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

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of 2/18/2025 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

149 patents granted
Ranked No. 8 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 11
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 15
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 2
E: Fixed Constructions 5
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 7
G: Physics 46
H: Electricity 53

Design: 9

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 22
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 7
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 5
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 4
United Services Automobile Association (San Antonio) 4
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.) 4
Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, Finland) 3
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin) 2
Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) 2

Unassigned 8

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Madhukar Budagavi (Plano) 4
Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney) 2
Caleb Hix (McKinney) 2
Hamid R. Sheikh (Allen) 2
Jared Burdine (Dunwoody, Ga.) 2
Jennifer Liu (Plano) 2
John W. Glotzbach (Allen) 2
Malcolm Muir Smith (Richardson) 2
Manu Kurian (Dallas) 2
Maqbool Chauhan (Keller) 2

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

Weighted rodent bait stations and related methods
Patent No. 12225896

Inventor(s): Ethan Vickery (Colleyville, TX), Larry Covington (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): VM PRODUCTS INC. (Bedford, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18320747 on 05/19/2023 (641 days app to issue)

Abstract: Rodent bait station assemblies and methods for assembly and bundling.

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

System, apparatus and method for threading a beader tool with hair beads
Patent No. 12226003

Inventor(s): Kia-Shun Voltz (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18589017 on 02/27/2024 (357 days app to issue)

Abstract: A shaft, apparatus, and method for threading a beader tool with hair beads are disclosed. In one embodiment of the apparatus, multiple silos form an array with each silo being sized to allow the passage of a beader tool while preventing hair beads from escaping. The interior of each silo is tailored to accommodate a stack of hair beads, with the height of the silos being sufficient to house at least the shaft of the beader tool. A support structure secures the array of silos in an upward orientation. This support structure takes the form of a box, which defines a chamber beneath the array of silos. The chamber is designed with a height that can accommodate at least a loop of the beader tool and includes a drawer for additional utility. This apparatus presents a practical and innovative solution for simplifying the process of threading hair beads.

[A45D] HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; MANICURING OR OTHER COSMETIC TREATMENT (wigs, toupees, or the like A41G 3/00, A41G 5/00; hairdressers’ chairs A47C 1/04; hair cutting appliances, razors B26B)

Deployable backrest, footrail and anti-fatigue mat ergonomic office stool
Patent No. 12226031

Inventor(s): Jackson C. Jarman (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): The Texas AM University System (College Station, TX)
Law Firm: Winstead PC (Local + 2 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18099815 on 01/20/2023 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stool includes a base with a post extending therefrom. A seat is connected to a distal end of the post. In some configurations, the seat may be configured to act as a deployable back rest. A deployable anti-fatigue mat is connected to the base. In some configurations, the deployable anti-fatigue mat is attached to the base via a hinged connection. In some configurations, the deployable anti-fatigue mat is attached to the base with a sliding connection that allows the deployable anti-fatigue mat to slide out from the base.

[A47C] CHAIRS (seats specially adapted for vehicles B60N 2/00); SOFAS; BEDS (upholstery in general B68G)

Barbecue (bar-b-que) grill and smoker
Patent No. 12226049

Inventor(s): Jorge F. Sanchez (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Thrasher Associates, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16935183 on 07/21/2020 (1673 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a grill apparatus having an elongated base assembly coupled to a firebox assembly. The base assembly includes a lid with a handle, where the lid is pivotally coupled to a base along the length of the base assembly. The base has a bottom, and a hole in a side portion that is adapted to accept an exhaust piping assembly, while the bottom of the base has a hole that substantially accommodate a fire box assembly. The firebox assembly is coupled to the base assembly and includes a firebox and at least one vent. A removable shield separates the firebox assembly from the base assembly. The shield is slightly larger than the hole in the base in at least one dimension, such that as the shield rests on the base above the hole in the base, a gap is left that allows heat and air to flow from the firebox into the base assembly.

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

Thin film mapping catheter
Patent No. 12226141

Inventor(s): Annapurna Karicherla (South San Francisco, CA), Benjamin K. Yaffe (South San Francisco, CA), Bo Lu (South San Francisco, CA), Ken Rys (South San Francisco, CA), Ohseung Kwon (South San Francisco, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17622577 on 06/05/2020 (1719 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to mapping catheters, and in particular to mapping catheters having thin film electrodes used in sensing electrical activity within a patient. Particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a medical device having a hollow core, a balloon disposed over at least a portion of the hollow core, and a flexible framework having one or more thin film elements formed on at least a portion of the balloon. The one or more thin film elements comprise a plurality of mapping electrodes.

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

Biological measurement systems and methods
Patent No. 12226182

Inventor(s): Ashitosh Swarup (Burbank, CA)
Assignee(s): Cuica LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Stevens Law Group (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17196672 on 03/09/2021 (1442 days app to issue)

Abstract: Biological measurement systems and methods are described. In one embodiment, a biological function monitoring system includes a first monitoring device, including a first sensor, a first processor, and a first transmitter. The first sensor senses a first biological function measurement during monitoring a biological function and derives a first data symbol representing the first biological function measurement. The first processor accesses the first data symbol from the first sensor, and combines two or more chaotic waveforms from a first chaotic waveform ensemble, generating a first composite chaotic waveform. The first transmitter transmits the first composite chaotic waveform to a receiver over a communication channel. The biological function monitoring system may include a second monitoring device that is similar to the first monitoring device. The second monitoring device generates a second composite chaotic waveform and transmits the second composite chaotic waveform to the receiver over the communication channel.

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

Two-way radio device for hearing protection devices
Patent No. 12226286

Inventor(s): Daniel Dvorak (Henderson, NV), Howard Unger (Henderson, NV)
Assignee(s): GOOD SPORTSMAN MARKETING, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Cabello Hall Zinda, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17949110 on 09/20/2022 (882 days app to issue)

Abstract: A two-way radio device for hearing protection devices provides communication capabilities to users wearing hearing protection devices, which would ordinarily hinder or block communication. The two-way radio device removably attaches to a portion of a hearing protection device and connects to the speakers thereof. One or more wireless transceivers provide wireless transmission of audio between users of hearing protection devices enhanced with the two-way radio device. Users remain protected by their hearing protection devices and while communicating freely in high decibel environments.

[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]

Individually lockable cinch loop micro suture anchor array for high density anatomical attachment of soft tissue to bone
Patent No. 12226307

Inventor(s): Howard W. Harris (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc. (Maple Plain, MN)
Law Firm: Seager, Tufte Wickhem LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17680003 on 02/24/2022 (1090 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system of toggle type suture anchors is disclosed. The plurality of suture anchors is connected in series by a plurality of independently cinchable working suture loops with one working suture loop connecting each pair of anchors in series to form a chain. Each of the suture anchors as connected by working suture loops allows tensioning of the working suture between itself and the prior anchor implanted in the serial string. Further, each anchor includes a loop type locking mechanism to lock the cinchable working suture loop subsequent to tensioning so that the loop remains fixed in size during cyclic loading during joint use. This creates an independently tensioned suture stitch between each implanted suture anchor and the just previously implanted anchor. In total the system as implanted creates a high density, continuous array of anchor-to-anchor stitches for robust securement of soft tissue to bone.

Surgical instruments for anterior goniotomy
Patent No. 12226344

Inventor(s): Davinder S. Grover (Dallas, TX), Ravi Nallakrishnan (Willowbrook, IL), Ronald L. Fellman (Dallas, TX), Sebastian S. Grover (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): EyeInnovate LLC (Dallas, TX), Innovative Glaucoma Consulting LLC (Dallas, TX), RAICO International LLC (Westmont, IL)
Law Firm: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark Mortimer (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18780833 on 07/23/2024 (210 days app to issue)

Abstract: A surgical instrument ([b]40, 40[/b]A) for performing a goniotomy procedure includes a hand grip ([b]44, 44[/b]A) having an elongated configuration with proximal and distal ends. The instrument ([b]40, 40[/b]A) includes a tip ([b]52, 52[/b]A) connected to the distal end ([b]48, 48[/b]A) of the hand grip ([b]44, 44[/b]A) which has a cutting means for creating a trabecular cleavage plane resulting in a remaining trabecular leaflet directly below Schwalbe’’s line in an eye to enhance drainage of aqueous humor from the eye. In one form, the cutting means includes a pair of sloping, arcuate cutting surfaces ([b]70, 70[/b]A) that join to define an arcuate cutting edge ([b]74, 74[/b]A).

Devices and methods for neuromodulation
Patent No. 12226627

Inventor(s): Aswini Kanneganti (Richardson, TX), Mario I. Romero-Ortega (Coppell, TX), Stuart F. Cogan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Nutter, McClennen Fish, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16185285 on 11/09/2018 (2293 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one aspect, a neuromodulation device is described herein. In some embodiments, a neuromodulation device comprises a chamber operable to receive a nerve, at least one electrode disposed in the chamber, and a channel defined by two walls. In some embodiments, the channel of the device is in fluid communication with an interior of the chamber and an external surface of the device. In another aspect, methods of neuromodulation are described herein. In some embodiments, methods described herein can use one or more neuromodulation devices described herein.

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

Foraminal ligament anchor for application in DRG therapy
Patent No. 12226629

Inventor(s): Matthew K. Dion (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18065376 on 12/13/2022 (798 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for stimulating the dorsal root ganglion of a patient comprises an elongate flexible implantable stimulation lead adapted to apply the stimulation pulses to the dorsal root ganglion of the patient, wherein the distal end comprises at least one electrode. A first segment and a second segment of the anchor are configured to transition between a collapsed configuration and deployed configuration. A central channel in the first segment and the second segment allows the anchor to be advanced along the stimulation lead from a proximal end toward the distal end while in the collapsed configuration. The central channel of each segment grips onto the stimulation lead in the deployed configuration so that the segment does not move from a deployed position on the stimulation lead. The first segment and the second segment may be deployed on opposite sides of foraminal ligament to anchor the stimulation lead.

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

Abrasive article
Patent No. 12226877

Inventor(s): Carlos A. Barrios (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, MN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17310534 on 02/07/2020 (1838 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an abrasive article comprising: a fabric substrate comprising strands forming first void spaces between the strands; a laminate joined to the fabric substrate; a cured resin composition joined to the laminate opposite the fabric substrate; abrasive particles joined to the cured resin composition; and a plurality of second void spaces extending through the laminate coinciding with first void spaces in the fabric substrate. The disclosure also relates to methods of making such abrasive articles.

[B24D] TOOLS FOR GRINDING, BUFFING OR SHARPENING (abrading-bodies specially designed for tumbling apparatus, e.g. abrading-balls B24B 31/14; honing tools B24B 33/08; lapping tools B24B 37/11)

Wrench organizing assembly and method of use
Patent No. 12226890

Inventor(s): Akram M. Malik (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18133689 on 04/12/2023 (678 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wrench organizing assembly includes a base, which is selectively positionable upon a substantially horizontal surface. A pipe is attached to and extends upwardly from a top of the base. A plate is rotatably attached to the pipe proximate to an upper end of the pipe, with the plate being parallel to the top of the base. A plurality of hangers is selectively attachable to the plate so that a hook segment of each hanger is positioned between the plate and the base. A tool, such as a wrench, can be hung from each hook segment so that a plurality of wrenches can be organized by size and readily accessed by rotation of the plate relative to the base.

[B25H] WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS

Adjustable tool holder for a gun-shaped power tool
Patent No. 12226891

Inventor(s): Andrew Barnum Novian (Winchester, KY), Bradley Dale Newcomb (Lancaster, KY), Bradley Joseph Garcia (Louisville, KY), Jeffrey Lee James (Mount Sterling, KY), Lloyd Rodney Holland (Georgetown, KY), Michael Christopher Greenlee
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18326691 on 05/31/2023 (629 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tool holder for a gun-shaped power tool includes a base including a first slot and a second slot extending parallel to the first slot, a first support member adjustably securable along the first slot and along a first side of the base, and a second support member adjustably securable along the second slot and along the first side of the base. A tool bit and/or a barrel of the tool may be supported by surfaces of the support members when the tool is stored in the tool holder, so that a grip of the tool is readily accessible by a user. The power tool holder provides a structure for ergonomically positioning and storing a gun-shaped power tool, improving the ease and speed of access of the tool during assembly operations.

[B25H] WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS

Robotic device with time-of-flight proximity sensing system
Patent No. 12226909

Inventor(s): Cheng Peng (Plano, TX), Xiaoyong Yang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17884492 on 08/09/2022 (924 days app to issue)

Abstract: A robotic device including one or more proximity sensing systems coupled to various portions of a robot body. The proximity sensing systems detect a distance of an object about the robot body and the robotic device reacts based on the detected distance. The proximity sensing systems obtain a three-dimensional (3D) profile of the object to determine a category of the object. The distance of the object is detected multiple times in a sequence to determine a movement path of the object.

[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]

Transport-related object avoidance
Patent No. 12227176

Inventor(s): Albert Scott Ludwin (San Diego, CA), Satyajit P. Patne (The Colony, TX), Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17188680 on 03/01/2021 (1450 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, a potential impact with an object at a location in a lane on a road and, when a distance away from the location exists within the lane, maneuvering, by the transport, the distance within the lane to avoid the potential impact.

[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]

Vehicle gear selection control
Patent No. 12227184

Inventor(s): Bennet Langlotz (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BULLETPROOF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC (Cheyenne, WY)
Law Firm: Langlotz Patent Trademark Works, LLC (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18928131 on 10/27/2024 (114 days app to issue)

Abstract: A controller is operably connected to the steering control, to the motor, and to the wheels, and is operable to selectably drive the wheels in a forward direction in a drive mode and in a rearward direction in a reverse mode. The controller is operable to select a direction for driving the wheels in response to a pattern of steering angle movements, without operator indication of a direction.

Enhanced pairing to facilitate seamless bluetooth / WiFi connectivity
Patent No. 12227198

Inventor(s): Sergei I. Gage (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-Ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17860167 on 07/08/2022 (956 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: detecting that a plurality of wireless devices are located in a vehicle; pairing a wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices and a head unit of the vehicle, when the wireless device is receiving or transmitting audio; and transmitting the audio through the head unit of the vehicle.

Air guides for vehicles
Patent No. 12227231

Inventor(s): Brent Cetnar (Livonia, MI), Hayato Shimuzu (Ann Arbor, MI), Mauricio Martinez, II (Ann Arbor, MI), Ravindranath Thammineni (Northville, 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: 17713911 on 04/05/2022 (1050 days app to issue)

Abstract: An air guide for a vehicle having a pair of side members. The air guide includes a base member having a pair of opposing ends and a pair of attachment members configured to be coupled to the pair of side members. Each of the pair of attachment members are coupled to a respective opposing end of the base member for movement between a folded position, an unfolded position, and an attachment position between the folded position and the unfolded position.

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

Modular vehicle power source storage
Patent No. 12227242

Inventor(s): Brian Woods (Brighton, MI), Kenichi Iwatsuki (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17678762 on 02/23/2022 (1091 days app to issue)

Abstract: Vehicles and systems for modular power source storage. A vehicle may include a power source detachable from the vehicle. The power source may supply power to the vehicle and a remote device. The vehicle may further include a cargo bed that stores the power source. The cargo bed or a portion of the cargo bed may be removable from rest of the vehicle along with the power source.

[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]

Distributed propulsion system for vertical take off and landing closed wing aircraft
Patent No. 12227291

Inventor(s): Andrew James Zahasky (North Richland Hills, TX), 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: 18168683 on 02/14/2023 (735 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft includes a closed wing, a fuselage at least partially disposed within a perimeter of the closed wing, and one or more spokes coupling the closed wing to the fuselage. A source of electric power is disposed within or attached to the closed wing, fuselage or one or more spokes. A plurality of electric motors are disposed within or attached to the one or more spokes in a distributed configuration. Each electric motor is connected to the source of electric power. A propeller is operably connected to each of the electric motors and proximate to a leading edge of the one or more spokes. One or more processors are communicably coupled to the plurality of electric motors. A longitudinal axis of the fuselage is substantially vertical in vertical takeoff and landing and stationary flight, and substantially in a direction of a forward flight in a forward flight mode.

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

Adjustable friction slider assembly for passenger seat
Patent No. 12227293

Inventor(s): Foek Nguyen Le (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17926003 on 05/29/2020 (1726 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described is an adjustable friction slider assembly having a rail member and a carriage assembly moveably coupled to the rail member, the carriage assembly having a bracket member and a plurality of roller elements moveably coupled to the rail member and coupled to the bracket member using a plurality of attachment members, the plurality of roller elements comprising at least one adjustable roller element coupled to the bracket member using a moveable attachment member, wherein moving the moveable attachment member adjusts a friction between the plurality of roller elements and the rail member.

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

Cooling system for aircraft components
Patent No. 12227296

Inventor(s): Danny J. Lohan (Northville, MI), Hiroshi Ukegawa (South Lyon, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17708784 on 03/30/2022 (1056 days app to issue)

Abstract: A louvre system controls a flow of cooling air to a heat-generating element mounting inside a wing of an aircraft. The louvre system includes a louvre operably connected to the wing and structured to be rotatable to control airflow through an air intake of the wing into an interior of the wing. A louvre actuation mechanism is operably connected to the louvre and configured to control rotation of the louvre. A memory is communicably coupled to a processor and stores a louvre control module configured to autonomously control operation of the louvre actuation mechanism to control rotation of the louvre responsive to a temperature of a heat-generating element mounted in the wing interior.

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

Sidewall support insert
Patent No. 12227342

Inventor(s): Roberto Carlos Guerrero Kees (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): ESAB AB (Gothenburg, , SE)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17951925 on 09/23/2022 (879 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for reinforcing a sidewall of a carrier with an insert is disclosed. The insert includes a plate having a front face and a rear face opposite the front face, the plate defining an opening extending between the front face and the rear face. An oblique tab extends from the front face in a first direction, and a flange extends from the plate in a second direction.

[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

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for process dolly synchronization with assembly line conveyors
Patent No. 12227366

Inventor(s): Andrew B. Novian (Winchester, KY), Annetta L. Allen (Trenton, MI), Bradley J. Garcia (Louisville, KY), Jeffrey L. James (Mount Sterling, KY), Lloyd R. Holland (Georgetown, KY), Michael C. Greenlee (Paris, KY), Ronnie G. K
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18206575 on 06/06/2023 (623 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a conveyor assembly. The conveyor assembly includes a conveyor, at least one stationary track positioned parallel to the conveyor, a process dolly configured to operatively couple to the at least one stationary track, and a syncing apparatus configured to couple to the process dolly and operatively couple to the conveyor. The syncing apparatus is configured to lock the process dolly in place along the conveyor such that the process dolly moves together with the conveyor with respect to the at least one stationary track.

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

Vent tube for bottling machine and related methods
Patent No. 12227403

Inventor(s): Alton W. Mowdy (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): MM Machinery Services, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Fitch, Even, Tabin Flannery LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18516717 on 11/21/2023 (455 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gas stem assembly is disclosed including a vent tube having at least one protrusion extending radially from the vent tube and a receiver having a non-circular opening and an attachment surface at an end of the non-circular opening. The vent tube is at least partially insertable through the non-circular opening of the receiver when the vent tube and the at least one protrusion are aligned with the non-circular opening. The attachment surface of the receiver contacts the at least one protrusion to inhibit the at least one protrusion from passing back through the non-circular opening when the at least one protrusion is misaligned with the non-circular opening.

[B67C] FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS

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

Pre-combustion CO2 removal in a natural gas fed steam methane reformer (SMR) based hydrogen plant
Patent No. 12227416

Inventor(s): Ravi Ravikumar (Lancaster, CA), 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: 17965608 on 10/13/2022 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a hydrocarbon-fed steam methane reformer hydrogen-production process and system, carbon dioxide is recovered in a pre-combustion context, and optionally additional amounts of carbon dioxide are recovered in a post-combustion carbon dioxide removal, to provide the improved carbon dioxide recovery or capture disclosed herein.

[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 for detecting an increased risk for coronary heart disease
Patent No. 12227806

Inventor(s): Helen H. Hobbs (Dallas, TX), Jonathan C. Cohen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17472740 on 09/13/2021 (1254 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention relates generally to an allele on human chromosome 9 associated with increased risk for coronary heart disease and the use or detection of such an allele in determining whether a human has an increased risk for coronary heart disease. In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for detecting a predisposition or propensity or susceptibility for coronary heart disease in a human, comprising detecting the presence of an allele on human chromosome 9 that is associated with an increased risk for coronary heart disease in a human. Disclosed are methods and compositions for determining whether a person carries an allele associated with increased risk for coronary atherosclerosis by determining whether the person has an RA-CHR9 allele, such as by determining whether the person has an RA-CHR9 allele-associated single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). The invention also relates to kits for detecting the presence of an allele on chromosome 9 associated with an increased risk for coronary heart disease.

[C12Q] MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES OR MICROORGANISMS (immunoassay G01N 33/53); COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES [3]

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

Crash cushion
Patent No. 12227910

Inventor(s): Patrick Leonhardt (Loomis, CA), Sean Thompson (Elk Grove, CA)
Assignee(s): Valtir LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Crowell Moring LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18608504 on 03/18/2024 (337 days app to issue)

Abstract: A crash cushion includes overlapping first and second rail sections coupled with a fastener. The first rail section is moveable relative to the second rail section from a pre-impact position to an impact position in response to an axial impact to the guardrail assembly. The first rail section includes an elongated slot aligned with the fastener and having a first length. A support post is releasably connected to the first rail section and is rotatable to a laid over position after the first rail section has moved a first travel distance, wherein the first length is greater than or equal to the first travel distance.

[E01F] ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE

Cap shingles for roofing systems
Patent No. 12227947

Inventor(s): Jeffrey S. Avitabile (Fair Lawn, NJ), Luis Duque (Hackensack, NJ), Ming-Liang Shiao (Collegeville, PA), Olan T. Leitch (Mt. Juliet, TN)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18610359 on 03/20/2024 (335 days app to issue)

Abstract: A roofing system including a cap shingle and methods of producing a cap shingle and forming a roof are disclosed. In one embodiment, the cap shingle can include at least one layer of shingle material including an upper surface having a headlap portion and an exposure portion, and a lower surface. A sealant can be applied along the lower surface and a sealant attachment zone can be positioned along the upper surface of the at least one layer of shingle material between the headlap and exposure portions. The sealant attachment zone can be configured to contact a sealant applied along a lower surface of a next cap shingle to promote adhesion between the cap shingles installed along a ridge, hip, or cap of the roof.

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

Cluster gun system
Patent No. 12228018

Inventor(s): Christopher Sokolove (Midlothian, TX), Shane Wilson (Waxahachie, TX), William Collins (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): Hunting Titan, Inc. (Pampa, TX)
Law Firm: Saunders McKeon PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17757064 on 12/11/2020 (1530 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for containing one or more shaped charges in a single plane, arrayed about the center axis of a gun body, and detonated from a single initiator in a shaped charge cluster assembly, having one or more detonator circuits located within a recess within the shaped charge cluster assembly electrically coupled to the single initiator located at the center of the arrayed shaped charges.

[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]

Devices, systems, and methods for gas lift gas
Patent No. 12228020

Inventor(s): Billy Joe Ellis, Jr. (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): Liftrock, LLC (Granbury, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18531122 on 12/06/2023 (440 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed concerning gas lift gas recovery. A gas lift gas recovery system can include an inlet separator system, charge system, and sump system for facilitating recovery of gas lift gas. The inlet separator system can be configured to receive production fluid for separation of liquids therefrom to recover gas lift gas. The charge system can include a high pressure (HP) leg for holding an HP portion of fluid and a low pressure (LP) leg for holding an LP portion of fluid. The sump system can be configured for holding liquids from at least one of the inlet separator system and the charge system.

Flow cross junctions for a manifold of a hydraulic fracturing system and related methods
Patent No. 12228024

Inventor(s): Christopher Mark Koch (Joshua, TX), Michael James Cornelssen (Joshua, TX)
Assignee(s): Scout Surface Solutions LLC (Joshua, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18751722 on 06/24/2024 (239 days app to issue)

Abstract: An embodiment of a manifold of a hydraulic fracturing system includes a flow cross junction including an inlet flow bore. In addition, the manifold includes a coupling adapter including an external shoulder and a connection device. The connection device is to connect to an output of a pump of the hydraulic fracturing system, and the coupling adapter is removably inserted within the inlet flow bore such that the connection device is positioned outside of the inlet flow bore. Further, the manifold includes a retainer ring connected to the flow cross junction and compressed against the external shoulder.

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

Methods for controlling actuating components of turbine engines using an adaptive damping filter
Patent No. 12228084

Inventor(s): Manish Jagdish Mistry (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): General Electric Company (Evendale, OH)
Law Firm: Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17959395 on 10/04/2022 (868 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for controlling actuating components of turbine engines using an adaptive damping lag filter are provided. The adaptive filter includes features that filter out insignificant changes in actuator demand, respond to fast transient conditions to follow demanded positon of the actuating component more closely, and adapts the gain of the output position to avoid stall conditions.

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

Torch active control system
Patent No. 12228086

Inventor(s): Trey Taylor (Waxahachie, TX)
Assignee(s): Solar Turbines Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18515074 on 11/20/2023 (456 days app to issue)

Abstract: Even if the fuel pressure to a torch for igniting an air-fuel mixture in a gas turbine engine is set to an ideal value, the actual fuel pressure supplied to the torch may differ due to modifications, drift, changes in ambient temperature or pressure, fuel composition, and/or the like. This may result in failure of the gas turbine engine to ignite. Accordingly, disclosed embodiments introduce a torch active pressure control (TAPC) system into the flow path of fuel to the torch. The TAPC system is controlled to modulate the fuel pressure of the fuel supplied to the torch, according to a modulation profile. The modulation profile may traverse a range of fuel pressures in each of one or a plurality of sinusoidal, V-shaped, stepped, or other-shaped cycles, to increase the probability that the ideal fuel pressure, and therefore, flame height, is achieved, thereby increasing the likelihood of a successful lightoff.

Modulating butterfly valve control
Patent No. 12228220

Inventor(s): David M. Angell (Fort Worth, TX), Keith D. Weaver (North Richland Hills, TX), Richard G. Otten (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Frost Brown Todd LLP (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18368106 on 09/14/2023 (523 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for controlling a fluid valve are described that avoid the effects of hysteresis. In hysteresis, the power signals associated with a valve position are different on the upstroke and downstroke. As a result, predicting the valve position can be difficult if you only know the current power signal. Instead of using upstrokes and downstrokes, a valve can momentarily be set to zero power, or a rest position when receiving a new command signal. This way the command signal is applied from a zero power or rest position, making the valve position more predictable and accurate.

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

Internal nozzle for a tank car
Patent No. 12228248

Inventor(s): Ross E. Hill (River Oaks, TX)
Assignee(s): TRINITY TANK CAR, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17150198 on 01/15/2021 (1495 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cryogenic railway tank car includes an outer tank, an inner tank positioned within the outer tank, an internal nozzle, and a pipe. The inner tank includes a shell that defines an opening. The internal nozzle is coupled to the inner tank at least along a perimeter of the opening and extends in a radial direction through the opening and into the inner tank. A space defined by an interior surface of the outer tank, an exterior surface of the inner tank, and an interior surface of the nozzle is configured to hold a vacuum. The pipe is configured to transport the fluid between an exterior of the outer tank and the interior of the inner tank. At least a portion of the pipe extends from the outer tank to the inner tank through at least a portion of the nozzle.

[F17C] VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES (storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth B65G 5/00; construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil-engineering techniques E04H 7/00; variable-capacity gas-holders F17B; liquefaction or refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25)

Refrigerated device with enhanced condensate evaporation
Patent No. 12228328

Inventor(s): Austin M. Bieri (Burleson, TX), Henry L. Nguyen (Haltom City, TX), Joseph F. Sanders (North Richland Hills, TX), Steven T. Jackson (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. (Glenview, IL)
Law Firm: THOMPSON HINE LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17480479 on 09/21/2021 (1246 days app to issue)

Abstract: A refrigerated device is configured to enhance condensate evaporation and includes a compartment including an access door, a refrigeration circuit for cooling the compartment, the refrigeration circuit including an evaporator coil and a condenser with an associated condenser fan, and a condensate pan for capturing condensate from the evaporator coil. At least one first air flow path is provided from a pressure side of the condenser fan, into and along at least part of the condensate pan and then to a suction side of the condenser fan. At least one second air flow path is provided from the pressure side of the condenser fan, into and along at least part the condensate pan and then back to the pressure side of the condenser fan.

[F25D] REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHER SUBCLASS (refrigerated showcases A47F 3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J 41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60-B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D 81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K 5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B; cooling of engines or pumps, see the relevant classes)

Near-field radiative heat transfer systems and methods of use thereof
Patent No. 12228353

Inventor(s): Hideo Iizuka (Nagakute, , JP), Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, MI), Xiaopeng Li (Ann Arbor, MI), Ziqi Yu (Ann Arbor, 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: 18104607 on 02/01/2023 (748 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate a tunable heat transfer system. The tunable heat transfer system includes a controller, a first body, and a second body. The first body is communicatively coupled to the controller. The second body is communicatively coupled to the controller and spaced apart from the first body. The second body has a plurality of semimetal layers and a dielectric portion positioned between each of the plurality of semimetal layers. Each of the dielectric portions has a thickness to define a gap between each the plurality of semimetal layers in an expanded state and permitting each of the plurality of semimetal layers to abut each other in a contracted state. The controller is configured to change a near-field radiative heat transfer between the first body and the second body by changing the thickness of each of the dielectric portions between the expanded state and the contracted state.

[F28F] DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials C09K 5/00; water or air traps, air venting F16)

Jacketed projectile and method of manufacturing
Patent No. 12228384

Inventor(s): Steven R. Price, II (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): DSG Technology AS (Drammen, , NO)
Law Firm: Wood Herron Evans LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18218851 on 07/06/2023 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is small arms ammunition projectile ([b]24[/b]) and manufacturing method having a core ([b]10[/b]) with a longitudinal core axis, a forward portion ([b]18[/b]), and a rearward end ([b]14[/b]). The core ([b]10[/b]) has a rear portion ([b]16[/b]) with an edge ([b]26[/b]) that may be chamfered or radiused, a first portion ([b]28[/b]) being frustoconical, and a second portion ([b]30[/b]) adjacent the first portion ([b]28[/b]) being substantially cylindrical. The jacket ([b]12[/b]) has a longitudinal axis ([b]99[/b]) and longitudinally extending socket ([b]45[/b]) to receive the rear portion ([b]16[/b]) of the core ([b]10[/b]). The socket ([b]45[/b]) has a socket bottom ([b]46[/b]), a first socket portion ([b]50[/b]) being frustoconical, and a second socket portion ([b]52[/b]) adjacent the first socket portion ([b]50[/b]) being substantially cylindrical. The core ([b]10[/b]) and jacket ([b]12[/b]) are shaped such that when assembled, the frustoconical portion ([b]28[/b]) of the core ([b]10[/b]) is seated in the frustoconical portion ([b]50[/b]) of the socket ([b]45[/b]) of the jacket ([b]12[/b]), respective contact surfaces ([b]31, 41[/b]) of the second portions ([b]30, 52[/b]) of the core ([b]10[/b]) and jacket ([b]12[/b]) mate together with the longitudinal core axis ([b]98[/b]) and longitudinal jacket axis ([b]99[/b]) being coaxial.

[F42B] EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING; FIREWORKS; AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C06B; fuzes F42C; blasting F42D) [5]

P H Y S I C S

Resistive differential alignment monitor
Patent No. 12228427

Inventor(s): Josef Muenz (Munich, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17731506 on 04/28/2022 (1027 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device includes a resistive differential alignment monitor (RDAM), including a first variable-width resistor and a second variable-width resistor, which are members of a conductor level. Each of the resistors include a wide portion and a narrow portion. The RDAM further includes a vertical connector to each of the wide portion and the narrow portion of the first variable-width resistor, and to the wide portion and the narrow portion of the second variable-width resistor. The vertical connectors are members of a vertical connector level. Test terminals are coupled to the vertical connectors. The vertical connectors to the first variable-width resistor and the vertical connectors to the second variable-width resistor are separated by equal distances and are oriented anti-parallel to each other. The RDAM may be used to estimate a misalignment distance between the members of the vertical connector level and the members of the conductor level.

[G01D] MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TRANSFERRING OR TRANSDUCING ARRANGEMENTS NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Capacitive-sensing rotary encoder
Patent No. 12228432

Inventor(s): Lichang Cheng (Shanghai, , CN), Songhua Hu (Shanghai, , CN), Yang Li (Shanghai, , CN), Zichen Qiu (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18460915 on 09/05/2023 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus is provided and includes a rotary encoder that comprises a stator, a rotor, and a controller. The stator has an opening adapted to surround a first portion of a rotatable shaft, a transmit region, and a receive region. The rotor has an opening adapted to surround a second portion of the rotatable shaft, an annular conductive region, and at least one conductor electrically coupled with the annular conductive region. The controller has an input coupled to the receive region and has an output coupled to the transmit region. The controller is configured to transmit a first signal on the output of the controller and to the transmit region of the stator, receive a second signal on the input of the controller and from the receive region of the stator, and determine, based on the second signal, a proximity of the at least one conductor to the receive region.

Automated diagnostic analyzers having vertically arranged carousels and related methods
Patent No. 12228583

Inventor(s): Brian L. Ochranek (Southlake, TX), David C. Arnquist (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL), Canon Medical Systems Corporation (Otawara, , JP)
Law Firm: HANLEY, FLIGHT ZIMMERMAN, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17991339 on 11/21/2022 (820 days app to issue)

Abstract: Example automated diagnostic analyzers and methods for using the same are disclosed herein. An example apparatus described herein includes a first carousel rotatably coupled to a base and having a first axis of rotation. The example apparatus includes a second carousel rotatably coupled to the base and vertically spaced over the first carousel such that at least a portion of the second carousel is disposed over the first carousel. In the example apparatus, the second carousel has a second axis of rotation and a plurality of vessels. The example apparatus also includes a pipetting mechanism offset from the second axis of rotation. The example pipetting mechanism is to access the first carousel and the second carousel.

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

Methods and apparatus to compensate for radar system calibration changes
Patent No. 12228680

Inventor(s): Anand Gadiyar (Bangalore, , IN), Dheeraj Kumar Shetty (Bangalore, , IN), Karthik Ramasubramanian (Bangalore, , IN), Karthik Subburaj (Bangalore, , IN), Shailesh Joshi (Bengaluru, , IN), Shankar Narayanamoorthy (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17862738 on 07/12/2022 (952 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to compensate radar system calibration are disclosed. A radio-frequency (RF) subsystem having a transmit channel, a receive channel, and a loopback path comprising at least a portion of the transmit channel and at least a portion of the receive channel, a loopback measurer to measure a first loopback response of the RF subsystem for a first calibration configuration of the RF subsystem, and to measure a second loopback response of the RF subsystem for a second calibration configuration of the RF subsystem, and a compensator to adjust at least one of a transmit programmable shifter or a digital front end based on a difference between the first loopback response and the second loopback response to compensate for a loopback response change when the RF subsystem is changed from the first calibration configuration to the second calibration configuration.

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

Light sources with chip-level integrated diffusers
Patent No. 12228752

Inventor(s): James K. Guenter (Garland, TX), Jimmy A. Tatum (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): II-VI DELAWARE, INC. (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Blank Rome LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18496096 on 10/27/2023 (480 days app to issue)

Abstract: An embodiment includes a light source. The light source may include a substrate and a diffuser. The substrate may include a first surface and a second surface. The second surface may be opposite the first surface. The diffuser may be carried by the substrate. The diffuser may be configured to receive an optical signal from the substrate after the optical signal propagates through the substrate and to control a particular profile of a resultant beam of the optical signal over two axes after the optical signal propagates through the integrated diffuser.

[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]

Voltage regulator wake-up
Patent No. 12228954

Inventor(s): Gaurang Helekar (Karnataka, , IN), Ruchi Shankar (Karnataka, , IN), Somshubhra Paul (Karnataka, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17064480 on 10/06/2020 (1596 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a voltage regulator having an output voltage and a power management system, coupled to the voltage regulator. The power management system operable to determine whether the output voltage is within an active range, set the active range to a first range during a first time, or during a first mode, and set the active range to a second range for a second time, or during a second mode.

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

Clock signal skew calibration apparatus and control method
Patent No. 12228962

Inventor(s): Yu-Wei Lin (Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18227255 on 07/27/2023 (572 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a clock skew calibration circuit configured to be coupled to a multi-phase clock generator through a plurality of delay lines, wherein a first clock skew calibration unit comprises a frequency doubler configured to receive a plurality of multi-phase clock signals and generate a clock signal based on the plurality of multi-phase clock signals, a frequency divider configured to receive the clock signal and generate a reduced frequency signal based on the clock signal, and a delay line control circuit configured to compare the duty cycle of the reduced frequency signal with a predetermined duty cycle, and generate a first control signal to adjust the skew of the first multi-phase clock signal through adjusting a first delay applied to the first multi-phase clock signal until a calibrated signal of the first multi-phase clock signal is achieved.

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

Mechanism to enable out-of-order packet processing in a datatype engine
Patent No. 12229048

Inventor(s): Christopher M. Brueggen (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, TX)
Law Firm: Yao Legal Services, Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18085092 on 12/20/2022 (791 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network interface card (NIC) receives packets corresponding to a read or write request, the packets associated with a datatype descriptor stored in a datatype engine of the NIC, and each packet associated with a precomputed context which indicates a value for each dimension of a multi-dimensional array and a start location of the respective packet within a host memory block. The NIC generates, for a respective packet, a datatype handle corresponding to the datatype descriptor and an offset indicating a position of the respective packet within the packets. The NIC determines, based on the datatype handle and the offset, a cached context for the respective packet and initializes the datatype engine based on the cached context. The datatype engine generates, based on the cached context, read or write requests comprising addresses and lengths, thereby allowing the NIC to process out-of-order packets based on the precomputed and cached context.

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

On-demand scanning for changes in cloud object storage systems
Patent No. 12229050

Inventor(s): Rajesh Kanna Durairaj (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18582527 on 02/20/2024 (364 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed are directed to a computing system that provides for on-demand scanning for changes in cloud-based object storage systems. The changes can include modifications, additions, or deletions of objects stored in a cloud-based object storage system. The computing system scans, at a first runtime, objects stored in a cloud-based object storage system. The computing system retrieves lookup information associated with a second runtime of a previous scan. Based on the lookup information, the computing system identifies a subset of the objects that were changed or added after the second runtime and before the first runtime. Subsequently, the computing system generates an electronic notification including a consolidated list of the subset of the objects.

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

System and method for expression parser, invoker and transformation of data
Patent No. 12229080

Inventor(s): Amit Joshi (Frisco, TX), Hans P Nirmal (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: GREENBLUM BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17945572 on 09/15/2022 (887 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for data migration readiness of a target data source are disclosed. A processor hosts an application on a cloud server; receives data corresponding to the application from a plurality of types of data sources; defines expressions to be applied to the data for parsing and transforming the data dynamically on the cloud server; validates the defined expressions based on a determination that each defined expression meets a predefined threshold value; generates a lookup data file in a predefined file format in response to validating the defined expressions; parses the lookup data file; dynamically transforms the data based on the parsed lookup data file and applying the validated expressions; and generates an output file in the predefined file format for consumption after transforming the data.

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

Rebalancing engine for use in rebalancing files in a distributed storage systems
Patent No. 12229084

Inventor(s): Rajavardhan Mallepally (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): NetApp, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Jaffery Watson Hamilton DeSanctis LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18194860 on 04/03/2023 (687 days app to issue)

Abstract: Redistribution of files in a containerized distributed file system is disclosed. Containers each have an engine and a scanner and each of the containers stores files and parameters for characteristics of files stored on the container. A first engine in a first container monitors characteristics of files stored on the first container and, responsive to determining that the parameters for files on the first container exceed one or more predetermined thresholds, communicates with a second engine in a second container to determine a destination container for one or more files from the first container. The second engine in the second container indicates to the first engine in the first container whether the second container is available to receive one or more files from the first container. The first engine triggers file system scanning by the scanner of the first container to identify files to be moved to the second container.

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

Self-organization of data storage
Patent No. 12229166

Inventor(s): Aeric Solow (Richardson, TX), Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18205646 on 06/05/2023 (624 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein is a method of storing an incoming dataset in a data mesh. The method may include a plurality of steps. The steps may include associating a metadata tag with a classifying feature and a storage instruction in a (first) relational database. The steps may include scanning incoming datasets to identify datasets characterized by the classifying feature. The steps may include tagging an incoming dataset to generate a tagged dataset. The steps may include storing the tagged dataset in the data mesh, according to the storage instruction. The steps may include associating, in a second relational database, the metadata tag with the initial storage location. The steps may include modifying the storage instruction. The steps may include storing the incoming dataset an additional time in the data mesh, according to the modified storage instruction.

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

Feature extraction and selection in information processing system environment
Patent No. 12229178

Inventor(s): William Jeffery White (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18114196 on 02/24/2023 (725 days app to issue)

Abstract: Data characterization techniques in an information processing system environment are disclosed. In one example, at least one processing device is configured to obtain data associated with execution of at least one of a plurality of applications in an information processing system. The processing device extracts features from the obtained data, and then selects a reduced subset of features from the extracted features for use in a machine learning classification process configured to determine an intent of the obtained data.

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

Search systems and methods utilizing search based user clustering
Patent No. 12229193

Inventor(s): Todd Russell Poston (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): OPEN TEXT SA ULC (Halifax, , CA)
Law Firm: Sprinkle IP Law Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17992810 on 11/22/2022 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of search systems that leverage the search or access activities of a core group of users to improve search functionality and performance of such search systems are disclosed. Specifically, embodiments may utilize users’’ search activity to generate clusters of users and associated labels for those clusters. These clusters can be leveraged during a search to generate suggestions for a user conducting the search.

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

System and method for matching users based on selections made by third parties
Patent No. 12229204

Inventor(s): John Masten Mitchell (Dallas, TX), Kenneth Basil Hoskins (Plano, TX), Rahim Sherali Makani (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Match Group Americas, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18360512 on 07/27/2023 (572 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface sends and receives data over a network. The processor uses the interface to transmit a first series of profiles to a first user that includes recommended profiles for a second user. The processor uses the interface to receive a selection from the first user of a profile corresponding to a third user. The processor uses the interface to transmit a second series of profiles to the third user that includes recommended profiles for the third user. The processor uses the interface to receive a selection from the third user of a profile corresponding to the second user. In response to receiving the selection from the first user of the profile corresponding to the third user and the selection from the third user of the profile corresponding to the second user, the processor enables communication between the second and third users.

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

Methods and systems for multi-tool orchestration
Patent No. 12229255

Inventor(s): Adam Youngberg (Allen, TX), David Filbey (Plano, TX), Kishore Prabakaran Fernando (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17740110 on 05/09/2022 (1016 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for performing code security scan includes a non-transitory computer readable medium and a processor. The non-transitory computer readable medium stores a plurality of identifiers each identifying a software security analysis tool of one of several categories, including SAST, DAST and OSA tools. The processor receives an identification of code to be scanned. The processor selects at least two identifiers from the plurality of identifiers. The at least two identifiers identify at least two select software security analysis tools for execution on the identified code. The processor receives an execution result from each select software security analysis tool after performing execution on the identified code. The processor aggregates the execution result from each select software security analysis tool. A user interface displays an aggregation of the execution result from each select software security analysis tool.

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

One way data migration system
Patent No. 12229299

Inventor(s): Ramakrishna Yannam (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18381685 on 10/19/2023 (488 days app to issue)

Abstract: A one-way data migration system may shift authentication data from a legacy database to a current database. The system may include one or more databases, a mobile device, a mobile device processor, a backend server, a backend receiver, a backend processor, and a backend transmitter. The backend transmitter may transmit requests to the mobile device. The backend receiver may receive the usernames and passwords. The backend processor may authenticate the input usernames and passwords using a hash previously stored within a first database. The backend processor may create a current or updated hash for the password. The system may change the underlying pathway from a pathway associated with the hash previously stored within the first database to a current pathway associated with the current hash. A second database may store the current hash. Following storage of the current hash, the processor may flag the username and/or password as migrated.

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

Systems and methods for sharing user data
Patent No. 12229308

Inventor(s): Pooja Krishnaswamy (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17710112 on 03/31/2022 (1055 days app to issue)

Abstract: A data sharing system may facilitate sharing of data with third party systems. The data sharing request can be identified as being a potential privacy risk. To reduce the potential privacy risk, in one example, requested user data can be modified prior to sharing. The modified user data can be shared with the third party system rather than sharing unmodified user data.

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

Providing non-volatile storage to cloud computing services
Patent No. 12229428

Inventor(s): Brian Carpenter (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): PURE STORAGE, INC. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18447276 on 08/09/2023 (559 days app to issue)

Abstract: Providing persistent storage to transient cloud computing services, including: creating a cloud computing instance, wherein the cloud computing instance is created on on-premises cloud infrastructure; and storing, in non-volatile storage in a storage system that is communicatively coupled to the on-premises cloud infrastructure, data associated with the cloud computing instance.

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

System and method for automatically curating and displaying images
Patent No. 12229462

Inventor(s): Madhukiran Dandamudi (Frisco, TX), Sudheer Kumar Pamuru (Frisco, TX), Vineel Kurma (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Freddy Technologies LLC (Chicago, IL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18132669 on 04/10/2023 (680 days app to issue)

Abstract: The technology is trained to identify these features in the images and automatically tag the images with information relating to the features. A user selects a set of predetermined rules to be applied to the images. The technology then uses the tags to apply these selected rules to the images to modify the images and display the modified images in a predetermined sequence and arrangement.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Unusual score generators for a neuro-linguistic behavioral recognition system
Patent No. 12229508

Inventor(s): Gang Xu (Katy, TX), Ming-Jung Seow (The Woodlands, TX), Tao Yang (Katy, TX), Wesley Kenneth Cobb (The Woodlands, TX)
Assignee(s): Intellective Ai, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: COOLEY LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18426881 on 01/30/2024 (385 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for generating anomaly scores for a neuro-linguistic model of input data obtained from one or more sources. According to one embodiment, generating anomaly scores includes receiving a stream of symbols generated from an ordered stream of normalized vectors generated from input data received from one or more sensor devices during a first time period. Upon receiving the stream of symbols, generating a set of words based on an occurrence of groups of symbols from the stream of symbols, determining a number of previous occurrences of a first word of the set of words, determining a number of previous occurrences of words of a same length as the first word, and determining a first anomaly score based on the number of previous occurrences of the first word and the number of previous occurrences of words of the same length as the first word.

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

Post-parse semantic analyzer
Patent No. 12229516

Inventor(s): Thomas A. Visel (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18337216 on 06/19/2023 (610 days app to issue)

Abstract: A data processing system receives a natural language communication including an ordered sequence of a plurality of word spellings of a natural human language. A processor of the data processing system parses the plurality of word spelling of the natural language communication utilizing constraint-based parsing to identify a plurality of satisfied parsing constraints. The processor performs semantic analysis based on the plurality of satisfied parsing constraints. Performing semantic analysis includes obtaining at least mid-level comprehension of the natural language communication by identifying in the natural language communication utilizing constraints at least one of the following set: a clausal structure within the natural language communication, a sentence structure of a sentence in the natural language communication, an implied topic of the natural language communication, and a classical linguistic role in the natural language communication.

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

Augmented intelligence for creating software development artifacts
Patent No. 12229535

Inventor(s): Sunil Kaitha (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18130032 on 04/03/2023 (687 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments disclose systems and methods for generating source code. One or more application specific inputs and one or more external inputs are received. Using a machine learning model, source code is automatically generated based on the one or more application specific inputs and the one or more external inputs. The source code can embody the one or more application specific inputs and the one or more external inputs. One or more revisions to the automatically generated source code may be made, and a difference determined between the generated source code and the revised source code. The machine learning model may be further trained to generate a future source code based on the differences it determines.

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

Lifecycle management of a VNFC included in a multi-VNFC VDU
Patent No. 12229576

Inventor(s): Keith William Melkild (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLCNC (Durham, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17230992 on 04/14/2021 (1406 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a VNFC LCM request including a VNFC instance (VNFCI) and an LCM operation to be performed, retrieving one or more VNFCI datum, determining a target OS installation of the VNFCI, establishing a connection to the target OS installation, checking for the presence of a VNFC specific LCM script for the LCM operation to be performed, constructing a VNFC specific LCM command that calls the VNFC specific LCM script and which specifies the VNFCI, executing the VNFC specific LCM command, normalizing a response code, and sending a response to the VNFC LCM request.

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

Deploying virtual machines to a virtualization management environment using an agent to obtain remote virtual machine templates
Patent No. 12229580

Inventor(s): David Jensen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17719677 on 04/13/2022 (1042 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are provided for deploying virtual machines to a virtualization management environment using an agent component to obtain remote virtual machine templates. One method comprises receiving, by an agent component executing in a virtualization management server, a request to deploy a virtual machine and a storage location of a template for the virtual machine; obtaining the template for the virtual machine from one or more of an orchestration engine and a remote data source identified by the storage location; and replicating the obtained template for the virtual machine to create the virtual machine. The request to deploy the virtual machine may also comprise deployment information used to configure the virtual machine. The agent component may monitor an execution of the created virtual machine and evaluate one or more policies provided by the orchestration engine with respect to security controls and/or network requirements associated with the created virtual machine.

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

Platform and source agnostic data processing for structured and unstructured data sources
Patent No. 12229584

Inventor(s): Pravin Nair (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18404017 on 01/04/2024 (411 days app to issue)

Abstract: Data queries that are agnostic to any particular data source may include a data source alias. The data source alias may be replaced with a data source identifier to obtain a data query configured for a target data source. Data processing jobs may be agnostic to any particular data processing platform. A data processing job may include a data processing task that is agnostic to any particular data processing platform. A code library may provide platform-specific code configured to implement a data processing task on a data processing platform. A data query configured for a particular data source and a data processing task configured for a particular data processing platform may be used to create a data processing job. Configurations that restrict execution of a data processing job to execution via an interactive development environment may be removed to allow its execution directly at the data processing platform itself.

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

Deep learning system
Patent No. 12229663

Inventor(s): Viju Kothuvatiparambil (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16511482 on 07/15/2019 (2045 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for determining intents associated with human utterances at a voice response system is provided. The system may involve a machine learning classifier and a deep learning classifier. The machine learning classifier may receive labeled training data. The labeled training data may be sample utterances. Each sample utterance may be assigned an intent. The intent may be the label of the utterance. The intent may be included in a predefined plurality of intents. The machine learning classifier may include a feature engineering and extraction module. The feature engineering and extraction module may identify features specific to each intent. The machine learning classifier may label previously unlabeled utterances received in a production environment. The newly labeled utterances received in the production environment may be used as training data to train a deep learning classifier. After being trained, the deep learning classifier may receive and label previously unlabeled utterances.

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

Determining dimensions of an item using point cloud information
Patent No. 12229714

Inventor(s): Crystal Maung (Dallas, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17455908 on 11/19/2021 (1187 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device configured to receive a first point cloud data for a first item, to identify a first plurality of data points for the first object within the first point cloud data, and to extract the first plurality of data points from the first point cloud data. The device is further configured to receive a second point cloud data for the first item, to identify a second plurality of data points for the first object within the second point cloud data, and to extract a second plurality of data points from the second point cloud data. The device is further configured to merge the first plurality of data points and the second plurality of data points to generate combined point cloud data and to determine dimensions for the first object based on the combined point cloud data.

[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 and methods for performing order cart audits
Patent No. 12229722

Inventor(s): Ashutosh Prasad (Dallas, TX), Vivek Prasad (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): KoiReader Technologies, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18666056 on 05/16/2024 (278 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are described for automating and computerizing order cart audits to reduce the overall costs associated with shipping incorrect items, missing items, and/or additional items. In some cases, the system may be configured to perform an audit of a completed or filled order cart. The facility operator may pass the order cart through an audit area prior to loading the items on a vehicle for transport. During the audit, the system may capture sensor data associated with the order cart and identify each item present. The system may determine whether or not each item is part of the order and notify an operator accordingly.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Core decision engine for managing software development lifecycles
Patent No. 12229727

Inventor(s): Balaji Kobula Madhavan (Prosper, TX), Robin J. Kurian (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18502376 on 11/06/2023 (470 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking and verifying software capabilities may include obtaining, by a computer from a reporting database, a set of project requirements associated with a software under development, the set of project requirements replicated from a project database to the reporting database, obtaining, from the reporting database, a set of testing results generated by a test program applied to code of the software under development, the set of testing results replicated from a testing database to the reporting database, extracting, from the reporting database, each project requirement associated with the software under development and each testing result generated for the code of the software under development, wherein the computer extracts each project requirement and each testing result according to a set of mapping pre-configurations, and generating, by the computer, an email message combining the project requirement and the testing result to transmit to a set of recipients.

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

Systems and methods for payment financing at point of sale
Patent No. 12229763

Inventor(s): Michael Naggar (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17547052 on 12/09/2021 (1167 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for dynamically revising a merchant page by one or more processors communicatively coupled to webservers hosting merchant pages may be configured to receive from a webserver a transaction amount and a unique identifier of a user interacting with the page without an input of a credit card number of the user and without the webserver accessing the credit card number in a data storage, identify, using the unique identifier and without receiving personally identifiable information from the webserver, a user profile including at least one dataset corresponding to a credit card of the user, and upon identifying an attribute of an alternative payment option for the user based on the user profile, generate an instruction to the webserver to dynamically render the page by displaying at least one interactive element including the alternative payment option based on an indicator of the credit card of the user.

System and method for individualized exposure estimation in linear media advertising for cross platform audience management and other applications
Patent No. 12229798

Inventor(s): Wassim Chaar (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): datafuelX Inc. (Chappaqua, NY)
Law Firm: Maginot, Moore Beck, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17938127 on 10/05/2022 (867 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for advertisement exposure forecasting are described herein, which advantageously provide viewer-level advertisement exposure forecasting for linear media platforms. Based on historical viewing data, a viewing proportion estimation model is trained for each of a plurality of viewers/devices. A plurality of viewing proportions is determined with respect to a plurality of future programs for each of the plurality of viewers/devices. Based on the plurality of viewing proportions, a reach and frequency of an advertising campaign are determined based on advertisement spot counts for each future program that is involved in the advertising campaign.

Integration of customer-stored information with media enabled shopping systems
Patent No. 12229819

Inventor(s): Bret Aylor (Plano, TX), Cody Singleton (Plano, TX), Saul Stawar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Media Cart Holdings, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16813875 on 03/10/2020 (1806 days app to issue)

Abstract: A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, a base tray, a plurality of wheels, a read component for performing a proximity scan of the shopping cart, a locationing component for determining a location of the shopping cart within a store based on the scan, and a display component for displaying at least one advertisement for a product based on the location of the shopping cart within the store, wherein the locationing component is further operable to determine a location of the product within the store relative to the shopping cart based on the scan, and wherein the display component is further operable to display an indication of the location of the advertised product relative to the location of the shopping cart.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for reformatting an electronic prescription transaction
Patent No. 12229833

Inventor(s): Jared Burdine (Dunwoody, GA), Phillip Draa (Atlanta, GA)
Assignee(s): MCKESSON CORPORATION (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: ALSTON BIRD LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17675616 on 02/18/2022 (1096 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for partitioning prescription transaction costs in an electronic prescription transaction by determining a credit amount to be applied to prescription transaction, based on an alternative cash price. In circumstances which an associated prescription claim is rejected or determined to be likely rejected, such as due to a requirement for prior authorization, a patient may still be motivated to purchase a prescription via a cash transaction, particularly with the credit amount applied. The prescription transaction may be reformatted to indicate a cash transaction and include the credit amount, and may exclude benefit information. The credit amount and a reformatted prescription transaction may be transmitted to the pharmacy computer or other third party computer.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for partitioning prescription transaction costs in an electronic prescription transaction
Patent No. 12229834

Inventor(s): Jared Burdine (Dunwoody, GA), John Giglio (Brookhaven, GA), Phillip Draa (Atlanta, GA)
Assignee(s): MCKESSON CORPORATION (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: ALSTON BIRD LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17676437 on 02/21/2022 (1093 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for partitioning prescription transaction costs in an electronic prescription transaction by determining a credit amount to be applied to an adjudicated prescription claim. The credit amount may be applied based on a co-pay amount provided by an adjudication computer and/or historical data, and may be adjusted according to an alternative cost obtained from an alternative cost data source. The alternative cost may be a cost for which a government sponsored plan can obtain the prescription. The remaining patient pay amount may be transmitted to a pharmacy computer such that a patient can purchase the prescription for a discounted cost.

Avatar identity protection using steganography
Patent No. 12229849

Inventor(s): Mun Wei Low (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18046272 on 10/13/2022 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: generating, by a processor, verification data; encoding, by the processor, the verification data within a base avatar using a steganography algorithm to generate an augmented avatar; and transmitting, by the processor, the augmented avatar to a recipient.

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

Method and apparatus for a software enabled high resolution ultrasound imaging device
Patent No. 12229922

Inventor(s): Masoud Vaziri (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): OPTICS INNOVATION LLC (Portland, ME)
Law Firm: NIXON PEABODY LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17722347 on 04/17/2022 (1038 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various computational methods and techniques are presented to increase the lateral and axial resolution of an ultrasound imager in order to allow a medical practitioner to use an ultrasound imager in real time to obtain a 3D map of a portion of a body with a resolution that is comparable to an MRI machine.

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

Wafer bin map based root cause analysis
Patent No. 12229945

Inventor(s): Qing Zhu (Rowlett, TX), Richard Burch (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): PDF Solutions, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Dergosits Noah LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18365157 on 08/03/2023 (565 days app to issue)

Abstract: A template for assigning the most probable root causes for wafer defects. The bin map data for a subject wafer can be compared with bin map data for prior wafers to find wafers with similar issues. A probability can be determined as to whether the same root cause should be applied to the subject wafer, and if so, the wafer can be labeled with that root cause accordingly.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Systems and methods for producing a light field from a depth map
Patent No. 12229978

Inventor(s): Bryan Eugene Walter (Roanoke, TX), Jared Scott Knutzon (Roanoke, TX), Jordan David Lamkin (Fort Worth, TX), Kyle Martin Ringgenberg (Fort Worth, TX), Mark Andrew Lamkin (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): FYR, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17345436 on 06/11/2021 (1348 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes an electronic display, a computer processor, one or more memory units, and a module stored in the one or more memory units. The module is configured to access a source image stored in the one or more memory units and determine depth data for each pixel of a plurality of pixels of the source image. The module is further configured to map, using the plurality of pixels and the determined depth data for each of the plurality of pixels, the source image to a four-dimensional light field. The module is further configured to send instructions to the electronic display to display the mapped four-dimensional light field.

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

Automatic face and human subject enhancement algorithm for digital images
Patent No. 12230053

Inventor(s): Hamid R. Sheikh (Allen, TX), John W. Glotzbach (Allen, TX), Zeeshan Nadir (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17591530 on 02/02/2022 (1112 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a memory configured to store images and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an input image. The processor is further configured to partition a human mask in the input image using a segmentation algorithm. The processor is also configured to generate a skin map based on identifying skin in the input image using the human mask. In addition, the processor is configured to process an output image with brightening applied using the skin map.

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

All-in-one multi-access wireless devices
Patent No. 12230089

Inventor(s): Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX), Pooja Krishnaswamy (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17683540 on 03/01/2022 (1085 days app to issue)

Abstract: An all-in-one multi-access device that provides access points for opening doors, using credit cards, obtaining and displaying tickets, storing information and other applications. The device may include one or more biometric sensors that ensure that it could only be used by an authorized person. In addition to providing keyless entry, the all-in-one multi-access device may also include a digital screen that can display information for credit cards, concert tickets, and airline tickets. In some embodiments, the device may include a magnetic strip and/or a chip to maintain backwards compatibility with older devices, such as magnetic strip readers and chip readers.

[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)

Monitoring a traffic condition of stopped or slow moving vehicles
Patent No. 12230129

Inventor(s): Baik Hoh (Campbell, CA), 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: 17513068 on 10/28/2021 (1209 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for monitoring a traffic condition can include a processor and a memory. The memory can store a preliminary operations module, a calculations module, and a communications module. The preliminary operations module can include instructions that cause the processor to obtain information about the traffic condition of stopped or slow moving vehicles. The calculations module can include instructions that cause the processor to: (1) define a monitoring zone that encloses the traffic condition and (2) determine, based on data about velocities of vehicles in the monitoring zone, that an error of a prediction of a position of a vehicle, associated with the traffic condition, is less than a threshold. The communications module can include instructions that cause the processor to: (1) receive the data and (2) cause, in response to a determination that the error is less than the threshold, the information to be communicated to vehicles.

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

Bit line modulation to compensate for cell source variation
Patent No. 12230333

Inventor(s): Abhijith Prakash (Milpitas, CA), Anirudh Amarnath (San Jose, CA), Aravind Suresh (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17954489 on 09/28/2022 (874 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for bit line modulation to compensate for cell source variation are disclosed. For example, a method for reading data from non-volatile storage comprising determining a first bit line level based on a first programmed data state that is being sensed and determining a second bit line level based on a second programmed data state that is being sensed. As another example, a storage device comprising a first bit line driver configured to generate a first bit line level for a first set of bit lines corresponding to a first set of memory strings based on a first cell source level associated with the first set of memory strings a second bit line driver configured to generate a second bit line level for a second set of bit lines corresponding to a second set of memory strings based on a second cell source level associated with the second set of memory strings.

[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)

Data latch programming algorithm for multi-bit-per-cell memory devices
Patent No. 12230335

Inventor(s): Fumiaki Toyama (Cupertino, CA), Toru Miwa (Yokohama, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Richter Hampton LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17838717 on 06/13/2022 (981 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-stage method for programming an n-bit memory cell array using a fixed number of data latches is disclosed. The fixed number of data latches may be a reduced number of data latches in sense amplifier and data latch (SADL) peripheral circuitry than is required by existing programming techniques. As such, the die area taken up by the SADL circuitry can be reduced, which in turn, reduces overall chip area. The multi-stage programming method may include utilizing a first data latch to receive and store program page data and utilizing a second data latch to store bit information indicating which cells are to be targeted for the multi-stage programming. At each program stage, a respective program loop may be performed with respect to each threshold voltage distribution generated during a prior program stage to create two new threshold voltage distributions from the prior distribution.

System and method for fleet driver biometric tracking
Patent No. 12230366

Inventor(s): Austin Green (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BlyncSync Technologies, LLC (Broken Arrow, OK)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17959355 on 10/04/2022 (868 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for employee biometric tracking is provided. The method comprises providing to a user a plurality of wearable devices capable of being connected to the user, establishing a wireless connection between the plurality of wearable devices and a mobile device, collecting by the plurality of wearable devices a plurality of biometric data from the user, receiving by an application stored on the mobile device the plurality of biometric data, inputting into a predictive engine biometric data selected from the plurality of biometric data, determining by the predictive engine in response to the biometric data whether the user is at, or soon will be at, an alert level, creating an alert signal, and displaying the alert signal to the user.

[G16B] BIOINFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR GENETIC OR PROTEIN-RELATED DATA PROCESSING IN COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Systems and methods for improving wireless mesh networks
Patent No. 12232197

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: 17590608 on 02/01/2022 (1113 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a wireless mesh network comprising wireless communication nodes that are interconnected via wireless point-to-point and/or wireless point-to-multipoint links, at least some of the wireless communication nodes may additionally be installed with equipment that enables them to operate as blockchain nodes within a blockchain network, such as a computing system comprising hardware and software for operating as part of the blockchain network. This architecture enables such wireless communication nodes to serve a dual purpose of delivering both mesh-based applications and/or services to users, such as high-speed internet, as well as blockchain-based applications and/or services to users. For example, such wireless communication nodes may function to provide distributed, blockchain-based platforms for content storage (e.g., blockchain-based databases or distributed file storage platforms), content distribution, social media, gaming, and/or virtual experiences, among other possibilities.

Seamless Wi-Fi subscription remediation
Patent No. RE050305 (Reissue)

Inventor(s): Basavaraj Patil (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: McCarter English LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16595607 on 10/08/2019 (1960 days app to issue)

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments include a method to perform, based on at least one of hypertext transport protocol and non-hypertext transport protocol traffic tests failing, sending an hypertext transport protocol message to a subscription remediation server URI that carries a package1 message, receiving an hypertext transport protocol response from the subscription mediation server with a package2 message, and automatically replacing a password with a new value, automatically initiating creation of a new client certificate, or launching a browser to a URI provided in the response to enable user intervention. In addition, to receive an access request from a device, determining whether credentials are valid, and if the credentials are determined valid, sending an access-accept message with a success indication, and if the credentials are determined not valid, sending an access-accept message with a success indication and an indication that access by the device is limited to only a subscription remediation server. Patent Class: N/A

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Bond wire payoff system and method
Patent No. 12230424

Inventor(s): Jeremy T. Smith (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17730412 on 04/27/2022 (1028 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and method for improved bond wire payoff during the armoring process of armored cables and metal-clad cables is disclosed. A bond wire payoff system includes a bare bond wire; a bond wire payoff assembly; a sensor assembly connected to the bond wire payoff assembly, wherein the bare bond wire passes through the sensor assembly; a controller coupled with the sensor assembly, wherein the controller detects a break in the bare bond wire; and an alarm, wherein the alarm is triggered when a break in the bare bond wire is detected.

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

Inline wafer defect detection system and method
Patent No. 12230522

Inventor(s): Patrick David Noll (Richardson, TX), Suzie Ghidei (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17565896 on 12/30/2021 (1146 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wafer defect detection apparatus and a method of fabricating an IC using the same. Images of a plurality of semiconductor wafers forming a wafer lot are captured at a targeted process step of a fabrication flow and preprocessed, wherein a medoid image is identified as a reference wafer image. In one arrangement, preprocessed wafer images of a semiconductor wafer lot may be analyzed for defects based on an ensemble of image analysis techniques using at least one of the reference wafer image from the wafer lot and a template patch to enhance the predictive power of defect detection.

[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]

Wafer chip scale packaging with ball attach before repassivation
Patent No. 12230539

Inventor(s): Daiki Komatsu (Beppu, , JP), Makoto Shibuya (Beppu, , JP)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16051590 on 08/01/2018 (2393 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed examples provide methods that include forming a conductive structure at least partially above a conductive feature of a wafer, attaching a solder ball structure to a side of the conductive structure, and thereafter forming a repassivation layer on a side of the wafer proximate the side of the conductive structure. Further examples provide microelectronic devices and integrated circuits that include a conductive structure coupled with a conductive feature of a metallization structure, a solder ball structure connected to the conductive structure, and a printed repassivation layer disposed on the side of the metallization structure proximate a side of the conductive structure.

Integrated circuit with buried power rail and methods of manufacturing the same
Patent No. 12230570

Inventor(s): Mark S. Rodder (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Yongin-si, , KR)
Law Firm: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17574073 on 01/12/2022 (1133 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit having buried power rails includes forming a first dielectric layer on an upper surface of a first semiconductor substrate, forming a series of power rail trenches in an upper surface of the first dielectric layer, forming the buried power rails in the series of power rail trenches, forming a second dielectric layer on the upper surface of the first dielectric layer and upper surfaces of the buried power rails, forming a third dielectric layer on a donor wafer, bonding the third dielectric layer to the second dielectric layer, and forming a series of semiconductor devices, vias, and metal interconnects on or in the donor wafer. The buried power rails are encapsulated by the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer, and the buried power rails are below the plurality of semiconductor devices.

Printed package and method of making the same
Patent No. 12230594

Inventor(s): Sreenivasan K. Koduri (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17557372 on 12/21/2021 (1155 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for interconnecting bond pads of semiconductor dies or devices with corresponding leads in a lead frame with printed conductive interconnects in lieu of bond wires and an apparatus resulting from the above method. More specifically, some examples include printing an insulating foundation path from bond-pads on a semiconductor die to leads of a lead frame to which the semiconductor die is attached. A foundation conductive trace is printed on top of the insulating foundation path from each bond pad on the die to a corresponding lead of the lead frame. Optionally, on top of the conductive trace, a cover insulating cover layer is applied on exposed portions of the conductive interconnects and the foundation insulating layer. Preferably, this can be the same material as foundation layer to fully adhere and blend into a monolithic structure, rather than separate layers. Optionally, a protective layer is then applied on the resulting apparatus.

Standalone high voltage galvanic isolation capacitors
Patent No. 12230669

Inventor(s): Byron Lovell Williams (Plano, TX), Elizabeth Costner Stewart (Dallas, TX), Jeffrey Alan West (Dallas, TX), Thomas Dyer Bonifield (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18242717 on 09/06/2023 (531 days app to issue)

Abstract: A galvanic isolation capacitor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a PMD layer over the semiconductor substrate. The PMD layer has a first thickness. A lower metal plate is over the PMD layer and an ILD layer is on the lower metal plate; the ILD layer has a second thickness. A ratio of the first thickness to the second thickness is between about 1 and 1.55 inclusive. A first upper metal plate over the ILD layer has a first area and a second upper metal plate over the ILD layer has a second area; a ratio of the first area to the second area is greater than about 5. The galvanic isolation capacitor device can be part of a multi-chip module.

Quantum structure getter for radiation hardened transistors
Patent No. 12230677

Inventor(s): Pijush Kanti Ghosh (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC)
Law Firm: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17553038 on 12/16/2021 (1160 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device that is radiation hardened through the incorporation of a quantum structure getter (QSG) is provided. The device, such as a field effect transistor (FET) includes a conductive channel and a material stack comprising: a capping layer, one or more barrier layers comprising a high band gap, one or more quantum structures comprising a small band gap, and a substrate. The quantum structures are positioned in close proximity to the conductive channel to form a quantum well charge getter. The getter forms a low energy area beneath the FET, which traps and confines electron-hole pair wave functions produced from ionizing radiation, causing the wave functions overlap, recombine, and produce light emission. The quantum structures getter the wave functions, which reduces the ionized photocurrent that reaches the conducting channel, thereby hardening the microelectronic device against ionizing radiation.

Slant cross-polarized antenna arrays composed of non-slant polarized radiating elements
Patent No. 12230867

Inventor(s): Mohammad Vatankhah Varnoosfaderani (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks, LLC (Claremont, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17778205 on 11/30/2020 (1541 days app to issue)

Abstract: Base station antennas include first and second radio frequency (‘’RF’’) ports and a first antenna array that includes both first and second radiating elements. Each of the first radiating elements includes a first radiator that is connected to the first RF port that is configured to radiate at a first polarization and a second radiator that is connected to the second RF port that is configured to radiate at the first polarization. Each of the second radiating elements includes a first radiator that is connected to the first RF port that is configured to radiate at a second polarization that is different from the first polarization and a second radiator that is connected to the second RF port that is configured to radiate at the second polarization.

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

Protective structure for protecting antenna from damage
Patent No. 12230875

Inventor(s): Kevin L. Martin (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18388201 on 11/09/2023 (467 days app to issue)

Abstract: A protective structure, to protect an antenna from damage, is provided. The protective structure includes a body. The body defines one or more prong-receiving apertures in a first surface of the body, wherein through each aperture of the one or more prong-receiving apertures, the body is configured to receive a prong of one or more prongs of the antenna. The body defines a radio frequency (RF) connection aperture extending from the first surface of the body to a second surface of the body, wherein the body is configured to receive a cable through the RF connection aperture to couple a cable connector of the cable to an RF connector of the antenna.

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

Reactance cancelling radio frequency circuit array
Patent No. 12230895

Inventor(s): Nikolaus Klemmer (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18312083 on 05/04/2023 (656 days app to issue)

Abstract: A reactance cancelling radio frequency (RF) circuit array is disclosed. The reactance cancelling RF circuit array includes multiple RF circuits each coupled to one or two adjacent RF circuits by one or two pairs of coupling mediums each having a respective length less than one-quarter wavelength. In one aspect, an RF input signal is first split across the RF circuits and then combined to form an RF output signal. As a result, each RF circuit requires a lower power handling capability to process a portion of the RF input signal. In another aspect, each pair of the coupling mediums can cause reactance cancellation in each reactance-cancelling pair of the RF circuits. By coupling the RF circuits via the coupling mediums and enabling splitting-combining among the RF circuits, it is possible to miniaturize the reactance cancelling RF circuit array for improved performance across a wide frequency spectrum.

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

Pulse frequency modulator for switched mode power supply
Patent No. 12231028

Inventor(s): Tawen Mei (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17682764 on 02/28/2022 (1086 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus comprises: an amplifier having an amplifier output and first and second amplifier inputs, the first amplifier input coupled to a reference voltage terminal, and the second amplifier input coupled to a power input terminal; a ramp generation circuit having a reset input and a ramp output; a comparator having a comparator output and first and second comparator inputs, the first comparator input coupled to the amplifier output, and the second comparator input coupled to the ramp output; and a switching signal generation circuit having a circuit input and a circuit output, the circuit input coupled to the comparator output, and the circuit output coupled to a power control terminal.

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

Pass gate driver
Patent No. 12231032

Inventor(s): Bernhard Wolfgang Ruck (Freising, , DE), Oliver Nehrig (Freising, , DE), Ruediger Kuhn (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18391809 on 12/21/2023 (425 days app to issue)

Abstract: A driver includes a low-resistance charging path between a supply voltage rail and a first output node, a high-resistance charging path between the supply voltage rail and the first output node, an inverter coupled to the first output node and configured to enable and disable the low-resistance charging path, and a high-resistance discharging path between the first output node and a second output node. The first output node is coupled to a control terminal of a pass gate transistor in some implementations. The low-resistance charging path charges a voltage on the first output node to a threshold voltage of the pass gate transistor, and the high-resistance charging path charges the voltage on the first output node greater than the threshold voltage of the pass gate transistor. The high-resistance discharging path discharges the voltage on the first output node.

Enhanced hybrid hysteretic control of LLC converters
Patent No. 12231039

Inventor(s): Chen Jiang (Houston, TX), Desheng Guo (Shanghai, , CN), Longqi Li (Shenzhen, , CN), Zhenyu Yu (Sugar Land, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18066781 on 12/15/2022 (796 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power converter includes a power converter circuit and a microcontroller that controls the power converter circuit. The microcontroller includes a power control unit and a processing unit. The power control unit adjusts the switching frequency of the power converter circuit based on thresholds of a resonant capacitor of the power converter circuit. The power control unit also generates event signals indicative of breaches of the thresholds by the resonant capacitor. When the processing unit receives an event signal from the power control unit indicative of a breach of one of the thresholds by the resonant capacitor, the processing unit determines whether the switching frequency falls outside a defined range based on the event signal. In response to determining that the switching frequency falls outside the defined range, the processing unit instructs the power control unit to clamp the switching frequency of the power converter circuit.

Switching converter control loop and dynamic reference voltage adjustment
Patent No. 12231045

Inventor(s): Bikash Kumar Pradhan (Bengaluru, , IN), Muthusubramanian Venkateswaran (Bengaluru, , IN), Preetam Charan Anand Tadeparthy (Bengaluru, , IN), Siddaram Mathapathi (Bengaluru, , IN), Venkatesh Wadeyar (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18539346 on 12/14/2023 (432 days app to issue)

Abstract: A controller includes: a pulse-width modulation (PWM) circuit; a control loop; and a reference voltage controller. The control loop has: a feedback input adapted to be coupled to an output voltage of a power stage; a control loop output coupled to a PWM control input; and an operational amplifier with a first feedback input, a first reference input, and an amplifier output, the first feedback input connected to the feedback input, and the amplifier output coupled to the PWM control input. The reference voltage controller has a reference voltage output coupled to the first reference input, the reference voltage controller configured to adjust a reference voltage provided to the reference voltage output responsive to a dynamic error estimate based on error in the operational amplifier.

Lower voltage switching of current mode logic circuits
Patent No. 12231119

Inventor(s): Steven Ernest Finn (Chamblee, GA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16834316 on 03/30/2020 (1786 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a first transistor comprising a first control input and first and second current terminals, the first control input coupled to receive a first input control signal, and the first current terminal coupled to a first power supply node. The circuit also includes a first resistor coupled to the first control input of the first transistor, a first capacitor coupled between the second current terminal of the first transistor and the first resistor and a second transistor comprising a second control input and third and fourth current terminals, the third current terminal coupled to the first resistor and to the first capacitor.

[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]

Oversampled analog to digital converter
Patent No. 12231142

Inventor(s): Amit Kumar Gupta (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17874750 on 07/27/2022 (937 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ADC includes a comparator to provide a comparator output responsive to an input voltage of the ADC and a DAC output voltage; a SAR circuit including a SAR that stores an n-bit digital code that is initialized at a beginning of a conversion phase of the ADC, where the SAR circuit is to update the digital code responsive to the comparator output, where an ADC output is responsive to the digital code at an end of the conversion phase; and a DAC to provide the DAC output voltage responsive to the digital code and a reference voltage. The DAC includes an m-bit CDAC and an (nm)-bit RDAC to provide an intermediate voltage responsive to the nm least-significant bits of the digital code and the reference voltage. The CDAC provides the DAC output voltage responsive to the m most-significant bits of the digital code, the intermediate voltage, and reference voltage.

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

Wireless network with channel hopping
Patent No. 12231160

Inventor(s): Jyothsna Kunduru (Plano, TX), Kumaran Vijayasankar (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18318035 on 05/16/2023 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless network with network-level channel hopping. A wireless network includes a wireless device. The wireless device includes a receiver, a data channel selector, and a transmitter. The receiver is configured to receive a beacon signal comprising a beacon sequence value. The data channel selector is configured to select, as a pseudorandom function of the beacon sequence value, a data channel on which to transmit in an interval following reception of the beacon signal. The transmitter is configured to transmit on the data channel selected by the channel selector.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Wireless transceiver resynchronization options during wireless management of subsystems
Patent No. 12231161

Inventor(s): Alexis Justine Burnight (Dallas, TX), Ariton E. Xhafa (Plano, TX), Jesus Daniel Torres Bardales (Plano, TX), Ramanuja Vedantham (Frisco, TX), Vishal Coelho (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17524505 on 11/11/2021 (1195 days app to issue)

Abstract: A communication circuit includes network formation circuitry configured to establish a wireless network between a primary wireless transceiver and a secondary wireless transceiver. The communication circuit also includes data transfer circuitry configured to perform data transfers between the primary wireless transceiver and the secondary wireless transceiver. The communication circuit further includes resynchronization circuitry configured to resynchronize the secondary wireless transceiver with the established wireless network within a target time interval.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Automated cloud on-ramp in a data center
Patent No. 12231264

Inventor(s): Adam Scott Wayne (Keller, TX), Jason Anthony Lochhead (Frisco, TX), Manikandan Subramanian (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17679975 on 02/24/2022 (1090 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media are provided for provisioning network inter-connections and extensions to computing infrastructure. In one embodiment, a system can receive a request from a client to establish a network connection between a private network and a remote network, the request including a selection of a virtual network residing at the private network; establish a transit connection between the virtual network and an exchange port established in association with the private network; establish a first network connection between the exchange port and an intermediary cross connect network; establish a second network connection between the intermediary cross connect network and the remote network; and extend a virtual local area network (VLAN) connected to the virtual network of the client at the private network to the remote network via the network connection, the network connection comprising the first network connection and the second network connection.

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

Enabling down link reception of system and control information from intra-frequency neighbors without gaps in the evolved-UTRA systems
Patent No. 12231276

Inventor(s): Badri N. Varadarajan (Dallas, TX), Pierre Bertrand (Antibes, , FR), Shantanu Kangude (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17712958 on 04/04/2022 (1051 days app to issue)

Abstract: Simplified communication between user equipment and a neighboring cell not the primary cell is achieved by restricting the transmission parameters, such as bandwidth, of the neighboring cell transmission and provision of a simplified secondary baseband processor in the user equipment.

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

Interference group creation in full duplex networks
Patent No. 12231321

Inventor(s): Ayham Al-Banna (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): ARRIS Enterprises LLC (Suwanee, GA)
Law Firm: Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung Stenzel, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17511328 on 10/26/2021 (1211 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method sets a threshold over a frequency spectrum and receives a set of measurements that measures interference between a set of network devices over the frequency spectrum. A set of metric values based on the set of measurements is compared to the threshold at a plurality of points over the frequency spectrum. The method then selects whether the set of network devices are in a group that interfere with communications of each other based on the comparing.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Wireless LAN (WLAN) public identity federation trust architecture
Patent No. 12231421

Inventor(s): Malcolm Muir Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Polsinelli P.C. (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18446337 on 08/08/2023 (560 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a process of evaluating any number of different identity providers (IDPs) and their respective set of credentials that are used to authenticate corresponding users to assist with the onboarding of the different IDPs in connection with Wi-Fi identity federations. In particular, the process allows a person’’s electronic identity and attributes (stored across one or more IDPs) to be determined once using a standard. Once trust has been established for the user, that trust can then be utilized across a number of different systems (e.g., Single-sign on). The same trust determination can be used without the need for the authenticity of the user identity to be re-evaluated with each new access request.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Threat intelligence on a data exchange layer
Patent No. 12231441

Inventor(s): Christopher Smith (Sherwood, OR), Don R. Hanson, II (Portland, OR), Edward T. McDonald (Hillsboro, OR)
Assignee(s): Musarubra US LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: HANLEY, FLIGHT ZIMMERMAN, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17155318 on 01/22/2021 (1488 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a threat intelligence controller is configured to operate on a data exchange layer (DXL). The threat intelligence controller acts as a DXL consumer of reputation data for a network object, which may be reported in various different types and from various different sources. Of the devices authorized to act as reputation data producers, each may have its own trust level. As the threat intelligence controller aggregates data from various providers, it may weight the reputation reports according to trust level. The threat intelligence engine thus builds a composite reputation for the object. When it receives a DXL message requesting a reputation for the object, it publishes the composite reputation on the DXL bus.

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

Analysis of endpoint detect and response data
Patent No. 12231443

Inventor(s): Agustin Matias March (Cordoba, , AR), Alejandro Houspanossian (Cordoba, , AR), Gabriel Infante Lopez (Cordoba, , AR), Raul Osvaldo Robledo (Cordoba, , AR)
Assignee(s): Musaruba US LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: HANLEY, FLIGHT ZIMMERMAN, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18121543 on 03/14/2023 (707 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method of detecting security threats for an enterprise, including: filtering a first set of endpoint metadata records to identify a subset of metadata records, wherein filtering includes identifying endpoint security metadata records that are uncommon in context of the enterprise; and designating the subset of metadata records as indicating a potential security threat including designating the subset of metadata records for human analysis.

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

Foundational model for network packet traces
Patent No. 12231451

Inventor(s): Mathews Thomas (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Cantor Colburn LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18048059 on 10/20/2022 (852 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments related to using a foundational model for network packet traces. A technique includes receiving network traffic of a network and extracting features from the network traffic, the features having a function related to communications in the network. The technique includes generating tokens from the features, each of the features corresponding to a respective one of the tokens, training a machine learning model by inputting the tokens, the machine learning model being trained to output contextual embeddings for the tokens, and using the contextual embeddings to determine an anomaly in the network traffic.

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

Private cloud infrastructure stitching process and orchestration
Patent No. 12231466

Inventor(s): Brian Christman (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17978274 on 11/01/2022 (840 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a system for orchestration of a mainframe computing environment. The system may include a mainframe. The system may include components such as a computer processor, a controller, a computing layer, a storage layer, and a network layer. The computer processor may run on the mainframe. The computer processor may utilize an application programming interface (API) to stitch the mainframe with the computing layer, the storage layer, and the network layer. An infrastructure as code (IaC) format may stitch together the components of the system. The computer processor may use the controller to utilize the IaC format to orchestrate the mainframe computing environment. The computer processor may optimize the utilization of the mainframe computing environment.

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

System and method for deputizing satellite endpoints
Patent No. 12231467

Inventor(s): Bryan J. Blanchard (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Tanium Inc. (Emeryville, CA)
Law Firm: Nicholson De Vos Webster Elliott LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17856787 on 07/01/2022 (963 days app to issue)

Abstract: A server system in communication with a plurality of machines that form a linear communication orbit establishes a direct duplex connection between the server system and a first endpoint machine. The server system enrolls the first endpoint machine as a satellite endpoint machine, which enables the satellite endpoint machine to execute one or more function modules. Typically, the server system authenticates, via the direct duplex connection, the first endpoint machine, and, after authenticating the first endpoint machine, sends, to the first endpoint machine, an instruction for executing a function module. The server system receives a report including information obtained by the first endpoint machine executing the function module. At least one of the establishing a direct duplex connection, sending the instruction, and receiving the report includes sending or receiving a communication between the first endpoint machine and the server system via the linear communication orbit.

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

Network discovery in a lawful intercept system
Patent No. 12231470

Inventor(s): Amir Saghir (Frisco, TX), Jayshree A. Bharatia (Plano, TX), Jerry Steben (Fort Worth, TX), Maqbool Chauhan (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17675269 on 02/18/2022 (1096 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosure are techniques for allocating aggregation devices in a lawful intercept system. In an embodiment, a method includes maintaining a list of point of interception aggregation (PAG) functions in a network function repository function (NRF) of a cellular network upon instantiation of the PAG functions; receiving a lawful intercept (LI) request; querying the NRF to determine a respective PAG function; and associating a point of interception (POI) function with the respective PAG function.

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

System and method for establishing and managing multiple call sessions from a centralized control interface
Patent No. 12231475

Inventor(s): Rashmi Lohita (Allen, TX), Sivakumar Chaturvedi (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Damaka, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18352412 on 07/14/2023 (585 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for establishing and managing one-to-one and conference call sessions through a virtual waiting room. Conference calls may be established initially or created as additional people are invited to an existing call. Functions such as screensharing, chat messaging, and file sharing may be provided. Media, including video, text, and images, may be selected and sent to participants while they are on hold or during an active call session.

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

Property damage detection system and method of use
Patent No. 12231499

Inventor(s): Donald G Wood (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18105529 on 02/03/2023 (746 days app to issue)

Abstract: A property damage detection system comprising a sensor device, a transmitter device, a receiver device, and a computing device, the sensor device configured to monitor and detect environmental conditions of a building, the transmitter device to convey the data, the receiver device configured to collect and transmit information from the sensor device to the computing device, the computing device configured to analyze the transmitted information and report to a user.

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

Clock recovery training
Patent No. 12231527

Inventor(s): Bhavesh Bhakta (Richardson, TX), Mark Ryan Love (Dallas, TX), Paul Marion Miller, IV (Farmers Branch, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17354752 on 06/22/2021 (1337 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for an apparatus. In some examples, the apparatus includes a clock generator, a clock data recovery (CDR) circuit, a state machine, and an adder. The clock generator is configured to determine a sampling clock based on a received input clock and a clock offset. The CDR circuit is configured to determine a phase of the input clock and determine CDR codes based on the determined phase and sampled data. The state machine is configured to record a first CDR code of the CDR codes at a first time, record a second CDR code of the CDR codes at a second time subsequent to the first time, and determine a calibrated offset based on the first CDR code and the second CDR code. The adder is configured to determine the clock offset according to the CDR codes and the calibrated offset.

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

System and method for structure authentication using NFTS
Patent No. 12231567

Inventor(s): Seth E. Ethington (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18085326 on 12/20/2022 (791 days app to issue)

Abstract: A structure authentication system includes a sensor configured to sense identifying features of a three-dimensional (3D) printed structure and generate identifying feature data based on the identifying features, as well as a processor configured to receive, from the sensor, the identifying feature of the 3D printed structure. The processor is also configured to analyze the identifying feature data along with a non-fungible token (NFT) database that correlates a plurality of NFTs to a plurality of identifying feature data to determine whether the 3D printed structure is associated with an NFT within the NFT database. Additionally, the processor is configured to query a blockchain to determine whether the NFT is authentically associated with the 3D printed structure. The processor is also configured to, in response to determining that the NFT is authentically associated with the 3D printed structure, send a notification to a user device indicating that the 3D printed structure is authentic.

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

Relying party object identifiers schema (RPOIDS)
Patent No. 12231584

Inventor(s): Jeff J. Stapleton (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17993051 on 11/23/2022 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media including sending, by a relying party computing system to a subscriber computing system, an Object Identifier (OID) of a relying party associated with the relying party computing system, receiving, by the relying party computing system from the subscriber computing system, a certificate of a subscriber associated with the subscriber computing system, the certificate includes a public key of the subscriber, determining, by the relying party computing system, whether the certificate includes the OID of the relying party, and in response to determining that the certificate includes the OID of the relying party, using by the relying party computing system the public key in the certificate of the subscriber.

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

Coding unit quantization parameters in video coding
Patent No. 12231638

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Mehmet Umut Demircin (Dallas, TX), Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18237068 on 08/23/2023 (545 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided that includes receiving a coded largest coding unit in a video decoder, wherein the coded largest coding unit includes a coded coding unit structure and a plurality of coded quantization parameters, and decoding the coded largest coding unit based on the coded coding unit structure and the plurality of coded quantization parameters.

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

Method and apparatus for diagonal scan and simplified context selection for parallel entropy coding of significance map of transform coefficients
Patent No. 12231642

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Vivienne Sze (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15431474 on 02/13/2017 (2927 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for encoding bit code utilizing context dependency simplification to reduce dependent scans. The method includes retrieving at least one 2 dimensional array of transform coefficient, transforming the at least one 2 dimensional array of transform coefficient to a 1 dimensional coefficient scanning using a diagonal scan in a fixed direction, utilizing the at least one 1 dimensional array of transform coefficients for context selection based on fewer than 11 neighbors, potentially selected based on scan direction, slice type, coding unit type and binarization, and performing arithmetic coding to generate coded bit utilizing context selection and binarization.

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

Hierarchical inter-layer prediction in multi-loop scalable video coding
Patent No. 12231663

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: 18238264 on 08/25/2023 (543 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for encoding a video sequence in a scalable video encoder to generate a scalable bitstream is provided that includes encoding the video sequence in a first layer encoder of the scalable video encoder to generate a first sub-bitstream, encoding the video sequence in a second layer encoder of the scalable video encoder to generate a second sub-bitstream, wherein portions of the video sequence being encoded in the second layer encoder are predicted using reference portions of the video sequence encoded in the first layer encoder, combining the first sub-bitstream and the second sub-bitstream in the scalable bitstream, and signaling an indication of a highest temporal level of the first sub-bitstream comprising at least one of the reference portions in the scalable bitstream.

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

Simplified binary arithmetic coding engine
Patent No. 12231668

Abstract: A method of entropy coding in a video encoder is provided that includes assigning a first bin to a first single-probability bin encoder based on a probability state of the first bin, wherein the first single-probability bin encoder performs binary arithmetic coding based on a first fixed probability state, assigning a second bin to a second single-probability bin encoder based on a probability state of the second bin, wherein the second single-probability bin encoder performs binary arithmetic coding based on a second fixed probability state different from the first fixed probability state, and coding the first bin in the first single-probability bin encoder and the second bin in the second single-probability bin encoder in parallel, wherein the first single-probability bin encoder uses a first rLPS table for the first fixed probability state and the second single-probability bin encoder uses a second rLPS table for the second fixed probability state.

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

Systems and methods for splicing targeted content into live broadcast streams with targeted content breaks of unknown placement and duration
Patent No. 12231723

Inventor(s): Wei Wei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Netflix, Inc. (Los Gatos, CA)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18351432 on 07/12/2023 (587 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented methods and systems can splice targeted content such as advertisements into a live stream of a real-time event. For example, the methods and systems discussed herein determine targeted content items for splicing into a live stream by generating a computing model of targeted content recommendations. In one or more examples, the computing model generates targeted content recommendations that are specific to a length of a targeted content break, the viewer of the live stream, and the player where the live stream is being viewed. The systems and methods discussed herein further determine the placement and duration of targeted content breaks based on signals and markers that are inserted into the live stream. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

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

System and method for optimizing video communications based on device capabilities
Patent No. 12231725

Inventor(s): Channamallesh G. Hiremath (Allen, TX), Rajaraman Krishnan (Chennai, , IN), Rashmi Lohita (Allen, TX), Sivakumar Chaturvedi (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Damaka, Inc. (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18365303 on 08/04/2023 (564 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for optimizing video for transmission on a device includes, in one example, the method includes capturing an original video frame and scaling the original video frame down to a lower resolution video frame. The lower resolution video frame is downscaled using a first encoder to produce a first layer output and the first layer output is decoded. The decoded first layer output is upscaled to match a resolution of the original video frame. A difference is obtained between the upscaled decoded first layer output and the original video frame. The difference is independently encoded using a second encoder to create a second layer output. The first and second layer outputs may be stored or sent to another device.

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

System and method for flicker avoidance in multi-frame multi-exposure image captures
Patent No. 12231780

Inventor(s): Hamid R. Sheikh (Allen, TX), John W. Glotzbach (Allen, TX), Nguyen Thang Long Le (Richardson, TX), Zeeshan Nadir (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18059822 on 11/29/2022 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining multiple image frames. The method also includes selecting, using at least one processing device of an electronic device, an asymmetrical image pair from the multiple image frames. The asymmetrical image pair includes a first image frame and a second image frame, where the first image frame has a shorter exposure than the second image frame. The method further includes identifying, using the at least one processing device, one or more features based on the asymmetrical image pair. The method also includes determining, using the at least one processing device, whether the first image frame contains flicker based on the one or more features. In addition, the method includes enabling or disabling, using the at least one processing device, the first image frame as a reference candidate based on the determination whether the first image frame contains flicker.

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

Method and apparatus for security realization of connections over heterogeneous access networks
Patent No. 12231876

Inventor(s): Jennifer Liu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: ALSTON BIRD LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17266295 on 08/02/2019 (2027 days app to issue)

Abstract: This application relates to session establishment by user equipment over a plurality of heterogenous access networks. In one aspect, the heterogenous access networks may include 3GPP and non-3GPP access networks ([b]106[/b]). The non-3GPP access networks ([b]106[/b]) may include one or more non-3GPP trusted access networks ([b]108[/b]) or one or non-3GPP, non-trusted access networks ([b]110[/b]).

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Configuration of routing areas within an area of interest
Patent No. 12231909

Inventor(s): Abhay Dabholkar (Allen, TX), Nikhlesh Agrawal (McKinney, TX), Rakhi Gupta (Frisco, TX), Vladimir Sevastyanov (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Hartman Citrin LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17731293 on 04/28/2022 (1027 days app to issue)

Abstract: Improving configuration of routing areas within an area of interest can include obtaining input data including a list of common language location identifiers within a defined area of interest and identification of a number of routing areas to be created within the area of interest; creating a bounding rectangle around the area of interest represented by the list of common language location identifiers; generating, within the bounding rectangle, a uniformly distributed sequence point; determining, from within the list of common language location identifiers, if the uniformly distributed sequence point is located in a particular common language location identifier of the list of common language location identifiers; if so, adding, to a list of kernel common language location identifiers the uniformly distributed sequence point; and if not, discarding the uniformly distributed sequence point.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Intelligent monitoring systems and methods for Wi-Fi metric-based alarms for cloud based Wi-Fi networks
Patent No. 12231923

Inventor(s): Adam R. Hotchkiss (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): PLUME DESIGN, INC. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18347804 on 07/06/2023 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and methods include obtaining data, over the Internet, associated with a plurality of Wi-Fi networks each Wi-Fi network having one or more access points and each Wi-Fi network being associated with a customer of one or more service providers; aggregating and filtering the data; analyzing the aggregated and filtered data for Wi-Fi metric based alarms, each Wi-Fi metric based alarm being associated with detection of one of an offline Wi-Fi network of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks, an offline node of the Wi-Fi network, instability of the Wi-Fi network, congestion in the Wi-Fi network, and interference in the Wi-Fi network; determining the Wi-Fi metric based alarms based on the analyzing; and performing one or more actions based on the determined Wi-Fi metric based alarms.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Intelligent monitoring systems and methods for wi-fi metric-based predictions for cloud based wi-fi networks
Patent No. 12231924

Inventor(s): Adam Hotchkiss (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): PLUME DESIGN, INC. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18392320 on 12/21/2023 (425 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and methods include obtaining Wi-Fi network data, over the Internet, associated with a plurality of Wi-Fi networks each Wi-Fi network having one or more access points and each Wi-Fi network being associated with a customer of one or more service providers and obtaining customer data for each customer associated with the plurality of Wi-Fi networks, the customer data including call-ins made by customers; aggregating and filtering the data; analyzing the aggregated and filtered data including correlating the call-ins made by customers to the Wi-Fi network data; predicting customer call-ins based on correlations made between the call-ins made by customers and the Wi-Fi network data; and initiating a customer outreach workflow prior to a predicted customer call-in.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Always-on packet data unit session indication
Patent No. 12231949

Inventor(s): Jayshree Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Ofinno, LLC (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18501743 on 11/03/2023 (473 days app to issue)

Abstract: A session management function (SMF) receives, from a wireless device, an indication that an always-on packet data unit (PDU) session is requested. The SMF determines to establish the PDU session as an always-on PDU session based on: the indication that the always-on PDU session is requested; and the PDU session being for an ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) service. The SMF sends, to the wireless device, an indication that the PDU session is to be established as the always-on PDU session.

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

Time sensitive networking (TSN) quality of service (QoS) in overlapped administrative domains
Patent No. 12231963

Inventor(s): Malcolm Muir Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17820917 on 08/19/2022 (914 days app to issue)

Abstract: Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) Quality of Service (QoS) in overlapped administrative domains may be provided. A first Access Point (AP) may detect at least a second AP in a Co-Channel Interference (CCI) range. A micro-transaction auction between the first AP and at least the second AP may be established, and the first AP may provide compensation to second AP to acquire an agreement, from the second AP, to forgo transmitting during an upcoming service period. Next, the first AP may schedule transmissions for the service period and then transmit in the service period without interference from the second AP.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Interlinked geo-fencing
Patent No. 12231986

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: 18371103 on 09/21/2023 (516 days app to issue)

Abstract: Arrangements for generating geo-fences for automatically authenticating a user or authorizing event processing are provided. In some examples, user data associated with a location of the user or mobile device of the user may be received. Further, data associated with successful processing of an event may be received. In some arrangements, this data may be used to generate a first geo-fence. The geo-fenced area may be considered a trusted zone within which a user may be automatically authenticated and/or events may be automatically authorized and/or processed. In some examples, additional user data may be received and analyzed using machine learning to predict second or subsequent geo-fence locations. Based on the analyzed data, one or more additional geo-fences or geo-fenced areas may be generated and interlinked with the initial geo-fence.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for fraud prevention
Patent No. 12231990

Inventor(s): Hollie Ilene King (Frisco, TX), Nicholas C. Wheeler (The Colony, TX), Rachel Elizabeth Csabi (Frisco, TX), Samantha Elizabeth Taylor (Frisco, TX), Victor Kwak (Frisco, TX), Yogen Rai (Plano, TX), Zachery C. Lake (Aubrey,
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18143283 on 05/04/2023 (656 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing device establishes communication with a financial institution communication device, and receives an instruction for a user to perform an action to authenticate the user. The action includes providing user-provided data indicative of a location. The computing device determines first location information based on the user-provided data. The computing device also determines second location information using a location sensor. The computing device authenticates the used based on determining that the first location information correlates to the second location information.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Mobile communication device and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for home automation
Patent No. 12231991

Inventor(s): Robert M. Kennard (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): THL Holding Company, LLC (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Garlick Markison (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18615158 on 03/25/2024 (330 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mobile communication device operates to: pair with a remote device, generate first control data to control an auxiliary device coupled to a home automation device also paired to the mobile communication device; establish a group of the plurality of home automation devices; generate second control data corresponding to the group of auxiliary devices associated with the group of the home automation devices; establish tasks, via user interaction with the graphical user interface, the tasks each having an associated action to be performed by one or more of the home automation devices; display a menu of the tasks; receive selection of a selected task; and generate third control data in response to selection of the selected task, transmits the third control data to the one or more of the home automation devices associated with the selected task to perform the associated action corresponding to the selected task.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for policy and location-based data network selection in a wireless network
Patent No. 12232017

Inventor(s): Maqbool Chauhan (Keller, TX), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Westlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17343875 on 06/10/2021 (1349 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may dynamically determine whether a User Equipment (‘’UE’’) is authorized to access a given Local Area Data Network (‘’LADN’’) based on dynamically determined factors, such as temporal factors, network load factors, registration or de-registration of the UE for the LADN, etc. Updates to such polices may be further used to determine whether the UE is authorized to access the LADN. Thus, the providing of services associated with a LADN may be more dynamic and based on additional factors than a determination of whether UE subscription information (e.g., as provided by a UE information repository) indicates that a given UE has subscribed to the LADN.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Information reporting method and apparatus, and user equipment
Patent No. 12232050

Inventor(s): Li Guo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD. (Guangdong, , CN)
Law Firm: Ladas Pary LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17563956 on 12/28/2021 (1148 days app to issue)

Abstract: An information reporting method and apparatus and a user equipment (UE) are provided. A UE receives first configuration information from a network device, measures the N reference signals based on the first configuration information, selects at least one reference signal from the N reference signals, and reports information related to each of the at least one reference signal, where the first configuration information is used for determining configuration of N reference signals, and N is an integer greater than 1.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for supporting inter-band carrier aggregation with different UL/DL TDD configurations
Patent No. 12232144

Inventor(s): Jun Li (Richardson, TX), Yiping Wang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): BlackBerry Limited (Waterloo, , CA)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18655419 on 05/06/2024 (288 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a method of wireless communications between a wireless communications network and wireless user equipment includes receiving, using a primary Time Division Duplex (TDD) configuration, data on a primary component carrier in a first frequency band. Using a secondary TDD configuration, data on a secondary component carrier is received in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. A Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) for data received on the secondary component carrier is transmitted using a supplemental TDD configuration. A transmission or retransmission on the secondary component carrier uses a supplemental TDD configuration as well. The supplemental TDD configuration is different from the secondary TDD configuration. Furthermore, an uplink supplemental configuration may be different from a downlink supplemental configuration.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Methods to enable efficient update of steering of roaming (SOR) information
Patent No. 12232215

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and apparatuses are provided for enabling efficient update of steering of roaming information. An apparatus may include a processor and a memory storing computer program code configured to cause the apparatus to generate a registration request message associated with a user equipment, said registration request comprising a steering of roaming (SoR) information update request, and cause transmission of said registration request message to a network entity of a mobile network. Alternatively, the memory, computer program code, and processor may be configured to cause the apparatus to receive a registration request message comprising an indication of whether a user equipment expects to receive SoR information, and, in an instance in which it is determined that said user equipment expects to receive SoR information, triggering retrieval of said SoR information from a home network of said user equipment.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

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Hair accessory
Patent No. D1062155

Inventor(s): Bonnie S. Sanford (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Polsinelli PC (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29813255 on 10/27/2021 (1210 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle work stand support
Patent No. D1062416

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Caleb Hix (McKinney, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Ross Martin (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29886188 on 03/06/2023 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vehicle grille
Patent No. D1062551

Inventor(s): Eric Norman Tucker (Denton, TX), Louis Daniel Heilaneh (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29874752 on 04/24/2023 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle wheel
Patent No. D1062573

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Caleb Hix (McKinney, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Trent Collins (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29898039 on 07/21/2023 (578 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Mobile display screen with animated graphical user interface
Patent No. D1062777

Inventor(s): Mari-Anne Eisert (Charlotte, NC), Reginald Vincent (Maplewood, NJ), Tai Phan (Farmers Branch, TX)
Assignee(s): HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29864214 on 05/13/2022 (1012 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Air pump
Patent No. D1062795

Inventor(s): Xuzhong Wang (Shenzhen, , CN)
Assignee(s): ABORDER PRODUCTS, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: KLEMCHUK PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29877315 on 06/05/2023 (624 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Welding consumable container
Patent No. D1062815

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Lighting fixture
Patent No. D1063159

Inventor(s): Henry Avila (Mansfield, TX), Joseph Avila (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): VISION ENGINEERING (Mansfield, TX)
Law Firm: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP (Local + 7 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29898419 on 07/27/2023 (572 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Smoking article
Patent No. D1063182

Inventor(s): Brian K. Reaux (Red Oak, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29742069 on 11/12/2019 (1925 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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