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

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of Nov. 28, 2023 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

139 patents granted
Ranked No. 11 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 15
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 17
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 6
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 8
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 11
G: PHYSICS 42
H: ELECTRICITY 35

DESIGN: 5

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 13
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 5
Capital One Services (McLean, VA) 4
BMIC (Dallas) 3
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) 3
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 3
United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio) 3
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 3
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin) 2
UNASSIGNED 14

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)
Tarkesh Pande (Richardson) 2
Todd W. Benson (Dallas) 2
Tony Brewer (Plano) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Smoker’s hygiene assembly
Patent No. 11825924

Inventor(s): Constance Johnson (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16929315 on 07/15/2020 (1231 days app to issue)

Abstract: A smoker”s hygiene assembly for performing smoker”s hygiene includes a case that has a plurality of storage wells integrated therein. A bottle of body spray is provided and the bottle of body spray is stored in a respective one of the storage slots. A bottle of hand cream is provided and the hand cream is stored in a respective one of the storage slots. A bottle of hand sanitizer is provided and the bottle of hand sanitizer is stored in a respective one of the storage slots. A tin of breath mints is provided and the tin of breath mints is stored in a respective one of the storage wells.

[A45C] PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS

Furniture article having panels with embedded magnets
Patent No. 11825948

Inventor(s): Bryce Stuckenschneider (Fort Worth, TX), Jonathon Kemnitzer (Kansas City, MO)
Assignee(s): Loftwall Inc. (Grand Prairie, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17533438 on 11/23/2021 (735 days app to issue)

Abstract: A furniture article includes a first panel and a second panel. The panels are positioned adjacent each other, having one or more panel fasteners therebetween. The panel fasteners include embedded magnets. The panels are positioned relative to a working surface, and are positioned such that each of the panel fasteners is hidden from view.

[A47B] TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (jointing of furniture F16B 12/00)

System for mounting objects to a structure
Patent No. 11825965

Inventor(s): Mark Olmstead (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17552865 on 12/16/2021 (712 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for mounting an object on a structure includes a pivoting mounting bracket portion and a rail portion. The mounting bracket portion includes a front plate that is pivotally coupled to a back plate. The rail portion is shaped in the form a C-channel. The back plate is sized and shaped to snugly fit within the C-channel of the rail portion. The rail portion is configured to be attached to the structure, and the front plate is configured to be attached to the object.

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

Instruments and methods for complete plantar plate repairs
Patent No. 11826034

Inventor(s): Jesse G. Moore (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): ARTHREX, INC. (Naples, FL)
Law Firm: Carlson, Gaskey Olds, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17161967 on 01/29/2021 (1033 days app to issue)

Abstract: Surgical repair systems and techniques for plantar plate repairs. The surgical repair systems and methods reconstruct the plantar plate through a dorsal incision. The surgical repair system embodies a variety of instruments that provide visualization and access to the plantar plate using suture to complete the repair. The repair system may include some or all of the following instruments: a metatarsal head pusher employed in open surgical space, to move the ”capital fragment” in a controlled manner; a suture retriever instrument and a suture retriever funnel (sleeve); a suture passer such as a Mini Scorpion DX and accompanying needle, or a variety of shaped Micro Suture Lassos; a measuring guide; and a small joint distractor.

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

Surgical guides including removable struts
Patent No. 11826055

Inventor(s): Devid R. Zille (Addison, TX), Johanna Scheeh (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): OsteoMed LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17073641 on 10/19/2020 (1135 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present application describes various embodiments of guides that include one or more removable struts. The guides may include at least two guide portions that are connected to one another via at least one strut. In embodiments, the at least one strut may be designed such that it could be disconnected from at least one of the guide portions. The removable feature of the strut allows a surgeon to perform an osteotomy procedure by using the cutting slots and other relevant markings defined on the secured portions of the guide.

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

External fixation strut
Patent No. 11826077

Inventor(s): Alexander M. Cherkashin (Flower Mound, TX), Andrea Ottoboni (Giacciano con Baruchella, , IT), Daniele Venturini (Povegliano Veronese, , IT), Gianluca Milano (Verona, , IT), John D. Ross (Ovilla, TX), Karen D. Standefer (Flower Moun
Assignee(s): Orthofix S.R.L. (Verona, , IT), Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16827269 on 03/23/2020 (1345 days app to issue)

Abstract: An external fixation strut includes an elongated body including first and second tubular shafts. Opposite connectors are respectively coupled to one of the shafts and include a ball and socket joint. One shaft has an internal diameter slightly larger than the external diameter of the other to host the other shaft in a slidably and telescopic manner. The shafts of the strut are a synthetic radiolucent plastic material. A clamp element is in proximity of overlapping ends of the shafts for fast gripping action stopping the sliding of one shaft inside the other. A fixation element is manually operated and acts on the clamp element. A sleeve is provided around the central portion of the strut where the shafts overlap. The clamp element is a clamp band around the sleeve and includes opposite and facing gripping portions. The gripping portions are connected by a threaded connector of the fixation element.

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

Compositions and methods for thermal skin treatment with metal nanoparticles
Patent No. 11826087

Inventor(s): Alice Ann Chen Kim (San Francisco, CA), Todd James Harris (San Clemente, CA)
Assignee(s): Coronado Aesthetics, LLC (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15267656 on 09/16/2016 (2629 days app to issue)

Abstract: Treatment of skin tissue with photoactive materials and light, such as nanoparticles and formulations which are useful for cosmetic, diagnostic and therapeutic applications to mammals such as humans. In particular, embodiments of thermal treatment of the skin surface with metal nanoparticles in surfactant containing solutions are disclosed.

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

Systems and methods of treating proprioceptive dysfunction and vestibular disorders
Patent No. 11826167

Inventor(s): James Walter Turner (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17902983 on 09/05/2022 (449 days app to issue)

Abstract: The systems, methods, apparatuses, and articles disclosed herein provide a new approach to treatment symptoms, such as proprioceptive dysfunction and vestibular disorders, which may be caused by certain types of human ailments. According to the present disclosure, a wearable article may include one or more limb sections and a resilient member may be provided along a length of each of the one or more limb sections and configured to generate a resistance force. Adjustments to the resistance force provided by the resilient member(s) may be adjusted using cord locks. As a user wearing the wearable article moves, the resistance force is applied to the user”s limbs. Strain gauges may be provided to measure the resistance force(s), which enables verification that the resilient members are sized and configured to provide an appropriate amount of resistance force to a user and may improve programs and regimens designed to treat such ailments.

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

Expandable interbody spacer
Patent No. 11826260

Inventor(s): Anthony Valkoun (Irving, TX), Thomas Purcell (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): ASTURA MEDICAL INC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17841611 on 06/15/2022 (531 days app to issue)

Abstract: An expandable interbody spacer for placement between adjacent vertebrae having two or more upper and lower endplates and lateral expansion wedges configured to couple a drive means to expand both a height and a width of the expandable interbody spacer from a collapsed state to an expanded state.

[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]

Medication adherence apparatus and methods of use
Patent No. 11826314

Inventor(s): James Vincent Kokal (Plano, TX), Javier Oliver (Dallas, TX), Robert Benkowski (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: The Belles Group, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16598528 on 10/10/2019 (1510 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and apparatuses for a medication adherence apparatus and methods of use. A method of adhering to medical prescription requirements combines sensors and hardware to record a cap state including an orientation, temperature, time stamp, and location of a cap device to enhance a patient”s adherence to medical prescription when operably coupled with a computing device.

[A61J] CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE

Cosmetic compositions and methods
Patent No. 11826456

Inventor(s): Geetha Kalahasti (Addison, TX), Kim Wilson (Addison, TX), Lee Vickers (Addison, TX), Lisha Vanpelt (Addison, TX), Michael Frushour (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17569715 on 01/06/2022 (691 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods of use and compositions useful for treating skin. The composition includes a combination of one or more of [i]Butyrospermum parkii [/i](shea butter), PEG-50 shea butter, glycerin, [i]Helianthus annuus [/i](sunflower) seed oil, [i]Prunus armeniaca [/i](apricot) kernel oil, acrylates copolymer, sodium lauryl sulfate, lauramidopropyl betaine, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, glycerin, and polyquaternium-7.

[A61K] PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J 3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D)

Antimicrobial coatings for medical implements and medical devices
Patent No. 11826493

Inventor(s): Craig Grossman (Point Roberts, WA), Daniel Moros (New York, NY), Gavri Grossman (Dallas, TX), Jie Fang (Ammon, ID), Misagh Alipour (Surrey, , CA)
Assignee(s): SRFC BIO, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer L.L.P. (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17351453 on 06/18/2021 (893 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides antimicrobial coating compositions that are used to form residual antimicrobial coatings on medical implements and medical devices including the components of medical equipment such as CPAP/BiPAP machines. Antimicrobial coating compositions comprise at least one of an organosilane (R[superscript]1[/superscript]O)[subscript]3[/subscript]SiR[superscript]2[/superscript]Z, an organic amine R[superscript]9[/superscript]R[superscript]10[/superscript]R[superscript]11[/superscript]N, a titanium (IV) species, a 1,2-diol, an -hydroxy acid, a -hydroxy acid, and an organosilane grafted parylene polymer, wherein R[superscript]1 [/superscript]is H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl or substituted aryl, R[superscript]2 [/superscript]is a bivalent linker, Z is a nucleophile, leaving group, or quaternary nitrogen substituent, and R[superscript]9[/superscript], R[superscript]10[/superscript], and R[superscript]11 [/superscript]are independently H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl or cyclic.

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

Tissue-stimulating method using frequency scanning of electric and magnetic fields
Patent No. 11826568

Inventor(s): Francisco Javier Velasco Valcke (Bogot, , CO)
Assignee(s): Panacea Quantum Leap Technology LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Maine Cernota Curran (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16967761 on 02/07/2019 (1755 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and devices for tissue stimulation with electromagnetic fields by frequency scan are described. The frequency scan refers to the variation of the electromagnetic field applied to a tissue via increments in frequency deltas, which adapts to tissue impedance response feedback. In addition, some methods allow determining stimulation frequency bands in order to focus stimuli in bands until the tissue impedance response returns to a tolerance level or exceeds a maximum stimulation time.

[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]

Golf club head or other ball striking device having impact-influencing body features
Patent No. 11826617

Inventor(s): Eric A. Larson (Arlington, TX), Joshua M. Boggs (Aledo, TX), Kevin Harper (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (Phoenix, AZ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17457240 on 12/01/2021 (727 days app to issue)

Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a face with a striking surface configured for striking a ball where the face has multiple thickness regions. The face has a center region, an upper region, a lower region, a toe region, and a heel region. The upper and lower regions have a ramped thickness extending from a center region to an upper and lower edge of the face. The heel and toe regions have a constant face thickness and have a thickness less than the other regions. Additionally, the club head body has a flange where the face is welded to the club head body. The flange has a thickness that is greater than the thickness of the heel and toe regions of the face.

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

Golf club head with permanent face indicia
Patent No. 11826622

Inventor(s): Justin Honea (Richardson, TX), Michael Fox (Dallas, TX), Scott T. Blevins (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC. (Carlsbad, CA)
Law Firm: Dawsey Co., LPA (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17531979 on 11/22/2021 (736 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wood-style golf club head having a variable thickness face, a plurality of linear face markings including at least one above and below face center, and face permanent indicia including at least two letters located at least partially on a face toe portion of the face, along with unique relationships to emphasize the contrast of some elements and reduce the contrast of other elements, including a significant contrast between the linear face markings and the face, and a controlled contrast between the face and the face permanent indicia.

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

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

Filter interlock with tabs mating with a pedestal or a housing
Patent No. 11826684

Inventor(s): Darrell Lee Morehouse, III (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17942528 on 09/12/2022 (442 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pedestal for use with a canister filter system and a filter element for positioning and retaining the filter element in the canister filter system includes an at least partially annular body defining a longitudinal axis, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction. Also, the pedestal includes an annular wall that terminates at a bottom free end, and that defines a slot that extends axially upwardly and circumferentially from the bottom free end. A flow aperture extends through the annular wall that is disposed axially above the slot.

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

Handle and a kit of tools for paintless dent removal
Patent No. 11826807

Inventor(s): Jake Matthew Thomas (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17736241 on 05/04/2022 (573 days app to issue)

Abstract: A paintless dent repair kit includes a housing with a handle extending therefrom and a toothed wheel rotatably retained in the housing. The toothed wheel has a plurality of teeth extending outwards therefrom and is configured to receive, replace, and removably retain any one of a plurality of sockets fixedly attached to one of several dent removal tool tips. The housing features a first button connected to a teethed lever slidably positioned to be either engaged or disengaged with the plurality of teeth of the toothed wheel depending on the position of the first button. Unless the first button is depressed, the dent removal tool is configured to securely and fixedly retain the dent removal tip to facilitate direct transmission of force and torque from the handle to the dent removal tip during dent removal operations. The housing further features a second button attached to a release pin slidably positioned inside the toothed wheel. Pushing n the second button releases the socket and allows for a rapid exchange of the tool tip.

[B21D] WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL (working or processing of wire B21F)

Apparatus for 3D laser printing by heating/fusing metal wire or powder material with controllable melt pool
Patent No. 11826854

Inventor(s): John Mehmet Ulgar Dogru (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Patent Capital Group (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16820515 on 03/16/2020 (1352 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for 3D laser printing and a method for fusing a metal material with control of a melt pool on a substrate are provided. The apparatus contains a metal wire or powder feed unit and a plurality of laser sources symmetrically arranged on the surface of an imaginary hemisphere. Each laser source contains a laser with a laser beam focusing lens that focuses the laser beam in a focal point at a given distance from the focusing lens. The laser source is also provided with CPU/GPU-controlled devices for independently shifting each laser or a group of lasers along the optical axis and/or for tilting the lasers relative to the longitudinal axis of the source housing so that heating or fusing can be performed by placing the focal points of the lasers selectively at any point of the material or on a substrate for forming and controlling the melt pool.

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

Modular vise
Patent No. 11826864

Inventor(s): Austin C. Styer (Denton, TX), Derek L. Phillips (Denton, TX), Julie A. Miller (Denton, TX), Richard V. Miller (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): Elijah Tooling, Inc. (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16828706 on 03/24/2020 (1344 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pressure applying system using a modular vise having a fixed base and an adjustable pusher assembly. The modular vise utilizes a bi-directional worm screw to apply a linear force from the pusher assembly to the working member relative to the fixed base. The fixed base is secured and located from below a bottom surface of the fixed base.

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

Apparatus for releasably holding a socket
Patent No. 11826895

Inventor(s): Standley D. Winnard (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Booth Albanesi Schroeder PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17377258 on 07/15/2021 (866 days app to issue)

Abstract: A socket organizer for releasably and adjustably holding socket holders is provided. The organizer has a longitudinally extending rail assembly characterized by a generally U-shaped channel. A plurality of socket holders are positioned in and slidingly engage the channel. Each socket holder has a detent assembly for releasably locking a socket. A plurality of clip members are attached to the rail assembly or to mounting posts. The clip members have socket identification indicia and are positioned over the mounting posts by way of an aperture. A positioning mechanism is provided for selectively positioning individual socket holders in the channel.

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

Air ring for blown-film extrusion apparatus
Patent No. 11826941

Inventor(s): Adrian M. Hawk (Fort Worth, TX), Daniel R. Joseph (Arlington, TX), Joshua S. Powell (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17851436 on 06/28/2022 (518 days app to issue)

Abstract: An air ring has a main body including a plenum through which pressurized air enters the air ring, the main body including a generally circular interior that is unobstructed vertically above the main body. A generally circular forming-cone assembly is received in the generally circular interior of the main body, and includes at least one annular lip defining a passage through which pressurized air from the plenum exits the air ring for impingement upon the polymer tube. A plurality of fasteners secure the forming-cone assembly in the interior of the main body, the fasteners and forming-cone assembly being unobstructed vertically above the air ring, wherein the fasteners are accessible from vertically above the air ring and the forming-cone assembly is removable from the main body by vertical lifting without removal of other components from the air ring.

[B29C] SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B 11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B 37/00-B32B 41/00) [4]

Thermally conductive curing process for composite rotorcraft structure fabrication
Patent No. 11826993

Inventor(s): Jared M. Paulson (Colleyville, TX), Thomas S. Chiang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE SCHWARTZ PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16281960 on 02/21/2019 (1741 days app to issue)

Abstract: A thermally conductive curing process adds conductive additives to create pathways for dissipating heat during a curing process, thereby reducing the cure time, increasing the output capability, and reducing cost. Conductive particles or short fibers can be dispersed throughout the resin system or composite fiber layers in pre-impregnated or RTM-processed composite material. By disposing conductive particles or short fibers in a resin as part of the curing process, heat generated during the curing process can dissipate more quickly from any type of composite, especially thick composites. Conductive additive examples include multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), graphene/graphite powder, buckyballs, short fibrous particulate, nano-clays, nano-particles, and other suitable materials.

[B29K] INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS [4]

Lubricated trailer ball and receiver assembly
Patent No. 11827065

Inventor(s): Lloyd Frank Estes (Springtown, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer L.L.P. (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18112044 on 02/21/2023 (280 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is disclosed herein including a tow vehicle including and a trailer. The tow vehicle includes a bed having a first surface and an opposing second surface and a receiver assembly coupled to the bed, the receiver assembly extending through the first surface and the second surface. The receiver assembly includes a hollow cylinder having a first end and a second end, the first end of the hollow cylinder coupled to the bed of the tow vehicle and a ball receiver having a semi-spherical shape, the ball receiver coupled to the second end of the hollow cylinder. The trailer includes a deck, a neck coupled to the deck and a trailer coupler coupled to the neck. The trailer coupler includes a trailer ball configured to engage the receiver assembly of the tow vehicle.

[B60D] VEHICLE CONNECTIONS (components of brake systems B60T 17/04)

Systems and methods for real-time crash detection using telematics data
Patent No. 11827237

Inventor(s): Akshata Dundi Mohan (Addison, TX), Christian Gilles Claudel (Austin, TX), Nimish Kumar Amlathe (Plano, TX), Raja Shekar Kilaru (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Connected North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16736070 on 01/07/2020 (1421 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving crash prediction through correlating an observed response and a predicted response of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes generating the predicted response for the vehicle as a function of a response model and according to current vehicle inputs that are control inputs associated with steering, braking, and accelerating the vehicle. The response model is a learning model that predicts behaviors of the vehicle. The method includes computing a residual indicating an extent of correlation between the predicted response and the observed response. The method includes, in response to determining the residual satisfies a crash threshold that indicates an anomaly between the predicted response and the observed response, providing an alert indicating the vehicle has likely crashed.

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

Systems and methods for estimating motion of an automated vehicle for cooperative driving
Patent No. 11827245

Inventor(s): Kyungtae Han (Palo Alto, CA), Prashant Tiwari (Santa Clara, CA), Ziran Wang (San Jose, 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: 17196016 on 03/09/2021 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a control system to improve estimating motion for an automated vehicle related to cooperative driving. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring, by an ego vehicle, a communication link for motion data of a target vehicle, used in a model to determine motion, for motion planning by the ego vehicle. The method also includes estimating trajectory of the target vehicle according to a motion estimate by the model when criteria for the communication link are unsatisfied. The method also includes adjusting the motion estimate using a modified model, adapted for speed of the target vehicle, when the criteria for the communication link are satisfied. The method also includes controlling the ego vehicle according to the trajectory and the motion estimate.

Storage assembly for railcar
Patent No. 11827250

Inventor(s): Kenneth W. Huck (Fairview, TX), Ross E. Hill (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): TRINITY RAIL GROUP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16787324 on 02/11/2020 (1386 days app to issue)

Abstract: An IBC storage box assembly is elevated from a railcar. A vertical beam is used to elevate the storage box off the railcar so that the storage box is more easily accessed from a rail platform. Additionally, the vertical beam may provide some clearance for the storage box so that the storage box is not impacted by the railcar coupler during transport.

[B61D] BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES (vehicles in general B60; adaptation of vehicles to special systems B61B; underframes B61F)

System and method for virtual approach signal restriction upgrade
Patent No. 11827256

Inventor(s): Michael E. Ramolt (Shawnee, KS), Mitchell W. Beard (Shawnee, KS), Scott D. Sapp (Smithville, MO)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE SCHWARTZ PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18156547 on 01/19/2023 (313 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for providing a virtual approach signal restriction upgrade between physical signaling components is presented. In one embodiment, in a CTC type of operation, the use of a virtual signal with signal type functionality to split a block into two or more sections can allow a train currently governed by an approach indication to accelerate on a clear indication if the advance signal indication upgrades. The addition of audio frequency type circuits with the advance signal indication can allow a train to upgrade from a restricting indication to an approach or clear indication, while protecting open HT switches, broken rail, hazards, and follow up moves. The present invention provides a system for allowing trains to upgrade from a ”restricting” indication to an ”approach” or ”clear and accelerate” indication with an upgraded PTC track line for the segment.

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

Bicycle saddle with spring-based vibration isolation
Patent No. 11827299

Inventor(s): Christian Arthur Trager (Canton, MI), Michael Paul Rowe (Pinckney, MI), Paul A. Gilmore (Ann Arbor, MI), Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, MI), Umesh N. Gandhi (Farmington Hills, 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: 18161611 on 01/30/2023 (302 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vibration isolator cartridge can be configured to exhibit a non-linear stiffness profile. The non-linear stiffness profile including a region of quasi-zero stiffness. The vibration isolator cartridge can include a housing. The vibration isolator cartridge can include a plunger. The plunger can be configured to be depressed toward a distal end portion of the housing. The vibration isolator cartridge can include a plurality of spring members operatively positioned within the housing between the plunger and the distal end portion of the housing. The plurality of spring elements can be arranged in a stack. The vibration isolator cartridge can be used to provide improved vibration isolation performance in various applications, such as a bicycle saddle.

[B62J] CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; ACCESSORIES PECULIAR TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS (registration plates B60R 13/10; cyclometers, i.e. wheel-revolution counters, G01C 22/00)

Low noise ducted fan
Patent No. 11827344

Inventor(s): Alexander Dang Quang Truong (Dallas, TX), Karl Schroeder (Southlake, TX), Michael John Ryan (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17116726 on 12/09/2020 (1084 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exemplary ducted fan includes a duct having a central longitudinal axis, a rotor hub and stator hub extending along the central longitudinal axis, rotor blades extending from the rotor hub, each of the rotor blades operable to rotate about its own pitch-change axis, the pitch-change axes lying in a rotor plane that is generally perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis, each of the rotor blades having a rotor trailing edge and a rotor chord length, stators extending from the stator hub to an interior surface of the duct, each of the stators having a stator leading edge and a stator thickness, and a first separation between the rotor plane and the stator leading edge of not less than approximately 1.5 times the stator thickness.

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

Method and apparatus for applying labels to cable
Patent No. 11827409

Inventor(s): Robert Eugene Brooks (Hacienda Heights, CA)
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17962319 on 10/07/2022 (417 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a label to a moving cable, the apparatus comprising: a roller for pressing a label against the moving cable, wherein the label has a first attaching edge and a second attaching edge and wherein the roller comprises: a first roller for pressing the label against the moving cable, wherein the label is pressed against the moving cable with the first attaching edge and the second attaching edge of the label on opposites sides of the moving cable; a first roll down roller for folding the second edge of the label against the moving cable; and a second roll down roller for folding the first edge of the label against the moving cable.

[B65C] LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES (nailing or stapling in general B25C, B27F; processes for applying decalcomanias B44C 1/16; applying labels for packaging purposes B65B; labels, name-plates G09F)

Beverage bottle with removable bottom
Patent No. 11827411

Inventor(s): Miguel Rosas (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17513429 on 10/28/2021 (761 days app to issue)

Abstract: A beverage bottle includes a body defining an interior cavity and a lid configured to removably couple to the body. The body also includes a neck portion having a mouth opening; a top section; and a bottom section configured to removably couple to the top section via a fastening mechanism. The bottom section is further configured with a large volume to contain one or more consumables.

[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

Remote loading dock authorization systems and methods
Patent No. 11827468

Inventor(s): Daryl Day (Frisco, TX), Richard K. Hoofard (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB (Landskrona, , SE)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18076194 on 12/06/2022 (357 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring components of a loading dock station that implement a remote monitoring and authorization system are disclosed. The systems and methods can provide information regarding the status of various components of the loading dock station to a remote monitoring and authorization control unit, where a supervisor or the like is capable of reviewing real time information regarding the status of the components and progress through and adherence to a workflow protocol. The systems and methods can also provide for authorization requests to be sent to the remote monitoring and authorization control unit, such as requests to override certain components of the docking station. The user at the remote monitoring and authorization control unit can then grant or deny requests based on status information and other data provided at the remote monitoring and authorization control unit.

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

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

Inorganic compounds for lithium-ion conductors
Patent No. 11827526

Inventor(s): Nikhilendra Singh (Ann Arbor, MI), Ryuta Sugiura (Ann Arbor, MI), Shingo Ota (Ann Arbor, MI), Timothy S. Arthur (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: 17732782 on 04/29/2022 (578 days app to issue)

Abstract: An inorganic compound for a Li-ion conductor includes an oxyhalide compound with a chemical composition of MOX where M is at least one of Al, Sc, La, and Y, and X is at least one of F, Cl, Br, and I. Also, the oxyhalide compound has a thermal decomposition start temperature of the oxyhalide compound is greater than a thermal decomposition start temperature of FeOCl and a conductivity that is general equal to or greater than a conductivity of the FeOCl.

[C01G] COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F (metal hydrides C01B 6/00; salts of oxyacids of halogens C01B 11/00; peroxides, salts of peroxyacids C01B 15/00; thiosulfates, dithionites, polythionates C01B 17/64; compounds containing selenium or tellurium C01B 19/00; binary compounds of nitrogen with metals C01B 21/06; azides C01B 21/08; metal amides C01B 21/092; nitrites C01B 21/50; phosphides C01B 25/08; salts of oxyacids of phosphorus C01B 25/16; carbides C01B 32/90; compounds containing silicon C01B 33/00; compounds containing boron C01B 35/00; compounds having molecular sieve properties but not having base-exchange properties C01B 37/00; compounds having molecular sieve and base-exchange properties, e.g. crystalline zeolites, C01B 39/00; cyanides C01C 3/08; salts of cyanic acid C01C 3/14; salts of cyanamide C01C 3/16; thiocyanates C01C 3/20; fermentation or enzyme-using processes for the preparation of elements or inorganic compounds except carbon dioxide C12P 3/00; obtaining metal compounds from mixtures, e.g. ores, which are intermediate compounds in a metallurgical process for obtaining a free metal C21B, C22B; production of non-metallic elements or inorganic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B)

Systems and methods for desalination of liquids
Patent No. 11827536

Inventor(s): Garry Bush (Edmonton, , CA), Robert Keetch (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): ACQUOLINA IL MONDO, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18139292 on 04/25/2023 (217 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system for desalination of a liquid comprises at least one primary treatment process, at least one secondary treatment process, wherein the at least one secondary treatment process comprises at least one reactor, and at least one tertiary treatment process, wherein the at least one primary treatment process is configured to adjust a pH of the liquid to target pH level and to add at least one chemical additive to the liquid, wherein the at least one reactor is configured to heat the liquid to a temperature of at least 350 F. and to supply a pressure to the liquid to maintain the liquid in a liquid state, and wherein the dissolved salt of the liquid is configured to react with at least a portion of the at least one chemical additive to form an insoluble product within the at least one reactor.

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

Biaryl amides with modified sugar groups for treatment of diseases associated with heat shock protein pathway
Patent No. 11827664

Inventor(s): Bradley Caprathe (Livonia, MI), Chitase Lee (Ann Arbor, MI), Christopher F. Bender (Garland, TX), Gary Bolton (Ann Arbor, MI), Melean Visnick (Irving, TX), Xin Jiang (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): REATA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17055331 on 05/14/2019 (1659 days app to issue)

Abstract:

[C07H] SUGARS; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; NUCLEIC ACIDS (derivatives of aldonic or saccharic acids C07C, C07D; aldonic acids, saccharic acids C07C 59/105, C07C 59/285; cyanohydrins C07C 255/16; glycals C07D; compounds of unknown constitution C07G; polysaccharides, derivatives thereof C08B; DNA or RNA concerning genetic engineering, vectors, e.g. plasmids, or their isolation, preparation or purification C12N 15/00; sugar industry C13) [2]

Fatty acid reaction products of dextrins or dextran formulated with a surfactant
Patent No. 11827844

Inventor(s): Christopher P. Gardner (Cresson, TX), Stephen William Almond (Creston, CA)
Assignee(s): Integrity Bio-Chemicals, LLC (Cresson, TX)
Law Firm: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18059167 on 11/28/2022 (365 days app to issue)

Abstract: Compositions comprising a neutral surfactant or a reaction product thereof and a reaction product of a saccharide polymer and a fatty acid may be obtained in the presence of water and a hydroxide base (optionally in the presence of the neutral surfactant), the saccharide polymer comprising a dextran, a dextrin compound, or any combination thereof. The reaction product of the saccharide polymer and the fatty acid may be present at a concentration effective to lower surface tension of the neutral surfactant. Depending on the fatty acid identity, among other factors, the compositions may promote emulsification or de-emulsification. In addition, the compositions may promote foam formation under appropriate conditions. Treatment fluids comprising the compositions, including foamed treatment fluids, may be introduced into a subterranean formation to perform a treatment operation in which fluid emulsification or de-emulsification may occur. The reaction products may be incorporated in soaps and other personal care products.

[C11D] DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL

Decreasing proppant embedment with amine-functionalized polysaccharides
Patent No. 11827846

Inventor(s): Charles R. Landis (Cresson, TX), Stephen William Almond (Creston, CA)
Assignee(s): INTEGRITY BIO-CHEMICALS, LLC (Cresson, TX)
Law Firm: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17610651 on 06/09/2020 (1267 days app to issue)

Abstract: Proppant embedment can sometimes be problematic during fracturing operations. A partially oxidized, amine-functionalized polysaccharide comprising a plurality of oxidatively opened monosaccharide units and bearing an amine moiety at one or more sites of oxidative opening may lessen the amount of proppant embedment that occurs. Fracturing methods may comprise providing a fracturing fluid comprising such a partially oxidized, amine-functionalized polysaccharide and a plurality of proppant particulates, introducing the fracturing fluid into a subterranean formation at a hydraulic pressure sufficient to create or extend one or more fractures therein, such that at least a portion of the plurality of proppant particulates become localized in the one or more fractures, and releasing the hydraulic pressure. Upon releasing the hydraulic pressure, embedment of the proppant particulates in a face of the one or more fractures is about 10% to about 40% of a grain size of the proppant particulates.

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

Systems, methods and apparatus for producing sustainable aviation fuel
Patent No. 11827856

Inventor(s): Brent Nelson (Southlake, TX), Jason Dvorin (Southlake, TX), Michael G. Smith (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17681399 on 02/25/2022 (641 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations an apparatus to produce SAF from dry natural gas includes a natural gas reforming area that receives the dry natural gas and that produces synthetic gas from the dry natural gas, a Fischer-Tropsch conversion area that is operably coupled to the natural gas reforming area and that receives the synthetic gas and produces a hydrocarbon chain from the synthetic gas and a product upgrading area that is operably coupled to the Fischer-Tropsch conversion area that receives the hydrocarbon chain and that produces the SAF from the hydrocarbon chain.

[C10G] CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION (cracking to hydrogen or synthesis gas C01B; cracking or pyrolysis of hydrocarbon gases to individual hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof of definite or specified constitution C07C; cracking to cokes C10B); RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES [6]

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

Fabrication of a phase change material (PCM) integrated insulation
Patent No. 11828060

Inventor(s): Liping Cai (Dallas, TX), Sheldon Q. Shi (Dallas, TX), Weihuan Zhao (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17736775 on 05/04/2022 (573 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of making an insulated material comprises melting a phase change material to form liquid phase change material, combining the liquid phase change material with an insulating material, and forming a composite insulation material in response to the combining. The insulating material can be a porous material that comprises a plurality of pores, and the liquid phase change material is disposed in the plurality of pores. The phase change material can also be stored in a container and used as layer in an insulation system.

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

Underlayments for steep slope roof substrates and related methods
Patent No. 11828062

Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearny, NJ), Kihyun Kim (Hackensack, NJ), Wilson Cheung (Hillsborough, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17959995 on 10/04/2022 (420 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising: obtaining a base formulation, obtaining an activator formulation, mixing the base formulation with the activator formulation, so as to result in a liquid applied roofing formulation, applying the liquid applied roofing formulation to at least one steep slope roof substrate, and solidifying the formulation, so as to form at least one coating layer on the at least one steep slope roof substrate. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a liquid applied roofing formulation comprising a first part and a second part. In some embodiments, the first part comprises the base formulation and the second part comprises the activator formulation.

Methods and systems for imparting visual features to liquid applied residential roofs
Patent No. 11828063

Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearny, NJ), Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, NJ), Yan Zheng (Livingston, NJ), Yixi Xiao (Edison, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17037356 on 09/29/2020 (1155 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for imparting visual features to a liquid applied roof, such as for forming a residential roof, include using overlapping strips of underlayment, underlayment with varying densities, underlayment with raised features, and underlayment with a gridded surface among others. Visual features also can be imparted by mixing different colors of a liquid applied roofing material, embedding floating particles in a liquid applied roofing material, embedding colored flakes in a liquid applied roofing material or spraying colored flakes onto a liquid applied roof before skinning, creating texture as the liquid applied roofing material is applied, and using stencils or printing techniques to impart visual features.

Roofing shingle and method of manufacturing thereof
Patent No. 11828065

Inventor(s): James A Svec (Kearny, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17525591 on 11/12/2021 (746 days app to issue)

Abstract: An article includes a first layer including a front surface and a back surface and a second layer including a front surface and a back surface. A portion of the second layer overlaps the first layer. A portion of the second layer is fastened to the first layer. The back surface of the first layer contacts the front surface of the second layer. A plurality of indentations along a major dimension of the roofing shingle. The plurality of indentations are configured to partially press the second layer into the first layer such that the second layer is partially indented into the first layer. The plurality of indentations are at least one of barrel-shaped, flattened teardrop shaped, rounded taper teardrop shaped, or combinations thereof.

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

Security system for doors
Patent No. 11828094

Inventor(s): David Kistner (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16999269 on 08/21/2020 (1194 days app to issue)

Abstract: A door security device has a rail support including a top surface and a bottom surface. A door support is attached to the rail support, such that the door support extends vertically away from the rail support of the door security device. The door support is oriented at a normal relative to the rail support. The bottom surface of the rail support rests parallel to a surface of a rail of a crash bar when the bottom surface is situated adjacent the surface of the rail. The security device creates a rigid connection to prevent unwanted removal of the door from a closed position.

[E05C] BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS (latching means for sideboard or tailgate structures for vehicles B62D 33/037; fastening devices for constructional or engineering elements E04, F16B; locks, fastening devices structurally or operatively combined or having significant cooperation with locks E05B; means for operating or controlling wing fasteners in conjunction with mechanisms for moving the wing E05F)

Systems and apparatus for increasing the outer diameter of a downhole tool string and methods of assembly and use thereof
Patent No. 11828115

Inventor(s): Dan Salkhai Ang (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): SWM International, LLC (Pampa, TX)
Law Firm: E. Randall Smith, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17860368 on 07/08/2022 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods useful for increasing the outer diameter of a tool string at a desired location in the tool string involve a spacer tool having a mandrel releasably engageable with at least one other tool of the tool string and a gauge ring distinct from and releasably, non-threadably engageable with the mandrel. The gauge ring extends radially outwardly from the mandrel to provide the spacer tool with a maximum outer diameter that is greater than the maximum outer diameter of at least one other tool in the tool string.

[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]

System and method for enhanced geothermal energy extraction
Patent No. 11828147

Inventor(s): Christopher A. Lane (Rockwall, TX), Gunther H. H. von Gynz-Rekowski (Montgomery, TX), James D. Franks (Louisville, KY), John S. Burkhart (Dallas, TX), Todd W. Benson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): HUNT ENERGY, L.L.C. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Law Office of Bill Naifeh (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18127302 on 03/28/2023 (245 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided are a system and method for actively recovering thermal energy, hydrocarbons, and other energy resources from a formation. In one example, multiple fluid conduits are inserted into a borehole. Combustion fluid is injected into the formation via one of the conduits. The combustion fluid is used to ignite and maintain a combustion zone by burning fuel in the formation. To extract thermal energy, cool fluid is circulated through the borehole via another conduit and heated by the thermal energy in the combustion zone. Thermal energy may be recovered from the heated fluid or other processing may be performed for various types of energy recovery. A fluid flow and composition of the combustion fluid and a fluid flow rate of the cool fluid may be individually controlled for purposes such as regulating heat transfer, balancing thermal energy recovery with enhanced oil recovery (EOR), and regulating temperature and pressure for safety.

System and method for detecting a mode of drilling
Patent No. 11828156

Inventor(s): David Lee Simpson (Dallas, TX), Teddy C. Chen (Austin, TX), Todd W. Benson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MOTIVE DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17338537 on 06/03/2021 (908 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for surface steerable drilling are provided. In one example, the method includes monitoring operating parameters for drilling rig equipment and bottom hole assembly (BHA) equipment for a BHA, where the operating parameters control the drilling rig equipment and BHA equipment. The method includes receiving current inputs corresponding to performance data of the drilling rig equipment and BHA equipment during a drilling operation and determining that an amount of change between the current inputs and corresponding previously received inputs exceeds a defined threshold. The method further includes determining whether a modification to the operating parameters has occurred that would result in the amount of change exceeding the defined threshold and identifying that a problem exists in at least one of the drilling rig equipment and BA equipment if no modification has occurred to the operating parameters. The method includes performing a defined action if a problem exists.

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

Suction cover assembly for reciprocating pumps
Patent No. 11828282

Inventor(s): Joseph Byrne (Hudson Oaks, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17459817 on 08/27/2021 (823 days app to issue)

Abstract: A suction cover assembly for a reciprocating pump includes a suction cover nut having a nut face and a thread configured to threadably connect the suction cover nut to a fluid cylinder of the reciprocating pump. The suction cover assembly includes a suction cover having a cover face. The suction cover is configured to be held by the fluid cylinder such that the cover face opposes the nut face of the suction cover nut. The suction cover includes first and second seals having a leakage trap defined therebetween. The leakage trap is configured to trap leakage pressure during operation of the reciprocating pump. The suction cover includes at least one leakage channel that is configured to channel the leakage pressure from the leakage trap to an interface between the cover face and the nut face.

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

State dynamic tachometer with enhanced feedback
Patent No. 11828359

Inventor(s): Derek Scott Sancer (Denton, TX), Jacob Michael White (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17067250 on 10/09/2020 (1145 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable storage device are provided for providing a dynamic tachometer. Based on various signal inputs from a plurality of data sources, a tachometer may be dynamically modified to include visual information and assistance to the driver in relation to the vehicle”s engine speed (i.e., revolution speed of the vehicle”s crankshaft). The tachometer may include one or a combination of: dynamic shift point indicators, a target engine speed range indicator, an overspeed indicator, and a power take-off mode indicator.

[F16H] GEARING

Ball design clapper assembly
Patent No. 11828371

Inventor(s): David T. Figgs (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Forth Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17673446 on 02/16/2022 (650 days app to issue)

Abstract: A valve assembly includes a valve body defining an internal region, an inlet passageway, and an outlet passageway, wherein the inlet and outlet passageways fluidly communicate with the internal region. A valve seat is positioned within the internal region defining a fluid passageway. A hanger is connected to the valve body. A linkage assembly is pivotally and rotatably to the hanger and a valve member is pivotally connected to the hanger via the linkage assembly, wherein the valve member is movable between an open configuration, in which fluid flow is permitted through the fluid passageway, and a closed configuration, in which the valve member engages the valve seat to at least partially restrict fluid flow through the fluid passageway.

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

Handle
Patent No. 11828470

Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Lewisville, TX), Jeffrey R. Weilert (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Solo Brands, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17150805 on 01/15/2021 (1047 days app to issue)

Abstract: A handle for lifting a firepit having an opening to a cavity defined between a first surface and a second surface with the first surface having a securement feature comprises a frame configured to span a cavity of the firepit, the frame having a grasp region shaped to be substantially horizontal when the handle is used to lift the firepit, a first support brace on the frame having a projection tab configured to selectively engage the securement feature of the first surface of the firepit, the first support brace being spaced a first distance from the grasp region, and a second support brace on the frame configured to selectively abut against the second surface of the firepit, the second support brace being devoid of a projection tab, the second support brace being spaced a second distance from the grasp region, the second distance being greater than the first distance.

[F24B] DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS; IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES [6]

Auto addressing for hvac secondary units using delayed responses
Patent No. 11828478

Inventor(s): Cheng Liang Xu (Plano, TX), Hongbing Lian (Plano, TX), Saravanakumar Selvarajan (Tamil Nadu, , IN)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17930287 on 09/07/2022 (447 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system comprises a primary unit and a plurality of secondary units each having a unique unit number. The primary unit is configured to communicate a command to each secondary unit with instructions to reply during a time window. The primary unit is also configured to receive a reply communication indicating the secondary unit”s unique unit number from at least one of the secondary units, and determine an address to assign to the replying secondary unit based at least in part on the received unique unit number.

[F24F] AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B 15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F 17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L 17/02)

Variable refrigerant flow system with reheating of dehumidified air
Patent No. 11828486

Inventor(s): Christopher John Drury (Frisco, TX), Der-Kai Hung (Dallas, TX), Lin Lan (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17644721 on 12/16/2021 (712 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a reheater, a first valve, a second heat exchanger, a four-way valve, a cap tube, and a blower. The compressor compresses a refrigerant. The blower moves air proximate the second heat exchanger to the reheater. During a heating mode of operation, the four-way valve is configured to direct refrigerant from the compressor to the second heat exchanger; the second heat exchanger is configured to use the refrigerant from the compressor to heat air proximate the second heat exchanger; and the cap tube is configured to allow refrigerant to bypass the reheater.

Multi mode heat transfer systems
Patent No. 11828498

Inventor(s): Ercan M. Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (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: 17378125 on 07/16/2021 (865 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate a multi-mode heat transfer system. The heat transfer system includes an emitter device. The emitter device includes an inner core, a composite material pattern, and a surface coating pattern. The inner core is surrounded by an outer core having a thickness and an outer surface. The composite material pattern extends through at least a portion of the outer surface and at least a portion of the thickness of the outer core and is thermally coupled to the inner core. The surface coating pattern is on the outer surface and is changeable between a low emissivity state and a high emissivity state based on a surface temperature of the emitter device. In the low emissivity state, the emitter device transmits an omni-directional radiation and, in the high emissivity state, the emitter device transmits a focused radiation via the composite material pattern.

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

Interlaced microchannel heat exchanger systems and methods thereto
Patent No. 11828499

Inventor(s): Rosa Leal (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Rheem Manufacturing Company (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17573267 on 01/11/2022 (686 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes an air system including a first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger and a second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger. The air system can include a plurality of fluidly separated refrigerant circuits, and each of the refrigerant circuits can be configured to flow through the first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger and the second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger. The first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger can be located indoors, and the second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger can be located outdoors. Each of the refrigerant circuits can include its own compressor and expansion valve.

Refrigeration system using an ultrasonic transducer to increase heat transfer efficiency
Patent No. 11828509

Inventor(s): David Pickett (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Joshua RD Technologies, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17689073 on 03/08/2022 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dynamic refrigeration system may include an ultrasonic transducer attached to a refrigerant flow sight glass, an expansion valve, and an evaporator coil in a refrigerant line. The ultrasonic transducer may be placed in a refrigerant flow of the refrigerant line before or after the expansion valve and before the evaporator coil, wherein sound waves of the ultrasonic transducer may break up large globules of refrigerant molecules into smaller globules of refrigerant molecules, thereby increasing total surface area of the refrigerant molecules to increase heat transfer capacity and total system efficiency. The system may provide 3-5 percent higher efficiency overall due to the presence of the ultrasonic transducer in the refrigerant line before or after the expansion valve.

Diffuser for polymer ammunition cartridges
Patent No. 11828580

Inventor(s): Lonnie Burrow (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS, LLC (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: BURDICK PATENTS, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17365232 on 07/01/2021 (880 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention provides a diffuser ring adapted to fit a primer recess in an ammunition cartridge comprising: a diffuser ring sized to fit in a primer recess for an ammunition cartridge comprising a diffuser top surface opposite a diffuser bottom surface, a diffuser aperture positioned through the diffuser top surface and the diffuser bottom surface such that the diffuser aperture can align with a flash hole, a diffuser neck positioned about the diffuser aperture to extend away from the diffuser top surface, wherein the diffuser neck is sized to fit at least partially through the flash hole, and a ring connected to the diffuser neck, wherein the ring comprises a ring aperture connected to the diffuser neck to align the ring aperture and the diffuser aperture.

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

Optical layers, films and systems
Patent No. 11828972

Inventor(s): Caleb T. Nelson (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, MN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17639025 on 10/02/2020 (1152 days app to issue)

Abstract: An optical system includes an extended illumination source configured to emit light from an extended emission surface thereof and a light redirecting layer disposed on the extended emission surface. The light redirecting layer has a structured major surface that includes a regular array of light redirecting structures, each light redirecting structure including a plurality of facets; and a plurality of discrete spaced apart window segments. The optical system includes a plurality of reflective segments where each reflective segment is disposed on a corresponding window segment. For substantially normally incident light, each reflective segment has a total: average optical reflectance of at least 30% in a visible wavelength range extending from about 420 nm to about 650 nm; and optical transmittance of at least 10% for at least one infrared wavelength in an infrared wavelength range extending from about 800 nm to about 1200 nm.

[F21V] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [7]

P H Y S I C S

Apparatus and method for image-guided interventions with hyperspectral imaging
Patent No. 11826124

Inventor(s): Baowei Fei (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Stanek Lemon Crouse Meeks, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16774478 on 01/28/2020 (1400 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hyperspectral imaging system can include a first hyperspectral imaging camera that is configured to provide first hyperspectral image data of an object in a first field of view. A second hyperspectral imaging camera can be separated from the first hyperspectral imaging camera, where the second hyperspectral imaging camera is configured to provide second hyperspectral image data of the object in a second field of view. A processor circuit can be operatively coupled to the first and second hyperspectral imaging cameras, where the processor circuit configured to combine the first and second hyperspectral image data to generate a hypercube of data for the object comprising spectral data included in the first and second hyperspectral image data.

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

System and method for human motion detection and tracking
Patent No. 11826140

Inventor(s): Gregory Murray Smith (Lewisville, TX), Nathanael Lloyd Gingrich (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Physmodo, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18152535 on 01/10/2023 (322 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for human motion detection and tracking are disclosed. In one embodiment, a smart device having an optical sensing instrument monitors a stage. Memory is accessible to a processor and communicatively coupled to the optical sensing instrument. The system captures an image frame from the optical sensing instrument. The image frame is then converted into a designated image frame format, which is provided to a pose estimator. A two-dimensional dataset is received from the pose estimator. The system then converts, using inverse kinematics, the two-dimensional dataset into a three-dimensional dataset, which includes time-independent static joint positions, and then calculates, using the three-dimensional dataset, the position of each of the respective plurality of body parts in the image frame.

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

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for sample capture and extraction
Patent No. 11828689

Inventor(s): Adam Dewey McBrady (Dallas, TX), Aoife Celoria (Quinlan, TX), Moin Shafai (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Hand Held Products, Inc. (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17446684 on 09/01/2021 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems associated with aerosol collection devices (such as, but not limited to, breath-aerosol collector devices, breathalyzers) are provided. An example aerosol collection device includes a sample transfer adapter configured to receive a sample and a device body connected to the sample transfer adapter. In some examples, the device body defines a flow channel that guides the sample to a filter component, and the filter component contains a buffer solution.

[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)

Distance based vehicle remote control systems and methods for using same
Patent No. 11829133

Inventor(s): Masashi Nakagawa (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17027988 on 09/22/2020 (1162 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle remote control system includes a server including a transceiver and a controller. The transceiver is configured to receive location data from a vehicle and location data from a remote device. The controller is configured to receive an operating instruction signal from the remote device, the operating instruction signal including instructions to operate one or more components of the vehicle. A distance between the vehicle and the remote device is determined based on the location data from the vehicle and the location data from the remote device. The operating instruction signal is transmitted to the vehicle in response to a determination that the distance between the vehicle and the remote device is equal to or less than a corresponding threshold distance.

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

USB power delivery management
Patent No. 11829169

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Howard Enoch (Melissa, TX), John Mitchell Perry (McKinney, TX), Pasupathy Visuvanadan (Murphy, TX), Yoon Jae Lee (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17136498 on 12/29/2020 (1064 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a source circuit can have an input and an output. The input can be adapted to be coupled to an input voltage source configured to provide an input voltage. The source circuit can be configured to output power at an output based on a power delivery mode. The source circuit can include a timer and power delivery (PD) controller. The PD controller can be configured to control the power delivery mode responsive to the input voltage and the timer. The PD controller can be further configured to set a respective power delivery mode and initiate the timer for a timer duration based on the input voltage relative to an input voltage threshold. The PD controller can be further configured to continue operating in the respective power delivery mode for the timer duration.

[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]

Data integrity verification
Patent No. 11829238

Inventor(s): Anand Kumar G (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17378570 on 07/16/2021 (865 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a method includes copying data between a source device and a destination device to form first copied data. The method also includes, responsive to completion of the copying, performing a verify-read operation. The verify-read operation includes determining a first checksum of the first copied data, copying the data between the source device and the destination device to form second copied data, determining a second checksum of the second copied data, comparing the first checksum to the second checksum to determine a comparison result, and determining a data integrity validation result based on the comparison result.

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

Semi receiver side write training for non-volatile memory system
Patent No. 11829281

Inventor(s): Anil Pai (San Jose, CA), Jang Woo Lee (Seongnam-si, , KR), Srinivas Rajendra (Milpitas, CA), Venkatesh Ramachandra (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17348910 on 06/16/2021 (895 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for semi receiver side write training in a non-volatile memory system. The transmitting device has delay taps that control the delay between a data strobe signal and data signals sent on the communication bus. The delay taps on the transmitting device are more precise that can typically be fabricated on the receiving device (e.g., NAND memory die). However, the receiving device performs the comparisons between test data and expected data, which alleviates the need to read back the test data. After the different delays have been tested, the receiving device informs the transmitting device of the shortest and longest delays for which data was validly received. The transmitting device then sets the delay taps based on this information. Moreover, the write training can be performed in parallel on many receiving devices, which is very efficient.

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

Method and apparatus for vector sorting using vector permutation logic
Patent No. 11829300

Inventor(s): Mujibur Rahman (Plano, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17958503 on 10/03/2022 (421 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for sorting of a vector in a processor is provided that includes performing, by the processor in response to a vector sort instruction, generating a control input vector for vector permutation logic comprised in the processor based on values in lanes of the vector and a sort order for the vector indicated by the vector sort instruction and storing the control input vector in a storage location.

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

Method of notifying a process or programmable atomic operation traps
Patent No. 11829323

Inventor(s): Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17901480 on 09/01/2022 (453 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples, are methods, systems, programmable atomic units, and machine-readable mediums that provide an exception as a response to the calling processor. That is, the programmable atomic unit will send a response to the calling processor. The calling processor will recognize that the exception has been raised and will handle the exception. Because the calling processor knows which process triggered the exception, the calling processor (e.g., the Operating System) can take appropriate action, such as terminating the calling process. The calling processor may be a same processor as that executing the programmable atomic transaction, or a different processor (e.g., on a different chiplet).

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

Table-driven segment systems and methods for generating passenger information messages
Patent No. 11829371

Inventor(s): John Emmett Buxton, Jr. (Euless, TX), Robert R. McCall (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17718198 on 04/11/2022 (596 days app to issue)

Abstract: Passenger information messages (”PIMs”) are generated using table-driven segment systems and methods. Message segments may be paired with token names. Passenger information associated with an airline flight are substituted for the token names. The passenger information and message segments are arranged to generate a PIM for the airline flight.

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

Systems and methods for processing and certifying digital mail
Patent No. 11829427

Inventor(s): Christopher Barrett Bruton (Frisco, TX), Christopher Douglas (McKinney, TX), Isaac Parampottil (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Securus Technologies, LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16825900 on 03/20/2020 (1348 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a database configured to store digital versions of physical or electronic items received at a controlled-environment facility. Each of the digital versions associated with a unique identifier. A digital network portal is configured to provide remote access to the database. A production system is configured to create physical or electronic copies of selected ones of the stored digital versions. The physical or electronic copy comprises an image of the original physical or electronic item and a two-dimensional barcode. The two-dimensional barcode comprises a network address for the digital network portal and the unique identifier. The two-dimensional barcode may comprise a Quick Response (QR) code.

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

Data sharing via distributed ledgers
Patent No. 11829502

Inventor(s): Qiaochu Tang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17524245 on 11/11/2021 (747 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems as described herein may include authorizing the sharing of data and sharing data between a variety of systems. A request to share data may be provided to a first system. The system may create sharing session data on a distributed ledger accessible by a number of systems. Sharing session data may be stored using a transaction stored on a distributed ledger. A second system may obtain the sharing session account and verify the sharing session. On verification of the sharing session, a variety of data may be shared between the systems identified in the sharing session data. The sharing session data may be established between two or more systems. The distributed ledger may be maintained by the systems themselves and/or a distributed network system. In a variety of embodiments, encrypted data may be stored and/or obtained using the distributed ledger.

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

Conversational virtual healthcare assistant
Patent No. 11829684

Inventor(s): Victor O”Brien Morrison (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Verint Americas Inc. (Alpharetta, GA)
Law Firm: Meunier Carlin Curfinan LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17226268 on 04/09/2021 (963 days app to issue)

Abstract: A conversation user interface enables patients to better understand their healthcare by integrating diagnosis, treatment, medication management, and payment, through a system that uses a virtual assistant to engage in conversation with the patient. The conversation user interface conveys a visual representation of a conversation between the virtual assistant and the patient. An identity of the patient, including preferences and medical records, is maintained throughout all interactions so that each aspect of this integrated system has access to the same information. The conversation user interface presents allows the patient to interact with the virtual assistant using natural language commands to receive information and complete task related to his or her healthcare. NULL

Packing conditional branch operations
Patent No. 11829758

Inventor(s): Skyler Arron Windh (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18120532 on 03/13/2023 (260 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples, are systems, methods, devices, and machine readable mediums which use improved dynamic programming algorithms to pack conditional branch instructions. Conditional code branches may be modeled as directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) which have a topological ordering. These DAGs may be used to construct a dynamic programming table to find a partial mapping of one path onto the other path using dynamic programming algorithms.

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

Asset movement and localization system and method of use
Patent No. 11829833

Inventor(s): Michael S Hanna (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Molocar, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17236419 on 04/21/2021 (951 days app to issue)

Abstract: An asset movement and localization system deploys gateways to communicate with transmitters that are attached to an asset. The transmitters communicate with the system to provide the location of the asset. The system uses the location to determine if the asset is in the proper or desired location for a process or for presentation.

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

Reducing complexity of implementing machine learning models in software systems
Patent No. 11829850

Inventor(s): Dan D. Hoffman (Flower Mound, TX), David R. Jenness (Flower Mound, TX), Erika D. Lambert (Flower Mound, TX), James L. Rockett, Jr. (Carrollton, TX), Randy M. Whelan (Coppell, TX), Robert M. Beaty (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): RedCritter Corp. (Flower Mound, TX)
Law Firm: Kirton McConkie (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16526812 on 07/30/2019 (1582 days app to issue)

Abstract: The complexity of implementing machine learning models in software systems can be reduced using an abstraction system. The abstraction system functions as an intermediary between a machine learning service and a client process. The abstraction system provides a unified API by which the client process can submit client requests targeting a machine learning model and also abstracts the complexity of configuring model requests in the appropriate form for a particular machine learning service and model. The abstraction system also provides a standard mechanism for delivering results to the client process in an actionable format and for tracking outcomes of any actions that the results trigger. The abstraction system therefore greatly simplifies the process of employing machine learning models within a software system.

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

Systems and methods for energy-efficient analog matrix multiplication for machine learning processes
Patent No. 11829864

Inventor(s): Robert Michael Muchsel (Addison, TX), Sung Ung Kwak (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Analog Devices, Inc. (Wilmington, MA)
Law Firm: North Weber Baugh LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17983320 on 11/08/2022 (385 days app to issue)

Abstract: An energy-efficient multiplication circuit uses analog multipliers and adders to reduce the distance that data has to move and the number of times that the data has to be moved when performing matrix multiplications in the analog domain. The multiplication circuit is tailored to bitwise multiply the innermost product of a rearranged matrix formula generate a matrix multiplication result in form of a current that is then digitized for further processing.

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

System and method for data selection and extraction based on historical user behavior
Patent No. 11829934

Inventor(s): Michael Davis Niessner (Jacksonville, FL), Michael James Mangino (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee(s): TBK BANK, SSB (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18067817 on 12/19/2022 (344 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system determines that a first data element in a first message is linked to a first data field in a first mapped dataset. The system receives a request to determine to which data field in a second mapped dataset a second data element in a second message should be mapped. The system extracts a first set of features from the first message. The system determines that the first data element is located on a first location within the first message. The system extracts a second set of features from the second message. The system determines that the second data element is location on a second location within the second message. The system determines a difference between the first location and the second location. If the difference is less than a threshold distance, the system associates the second data element to the first data element in the second mapped dataset.

[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]

Utilizing machine learning models and captured video of a vehicle to determine a valuation for the vehicle
Patent No. 11829946

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Jason Hoover (Grapevine, TX), Micah Price (Anna, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX), Staevan Duckworth (The Colony, TX), Stewart Youngblood (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17457771 on 12/06/2021 (722 days app to issue)

Abstract: A valuation platform may receive, from a user device, video data associated with a vehicle, and may receive a vehicle history report of the vehicle based on a vehicle identification number of the vehicle. The valuation platform may receive, from the user device, feature data associated with the vehicle, and may process the video data, the vehicle history report, and the feature data, with a machine learning model, to determine one or more values for the vehicle. The valuation platform may determine a valuation for the vehicle based on the determined one or more values for the vehicle. The valuation platform may create a vehicle profile for the vehicle based on the video data, the vehicle history report, the feature data, the determined one or more values for the vehicle, and the valuation for the vehicle, and may perform one or more actions based on the vehicle profile.

System and method for determining product count information using magnetic sensors
Patent No. 11829948

Inventor(s): Matthew O”Daniel Redmond (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18171606 on 02/20/2023 (281 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a longitudinal rack storing a plurality of packs of cigarettes, a shoe movably attached to the rack, a magnet coupled to the shoe and a longitudinal circuit board arranged along the length of the rack. The circuit board includes an array of sensors along the length of the rack, wherein spacing between each pair of sensors equals a thickness of a pack stored in the rack. Each sensor generates a voltage value depending on a position of the magnet in relation to the sensor. The circuit board further includes a memory storing voltage values generated by the sensors, and a processor configured to monitor voltage values generated by the sensors, detect that a particular sensor has generated a maximum voltage value and determine a number of packs stored in the rack based on a particular number of packs corresponding to the particular sensor.

[G06M] COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (counting by measuring volume or weight of articles to be counted G01F, G01G; adaptation of counters to electricity meters in electromechanical arrangements for measuring time integral of electric power or current G01R 11/16; computers G06C-G06J; counting electric pulses H03K; counting characters, words or messages in switching networks for transmission of digital information H04L 12/08; metering arrangements in telephonic systems H04M 15/00)

Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions
Patent No. 11830028

Inventor(s): Madhusudhan Reddy Alla (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): The Nielsen Company (US), LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17556709 on 12/20/2021 (708 days app to issue)

Abstract: A disclosed example includes memory; instructions in the apparatus; and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: monitor for a mobile device communication at a merchant location; obtain a first identifier from the mobile device communication obtained at a first server in response to identifying the mobile device communication during the monitoring; store the first identifier in association with the merchant location in a database; and in response to determining that the first identifier is present in the database, send an association between the first identifier and the merchant location to a second server of an audience measurement entity, the first identifier included in a second communication from the second server of the audience measurement entity.

Methods and apparatus to expand panelist enrollment
Patent No. 11830040

Inventor(s): Achilleas Papakostas (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Nielsen Company (US), LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17985022 on 11/10/2022 (383 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to expand panelist enrollment are disclosed. An example first media device includes processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to scan at least one local area network to which the first media device is connected, store an identification of a second media device connected to the at least one local area network, in response to scan of the at least one local area network indicating that the second media device is commonly connected to the at least one local area network with the first media device, add the identification of the second media device to a fingerprint, and transmit the fingerprint to a central facility.

Multi-lender loan application management system
Patent No. 11830065

Inventor(s): Fredrick Allen Crable (Allen, TX), Jacques Morel (Colleyville, TX), Nicky Joshi (Flower Mound, TX), Satish Kesiboyana (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: 17735350 on 05/03/2022 (574 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a multi-lender loan management system comprising an external network gateway, an internal network gateway, a messaging service, a plurality of Application Programming Interface (API) modules coupled between the external network gateway and the internal network gateway, and a plurality of micro services coupled to the internal network gateway and configured to communicate with each other via the messaging service. API modules can include a client API module and a lender API module. Microservices can include a loan applications microservice and an offers microservice.

Automatically generating and updating loan profiles
Patent No. 11830067

Inventor(s): Rachel Elizabeth Csabi (Frisco, TX), Yan Pei (Frisco, TX), Yogen Rai (Plano, 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: 17945798 on 09/15/2022 (439 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system may include a processor that may detect one or more loan indicators present in banking data or credit data associated with a user. The processor may then retrieve additional data associated with the user in response to detecting the one or more loan indicators, such that the additional data may include data acquired from a home assistant device, a wearable device, a computing device, or any combination thereof. The processor may then determine a loan probability associated with the user based on the banking data, the credit data, and the additional data. The processor may then determine a pre-approval loan amount based on the banking data and the credit data in response to the loan probability exceeding a threshold and automatically send a notification indicative of a pre-approval loan amount to a computing device associated with the user.

Vehicle damage estimation
Patent No. 11830077

Inventor(s): Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17158535 on 01/26/2021 (1036 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving an indication that a vehicle has been in a collision. Receiving vehicle information system (VIS) data from a VIS associated with the vehicle. Determining a component damage probability (CDP) for each of a plurality of components of the vehicle based on the VIS data. Determining estimated costs to replace components having respective CDPs above a threshold value. Providing an estimated total repair cost for the vehicle to a user computing device.

Property damage assessment system
Patent No. 11830080

Inventor(s): Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18170966 on 02/17/2023 (284 days app to issue)

Abstract: A property damage assessment system may include a drone including imaging equipment and a controller, which may include a device processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions to perform the following steps: receiving imagery data, from a first vantage point, of property from the imaging equipment of the drone; making a determination, by analyzing the received imagery data, that there is damage to the property; and based on the determination that there is damage to the property, automatically controlling the drone to obtain additional imagery data of the property, wherein automatically controlling the drone to obtain additional imagery data includes repositioning the drone to obtain a different view of a portion of the property by moving the drone to a second vantage point located a different distance from the property or a second vantage point located at a different angle with respect to the property.

Systems and methods for aiding tax compliance
Patent No. 11830082

Inventor(s): Jon West (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): THOMSON REUTERS ENTERPRISE CENTRE GMBH (Zug, , CH)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16402389 on 05/03/2019 (1670 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for aiding compliance with tax collection and reporting obligations. Distributed ledgers may assist with the verified calculation of taxes owed through the use of identity wallets and cryptocurrency transactions may be employed to effectuate payment to sellers as well as payment of taxes owed to the appropriate tax authorities. Verification of identity sources and of tax calculation and transmission engines may reduce compliance obligations on the part of sellers.

System and method for providing pairings for live digital interactions
Patent No. 11830086

Inventor(s): Danielle Mariah Zegelstein (Bedford, NY), Joshua David Gafni (West Hollywood, CA), Kyle Garrett Miller (Hermosa Beach, CA)
Assignee(s): MATCH GROUP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17093860 on 11/10/2020 (1113 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a processor and an interface coupled to the processor. The processor determines that a first user takes a first action, and determines to pair the first user and a second user. The processor pairs the first user and the second user for an interaction, where the interaction lasts for a first time period. The interface receives an indication of a preference of the first user for the second user at a second time. The second time is after the first time period.

System, method, and apparatus for a digital trading card platform
Patent No. 11830087

Inventor(s): Chad Meyer (Florence, TX), John A. Scully (Dallas, TX), Lucien B. Crosland (Dallas, TX), Scott Terrell (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): All-Stars IP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: DITTHAVONG, STEINER MLOTKOWSKI (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17946745 on 09/16/2022 (438 days app to issue)

Abstract: An approach is provided for trading card platform. The approach involves, for example, initiating a reading of a machine readable code from a trading card to determine a card identifier. The approach also involves querying for one or more attribute data records associated with the trading card based on the card identifier. The approach further involves computing a value metric based on the one or more attribute data records and presenting a user interface displaying a digital representation of the trading card, the one or more sponsorship data records, the value metric, or a combination thereof.

Greenhouse agriculture system
Patent No. 11830088

Inventor(s): Scott Edward Prendergast, Jr. (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Edible Garden AG Incorporated (Belvidere, NJ)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17813464 on 07/19/2022 (497 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed configured to control the planting, application of pesticides, and harvesting of greenhouse crops, such as herbs. The greenhouse may include a variety of sensors, such as moisture sensors, ph sensors, and/or CO2 sensors. Unmanned vehicles may be utilized to capture crop images, and a learning engine may be used to determine the size of greenhouse crops. Such sensor data may be used to predict crop availability. A predication engine may be utilized to predict demand for greenhouse crops using current and historical orders for greenhouse crops. Greenhouse crop production instructions may be generated and transmitted to a greenhouse computer system to cause crops to be sown or harvested. Pallet loading instructions may be generated regarding the loading of specified quantities of crop packs on respective pallets for shipment to a destination.

Accurate representation of camera field of view in two-dimensional mapping applications
Patent No. 11830126

Inventor(s): Brent Brimhall (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. (Chicago, IL)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17451101 on 10/15/2021 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for accurate representation of camera field of view in two-dimensional mapping applications. One example system includes a transceiver, a display for displaying a graphical user interface, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to provide, on the graphical user interface, a two-dimensional map representing the real-world area and determine a plurality of characteristics for the camera. The electronic processor is configured to generate a three-dimensional model for the field of view based on the plurality of characteristics. The electronic processor is configured to determine an intersection plane for the three-dimensional model and generate, based on the intersection plane, a two-dimensional slice of the three-dimensional model, the two-dimensional slice being representative of the field of view within the area. The electronic processor is configured to generate a first graphical representation of the two-dimensional slice and present the first graphical representation on the two-dimensional map.

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

Systems and methods for three-dimensional viewing of images from a two-dimensional image of a vehicle
Patent No. 11830139

Inventor(s): Chih-Hsiang Chow (Coppell, TX), Elizabeth Furlan (Plano, TX), Steven Dang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17466920 on 09/03/2021 (816 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects described provide systems and methods that relate generally to image analysis and, more specifically, overlaying images onto a three-dimensional model of a vehicle. The systems and methods include a vehicle application that receives vehicle information via a user interface. The vehicle application receives a plurality of images that comprise images of one or more internal components of the vehicle and images of one or more external components of the vehicle. The vehicle application utilizes a machine learning model to classify actual current images and attach, overlay, and wrap the actual current images to a three-dimensional model of the vehicle. The machine learning model and vehicle application meshes the actual current images around the three-dimensional model of the vehicle to create a three-dimensional view of the vehicle. The vehicle application further displays via the user interface the three-dimensional view of the vehicle.

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

Methods and systems for 3D modeling of an object by merging voxelized representations of the object
Patent No. 11830140

Inventor(s): Vidhya Seran (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17488516 on 09/29/2021 (790 days app to issue)

Abstract: An illustrative 3D modeling system generates a first voxelized representation of an object with respect to a voxel space and a second voxelized representation of the object with respect to the voxel space. Based on a first normal of a first voxel included in the first voxelized representation and a second normal of a second voxel included in the second voxelized representation, the 3D modeling system identifies a mergeable intersection between the first and second voxels. Based on the first and second voxelized representations, the 3D modeling system generates a merged voxelized representation of the object with respect to the voxel space. The merged voxelized representation includes a single merged voxel generated, based on the identified mergeable intersection, to represent both the first and second voxels. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

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

Systems and methods for stamp detection and classification
Patent No. 11830233

Inventor(s): Ankit Kumar Sinha (Irving, TX), Goutam Venkatesh (Irving, TX), Sudhir Sundararam (Irving, TX), Won Lee (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Nationstar Mortgage LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Volpe Koenig (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17831317 on 06/02/2022 (544 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for detection and classification of stamps in documents. The system can receive image data and textual data of a document. The system can pre-process and filter that data, and covert the textual data to a term frequency inverse document frequency (TF-IDF) vector. The system can detect the presence of a stamp on the document. The system can extract a subset of the image data including the stamp. The system can extract text from the subset of the image data. The system can classify the stamp using the extracted text, the image data, and the TF-IDF vector. The system can store the classification in a database. NULL

Machine learning systems for auto-splitting and classifying documents
Patent No. 11830270

Inventor(s): An Sy Nguyen (Nghe An, , VN), Dat Quoc Dao (Thai Binh, , VN), Giap Dinh Bui (Ha Tinh, , VN)
Assignee(s): FPT USA Corp. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18137077 on 04/20/2023 (222 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for auto-splitting and classifying an input document into one or more sub-documents using a machine learning system is described. The machine learning system includes a visual splitting neural network, an optical character recognition sub-system, a title classifier, a document classifier, and a grouper sub-system. The method includes: receiving a visual input representing a plurality of pages of the input document; classifying, using the visual splitting neural network, each page of the input document into a respective template of a plurality of templates; for each page of the input document, determining a final document type that the page belongs to; and grouping, using a grouper sub-system, the plurality of pages of the input document into one or more sub-documents based on (i) the respective template of each page and (ii) the respective final document type that each page belongs to. NULL

Systems and methods for dynamic contactless smart lockers
Patent No. 11830305

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: 17233938 on 04/19/2021 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may provide for the dynamic and secure assignment of lockers that may be used when delivering goods in response to a fulfillment request. In some embodiments, smart tags may be used for packages provided in response to a fulfillment request. A smart locker system of some embodiments may include a set of lockers and one or more scanners that identify goods that have been delivered into a particular locker, such as by scanning smart tags placed on or in packages. The smart locker system may further receive a request from a User Equipment (”UE”), via a contactless tap, to provide the delivered goods, authenticate the UE, locate the particular locker in which the delivered goods are located, and unlock the locker.

[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)

System and method for speech processing based on response content
Patent No. 11830489

Inventor(s): Emad Noorizadeh (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17363702 on 06/30/2021 (881 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for determining intent in a voice signal receives a first voice signal that indicates to perform a task. The system sends a first response that comprises a hyperlink associated with a particular webpage used to perform the task. The system receives a second voice signal that indicates whether to access the hyperlink. The system determines intent of the second voice signal by comparing keywords of the second voice signal with keywords of the first response. The system activates the hyperlink in response to determining that the keywords of the second voice signal correspond to the keywords of the first response.

[G10L] SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING [4]

Lifetime mixed level non-volatile memory system
Patent No. 11830546

Inventor(s): G. R. Mohan Rao (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): VERVAIN, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17203385 on 03/16/2021 (987 days app to issue)

Abstract: A flash controller for managing at least one MLC non-volatile memory module and at least one SLC non-volatile memory module. The flash controller is adapted to determine if a range of addresses listed by an entry and mapped to said at least one MLC non-volatile memory module fails a data integrity test. In the event of such a failure, the controller remaps said entry to an equivalent range of addresses of said at least one SLC non-volatile memory module. The flash controller is further adapted to determine which of the blocks in the MLC and SLC non-volatile memory modules are accessed most frequently and allocating those blocks that receive frequent writes to the SLC non-volatile memory module and those blocks that receive infrequent writes to the MLC non-volatile memory module.

[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)

Detecting bit line open circuits and short circuits in memory device with memory die bonded to control die
Patent No. 11830564

Inventor(s): Brian Murphy (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17461917 on 08/30/2021 (820 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and techniques are presented for detecting bit line open circuits and short circuits in a memory device in which a memory die is inverted and bonded to a control die. In one approach, the control die comprises a set of bit lines which are connected to a set of bit lines of the memory die, and the set of bit lines of the control die comprise ground transistors, e.g., transistors connected to a ground node. Ground transistors of even-numbered bit lines may be commonly controlled, while ground transistors of odd-numbered bit lines are commonly controlled. The ground transistors may be controlled to detect open circuits and short circuits in the bit lines of the control die and the memory die. A laser scanning technique can also be used to determine a physical location of a defect of a bit line.

Channel-specific engagement machine learning architecture
Patent No. 11830610

Inventor(s): Varun Tandra (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc. (St. Louis, MO)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18092260 on 12/31/2022 (332 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes generating an intervention model by determining principal components for features of a training set, associating each feature of the training set with a principal component, selecting features of the training set most highly correlated with principal components, training a machine learning model with at least some of the selected features, and saving the verified trained machine learning model as the intervention model. The method includes determining multiple channel-specific intervention expectations. Each channel-specific intervention expectation indicates a likelihood that the user will take action in response to an intervention being executed using the engagement channel corresponding to the channel-specific intervention expectation. The method includes selecting an intervention and scheduling the selected intervention for execution. NULL

Distributed database-driven resource management and locking in a cloud native mobile core network node architecture
Patent No. 11831562

Inventor(s): Haibo Qian (Frisco, TX), Jeremy Brown (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: RAY QUINNEY NEBEKER P.C (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17492889 on 10/04/2021 (785 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for efficient database management of non-transitory readable media, including a memory configured to store information associated with service instance requests across a plurality of distributed network resources and a processor configured to receive a service instance request, determine the first native domain object associated with the service instance request, allocate the plurality of network resources to a plurality of distributed worker instances dependent upon a first native domain object, assign the first service instance request to a first worker instance that includes a microservice instance that define service instance blocks to execute the request, and a service instance block manager configured to manage the first service instance request in conjunction with subsequent service instance requests associated with the plurality of worker instances, track running and completed requests, and allocate resources for similar requests across the distributed network nodes.

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

System and method for approving transactions
Patent No. 11831791

Inventor(s): Robert W. Peterson (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): OL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Schwabe, Williamson Wyatt, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17206689 on 03/19/2021 (984 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a transaction between a merchant and a payer, approval of the transaction may be provided by a payment processing system using authentication information provided from a mobile device of the payer. The authentication information may include a location of the payer mobile device which may be compared to a location of a merchant payment device such that the transaction is approved if the payer mobile device is within a defined distance of the merchant payment device.

E L E C T R I C I T Y

System and method for providing job-specific training and employment to residents of a controlled environment facility
Patent No. 11829955

Inventor(s): Stephen Lee Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17451672 on 10/21/2021 (768 days app to issue)

Abstract: The current disclosure relates to a system and method for providing job-specific training material to an inmate within a controlled environment. In an embodiment, the system authenticates an inmate by receiving at least one authentication request at a control platform from a wireless multifunction device in response to an inmate-initiated action and provides the inmate access to interactive training materials stored on a training database or an employment subsystem configured to provide an interface for the inmate to perform one or more job-specific tasks upon authenticating the inmate. Access to each of the databases or subsystem is provided to the inmate based on a profile corresponding to the inmate and the tasks are completed using a wireless multifunction device.

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

Shaping nanomaterials by short electrical pulses
Patent No. 11830743

Inventor(s): Ali E. Aliev (Plano, TX), Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: YEE ASSOCIATES, P.C. (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17305295 on 07/02/2021 (879 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dry-state non-contact method for patterning of nanostructured conducting materials is disclosed. Short self-generated electron-emission pulses in air at atmospheric pressure can enable an electron-emission-based (field enhancement) interaction between a sharp tungsten tip and elements of the nanostructured materials to cause largely non-oxidative sequential decomposition of the nanostructured elements. Embodiments can employ a substrate/tip gap of 10 to 20 nm, discharge voltages of 25-30 V, and patterning speeds as fast as 10 cm/s to provide precisely patterned nanostructures (200 nm) that are largely free of foreign contaminants, thermal impact and sub-surface structural changes.

[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]

Leads for leadframe and semiconductor package
Patent No. 11830791

Inventor(s): Anis Fauzi Bin Abdul Aziz (Kedah, , MY), You Chye How (Melaka, , MY)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16514436 on 07/17/2019 (1595 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a die pad and leads extending from the die pad. Each lead has a free end with outer surfaces extending at angles from one another. An electrically conductive plating material covers at least portions of the outer surfaces. A die attached to the die pad is electrically connected to the leads. An insulating layer extends over the leads and the die such that the free ends of the leads are exposed.

Multi-lead adapter
Patent No. 11830793

Inventor(s): Abram M. Castro (Carrollton, TX), Sreenivasan K. Koduri (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17528087 on 11/16/2021 (742 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a device comprises an electronic component having multiple electrical connectors, the multiple electrical connectors configured to couple to a printed circuit board (PCB) and having a first footprint. The device also comprises a multi-lead adapter comprising multiple rows of leads arranged in parallel, the leads in the rows configured to couple to the electrical connectors of the electronic component and having a second footprint that has a different size than the first footprint.

Semiconductor doped region with biased isolated members
Patent No. 11830830

Inventor(s): Alexei Sadovnikov (Sunnyvale, CA), Sheldon Douglas Haynie (Myrtle Beach, SC), Ujwal Radhakrishna (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17318556 on 05/12/2021 (930 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device includes a doped region of semiconductor material having a first region and an opposite second region. The microelectronic device is configured to provide a first operational potential at the first region and to provide a second operational potential at the second region. The microelectronic device includes field plate segments in trenches extending into the doped region. Each field plate segment is separated from the semiconductor material by a trench liner of dielectric material. The microelectronic device further includes circuitry electrically connected to each of the field plate segments. The circuitry is configured to apply bias potentials to the field plate segments. The bias potentials are monotonic with respect to distances of the field plate segments from the first region of the doped region.

Compact wideband dual-polarized radiating elements for base station antenna applications
Patent No. 11831083

Inventor(s): Mohammad Vatankhah Varnoosfaderani (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17853975 on 06/30/2022 (516 days app to issue)

Abstract: Radiating elements include a conductive patch having first and second slots that each extend along a first axis and third and fourth slots that each extend along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, a feed network that includes first through fourth feed lines, each feed line crossing a respective one of the first through fourth slots, and a conductive ring that at least partially surrounds the periphery of the conductive patch and that encloses each of the first through fourth slots.

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

Modular electrical outlet assembly
Patent No. 11831099

Inventor(s): Billy Draper (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17572987 on 01/11/2022 (686 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular electrical outlet assembly includes an enclosure that can be installed in a wall of a room. The enclosure has a plurality of wiring terminals that can each be electrically coupled to electrical wiring in the room. The enclosure has a plurality of integral output sockets. Each of the output sockets is in electrical communication with a respective one of the wiring terminals to receive electrical current from the electrical wiring. A module is insertable into the enclosure and the module has a plurality of integral input terminals. Each of the input terminals electrically engages a respective one of the output sockets in the enclosure when the module is inserted into the enclosure to receive electrical current from the electrical wiring in the wall.

[H02G] INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES (insulated conductors or cables with arrangements for facilitating mounting or securing H01B 7/40; distribution points incorporating switches H02B; guiding telephone cords H04M 1/15; cable ducts or mountings for telephone or telegraph exchange installations H04Q 1/06)

Devices and methods for reliable power supply for electronic devices
Patent No. 11831196

Inventor(s): Jakob Carnemark (Fairfield, CT), Piero Oliveri (Monroe Township, NJ)
Assignee(s): INERTECH IP LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: WEBER ROSSELLI CANNON LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17172054 on 02/09/2021 (1022 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power supply system includes an energy storage device electrically connected to a power grid, a power distribution assembly electrically connected to a load, and a power generation device electrically connected to the power distribution assembly. The energy storage device and the power grid are configured to supply electric power having a first voltage range to the power distribution assembly, which in turn, is configured to supply electric power having a second voltage range less than the first voltage range to the load. The energy storage device and the power generation device each are configured to at least temporarily supply a flow of electric power to the power distribution assembly when electric power from the power grid is interrupted such that a substantially uninterrupted flow of electric power is supplied to the load.

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

Electric motor stack with integral one-piece gearbox input shaft
Patent No. 11831220

Inventor(s): Grant Beall (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16908286 on 06/22/2020 (1254 days app to issue)

Abstract: A motor assembly is described and includes a housing having a forward endplate and a rear endplate; a plurality of motors disposed within the housing; and a drive shaft driven by the plurality of motors and having a first end extending through the forward endplate of the housing and a second end extending through the rear endplate of the housing, wherein the first end of the drive shaft is configured to engage with a gearbox.

[H02K] DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H 53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power H02M 9/00)

Bidirectional multiple-port power conversion system and method
Patent No. 11831236

Inventor(s): Dianbo Fu (Frisco, TX), Heping Dai (Plano, TX), Huibin Zhu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17516325 on 11/01/2021 (757 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bidirectional power conversion system includes three power conversion ports. A first power conversion port includes a power factor correction device and a primary power conversion network. A second power conversion port includes a plurality of switches and a plurality of diodes, wherein an output voltage of the second power conversion port is regulated through adjusting an output voltage of the power factor correction device as well as through adjusting an operating parameter of the primary power conversion network. A third power conversion port includes a first switch network and a power regulator connected in cascade, wherein the first power conversion port, the second power conversion port and the third power conversion port are magnetically coupled to each other through a transformer.

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

Time gain compensation circuit in an ultrasound receiver
Patent No. 11831283

Inventor(s): Raja Sekhar (Bangalore, , IN), Sandeep Oswal (Bangalore, , IN), Shagun Dusad (Bangalore, , IN), Vajeed Nimran (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17210251 on 03/23/2021 (980 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides a time gain compensation (TGC) circuit. The TGC circuit includes an impedance network. A differential amplifier is coupled to the impedance network. The differential amplifier includes a first input port, a second input port, a first output port and a second output port. A first feedback resistor is coupled between the first input port and the first output port. A second feedback resistor is coupled between the second input port and the second output port. The impedance network provides a fixed impedance to the differential amplifier when a gain of the TGC circuit is changed from a maximum value to a minimum value.

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

Power switch drive circuit and device
Patent No. 11831307

Inventor(s): Zhong Ye (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): InventChip Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, , CN)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17659854 on 04/20/2022 (587 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a capacitor coupled to a gate of a power switch, and a negative voltage adjustment device connected to a common node of the capacitor and the gate of the power switch, wherein the negative voltage adjustment device is configured such that after a turn-off signal is applied to the gate of the power switch, a voltage across the capacitor is maintained at a predetermined voltage level through a negative current provided by the negative voltage adjustment device.

[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]

Stress reduction on stacked transistor circuits
Patent No. 11831309

Inventor(s): Erkan Bilhan (Dallas, TX), Francisco A. Cano (Sugar Land, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16378742 on 04/09/2019 (1694 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a first transistor having first and second current terminals and a first control input, and a second transistor having third and fourth current terminals and a second control input. The third current terminal is coupled to the second current terminal at an intermediate node. In some cases, a third transistor is connected to the intermediate node to bias the intermediate rather than letting the intermediate node float. In other cases, a capacitor is connected to the intermediate node to reduce a negative voltage that might otherwise be present on the intermediate node.

Coexistence primitives in power line communication networks
Patent No. 11831358

Inventor(s): Kumaran Vijayasankar (Allen, TX), Ramanuja Vedantham (Allen, TX), Tarkesh Pande (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18053403 on 11/08/2022 (385 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for setting a carrier-sensing mechanism in a PLC node are disclosed. In a PLC standard, coexistence is achieved by having the nodes detect a common preamble and backing off by a Coexistence InterFrame Space (cEIFS) time period to help the node to avoid interfering with the other technologies. In one embodiment, a PHY primitive is sent from the PHY to the MAC know that there has been a preamble detection. A two-level indication may be usedone indication after receiving the preamble and other indication after decoding the entire frame. The MAC sets the carrier-sensing mechanism based on the preamble detection.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Deploying a function in a hybrid cloud
Patent No. 11831421

Inventor(s): Daniel Keith Scholl (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: Alleman Hall Creasman Tuttle LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17652467 on 02/24/2022 (642 days app to issue)

Abstract: A remote server computing system is configured to deploy a cloud-service-managed control plane and a cloud service data plane spanning the remote server computing system, a local edge computing device, and a local on-premises computing device connected in a hybrid cloud environment. Energy-related training data is received including a plurality of energy-related training data pairs. A machine learning function is trained using the plurality of training data pairs to predict a classified label for restricted energy-related data that is not accessible to the remote server computing system. The trained machine learning function is deployed to the one or more of the local edge computing device and the local on-premises computing device via the cloud service data plane. The remote server computing system is further configured to receive, via the cloud service data plane, classified output of the trained machine learning function.

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

Intelligent wireless broadband network and content delivery management
Patent No. 11831522

Inventor(s): Kevin Michael Grace (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Element8 Technology Investment Group Inc. (Forth Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Schott, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17380230 on 07/20/2021 (861 days app to issue)

Abstract: An intelligent wireless broadband network and content delivery management within a network includes at least one datacenter, at least one network tower and a plurality of smart nodes may be provided. Each of the plurality of smart nodes may be deployed as a micro point of presence (micro POP) at the at least one datacenter the at least one tower and at each of a plurality of hub-homes within the network. An artificial intelligence (AI) capable compute unit may be configured to provide customization of the plurality of smart nodes based on usage pattern of the plurality of homes at a neighborhood level, and thereby facilitating a dynamic edge network distribution solution for better Internet experience to the end-users.

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

Flow control for a multiple flow control unit interface
Patent No. 11831543

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for flow control using a multiple flit interface. A credit return field is used in a credit-based flow control system to indicate that one or more credits are being returned to a sending device from a receiving device. Based on the number of credits available, the sending device determines whether to send device or wait until more credits are returned. The amount of buffer space used by the receiver to store the packet is determined by the number of transfer cycles used to receive the packet, not the number of flits comprising the packet. This is enabled by having the buffer be as wide as the bus. The receiver returns credits to the sender based on the number of buffer rows used to store the received packet, not the number of flits comprising the packet.

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

Method and apparatus for fronthaul compression in cloud RAN
Patent No. 11831579

Inventor(s): Sridhar Rajagopal (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): MAVENIR NETWORKS, INC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Ruggiero, McAllister McMahon LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17071487 on 10/15/2020 (1139 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cloud radio access network (CRAN) system includes a baseband unit (BBU) and a radio unit (RU) remote from the BBU. The fronthaul interface between the RU and the BBU includes a radio frequency interface (RF) functionality implemented in the RU, and implementation of physical layer (PHY) functionality split between the BBU and the RU, including downlink (DL) resource element mapping and DL precoding implemented in the RU. Transmission of reference signals from the BBU to the RU is implemented separately from transmission of data from the BBU to the RU. The RU caches the transmitted reference signal based on at least one of subframe, symbol, xRAN resource block (XRB) and resource element (RE) associated with the reference signal. The fronthaul interface supports at least one of: (i) narrow band Internet of things (NB-IoT) physical random access channel (PRACH), and (ii) NB-IoT multi-tone format on physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

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

Building, transmitting, and receiving frame structures in power line communications
Patent No. 11831744

Inventor(s): Anand G. Dabak (Plano, TX), Badri N Varadarajan (Mountain View, CA), Il Han Kim (Allen, TX), Tarkesh Pande (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18148024 on 12/29/2022 (334 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for building, transmitting, and receiving frame structures in power line communications (PLC) are described. Various techniques described herein provide a preamble design using one or more symbols. One or more preamble symbols may be interspersed within a header portion of a PLC frame to facilitate estimation of a frame boundary and/or sampling frequency offset, for example, in the presence of impulsive noise.

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

Semi-global matching (SGM) cost compression
Patent No. 11831874

Inventor(s): Darnell Moore (Allen, TX), Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen, TX), Jing-Fei Ren (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17539945 on 12/01/2021 (727 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for performing semi-global matching (SGM) path cost compression. In some examples, the techniques may perform disparity-dependent sub-sampling of a set of SGM path costs where the sub-sampling ratio is determined based on a candidate disparity level. The sub-sampled SGM path costs may be stored in a memory. When retrieved from memory, the sub-sampled SGM path costs may be interpolated to reconstruct the other path costs not stored in the memory. The reconstructed path costs may be used for further SGM processing. In further examples, the techniques may perform disparity-dependent quantization on the SGM path costs or the sub-sampled SGM path costs, and store the quantized SGM path costs in memory. The techniques of this disclosure may reduce bandwidth as well as reduce the memory footprint needed to implement an SGM algorithm.

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

Method and apparatus for noise reduction in video systems
Patent No. 11831927

Inventor(s): Arun Shankar Kudana (Bangalore, , IN), Deepak Kumar Poddar (Bangalore, , IN), Manoj Koul (Bangalore, , IN), Pramod Swami (Bangalore, , IN), Shyam Jagannathan (Bangalore, , IN), Soyeb Nagori (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17331159 on 05/26/2021 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides a noise filter. The noise filter includes a motion estimation (ME) engine. The ME receives a current frame and a reference frame. The current frame comprising a current block and the reference frame includes a plurality of reference blocks. The ME engine generates final motion vectors. The current block comprises a plurality of current pixels. A motion compensation unit generates a motion compensated block based on the final motion vectors and the reference frame. The motion compensated block includes a plurality of motion compensated pixels. A weighted average filter multiplies each current pixel of the plurality of current pixels and a corresponding motion compensated pixel of the plurality of motion compensated pixels with a first weight and a second weight respectively. The weighted average filter generates a filtered block. A blockiness removal unit is coupled to the weighted average filter and removes artifacts in the filtered block.

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

Set-top box with self-monitoring and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 11831934

Inventor(s): Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17573554 on 01/11/2022 (686 days app to issue)

Abstract: A set-top box with self-monitoring and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, a housing secures a television input, a television output, a processor, memory, and storage therein, which are communicatively interconnected by a busing architecture. The memory is accessible to the processor, and the memory includes processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to detect when the television is not being utilized. Responsive thereto, the instructions cause the processor to scan channels received from the television input and generate a composite TV screen image data that may be resolved to a single TV screen image made from an assemblage of TV screen image captures corresponding to the scanned channels.

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

Identification of anomalous telecommunication service
Patent No. 11832119

Inventor(s): Eswara P. Somarouthu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17462602 on 08/31/2021 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for identifying anomalous behavior of users are provided. In an example, users of a telecommunication service provider may be segmented into a plurality of user segments based upon telecommunication service metrics associated with the users. A machine learning model may be trained using telecommunication service information associated with users of the first user segment to generate a trained machine learning model. Using the trained machine learning model, a forecast of telecommunication service usage associated with a first user segment of the plurality of user segments. A telecommunication service usage metric, associated with a user belonging to the first user segment, may be compared with a range indicated by the forecast. The user may be flagged as having anomalous behavior based upon a determination that one or more telecommunication usage metrics, associated with the user, are outside one or more ranges indicated by the forecast.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Radio access technology aware cellular network inter-frequency coverage orchestrator
Patent No. 11832130

Inventor(s): Eugene Gomes (Plano, TX), Mahmood Osorio (Rockwall, TX), Xin Li (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Nicholson De Vos Webster Elliott LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18158418 on 01/23/2023 (309 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method at a network node for compensating for inter-frequency coverage disparity between multiple cells operating across a coverage area of a wireless communications network. The method determines a disparity in signal coverage over the coverage area between a first cell and a second cell, wherein the first cell operates at a different frequency spectrum or frequency band from the second cell and wherein the network node determines the disparity in signal coverage by analyzing network data collected for the first and second cells. The method determines when the disparity in signal coverage meets a set criterion; and when the disparity in signal coverage meets the set criterion, adjusting coverage shape of one of the first cell and the second cell over the coverage area to reduce the disparity, wherein the adjusting of the coverage shape is performed by tilting signal coverage of the antenna at the transmission point.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Profiling location information and network traffic density from telemetry data
Patent No. 11832147

Inventor(s): Narciso Faustino (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Han Santos, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17192382 on 03/04/2021 (999 days app to issue)

Abstract: A telemetry data computing engine may receive the telemetry data of a user device, via a network, and it may apply a machine learning algorithm to at least one telemetry data and generate a predicted location for the user device. The predicted location may be used to generate a location pattern for the user device and a user device profile for the user device. The user device profile may be routed to the wireless carrier core network.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Bluetooth data forwarding
Patent No. 11832156

Inventor(s): Chen Loewy (Herzelia, , IL), Dotan Ziv (Tel Aviv, , IL), Lior Gersi (Tel Aviv, , IL), Liran Cohen (Yavne, , IL), Ram Malovany (Nes Ziona, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17068621 on 10/12/2020 (1142 days app to issue)

Abstract: A Bluetooth (BT) device includes a host processor and a BT controller coupled by a Host Controller Interface (HCI) including a Host Controller Transport Layer and a HCI Driver. The host processor implements an applications layer and includes HCI firmware for communicating via the Host Controller Transport Layer with the BT controller. The BT controller includes a processor coupled to a memory and to a transceiver, and a RF driver. The HCI firmware also includes HCI command code for a user to define a topology of the BT network including configuring the BT device in a current chain including a plurality of BT devices including configuring from which BT device it receives data from and which BT device it forwards data to. For communicating data across the BT network the BT device forwards the data without host processor involvement in at least resending the data back to its BT controller.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Segmentation of PWS-message and associated area-information
Patent No. 11832158

Inventor(s): Stephen R. Hayes (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Murphy, Bilak Homiller, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17985222 on 11/11/2022 (382 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network node obtains a message to be transmitted as a public warning system notification to multiple UEs, via one or more SIBs, and obtains area information corresponding to the message. The area information indicates an area for which the message is relevant. The network node determines how many SIBs are needed for transmitting the area information and segments the message into a plurality of segments, based on how many SIBs are needed for transmitting the area information. The network node transmits the message and the area information via SIBs, such that a segment of the message is included in each SIB and such that each portion of the area information included in a SIB is accompanied by a segment of the message. A UE receives the SIBs and assembles the message and area information, displaying the message if it is relevant.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for uplink timing synchronization in conjunction with discontinuous reception
Patent No. 11832179

Inventor(s): James Earl Womack (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD. (Dongguan, , CN)
Law Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18145477 on 12/22/2022 (341 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing uplink timing synchronization during DRX operation in a wireless communication system.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Scheduling for power saving state in next generation wireless networks
Patent No. 11832186

Inventor(s): Chie-Ming Chou (Hsinchu, , TW), Tsung-Hua Tsai (Hsinchu, , TW), Wan-Chen Lin (Hualine, , TW), Yu-Hsin Cheng (Hsinchu, , TW)
Assignee(s): Hannibal IP LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Cole Schotz, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17875642 on 07/28/2022 (488 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some of the present implementations provide a method for a user equipment (UE) for receiving a power saving signal. The method receives, from a base station, a power saving signal comprising a minimum applicable K0 (K0min) that indicates a minimum scheduling offset restriction between a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDCCH). The method determines an application delay based on a predefined value. The method then applies the minimum scheduling offset restriction after the application delay.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Small cell demodulation reference signal and initial synchronization
Patent No. 11832201

Inventor(s): Yi Song (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED (Dublin, , IE)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17838828 on 06/13/2022 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein is a system with a first network element and a second network element. The first network element contains a processor configured to synchronize with the second network element; and maintain synchronization with the second network element. The first network element is a small cell eNB and the second network element is one of the following: a macro cell enhanced node-B (eNB); or a small cell eNB.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Sidelink TX resource pool selection
Patent No. 11832220

Inventor(s): Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18192227 on 03/29/2023 (244 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a UE includes: receiving configuration information for TX resource pools including at least one of a first set of resource pools or a second set of resource pools; identifying, at an RRC sub-layer, the first and second set of resource pools based on a HARQ feedback channel; selecting, at a MAC sub-layer, a logical channel to transmit SL data, wherein the logical channel includes a highest priority among multiple logical channels using an LCP function; determining, at the MAC sub-layer, whether the logical channel is configured with the HARQ feedback channel; selecting, at the MAC sub-layer, a TX resource pool from the first set of resource pools based on a determination that the logical channel is configured with the HARQ feedback channel; and transmitting the SL data based on the TX resource pool.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Adaptation of communication parameters for a user equipment
Patent No. 11832273

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17657324 on 03/30/2022 (608 days app to issue)

Abstract: A UE includes a transceiver configured to receive an adaptation request (AR) via a DCI format in a PDCCH. The UE further includes a processor configured to configure the transceiver to operate in a first state associated with a reception of a first DCI format in a first search space set in response to an AR reception outcome, and to operate in a second state associated with a reception of a second DCI format in a second search space set. A BS includes a transceiver configured to transmit an AR via a DCI format in a PDCCH. The BS includes a processor configured to configure the transceiver to operate in a first state associated with a transmission of a first DCI format in a first search space set, and to operate in a second state associated with a transmission of a second DCI format in a second search space set.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Apparatus and method for encapsulating an electronic component
Patent No. 11832398

Inventor(s): Evan Cosentino (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): AcLeap Power Inc. (Taipei, , TW)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17500590 on 10/13/2021 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for encapsulating at least one electronic component disposed on a printed circuit board may include a liquid-tight enclosure that surrounds the electronic component and that is fixed with respect to the electronic component and the circuit board, and an encapsulating material disposed inside the enclosure and encapsulating the electronic component. The enclosure may include at least one sidewall and a top. The at least one sidewall may include a rigid material, a lower edge that is proximal to the printed circuit board, an upper edge that is distal from the circuit board, and a height above the circuit board that is no more than 0.003 inches greater than a height of the electronic component above the circuit board. The top may include a solid surface disposed on the upper edge of the at least one sidewall, where the at least one sidewall and the top form the enclosure.

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

Motile tracking of datacenter components
Patent No. 11832416

Inventor(s): Fred Devoir (Pilot Point, TX)
Assignee(s): NVIDIA CORPORATION (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17903547 on 09/06/2022 (448 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for datacenter are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a system or method herein causes a process for a structure that includes a component tracking system, where such a system includes individual components within individual servers or individual racks, the process being based in part on at least location information and configuration information from one or more of an optical sensor or a radio sensor associated with a motile-support that is adapted for at least three dimensional (3D) movement in a space having the individual servers or the individual racks.

Full package vapor chamber with IHS
Patent No. 11832419

Inventor(s): Ken P. Hackenberg (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Schwabe, Williamson Wyatt, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16723865 on 12/20/2019 (1439 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments include semiconductor packages. A semiconductor package includes dies on a package substrate, an integrated heat spreader (IHS) with a lid and sidewalls over the dies and package substrate, and a heatsink and a thermal interface material respectively on the IHS. The semiconductor package includes a vapor chamber defined by a surface of the package substrate and surfaces of the lid and sidewalls, and a wick layer in the vapor chamber. The wick layer is on the dies, package substrate, and IHS, where the vapor chamber has a vapor space defined by surfaces of the wick layer and lid of the IHS. The sidewalls are coupled to the package substrate with a sealant that hermetically seals the vapor chamber with the surfaces of the package substrate and the sidewalls and lid. The wick layer has a uniform or non-uniform thickness, and has porous materials including metals, powders, or graphite.

DESIGN PATENTS

Display shelf
Patent No. D005732

Inventor(s): Martin Belokin (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): Displays by Martin Paul, Inc.Creative Center (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29725161 on 02/21/2020 (1376 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Monitor riser
Patent No. D005998

Inventor(s): Jimmy Seifert (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Container Store, Inc. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Hubbard Law, PLLC (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29765921 on 01/12/2021 (1050 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Camera module
Patent No. D006001

Inventor(s): Samuel G. Carranza (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Schok, LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29775464 on 03/23/2021 (980 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle body assembly
Patent No. D006130

Inventor(s): Casey Christen Jens Christensen (McKinney, TX), Jaime Felix Barajas (Dallas, TX), Jory Sprowl (Honey Grove, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Skylar Hagler (Anna, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29815664 on 11/16/2021 (742 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Percussive massager device connecting rod
Patent No. D006242

Inventor(s): Federico G. Vierheller (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): PlayMakar, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Bey Cotropia PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29823927 on 01/20/2022 (677 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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