Other companies with notable patents granted this week include:

Advanced Interventional Cardiovascular Solutions’ non-occluding balloon for cardiovascular drug delivery
Bank of America’s leveraging quantum entanglement for replicating data in multiple locations and twin tagging the data
BMIC’s roofing shingle having uniquely identifiable radio frequency-based tag
Dell Products’ use of reliability predictions for selection of data storage devices
Hedera Hashgraph’s methods and apparatus for a distributed database within a network
IBM’s realtime identity attack detection and remediation
Lennox Industries’ system for detecting a refrigerant leak in an HVAC system using a subcooling temperature
Micro Focus’ identification of variants of artificial intelligence generated malware
NxGen Partners IP’s unified nonlinear modeling approach for machine learning and artificial intelligence (attractor-assisted AI)
Siemens Industry Software’s systems and methods for automatic detachment of support structures for 3D printed parts
Theatro Labs’ integrating verbal collaboration platforms with data collection and user context
Toyota Motor North America’s limiting battery degradation for a group of vehicles
Verily Life Sciences’ thin-film high-density sensing array, sub-scalp implantation tool and implant method
Wells Fargo’s systems for adversarial annotations

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

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of 12/2/25 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 6
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 6
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 4
D: Textiles; Paper 1
E: Fixed Constructions 10
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 7
G: Physics 40
H: Electricity 48

DESIGN: 12

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 15
Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson) 6
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 5
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 5
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.) 5
BMIC LLC (Dallas) 3
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 3
Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock) 3
International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.) 3

Unassigned 9

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Fangwen Wan (Suzhou, China) 2
Haiyan Chen (Suzhou, China) 2
Ligang Wu (Suzhou, China) 2
Michael Voss (Aledo) 2
Rajen Manicon Murugan (Dallas) 2
Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton) 2
Sylvester Ankamah-Kusi (Dallas) 2
Ting Zhang (Suzhou, China) 2
Vidhya Seran (Irving) 2
Xiangyang Ai (Plano) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Cooking fixture with modified cooking surface for selective browning effect
Patent No. 12484591

Inventor(s): Justin Corless (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE REATH LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17686779 on 03/04/2022 (1369 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cooking fixture including a base defining a cooking surface, the cooking surface having a raised area and a depressed area, the raised area being planar, and the depressed area being defined by a plurality of pockets arranged in a random pattern. Each pocket has a depth relative to the raised area.

[A21D] TREATMENT, e.g. PRESERVATION, OF FLOUR OR DOUGH FOR BAKING, e.g. BY ADDITION OF MATERIALS; BAKING; BAKERY PRODUCTS; PRESERVATION THEREOF [2006.01]

Holder device for coupling smokable items with smoking instruments
Patent No. 12484615

Inventor(s): Angela Mou (Keller, NE)
Assignee(s): Coconut Concepts LLC (Keller, TX)
Law Firm: Cohen I.P. Law Group, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18889784 on 09/19/2024 (439 days app to issue)

Abstract: A holder device for coupling a smokable item (e.g., a pre-roll cone, an empty cone, a pre-rolled or hand-rolled cigarette, a cigar, etc.). The holder device includes a passageway formed and dimensioned to provide upper and lower lateral support to the smokable item, as well as the forces necessary to secure the smokable item within the passageway when inserted therein. The holder device may be coupled to a smoking instrument, e.g., to a down stem of a waterpipe, thereby enabling the smokable item to be smoked via the instrument instead of being handheld during the smoking experience. The holder device also may include an integrated ashtray.

[A24F] SMOKERS’ REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES (lighters F23Q)

System and method for making an ice straw
Patent No. 12484726

Inventor(s): Thomas Surgent (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Prive Products, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17609970 on 05/16/2020 (2026 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for making degradable drinking straws made of ice (or other frozen liquid(s)). The system may comprise one or more tubes configured to extend into a reservoir. The tubes may each be in fluid communication with a connecting bar, wherein fluid (e.g., a liquid and/or a gas) within the connecting bar may be directed into the tubes. The system may comprise a source of cold fluid and a source of hot fluid in fluid communication with the connecting bar. The degradable straw may comprise a wall (or thickness) made of ice with a hollow, cavity, and/or void space through the straw. The degradable straw may serve to cool the drink (as any other piece of ice within the drinking liquid) via placement in a drink and/or via the drink passing through the void space into a user”s mouth.

[A47G] HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B 65/00; knives B26B)

Thin-film high-density sensing array, sub-scalp implantation tool and implant method
Patent No. 12484829

Inventor(s): Benjamin Yaffe (San Francisco, CA), Shivkumar Sabesan (Campbell, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17272013 on 08/01/2019 (2315 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices, systems and techniques are provided to facilitate chronic monitoring of biological signals. An implant device can include a set of branch portions. Each branch portion can include multiple electrodes disposed on a bottom surface and can have vias that connect the electrode to a trace on the top of the branch portion. Each branch portion can include a hole through which a connector (e.g., suture) can be pulled. The connector can also be threaded through a hole in a curved arm of an implantation tool, To implant the implant device, the implantation tool can be inserted through an incision, moved to a target location and stabilized. An end of the connector can then be pulled, which can cause the implant device to move to the target location. The implant device can then be stabilized and the implantation tool explanted.

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

Cosmetic compositions
Patent No. 12485080

Inventor(s): David Gan (Addison, TX), Michelle Hines (Addison, TX), Tiffany Florence (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16206018 on 11/30/2018 (2559 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for their use that can be used in cosmetic applications. The composition can include an effective amount of a [i]Centella asiatica [/i]stem cells to reduce the activity of hyaluronidase in skin, an effective amount of tetradecyl aminobutyroylvalylamino butyric urea trifluoroacetate or [i]Alpinia galanga [/i]leaf extract to promote the production of hyaluronic acid in skin, an effective amount of tripeptide-1 to promote the production of fibronectin and laminin in skin, and a dermatologically acceptable vehicle.

[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)

Non-occluding balloon for cardiovascular drug delivery
Patent No. 12485253

Inventor(s): Brett Allyn Williams (North Oaks, MN), Vijay Sitharam Ramanath (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Interventional Cardiovascular Solutions, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18537604 on 12/12/2023 (721 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-occluding drug-coated balloon catheter device for use in a blood vessel transporting blood comprises a catheter shaft including a guidewire lumen, a fluid lumen and a connector port. A balloon is mounted on the catheter shaft and includes an outer envelope surrounding the guidewire lumen in fluid communication with the fluid lumen; a drug coating applied on the exterior surface of the outer envelope; and at least one bypass lumen forming a passage extending from the proximal end of the outer envelope to the distal end of the outer envelope. When the balloon is positioned in a blood vessel and inflated, the exterior surface of the outer envelope presses the drug coating against the blood vessel and the bypass lumen is open between the distal end of the outer envelope and the proximal end of the outer envelope such that blood transport continues through the bypass lumen.

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

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

Systems and methods for multi-junction particle sorting in injection-molded articles
Patent No. 12485420

Inventor(s): Andrew Homyk (Belmont, CA), Junjia Ding (San Mateo, CA), Michael Brundage (Lincoln, MA), Saurabh Vyawahare (Mountain View, CA), Srinivas Hanasoge (Foster City, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17658781 on 04/11/2022 (1331 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a method of producing a microfluidic sorting apparatus. The method includes providing an injection-molded substrate comprising a network of channels; bonding an insulating film to an upper surface of the substrate to cover the network of channels; and depositing a conductive film on the insulating film. The substrate can be separated from the conductive film.

[B01L] CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE (apparatus for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61; apparatus for industrial purposes or laboratory apparatus whose construction and performance are comparable to that of similar industrial apparatus, see the relevant classes for industrial apparatus, particularly subclasses of B01 and C12; separating or distilling apparatus B01D; mixing or stirring devices B01F; atomisers B05B; sieves B07B; corks, bungs B65D; handling liquids in general B67; vacuum pumps F04; siphons F04F 10/00; taps, stop-cocks F16K; tubes, tube joints F16L; apparatus specially adapted for investigating or analysing materials G01, particularly G01N; electrical or optical apparatus, see the relevant classes in sections G and H)

Systems and methods for automatic detachment of support structures for 3D printed parts
Patent No. 12485486

Inventor(s): Nicola Maria Ceriani (Erlangen, , DE)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17637711 on 08/29/2019 (2287 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing system may include a design access engine configured to access a digital design of a part designed for construction through an additive manufacturing process. The computing system may also include a detachable support structure engine configured to insert, into the digital design, a support structure configured to support construction of a surface of the part. The inserted support structure may include a shape-memory element configured to be in a diminished shape during the additive manufacturing process and expand into an expanded shape after the additive manufacturing process ends as well as an element enclosure attached to the surface of the part and configured to hold the shape-memory element in the diminished shape and break from the part as the shape-memory element expands into the expanded shape.

[B22F] WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER (making alloys by powder metallurgy C22C); APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER

Devices and tooling system for maintenance of dynamic weight management systems on railroad vehicles
Patent No. 12485508

Inventor(s): Larry C. Valentine (Berryton, KS), Mike E. Teaford (Topeka, KS), Timothy Webb (Topeka, KS)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18045692 on 10/11/2022 (1148 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices and/or tooling systems for performing maintenance of dynamic weight management (DWM) systems on railroad vehicles are provided. In embodiments, the devices may include specialized devices or tools configured for removing and/or installing various DWM components. In embodiments, the removal/installation devices may include a DWM cover plate removal device, a DWM crank and shaft removal device, and/or a DWM bushing maintenance device. In embodiments, the DWM cover plate removal device may be configured to remove a cover plate of a DWM system attached to a frame of a truck assembly of a railroad vehicle, the DWM crank and shaft removal device may be configured to remove a DWM main shaft and/or a DWM chain crank from a DWM system, and the DWM bushing maintenance device may be configured to install and/or remove a frame bushing from and/or into a frame bushing opening within a frame of a DWM system.

[B23P] OTHER WORKING OF METAL; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q)

Method and system for modeling personalized car-following driving styles with model-free inverse reinforcement learning
Patent No. 12485911

Inventor(s): Kyungtae Han (Palo Alto, CA), Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, CA), Ziran Wang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17936459 on 09/29/2022 (1160 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include learning reward functions for a plurality of first vehicles based on first vehicle data associated with the plurality of first vehicles using inverse reinforcement learning, associating each vehicle of the plurality of first vehicles with one cluster among a plurality of clusters based on the reward functions, determining a centroid reward function for each of the clusters based on the reward functions associated with each cluster, performing a comparison between second vehicle data associated with a second vehicle and the first vehicle data, determining a vehicle among the plurality of first vehicles having associated first vehicle data that is most similar to the second vehicle data based on the comparison, associating the second vehicle with the cluster associated with the determined vehicle, and controlling operation of the second vehicle based on the centroid reward function of the cluster associated with the second vehicle.

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

Automated tie marking
Patent No. 12485940

Inventor(s): Lisa Marie Kelly (Weatherford, TX), Michael James Brick (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18193849 on 03/31/2023 (977 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for automating railroad maintenance by a tie gang using electronic tie marking (ETM) configured to optimize railroad asset maintenance. The system enables collision avoidance between members of the tie gang performing maintenance on railway assets (e.g., Rails, Ties, Ballasts, Turnouts, Crossings, etc.). The system can generate production numbers for the railway assets and evaluate an asset queue for the tie gang to perform maintenance. The system can utilize real-time updates from the tie gang to optimize work output. The system can provide a customizable user interface to identify, track, and process information related to maintenance of the railroad asset. The system also provides for a heads-up-display (HUD) to notify an operator of relevant information, such as maintenance information, travel indicators, and updated asset queue. The system can identify a next location and calculate an optimum path based on sensor input incorporating machine-specific and environmental characteristics.

[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)

Separate food cups joined by seal sheet hinge
Patent No. 12486073

Inventor(s): Christine Horan (Northborough, MA), Gregg Flender (Bedford, MA), Julia Sharpe (Cambridge, MA), Matthew Nichols (McKinney, TX), Ryan Adame (Queen Creek, AZ), Vincent Taylor (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Daisy Brand, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18750969 on 06/21/2024 (529 days app to issue)

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

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

Folding knife with replaceable blade
Patent No. D1103732

Inventor(s): Dillon Douglas (Henderson, NV), Howard Unger (Henderson, NV), Thomas Rucci (Henderson, NV)
Assignee(s): GOOD SPORTSMAN MARKETING, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Cabello Hall Zinda, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29918684 on 11/29/2023 (734 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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

Use of ergothioneine for extending lifespan or improving healthspan
Patent No. 12485110

Inventor(s): Shawn Wells (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): NANJING NUTRABUILDING BIO-TECH CO., LTD. (Nanjing, , CN)
Law Firm: ANOVA LAW GROUP PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17973710 on 10/26/2022 (1133 days app to issue)

Abstract: Among others, the present disclosure provides methods for extending lifespan or improving healthspan in a mammal, which includes administration to the mammal of a composition containing an effective amount of ergothioneine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, acid, ester, analog or derivative thereof.

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

Metal oxide nanoparticle with alkylsiloxane ligands bonded thereto
Patent No. 12486235

Inventor(s): Marissa Lynn Higgins (Forney, TX), Nicholas Charles Anderson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): CubicPV Inc. (Bedford, MA)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18314772 on 05/09/2023 (938 days app to issue)

Abstract: A metal oxide nanoparticle comprises a metal oxide core of formula M[subscript]2[/subscript]O[subscript]5[/subscript], wherein M is tantalum (V) or niobium (V) and alkylsiloxane ligands bonded to the metal oxide core.

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

Crystal forms of crenolanib and methods of use thereof
Patent No. 12486256

Inventor(s): Vinay Jain (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Arog Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Hoag LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18215530 on 06/28/2023 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: present invention relates to novel crystalline polymorphs of 1-[2-[5-[(3-Methyl-3-oxetanyl) methoxy]-1H-benzimidazol-1-yl]-8-quinolinyl]-4-piperidinamine monobenzenesulfonate, and to methods for their preparation. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more forms and optionally one or more suitable pharmaceutical carriers. The invention also relates to methods of using the crystalline polymorphs of the invention in the treatment of disease.

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

Polymer composition blend and membranes made therefrom
Patent No. 12486387

Inventor(s): Christian Ohm (Gernsheim, , DE), David Ditter (Mainz, , DE), Fangfang Tao (Shanghai, , CN), Yingying Sun (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Celanese International Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18124848 on 03/22/2023 (986 days app to issue)

Abstract: A polymer composition for producing gel extruded articles is described. The polymer composition contains at least three different polyethylene polymers, namely a lower molecular weight polyethylene polymer, a mid-range molecular weight polyethylene polymer, and a high molecular weight polyethylene polymer. Combining the different polyethylene polymers in different ratios can optimize not only mechanical properties but improve processing.

[C08L] COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) [2]

T E X T I L E S& P A P E R

Magnetic-responsive compositions for roofing materials
Patent No. 12486614

Inventor(s): Joshua Tingley (Morris Plains, NJ), Yan Zheng (Parsippany, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18907164 on 10/04/2024 (424 days app to issue)

Abstract: Magnetic-responsive compositions for roofing materials are provided. A composition comprises a polymer and a magnetic-responsive additive. The magnetic-responsive additive, when subjected to a magnetic field, is aligned in a horizontal direction sufficient to increase a reflectivity of the composition upon curing to form a roofing material. A kit comprising a composition and a roller device is provided. The roller device comprising a roller, wherein the roller contains a magnetic array. Related systems and related methods are also provided.

[D06N] WALL, FLOOR, OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM, OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF A FIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULAR MATERIAL (paper-based or board-based structures for surface covering D21H 27/18); FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

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

Method and apparatus for rejuvenating lines on roads
Patent No. 12486629

Inventor(s): Erick McCallum (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18421483 on 01/24/2024 (678 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for rejuvenating markings on roads includes at least one cleaning unit, a collection tank, a vacuum member, and a connection point. At least one cleaning unit includes a frame, at least one skirt member, at least one spray connection, and a wand member. The skirt member is coupled to an external surface of the frame. The spray connection is disposed at least partially on a top surface of the frame, and the wand member is coupled to the underside of the spray connection. The collection tank includes a plurality of entry points and at least one vacuum connection. Each entry point is configured to mate with a hose. The vacuum member works with the collection tank such that material is vacuumed from underneath the cleaning unit into the collection tank and then into a storage tank. The connection point is configured for attachment to a maneuvering member.

[E01H] STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; CLEANING LAND; DISPERSING FOG IN GENERAL (mowers convertible to apparatus for sweeping or cleaning lawns or other surfaces, e.g. to remove snow, or capable of sweeping or cleaning lawns or other surfaces A01D 42/06; cleaning in general B08B) [4]

Tank base
Patent No. 12486635

Inventor(s): Larry L. Perkins (Southlake, TX), Tim Kriegshauser (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17893260 on 08/23/2022 (1197 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for the construction of an improved tank base. A tank base is constructed for protection against accidental spills and/or leaks associated with a tank battery. The improved tank base comprises at least one part of a suitable substrate, which allows for the adhesion of an elastomer such as polyurea. Polyurea is preferably applied using a spray device which yields an average coverage of about 50-80 mils, and most preferably 60 mils. If more than one substrate is used, one or more substrates can be bound together with a fastening system. Once pressure is applied in the form of weight, the fastening system can be removed, resulting in an improved tank base having at least one seam and impervious to the fluid of the tank battery.

[E02D] FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES [6]

Roofing system and associated roofing shingle
Patent No. 12486667

Inventor(s): Chris Searcy (Tuscaloosa, AL), Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, NJ), James Svec (Kearny, NJ), Ming-Liang Shiao (Basking Ridge, NJ), Nicholas Thurston (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19219472 on 05/27/2025 (189 days app to issue)

Abstract: Roofing shingles are disclosed that are capable of self-adhering to a roof deck or underlayment and/or other roofing shingles and that require few or no mechanical fasteners to remain attached to the roof. By appropriate positioning of sealant lines on the shingle, direct adhesion between the shingle and the roof deck or underlayment and/or other roofing shingles can be achieved. If the shingle is laminated, the layers may be mechanically attached with indentations in the common bond area. The nail zone of the shingle may be visually indicated with fines and/or one or more paint lines. A roofing system comprising a plurality of courses of the shingles is also disclosed.

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

Mounting device for a metal roof
Patent No. 12486668

Inventor(s): Jonathon Moss (Grandview, TX)
Assignee(s): RMH Tech LLC (Colorado Springs, CO)
Law Firm: Sheridan Ross P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18642276 on 04/22/2024 (589 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mounting device or clamp is provided that can be secured to a roof joint without damaging the roof joint. Two roof panels can be joined at a roof joint that extends away from the roof. The clamp has a body with a slot to receive the roof joint. An insert of the clamp is rotatable relative to the body from a first position to a second position. The clamp body can be positioned over the roof joint, and the insert can rotate or pivot from the first position to the second position relative to the body to secure the clamp to the roof joint. In one embodiment, a body of the clamp has a first arm that is concave and the insert has a concave portion to engage the roof joint. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the insert can be connected to the clamp body such that either a first projection or a second projection of the insert faces a roof joint.

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

Motor cooling and debris management during milling
Patent No. 12486720

Inventor(s): Pramod Chamarthy (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18983918 on 12/17/2024 (350 days app to issue)

Abstract: In the drilling of oil and gas wells, some fluid isolation valves may be stuck in a closed position and may need to be milled out. Provided are methods and systems to dissipate heat and remove cuttings and shavings generated during milling of these fluid isolation barrier. The methods may include conveying a milling tool into a borehole, wherein the milling tool comprises a motor, a gear box coupled to the motor; a pump coupled to the gear box, and a mill bit coupled to the pump, milling a fluid isolation barrier positioned in the borehole using the milling tool, wherein heat is generated at the mill bit and by the motor during the milling of the fluid isolation barrier, and removing at least a portion of the heat by pumping fluid past the motor and the mill bit using the pump.

[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]

Use of turbulent flow in a frac plug
Patent No. 12486734

Inventor(s): Daniel Keith Moeller (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: DeLizio, Peacock, Lewin Guerra LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18827483 on 09/06/2024 (452 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are embodiments of a frac plug for use downhole in a wellbore, a system, and a method for creating a pressure differential in the wellbore or performing an operation downhole in the wellbore. In one embodiment a plug for use within a wellbore comprises a mandrel; and a flow restrictor positioned within an inner diameter of the mandrel. In one embodiment, a method may include positioning a frac plug at a depth inside a casing of a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation, wherein one or more components are coupled with the frac plug, the frac plug comprising: a mandrel; and a flow restrictor positioned within the mandrel; setting the frac plug to contact an inner wall of the casing; and creating a pressure differential within the wellbore with the flow restrictor of the plug.

Ball screw and electric brake for a tubing-retrievable safety valve
Patent No. 12486736

Inventor(s): Bruce Edward Scott (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18678218 on 05/30/2024 (551 days app to issue)

Abstract: In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a sliding assembly, that includes a hydraulic piston, a ball nut affixed to the hydraulic piston, a ball screw disposed through the ball nut, and an electric brake affixed to the ball screw.

Perforating gun assembly
Patent No. 12486738

Inventor(s): James F. Shelton (Kennedale, TX)
Assignee(s): HARRISON JET GUNS II, L.P. (Kennedale, TX)
Law Firm: WARNER NORCROSS + JUDD LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18726504 on 01/05/2023 (1062 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved perforating gun assembly. The perforating gun assembly includes an alternating sequence of perforating guns and tandems. Each perforating gun includes two contact housings, and each contact housing includes an electrical connector plug protruding in an axial direction. The electrical connector plug includes an outwardly bowed middle portion that is resiliently deformablealso referred to as a banana pin connector plug. The banana pin connector plug is received within a socket opening in an electrically conductive pass-through element that is centrally received within the tandem. The pass-through element is surrounded by an insulating sleeve, such that the pass-through element is electrically isolated from an electrically grounded portion of the tandem and transfers a firing signal from a first perforating gun to a second perforating gun.

Fluid flow control system employing a fluidic diode for control pressure
Patent No. 12486739

Inventor(s): Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18460925 on 09/05/2023 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a fluid flow control system, a well system, and a method. The fluid flow control system, in one aspect, includes a flow restrictor operable to receive production fluid having a pressure (P3) and discharge control fluid having a control pressure (P2), and a fluidic diode placed between the flow restrictor and the tubing, the fluidic diode configured to increase the control pressure (P2) to a higher control pressure (P2[superscript]++[/superscript]) when the fluidic diode encounters lower viscosity fluids and is configured to increase the control pressure (P2) to a lower control pressure (P2[superscript]+[/superscript]) when the fluidic diode encounters higher viscosity fluids. The fluid flow control system, in one aspect, further includes an inflow control device having a production fluid inlet, a control inlet operable to receive control fluid having the higher control pressure (P2[superscript]++[/superscript]) or the lower control pressure (P2[superscript]+[/superscript]), and a production fluid outlet.

Valve actuation assembly with a cable and shaft
Patent No. 12486922

Inventor(s): Finn Gamble McCarthy (Carrollton, TX), Ryan W. McChesney (Carrollton, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18768964 on 07/10/2024 (510 days app to issue)

Abstract: A variety of methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a valve system comprising: a valve; and a valve actuation assembly comprising: a linear motion actuator configured to move linearly; a cable coupled to the linear motion actuator; and a shaft coupled to the cable, wherein the cable extends from the linear motion actuator to the shaft, wherein the shaft is configured to rotate and actuate the valve in response to linear movement of the linear motion actuator.

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

Powerplant with integrated heat pipe
Patent No. 12486800

Inventor(s): Edward L. Hieb (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): RTX CORPORATION (Farmington, CT)
Law Firm: Getz Balich LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18640975 on 04/19/2024 (592 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for a powerplant. The apparatus includes a heat pipe extending axially along an axis from a first end of the heat pipe to a second end of the heat pipe. The heat pipe extends circumferentially around the axis. The heat pipe includes an evaporator region, a condenser region and a plurality of fluid passages. The evaporator region is disposed at the second end of the heat pipe. The condenser region is disposed at the first end of the heat pipe. The condenser region is disposed radially inboard of the evaporator region. The fluid passages are axially between and fluidly couple the evaporator region and the condenser region.

[F02C] GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; combustion apparatus in which combustion takes place in a fluidised bed of fuel or other particles F23C 10/00; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B 11/00; using gas-turbine plants in vehicles, see the relevant vehicle classes)

Liquid cooled plunger system
Patent No. 12486840

Inventor(s): Micheal Cole Thomas (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): Kerr Machine Co. (Sulphur, OK)
Law Firm: Tomlinson McKinstry, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19220881 on 05/28/2025 (188 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for cooling plungers which operate in high pressure pumps. The system uses a plunger having a blind bore formed therein. The blind bore may receive a number of different objects, some of which are fixed to the plunger. A heat exchanger may be installed within the blind bore. The heat exchanger may have internal passages or openings which allow for the circulation of fluid within the blind bore, thus cooling the plunger. The heat exchanger may be formed of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the material used to form the plunger. This allows the heat exchanger to cool the plunger more effectively than if the plunger were solid or filled with an empty air space. The heat exchanger may be sealed within the bore of the plunger, or exposed.

[F04B] POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F; crankshafts, crossheads, connecting-rods F16C; flywheels F16F; gearings for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion in general F16H; pistons, piston-rods, cylinders, in general F16J; ion pumps H01J 41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K 44/02)

Removable packing gland assembly
Patent No. 12486842

Inventor(s): Adalberto Cortes (Fort Worth, TX), Alireza Atabaie (Keller, TX), Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18678612 on 05/30/2024 (551 days app to issue)

Abstract: A packing gland assembly may include a packing gland housing defining a bore extending from a front end to a rear end of the packing gland housing. The packing gland housing may include a flange having a front face, that defines the front end of the packing gland housing, and a rear face. The flange may define a plurality of apertures that extend from the front face of the flange to the rear face of the flange. The packing gland housing may include a mating neck extending from the flange to the rear end of the packing gland housing. The mating neck may define a stepped circumferential surface having one or more steps, and may define a circumferential groove.

Reducing fastener having flexible sleeves for connecting a coated conduit to a fitting
Patent No. 12486930

Inventor(s): Tabitha Stricklin (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): Robroy IndustriesTexas, LLC (Gilmer, TX)
Law Firm: The Webb Law Firm (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18422565 on 01/25/2024 (677 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fastener for connecting a coated conduit to a fitting or to another coated conduit includes a bushing and polymeric material coating and surrounding an external surface of the bushing. The bushing includes internal and external threading The polymeric material includes a central portion coating at least the first end of the bushing, a first flexible sleeve extending from the central portion in a first direction and creating a cavity, and a second flexible sleeve extending from the central portion in a second direction, opposite the first direction. The external threading of the bushing is configured to be threaded into a fitting or conduit such that the first flexible sleeve fits over a circumference of the fitting or a coated conduit, and the internal threading of the bushing is configured to be threaded onto coated conduit such that the second flexible sleeve fits over a circumference of the coated conduit.

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

System and method for detecting a refrigerant leak in an HVAC system using a subcooling temperature
Patent No. 12486992

Inventor(s): Patric Ananda Balan Thobias (Chennai, , IN), Sangameshwaran Sadhasivam (Kanchipuram, , IN), Vickey Bhardwaj (Kancheepuram, , IN)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18411662 on 01/12/2024 (690 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method operating an HVAC system is provided. The method includes receiving a concentration of refrigerant. The method includes operating the HVAC system in a leak diagnostic mode if the concentration exceeds a gas concentration threshold. The method includes turning on a compressor to compress the refrigerant. The method includes receiving a first saturated liquid temperature and a first subcooled liquid temperature, and determining a first subcooled value based on the difference. The method includes turning off the compressor for a duration, and turning on the compressor after the duration has elapsed. The method includes receiving a second saturated liquid temperature and a second subcooled liquid temperature, and determining a second subcooled value based on the difference. The method includes determining that the first refrigerant circuit includes a refrigerant leak if the second subcooled value or the first subcooled value exceeds a subcooled threshold value.

[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)

HVAC system with leak detection and method of use
Patent No. 12486993

Inventor(s): Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX), Siddarth Rajan (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18532471 on 12/07/2023 (726 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating an HVAC system includes receiving a first loss of charge parameter of refrigerant from a loss of charge sensor. The method includes determining that refrigerant leak diagnostics should be performed for the HVAC system based on a comparison of the first loss of charge parameter to a loss of charge threshold. The method includes turning off a compressor in a control panel unit and a blower in an indoor unit for a predetermined wait time. The method includes receiving a measurement after the predetermined wait time that is indicative of a concentration of the refrigerant in the indoor unit from a first leak detection sensor, and receiving a measurement that is indicative of a concentration of the refrigerant in the control panel unit from a second leak detection sensor. The method includes determining a leak location of the refrigerant using a controller.

Interchangeable duct seal
Patent No. 12487004

Inventor(s): Benal Raeburn (Aubrey, TX), Rachal McCarthy (Frisco, TX), Sarek Raeburn (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): NTI GLOBAL (Amsterdam, NY)
Law Firm: Schmeiser, Olsen Watts, LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17993593 on 11/23/2022 (1105 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interchangeable duct seal is provided. The interchangeable duct seal includes a first panel, the first panel having a first support structure and a first material attached to the first support structure; and a brace configured for securing the first panel to a structure; wherein the first panel includes a first opening and is configured to connect to a first duct and/or allow the first duct to pass through the interchangeable duct seal. The interchangeable duct seal may also include a second panel or multiple panels. Related kits and methods are also provided.

P H Y S I C S

Systems and methods for power supplies with dynamic voltage drop compensation
Patent No. 12487258

Inventor(s): Steven Zanft (York, , GB)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18547060 on 02/22/2022 (1379 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a power supply comprises: a conversion circuit that outputs an output voltage at a first end of a cable; a remote voltage sensor measures a load delivered voltage from a second end of the cable; a control logic, wherein the power conversion circuit regulates the output voltage based on a signal from the control logic; a current sensor that measures current flow through the cable; and a resistance measurement circuit that computes a resistance of the cable as a function of the load delivered voltage, the current flow and the output voltage. The control logic regulates the load delivered voltage based on a voltage drop calculated utilizing the resistance. The control logic detects a change in the resistance of the cable based on the load delivered voltage and dynamically updates a value of the resistance for calculating the voltage drop when the change exceeds a tolerance.

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

Dynamic adjustment of prism for head mounted display using photochromatic material
Patent No. 12487474

Inventor(s): Ercan M Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Shailesh N Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH INC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17670142 on 02/11/2022 (1390 days app to issue)

Abstract: A head mounted display apparatus includes a display unit having an optical member, one or more elastically deformable position adjustment members operable to flexibly mount the optical member, and one or more light sources. The optical member has a reflective surface to direct rendered visual content towards an eye of a user. The elastically deformable position adjustment member(s) are moveable between a contracted state and an expanded state to adjust a spatial orientation of the optical member in a manner that adjusts a spatial orientation of the rendered visual content relative to the eye of the user. The elastically deformable position adjustment member(s) has one or more photochromatic regions that are moveable in response to exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light emitted by the light sources.

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

Systems and methods for risk-bounded control barrier functions
Patent No. 12487598

Inventor(s): Bardh Hoxha (Canton, MI), Danil V. Prokhorov (Canton, MI), Georgios Fainekos (Novi, MI), Mitchell Black (Ann Arbor, MI), Tomoya Yamaguchi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18108453 on 02/10/2023 (1026 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to implementing risk-bounded control barrier functions. In one embodiment, a method includes estimating a state of a vehicle; planning a trajectory based on the state of the vehicle; determining a nominal control input based on the trajectory; applying a risk-bounded control barrier function to determine a control input; and applying the control input to the vehicle.

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

Hybrid flow and pressure regulation
Patent No. 12487614

Inventor(s): Robert Boyer (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): THE ESAB GROUP INC. (Florence, SC)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17983106 on 11/08/2022 (1120 days app to issue)

Abstract: An outlet assembly for hybrid pressure and flow regulation includes a first orifice of a first size, a second orifice of a second size that is larger than the first size, and a mechanism that automatically moves the first orifice between a first position, a second position, and a third position. When the first orifice is in the first position, the flow of gas passes through the first orifice, which regulates a flow rate of the flow of gas through the second orifice. When the first orifice is in the second position, the flow of gas primarily bypasses the first orifice and flows through the second orifice with a first specific flow rate. When the first orifice is in the third position, the flow of gas primarily bypasses the first orifice and flows through the second orifice with a second specific flow rate.

Responsive digital messaging with integrated detection for adaptive displays
Patent No. 12487674

Inventor(s): Bryan Tamayo (Allen, TX), William Merkel (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18975057 on 12/10/2024 (357 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a system may receive, from at least one detection component, position data associated with a user. The system may obtain a set of display elements associated with the display. The system may obtain decision information defining one or more conditions for selecting one or more display elements from the set of display elements associated with the display. The system may select one or more display elements from the set of display elements based on the decision information, wherein the selected one or more display elements include at least one content asset and at least one display adaptation. The system may provide a set of instructions and the selected one or more display elements to the display.

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

Methods and apparatuses for providing condensable user interface
Patent No. 12487739

Inventor(s): Sabrina Majeed (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Shopify Inc. (Ottawa, , CA)
Law Firm: Rowand LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17873336 on 07/26/2022 (1225 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for providing a condensable user interface (UI) are disclosed. A scrollable UI having a plurality of sections is outputted by a display device. A first signal corresponding to a first command to scroll the UI at a first scrolling rate is received. In response to a determination that the first scrolling rate exceeds a first threshold, one or more sections of the plurality of sections of the UI are condensed.

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

Use of reliability predictions for selection of data storage devices
Patent No. 12487750

Inventor(s): Thomas L. Watson (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18789904 on 07/31/2024 (489 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing performance of workloads are disclosed. The performance of the workloads may be managed by choosing a data storage device for the performance of a workload. The data storage device may be chosen by selecting the data storage of data storage devices with a highest reliability prediction. The reliability prediction of the data storage device may be a likelihood of the data storage device of a data processing system to retain the data while performing the workload. The data processing system may be chosen by selecting the data processing system of data processing systems with the highest reliability prediction. The reliability prediction of the data processing system may be a weighted sum of reliability predictions and weights of the data storage devices.

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

Memory device operations for unaligned write operations
Patent No. 12487779

Inventor(s): Scheheresade Virani (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18731756 on 06/03/2024 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: Implementations described herein relate to memory device operations for unaligned write operations. In some implementations, a memory device may receive, from a host device, a write command indicating data having a first size that corresponds to a first write unit and a first logical address. The memory device may allocate a set of buffers for the write command. The memory device may determine a set of physical addresses corresponding to a physical address that is associated with the second size, where the set of physical addresses are each associated with the first size. The memory device may merge stored data from the set of physical addresses to one or more buffers, from the set of buffers, that do not include the data to generate a data unit having the second size. The memory device may write the data unit to memory indicated by the set of physical addresses.

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

Natural language processing engine for component level data mapping and code revision impact analysis
Patent No. 12487811

Inventor(s): Daniel Joseph Serna (The Colony, TX), Marcus Raphael Matos (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18092520 on 01/03/2023 (1064 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are provided for code revision impact analysis. The method includes generating a system map based on data received from a plurality of network devices; receiving a data transmission including a text file; processing the text file via a natural language processing engine, where an output of the natural language processing engine comprises a plurality of expected updates; determining, based on the system map, at least one downstream effect of the plurality of expected updates; and performing a remedial action.

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

Complex computing network for controlling computing operations based on a computing load
Patent No. 12487861

Inventor(s): Lilly R. Talavera (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18922360 on 10/21/2024 (407 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to intelligent synchronization of computing users, and associated timing data, based on parameters or data received from computing systems connected via wireless, satellite, wire-based, optical-fiber based, etc., computing networks.

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

High bandwidth gather cache
Patent No. 12487929

Inventor(s): Bryan Hornung (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18517866 on 11/22/2023 (741 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums that provide increased bandwidth caches to process requests more efficiently for more than a single address at a time. This increased bandwidth allows for multiple cache operations to be performed in parallel. In some examples, to achieve this bandwidth increase, multiple copies of the hit logic are used in conjunction with dividing the cache into two or more segments with each segment storing values from different addresses. In some examples, the hit logic may detect hits for each segment. That is, the hit logic does not correspond to a particular cache segment. Each address value may be serviced by any of the plurality of hit logic units.

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

Dynamic file selection process to transfer required data file between different servers in near real-time
Patent No. 12487966

Inventor(s): Linda Mock (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17990356 on 11/18/2022 (1110 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for a file migration process for moving a plurality of files from a first group of servers to a second group of servers in near real-time are provided. The file migration process automatically and dynamically identifies each file on the first group of servers at the appropriate time and location and moves each file to a corresponding file at the second group of servers. The file migration process is initiated by obtaining several input parameters and is able to adjust to environmental changes, where the process can handle different possible scenarios. The file migration process may be partitioned into a dynamic file identification engine (module) and one or more near real-time file transfer modules that may be executed on one of the servers in the first group of servers.

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

Methods and apparatus for a distributed database within a network
Patent No. 12487990

Inventor(s): Leemon C. Baird, III (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Hedera Hashgraph, LLC (Las Vegas, NV)
Law Firm: COOLEY LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18330581 on 06/07/2023 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an instance of a distributed database at a first compute device configured to be included within a set of compute devices that implement the distributed database. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to define a first event linked to a first set of events. The processor is configured to receive, from a second compute device from the set of compute devices, a signal representing a second event (1) defined by the second compute device and (2) linked to a second set of events. The processor is configured to identify an order associated with a third set of events based at least one a result of a protocol. The processor is configured to store in the instance of the distributed database the order associated with the third set of events.

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

System and method for artificial intelligence input optimization and control
Patent No. 12488024

Inventor(s): Oren Gev (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verax AI Trust LTD (Ramat Gan, , IL)
Law Firm: MB IP Analysts, LLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18986122 on 12/18/2024 (349 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for applying controls on an input for an artificial intelligence model is presented. The method includes receiving an input for a system having an artificial intelligence (AI) model, wherein the generative AI model is configured to generate an output based on at least a data source; determining at least a constraint for the input based on a predetermined constraint; generating a modified input based on the determined constraint; and processing the modified input utilizing the generative artificial AI model to generate an output; and sending the generated output to a client of the system.

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

Realtime identity attack detection and remediation
Patent No. 12488096

Inventor(s): Rashmiranjan Pradhan (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18466093 on 09/13/2023 (811 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for anomaly detection is provided. The embodiment may include receiving login event data of a customer. The embodiment may include labeling each login request of the event data as non-anomalous or anomalous. The embodiment may include performing aggregate feature extraction for each login request. The embodiment may include filtering data of anomalous login requests from data of non-anomalous login requests. The embodiment may include training an autoencoder machine learning model using the data of non-anomalous login requests to learn non-anomalous login request behavior. The embodiment may include passing the data of anomalous login requests through the trained autoencoder ML model to obtain enriched data. The embodiment may include training a classifier model using the enriched data to identify anomalous login requests and output a classification with confidence value.

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

Identification of variants of artificial intelligence generated malware
Patent No. 12488107

Inventor(s): Michael A. Aday (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Micro Focus LLC (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Sheridan Ross P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18208016 on 06/09/2023 (907 days app to issue)

Abstract: Source code for a type of malware is received. For example, the source code may be source code from a type of computer virus. An Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm is identified. For example, the AI algorithm may be ChatGPT. The source code of the type of malware is run through the AI algorithm to produce mutated source code for the type of malware. A prediction algorithm is used to predict a signature of the mutated source code for the type of malware. For example, the prediction algorithm is trained using existing source code of different types of malware to generate a prediction model. The signature of the mutated source code for the type of malware is then compared to a signature of a potentially new type of malware to determine if the signatures are similar.

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

Machine learning (ML)-based dual layer conversational assist system
Patent No. 12488190

Inventor(s): Ion Gerald McCusker (Allen, TX), Prejish Thomas (Plano, TX), Ramakrishna R. Yannam (The Colony, TX), Ravisha Andar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18074653 on 12/05/2022 (1093 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for increasing accuracy in an online chat interface are provided. Methods may be executed via a machine-learning (ML)-based chat monitoring engine. Methods may include intercepting a request utterance. Methods may include computing, via a trained ML model, an intent of the request utterance; generating a target response to the request utterance; intercepting a response utterance; and calculating a difference between the response utterance and the target response. In response to the difference being less than a threshold difference, methods may include releasing the response utterance to be transmitted as a response message. In response to the difference being more than a threshold difference, methods may include preventing the response utterance from being transmitted as a response message, generating a revised response utterance that is less than a threshold difference apart from the target response, and transmitting the revised response as a response message to a remote computing device.

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

Systems and methods for adversarial annotations
Patent No. 12488197

Inventor(s): Gabriela Garcia (Fate, TX)
Assignee(s): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18305551 on 04/24/2023 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an artificial intelligence and machine learning model to generate annotations of data and to generate training datasets is disclosed. One disclosed system includes one or more processors configured to: assign a task to a machine learning model; receive an output from the machine learning model associated with the task; compare the output to task data associated with a user performing the assigned task; and when there is a difference between the output of the machine learning model and the task data, generate an annotation.

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

Use of a convolutional neural network to auto-determine a floor height and floor height elevation of a building
Patent No. 12488243

Inventor(s): Taylor Bryant Brown (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): CORELOGIC SOLUTIONS, LLC (Irvine, CA)
Law Firm: XSENSUS LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18785313 on 07/26/2024 (494 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method using a convolutional neural network to auto-determine a first floor height (FFH) and a FFH elevation (FFE) of a building. The FFH, and FFE of the building are determined with respect to the terrain or surface of the parcel of land on which the building is located. In turn, by knowing the FFH and/or FFE of the building on the parcel, it is possible to use that information while performing a flood risk assessment to a property without requiring a personal inspection of the parcel by a human.

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

Unified nonlinear modeling approach for machine learning and artificial intelligence (attractor assisted AI)
Patent No. 12488266

Inventor(s): Solyman Ashrafi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NxGen Partners IP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16999605 on 08/21/2020 (1929 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for predicting future behavior for a dynamic system using an artificial intelligence system implemented within a computer hardware system. A predetermined amount of a time series group of data from the dynamic system defining previous behavior of the dynamic system are received at the artificial intelligence system. An attractor is constructed from the time series group of data that defines the previous behavior of the dynamic system using the artificial intelligence system. The attractor models the previous behavior of the dynamic system based on the predetermined amount of the time series group of data of the dynamic system. A prediction horizon for the predetermined amount of the time series group of data is determined with the artificial intelligence system using an attractor dimension of the constructed attractor and a Lyapunov exponent of the constructed attractor. The prediction horizon increases logarithmically as a length of the predetermined amount of the time series group of data from the dynamic system increases linearly. Prediction values of future behavior of the dynamic system are generated with the artificial intelligence system using the constructed attractor and the determined prediction horizon.

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

Domain-specific constraints for predictive modeling
Patent No. 12488279

Inventor(s): Shivaram Subramanian (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: CHIP LAW GROUP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17135913 on 12/28/2020 (1800 days app to issue)

Abstract: A machine learning system that incorporates arbitrary constraints is provided. The machine learning system selects a set of domain-specific constraints from a plurality of sets of domain-specific constraints. The machine learning system selects a set of general functional relationships from a plurality of sets of general functional relationships. The machine learning system maps the selected set of general functional relationships and the selected set of domain-specific constraints to a set of learning transforms. The machine learning system modifies a machine learning specification according to the set of learning transforms, wherein the machine learning specification specifies a model construction, a model setup, and a training objective function. The machine learning system optimizes a machine learning model according to the modified machine learning specification.

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

Utilizing machine learning to proactively scale cloud instances in a cloud computing environment
Patent No. 12488280

Inventor(s): Mayur Gupta (Frisco, TX), Ragupathi Subburasu (Frisco, TX), Ravi Kiran Palamari (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17247280 on 12/07/2020 (1821 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device receives, from a cloud computing environment, application usage information associated with application instances in the cloud computing environment for an application, and processes the application usage information, with a machine learning model, to determine behavior patterns and predicted tasks for the application. The device determines a modified quantity of the application instances based on the behavior patterns and the predicted tasks for the application, and causes the modified quantity of the application instances to be implemented in the cloud computing environment based on one or more rules. The device stores information associated with the modified quantity of the application instances in a data structure, and updates the machine learning model based on the information associated with the modified quantity of the application instances stored in the data structure.

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

Unsupervised data characterization utilizing drift
Patent No. 12488282

Inventor(s): Jeffery White (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products, L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17508043 on 10/22/2021 (1502 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for unsupervised data characterization utilizing drift are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: provide input data to an Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML) drift detector, where the AI/ML drift detector is associated with a characteristic undetectable in the input data; and receive a drift confidence score from the AI/ML drift detector.

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

Systems and methods for failure detection tools in large scale maintenance operations
Patent No. 12488298

Inventor(s): George Boben (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, AZ)
Law Firm: SNELL WILMER L.L.P. (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18423637 on 01/26/2024 (676 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for failure detection tools is disclosed. The system may include at least one user device, an application server, and a failure detection system, each of which may be in communication with one or more of the others via at least one network. The failure detection system may receive first data from a data source, process the first data to generate second data, apply a statistical modeling algorithm to make a prediction relating to the first data or the second data, and communicate data relating to the prediction and/or a trend related to the first data or the second data to the user device for displaying at least a portion of the data relating to the prediction and/or the trend on a display of the user device.

[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]

Integrating verbal collaboration platforms with data collection and user context
Patent No. 12488302

Inventor(s): Amy Sue Bakos (Richardson, TX), Christopher N. Todd (Dallas, TX), Guy R. VanBuskirk (Greenville, SC), Kathryn Payne Torrence Shae (Dallas, TX), Ravi Shankar Kumar (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): THEATRO LABS, INC. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18437495 on 02/09/2024 (662 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a method of observation platform collaboration integration, an automation software component is sent from a collaboration application for resident installation at an external collaboration application which is external to an environment of the observation platform. The automation software component organizes information in the external retailer system for exchange, via a cloud-based gateway, with the collaboration application. The collaboration application is communicatively coupled, via the cloud-based gateway, with the external collaboration application. User information and task information are synchronized between the collaboration application and the external collaboration application. At least a portion of the user information received from the external collaboration application is provided by the automation software component.

Damage assessment systems and methods
Patent No. 12488315

Inventor(s): Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX), Subhalakshmi Selvam (Allen, 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: 17955968 on 09/29/2022 (1160 days app to issue)

Abstract: A damage assessment system includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to receive IOT data from one or more IOT devices at a property. The instructions are executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to analyze the IOT data to identify missing data that is expected to be received from the one or more IOT devices at the property, generate constructed data to remedy the missing data based on the IOT data using machine learning algorithms, determine characteristics of damage present at the property based on the IOT data and the constructed data, and output a damage assessment report to indicate the characteristics of the damage present at the property.

Using artificial intelligence (”AI ”) to customize call center questions for use with customer authentication techniques
Patent No. 12488353

Inventor(s): Kalyan V. Pasumarthi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18438770 on 02/12/2024 (659 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for supporting artificial intelligence (”AI”) customer service interactions between a customer service agent operating on an AI platform at a call center and a customer using an AI customer device are provided. Methods may include activating an AI session between the customer service agent and the customer. Methods may include authenticating the AI session between the customer service agent and the customer. Methods may include receiving a selection of AI questions from the AI platform and receiving answers to those AI questions via the AI customer device. Methods may include processing a co-browsing AI session request. Methods may include initiating the AI session between the customer service agent and the customer based on authentication of the answers to the AI questions.

Vetting system and method using composite trust value of multiple confidence levels based on linked mobile identification credentials
Patent No. 12488354

Inventor(s): Kelli L. Biegger (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Washington, DC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18096366 on 01/12/2023 (1055 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a subject using a user mobile-identification-credential device (UMD) requests vetting by a vetting system, which receives verified subject information associated with a level-n mobile identification credential (MIC-n) that UMD received from a level-n authorizing party system (APS-n). MIC-n is linked to lower level MIC-[b]0[/b] to MIC-(n1). The vetting system, as level-n relying party system (RPS-n), uses the verified subject information associated with the linked MIC-[b]0[/b] to MIC-n to verify or not verify the identity of the subject, develops an identity profile of the subject, and determines a vetting result of the subject by calculating a composite trust score based on MIC trust values for the multiple levels of MIC. MIC-i (i=1 to n) is linked to MIC-(i1) which UMD received from APS-(i1), and APS-i is RPS-(i1) which verified the identity of the subject using verified subject information associated with MIC-(i1), such that MIC-[b]0[/b] to MIC-n are linked.

Limiting battery degradation for a group of vehicles
Patent No. 12488355

Inventor(s): Maximilian Parness (Takoma Park, MD), Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18372056 on 09/22/2023 (802 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: receiving usage data of a group of vehicles; determining an operator of a vehicle of the group of vehicles with a lowest battery degradation, based on the usage data; and predicting one or more other operators of other vehicles of the group of vehicles, with a highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation, based on the determining.

Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations
Patent No. 12488364

Inventor(s): Madhusudhan Reddy Alla (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): The Nielsen Company (US), LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18734258 on 06/05/2024 (545 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, first instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the first instructions. The first instructions, when executed, are to: instruct a media provider to include second instructions in an application to create an instrumented application and receive data from a media device based on the media device executing the second instructions.

Methods and systems for camera calibration based on apparent movement of image content at a scene
Patent No. 12488502

Inventor(s): Vidhya Seran (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17715644 on 04/07/2022 (1335 days app to issue)

Abstract: An illustrative camera calibration system accesses a set of images captured by one or more cameras at a scene. The set of images may each depict a same element of image content present at the scene, but may depict the element of image content differently in each image so as to show an apparent movement of the element from one image to another. The camera calibration system applies a structure-from-motion algorithm to the set of images to generate calibration parameters for the one or more cameras based on the apparent movement of the element of image content shown in the set of images. Additionally, the camera calibration system provides the calibration parameters for the one or more cameras to a 3D modeling system configured to model the scene based on the set of images. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

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

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer- readable mediums for displaying a virtual space using user information
Patent No. 12488533

Inventor(s): Imad Zahid (Carrollton, TX), Mark Anthony McClung (Celina, TX), Shravanthi Denthumdas (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Connected North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18186553 on 03/20/2023 (988 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for displaying a virtual space are provided. The system for displaying a virtual space includes a graphical user interface and a controller. The controller is programmed to receive user information from a user profile, wherein the user information comprises a user location, a user design preference, and at least one user metric. The controller is also programmed to determine display conditions based on the user information, determine user accessibility to virtual features based on the at least one user metric, and display the virtual space including the virtual features on the graphical user interface based on the display conditions and the user accessibility. The virtual space is displayed as a virtual 3D rendered image.

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

System and method for capturing images for training of an item identification model
Patent No. 12488587

Inventor(s): Crystal Maung (Dallas, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Sumedh Vilas Datar (Grapevine, TX), Tejas Pradip Rode (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18764517 on 07/05/2024 (515 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for capturing images for training an item identification model obtains an identifier of an item. The system detects a triggering event at a platform, where the triggering event corresponds to a user placing the item on a platform. At least one camera captures an image of the item. The system extracts a set of features associated with the item from the image. The system associates the item to the identifier and the set of features. The system adds a new entry to a training dataset of the item identification model, where the new entry represents the item labeled with the identifier and the set of features.

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

Item detection and cart validation system
Patent No. 12488662

Inventor(s): Yeshai Bouskila (Plano, TX), Yevgeni Tsirulnik (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC. (Durham, NC)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18885388 on 09/13/2024 (445 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques for tracking and verifying items that are scanned multiple times in a self-checkout system. A plurality of inputs indicating more than one scan of an item are received at a self-checkout machine. An image of a bagging area is captured. A CNN is trained to recognize the item based on a training dataset and a selected training algorithm. One or more units of the item are detected in the bagging area from the image using the CNN. A number of the detected units of the item in the bagging area is compared with a number of times the item has been scanned. Upon determining that there is no match, a shopping list displayed on the self-checkout machine is adjusted to reflect the number of the detected units of the item in the bagging area.

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

Roofing shingle having uniquely identifiable radio frequency-based tag and methods of use thereof
Patent No. 12488673

Inventor(s): Igor Alovert (Morristown, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18742578 on 06/13/2024 (537 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure describe an RFID-enabled roofing accessory. The roofing accessory may include a roofing shingle, such as an asphalt roofing shingle. The roofing accessory may include an RFID tag incorporated thereon. The RFID tag may be adhered to the roofing accessories.

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

Wireless control device and methods thereof
Patent No. 12488678

Inventor(s): Corey Egan (Austin, TX), Qinghui Tang (Plano, TX), Swapnil Bora (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): iLumi Solutions, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18640597 on 04/19/2024 (592 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes: providing a device having a counter that stores a cycle count measuring a number of clock cycles since the device was last turned ON or a timer that stores an elapsed time since the device was last turned ON; (a) flagging a first or additional defined memory location when the cycle count or the elapsed time reaches a first or additional first milestone; (b) unflagging the first or additional defined memory location when the cycle count or the elapsed time reaches a second or additional second milestone, wherein the second or additional second milestone is greater than the first or additional first milestone; (c) determining that the device is turned OFF and then ON again; repeating steps (a) through (c) a specified number of times; and resetting the device or turning a program ON when all the first or additional memory locations reach a specified flag configuration.

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

Method of and system for one-engine-inoperative training in aircraft with dissimilar engines
Patent No. 12488702

Inventor(s): Michael Seifert (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17378980 on 07/19/2021 (1597 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of simulating an aircraft one-engine inoperative (”OEI”) event includes operating a supplemental power unit (”SPU”) at a first SPU power level less than an SPU contingency power rating, operating a primary engine at a first primary-engine power level, reducing the primary-engine power level to less than the first primary-engine power level, and maintaining a sum of the primary-engine power level and the SPU power level at a power level substantially equal to the SPU contingency power rating.

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

Capacitor health check for data storage devices
Patent No. 12488850

Inventor(s): Narasimhan Trichy (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Sandisk Technologies, Inc. (Milpitas, CA)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18448274 on 08/11/2023 (844 days app to issue)

Abstract: A data storage device includes a non-volatile memory device, a capacitor bank, and a power regulator electrically coupled to the capacitor bank and configured to provide power to the non-volatile memory device. The data storage device further includes a controller configured to discharge the capacitor bank from a first voltage to a second voltage at a first constant current and determine a first discharge time, controller is further configured to discharge the capacitor bank from the first voltage to the second voltage at a second constant current and determine a second discharge time. A voltage holdup time of the capacitor bank is then determined based on at least the first discharge time and the second discharge time.

[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)

Read-only memory diagnosis and repair
Patent No. 12488852

Inventor(s): Benoit Nadeau-Dostie (Gatineau, , CA), Jongsin Yun (Portland, OR)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18273059 on 01/29/2021 (1768 days app to issue)

Abstract: A testing circuit configured to test and diagnose a read-only memory comprises two multiple-input signature registers configured to generate two sets of signatures for multiple iterations of reading some or all of words stored in the read-only memory, control circuitry configured to control, according to a test algorithm, from which of the outputs of the read-only memory each of the two multiple-input signature registers receives test response signal bits for each of the reading operations during each of the iterations, and a faulty element location determination device configured to generate a faulty element location signal for the read-only memory based on results of comparing the two sets of signatures with reference signatures.

Profile-based conferencing application configuration
Patent No. 12489801

Inventor(s): Petrus Jacobus Botes (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Zoom Communications, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Young Basile Hanlon MacFarlane, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18361202 on 07/28/2023 (858 days app to issue)

Abstract: A conference profile associated with a user of a conference is identified. The conference profile specifies a peripheral device connected to a user device of the user and used to connect to the conference via a conferencing application. The conference profile is identified by a machine-learning model based on a current state associated with at least one of the conference or the user. The conferencing application is configured to use the peripheral device during the conference based on the conference profile. The current state can include a location of the user device. The location of the user device can be identified based on an internet protocol address of the user device. The current state can include at least one of a date or a time of the conference.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Semiconductor package substrate with a smooth groove straddling topside and sidewall
Patent No. 12489037

Inventor(s): Bob Lee (New Taipei, , TW), Kim Hong Lucas Chai (Dresden, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18104278 on 01/31/2023 (1036 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a metallic substrate, the metallic substrate including a roughened surface, a semiconductor die including bond pads, and an adhesive between the roughened surface of a topside of the metallic substrate and the semiconductor die, therein bonding the semiconductor die to the metallic substrate. The adhesive includes a resin. The metallic substrate further includes a groove about a perimeter of the semiconductor die on the roughened surface, the groove having a surface roughness less than a surface roughness of the roughened surface of the metallic substrate. The groove straddles the topside and a sidewall of the metallic substrate.

[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 with multiple dies
Patent No. 12489061

Inventor(s): Rajen Manicon Murugan (Dallas, TX), Yiqi Tang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17850187 on 06/27/2022 (1254 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first die having ports and a second die having ports. The semiconductor device includes a multi-layer package substrate. The multi-layer package substrate includes a first layer patterned to include pads for the ports of the first die and the second die and a second layer patterned to provide vias between the pads for the ports of the first die and pads for the ports of the second die and a third layer of the multi-layer package substrate. The third layer is patterned to provide traces that couple the vias coupled to ports of the first die to vias coupled to ports of the second die to couple the first die to the second die, the traces of the third layer having a width. The multi-layer package substrate also includes a fourth layer underlying the third layer and a ground plane underlying the fourth layer.

Industrial chip scale package for microelectronic device
Patent No. 12489067

Inventor(s): Sreenivasan K Koduri (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18461478 on 09/05/2023 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device includes a die with input/output (I/O) terminals, and a dielectric layer on the die. The microelectronic device includes electrically conductive pillars which are electrically coupled to the I/O terminals, and extend through the dielectric layer to an exterior of the microelectronic device. Each pillar includes a column electrically coupled to one of the I/O terminals, and a head contacting the column at an opposite end of the column from the I/O terminal. The head extends laterally past the column in at least one lateral direction. Methods of forming the pillars and the dielectric layer are disclosed.

Electronic device and multilevel package substrate with integrated filter
Patent No. 12489070

Inventor(s): Rajen Murugan (Dallas, TX), Siraj Akhtar (Richardson, TX), Sylvester Ankamah-Kusi (Dallas, TX), Yiqi Tang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17954178 on 09/27/2022 (1162 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a multilevel package substrate, a semiconductor die, and a package structure, the multilevel package substrate having a first level, a second level, and a filter circuit in the first and second levels. The filter circuit includes a filter input terminal, a first capacitor, a first inductor, a second capacitor, a second inductor, a filter output terminal, and a reference terminal. The semiconductor die is attached to the multilevel package substrate and has a conductive structure coupled to one of the terminals of the filter circuit, and the package structure encloses the semiconductor die and a portion of the multilevel package substrate.

Enhanced mold compound thermal conductivity
Patent No. 12489075

Inventor(s): Hiep Xuan Nguyen (Cedar Hill, TX), Jaimal Mallory Williamson (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17219681 on 03/31/2021 (1707 days app to issue)

Abstract: In examples, a semiconductor package comprises a semiconductor die having a first surface on which circuitry is formed and a second surface opposite the first surface. The semiconductor package includes a mold compound, the second surface facing the mold compound. The mold compound covers the semiconductor die; a set of conductive vias exposed to a top surface of the mold compound and coupled to a metal layer in the package; a set of first conductive members vertically aligned with the semiconductor die and exposed to the top surface of the mold compound; and a set of second conductive members coupling at least some of the set of conductive vias to at least some of the set of first conductive members. The set of second conductive members is exposed to the top surface of the mold compound.

IC package with multiple dies
Patent No. 12489088

Inventor(s): Thomas Dyer Bonifield (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18186608 on 03/20/2023 (988 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) package includes a first die with a first surface overlaying a substrate. The first die includes a first metal pad at a second surface opposing the first surface. The IC package also includes a dielectric layer having a first surface contacting the second surface of the first die. The IC package further includes a second die with a surface that contacts a second surface of the dielectric layer. The second die includes a second metal pad aligned with the first metal pad of the first die. A plane perpendicular to the second surface of the first die intersects the first metal pad and the second metal pad.

Lightweight fuel cell stack end plate
Patent No. 12489132

Inventor(s): Phalgun Madhusudan (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17315328 on 05/09/2021 (1668 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of constructing a fuel cell system includes providing an open cell structure to form a first end plate, filling at least part of the open cell structure with a stiffening material, disposing a fuel cell stack between the first end plate and a second end plate, and compressing the fuel cell stack by moving the first end plate toward the second end plate. A fuel cell system includes a first end plate comprising an open cell structure, a second end plate, and a fuel cell stack compressed between the first end plate and the second end plate.

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

Power balancing for communications
Patent No. 12489151

Inventor(s): Kyl Wayne Scott (Richardson, TX), Tahar Allag (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18403047 on 01/03/2024 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a first device in a stack, a command from a controller. The stack includes multiple devices. The method also includes dissipating, by the first device, an amount of power responsive to a difference between a longest response time for the devices to respond to the command, and a device response time for the first device to respond to the command.

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

Coupler for communication system
Patent No. 12489190

Inventor(s): Fangwen Wan (Suzhou, , CN), Haiyan Chen (Suzhou, , CN), Ting Zhang (Suzhou, , CN), Zhiwei Yin (Suzhou, , CN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18530271 on 12/06/2023 (727 days app to issue)

Abstract: A coupler for a communication system, including: a first conductive trace including a first coupling section; a second conductive trace including a second coupling section configured to be adjacent to and spaced from the first coupling section to be galvanically isolated from and coupled to the first coupling section; and a first intermediate conductor provided between and spaced from the first coupling section and the second coupling section to be galvanically isolated from and coupled to both the first coupling section and the second coupling section, where an edge of the first coupling section adjacent to the second coupling section has a first recess, and the first intermediate conductor is provided at the first recess.

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

Compact hybrid couplers having strong broadband coupling for base station antenna systems
Patent No. 12489191

Inventor(s): Fangwen Wan (Suzhou, , CN), Haiyan Chen (Suzhou, , CN), Kumara Swamy Kasani (Goa, , IN), Ligang Wu (Suzhou, , CN), Ravi Dutt Gupta (Goa, , IN), Ting Zhang (Suzhou, , CN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18541759 on 12/15/2023 (718 days app to issue)

Abstract: A four-port RF hybrid coupler includes a substrate having first and second primary traces and first and second coupled traces on a first surface thereof. The first coupled trace has: (i) a first end configured to provide a first degree of RF coupling to a first end of the first primary trace when the RF hybrid coupler is active, and (ii) a second end configured to provide a third degree of RF coupling to a second end of the second primary trace when the RF hybrid coupler is active. The second coupled trace has: (i) a first end configured to provide a fourth degree of RF coupling to the first end of the second primary trace when the RF hybrid coupler is active, and (ii) a second end configured to provide a second degree of RF coupling to the second end of the first primary trace when the RF hybrid coupler is active. First and second energy cancellation circuits are also provided. The first energy cancellation circuit includes a first termination coupler having an input port electrically coupled to an end of the second coupled trace, and the second energy cancellation circuit includes a second termination coupler having an input port electrically coupled to an end of the first coupled trace.

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

Base station antennas having bent radiator arms
Patent No. 12489198

Inventor(s): Kumara Swamy Kasani (Telangana, , IN), Ligang Wu (Suzhou, , CN), Uparnabh Ghoshal (West Bengal, , IN), Xiangyang Ai (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18251648 on 11/20/2020 (1838 days app to issue)

Abstract: Twin-beam base station antennas are provided. A twin-beam base station antenna includes a plurality of vertical columns of radiating elements that are configured to transmit radio frequency signals in a frequency band. The radiating elements have bent metal radiator arms including tip portions that face respective center axes of the radiating elements.

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

Base station antennas having partially reflective surface isolation walls
Patent No. 12489199

Inventor(s): Haifeng Li (Allen, TX), Rui An (Allen, TX), Xiangyang Ai (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18531781 on 12/07/2023 (726 days app to issue)

Abstract: Base station antennas include a reflector, a first linear array of radiating elements extending forwardly from the reflector, the radiating elements in the first linear array configured to operate in a first frequency band, and a second linear array of radiating elements extending forwardly from the reflector, the radiating elements in the second linear array configured to operate in the first frequency band. These antennas further include an isolation wall that is positioned in between the first linear array of radiating elements and the second linear array of radiating elements. This isolation wall comprises at least one partially reflective surface that is configured to reflect, on average as a function of frequency, between 20% and 80% of incident radiation in the first frequency band.

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

Integrated circuit chips for a phased array system including programmable on-chip element swapping, channel swapping, and/or phase rotation circuitry
Patent No. 12489207

Inventor(s): Jason Leo Durbin (San Diego, CA), Lewis N. Cohen (San Diego, CA), Robert J. McMorrow (Concord, MA), Vipul Jain (Irvine, CA)
Assignee(s): Qorvo Texas, LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18614188 on 03/22/2024 (620 days app to issue)

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include RF integrated circuit (RFIC) chips including programmable on-chip element swapping circuitry, channel swapping circuitry, and/or phase rotation circuitry to allow a common software implementation or parameter computation to be used across multiple products having different arrangements and orientations of RFICs and elements.

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

Electronic device with patch antenna in packaging substrate
Patent No. 12489211

Inventor(s): Harshpreet Singh Phull Bakshi (Dallas, TX), Rajen Manicon Murugan (Dallas, TX), Sylvester Ankamah-Kusi (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18429140 on 01/31/2024 (671 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a multilevel package substrate, a semiconductor die, and a package structure, the multilevel package substrate has first, second, and third levels including respective dielectric layers and conductive features, the first level including a first trace layer with an antenna and a first via layer with a portion of a ground wall laterally spaced outward from and surrounding the antenna, and the second level including a second trace layer having a ground plane connected to the ground wall, the semiconductor die attached to the first level of the multilevel package substrate, and the package structure including a molding compound enclosing the semiconductor die and extending on a side of the antenna, where the package structure mold compound maters and thickness can be tuned for improved performance.

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

Power current signal generation using sense transistors
Patent No. 12489351

Inventor(s): Nan Xing (Allen, TX), Yalong Li (Allen, TX), Yinglai Xia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Infineon Technologies Canada Inc. (Ottawa, , CA)
Law Firm: WORKMAN NYDEGGER (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18185098 on 03/16/2023 (992 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power transistor current sense circuit. The control nodes of each of a power transistor and sense transistors are connected. The input nodes of the power transistor and each of the sense transistors are also connected. A voltage divider is connected between a reference voltage source and the output node of a second sense transistor. A negative feedback circuit is connected between the output of the voltage divider and the output node of the first sense transistor. The negative feedback circuit forces a voltage at the output node of the first sense transistor to be approximately equal to the divided voltage. A power transistor current determination component measures a sense current that passes through the first sense transistor, and from that detects the current passing through the power transistor.

[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]

BAW resonator based oscillator
Patent No. 12489400

Inventor(s): Ajay Kumar Reddy (Srikakulam, , IN), Arpan Thakkar (Bangalore, , IN), Bichoy Bahr (Allen, TX), Peeyoosh Mirajkar (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18399974 on 12/29/2023 (704 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a resonator, a transistor pair, and a common-mode feedback circuit. The transistor pair is cross-coupled across the resonator. The common-mode feedback circuit is coupled to the transistor pair. The common-mode feedback circuit includes first and second degeneration cells. The second degeneration cell is connected in parallel with the first degeneration cell. The second degeneration cell is configured to switchably vary a current flow through the transistor pair.

[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)

Amplifier output stage circuitry
Patent No. 12489405

Inventor(s): Piyush Deepak Kaslikar (Tucson, AZ), Srinivas Kumar Pulijala (Tucson, AZ), Vadim Valerievich Ivanov (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Mandy Barsilai Fernandez (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17482195 on 09/22/2021 (1532 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: a folded cascode circuit including a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal; a first feedback loop including a third output terminal, the third output terminal coupled to the first output terminal; a second feedback loop including a fourth output terminal, the fourth output terminal coupled to the second output terminal; and a first driver including a first control terminal and a fifth output terminal, the first control terminal coupled to the third output terminal; and a second driver including a second control terminal and a sixth output terminal, the second control terminal coupled to the fourth output terminal, the sixth output terminal coupled to the fifth output terminal.

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

Adaptive slope compensation in solenoid drivers to avoid instability in current regulation
Patent No. 12489428

Inventor(s): Ganapathi Shankar (Bangalore, , IN), Sreenath Puthumana (Bangalore, , IN), Venkata Naresh Kotikelapudi (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18240605 on 08/31/2023 (824 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes an amplifier having a first input, a reference input, and an output. A pulse width modulator (PWM) controller has an input coupled to the output of the amplifier. A first switch has a control terminal coupled to an output of the PWM controller. A second switch has a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first switch, and has a control terminal coupled to the output of the PWM controller. An input of a current sensor is coupled to the second terminal of the first switch and is coupled to a second terminal of the second switch. An output of the current sensor is coupled to the first input of the amplifier. A duty cycle monitoring and reference signal adjustment circuit has an input coupled to the output of the PWM controller and has an output coupled to the reference input of the amplifier.

[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]

Bias clamp circuit
Patent No. 12489438

Inventor(s): Mahadevan Venkiteswaran (Bangalore, , IN), Saiteja Burugupalli (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18309556 on 04/28/2023 (949 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor. The first transistor has a source, a gate, and a drain, the drain of the first transistor coupled to a voltage supply terminal. The second transistor has a source, a gate, and a drain, the gate of the second transistor coupled to the gate of the first transistor, and the source of the second transistor coupled to the source of the first transistor. The third transistor has a first terminal and a bulk, the bulk of the third transistor coupled to the drain of the second transistor. The fourth transistor has a first terminal and a bulk, the bulk of the fourth transistor coupled to the drain of the second transistor and the first terminal of the fourth transistor coupled to the first terminal of the third transistor.

Power switch having off indication and method of coordinating
Patent No. 12489439

Inventor(s): David A. Grant (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Apogee Semiconductor, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19194199 on 04/30/2025 (216 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power switch includes a power device connecting a supply input to an output, and a power switch controller comprising a gate control circuit that turns the power device on and off in response to a command signal and a decision circuit that produces an OFF signal indicating when the power device is fully off. The power device may be integrated or separate from the power switch controller. The gate control circuit may accept one or more enable signals that must be active to turn on the power device, so that OFF signals and enable inputs of multiple power switches can be interconnected to facilitate break-before-make operation using minimal additional circuitry. Coordinated systems of power switches connecting one or more power supplies to one or more loads and methods of coordinating systems of power switches having OFF indication are also provided.

Leveraging quantum entanglement for replicating data in multiple locations and twin tagging the data
Patent No. 12489615

Inventor(s): Anamika Singhal (Addison, TX), Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18743220 on 06/14/2024 (536 days app to issue)

Abstract: The method may include secure data transfer to meet a compliance requirement by using quantum computing over a quantum network. A quantum computer may establish quantum entanglement between qubits, save a data set to a first set of qubits, and teleport correlated quantum states of the data set to a second set of qubits situated at a different location. Quantum error correction may lengthen the storage time of the data set on the first set of qubits before the quantum states of the first set of qubits expire due to decoherence. The quantum computer may tag the quantum states of the data set on each set of qubits to aid in identification of the locations of each set of qubits. Teleporting the data set between locations on a quantum network may lead to less energy expenditure and reduced network travel compared to transporting the data set over a binary network.

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

Method and system for deployment and management of composite applications
Patent No. 12489685

Inventor(s): Ajaykumar Kalla (Frisco, TX), Sivanaga Ravi Kumar Chunduru Venkata (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18170119 on 02/16/2023 (1020 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a deployment and management of composite application service is provided. The service may allow a third party to develop and on-board logic that manages an application service hosted in an application layer network of a network provider. The logic may include optimization of the application service and remedial procedures that address events associated with degradation and/or performance of the application service. The service may configure resources of a host device to host the logic and expose services provided by the network provider in support of the management of the application service.

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

Cyclic queuing and forwarding (CQF) segmentation
Patent No. 12489714

Inventor(s): Norman Finn (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18336897 on 06/16/2023 (900 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for communicating time sensitive data streams in a network. The method includes synchronizing queuing and transmission of data in a set of output buffers for buffering streams associated with a certain class of service. The method includes processing data packets of a stream using a cyclic flow meter, wherein the cyclic flow meter limits transfer of the data packets of the stream to the set of output buffers of the network node according to a predetermined amount per cycle based on an output frequency. The method includes transmitting, according to the output frequency, the data packets of the stream from a non-empty output buffer of the set of output buffers, and transferring the data packets of the stream from the cyclic flow meter to an empty output buffer of the set of output buffers.

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

Profile-based routing and access control for management interface of virtual network services
Patent No. 12489729

Inventor(s): Minbao Li (Lewisville, TX), Samir Ariwala (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17936152 on 09/28/2022 (1161 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide profile-based routing and access control for a management interface of virtual network services with multiple tenants. A network device receives a request from a user device to access a webpage for an assisted network management service, and obtains, in response to the request, a user profile associated with a user of the user device. The network device retrieves an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a customer web server, of multiple customer web servers for the assisted network management service, that corresponds to the user profile. The network device generates, based on the IP address, a routing rule to route the request to the customer web server.

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

App free authentication across channels
Patent No. 12489746

Inventor(s): John Hamilton Kimble, II (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Ping Identity International, Inc. (Denver, CO)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17956740 on 09/29/2022 (1160 days app to issue)

Abstract: The technology disclosed teaches performing biometric app free authentication or authorization of a user to access a web-based application, with the user interacting with a workstation browser running on a workstation to access the web-based application using built-in resources of a smart/mobile device. A web application uses methods to authenticate and authorize users before the users are permitted to access the application. A demand exists for improving the security and ease of use of authentication and access management. Access management and authentication of users has evolved to more than just entering a username and password. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is common. The numerous paths involved in authentication use numerous forms of identification of users during the authentication journey. An opportunity arises to combine paths used for non-standard circumstances with device codes and biometrics for users to log into web applications conveniently and securely without installing another app for authentication and authorization.

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

Render high workflow execution reliability using immutable security context
Patent No. 12489756

Inventor(s): Chooi Peng Low (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: WORKMAN NYDEGGER (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18486713 on 10/13/2023 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: Up front authorization of a workflow and a security context for workflow execution are disclosed. All possible authorizations that may be required by a workflow definition are identified up front. A requestor is allowed to execute the workflow only when the authorizations of the user include the authorizations that may be required by the workflow. An immutable security context is generated and associated with the workflow or an instance thereof. The immutable security context can prevent or reduce failures associated with changes to a requestor”s authorizations and may also scope or limit the workflow to at least the type or capacity of work requested and/or work uniquely identified in the security context. The immutable security context is managed in a security context that is separate and independent of the workflow execution context.

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

Clearing house validation
Patent No. 12489759

Inventor(s): Jeffrey V. Ross (Granbury, TX), Michael W. Powers (Lubbock, TX), Stephen P. Frisbie (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: 18746576 on 06/18/2024 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a network interface receives a communication request. A processor then verifies caller information in the communication request with a certification procedure. The processor obtains a first indicator based on the certification procedure. The first indicator includes information associated with a first certificate management procedure. The processor generates a second indicator based on the first indicator. The second indicator includes information associated with a second certificate management procedure.

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

Methods, devices, and systems for providing dynamic protection against amplification attacks
Patent No. 12489780

Inventor(s): Subhransu S. Nayak (Acton, MA), Tolga Asvaren (Bordentown, NJ)
Assignee(s): Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Brooks, Cameron Huebsch, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17884846 on 08/10/2022 (1210 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for providing dynamic protection against amplification attacks are described herein. One communications method includes receiving, at a session border controller (SBC), a first request message from a peer device that does not have an assigned trust level, determining, based on a type of communication that is received from the peer device, whether the peer device should be classified as an untrusted level, semi-trusted level, or trusted level peer device, and assigning the classification to the peer device for use in subsequent communications with the peer device.

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

Communication mediation
Patent No. 12489831

Inventor(s): Guy R. Van Buskirk (Greenville, SC), Ravi Shankar Kumar (Plano, TX), Steven Paul Russell (Menlo Park, CA)
Assignee(s): THEATRO LABS, INC. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18623535 on 04/01/2024 (610 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer system comprises a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to parse a first communication according to a policy to determine metadata, comprising a first set of attributes, associated with the first communication; compare the first set of attributes to attributes of a plurality of communication devices; identify at least one recipient communication device from the plurality of communication devices for the first communication based on the comparison, wherein at least one attribute of the at least one recipient communication device causes the policy to inhibit the at least one communication device from receipt of communications; override the inhibit based on an attribute of the first set of attributes and application of a voting system of the policy; and responsive to the inhibit being overridden, deliver the first communication to the at least one identified recipient communication device.

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

Source agnostic call recording and chat ingestion
Patent No. 12489844

Inventor(s): Balaraju Gujjari (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18083113 on 12/16/2022 (1082 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for ingesting batch or real-time incoming audio or text interactive communications. The system verifies that the interactive communication excludes security threats, comprises associated metadata, verifies that the interactive communication is linked to an existing or previous customer”s interaction within an organization, enriches the associated metadata with additional data from the customer”s interaction within an organization, transforms a media file type of the interactive communication to a common media file type, generates a transcript of the interactive communication, registers the enriched associated metadata with a stored copy of the transcript, and instantiates an interface to provide organizational access to the registered enriched associated metadata and stored copy of the transcript.

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

Flexible hub for handling multi-sensor data
Patent No. 12489861

Inventor(s): Anthony Joseph Lell (San Antonio, TX), Gregory Raymond Shurtz (Houston, TX), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bengaluru, , IN), Rajat Sagar (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17945225 on 09/15/2022 (1174 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hub that receives sensor data streams and then distributes the data streams to the various systems that use the sensor data. A demultiplexer (demux) receives the streams, filters out undesired streams and provides desired streams to the proper multiplexer (mux) or muxes of a series of muxes. Each mux combines received streams and provides an output stream to a respective formatter or output block. The formatter or output block is configured based on the destination of the mux output stream, such as an image signal processor, a processor, memory or external transmission. The output block reformats the received stream to a format appropriate for the recipient and then provides the reformatted stream to that recipient.

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

Obtaining camera device image data representing an event
Patent No. 12489863

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Lynn Edgington (Fort Worth, TX), Lee A. Carbonell (Flower Mound, TX), Pandian Mariadoss (Allen, TX), Tsz Shing Cheng (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Heslin Rothenberg Farley Mesiti P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18174348 on 02/24/2023 (1012 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented and can include for instance: determining a location of interest; and obtaining image data from one or more camera device about the location of interest.

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

Systems and methods for routing multimedia signals
Patent No. 12489864

Inventor(s): Antti Heikki Lounavaara (Coppell, TX), Eric Alexander Hereford (North Richland Hills, TX), Kyle Jason Simons (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Portage, MI)
Law Firm: Morrison Foerster LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18356103 on 07/20/2023 (866 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for reliably establishing a multimedia link to route one or more multimedia signals, such as high-definition and/or ultra-high-definition multimedia signals. In some instances, the user may turn on, plug in, or switch the source device that outputs multimedia signals, but the multimedia link may not be established properly due to a lock or hang up during power on and/or a coupling event. If the multimedia link has not been established continuously for a certain time period, then component(s) located along the multimedia link may be reset. In some instances, component(s) located along the multimedia link may lock or hang up if the properties of the multimedia signal do not align with configuration setting(s). The configuration setting(s) stored in configuration register(s) of the sink device may be written to one or more times to remove the lock or hang up.

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

Context initialization based on slice header flag and slice type
Patent No. 12489902

Inventor(s): Christopher Segall (Camas, WA), Kiran Misra (Vancouver, WA)
Assignee(s): VELOS MEDIA, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: NIXON VANDERHYE P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19258498 on 07/02/2025 (153 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technique for initialization of encoders and decoders. In some cases, the decoder receives a slice and identifies if the slice is either a forward predicted B-slice or a backward predicted B-slice, and not both a forward and backward predicted B-slice, and based upon this identification initializes, using a P-slice technique, a context associated with the slice.

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

Split rendering of extended reality data over 5G networks
Patent No. 12489958

Inventor(s): Imed Bouazizi (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM INCORPORATED (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Shumaker Sieffert, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18745478 on 06/17/2024 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example device for processing extended reality (XR) data includes a processors configured to: parse entry point data of an XR scene to extract information about one or more required virtual objects for the XR scene, the required virtual objects including a number of dynamic virtual objects equal to or greater than one, each of the dynamic virtual objects including at least one dynamic media component for which media data is to be retrieved; initialize a number of streaming sessions equal to or greater than the number of dynamic virtual objects using the entry point data; configure quality of service (QoS) and charging information for the streaming sessions; retrieve media data for the dynamic virtual objects via the streaming sessions; and send the retrieved media data to a rendering unit to render the XR scene to include the retrieved media data at corresponding locations within the XR scene.

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

Methods and systems for synchronizing image frames captured by a camera array
Patent No. 12489971

Abstract: A first capture engine application may synchronize a first clock to a global time domain to which a second clock used by a second capture engine application is also synchronized. The first capture engine application may receive a first image frame having a camera timestamp indicating a capture time of the first image frame with respect to a camera time domain. Based on the camera timestamp and the synchronized first clock, the first capture engine application may annotate the first image frame with a global timestamp indicating the capture time of the first image frame with respect to the global time domain. The first capture engine application may then transmit the annotated first image frame at a same transmission time as the second capture engine application also synchronously transmits a second image frame that is also annotated with the global timestamp. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

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

Obtaining location data for data processing systems using out-of-band components
Patent No. 12490095

Inventor(s): Luis Antonio Valencia Reyes (Waxahachie, TX), Mohit Arora (Frisco, TX), Rajaravi Chandra Kollarapu (Allen, TX), Vinodkumar Vasudev Ottar (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18425241 on 01/29/2024 (673 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing a data processing system are disclosed. To manage the data processing system, a management controller of the data processing system may obtain location data for the data processing system via an out-of-band communication channel. The location data for the data processing system may include different types of location data obtained via different location generation sources. The management controller may identify whether the different types of location data are consistently reporting location status of the data processing system. If the location data is determined to be consistent, then the management controller may provide a location report based on the location data using the out-of-band communication channel to a server to update a location status of the data processing system.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for enhanced multi-link multi radio (EMLMR) operation
Patent No. 12490121

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Peshal Nayak (Plano, TX), Rubayet Shafin (Allen, TX), Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18335011 on 06/14/2023 (902 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for facilitating enhanced multi-link multi-radio (EMLMR) operation of multi-link devices (MLDs). A non-access point (AP) MLD comprises EMLMR STAs, each comprising a transceiver configured to form a link with a corresponding AP of an AP MLD, and a processor. Each link is configured to support a respective basic modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and number of spatial streams (NSS), and the links are EMLMR links configured to operate in an EMLMR mode of operation in which the EMLMR links support an enhanced MCS and NSS. A first of the EMLMR STAs, in the EMLMR mode of operation, is configured to conduct a first EMLMR frame exchange with a first of the APs over a first of the links. The processor is operably coupled to the EMLMR STAs, and configured to control a behavior of other EMLMR STAs on other EMLMR links during the first EMLMR frame exchange.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for machine learning based dynamic selection of dual connectivity or carrier aggregation
Patent No. 12490122

Inventor(s): Harsha Hegde (Buffalo Grove, IL)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18349826 on 07/10/2023 (876 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for machine learning based dynamic selection of dual connectivity or carrier aggregation are provided. In an example, a system includes BBU(s), RU(s) communicatively coupled to the BBU(s), and antenna(s) communicatively coupled to the RU(s). Each respective RU of the RU(s) is communicatively coupled to a respective subset of the antenna(s). The BBU(s), the RU(s), and the antenna(s) are configured to implement a base station for wirelessly communicating with user equipment. The system further includes a machine learning computing system configured to receive time data and traffic data, and determine a predicted mode of operation for a UE based on the time data and the traffic data. Component(s) of the system are configured to receive a request from the UE, and dynamically select a dual connectivity mode or a carrier aggregation mode for operation of the UE based on the predicted mode of operation for the UE.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and methods for exposing user-driven analytics for edge applications
Patent No. 12490177

Inventor(s): Parry Cornell Booker (Sunnyvale, TX), Raghuram Parvataneni (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Liensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17810148 on 06/30/2022 (1251 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide an application function and interface for a Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF) to receive, from User Equipment (UE) devices, user data for edge applications. An NWDAF receives an analytics request for user analytics for an edge application and sends, to an Edge Analytics Engine (EAE) associated with an edge location, a data request based on the analytics request. The EAE receives user data from an Edge Enabler Client (EEC) on the UE device that is connected to the edge location. The EAE forwards the user data to the network device. The NWDAF receives the user data responsive to the analytics request and generates an analytics report based on the user data.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Facilitating radio access network on-demand dynamic bandwidth allocation in advanced networks
Patent No. 12490178

Inventor(s): David Lu (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17817492 on 08/04/2022 (1216 days app to issue)

Abstract: Facilitating radio access network on-demand dynamic bandwidth allocation in advanced networks is provided herein. Operations of a system include determining that a group of network slice resources associated with network equipment fail to satisfy a specification applicable to a user equipment. The operations can also include extracting a first group of resource blocks from a first network slice resource of the group of network slice resources. Further, the operations can include reallocating the first group of resource blocks to a second network slice resource of the group of network slice resources. A combination of the first group of resource blocks and a second group of resource blocks of the second network slice resource is determined to satisfy the specification applicable to the user equipment.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for WI-FI collision avoidance
Patent No. 12490309

Inventor(s): Mun Wei Low (Irving, TX), Rachel Y. Ward (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18335766 on 06/15/2023 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may include a processor configured to collect first usage data from a first WI-FI router in a first customer premises equipment (CPE) network; collect second usage data from a second WI-FI router in a second CPE network; and determine that a collision avoidance plan between the first WI-FI router and the second WI-FI router is needed. The processor may be further configured to generate a first collision avoidance plan for the first WI-FI router and a second collision avoidance plan for the second WI-FI router based on the first usage data and the second usage data. The processor may be further configured to provide the first generated collision avoidance plan to the first WI-FI router and the second collision avoidance plan to the second WI-FI router.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and system for emergency call continuation in case of a psap failure
Patent No. 12490338

Inventor(s): Athanasios Deliligkas (Wellington, FL), Georgios Tsakiris (Koridallos, , GR), Gerasimos Tzanetatos (Athens, , GR), Ioannis Ganotis (Voula, , GR), Myronas Kalligeris (N. Erytrhaia, , GR)
Assignee(s): ATOS PUBLIC SAFETY, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg Liao, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17948431 on 09/20/2022 (1169 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for re-establishing a disconnected emergency call to an emergency call network for emergency call continuation in case of Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) failure(s) can be utilized without the need of any manual steps taken by the caller and/or the call taker. Embodiments can be configured to detect a failure in the PSAP operating the emergency call by a Next Generation Core Services (NGCS), which thereupon will not release the emergency call to the failed PSAP but will send it to a dynamically identified fallback PSAP.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Modular lighting fixture, system, and method for optimized plant growth in controlled environments
Patent No. 12490364

Inventor(s): Lawrence Craig Satterfield (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): NEOTEK, INC. (Midlothian, TX)
Law Firm: Ward Law Office LLC (23 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19042872 on 01/31/2025 (305 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular lighting fixture for controlled environment agriculture includes an elongate body with first and second connectors at opposite ends, and end plates having opposite low voltage charges. The fixture includes a beam removably coupled to the end plates via electrically conductive fasteners, with LED strips mounted to the beam and in wired electrical communication with the electrically conductive fasteners. A first power source powers the LED strips through the end plates, while a separate second power source operates a stroboscopic light source. The system enables easy LED strip interchangeability, adjustable beam angles for optimized light distribution, and dimming capabilities through a primary voltage circuit. The stroboscopic light source provides high-intensity illumination across an extensive spectrum range while operating at a reduced wattage.

[H05B] ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Select gate self-aligned patterning in split-gate flash memory cell
Patent No. 12490427

Inventor(s): Douglas Tad Grider, III (McKinney, TX), John Macpeak (Garland, TX), Xiangzheng Bo (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16752977 on 01/27/2020 (2136 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first and second gate stacks located over a dielectric layer that is in turn disposed over a semiconductor substrate. Each gate stack includes a floating gate located on the dielectric layer and a control gate located over the floating gate. A first select gate electrode is located on a side of the first gate stack and a second select gate electrode is located on a side of the second gate stack. The first and second select gate electrodes have adjacent sidewalls, each adjacent sidewall having a rounded top corner. The gate stacks may be portions of a split gate memory cell.

[H10B] ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES

Hybrid isolation capacitors in series
Patent No. 12490443

Inventor(s): Honglin Guo (Dallas, TX), Thomas D. Bonifield (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17512194 on 10/27/2021 (1497 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a first isolation capacitor and a second isolation capacitor. The first isolation capacitor is electrically connected to a first circuit node and has first and second capacitor plates separated by a first dielectric stack. The second isolation capacitor is electrically connected in series between the first isolation capacitor and a second circuit node, and includes third and fourth capacitor plates separated by a second dielectric stack different from the first dielectric stack.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Semiconductor device and processes for making same
Patent No. 12490500

Inventor(s): Kuo-Liang Chao (Chubei, , TW), Pin-Hao Huang (New Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17518657 on 11/04/2021 (1489 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides a semiconductor package having an isolation structure comprising an isolation trench filled with dielectric material, where the isolation structure traverses the thickness of the isolated semiconductor dies.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

3D-0D perovskite light-emitting electrochemical cells
Patent No. 12490576

Inventor(s): Aditya Kumar Mishra (Dallas, TX), Anton Malko (McKinney, TX), Jason D. Slinker (Allen, TX), Riya Bose (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: SALIWANCHIK, LLOYD EISENSCHENK (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18059106 on 11/28/2022 (1100 days app to issue)

Abstract: Active emissive layers (e.g., of a light-emitting electrochemical cell (LEC)) are provided and can comprise zero-dimensional (0D) perovskite material in combination with a three-dimensional (3D) perovskite material, as well as electroluminescent devices (e.g., LECs) utilizing such active emissive layers and methods of fabricating and using such active emissive layers and electroluminescent devices. The 0D perovskite material can be incorporated into a matrix film of the 3D perovskite material. The 0D perovskite material can be, for example, perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs). The 0D perovskite material can be, for example, Cs[subscript]4[/subscript]PbBr[subscript]6[/subscript], and the 3D perovskite material can be, for example, CsPbBr[subscript]3[/subscript].

[H10K] ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES

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Mesh cap
Patent No. D1103580

Inventor(s): Brynn Marie Heckendorn (Dallas, TX), Thomas Chase Heckendorn (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Shout it Events, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Trust Tree Legal, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29925323 on 01/24/2024 (678 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Caulking gun
Patent No. D1103724

Inventor(s): Eric Okyere (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29938139 on 04/18/2024 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Bottle
Patent No. D1103781

Inventor(s): Sarah Jahnke (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Homecourt Inc. (Santa Monica, CA)
Law Firm: Young Basile Hanlon MacFarlane, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29982434 on 01/06/2025 (330 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

A-pillar cover
Patent No. D1103871

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Paul Smith (Prosper, TX), John P. Jensen (Sanger, TX), Marissa Marrs (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29882771 on 01/18/2023 (1049 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Canopy for a vehicle, truck, light delivery vehicle or similar vehicle
Patent No. D1103888

Inventor(s): Michael Voss (Aledo, TX)
Assignee(s): Rock Solid Industries International (Pty) Ltd (Pietermaritzburgh, , ZA)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29850488 on 08/19/2022 (1201 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Canopy for a vehicle, truck, light delivery vehicle or similar vehicle
Patent No. D1103889

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Gaming table
Patent No. D1104159

Inventor(s): Katherine Sandstad LaGere (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Mahjong Line, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29952556 on 07/16/2024 (504 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle T-brace mount
Patent No. D1104169

Inventor(s): Jory Sprowl (Howe, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29961164 on 09/04/2024 (454 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

[X] Design, Plant or Reissue Patent without a classification code

Handle for nutrient delivery pacifier
Patent No. D1104277 (Design)

Inventor(s): Bradley Abbott (Crowley, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29928512 on 02/13/2024 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

[X] Design, Plant or Reissue Patent without a classification code

Cosmetic protection mask
Patent No. D1104345 (Design)

Inventor(s): Joann Emale (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Kearney, McWilliams Davis, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29864581 on 06/06/2022 (1275 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

[X] Design, Plant or Reissue Patent without a classification code

Dog grooming loop cover
Patent No. D1104374 (Design)

Inventor(s): Dede Jan Croy (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29885159 on 02/21/2023 (1015 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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