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 April 16, 2024 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

109 patents granted
Ranked No. 12 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 15
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 10
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 2
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 8
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 4
G: PHYSICS 36
H: ELECTRICITY 30

DESIGN: 4

TOP ASSIGNEES
(NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas) 12
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 8
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, VA) 5
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) 4
BMIC LLC (Dallas) 3
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) 3
Toyota Motor North America Inc. (Plano) 3
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 2
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 2

Unassigned 8

TOP INVENTORS
(NO. OF PATENTS)

Ming-Liang Shiao (Basking Ridge, NJ) 3
Abhijith Prakash (Milpitas, CA) 2
Chris Searcy (Tuscaloosa, AL) 2
Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, NJ) 2
Dean E. Walker (Allen) 2
Felipe G. Salles (Garland) 2
James Svec (Kearny, NJ) 2
Kyeongin Jeong (Allen) 2
Nicholas Thurston (Tuscaloosa, AL) 2
Robert D. Slater (Murphy) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Combination retractable leash and pet toy
Patent No. 11957108

Inventor(s): Charlie F. Pope (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17540893 on 12/02/2021 (866 days app to issue)

Abstract: A combination leash and pet toy includes a hollow casing having an exterior surface formed of an FDA-approved rubber similar to that of conventional chew toys. Extending from the casing interior is a spring-biased cord having a swiveling bolt-snap connector at a distal end for coupling with a pet collar. The connector can removably seat within a cavity that is enclosed with a locking lid when the device is being used as a toy. Accordingly, the device may be used as a conventional dog leash by coupling the snap connector to a pet leash. To convert the device to a toy, a user places the snap connector within the cavity and secures the lid to the casing. The casing can then be safely chewed or carried by a pet or tossed by the pet”s owner as with a conventional pet toy.

[A01K] ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

Pest-management apparatuses with separator to direct rodent movement and/or improve rodent contact with adhesive
Patent No. 11957119

Inventor(s): Eric Snell (Colleyville, TX), Ethan Vickery (Colleyville, TX), Larry Covington (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): VM PRODUCTS, INC. (Bedford, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17302708 on 05/11/2021 (1071 days app to issue)

Abstract: Pest-management apparatuses (e.g., stations), such as, for example, that can be configured to permit a rodent to enter and retrieve a bait and/or become trapped (e.g., via adhesive or a snap-trap).

[A01M] CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS (appliances for catching swarms or drone-catching A01K 57/00; fishing A01K 69/00-A01K 97/00; biocides, pest repellants or attractants A01N); APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS

Bag with an illuminating device
Patent No. 11957225

Inventor(s): Darren S Zorn (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt and Eldredge Law Firm (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18218471 on 07/05/2023 (286 days app to issue)

Abstract: An illuminating bag with one or more illuminating elements on the interior and exterior of the body of the bag, for providing visibility inside and outside of the bag, comprising a body, one or more handles, and one or more fastening elements, wherein the body can be made of one or more panels positioned around the base, and can be operated in an open and a closed configuration, the fastening elements function as an automatic switch to operate the illuminating elements on the interior of the bag. The handles further include a multifunctional switch to operate the illuminating elements on the exterior of the bag, in different directions.

[A45C] PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS

Intraocular lens having closed-loop haptic structures
Patent No. 11957570

Inventor(s): Douglas Brent Wensrich (Bedford, TX), Ian Michael Marks (Dallas, TX), Jian Liu (Keller, TX), Jonathan David Mccann (Van Alstyne, TX), Stephen J. Van Noy (Southlake, TX), Stephen John Collins (Fort Worth, TX), Sung Kyu Lee
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17351433 on 06/18/2021 (1033 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes an optic including an optic axis and a closed-loop haptic structure coupled to the optic via a frame surrounding the optic, the closed-loop haptic structure including a closed loop extending from first and second attachment points to the frame. The closed loop includes a first hinge and a second hinge. The first hinge has a first section having a first component extending in a first angular direction, a second section having a second component extending in a second angular direction opposite to the first angular direction, and a first connecting section between the first section and the second section. The second hinge has a third section having a third component extending in the second angular direction, a fourth section having a fourth component extending in the first angular direction, the fourth section being connected to the second section to form the closed loop.

[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]

Synergistic combination of thermolysin and an antibacterial agent to reduce or eliminate bacterial biofilms from surfaces
Patent No. 11957698

Inventor(s): Aleksa Jovanovic (Fort Worth, TX), Lei Shi (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): SMITH NEPHEW, INC. (Memphis, TN)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17860723 on 07/08/2022 (648 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for the reduction or elimination of bacterial biofilms on biological and non-biological surfaces, as well as methods for the treatment of wounds, skin lesions, mucous membrane lesions, and other biological surfaces infected or contaminated with bacterial biofilms using compositions comprising a synergistic combination of thermolysin and at least one aminoglycoside antibacterial agent.

[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)

Ophthalmic suspension vehicles and related methods for pharmaceutical ingredient delivery
Patent No. 11957702

Inventor(s): Ralph P. Stone (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18238721 on 08/28/2023 (232 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to ophthalmic suspension vehicles for delivery of at least one pharmaceutical ingredient to a patient in need of treatment. The disclosure also provides methods of delivering at least one pharmaceutical ingredient to a patient in need of treatment.

Wound-care composition and method of use
Patent No. 11957710

Inventor(s): Jonathon Crawford (Sachse, TX), Mary Crawford (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17714465 on 04/06/2022 (741 days app to issue)

Abstract: Wound-care composition and method of use. The composition comprises: a substrate; potassium alum; and urea. The potassium alum makes up 10.27 wt. % of the composition within a tolerance of +/- 50%; and the urea makes up 0.12 wt. % of the composition within a tolerance of +/- 50%. The method comprises applying the composition to a wound on a non-human animal.

Methods and compositions for treating autoimmune and inflammatory conditions
Patent No. 11957734

Inventor(s): Gerard Zurawski (Midlothian, TX), Hyemee Joo (Dallas, TX), Sandra Zurawski (Midlothian, TX), SangKon Oh (Baltimore, MD)
Assignee(s): Baylor Research Institute (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17301123 on 03/25/2021 (1118 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for inhibiting an inflammatory or autoimmune response and for inducing immune tolerance in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an antigen presenting cell (APC)-targeted antibody operatively linked to IL-10 or a fragment thereof. The compositions and methods described herein are useful for treating inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.

Compositions comprising reaction products of saccharide polymers and fatty esters formulated with a neutral surfactant
Patent No. 11957777

Inventor(s): Christopher P. Gardner (Cresson, TX), Stephen William Almond (Creston, CA)
Assignee(s): INTEGRITY BIO-CHEMICALS, LLC (Cresson, TX)
Law Firm: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18246151 on 10/26/2022 (538 days app to issue)

Abstract: Compositions comprising a reaction product of a saccharide polymer and a fatty ester may be obtained in an aqueous phase in the presence of a hydroxide base and a neutral surfactant, the saccharide polymer comprising a dextran, a dextrin compound, or any combination thereof. The compositions also comprise one or more alcohols originating from the fatty ester upon forming the reaction product of the saccharide polymer and the fatty ester. The reaction product of the saccharide polymer and the fatty ester may be present in the aqueous phase at a concentration effective to lower a surface tension of the neutral surfactant. The fatty ester may comprise one or more glycerol esters, such as one or more plant and/or animal oils and/or fats, and the one or more alcohols originating from the fatty ester may comprise glycerol. Fatty acids originating from the fatty ester may be substantially straight-chain fatty acids.

Method and device for a polyester sterilization process
Patent No. 11957801

Inventor(s): Edward Parent (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Evonik Corporation (Piscataway, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16758819 on 10/23/2018 (2002 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein are packages for orienting and cooling polyesters during a sterilization process, and containers for storing, transporting, and cooling the package. Also described herein are methods of sterilizing polyesters.

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

Silicon nitride implants and coatings
Patent No. 11957812

Inventor(s): Jon Suh (Ambler, PA), Sean Suh (Milltown, NJ)
Assignee(s): CTL Medical Corporation (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: BRAINSPARK ASSOCIATES. LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16726043 on 12/23/2019 (1576 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and/or methods for use in the surgical treatment of vertebrae and/or other bones, particularly implants and/or related devices comprising silicon nitride in some of all of the implant or device body, including portions, layers and/or surface coatings thereof, for use in spinal surgeries and/or other orthopedic procedures.

Neuromodulation for neuroinflammation treatments with parameters controlled using biomarkers
Patent No. 11957911

Inventor(s): Bradley Lawrence Hershey (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation (Valencia, CA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17330756 on 05/26/2021 (1056 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example of a system for modulating neuroinflammation at a tissue site in a patient includes a neuromodulation output circuit, a memory, and a control circuit. The neuromodulation output circuit may be configured to deliver the neuromodulation. The memory may be configured to store a neuromodulation parameter set selected to modulate neural activity at the tissue site and a sensed biomarker parameter. The biomarker parameter may include a measure of a biomarker or a measure of a derivative of the biomarker. The biomarker may be indicative of the neuroinflammation at the tissue site. The control circuit may be configured to control the delivery of the neuromodulation using the neuromodulation parameter set and adjust one or more parameters of the neuromodulation parameter set using the biomarker parameter.

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

Systems and methods for burst waveforms with anodic-leading pulses
Patent No. 11957913

Inventor(s): Erika Ross (Dallas, TX), Filippo Agnesi (Plano, TX), Hyun-Joo Park (Frisco, TX), Simeng Zhang (Frisco, TX), Yagna Pathak (Skokie, IL)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18143206 on 05/04/2023 (348 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for generating burst waveforms. An implantable neurostimulation system includes an implantable stimulation lead including a plurality of contacts, and an implantable pulse generator communicatively coupled to the stimulation lead. The pulse generator is configured to generate a waveform including a burst that includes a leading anodic pulse followed by alternating cathodic pulses and anodic pulses, each cathodic pulse in the burst having a greater amplitude than the previous cathodic pulse.

Fire suppressing insulation
Patent No. 11957941

Inventor(s): Brian Francisco Shipley (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16940765 on 07/28/2020 (1358 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fire suppressing insulation. This insulation will create a barrier that blocks a fire to protect a structure from damage and will assist in suppressing the fire. Also, a fire suppression system including two walls, such as an interior wall and an exterior wall or two interior walls. The walls are spaced apart from each other by a divider to define an interior volume. At least a portion of the interior volume includes fire suppressing insulation that will form a fire suppressing intumescent barrier between the walls when exposed to the heat of a fire.

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

Golf club with polymeric insert and removeable weight
Patent No. 11957963

Inventor(s): Joshua Boggs (Aledo, TX)
Assignee(s): Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (Phoenix, AZ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18062111 on 12/06/2022 (497 days app to issue)

Abstract: A golf club head includes a face, a crown, a sole, and defines a bore that is configured to receive and to selectively retain an elongate weight. The bore is aligned on a longitudinal axis that intersects the face. An elongate weight is insertable into the bore. The elongate weight is rotatable between a first angular position and a second angular position. The golf club head can further include a compliant stop positioned to contact a protrusion of the elongate weight, such that a torque threshold must be overcome to rotate the elongate weight.

[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

Method and system for orifice control of valve pressure drop
Patent No. 11958001

Inventor(s): Larry W. Burton (Waxahachie, TX), Phillip Bradley Fleming (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): SULZER MANAGEMENT AG (Winterthur, , CH)
Law Firm: GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15881204 on 01/26/2018 (2272 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a valve tray for use in a chemical process column. The valve tray includes a plurality of apertures formed therein. A plurality of valves are maintained in a spaced relationship relative to individual apertures of the plurality of apertures. An area of the individual apertures is less than an area of individual valves of the plurality of valves.

[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]

Safety system for miter saw and method of use thereof
Patent No. 11958152

Inventor(s): Kurian A. Anthraper (Campbell, TX)
Assignee(s): MASONITE CORPORATION (Tampa, FL)
Law Firm: CANTOR COLBURN LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17724004 on 04/19/2022 (728 days app to issue)

Abstract: A safety system for a power miter saw comprises a support member, at least one multidirectional manipulator including a workpiece holder member moveably mounted to the support member for securing a workpiece in place, and a control box. The workpiece holder member includes a presence indicator operatively connected to the control box and configured to detect the physical presence of a saw operator”s hand on the at least one multidirectional manipulator when the saw operator”s hand engages the presence indicator. The control box is operatively connectable to a trigger switch of the power miter saw so that an electric motor of the power miter saw is activated only when both the presence indicator of the safety system and the trigger switch of the power miter saw are engaged by both hands of an operator of the power miter saw.

[B23Q] DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING (tools of the kind used in lathes or boring machines B23B 27/00); MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL, CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT

Tonneau cover with ramp system
Patent No. 11958346

Inventor(s): Ryan C. Harris (Saline, MI), Scott Louis Frederick (Brighton, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17682359 on 02/28/2022 (778 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tonneau cover for a vehicle has a topside and an underside. The tonneau cover also includes a rail system attached to the underside. The tonneau cover also includes a ramp system. The ramp system is slidably engaged with the rail system and is configured to slide out from the underside along the rail system such that a rear end of the ramp system engages a ground surface to create a rampway between the topside and the ground surface. The ramp system can be used to load large cargo onto the topside of the tonneau cover. The ramp system is also removable from the rail system and attachable to an end of a truck bed of the vehicle such that the ramp system can be used to load cargo into the truck bed.

[B60P] VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G 3/00)

Multi-jurisdictional requirement sorting system for compliance devices
Patent No. 11958356

Inventor(s): Melissa Cole Ray (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): Consumer Safety Technology, LLC (Des Moines, IA)
Law Firm: Pauly, DeVries Smith Deffner LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18199347 on 05/18/2023 (334 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving criteria data regarding a first control requirement frame for a first jurisdiction, a second control requirement frame for a second jurisdiction, and a third control requirement frame for a third jurisdiction. The criteria data for each control requirement frame includes at least: i. criteria data for an intoxicant concentration limit data subframe; ii. criteria data for a calibration requirement data subframe; and iii. criteria data for a reporting subframe. The method further includes storing the criteria data in a stringency database; sorting the first, second and third control requirement frames based on the relative stringency of criteria data. receiving a request for a compliance device according to the requirements of the first jurisdiction and the second jurisdiction; accessing the sorted control frames of the first and second jurisdictions to determine an operational control frame based on the sorted control frames; and providing the operation control frame.

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

Vehicle speed control using speed maps
Patent No. 11958357

Inventor(s): John-Michael McNew (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17703853 on 03/24/2022 (754 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling the speed of a vehicle, the method comprising: determining a speed limit; determining an offset value based on (i) the speed limit, and (ii) a speed map, the speed map comprising a plurality of entries, each entry associating one of the offset values with a respective speed limit; and setting the speed of the vehicle according to the speed limit and the determined offset value.

Regenerative braking control system
Patent No. 11958383

Inventor(s): Takehito Yokoo (Aliso Viejo, 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: 17200850 on 03/14/2021 (1129 days app to issue)

Abstract: A regenerative braking control system for a vehicle can include one or more user interface elements located in a cabin of the vehicle. The user interface element(s) can correspond to a plurality of regenerative braking settings. Each of the regenerative braking setting(s) can correspond to a different amount of regenerative braking torque to apply to the wheel(s) of the vehicle. The system can include a processor operatively connected to the user interface element(s). The processor can be configured to detect a condition, the condition being at least one of a weight of the vehicle, a center of gravity of the vehicle, a weight of a trailer operatively connected to the vehicle, and a center of gravity of a trailer operatively connected to the vehicle. The processor can be configured to cause the amount of regenerative braking torque for the regenerative braking setting(s) to be adjusted based on the condition.

[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]

Vehicle lifting and spare tire storage system
Patent No. 11958448

Inventor(s): Adam R. VanAntwerp (Chelsea, MI), Claudia A. Ma (Northville, MI), Corey Zwegers (Dexter, MI), Rachel M. Menchak (Saline, MI), Robert C. MacArthur (Ypsilanti, MI), Shigenori Shibata (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17345715 on 06/11/2021 (1040 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lifting system for generating a lifting force on a portion of a vehicle includes a vehicle wheel and a force-generating mechanism structured to be received inside a rim cavity of the wheel. The force-generating mechanism is also structured to be operably connected to a frame of a vehicle. A bearing member is operably connected to the force-generating mechanism. The bearing member is structured to transmit a force generated by the force-generating mechanism to a surface in physical contact with the bearing member. The bearing member is also structured for operably connecting the wheel to the force-generating mechanism. Force applied by the force-generating mechanism may be sufficient to lift a portion of the vehicle off of a ground surface, or the force may only be sufficient to apply a parking brake force without lifting the vehicle.

[B62D] MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B 69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motorcycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)

HEV battery SOC meter and power split usage display
Patent No. 11958466

Inventor(s): Aaron M. France (Westland, MI), Craig D. Herring (Pinckney, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17877271 on 07/29/2022 (627 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting in a hybrid electric vehicle display, proximate to or in some relation to each other, engine power usage, motor-generator power usage, and battery state of charge information. By combining the display of engine power usage, motor-generator power, and battery state of charge information, power distribution and related information may be presented to the operator of a vehicle to explain the vehicle”s performance from a power split output and usage perspective. This can provide reassurance or confirmation that the vehicle is operating as it should, identify a problematic condition, etc.

[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]

Transport lane usage
Patent No. 11958487

Inventor(s): Felipe G. Salles (Garland, TX), Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri (McKinney, TX), Joshua V. Marasigan (Carrollton, TX), Robert D. Slater (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17410994 on 08/24/2021 (966 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of traveling, by a first transport, in a first lane, determining, by the first transport, that a speed of a second transport is greater than a speed of the first transport when the second transport is behind the first transport, determining, by the first transport, that no other transports are ahead of the first transport by a first distance in the first lane and beside the first transport by a second distance in a second lane, maneuvering, by the first transport, to the second lane allowing the second transport to pass the first transport in the first lane, and maneuvering, by the first transport, to the first lane when there are no other transports traveling in the first lane at a third distance behind the first transport and at or near the speed of the second transport.

Outrigger having increased stiffness
Patent No. 11958541

Inventor(s): Jacob M. Kemppainen (Chelsea, MI), Scott B. Smith (Saline, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17488617 on 09/29/2021 (930 days app to issue)

Abstract: An outrigger coupled to a cab frame. The outrigger including a base wall, a first side wall, an opposite second side wall, a reinforcement flange, and a reinforcement bracket. The first side wall and the opposite second side wall extend from the base wall. Each of the first side wall and the second side wall include an interior edge, an opposite exterior edge, and an inner surface. The reinforcement flange extends along the exterior edge of the first side wall, the second edge, and the exterior edge of the second side wall. The reinforcement bracket is coupled to the interior edge of the first side wall and the interior edge of the second side wall.

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

Wet anisotropic etching of silicon
Patent No. 11959004

Inventor(s): Simon Joshua Jacobs (Lucas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17339474 on 06/04/2021 (1047 days app to issue)

Abstract: An alkaline etching solution comprising a hydroxide salt (e.g., an alkali metal hydroxide, an ammonium hydroxide, or a combination thereof), a polyol having at least three hydroxyl (OH) groups, and water. Also provided is a method of producing a semiconductor device by obtaining a semiconductor substrate having masked and unmasked surfaces; exposing the semiconductor substrate having the masked and unmasked surfaces to an alkaline etching solution, such that the unmasked surfaces of the substrate are anisotropically etched, wherein the alkaline etching solution comprises: a hydroxide salt; a polyol having at least three hydroxyl (OH) groups; and water; and performing additional processing to produce the semiconductor device.

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

Recombinant LAC polynucleotides and uses thereof to increase production of C-lignin in plants
Patent No. 11959089

Inventor(s): Chunliu Zhuo (Denton, TX), Fang Chen (Denton, TX), Richard A. Dixon (Sulphur, OK)
Assignee(s): University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17528375 on 11/17/2021 (881 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides recombinant LAC polynucleotides encoding a laccase (LAC) polypeptide capable of polymerizing caffeyl alcohol, vectors and cells including the recombinant LAC polynucleotide. The disclosure also provides transgenic plants including cells having the recombinant LAC polynucleotide of the present disclosure and methods of increasing production of C-lignin in a plant.

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

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

Force actuated liquid dispenser
Patent No. 11959267

Inventor(s): Dennis Lee Sternitzky (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: CARR Law Firm PLLC (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17525180 on 11/12/2021 (886 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention provides for an apparatus and a method for automating the dispensing a liquid agent into a toilet.

[E03D] WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR

Can plaza and process for making the same
Patent No. 11959276

Inventor(s): Gary L Chambers (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Plager Schack LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17157556 on 01/25/2021 (1177 days app to issue)

Abstract: A can plaza assembly is configured to provide electrical distribution at a location. The can plaza has a box, further comprising a side wall opening and joined to a lid. A plurality of cans is arranged inside the can plaza. Conduits project outward from each can. Fittings are joined to the conduit and extend through the side wall opening of the box. Foam fills the box around the cans and the conduits, such that the foam does not completely cover the cans. Rebar is arranged twelve inches on center each way from the cans on top of the foam. Concrete fills upon the rebar and foam up to an upper edge of the can. Electrical wires are routed through the conduits and cans provide the electrical distribution at the location.

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

Roof tile and a roof covering
Patent No. 11959279

Inventor(s): Claudio Caselli (Dallas, TX), Rahul Patki (Dallas, TX), Raul Rodriguez (Dallas, TX), Terry Adams (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Dal-Tile, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17792606 on 02/09/2021 (1162 days app to issue)

Abstract: A roof tile comprising a ceramic body and a reinforcing element attached to a lower surface of the ceramic body.

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

Roofing shingle system and shingles for use therein
Patent No. 11959280

Inventor(s): Chris Searcy (Tuscaloosa, AL), Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, NJ), James Svec (Kearny, NJ), Ming-Liang Shiao (Basking Ridge, NJ), Nicholas Thurston (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Venable LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17736223 on 05/04/2022 (713 days app to issue)

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

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

Roofing system and associated roofing shingle
Patent No. 11959281

Inventor(s): Chris Searcy (Tuscaloosa, AL), Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, NJ), James Svec (Kearny, NJ), Ming-Liang Shiao (Basking Ridge, NJ), Nicholas Thurston (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18065304 on 12/13/2022 (490 days app to issue)

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

Door handle system for pivoting a sliding door
Patent No. 11959302

Inventor(s): John M. Gollihar, II (Corpus Christi, TX), Rogelio Rios (Odem, TX)
Assignee(s): Overhead Door Corporation (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16940041 on 07/27/2020 (1359 days app to issue)

Abstract: A handle system for a sliding door system is provided. The handle system includes: a first panel; a second panel wherein at least one of the first and second panels is configured to move in a direction parallel to the other of the first and second panels and the first and second panels are configured to also move together in a generally pivoting motion; handle located on one of the first and second panels; and a latch operatively connected to the handle, the latch configured so that movement of the handle moves the latch from a locking position to an unlocking position to allow the first and second panel to pivot.

[E05B] LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS

Frac plug slips with uniform breaking mechanism and method
Patent No. 11959355

Inventor(s): Casey Barrett (GrandView, TX), Jeremy Eli Castaneda (Weatherford, TX), Raymond Christopher Shaffer (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17341571 on 06/08/2021 (1043 days app to issue)

Abstract: A downhole tool for sealing a well includes a push ring, a first slip ring located adjacent to the push ring, a first wedge located adjacent to the first slip ring and configured to radially push the first slip ring and separate the first slip ring into individual parts, and a sealing element located adjacent to the first wedge and configured to seal the well. An upstream end of the first slip ring and a downstream end of the push ring form a wavy interface when in contact. The wavy interface locks the first slip ring relative to the push ring to prevent a rotation of the first slip ring relative to the push ring.

[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]

Event prediction using state-space mapping during drilling operations
Patent No. 11959374

Inventor(s): Dale McMullin (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Landmark Graphics Corporation (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17256164 on 02/03/2020 (1534 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and methods for event prediction during drilling operations are provided. Regression data associated with coefficients of a predictive model are retrieved for a downhole event during a drilling operation along a planned path of a wellbore. The regression data includes a record of changes in historical coefficient values associated with prior occurrences of the event. As the wellbore is drilled over different stages of the operation, a value of an operating variable is estimated based on values of the coefficients and real-time data acquired during each stage. A percentage change in coefficient values adjusted between successive stages of the operation is tracked. An occurrence of the downhole event is estimated, based on a correlation between the percentage change tracked for at least one coefficient and a corresponding change in the historical coefficient values. The path of the wellbore is adjusted, based on the estimated occurrence of the event.

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

Trail driving engine start-stop judgment systems and methods
Patent No. 11959448

Inventor(s): Thomas S. Hawley (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17592636 on 02/04/2022 (802 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining whether to use engine start-stop systems during trail or other off-road driving are provided. Systems and methods may utilize various vehicle sensors (e.g., lidar, forward-facing cameras, accelerometers, sonar sensors, etc.) to detect when it is appropriate to command engine stop for fuel economy while driving off-road. To determine appropriateness, the vehicle may evaluate obstacles, ground clearance, and/or vehicle inclination. A method may include measuring accelerations/inclinations of a vehicle, comparing an acceleration value of each acceleration to an acceleration threshold, and disabling a start-stop system of the vehicle based on at least one acceleration value exceeding the acceleration threshold. A system may include an accelerometer configured to measure accelerations of a vehicle, and a logic device configured to compare an acceleration value of each acceleration to an acceleration threshold, and disable a start-stop system based on at least one acceleration value exceeding the acceleration threshold.

[F02N] STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES (starting of free-piston combustion-engines F02B 71/02; starting of gas-turbine plants F02C 7/26); STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Packing sleeve removal feature
Patent No. 11959476

Inventor(s): David T. Figgs (Fort Worth, TX), Justin Poehls (Glen Rose, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17673428 on 02/16/2022 (790 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid end block for a reciprocating pump defines a fluid chamber and a packing bore. An outlet fluid passage is formed in the fluid end block in communication with the fluid chamber and includes an outlet valve. An inlet fluid passage is formed in the fluid end block in fluid communication with the fluid chamber and includes an inlet valve. A plunger is reciprocally disposed in the packing bore. Packing in the packing bore is positioned to contact the plunger and a packing sleeve is disposed between the packing and the packing bore. The packing sleeve is a hollow cylinder with inner and outer surfaces and an inner end configured to be inserted into the packing bore. The inner end includes a bevel extending between the outer surface and the inner end, the outer surface including a notch formed therein adjacent the inner end.

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

Oxyhydrogen torch system and method of use
Patent No. 11959634

Inventor(s): Trio Jimenez (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: LEAVITT ELDREDGE LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16950061 on 11/17/2020 (1246 days app to issue)

Abstract: An oxyhydrogen torch system includes a gas storage system having an oxygen gas storage container and a hydrogen gas storage container; a first gas line in communication with the oxygen gas storage container; a second gas line in communication with the hydrogen gas storage container; a nozzle connected to the first gas line and the second gas line via a first valve and a second valve, the first and second valves to control gaseous flow through the nozzle, the nozzle having a handle; a trigger extending from the handle and engaged with the first valve and the second valve, the trigger operates gaseous flow through the nozzle; and an ignition to provide heat to gaseous flow through the nozzle; the nozzle operates a torch created by the hydrogen gas and the oxygen gas.

[F23D] BURNERS

Deep sea pressure based projectile launching system
Patent No. 11959725

Inventor(s): Abdullah Nouiouat (Irving, TX), Abdurraheem Sheikh (Irving, TX), Mirza Faizan (Irving, TX), Omar Farooq Khan (Irving, TX), Wafiqah Zubair (Irving, TX), Zayd Khan (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17184956 on 02/25/2021 (1146 days app to issue)

Abstract: A projectile launching apparatus for launching projectile with the pressure exerted by the seawater. The projectile launching apparatus includes a large barrel launch, a piston, one or more piston stoppers, plurality of hinged doors, piston locks, and a plurality of water pump is available at bottom of the barrel to generate pressure and help to launch the projectile, wherein the assembly for the projectile is less expensive than present systems, lighter in weight, and of less complexity.

[F41F] APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS (smallarms F41C); LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS (functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance, mountings therefor F41A; projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge F41B) [5]

P H Y S I C S

Powered, angled-roller array delamination equipment
Patent No. 11958695

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: 16977179 on 04/16/2019 (1827 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system ([b]100[/b]) for delaminating a stream ([b]110[/b]) of articles (A, B, C, D, E) includes a delamination unit ([b]130[/b]) with a plurality of individually controlled rollers ([b]134[/b]) configured to carry a stream ([b]110[/b]) of articles (A, B, C, D, E), a detection unit ([b]150[/b]) with a sensor ([b]152[/b]), and a control unit ([b]160[/b]) with a processor ([b]162[/b]) and interfacing with the delamination unit ([b]130[/b]) and the detection unit ([b]150[/b]), wherein the detection unit ([b]150[/b]) is configured to detect a position of each of the articles (A, B, C, D, E) and to transmit position data to the control unit ([b]160[/b]), and wherein the control unit ([b]160[/b]) is configured, through operation of the processor ([b]162[/b]), to correlate positions of the articles (A, B, C, D, E) with the plurality of individually controlled rollers ([b]134[/b]), and to individually control the rollers ([b]134[/b]) based on the position data to delaminate the stream ([b]110[/b]) of articles (A, B, C, D, E).

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

Mobile correctional facility robots
Patent No. 11959733

Inventor(s): Stephen Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18084178 on 12/19/2022 (484 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to mobile correctional facility robots and systems and methods for coordinating mobile correctional facility robots to perform various tasks in a correctional facility. The mobile correctional facility robots can be used to perform many of the tasks traditionally assigned to correctional facility guards to help reduce the number of guards needed in any given correctional facility. When cooperation is employed among multiple mobile correctional facility robots to execute tasks, a central controller can be used to coordinate the efforts of the multiple robots to improve the performance of the overall system of robots as compared to the performance of the robots when working in uncoordinated effort to execute the tasks.

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

Cylinder storage cage monitoring system
Patent No. 11959790

Inventor(s): William Hunter Raley (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Propane Hunter LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Koenig IP Works, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18230531 on 08/04/2023 (256 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a supply of gas cylinders in a gas cylinder storage cage, such as identifying a number of full gas cylinders and a number of empty gas cylinders, and/or a total number of gas cylinders present in the gas cylinder storage cage, and displaying the determined numbers to a user. In one embodiment, a method includes: transmitting distance measurement data from a sensor within a gas cylinder storage cage to a control system of a cage monitoring system; determining, with the control system, whether a gas cylinder is present at a sensing location within the gas cylinder storage cage proximate the sensor; and when the control system determines that a gas cylinder is present at the sensing location, determining, with the control system, whether the gas cylinder is full or empty.

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

Continuous-wave radar system for detecting ferrous and non-ferrous metals in saltwater environments
Patent No. 11960000

Inventor(s): Carlos Alberto Fonts (Dallas, TX), Carlos Ernesto Fonts (Dallas, TX), John Richard O”Hair (Ruskin, FL), Mark Allen O”Hair (Santa Fe, NM), Richard Dolan Randall (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): HG Partners, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: NEO IP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18336612 on 06/16/2023 (305 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes systems and methods for a continuous-wave (CW) radar system for detecting, geolocating, identifying, discriminating between, and mapping ferrous and non-ferrous metals in brackish and saltwater environments. The radar system (e.g., the CW radar system) generates multiple extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic waves simultaneously and uses said waves to detect, locate, and classify objects of interest. These objects include all types of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, as well as changing material boundary layers (e.g., soil to water, sand to mud, rock to organic materials, water to air, etc.). The radar system (e.g., the CW radar system) is operable to detect objects of interest in near real time.

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

Hydrophilic-like sputtered AR coating
Patent No. 11960057

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Brown (St. Louis Park, MN), Michael Marshall (Andover, MN)
Assignee(s): HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Inskeep IP Group, Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16927830 on 07/13/2020 (1373 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ophthalmic article having a coating system which provides antireflective and easy clean properties to the ophthalmic article. The coating system includes alternating layers of low refractive index metal oxide and high refractive index metal oxynitrides and corresponding high refractive index metal oxides. The coating system provides favorable surface energy to the ophthalmic article when at least one layer of the high refractive index metal oxynitride is encapsulated between two layers of low refractive index metal oxide.

[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]

Systems and methods for performing a technical recovery in a cloud environment
Patent No. 11960347

Inventor(s): Ankit Kothari (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18067885 on 12/19/2022 (484 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for testing failover may include: determining one or more cross-regional dependencies and traffic flow of an application in a first region of a cloud environment, wherein the one or more cross-regional dependencies include a dependency of the application in the first region of the cloud environment to one or more applications in at least one other region of the cloud environment; determining a risk score associated with performing failover of the application to a second region of the cloud environment at least based on the determined one or more cross-regional dependencies and traffic flow of the application; comparing the determined risk score with a predetermined risk score; in response to determining that the determined risk score is lower than the predetermined risk score, performing failover of the application to the second region of the cloud environment; isolating the second region of the cloud environment from the first region of the cloud environment for a predetermined period of time; and monitoring operation of the application in the second region of the cloud environment during the predetermined period of time.

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

Event processing
Patent No. 11960364

Inventor(s): Sunil Kaitha (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17822865 on 08/29/2022 (596 days app to issue)

Abstract: An event processing system may identify duplicate events and prevent one or more of the duplicate events from being processed. The event processing system may determine the duplicate events, which are not permitted to be processed more than once, and allow these duplicate events to be processed exactly once. The event processing system may allow events, which are permitted to be processed more than once, to be processed without determining whether the events are duplicate events. If a main data center of the event processing system fails, a backup data center may take over instantly event processing from the main data center and may prevent events that have been processed by the main data center from being processed. Multiple data centers may work together and process events in an active-active mode by offering the exactly once processing as well as removing any duplicate events from upstream systems.

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

Network virtualization policy management system
Patent No. 11960370

Inventor(s): David H. Lu (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): SHOPIFY, INC. (Ottawa, , CA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18074329 on 12/02/2022 (501 days app to issue)

Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing a network virtualization policy management system. An event relating to a service can be detected. A first policy that defines allocation of hardware resources to host the virtual network functions can be obtained, as can a second policy that defines deployment of the virtual network functions to the hardware resources. The hardware resources can be allocated based upon the first policy and the virtual network functions can be deployed to the hardware resources based upon the second policy.

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

Managing multiple cache memory circuit operations
Patent No. 11960400

Inventor(s): Matthew B. Smittle (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Holland Knight LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17660775 on 04/26/2022 (721 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cache memory circuit capable of dealing with multiple conflicting requests to a given cache line is disclosed. In response to receiving an acquire request for the given cache line from a particular lower-level cache memory circuit, the cache memory circuit sends probe requests regarding the given cache line to other lower-level cache memory circuits. In situations where a different lower-level cache memory circuit is simultaneously trying to evict the given cache line at the particular lower-level cache memory circuit is trying to obtain a copy of the cache line, the cache memory circuit performs a series of operations to service both requests and ensure that the particular lower-level cache memory circuit receives a copy of the given cache line that includes any changes in the evicted copy of the given cache line.

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

Variable execution time atomic operations
Patent No. 11960403

Inventor(s): Dean E. Walker (Allen, TX), Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17899184 on 08/30/2022 (595 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and techniques for variable execution time atomic operations are described herein. When an atomic operation for a memory device is received, the run length of the operation is measured. If the run length is beyond a threshold, a cache line for the operation is locked while the operation runs. A result of the operation is queued until it can be written to the cache line. At that point, the cache line is unlocked.

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

Multichannel memory arbitration and interleaving scheme
Patent No. 11960416

Inventor(s): Abhishek Shankar (Sugar Land, TX), Daniel Brad Wu (Plano, TX), Gregory Raymond Shurtz (Houston, TX), Hemant Vijay Kumar Hariyani (Plano, TX), Jason A. T. Jones (Richmond, TX), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17558278 on 12/21/2021 (847 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques including a memory controller with a set of memory channel queues, wherein memory channel queues of the set of memory channel queues correspond to memory channels to access a set of memory modules, a first arbitration module, and a second arbitration module. The memory controller is configured to receive a first memory request from the peripheral and place one or more portions of the first memory request in the memory channel queues of the set of memory channel queues. The first arbitration module is configured to determine an arbitration algorithm, select a first memory channel queue based on the arbitration algorithm, present the one or more portions of the first memory request in the selected first memory channel queue to the second arbitration module, and output the presented one or more portions of the first memory request based on a selection by the second arbitration module.

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

Methods and systems for supply chain analytics
Patent No. 11960511

Inventor(s): Anshul Kumar (Glen Allen, VA), Bethann Maynard (Mechanicsville, VA), Jacob Hookom (Chaska, MN)
Assignee(s): McKESSON CORPORATION (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Ballard Spahr LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16370174 on 03/29/2019 (1845 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided are methods, systems, and apparatuses for improving supply chain management interfaces and functionality. The supply chain management interfaces may provide visualizations of one or more standardization constructs associated with an organization and locations thereof. A standardization construct may be generated using supply chain records associated with the organization and locations thereof. The visualizations of the one or more standardization constructs may be adjusted at a user interface. The adjusted one or more standardization constructs may be indicative of ways in which the one or more standardization constructs may be improved.

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

Implementing fundamental computational primitives using a matrix multiplication accelerator (MMA)
Patent No. 11960567

Inventor(s): Arthur John Redfern (Plano, TX), Chenchi Luo (Plano, TX), Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX), Zhenhua Yu (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17367389 on 07/04/2021 (1017 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for performing a fundamental computational primitive in a device is provided, where the device includes a processor and a matrix multiplication accelerator (MMA). The method includes configuring a streaming engine in the device to stream data for the fundamental computational primitive from memory, configuring the MMA to format the data, and executing the fundamental computational primitive by the device.

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

System and method for refining an item identification model based on feedback
Patent No. 11960569

Inventor(s): Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX), Shantanu Yadunath Thakurdesai (Denton, TX), Sumedh Vilas Datar (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17455896 on 11/19/2021 (879 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for refining an item identification model detects a triggering event at a platform, where the triggering event corresponds to a user placing the item on a platform. The system captures images of the item. The system extracts a set of features from at least one of the images. The system identifies the item based on the set of features. The system receives an indication that the item is not identified correctly. The system receives an identifier of the item. The system identifies the item based on the identifier of the item. The system feeds the identifier of the item and the images to the item identification model. The system retrains the item identification model to learn to associate the item to the images. The system updates the set of features based on the determined association between the item and the images.

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

Method and apparatus for SSD storage access
Patent No. 11960726

Inventor(s): Kui (Kevin) Lin (Redwood City, CA), Yiren Huang (San Jose, CA), Yong Wang (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17454002 on 11/08/2021 (890 days app to issue)

Abstract: A media management system including an application layer, a system layer, and a solid state drive (SSD) storage layer. The application layer includes a media data analytics application configured to assign a classification code to a data file. The system layer is in communication with the application layer. The system layer includes a file system configured to issue a write command to a SSD controller. The write command includes the classification code of the data file. The SSD storage layer includes the SSD controller and erasable blocks. The SSD controller is configured to write the data file to one of the erasable blocks based on the classification code of the data file in the write command. In an embodiment, the SSD controller is configured to write the data file to one of the erasable blocks storing other data files also having the classification code.

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

Memory-side cache directory-based request queue
Patent No. 11960768

Abstract: Systems and techniques for a memory-side cache directory-based request queue are described herein. A memory request is received at an interface of a memory device. One or more fields of the memory request are written into an entry of a directory data structure. The identifier of the entry is pushed onto a queue. To perform the memory request, the identifier is popped off of the queue and a field of the memory request is retrieved from the entry of the directory data structure using the identifier. Then, a process on the memory request can be performed using the field retrieved from the entry of the directory data structure.

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

Automatic generation of flexible load design
Patent No. 11960800

Inventor(s): Jamie Lee Hamilton (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): WALMART APOLLO, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER LLP (Local + 11 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17161559 on 01/28/2021 (1174 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, perform certain acts. The acts can include obtaining an original load design for loading a trailer to deliver stacks of pallets to physical stores. The load design specifies a respective floor spot assignment for each of the stacks. The original load design satisfies center-of-gravity constraints. The acts also can include generating fluid groups of the stacks to form an initial fluid grouping. The acts additionally can include determining that the fluid groups do not collectively satisfy the center-of-gravity constraints. The acts further can include until the fluid groups collectively satisfy the center-of-gravity constraints, repeatedly determining one or more infeasible groups from the fluid groups, and adjusting at least one of the one or more infeasible groups to update the fluid groups. The acts additionally can include outputting a flexible load design comprising the fluid groups that collectively satisfy the center-of-gravity constraints. Other embodiments are described.

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

Systems and methods for using machine learning models to organize and select modular components for user interface templates
Patent No. 11960833

Inventor(s): Andrew Ricchuiti (Dallas, TX), Briana Shaver (Flower Mound, TX), Erin Edwards (The Colony, TX), Mark Morrison (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18300140 on 04/13/2023 (369 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for using machine learning models to organize and select modular components for user interface templates. For example, the methods and systems may use machine learning and/or artificial intelligence to generate user interfaces with a preferred number of user input fields and/or pages, in which the preferred number both satisfies any requirements for the user interface (e.g., information, categories of information, etc.), and ensures that all privacy concerns are met.

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

Mixed mode programming
Patent No. 11960863

Inventor(s): James B. Pearman (Los Angeles, CA), Jason R. McKenna (Pittsburgh, PA), Levi K. Pope (Greenville, TX), Paul D. Copioli (Greenville, TX), Robert H. Mimlitch, III (Greenville, TX), Timothy S. Friez (Pittsburgh, PA)
Assignee(s): Innovation First, Inc. (Greenville, TX)
Law Firm: Much Shelist, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18063079 on 12/08/2022 (495 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mixed mode programming method permitting users to program with graphical coding blocks and textual code within the same programming tool. The mixed mode preserves the advantages of graphical block programming while introducing textual coding as needed for instructional reasons and/or for functional reasons. Converting a graphical code block or group of blocks to a textual block lets the user see a portion of the textual code in the context of a larger program. Within one programming tool the mixed mode method allows users to learn programming and build purely graphical blocks; then transition into mixed graphical and textual code and ultimately lead to their ability to program in purely textual code. The mixed mode further allows users to program using any combination of drag-and-drop graphical blocks and typed textual code in various forms.

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

Systems and methods for remediation of software configuration
Patent No. 11960880

Inventor(s): William Giles (Rhome, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18323357 on 05/24/2023 (328 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for remediation of software configurations are disclosed. The system may store a plurality of configuration policies in a compliance repository. The system may receive trigger data including at least one compliance error and indicating a software instance operating on a cloud service is out of compliance. The system may compare the at least one compliance error with the plurality of configuration policies. When at least one compliance error matches at least one configuration policy, the system may identify a software configuration file and apply the matching configuration policy to the software configuration file to remediate the software instance. When the at least one compliance error does not match at least one configuration policy, the system may generate a new configuration policy, validate the new configuration policy, and apply the new configuration policy to the software configuration file to remediate the software instance.

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

Look-up table write
Patent No. 11960891

Inventor(s): Dheera Balasubramanian Samudrala (Richardson, TX), Duc Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17686584 on 03/04/2022 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: A digital data processor includes an instruction memory storing instructions each specifying a data processing operation and at least one data operand field, an instruction decoder coupled to the instruction memory for sequentially recalling instructions from the instruction memory and determining the data processing operation and the at least one data operand, and at least one operational unit coupled to a data register file and to the instruction decoder to perform a data processing operation upon at least one operand corresponding to an instruction decoded by the instruction decoder and storing results of the data processing operation. The at least one operational unit is configured to perform a table write in response to a look up table write instruction by writing at least one data element from a source data register to a specified location in a specified number of at least one table.

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

Conditional execution specification of instructions using conditional extension slots in the same execute packet in a VLIW processor
Patent No. 11960892

Inventor(s): Duc Quang Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Joseph Raymond Michael Zbiciak (San Jose, CA), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17870926 on 07/22/2022 (634 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a memory and a processor core. The processor core includes functional units and an instruction decode unit configured to determine whether an execute packet of instructions received by the processing core includes a first instruction that is designated for execution by a first functional unit of the functional units and a second instruction that is a condition code extension instruction that includes a plurality of sets of condition code bits, wherein each set of condition code bits corresponds to a different one of the functional units, and wherein the sets of condition code bits include a first set of condition code bits that corresponds to the first functional unit. When the execute packet includes the first and second instructions, the first functional unit is configured to execute the first instruction conditionally based upon the first set of condition code bits in the second instruction.

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

Systems and methods for tracking location and monitoring environmental conditions of an asset in transit
Patent No. 11961034

Inventor(s): Ida Cathcart (Aubrey, TX), James D. Barton (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Tracking Concepts LLC (Aubrey, TX)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17670938 on 02/14/2022 (792 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods and devices are provided for real-time tracking a location an asset (e.g., package) that is in transit (rail, air, truck, etc.) and real-time monitoring of environmental conditions that the asset is subjected to during transit such as temperature, light exposure, barometric pressure, and other conditions.

[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]

Visitor monitoring and security
Patent No. 11961048

Inventor(s): Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17504803 on 10/19/2021 (910 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for home security, and in particular to notifying residents of a home of a visitor”s presence and providing an automatic assessment of the visitor”s legitimacy, is disclosed. In one example, the system can be configured to automatically identify a logo worn by the visitor using optical recognition and generate a notification for the resident that identifies the company. In another example, the system can request presentation of an encrypted key that should be stored on the visitor”s computing device. In another example, the system can query a database of scheduled services and determine if a person was requested or scheduled for a visit. In some embodiments, the system can assign a security token to the merchant which will be required at the time of the appointment.

Method and system of accretive value store loyalty card program
Patent No. 11961105

Inventor(s): Arthur Martin Holbrook (Flower Mound, TX), Lee Coleman (Sugarland, TX), Mohamed Safir Salihu (Coppell, TX), Purnendu Mishra (Frisco, TX), Wayne Thomas McHugh (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): GANART TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 14523521 on 10/24/2014 (3462 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of enabling an employee to utilize earned and unpaid earnings includes receiving, with a with a central office processor, a record of an employee”s accrued and unpaid earnings for a predetermined time period and storing the record in a database. The method further includes receiving, with the central office processor, an electronic request from an employee to access the employee”s record of accrued and unpaid earnings for the predetermined time period. Upon receipt of the request, the central office processor accesses the database including the record of the employee”s accrued and unpaid earnings for the predetermined time period and determines an amount of the employee”s accrued and unpaid earnings for the predetermined time period available to the employee and transmits the amount for display to the employee. The central office processor may also authenticate the employee”s identity upon receiving the request to access the employee”s accrued and unpaid earnings by comparing verification information transmitted from the user device to information in the employee record.

System and method for electronic third-party negotiation automation system and tool
Patent No. 11961131

Inventor(s): Edmund Zagorin (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Arkestro Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16267580 on 02/05/2019 (1897 days app to issue)

Abstract: A third-party negotiation automation tool for generating cost estimates on behalf of a seller is described herein. In response to receiving a request for a product from a buyer, a seller may choose to participate in a negotiation for fulfilling the request. The system may utilize one or more data sources, such as user-provided data, third-party data, and the like, to generate a cost estimate on behalf of the seller for fulfilling the request. The seller may choose to accept, modify, or decline the generated cost estimate before providing the cost estimate to the buyer for acceptance. This process may continue for one or more rounds, dependent upon the request, with the final cost estimates provided to the buyer for selection at the conclusion of the one or more rounds. In this way, the cost estimates generated on behalf of the seller may be optimized, thereby reducing the likelihood of inaccurate cost estimates and reducing the system resources required to process large volumes of bids received at or around the same time.

Image generation using non-linear scaling and tone-mapping based on cubic spline curves
Patent No. 11961206

Inventor(s): Hamid R. Sheikh (Allen, TX), Kaimo Lin (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17651226 on 02/15/2022 (791 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining a Bayer input image. The method also includes generating, using at least one processing device of an electronic device, multiple YUV image frames based on the Bayer input image using non-linear scaling, where the YUV image frames are associated with different exposure settings. The method further includes generating, using the at least one processing device of the electronic device, a fused image based on the YUV image frames. In addition, the method includes applying, using the at least one processing device of the electronic device, global tone-mapping to the fused image in order to generate a tone-mapped fused image, where the global tone-mapping is based on a first cubic spline curve.

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

Handling integrated circuits in automated testing
Patent No. 11961220

Inventor(s): Arun Adoni (Karnataka, , IN), Binoy Jose Maliakal (Karnataka, , IN), Goda Devi Addanki (Bangalore, , IN), Janardhan Venkata Raju (Bangalore, , IN), Mahit Arun Warhadpande (Karnataka, , IN), Neeraj Bhardwaj (Karnataka, , IN), Neha Ver
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15925008 on 03/19/2018 (2220 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for handling integrated circuits in automated testing. The handler apparatus includes an upper assembly that is selectively translatable above a testing surface and a lower bracket extending from and positioned below the upper assembly. The lower bracket forms a first opening, is selectively moveable upward and downward, and includes a rotatable finger extending downward to pick up and place an integrated circuit in a socket. The handier may further include an image sensor to detect potential error conditions, and a tool extending from the lower bracket to open and close a lid on the socket. The methods include sensing an image of an integrated circuit during certain phases of testing, analyzing the image to determine if the integrated circuit is positioned correctly, and correcting any detected error conditions before continuing with the automated testing.

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

Text extraction using optical character recognition
Patent No. 11961316

Inventor(s): Brian Fromknecht (Richardson, TX), Chris Demchalk (Frisco, TX), Lokesh Vijay Kumar (Frisco, TX), Ryan M. Parker (Dallas, 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: 17741113 on 05/10/2022 (707 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for extracting text from a document. Different optical character recognition (OCR) tools are used to extract different versions of the text in the document. Metrics evaluating the quality of the extracted text are compared to identify and select higher quality extracted text. A selected portion of text is compared to a threshold to ensure minimal quality. The selected portion of text is then saved. Error correction can be applied to the selected portion of text based on errors specific to the OCR tools or the document contents.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

System and method for producing non-redundant quick pick number groups for automated lottery ticket selection
Patent No. 11961372

Inventor(s): Jay B. Ross (Delran, NJ), Robert Hamman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): SCA PROMOTIONS (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MEAGHER EMANUEL LAKS GOLDBERG LIAO, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18129776 on 03/31/2023 (382 days app to issue)

Abstract: At least a method and an apparatus are provided for efficiently generating non-redundant machine-generated quick pick lottery game entries. A computer file is created that includes every possible combination of number groups eligible for being selected for a particular lottery game. The every possible combination within the file is randomly shuffled to create a randomized list of non-redundant entries. A file index with a file index pointer is assigned to the randomized list of non-redundant entries. The file index pointer is set to an initial position in the randomized list of non-redundant entries. Each non-redundant machine-generated lottery game entry is generated by only sequentially incrementing or only sequentially decrementing the file index pointer in the randomized list, and outputting the each non-redundant entry indicated by the file index pointer to a ticket request device.

[G07F] COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D 3/00; coin testing G07D 5/00) [7]

Vehicle-to-vehicle sensor data sharing
Patent No. 11961401

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Risberg (Flower Mound, TX), Devang H. Parekh (Dallas, TX), Felipe G. Salles (Garland, TX), Louis Brugman (Frisco, TX), Nutonya L. Parker (Dallas, TX), Robert D. Slater (Murphy, TX), Shintaro Iwaasa (Frisco,
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17673745 on 02/16/2022 (790 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of detecting a potential event via sensors on a transport, sending data related to the potential event to other transports within a predefined distance, storing the data at the transports and a server, and performing a transport operation response on the transports.

[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]

System and method for writing data to tape and reading data from tape using a restful interface
Patent No. 11961541

Inventor(s): Doug Burling (Plano, TX), Jeff Leuschner (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Quantum Corporation (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18107246 on 02/08/2023 (433 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system ([b]200[/b]) for at least one of writing data to tape media ([b]204[/b]) and reading data from the tape media ([b]204[/b]) includes a client application ([b]202[/b]); and a RESTful interface ([b]212[/b]) through which the client application ([b]202[/b]) transmits a request to at least one of write data to the tape media ([b]204[/b]) and read data from the tape media ([b]204[/b]) to a REST daemon ([b]214[/b]), the RESTful interface ([b]212[/b]) being integrated with a SCSI interface ([b]210[/b]). The REST daemon ([b]214[/b]) subsequently passes the request on to a data mover ([b]208[/b]), which opens a second RESTful interface ([b]220[/b]) with the client application ([b]202[/b]). The client application ([b]202[/b]) then sends the request to the data mover ([b]208[/b]) via the second RESTful interface ([b]220[/b]). The data mover ([b]208[/b]) then performs the request by moving the data between the client application ([b]202[/b]) and the tape media ([b]204[/b]), with the data never landing on primary storage during such movement.

[G11B] INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D 9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K 1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B 1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)

Edge word line data retention improvement for memory apparatus with on-pitch semi-circle drain side select gate technology
Patent No. 11961572

Inventor(s): Abhijith Prakash (Milpitas, CA), Shubhajit Mukherjee (San Jose, CA), Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies, LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17511818 on 10/27/2021 (902 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory apparatus and method of operation are provided. The apparatus includes memory cells connected to word lines including at least one edge word line and other data word lines. The memory cells are arranged in strings and are configured to retain a threshold voltage corresponding to data states. The strings are organized in rows and a control means is coupled to the word lines and the strings and identifies the at least one edge word line. The control means programs the memory cells of the strings in particular ones of the rows and associated with the at least one edge word line to have an altered distribution of the threshold voltage for one or more of the data states compared to the memory cells of the strings not in particular ones of the rows and not associated with the at least one edge word line during a program operation.

[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)

Memory device that is optimized for operation at different temperatures
Patent No. 11961573

Inventor(s): Abhijith Prakash (Milpitas, CA), Dengtao Zhao (Kumar, CA), Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies, LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17533292 on 11/23/2021 (875 days app to issue)

Abstract: A plurality of memory programming the memory cells to at least one programmed data state in a plurality of program-verify iterations. In each iteration, after a programming pulse, a sensing operation is conducted to compare the threshold voltages of the memory cells to a low verify voltage associated with a first programmed data state and to a high very voltage associated with the first programmed data state. The sensing operation includes discharging a sense node through a bit line coupled to one of the memory cells and monitoring a discharge time of the sense node. At least one aspect of the sensing operation is temperature dependent so that a voltage gap between the high and low verify voltages is generally constant across a range of temperatures.

Inventory system, devices, and methods thereof
Patent No. 11961613

Inventor(s): Nathan Block (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MedVision AI Corp. (Ypslilanti, MI)
Law Firm: Bodman PLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17822312 on 08/25/2022 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: An inventory system includes one or more shelving units and an inventory computing system. The shelving units each include shelves for storing medical supplies, a control system, and a communications interface. The shelves include shelf locations that each include one or more weight sensors for measuring weight thereon. The control system is in communication with the weight sensors for receiving measurement signals therefrom and causing the communications interface to send weight measurements for each of the shelf locations of each of the shelves determined according to the measurement signals. The inventory computing system is in communication with each of the shelving units via a network to receive the weight measurements for the shelf locations. The inventory computing system determines quantities of the medical supplies stored on each of the shelf locations according to the one or more weight measurements.

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

Systems and methods to form remote vehicular micro clouds
Patent No. 11962472

Inventor(s): Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Onur Altintas (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17945495 on 09/15/2022 (579 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for forming remote vehicular micro clouds at one or more remote locations. According to some embodiments, the methods and systems comprise responsive to receiving a request to form a vehicular micro cloud from a client device, communicating with a plurality of vehicles within an area of a geographic location to collectively form a vehicular micro cloud at the geographic location, where client device is remote from the area of the geographic location. The methods and systems further include receiving resource data from the plurality of vehicles, the resource data comprising detection results of an environment surrounding the geographic location based on sensor sets of the plurality of vehicles, and transmitting the resource data to the client device.

E L E C T R I C I T Y

IC including capacitor having segmented bottom plate
Patent No. 11961879

Inventor(s): Byron Williams (Plano, TX), Jeffrey West (Dallas, TX), Maxim Franke (Dallas, TX), Mrinal Das (Allen, TX), Thomas Bonifield (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18309999 on 05/01/2023 (351 days app to issue)

Abstract: An IC includes a substrate including circuitry configured to provide a receiver or a transmitter circuit. A metal stack is over the semiconductor surface including a top metal layer and a plurality of lower metal layers. An isolation capacitor includes the top metal layer as a top plate that is electrically connected to a first node; and a top dielectric layer on the top plate with a top plate dielectric aperture. One of the plurality of lower metal layers provides a bottom plate that includes a plurality of spaced apart segments. A capacitor dielectric layer is between the top and bottom plate. The segments include a first segment electrically connected to a second node and at least a second segment electrically connected to a third node, with separation regions located between adjacent spaced apart segments. The top plate covers at least a portion of each of the separation regions.

[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]

Lead-based alloy and related processes and products
Patent No. 11962008

Inventor(s): Matthew T. Raiford (Dallas, TX), R. David Prengaman (Dallas, TX), Timothy W. Ellis (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): RSR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18061841 on 12/05/2022 (498 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lead-based alloy containing alloying additions of bismuth, antimony, arsenic, and tin is used for the production of doped leady oxides, lead-acid battery active materials, lead-acid battery electrodes, and lead-acid batteries.

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

System and method for directly monitoring the conductivity of coolant used to regulate the temperature a fuel cell
Patent No. 11962046

Inventor(s): Dakota Kelley (Garland, TX), Daniel Charles Folick (Long Beach, CA), Matthew K. McClory (Aliso Viejo, 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: 17564403 on 12/29/2021 (839 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described are systems and methods for directly monitoring the conductivity of the coolant used to regulate the temperature of a fuel cell. The system includes a coolant loop that acts as a conduit for the coolant, an ion exchanger configured to deionize the coolant, and a conductivity sensor configured to output an electrical signal indicating a conductivity of the coolant. The system also includes a processor in communication with the conductivity sensor and a memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine the conductivity of the coolant based on the electrical signal from the conductivity sensor and determine when the ion exchanger requires servicing based on the conductivity of the coolant.

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

Phased array antennas having switched elevation beamwidths and related methods
Patent No. 11962072

Inventor(s): Michael Brobston (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17108147 on 12/01/2020 (1232 days app to issue)

Abstract: A phased array antenna includes a first transceiver, a plurality of first radiating elements that are arranged in a first linear array, a first feed network electrically interposed between the first radiating elements and the first transceiver, and a first switch that is coupled along the first feed network, where a state of the first switch is selectable to adjust a number of the first radiating elements that are electrically connected to the first transceiver.

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

Power stealing using a current transformer
Patent No. 11962234

Inventor(s): Manu Balakrishnan (Kollam, , IN), Navaneeth Kumar Narayanasamy (Coimbatore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17406762 on 08/19/2021 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a first rectifier having a first rectifier input and a first rectifier output. The circuit also includes a bridge circuit and a second rectifier. The bridge circuit is coupled to the first rectifier output. The bridge circuit has first, second, third, and fourth terminals. The first and second terminals are coupled to the first rectifier output, and the third and fourth terminals are adapted to be coupled to a primary winding of a transformer. The second rectifier has a second rectifier input and a second rectifier output. The second rectifier input is adapted to be coupled to a secondary winding of the transformer.

[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]

Input current trim for chopper operational amplifier
Patent No. 11962276

Inventor(s): Srinivas Kumar Pulijala (Tucson, AZ), Vadim Valerievich Ivanov (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17501210 on 10/14/2021 (915 days app to issue)

Abstract: In examples of a chopper operational amplifier, a current control circuit comprises a pair of voltage sources, each of which may be varied to generate a voltage signal of a particular value, and multiple inverters, each of which is configured to receive either a clock signal or its complement signal and one of the voltage signals. Based on these inputs, each inverter generates a control signal that is delivered to a corresponding switch in the input stage of the chopper operational amplifier to control the gate voltage of that switch. Based on the difference between the values of the voltage signals, the current control circuit operates to reduce the amplitudes of base currents induced by charge injection at the input terminals of the chopper operational amplifier.

[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)

Sterile handle control mechanism
Patent No. 11962297

Inventor(s): James K. Alexanderson (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Kalamazoo, MI)
Law Firm: Morrison Foerster LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16595025 on 10/07/2019 (1653 days app to issue)

Abstract: A surgical light including a light housing having at least one light source therein and a handle assembly extending from the light housing, with the handle assembly including a knob and a cover. The handle assembly is rotatably connected to the light housing. The cover covers the knob. Engaging the cover in a first mode and rotating the knob alters a first characteristic of light emitted from the at least one light source. Engaging the cover in a second mode and rotating the knob alters a second characteristic of light emitted from the at least one light source.

[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]

Calibration scheme for a non-linear ADC
Patent No. 11962318

Inventor(s): Charls Babu (Bengaluru, , IN), Eeshan Miglani (Bengaluru, , IN), Himanshu Varshney (Bengaluru, , IN), Narasimhan Rajagopal (Bengaluru, , IN), Visvesvaraya A Pentakota (Bengaluru, , IN), Viswanathan Nagarajan (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17568972 on 01/05/2022 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, an analog to digital converter (ADC), having an input operable to receive an analog signal and an output operable to output a digital representation of the analog signal, includes a voltage to delay (VD) block. The VD block is coupled to the input of the ADC and generates a delay signal responsive to a calibration signal. A backend ADC is coupled to the VD block, and receives the delay signal. The backend ADC having multiple stages including a first stage. A calibration engine is coupled to the multiple stages and the VD block. The calibration engine measures an error count of the first stage and stores a delay value of the first stage for which the error count is minimum.

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

Method and apparatus for reduced size RF filter
Patent No. 11962339

Inventor(s): Khurram Muhammad (Southlake, TX), Michael Chen (Dallas, TX), Xinguang Xu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17139947 on 12/31/2020 (1202 days app to issue)

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) unit and a method for RF isolation. The RF unit includes first and second RF couplers, an RF filter, and an RF canceler connected in parallel with the RF filter. The first RF coupler is configured to receive an input signal. The RF filter is configured to receive a first portion of the input signal from the first RF coupler and attenuate frequencies outside of a passband of the RF filter from the first portion of the input signal. The RF canceler is configured to receive a second portion of the input signal from the first RF coupler and generate a cancellation signal from the second portion of the input signal based on a target frequency band of the RF canceler. The second RF coupler is configured to combine the cancellation signal with an output of the RF filter to generate an output signal.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method for identifying and highlighting available fibers in a fiber distribution hub
Patent No. 11962343

Inventor(s): Carlo Nino Alba (Dallas, TX), John Valdez (Copper Canyon, TX), Vincenzo Gaccetta (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18375199 on 09/29/2023 (200 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting fiber port availability in a fiber distribution hub and generating fiber port recommendations are presented. An exemplary method may include detecting, based at least on a fiber distribution record, one or more candidate ports in the fiber distribution hub; transmitting a first indication of a first selected port of the one or more candidate ports to a computing device; detecting, after transmitting the indication of the first selected port and in real time, that a termination unit associated with the fiber distribution hub has been disconnected; automatically updating the fiber distribution record such that the fiber distribution record is representative of an association between the termination unit and the first selected port; and generating, based on detecting that the termination unit has been disconnected, a second indication of a second selected port of the one or more candidate ports.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Data packet management
Patent No. 11962500

Inventor(s): Scheheresade Virani (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Brooks, Cameron Huebsch, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17898018 on 08/29/2022 (596 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a storage system and circuitry coupled to the storage system. The circuitry is configured to perform operations comprising determining a type of a received data packet, determining a destination of the received data packet, and determining whether the received data packet is of a particular type or has a particular destination. The operations further comprise, responsive to determining that the received data packet is of the particular type or has the particular destination, rerouting the received data packet from the particular destination to a register of the storage system.

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

Integrated multifactor authentication for network access control
Patent No. 11962596

Inventor(s): Abhishek Palahalli Manjunath (The Colony, TX), Shardul Vasudev Joshi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17393531 on 08/04/2021 (986 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device configured to receive a connection request that includes device authentication credentials and to determine the user device passes authentication in response to identifying a device profile associated with the device authentication credentials. The device is further configured to receive user credentials for a first user and identify a first user identity that corresponds with the user credentials. The device is further configured to establish a first network connection with the user device, to send a token request to the user device, and to receive a token via the first network connection. The device is further configured to identify a second user identity based on the token, to determine the first user identifier matches the second user identifier, and to establish a second network connection for the user device, wherein the network connection enables the user device to access the network.

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

Cross-channel network security system with tiered adaptive mitigation operations
Patent No. 11962617

Inventor(s): Ronnie Joe Morris, Jr. (Mesquite, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17191377 on 03/03/2021 (1140 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for cross-channel network security with tiered adaptive mitigation operations. In this regard, the invention is structured for dynamic detection of security events associated with network devices and resources, and triggering real-time mitigation operations across a plurality of resource channels. The invention provides a novel method for employing activity data to construct and implement mitigation actions for de-escalating authorization tiers that are adapted to the specific attributes of the activity data, in order to prevent security exposure associated with the activity. Another aspect of the invention is directed to determining whether to continue the tiered adaptive mitigation actions and/or trigger a security proceed signal.

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

Automated enforcement of security policies in cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments
Patent No. 11962622

Inventor(s): Lisun Joao Kung (Dallas, TX), Sarowar Golam Sikder (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): FireEye Security Holdings US LLC (Milpitas, CA)
Law Firm: Hanley, Flight Zimmerman, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18165171 on 02/06/2023 (435 days app to issue)

Abstract: To prevent un-authorized accesses to data and resources available in workloads on an organization”s or enterprise”s computer network, various improvements to automated computer network security processes to enable them to enforce network security policies using native network security mechanisms to control communications to and/or from workload units of applications running on different nodes within hybrid computer network infrastructures having both traditional hardware resources and virtual resources provided by private and public cloud infrastructure services.

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

Method and procedure for dynamic services orchestration that runs within an on-device software container
Patent No. 11962658

Inventor(s): Mathew Oommen (Frisco, TX), Nathan A. Smith (Frisco, TX), Pallavur A. Sankaranaraynan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): RELIANCE JIO INFOCOMM USA, INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18194930 on 04/03/2023 (379 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for providing network services is provided. The system includes a device configured to interface with the network to receive a container, where the container is configured to interface with an operating system of the device and a plurality of applications operating on the device. The container is further configured to interface with a network services provider of one or more network services and one or more third party service providers.

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

MIPI translation in gigabit multimedia serial link
Patent No. 11962674

Inventor(s): Paul Fuller (Frisco, TX), Prem Ramachandran Nayar (Dallas, TX), Yan Yan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: North Weber Baugh LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18113697 on 02/24/2023 (417 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods provide secure, end-to-end high-speed data encoding and communication. In certain embodiments, this is accomplished by modifying a header portion of a data packet received from a first device and complying with a one Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) protocol to create a modified data packet that complies with a faster MIPI protocol. The header portion of the modified data packet is validated during a tunnel mode operation using an error detection process to validate the modified data packet, which can then be securely transmitted to a second device that complies with the faster MIPI protocol.

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

Event information collection system
Patent No. 11962845

Inventor(s): Gideon B. Luck (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): United States Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18299456 on 04/12/2023 (370 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems can identify and request video data and information associated with an event. An event location and time associated with the event can be determined. The event can comprise damage to property or injury to a person. A geographic range of interest associated with the event location and a time duration of interest associated with the event time can be determined. One or more users who are determined to have been at or near the event location at the event time can be automatically identified. A request for at least one of information or video data from the geographic range and time duration of interest can be transmitted to the one or more identified users.

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

Image data processing for digital overlap wide dynamic range sensors
Patent No. 11962914

Inventor(s): Shashank Dabral (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17168224 on 02/05/2021 (1166 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and integrated circuits to process image data from single or multiple digital overlap (DOL) wide dynamic range (WDR) sensors, in which first received pixel data associated with a first exposure of a sensor image is stored in a DDR memory circuit, second received pixel data associated with a second exposure of the image is stored in the first buffer, third received pixel data associated with a third exposure of the image is stored in a second buffer, and fourth received pixel data associated with a fourth exposure of the image is provided to a merge circuit, and merged pixel data is stored in a dynamically partitioned line buffer for processing by an image pipeline circuit to facilitate interfacing multiple DOL WDR sensors in an interleaved fashion.

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

Transmitting functional safety statistics via transmitted video
Patent No. 11962953

Inventor(s): Anish Reghunath (Plano, TX), Brijesh Rameshbhai Jadav (Bangalore, , IN), Shiju Ozhuvinamolathu Sivasankaran (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17194938 on 03/08/2021 (1135 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for transmitting functional safety statistics within a system. A video source produces a video data stream. A functional safety system driver accumulates functional safety statistics from at least one system and writes the functional safety statistics onto an associated system memory. A display sub-system driver writes a frame of the video data stream to the system memory. The display sub-system driver formats the functional safety statistics as video data and appends the functional safety statistics to a portion of the frame of video that is reserved for the functional safety statistics. A display sub-system transmits the frame of the video data stream to a host processor, which extracts the functional safety statistics from the video frame.

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

Port occupancy detection for high density panels
Patent No. 11962955

Inventor(s): Matthew R. Kiener (Richardson, TX), Ryan E. Enge (Carrollton, TX), Steven W Knoernschild (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17286731 on 11/19/2019 (1610 days app to issue)

Abstract: Port occupancy detection for connector panels is provided. In one embodiment, a connector panel comprises: a communications unit communicatively coupled to a network; and at least one modular port adapter assembly comprising: a plurality of communications couplers; and a plurality of port occupancy sensors each coupled to a sensor circuit. Each of the port occupancy sensors are configured to sense when the couplers are occupied. The panel communications unit obtains from the sensor circuit which of the couplers are occupied. The panel communications unit communicates port occupancy information to a gateway indicating circuit which of the couplers are occupied. A chassis including sidewalls extends between a front and a rear to define an interior, and including guides on the sidewalls. A plurality of blades mounted to the guides of the chassis, each blade including a midplane bus assembly configured to communicatively couple the sensor circuit to the panel communication unit.

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

Beam recovery procedure using a second component carrier
Patent No. 11963025

Inventor(s): Bilal Sadiq (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Arent Fox, LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17990346 on 11/18/2022 (515 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for performing a beam recovery procedure using a second CC are disclosed. A UE may perform a beam recovery procedure using two component carriers (CCs): for example, first component carrier may be a beam formed millimeter wave (MMW) carrier having a beam recovery procedure and second component carrier may be an assisting carrier such as a sub-6 GHz carrier or a different MMW carrier. In a first example, a UE may trigger beam recovery for first component carrier (on second component carrier), generate a beam measurement report, and transmit the beam report on resources allocated for uplink transmission on second component carrier. In a second example, a new scheduling request (SR) may be defined on first component carrier for second component carrier beam recovery. In a third example, RACH resources or procedures on second component carrier may be used to perform the beam recovery for first component carrier.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Handover reliability enhancement in wireless communication
Patent No. 11963052

Inventor(s): Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17450550 on 10/11/2021 (918 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for user equipment (UE) service handover from the serving cell to a target cell includes information regarding a handover timer and an associated handover execution condition. For scheduled handover to be performed upon expiration of the handover timer, the associated handover execution condition comprises one or more abort conditions for aborting the scheduled handover. For two-stage triggered handover to be performed upon receipt of a subsequent triggering message, the handover timer is a handover validity timer and the associated handover execution condition comprises receipt of the handover triggering message prior to expiration of the handover validity timer.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for determining routing data based on explicit congestion notifications and active queue management enabled network devices
Patent No. 11963085

Inventor(s): David Taft (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17502723 on 10/15/2021 (914 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive explicit congestion notification data associated with user devices connected to a network of network devices, and may receive network data identifying network metrics associated with the network devices. The device may generate an active queue management mapping table based on utilizing a model to process the explicit congestion notification data and the network data. The device may determine, based on the active queue management mapping table and the network data, a routing table that includes routing data identifying traffic paths with active queue management enabled network devices and without non-active queue management enabled network devices of the network devices. The device may provide the routing table to the network devices.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Methods and apparatuses for collision control of sidelink communications in wireless communication system
Patent No. 11963117

Inventor(s): Chie-Ming Chou (Hsinchu, , TW), Tsung-Hua Tsai (Hsinchu, , TW), Yu-Hsin Cheng (Hsinchu, , TW), Yung-lan Tseng (Hsinchu, , TW)
Assignee(s): Hannibal IP LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Cole Schotz, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17943871 on 09/13/2022 (581 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method performed by a wireless communication device includes determining whether to transmit a first Sidelink Synchronization Signal (SLSS) according to a priority parameter when an occasion of the first SLSS collides with a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) that carries Sidelink Feedback Control Information (SFCI). The priority parameter is associated with a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) that corresponds to the PSFCH.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for measurement of TAI updates in an NTN
Patent No. 11963125

Inventor(s): Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17568669 on 01/04/2022 (833 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses of UE for measurement of TAI updates in an NTN. A method of a UE comprises: receiving, from a BS, an SIB including multiple TAIs and an indication of whether to include a UE location in an NAS registration/tracking area update operation; determining whether to include the UE location based on the indication; identifying information for the UE location; generating a radio resource control (RRC) message including the information for the UE location, wherein the RRC message encapsulates a NAS message; and transmitting, to the BS, the RRC message including the information for the UE location.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Core paging handling
Patent No. 11963133

Inventor(s): Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD. (Beijing, , CN)
Law Firm: Arch Lake LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17587302 on 01/28/2022 (809 days app to issue)

Abstract: An access and mobility management function receives, from a session management function, a request to set up a communication with a wireless device for transmitting downlink data. The access and mobility management function sends, based on the request, to the base station, a first paging message for a closed access group (CAG) wireless device that is allowed to access CAG cells. The first paging message indicates transitioning the CAG wireless device from an idle state to a connected state. The first paging message comprises a parameter indicating whether the wireless device is allowed to access non-CAG cells.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and device in a node used for wireless communication
Patent No. 11963235

Inventor(s): Jin Liu (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Dido Wireless Innovations LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18071648 on 11/30/2022 (503 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and a device in a node used for wireless communication are disclosed in the present disclosure. A first node transmits a first sequence and a first radio signal, the first sequence being associated with the first radio signal, the first sequence being transmitted on a first random-access channel, and a first bit block being used for generating the first radio signal; receives a second radio signal, the second radio signal comprising a first information block; and transmits a second sequence and a third radio signal, the second sequence being associated with the third radio signal, and the second sequence being transmitted on a second random-access channel, the first bit block being used for generating the third radio signal; the first information block comprises a first sequence index, the first sequence index corresponds to the first sequence.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Electronic component connector cooling device
Patent No. 11963328

Inventor(s): Don W. West (Coppell, TX), Evan Haynes (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Tewksbury, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17069762 on 10/13/2020 (1281 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic component connector cooling device can include a base portion and a conduit portion extending from the base portion. The conduit portion can have a cooling channel. The electronic component connector cooling device can further include a housing coupling interface formed in the base portion and operable to facilitate coupling the electronic component connector cooling device to a housing that at least partially forms an enclosure about an electronic component. The electronic component connector cooling device can also include a connector coupling interface formed in the base portion and operable to facilitate coupling a connector to the electronic component connector cooling device. The connector can operably connect the electronic component to a component external to the enclosure. The electronic component connector cooling device can further include an inlet port formed in the conduit portion and in fluid communication with the cooling channel. The inlet port can be operable to couple to a cooling fluid source external to the enclosure and to receive a cooling fluid from the cooling fluid source. The electronic component connector cooling device can include one or more outlet ports formed in the base portion and in fluid communication with the cooling channel operable to direct the cooling fluid internal to the enclosure to cool the electronic component.

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

Three-dimensional memory device with vertical field effect transistors and method of making thereof
Patent No. 11963352

Inventor(s): Masaaki Higashitani (Cupertino, CA), Peter Rabkin (Cupertino, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17362034 on 06/29/2021 (1022 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes at least one set of vertical field effect transistors embedded within dielectric material layers overlying a substrate. Each vertical field effect transistor includes a bottom electrode, a metal oxide semiconductor vertical transistor channel, a cylindrical gate dielectric, and a top electrode. A three-dimensional NAND memory array can be provided over the first field effect transistors, and can be electrically connected to the vertical field effect transistors via metal interconnect structures. Alternatively, a three-dimensional NAND memory array can be formed on another substrate, which can be bonded to the substrate via metal-to-metal bonding. The vertical field effect transistors can be employed as switches for bit lines, word lines, or other components of the three-dimensional NAND memory array.

[H10B] ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES

Three-dimensional memory device with dielectric or semiconductor wall support structures and method of forming the same
Patent No. 11963354

Inventor(s): Tomohiro Kubo (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17467970 on 09/07/2021 (952 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, memory openings vertically extending through each layer of the alternating stack; memory opening fill structures located in the memory openings, and a perforated wall structure including lateral openings at levels of the insulating layers.

[H10B] ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES

DESIGN PATENTS

Electric bicycle
Patent No. D1022804

Inventor(s): Jamie Richard Beckett (Aledo, TX), Lawrence Michael Paige (Springtown, TX)
Assignee(s): StaCyc, LLC (Forth Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29819106 on 12/13/2021 (855 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vehicle grille
Patent No. D1022816

Inventor(s): Brent Johnson (Denton, TX), Scott D. Hite (Pilot Point, TX), Tu H. Do (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29874539 on 04/20/2023 (362 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vehicle wheel
Patent No. D1022839

Inventor(s): Alberto Echazabal (Prosper, TX), Jakin C. Wilson (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29824121 on 01/21/2022 (816 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Shingle
Patent No. D1023348

Inventor(s): Dan Boss (Morris Township, NJ), Jim Svec (Kearny, NJ), Ming-Liang Shiao (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29849536 on 08/11/2022 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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