-presenting cells through dendritic cell asialoglycoprotein receptor (DC-ASGPR)
Patent No. 12016915

Inventor(s): Dapeng Li (Davis, CA), Gerard Zurawski (Midlothian, TX), Jacques Banchereau (Montclair, NJ), Sandra Zurawski (Midlothian, TX), SangKon Oh (Baltimore, MD)
Assignee(s): BAYLOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17454108 on 11/09/2021 (959 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods for making and using anti DC-ASGPR antibodies that can, e.g., activate DCs and other cells.

Hydrogen-enhanced transdermal system
Patent No. 12017030

Inventor(s): Christian S. Yorgure (Rochester, NY), Marina Yu. Safonov (Granbury, TX), Vladimir L. Safonov (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): H2 Universe, LLC (Granbury, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16864938 on 05/01/2020 (1516 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hydrogen-enhanced drug delivery system for hydrogen-assisted transdermal delivery of a therapeutic agent is provided. The system includes a hydrogen-generating compartment comprising at least one dry chemical. Addition of an activator, such as a liquid composition, from within or outside of the system, causes the dry chemical(s) to generate molecular hydrogen (H[subscript]2[/subscript]) within the system. The molecular hydrogen passes through a skin-contacting surface of the system, which is permeable to hydrogen and not permeable to the dry chemical(s) and the liquid composition, and enhances the release of the therapeutic agent from the system as H[subscript]2 [/subscript]is delivered to the subject”s body. The H[subscript]2 [/subscript]can also enhance the therapeutic effect of the therapeutic agent.

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

Single use cap with sleeve and carrier for needleless connectors
Patent No. 12017034

Inventor(s): Andrew Nelson (Dallas, TX), James Bernal (Frisco, TX), Jeffrey Albertsen (McKinney, TX), Robert Mart (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Quest Medical, Inc. (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17541647 on 12/03/2021 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: A single use cap for connectors and corresponding method of use. The single use cap has a carrier with a body including a base that defines an opening separated from an end wall by a side wall. The opening leads into a cavity sized to receive a connector head. The single use cap also has an elastomeric sleeve releasably coupled to the carrier to span the opening. The elastomeric sleeve is configured to be transferred to the connector upon insertion of the head through the opening and at least partially into the cavity.

Pain-reducing injection apparatus
Patent No. 12017052

Inventor(s): Joseph Choate Burkett (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17964685 on 10/12/2022 (622 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pain-reducing injection apparatus to enhance the safety, efficacy, and efficiency of injection procedures which utilize topical pain-reducing measures. Apparatuses and methods of use provide pain reduction through thermal cooling of an injection region or vibrating the region or both, and optionally include safety shielding and lockout features.

Devices and methods for treating motion sickness using electrical stimulation
Patent No. 12017068

Inventor(s): Alejandro Covalin (Los Angeles, CA), Melanie McWade (Portland, OR), Navid Khodaparast (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Spark Biomedical, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Finch Maloney PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18202834 on 05/26/2023 (396 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, systems and methods for providing antiemetic therapy through neuromodulation include positioning a first electrode against or at least partially into a first tissue region on or surrounding a subject”s ear such that the first electrode is on, over, or adjacent to one or more first neural structures, positioning a second electrode against or at least partially into a second tissue region on or surrounding the ear such that the second electrode is on, over, or adjacent to one or more second neural structures, delivering a first series of stimulation pulses to the first electrode for modulating peripheral activity via modulating central neural autonomic structures, and delivering a second series of stimulation pulses to the second electrode for increasing availability of central norepinephrine.

[A61N] ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B 18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infra-red radiators for heating H05B) [6]

Aerial firefighting dump gate system
Patent No. 12017100

Inventor(s): Victor D. Trotter (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Dan Brown Law Office (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17569682 on 01/06/2022 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dump gate system for a fluid hopper in a firefighting aircraft. A gate sealably engages a gate opening in the hopper at a closed position. The gate is hingedly connected about the gate opening, and a drive shaft is supported within the hopper. A crank arm is fixed to the drive shaft and is further coupled to the gate by a connecting link. The crank arm and the connecting link define an over-center geometry while the gate is at the closed position, such that weight of the fluid on the gate induces torque on the drive shaft in a gate-closing direction. An electric motor is selectively coupled to rotate the drive shaft in a gate-opening direction to thereby enable control of the fluid flow from the hopper according to an angular position of the drive shaft.

[A62C] FIRE-FIGHTING (fire-extinguishing compositions, use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires A62D 1/00; spraying, applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; fire-fighting aircraft B64D 1/16; alarm arrangements G08B, e.g. fire alarms actuated by smoke or gases G08B 17/10)

Aerial firefighting dump gate system
Patent No. 12017773

Abstract: A dump gate system for a fluid hopper in a firefighting aircraft. A gate sealably engages a gate opening in the hopper at a closed position. The gate is hingedly connected about the gate opening, and a drive shaft is supported within the hopper. A crank arm is fixed to the drive shaft and is further coupled to the gate by a connecting link. The crank arm and the connecting link define an over-center geometry while the gate is at the closed position, such that weight of the fluid on the gate induces torque on the drive shaft in a gate-closing direction. A linear electric motor is selectively coupled to rotate the drive shaft in a gate-opening direction to thereby enable control of the fluid flow from the hopper according to an angular position of the drive shaft.

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

Methods and apparatus for automated food preparation
Patent No. 12016486

Inventor(s): Adam Cohen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17026097 on 09/18/2020 (1376 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for automatically preparing food for consumption in which preparation comprises dispensing, manipulation, heating, and other operations using a wide variety of ingredients. The methods and apparatus described use ingredients efficiently and maintain their quality, while avoiding contact between ingredients and apparatus to minimize the risk of system contamination.

[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

Filter element having potted gasket end cap assembly
Patent No. 12017162

Inventor(s): Darrell L Morehouse, III (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16443239 on 06/17/2019 (1835 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a filter element for use in a fluid filter system is disclosed herein. The filter element comprises a filter medium having a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, and an end cap assembly attached to the first end of the filter medium. The end cap assembly includes a first end cap aligned with the longitudinal axis and proximate to the first end of the filter medium; a first member concentric with and disposed radially apart from the first end cap and the filter medium and axially between the first end cap and the second end of the filter medium; and a plurality of arms connecting the first end cap with the first member, each arm configured to align the filter element with respect to the container and base plate by absorbing alignment discrepancies between at least the base plate and container.

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

Sorting based on chemical composition
Patent No. 12017255

Inventor(s): Nalin Kumar (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Sortera Technologies, Inc. (Markle, IN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17696831 on 03/16/2022 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying and sorting materials in order to produce a collection of materials that are composed of a particular chemical composition in the aggregate. The system may utilize a vision system and one or more sensor systems, which may implement a machine learning system in order to identify or classify each of the materials. The sorting is then performed as a function of the classifications.

[B07C] POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING (specially adapted for a specific purpose covered by another class, see the relevant place, e.g. A43D 33/06, B23Q 7/12)

Lens casting system
Patent No. 12017388

Inventor(s): David Olund (Ramsey, MN), Hannah Vu (Ramsey, MN), Harjit Bhambra (Ramsey, MN), Jeff Brown (Ramsey, MN), Ladawan Chantharadet (Ramsey, MN), Pasin Pudsayapong (Ramsey, MN), Richard Blacker (Ramsey, MN), Sarawuth Seewatt
Assignee(s): HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Inskeep IP Group, Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17155755 on 01/22/2021 (1250 days app to issue)

Abstract: An optical lens casting gasket, wafer, and system and method that provides for more efficient formation of optical lenses employing optically functional wafers.

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

Light-based terrestrial vehicle network
Patent No. 12017538

Inventor(s): Ovidiu Gabriel Vlad (Naperville, IL)
Assignee(s): LightSpeed Technologies LLC (Keller, TX)
Law Firm: Fitch, Even, Tabin Flannery LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17884223 on 08/09/2022 (686 days app to issue)

Abstract: At least one source of light mounted in a terrestrial vehicle optically couples to one or more light-bearing conduits. Various sizes of conduit can be utilized and the conduits can be grouped or physically separated. One, some, or all of these light-bearing conduits may carry any or all of visible light, data-bearing light, and power conveying light for use by any of a variety of illumination components, data-capable components, and light-to-electricity conversion components, respectively. A given component may itself constitute both an illumination component and a data-capable component, or both an illumination component and a light-to-electricity conversion component, or both a data-capable component and a light-to-electricity conversion component, or a component that constitutes each of an illumination component, a data-capable component, and a light-to-electricity conversion component as desired.

[B60L] PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K 1/00, B60K 6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K 17/12, B60K 17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C 15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D 1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H 1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES [4]

Directional audio for distracted driver applications
Patent No. 12017674

Inventor(s): Michael R. Kushnerik (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17929484 on 09/02/2022 (662 days app to issue)

Abstract: An in-cabin audio system includes: a plurality of speakers configured to play sound within a cabin; a distracted driver detection system configured to detect when a driver is distracted and to generate a distracted driver signal; an infotainment system configured to generate sound data; and a volume controller. The plurality of speakers include a first group of speakers and a second group of speakers. The plurality of speakers are configured to play the sound based on the sound data. The volume controller is configured control the plurality of speakers so as to operate in a normal mode or a distracted driver mode. The volume controller is configured to attenuate sound played by the first group of speakers and not to attenuate sound played by the second group of speakers in the distracted driver mode based on the distracted driver signal.

[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]

Download reducing wingtips
Patent No. 12017754

Inventor(s): Kent E. Donaldson (Fort Worth, TX), Kyle Smolarek (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16816577 on 03/12/2020 (1566 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft includes a wing positioned below a vertical rotor, the wing extending in a transverse direction to a wingtip having an outboard face, and a turbulence feature located on the wingtip and oriented to induce turbulence in the rotor downwash flowing across the outboard face in a direction from a top surface of the wing to a bottom surface of the wing.

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

Rotor centrifugal force retention device
Patent No. 12017761

Inventor(s): George Matthew Thompson (Lewisville, TX), Jonathan Andrew Knoll (Burleson, TX), Nicholas Carlson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16846371 on 04/12/2020 (1535 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rotor blade retention device for use in an aircraft having a plurality of blades includes an array of cavities, each cavity adapted to receive a portion of a tension-torsion strap therein. Each cavity is oriented such that, when the portion of the tension-torsion strap is received therein, a central plane of the tension-torsion strap is inclined relative to a blade plane of rotation defined by the plurality of blades. The retention device may have a body that defines an aperture adapted to receive a portion of a rotor mast of the aircraft, may comprise a rotor mast of the aircraft, or may comprise first and second plates that cooperate to form the array of cavities and that are adapted to receive a portion of the rotor mast of the aircraft.

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

Pallet wrapper and imaging system
Patent No. 12017814

Inventor(s): Vance Asher Weintraub (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): Rehrig Pacific Company (Los Angeles, CA)
Law Firm: Carlson, Gaskey Olds, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18240637 on 08/31/2023 (299 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pallet wrapper and imaging system a pallet loaded with containers to calculate a sustainability based upon a type of the pallet and the containers on the pallet. The system also determines the stability of the pallet and containers, a speed at which the pallet and containers can be wrapped, and an amount of stretch film needed to secure the load for transport. After validation by the imaging system (with or without a wrapper), a QC bot assists a QC worker in remedying or checking any detected errors or potential errors.

[B65B] MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C 1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B 25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B 1/00-B67B 6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C 7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C 9/00)

Separate food cups joined by seal sheet hinge
Patent No. 12017818

Inventor(s): Christine Horan (Northborough, MA), Gregg Flender (Bedford, MA), Julia Sharpe (Cambridge, MA), Matthew Nichols (McKinney, TX), Ryan Adame (Queen Creek, AZ), Vincent Taylor (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DAISY BRAND, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16737422 on 01/08/2020 (1630 days app to issue)

Abstract: A food containment assembly includes a first cup with a first sealing flange and a second cup with a second sealing flange. The second cup is separate from and disposed adjacent to the first cup. A seal sheet is adhered to the first sealing flange and the second sealing flange, and the seal sheet forms a hinge to allow rotation of the second cup with respect to the first cup. The seal sheet includes a first slit disposed proximate the hinge and a second slit proximate the hinge, wherein tearing the seal sheet along the first slit allows access to contents of the first cup and tearing the seal sheet along the second slit allows access to contents of the second cup and the hinge remains intact.

System for controlling the supply of water to a rooftop water tank
Patent No. 12017844

Inventor(s): Jana Pulak (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17089904 on 11/05/2020 (1328 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes first and second sensors, and a controller. The first and second sensors are operable to attach to a water tank that supplies a building with water. The first sensor is configured to determine that a water level in the tank has fallen below a first level. The second sensor is configured to determine that the water level has risen to at least a second level. The controller includes a processor that is communicatively coupled to the sensors. The processor receives, from the first sensor, an indication that the water level has fallen below the first level. In response, the processor generates a signal to activate a pump that delivers water to the tank. The processor additionally receives, from the second sensor, an indication that the water level has risen to at least the second level. In response, the processor generates a signal to deactivate the pump.

Automated beverage dispensing system and method
Patent No. 12017901

Inventor(s): Joseph Park (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): YUM Connect, LLC (Louisville, KY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18345810 on 06/30/2023 (361 days app to issue)

Abstract: A beverage production system, comprising a cup dispensing station configured to dispense cups, a beverage dispensing station configured to dispense a beverage, and a turntable assembly. The turntable assembly comprising a central axis, an inner turntable including a first row of cup receptacles, and an outer turntable including a second row of cup receptacles. The outer turntable is disposed circumferentially about the inner turntable, and the outer turntable is configured to rotate about the central axis to align the cup receptacles of the second row with the cup dispensing station and the beverage dispensing station. The turntable assembly is configured to align an opening in a cup receptacle in the second row with an opening in a cup receptacle in the first row. A slide assembly includes an arm configured to slide a cup positioned in the cup receptacle in the second row into the aligned opening of the cup receptacle in the first row.

[B67D] DISPENSING, DELIVERING, OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B 9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) [5]

Apparatus for releasing a gaseous cleaning agent
Patent No. D1032817

Inventor(s): Jason Bailey (Plano, TX), Kyle Bailey (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NUVINAIR, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29886035 on 03/03/2023 (480 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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

Methods, apparatus, and systems for detecting and removing microplastics from water
Patent No. 12017928

Inventor(s): Aiza Fernanda Jose Sanchez (Frisco, TX), Carlos Alberto Hernandez Gutierrez (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Aizaco Limited Company (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Cole Schotz, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18143308 on 05/04/2023 (418 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for detecting and removing microplastics from wastewater effluent. Both, automatic/remote and manual monitoring and sampling components are included to detect the presence of microplastics. The automatic monitoring and sampling component includes a TSS sensor and associated apparatus calibrated to account for non-plastic solids present in the wastewater and, thereby, more accurately determine the presence of microplastics. Efficient separation and removal of microplastics from wastewater effluent is performed by a specialized capture net apparatus having multiple sized mesh components and optional diffuser devices which perform size exclusion filtration of microplastics from the water. In an exemplary embodiment, the methods generally include diverting treated wastewater effluent from a wastewater treatment facility”s main line into a wastewater sampling mechanism via an intake pipe, and then into a solids monitoring and separation mechanism which includes the specialized capture net apparatus.

[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]

Graphenic fibers, yarns, composites, and methods of making the same
Patent No. 12017961

Inventor(s): Ling Fei (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
Law Firm: Hodgson Russ LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16614263 on 05/16/2018 (2232 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided in certain embodiments are high performance graphene fibers and yarns, including components and precursors thereof, and composites comprising the same. Also provided herein are methods of manufacturing such fibers, yarns, composites, and components/precursors thereof.

[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]

Aryl cyclopropyl-amino-isoquinolinyl amide compounds
Patent No. 12018012

Inventor(s): Andriy Kornilov (Ypsilanti, MI), Cynthia L. Lichorowic (Raleigh, NC), Jill M. Sturdivant (Chapel Hill, NC), Mitchell A. deLong (Chapel Hill, NC)
Assignee(s): Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17722832 on 04/18/2022 (799 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are arylcyclopropyl amino-isoquinoline amide compounds. In particular, the disclosure provides compounds that affect the function of kinases in a cell and that are useful as therapeutic agents or with therapeutic agents. The compounds of the disclosure are useful in the treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions including eye diseases such as glaucoma, cardiovascular diseases, diseases characterized by abnormal growth, such as cancers, and inflammatory diseases. The disclosure further provides compositions containing isoquinoline amide compounds.

[C07D] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08) [2]

Liquid silicone coating for barrels used for aging alcoholic beverages
Patent No. 12018171

Inventor(s): Jeremy Grunewald (Land O Lakes, FL)
Assignee(s): DEVIL”S CASK, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17974034 on 10/26/2022 (608 days app to issue)

Abstract: A liquid coating composition of matter for application to wooden barrels or casks used in distilling, the composition of matter includes a polymer vulcanized with a silane crosslinking agent that is oxime-functional, acetoxy-functional, or alkoxy-functional, an OH-terminated polysiloxane that exhibits moisture curing, condensation reactions when in the presence of water vapors and silane crosslinkers, a low to medium molecular weight polysiloxane that exhibits low-permeance after curing via moisture-cure, condensation reaction, a transition metal catalyst that provides a reaction crosslink density that allows for minimal transport of ethanol vapors and water vapors after curing, a second transition metal catalyst that provides a reaction crosslink density with minimal impact on the rate of oxygen gas transport rate after curing, and inorganic polymers with a siloxane backbone that exhibits no leaching, migration or notable reaction with a liquid alcohol and water mixture upon curing.

[C09D] COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR (cosmetics A61K; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general, B05D; staining wood B27K 5/02; glazes or vitreous enamels C03C; natural resins, French polish, drying-oils, driers, turpentine, per se, C09F; polishing compositions other than French polish, ski waxes C09G; adhesives or use of materials as adhesives C09J; materials for sealing or packing joints or covers C09K 3/10; materials for stopping leaks C09K 3/12; processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings C25D) [5]

Martensitic wear resistant alloy strengthened through aluminum nitrides
Patent No. 12018343

Inventor(s): David M Doll (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): L.E. Jones Company (Menominee, MI)
Law Firm: Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18089771 on 12/28/2022 (545 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pre-alloyed powder includes, in weight percent, carbon from about 0.75 to about 2 percent; manganese from about 0.1 to about 1 percent; silicon from about 0.1 to about 1 percent; chromium from about 3 to about 6 percent; nickel up to about 4 percent; vanadium from about 1 to about 3 percent; molybdenum from about 4 to about 7 percent; tungsten from about 4 to about 7 percent; cobalt from about 4 to about 7 percent; boron up to about 0.1 percent; nitrogen from about 0.001 to about 0.15 percent, aluminum from about 0.001 to about 0.6 percent, copper from about 0.1 to about 1 percent, sulfur up to about 0.3 percent, phosphorus up to about 0.3 percent, up to about 5 percent total of tantalum, titanium, hafnium and zirconium; iron from about 65 to about 80 percent; and incidental impurities.

[C22C] ALLOYS (treatment of alloys C21D, C22F)

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

Dynamic, fire-resistance-rated thermally insulating and sealing system having a f-Rating of 120 min for use with curtain wall structures
Patent No. 12018478

Inventor(s): Arndt Andresen (North Richland Hills, TX), Chad Stroike (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (Schaan, , LI)
Law Firm: Grneberg and Myers PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18310417 on 05/01/2023 (421 days app to issue)

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

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

Systems and methods for concrete support post-tensioning
Patent No. 12018488

Inventor(s): Bryant Morgan (Maryland Heights, MO), Evan Langston (Fort Worth, TX), Jeffrey Alan Cook (Dripping Springs, TX)
Assignee(s): POST TECH MANUFACTURING, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17303154 on 05/21/2021 (1131 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for post-tensioning in masonry-based system, especially concrete support systems. In one embodiment, a system is presented that can include an anchor, pocket-former, and bolt, wherein the pocket-former can be configured to engage each of the anchor and bolt to facilitate securing of the system to a form. In another embodiment, a method of post-tensioning is presented, wherein a tendon can be suspended at the live end via connections facilitated by a pocket-former. In another embodiment, a system and method of post-tensioning is presented that prevents a pocket and anchor from being contaminated with debris that could ultimately compromise the integrity of the tensioned material.

[E04C] STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS (for bridges E01D; specially designed for insulation or other protection E04B; elements used as building aids E04G; for mining E21; for tunnels E21D; structural elements with broader range of application than for building engineering F16, particularly F16S)

Floor element for forming a floor covering, a floor covering, and a method for manufacturing a floor element
Patent No. 12018495

Inventor(s): Claudio Caselli (Dallas, TX), Rahul Patki (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Dal-Tile, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17997570 on 04/26/2021 (1156 days app to issue)

Abstract: A floor element for forming a floor covering, the floor element comprising a decorative layer comprising a ceramic material, an intermediate layer comprising a resin material, and a support layer arranged below the decorative layer, wherein the support layer comprises edges provided with coupling elements configured to realize a mechanical coupling with coupling elements of an adjacent floor element and wherein the resin material comprises a modulus of elasticity greater than 0.1 GPa, preferably greater than 0.5 GPa, even more preferably greater than 1 GPa.

[E04F] FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B)

Temporary pool cover and floor system
Patent No. 12018507

Inventor(s): Italia Marisol Ovalle (Duncanville, TX), Luis Fernando Ramirez (Duncanville, TX), Sherwood Noel Wagner (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Colhurst Concepts, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Hitchcock Evert LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18227401 on 07/28/2023 (333 days app to issue)

Abstract: The innovation relates to a pool covering system that is usable as a flooring surface. The pool covering system includes brackets that support beams spanning the pool opening. The beams provide structural support to cross members and flooring placed on top of the beams. The pool covering system does not require significant drainage of the pool and does not damage the pool structure during installation and use.

[E04H] BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) [4]

Single slip frac tool
Patent No. 12018545

Inventor(s): Shobeir Pirayeh Gar (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: McAfee Taft (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17565199 on 12/29/2021 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: A frac plug has a bottom shoe, a single slip ring supported by the bottom shoe, a slip wedge positioned above the slip ring and axially movable relative to the slip wedge, a radially outwardly expandable sealing element supported by the slip wedge and a deformable backup shoe fixed to the sealing element. The deformable backup shoe has a cap covering at least a portion of a top surface of the sealing element and an outer leg extending along at least a portion of an outer surface of the sealing element. A ball seat is insertable into the radially outwardly expandable sealing element.

[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]

Systems and methods for drilling geothermal wells
Patent No. 12018564

Inventor(s): Todd W. Benson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): HELMERICH PAYNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Tulsa, OK)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17823485 on 08/30/2022 (665 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for drilling a geothermal well can include drilling a vertical borehole to a target location, drilling a plurality of lateral boreholes, each of which is connected to the vertical borehole, and can include generating a plurality of chambers in at least one of the plurality of lateral boreholes. The techniques can include drilling a plurality of passageways that each provide fluid communication between one of the plurality of chambers in a first lateral borehole and a second lateral borehole of the plurality of lateral boreholes. The techniques can form a fluid circuit for injecting a heating fluid such as water or brine and recovering hot water and steam using a single vertical borehole. The hot water and/or steam can be used to generate electrical power with a geothermal power facility.

Systems, processes, and modeling methods for drilling in hot dry rock using supercritical or dense phase carbon dioxide
Patent No. 12018863

Inventor(s): Natalia Romero Jaimes (Houston, TX), Oscar R. Gabaldon (Frisco, TX), Poodi Peddi Suryanarayana (Plano, TX), Robert M. Pilko (Houston, TX), Romar Alexandra Gonzalez-Luis (Aubrey, TX), Sharat V. Chandrasekhar (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BLADE ENERGY PARTNERS LTD. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: THE WENDT FIRM, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18508834 on 11/14/2023 (224 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and processes for dry hot rock drilling operations using sCO[subscript]2 [/subscript]expanded across one or more downhole J-T valves or chokes to cool MWD components. Methods of modeling same.

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

Backsplash installation hardware
Patent No. 12018492

Inventor(s): Nathan Bradley Creech (Austin, TX), Richard Braunstein (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17325930 on 05/20/2021 (1132 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and method for supporting a cover material to a support material include a coupling device that includes an inner coupler and an outer coupler. The inner coupler and the outer coupler are separably joined. The inner coupler may be attached to the support material, and the outer coupler may be attached to the cover material.

[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)

Bearing-raceway systems and methods
Patent No. 12018724

Inventor(s): Charles Jared Ott (Keller, TX), Eric Stephen Olson (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17678708 on 02/23/2022 (853 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bearing raceway for a shaft includes a tubular sleeve comprising a raceway section and a clamp section, the raceway section having a hardened outer surface and a first, axially linear, inner surface, and the clamp section having first threads and a second, axially non-linear, inner surface, where the first threads are configured to mate with second threads on a nut to clamp the tubular sleeve to the shaft.

[F16C] SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; MECHANICAL MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING MOVEMENT IN A FLEXIBLE SHEATHING; ELEMENTS OF CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; PIVOTS; PIVOTAL CONNECTIONS; ROTARY ENGINEERING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN GEARING, COUPLING, CLUTCH OR BRAKE ELEMENTS; BEARINGS [5]

Tacky polyurethane composites
Patent No. 12018754

Inventor(s): Emily Samuelson (Fort Worth, TX), Jeff Busby (Millsap, TX), Kent Boomer (Aledo, TX), Matt Boyd (Fort Worth, TX), Michael Dry (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): The Patent Well LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16949641 on 11/09/2020 (1324 days app to issue)

Abstract: A number of tacky polyurethane or other gel comprising composites are provided. The composites have foam carriers, which may be open cell, semi-open cell, reticulated or closed-cell foam. The tacky gel which, in one embodiment, may be polyurethane, typically comprising a thin surface coating on the foam gel and the foam is partially or fully saturated with the same gel comprising the thin surface layer of the foam. The skeletons may be included in the composite to provide additional structure integrity, and a moisture proof layer may be added to the top and/or bottom surfaces of the foam/gel.

[F16J] PISTONS; CYLINDERS; PRESSURE VESSELS IN GENERAL; SEALINGS

Valve seat assembly
Patent No. 12018759

Inventor(s): Pankaj Harmanbhai Patel (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): GD ENERGY PRODUCTS, LLC (Tulsa, OK)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18164343 on 02/03/2023 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: A valve seat assembly utilized in a fluid end assembly of a reciprocating pump may contain a strike ring and a support sleeve. The support sleeve and the strike ring are disposed in a bore in a fluid end casing with the strike ring engaging the support sleeve.

[F16K] VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING

Mechanical and combined mechanical/electronic actuator for anhydrous ammonia emergency shut off valves
Patent No. 12018770

Inventor(s): Jack Jay Potts (Dallas, TX), William Browning Washington, IV (Dallas, TX), William Henry Sands, III (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Squibb Taylor, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18115679 on 02/28/2023 (483 days app to issue)

Abstract: In various implementations, a manual actuator may be coupled to a valve to provide the ability to shut off anhydrous ammonia flow through the valve remotely (e.g., in emergencies). The valve may be coupled to anhydrous ammonia tanks, such as nurse tanks and/or storage tanks. The manual actuator may include manual release member, a breakaway member, a handle, and pull cord(s). The handle may allow a coupled valve to be opened and/or closed. The handle may allow the valve to be shut off at the valve, in some implementations. The pull cord(s) may allow a coupled valve to be remotely closed.

[F16K] VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING

Wear inserts for well service reactive dampeners
Patent No. 12018789

Inventor(s): John Thomas Rogers (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Performance Pulsation Control, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17453146 on 11/01/2021 (967 days app to issue)

Abstract: Replaceable wear inserts of a material resisting abrasive wear due to particulates within pumped fluid are used for the inlet and/or outlet of a pulsation dampener coupled to the outlet of a land-base or mobile-mounted pump. The wear inserts may be integrated with pressure orifice devices contributing to pressure pulsation dampening. The wear inserts may have internal passages or be mounted to create turbulent flow through the pulsation dampener to mitigate the risk of dead spots accumulating particulates. The wear inserts may be sized for either ”loose” or ”tight” fit within the inlet and outlet to facilitate removability despite the potential for particulates embedding within the gap. Grooves may be provided with O rings to seal against pressure leaks.

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

Dual inlet air diffuser
Patent No. 12018856

Inventor(s): Daniel Int-Hout, III (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Nailor Industries of Texas, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17349431 on 06/16/2021 (1105 days app to issue)

Abstract: Dual inlet air diffuser for a heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The dual inlet air diffuser mixes two or more separate and/or distinct air streams into a homogenous or nearly homogenous mixture of air. The two or more separate air streams may have different temperatures and/or different humidity levels, and/or may be from different sources, such as having one air stream comprising ventilation air that includes filtered air from an outside, ambient air source and a second conditioned air stream from a heating, air conditioning, or other air treatment unit.

[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)

Food pan cooling system with thermal shims and associated preparation table
Patent No. 12018883

Inventor(s): James R. Wright (Grand Prairie, TX), Keith G. Thompson (Haslet, TX), Liqun Ren (Dallas, TX), Rafael A. Castillo-Borelly (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. (Glenview, IL)
Law Firm: THOMPSON HINE LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17313674 on 05/06/2021 (1146 days app to issue)

Abstract: A food pan cooling system includes a housing with a food item holding arrangement including a recessed well area defining at least a first food pan receiving location and a second food pan receiving location. The first food pan receiving location includes a first cooled wall structure in the recessed well area to at least in part define the first food pan receiving location, the first cooled wall structure having a first surface facing the first food pan receiving location. A first thermal shim is connected to the first cooled wall structure, the first thermal shim having a first shim surface and a second shim surface, the first shim surface at least partly in contact with the first surface of the first cooled wall structure, and the second shim surface facing the first food pan receiving location.

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

Systems and methods for heat exchange
Patent No. 12018900

Inventor(s): Baojie Mu (Aubrey, TX), Sivakumar Gopalnarayanan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Rheem Manufacturing Company (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17194387 on 03/08/2021 (1205 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interlaced heat exchanger is described. The interlaced heat exchanger includes a plurality of microchannel tubes configured to allow flow of a first fluid therethrough and a plurality of flat tubes configured to allow flow of a second fluid therethrough to exchange heat with the first fluid. The plurality of microchannel tubes and the plurality of flat tubes are stacked in an alternating arrangement along a longitudinal axis of the interlaced heat exchanger such that the plurality of microchannel tubes and the plurality of flat tubes are interlaced. The interlaced heat exchanger further includes a plurality of fin plates interspersed with the plurality of microchannel tubes and the plurality of flat tubes. The plurality of fin plates allows a flow of air across a width of the interlaced heat exchanger to exchange heat with at least one of the first fluid and the second fluid.

[F28F] DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials C09K 5/00; water or air traps, air venting F16)

Firearm sight with modular interchangeable hoods
Patent No. 12018914

Inventor(s): Andrew Pischke (Mansfield, TX), Cody Bench (Irving, TX), Jonathan Horton (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Sellmark Corporation (Mansfield, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18149134 on 01/02/2023 (540 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sighting device is configured to be mounted on a firearm and comprises a core unit that includes a source of electrical power; a hood removably secured to the core unit and enclosing a portion of the core unit and at least partially defining a sight window through the hood; and an electrical connection between the core unit and the hood, wherein electrical power is transmitted between the core unit and the hood. The electrical accessory may be one of a solar charging cell; a laser pointer sighting device powered by the core unit; or a laser range-finding device powered by the core unit.

[F41G] WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING (optical aspects thereof G02B)

P H Y S I C S

Augmented reality displayed keypad for authenticated keyless door access
Patent No. 12017612

Inventor(s): Avid Ghamsari (Carrollton, TX), Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Qiaochu Tang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18301424 on 04/17/2023 (435 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may receive an indication of a code associated with granting authenticated access to a door. The device may transmit, to a user device, presentation information to cause an augmented reality image of an input pad to be displayed by the user device, wherein the augmented reality image is displayed over an area of an image of an exterior of the door via a user interface. The device may detect, via a camera device, one or more user inputs to the area of the exterior of the vehicle based on tracking a movement of a user. The device may identify an input code based on the one or more user inputs. The device may perform an action to cause the door to be unlocked based on the input code matching the code.

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

Systems and methods of cooperative depth completion with sensor data sharing
Patent No. 12018959

Inventor(s): Chang-Heng Wang (Plano, TX), Prashant Tiwari (Plano, TX), Rui Guo (Plano, TX), Takayuki Shimizu (Plano, TX), Xuewei Qi (San Ramon, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17570300 on 01/06/2022 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for utilizing sensor data from sensors of different modalities and from different vehicles to generate a combined image of an environment. Sensor data, such as a point cloud, generated by a LiDAR sensor on a first vehicle may be combined with sensor data, such as image data, generated by a camera on a second vehicle. The point cloud and image data may be combined to provide benefits over either data individually and processed to provide an improved image of the environment of the first and second vehicles. Either vehicle can perform this processing when receiving the sensor data from the other vehicle. An external system can also do the processing when receiving the sensor data from both vehicles. The improved image can then be used by one or both of the vehicles to improve, for example, automated travel through or obstacle identification in the environment.

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

Chain wear sensor
Patent No. 12018994

Inventor(s): Marcus Joseph Doran (Arlington, TX), Timothy Scott Steffenhagen (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17594823 on 04/30/2020 (1517 days app to issue)

Abstract: A chain wear system for monitoring an amount of wear of a chain operating on a plurality of sprockets may include a chain monitoring device configured for determining a length of the chain passing by a point in an amount of time, a sprocket monitoring device configured for determining the amount of sprocket rotation of at least one of the plurality of sprockets in the amount of time, and a processing system in signal communication with the chain monitoring device and the sprocket monitoring device. The processing system may be configured for calculating the amount of wear based on the length of the chain and the amount of sprocket rotation.

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

Current measurement and control system
Patent No. 12019101

Inventor(s): Piyush Kaslikar (Tucson, AZ), Srinivas Pulijala (Tucson, AZ), Vadim Valerievich Ivanov (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17874667 on 07/27/2022 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: A current measurement and control circuit may comprise a shunt resistor coupled between supply and output nodes; a first resistor coupled to the supply node; a second resistor coupled to ground; and a transconductance amplifier having an input coupled to the first resistor to define a compensation node and another input coupled to the output node. The circuit may also include a first transistor having a first current terminal coupled to the compensation node and a second current terminal coupled to the second resistor to define a measurement node; and a second transistor having a first current terminal coupled to ground and a second current terminal coupled to the output node. The circuit may also include an ADC having an analog input coupled to the measurement node; an IDAC having an analog output coupled to the compensation node; and switches to set the circuit in a measurement or a compensation mode.

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

Apparatus and methods for multi-sensor SLAM systems
Patent No. 12019147

Inventor(s): Jianzhong Zhang (Plano, TX), Mandar Kulkarni (Richardson, TX), Neha Dawar (Plano, TX), Siddharth K. Advani (Allen, TX), Songwei Li (McKinney, TX), Vitali Loseu (Aubrey, TX), Yuming Zhu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16949308 on 10/23/2020 (1341 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a Lidar sensor, a radar sensor, and a processor. The processor is configured to identify one or more objects from Lidar scans. The processor is configured to transmit, via the radar sensor, radar signals for object detection based on reflections of the radar signals received by the radar sensor. While the electronic device travels the area, the processor is configured to generate a first map indicating one or more objects within an area based on the Lidar scans and a second map based on the radar signals. The processor is configured to determine whether the second map indicates a missed object at the portion of the first map that is unoccupied. In response to a determination that the second map indicates the missed object, the processor is configured to modify the first map with the missed object.

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

Geolocationing system and method for use of same
Patent No. 12019175

Inventor(s): Raymond S. Horton (McKinney, TX), Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18172007 on 02/21/2023 (490 days app to issue)

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

Color-balanced lenses exhibiting reduced blue light transmittance
Patent No. 12019316

Inventor(s): Elliot French (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, , FR)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16973846 on 06/11/2019 (1841 days app to issue)

Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide optical articles having one or more transmittance-attenuating dyes. Each dye attenuates transmission of a certain wavelength range. Different dyes can be combined in different concentrations to tune the transmittance spectrum through a lens. The transmittance-attenuating dyes can be incorporated into different optical articles using different production methods.

[G02C] SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES

Grouping electric transports for an electric grid
Patent No. 12019415

Inventor(s): Maximilian Parness (Takoma Park, MD), Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17679292 on 02/24/2022 (852 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining groups of electric transports in an area that will have an available stored charge at a future time; verifying that one or more of the groups of electric transports are connected to an energy receiving module in the area immediately prior to the future time; and initiating a transfer of the available stored charge at the future time, wherein the future time is related to an energy demand of an electric grid being greater than a threshold.

[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)

Power sequence synchronization between multiple devices
Patent No. 12019487

Inventor(s): Karl John Wallinger (Dallas, TX), Sunil Kashyap Venugopal (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17537997 on 11/30/2021 (938 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power management circuit includes a status terminal, an open drain driver, a slot parameter memory, and a slot duration counter. The status terminal is adapted to be coupled to a different power management circuit. The open drain driver is coupled to the status terminal, and is configured to drive the status terminal. The slot parameter memory is configured to store slot parameter values. The slot duration counter is coupled to the slot parameter memory and the open drain driver. The slot duration counter is configured to time a slot duration based on a slot duration value stored in the slot parameter memory, and to activate the open drain driver responsive to expiration of the slot duration.

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

Synchronous power state control scheme for multi-chip integrated power management solution in embedded systems
Patent No. 12019493

Inventor(s): Juha Tapani Pennanen (Oulu, , FI), Pauline Poyun Wang (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17334239 on 05/28/2021 (1124 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for power management of embedded devices are provided. An example apparatus includes a primary power management integrated circuit (PMIC) to communicate with an embedded system to determine a power state. The example primary PMIC is to include a first power state sequence controller and a first power supply controller. The example first power state sequence controller is to drive a first power supply controller according to the power state. The example first power supply controller is to activate a first set of rails to apply power to the embedded system. The example apparatus includes a secondary PMIC including a second power state sequence controller and a second power supply controller. The example second power sequence controller is to drive a second power supply controller according to the power state. The example second power supply controller is to activate a second set of rails to apply power to the embedded system.

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

System and method to control memory error detection with automatic disabling
Patent No. 12019512

Inventor(s): David R. Brown (Allen, TX), Parthasarathy Gajapathy (McKinney, TX), Thanh K. Mai (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17829576 on 06/01/2022 (755 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory device includes a command interface that when operating receives a write command, an input output interface that when in operation receives data signals in conjunction with the write command, and error detection circuitry coupled to the input output interface. The error detection circuitry is configured to generate a first signal indicative of a first period of time during which a first determination is made regarding a first portion of the data signals utilizing a first data strobe signal as a first clock signal, generate a second signal indicative of a second period of time during which a second determination is made regarding a second portion of the data signals utilizing a second data strobe signal as a second clock signal, and generate a control signal based upon the first signal, the second signal, and a slower of the first data strobe signal and the second data strobe signal.

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

Handling non-correctable errors
Patent No. 12019514

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano, TX), David Matthew Thompson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17888590 on 08/16/2022 (679 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a central processing unit (CPU) core and a cache subsystem coupled to the CPU core. The cache subsystem includes a first memory, a second memory, and a controller coupled to the first and second memories. The controller is configured to receive a transaction from a master, the transaction directed to the first memory and comprising an address; re-calculate an error correcting code (ECC) for a line of data in the second memory associated with the address; determine that a non-correctable error is present in the line of data in the second memory based on a comparison of the re-calculated ECC and a stored ECC for the line of data; and in response to the determination that a non-correctable error is present in the line of data in the second memory, terminate the transaction without accessing the first memory.

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

Cache with set associativity having data defined cache sets
Patent No. 12019555

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: 17836912 on 06/09/2022 (747 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cache system, having: a first cache set; a second cache set; and a logic circuit coupled to a processor to control the caches based on at least respective first and second registers. When a connection to an address bus receives a memory address from the processor, the logic circuit is configured to: generate a set index from at least the address; and determine whether the generated set index matches with a content stored in the first register or with a content stored in the second register. And, the logic circuit is configured to implement a command via the first cache set in response to the generated set index matching with the content stored in the first register and via the second cache set in response to the generated set index matching with the content stored in the second register.

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

Method and apparatus for dual issue multiply instructions
Patent No. 12019559

Inventor(s): Mujibur Rahman (Plano, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18348047 on 07/06/2023 (355 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various configurations of processors are provided. In a configuration, the processor comprises first and second multiplication unit. Each of these multiplication units includes carry-save adder circuitry with a respective outputs, partial product alignment multiplexing logic coupled to the outputs of the associated carry-save adder circuitry. The processor further comprises communication paths coupled between the outputs of the carry-save adder circuitry of the first multiplication unit and the partial product alignment multiplexing logic of the second multiplication unit. In other configurations, each of the first and second multiplication units may include one or more instances of masking logic, one or more instances of a multiplier array coupled to the associated instance(s) of masking logic, and one or more instances of a multiplexer set coupled to the associated instance(s) of multiplier array(s). Each of multiplexer set instance(s) of a particular multiplication unit is coupled to the carry-save adder circuitry of that multiplication unit.

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

Pseudo-first in, first out (FIFO) tag line replacement
Patent No. 12019561

Inventor(s): Sureshkumar Govindaraj (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17970674 on 10/21/2022 (613 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided that includes searching tags in a tag group comprised in a tagged memory system for an available tag line during a clock cycle, wherein the tagged memory system includes a plurality of tag lines having respective tags and wherein the tags are divided into a plurality of non-overlapping tag groups, and searching tags in a next tag group of the plurality of tag groups for an available tag line during a next clock cycle when the searching in the tag group does not find an available tag line.

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

Transport component authentication
Patent No. 12019574

Inventor(s): Edward Allen Cain, Jr. (Plano, TX), Satyajit P. Patne (The Colony, TX), Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17574180 on 01/12/2022 (895 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of sending data from a component on a transport to at least one other component on the transport in at least one location on a bus, comparing the data at the at least one other component to a threshold, and sending a notification, by the at least one other component, to a processor when the data is outside the threshold.

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

System and method for enriching and normalizing data
Patent No. 12019596

Inventor(s): Laurence Anthony Brown (Dallas, TX), Yang Zhou (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): KPMG LLP (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Nelson Mullins Riley Scarborough LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18097053 on 01/13/2023 (529 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated platform system that employ a series of machine learning techniques and prediction and detection units that can process input data and extract and generate meaningful insights and predictions therefrom. The system integrates together multiple different data storage types and applications that generates data of different types, and an associated processing system for processing the different data types, store the data in a common data model to normalize the data, determine the data lineage of the data, and then process the data using different types of techniques. The data can also be processed by a prediction unit for generating meaningful insights and predictions or by an anomaly detection unit for detecting one or more anomalies in the data.

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

Matching system and display method using real-time event processing
Patent No. 12019643

Inventor(s): Brian McDonald (Saint-Laurent, , CA), Hisham Mardam-Bey (Montreal, , CA), Jordan Bateman (Montreal, , CA), Stephen Happas (Braintree, MA)
Assignee(s): Conversion Squared Corporation (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18100682 on 01/24/2023 (518 days app to issue)

Abstract: The subject matter herein provides for online dating gameplay that offers instant and ongoing new opportunities for content, interaction, communication, and risk, and that rewards communication initiation and persistence, all without increasing the skill level required to find a relationship while providing an incentive to play or engage with the online dating community continuously. The approach employs gamification (and, in particular, a slot machine-style display) to encourage users (sometimes referred to herein as ”daters” or ”players”) to frequently log in and engage with other daters.

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

Methods and system for detecting unmanaged resources in cloud-based data warehousing system
Patent No. 12019648

Inventor(s): Naga Venkata Sriram Vadakattu (Frisco, TX), Naveen Kumar Kilaru (Little Elm, TX), Nicole Markley (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17964259 on 10/12/2022 (622 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media used by a cloud data management system for collecting data from accounts hosted by a cloud-based data warehousing system on different cloud platforms or in different cloud regions of a cloud platform. Collection of data in the multi-cloud platform and/or multi-cloud region environments may be facilitated by the on-demand creation of one or more data collection accounts. Based on the collected data, one or more data warehouse resources not managed by the cloud data management system may be discovered, configured, and onboarded to the cloud data management system.

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

Method and system for facilitating user authentication via multidimensional passwords
Patent No. 12019729

Inventor(s): Yashwanth Popuri (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Greenblum Bernstein, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17659969 on 04/20/2022 (797 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for facilitating user authentication via a graphical user interface is provided. The method includes receiving, via the graphical user interface, a request, the request including an access request; generating a graphical element based on a predetermined guideline; displaying, via the graphical user interface, the generated graphical element in response to the request; receiving, via the displayed graphical element, an input, the input including an alphabetic character, a numeric character, and a symbolic character; determining a dimensionality factor for the input; and authenticating the request by using the input and the corresponding dimensionality factor.

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

Systems, methods, and devices for obfuscation of browser fingerprint data on the world wide web
Patent No. 12019785

Inventor(s): Tuan Dao (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP (19 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17652912 on 02/28/2022 (848 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for obfuscation of browser fingerprint data are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method may include: (1) receiving an electronic communication from an electronic device to a destination; (2) identifying a raw device fingerprint value in the electronic communication from an electronic device; (3) selecting at least one replacement value for the raw device fingerprint value; (4) replacing the raw device fingerprint value with the replacement value in the electronic communication; and (5) sending the electronic communication with the replacement value to the destination.

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

Memory controller with programmable atomic operations
Patent No. 12019920

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Gamburd Law Group LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17958404 on 10/02/2022 (632 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory controller circuit is disclosed which is coupleable to a first memory circuit, such as DRAM, and includes: a first memory control circuit to read from or write to the first memory circuit; a second memory circuit, such as SRAM; a second memory control circuit adapted to read from the second memory circuit in response to a read request when the requested data is stored in the second memory circuit, and otherwise to transfer the read request to the first memory control circuit; predetermined atomic operations circuitry; and programmable atomic operations circuitry adapted to perform at least one programmable atomic operation. The second memory control circuit also transfers a received programmable atomic operation request to the programmable atomic operations circuitry and sets a hazard bit for a cache line of the second memory circuit.

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

Operations and maintenance systems and methods employing sensor-less digital twins
Patent No. 12019963

Inventor(s): Eric Haney (Dallas, TX), Steven D. Roemerman (Highland Village, TX)
Assignee(s): INCUCOMM, INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Boisbrun Hofman, PLLC (Local + 2 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16947555 on 08/06/2020 (1419 days app to issue)

Abstract: An operations and maintenance (OM) system, and related method, for a plurality of unique objects characterized by distinct digital twins. The OM system includes: a database subsystem for storing at least first and second distinct digital twins for each of the plurality of unique objects; at least one of the digital twins has an identifier that uniquely associates it with one of the plurality of unique objects and defines a unique virtual representation thereof. The system further includes a virtual sensor subsystem operative to emulate operational data for ones of the plurality of objects; the virtual sensor subsystem is not dependent on sensors physically associated with ones of the plurality of unique objects. A digital twin comparison subsystem is operative to compare outputs of the at least first and second distinct digital twins for each of the plurality of unique objects; the output of at least one of the first and second digital twins is a function of the emulated operational data for its associated object, and the OM system makes an operational or maintenance decision with respect to an object as a function of the comparison.

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

Lean parsing: a natural language processing system and method for parsing domain-specific languages
Patent No. 12019978

Inventor(s): Karpaga Ganesh Patchirajan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Intuit Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Paradice Li LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17976679 on 10/28/2022 (606 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for lean parsing are disclosed. An example method is performed by one or more processors of a system and includes retrieving form data including first sentence segments and second sentence segments, determining a first predicate structure for each of the sentence segments based on a set of operators within the first set of sentence segments, identifying known tokens within the second set of sentence segments, each of the known tokens appearing on a list of predetermined tokens, identifying new tokens within the second set of sentence segments, each of the new tokens not on the list, mapping each known and new token to at least one operator, determining a second predicate structure for each sentence segment based on the mapping, and generating a predicate argument structure incorporating the first and second predicate structures, the predicate argument structure ready for mapping to at least one machine executable function.

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

Method of executing programmable atomic unit resources within a multi-process system
Patent No. 12020062

Inventor(s): Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17074811 on 10/20/2020 (1344 days app to issue)

Abstract: Chiplet systems may include a memory controller that has programmable atomic units that execute programmable atomic transactions. These instructions are stored in one or more memory partitions of memory in the programmable atomic unit. Since the programmable atomic unit executes programmable atomic transactions that are customized for various processes, and since the programmable atomic unit is a physical resource shared by multiple processes, the processes need a way of both loading the programmable atomic unit memory with instructions and a method of calling those instructions. Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for registering, calling, and virtualizing programmable atomic transactions.

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

Rescheduling a failed memory request in a processor
Patent No. 12020064

Inventor(s): Chris Baronne (Allen, TX), Dean E. Walker (Allen, TX), John Amelio (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17075051 on 10/20/2020 (1344 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices and techniques to reschedule a memory request that has failed when a thread is executing in a processor are described herein. When a memory request for a thread is denied at a point in the execution pipeline of the processor beyond a thread rescheduling point, the thread can be placed into a memory response path of the processor. An indicator that a register write-back will not occur for the thread can also be provided. Then, the thread can be rescheduled with other threads in the memory response path.

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

Selecting optimum primary and secondary parameters to calibrate and generate an unbiased forecasting model
Patent No. 12020124

Inventor(s): Ashesh Parikh (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Accenture Global Solutions Limited (Dublin, , IE)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16743952 on 01/15/2020 (1623 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive demand data associated with a product or a service, multiple forecasting models, and multiple cost functions, and may identify primary parameters for the multiple models based on the demand data. The device may utilize a model to rank the multiple forecasting models and the multiple cost functions based on the primary parameters, and may select optimum primary parameters based on ranking the multiple forecasting models and the multiple cost functions. The device may identify secondary parameters for the multiple forecasting models based on the demand data and the optimum primary parameters. The device may select optimum secondary parameters based on ranking the multiple forecasting models and the multiple cost functions, and may select a forecasting model, from the multiple forecasting models, based on the optimum primary parameters and the optimum secondary parameters. The device may perform one or more actions based on selecting the forecasting model.

[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]

Knowledge persistent and structurally dynamic neural network
Patent No. 12020163

Inventor(s): Matthew Bruce Murray (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16781656 on 02/04/2020 (1603 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving a request to solve a problem defined by input information and applying a neural network to generate an answer to the problem. The neural network includes an input level, a manager level including a first manager, a worker level including first and second workers, and an output level. Applying the neural network includes implementing the input level to provide a piece of input information to the first manager; implementing the first manager to delegate portions of the piece of information to the first and second workers; implementing the first worker to operate on its portion of information to generate a first output; implementing the second worker to operate on its portion of information to generate a second output; and implementing the output level to generate the answer to the problem, using the first and second outputs. The method also includes transmitting a response comprising the answer.

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

Departure time planning of shared rides for congestion mitigation
Patent No. 12020189

Inventor(s): Hao Yang (Aliso Viejo, CA), Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENG MFG NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: VLP Law Group LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16833456 on 03/27/2020 (1551 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for generating travel itineraries including planning departure times of rides in consideration of congestion mitigation. The system includes a processor configured to receive a ride request requesting transportation to a destination location via a road network and determine an initial travel itinerary for the ride request based on real-time traffic data for the road network, which initial travel itinerary may include an initial departure time. The system may compute an adjusted travel itinerary for the ride request based on a postponed departure time relative to the initial departure time using projected traffic data. In some instances, the system may then generate a data file including the postponed departure time of the adjusted travel itinerary and the initial departure time and may customize the graphical user interface to show graphical elements representing the initial travel itinerary and the adjusted travel itinerary.

ATM leveraging edge devices for offline processing
Patent No. 12020224

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17989790 on 11/18/2022 (585 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for facilitating offline processing of electronic transactions at an ATM when the ATM does not support a network connection may be provided. The system may include a mobile device configured to store an updatable account balance of a personal account associated with a user of the mobile device and transaction data associated with a plurality of transactions executed via the mobile device. The system may include the ATM being configured to operate in an offline processing mode when the network connection is unsupported. The offline processing mode may include the ATM receiving a transaction request and account data from the mobile device. The ATM may be configured to authenticate or deny the executing of the transaction request based on a predetermined threshold of transaction locations positioned at a distance greater than or less than a pre-determined distance from the ATM.

Payment redemption using non-fungible tokens
Patent No. 12020248

Inventor(s): Mei Lin (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17863801 on 07/13/2022 (713 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for utilizing non-fungible tokens (”NFTs”) for payment redemption and remittances are provided. A payor may use a computer program product to create an NFT. The NFT may include a digital envelope and metadata. The digital envelope may include one or more payment terms as a payment statement and the payment funds. The NFT may be transferred to a digital wallet belonging to a payee. The payee may select an option to redeem the payment funds. The payment funds may be transferred to the payee per the selection.

System for processing real-time customer experience feedback with filtering and messaging subsystems and standardized information storage
Patent No. 12020270

Inventor(s): Jeffrey L. Wohlwend (Plano, TX), Matthew L. Berg (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Westwood Capital Partners, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Hemingway Hansen, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17568410 on 01/04/2022 (903 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention supports the entry of customer experience feedback into the system, which then conducts real-time automated filtering and evaluation of feedback entered by the customer and supports the transmission of real-time notifications to selected personnel based on feedback evaluation in a flexible messaging and workflow system. The present invention supports that ability to obtain constructive feedback, either good or bad, regarding a customer”s experience while the customer is still at the service provider or retail sales location and supports the ability to obtain feedback after the customer has left the service provider or retail sales location through follow-up messages.

Market segment analysis of product or service offerings
Patent No. 12020272

Inventor(s): Benjamin White (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17583848 on 01/25/2022 (882 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure describes a market segment analysis (MSA) system that facilitates a cluster analysis of market segment data and performance metrics to identify data patterns between individual market segments within a designated market region. Particularly, the MSA system may quantify current performance of existing vendor product or service offerings within a market segment relative to historical performance of the vendor product or service offering within the market segment. Further, the MSA system may quantify current performance of a vendor product or service offering relative to current peer performance of the same or substantially similar vendor product or service offerings within additional market segments. The MSA system may recommend one or more additional market segments for an offering of the vendor product or service. Alternatively, or additionally, the MSA system may recommend one or more vendor product or service offering(s) for a target market segment of a designated market region.

Systems and methods for dynamic link redirection
Patent No. 12020281

Inventor(s): Baxter Murrell Box (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): rewardStyle, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17810921 on 07/06/2022 (720 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for dynamic link redirection includes receiving a request to display online content to a user, determining a plurality of current content links in the online content, for each current content link among the plurality of current content links, performing operations including: obtaining current assessment parameters for the current content link, generating a current assessment for the current content link based on the current assessment parameters, obtaining a plurality of alternative content links based on the current content link, generating a plurality of alternative assessments for each alternative content link among the plurality of alternative content links based on respective alternative assessment parameters for the alternative content link, determining a selected content link among the plurality of alternative content links based on the current assessment and the plurality of alternative assessments, replacing the current content link in the online content with the selected content link, and displaying the online content to the user.

Directed information assistance systems and methods
Patent No. 12020298

Inventor(s): Rachel Elizabeth Csabi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17875169 on 07/27/2022 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may include a database that has a number of datasets regarding a number of commercial items. The system may also include a processor that may communicative couple to a mobile electronic device. The processor may receive an image of a commercial item from the mobile electronic device, determine an identity of the commercial item based on the image and the number of datasets in the database, and determine one or more information links relevant to the commercial item based on the identity. The one or more information links may display information regarding the commercial item. The processor may then send the one or more information links to a mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device may then display the one or more information links with the image.

Automated risk prioritization and default detection
Patent No. 12020319

Inventor(s): Bing Liu (Frisco, TX), Collin Longmire (McKinney, TX), Dong Ji (Plano, TX), John Runge (Plano, TX), Joseph T. Allison (Prosper, TX), Marrian Kitchens (Leonard, TX), Pedro Partiti De Oliveira (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17809168 on 06/27/2022 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for automatically detecting the risk of dealer default are described. A machine learning model may be trained using a gradient boosting technique on a dataset that includes historical lien information, historical dealer information, and historical vehicle default information. Lien information and financing information for vehicles may be received and correlated. Furthermore, a machine learning model may generate aggregate risk scores for dealers. Furthermore, determination of an aggregate risk score that exceeds a threshold risk score may cause the generation of a notification.

Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting pay-per-ride insurance
Patent No. 12020329

Inventor(s): Brian Francisco Shipley (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17686011 on 03/03/2022 (845 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include receiving, via a processor, an indication that a vehicle is in use, determining that a user of the vehicle is expected to perform an online-platform task, and determining one or more routes to perform the online-platform task. The method may further include determining one or more insurance rates for the one or more routes based on a type of the online-platform task, one or more driving characteristics associated with the user, the one or more routes, or any combination thereof. Additionally, the method may include displaying a visualization indicative of the one or more insurance rates via an electronic display. Furthermore, the method may include receiving a selection of a first insurance rate of the one or more insurance rates that corresponds to a first route of the one or more routes, detecting that the vehicle is deviating from the first route, and adjusting the first insurance rate in response to detecting that the vehicle is deviating from the first route.

Methods and apparatus to detect deepfake content
Patent No. 12020506

Inventor(s): Amanda House (Plano, TX), Celeste Fralick (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): MCAFFE, LLC (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Hanley, Flight Zimmerman, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18340013 on 06/22/2023 (369 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to detect deepfake content. An example apparatus to determine whether input media is authentic includes a classifier to generate a first probability based on a first output of a local binary model manager, a second probability based on a second output of a filter model manager, and a third probability based on a third output of an image quality assessor, a score analyzer to obtain the first, second, and third probabilities from the classifier, and in response to obtaining a first result and a second result, generate a score indicative of whether the input media is authentic based on the first result, the second result, the first probability, the second probability, and the third probability.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

IoT based management system and a method for assisting users around a swimming pool
Patent No. 12020553

Inventor(s): Abdul Basit Piracha (Euless, TX), Mirza Faizan (Irving, TX), Mishaal Qureshi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17940060 on 09/08/2022 (656 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure envisages an IOT based management system for assisting users around a swimming pool. The system comprises a plurality of sensors configured to sense a plurality of parameters corresponding to various pre-defined events associated with said swimming pool; a control unit communicatively coupled to said plurality of sensors through a communication network to receive said plurality of parameters and configured to process said plurality of parameters based on at least one machine learning algorithm to generate actionable intelligence in the form of signals associated with said pre-defined events corresponding to said plurality of parameters; and at least one IOT based actuating mechanism configured to receive said signals and perform at least one action upon reception of said signals.

[G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS

Methods of gamification for unified collaboration and project management
Patent No. 12020594

Inventor(s): Mona Abou-Sayed (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION (Kanata, , CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17001556 on 08/24/2020 (1401 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for of automated gamification are disclosed. An example method of automated gamification is disclosed. The method includes transcribing content of a proceeding. The method includes determining one or more keywords from the content transcribed, the one or more keywords indicating a topic of the proceeding. Additionally, the method includes generating a game for the proceeding based on the one or more keywords using Natural Language Processing (NLP). The method also includes presenting the game for the proceeding to at least one participant of the proceeding and receiving a response to the game from the at least one participant of the proceeding. Additionally, the method includes allowing the at least one participant of the proceeding to move to a next objective, based on evaluating the response received based on an established criterion.

[G09B] EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS

Methods and systems for selectively enabling/disabling memory dies
Patent No. 12020774

Inventor(s): Anil Pai (San Jose, CA), Sajal Mittal (Bangalore, , IN), Sneha Bhatia (Bangalore, , IN), Venkatesh Prasad Ramachandra (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17832479 on 06/03/2022 (753 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein provide for selectively activating or deactivating one or more memory of a memory array, such that related data path logic of deactivated memory dies neither detects nor processes control signals or data signals for data operations. Examples of the systems and methods provided herein operate to detect a first enable signal at a memory die and detect a first data signal on input/output (I/O) receivers of the memory die. Responsive to detecting at least the first enable signal, a bit value encoded in the first data signal is latched to obtain a first bit pattern. A second bit pattern is obtained, and, based on a comparison of the first bit pattern to the second bit pattern, the I/O receivers of the memory die are activated.

[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)

Adherence monitoring and notification system
Patent No. 12020793

Inventor(s): Ashley Proctor (Atlanta, GA), Stacy Hopkins (Tucker, GA)
Assignee(s): MCKESSON CORPORATION (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: ALSTON BIRD LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17190662 on 03/03/2021 (1210 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved adherence monitoring and notification system notifies a healthcare provider of vaccination eligibility during a patient encounter, and improves the network of a healthcare provider and service provider by providing automated adherence monitoring. The improved adherence monitoring and notification system reduces network traffic with regards to the communication of patient adherence information. The improved adherence monitoring and notification system can increase patient adherence by notifying prescribers. The improved adherence monitoring and notification system may also increase the efficiency by which notification regarding vaccination eligibility, and patient adherence information is disbursed.

[G16H] HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

Machine learning augmented system for medical episode identification and reporting
Patent No. 12020816

Inventor(s): Raman Srinivasan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17483895 on 09/24/2021 (1005 days app to issue)

Abstract: A medical episode analysis engine is provided. The engine generates a first matrix data structure having an entry for each concept pairing and storing a value representing relatedness weighted according to a temporal weighting function. The engine generates a second matrix data structure by calculating, for each entry in the first matrix, a relatedness measure of the concepts in the concept pairing based on a frequency of occurrence together. The engine generates, for each first concept, a concept embedding, based on the second matrix, that specifies, for each other second concept, a temporally weighted relatedness measure. The engine generates, for each anchor concepts, a corresponding episode definition comprising a plurality of related concepts corresponding to a same episode, based on the concept embedding. The engine processes new input data based on the episode definition data structures to identify instances of corresponding episodes in the new input data.

[G16H] HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

Apparatus having on-chip fail safe logic for I/O signal in high integrity functional safety applications
Patent No. 12020978

Inventor(s): Sam Gnana Sabapathy (Sugarland, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17137500 on 12/30/2020 (1273 days app to issue)

Abstract: A packaged integrated circuit (IC) chip that provides input/output (I/O) signal fail safe verification is disclosed. The packaged IC chip includes a first processing unit, a first control peripheral coupled to receive a first processed signal from the processing unit and to provide an output signal, and compare logic. The compare logic is coupled to receive the output signal and a comparison signal, to compare the output signal and the comparison signal, and to provide an error signal responsive to a difference between the output signal and the comparison signal.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Auxiliary fan based hybrid cooling systems for electric machines
Patent No. 12017786

Inventor(s): Hiroshi Ukegawa (South Lyon, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17708468 on 03/30/2022 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: An auxiliary fan based hybrid cooling system of an electric machine is contemplated. The hybrid cooling system comprises a propeller positioned on an exterior portion of an enclosure and mechanically coupled to a rotor, at least one electronic component, a stator, the rotor, and an auxiliary fan disposed within the enclosure, and wherein: in a single cooling mode, the propeller rotates to generate air that is channeled into the enclosure, in a dual cooling mode: the propeller rotates to generate the air that is channeled into the enclosure, a coupling mechanism simultaneously engages the rotor and the auxiliary fan and links the propeller to the auxiliary fan by the engaging of the rotor with the auxiliary fan, and the auxiliary fan, rotates responsive to the rotation of the propeller in the dual cooling mode.

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

Generator design with varying gap
Patent No. 12018549

Inventor(s): James Dan Vick, Jr. (Dallas, TX), Richard Decena Ornelaz (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16829975 on 03/25/2020 (1553 days app to issue)

Abstract: A permanent magnet electric generator for use in downhole applications has a rotor element rotatable about an axis, extending in a radial direction generally perpendicular to the axis and one or more permanent magnets attached to the rotor for generating magnetic fields. A stator element also extends in a radial direction generally perpendicular to the axis. A shaft is connected to the rotor and rotatable about the axis, the shaft extends through the stator. The linear distance along the shaft between the rotor and stator defines a gap that is variable and resistant to debris buildup.

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

Confidential audio protection system
Patent No. 12020677

Inventor(s): Courtney St. Martin (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17724174 on 04/19/2022 (798 days app to issue)

Abstract: An audio modification system includes one or more processors configured to receive audio data indicative of communication of a user while the user is positioned in a first portion of a control area, determine that the communication of the user is confidential based on the audio data, determine generated audio data configured to render the communication of the user at least partially inaudible in a second portion of the control area, and output a control signal indicative of instructions to provide the generated audio data.

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

Embedded lid for low cost and improved thermal performance
Patent No. 12021004

Inventor(s): Arvin Nono Verdeflor (Allen, TX), Hiep Xuan Nguyen (Cedar Hill, TX), Jaimal Mallory Wiliamson (McKinney, TX), Snehamay Sinha (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17510684 on 10/26/2021 (973 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a multilevel package substrate, a die, a lid, and a package structure that encloses the die, a portion of the lid, and a portion of the multilevel package substrate, where the package structure fills a gap between a side of another portion of the lid and a side of the die. A method includes attaching a die to a multilevel package substrate with a first side of the die facing the multilevel package substrate and a second side facing away from the multilevel package substrate; positioning a lid on the multilevel package substrate with a first portion of the lid spaced apart from the second side of the die; and forming a package structure that encloses the die and a portion of the multilevel package substrate and fills a gap between the first portion of the lid and the second side of the die.

[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]

Solder surface features for integrated circuit packages
Patent No. 12021011

Inventor(s): Adi Irwan Bin Herman (Selangor, , MY), Amirul Afiq Bin Hud (Melaka, , MY), Wei Fen Sueann Lim (Melaka, , MY)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17458667 on 08/27/2021 (1033 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example described herein includes an integrated circuit (IC) package. The IC package includes a semiconductor die comprising an IC and an IC package enclosure that substantially encloses the semiconductor die. The IC package also includes at least one conductive metal contact. Each of the at least one conductive metal contact is coupled to the semiconductor die and comprises a planar solder surface exterior to the IC package enclosure to which the respective at least one metal contact is soldered to an external conductive metal contact. The planar solder surface includes at least one solder surface feature.

Semiconductor device package with thermal pad
Patent No. 12021019

Inventor(s): Anindya Poddar (Sunnyvale, CA), Ashok Surendra Prabhu (San Jose, CA), Edgar Dorotyao Balidoy (Virac, , PH), Hau Nguyen (San Jose, CA), Makoto Yoshino (Beppu, , JP), Ming Li (Chengdu, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17515176 on 10/29/2021 (970 days app to issue)

Abstract: A described example includes: a package substrate having a die pad with a die side surface and having an opposite backside surface, having leads arranged along two opposite sides and having die pad straps extending from two opposing ends of the die pad. The leads lie in a first plane, a portion of the die pad straps lie in a second plane that is spaced from the first plane and located closer to the die pad, and the die pad lies in a third plane that is spaced from and parallel to the second plane in a direction away from the first plane. A semiconductor die is mounted to the die side surface and mold compound covers the semiconductor die, a portion of the leads, and the die side surface of the die pad, and the backside surface of the die pad exposed from the mold compound.

Edge interface placements to enable chiplet rotation into multi-chiplet cluster
Patent No. 12021062

Inventor(s): Michael G. Placke (McKinney, TX), Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17075117 on 10/20/2020 (1344 days app to issue)

Abstract: A chiplet-based system comprises a substrate including conductive interconnect and multiple chiplets arranged on the interposer and interconnected using the conductive interconnect of the substrate. A chiplet includes multiple columns of multiple input-output (I/O) channels and the I/O channels are connected to a block of I/O pads and each side of the chiplet includes multiple blocks of the I/O pads. The multiple blocks of I/O pads on the side of the chiplet are arranged symmetrically relative to a centerline of the chiplet and each block of I/O pads on the side of the chiplet is at a common distance from any adjacent block of I/O pads on the side.

Windowed wafer assemblies having interposers
Patent No. 12021156

Inventor(s): Simon Joshua Jacobs (Lucas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16588592 on 09/30/2019 (1730 days app to issue)

Abstract: Windowed wafer assemblies having interposers are described. A described example integrated circuit (IC) package includes first and second dies, where at least one of the first or second dies includes an optical window with a light transmittance wavelength range between 0.1 micrometers and 1.0 millimeter, and an interposer die between the first and second dies, where the interposer die is coupled to the first die at a first surface of the interposer to form a first bonded interface, where the interposer is coupled to the second die at a second surface of the interposer die to form a second bonded interface, where the second surface is opposite the first surface, where the first and second bonded interfaces form a sealed cavity of the IC package that is at least partially formed by the optical window, and where the interposer die includes electrical routing.

Dual-polarized radiating elements for base station antennas having built-in common-mode rejection filters that block common mode radiation parasitics
Patent No. 12021315

Inventor(s): Mohammad Vatankhah Varnoosfaderani (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17552390 on 12/16/2021 (922 days app to issue)

Abstract: An antenna includes a radiator that is electrically coupled to a feed stalk having a common-mode rejection (CMR) filter therein. The CMR filter is configured to suppress common mode radiation from the radiator by providing a frequency dependent impedance to a pair of common mode currents within the feed stalk, which is sufficient to increase a return loss associated with the pair of common mode currents to a level of greater than 6 dB across a frequency range including a frequency of the common mode radiation.

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

Tap power connector assembly
Patent No. 12021341

Inventor(s): Harshita Guduru (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH (Schaffhausen, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17688865 on 03/07/2022 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power connector assembly transferring power between a supply connector assembly and a tap connector assembly includes a front interface module mated with the supply connector assembly and a rear interface module mounted to a host circuit board. The power connector assembly includes a power tap module between the front interface module and the rear interface module having power tap contacts each electrically connected to corresponding front and rear power contacts. Each power tap contact includes a tap interface exterior of the front housing and exterior of the rear housing configured to be terminated to the tap connector assembly. The power tap contact electrically connecting the front power contact and the tap connector assembly to transfer power from the supply connector assembly to the tap connector assembly.

[H01R] ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS (switches, fuses H01H; coupling devices of the waveguide type H01P 5/00; switching arrangements for the supply or distribution of electric power H02B; installations of electric cables or lines, or of combined optical and electric cables or lines, or of auxiliary apparatus H02G; printed means for providing electric connections to or between printed circuits H05K)

Reluctance synchronous machines without permanent magnets
Patent No. 12021467

Inventor(s): Andrei Popov (Azle, TX), Fred Hunstable (Granbury, TX), Michael Van Steenburg (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Linear Labs, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Run8 Patent Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17562669 on 12/27/2021 (911 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for reluctance synchronous machines having a rotor comprising a plurality of rotor core assemblies configured to form a reluctance torque tunnel having at least a first reluctance tunnel segment and a second reluctance tunnel segment and a stator having a plurality of coils configured to form a coil winding assembly, the coil winding assembly positioned within the reluctance torque tunnel, such that at least one of the plurality of coils is surrounded by the first reluctance tunnel segment or the second reluctance tunnel segment, alternatively the rotor may be the coil winding assembly and the stator may be the reluctance torque tunnel.

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

Gate driver with feed forward control of gate current
Patent No. 12021517

Inventor(s): Krishnamurthy Shankar (Bengaluru, , IN), Sachin S (Bengaluru, , IN), Subramanian Narayan (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17866128 on 07/15/2022 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gate driver includes a gate current circuit and a driver logic circuit. The gate current circuit has a gate current circuit output and includes first and second current sources coupled to the gate current circuit output. The driver logic circuit has a capacitor and is configured to: charge and discharge the capacitor to generate a detect voltage across the capacitor; cause the first current from the first current source to flow to the gate current circuit output in response to a voltage on the gate current circuit output being below the detect voltage; and cause the second current from the second current source to flow to the gate current circuit output in response to the voltage on the gate current circuit output being above the detect voltage.

[H03K] PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D 3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) [4]

Device, system, and method for intra-package electromagnetic interference suppression
Patent No. 12021542

Inventor(s): Maciej Jankowski (Freising, , DE), Ruediger Kuhn (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17685676 on 03/03/2022 (845 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a voltage converter and an analog to digital converter (ADC). The voltage converter includes an input to receive a first voltage and an output to output a second voltage based on a switching signal having a first discrete converter frequency and a second discrete converter frequency. The ADC is coupled to and proximate to the voltage converter. The ADC includes a digital filter configured to substantially attenuate a first filter frequency and a second filter frequency. The voltage converter further includes a frequency control device configured to set the first discrete converter frequency and the second discrete converter frequency so that the first discrete converter frequency is approximately equal to the first filter frequency and the second discrete converter frequency is approximately equal to the second filter frequency.

[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]

Intermediate frequency amplifier with a configurable high-pass filter
Patent No. 12021552

Inventor(s): Indu Prathapan (Bengaluru, , IN), Karan Singh Bhatia (Plano, TX), Karthik Subburaj (Bengaluru, , IN), Mayank Kumar Singh (Dallas, TX), Pranav Sinha (Bengaluru, , IN), Rittu Sachdev (Bengaluru, , IN), Shailesh Joshi (Bengaluru,
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17566047 on 12/30/2021 (908 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device comprises a digital ramp generator, an oscillator, a power amplifier, a low-noise amplifier (LNA), a mixer, and an intermediate frequency amplifier (IFA). The oscillator generates a chirp signal based on an output from the digital ramp generator. The power amplifier receives the chirp signal and outputs an amplified chirp signal to a transmitter antenna. The LNA receives a reflected chirp signal from a receiver antenna. The mixer receives output of the LNA and combines it with the chirp signal from the oscillator. The IFA receives the mixer output signal and includes a configurable high-pass filter, which has a first cutoff frequency during a first portion of the chirp signal and a second cutoff frequency during a second portion of the chirp signal. In some implementations, the first cutoff frequency is chosen based on a frequency of a blocker signal introduced by couplings between the transmitter and receiver antennas.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Laser-based enhancement of signal propagation path for mobile communications
Patent No. 12021558

Inventor(s): Scott Probasco (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18315444 on 05/10/2023 (412 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system uses pulsed lasers to enhance a signal propagation path in a telecommunications network. The system can estimate a signal propagation path, which varies based on a current location of a mobile device relative to a base station. The system can detect a propagation loss due to a condition of a propagation medium including the signal propagation path and determine whether the mobile device is in Line-of-Sight (LOS) of a laser emitter. In response to detection of the propagation loss, the laser emitter can emit a pulsed laser that can enhance signal propagation by mitigating the propagation loss on the signal propagation path. The pulsed laser has a propagation path overlapping the signal propagation path when the mobile device is in LOS of the laser emitter, which is mounted on the base station.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for modular MIMO
Patent No. 12021583

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Gilwon Lee (McKinney, TX), Jianzhong Zhang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17673641 on 02/16/2022 (860 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information about L uplink (UL) reference signals (RSs), M downlink (DL) RSs, and a calibration report, where the L UL RSs are associated with the M DL RSs; transmitting the UL RSs according to the configuration information; measuring the DL RSs; determining, based on the measured DL RSs and a reference DL RS, calibration information; and transmitting the calibration report including the calibration information.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Methods and apparatus for operating in a wideband communication system
Patent No. 12021586

Inventor(s): Anthony C. K. Soong (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17644743 on 12/16/2021 (922 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method implemented by a first device operating in a communication system includes obtaining a channel representation of a set of channels between the first device and a second device, the set of channels being over a set of subcarriers, the first device having multiple antenna ports, and the second device having one or multiple antenna ports; determining, by the first device, one or multiple communication filters in accordance with at least the channel representation; and applying, by the first device, the one or multiple communication filters to a communication on at least one of the multiple antenna ports of the first device, the communication being over the set of subcarriers.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Receiver address field for multi-user transmissions in WLAN systems
Patent No. 12021587

Inventor(s): Yongho Seok (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Atlas Global Technologies LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Nutter McClennen Fish LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18154234 on 01/13/2023 (529 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless device includes one or more memories and one or more processors, configured to cause the wireless device to process a downlink frame including a first address field that is eliciting a response from a plurality of stations, generate an uplink frame including a second address field in response to the downlink frame. The second address field is set to a value of the first address field when the downlink frame is of a first type or a value of an address associated with an access point when the downlink frame is of a second type. The uplink frame is transmitted on a resource allocated by resource allocation information included in the downlink frame for an uplink multi-user transmission. The plurality of stations simultaneously transmits uplink frames in response to the first type of downlink frame and the plurality of stations simultaneously transmits uplink data frames.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Time division duplex (TDD) network protection repeater
Patent No. 12021600

Inventor(s): Dale Robert Anderson (Colleyville, TX), Ilesh V. Patel (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Wilson Electronics, LLC (St. George, UT)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18223515 on 07/18/2023 (343 days app to issue)

Abstract: A technology is described for a time division duplex (TDD) repeater with network protection. The TDD repeater can comprise a first port, a second port, and one or more amplification paths coupled between the first port and the second port. The TDD repeater can comprise a signal detector configured to measure a received signal power for a downlink (DL) signal in a first set of one or more TDD DL subframes. The TDD repeater can be further configured to adjust an uplink (UL) noise power or gain of the one or more amplification paths based on the received signal power for the DL signal in the first set of the one or more TDD DL subframes.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Measurement and report for cross-link interference management based on reference signals
Patent No. 12021663

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17850083 on 06/27/2022 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing cross-link interference in a wireless system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device in a wireless system comprises receiving, from a serving Access Point (AP), wireless device specific Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) or Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) configuration information for one or more potential aggressor wireless devices. The method further comprises performing one or more measurements on at least one of the one or more potential aggressor wireless devices using the wireless device specific SRS or DMRS configuration information for the at least one of the one or more potential aggressor wireless devices and reporting at least one of the one or more measurements to the serving AP. In this manner, cross-link interference measurement and reporting is enabled.

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

Integrated network testing for virtual conferencing
Patent No. 12021715

Inventor(s): Russell Charles Hearn (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17874864 on 07/27/2022 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example method includes receiving, by a network test engine of a conference client application executed by a client device, a script associated with network functionality provided by a conference client application, the network test engine dynamically installable into the conference client application; accessing, by the network test engine, functionality of the conference client application; initiating, by the network test engine via the conference client application, functionality of the conference client application based on the script; monitoring, by the network test engine, one or more parameters of network communications employed by the functionality, the network communications between the conference client application and a virtual conference provider; and providing an indication of network communications status based on the monitored one or more parameters.

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

Assistant for automatic generation of server load test scripts
Patent No. 12021732

Inventor(s): Premraj Varadharaj Singaravelu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): U.S. Bank National Association (Minneapolis, MN)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18345752 on 06/30/2023 (361 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to systems and methods for generating correlated load test scripts for use in load testing by receiving an archive of transaction records, each transaction record including a request and a response, organizing the archive of transaction records, determining a collection of transaction records, generating a plain load test script, and correlating the plain load test script to generate a correlated load test script.

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

Efficient SRS resource indication methods
Patent No. 12021779

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) ((Publ)Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17981827 on 11/07/2022 (596 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of transmitting an uplink transmission by a wireless device is disclosed. The method comprises a wireless device receiving signaling configuring the wireless device with a plurality of Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resources. The wireless device subsequently receives an indication, in a physical layer downlink control channel, of a selected plurality of SRS resources selected from among the plurality of configured SRS resources and transmits a plurality of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers of a PUSCH transmission. The selected plurality of SRS resources map to respective ones of the plurality of MIMO layers and the indication of the selected plurality of SRS resources includes SRS resource indexes with a fixed order that corresponds to an order in which the SRS resources of the selected plurality of SRS resources are mapped to the MIMO layers.

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

Method and apparatus for configuration, measurement and reporting of channel state information for LTE TDD with dynamic UL/DL configuration
Patent No. 12021788

Inventor(s): Anthony Edet Ekpenyong (Houston, TX), Runhua Chen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17176086 on 02/15/2021 (1226 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating a time division duplex (TDD) wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes establishing communications with a remote transceiver. A subframe configuration including static and flexible subframes is determined and transmitted to the remote transceiver. A channel state information (CSI) report is received from the remote transceiver in response to the subframe configuration.

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

Providing session initiation protocol request contents method and system
Patent No. 12021907

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: 18159913 on 01/26/2023 (516 days app to issue)

Abstract: An embodiment provides a user equipment that includes a processor configured to receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) NOTIFY message transmitted by a network component as a result of a registration event. The SIP NOTIFY message contains at least a portion of information included in a first SIP message sent between a first user equipment and the network component. Another embodiment provides method and apparatus for a network node to determine whether filter criteria include one or more indicators that specify the need for information, and including in a second SIP message the information specified by the one or more indicators.

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

BSF service registration and discovery enhancement
Patent No. 12021931

Inventor(s): Jerry Steben (Fort Worth, TX), Robert Avanes (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17933496 on 09/20/2022 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide binding support function (BSF) service registration and discovery for environments using oversubscribed network addresses. A network device in a core network receives a registration request from a binding support device. The registration request includes a binding group identifier associated with the binding support device. The network device stores, based on the registration request, a profile for the binding support device that includes the binding group identifier and receives, from a policy control device, a discovery request for a that includes a unique identifier of user equipment (UE) device. The network device provides, to the policy control device, a response to the discovery request that identifies the binding support device.

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

Cloud service account management method
Patent No. 12021937

Inventor(s): Kaushik Narayan (San Jose, CA), Rajiv Gupta (Los Altos, CA), Sekhar Sarukkai (Cupertino, CA)
Assignee(s): Skyhigh Security, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Byrne Poh LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17161445 on 01/28/2021 (1244 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cloud service account management method identifies unauthorized or unmanaged accounts making administration console access or API access at a cloud computing service and triggers a work flow to place the accounts under management. In one embodiment, the user device is directed to a registration portal to provide access credentials of the unauthorized account. The loud service account management method uses the access credentials to retrieve a list of account users associated with the account. Once the accounts are made managed, the cloud service account management method can monitor the activities of the account, including all of the account users, and can apply compliance or security policies to the managed accounts.

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

Priority selection for multiple protocol stacks
Patent No. 12021953

Inventor(s): Alexander D”Abreu (Dallas, TX), Arvind Kandhalu (Plano, TX), Max Wennerfeldt (Norrkping, , SE), Peter Wongeun Chung (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17328384 on 05/24/2021 (1128 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes assigning a priority to each of a plurality of protocol activities to produce stack priority information for each of a plurality of protocol stacks. The method further includes dynamically adjusting the priority of each of the plurality of protocol activities in the stack priority information based on a network maintenance activity and based on a rejection or an acceptance of the corresponding protocol activity by a dynamic multi-protocol manager (DMM). The method further includes providing the stack priority information to the DMM.

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

Method, system, and circuits for RF low-latency, multiple priority communication using defined transmission windows
Patent No. 12021957

Inventor(s): Maurizio Gentili (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17542274 on 12/03/2021 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, method, and circuitry for utilizing a synchronization message to create fixed transmission windows for multiple priority data in half-duplex communication systems. A first computing device includes a first master controller and a first slave radio, and a second computing device includes a second slave controller and a second master radio. The first controller and the second radio may share a transmit mode during a transmission window, and the first radio and the second controller radio may share a receive mode during that same transmission window, which are defined by the synchronization message. The first controller can transmit outbound data to the first radio, the second radio can transmit outbound data to the second controller, and the second radio can transmit inbound data to the first radio during this transmission window.

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

Dynamic key management for transport
Patent No. 12021970

Inventor(s): Edward Allen Cain, Jr. (Plano, TX), Ismail Thanickel (Frisco, TX), Satyajit P. Patne (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17072204 on 10/16/2020 (1348 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of creating, by a transport, a digital key when the transport is powered on, wherein the digital key relates to an identity of an occupant of the transport, creating, by the transport, a digital sub-key that is related to the digital key, using, by the transport, the digital key during processing of a first set of functions, and using, by the transport, the digital sub-key during processing of a second set of functions that are more critical than the first set of functions.

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

Monitoring systems and methods for personal safety
Patent No. 12022020

Inventor(s): Terry Benton (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Locke Lord LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18221258 on 07/12/2023 (349 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for monitoring a condition of a person includes receiving, at a computerized device, at least one signal from a condition sensor and determining if a condition is an emergency condition of a user based on the at least one signal.

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

Methods and systems for masking multimedia data
Patent No. 12022093

Inventor(s): Kumar Desappan (Karnataka, , IN), Piyali Goswami (Karnataka, , IN), Yashwant Dutt (Karnataka, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17827988 on 05/30/2022 (757 days app to issue)

Abstract: Several methods and systems for masking multimedia data are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for masking includes performing a prediction for at least one multimedia data block based on a prediction mode of a plurality of prediction modes. The at least one multimedia data block is associated with a region of interest (ROI). A residual multimedia data associated with the at least one multimedia data block is generated based on the prediction. A quantization of the residual multimedia data is performed based on a quantization parameter (QP) value. The QP value is variable such that varying the QP value controls a degree of masking of the ROI.

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

Inter-prediction candidate index coding independent of inter-prediction candidate list construction in video coding
Patent No. 12022102

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18120608 on 03/13/2023 (470 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods are provided for inter-prediction candidate index coding independent of the construction of the corresponding inter-prediction candidate list, i.e., a merging candidate list or an advanced motion vector predictor list. A maximum allowed number of inter-prediction candidates for an inter-prediction candidate list is used for encoding the inter-prediction candidate index in an encoded bit stream. The maximum allowed number may be pre-determined or may be selected by the encoder and encoded in the bit stream. A decoder may then decode the index using the maximum allowed number of inter-prediction candidates independent of the construction of the corresponding inter-prediction candidate list.

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

System and method to improve quality in under-display camera system with radially-increasing distortion
Patent No. 12022204

Inventor(s): Hamid R. Sheikh (Allen, TX), Yibo Xu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18354409 on 07/18/2023 (343 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining an image, where the image includes one or more frames. The method also includes performing multi-frame processing and image signal processing on the image to produce a processed image. The method further includes performing image restoration on the processed image to produce an output image. Performing the image restoration includes generating a dither signal, applying a dither signal corner attenuation to the dither signal in order to generate an attenuated dither signal, combining the attenuated dither signal with a sharpened denoised signal in order to generate a combine signal, and applying a halo suppression on the combined signal.

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

Easy access patch panel
Patent No. 12022245

Inventor(s): David Zhi Chen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Go!Foton Holdings, Inc. (Somerset, NJ)
Law Firm: Lerner David LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16916980 on 06/30/2020 (1456 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technology allowing for easy access to connectors in a patch panel. In one of the configurations a patch panel includes at least one patch panel subassembly, each patch panel subassembly including at least one mounting plate and a plurality of port assemblies, the at least one mounting plate being configured to accommodate the port assemblies so that each port assembly can individually translate along a direction parallel to a surface of the mounting plate and can rotate about an axis perpendicular to the surface of the mounting plate.

[H04Q] SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) [2009.01]

Systems and methods for determining a massive multiple-input and multiple-output configuration for transmitting data
Patent No. 12022308

Inventor(s): Chin Chiu (Allen, TX), Jack Anthony Smith (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17450792 on 10/13/2021 (986 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may determine a signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) value associated with a communication channel between a user equipment and the device. The device may select, based on the SINR value, a channel quality indicator (CQI) value associated with the communication channel or a sounding reference signal (SRS) from the UE to determine a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) configuration for transmitting data to the UE. The device may determine the MIMO configuration according to the CQI value based on the SINR value being a first value. The device may determine the MIMO configuration according to the SRS based on the SINR value being a second value that is different than the first value. The device may transmit the data to the UE using the MIMO configuration.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Edge computing platform based on wireless mesh architecture
Patent No. 12022325

Inventor(s): Muhammad Ahsan Naim (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): L3VEL, LLC (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Lee Sullivan Shea Smith LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18174941 on 02/27/2023 (484 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an architecture for an edge computing platform based on an underlying wireless mesh network. The architecture includes nodes installed with equipment for operating as part of a wireless mesh network, including (1) a first tier of one or more Point of Presence (PoP) node, (2) a second tier of one or more seed nodes that are each directly connected to at least one PoP node via a PoP-to-seed wireless link, and (3) a third tier of one or more anchor nodes that are each connected to at least one seed node either (i) directly via a seed-to-anchor wireless link or (ii) indirectly via one or more intermediate anchor nodes, one or more anchor-to-anchor wireless links, and one seed-to-anchor wireless link, where at least one node in each of these tiers is further installed with equipment for operating as part of an edge computing platform.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Methods to improve connectionless reception window widening
Patent No. 12022416

Inventor(s): Guy Mishol (Shoham, , IL), Lior Gersi (Kfar Saba, , IL), Omri Eshel (Kibut-Harel, , IL), Uri Weinrib (Mazkeret Batya, , IL), Yaniv Weizman (Tel Aviv Jaffa, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18321259 on 05/22/2023 (400 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: a memory; instructions in the apparatus; and a Bluetooth controller to execute the instructions to: enable circuitry to receive a synchronized transmission; determine if a synchronized transmission is received during a first duration; increment the first duration to a second duration as a result of not receiving the synchronized transmission during the first duration; and determine a third duration based on a determined difference in time between enabling circuitry to receive a synchronized transmission and receiving the synchronized transmission.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Optimized deregistration interworking
Patent No. 12022421

Inventor(s): Anh Tran (Plano, TX), David C. Williamson (Plano, TX), Lu Tian (Plano, TX), Michael R. Kelly (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, TX)
Law Firm: Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17547892 on 12/10/2021 (928 days app to issue)

Abstract: 5G provides for interworking with the 4G/LTE networks, which provides for mobility of user equipment between the 5G and 4G/LTE networks. Mobility from 5G to 4G/LTE requires deregistering user equipment from the 5G core network (5GC) by communicating a deregistration notification from the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) to the 5GC. Systems and methods disclosed herein provide for an optimized deregistration process through avoidance of redundant deregistration notification traffic injected into the 5G network by utilizing 4G/LTE connectivity information to determine whether or not to inject deregistration notifications into the 5G network.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Frequency-aware cellular communication network
Patent No. 12022453

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: 18295294 on 04/04/2023 (448 days app to issue)

Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards a frequency-aware cellular communication network. A mobile device, or a radio access network (RAN) device at a base station in communication with the mobile device, can proactively notify a core network device regarding changes of a frequency band used for communications between the mobile device and the base station. The core network can use received notifications to adjust service provided to the mobile device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Relay reception synchronization system and method
Patent No. 12022473

Inventor(s): James Earl Womack (Bedford, TX), Yi Yu (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Malikie Innovations Limited (Dublin, , IE)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18180493 on 03/08/2023 (475 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for informing a relay node when to receive data. The method includes the relay node being informed of a fixed point in a subframe of data when an access node will begin transmitting relevant data over a physical downlink shared channel. The method further includes the relay node beginning to receive data at approximately the fixed point.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for dynamic selection of a physical uplink control channel format
Patent No. 12022496

Inventor(s): Maulik Shah (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18149695 on 01/04/2023 (538 days app to issue)

Abstract: A base station may receive uplink data identifying uplink performance indicators associated with user equipment connected to the base station, and may receive tuning factors associated with shared channel traffic received by the user equipment and quality of service requirements of the user equipment. The base station may determine a total score associated with utilizing a long duration physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format for uplink control information based on the uplink data and the tuning factors. The base station may determine that the total score satisfies a threshold score and may switch to the long duration PUCCH format for the uplink control information based on the total score satisfying the threshold score. The base station may perform one or more actions based on switching to the long duration PUCCH format for the uplink control information.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Rate and antenna selection using single TXOP
Patent No. 12022515

Inventor(s): Yaron Alpert (Hod Hasharon, , IL), Yuval Matar (Kiryat Mozkin, , IL)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17850715 on 06/27/2022 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a method includes obtaining, in a probing Wi-Fi device a transmit opportunity (TXOP) on a Wi-Fi channel. The method also includes transmitting a probe packet from the probing Wi-Fi device to a receiving Wi-Fi device during the TXOP with a first antenna. The method includes receiving first feedback responsive to transmitting the probe packet with the first antenna. The method also includes transmitting the probe packet from the probing Wi-Fi device to the receiving Wi-Fi device during the TXOP with a second antenna. The method includes receiving second feedback responsive to transmitting the probe packet with the second antenna. The method also includes setting, by the probing Wi-Fi device, a transmission parameters set and a selected antenna based at least in part on the first feedback or the second feedback.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Accelerating control procedures over BLE connection oriented services
Patent No. 12022553

Inventor(s): Lior Gersi (Kfar Saba, , IL), Yaniv Machani (Kiryat Ono, , IL), Yaniv Weizman (Tel Aviv Jaffa, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18108839 on 02/13/2023 (498 days app to issue)

Abstract: A first BLUETOOTH device includes a transceiver configured to receive a control procedure packet from a second BLUETOOTH device during a BLUETOOTH connection event of a BLUETOOTH connection between the first BLUETOOTH device and the second BLUETOOTH device. The first BLUETOOTH device also includes a controller coupled to the transceiver and configured to set a more data (MD) bit of a response packet to the control procedure packet to a first value independent of whether the first BLUETOOTH device has more data to send to the second BLUETOOTH device. The first value corresponds to maintaining the BLUETOOTH connection event open. The transceiver is further configured to send the response packet to the second BLUETOOTH device during the BLUETOOTH connection event.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Transmission line power dividers and power combiners with matched ports
Patent No. 12022609

Inventor(s): Brian Christopher Clark (Plano, TX), Kris Allen Skowronski (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): L3 Technologies, Inc. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Egan, Enders Huston LLP. (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17008375 on 08/31/2020 (1394 days app to issue)

Abstract: Power dividers (or splitters) and power combiners may be implemented using distributed lossy transmission lines that dissipate radio frequency (RF) and other electromagnetic (EM) signal energy. By taking advantage of natural PCB board loss at high operating frequencies, N-way power dividers with matched outputs and good isolation may be implemented without the use of discrete resistors. In one embodiment, a N-way power divider may be at least partially implemented on buried printed circuit board (PCB) layers (e.g., partially embedded) and, in a further embodiment a N-way may be implemented in a manner that is completely internal to the PCB (e.g., completely embedded), without the use of discrete resistors.

[H05K] PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (details of instruments or comparable details of other apparatus not otherwise provided for G12B; thin-film or thick-film circuits H01L 27/01, H01L 27/13; non-printed means for electric connections to or between printed circuits H01R; casings for, or constructional details of, particular types of apparatus, see the relevant subclasses; processes involving only a single technical art, e.g. heating, spraying, for which provision exists elsewhere, see the relevant classes)

DESIGN PATENTS

Wrench
Patent No. D1032312

Inventor(s): Robert Nicholas Stehl (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29851636 on 08/30/2022 (665 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Grip aid
Patent No. D1032322

Inventor(s): Rachael Mackenzie Thon (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29868093 on 11/18/2022 (585 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Ring setting
Patent No. D1032397

Inventor(s): Mackenzie Cowden (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: BAKER LAW FIRM (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29825162 on 01/28/2022 (879 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Air intake grille
Patent No. D1032437

Inventor(s): Jon Forrest Acton (Fort Worth, TX), Leannah Marie Nichols (Haslet, TX), Troy Robin McCuller (Argyle, TX), Tu Hoang Do (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29875874 on 05/11/2023 (411 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen with graphical user interface
Patent No. D1032631

Inventor(s): Enzo Castellani (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): PREVUE HOLDINGS, LLC. (Crestview, FL)
Law Firm: LSIP LAW LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29841852 on 06/08/2022 (748 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen with graphical user interface
Patent No. D1032632

Inventor(s): Enzo Castellani (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): PREVUE HOLDINGS, LLC. (Crestview, FL)
Law Firm: LSIP Law LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29841857 on 06/08/2022 (748 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen with graphical user interface
Patent No. D1032656

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle bumper assembly
Patent No. D1032748

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Terry Soward (Van Alstyne, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29822064 on 01/05/2022 (902 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Filter
Patent No. D1032779

Inventor(s): Wes Russell (Bridgeport, TX)
Assignee(s): A.O. SMITH WATER TREATMENT (NORTH AMERICA), INC. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29794572 on 06/14/2021 (1107 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Retractable safety gate
Patent No. D1032881

Inventor(s): Shuicai Su (Shangrao, , CN)
Assignee(s): EASYBABY PRODUCTS, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29805102 on 08/25/2021 (1035 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Chandelier
Patent No. D1032910

Inventor(s): Kaylin Rowsell (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ARTERIORS HOME (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29851711 on 08/31/2022 (664 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pet toy
Patent No. D1032967

Inventor(s): Josiah Wilhelm (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): PLUTO OPCO (CAYMAN), LLC (Grand Cayman, , KY)
Law Firm: GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29775201 on 03/22/2021 (1191 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pet toy
Patent No. D1032968

Inventor(s): Josiah Wilhelm (Fort Worth, TX), Ron Bagley (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): PLUTO OPCO (CAYMAN), LLC (Grand Cayman, , KY)
Law Firm: GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29775417 on 03/23/2021 (1190 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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