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

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of June 4, 2924 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 9
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 19
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 5
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 9
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 7
H: ELECTRICITY 48
G: PHYSICS 48

DESIGN: 8

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas) 22
Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson) 4
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 4
Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano) 4
BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth) 3
Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) 3
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston) 3
Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) 3
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 3

UNASSIGNED 10

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano) 2
Christopher Neil Pickard (Argyle) 2
David Forney (La Jolla, CA) 2
David Joe Steele (Carrollton) 2
David Matthew Thompson (Dallas) 2
Gregory Lee Horne (Euless) 2
Jason Palmer (Carlsbad, CA) 2
Jeffrey Griswold (San Diego, CA) 2
Jordan Katine (Mountain View, CA) 2
Lei Wan (San Jose, CA) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Automated, dynamic concave cover plate system and methods
Patent No. 11997952

Inventor(s): Brian Robertson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17129400 on 12/21/2020 (1261 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention comprises an automated, dynamic cover plate system, which may be quickly attached, detached and adjusted to the exterior of a concave grate of a combine harvester in order to adjust the flow characteristics of the concave or separator grate assemblies. The automated, dynamic cover plate system adjusts the threshing capability of the rasp bar threshing cylinder while simultaneously capturing additional threshed grain. The automated, dynamic cover plate system of the present invention is designed to be controlled, either manually or automatically, by the operator of the combine harvester or by a computerized or automated intelligence system.

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

Assistive garment
Patent No. 11998065

Inventor(s): Janice Gladney (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17316667 on 05/10/2021 (1121 days app to issue)

Abstract: An assist garments worn on or below the waist has finger loops mounted on a band to assist in dressing and undressing.

[A41B] SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS

Coolie beverage holder with light
Patent No. 11998129

Inventor(s): Lee Simerly (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): Best Promotions, LLC (Balch Springs, TX)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western, LLP. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17673297 on 02/16/2022 (839 days app to issue)

Abstract: A beverage holder with an insulating sleeve holds a beverage container and a light mount with a light. The light mount comprises an exterior housing located outside the insulating sleeve and on a lateral wall of the insulating sleeve. A light is carried by the exterior housing and located outside of the insulating sleeve. An interior backing is located on an interior of the insulating sleeve and fastened to the exterior housing through the insulating sleeve. The exterior housing and the interior backing sandwich a portion of the lateral wall of the insulating sleeve.

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

Viscoelastic soft tip plunger
Patent No. 11998445

Inventor(s): Mark Andrew Zielke (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16905738 on 06/18/2020 (1447 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) assembly into an eye may be provided. An apparatus for delivery of a lens component into an eye may include a housing. The apparatus may further include a plunger at least partially disposed in the housing, wherein the housing comprises an elongated portion and a viscoelastic soft tip at a distal end of the elongated portion, wherein the viscoelastic soft tip has a storage modulus of about 1 megapascal (MPa) to about 300 MPa and a loss module of about 1 MPa to about 300 MPa. The apparatus may further include a drive mechanism operatively coupled to plunger and configured to cause the plunger to translate in the housing. The apparatus may further include a nozzle operatively coupled to the housing through which the plunger delivers the lens component into the eye.

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

Stent delivery for vascular surgery
Patent No. 11998467

Inventor(s): Spiros Manolidis (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Tensor Flow Ventures LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16752343 on 01/24/2020 (1593 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stent delivery apparatus and/or system including a hollow tubular body with a proximal opening at a proximal end of the hollow tubular body and a distal opening at a distal end of the hollow tubular body. The hollow tubular body can define the proximal opening and the distal opening. A support rod can be passed through the proximal opening and/or the distal opening. The support rod may have a tip, and tip can be olive shaped. A stent may be supported by and/or surround the support rod. The tip of the support rod may also engage with the stent during delivery.

Compositions and methods for prevention and reduction of traumatic brain injury
Patent No. 11998519

Inventor(s): Rob D. Dickerman (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Umberg Zipser LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17696723 on 03/16/2022 (811 days app to issue)

Abstract: Compositions and methods are presented that, upon administration prior to trauma, are effective to prevent and/or reduce severity of sequelae of TBI upon trauma. Advantageously, the compositions presented herein can be orally administered, have an excellent safety profile, and will not require a prescription by physician or hospital admission.

[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)

Air-delivery system for breathing-assist devices
Patent No. 11998697

Inventor(s): Lisa Cangelosi Brown (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): NozeSeal, LLC (Bryan, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17512549 on 10/27/2021 (951 days app to issue)

Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosure provides a universal sealing apparatus for one or more cannulas. The apparatus includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first and second portions are configured to removably adhere directly or indirectly to a nose. The third portion is coupled to the first and second portions. The third portion removably couples to one or more cannulas and places a force upon a base of flared portions of the one or more cannulas when the first and second portions are adhered to the nose. The force maintains a fluid seal of the one or more cannulas within one or more respective nostrils of the nose.

[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]

Heat resistant descent controller
Patent No. 11998768

Inventor(s): Johnny Dickson (Van Alstyne, TX)
Assignee(s): Tech Safety Lines, Inc. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18104854 on 02/02/2023 (488 days app to issue)

Abstract: A load lowering descent controller having a fixed cylindrical body or capstan about which a rope or cable is turned. The descent controller allows for lowering of the load at a controlled rate by adjusting the amount of friction between the controller and the rope or cable as a function of rope or cable turning and relative contact with rope or cable engagement surfaces in the controller. The fixed cylindrical body or capstan is surrounded by a vented sleeve to prevent the rope from becoming heated and to prevent the user from being injured.

[A62B] DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING (valves specially adapted for medical use A61M 39/00; composition of chemical substances used in respirators, gas-masks, breathing apparatus or the like A62D; rescuing from mountains or trees A63B 27/00, A63B 29/00; life-saving devices, apparatus or methods specially adapted for use in water B63C 9/00; divers’ equipment B63C 11/00; specially adapted for use with aircraft, e.g. parachutes or ejector seats, B64D; rescue devices peculiar to mining E21F 11/00)

Method and system utilizing a golf shot API proxy
Patent No. 11998800

Inventor(s): Ethan D. Stroud (Liberty Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): Topgolf International, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18369007 on 09/15/2023 (263 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for providing shot tracking data to a client device is disclosed herein. The system includes multiple golf ball tracking sensors positioned at multiple golf driving ranges, multiple shot application programming interfaces (API), and a shot API proxy. Each of the shot APIs is configured to receive shot data from each of the golf ball tracking sensors at a corresponding golf driving range venue such as a TOPGOLF entertainment venue.

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

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

Place and cost efficient plant and process for separating one or more purified hydrocarbon streams from crude hydrocarbon streams, such as for naphtha stabilization and LPG recovery
Patent No. 11998863

Inventor(s): Gary R. Martin (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): SULZER MANAGEMENT AG (Winterthur, , CH)
Law Firm: GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17781360 on 11/30/2020 (1282 days app to issue)

Abstract: A plant for separating at least one purified hydrocarbon stream from at least one crude hydrocarbon feed stream. The plant comprises a vessel with a single foundation. The vessel comprises an absorber section and a first divided-wall column. The first divided-wall column comprises a dividing wall, a stripper section, and a stabilization section.

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

Confined space sealing system and method
Patent No. 11998868

Inventor(s): Alan Lee Clarke (Mineral Wells, TX)
Assignee(s): JONELL FILTRATION PRODUCTS, INC. (Breckinridge, TX)
Law Firm: Vedder Price P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17125136 on 12/17/2020 (1265 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of securing a filter element within a pressure vessel without a user breaching a plane of the pressure vessel is provided. The method includes attaching a filter locking nut to a removal/installation tool, wherein the removal/installation tool comprises an elongated body, inserting the filter locking nut into the pressure vessel, securing the filter locking nut to a threaded rod to secure a filter element in place, detaching the removal/installation tool from the filter locking nut, and removing the removal/installation tool from the pressure vessel. At least a portion of the elongated body of the removal/installation tool extends outside of the pressure vessel for the duration of the attaching, inserting, securing, detaching, and removing steps.

[B25B] TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING

Systems and methods for internal channel formation within a workpiece
Patent No. 11999004

Inventor(s): Dwight A. Burford (Dallas, TX), Rajiv Mishra (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17585085 on 01/26/2022 (860 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of forming an internal channel within a workpiece. In an embodiment, the method includes (a) rotating a tool about a central axis, wherein the tool includes: a shoulder; a pin extending axially from the shoulder; and a flange mounted to the pin that is spaced from the shoulder along the central axis. In addition, the method includes (b) moving the tool across the workpiece in a radial direction with respect to the central axis during (a). Further, the method includes (c) engaging the shoulder of the tool with an outer surface of the workpiece during (a) and (b), (d) submerging the pin and the flange within the workpiece during (a) and (b); and (e) forming the internal channel with the flange during (a) and (b).

[B23K] SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM (making metal-coated products by extruding metal B21C 23/22; building up linings or coverings by casting B22D 19/08; casting by dipping B22D 23/04; manufacture of composite layers by sintering metal powder B22F 7/00; arrangements on machine tools for copying or controlling B23Q; covering metals or covering materials with metals, not otherwise provided for C23C; burners F23D)

Pulsed laser processing of medical devices
Patent No. 11999013

Inventor(s): Arun Nair (Denton, TX), Jason Kalishek (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): PLASMATEX, LLC (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter Hampton LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18090376 on 12/28/2022 (524 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating microscale structures and/or nanoscale structures, surface profiles, and surface chemistries on medical devices. Embodiments disclosed herein utilize exposure of pulsed laser radiation on to a surface of a material by a pulsed laser. The pulsed laser according to embodiments disclosed herein is configured to emit at least one laser pulse toward the surface and thereby modify the profile of the surface in order to selectively promote or inhibit bioactivity and medical functionality of the material. By selectively promoting or inhibiting bioactivity of the material, enhanced biointegration at a cellular level may be achieved. For example, modifying the surface profile and/or surface chemistry of a first substrate material can improve adhesive and/or chemical bonding of the first material to a bioactive second coating material.

Tool with replaceable component
Patent No. 11999073

Inventor(s): Gregory Lee Horne (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Alliance Sports Group, L.P. (Roanoke, TX)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17481502 on 09/22/2021 (986 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tool having a replaceable component is disclose. In one aspect, the tool has a handle and an armature rotatably coupled to a first end of the handle. The armature is configured to be disposed at least partially within a cavity of the handle in a first position and extended outside of the handle in a second position. In another aspect, the tool is removably coupled to a distal end of the handle extending generally in the same longitudinal direction as the handle. A tool is removably coupled to the handle in an improved manner that optimizes safety and efficiency.

[B26B] HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufacturing or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D 29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; for surgical purposes A61B 17/00; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C 5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B 7/22; pincers B25C 11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; for erasing B43L 19/00; for textile materials D06H)

Passive thermal management using thermoresponsive hydrogel
Patent No. 11999152

Inventor(s): Dajie Xie (Champaign, IL), Paul Braun (Champaign, IL), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17554177 on 12/17/2021 (900 days app to issue)

Abstract: A passive thermal management system and methods of using a thermoresponsive hydrogel coating configured to autonomously switch between a heating state and a cooling state based on ambient temperature. At temperature greater than a lower critical solution temperature of the thermoresponsive hydrogel, the thermoresponsive hydrogel coating becomes solar reflective and has enhanced radiative cooling ability to achieve daytime radiative cooling. At temperatures less than the lower critical solution temperature, the thermoresponsive hydrogel coating becomes transparent to facilitate absorption of solar radiation by sun absorber.

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

Palm pen
Patent No. 11999184

Inventor(s): Mark Cuban (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ZuMedia Inc. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Tarter Krinsky Drogin LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17815753 on 07/28/2022 (677 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a pen for writing, referred to as a palm pen herein because the body of the pen fits into the palm of a human hand. The palm pen can include a spherically shaped body, and an ink delivery system. The ink delivery system can include a tip having an end connected to the body and an opposite end comprising a nib, an ink conduit having an end coupled to the nib within the tip and an opposite end extending inside the body, and a first ink cartridge fluidly coupled with the opposite end of the ink conduit and contained within the body. The ink delivery system can additionally include a cartridge holder having an active cartridge slot for the first ink cartridge and cartridge storage slots for storage of additional ink cartridges.

[B43K] IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING (containers, casings or accessories for cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soap, lipstick, make-up, A45D 34/00, A45D 40/00)

Providing transport to transport energy transfer
Patent No. 11999247

Inventor(s): Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16918211 on 07/01/2020 (1434 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include determining, by a server, a location where a first transport that is in motion will run out of energy, and determining, by the server, a first amount of energy needed by a second transport to maneuver to the first transport at an intermediate location prior to the location and to wirelessly provide a second amount of energy to the first transport. The method may also include instructing, by the server, the second transport to wirelessly provide the second amount of energy at the intermediate location.

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

Motor vehicle artificial intelligence expert system dangerous driving warning and control system and method
Patent No. 11999296

Inventor(s): Robert D. Pedersen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18537724 on 12/12/2023 (175 days app to issue)

Abstract: Specifically programmed, integrated motor vehicle dangerous driving warning and control system and methods comprising at least one specialized communication computer machine including electronic artificial intelligence expert system decision making capability further comprising one or more motor vehicle electronic sensors for monitoring the motor vehicle and for monitoring activities of the driver and/or passengers including activities related to the use of cellular telephones and/or other wireless communication devices and further comprising electronic communications transceiver assemblies for communications with external sensor networks for monitoring dangerous driving situations, weather conditions, roadway conditions, pedestrian congestion and motor vehicle traffic congestion conditions to derive warning and/or control signals for warning the driver of dangerous driving situations and/or for controlling the motor vehicle driver use of a cellular telephone and/or other wireless communication devices.

[B60Q] ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL [4]

Clamp assembly for mounting a mobile device
Patent No. 11999302

Inventor(s): Gavin Stener (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Yonder Fund LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16932673 on 07/17/2020 (1418 days app to issue)

Abstract: A clamp assembly may include an upper clamp member and a lower clamp member removably coupled to the upper clamp member. The upper clamp member may include a first projection extending from a lower surface thereof. The first projection may be configured to be at least partially received in a complementary opening of a mounting member. The lower clamp member may be removably coupled to the upper clamp member. The lower clamp member may include a second projection extending from an upper surface thereof. The second projection may be configured to be at least partially received in the complementary opening. The first projection and the second projection may be configured to substantially impede rotation of the clamp assembly relative to the mounting member.

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

Driver-provided vehicle passenger registry
Patent No. 11999355

Inventor(s): Chris J. Risberg (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SNELL WILMER LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16861017 on 04/28/2020 (1498 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for providing notifications based on vehicle passengers includes a main body to transport passengers, an input device located designed to receive user input including passenger information related to the passengers presently in the main body, and a network access device located in or on the main body and designed to communicate with a remote server. The system also includes an output device located in or on the main body and designed to output information, and a memory designed to store data. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) located in or on the main body and designed to control the memory to store the passenger information related to the passengers, and to control at least one of the network access device or the output device to transmit or output, respectively, information related to the passenger information.

[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]

Autonomous vehicle operator performance tracking
Patent No. 11999369

Inventor(s): Alekh Vaidya (San Diego, CA), Daniel A. Deninger (Carlsbad, CA), David Forney (La Jolla, CA), Jason Palmer (Carlsbad, CA), Jeffrey Griswold (San Diego, CA), Mark Freitas (San Diego, CA), Slaven Sljivar (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): SmartDrive Systems, Inc. (Westlake, TX)
Law Firm: Esplin Associates, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17498388 on 10/11/2021 (967 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for determining vehicle operator preparedness for vehicles that support both autonomous operation and manual operation. The system includes sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to vehicles and their operation. During autonomous vehicle operation, the system gauges the level of responsiveness of an individual vehicle operator through challenges and corresponding responses. Based on the level of responsiveness, a preparedness metric is determined for each vehicle operator individually.

Transport item management
Patent No. 11999381

Inventor(s): Jay Bartholomew (McKinney, TX), Lucas Smith (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18084512 on 12/19/2022 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, a number of items in the transport, determining, by the transport, a position of each of the items, and in response to a dangerous situation associated with the transport occurring, providing, by the transport, a safety notification associated with at least one of the items.

System and method for railroad tie management
Patent No. 11999394

Inventor(s): Christopher Neil Pickard (Argyle, TX), Justin Lee Devine (Fort Worth, TX), Michael James Brick (Fort Worth, TX), Phillip Hunt (Saginaw, TX), Samuel Minton (Brandon, SD)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17725930 on 04/21/2022 (775 days app to issue)

Abstract: A Railroad Tie Management System is disclosed that can provide an efficient and organized method of inspecting and auditing ties in a rail system. Tie mark files can be retrieved by a client from a server or database in operable communication with the client, and upon instantiation of an inspection process governed by the system, an inspection information table and tie grid can be generated. The tie grid can operable to receive commands from a user, and the inspection information table is operable to automatically increment and decrement fields contained within in response to changes within the tie grid. The tie grid can also be configured to incorporate data from tie scans and serve the data to the client in a useful and user-friendly manner.

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

System and method for railroad directive management
Patent No. 11999397

Inventor(s): Christopher Neil Pickard (Argyle, TX), Gregory Harrison (Fort Worth, TX), James Helm (Fort Worth, TX), Kyle Keilty Williams (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17819475 on 08/12/2022 (662 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for railroad directive management is presented. The system can receive a myriad of data related to a directive, track segments, and/or vehicle events on the track and/or track segments. Vehicle- and/or event-specific data can be compared with one or more thresholds, including force thresholds, temporal thresholds, environmental thresholds, and/or event thresholds to determine whether and what kind of directive modification should be instantiated. Specialized algorithms can be implemented to trace vehicle paths along the track to determine whether directive-related segments are traversed, and specialized clustering algorithms can be utilized to cluster data unique to a particular segment on a per-segment basis. The system can be integrated with existing track infrastructure and can further generate alerts to notify coupled systems and/or personnel of directives and/or modification thereof.

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

Advanced cementitious composite floating platforms and method of manufacture
Patent No. 11999451

Inventor(s): David Pigram (Sydney, , AU), John Buttles (Los Angeles, CA), Jordan Michael Powell (Tyler, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Wind Tower, Co. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18482170 on 10/06/2023 (242 days app to issue)

Abstract: Semi-submersible wind turbine platforms capable of floating on a body of water and supporting wind turbines, and a method of manufacturing the semi-submersible wind turbine platforms from advanced cementitious composite material are provided. The method includes determining at a first iteration topological outputs of the wind turbine platform including a plurality of modular sections consisting of an advanced cementitious composite (ACC) material, obtaining a second iteration from the topological outputs, the second iteration including a second model platform and a second model tower of the wind turbine platform, and obtaining addition iterations via simulation to attain a final model platform and a final model tower, the final model platform and the final model tower including a layout of the plurality of modular sections and connections for a platform and a tower of the wind turbine platform.

[B63B] SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J 2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F 9/06) [2]

Detect and avoid sensor integration
Patent No. 11999462

Inventor(s): Jennifer Diana Andrews (North Richland Hills, TX), Levi Hefner (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17116778 on 12/09/2020 (1273 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, an aircraft includes first and second wings. The aircraft also includes a plurality of propulsion assemblies, the plurality of propulsion assemblies including a propulsion assembly connected to each end of each of the first and second wings. The aircraft also includes first and second vertical supports disposed between the first and second wings. The aircraft also includes a storage pod disposed between the first and second vertical supports. The storage pod includes a nose portion that extends forward of the plurality of propulsion assemblies. The nose portion includes at least one radar and at least one camera. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding computer systems, apparatus, and computer programs recorded on one or more computer storage devices, each configured to perform the actions of the methods.

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

Articulating bifurcated integrated transition duct assembly
Patent No. 11999503

Inventor(s): Andrew Jordan Birkenheuer (Arlington, TX), Karl Burge (Hurst, TX), Keith David Weaver (North Richland Hills, TX), Michael Pujol (Dallas, TX), Nicholas Plagianos (North Richland Hills, TX), Thomas Mast (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18449145 on 08/14/2023 (295 days app to issue)

Abstract: A transition duct assembly includes a shared connector, and a plurality of primary cooling pathways for cooling one or more systems or components. Each primary cooling pathway includes a transition duct in fluid communication with the shared connector, and a transition connector in fluid communication with the transition duct.

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

Parcel processing system and method including hybrid orientation active merge induction equipment
Patent No. 11999575

Inventor(s): Michael D. Carpenter (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Krber Supply Chain LLC (DFW Airport, TX)
Law Firm: Price Heneveld LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17779155 on 12/04/2020 (1278 days app to issue)

Abstract: A parcel processing system ([b]400[/b]) includes infeed conveyors ([b]404, 406, 408[/b]) each conveying parcels ([b]106[/b]) with an assigned orientation class, a merging conveyor ([b]410[/b]) configured to merge parcels fed by the infeed conveyors into a single stream of parcels, and an induction conveyor ([b]200[/b]) configured to feed the merged stream of parcels along an induction feed path ([b]202[/b]) to a sorting conveyor ([b]100[/b]). The infeed paths ([b]404[/b]a, [b]406[/b]a) of the infeed conveyors are arranged at different angular orientations in relation to a merging feed path ([b]412[/b]) of the merging conveyor such that each parcel in the merged stream of parcels has an orientation that is dependent upon its assigned orientation class. The merging conveyor ([b]410[/b]) includes a multi-axis transport mechanism configured to move parcels along a principal axis parallel to the merging feed path and a secondary axis perpendicular to the principal axis, the merging conveyor being operable to selectively activate movement along the secondary axis for centering parcels being loaded thereon.

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

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

Ferrate based water treatment
Patent No. 11999644

Inventor(s): David Barker (Dubai, , AE), Sammy Aquino (Dubai, , AE)
Assignee(s): CECO ENVIRONMENTAL IP INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17145652 on 01/11/2021 (1240 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and process for the treatment of water using a ferrate-based reduction-oxidation (redox) reactor, a clarifier, and a two-stage filtration system. Three treatment substrates can be used to treat water in the water treatment system and process, namely, a ferric compound(s), an acidic oxidant, and a flocculant-adsorbent.

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

Lipocationic dendrimers and uses thereof
Patent No. 11999683

Inventor(s): Daniel J. Siegwart (Dallas, TX), Kejin Zhou (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18335960 on 06/15/2023 (355 days app to issue)

Abstract: Modular dendrimers with cationic groups and lipophilic groups are provided herein. In some aspects, the dendrimers provided herein may be formulated in compositions which contain a nucleic acid and one or more helper excipients. In some aspects, these compositions may also be used to treat diseases or disorders with a therapeutic nucleic acid.

[C07C] ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08; production of organic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B 3/00, C25B 7/00)

Substituted pyrazolopyrimidinone compounds as PDE2 inhibitors
Patent No. 11999738

Inventor(s): Laurent Gomez (San Diego, CA), William Francois Vernier (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Dart NeuroScience, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17232015 on 04/15/2021 (1146 days app to issue)

Abstract:

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

Chemical enhanced hydrocarbon recovery
Patent No. 11999902

Inventor(s): Dustin L. Walker (Irving, TX), Joshua W. Brownlow (Irving, TX), Kyle D. Scott (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18428077 on 01/31/2024 (125 days app to issue)

Abstract: Compositions and methods for chemical enhanced hydrocarbon recovery that utilize a nonionic surfactant that is a mixture of isomerized C[subscript]9-11 [/subscript]ethoxylated alcohols.

[C09K] MATERIALS FOR APPLICATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Balanced system and method for production of microbial output
Patent No. 11999940

Inventor(s): David P Lanciault (Plano, TX), John R Coyne (Bridgewater, CT), Michael LaMontagne (Denton, TX), Robert Chisholm (McKinney, TX), Robert N Ames (Pilot Point, TX)
Assignee(s): TENFOLD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Pilot Point, TX)
Law Firm: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 13844544 on 03/15/2013 (4099 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for the production of microbial consortiums and by-product material is provided. A physical containment system comprising phase spaces arranged in a discrete order to favor specific biological reactions is also provided. Phase profiles and phase data sets include the pre-determined physical and biological parameters for the phase space transitions. Movement of material from one phase to the next is hydraulically balanced enabling working fluid to continuously move in a fixed direction and rate of flow. Continuous monitoring of phase profiles and phase data sets provide feedback to the system enabling alteration of the conditions in the system to control reactions therein.

[C12M] APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY (installations for fermenting manure A01C 3/02; preservation of living parts of humans or animals A01N 1/02; brewing apparatus C12C; fermentation apparatus for wine C12G; apparatus for preparing vinegar C12J 1/10) [3]

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

Exterior wall system
Patent No. 12000146

Inventor(s): John Frank (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): MITEK HOLDINGS, INC. (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Stinson LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17808834 on 06/24/2022 (711 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exterior wall section forms a portion of an exterior wall of a building. The building has multiple floors and a framework defining the multiple floors. The exterior wall section includes a structural layer to be connected to the framework. The structural layer includes a plurality of studs connected together. An insulation layer is supported by the structural layer to insulate the building. Siding is supported by the structural layer and defines an exterior side of the exterior wall section. A perimeter of the exterior wall section is defined by the edge margins of the structural layer, the insulation layer and/or the siding. The exterior wall section includes an interlocking structure extending along the perimeter that mates with an interlocking structure of another exterior wall section to form a seal with said another exterior wall section when the exterior wall sections are connected to the building.

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

Roofing systems utilizing cap shingles with self-sealing adhesives
Patent No. 12000149

Inventor(s): Luis Duque (Hackensack, NJ), Ming-Liang Shiao (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18185742 on 03/17/2023 (445 days app to issue)

Abstract: A roofing system including a cap shingle and a method of producing a cap shingle are disclosed. In one embodiment, the cap shingle is formed with a continuous or discontinuous self-sealing adhesive that is applied along a ridgeline direction and can provide high wind resistance, without the use of hand-sealed adhesive application. In an embodiment of the method, one or more layers of a shingle material can be oriented in a machine direction with the self-sealing adhesive applied adjacent side edges of the shingle material to form the cap shingles having self-seal strips and configured to bend in the machine direction for installation of the cap shingles along a ridge of a roof.

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

Umbrella base apparatus
Patent No. 12000165

Inventor(s): Douglas Frerich (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Argus Intellectual Enterprise, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17678338 on 02/23/2022 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: An umbrella base for supporting an umbrella within a pool, poolside, or other outdoor areas. The umbrella base apparatus includes a base assembly having a base tube that can removably receive the umbrella therein. The base assembly includes a plate that can rest on a flat surface, one or more support arms extending from a central area outward from the plate, and a collar that is generally positioned at the central area of the plate. Each support arm interlocks with the collar. One or more weighted housings engage with a support arm and collar for providing mass to the umbrella base apparatus during use. The weighted housings are removable during transport or during submerged use. The plate and support arms have apertures that allow water to pass through during movement through water.

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

Horizontal cable rail barrier
Patent No. 12000166

Inventor(s): Kevin T. Burt (Dallas, TX), Matthew Carlyle Sherstad (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Fortress Iron, LP (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17501718 on 10/14/2021 (964 days app to issue)

Abstract: A barrier panel includes a first vertical rail and a second vertical rail disposed spaced apart from the first vertical rail. A plurality of cables are each coupled at one end to the first vertical rail and coupled at a second end to the second vertical rail. The barrier panel includes a top rail and a bottom rail. The plurality of cables are disposed between and run parallel to the top and bottom rails.

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

System and method for processing a slurry
Patent No. 12000221

Inventor(s): Terry Gordon Culver (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): Flowback Fluids LLC (Bedford, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17404723 on 08/17/2021 (1022 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for separating two or more materials, such as a solid from a liquid, or a solid from a slurry, are provided. An exemplary system and method for separating drill cuttings from drilling fluids are provided, as well as a system and method of processing such separated drill cuttings. In another implementation, a system and method is provided for separating gold (or another mineral, element, or solid) from a slurry or liquid that includes mining cuttings.

[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]

Pressure indication alignment using an orientation port and an orientation slot in a weighted swivel
Patent No. 12000250

Inventor(s): David Joe Steele (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17855399 on 06/30/2022 (705 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is an inner string and a well system. The inner string, in one aspect, includes an inner tubular including a sidewall having a thickness (t[subscript]3[/subscript]), the inner tubular having an orientation port extending entirely through the sidewall to provide fluid access from an interior of the inner tubular to an exterior of the inner tubular. The inner string, according to one aspect, further includes a weighted swivel located around the inner tubular, the weighted swivel including an orientation slot, the orientation slot configured to align with the orientation port to provide a pressure reading indicative of a relative location of the inner tubular to the weighted swivel.

Hydraulic fracturing system with multiple trailer-mounted fracturing manifolds
Patent No. 12000252

Inventor(s): Peter A. Manos (McHenry, IL), Robert E. Riedel, Jr. (Wake Forest, NC)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17538779 on 11/30/2021 (917 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fracturing system includes a first trailer-mounted fracturing manifold including a plurality of first fluidly-connected junctions and a second trailer-mounted fracturing manifold including a plurality of second fluidly-connected junctions. A flexible conduit fluidly connects an initial junction of the first junctions to a terminal junction of the second junctions to place the first trailer-mounted fracturing manifold in series connection with the second trailer-mounted fracturing manifold.

Rod-pump controller
Patent No. 12000262

Inventor(s): Jason Williams (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): Williams NR Automation LLC (Weatherford, TX)
Law Firm: D. Tiller Law PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17321424 on 05/15/2021 (1116 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rod-pump control device is disclosed. The rod-pump control device uses AMP (current) measurements for electric units, fuel or air usage for gas units, and can use pressure for either unit. The AMP/fuel/air sensors work as the primary trigger to indicate a pump-off condition on an oil and gas well. These sensors can be used as stand-alone triggers or in conjunction with other sensors to more accurately monitor pump efficiency. When the pump-controller starts to indicate an inefficient pump condition, it will turn the pump off by removing power from the electric motor. For gas powered units, the controller will remove power to disengage an electric clutch or send a signal to an engine controller to stop. An adjustable algorithm will use percentage change of off time, dependent on actual run time compared to a user definable target time to keep the pump operating at peak efficiency.

Wireless telemetry using a pressure switch and mechanical thresholding of the signal
Patent No. 12000274

Inventor(s): Gregory Thomas Werkheiser (Carrollton, TX), Matthew Arran Willoughby (Plano, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: DeLizio, Peacock, Lewin Guerra, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17134863 on 12/28/2020 (1254 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless downhole telemetry are provided. The system includes a tubular located in a wellbore; a pressure controller located at or near a surface of the wellbore to send a digital command via a change in a pressure applied to the tubular; and a receiver disposed in the wellbore, wherein the receiver includes a mechanical pressure switch to detect the change in the pressure applied to the tubular.

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

Flow control for geothermal well
Patent No. 12000384

Inventor(s): David Joe Steele (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18100822 on 01/24/2023 (497 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for harvesting geothermal energy use temperature-based flow control to optimize the extraction of thermal energy from a geothermal reservoir. In one example, a thermal transport fluid is flowed into a wellbore traversing a thermal reservoir of a formation. Flow of the thermal transport fluid into and out of the thermal reservoir is dynamically controlled at each of a plurality of injection and/or return locations in response to a downhole parameter such as temperature. For example, flow may be controlled so that the flow into the thermal reservoir is greater at the injection locations where the temperature is hotter and that the flow out of the thermal reservoir is greater at the return locations where the temperature is hotter. The thermal transport fluid produced from the return locations is then conveyed to surface to extra the thermal energy.

[F03G] SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA, OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER-PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (arrangements in connection with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60K 16/00; electric propulsion with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60L 8/00)

Shroud for an air moving device
Patent No. 12000410

Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, MI), Tsuyoshi Nomura (Nagoya, , JP)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17826686 on 05/27/2022 (739 days app to issue)

Abstract: A shroud for an air moving device includes a shroud body configured to at least partially surround one or more blades. The shroud body defines an annular cavity and an annular opening. The annular opening faces the one or more blades. The shroud also includes a Helmholtz resonator defined by the annular cavity and the annular opening. The Helmholtz resonator is configured to reflect sound generated by the one or more blades out of the shroud body.

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

Electronic actuator for anhydrous ammonia emergency shut off valves
Patent No. 12000499

Inventor(s): Brently Craig Wilkerson (Dallas, TX), Jack Jay Potts (Dallas, TX), Patrick Lee Hodges (Dallas, TX), William Browning Washington, IV (Dallas, TX), William Henry Sands, III (Dallas, TX), William Henry Sands, Jr. (Dallas, TX
Assignee(s): Squibb Taylor, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17832536 on 06/03/2022 (732 days app to issue)

Abstract: In various implementations, an electronic actuator may be coupled to a valve to provide the ability to shut off anhydrous ammonia flow through the valve (e.g., in emergencies). The valve may be coupled to anhydrous ammonia tanks, such as nurse tanks and/or storage tanks. The electronic actuator may include a handle and a bracket. The handle and the bracket may include at least two attractive components that are magnetically attracted to each other upon application of an electric current and the valve may be open. When the electric current is cut, the attractive components of the handle and the bracket may not be magnetically attracted to each other and the valve may be shut off. A controller (e.g., a switch) may be coupled to the electronic actuator to allow control of the electric signal to the electronic actuator.

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

Safe service fitting
Patent No. 12000517

Inventor(s): Roderick Lee Greer, Jr. (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: CIONCA IP Law P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18154988 on 01/16/2023 (505 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pipe fitting having a base configured to engage with a pipe, the base having a mounting seat configured to engage directly with the pipe, a base ring configured to engage with the mounting seat, and a base flange configured to engage with the base ring, a top hat configured to engage with the base, the top hat having a top cap, a top hat ring configured to engage with the top cap, and a top hat flange configured to engage with the top hat ring, wherein the top hat flange is further configured to engage with the base flange to form a fitting cavity. A pipe flow controller may be in fluid communication with the internal pipe volume through a threaded nipple, while also being securely housed within the fitting cavity, thus protecting the pipe flow controller from corrosion, impacts and other forms of damage to prevent leakage.

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

Systems and methods for refrigerant leak mitigation
Patent No. 12000631

Inventor(s): Dilbag Singh Gill (Zira, , IN), Patric Ananda Balan Thobias (Chennai, , IN)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18065077 on 12/13/2022 (539 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating an HVAC system includes compressing a working fluid using a compressor, removing heat from the working fluid using a condenser, removing pressure from the working fluid using an expansion valve, and transferring heat between airflow contacting an outer surface of one or more coils in an evaporator and the working fluid passing through the one or more coils. The method further includes detecting a leak of the working fluid using a leak detection sensor. The method further includes transporting at least a portion of the working fluid to a storage container and storing the working fluid in the storage container.

[F25B] REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS, OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K 5/00; pumps, compressors F04; use of heat pumps for domestic or space-heating or for domestic hot-water supply F24D; air-conditioning, air-humidification F24F; fluid heaters using heat pumps F24H)

Controlling metering devices
Patent No. 12000632

Inventor(s): Colin Clara (Addison, TX), Der-Kai Hung (Dallas, TX), Eric Perez (Hickory Creek, TX), Shawn Niemann (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18047626 on 10/18/2022 (595 days app to issue)

Abstract: A metering device may automatically control fluid flow through a valve. A control system may alter the automatic control of a metering device. In some implementations, a predetermined event may occur to alter the automatic control of the metering device.

Biodegradable reactive shooting target and method of manufacture
Patent No. 12000681

Inventor(s): Daniel Hill Meeker (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): I P Creations Limited (Surrey, , GB)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16410875 on 05/13/2019 (1849 days app to issue)

Abstract: A concealed amalgamated neutralizer covertly combines neutralizer material comprised of various combinations of inert materials such as calcium carbonate or silicates with common explosive material for the prevention of malicious use of the explosive material in improvised explosive devices. The concealed amalgamated neutralizer device may vary in shape, size, and color and is therefore adaptable to varying methods of containment typified by common pyrotechnic products. The neutralizer material mimics the explosive material of the pyrotechnic products without detection. Upon disassembly of a concealed amalgamated neutralizer device, the neutralizer material is mixed with and neutralizes the explosive material rendering the explosive material useless as a component for an improvised explosive device. A biodegradable container is also provided for the amalgamated neutralizer and the explosive material.

[F41J] TARGETS; TARGET RANGES; BULLET CATCHERS

P H Y S I C S

Vehicle carbon footprint management
Patent No. 12000706

Inventor(s): Brian M. Kursar (Fairview, TX), Daniel Ellis Holman (Plano, TX), Danny Bargas (Plano, TX), Erik Edmonds (Plano, TX), Mehmet Cil (Plano, TX), Olarinre Salako (Plano, TX), Shravanthi Denthumdas (Frisco, TX), Varun Prasa
Assignee(s): TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17876883 on 07/29/2022 (676 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a first carbon footprint of a first mode of transportation and a second carbon footprint of a second mode of transportation, where the first mode of transportation is a primary mode of transportation and the second carbon footprint is less than the first carbon footprint, responsive to the first carbon footprint being above a threshold, calculating a period of time the second mode of transportation is utilized to negate an amount above the threshold, and sending a notification to use the second mode of transportation for the period of time.

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

Systems and methods for confining ballast samples
Patent No. 12000762

Inventor(s): Darrell R. Krueger (Lawrence, KS), Michael A. Wnek (Lawrence, KS), William Dombrow (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: 17534961 on 11/24/2021 (923 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sample confinement tool includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the sample confinement tool is coupled to a driving tool. The driving tool is coupled to a heavy-duty vehicle. The sample confinement tool is operable to insert a predetermined depth below a ballast surface and collect a ballast sample within the second end of the sample confinement tool. The sample confinement tool is also operable to confine the ballast sample within the second end of the sample confinement tool by mechanically compressing the ballast sample. The sample confinement tool is further operable to release the ballast sample into a sample receptacle by mechanically decompressing the ballast sample.

[G01N] INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

Flow device and associated method and system
Patent No. 12000768

Inventor(s): Adam D. McBrady (Dallas, TX), Andy Walker Brown (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17247096 on 11/30/2020 (1282 days app to issue)

Abstract: A flow device, method, and system are provided for determining the fluid particle composition. An example flow device includes a fluid sensor configured to monitor at least one particle characteristic of fluid flowing through the fluid sensor. The example flow device also includes at least one processor configured to, upon determining the at least one particle characteristic satisfies a particle criteria, generate a control signal for an external device. The example flow device also includes a fluid composition sensor configured to be powered based on the control signal and further configured to capture data relating to the fluid particle composition. The example flow device is also configured to generate one or more particle profiles of at least one component of the fluid based on the data captured by the fluid composition sensor.

Multi-terminal devices using magnetoresistance elements
Patent No. 12000870

Inventor(s): Sundar Chetlur (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Allegro MicroSystems, LLC (Manchester, NH)
Law Firm: Daly, Crowley, Mofford Durkee, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17931197 on 09/12/2022 (631 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one aspect, a sensor includes a first metal layer portion and a second metal layer portion separated by an insulator material; a conductive material layer in electrical contact with the first metal layer portion and the second metal layer portion; and a tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) element positioned on and in electrical contact with the conductive material layer. A first current is configured to flow from the first metal layer portion, through the conductive material layer, to the second metal layer portion, and a second current is configured to flow from the first metal layer portion, through the conductive material layer, through the TMR element, and exiting through a top of the TMR element.

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

Capacitive sensing
Patent No. 12000876

Inventor(s): Abhijit Kumar Das (Plano, TX), Krishnasawamy Nagaraj (Plano, TX), Paul Kimelman (Alamo, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16540546 on 08/14/2019 (1756 days app to issue)

Abstract: A capacitive sensing system includes a controller, a node connected to one side of a capacitance, the controller configured to measure the capacitance by measuring a time for a voltage across the capacitance to reach a predetermined reference voltage, a noise measurement circuit configured to measure electrical noise on the node, and the controller receiving the measurement of noise from the noise measurement circuit.

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

Device under test (DUT) measurement circuit having harmonic minimization
Patent No. 12000892

Inventor(s): Charles Kasimer Sestok, IV (Dallas, TX), David Patrick Magee (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17589779 on 01/31/2022 (855 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit configured to: generate a reference clock signal; generate an excitation signal at a target frequency having a period that is a first integer number of cycles of the reference clock signal; update a driver circuit at an update frequency having a period that is a second integer number of cycles of the reference clock signal; digitize sense signals resulting from the excitation signal at a frequency having a period that is a third integer number of cycles of the reference clock signal; identify a fourth integer number of sense signal samples; optionally utilize an excitation control signal having a period that is a fifth integer number of cycles of the reference clock signal; and minimize harmonics at the target frequency of the excitation signal based on the first integer number, the second integer number, the third integer number, the fourth integer number, and possibly the fifth integer number.

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

Fiber organizer
Patent No. 12001073

Inventor(s): Morgan Dunn (Dallas, TX), Walter Mark Hendrix (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): viaPhoton, Inc. (Aurora, IL)
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17345897 on 06/11/2021 (1089 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method organizes fibers. A plurality of fibers is received into a first assembly. An initial sequence of the plurality of fibers in the first assembly is obtained. A set of key combinations is identified from the initial sequence and a predetermined sequence. A second assembly is slid across the first assembly. The set of key combinations is actuated to move the plurality of fibers from the first assembly to the second assembly and order the plurality of fibers in the second assembly in the predetermined sequence.

[G02B] OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes precedence; optical elements specially adapted for use in lighting devices or systems thereof F21V 1/00-F21V 13/00; measuring-instruments, see the relevant subclass of class G01, e.g. optical rangefinders G01C; testing of optical elements, systems, or apparatus G01M 11/00; spectacles G02C; apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B; sound lenses G10K 11/30; electron and ion “optics” H01J; X-ray “optics” H01J, H05G 1/00; optical elements structurally combined with electric discharge tubes H01J 5/16, H01J 29/89, H01J 37/22; microwave “optics” H01Q; combination of optical elements with television receivers H04N 5/72; optical systems or arrangements in colour television systems H04N 9/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B 3/84) [7]

Smart lawnmower with realization of mowing policy and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 12001182

Inventor(s): David J. Melbourne (Arlington, TX), Ross A. Melbourne (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Sensori Robotics, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18069412 on 12/21/2022 (531 days app to issue)

Abstract: A smart lawnmower and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the smart lawnmower, in a real world-to-simulated world (”real-to-sim”) training phase, the smart lawnmower constructs a simulated environment corresponding to a mowing-relevant portion of a real-world environment relative to semantic information, which may include received location signalization at an antenna In a simulated world-to-real world (”sim-to-real”) mowing phase, a mowing policy is applied to control the cutting subsystem and the drive subsystem in response to the semantic information, which may include the location signalization. In each of the real-to-sim training phase and the sim-to-real mowing phase, the smart lawnmower may provide a user interface including the simulated environment. Further, in the sim-to-real mowing phase, the smart lawnmower may synchronize the real world and the simulated world.

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

Thermal diode and thermal switch for bi-directional heat transfer in building envelopes
Patent No. 12001228

Inventor(s): Shuang Cui (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17715144 on 04/07/2022 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a directional heat transfer using thermal control devices, including a dual phase change thermal diode and an active contact-based thermal switch. The thermal diode includes a positive temperature coefficient switching material and a negative temperature coefficient switching material arranged in series. The thermal switch includes two thermally conducting surfaces which may be moved to contact (i.e., having a distance between them of substantially zero) creating minimal thermal contact resistance. Both thermal control devices may be used to control heat flow into and/or out of a building.

[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)

Bandgap circuitry
Patent No. 12001234

Inventor(s): Ahmed Essam Hashim (Gilbert, AZ)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18150914 on 01/06/2023 (515 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, a circuit includes a first bipolar junction transistor (BJT) having a first base, a first emitter and a first collector. A second BJT has a second base, a second emitter and a second collector, in which the first collector is coupled to the second collector. A bandgap core circuit has first and second core inputs and a bandgap output. The first core input is coupled to the first emitter, the second core input is coupled to the second emitter, and the first and second bases are coupled to the bandgap output.

[G05F] SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES (regulating the timing or recurrence frequency of pulses in radar or radio navigation systems G01S; regulation of current or voltage, specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces G04G 19/02; closed-loop systems for regulating non-electric variables by electric means G05D; regulating power supply of digital computers G06F 1/26; for obtaining desired operating characteristics of electromagnets with armatures H01F 7/18; regulating electric power distribution networks H02J; regulating the charging of batteries H02J 7/00; regulating of the output of static converters, e.g. switching regulators, H02M; regulation of the output of electric generators H02N, H02P 9/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils H02P 13/00; regulating frequency response, gain, maximum output, amplitude or bandwidth of amplifiers H03G; regulating tuning of resonant circuits H03J; controlling generators of electronic oscillations or pulses H03L; regulating characteristics of transmission lines H04B; controlling electric light sources H05B 37/02, H05B 39/04, H05B 41/36; electric control of X-ray apparatus H05G 1/30) [5]

Startup circuit for high voltage low power voltage regulator
Patent No. 12001235

Inventor(s): Tawen Mei (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17708278 on 03/30/2022 (797 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described embodiments include a circuit for voltage regulator startup. The circuit includes a voltage regulation circuit having first and second regulator inputs and a regulator output. A startup circuit has a startup input coupled to the first regulator input, and a startup output. A reference generation circuit has first and second reference inputs and first and second reference outputs. The first reference input is coupled to the regulator output. The second reference input is coupled to the startup output, and the first reference output is coupled to a reference output terminal and to the second regulator input. A reference detection circuit has a first detection input coupled to the regulator output, and a second detection input coupled to the second reference output, and provides a reference ready signal responsive to a reference voltage being within a reference specification.

Multiple threshold checkers for specific applications and FFT based breathing detection for presence
Patent No. 12001259

Inventor(s): Darin K Winterton (San Jose, CA), Kalyan-Kumar Vadlamudi-Reddy (San Jose, CA), Olivier Lemarchand (Grenoble, , FR), Pierre-Loic Felter (Grenoble, , FR)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17081319 on 10/27/2020 (1316 days app to issue)

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

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

Systems and methods for performing in-flight computations
Patent No. 12001262

Inventor(s): Robert Michael Muchsel (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: North Weber Baugh LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17330022 on 05/25/2021 (1106 days app to issue)

Abstract: In-flight operations in an inbound data path from a source memory to a convolution hardware circuit increase computational throughput when performing convolution calculations, such as pooling and element-wise operations. Various operations may be performed in-line within an outbound data path to a target memory. Advantageously, this drastically reduces extraneous memory access and associated read-write operations, thereby, significantly reducing overall power consumption in a computing system.

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

Write control for read-modify-write operations in cache memory
Patent No. 12001282

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano, TX), Daniel Brad Wu (Plano, TX), David Matthew Thompson (Dallas, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17956136 on 09/29/2022 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a processor system includes a processor core that generates memory write requests, and a cache memory with a memory controller having a memory pipeline. The cache memory has cache lines of length L. The cache memory has a minimum write length that is less than a cache line length of the cache memory. The memory pipeline determines whether the data payload includes a first chunk and ECC syndrome that correspond to a partial write and are writable by a first cache write operation, and a second chunk and ECC syndrome that correspond to a full write operation that can be performed separately from the first cache write operation. The memory pipeline performs an RMW operation to store the first chunk and ECC syndrome in the cache memory, and performs the full write operation to store the second chunk and ECC syndrome in the cache memory.

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

Victim cache that supports draining write-miss entries
Patent No. 12001345

Inventor(s): Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Pete Hippleheuser (Murphy, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18340944 on 06/26/2023 (344 days app to issue)

Abstract: A caching system including a first sub-cache and a second sub-cache in parallel with the first sub-cache, wherein the second sub-cache includes a set of cache lines, line type bits configured to store an indication that a corresponding cache line of the set of cache lines is configured to store write-miss data, and an eviction controller configured to flush stored write-miss data based on the line type bits.

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

Multiple-requestor memory access pipeline and arbiter
Patent No. 12001351

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano, TX), David Matthew Thompson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17734174 on 05/02/2022 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a coherent memory system includes a central processing unit (CPU) and first and second level caches. The memory system can include a pipeline for accessing data stored in one of the caches. Requestors can access the data stored in one of the caches by sending requests at a same time that can be arbitrated by the pipeline.

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

Hierarchal data structure modification
Patent No. 12001415

Inventor(s): James Charles McCausland (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, CA)
Law Firm: Invoke (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17860811 on 07/08/2022 (697 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for modifying hierarchal-structured data of one hierarchal data structure based on a modification to another hierarchal data structure are disclosed. A system determines that a modification has been made, or is requested to be made, to a particular hierarchal data structure. The system analyzes a set of rules to determine whether the modification of the hierarchal data structure triggers another modification to an additional hierarchal data structure. The additional hierarchal data structure includes different nodes, or nodes arranged in a different hierarchal structure, than the particular hierarchal data structure. The system modifies the additional hierarchal data structure based on the rule. The modification of the additional hierarchal data structure is different than the modification to the particular hierarchal data structure.

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

Alert-based learning for multi-dimensional data processing
Patent No. 12001455

Inventor(s): Baskaran Manohar (Dallas, TX), Chakradhar Gottemukkala (Austin, TX), Koustuv Chatterjee (San Ramon, CA)
Assignee(s): o9 Solutions, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17235596 on 04/20/2021 (1141 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and techniques for alert-based learning for multi-dimensional data processing are described herein. Alert data may be received from a big data platform. An alert definition may be generated that includes a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) for an alert based on a determination that an alert definition does not exist for the alert. A calculation configuration may be created for the alert. Historical data from the big data platform may be evaluated with the calculation configuration to calculate the KPIs. An alert condition may be established for the alert based on the KPIs. The alert condition may be stored in the big data platform.

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

Method and apparatus for length-aware local tiling in a sparse attention module in a transformer
Patent No. 12001510

Inventor(s): Zhendong Wang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): BEIJING TRANSTREAMS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD. (Beijing, , CN)
Law Firm: Arch Lake LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17529208 on 11/17/2021 (930 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for length-aware local tiling in a sparse attention module in a transformer in heterogeneous devices are provided. The method includes that a heterogeneous device including one or more GPUs: divides a transformed sparsity mask into a plurality of first tiles and obtaining one or more effective first tiles from the plurality of first tiles, where each effective first tile includes at least one non-zero element; loads the one or more effective first tiles into a shared memory in the one or more GPUs and loads a plurality of elements in a first matrix corresponding to the one or more effective first tiles into the shared memory; and performs multiplication by a first sampled dense-dense matrix multiplication (SDDMM) kernel in the sparse attention module in the transformer by fetching the one or more effective first tiles and the plurality of elements from the shared memory.

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

Searchable index encryption
Patent No. 12001586

Inventor(s): Dinesh Sundaram (Plano, 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: 18141637 on 05/01/2023 (400 days app to issue)

Abstract: Auditing data containing sensitive data are stored in a data structure comprising data objects. Each data object comprises one or more pairs of a name and a value. Pairs that are flagged or identified as containing sensitive data are partially encrypted; the value is encrypted using an asymmetric key and the name corresponding to the encrypted value remains unencrypted. Some pairs that are not flagged or identified as containing sensitive data are left unencrypted. Unencrypted data may be stored in the partially encrypted auditing data as plain text. The auditing data may be analyzed to generate business metrics and identify application errors. The auditing data may also be queried, and data objects containing unencrypted pairs and/or partially encrypted pairs may be returned based on matching unencrypted names and/or values to the data query.

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

Address translation metadata compression in memory devices
Patent No. 12001678

Inventor(s): Scheheresade Virani (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17895696 on 08/25/2022 (649 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example memory sub-system includes a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device is configured to receive a memory access request specifying a logical address of a data item and a memory access operation to be performed with respect to the data item; produce a truncated logical address by applying a predefined mathematical transformation to the specified logical address; identifying, in an address translation table, an address translation table entry identified by the truncated logical address; and perform the memory access operation using a physical address specified by the address translation table entry.

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

Memory device operations for unaligned write operations
Patent No. 12001717

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: 17822895 on 08/29/2022 (645 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)

Variant model-based compilation for analog simulation
Patent No. 12001771

Inventor(s): Peter Foelsche (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17412404 on 08/26/2021 (1013 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing system implementing a design verification system can detect multiple analog design blocks in a circuit design describing an electronic device. The design verification system can generate equivalent networks for the analog design blocks using different sets of the parameters of the analog design blocks by selectively collapsing nodes and branches in the analog design blocks based on values of the different sets of the parameters. The equivalent networks can correspond to behavioral topologies of the analog design blocks having the different sets of the parameters. The design verification system can selectively compile a subset of the analog design blocks into multiple compiled variant models based on a comparison of the equivalent networks. The design verification system can include an analog simulator to simulate the analog design blocks in the circuit design using the compiled variant models.

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

Systems and methods for processing nuances in natural language
Patent No. 12001806

Inventor(s): Romica Juneja (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17645858 on 12/23/2021 (894 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for processing electronic information indicative of natural language. An example method includes generating a natural language attribute data set based on a first word in a sequence of words provided by a user, a first natural language of the word, and one or more exogenous events. The example method further includes generating a natural language transliteration data set based on the natural language attribute data set. The example method further includes generating a translation of the first word in a second natural language based on the natural language transliteration data set. The example method further includes generating, using machine learning and based at least in part on the translation, a response signal for transmission to a client device.

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

Allocation of cloud-based resources for backup/recovery services
Patent No. 12001886

Inventor(s): Sriram V. R Nagaraja Rao (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, , CA)
Law Firm: Vista IP Law Group, LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17817981 on 08/06/2022 (668 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved system, method, and computer program product to allocate backup devices for a database system, where an appropriate appliance can be automatically allocated to accommodate backups. The allocation selects an appliance that effectively balances space allocation needs of the database with overall performance effects on a multi-tenant backup system that handles multiple databases of varying sizes.

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

Systems and methods for using a predictive engine to predict failures in machine-learning trained systems for display via graphical user interface
Patent No. 12001927

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX), Stephen Wylie (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16659960 on 10/22/2019 (1687 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for using a machine-learning trained predictive engine to predict failures, comprising receiving, from a user using a graphical user interface, electronic transaction data comprising an item and candidate transaction terms, the candidate transaction terms comprising a first transaction term, the electronic transaction data being associated with a candidate transaction. The method may determine, by a machine learning predictive engine, a likelihood of success of the candidate transaction based on the electronic transaction data, and may determine, by the machine learning predictive engine, based on the first transaction term, a second transaction term that, together with the first transaction term, increases the likelihood of success of the candidate transaction above a predetermined threshold. An indication of the second transaction term and an indication of the likelihood of success of the candidate transaction may be displayed on the graphical user interface.

[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]

Constructing machine learning models
Patent No. 12001930

Inventor(s): Chris Vo (Sachse, TX), Robert Woods, Jr. (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectal Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18155045 on 01/16/2023 (505 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example method includes initializing a configuration file for a machine learning model, wherein the initializing is performed in response to receiving a request from a user, and wherein the configuration file comprises a plurality of sections that is configurable by the user, configuring at least one parameter of a feature engineering rules section of the configuration file, wherein the configuring the at least one parameter of the feature engineering rules section is based on a first value provided by the user, configuring at least one parameter of an algorithm definitions section of the configuration file, wherein the configuring the at least one parameter of the algorithm definitions section is based on a second value provided by the user, and populating the configuration file using the feature engineering rules section as configured and the algorithm definitions section as configured, to generate the machine learning model.

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

Machine learning-based adjustments in volume diagnosis procedures for determination of root cause distributions
Patent No. 12001973

Inventor(s): Gaurav Veda (Hillsboro, OR), Huaxing Tang (Wilsonville, OR), Manish Sharma (Wilsonville, OR), Wu-Tung Cheng (Lake Oswego, OR), Yue Tian (Wilsonville, OR)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16361915 on 03/22/2019 (1901 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing system may include a model training engine configured to train a supervised learning model with a training set comprising training probability distributions computed for training dies through a local phase of a volume diagnosis procedure. The computing system may also include a volume diagnosis adjustment engine configured to access a diagnosis report for a given circuit die that has failed scan testing and compute, through the local phase of the volume diagnosis procedure, a probability distribution for the given circuit die from the diagnosis report. The volume diagnosis adjustment engine may also adjust the probability distribution into an adjusted probability distribution using the supervised learning model and provide the adjusted probability distribution for the given circuit die as an input to a global phase of the volume diagnosis procedure to determine a global root cause distribution for multiple circuit dies that have failed the scan testing.

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

Dynamic unauthorized activity detection
Patent No. 12002018

Inventor(s): Linda D. Suarez (Mesquite, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17182961 on 02/23/2021 (1197 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems for dynamic unauthorized activity detection are provided. In some arrangements, issue data may be received from, for instance, a customer of an enterprise organization. The issue data may include a data file containing metadata associated with a plurality of checks written or issued by the customer. As those checks are cashed, the checks may be evaluated for potential unauthorized activity. Accordingly, check data and/or check image data may be received by the enterprise organization. The check and/or check image data, as well as the metadata, may be analyzed using machine learning to determine whether unauthorized or potential unauthorized activity has occurred. Based on the determination, one or more actions may be identified and executed.

System and method for staging money transfers between users having profiles
Patent No. 12002021

Inventor(s): Connie Jacobson (Bloomington, MN), Renee Rusnak (Frisco, TX), Terry Wallace (Tyler, TX), Thomas Christophersen (West Suffix, , GB)
Assignee(s): MoneyGram International, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17247550 on 12/16/2020 (1266 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments concern facilitating a money transfer by creating a first profile for a first user and a second profile for a second user. The first user can select the second profile from a plurality of profiles. The first user can enter a value designation for the transfer of money from the first user to the second user. A computing system can then stage the transfer of money based on previously saved profile information for the first user and the second user. The profile information can be used to set a plurality of terms of the money transfer without requiring either of the first user or the second user to reenter this information or otherwise affirmatively set the plurality of terms of the money transfer.

Personalized consumer advertising placement
Patent No. 12002074

Inventor(s): John Cale (Akron, OH), Nathan W. Shahan (Tallmadge, OH), Russel Robert Heiser, II (Mogadore, OH)
Assignee(s): SEGMINT INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: KLEMCHUK PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17669512 on 02/11/2022 (844 days app to issue)

Abstract: The subject personalized consumer advertising/ad placement system provides the ability for advertisers, ad agencies, and any other applicable organization to determine and electronically present their ”ideal” consumer profile and have their advertisement/promotion placed in front of all consumers who match the profile based on the anonymous mining of the consumers actual spending across a broad base of spending categories.

Systems and methods for checking and confirming the purchase of merchandise items
Patent No. 12002080

Inventor(s): Feiyun Zhu (Allen, TX), Haining Liu (Dallas, TX), Jon Hammer (Frisco, TX), Lingfeng Zhang (Dallas, TX), Mingquan Yuan (Flower Mound, TX), Pingjian Yu (Plano, TX), Shangeetha Ravichandran Susseelaa (Dallas, TX), Shouyi
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Foley IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17775414 on 11/12/2020 (1300 days app to issue)

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods relating to checking and confirming merchandise purchased at shopping facilities. In one form, the system includes: a shopping cart containing merchandise items to be purchased; a sales transaction database; a point-of-sales system that creates transaction records identified by transaction identifiers; and a mobile device used by an employee that includes a sensor to scan a paper or digital receipt to obtain the transaction identifier and a camera to capture images of the items in the shopping cart. The system also includes a control circuit that receives the transaction identifier, accesses the database using the identifier to determine the purchased items; analyzes the images of the merchandise items in the shopping cart and creates a computer vision receipt listing detected items; compares the purchased items with the detected items; and takes an action if there is a discrepancy.

Dynamic auto insurance policy quote creation based on tracked user data
Patent No. 12002104

Inventor(s): Christopher E. Gay (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17701829 on 03/23/2022 (804 days app to issue)

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, servers, and tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions for creating one or more new insurance policy quotes for a customer associated with a customer vehicle may be may be described. The computer-implemented methods, servers, and instructions may include receiving a coverage type for the customer vehicle, causing usage data corresponding to the coverage type to be tracked, receiving the usage data, generating the new insurance policy quotes corresponding to the coverage type based upon at least the usage data, and causing the new insurance policy quotes to be displayed.

Systems and methods for generating a home score and modifications for a user
Patent No. 12002108

Inventor(s): Arsh Singh (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17973108 on 10/25/2022 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for evaluating and analyzing home data to generate a home score. The method may include: (1) retrieving home data for a first property; (2) determining, using a trained machine learning evaluation model, one or more home score factors based upon at least the home data; (3) generating, based upon the one or more home score factors, a home score for the first property; (4) retrieving past hazard data associated with a second property; and (5) generating based upon at least the past hazard data, a home modification recommendation.

Transfer of damage markers from images to 3D vehicle models for damage assessment
Patent No. 12002192

Inventor(s): Andrey Lutich (Dresden, , DE), Mihran Shahinian (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): Solera Holdings, LLC (Westlake, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17455056 on 11/16/2021 (931 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining an image of a damaged vehicle and a three-dimensional (3D) vehicle model associated with the damaged vehicle. The method also includes identifying one or more damage markers that indicate damage to the damaged vehicle based on the image. The method further includes identifying a pose of the damaged vehicle within the image. In addition, the method includes mapping the one or more damage markers onto the 3D vehicle model based on the identified pose, where the one or more mapped damage markers identify one or more locations and dimensions of the damage to the damaged vehicle on the 3D vehicle model. In some cases, one or more trained machine learning models may be used to identify the one or more damage markers, identify the pose of the damaged vehicle within the image, and/or map the one or more damage markers onto the 3D vehicle model.

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

Methods, apparatuses, and systems for 3-D phenotyping and physiological characterization of brain lesions and surrounding tissue
Patent No. 12002199

Inventor(s): Darin T. Okuda (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: POLSINELLI PC (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17281022 on 09/30/2019 (1709 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, apparatuses, and systems for three-dimensional phenotyping and physiologic characterization of brain lesions and tissue encompassing one or more enlarged boundaries surrounding the brain lesion to study the metabolic and physiologic profiles from tissue within and around lesions and their impacts on lesion shape and surface texture. The non-invasive biomarker blood-oxygen their impacts on lesion shape and surface texture. The non-invasive biomarker blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) slope was used to metabolically characterize lesions. Metabolically active lesions with more intact tissue and myelin architecture have more symmetrical shapes and more complex surface textures compared to metabolically inactive lesions with less intact tissue and myelin architecture. The association of lesions” shapes and surface features with their metabolic signatures aid in the translation of MRI data to clinical management by providing information related to metabolic activity, lesion age, and risk for disease reactivation and self-repair.

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

Automated gesture identification using neural networks
Patent No. 12002236

Inventor(s): Dallas Nash (Frisco, TX), Michael Menefee (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): AVODAH, INC. (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Maynard Nexsen PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17397523 on 08/09/2021 (1030 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus and systems for gesture recognition based on neural network processing. One exemplary method for identifying a gesture communicated by a subject includes receiving a plurality of images associated with the gesture, providing the plurality of images to a first 3-dimensional convolutional neural network (3D CNN) and a second 3D CNN, where the first 3D CNN is operable to produce motion information, where the second 3D CNN is operable to produce pose and color information, and where the first 3D CNN is operable to implement an optical flow algorithm to detect the gesture, fusing the motion information and the pose and color information to produce an identification of the gesture, and determining whether the identification corresponds to a singular gesture across the plurality of images using a recurrent neural network that comprises one or more long short-term memory units.

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

Feedback and training for a machine learning algorithm configured to determine customer purchases during a shopping session at a physical store
Patent No. 12002263

Inventor(s): Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Sarath Vakacharla (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX), Trong Nghia Nguyen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16938676 on 07/24/2020 (1411 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor. The processor receives an algorithmic shopping cart that includes a first set of items determined by an algorithm to have been selected by a person during a shopping session in a physical store, based on a set of inputs received from sensors located within the physical store. The processor also receives a virtual shopping cart that includes a second set of items. Video of the shopping session was captured by a set of cameras located in the physical store and depicts the person selecting the second set of items. The processor compares the algorithmic cart to the virtual cart and determines that a discrepancy exists between the algorithmic cart and the virtual cart. The processor determines a subset of the set of inputs associated with the discrepancy and attaches metadata explaining the discrepancy to the subset. The processor uses the subset to train the algorithm.

Gamified alphanumeric character identification
Patent No. 12002274

Inventor(s): Benjamin McCord (McKinney, TX), Joshua LittleSun (Plano, TX), Scott Cote (Allen, TX), Thomas J. Owen (Haltom City, TX)
Assignee(s): ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION CONSULTANTS, LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17410271 on 08/24/2021 (1015 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving from a first detection system, an image of a license plate, applying an optical recognition function to characters of the license plate, and assigning a confidence value to each of the characters. The method further includes, in response to determining that the confidence value for a particular character is below a threshold, sending an image of the character to a gamified human reviewer application, receiving from the gamified human reviewer application, a human response indicative of a characteristic of the character, and updating the optical recognition function based on the characteristic of the character.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Paperless venue entry and location-based services
Patent No. 12002316

Inventor(s): Matthew Servant (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Flash Seats, LLC (Los Angeles, CA)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18060516 on 11/30/2022 (552 days app to issue)

Abstract: When attending an event at a venue, the attendee typically presents ticket information that is scanned by a venue scanner. In conventional systems, once validated, the scanner prints a paper stub that typically includes seat location data. Production of this paper stub can be dispensed with, and the associated data conveyed by the paper stub as well as additional information not contemplated or possible with paper stubs can be conveyed by an electronic stub or e-stub that resides on a device of the attendee, generally the same device employed to present the ticket information.

Methods and systems for detecting and tracking objects
Patent No. 12002336

Inventor(s): Chithrai Selvakumar Mani (Richardson, TX), Venkat Shiva Pandiri (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): DIGIT7 INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Washam IP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17303937 on 06/10/2021 (1090 days app to issue)

Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to surveillance of objects and, more particularly, to efficient detection and tracking of objects. A method disclosed herein includes detecting at least one object in the physical store, on receiving media from a plurality of media acquisition devices positioned in the physical store. The method further includes tracking the at least one object in the physical store by projecting input data points of each media acquisition device onto a groundplot, clustering the input data points into a single cluster, and assigning a tracking identifier (ID) to a centroid of the single cluster, wherein the centroid depicts the at least one object.

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

Systems and methods for using a distributed data center to create map data
Patent No. 12002358

Inventor(s): Daniel Andrew Deninger (Carlsbad, CA), David Forney (La Jolla, CA), Jason Palmer (Carlsbad, CA), Jeffrey Griswold (San Diego, CA), Mark Freitas (San Diego, CA), Nicholas Shayne Brookins (Encinitas, CA), Reza Ghanbari (San
Assignee(s): SmartDrive Systems, Inc. (Westlake, TX)
Law Firm: Esplin Associates, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18188188 on 03/22/2023 (440 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a distributed data center that includes resources carried by a fleet of vehicles. The system includes sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicles and/or the surroundings of vehicles. The system includes a remote computing server configured to maintain map data and distribute it to the fleet, including local map data to individual vehicles pertaining to their surroundings. Individual vehicles may compare the local map data with the information related to their individual surroundings. Based on such comparisons, individual vehicles may detect discrepancies between the local map data and the information related to their individual surroundings. The remote computing server may modify and/or update the map data based on the detected discrepancies.

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

Pre-decoder circuity
Patent No. 12002537

Inventor(s): Byung S. Moon (Plano, TX), Ramachandra Rao Jogu (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Brooks, Cameron Huebsch, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17831290 on 06/02/2022 (733 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for pre-decoder circuitry. An embodiment includes a memory array including a plurality of memory cells, decoder circuitry coupled to the memory array, wherein the decoder circuitry comprises a first n-type transistor having a first gate and a second n-type transistor having a second gate, and pre-decoder circuitry configured to provide a bias condition for the first gate and second gate to provide a selection signal to one of the plurality of memory cells, wherein the bias condition comprises: a positive voltage for the first gate and a negative voltage for the second gate for a positive configuration for the memory cells, and zero volts for the first gate and the negative voltage for the second gate for a negative configuration for the memory cells.

[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)

Systems and methods for fast vehicular micro cloud formation
Patent No. 12003367

Inventor(s): Onur Altintas (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17877328 on 07/29/2022 (676 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for fast vehicular micro cloud formation are disclosed herein. In one example, a system includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor and having instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to receive an identifier of the vehicle and determine if the identifier matches the information in stored metadata. If the identifier matches the information in the stored metadata, the vehicle is allowed to join the vehicular micro cloud without performing a standard onboarding procedure. Otherwise, a standard onboarding procedure is performed to allow the vehicle to join the vehicular micro cloud.

Object collision data for virtual camera in virtual interactive scene defined by streamed media data
Patent No. 12003693

Inventor(s): Imed Bouazizi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM INCORPORATED (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Shumaker Sieffert, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17654023 on 03/08/2022 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example device for retrieving media data includes a memory configured to store media data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to execute a presentation engine, the presentation engine being configured to: receive streamed media data representing a virtual three-dimensional scene including at least one virtual solid object; receive object collision data representing boundaries of the at least one virtual solid object; receive camera movement data from a user requesting that the virtual camera move through the at least one virtual solid object; and using the object collision data, prevent the virtual camera from passing through the at least one virtual solid object in response to the camera movement data.

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

Cross-point magnetoresistive random memory array and method of making thereof using self-aligned patterning
Patent No. 12004356

Inventor(s): Jordan Katine (Mountain View, CA), Lei Wan (San Jose, CA), Tsai-Wei Wu (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17654762 on 03/14/2022 (813 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory device includes a cross-point array of magnetoresistive memory cells. Each magnetoresistive memory cell includes a vertical stack of a selector-containing pillar structure and a magnetic tunnel junction pillar structure. The lateral spacing between neighboring pairs of magnetoresistive memory cells may be smaller along a first horizontal direction than along a second horizontal direction, and a dielectric spacer or a tapered etch process may be used to provide a pattern of an etch mask for patterning first electrically conductive lines underneath the magnetoresistive memory cells. Alternatively, a resist layer may be employed to pattern first electrically conductive lines underneath the cross-point array. Alternatively, a protective dielectric liner may be provided to protect selector-containing pillar structures during formation of the magnetic tunnel junction pillar structures.

Cross-point magnetoresistive random memory array and method of making thereof using self-aligned patterning
Patent No. 12004357

Inventor(s): Chu-Chen Fu (San Ramon, CA), Jordan Katine (Mountain View, CA), Lei Wan (San Jose, CA), Tsai-Wei Wu (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17654768 on 03/14/2022 (813 days app to issue)

Optical system including light control film and fresnel lens
Patent No. 12004410

Inventor(s): Caleb T. Nelson (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (St. Paul, MN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17768421 on 10/29/2020 (1314 days app to issue)

Abstract: An optical system includes a light source, an optical film curved about a first axis, and a light control film curved about the first axis and disposed between the light source and the optical film. The optical film includes a microstructured first major surface and an opposing second major surface. The microstructured first major surface defines a linear Fresnel lens including a plurality of Fresnel elements extending longitudinally along the first axis. The first major surface of the optical film faces the light control film. The light control film includes a plurality of alternating optically transmissive and optically absorptive regions extending longitudinally along the first axis such that in a cross-section orthogonal to the first axis, for at least a majority of the optically transmissive regions, a centerline between adjacent optically absorptive regions is substantially normal to a major surface of the light control film.

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Controlling systems with motor drives using pulse width modulation
Patent No. 12000638

Inventor(s): Palanivel Subramaniam (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18319608 on 05/18/2023 (383 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes an electronic power converter and a controller. The electronic power converter supplies power to one or more motor drives of an HVAC system. The controller obtains a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) algorithms. Each PWM algorithm has an associated spectrum of frequencies. The controller further determines one or more resonance frequencies associated with the HVAC system. The controller also selects a first PWM algorithm from the plurality of PWM algorithms wherein the spectrum of frequencies of the first PWM algorithm lacks frequency peaks that overlap with the one or more resonance frequencies associated with the HVAC system. The controller further operates the electronic power converter according to the first PWM algorithm.

[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]

Electrical cables with non-metallic jackets and methods of fabricating the same
Patent No. 12002600

Inventor(s): David K. Smith (McKinney, TX), Jose D. Garza (McKinney, TX), Mark D. Bennett (Dodd City, TX), William T. Bigbee, Jr. (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17463490 on 08/31/2021 (1008 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electrical cable having a plurality of conductors including a grounding conductor and at least one power-carrying conductor. The plurality of conductors disposed approximately in parallel within an outer jacket such that the electrical cable has a substantially elongated horizontal cross-section.

[H01B] CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F 1/00; waveguides H01P)

Integrated circuits having dielectric layers including an anti-reflective coating
Patent No. 12002846

Inventor(s): Bhaskar Srinivasan (Allen, TX), David Matthew Curran (Plano, TX), Guruvayurappan S. Mathur (Plano, TX), Poornika Fernandes (Murphy, TX), Russell Duane Fields (Richardson, TX), Scott William Jessen (Allen, TX), Shih Chang
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17500096 on 10/13/2021 (965 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, an integrated circuit comprises a substrate; a first metal layer and a second metal layer positioned above the substrate; a first composite dielectric layer located on the first metal layer, wherein the first composite dielectric layer comprises a first anti-reflective coating; a second composite dielectric layer positioned on the second metal layer, wherein the second composite dielectric layer comprises a second anti-reflective coating; and a capacitor metal layer disposed over the first composite dielectric layer.

[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 structure and method of fabricating the same
Patent No. 12002851

Inventor(s): Pin-Hao Huang (Taipei, , TW), Tao Long (Shanghai, , CN), Ze Rui Chen (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17690842 on 03/09/2022 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The semiconductor structure also includes a first diffusion layer disposed in the substrate and adjacent to the first surface, and a first electrode layer disposed on the first diffusion layer. The semiconductor structure further includes a second diffusion layer disposed in the substrate and adjacent to the second surface, and a plurality of diffusion regions disposed in the second diffusion layer. The semiconductor structure further includes a second electrode layer disposed on the second diffusion layer and in contact with the plurality of diffusion regions. The second diffusion layer is coupled to the plurality of diffusion regions through the second electrode layer. The substrate is sandwiched between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.

Radio frequency devices with photo-imageable polymers and related methods
Patent No. 12002866

Inventor(s): Christo Bojkov (Plano, TX), Harold Isom (Plano, TX), Zhi-Qi Li (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17377755 on 07/16/2021 (1054 days app to issue)

Abstract: RF devices, and more particularly RF devices with photo-imagable polymers for high frequency enhancements and related methods are disclosed. High frequency enhancements are realized by providing air cavities registered with one or more operating portions of RF devices. The air cavities are formed by photo-imagable polymer structures that provide separation from high dielectric constant materials associated with sealing materials, such as overmold materials, that are typically used for environmental and/or mechanical protection in RF devices. Related methods are disclosed that include forming the photo-imagable polymer structures and corresponding air cavities through various lamination and patterning of photo-imagable polymer layers. Further radiation hardening steps are disclosed that may be applied to the photo-imagable polymer structures after air cavities are formed to promote improved structural integrity of the air cavities during subsequent fabrication steps and during operation of the RF devices.

Control of electrolyte inside battery
Patent No. 12002941

Inventor(s): Denyce Alvarez (Carrollton, TX), Fantai Kong (McKinney, TX), Nestor Pimentel Solorio (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Hunt Energy Enterprises, L.L.C. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Patent Capital Group (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17982392 on 11/07/2022 (575 days app to issue)

Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for a privacy cover in an electronic device. The battery system can be configured to monitoring one or more condition of a battery using a battery electrolyte controller that is separate from the battery, adjusting one or more properties of an electrolyte in an electrolyte conduit, where the electrolyte conduit is coupled to an inlet and an outlet on the battery, and activating a pump to move the electrolyte with the adjusted one or more properties into the battery.

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

Perforated door for monopole module and method of mounting same
Patent No. 12003016

Inventor(s): Julian R. Colapietro (McKinney, TX), Kevin Rovell (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Claremont, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16655986 on 10/17/2019 (1692 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular monopole for wireless communications includes: an antenna module having a floor, a ceiling and a side wall that form an antenna compartment, wherein at least one antenna resides within the antenna compartment; a radio module having a floor, a ceiling and a side wall that form a radio compartment, wherein at least one remote radio unit (RRU) resides within the radio compartment; and a base. The base, the radio module, and the antenna module are arranged in vertically stacked relationship, with the base below the radio module and the antenna module above the radio module.

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

Modular telecommunications plug and method
Patent No. 12003059

Inventor(s): Brian J. Fitzpatrick (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17298224 on 11/27/2019 (1651 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular plug is disclosed as having a housing, a wire manager, an anti-snag protector, and a load bar each configured to snap-fit together to assemble the modular plug. The wire manager includes a front portion fitted within an internal cavity of the housing and a rear portion having an aperture configured to receive a terminal end of a telecommunications cable. The wire manager includes a plurality of channels, each channel having a gate configured to position a twisted pair of wires from the telecommunications cable in a stacked vertical arrangement.

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

Short to ground protection and automatic recovery
Patent No. 12003089

Inventor(s): Zbigniew Lata (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Microchip Technology Incorporated (Chandler, AZ)
Law Firm: SLAYDEN GRUBERT BEARD PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17517782 on 11/03/2021 (944 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a single sense pin connected to a line of a device connected to the apparatus, a gate pin configured to produce a gate signal to enable or disable a switch connected between the line of the device connected to the apparatus and a system ground, and control logic. The control logic is configured to at the single sense pin, determine a short between the device and the system ground, and, based upon the determination of the short, disable the switch.

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

Adaptive minimum duty cycle design to extend operational voltage range for DCDC converters
Patent No. 12003178

Inventor(s): Jiansong Chen (Plano, TX), Wenliang Chen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): DIODES INCORPORATED (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17525592 on 11/12/2021 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for a switched mode power supply (SMPS) includes providing an error voltage signal based on a difference between a sampled output voltage of the SMPS and a target voltage, and generating a clock signal characterized by an oscillating frequency; generating a switching control signal based on the error voltage signal and the clock signal using pulse-width modulation (PWM). The method further includes varying the oscillating frequency of the clock signal according to the error voltage signal in a current generating circuit, and applying the switching control signal to control the power switches of the SMPS.

[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]

Control for a multi-level inverter
Patent No. 12003191

Inventor(s): Himanshu Chaudhary (Bengaluru, , IN), Salil Chellappan (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17491652 on 10/01/2021 (977 days app to issue)

Abstract: A control circuit for an inverter. The control circuit includes a first pulse width modulation (PWM) module configured to produce first and second complementary PWM signals, and a second PWM module configured to produce a third and fourth complementary PWM signals. PWM switching logic is coupled to the first and second PWM modules and is adapted to be coupled to a switch network. The switch network includes first, second, third, and fourth switches coupled in series between a first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal. The PWM switching logic is configured to produce control signals for each of the first, second, third, and fourth switches in response to the first and second complementary PWM signals and to the third and fourth complementary PWM signals.

Methods and apparatus to generate a modulation protocol to output audio
Patent No. 12003222

Inventor(s): Yinglai Xia (Plano, TX), Yogesh Ramadass (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17402264 on 08/13/2021 (1026 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate a modulation protocol to output audio. An example apparatus includes a modulation circuit including a first input, a second input, a first output, and a second output; a first gate coupled to the first output of the modulation circuit; a second gate coupled to the second output of the modulation circuit; a first multiplexer including a first input coupled to the first output of the modulation circuit, a second input coupled to the output of the second gate, and an output coupled to a first switch; and a second multiplexer including a first input coupled to the second output of the modulation circuit, a second input coupled to the output of the first gate, and an output coupled to a second switch.

[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)

Transistor short circuit protection
Patent No. 12003229

Inventor(s): Cetin Kaya (Plano, TX), Nathan Richard Schemm (Rowlett, TX), Yong Xie (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17348521 on 06/15/2021 (1085 days app to issue)

Abstract: A short circuit detection circuit includes a current terminal, a sense resistor, an amplifier, and a resistor-capacitor ladder. The sense resistor is coupled to the current terminal, and is configured to develop a sense voltage proportional to a current through the current terminal. The amplifier is coupled to the sense resistor, and is configured to generate a scaled current proportional to the sense voltage. The resistor-capacitor ladder is coupled to the amplifier, and is configured to generate a measurement voltage that represents a surface temperature rise due to the current through the current terminal.

Methods and apparatus for arc reduction in power delivery systems
Patent No. 12003237

Inventor(s): Deric Wayne Waters (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17587713 on 01/28/2022 (858 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: a switch having a first current terminal, a second current terminal and a control terminal, the first current terminal adapted to be coupled to a first capacitor, the second current terminal adapted to be coupled to a second capacitor; a comparator having a comparator input and a comparator output, the comparator input coupled to a configuration terminal; a deglitch circuit having a deglitch input and a deglitch output, the deglitch input coupled to the comparator output, the deglitch circuit having a deglitch duration between a first duration and a second duration; and a universal serial bus (USB) controller having a controller output and a controller input, the controller output coupled to the control terminal, the controller input coupled to the deglitch output.

[H02J] CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY (power supply circuits for apparatus for measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation or cosmic radiation G01T 1/175; electric power supply circuits specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/00; for digital computers G06F 1/18; for discharge tubes H01J 37/248; circuits or apparatus for the conversion of electric power, arrangements for control or regulation of such circuits or apparatus H02M; interrelated control of several motors, control of a prime-mover/generator combination H02P; control of high-frequency power H03L; additional use of power line or power network for transmission of information H04B)

Linear low side recycling modulation
Patent No. 12003243

Inventor(s): Jasjot Singh Chadha (Bengaluru, , IN), Sumit Dubey (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17232174 on 04/16/2021 (1145 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a filter, a comparator, and converter. A first input of the comparator couples to the output of the filter. A second input of the comparator is configured to receive ramp signal. An input of the converter couples to the output of the comparator. The circuit also includes a dual minimum pulse generator having an input coupled to the output of the converter. The dual minimum pulse generator is configured to, responsive to an input pulse on the input of the dual minimum pulse generator having a pulse width less than a predetermined delay time period, generate a pulse on the first output of the dual minimum pulse generator that has a pulse width equal to a sum of the pulse width of the input pulse and the predetermined delay time period. A driver is coupled to the output of the dual minimum pulse generator.

Methods and systems for atomic clocks with high accuracy and low Allan deviation
Patent No. 12003246

Inventor(s): Bichoy Bahr (Allen, TX), Michael Perrott (Nashua, NH)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17731795 on 04/28/2022 (768 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system comprises a digital processing circuit, a frequency modulator, an amplitude modulator, and an adder. The digital processing circuit receives an input signal and a correlation signal and generates a frequency tuning parameter and an amplitude modulation parameter. The frequency modulator generates a frequency modulation signal and the correlation signal. The amplitude modulator receives the amplitude modulation parameter and generates an amplitude modulation signal. The adder receives the frequency tuning parameter and the frequency modulation signal and generates a control signal. In some implementations, the system further comprises a DC feedback circuit that receives the input signal and generates a DC compensation signal. In some implementations, the system further comprises a temperature sensor, a temperature compensation circuit, and a second adder.

[H03L] AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION, OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES (of dynamo-electric generators H02P) [3]

Inductive current digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and related control options
Patent No. 12003251

Inventor(s): Ariel D. Moctezuma (Richardson, TX), Marius Dina (Inver Grove Heights, MN), William R. Krenik (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17703300 on 03/24/2022 (803 days app to issue)

Abstract: An inductive current digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes: a power supply input adapted to be coupled to a power supply; a load terminal adapted to be coupled to a load; an inductor between the power supply input and the load terminal; and inductor current control circuitry. The inductor current control circuitry has: a sense signal input configured to receive a sense signal representative of the inductor current; a control code input configured to receive a control code; a set of switches having respective control terminals; and a set of control circuit outputs coupled to the respective control terminals of the set of switches. The inductor current control circuitry is configured to adjust control signals provided to the set of control circuit outputs based on the sense signal and the control code.

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

Sleepy device operation in asynchronous channel hopping networks
Patent No. 12003271

Inventor(s): Jyothsna Kunduru (Plano, TX), Kumaran Vijayasankar (Allen, TX), Kwang Seop Eom (Frisco, TX), Robert Liang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18185609 on 03/17/2023 (445 days app to issue)

Abstract: A radio communications device includes a RTC configured to run even during sleep for receiving from a coordinator node (CN) in an asynchronous channel hopping WPAN an asynchronous hopping sequence (AHS) frame that includes the CN”s hopping sequence. A processor implements a stored sleepy device operation in asynchronous channel hopping networks algorithm. The algorithm is for determining a time stamp for the AHS frame and the CN”s initial timing position within the hopping sequence, storing the time stamp, going to sleep and upon waking up changing a frequency band of its receive (Rx) channel to an updated fixed channel. A data request command frame is transmitted by the device on the CN”s listening channel that is calculated from the CN”s hopping sequence, time stamp, CN”s initial timing position and current time, and the device receives an ACK frame transmitted by the CN at the updated fixed channel of Rx operation.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for dual-port communication and power delivery
Patent No. 12003346

Inventor(s): Stewart Merkel (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: North Weber Baugh LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17132340 on 12/23/2020 (1259 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein are embodiments for dual-port communication and power delivery for one-wire applications. Embodiments of one-wire bridge devices are disclosed to provide a dual-port link for two one-wire masters to communicate with one another in a multi-voltage system while intermittently allowing charging voltage. The configuration may be used to set a bidirectional pass through mode that allows level shifted fast logic signals to pass through the two one-wire links. A timer may also be configurable to time-out the pass through mode from edge in-activity. Power may be derived for operation directly from one of the links, eliminating the need for an external power supply when local power is not available. When local power is available, the other one-wire link provides local access and the pass through mode. Such configurations make it easy for a two-contact solution to be both a communication channel and a power supply for battery charging.

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

Network interface with resource coordinator
Patent No. 12003425

Inventor(s): Barak Cherches (Ramat Ha”Kovesh, , IL), David Levy (Kiryat Gat, , IL), Israel Zilbershmidet (Netanya, , IL), Nir Shlomo Gross (Givhat-Shmuel, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17386735 on 07/28/2021 (1042 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: a processor; a receiver coupled to the processor; and memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores resource coordinator instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: maintain a plurality of active secure sessions; identify a priority session trigger; and allocate receiver resources for incoming packets related to the plurality of active secure sessions based on the priority session trigger.

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

Multi-tier resource, subsystem, and load orchestration
Patent No. 12003426

Inventor(s): Daniel Hefley (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): C/HCA, Inc. (Nashville, TN)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18176314 on 02/28/2023 (462 days app to issue)

Abstract: Electronic communications received via a network from a plurality of electronic devices may include signals of device interactions or data changes that correspond to process performances by process-performing resources, signals of conditions of loads, or signals of processes associated with the process-performing resources and the loads. Data composites may be formed from the electronic communications, with data portions collected and mapped to resource profile records and load profile records that may be updated with the collected data portions. For each load, at least one of the one or more resource profile records and/or the one or more load profile records may be used to map the process-performing resources to the load. Content nodes may be linked in a network of content nodes, including respective linked content, resource specifications or load specifications. Access to the network of content nodes may be allowed via a control interface.

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

Interfacing 2G and 3G cellular radio communication systems to a packet-based eCPRI/RoE/O-RAN compliant front haul interface
Patent No. 12003433

Inventor(s): Atanu Guchhait (Solna, , SE), Charles Santhosam Lourdu Raja (Bangalore, , IN), Nibedita Nandan (Kolkata, , IN), Prashant Kapoor (Stittsville, , CA)
Assignee(s): Mavenir Systems, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Ruggiero McAllister McMahon LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17731449 on 04/28/2022 (768 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is provided, an open radio access network distributed unit (O-DU) having an electronic module that performs an FS-8 Radio Access Technology (RAT) functionality such as frequency hopping, downlink (DL) carrier aggregation, uplink (UL) channelization, power control, and fast automatic gain control (AGC).

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Website verification service
Patent No. 12003497

Inventor(s): Daniel Solero (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18091272 on 12/29/2022 (523 days app to issue)

Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to a website verification service. A system can receive, from a web server that hosts a website, a query for a set of authentication credentials (”credentials”) to be used to verify that the website is trustworthy. The system can generate and provide the credentials to the web server. The web server can, in turn, provide the credentials to a web browser device for presentation to a user via a web browser application executing on the web browser device. The system also can provide the credentials to a verifier device. The verifier device can present the credentials to the user via a verifier application executing on the verifier device. The user can compare the credentials presented via the web browser application to the credentials presented via the verifier application executing on the verifier device to determine whether the website can be trusted.

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

System account access manager utilizing an endpoint detection and response system
Patent No. 12003545

Inventor(s): Paul Lanzi (San Francisco, CA), Timothy Keeler (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee(s): Netwrix Corporation (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17503366 on 10/18/2021 (960 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one aspect, a computerized system includes an access manager server connected to one or more target computer systems. The access manager server is connected to the one or more target computer systems via an Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) system. The EDR system continually monitors one or more target computer systems (e.g. endpoints) and responds to mitigate a cyber threat to the one or more target computer systems. The EDR system includes an EDR control plane that manages and communicates with one or more EDR agents. The EDR control plane causes a specific computer security action in the one or more target computer systems via one or more EDR agents. One or more EDR agents are installed in the one or more target computer systems. The one or more EDR agents are made available via the EDR API.

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

Multiple station voice track conflict avoidance
Patent No. 12003553

Inventor(s): Darren Grant Davis (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Harness, Dickey Pierce, P.L.C. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17985986 on 11/14/2022 (568 days app to issue)

Abstract: A voice track (VT) device obtains a talent-to-master schedule and a station-to-master schedule. A master broadcast log, which includes an empty master VT associated with a user, is identified based on the talent-to-master schedule. The master broadcast log is displayed in a GUI on the VT recording device. User input selecting the empty master VT is received. Subscribing stations that use the identified master broadcast log as a basis for generating station broadcast logs are identified based on the station-to-master schedule, and obtained from the stations. For each station broadcast log that includes a station VT corresponding to the empty master VT, a match status is determined. The match status indicates whether media items scheduled for broadcast in slots adjacent to the station VT differ from media items scheduled for broadcast in slots adjacent to the empty master VT. Match statuses of station VTs corresponding to the empty master VT are displayed on a child window of the GUI.

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

Techniques for delivering current media content via content delivery networks
Patent No. 12003559

Inventor(s): Christopher Alan Newton (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): NETFLIX, INC. (Los Gatos, CA)
Law Firm: Artegis Law Group, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18317758 on 05/15/2023 (386 days app to issue)

Abstract: In various embodiments, a caching application streams segments of a downloadable to a client device. At a first point-in-time, the caching application receives a first request for a first segment of the downloadable from the client device. The caching application computes a cache key based on a request Uniform Resource Locator included in the first request and a version identifier associated with the downloadable. The caching application determines that no segment corresponding to the cache key is stored in a cache. The caching application transmits a second request for the first segment to a different server. Upon receiving a first version of the first segment from the different server, the caching server transmits a response that includes the first version of the first segment to the client device.

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

Distributed session owner across multiple entities
Patent No. 12003586

Inventor(s): Asaf Carmeli (Hod Hasharon, , IL), Barak Cherches (Ramat HaKovesh, , IL), Yaron Alpert (Hod Hasharon, , IL)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17131596 on 12/22/2020 (1260 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, ownership of a network protocol-based session is distributed across multiple entities. A session is established between a remote entity and a first processing node on a local device, such that the first processing node is the session owner of the session on the local device. During the session, ownership of the session is transferred from the first processing node to a second processing node on the local device, such that the second processing node becomes the session owner of the session on the local device. The session is then operated between the remote entity and the second processing node as the session owner.

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

System and method for access to continuously running application programs by network connected end-user devices
Patent No. 12003589

Inventor(s): Steve Bakke (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: The Langley Law Firm, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17389805 on 07/30/2021 (1040 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for providing access to one or more application device, such as a respective processed application program, is connected to a telecommunications network including at least one user device. The system includes a manager device connected to the respective application device, and the manager device communicatively connects to the respective user device. Each application device includes a respective processing state and a state table of each respective processing state. The manager device updates the respective processing state of the state table for each application device and respective user device. Each user device accesses the manager device to obtain the respective processing state in the state table of the particular application device for the particular user device. User devices can switch communications with the manager device and application device, providing continuing operations of the application device with same processing state.

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

Method and apparatus for split rendering for lightfield/immersive media using proxy edge cloud architecture
Patent No. 12003601

Inventor(s): Paul Spencer Dawkins (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TENCENT AMERICA LLC (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: Sughrue Mion, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18072324 on 11/30/2022 (552 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for split rendering immersive media using proxy edge cloud computing architecture. The system and method may include dynamically determining a task-split or splitting a task for rendering a scene in an immersive media stream into two or more computational tasks based on one or more processing delays, wherein the task-splitting splits the scene into first part including one or more first tasks performed by an edge computing system and second part including one or more second tasks performed by a cloud computing system. The system and method may include transmitting the first parts of the scene, and transmitting the second parts of the scene.

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

Method and system for universal security services abstraction
Patent No. 12003602

Inventor(s): Abhinav Bagul (Dallas, TX), Kerry Fleming (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Salesforce, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Nicholson, De Vos, Webster Elliott, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18060528 on 11/30/2022 (552 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for providing interoperability between a plurality of security services and target applications by an interoperability service. The method includes receiving a request from one of the plurality of security services to perform a task on a target application, preparing a unified data model for interaction with the target application, determining and organizing data connections to perform the task on the target application, generating a set of requests using the unified data model based on the task and utilizing business logic of the interoperability service for the data connections with the target application, transforming the set of requests into commands and data structures specific to the target application, and sending the set of requests on respective data connections with the target application.

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

Electronic system for divergent distribution of electronic digital certificates
Patent No. 12003651

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17394851 on 08/05/2021 (1034 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for the divergent distribution of electronic digital certificates. The present invention may be configured to generate an electronic digital certificate associated with an artifact, store the electronic digital certificate on a distributed ledger, and record, on the distributed ledger, an interest of the user in the electronic digital certificate. The present invention may be configured to receive a request from the user to divide ownership of the electronic digital certificate amongst a group of users. The present invention may be configured to determine shares in the electronic digital certificate by determining for each user of the group of users a share of the shares. The present invention may be configured to record, on the distributed ledger and based on the shares, interests of the group of users in the electronic digital certificate.

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

Secure provisioning of digital certificate
Patent No. 12003654

Inventor(s): Nguyen Trong Ho (Highland Village, TX), Sunil Khiani (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18306945 on 04/25/2023 (406 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a device and a payload warehouse. The device receives a user request to initiate a feature of the device. In response to receiving the request, device information is provided to a payload warehouse. The payload warehouse stores an inventory which includes a digital payload. The digital payload includes data, such as a digital certificate, which may be used by the device to implement the user-requested feature. The payload warehouse receives the device information provided by the device and determines an encryption vector based at least in part on the received device information. Using the encryption vector, the digital payload is encrypted. The encrypted digital payload is provided to the device.

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

Kinematic assessment and verification of paper documents for processing and analysis thereof
Patent No. 12003682

Inventor(s): Jovan Hutton Pulitzer (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Tesla Laboratories, LLC (Jackson, WY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18322155 on 05/23/2023 (378 days app to issue)

Abstract: A see through apparatus receives a paper document. The see through apparatus includes a first scanning element, a second scanning element, and a processor coupled to the first scanning element and the second scanning element. Each of the first and second scanning elements illuminate a respective side of the paper document while the other scanning element captures an image. The processor detects kinematic artifacts on the paper document and determines that the paper document is fraudulent based on the detected kinematic artifacts. The processor also detects an alignment feature from the image capture from the first image or the second image, and determines that the document is not aligned based on the detected alignment feature.

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

Adaptive loop filtering (ALF) for video coding
Patent No. 12003783

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Minhua Zhou (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17592981 on 02/04/2022 (851 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for adaptive loop filtering of a reconstructed picture in a video encoder is provided that includes determining whether or not sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering is applied to the reconstructed picture, and using adaptive loop filtering with no offset for the reconstructed picture when the SAO filtering is determined to be applied to the reconstructed picture.

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

Block-based parallel deblocking filter in video coding
Patent No. 12003784

Inventor(s): Mangesh Devidas Sadafale (Bengaluru, , IN), Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17074308 on 10/19/2020 (1324 days app to issue)

Abstract: Deblocking filtering is provided in which an 88 filtering block covering eight sample vertical and horizontal boundary segments is divided into filtering sub-blocks that can be independently processed. To process the vertical boundary segment, the filtering block is divided into top and bottom 84 filtering sub-blocks, each covering a respective top and bottom half of the vertical boundary segment. To process the horizontal boundary segment, the filtering block is divided into left and right 48 filtering sub-blocks, each covering a respective left and right half of the horizontal boundary segment. The computation of the deviation d for a boundary segment in a filtering sub-block is performed using only samples from rows or columns in the filtering sub-block. Consequently, the filter on/off decisions and the weak/strong filtering decisions of the deblocking filtering are performed using samples contained within individual filtering blocks, thus allowing full parallel processing of the filtering blocks.

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

System, method, and computer-readable medium for navigating vehicle inventory
Patent No. 12003802

Inventor(s): Amit Deshpande (McKinney, TX), Liju Mathews (Plano, TX), Mithra Kosur Venuraju (Frisco, TX), Satish Chikkaveerappa (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17509515 on 10/25/2021 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and devices for utilizing an application to alert a user to detected changes to inventory data. Example embodiments relate to a predictive model and development of a predictive model using machine learning techniques. Example embodiments of systems and methods may utilize web-based applications and plug-ins, extensions, or add-ons thereof for facilitating communication and presenting dynamic information to a user.

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

System for audience sentiment feedback and analysis
Patent No. 12003814

Inventor(s): Brian Smith (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): STE Capital, LLC (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: NEO IP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17717775 on 04/11/2022 (785 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system for providing audience sentiment responses to an event and/or an item of media content. The audience sentiment responses are divided into at least four categories, including sentiments liking and disliking the event and/or the media content, and sentiments desiring more or less of the event and/or the media content. The system further provides analytics regarding audience sentiments, such as the times during the event and/or the points in the media content wherein audiences experienced the greatest shifts in one or more of the sentiment types.

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

Set-top box for changing channels and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 12003815

Inventor(s): Raymond S. Horton (McKinney, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18318571 on 05/16/2023 (385 days app to issue)

Abstract: A set-top box for changing channels and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the set-top box includes a network interface controller that is configured to receive a source internet protocol television signal, which includes two channels, from an external source and at least partially prepare the source internet protocol signal in order to forward the tuned signal to a television. The set-top box saves in a buffer the at least partially prepared second channel beginning at a recent periodic, sequential signal access point. In response to receiving a channel change instruction when the set-top box is forwarding the at least partially prepared first channel signal, the set-top box causes the television tuner to forward the at least partially prepared signal based on the second channel stored in the buffer beginning at the recent periodic, sequential signal access point.

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

Configuration of provisioning parameters for onboarding a device to a network
Patent No. 12003961

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17514024 on 10/29/2021 (949 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for facilitating onboarding to a non-public network is provided. Provisioning parameters may be provided to User Equipment (UE) from a Default Credential Server (DCS) via a secure communication tunnel. Additionally or alternatively, provisioning parameter container(s) including readable provisioning parameters for an Onboarding Network (ONN), and secure provisioning parameters for the UE, may be transmitted to the UE via the ONN. The disclosed methods and apparatuses enable the UE to onboard to a non-public network using the provisioning parameters, and to verify the integrity of the provisioning parameters and ensure the provisioning parameters are not modified by an unauthorized device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

CSI reporting
Patent No. 12003994

Inventor(s): Anthony Edet Ekpenyong (San Diego, CA), Runhua Chen (Plano, TX), Vikram Chandrasekhar (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17306774 on 05/03/2021 (1128 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and user equipment for channel state information (CSI) reporting are described. The method receives a channel quality indicator request. The method determines a channel quality indicator based on a CSI reference resource. The method transmits a CSI report that includes the channel quality indicator via a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) on an uplink subframe. The CSI reference resource belongs to a subframe subset for which the CSI report is sent. The CSI reference resource includes overhead of Demodulation Reference Signals according to a corresponding rank report.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Facilitation of voice over new radio for 5G or other next generation network
Patent No. 12004023

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17985737 on 11/11/2022 (571 days app to issue)

Abstract: Automatic neighbor relationships (ANR) and voice over new radio (VoNR) microservices can be implemented within a radio access network intelligent controller (RIC), which receives load information from network nodes and user equipment measurements from user equipment. The RIC can create and maintain real-time load information and leverage slicing knowledge of neighbor cells during mobility to direct the user equipment to various network slices. Thus, an enhanced radio access network (RAN) neighbor relationship that utilizes slicing information and VoNR preferences based on current and historical data can provide slice level RAN neighbor visibility on top of physical ANR relationships to enable enhancements for mobility management optimization for VoNR functionality.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for network positioning of devices in a beamformed communications system
Patent No. 12004116

Inventor(s): Aimin Justin Sang (Mountain View, CA), Bin Liu (San Diego, CA), Jian Luo (Munich, , DE), Nathan Edward Tenny (San Diego, CA), Pengfei Xia (San Diego, CA), Richard Stirling-Gallacher (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17969191 on 10/19/2022 (594 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for receiving device position determination includes receiving beamformed position reference signals (BF-PRSs) on a plurality of communications beams from at least two transmitting devices in accordance with a BF-PRS configuration, making at least one observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) measurement in accordance with the BF-PRSs on the plurality of communications beams, and transmitting OTDOA feedback including the at least one OTDOA measurement.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Detection of aberration on transport
Patent No. 12004118

Inventor(s): Albert Scott Ludwin (San Diego, CA), Satyajit P. Patne (The Colony, TX), Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17188769 on 03/01/2021 (1191 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a first node, a location of an aberration on a second node, determining, by the first node, a third node able to document the aberration for a minimum period of time, notifying, by the first node, the third node to document the aberration for the minimum period of time in a first mode, and receiving, by the first node, the documentation in the first mode.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

NLOS wireless backhaul downlink communication
Patent No. 12004164

Inventor(s): June Chul Roh (Allen, TX), Mohamed Farouk Mansour (Richardson, TX), Pierre Bertrand (Antibes, , FR), Srinath Hosur (Plano, TX), Vijay Pothukuchi (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18118019 on 03/06/2023 (456 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for communicating over a wireless backhaul channel comprising generating a radio frame comprising a plurality of time slots, wherein each time slot comprises a plurality of symbols in time and a plurality of sub-carriers in a system bandwidth, broadcasting a broadcast channel signal comprising a transmission schedule to a plurality of remote units in a number of consecutive sub-carriers centered about a direct current (DC) sub-carrier in at least one of the time slots in the radio frame regardless of the system bandwidth, and transmitting a downlink (DL) control channel signal and a DL data channel signal to a first of the remote units, wherein the DL data channel signal is transmitted by employing a single carrier block transmission scheme comprising a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) spreading for frequency diversity.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for random access in NTN
Patent No. 12004233

Inventor(s): Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17500839 on 10/13/2021 (965 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses of UE for performing random access procedures in NTN. A method of a UE comprises: identifying configuration information including a first and second set of resources for a RACH operation; determining whether current location information of the UE is valid for the RACH operation; selecting the first set of resources based on a determination that the current location information of the UE is valid; selecting the second set of resources based on a determination that the current location information of the UE is invalid; transmitting a RACH preamble on the selected first or second set of resources; and receiving, in response to transmitting the RACH preamble, a RAR MAC PDU. The RAR MAC PDU includes a MAC subPDU comprising a first format of MAC subPDU associated with the first set of resources and a second format of MAC subPDU associated with the second set of resources.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Enhanced RACH (random access channel) design for 5G CIoT (cellular internet of things)
Patent No. 12004239

Inventor(s): Joonbeom Kim (Carrollton, TX), Kathiravetpillai Sivanesan (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Law Firm: Eschweiler Potashnik (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17849809 on 06/27/2022 (708 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for random access (RA) in a cellular internet-of-things (CIOT) are discussed. An example apparatus configured to be employed within a User Equipment (UE), comprises a receiver circuitry, a processor, and transmitter circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured to receive RA resource allocation information via one of a system information message or a downlink control information (DCI) message. The processor is operably coupled to the receiver circuitry and configured to: select a RA preamble sequence; generate a payload; and spread the payload via a spreading sequence. The transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit, based on the RA resource allocation information, a RA message comprising the RA preamble sequence and the payload, wherein the RA message is transmitted in a RA slot. The receiver circuitry is further configured to receive a response comprising a device identity of the UE and one of an uplink (UL) grant or a RA reject message.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Three-dimensional memory device including self-aligned drain-select-level isolation structures and method of making thereof
Patent No. 12004347

Inventor(s): Nobuyuki Fujimura (Yokkaichi, , JP), Satoshi Shimizu (Yokkaichi, , JP), Takumi Moriyama (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17237476 on 04/22/2021 (1139 days app to issue)

Abstract: An alternating stack of insulating layers and spacer material layers is formed over a substrate. A plurality of arrays of memory opening fill structures is formed through the alternating stack. A plurality of dielectric plates is formed, which laterally surrounds a respective array of memory opening fill structures. Self-aligned drain-select-level isolation structures are formed between a respective neighboring pair of arrays of memory opening fill structures through gaps between neighboring pairs of the dielectric plates into a subset of layers within the alternating stack. Drain side select gate electrodes are provided from a divided subset of the spacer material layers.

[H10B] ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES

Three-dimensional memory array with dual-level peripheral circuits and methods for forming the same
Patent No. 12004348

Inventor(s): Fumiaki Toyama (Cupertino, CA), Masaaki Higashitani (Cupertino, CA), Yuki Mizutani (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17347810 on 06/15/2021 (1085 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bonded assembly includes a memory die that is bonded to a logic die. The memory die includes a three-dimensional memory array located on a memory-side substrate, memory-side dielectric material layers located on the three-dimensional memory array and embedding memory-side metal interconnect structures and memory-side bonding pads, a backside peripheral circuit located on a backside surface of the memory-side substrate, and backside dielectric material layers located on a backside of the memory-side substrate and embedding backside metal interconnect structures. The logic die includes a logic-side peripheral circuit located on a logic-side substrate, and logic-side dielectric material layers located between the logic-side substrate and the memory die and embedding logic-side metal interconnect structures and logic-side bonding pads that are bonded to a respective one of the memory-side bonding pads.

DESIGN PATENTS

Knife holder
Patent No. D1029492

Inventor(s): Gerssai Cereceres (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29783146 on 05/11/2021 (1120 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Open heart jewelry box
Patent No. D1029495

Inventor(s): Bedros N. Minassian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29835135 on 04/15/2022 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Aqueous ozone hand sanitation device
Patent No. D1029529

Inventor(s): Christopher Thompson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Innovation Law Office (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29814811 on 11/09/2021 (938 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vent accessory for vehicle heating and air conditioning systems
Patent No. D1029731

Inventor(s): Michael W Rejkowski (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): CLASSIC AUTO AIR MANUFACTURING LP (Beachwood, OH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29757511 on 11/06/2020 (1306 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Charging station
Patent No. D1029753

Inventor(s): Donald Anderson (Oak Park, IL), John C. Olson (Livingston, TX), John S. Whiting (North Richland Hills, TX), Mark Kurth (La Porte, IN), Oluwadurotimi Solola (Chicago, IL), Patrick J. Clarke (St. Charles, IL), Randall Lawso
Assignee(s): Schumacher Electric Corporation (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: McAndrews, Held Malloy, Ltd. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29786612 on 06/01/2021 (1099 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Patent No. D1029866

Inventor(s): Stephen Goldberg (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Salesforce, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29864391 on 05/25/2022 (741 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Spotlight
Patent No. D1030106

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Headlamp cover lens
Patent No. D1030130

Inventor(s): Scott M. Conway (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29731221 on 04/13/2020 (1513 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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