UTILITY PATENTS

H U M A N  N E C E S S I T I E S

Temperature control for a rotary head extruder
Patent No. 12324454 

Inventor(s): Pavan Harshit Manepalli (Plano, TX), Robert Egnatchik (Carrollton, TX), Ximena Quintero-Fuentes (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Frito-Lay North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17552928 on 12/16/2021 (1272 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved rotary head extruder has at least one rotatable auger disposed within a single barrel and having an upstream end and a downstream end. The extruder has a die assembly that includes (i) a stator having a stator head at the downstream end of the at least one rotatable auger and a stationary plate surrounding an outlet end of the stator downstream from the single barrel and (ii) a rotatable plate downstream and spaced apart from the stationary plate to define a die gap. The apparatus includes a heating mechanism to maintain, within a predefined temperature range, one or more of the temperature of the die assembly or an extrudable composition disposed in the die gap.

[A23P] SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS

Activewear garment
Patent No. 12324464 

Inventor(s): Zana Nachawati (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18411998 on 01/12/2024 (515 days app to issue)

Abstract: An activewear garment having facial opening formed on an anterior side of an upper head portion of the garment. An elongate elastic member is attached to the upper head portion. The elongate elastic member includes a top portion and a bottom portion, each portion having a first end and a second end. There are first and second gaps between the respective ends of the top portion and bottom portion of the elongate elastic member to facilitate the insertion and removal of items intended for insertion in or on a user”s ears such as, for example, ear pods and athletic glasses. The elongate elastic member can be constructed of woven fabric, braided fabric, and/or knitted fabric.

[A41D] OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES (eye or ear protectors A61F 9/00, A61F 11/00; sweating suits A61H 36/00)

Expandable headband
Patent No. 12324468 

Inventor(s): Yvette C. Vigil (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18207397 on 06/08/2023 (733 days app to issue)

Abstract: An expandable headband includes a hollow annular shell constructed with an expandable but resilient fabric or similar material. The shell encapsulates an expansion mechanism that allows a user to extend a front portion of the shell to form a visor. Accordingly, the annular shell is secured around the head similarly to a conventional headband. To form a sun visor, the wearer grasps and pulls the front portion of the shell to create a cap bill that extends beyond the forehead.

[A41D] OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES (eye or ear protectors A61F 9/00, A61F 11/00; sweating suits A61H 36/00)

Method of using high temperature filter for edible cooking oil
Patent No. 12324540 

Inventor(s): Howard D. Wixson (Colleyville, TX), James R. Wixson (Roswell, GA)
Assignee(s): Oil Solutions Group, Inc. (Colleyville, TX)
Law Firm: Wood Herron Evans LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17584687 on 01/26/2022 (1231 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for filtering particulate down to 0.5 micron from cooking oil at a filtration temperature of up to 425 Fahrenheit is provided. The method includes providing a filter having a non-woven panel of randomly oriented fibers of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) material and exposing the filter to the oil for a period of time while applying a pressure or vacuum to move the oil through the filter for filtering particulate from the cooking oil.

[A47J] KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES [6]

Adjustable brace and processes for making and using same
Patent No. 12324760 

Inventor(s): Timothy John Skapek (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Protect3d, Inc. (Durham, NC)
Law Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18608377 on 03/18/2024 (449 days app to issue)

Abstract: An adjustable brace for stabilizing a body part of a patient and a method of fabricating such a brace is provided. In some embodiments, the adjustable brace comprises a first stabilizer having a first exterior surface, a first interior surface, a first thickness, and a plurality of first stabilizer guides; a second stabilizer comprising a second exterior surface, a second interior surface, a second thickness, and a plurality of second stabilizer guides; and at least one flexible lacing member extending along the first and second stabilizer guides, wherein the flexible lacing member adjustably secures the first stabilizer to the second stabilizer. Additional embodiments further include a closure mechanism to assist in the flexible lacing member adjustment.

[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]

Patient support apparatus for treating patients presenting behavioral health indicia
Patent No. 12324776 

Inventor(s): Lavanya Vytla (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Portage, MI)
Law Firm: Howard Howard Attorneys PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18140728 on 04/28/2023 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: A patient support apparatus for use in treating patients with behavioral health indicia. The patient support apparatus includes a support structure with a patient support deck defining a patient support surface having one or more ligature risk locations arranged outside of a ligature safety zone defined relative to the patient support surface. A sensor system is coupled to the support structure to generate data representing load acting on the support structure. A controller is disposed in communication with the sensor system and is configured to issue a ligature risk event alert in response to the data generated by the sensor system satisfying a predetermined load criteria indicating a distribution of load acting on the support structure outside of the ligature safety zone for a predetermined period.

[A61G] TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H 3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N 1/00)

Motorized paddling simulator
Patent No. 12324950 

Inventor(s): Peter Neuhaus (Pensacola Beach, FL)
Assignee(s): Oxefit, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17462237 on 08/31/2021 (1379 days app to issue)

Abstract: A paddling simulator includes a bar, a cable attached to the bar, a motor operationally coupled to the cable such that the motor can apply a force to the cable, and a controller configured to control the motor to generate a first tension in the cable during a propulsion phase of a paddling stroke and a second tension in the cable during a recovery phase of the paddling stroke.

[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

Absorption medium and method for removing carbon dioxide from combustion exhaust gas
Patent No. 12325005 

Inventor(s): Janette Cortez (Fort Worth, TX), Jeremiah James Thomas (Weatherford, TX), Yang Du (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): EOG Resources, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18883206 on 09/12/2024 (271 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, an aqueous composition for removing acid gas components from a process gas includes a first cyclic amine having a substituted carbon atom alpha to an amine atom, and a second cyclic amine having two unsubstituted carbon atoms, wherein each of the unsubstituted carbon atoms is alpha to an amine atom. The composition further includes a molar ratio of the first cyclic amine to the second cyclic amine of about 6:1 to about 2:1.

[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]

Systems and methods for high accuracy fixtureless assembly
Patent No. 12325138 

Inventor(s): Oussama Rawas (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Los Angeles, CA)
Law Firm: ArentFox Schiff LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17814441 on 07/22/2022 (1054 days app to issue)

Abstract: An approach to positioning one or more robotic arms in an assembly system may be described herein. For example, a system for robotic assembly may include a first robot, a second robot, and a control unit. The control unit may be configured to receive a first target location proximal to a second target location. The locations may indicate where the robots are to position the features. The control unit may be configured to calculate a first calculated location of the first feature of the first subcomponent, measure a first measured location of the first feature of the first subcomponent, determine a first transformation matrix between the first calculated location and the first measured location, reposition the first feature of the first subcomponent to the first target location using the first robot, the repositioning based on the first transformation matrix.

[B25J] MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES (robotic devices for individually picking fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D 46/30; needle manipulators for surgery A61B 17/062; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B 39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J 13/10; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B 30/00; cranes B66C; arrangements for handling fuel or other materials which are used within nuclear reactors G21C 19/00; structural combination of manipulators with cells or rooms shielded against radiation G21F 7/06) [5]

Mobile range extender
Patent No. 12325312 

Inventor(s): Gladys Anyenya (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Transportation IP Holdings, LLC (Norwalk, CT)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18498771 on 10/31/2023 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mobile energy supply system may include a fuel source, an energy converter, and a transfer device. The fuel source may be disposed onboard a vehicle chassis and may hold a supply of a fuel. The energy converter may be disposed onboard the vehicle chassis and may convert at least a portion of the supply of the fuel from the fuel source into electric energy. The transfer device may be disposed onboard the vehicle chassis and be electrically couplable to a propulsion vehicle. The transfer device may transfer the electric energy from the energy converter offboard of the vehicle chassis and to the propulsion vehicle for powering a propulsion system of the propulsion vehicle.

[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]

Seat assemblies having fixed frames and movable seat cushions and movable seat backs with power lumbar mechanisms, tilt mechanisms, and heating/cooling mechanisms
Patent No. 12325341 

Inventor(s): Charles P. Patterson (New Boston, MI), Leon T. Toma (Commerce Township, MI), Matthew R. Speck (Plymouth, MI), Peter J. Moegling (Whitmore Lake, MI), Todd Rupert Muck (Fowlerville, 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: 17873762 on 07/26/2022 (1050 days app to issue)

Abstract: A kinetic seat assembly includes primary seat cushion frame, a secondary seat cushion frame movable relative to the primary seat cushion frame, a primary seat back frame, and a secondary seat back frame movable relative to the primary seat back frame. In embodiments, the secondary seat back frame includes a power lumbar mechanism. In embodiments at least one of the secondary seat cushion frame and the secondary seat back frame includes at least one of a cooling mechanism and a heating mechanism.

[B60N] VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (furniture construction A47)

Determining an identification of an occupant within a vehicle
Patent No. 12325370 

Inventor(s): Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa P.C (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17412506 on 08/26/2021 (1384 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for determining an identification of an occupant within a vehicle can include a processor, a communications interface, and a memory. The memory can store an information reception module, an identification prediction module, and an actuation module. The information reception module can cause the processor to receive, via the communications interface, from at least one sensor, and at a time when a source of a propulsion force for the vehicle is in an off state, at least one signal having information about at least one detectable characteristic associated with the occupant within the vehicle. The identification prediction module can cause the processor to produce, based on the information, a prediction of the identification of the occupant. The actuation module can cause the processor to cause, in response to a production of the prediction, a setting of a component of the vehicle to have a specific value.

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

Maintaining a range of a gap between an ego vehicle and a preceding vehicle
Patent No. 12325420 

Inventor(s): Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Yashar Zeiynali Farid (Berkeley, 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: 18078499 on 12/09/2022 (914 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for maintaining a range of a gap between an ego vehicle and a preceding vehicle can include a processor and a memory. The memory can store a calculations module and an actuation module. The calculations module can cause the processor to determine a time, during a deceleration phase or an acceleration phase of a stop-and-go cycle of the preceding vehicle, when a preceding vehicle speed will equal a desired speed of the ego vehicle. The calculations module can cause the processor to determine: (1) in response to the time being during the deceleration phase, that the gap will be smaller than a desired maximum gap or (2) in response to the time being during the acceleration phase, that the gap will be larger than a desired minimum gap. The actuation module can cause the processor to change an ego vehicle speed to correct the gap.

[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]

Systems and methods for managing speed thresholds for vehicles
Patent No. 12325442 

Inventor(s): David Wagstaff (San Diego, CA), Jason Palmer (San Diego, CA), Samuel Thomas Kruse (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): SmartDrive Systems, Inc. (Westlake, TX)
Law Firm: Esplin Associates, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18415150 on 01/17/2024 (510 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing speed thresholds for a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. Input is used to provide associations between particular weather-relation conditions (such as rain) and arithmetic operations, that may be used to determine a current speed threshold as a function of a local posted speed limit at the current location of a vehicle. The current speed threshold is subsequently used to detect whether vehicles are exceeding the current speed threshold.

[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]

Predictive control system visualization for automatic train operation
Patent No. 12325457 

Inventor(s): Marcos Blanco Fernandes (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Progress Rail Services Corporation (Albertville, AL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18094925 on 01/09/2023 (883 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems implement an output interface of a display computing system to display a visualization of predictive output of an onboard computing system of a train. A display computing system obtains, from an onboard predictive control system of a train traveling along a rail from a departure to a destination, predicted speeds which the predictive control system uses to preemptively adjust control signals sent by an onboard train control system of the train. The display computing system provides a visualization of the predicted speeds obtained by the predictive control system.

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

LED tail rotor safety and status indication lighting system
Patent No. 12325514 

Inventor(s): Mathew Chapdelaine (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18193217 on 03/30/2023 (803 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment is a rotorcraft comprising a fuselage; an empennage at an aft end of the fuselage; a tail rotor connected to the empennage; and a tail rotor guard (TRG) around the tail rotor, the TRG shrouding to the tail rotor; and a light emitting diode (LED) lighting element integrated into at least one surface of the TRG.

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

Distributed propulsion system
Patent No. 12325516 

Inventor(s): Carlos Alexander Fenny (Fort Worth, TX), Rohn Lee Olson (Hurst, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18650650 on 04/30/2024 (406 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes a distributed propulsion system for a craft that comprises a frame, a plurality of hydraulic or electric motors disposed within or attached to the frame in a distributed configuration; a propeller operably connected to each of the hydraulic or electric motors, a source of hydraulic or electric power disposed within or attached to the frame and coupled to each of the disposed within or attached to the frame, wherein the source of hydraulic or electric power provides sufficient energy density for the craft to attain and maintain operations of the craft, a controller coupled to each of the hydraulic or electric motors, and one or more processors communicably coupled to each controller that control an operation and speed of the plurality of hydraulic or electric motors.

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

Wire reel storage box
Patent No. 12325577 

Inventor(s): Daniel Flores (Dallas, TX), Daniel Pearson (Fort Worth, TX), Robert Rivera (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Klein Tools, Inc. (Lincolnshire, IL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18545247 on 12/19/2023 (539 days app to issue)

Abstract: A storage box includes a compartment having a base and opposed sidewalls extending from the base. Each sidewall of the opposed sidewalls includes two first retaining surfaces extend away from the base and along the sidewall where the first retaining surfaces are a first distance away from each other. Each sidewall includes two parallel second retaining surfaces extending away from the first retaining surfaces and along the sidewall. The second retaining surfaces are a second distance away from each other and the second distance is greater than the first distance. The storage box includes a rod, and support surfaces associated with each sidewall of the first pair of opposed sidewalls are configured to support the rod.

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

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

Production of ammonia, methanol, and synthesis products from one or more gasification products
Patent No. 12325634 

Inventor(s): Kakul Singh (Ghaziabad, , IN), Ravi Ravikumar (Lancaster, CA), Soumya Jyoti Choudhury (Faridabad, , IN), Sunil Singhal (Gurugram, , IN)
Assignee(s): Fluor Technologies Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17725296 on 04/20/2022 (1147 days app to issue)

Abstract: Ammonia, methanol, Fischer Tropsch products, and derivatives thereof are made by using hydrogen and oxygen supplied from an electrolyzer that is at least partially powered by renewable power, resulting in green process and systems that produce green products disclosed herein. A process using biomass and renewable energy includes producing an unshifted syngas from biomass and oxygen in a gasification unit, introducing water into an electrolyzer to produce an oxygen product and a hydrogen product, and introducing the oxygen product to the gasification unit. The electrolyzer is powered by renewable energy, and the oxygen product supplies at least a portion of the oxygen to the gasification unit.

[C01B] NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF (fermentation or enzyme-using processes for the preparation of elements or inorganic compounds except carbon dioxide C12P 3/00; production of non-metallic elements or inorganic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B)

Methods and systems of monitoring flammability of various streams during vinyl acetate production
Patent No. 12325686 

Inventor(s): Christopher Paul Devlin (Corpus Christi, TX), David S. C. Lee (Houston, TX), Kevin Clair Hanks (League City, TX), Stacey Somerville (Houston, TX), Steve R. Alexander (Houston, TX)
Assignee(s): Celanese International Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18330696 on 06/07/2023 (734 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for producing vinyl acetate may use flammability limit (FL) formulas with improved efficiencies at more than one location in the vinyl acetate production process. Herein, FLs can be used at one or more of four portions of the vinyl acetate production process: the reactor, the process-to-process heat exchangers, the carbon dioxide removal system, and the ethylene recovery system. Such FLs are functions of operating conditions and include at least one interaction term that represents the interrelation of two or more of the operating conditions (e.g., temperature, pressure, and component concentration) on the FL.

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

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

Steep slope roofing system
Patent No. 12325997 

Inventor(s): Erica Sherman (Jersey City, NJ), Ming Shiao (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18355872 on 07/20/2023 (691 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a roofing system. In some embodiments, the roofing system comprises at least one steep slope roof substrate having a first region. In some embodiments, the first region comprises a plurality of shingles. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of shingles comprises at least one antimicrobial agent. In some embodiments, the at least one steep slope roof substrate also comprises a second region. In some embodiments, the second region comprises an antimicrobial scavenger layer that is configured to receive runoff from the first region of the steep slope roof substrate. In some embodiments, the runoff comprises an initial concentration of at least one antimicrobial agent and water. In some embodiments, the antimicrobial scavenger layer is configured to capture the at least one antimicrobial agent so as to reduce the initial concentration of the at least one antimicrobial agent in the runoff.

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

Downhole tool with crack compliant seal and high yield strength weld positioned at a joint thereof
Patent No. 12326046 

Inventor(s): Alireza Yazdanshenas (Carrollton, TX), Dara Saphira (Carrollton, TX), David Joe Steele (Carrollton, TX), Stacey Blaine Donovan (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18348140 on 07/06/2023 (705 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a downhole tool, a well system and a method. The downhole tool, in one aspect, includes a first member, the first member having a first member inside diameter (ID[subscript]1[/subscript]), a first member outside diameter (OD[subscript]1[/subscript]), and a first member hardness value (HV[subscript]1[/subscript]), and a second member, the second member having a second member inside diameter (ID[subscript]2[/subscript]), a second member outside diameter (OD[subscript]2[/subscript]), and a second member hardness value (HV[subscript]2[/subscript]), the first and second members positioned proximate one another forming an overlapping space therebetween. The downhole tool according to this aspect, further includes a crack compliant seal positioned at the overlapping space and having a compliant seal hardness value (HV[subscript]cs[/subscript]) less than or equal to one or more of the (HV[subscript]1[/subscript]) or (HV[subscript]2[/subscript]) and a high yield strength weld positioned at the overlapping space, the high yield strength weld having a yield strength of at least 50 ksi.

[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]

Spring return system
Patent No. 12326051 

Inventor(s): Nick Strohla (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: DeLizio, Peacock, Lewin Guerra LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18453942 on 08/22/2023 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus to be positioned in a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation. The apparatus comprises a first lug coupled with a rotation component and configured to rotate a first angle from a neutral position about a central axis when a rotational force is applied to the first lug via the rotation component. The apparatus comprises first bias component coupled with the first lug and configured to return the first lug to the neutral position when the first lug is rotated about the central axis.

[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]

Sealing assembly employing a cylindrical protective sleeve
Patent No. 12326053 

Inventor(s): Adam J. Milne (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18494555 on 10/25/2023 (594 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a sealing assembly, a well system, and a method. The sealing assembly, in one aspect, includes a mandrel, and a sealing element positioned about the mandrel. The sealing element, in this aspect, includes a cylindrical protective sleeve positioned about the sealing element, the cylindrical protective sleeve configured to break to deploy from an undeployed state to a deployed state based upon axial or radial stress imparted thereon.

[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]

Perforating gun system
Patent No. 12326068 

Inventor(s): James F. Shelton (Kennedale, TX)
Assignee(s): Harrison Jet Guns II, L.P. (Kennedale, TX)
Law Firm: WARNER NORCROSS + JUDD LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18270280 on 12/28/2021 (1260 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved perforating gun system. The perforating gun system includes a perforating gun having a shaped charge positioning tube that is securely received within a female opening in a tandem to provide a 360-degree connection to ground. The shaped charge positioning tube includes segmented end portions that extend over first and second contact housings. Each contact housing includes a contact pin that is biased outwardly by a spring, the spring comprising a portion of an electrical path for a firing signal.

[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]

Apparatus and related methods for the cement breakup during abandonment operations
Patent No. 12326070 

Inventor(s): Shaun Geerts (Joshua, TX)
Assignee(s): Owen Oil Tools LP (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Crowe Dunlevy, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18282771 on 03/17/2022 (1181 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of remediation includes positioning a well tool in a bore of the first wellbore tubular, the well tool having at least one shaped charge and at least one propellant body. The method further includes detonating the shaped charge to generate a jet that forms an opening in a first wellbore tubular and a tunnel at least partially in a cement body, but does not form an opening in a second wellbore tubular. The method also includes igniting the propellant body to generate a gas at a volume and pressure selected to disintegrate the cement body.

[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]

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

Flexible turbine for power generation in straight pipe
Patent No. 12326134 

Inventor(s): Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18531311 on 12/06/2023 (552 days app to issue)

Abstract: A downhole power generation system may include a downhole tubular having a generator recess. The generator recess is radially offset from a central bore of the downhole tubular, and the generator recess is connected to the central bore via an opening. The system may further include a generator disposed at least partially within the generator recess. Additionally, the system may include at least one turbine blade configured to drive rotation of the rotor in response to fluid flow through the central bore with the at least one turbine blade in an extended position. The at least one turbine blade is disposed at least partially within the central bore in the extended position, and the at least one turbine blade is configured to move at least partially into the generator recess toward a retracted position in response to contact with a downhole tool moving along the central bore.

[F03B] MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS (machines or engines for liquids and elastic fluids F01; positive-displacement engines for liquids F03C; positive-displacement machines for liquids F04)

Downhole tool with crack compliant seal and mechanical strengthening feature at a joint thereof
Patent No. 12326203 

Inventor(s): Alireza Yazdanshenas (Carrollton, TX), Dara Saphira (Carrollton, TX), David Joe Steele (Carrollton, TX), Stacey Blaine Donovan (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18348205 on 07/06/2023 (705 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a downhole tool, a well system and a method. The downhole tool, in one aspect, includes a first member, the first member having a first member hardness value (HV[subscript]1[/subscript]), and a second member, the second member having a second member hardness value (HV[subscript]2[/subscript]), the first and second members positioned proximate one another forming an overlapping space therebetween. The downhole tool according to this aspect, further includes a mechanical strengthening feature located between the first member and the second member, the mechanical strengthening feature configured to increase an engineering rating of the overlapping space, and a crack compliant seal positioned at the overlapping space, the crack compliant seal having a compliant seal hardness value (HV[subscript]cs[/subscript]) less than or equal to one or more of the (HV[subscript]1[/subscript]) or the (HV[subscript]2[/subscript]).

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

Cable hanger with tying section and stabilizing members
Patent No. 12326207 

Inventor(s): Aviral Joshi (Chicago, IL), Christopher Stockman (Bella Vista, AR), Ronald A. Vaccaro (Taylorsville, NC)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18414777 on 01/17/2024 (510 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cable hanger includes: a generally flat base with at least one opening; first and second arms extending in a first direction from opposite edges of the base; first and second locking members extending in the first direction from, respectively, ends of the first and second arms, each of the locking members comprising a respective hook; first and second gripping members, each of the first and second gripping members extending from the base or one of the arms and forming a pocket configured to receive and grasp a cable; and first and second stabilizing features, each mounted to and extending from a respective one of the first and second locking members. The first and second locking members are forced toward each other to mount the cable hanger in a mounting location vis the hooks, such movement causing the first and second gripping members to grasp a cable in the pocket. The first and second stabilizing features are configured so that engagement of the first and second stabilizing members inhibits relative movement of the first and second locking members.

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

P H Y S I C S

Server apparatus, information processing system, medium, and method of operating information processing system
Patent No. 12326338 

Inventor(s): Scott R. Meyer (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Toyota, , JP)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17399293 on 08/11/2021 (1399 days app to issue)

Abstract: A server apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to transmit/receive information to/from another apparatus via the communication interface. When a first boarding location is specified by a terminal apparatus, the controller notifies, to the terminal apparatus, a second boarding location which is within a predetermined distance range from the first boarding location, and reachable by a dispatchable vehicle earlier than the first boarding location.

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

Identifying glitches and levels in mixed-signal waveforms
Patent No. 12326466 

Inventor(s): Aritra Hazra (Kharagpur, , IN), Lakshmanan Balasubramanian (Bangalore, , IN), Pallab Dasgupta (Kharagpur, , IN), Sayandeep Sanyal (Kharagpur, , IN), Scott Morrison (Dallas, TX), Sudhakar Surendran (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (Kharagpur, , IN), TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18071917 on 11/30/2022 (923 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a glitch detection and level detection method that use information contained in the signal itself to determine at which resolution or granularity the glitch detection and level detection operates. In particular, the glitch detection method comprises defining a glitch in terms of a change in the area under the waveform which can serve to disambiguate glitches from noises and other transient side effects of level transmissions. Likewise, the level detection method uses an entropy-based metric to identify levels that are significant in context of the entire signal and not in absolute terms.

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

Techniques for singulating photonics die with optical quality edge
Patent No. 12326593 

Inventor(s): Brett E. Huff (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Aeva, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18424201 on 01/26/2024 (501 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of singulating a die of a wafer includes etching a trench on a first surface of a wafer comprising a die and performing a cut on a second surface of the wafer, wherein the cut overlaps with the trench on the first surface of the wafer to separate the die from the wafer.

[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]

UV and high energy visible absorbing ophthalmic lenses
Patent No. 12326619 

Inventor(s): David Kissel (Ramsey, MN), David Olund (Ramsey, MN), Richard Blacker (Ramsey, MN), Steven Harold Nahm (Ramsey, MN)
Assignee(s): HOYA OPTICAL LABS OF AMERICA, INC. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Inskeep IP Group, Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18438288 on 02/09/2024 (487 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ophthalmic lens operable to protect the eye from harmful ultraviolet and high energy visible wavelengths of light and methods for producing the same.

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

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and method for operating the UAV
Patent No. 12326736 

Inventor(s): Chithrai Selvakumar Mani (Richardson, TX), Gaurav Shukla (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DIGIT7 INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Washam IP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17818534 on 08/09/2022 (1036 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved UAV system and methods for operation in an inventory management system. The methods include generating a three dimensional (3D) map and estimating a position and orientation of the UAV based upon this map; autonomously navigating the UAV in the environment by using the generated 3d map in conjunction with the position and the orientation of the UAV; performing static and dynamic obstacle avoidance in the environment using collision avoidance; and finding the optimal path from a source node to a destination node within the environment.

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

Submersible networking enclosure
Patent No. 12326765 

Inventor(s): Erwin Wardojo (McKinney, TX), John Valdez (Copper Canyon, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18773778 on 07/16/2024 (329 days app to issue)

Abstract: An subterranean enclosure for retaining at least one networking component may include a shell forming a first chamber and a second chamber, a dielectric fluid adapted to be disposed in the first chamber, a mounting mechanism at least partially disposed within the first chamber, a coolant distribution line at least partially disposed within the first chamber, a coolant circulator at least partially disposed within the shell, and a heat exchanger operably coupled with the shell. The shell includes a plurality of sidewalls and is disposed in a subterranean environment. The heat exchanger is adapted to dissipate thermal energy from the dielectric fluid exiting the coolant circulator prior to the dielectric fluid entering the coolant distribution line, and extends outwardly from the shell.

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

Computing systems and methods for creating and executing user-defined anomaly detection rules and generating notifications for detected anomalies
Patent No. 12326776 

Inventor(s): Dhineshkumar Pachamuthu (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Discover Financial Services (Riverwoods, IL)
Law Firm: LEE SULLIVAN SHEA SMITH LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18426181 on 01/29/2024 (498 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing platform may be installed with software technology for creating and executing user-defined anomaly detection rules that configures the computing platform to: (1) receive, from a client device, data defining a given anomaly detection rule that has been created by a user, wherein the given anomaly detection rule comprises at least one anomaly condition that is to be applied to at least one streaming event queue, (2) store a data representation of the given anomaly detection rule in a data store, (3) convert the data representation of the given anomaly detection rule to a streaming query statement, (4) iteratively apply the streaming query statement to the at least one streaming event queue, and (5) while iteratively applying the streaming query statement, make at least one determination that the at least one anomaly condition is satisfied and then cause at least one anomaly notification to be issued to the user.

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

Semiconductor device with modified access and associated methods and systems
Patent No. 12326781 

Inventor(s): Scott E. Smith (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18313670 on 05/08/2023 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: Memory devices, systems including memory devices, and methods of operating memory devices are described, in which a host device may access a group of memory cells (e.g., portion of an array configurable to store ECC parity bits) otherwise reserved for ECC functionality of a memory device. The memory device may include a register to indicate whether its ECC functionality is enabled or disabled. When the register indicates the ECC functionality is disabled, the memory device may increase a storage capacity available to the host device by making the group of memory cells available for user-accessible data. Additionally or alternatively, the memory device may store metadata associated with various operational aspects of the memory device in the group of memory cells. Moreover, the memory device may modify a burst length to accommodate additional information to be stored in or read from the group of memory cells.

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

Methods and apparatus to collect media metrics on computing devices
Patent No. 12326797 

Inventor(s): Sanjeev Kumar Viswambharan (Frisco, TX), Travis Berthelot (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): The Nielsen Company (US), LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18406259 on 01/08/2024 (519 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed that collect media metrics on computing devices. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to determine a permission level of a meter and, in response to the determination, request a permission to access media data of an application programming interface (API), in response to determining a media session notification is available as indicated by the API, package media session data associated with the media session notification, the media session data extracted from metadata of the media session notification, obtain foreground information; and generate a package of metrics, the package of metrics including the packaged media session data and the foreground information.

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

Development test automation framework
Patent No. 12326802 

Inventor(s): Nadeem Panjwani (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18433574 on 02/06/2024 (490 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to automatically detecting, analyzing, and correcting errors in an application. The computing platform may identify errors in an application, and subsequently correct the errors based on corresponding actions that have been determined to correct the errors. The computing platform may determine a confidence score that corresponds to a particular action, representing the level of confidence that the particular action will successfully correct the corresponding error. The computing platform may set a predetermined threshold range that is compared to the confidence score, in which a confidence score greater than the threshold range will cause the computing platform to automatically correct the error. The computing platform may input results and feedback into a machine learning model to further refine the accuracy and reliability of the computing platform over time.

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

Pre-fetch engine with data expiration functionality for mesh data network
Patent No. 12326836 

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18115827 on 03/01/2023 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: Arrangements for controlling data retrieval are provided. In some aspects, a data request may be received by a computing platform. A pre-fetch engine may be executed to analyze the data request and generate, using a machine learning model, a pre-fetch template identifying data sets responsive to the request. The pre-fetch template may be transmitted to one or more data repositories and response data sets including data use parameters may be received. The received plurality of data sets may be analyzed to determine whether a triggering action has occurred. If a triggering action has occurred, one or more data modification functions may be performed. For instance, data may be deleted, prevented from further processing, or the like, in response to detection of a triggering action.

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

Artificial intelligence impersonation detector
Patent No. 12326923 

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18224187 on 07/20/2023 (691 days app to issue)

Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) impersonation detection using an AI model is provided. Methods may train an AI model. The training may provide the AI model with a first dataset including a communication between two or more human users, a second and third dataset including an impersonation of the communication by a public AI model and a private AI model respectively. Methods may identify a first identifier set in the first dataset, a second identifier set in the second dataset and a third identifier set in the third dataset. Methods may create a parameter range for the first, second and third identifier set. The methods may include monitoring a production communication using the AI model. The AI model may compare the production communication with the parameter ranges. Methods may identify a smallest comparison value. Methods may, based on the identified smallest comparison value, identify the origin of the production communication.

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

Method and system for microvisor hiding
Patent No. 12326930 

Inventor(s): David Craig Lawson (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams Aughtry (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18459637 on 09/01/2023 (648 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for managing a microvisor includes: issuing an API call to a microvisor agent to obtain a configuration template (CT) required to provision an LCS on an IHS; upon obtaining the CT, sending the CT to a microvisor kernel via the microvisor API; provisioning the LCS based on the CT; upon provisioning of the LCS and based on the microvisor kernel”s request, initiating a guest BIOS of the LCS; notifying, via a GUI, an administrator about the provisioned LCS; after notifying the administrator: monitoring communication traffic of the LCS; analyzing the communication traffic to generate an analysis output; making, based on the analysis output, a determination that the activity is a malicious activity; and implementing, based on the determination, a security policy to disrupt a malicious user of the LCS.

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

Systems and methods for providing multi-tenant access to applications
Patent No. 12326945 

Inventor(s): Ian Price (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Change Healthcare Holdings, LLC (Nashville, TN)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17545323 on 12/08/2021 (1280 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-tenant sidecar application is created that allows entities to create contexts for each tenant, onboard users, assign users to contexts, and define roles and permissions for each user assigned to a context. When an application is onboarded into the sidecar application for an entity, an API is exposed to the application that allows it to receive details on the various users, contexts, and roles and permissions associated with the application. Only users who authenticate through an identity provider or an identity service provider may be allowed access to the API. Later, a user associated with the entity may use the sidecar application to log into an onboarded application and the application may retrieve the roles and contexts associated with the user for the entity using the API. The application may then be configured for the user according to the retrieved context and roles.

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

User interfaces for contextual modeling for electronic loan applications
Patent No. 12327002 

Inventor(s): Nathan Longfellow (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18543081 on 12/18/2023 (540 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for managing an electronic loan application can include: a loan information pane listing financial information associated with a loan transaction, the financial information including details of the loan transaction and an indicator of a status of an attribute of the loan transaction; an action pane listing upcoming actions associated with the loan transaction; and an assets pane listing assets associated with the loan transaction, the assets pane including: a list with each of the assets, including identification of each of the assets; and a statement pane for a selected asset of the assets, the statement pane listing items associated with a statement for the selected asset, with each of the items including a status indicator and a highlighted excerpt from the statement.

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

Graphical user interface control device for radiation therapy treatment planning
Patent No. 12327013 

Inventor(s): Michael Folkerts (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS INTERNATIONAL AG (Steinhausen, , CH)
Law Firm: Harness, Dickey Pierce, P.L.C. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17709176 on 03/30/2022 (1168 days app to issue)

Abstract: A graphical user interface is configured for display on a computer display. The graphical user interface includes a dose rate slider configured to enable a user to select a range of radiation dose rates of a radiotherapy plan, and a display image configured to present an image. The dose rate slider may be selectable among less than a value of the dose rate slider, and more than a value of the dose rate slider.

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

Cross channel digital data archiving and utilization system
Patent No. 12327081 

Inventor(s): Mansoor Zafar (Frisco, TX), Saurabh Khanna (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17880903 on 08/04/2022 (1041 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for convenient, secure digital data archiving and utilization across multiple communication channels. The method includes extracting one or more data input fields from a form and generating one or more user prompts to be presented to a user in order to complete at least one of the one or more entries of the one or more data input fields. The method further includes causing the transmission of at least one of the one or more user prompts to the user and receiving a prompt response from the user. The method further includes displaying to the user a completed generated form in an appropriate channel format, and provides a process for secure e-signature and cross-stream utilization of user input.

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

Method of natural language processing by performing semantic analysis using syntactic information, and an apparatus for the same
Patent No. 12327086 

Inventor(s): Dat Quoc Ngo (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: Sughrue Mion, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17735700 on 05/03/2022 (1134 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for performing one or more natural language understanding semantic tasks augmented with syntactic information includes parsing a written or spoken utterance comprising a plurality of tokens into a full syntactic tree for the utterance; encoding each token in the utterance using a word encoder based on deep-learning network; encoding using a graph-based neural network, for each token, a syntactic subtree in which the token is a head; fusing each encoded token with the encoded syntactic subtree corresponding to that encoded token; and providing the fused encodings to a semantic neural network for performing one or more semantic tasks.

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

Transport sensor data update
Patent No. 12327103 

Inventor(s): Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17898310 on 08/29/2022 (1016 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of detecting, by a transport, a difference between sensor data associated with a location outside the transport and data stored on the transport and updating, by the transport, the data stored on the transport with the difference.

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

Method and system for managing resource buffers in a distributed multi-tiered computing environment
Patent No. 12327144 

Inventor(s): William Jeffery White (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams Aughtry (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17722121 on 04/15/2022 (1152 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to a method for managing a distributed multi-tiered computing (DMC) environment. The method includes obtaining, by an endpoint controller associated with a device, an initial resource buffer from a local controller; in response to obtaining the initial resource buffer: maintaining the initial resource buffer during task provision for the device; obtaining device metrics based on performance of tasks on the device; making a determination that a resource buffer change event is identified; and in response to the determination: updating the initial resource buffer based on the resource buffer change event.

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

Method, information processing apparatus, and vehicle
Patent No. 12327212 

Inventor(s): Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Toyota, , JP)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17518872 on 11/04/2021 (1314 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method executed by an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with a vehicle that transports one or more packages stored in a storage space includes acquiring a transportation condition for a package to be stored in the storage space and controlling an environment of the storage space during transportation of the package, or limiting acceleration magnitude of the vehicle during transportation of the package, based on the acquired transportation condition.

[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]

Supply chain management system and method
Patent No. 12327220 

Inventor(s): Heath Shoup (Murrieta, CA)
Assignee(s): West Pak Avocado, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves Savitch LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18384491 on 10/27/2023 (592 days app to issue)

Abstract: A supply chain management system is provided that includes a label having a first side with an adhesive and a second side with a plurality of information units printed thereon. The plurality of information units are printed in visible ink or invisible ink and the invisible ink is activated by environmental conditions such as temperature or light spectrum. The label is affixed to an object being processed and the visible appearance of one or more information elements originally printed in invisible ink is used for further processing or the object.

[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]

System for displaying selected clothes on a dummy human body
Patent No. 12327279 

Inventor(s): Kimaya Rafiq Meherali (Dallas, TX), Mirza Faizan (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17993091 on 11/23/2022 (930 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for provide experience to real time feel of trail of actual clothes to a user is disclosed. The system is utilized in online as well as physical stores. The system utilizes a camera communicatively coupled with a body scanner. The system is further communicatively coupled with a mobile device for providing details of the user. The mobile device may transmit a trigger to a body scanner after receiving an input from the user. The input indicates selection of a cloth from a plurality of clothes available in the store. After receiving the trigger from the mobile device, the body scanner may initiate the camera and determine details of the user. The mobile device may overlap the selected cloth on to a dummy user created using the details of the user.

[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]

Systems and methods for using location-related data to generate virtual certification number data for an interaction
Patent No. 12327374 

Inventor(s): Joshua Edwards (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18058448 on 11/23/2022 (930 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for generating virtual certification number data may comprise: receiving real-time image data from a camera of a user device; parsing location features data from the real-time image data; determining, based on the location features data, a location of the user device; upon determining the location of the user device, detecting, based on the real-time image data, a terminal at the location; upon detecting the terminal at the location, generating virtual certification number data for the user specific to the location; causing the user device to store the virtual certification number data for the user on a memory device associated with the user device; and transmitting the virtual certification number data to the terminal at the location.

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

Using automatically uncovered failure cases to improve the performance of neural networks
Patent No. 12327421 

Inventor(s): Ethan Josean Perez (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): DeepMind Technologies Limited (London, , GB)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18160860 on 01/27/2023 (865 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for adjusting a target neural network using automatically generated test cases before deployment of the target neural network in a deployment environment. One of the methods may include generating a plurality of test inputs by using a test case generation neural network; processing the plurality of test inputs using a target neural network to generate one or more test outputs for each test input; and identifying, from the one or more test outputs generated by the target neural network for each test input, failing test inputs that result in generation of test outputs by the target neural network that fail one or more criteria.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Customized electrical vehicle range estimation system based on location and driver
Patent No. 12327436 

Inventor(s): Emrah Akin Sisbot (Mountain View, CA), Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Yongkang Liu (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: 18162873 on 02/01/2023 (860 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for estimating the energy range of an electric vehicle, including updating an energy consumption estimation model based on the location of a vehicle or based on the current time. One embodiment comprises obtaining a route of a vehicle and deploying an energy consumption estimation model to provide an energy consumption estimate along the route from a first location to a destination. In response to determining that the vehicle enters a subsequent location, the energy consumption estimation model is updated with a location model received from an edge/cloud server, to estimate an energy range along the route through the subsequent location.

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

System to enhance security of access and electronic key and combination distribution
Patent No. 12327451 

Inventor(s): Adam Cobb (Dallas, TX), Eric Hilaire (Tulsa, OK)
Assignee(s): VAULTRIGHT, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Hemingway Hansen, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18231109 on 08/07/2023 (673 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is a system that enhances security at an institution by supporting increased security associated with the access and distribution of physical and electronic keys and combinations. The present invention is an advanced security control system that uses unique user credentials, QR code matching, and indisputable day/date stamps to validate events, and logs all event details in a verified format. The system provides enhanced security for access to secure areas with verified logging of event details. The system also provide for secure tracking of keys, combination inventory and issuance, along with verified tracking, issuing, and storage of electronic keys, codes, and combinations.

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

Universal retrofit of controlled locking access in a locker solution method and system
Patent No. 12327452 

Inventor(s): Rajat Agarwal (Irving, TX), Travis Hollman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): HOLLMAN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Hemingway Hansen, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18244877 on 09/11/2023 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is a system of retrofitting existing locker compartments with newer technology electronic locking devices that can provide controlled secure access to the compartments. The disclosed wireway lock mount supports the locking device and secures the lock wiring inside of the existing compartments. The locking devices are wired into the controlled secure access system for providing access to the compartments.

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

Game live auction system and method of operation
Patent No. 12327461 

Inventor(s): Charles B. Humphreyson (Dallas, TX), Emmitt J. Smith, III (Dallas, TX), Haroon I. Alvi (Dallas, TX), Richard L. Lackey (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): PROVA GROUP, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18106529 on 02/07/2023 (854 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for conducting a raffle comprising reading an item identifier from an identification tag affixed to an item at an equipment management system, prior to an event related to the item. The raffle notification data is then transmitted to users after the event has occurred. A plurality of raffle ticket purchase requests are then received from the plurality of devices and are processed. The raffle tickets are then delivered to the plurality of devices, such as in electronic form. One of the raffle tickets is then selected, and winning notification data is transmitted to the associated device. The winner can authenticate the winning item by reading the identification tag affixed to the item after the event at the equipment management system.

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

Systems and methods for artificial intelligence (ai) virtual reality (vr) emotive conversation training
Patent No. 12327485 

Inventor(s): Andrea Vazquez (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Travelers Indemnity Company (Hartford, CT)
Law Firm: RowanTree Law Group, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18680850 on 05/31/2024 (375 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Virtual Reality (VR) emotive conversation training.

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

Ultra-low power, high speed poly fuse eprom
Patent No. 12327598 

Inventor(s): Devraj Rajagopal (Bangalore, , IN), Likhita Chandrashekara (Bangalore, , IN), Rajat Chauhan (Bangalore, , IN), Yash Didhe (Dombivli, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18114449 on 02/27/2023 (834 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example includes an integrated circuit with a sense amplifier that includes a first inverter having a first positive power terminal, a first input and a first output; and a second inverter having a second positive power terminal, a second input connected to the first output and a second output connected to the first input. The integrated circuit also includes a reference resistor connected between a positive voltage rail and the second positive power terminal. A fuse is connected between the positive voltage rail and the first positive power terminal.

[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)

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating summary data objects
Patent No. 12327619 

Inventor(s): Elizabeth Kaye (Suwanee, GA), Keith Crozier (North Kingstown, RI)
Assignee(s): McKesson Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: ALSTON BIRD LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17718684 on 04/12/2022 (1155 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for generating summary data objects, comprised of data from a plurality of source systems. The summary data objects may be provided via an application programming interface (API), that enables a requesting computer to further process, analyze, and/or display certain data. A service provider computer may utilize vaccination data obtained from healthcare claims transmitted by various source systems for the purpose of claim routing, processing, and adjudication, and leverage the data to provide the summary data objects to different requesting computers operating as vaccination verification systems. Various entities may engage the requesting computer to improve the process of verifying electronic vaccination records.

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

Triggering exothermic reactions under high hydrogen loading rates
Patent No. 12327644 

Inventor(s): Julie Anne Gordon (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): IHJ Holdings Ltd. (St. Helier, , JE)
Law Firm: NK Patent Law (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18320275 on 05/19/2023 (753 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for triggering an exothermic reaction under a high hydrogen loading rate. It is generally understood that a high hydrogen loading ratio is an important factor. The present application teaches that a high hydrogen loading rate, that is, achieving a high hydrogen loading ratio in a short period of time, is another important factor in determining whether excess heat can be observed in an exothermic reaction. The present application discloses methods and apparatus for achieving a high hydrogen loading rate in order to trigger an exothermic reaction.

[G21B] FUSION REACTORS (uncontrolled fusion, applications thereof G21J)

Allocating resources based on group performance metrics computed using machine learning models
Patent No. 12328359 

Inventor(s): Deepali Tuteja (Irving, TX), Girish Wali (Irving, TX), Prasanth Babu Madakasira Ramakrishna (Irving, TX), Vaibhav Nagpal (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Citigroup Inc. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19047445 on 02/06/2025 (124 days app to issue)

Abstract: A plurality of entities is categorized into a plurality of segments based, at least in part, on data on the plurality of entities. A plurality of groups is generated based, at least in part, on similarities between segments of the plurality of segments. A machine learning model is trained to compute group performance metrics for the plurality of groups by at least initializing a weight to an individual segment of the plurality of segments and modifying the weight. A first resource is allocated to a first group of the plurality of groups based, at least in part, on a first group performance metric from the trained machine learning model. An indication of the first resource allocated to the first group is caused to be presented via an interface.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Process for making laminate substrate with sintered components
Patent No. 12327679 

Inventor(s): Tarak A. Railkar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18235607 on 08/18/2023 (662 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process to integrate sintered components in a laminate substrate. The disclosed process starts with providing a precursor substrate, which includes a substrate body having an opening through the substrate body, and a first foil layer. Herein, the first foil layer is formed underneath the substrate body, so as to fully cover a bottom of the opening. Next, a sinterable base material is applied into the opening and over the first foil layer, and then sintered at a first sintering temperature to create a sintered base component. A sinterable contact material is applied over the sintered base component, and then sintered at a second sintering temperature to create a sintered contact film. The sintered base component is confined within the opening by the substrate body on sides, by the first foil layer on bottom, and by the sintered contact film on top.

[H01F] MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES [2]

Multilayer package substrate with improved current density distribution
Patent No. 12327736 

Inventor(s): Phuong Minh Vu (Atlanta, GA), Rajen Murugan (Dallas, TX), Sylvester Ankamah-Kusi (Dallas, TX), Yiqi Tang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17733998 on 04/30/2022 (1137 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described examples include a method having steps of laying out at least two conductors and modeling conductor current through the at least two conductors to determine a current density in the at least two conductors. The method also has steps of revising the at least two conductors as adjusted conductors to add conductive material to areas of the conductor where the modeling conductor current shows above average current density; fabricating the adjusted conductors; and mounting a die to the adjusted conductors.

[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]

Rugged LDMOS with field plate
Patent No. 12327829 

Inventor(s): Alexei Sadovnikov (Sunnyvale, CA), Clint Alan Naquin (Plano, TX), Henry Litzmann Edwards (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17710773 on 03/31/2022 (1167 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device including a substrate having a semiconductor material containing a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor, including a body region of a first conductivity type and a drift region of an opposite conductivity type. A gate dielectric layer over a channel region of the body, the gate dielectric extending over a junction between a body region and the drift region with a gate electrode on the gate dielectric and a drain contact in the drain drift region, having the second conductivity type. A field relief dielectric layer on the drain drift region extending from the drain region to the gate dielectric, having a thickness greater than the gate dielectric layer. A silicide-blocking layer extends from the drain region toward the gate, providing an unsilicided portion of the drift region at the substrate top surface between the drain region and the gate.

[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]

Sub-reflector assemblies and related antenna assemblies
Patent No. 12327920 

Inventor(s): Benjamin Cousino (St Andrews, , GB), Craig Mitchelson (Cumbernauld, , GB), David John Walker (Glasgow, , GB), Griogair Whyte (Larbert, , GB), Hongliang Guo (Edinburgh, , GB), Matthew Lewry (Limekilns, , GB)
Assignee(s): OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18296179 on 04/05/2023 (797 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a sub-reflector assembly for a point-to-point antenna. The sub-reflector assembly includes a main body configured to hold an antenna, a sub-reflector supported by a plurality of support members extending axially outwardly from the main body, and an adjustment mechanism coupled to the sub-reflector and at least two of the support members, the adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the position of the sub-reflector relative to the main body to steer an antenna beam from the antenna. Related antenna assemblies are also described herein.

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

Methods and apparatus to improve performance of amplifiers
Patent No. 12328102 

Inventor(s): Jerry Doorenbos (Tucson, AZ), Srinivas Pulijala (Tucson, AZ), Vadim Ivanov (Tucson, AZ), Vivek Varier (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17732385 on 04/28/2022 (1139 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: An amplifier comprising folded cascode circuitry having an input and an output, an input pair coupled to the input, clamp circuitry including: a first transistor having a first drain, a first source, and a first gate, the first source coupled to the output, a second transistor having a second drain, a second source, and a second gate, the second drain coupled to the first drain and the second gate coupled to the first drain and second drain, a third transistor having a third drain, a third source, and a third gate, the third source coupled to the output, and a fourth transistor having a fourth drain, a fourth source, and a fourth gate, the fourth drain coupled to the third drain and the fourth gate coupled to the third drain and the fourth drain.

[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)

Neuronan electronic circuit to control direction of electrical data signals
Patent No. 12328114 

Inventor(s): Swaresh Borse (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18531621 on 12/06/2023 (552 days app to issue)

Abstract: Present invention is an electronic circuit used to control flow of electrical data signal which can be analog or digital, AC or DC. It is built by amalgamating buffer, adder, potential divider, logic inverter, and silicon-controlled rectifier circuits. Electrical paths can be dynamically formed and broken as per system requirement. It offers hardwiring or soft wiring flexibility to make, and break the electrical paths, which are also referred to as channels in this document. The invention can be applied in electrical systems where the electrical data signal”s flow needs to be switched from one circuit to another or needs its direction to be reversed. It can also be implemented in electrical circuits that require signal splitting. It can also be embedded into an integrated circuit to provide much smaller footprint.

[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]

Passive optical network adaptor with wireless interface
Patent No. 12328141 

Inventor(s): John Valdez (Copper Canyon, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18889185 on 09/18/2024 (265 days app to issue)

Abstract: The techniques described within this disclosure are directed to an in-line adaptor or coupling device of a PON that detects incoming optical signals (e.g., of different services) being delivered over the PON on different bands of wavelengths supported by an incoming optical fiber of the PON, converts (if necessary) any optical signals to suitable wavelength signals, and transmits the converted optical signals to a last mile termination unit via suitable output interfaces. At least a portion of the incoming optical signals are not converted by the in-line adaptor, and instead are passed-through the in-line adaptor to the last mile termination unit via an optical output interface. The in-line adaptor further includes one or more wireless interfaces via which information pertaining to the received optical signals and/or other information related to the in-line adaptor is transmitted to one or more recipient devices.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Passive optical network adaptor with wireless interface
Patent No. 12328142 

Inventor(s): John Valdez (Copper Canyon, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18889230 on 09/18/2024 (265 days app to issue)

Abstract: The techniques described within this disclosure are directed to an in-line adaptor or coupling device of a PON that detects incoming optical signals (e.g., of different services) being delivered over the PON on different bands of wavelengths supported by an incoming optical fiber of the PON, converts (if necessary) any optical signals to suitable wavelength signals, and transmits the converted optical signals to a last mile termination unit via suitable output interfaces. At least a portion of the incoming optical signals are not converted by the in-line adaptor, and instead are passed-through the in-line adaptor to the last mile termination unit via an optical output interface. The in-line adaptor further includes one or more wireless interfaces via which information pertaining to the received optical signals and/or other information related to the in-line adaptor is transmitted to one or more recipient devices.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for indication of inter-cell beam management
Patent No. 12328271 

Inventor(s): Dalin Zhu (Richardson, TX), Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17650062 on 02/04/2022 (1222 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for indication for inter-cell beam management in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information for a list of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states, receiving TCI state code points activated by a medium access control-control element (MAC CE), and receiving DL control information (DCI) indicating at least one of the activated TCI state code points. The method further includes determining a TCI state to apply to at least one of downlink (DL) channels and uplink (UL) channels within at least one entity; updating one or more spatial filters for at least one of the DL channels and the UL channels based on the determined TCI state; and receiving and transmitting the DL channels and the UL channels of the at least one entity, respectively, based on the updated one or more spatial filters.

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

Filtering data logs from disparate data sources
Patent No. 12328298 

Inventor(s): Daniel James Smith (Ottawa, , CA)
Assignee(s): Cysiv, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18397161 on 12/27/2023 (531 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system obtains data logs from a set of applications that each output data of different data types and in different formats. Data is obtained from the applications as an input message stream and processed into an output message stream with messages in a standardized format for processing by an engine. The data source is detected from analysis of the data and a corresponding filter is applied to generate the output message stream. An alert is provided to an administrative interface when a pattern indicative of malicious activity is detected in the output data steam.

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

Pattern based security assertion markup language (SAML) access
Patent No. 12328309 

Inventor(s): Imtiaz Sayed (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17849500 on 06/24/2022 (1082 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for configuring Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) access network-based services. An identity provider can authenticate the customer and provide SAML authentication information to a SAML configuration service. Based on the customer”s authentication information, the SAML configuration service can discover SAML-enabled services and analyze the customer”s usage pattern of each discovered service. The SAML configuration service may prioritize the discovered services based on the analysis and transmit a list of the discovered services to the customer based on a sequence of the prioritization. The SAML configuration service also can configure SAML configuration associated with each SAML-enabled service by identifying one or more parameters and applying parsing rules.

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

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for verifying authentication credentials in an electronic network
Patent No. 12328313 

Inventor(s): Daniel Joseph Serna (The Colony, TX), Jessica Hope Thompson (Grapevine, TX), Joseph Henry Pindell, Jr. (Euless, TX), Mrunal Mody (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17944716 on 09/14/2022 (1000 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for verifying authentication credentials in an electronic network. The present invention is configured to receive a first IP address associated with a first access attempt; determine a first geolocation data based on the first IP address; receive a second IP address associated with a second access attempt; determine a second geolocation data based on the second IP address; determine a geolocation variance between the first and the second geolocation data; determine, based on the geolocation variance, an indication of potential movement between the access attempts; apply, based on the indication of potential movement, a verification machine learning model to the account identifier; generate, by the verification machine learning model, a privacy score; and generate, based on the privacy score, an alert user interface component to configure a GUI of a device associated with the user of the account.

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

Modifying signal associations in complex computing networks
Patent No. 12328346 

Inventor(s): Jeffrey W. Mankoff (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Burdick Patents, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18624933 on 04/02/2024 (434 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described are methods and systems for registering consumers with merchant loyalty or other merchant programs by using a credit card or other form of payment to register the consumer, and thereafter automatically recognizing the consumer as a member in the program based on subsequent purchases made using the form of payment. This disclosure is also directed to an apparatus and related methods for modifying a temporal signal association in a complex computing network such that a future computing operation is executed based on the modified signal association.

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

Synthetic moderator
Patent No. 12328347 

Inventor(s): Angel Munoz (Dallas, TX), Teodor Atroshenko (Sao Marcos, , PT)
Assignee(s): Mass Luminosity, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Lathrop GPM LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17402228 on 08/13/2021 (1397 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method implements a synthetic moderator. Utterance text is obtained from a conference call that includes a call context. An intent is identified, from the utterance text, for a command. Contextual data is identifying, from the call context, for the command. The command is executed using the contextual data. A result of executing the command is presented.

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

Methods and apparatus to synchronize signals in energy efficient ethernet protocols
Patent No. 12328379 

Inventor(s): Raghu Ganesan (Bangalore, , IN), Saravanakkumar Radhakrishnan (Aruppukottai, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17729654 on 04/26/2022 (1141 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems to synchronize Ethernet signals are disclosed. An example apparatus includes slicer circuitry having an input coupled to interface circuitry and having an output, the slicer circuitry configured to receive an analog signal corresponding to a first Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) clock in a plurality of ADC clocks and operable to determine symbols based on the analog signal; logic circuitry to determine whether there is a symbol transition in the symbols; timing error detector circuitry to update an error value in response to the determination that there is a symbol transition; timing loop circuitry to determine a frequency of voltage oscillations based on at least the error value; and phase interpolator circuitry to change a plurality of phase parameters corresponding to the plurality of ADC clocks at a rate given by the frequency of voltage oscillations.

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

Block artifact suppression in video coding
Patent No. 12328437 

Inventor(s): Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen, TX), Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17890553 on 08/18/2022 (1027 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for encoding a video sequence in a video encoder is provided that includes adapting a quantization parameter of a block of pixels in a picture of the video sequence based on a transform block size of the block of pixels to determine a final quantization parameter, and quantizing transform coefficients of the block of pixels using the final quantization parameter.

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

Thermostat, system and method for providing awareness in a hospitality environment
Patent No. 12328454 

Inventor(s): Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18516331 on 11/21/2023 (567 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for providing awareness in a hospitality environment are presented. In one embodiment, a vertical and horizontal array of thermostats is provided and each thermostat includes an identification corresponding to a room in which the thermostat is placed. Each thermostat includes a wireless transceiver that periodically transmits an identification beacon signal that is received by a proximate wireless-enabled programmable interactive device. The proximate wireless-enabled programmable interactive device, in turn, broadcasts data packets including an indication of the strength of thermostat identification signals received. The broadcasts are received by a server via an array of wireless routers. A location of the proximate wireless-enabled programmable interactive device is determined based on the signal strength information in the data packets.

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

Remote status indicators for pluggable device
Patent No. 12328538 

Inventor(s): Phillip S Myers (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18127034 on 03/28/2023 (805 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example method includes storing status data for a network communication device connected to a host device by a pluggable connector in a memory of the network communication device. A change in the status data is signaled using a signal on the pluggable connector. The status data is sent from the memory of the network communication device to the host device over the pluggable connector. The status data is displayed on a local indicator of the host device.

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

Fiber distribution terminal with in-line diagnostic tool in passive optical networks
Patent No. 12328540 

Inventor(s): John Valdez (Copper Canyon, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18966099 on 12/02/2024 (190 days app to issue)

Abstract: The techniques described herein are directed to an in-line diagnostic tool of a PON that optically couples a first component of the PON and a second component of the PON. The tool detects incoming optical signals (e.g., of different services) received from the first PON component and passes the optical signals through the tool to the second PON component. The in-line diagnostic tool is configured to detect one or more conditions of the incoming optical signals, the PON, and/or sub-components of the tool, perform one or more diagnostic and/or analytics routines, and generate and transmit a diagnostic signal including information indicative of the detected conditions and/or the results of the diagnostic and/or analytics routines to be transmitted via one or more output interfaces of the in-line diagnostic tool to recipient devices and/or applications.

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

Salted key refreshment in wireless battery management systems
Patent No. 12328573 

Inventor(s): Alexis Justine Burnight (Dallas, TX), Archanaa Santhana Krishnan (Blacksburg, VA), Ariton E. Xhafa (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17461887 on 08/30/2021 (1380 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for key refreshment in a wireless network system using a salt. The method includes receiving, from each of a plurality of secondary nodes communicably coupled to a primary node, a current session number. The current session numbers are compared to a session number at the primary node to identify a mismatch, and a salt is generated responsive to identifying the mismatch. The method further includes sending the salt to each of the plurality of secondary nodes having a current session number matching the session number at the primary node.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for indexing of SS/PBCH block in unlicensed spectrum
Patent No. 12328596 

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18422927 on 01/25/2024 (502 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: receiving a synchronization signals and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block; determining whether a shared spectrum channel access is enabled; determining a first index of the SS/PBCH block as a candidate SS/PBCH block index (I[subscript]SSB1[/subscript]) based on a number of candidate SS/PBCH blocks in a half frame; and determining a second index of the SS/PBCH block as an SS/PBCH block index (I[subscript]SSB2[/subscript]) based on a quasi-co-location (QCL) parameter (Q) indicated by a PBCH in the SS/PBCH block, wherein the SS/PBCH block index (I[subscript]SSB2[/subscript]) is determined as: I[subscript]SSB2[/subscript]=I[subscript]SSB1 [/subscript]mod Q based on a determination that the shared spectrum channel access is enabled, where mod is a modular operation; or I[subscript]SSB2[/subscript]=I[subscript]SSB1 [/subscript]based on the determination that the shared spectrum channel access is not enabled.

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

Method and apparatus for physical cell identifier collision detection
Patent No. 12328603 

Inventor(s): Serdar Sahin (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Murphy, Bilak Homiller, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17635598 on 08/20/2019 (2121 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for PCI collision detection. A method in a first network node comprises: receiving cell information of a second cell generated by a second network node, wherein the cell information comprises PCI of the second cell and position information of the second network node; when it is judged that the second network node is within a zone around the first network node based on the position information, determining whether a PCI of a first cell generated by the first network node is same as the PCI of the second cell.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

User plane function (UPF) load balancing based on special considerations for low latency traffic
Patent No. 12328621 

Inventor(s): Ashish Bansal (Frisco, TX), Kazi Bashir (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): DISH Wireless L.L.C. (Englewood, CO)
Law Firm: Frontier IP Law PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18525300 on 11/30/2023 (558 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards embodiments are directed toward systems and methods for user plane function (UPF) and network slice load balancing within a 5G network. Example embodiments include systems and methods for load balancing based on current UPF load and thresholds that depend on UPF capacity; UPF load balancing using predicted throughput of new UE on the network based on network data analytics; UPF load balancing based on special considerations for low latency traffic; UPF load balancing supporting multiple slices, maintaining several load-thresholds for each UPF and each slice depending on the UPF and network slice capacity; and UPF load balancing using predicted central processing unit (CPU) utilization and/or predicted memory utilization of new UE on the network based on network data analytics.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Lower-layer triggered mobility for recovery from radio link failure
Patent No. 12328634 

Inventor(s): Kenneth McClure (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): AerKodo, LLC (Midlothian, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19006120 on 12/30/2024 (162 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprising receiving a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message, the first RRC reconfiguration message including: a conditional reconfiguration field that comprises a conditional reconfiguration, and a lower-layer triggered mobility (LTM) configuration field that comprises an LTM configuration, the conditional reconfiguration comprising an RRC reconfiguration field that includes a second RRC reconfiguration message, wherein the second RRC reconfiguration message comprises a master key update field and wherein the LTM configuration field is precluded from the second RRC reconfiguration message, the LTM configuration comprising an attempt LTM switch field and an RRC reconfiguration field that includes a third RRC reconfiguration message, wherein the conditional reconfiguration field, the LTM configuration field, and the master key update field are precluded from the third RRC reconfiguration message, detecting a radio link failure of a master cell group (MCG), determining a selected cell based on the radio link failure of the MCG, and performing an LTM cell switch to the selected cell based on the LTM configuration is disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Intelligent anchor point movement
Patent No. 12328665 

Inventor(s): Kazi Bashir (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): DISH Wireless L.L.C. (Littleton, CO)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17892835 on 08/22/2022 (1023 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various arrangements are presented for managing anchor point movement on a cellular network. A user equipment (UE) can be connected with the Internet via a first anchor point (e.g., user plane function) of the cellular network. A network data analytics function (NWDAF) within a core of the cellular network can analyze one or more characteristics of the piece of UE. Based on the analysis, a second anchor point is selected and the piece of UE is connected with the selected second anchor point such that the piece of UE accesses the Internet via the second anchor point.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Enhanced broadcast transmission in unslotted channel hopping medium access control
Patent No. 12328747 

Inventor(s): Kumaran Vijayasankar (Allen, TX), Ramanuja Vedantham (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18438588 on 02/12/2024 (484 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating a mesh network is disclosed. The method includes joining a network as a child of a parent node and receiving a downlink broadcast channel from the parent node. The method further includes setting the downlink broadcast channel as an uplink broadcast channel in response to the step of receiving.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Performing random access procedure in a wireless communication system
Patent No. 12328772 

Inventor(s): Kenneth McClure (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): AerKodo, LLC (Midlothian, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19006097 on 12/30/2024 (162 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprising initiating a random access (RA) procedure, by a reconfiguration with sync, for a bandwidth part (BWP), in circumstances where the reconfiguration with sync was not initiated for recovery using an lower-layer triggered mobility (LTM) candidate configuration, in circumstances where the BWP was configured with the dedicated contention free RA resources for the 4-step RA type, performing 4-step RA, in circumstances where the active BWP was not configured with the dedicated contention free RA resources for the 4-step RA type: in circumstances where the BWP was configured with the dedicated contention free RA resources for the 2-step RA type, performing 2-step RA, in circumstances where the BWP was not configured with the dedicated contention free RA resources for the 2-step RA type, performing 4-step RA; in circumstances where the reconfiguration with sync was initiated for recovery using an LTM candidate configuration: in circumstances where the BWP is configured with RA resources for 2-step RA type: in circumstances where the BWP is not configured with RA resources for 4-step RA type random access, performing 2-step RA, in circumstances where the BWP is configured with RA resources for 4-step RA type: in circumstances where the measured RSRP of the downlink pathloss reference is above the message-A threshold, performing 2-step RA, and in circumstances where the measured RSRP of the downlink pathloss reference is not above the message-A threshold, performing 4

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Network sensing within a wireless mesh network
Patent No. 12328786 

Inventor(s): Muhammad Ahsan Naim (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): L3VEL, LLC (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: LEE SULLIVAN SHEA SMITH LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17963072 on 10/10/2022 (974 days app to issue)

Abstract: A given wireless communication node of a wireless mesh network may include at least one processing unit and a plurality of radio modules, where at least one given radio module of the plurality of radio modules is capable of operating in a temporary network-sensing mode in which the given radio module gathers information about any other wireless communication node of the wireless mesh network that is sensed within the given wireless communication node”s surrounding area by scanning for radio-frequency signals being emitted by any other radio module within at least a portion of the given wireless communication node”s surrounding area while an antenna azimuth of the given radio module is being rotated.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

DESIGN PATENTS

Souvenir ball holder
Patent No. D1078267 

Inventor(s): Tom Napoli (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Lewis Kohn Walker LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29900464 on 08/21/2023 (659 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Football bottle
Patent No. D1078402 

Inventor(s): Antoine Hood, II (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): Iondration, LLC (Rockwall, TX)
Law Firm: Sheri Higgins Law, PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29878489 on 06/22/2023 (719 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pump hose station
Patent No. D1078446 

Inventor(s): Paul Wolfe (Bridgeport, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Patent 360 (Local + 459 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29846599 on 07/18/2022 (1058 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Clip with light bulb socket holder
Patent No. D1078464 

Inventor(s): Stacy L. Kennedy (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Canny Systems, LLC (Mansfield, TX)
Law Firm: Ice Miller LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29861784 on 12/02/2022 (921 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Golf ball bottle
Patent No. D1078487 

Inventor(s): Antoine Hood, II (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): Iondration, LLC (Rockwall, TX)
Law Firm: Sheri Higgins Law, PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29878490 on 06/22/2023 (719 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen with a graphical user interface for a mobile device
Patent No. D1078763 

Inventor(s): Sheldon Arora (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): STAFFINGENGINE, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Johnston IP law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29884323 on 02/09/2023 (852 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen with a graphical user interface for a mobile device
Patent No. D1078785 

Inventor(s): Sheldon Arora (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): STAFFDNA LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Johnston IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29884579 on 02/13/2023 (848 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Golf club head
Patent No. D1078888 

Inventor(s): Matt Kovacevich (Carlsbad, CA), Michael Hallack (Carlsbad, CA)
Assignee(s): Topgolf International, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29924536 on 01/19/2024 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Block-off insert for hydraulic fracturing filter housing
Patent No. D1078944 

Inventor(s): Chase E. Reynolds (Paradise, TX), Cy Thibodeaux (Thibodeax, LA), Kendall J. Williams (Paradise, TX), Kyle Humphreys (Arcadia, OK)
Assignee(s): Rowan Energy, LLC (Houston, TX), TLR Welding Fabricating Inc. (Paradise, TX)
Law Firm: AVEK IP, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29877660 on 06/09/2023 (732 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Bathtub enclosure
Patent No. D1078951 

Inventor(s): Christophe Bucher (Hillsborough, NJ)
Assignee(s): Project Soak, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29772671 on 03/03/2021 (1560 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Bathtub enclosure
Patent No. D1078952 

Inventor(s): Christophe Bucher (Hillsborough, NJ)
Assignee(s): Project Soak, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29772673 on 03/03/2021 (1560 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Shower enclosure
Patent No. D1078953 

Inventor(s): Christophe Bucher (Hillsborough, NJ)
Assignee(s): Project Soak, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29772677 on 03/03/2021 (1560 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Shower enclosure
Patent No. D1078954 

Inventor(s): Christophe Bucher (Hillsborough, NJ)
Assignee(s): Project Soak, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29772681 on 03/03/2021 (1560 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Bathtub enclosure
Patent No. D1078955 

Inventor(s): Christophe Bucher (Hillsborough, NJ)
Assignee(s): Project Soak, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29772688 on 03/03/2021 (1560 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Venting system
Patent No. D1078983 

Inventor(s): Eric Patrick Lanoue (Plano, TX), Matthew Eric Rosenthal (Plano, TX), Seth Christian Morton (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Yum Connect, LLC (Louisville, KY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29879270 on 07/05/2023 (706 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Directional light cover
Patent No. D1079094 

Inventor(s): Bryan Gold (Carefree, AZ)
Assignee(s): Brilliance LED, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Venjuris P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29877098 on 06/01/2023 (740 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Dog food scoop
Patent No. D1079141 

Inventor(s): Manip Singh Dara (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29879986 on 07/15/2023 (696 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A