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 May 14, 2024 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 6
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 11
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 2
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 6
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 4
G: PHYSICS 30
H: ELECTRICITY 46

DESIGN: 8

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas) 16
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 6
Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) 4
Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson) 3
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 3
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 3
BMIC LLC (Dallas) 2
CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, NC) 2
Hollman Family Advisors, LLC (Irving) 2
UNASSIGNED 7

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Henry Litzmann Edwards (Garland) 3
Dalin Zhu (Richardson) 2
Elvis Nyamwange (Little Elm) 2
Mason Parks (Coppell) 2
Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA) 2
Orlando Lazaro (Cary, NC) 2
Rajat Agarwal (Irving) 2
R yan B. Reagan (Fort Worth) 2
Scott M. Conway (Flower Mound) 2
Sue Hwang (Carrolton) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Crosslink locking mechanism
Patent No. 11980398

Inventor(s): Ross Dusterhoft (Irving, TX), Thomas Purcell (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): ASTURA MEDICAL INC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17989627 on 11/17/2022 (544 days app to issue)

Abstract: A crosslink mechanism features a locking clip with interlocking teeth. When being deployed, the surgeon will compress the spring loaded clips, freeing rotation on both sides of the mechanism. Once clipped onto the sequential reducers, the surgeon releases the clips allowing the spring to lock the teeth and therefore lock rotational freedom out of the mechanism.

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

Cartridge device for suture anchor and suture management during implantation of a micro suture anchor array
Patent No. 11980541

Inventor(s): Howard W. Harris (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc. (Orono, MN)
Law Firm: Seager, Tufte Wickhem, LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17681501 on 02/25/2022 (809 days app to issue)

Abstract: Cartridges configured to hold anchors and associated locking sutures and a common suture used in an array of anchors. A suture anchor array is connected in series by a single working suture and each of the suture anchors allows tensioning of the working suture between itself and the prior anchor implanted in the serial string. Further, each anchor includes a suture lock having a free tail that can be pulled to lock the working suture in place subsequent to tensioning. This creates an independently tensioned suture bridge between each implanted suture anchor and the just previously implanted anchor. The cartridges are configured to securely hold an individual anchor and store the tail of the suture lock, while allowing flossing of anchors along the common suture.

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

Spinal implant
Patent No. 11980550

Inventor(s): Todd Shanks (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): T.S. Shanks, PLLC (Union City, TN)
Law Firm: BUSINESS PATENT LAW, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17725671 on 04/21/2022 (754 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is an implant for bone. The current implant is particularly useful in spinal surgical procedures.

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

Methods of treating malignant lymphoproliferative disorders
Patent No. 11980607

Inventor(s): Andrew Mazar (Fort Worth, TX), Francis Giles (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): ACTUATE THERAPEUTICS INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: BakerHostetler (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18052369 on 11/03/2022 (558 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods of treating malignant lymphoproliferative disorders in a patient, comprising administering an effective amount of a GSK-3 inhibitor, for example 9-ING-41, are provided. Also provided are methods for treating malignant lymphoproliferative disorders comprising administering a GSK-3 inhibitor, for example 9-ING-41, in combination with a second or multiple therapeutic agents.

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

Hyperthermia targeting compositions, devices, and methods for cancer therapy
Patent No. 11980665

Inventor(s): Peter D. Gabriele (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): THE SECANT GROUP, LLC (Telford, PA)
Law Firm: McNees Wallace Nurick LLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16780177 on 02/03/2020 (1562 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of cancer hyperthermia therapy includes placing a device including an exogenously-excitable polymeric material at a cancer hyperthermia therapy site of a patient. The method also includes supplying an exogenous energy to the device such that the exogenous energy excites the exogenously-excitable polymeric material at the cancer hyperthermia therapy site to heat the cancer hyperthermia therapy site to a hyperthermia temperature. A method of preparing a polymeric material includes combining an alcohol monomer, a seed of the polymeric material, and an aqueous liquid in a vessel. The method also includes adding an acid monomer to the vessel and supplying an exogenous energy to the vessel. The polymeric material is exogenously excited by the exogenous energy to heat the polymeric material. The method further includes removing water from the vessel and producing the polymeric material, which is a polyester, in the vessel.

Apparatus for generation of air-borne spray to remove malodor and contamination
Patent No. 11981297

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: 18121944 on 03/15/2023 (426 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is provided a system and method of cleaning surfaces of an enclosable environment of a contamination comprising a microbial and viral load. The method includes the steps of sealing the enclosable environment and placing water, and a solid or gel pack, into a container and generating a vortex the container by rotating an impeller. The agitation causes the solid or gel pack to release a gaseous cleaning agent. An air-borne spray exiting from the container spreads throughout the enclosable environment to contact the surfaces to be cleaned within the enclosable environment. The enclosable environment is maintained closed for an effective time period while the air-borne spray dwells on the surfaces to eliminate or substantially reduce the load of the contamination.

[A61L] METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agent employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes A61K) [4]

Hybrid St. Augustinegrass named DALSA 1618
Patent No. PP035807 (Plant)

Inventor(s): Ambika Chandra (McKinney, TX), Anthony D. Genovesi (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Texas AM University System (College Station, TX)
Law Firm: Dentons US LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17892784 on 08/22/2022 (631 days app to issue)

Abstract: DALSA 1618 is an interploid hybrid variety of St. Augustinegrass. DALSA 1618 possesses a unique combination of drought and shade tolerance that allows its use across the southcentral and southeastern United States. Patent Class: N/A

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

Electrochemical machining of geometrically complex passages
Patent No. 11980959

Inventor(s): Kevin Joseph Monahan (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17691116 on 03/09/2022 (797 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electrochemical machining assembly for boring a passage in an electrically conductive workpiece. The electrochemical machining assembly includes an electrochemical machining tool having a telescoping collar with an articulating head coupled thereto. The telescoping collar is actuated between a contracted configuration and an extended configuration to advance the telescoping collar stepwise in the passage. The articulating head is tiltable relative to the telescoping collar to determine a direction of the passage. The electrochemical machining assembly is configured to remove material from the workpiece upon application of a voltage between the articulating head and the workpiece via a circulating electrolyte fluid to lengthen the passage.

[B23H] WORKING OF METAL BY THE ACTION OF A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF ELECTRIC CURRENT ON A WORKPIECE USING AN ELECTRODE WHICH TAKES THE PLACE OF A TOOL; SUCH WORKING COMBINED WITH OTHER FORMS OF WORKING OF METAL (processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings, electroforming, or apparatus therefor C25D; processes for the electrolytic removal of material from objects C25F; manufacturing printed circuits using precipitation techniques to apply the conductive material to form the desired conductive pattern H05K 3/18) [4]

Multi-source overlap design acceptance qualification
Patent No. 11981085

Inventor(s): Lisa M. Smith (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Tewksbury, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17381053 on 07/20/2021 (1029 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes controlling an additive manufacturing system to fabricate a 3D structure using successive layers of material. The additive manufacturing system includes a build platform having a first region, second region, and overlapping third region between the first and second regions; and multiple sources configured to build (e.g., deposit, bond, melt, solidify) the successive layers of material in the regions of the build platform. Controlling the additive manufacturing system includes controlling the additive manufacturing system to build first, second, and third portions of the 3D structure within the regions of the build platform. Each portion of the 3D structure includes (i) one or more test features that are common to the portions of the 3D structure and (ii) a substrate onto or into which the one or more common test features are formed.

[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]

Tow hitch connector cover system
Patent No. 11981172

Inventor(s): Jose Hernan Hernandez (Ypsilanti, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17132212 on 12/23/2020 (1238 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cover system for covering a vehicle tow hitch connector includes at least a first retention member including a first retention slot, and a first door support coupled to the first retention member. A second door support is positioned opposite the first door support. A door is rotatably coupled to the first and second door supports. The door includes a first retention projection structured to be received in the first retention slot to position the door in a closed orientation.

[B60D] VEHICLE CONNECTIONS (components of brake systems B60T 17/04)

Accessory rotary drive system and method
Patent No. 11981201

Inventor(s): Charles J. Martis (Murphy, TX), Christopher Delmont Corfman (Grapevine, TX), Kerry Wayne Whitaker (Gordonville, TX), Stephen William O”Brien (Irving, TX), Todd Michael Coleman (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): TSI Products, Inc. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Hitchcock Evert LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17843813 on 06/17/2022 (697 days app to issue)

Abstract: A drive mechanism that connects to a rotary drive component for transferring rotary motion to another component. The drive mechanism may be a conversion assembly to facilitate a connection to an existing rotary drive component and transfer the rotary motion to another component. The drive mechanism may include a drive shaft, a housing with a rotary bearing and seal, an enclosure and a drive pulley or other transfer component. The drive shaft may include a cap and flange to connect to a rotary drum and extend to a drive pulley in an enclosure.

[B60K] ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES [2006.01]

Integrated removable bumper traction devices
Patent No. 11981290

Inventor(s): Ryan C. Harris (Saline, MI), Scott L. Frederick (Brighton, MI)
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: 17345507 on 06/11/2021 (1068 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle is provided with an integrated and removable traction device, such as a tread board. The traction device may be integrated into a bumper of the vehicle. When mounted/installed on the bumper, the traction device can act as a cover to a storage unit implemented in the bumper. When removed, the traction device can be placed under a wheel of the vehicle to provide increased traction on certain surfaces. By integrating the traction device into the vehicle”s bumper area, the traction device need not occupy, e.g., interior storage space of the vehicle.

[B60R] VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles A62C 3/07)

Headlamp heater control
Patent No. 11981294

Inventor(s): G. Thomas Checketts (Denton, TX), Scott M. Conway (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17237720 on 04/22/2021 (1118 days app to issue)

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure relate to techniques for headlamp heater control. In examples, a headlight assembly comprises a heater, which is used to prevent or remove condensation/precipitation on a lens of the headlamp assembly. Given it may be difficult for an individual to know when to manually turn the headlamp heater on, an electronic control unit (ECU) may evaluate a set of rules to determine when to automatically enable or disable the headlamp heater. The rules may be associated with atmospheric conditions outside the vehicle, the state of the vehicle (e.g., whether windshield wipers are turned on, whether windshield defog is enabled, whether a mirror heater is turned on, etc.), and/or user input received by an ECU of the vehicle, among other examples.

[B60S] SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Automatic ejection safety technology with a skydiving simulator for improving pilot safety
Patent No. 11981443

Inventor(s): Mark Haley (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16852505 on 04/19/2020 (1486 days app to issue)

Abstract: This invention provides an integrated pilot autonomous ejection system with skydiving safety/training which combines sensors, hardware and software technologies to improve pilot training and safety. It offers pilots state-of-the-art cost-effective Virtual Reality Skydiving and flight simulations which prepares pilots on skydiving after ejections and for the dangers of Vertigo and G-LOC which can result in a crash in seconds. Related flight data including cameras which constantly monitors pilots can be used for debriefings/accident investigations which can be done in minutes. The goal is to improve pilot safety during the transition to fully autonomous fleets of fighter jets which have better warrior capabilities.

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

Article transport vehicle
Patent No. 11981511

Inventor(s): Lawrence M. Minor (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Transitions Optical, Ltd. (Tuam, , IE)
Law Firm: The Webb Law Firm (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17041737 on 03/28/2018 (2239 days app to issue)

Abstract: An article transport vehicle ([b]200[/b]) has: a carrier base ([b]202[/b]) configured for movement along a guideway and a pair of gripping arms ([b]216[/b]), each gripping arm ([b]216[/b]) having a first end ([b]216[/b][i]a[/i]) connected to the carrier base ([b]202[/b]) and a second end ([b]216[/b][i]b[/i]) protruding from the carrier base ([b]202[/b]). The pair of gripping arms ([b]216[/b]) is movable between a closed position configured for holding an article ([b]302[/b]) and an open position configured for releasing the article ([b]302[/b]). The article transport vehicle ([b]200[/b]) further has a closure mechanism ([b]238[/b]) for moving the pair of gripping arms ([b]216[/b]) between the closed position and the open position. The closure mechanism ([b]238[/b]) is configured for biasing the pair of gripping arms ([b]216[/b]) to the closed position and moving the pair of gripping arms ([b]216[/b]) to the open position when the carrier base ([b]202[/b]) is positioned at a predetermined portion of the guideway.

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

Pry bar assembly
Patent No. 11981552

Inventor(s): Edward Lenart (Farmington Hills, MI)
Assignee(s): NCH Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18114064 on 02/24/2023 (445 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pry bar assembly includes a plate that is elongated and has a first end, a second end, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, an upper surface and a lower surface. The plate includes a claw section, a chisel section and a middle section positioned therebetween. The claw section includes the first end and a rounded heel. The claw section includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is attached to the middle section and curves upwardly and away from the middle section in a semi-cylindrical shape to form the rounded heel. The second portion extends downwardly from the first portion. The chisel section is angled upwardly from the middle section. The upper surface has an elongated crest therein that is spaced from the first and second lateral edges and extends along a length of the middle section and into the chisel section.

[B25C] HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY-OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS (manufacturing footwear A43D)

Ohmic nanopore fabrication and real-time cleaning
Patent No. 11981557

Inventor(s): Buddini I. Karawdeniya (Canberra, , AU), Jason Rodger Dwyer (Providence, RI), Jugal Saharia (Dallas, TX), Min Jun Kim (Plano, TX), Y. M. Nuwan D. Y. Bandara (Canberra, , AU)
Assignee(s): SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17232624 on 04/16/2021 (1124 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes one or more nanopores in a Si[subscript]x[/subscript]N[subscript]y [/subscript]membrane comprising a monoprotic surface termination, methods of making, and methods of using the one or more nanopores, where the one or more nanopores are a chemically-tuned controlled dielectric breakdown (CT-CDB) nanopore membrane, wherein the CT-CDB allows for long-term stability of measurements in the presence of only electrolyte (open pore current stability) and ability to support many molecular detection events. In addition, the CT-CBD has pore that unclog spontaneously, in response to voltage cessation or application, or both.

[B81B] MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICAL DEVICES (piezo-electric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements per se H01L 41/00) [7]

Adhesives for low surface energy materials
Patent No. 11981837

Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearny, NJ), Isaac Bernard Rufus (Newark, DE), Michael Dougherty (Mount Arlington, NJ), Overton Williams (Paterson, NJ), Richard Chin (Livingston, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18297792 on 04/10/2023 (400 days app to issue)

Abstract: A roofing system includes a roofing membrane. The roofing membrane has a surface energy of 40 mN/m or less. The roofing system includes a roofing substrate. The roofing system includes an adhesive disposed between the roofing membrane and the roofing substrate. The adhesive includes a styrenic block copolymer. The styrenic block copolymer is present in an amount of 0.5 wt. % to 30 wt. % based on a total weight of the adhesive. The adhesive includes asphalt. The asphalt is present in an amount of 70 wt. % to 99.5 wt. % based on the total weight of the adhesive. A ratio of the styrenic block copolymer to the asphalt in the adhesive is 1:11 to 1:3.

[B32B] LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM

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

Injection molded medical devices made from a high molecular weight polyethylene
Patent No. 11981757

Inventor(s): Christina Schmid (Darmstadt, , DE), Rainer Walkenhorst (Melle, , DE)
Assignee(s): CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: DORITY MANNING, P. A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16826475 on 03/23/2020 (1513 days app to issue)

Abstract: A high molecular weight polyethylene polymer is formulated so that the polymer is capable of being injection molded. The polyethylene polymer has a Viscosity Number of greater than about 400 ml/g and has a melt flow rate of greater than about 0.9 g/10 min. The polyethylene polymer is of high purity and is particularly well suited for producing medical products.

[C08F] MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS (production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from lower carbon number hydrocarbons, e.g. by oligomerisation, C10G 50/00; fermentation or enzyme-using processes to synthesise a desired chemical compound or composition or to separate optical isomers from a racemic mixture C12P; graft polymerisation of monomers containing carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds on to fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials D06M 14/00) [2]

Methods of forming roofing materials with asphalt shingle waste
Patent No. 11981829

Inventor(s): Ann Hamer (Waxahachie, TX), Aziel Meza (Dallas, TX), Cynthia Shaha (Ferris, TX), Jarod Krajca (Ennis, TX), Kevin Carr (Dallas, TX), Qian Qin (Plano, TX), Ramil Mercado (Waxahachie, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18088386 on 12/23/2022 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprises obtaining a virgin asphalt and obtaining an asphalt shingle waste. The asphalt shingle waste comprises 5 wt. % to 40 wt. % of asphalt based on the total weight of the asphalt shingle waste. The asphalt shingle waste comprises 60 wt. % to 95 wt. % of limestone, granules, and/or impurities based on the total weight of the asphalt shingle waste. The method comprises obtaining a phase modifier. The method comprises mixing the virgin asphalt, the asphalt shingle waste, and the phase modifier to form an asphalt mixture. The phase modifier is present in an amount of 0.25 wt. % to 25 wt. % based on the total weight of the asphalt mixture. The asphalt mixture is configured to be applied to a roof substrate to obtain a roofing shingle.

[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]

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

Door restraint
Patent No. 11982112

Inventor(s): Charity Miller (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17694575 on 03/14/2022 (792 days app to issue)

Abstract: A door restraint includes a base pad mounted on a wall adjacent to a designated door at a position where the doorknob would impact the wall if the door were fully opened. Attachable to the base pad is a housing having a deployable, spring-biased strap received therein. A loop at a distal end of the strap is secured to the doorknob to restrain the door in a fully opened position.

[E05F] DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING

Modular gun system
Patent No. 11982163

Inventor(s): Christopher Brian Sokolove (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): Hunting Titan, Inc. (Pampa, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17632493 on 11/08/2019 (1649 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for coupling a pre-wired end fitting with a shaped charge loading tube where the end fitting centers and orients the loading tube within a perforating gun and further includes a selective switch, feed through contact and orifices to insert a wireless detonator and detonating cord, the loading tube being pre-wired with insulated wire.

[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]

Structural enriched air recovery (SEAR) for oil reservoirs
Patent No. 11982167

Inventor(s): Daniel Scott Dobson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Egbert, McDaniel Swartz, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17842443 on 06/16/2022 (698 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for enhanced oil recovery in a tilted reservoir includes the steps of: providing an injection well and at least one production well, the at least one production well provided at a greater depth in the tilted reservoir than the injection well; injecting carbon dioxide or nitrogen gas into the injection well; injecting enriched air into the injection well so as to cause ignition in the tilted reservoir; reducing production by the at least one production well; draining fluid from an area in the tilted reservoir up-dip of the injection well; and recovering the drained fluid by the at least one production well.

Fog enhanced air transportation injection well for in-situ steam/carbon dioxide generation
Patent No. 11982168

Inventor(s): Daniel S. Dobson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Egbert, McDaniel Swartz, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17573208 on 01/11/2022 (854 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of oil production after water flooding includes the steps of: forming at least one injection well and at least one production well in a reservoir; pumping enriched air (at least 30-100 mole-% oxygen with fogged water droplets) into the injection well, so as to maximize gravity segregation of gas/steam and gravity drainage of oil from an attic and/or pinch-out volume of the reservoir; and recycling produced carbon dioxide by injection into a man-made gas cap created around the at least one injection well. The enriched air preferably includes a mixture of 30-100 mole-% oxygen, 0-4 mole-% argon, 0-67 mole-% nitrogen and 0-70 mole-carbon dioxide gas.

System and method for drilling a borehole
Patent No. 11982172

Inventor(s): Teddy C. Chen (Austin, TX), Todd W. Benson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MOTIVE DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17218070 on 03/30/2021 (1141 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and apparatus for displaying toolface orientation data including a surface steerable system for controlling drilling direction of a bottom hole assembly (BHA). The surface steerable system configured to receive toolface orientation data from the BHA and generate display data responsive thereto. A circular chart display is generated responsive to the display data responsive to the display data from the surface steerable system, the circular chart display representing current and historical toolface orientation data. The current and historical toolface orientation data is represented as an arc indicator defined on the circular chart illustrating a range in degrees of the current and historical toolface orientations.

Pulser cycle sweep method and device
Patent No. 11982181

Inventor(s): Manoj Gopalan (Fort Worth, TX), Robert A Weber (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): RIME Downhole Technologies, LLC (Benbrook, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17555446 on 12/18/2021 (878 days app to issue)

Abstract: A servo valve in a servo pulser used to restrict flow to a larger main valve includes external stops on a housing to define rotational starting/stopping points and sweep zones for a servo rotor having digits for contacting the stops. The digits extend longitudinally away from the servo valve seat and extend into the sweep zones. Interaction between the stops and the digits in the sweep zones limit rotation of the rotor to a swept arc between the stops. The servo pulser rotor oscillates between stopping points in alternating clockwise/counterclockwise sweeps. Each sweep in a given direction creates one full pulse: closed, open, and closed. The servo pulser carries out a feedback/decision loop between hydraulic pulses (and sweeps) that receives information on one or more previous pulses and calculates how fast or slow it should drive the servo rotor for the current pulse.

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

Housing for forward curved blower
Patent No. 11982290

Inventor(s): Patric Ananda Balan Thobias (Chennai, , IN), Prabhu Prakasam (Chennai, , IN), Sangameshwaran Sadhasivam (Kancheepuram, , IN), Vinoth Kumar Settu (Ponmar, , IN)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17451768 on 10/21/2021 (936 days app to issue)

Abstract: A blower of an HVAC system includes an air inlet, an air outlet, a blower wheel with blades, a motor operable to cause the blower wheel to rotate, and a blower housing within which the blower wheel is positioned. The blower housing includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and a connecting panel. The top panel and the bottom panel are connected to the connecting panel. The top panel includes a curved edge extending from a bottom edge of the connecting panel to a top edge of the connecting panel. An expansion angle of the curved edge of the top panel changes as a function of position along the curved edge of the top panel. The bottom panel may have a shape corresponding to a mirror image to that of the top panel.

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

Process for producing gripping elements for sealing and restraint systems for fluid pipelines and pipe joints produced thereby
Patent No. 11982386

Inventor(s): Mark A. Weih (San Jose, , CR)
Assignee(s): S B Technical Products, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17303158 on 05/21/2021 (1089 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is shown for manufacturing a hardened gripping element for a sealing and restraint system used for forming a pipe joint in a fluid pipeline. Instead of machining the gripping elements used in the system from a metal stock, a special series of metal injection molding steps are utilized. A metal polymer composite mix is first formed having a metal particulate phase and a polymer phase. A green metal composite article is formed by either extruding the composite mix or molding the composite mix into a metal polymer composite article having at least one gripping surface having a plurality of gripping teeth. The composite article is subjected to thermal debinding and sintering to produce a finished or near finished hardened gripping element.

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

Temperature difference sensor for HVAC systems
Patent No. 11982452

Inventor(s): Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16438946 on 06/12/2019 (1798 days app to issue)

Abstract: A condenser coil of a system includes a subcool sensor. The subcool sensor includes a first thermistor positioned to sense a saturated liquid temperature of refrigerant flowing in a first portion of the condenser coil. The subcool sensor includes a second thermistor positioned to sense a liquid temperature of the refrigerant flowing in a second portion of the condenser coil. The second thermistor is coupled electronically in series with the first thermistor. The subcool sensor includes a signal output for transmitting a subcool signal from the subcool sensor. The signal output is coupled electronically to a first terminal of the first thermistor and a second terminal of the second thermistor. A controller of the system includes an input/output interface which receives the subcool signal from the subcool sensor and determines a temperature difference between the saturated liquid temperature and the liquid temperature based on the subcool signal.

[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)

Load balancing wireless mesh networks for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems
Patent No. 11982455

Inventor(s): Elena Smirnova (Plano, TX), Mansoor Ahmed (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18306916 on 04/25/2023 (385 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system that includes a plurality of controllers that are each controller is configured to operate at least a portion of includes a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. The system further includes a gateway controller that is configured to determine a mesh network size for a local mesh network, to broadcast the mesh network size to other gateway controllers within a local area network, and to receive mesh network size information from the other gateway controllers. The gateway controller is further configured to compute an average mesh network size for the local area network and to determine that the mesh network size for the local mesh network is less than the average mesh network size for the local area network. The gateway controller is further configured to add one or more controllers to the local mesh network.

P H Y S I C S

Automated functional testing systems and methods of making and using the same
Patent No. 11982597

Inventor(s): Myung Ki Kim (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: EcoTech Law Group, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17870869 on 07/22/2022 (662 days app to issue)

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

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

Spring contact and test socket with same
Patent No. 11982688

Inventor(s): Logan Jae Hwang (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): HICON CO., LTD. (Gyeonggi-do, , KR)
Law Firm: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17973155 on 10/25/2022 (567 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to a test socket having a thin structure that can reduce durability degradation of a contact itself, have excellent electrical characteristics in processing high-speed signals, and can extend a service life thereof, and relates to spring contacts suitable thereto. The test socket according to the present invention includes: a plurality of spring contacts ([b]100[/b]) each of which includes an upper contact pin ([b]110[/b]) and a lower contact pin ([b]120[/b]) that are assembled cross each other, and a spring ([b]130[/b]) supporting the upper and lower contact pins ([b]110[/b] and [b]120[/b]); a main plate ([b]1110[/b]) having a plurality of accommodating holes ([b]1111[/b]) in which the respective spring contacts ([b]100[/b]) are accommodated, with first openings ([b]1113[/b]); and a film plate ([b]1120[/b]) provided on a lower portion of the main plate ([b]1110[/b]), and having second openings ([b]1121[/b]).

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

Automated system for vehicle tracking
Patent No. 11982755

Inventor(s): Avid Ghamsari (Carrollton, TX), Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (The Colony, TX), Qiaochu Tang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18107673 on 02/09/2023 (460 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects described herein may allow for vehicle tracking. Systems and methods described herein may allow a vehicle to automatically detect the presence of a physical marker at a parking space. An image of the physical marker may be processed to determine the location of the vehicle, which may be stored and/or output for display.

[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

Detecting anomalous latent communications in an integrated circuit chip
Patent No. 11983087

Inventor(s): Gajinder Panesar (Cambridge, , GB), Marcin Hlond (Cambridge, , GB)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17780339 on 11/26/2020 (1265 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of detecting anomalous latencies in communications between components on an integrated circuit (IC) chip. The method includes: (i) monitoring communications between a first component of the IC chip and other components of the IC chip, each communication comprising a command sent from the first component to another component, and a response received by the first component from that other component, the monitoring comprising: measuring the number of communications in each of a series of monitored time windows, and measuring the latency of each communication in the series of monitored time windows; (ii) calculating a maximum tolerable latency for each operational time window of the first component from the number of communications in that operational time window, an available stall time of the first component in that operational time window, and a latency penalty factor for that operational time window; and (iii) determining a measured latency to be anomalous if the measured latency is greater than the maximum tolerable latency.

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

Optimization of database write operations by combining and parallelizing operations based on a hash value of primary keys
Patent No. 11983169

Inventor(s): Behdad Forghani (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17975674 on 10/28/2022 (564 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein may optimize write operations in a transaction to reduce the number of operations to the point where each of the write operations may be performed in parallel. The writer optimizer may review a first write operation and a second write operation to determine whether the first write operation and the second write operation write to the same row in the same table. When the first write operation and the second write operation write to the same row in the same table, the first write operation and the second write operation may be combined to generate a functionally-equivalent third write operation. The third write operation may reduce the number of operations in the transaction by replacing both the first write operation and the second write operation.

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

Method and system for facilitating data interchange
Patent No. 11983191

Inventor(s): Waseem Manzoor (Little Elm, TX), Wooyong Ee (Frisco, 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: 17444218 on 08/02/2021 (1016 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for facilitating serialized data interchange and access via an application programming interface is provided. The method includes retrieving a data set from a networked repository, the data set including information in a multidimensional data structure; mapping the data set to a predetermined file format; generating a standardized data set based on a result of the mapping, the standardized data set corresponding to the predetermined file format; persisting the standardized data set in the networked repository; and exposing the standardized data set in the networked repository via the application programming interface.

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

Systems and methods for automatically annotating images
Patent No. 11983216

Inventor(s): Feiyun Zhu (Arlington, TX), Haining Liu (Dallas, TX), Ryan B. Reagan (Fort Worth, TX), Zhichun Xiao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Foley IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18211913 on 06/20/2023 (329 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to automatically annotating images. In some embodiments, a system for automatically annotating images comprises a database, wherein the database is configured to store images and annotations for the images and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is communicatively coupled to the database, and wherein the control circuit is configured to retrieve, from the database, an image, generate, based on the image, a collection of augmented images, generate segmentation maps for each image in the collection of augmented images, wherein each of the segmentation maps include segments, select, based on a threshold, ones of the segments above a threshold, merge the ones of the segments above the threshold to create a segmented image, and generate, for each segment of the segmented image, classifications, wherein an annotation for the image includes the segmented images and the classifications.

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

Configurable short locators
Patent No. 11983232

Inventor(s): Gary Alan Rainwater (McKinney, TX), Jonathan Michael Devlin (Richardson, TX), Joseph Kessler (Melissa, 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: 17948296 on 09/20/2022 (602 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for using parameters with shortened resource locators to access a resource are provided. A short resource locator is associated with a full resource locator template in a resource locator association datastore. Parameters provided with the short resource locator are used to replace two or more parameter identifiers within a full resource locator template to generate a full resource locator. The full resource locator is used to access a resource.

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

Method and apparatus for simultaneous key generation on device and server for secure communication
Patent No. 11983251

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Daly (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERA IOT INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18133010 on 04/11/2023 (399 days app to issue)

Abstract: A secure communication system is disclosed for communication between first and second party devices. An input interface is provided for receiving from an external host a unique host factor in addition to a user input interface for receiving from a user a unique PIN for a user and a selection input for selecting one of the plurality of stored entropy stores as a user selected entropy store A first private key generator is operable for generating a private key using a key generation algorithm requiring the selected entropy store, the host factor and the unique user PIN. The second party device includes a second storage device for storing a plurality of entropy stores. An input interface is provided for receiving the same unique host factor as received by the first party device. A communication interface facilitates communication with the first party device to receive from the first party device a user PIN and an indication of the user selected entropy store. A second private key generator is operable for generating a private key using the predetermined key generation algorithm with the received user PIN, the received host factor, and an extracted entropy store corresponding to user selected entropy store, wherein the private key generated by both the first and second private key generators are identical. The session is initiated to cause the generation of the identical private keys at both of the first and second private key generators and allow secure communication between the

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

Inline detection and prevention of adversarial attacks
Patent No. 11983271

Inventor(s): Bruno dos Santos Silva (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16952494 on 11/19/2020 (1272 days app to issue)

Abstract: A processor may generate an enforcement point. The enforcement point may include one or more adversarial detection models. The processor may receive user input data. The processor may analyze, at the enforcement point, the user input data. The processor may determine, from the analyzing, whether there is an adversarial attack in the user input data. The processor may generate an alert based on the determining.

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

Capacitive coupling for PCAP touchscreens with varying ITO dicing patterns
Patent No. 11983375

Inventor(s): Joel C. Kent (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS, INC. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18305046 on 04/21/2023 (389 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments include a method and system for projected capacitive (PCAP) touchscreen construction with laser ablation. In glass/film/film (GFF) PCAP touchscreens, the films are coated with indium-tin-oxide (ITO), patterned by printing silver ink, and by ablating both the ITO and silver with a laser. A similar process occurs for a glass/glass (2GS) PCAP touchscreen. Embodiments include varying the pattern with which the laser ablates ITO on film within the touch area to improve touchscreen sensitivity. For example, by varying the width of patterns of floating ITO islands such that widths are less than or equal to a plan-view electrode gap between vertical and horizontal electrode pads and larger elsewhere, the touch sensitivity of the PCAP touchscreen may be improved and/or maximum touchscreen size may be increased.

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

Vehicular communications redundant data identification and removal
Patent No. 11983425

Inventor(s): Miles J. Johnson (Ann Arbor, MI)
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: 16681672 on 11/12/2019 (1645 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for data storage for a subject vehicle and include receiving data items at the subject vehicle data from a plurality of data sources and determining whether a data item received from one of the plurality of data sources is redundant with a data item already captured by the subject vehicle. If so, the system eliminates the redundant data item to obtain a nonredundant data set of nonredundant data items and determines whether to store a nonredundant data item of the nonredundant data set based on flow characteristics of the nonredundant data item.

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

Systems and methods for data transformation
Patent No. 11983514

Inventor(s): Arjun Dugal (Dallas, TX), Brittany Nicole Geron Courtney (Celina, TX), Jason E. Lines (Prosper, TX), Komal Krishna Pandamaneti (Frisco, TX), Lavanya Raja (Frisco, TX), Sairam Kommireddy (Frisco, TX), Sriram Srinivasan (Fr
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17936510 on 09/29/2022 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for transforming data for a batch-based legacy software program into data suitable for processing by a streaming-based new software program. In some aspects, the system generates an information stream for multiple threads from batch information received from the legacy software program. The system processes the information stream for the multiple threads using the new software program. If there is a mismatch between outputs of the legacy and new software programs for at least one thread, the system adjusts a data model of the new software program to address the mismatch and generates an updated information stream for processing by the new software program.

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

Streaming engine with short cut start instructions
Patent No. 11983559

Inventor(s): Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA), Timothy Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17508723 on 10/22/2021 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor specifies a fixed read only data stream recalled memory. Streams are started by one of two types of stream start instructions. A stream start ordinary instruction specifies a register storing a stream start address and a register of storing a stream definition template which specifies stream parameters. A stream start short-cut instruction specifies a register storing a stream start address and an implied stream definition template. A functional unit is responsive to a stream operand instruction to receive at least one operand from a stream head register. The stream template supports plural nested loops with short-cut start instructions limited to a single loop. The stream template supports data element promotion to larger data element size with sign extension or zero extension. A set of allowed stream short-cut start instructions includes various data sizes and promotion factors.

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

High-density neuromorphic computing element
Patent No. 11983622

Inventor(s): Mark S. Rodder (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Yongin-si, , KR)
Law Firm: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18111471 on 02/17/2023 (452 days app to issue)

Abstract: A neuromorphic device for the analog computation of a linear combination of input signals, for use, for example, in an artificial neuron. The neuromorphic device provides non-volatile programming of the weights, and fast evaluation and programming, and is suitable for fabrication at high density as part of a plurality of neuromorphic devices. The neuromorphic device is implemented as a vertical stack of flash-like cells with a common control gate contact and individually contacted source-drain (SD) regions. The vertical stacking of the cells enables efficient use of layout resources.

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

Method, system, and media for machine learning annotation and image marketplace using blockchain ledgers
Patent No. 11983655

Inventor(s): Jennifer C Quattrone-Brown (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17249209 on 02/24/2021 (1175 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a computer system, and a computer program product for marketplace creation and model training in a blockchain network is provided. Embodiments of the present invention may include uploading images to a marketplace. Embodiments of the present invention may include recording references to the images on a blockchain ledger. Embodiments of the present invention may include measuring local and global annotations. Embodiments of the present invention may include determining an image quality threshold has been met. Embodiments of the present invention may include providing an annotation quality metric to the marketplace. Embodiments of the present invention may include pre-processing and standardizing the images. Embodiments of the present invention may include training a model. Embodiments of the present invention may include recording the model in the blockchain ledger. Embodiments of the present invention may include providing the model to the marketplace.

[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]

Multi-tiered carousel for storage and sequencing of baggage
Patent No. 11983657

Inventor(s): Michael D. Carpenter (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Siemens Logistics LLC (DFW Airport, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17106948 on 11/30/2020 (1261 days app to issue)

Abstract: A baggage handling system includes a multi-tiered carousel system, an input conveyor system, an output conveyor system and a control system. Each tier of the multi-tiered carousel system includes an array of addressable storage cells movable along a loop having a charge point and a discharge point. Each storage cell is configured to store a single baggage item. The input conveyor system transfers baggage items selectively to the addressable storage cells of the multiple tiers at the respective charge points, for storage therein. The output conveyor system retrieves baggage items selectively from the addressable storage cells of the multiple tiers at the respective discharge points and conveys the retrieved baggage items in a queue. The storage and retrieval of baggage items is controlled by the control system such that the retrieved baggage items are queued to conform to a determined sequence.

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

Authentication of a remote customer using probabilistic locations of WiFi signals
Patent No. 11983695

Inventor(s): Ryan Thomas Russell (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17333970 on 05/28/2021 (1082 days app to issue)

Abstract: The embodiments disclosed herein use WiFi signals detected from nearby WiFi networks to confirm the identity of a bank”s customer logging in to his or her account at the bank. Specifically, the customer”s computing device may detect signals from neighboring WiFi networks. The bank may then verify that the customer”s accounts are being accessed from the customer”s home or office by comparing the list of neighboring WiFi networks to a previously stored list of the neighboring networks. If the lists match, it is probable that the customer”s accounts are being accessed from the customer”s home or office, thus reducing the possibility that a fraudulent actor is trying to access the customer”s accounts.

Hash-based transaction tagging
Patent No. 11983710

Inventor(s): William August Stahlhut (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17860204 on 07/08/2022 (676 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for determining transaction transmission fidelity are provided. A sender may receive a transaction log including multiple transactions in two or more rows and two or more columns. The transaction log may be encrypted. Each of the transactions may be tagged. Each row and column of the transaction log may be hashed. The encrypted transaction log and the hash values may be transmitted to a recipient. The recipient may decrypt the transaction log and hash each row and column of the decrypted transaction log. The hash values may be compared and if there is a difference, a report or alert may be generated.

Automated teller machine (”ATM”) with forensic card reader identification validation
Patent No. 11983719

Inventor(s): Elvis Nyamwange (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18125893 on 03/24/2023 (417 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ATM equipped with forensic card reader identification validation is provided. The ATM may include a real ID card slot. The real ID card slot may accept real ID cards. The ATM may include a call communications module. The call communications module may communicate with a third-party network. Upon insertion of a real ID card at the ATM, the ATM may retrieve security details from the real ID card. The ATM may transmit the security details to the third-party network via the call communications module. The third-party network may verify the security details with one or more databases which are accessible by the third-party network. Upon failure to verify the security details, the third-party network may transmit a failed verification response to the ATM.

Systems and methods for valuation of a vehicle
Patent No. 11983745

Inventor(s): Chih-Hsiang Chow (Coppell, TX), Elizabeth Furlan (Plano, TX), Steven Dang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17396142 on 08/06/2021 (1012 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects described provide systems and methods that relate generally to image analysis and, more specifically, identifying individual components and elements in an image. The systems and methods include a valuation application executing one or more application program interfaces (APIs) communicating with one or more websites via a network, where the user is prompted to enter information and/or take pictures or videos of their vehicle that they would like to sell. The valuation application utilizes a machine learning model to identify and value the various vehicle components within the images and videos. Based on the machine learning model, the valuation application identifies each component according to the images and videos and performs a search to determine the value of the components identified. The valuation application tabulates and summarizes the vehicle component resale values and resell information for the user to view.

Systems and methods for detecting inbound and outbound traffic at a facility
Patent No. 11983751

Inventor(s): Jiankun Liu (Dallas, TX), Jinhan Zhang (Dallas, TX), Joseph Duffy (Plano, TX), Ryan B. Reagan (Fort Worth, TX), Shouyi Zhang (Dallas, TX), Tianyi Mao (Dallas, TX), Yi Ding (Lewisville, TX), Zhichun Xiao (Plano, TX
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Foley IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17862075 on 07/11/2022 (673 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to detecting inbound and outbound traffic. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for detecting inbound and outbound traffic at a facility including a video camera and a control circuit configured to detect a human and estimate a location of the human; determine whether the detected human is inbound or outbound the facility based on a relative movement of the detected human within a first region, a second region, and a third region; and transmit data based on the determination.

Media enhanced shopping systems with data mining functionalities
Patent No. 11983760

Inventor(s): David Brice (Plano, TX), Steve Carpenter (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Media Cart Holdings, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17994532 on 11/28/2022 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart, a locationing component, and a display component for displaying at least one advertisement for a product based on the location of the shopping cart within the store, wherein the locationing component is further operable to determine a location of the product within the store relative to the shopping cart, and wherein the display component is further operable to display an indication of the location of the advertised product relative to the location of the shopping cart.

Method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for controlling a serving robot
Patent No. 11983785

Inventor(s): John Jungwoo Ha (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Bear Robotics, Inc. (Redwood City, CA)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17378847 on 07/19/2021 (1030 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for controlling a serving robot is provided. The method includes the steps of: determining a first time to request payment from a customer on the basis of identification information on the customer and information on an order of the customer acquired with respect to the customer; acquiring information on eating status of the customer at a second time associated with the first time; and adjusting at least one of the first time and the second time on the basis of at least one of the information on the eating status of the customer and information on an additional order of the customer additionally acquired with respect to the customer.

Systems and methods for annotating a scene to include digital objects
Patent No. 11983802

Inventor(s): Vinaya Kumar Polavarapu (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17863892 on 07/13/2022 (671 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exemplary method includes a scene annotation system accessing image scan information of a scene captured by an imaging device of a computing device, generating, based on the image scan information, depth data associated with one or more objects in the scene, providing a two-dimensional (2D) annotation grid for concurrent display together with an image of the scene, at least part of the 2D annotation grid mapped to the depth data, receiving a user input (e.g., via hand gesture, touch screen, mouse, and/or keyboard) that selects a portion of the 2D annotation grid and a corresponding position within the scene where a digital object will be anchored based on the depth data, and instructing the computing device to display, by way of a display device of the computing device and based on the user input, the digital object anchored at the corresponding position within the scene.

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

Systems and methods for automated makeup application
Patent No. 11983958

Inventor(s): Elizabeth Whitelaw (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Gemma Robotics, Inc. (Haifa, , IL)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18093682 on 01/05/2023 (495 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated makeup application allow a user to select and apply desired makeup styles to the user”s face. The systems and methods include a computer application with a graphical user interface which allows selection of a look from a plurality of preconfigured looks. A camera coupled with a robotic arm records a face map and color coding and sends that data to be stored on a virtual server database. The application calculates formula quantity and a pump extracts desired formula amounts from appropriate formula cartridges which it releases into reservoirs on the robotic arm”s head. An airbrush compressor mixes the formula and plug triggers release one of several airbrush nozzles to start spraying the user”s face with formula. A cleaning mechanism is provided between makeup applications and after the final application.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

System and method for ultra-wideband short-range location access
Patent No. 11983974

Inventor(s): Sandra Ogden (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17744316 on 05/13/2022 (732 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for secure location and device access utilizing an ultra-wideband signal of a user device and a system device. The invention generally comprises determining that a user has entered a secure environment, wherein the secure environment comprises a safe-deposit box associated with the user, automatically generating a digital authentication key in response determining that the user has entered the secure environment, verifying the digital authentication key as being linked to the user, and transmitting instructions to a safe-deposit box to unlock and provide access during the scheduled session.

System and method for emergency vehicle detection and alerting
Patent No. 11984026

Inventor(s): David W. Newland (Aledo, TX), Shane M. Hopkins (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Alert The Mechanism LLC (Aledo, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17664191 on 05/19/2022 (726 days app to issue)

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

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

Charge pump supply optimization and noise reduction method for logic systems
Patent No. 11984189

Inventor(s): Christian N. Mohr (Allen, TX), John E. Riley (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17205705 on 03/18/2021 (1153 days app to issue)

Abstract: Memory devices may have internal circuitry that employs voltages higher and/or lower than voltages provided by an external power source. Charge pumps are DC/DC converters that may be used to generate the higher voltages internally. The number of available charge pumps in a memory device may be conservatively dimensioned to be high, in some systems to protect yields. Some of the available charge pumps may be disabled during manufacturing or testing to reduce the number of active charge pumps. The testing process may employ dedicated logic in the memory device and the disabling may employ fuse circuitry.

[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)

System and method for automated system for triage of cybersecurity threats
Patent No. 11985149

Inventor(s): Rahul Khul (Pune, , IN), Sai Vashisht (Morgan Hill, CA)
Assignee(s): Musarubra US LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Rutan Tucker, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18118077 on 03/06/2023 (435 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device for verifying previous determinations from cybersecurity devices comprising a processor and a memory. The memory comprises submission analysis logic including workflow selector logic to receive the object data and process the object data to select at least one analyzer supported by the analyzer logic. The analyzer logic, in accordance with the selected analyzer(s), is configured to (i) analyze the object data for potential threats and embedded object data, (ii) generate results data based on that analysis, and (iii) pass the embedded object data back to the workflow selector for further analysis. Finally, the submission analysis logic comprises triage ticket generation logic to generate triage tickets for analyst review and alert logic to generate automatic alerts.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Control of locos structure thickness without a mask
Patent No. 11984362

Inventor(s): Abbas Ali (Plano, TX), Christopher Scott Whitesell (Garland, TX), Henry Litzmann Edwards (Garland, TX), John Christopher Shriner (Lucas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17411761 on 08/25/2021 (993 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of fabricating an integrated circuit includes forming a first opening having a first width and a second opening having a second width in a first dielectric layer over a silicon substrate. The openings expose the silicon substrate and the exposed silicon substrate is oxidized to form first and second LOCOS structures having a first thickness. A polysilicon layer is formed over the silicon substrate, so that the polysilicon layer fills the first and second openings. A blanket etch of the polysilicon layer is performed to remove at least a portion of the polysilicon layer over the second LOCOS structure while leaving the first LOCOS structure protected by the polysilicon layer. The silicon substrate under the second LOCOS structure is further oxidized such that the second LOCOS structure has a second thickness greater than the first thickness.

[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]

Semiconductor device containing bit lines separated by air gaps and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 11984395

Inventor(s): Adarsh Rajashekhar (Santa Clara, CA), Fei Zhou (San Jose, CA), Raghuveer S. Makala (Campbell, CA), Rahul Sharangpani (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17479637 on 09/20/2021 (967 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes semiconductor devices located over a substrate, bit lines electrically connected to the semiconductor devices and having a respective reentrant vertical cross-sectional profile within a vertical plane that is perpendicular to a lengthwise direction along which the bit lines laterally extend, and dielectric portions that are interlaced with the bit lines along a horizontal direction that is perpendicular to the lengthwise direction. The dielectric portions may contain air gaps. A bit-line-contact via structure can be formed on top of a bit line. In some embodiments, dielectric cap strips may be located on top surface of the dielectric portions and may cover peripheral regions of the top surfaces of the bit lines without covering middle regions of the top surfaces of the bit lines.

Method of forming brass-coated metals in flip-chip redistribution layers
Patent No. 11984418

Inventor(s): Christopher Daniel Manack (Flower Mound, TX), Nazila Dadvand (Sunnyvale, CA), Patrick Francis Thompson (Allen, TX), Salvatore Frank Pavone (Houston, TX), Vivek Swaminathan Sridharan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17884284 on 08/09/2022 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a package includes positioning a copper layer above a die. A zinc layer is positioned on the copper layer. The zinc and copper layers are then heated to produce a brass layer, the brass layer abutting the copper layer. Further, a polymer layer is positioned abutting the brass layer.

High voltage avalanche diode for active clamp drivers
Patent No. 11984475

Inventor(s): Archana Venugopal (Mountain View, CA), Henry Litzmann Edwards (Garland, TX), Joseph Maurice Khayat (Bedford, NH)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17536391 on 11/29/2021 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a shallow P-type well (SPW) below a surface of a semiconductor substrate and a shallow N-type well (SNW) below the surface. The SPW forms an anode of a diode and the SNW forms a cathode of the diode. The SNW is spaced apart from the SPW by a well space region; and a thin field relief oxide structure lies over the well space region.

Power transistor IC with thermopile
Patent No. 11984504

Inventor(s): Andres Arturo Blanco (Garland, TX), Henry Litzmann Edwards (Garland, TX), Orlando Lazaro (Cary, NC)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17538238 on 11/30/2021 (896 days app to issue)

Abstract: IC apparatus, and manufacturing methods therefor, that include a power transistor and a thermoelectric device. The power transistor is constructed in a plurality of layers formed over a semiconductor substrate. The thermoelectric device is formed in one or more of the plurality of layers and is sensitive to temperature differences within the IC apparatus resulting from operation of the power transistor.

Base station antennas having double-sided phase shifters and/or rearwardly extending phase shifters and associated phase shifter assemblies
Patent No. 11984634

Inventor(s): Amit Kaistha (Coppell, TX), Samantha L. Merta (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17276253 on 09/19/2019 (1699 days app to issue)

Abstract: A phase shifter assembly, suitable for a base station antenna, includes a main printed circuit board with opposing first and second primary sides. The main printed circuit board has a plurality of radio frequency (RF) transmission paths on the first primary side and a plurality of RF transmission paths on the second primary side. The phase shifter assembly also includes a first wiper arm rotatably coupled to the main printed circuit board and electrically coupled to the plurality of transmission paths on the first primary side of the main printed circuit board; and a second wiper arm rotatably coupled to the main printed circuit board and electrically coupled to the plurality of transmission paths on the second primary side of the main printed circuit board. Rearwardly extending phase shifter assemblies that are oriented perpendicular to a plane defined by a reflector within a base station antenna are also provided.

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

Antenna placement arrangements on device with extendable display
Patent No. 11984644

Inventor(s): Ping Shi (San Diego, CA), Wei Huang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17486484 on 09/27/2021 (960 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing having a first panel connected to a second panel movable between folded and unfolded configurations. A first antenna is located adjacent to the first panel and a second antenna is located adjacent to the second panel. The second antenna is activated when the housing is in an unfolded configuration and is deactivated when the housing is in a folded configuration.

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

Remote electronic tilt base station antennas and mechanical calibration for such antennas
Patent No. 11984663

Inventor(s): Paul D. Everest (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17632190 on 09/03/2020 (1349 days app to issue)

Abstract: The RET adjuster includes a drive assembly with a rotatable drive member operatively connected to a phase shifter assembly such that rotation of the drive member adjusts the phase shifter assembly. A first connector is coupled to the drive member where the first connector occupies a rest position when the drive member is at rest. A drive system has a second connector occupying a rest position when the drive system is at rest where the second connector is releasably engageable with the first connector such that actuation of the drive system rotates the drive member. A mechanical calibration system locates the second connector at the second rest position.

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

Power cable jacket removal device and methods of removing a jacket from a cable
Patent No. 11984712

Inventor(s): Adam Vernon Smith (Ponder, TX)
Assignee(s): MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION (Brookfield, WI)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18055159 on 11/14/2022 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cable jacket removal device is used to selectively remove a sheath from a length of a sheathed cable. The cable jacket removal device includes a support frame, a drive shaft, and a motor. The support frame removably couples the removal device to the cable to be stripped. The drive shaft is coupled to the support frame. The motor is coupled to the drive shaft to selectively rotate the drive shaft to cause the removal device to travel along the cable to automatically remove a cable jacket from a predefined distance of the cable.

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

Support cable and audio cable splice housing
Patent No. 11984713

Inventor(s): Douglas Laube (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Biamp Systems, LLC (Beaverton, OR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17129877 on 12/21/2020 (1240 days app to issue)

Abstract: Example embodiments provide a device that includes one or more of a first half-shell portion of an oval-shaped prism housing including one or more protrusions and one or more receiving slots, and a second half-shell portion of the oval-shaped prism housing including one or more additional protrusions and one or more additional receiving slots, and a number of cable splicer lanes configured to support corresponding cable splicers.

Protection against AC voltage conditions
Patent No. 11984717

Inventor(s): Trunh Thanh Thomas Tran (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Bourns, Inc. (Riverside, CA)
Law Firm: Chang Hale LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17335943 on 06/01/2021 (1078 days app to issue)

Abstract: A protective circuit can include an AC line configured to provide power from an AC source, and a first protection circuit coupled to the AC line and implemented to be electrically parallel with a load circuit. The first protection circuit can be configured to be in an inactive state to be substantially non-conducting when a voltage across the load circuit is in a normal range or an active state to be substantially conducting when the voltage across the load circuit has an overvoltage value greater than the normal range to shunt power away from the load circuit. The protective circuit can further include a second protection circuit implemented to be electrically between the AC source and the load circuit. The second protection circuit can be configured to block power from the AC source in response to a condition resulting from the first protection circuit being in the active state.

[H02H] EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS (indicating or signalling undesired working conditions G01R, e.g. G01R 31/00, G08B; locating faults along lines G01R 31/08; emergency protective devices H01H)

Rectifier with signal reconstruction
Patent No. 11984802

Inventor(s): John Russell Broze (Dallas, TX), Nan Xing (Allen, TX), Orlando Lazaro (Cary, NC), Timothy Bryan Merkin (Princeton, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17363050 on 06/30/2021 (1049 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device has a first circuit, a second circuit, and an isolation circuit, the isolation circuit having an input and an output, the first circuit including a signal generator having an output, the output of the signal generator coupled to the input of the isolation circuit. The second circuit includes a rectifier circuit and a signal detector circuit, the rectifier circuit having a rectifier input coupled to the output of the isolation circuit, and the signal detector circuit having an input coupled to the output of the isolation circuit.

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

Resonant charge pump circuit
Patent No. 11984804

Inventor(s): Masashi Nogawa (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): Active-Semi, Inc. (Tortola, , VG)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17856581 on 07/01/2022 (683 days app to issue)

Abstract: A resonant charge pump circuit includes a resonant circuit having a bucket capacitor and a bucket inductor connected in series, and a switching circuit connected to the resonant circuit. The switching circuit switches to a first state that enables current to flow from an input terminal into the resonant circuit to charge the bucket capacitor and the bucket inductor, and switches to a second state that enables current to flow from the resonant circuit to discharge the bucket capacitor and the bucket inductor to an output terminal. The resonant circuit controls current flow into and out from the resonant circuit when the switching circuit switches between the states. The resonant charge pump circuit also includes a timing circuit that controls when the switching circuit switches between the states.

Switchover schemes for transition of oscillator from internal-resistor to external-resistor mode
Patent No. 11984849

Inventor(s): Aniruddha Roy (Bangalore, , IN), Nitin Agarwal (Bangalore, , IN), Preetham Narayana Reddy (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17903128 on 09/06/2022 (616 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a system includes an oscillator circuit on a chip. The oscillator circuit includes a charging current generator including a current mirror and an amplifier, where the amplifier is coupled to a pin of the chip. The oscillator circuit also includes a first switch coupled to the pin, a second switch coupled to the pin and to a charging resistor, and a third switch coupled to the amplifier and an internal resistor, where the internal resistor is internal to the chip. The oscillator circuit includes a bias current source coupled to the current mirror. The system includes an external resistor coupled to the pin, where the external resistor is external to the chip. The system also includes an external capacitor coupled to the pin and coupled in parallel to the external resistor, where the external capacitor is external to the chip.

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

Oscillator with active inductor
Patent No. 11984850

Inventor(s): Bichoy Bahr (Allen, TX), Swaminathan Sankaran (Allen, TX), Udit Rawat (West Lafayette, IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17876008 on 07/28/2022 (656 days app to issue)

Abstract: An oscillator circuit includes a bulk acoustic wave resonator, a differential active inductor circuit, and a gain circuit. The differential active inductor circuit is configured to bias the bulk acoustic wave resonator. The differential active inductor circuit is coupled between the bulk acoustic wave resonator and a power supply terminal. The gain circuit is coupled to the bulk acoustic wave resonator.

Temperature-sensitive sampling
Patent No. 11984876

Inventor(s): Robert Allan Neidorff (Bedford, NH), Robert Kenneth Oppen (Phoenix, AZ)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17732986 on 04/29/2022 (746 days app to issue)

Abstract: In at least one example, an apparatus includes a logic circuit having a switch control output and first and second logic circuit inputs. A pulse generator has a generator output coupled to the first logic circuit input. An elevated temperature detector has a detector output and a temperature sensor. The detector output is coupled between the second logic circuit input and the temperature sensor.

[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]

Load switch apparatus and control method
Patent No. 11984877

Inventor(s): Bo Yang (Allen, TX), Xiaoyu Xi (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Xi”an M3 Semiconductor Inc. (Xian, , CN)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17397001 on 08/09/2021 (1009 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a transistor coupled to a load through an output terminal of a load switch IC, a gate drive circuit connected to a gate of the transistor, wherein the gate drive circuit is configured such that in a short circuit event, a voltage on the gate of the transistor is gradually reduced, and wherein as a result of reducing the voltage on the gate of the transistor gradually, a negative voltage occurring at the output terminal of the load switch IC is minimized.

Rejection of end-of-packet dribble in high speed universal serial bus repeaters
Patent No. 11984941

Inventor(s): Anant Shankar Kamath (Bangalore, , IN), Mayank Garg (Ambala, , IN), Srijan Rastogi (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18100131 on 01/23/2023 (477 days app to issue)

Abstract: Universal Serial Bus (USB) repeater circuits and methods of operating the same for communicating data signals from a first pair of data terminals to a second pair of data terminals of the repeater. In a first channel, an amplifier stage in a receiver amplifies a differential signal received at the first pair of data terminals to generate a differential signal at first and second output nodes of the receiver, and a transmitting circuit transmits a differential signal at the second pair of data terminals responsive to the differential signal at the first and second output nodes of the receiver. The receiver includes a hysteresis stage that receives an offset in opposition to the differential signal at the first and second output nodes of the receiver. End-of-packet (EOP) dribble in USB communications in the HS mode is reduced by the offset at the hysteresis stage.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus of beam selection at terminal
Patent No. 11984961

Inventor(s): Anum Ali (Plano, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Dalin Zhu (Richardson, TX), Jianhua Mo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16998880 on 08/20/2020 (1363 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for selecting beams. A method includes determining, based on a channel condition, whether to use an adaptive selection method or a cycling selection method to select a subset of a plurality of beams for a beam measurement; based on the channel condition being a first channel condition, using the adaptive selection method to select the subset of beams; and based on the channel condition being a second channel condition, using the cycling selection method to select the subset of beams. The method further includes performing the beam measurement on the selected subset of beams, generating beam measurement information based on the beam measurement on the selected subset of beams, and determining one or more of the plurality of beams to use for a wireless communication based on the beam measurement information.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Unified data repository selection and parameters therefor
Patent No. 11985050

Inventor(s): Francisco Rottura (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17962764 on 10/10/2022 (582 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for unified data repository selection and parameters that can be associated with such selection are provided. For example, a method can include identifying, by a network element, a capability of a repository to store data applicable to all user equipment devices in a network. The method can further include selecting, by the network element, the repository from a plurality of repositories based on the identified capability.

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

System and method for selective data routing in a distributed network via data throughput analysis
Patent No. 11985056

Inventor(s): Elvis Nyamwange (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18223176 on 07/18/2023 (301 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for selective data routing in a distributed network via data throughput analysis in a distributed ledger network. The present invention is configured to receive a request for a data transmission from an endpoint device of a network, determine, via a routing module, a throughput of data associated with the data transmission, determine a classification of the data transmission, and assign the data transmission to an assigned routing channel. The assigned routing channel may include either a first routing channel or a second routing channel based on the classification, wherein the first routing channel is a light load network comprising emitter devices operatively coupled to endpoint devices proximate the emitter devices, and wherein the second routing channel is a heavy load network comprising a first multicore optical fiber.

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

Packet arbitration for buffered packets in a network device
Patent No. 11985078

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: 17897557 on 08/29/2022 (624 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices and techniques for packet arbitration for buffered packets in a network device are described herein. A packet can be received at an input of the network device. The packet can be placed in a buffer for the input and a characteristic of the packet can be obtained. A record for the packet, that includes the characteristic, is written into a data structure that is independent of the buffer. Arbitration, based on the characteristic of the packet in the record, can then be performed among multiple packets to select a next packet from the buffer for delivery to an output.

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

Method and device in UE and base station for wireless communication
Patent No. 11985079

Inventor(s): Qi Jiang (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Dido Wireless Innovations, LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17890235 on 08/17/2022 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and device in User Equipment (UE) and base station for wireless communication. The UE receives Q1 first-type information groups, and transmits or receives a first radio signal in a first time-frequency resource according to a configuration of a first information group; the first information group is one of the Q1 first-type information groups; a frequency domain position of the first time-frequency resource is used for determining the first information group from the Q1 first-type information groups; each of the Q1 first-type information groups includes at least one of relevant information to a subcarrier spacing. The disclosure establishes an association between the frequency domain position of the first time-frequency resource and the first information group, thereby simplifying the reception of the first-type information group, improving the flexibility of scheduling of frequency domain resources on unlicensed spectrum, and improving the overall performance of the system.

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

Method and apparatus for communications in a distributed antenna system
Patent No. 11985085

Inventor(s): Dalin Zhu (Richardson, TX), Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17582929 on 01/24/2022 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for communications in a distributed antenna wireless communication system. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a first configuration for measuring a channel difference between a target cell and a reference cell in a cell group; receiving information for one or more measurement reference signals (RSs) to measure for determining the channel difference; and receiving a second configuration for reporting the channel difference between the target cell and the reference cell in the cell group. The method further includes measuring, based on the information, the measurement RSs; determining, based on the measured measurement RSs, the channel difference between the target cell and the reference cell in the cell group; and transmitting, based on the second configuration, a channel difference report associated with the determined channel difference. The measurement RSs comprise channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs), synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), or both.

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

System for implementing multifactor authentication based on secure tokenization
Patent No. 11985124

Inventor(s): Michael Wm. Whitaker (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17830673 on 06/02/2022 (712 days app to issue)

Abstract: Leveraging secure tokenization, such as a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), for purposes of multifactor and/or elevated user authentication. In this regard, an authentication NFT is generated based at least on a user”s authentication credentials. Subsequently, the authentication NFT is verified/validated via a private distributed trust computing network and stored, in a deactivated state, on a distributed ledger. Once the user is confronted with an elevated and/or multifactored authentication process, the user may initiates use of the authentication NFT by checking-out the authentication NFT from the distributed ledger and moving the authentication NFT from the deactivated state to an activated state, in which the user credentials are accessible to the user for purposes of authentication.

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

Speech signal bandwidth extension using cascaded neural networks
Patent No. 11985179

Inventor(s): Nikhil Shankar (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Pierce Atwood LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17101108 on 11/23/2020 (1268 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system configured to improve a voice quality during a communication session by performing bandwidth extension on a narrowband speech signal to generate a wideband speech signal with higher audio quality. For example, a system can extend a speech bandwidth from a narrowband signal having a first bandwidth (e.g., 4 kHz) to a wideband signal having a second bandwidth (e.g., 8 kHz or higher). To perform bandwidth extension, the system may include cascaded neural networks, such as two or more sub-pixel convolutional neural networks (CNNs) connected in series. In some examples, a first sub-pixel CNN may extend the speech bandwidth from 4 kHz to 6 kHz and a second sub-pixel CNN may extend the speech bandwidth from 6 kHz to 8 kHz. Alternatively, the system may use three or more cascaded neural networks and/or may extend the speech bandwidth above 8 kHz without departing from the disclosure.

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

Automatic selection of MAC protocol to support multiple prime PLC standards
Patent No. 11985215

Inventor(s): Anuj Batra (Mountain View, CA), Mehul Soman (Dallas, TX), Wonsoo Kim (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16877842 on 05/19/2020 (1456 days app to issue)

Abstract: A communication device in a network may receive a stream of frames from the network, in which each frame includes one or more beacon packets. A communication protocol being used by the network may be identified by tracking a preselected field within a sequence of beacon packets, in which the preselected field varies in a first known manner for a first protocol and in a second known manner for a second protocol. The communication device may then join to the network using the identified communication protocol to transmit and receive data.

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

Equalization adaptation schemes for high-speed links
Patent No. 11985220

Inventor(s): Pervez Mirza Aziz (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Lowenstein Sandler LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18194355 on 03/31/2023 (410 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit for a receiving link device includes a processing device to detect, using an equalizer of the receiving link device, that a receiver (RX) pre-cursor value is outside of a threshold value based on a target RX tap value. The processing device further generates, based on the detecting, a plurality of tap messages having a plurality of up or down commands to one of decrease or increase a corresponding transmitter (TX) pre-cursor value of a transmitting link device. The processing device further causes the plurality of tap messages to be provided to a local transmitter to be transmitted to the transmitting link device. The plurality of tap messages is to cause the transmitting link device to adjust the corresponding TX pre-cursor value.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Data integrity validation via degenerate keys
Patent No. 11985255

Inventor(s): Michael John Line (University Park, MD)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17824327 on 05/25/2022 (720 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for developing a novel public/private key pair having unique properties are disclosed, whereby standard data security operations in existing data security infrastructures return a data integrity validation resultbut do not provide the intended data security of such infrastructures. These novel keys are referred to as degenerate keys and may be used to replace the public and private keys in existing public/private key cryptosystems. Because degenerate key data integrity validation may leverage existing data security infrastructures that are already widely-implemented, such examples may be applied immediately and configured to seamlessly transition from integrity only modes back to secure modes. In some instances, the degenerate key examples described herein may be employed during a software testing and/or factory validation stage of product development to allow for data integrity validation before burning in a developer”s active (i.e., non-degenerate) key to the product, thereby pairing the software to the hardware.

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

Unified multi-die physical unclonable function
Patent No. 11985259

Inventor(s): Albert D. Marzullo (Plano, TX), Edward Escandon (McKinney, TX), Jennifer E. Howard (Prosper, TX), Maegen A. Forrer (Farmersville, TX), Ross MacKinnon (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: CANTOR COLBURN LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17357067 on 06/24/2021 (1055 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-die device a first die containing a plurality of first die signal path elements configured to propagate a stimulus signal and a second die containing a plurality of second die signal path elements configured to propagate the stimulus signal. The multi-die device further includes an interposer configured to establish signal communication between the first die and the second die so as to deliver the stimulus signal from the plurality of first die signal path elements to the plurality of second die signal path elements to generate a propagation delay. The propagation delay is used to generate a single unified PUF response that is indicative of the authenticity of the multi-die device.

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

System and methods for adaptive campaign management and predictive customer engagement utilizing a customer data platform
Patent No. 11985270

Inventor(s): Ashish Koul (San Jose, CA), Ashok Raj Susairaju (Chennai, , IN)
Assignee(s): ACQUEON TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Galvin Patent Law LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18179355 on 03/06/2023 (435 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method that provides adaptive campaign management and customer engagement predictions utilizing a customer data platform comprising an data ingestion module, an analytics module, and a unified customer database. Furthermore, the system and method ingest a plurality of disparate information related to a customer from various information sources such as enterprise specific customer records, social media data and metadata, web app data and metadata, and mobile device app data and metadata, transforms the ingested data into a standard data format, and correlates the transformed data with existing customer information to form a unified customer profile. The system uses machine learning for predictions and maintenance of customer profiles, and continuously and automatically updates the machine learning models over time. A collection of unified customer data profiles may represent a unified knowledge base of customer information that can be accessed by a plurality of enterprises for call campaign management.

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

Temporal motion data candidate derivation in video coding
Patent No. 11985310

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18111581 on 02/19/2023 (450 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for derivation of a temporal motion data (TMD) candidate for a prediction unit (PU) in video encoding or video decoding is provided. The derived TMD candidate is for inclusion in an inter-prediction candidate list for the PU. The method includes determining a primary TMD position relative to a co-located PU in a co-located largest coding unit (LCU), wherein the co-located PU is a block in a reference picture having a same size, shape, and coordinates as the PU, and selecting at least some motion data of a secondary TMD position as the TMD candidate when the primary TMD position is in a bottom neighboring LCU or in a bottom right neighboring LCU of the co-located LCU, wherein the secondary TMD position is determined relative to the co-located PU.

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

Reduced complexity coefficient transmission for adaptive loop filtering (ALF) in video coding
Patent No. 11985338

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17989939 on 11/18/2022 (543 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for adaptive loop filtering is provided that includes determining a coefficient value for each coefficient position of an adaptive loop filter, applying the adaptive loop filter to at least a portion of a reconstructed picture using the coefficient values, and entropy encoding coefficient values into a compressed bit stream using predetermined short binary codes, wherein the short binary code used depends on the coefficient position of the coefficient value.

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

Method and apparatus for a low complexity transform unit partitioning structure for HEVC
Patent No. 11985353

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17824460 on 05/25/2022 (720 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a low complexity transform unit partitioning structure for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). The method includes determining prediction unit size of a coding unit, and setting the size of transform unit size of Y, U and V according to the prediction unit size of the coding unit.

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

Sample adaptive offset (SAO) parameter signaling
Patent No. 11985359

Inventor(s): Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen, TX), Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA), Woo-Shik Kim (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18541568 on 12/15/2023 (151 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for signaling of sample adaptive offset (SAO) information that may reduce the coding rate for signaling such information in the compressed bit stream are provided. More specifically, techniques are provided that allow SAO information common to two or more of the color components to be signaled using one or more syntax elements (flags or indicators) representative of the common information. These techniques reduce the need to signal SAO information separately for each color component.

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

Set-top box with enhanced functionality and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11985375

Inventor(s): Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17573538 on 01/11/2022 (854 days app to issue)

Abstract: A set-top box with enhanced functionality and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box system, first and second set-top boxes each include a housing securing a television input, a television output, a processor, a wireless transceiver, memory, and storage communicatively interconnected by a busing architecture. Each of the set-top boxes is connected to a display, such as a television. A syndication profile associated with the set-top boxes enables a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device to control both displays via each of the set-top boxes.

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

Applying shaken procedures to legacy protocols
Patent No. 11985500

Inventor(s): Michael W. Powers (Lubbock, TX)
Assignee(s): GLOBAL BUSINESS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Granbury, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17322593 on 05/17/2021 (1093 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a network interface is operable to receive a communication request over a communication link of a radio access network. A processor communicatively coupled to the network interface receives the communication request from a first networked device over a communication link of a radio access network via a first communication protocol. The communication request comprises caller information. The processor then verifies caller information and obtains an authenticator, associated with the caller information, that indicates the communication request is authorized to be routed to a second networked device. The second networked device is configured to receive communications via a second communication protocol.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamic small cell radio frequency (RF) optimization
Patent No. 11985521

Inventor(s): Amir Saghir (Frisco, TX), Said Hanbaly (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18186426 on 03/20/2023 (421 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium provide for scanning, by a device, a radio service area of a small cell radio access node to detect radio signals of one or more radio frequency (RF) bands, the radio signals including transmissions associated with one or more other small cell radio access nodes that are operating in a vicinity of the small cell radio access node, and the small radio access node being configured to alternately operate at multiple RF bands including the one or more RF bands; determining, by the device, a signal strength associated with each of the one or more RF bands; and dynamically optimizing, by device, operation of the small cell radio access node based on the signal strength associated with each of the one or more RF bands.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Channel selection for multi-link devices with bandwidth constraints
Patent No. 11985542

Inventor(s): Malcolm M. Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17644457 on 12/15/2021 (881 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are provided for optimizing performance of a multi-link device (MLD). In one embodiment, a controller receives information about a filter response for a first multi-link device (MLD, determines, based on the information about the filter response, a filtering transitional region of the first MLD indicating a range of frequencies where there is energy leakage due to the first MLD device operating in a simultaneous transmission and reception (STR) mode, determines cost metrics for a plurality of channels by identifying a STR and non-STR (NSTR) ratio for each of the plurality of channels, and assigns, based on the filtering transitional region and the cost metrics, a first radio of an access point (AP) to one of the plurality of channels to enable the first MLD to operate in the STR mode when communicating with the first radio.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Support of PS Data Off in a mobile system
Patent No. 11985550

Inventor(s): Curt Wong (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Lippes Mathias LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16314586 on 06/27/2017 (2513 days app to issue)

Abstract: A UE activates a PS Data Off service to block downlink and uplink services except the exempted services determined by the HPLMN. To activate PS Data Off, the UE sends an indication to the MME or SGSN, or additionally to a S-CSCF or an IMS network. The UE may receive a confirmation of the PS Data Off activation and/or a list of exempt services. The MME may contact the HSS to notify about the activation of the PS Data Off and receive indication of support of the service or list of exempted services and send the indication and/or packet filtering per PDN to PDN GW(s). The PDN GW may contact a PCRF to get policy rules. The HSS may provide a list of exempt services to the S-CSCF.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

In-network wireless interference detection
Patent No. 11985562

Inventor(s): Eric I. Leal (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): CALIX, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Shumaker Sieffert, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17649764 on 02/02/2022 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for interference detection includes one or more processors are configured to receive from one or more access points within a wireless network information indicative of airtime usage of one or more client devices associated with the one or more access points, determine an amount of total interference for at least one of the access points on a first channel, the total interference including foreign interference and in-network interference, determine a correlation between the total interference and the airtime usage of the one or more client devices, determine an amount of the foreign interference or an amount of the in-network interference based on the correlation, and selectively switch the at least one of the access points from communicating on the first channel to communicating on a second channel based on the determined amount of the foreign interference or the determined amount of the in-network interference.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Automatic emergency call activation and notification system and method
Patent No. 11985566

Inventor(s): Malcolm Wade Pipes (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 14273439 on 05/08/2014 (3659 days app to issue)

Abstract: An Automatic Emergency Call Initiator (AECI) initiates an automatic emergency call protocol on a mobile communication system, which can be done using signaling messages. The user uses the AECI to initiate the call on a mobile station. GPS or other location data is automatically determined. Data is stored on an Emergency Notification Server (ENS) associated with an event identifier for easy retrieval or notification to emergency responders. The ENS generates an automated call to a call center and also supports the automatic emergency call protocol by storing GPS and identifying info on mobile stations meeting location criteria of the AECI initiated call. The ENS can also tag a mobile station to continue tracking mobile stations coming within a specified distance of the mobile station. A security alert protocol for predetermined mobile stations detected by a network can also be implemented using the ENS.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Secure edge device for contactless vehicle processing
Patent No. 11985665

Inventor(s): Vijaya L Vemireddy (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17345115 on 06/11/2021 (1068 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a secure edge device for contactless resource distribution and resource crediting from an automobile. In this way, the edge device may be affixed to or embedded within the side or the mirror of an automobile and be able to communicate with a third party device using near field communication. Upon authentication of a user, the edge device may communicate with the third party to transmit and present data about the resource distribution to the automobile display. The system allows for the user to select the resource distribution via the automobile display and provide a completion of resource distributions.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for exposing user equipment identity
Patent No. 11985731

Inventor(s): Jason Logan Anderson (Plano, TX), Shannon A. Donaghey (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17038443 on 09/30/2020 (1322 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device, located in a core network associated with a radio access network (RAN), may include a processor configured to expose services or capabilities to application servers outside the core network, wherein the device is located in a core network associated with a radio access network (RAN). The processor may be further configured to receive a subscriber identifier message from a gateway device that established a connection to a user equipment (UE) device via the RAN, wherein the subscriber identifier message includes information identifying the UE device; receive a request from an application server associated with the connection for the information identifying the UE device; and provide the requested information identifying the UE device to the application server, in response to receiving the request from the application server.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Indium-based interface structures, apparatus, and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 11985758

Inventor(s): Fernando Ortiz (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): L3 Technologies, Inc. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Egan, Enders Huston LLP. (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17216603 on 03/29/2021 (1142 days app to issue)

Abstract: Indium-based interface systems, structures, and methods for forming the same are provided. The disclosed indium-based interfaces may be formed as solid structures between two solid surfaces by providing a solid indium-based material between the two surfaces, and heating the indium-based material above its melting point while in contact with each of the two surfaces to cause the indium-based material to reflow or otherwise liquefy between the two surfaces. The indium-based material may then be cooled below its melting point to form a solid interface material structure that is positioned between and in contact with each of the surfaces.

[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)

Module for a telecommunications pole
Patent No. 11985789

Inventor(s): Richard D. Williams (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17188088 on 03/01/2021 (1170 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a module for a telecommunications pole. The module may include a main base plate configured such that telecommunications equipment can be mounted thereto, a top frame member and a bottom frame member coupled to opposing ends of the main base plate and extending outwardly from, and generally perpendicularly to, the main base plate; and a plurality of side frame members coupled to the top and bottom frame members, each side frame member extending collinearly with the main base plate. The top, bottom and side frame members each include a plurality of recesses and protrusions configured and/or positioned such that the top, bottom, and side frame members may be aligned and assembled within the telecommunications pole. Module assemblies and methods of assembling the modules are also described herein.

DESIGN PATENTS

Model vehicle shock tower
Patent No. D1026743

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Caleb Hix (McKinney, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Ross Martin (Roanoke, TX), Trent Collins (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29852440 on 09/07/2022 (615 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Mobile kicking training device
Patent No. D1027086

Inventor(s): James Christopher Hairston, Jr. (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Simple Kicking Solutions, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Vinson Elkins L.L.P. (Local + 5 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29792891 on 04/29/2022 (746 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Inventor(s): Douglas F. Sutherland (Luxembourg, , LU), Scott J. Smith (Dallas, TX), Tyde Meadows (Hartselle, AL), Valentin Korman (Huntsville, AL)
Assignee(s): Socrates Health Solutions, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29868498 on 12/05/2022 (526 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Inventor(s): Mason Parks (Coppell, TX), Rajat Agarwal (Irving, TX), Sue Hwang (Carrolton, TX), Travis Hollman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Hollman Family Advisors, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Hemingway Hansen, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29890829 on 04/27/2023 (383 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D1027218

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D1027285

Inventor(s): Scott M. Conway (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29731219 on 04/13/2020 (1492 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Patent No. D1027331

Inventor(s): Jay Michaelson (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): HandsOn Equine, LLC (Mansfiled, TX)
Law Firm: FisherBroyles, LLP (Local + 17 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29791726 on 02/02/2022 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Inventor(s): Samuel Marcus Howard (Lancaster, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt and Eldredge Law Firm (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29742232 on 10/08/2020 (1314 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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