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 11/26/2024 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 7
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 9
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 1
E: Fixed Constructions 1
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 8
G: Physics 34
H: Electricity 32
Design: 3

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 21
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 4
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 3
Unassigned 3
United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio) 3
Air Distribution Technologies IP LLC (Milwaukee, Wis.) 2
BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth) 2
Diodes Inc. (Plano) 2
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. (New York) 2
McKesson Corp. (Irving) 2

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Chia-Wei Hu (New Taipei, Taiwan) 2
Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell) 2
Henry Litzmann Edwards (Garland) 2
Lee D. Whetsel (Parker) 2
Mahalingam Nandakumar (Richardson) 2
Ta-Chuan Kuo (New Taipei, Taiwan) 2
Wan-Yu Kai (New Taipei, Taiwan) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Gardening glove and method of manufacturing the same
Patent No. 12150429

Inventor(s): Jay Michaelson (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): HandsOn Equine, LLC (Mansfield, TX)
Law Firm: FisherBroyles LLP (Local + 20 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17145510 on 01/11/2021 (1415 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gardening glove consisting of a glove liner defining a plurality of fingers, a thumb, and a palm is provided. The glove liner is placed on a first glove mandrel and received inside an injection mold configured to inject hot liquid PVC material on the glove liner’’s palm, fingers, and thumb, creating patterns of raised nodules that facilitate digging, for example.

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

Child soothing devices comprising artificial muscles
Patent No. 12150493

Inventor(s): Erin J. Rutledge (Tipton, MI), Michael P. Rowe (Pinckney, 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: 17160548 on 01/28/2021 (1398 days app to issue)

Abstract: A child soothing device includes a soothing structure includes an outer layer and an inner layer, and one or more artificial muscles disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer of the soothing structure and communicatively coupled to a controller. Each of the one or more artificial muscles includes a housing comprising an electrode region and an expandable fluid region and a dielectric fluid housed within the housing. Each of the one or more artificial muscles also includes an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region of the housing, the electrode pair including a first electrode and a second electrode. The electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs the dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region, expanding the expandable fluid region, thereby applying pressure to the inner layer of the soothing structure.

[A41B] SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS

Impact protection systems
Patent No. 12150498

Inventor(s): Mark Panko (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): PINWREST DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Loeb Loeb LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16725611 on 12/23/2019 (1800 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are body impact protection systems. The body impact protection system may comprise at least one plate element layer, such as an interconnected meshed plate element network. Another embodiment may be directed to a protection system comprising at least one plate element layer, such as an interconnected meshed plate element network overlapping and adjacent to at least one liner or gel. Further embodiments may comprise the combination of multiple body impact protection systems in a single protective garment or device. Impact protection systems may be designed to protect various body features, such as for example, the head, shoulders, elbows, arms, wrists, hands, chest, torso, thighs, knees, shins, ankles, feet, and the like. The inventive body impact protection system affords more protection from the force of an impact and comfort than conventional body impact protection systems.

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

Footbed for footwear
Patent No. 12150518

Inventor(s): Prasad Reddy (Argyle, TX), Tuan Le (Portland, OR)
Assignee(s): Twisted X, Inc. (Decatur, TX)
Law Firm: Decker Jones, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17672859 on 02/16/2022 (1014 days app to issue)

Abstract: A footbed comprises a cushion comprising a heel portion, a forefoot portion, and a lower surface. The heel and forefoot portions each comprise resilient balls located in a resilient matrix material. The balls have a first hardness measure, and the matrix material has a second hardness measure that is different than the first hardness measure. The balls in the forefoot portion are of a first diameter and the balls in the heel portion are of a second diameter, the first diameter being smaller than the second diameter. The heel portion is separated from the forefoot portion by a midfoot portion. Each of the balls in the cushion may be interconnected with adjacent respective balls by spacing pins, the spacing pins creating gaps between adjacent respective balls, the matrix material being located in the gaps. The matrix material substantially surrounds each of the balls in the cushion.

[A43B] CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR

Replaceable carrier for wearable devices
Patent No. 12150784

Inventor(s): Arthur Lin (South San Francisco, CA), David Lari (South San Francisco, CA), Jon Echt (South San Francisco, CA), Jonathan Grossman (South San Francisco, CA), Pey-Jiun Ko (South San Francisco, CA), Xianyan Wang (South San Franc
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17370153 on 07/08/2021 (1237 days app to issue)

Abstract: A body-mountable monitoring device includes a sensing device, a carrier body removably coupled to the sensing device, and an adhesive sheet bonded to the carrier body and configured to couple the carrier body to a user’’s skin, where the carrier body surrounds sidewalls of the sensing device such that at least a top surface is exposed when the sensing device is coupled to the carrier body.

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

Vibrational oral appliance with mandibular advancements
Patent No. 12150886

Inventor(s): Todd Nickolas Huntsman (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Vivos Therapeutics, Inc. (Highlands Ranch, CO)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer L.L.P. (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18215930 on 06/29/2023 (516 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein is an oral appliance. The oral appliance includes upper and lower trays that each include at least one axial spring configured to contact a palatal/lingual surface of at least one tooth, where each axial spring is coupled to the respective upper or lower tray, and where each axial spring is configured to produce and transmit intermittent, cyclic forces to the palatal/lingual surface of the tooth to promote palatal and upper/lower jaw development. The upper and lower trays each include an expansion mechanism to enable adjustment of the size of the upper and lower trays to account for palatal expansion and upper and lower jaw development. The oral appliance includes first and second adjustable hinge arms that are removably connected to the upper and lower trays so that the oral appliance advances the mandible to provide temporary relief from sleep disordered breathing, sleep apnea and/or snoring.

[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]

Methods, systems, and devices for pairing vagus nerve stimulation with motor therapy in stroke patients
Patent No. 12151104

Inventor(s): David Michael Pierce (Plano, TX), Michael P. Kilgard (Richardson, TX), Navzer Engineer (Plano, TX), Robert L. Rennaker (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Hauptman Ham, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18310935 on 05/02/2023 (574 days app to issue)

Abstract: A motor-deficit-therapeutic method (for treatment of a patient who has hemiparesis) includes: providing, to the patient afflicted with a hemiparesis, a neurostimulator configured to stimulate a vagus nerve of the patient using electrical, magnetic, optical, acoustic or mechanical stimulation; and initiating stimulation of the vagus nerve by the neurostimulator so that at least a portion of the stimulation occurs at least during performance by the patient of a motor therapy session which is hemiparesis-therapeutic, thereby improving the patient’’s hemiparesis.

[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]

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

Nanofiber filtered films and soluble substrate processing
Patent No. 12151215

Inventor(s): Marcio D. Lima (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBLUM BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17770812 on 10/23/2020 (1495 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus and method for transferring nanofiber structures (e.g., nanofiber films, nanofiber sheets, stacks of nanofiber grids, nanofiber films, nanofiber sheets, and combinations thereof) between various substrates are described. The techniques described use a soluble layer on a substrate that is subsequently dissolved, thus freeing the nanofiber structure from the substrate. This liquid phase techniques preserves the mechanical integrity and the purity of the nanofiber structures.

[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]

Methods and systems for device maintenance
Patent No. 12151268

Inventor(s): Brendan Thomas Hunt (Boulder, CO), Cody Small (Loveland, CO)
Assignee(s): McKesson Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Ballard Spahr LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17943648 on 09/13/2022 (805 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for device maintenance are described herein. Objects, such as pills, tablets, capsules, etc., may build an electrostatic charge as they pass through a dispensing device. This electrostatic charge may cause the objects to adhere to components of the dispensing device, such as inside a tube, chamber, etc. To prevent this from happening, the dispensing device may comprise an ionizing component, such as a fan, that may be configured to perform a maintenance procedure. The maintenance procedure may allow the objects to pass through various components of the dispensing device more freely.

[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

Transport limitations from malfunctioning sensors
Patent No. 12151702

Inventor(s): Ryan N. Wilson (Plano, TX), Satyajit P. Patne (The Colony, TX), Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17340649 on 06/07/2021 (1268 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a sensor on a transport is not functioning properly, determining a severity of the malfunction, responsive to the severity exceeding a threshold, lowering an autonomous level of the transport, and responsive to the severity continuing to exceed the threshold, limiting an operation of the transport based on an intended output of the malfunctioning sensor.

[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]

Welded nozzle for a tank car
Patent No. 12151718

Inventor(s): Ross E. Hill (River Oaks, TX)
Assignee(s): TRINITY TANK CAR, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17150277 on 01/15/2021 (1411 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tank for a railway tank car includes an outer tank, a nozzle, a fittings plate, and a set of pipes. The nozzle protrudes through the outer tank such that an outer edge of the nozzle extends past an exterior surface of the outer tank. An intersection between the nozzle and the outer tank defines an opening in the outer tank. The fittings plate is welded to the nozzle around the outer edge of the nozzle. The set of pipes pass through the fittings plate and into the outer tank through the nozzle. The set of pipes includes pipes to load and/or unload fluid from the tank.

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

Locked-axle wheel cradle, system, and method
Patent No. 12151721

Inventor(s): Christopher M. Romero (Lawrece, KS), Edward M. Meyers (Grantville, KS), Henry R. Schafer (Smithville, MO), Larry C. Valentine (Berryton, KS), Mike E. Teaford (Topeka, KS), Ryan L. Kimberlin (Meriden, KS), Timothy Webb (To
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18365349 on 08/04/2023 (480 days app to issue)

Abstract: A crane-less locked axle cradle system configured to lift a rail vehicle wheel off a rail and transport the lifted wheel along a rail is presented. The present disclosure discloses a system that can lift the locked-axle wheel off the rail with no crane thereby allowing the train with a locked axle to be transported off the mainline in a shorter period of time. A cradle system can have two parts (male and female members with wedges and rail wheels) that can be mated with each other around a rail wheel. As the male and female members are pulled together, locked wheel engagers can couple with different portions of the locked-axle wheel, causing the locked-axle wheel to lift off the rail given the gradient of the wedge or rotation of the wheel. In another embodiment, the wheel lifting can be assisted by an air bag, hydraulic cylinder, jack, or other.

[B61J] SHIFTING OR SHUNTING OF RAIL VEHICLES (shifting vehicles in general B60S; marshalling systems B61B)

System and method for remote device monitoring
Patent No. 12151725

Inventor(s): Carlos Aguilera (Lenexa, KS), Jerry Wade Specht (Overland Park, KS), Kent Shue (Bonner Springs, KS), Marcus Parrott (Kansas City, MO), Perry Peden, Jr. (Overland Park, KS)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17703487 on 03/24/2022 (978 days app to issue)

Abstract: A railroad infrastructure communication network is presented. The network can include a plurality of infrastructure nodes distributed proximate a railroad track, such as near railroad equipment and/or assets. Infrastructure nodes can be configured to receive data from equipment sensor and/or assets and transmit such data via the network. Infrastructure nodes can further generate alert and/or alert packets based on such received data. Infrastructure nodes can self-define in a network infrastructure depending on configured connection types, and can for example, serve as repeater nodes (to promulgate a transmission to additional infrastructure nodes) and/or collector nodes (to collect data for a centralized server node). A server node can be configured to receive data and/or packet from infrastructure nodes and generate requests for additional systems, personnel, etc. to address such requests. The network can limit the data transmission size and leverage distributed processing capabilities to enable transmissions over long ranges, such as by reducing the bandwidth required to transmit packets.

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

Pillar channel seals and vehicles including same
Patent No. 12151744

Inventor(s): Adam D. Holmstrom (Pinckney, MI), Paxton S. Williams (Milan, 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: 17890470 on 08/18/2022 (831 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body comprising a pillar having a pillar channel extending therethrough. A pillar channel seal includes a seal body located in the pillar channel. The seal body has a pass-through opening sized to receive a drain hose. A moveable plug is movably attached to the seal body that is configured to cover the pass-through opening in a closed configuration. An expandable foam is carried by the moveable plug.

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

Tilting wing rotorcrafts and wing rotation systems
Patent No. 12151811

Inventor(s): Daniel Bryan Robertson (Southlake, TX), Kirk Landon Groninga (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Akona IP PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16538979 on 08/13/2019 (1932 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to one implementation of the present disclosure, a rotorcraft includes a fuselage, an airframe, a main rotor, first and second wings, and a wing rotation system. The wing rotation system may be coupled to the first and the second wings and includes a first drive shaft, a second drive shaft, and a uniform actuator. The first drive shaft may be coupled to the first wing for rotation around a central wing axis, the second drive shaft may be coupled to the second wing for rotation around the central wing axis, and the uniform actuator may be coupled between the first drive shaft and the airframe. Also, the wing rotation system can be configured to actuate rotation of the first and the second wings from a first direction to a second direction.

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

High comfort endurance haptic cushion
Patent No. 12151823

Inventor(s): John R. Skola (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer L.L.P. (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17900760 on 08/31/2022 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is disclosed herein, including a cushion including a plurality of tactors and a plurality of air bladders disposed adjacent the plurality of tactors, a pump assembly operably connected to the plurality of bladders, a processor, and a memory operatively coupled to the processor. The memory includes instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine an inflation sequence for the plurality of air bladders, determine a deflation sequence for the plurality of air bladders, output commands to the pump assembly corresponding to the inflation sequence and the deflation sequence, and output vibrate commands to the plurality of tactors.

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

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

Fatty acid reaction products of dextrins or dextran formulated with a surfactant
Patent No. 12152193

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: 18505220 on 11/09/2023 (383 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

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

Particulate-capturing cover for a movable barrier operator
Patent No. 12152430

Inventor(s): Federico Romero (Corpus Christi, TX), John M. Gollihar, II (Corpus Christi, TX)
Assignee(s): Overhead Door Corporation (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18149613 on 01/03/2023 (693 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cover for attachment to a header of a door system. The cover may have a motor compartment, a pulley compartment, and a first window. The motor compartment may be configured to at least partially enclose a motor and the pulley compartment may be configured to at least partially enclose a pulley, where the motor is operably attached to the pulley to drive a drive member. The first window may be configured to receive a portion of the drive member extending through an exterior wall of the cover.

[E05F] DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING

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

Turbine-compressor assembly and method
Patent No. 12152530

Inventor(s): Najeeb Kuzhiyil (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Transportation IP Holdings, LLC (Norwalk, CT)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18313596 on 05/08/2023 (568 days app to issue)

Abstract: A turbine-compressor assembly includes a turbine-compressor device fluidly coupled with a heat source, a compressor, and a turbine via plural valves. A power device is coupled with the turbine-compressor device via a shaft. A controller can control operation of the plural valves to control the movement of fluids within the assembly to selectively switch between the turbine-compressor device operating in one of plural operating modes. In a first mode of operation, the turbine-compressor device can generate electrical power and direct the electrical power to the power device to control an amount of power provided to or extracted from the shaft by the power device. In a second mode of operation, the turbine-compressor device can receive electrical power from the power device to consumer the electrical power.

[F02B] INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (cyclically operating valves therefor F01L; lubricating internal-combustion engines F01M; gas-flow silencers or exhaust apparatus therefor F01N; cooling of internal-combustion engines F01P; internal-combustion turbines F02C; plants in which engines use combustion products F02C, F02G)

Shape memory material member-based actuator with electrostatic clutch preliminary class
Patent No. 12152570

Inventor(s): Paul A. Gilmore (Ann Arbor, MI), Rikin Gupta (Manassas, VA), Taewoo Nam (Ann Arbor, MI), Xintong Deng (Belleville, MI), Yufei Zhu (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: 18172637 on 02/22/2023 (643 days app to issue)

Abstract: An actuator can include one or more shape memory material members and an electrostatic clutch. When an activation input is provided to the one or more shape memory material members, the one or more shape memory material members contract, which causes the actuator to morph into an activated configuration. A height of the actuator increases in the activated configuration. The electrostatic clutch can be configured to maintain the actuator in the activated configuration when the activation input to the one or more shape memory material members is discontinued. One or more processors can be operatively connected to selectively and independently activate the one or more shape memory material members and the electrostatic clutch.

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

Floor element for forming a floor covering, a floor covering, and a method for manufacturing a floor element
Patent No. 12152626

Inventor(s): Claudio Caselli (Dallas, TX), Jan Eddy De Rick (Geraardsbergen, , BE), Rahul Patki (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Dal-Tile, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17425995 on 02/11/2020 (1750 days app to issue)

Abstract: A floor element for forming a floor covering is described herein, wherein the floor element includes a board having edges provided with coupling elements adapted to cooperate with coupling elements of an adjacent similar floor element in the floor covering. The coupling elements include at least one male part and at least one female part, the male part being positioned along a first edge and protruding outwardly beyond an upper edge at said first edge, and the female part being positioned along a second edge and extending inwardly beyond an upper edge at the second edge to form a recess for at least partially receiving the male part. The recess includes an inlet opening having a vertical breadth such that the ratio between the vertical breadth and the thickness of the board is more than 0.4.

[F16B] DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

Slam-shut safety devices for a fluid regulator
Patent No. 12152691

Inventor(s): Alexandru-Vlad Roman (Cluj-Napoca, , RO), Andrei Teleba (Turda, , RO), Eva Gota (Cluj-Napoca, , RO), Gabriel Todoran (Turda, , RO), Harry Bogdan Dngeanu (Turda, , RO), Ioan-Rzvan Zldi (Turda, , RO), Ovidiu Mihail Mihut (Reghin, , R
Assignee(s): EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT REGULATOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17732129 on 04/28/2022 (943 days app to issue)

Abstract: A slam-shut mechanism for operatively connecting a slam-shut control element of a fluid regulator with a controller for the control element. The mechanism includes a shaft and a cam carried by the shaft and having a cam surface adapted to be operatively connected to the slam-shut control element. The mechanism also includes a latching pin carried by the shaft, a latch, and a lever operably connected to the latch and adapted to be selectively engaged by the controller. When the controller engages the lever, the latch is movable from a first position, in which the latch securely retains the latching pin, such that the cam surface is arranged to retain the slam-shut control element in a fully open position, to a second position, in which the latching pin is released from the latch, thereby allowing the slam-shut control element to move from the fully open position to a closed position.

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

Combustible fuel burning fire pit
Patent No. 12152781

Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Fort Worth, 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: 18626771 on 04/04/2024 (236 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fire pit a removable fire grate and a removable ash pan. The removable fire grate is positioned within a burn chamber and supports combustible fuel for burning. The removable fire grate includes a plurality of holes sized to permit passage of ash from the combustible fuel, and at least one grip feature sized and shaped to permit a user to remove the removable fire grate from the fire pit by lifting the removable fire grate vertically through the burn chamber. The removable ash pan is positioned within the burn chamber beneath the removable fire grate, and includes, a side wall, a bottom, and at least one grippable surface configured to permit the user to remove the removable ash pan from the fire pit by lifting the removable ash pan vertically through the burn chamber.

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

Lighting control for chilled beam
Patent No. 12152803

Inventor(s): Ernest Freeman (Dallas, TX), Honghui Zhang (Richardson, TX), Joachim Hirsch (Colleyville, TX), Keith Glasch (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC (Milwaukee, WI)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18449538 on 08/14/2023 (470 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device comprising a fin structure, a vent disposed in the fin structure, a cooling coil disposed in the vent, a light disposed in the fin structure and wherein the fin structure is configured to create a Coanda effect for air exiting the vent.

[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)

Terminal unit control box barrier
Patent No. 12152804

Inventor(s): Alexander Contreras (Dallas, TX), Cameron Travis West (Dallas, TX), Phillip Addison Baxter (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC (Milwaukee, WI)
Law Firm: Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17480997 on 09/21/2021 (1162 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a terminal unit of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system. The terminal unit includes a control box assembly including an electric enclosure with electronics disposed within a cavity of the electric enclosure. The terminal unit also includes a duct assembly including a casing and a control valve configured to coordinate with the electronic controls to manage air flow through the casing. Further, the terminal unit includes a see-through barrier coupled to the electric enclosure such that the electronics are positioned between a base of the electric disclosure and the see-through barrier.

Suppressor with blowout panel
Patent No. 12152852

Inventor(s): Byron S. Petersen (Springfield, OR)
Assignee(s): True Velocity IP Holdings, Inc. (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: Burdick Patents, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17657720 on 04/01/2022 (970 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a firearms suppressor adapted with blowout panels. In one example, the blowout panels may be configured to have a lower tolerance for pressure than the materials from which outer components of the suppressor are formed. During over pressure events of the suppressor, the blowout panels may rupture, thereby dissipating pressure in the suppressor.

[F41A] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE [5]

P H Y S I C S

System and method for diagnostic analysis of a toilet over time intervals
Patent No. 12152926

Inventor(s): John Robert Keller (Plano, TX), Matthew O’’daniel Redmond (Denton, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17455716 on 11/19/2021 (1103 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for diagnostic analysis of a toilet over time intervals comprises a processor operable to receive a distance measurement from a sensor over a network. The processor is operable to determine an instance of a decrease in a water level in a toilet tank based on a comparison of the received distance measurement to a setpoint and to determine a plurality of instances of the decrease in the water level within a period of time. The processor is operable to calculate a ratio of the determined number of the plurality of instances of the decrease in the water level to a number of instances wherein a door changes from a first position to a second position. The processor is operable to compare the calculated ratio to a threshold ratio and to send an alert to a user device when the calculated ratio is less than the threshold ratio.

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

Carbon monoxide detecting electrical receptacle assembly
Patent No. 12153034

Inventor(s): John Cote (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18133162 on 04/11/2023 (595 days app to issue)

Abstract: A carbon monoxide detecting electrical receptacle assembly for alerting a user to dangerous levels of carbon monoxide includes a housing that is attachable to an electrical box. A socket in a front face of the housing allows for insertion of a corresponding plug. A set of connectors attached to electrical wiring operationally engages the socket, a sensor, a notification module, and an indicator light to an electrical circuit. The sensor measures a level of carbon monoxide in air proximate to the housing. The notification module notifies a user when the level of carbon monoxide reaches a preset value. The indicator light selectively emits a first color of light and a second color of light when the level of carbon dioxide is below and equal to or greater than the preset value, respectively.

[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)

Commanded JTAG test access port operations
Patent No. 12153090

Inventor(s): Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18120582 on 03/13/2023 (624 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for improving the operation of a TAP architecture in a device through the use of Command signal inputs to the TAP architecture. In response to a Command signal input, the TAP architecture can perform streamlined and uninterrupted Update, Capture and Shift operation cycles to a target circuit in the device or streamlined and uninterrupted capture and shift operation cycles to a target circuit in the device. The Command signals can be input to the TAP architecture via the devices dedicated TMS or TDI inputs or via a separate CMD input to the device.

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

Storing and providing raw satellite data
Patent No. 12153144

Inventor(s): Christopher N. Delregno (Rowlett, TX), Gina L. Otts (Flower Mound, TX), Mohammed M. Rahman (Allen, TX), William F. Copeland (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17809992 on 06/30/2022 (880 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microservice node can store first raw satellite data, associated with a first satellite constellation, in a first electronic file in a first data store, can combine the first electronic file and one or more second electronic files, associated with the first satellite constellation, into a first compressed electronic file, and can store the first compressed electronic file in a second data store. The first raw satellite data and second raw satellite data can be received during a particular time period. The second data store can include a second compressed electronic file that includes third raw satellite data associated with a second satellite constellation. The microservice node can receive a request from a client device, can combine the first compressed electronic file and the second compressed electronic file into a third compressed electronic file based on the request, and can transmit the third compressed electronic file to the client device.

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

FMCW radar reduced power mode
Patent No. 12153161

Inventor(s): Piyali Goswami (Bangalore, , IN), Sachin Bharadwaj (Bangalore, , IN), Sandeep Rao (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17307044 on 05/04/2021 (1302 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar system includes receiving, by at least one processor, digital intermediate frequency (IF) signals from a mixer coupled to a receive antenna. The method also includes computing, by the at least one processor, a motion metric based on the digital IF signals; operating, by the at least one processor, the FMCW radar system in a classification mode, in response to determining that the motion metric is above a threshold; and operating, by the at least one processor, the FMCW radar system in a detection mode, in response to determining that the motion metric is below the threshold for at least a first amount of time. An amount of power consumed by the FMCW radar system in the detection mode is less than an amount of power consumed by the FMCW radar system in the classification mode.

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

Apparatus and methods to render 3D digital content having multiple views
Patent No. 12153230

Inventor(s): Alexander Lyubarsky (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16653552 on 10/15/2019 (1869 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example device includes a screen, a first light source configured to emit a first light at a first angle during a first time period and a second light source configured to emit a second light at a second angle during a second time period. The second angle is different than the first angle. The second time period is different than the first time period. The device includes a spatial light modulator configured to provide a first view of digital content based on the first angle of the first light emitted during the first time period and a second view of the digital content based on the second angle of the second light emitted during the second time period and projection optics configured to project the first view and the second view for presentation via the screen.

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

Drop cable box
Patent No. 12153270

Inventor(s): David Zhi Chen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Go!Foton Holdings, Inc. (Somerset, NJ)
Law Firm: Lerner David LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17150318 on 01/15/2021 (1411 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-cable terminal including a plurality of sub-structures, each of the sub-structures defining a sub-enclosure and being openable independent of the other sub-structures to provide access to the sub-enclosure, and a frame that secures the plurality of sub-structures such that the frame and sub-structures define a main enclosure. Each of the sub-enclosures is configured to accommodate a multiple of cable connection elements such that a watertight seal is created around the cable connection elements when the corresponding sub-structure is closed.

Apparatus and method for calibrating an aerial movement system
Patent No. 12153326

Inventor(s): Stephen Wharton (Claremore, OK)
Assignee(s): CABLECAM, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: SCHROEDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17887622 on 08/15/2022 (834 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aerial movement system and method for calibrating same includes, generally, registration points and wireless position transceivers proximate the registration points and the object that communicate with a computer and allow for the computer to determine the appropriate amount of support lines to draw in or release.

[G03B] APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) [4]

Self-propelled device with color differentiated functions
Patent No. 12153438

Inventor(s): Jeff Wiencrot (Boulder, CO)
Assignee(s): Sphero, Inc. (Greenville, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17590361 on 02/01/2022 (1029 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for operating a self-propelled device. In examples, an indication of a surface color on which the self-propelled device operates is received from one or more optical sensors. A color transition from a first color to a second color may be determined based on the received indication. Based on the determined color transition, an activity may be determined. For example, an activity may cause the self-propelled device to move, emit a sound, or illuminate a light, such as an LED. The determined activity may then be performed. In some examples, a hysteresis band may limit the effects of noise and other variations in the color signal. Accordingly, a color transition may occur when color values associated with the surface color indicated are within a first area but not within a second area.

[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)

Low output impedance driver circuits and systems
Patent No. 12153459

Inventor(s): Avinash Shreepathi Bhat (Tucson, AZ), Boqiang Xiao (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17734028 on 04/30/2022 (941 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a circuit includes an input stage having a control voltage input, a feedback input, a first control output and a second control output. The feedback input is coupled to a driver output. A first path stage has a first voltage input and a third output. The first voltage input is coupled to the first control output, and the third output is coupled to the driver output. A second path stage has a second voltage input and a fourth output. The second voltage input is coupled to the second control output, and the fourth output is coupled to the driver output. A load transistor has a control input coupled to the driver output. The input stage is configured to provide gm-boosting to the first path stage to turn on the load transistor responsive to an output voltage at a voltage output.

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

Managing and maintaining multiple debug contexts in a debug execution mode for real-time processors
Patent No. 12153509

Inventor(s): Gary A. Cooper (Oakmont, PA), Jason Lynn Peck (Houston, TX), Markus Koesler (Landshut, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17722464 on 04/18/2022 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: A real-time debugger implementation maintains and manages multiple debug contexts allowing developers to interact with real-time applications without ‘’breaking’’ the system in which the debug application is executing. The debugger allows multiple debug contexts to exist and allows break points in real-time and non-real-time code portions of one or more applications executing on a debug enabled core of a processor. A debug monitor function may be implemented as a hardware logic module on the same integrated circuit as the processor. Higher priority interrupt service requests may be serviced while otherwise maintaining a context for the debug session (e.g., stopped at a developer defined breakpoint). Accordingly, the application developer executing the debugger may not have to be concerned with processing occurring on the processor that may be unrelated to the current debug session.

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

Virtualized multicore systems with extended instruction heterogeneity
Patent No. 12153540

Inventor(s): Russell C. Mckown (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Google LLC (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Lerner David LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18127386 on 03/28/2023 (609 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system on a chip may include a plurality of data plane processor cores sharing a common instruction set architecture. At least one of the data plane processor cores is specialized to perform a particular function via extensions to the otherwise common instruction set architecture. Such systems on a chip may have reduced physical complexity, cost, and time-to-market, and may provide improvements in core utilization and reductions in system power consumption.

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

Multi-computer system for controlling data relation and redundancy
Patent No. 12153548

Inventor(s): Aeric John Solow (Richardson, TX), Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17690479 on 03/09/2022 (993 days app to issue)

Abstract: Arrangements for controlling data relations and data redundancies are presented. In some aspects, data may be received from a plurality of sources. The data may then be analyzed to determine a score or value associated with the data. Machine learning may be used to analyze the data and/or determine the score associated with the data. In some examples, a type of data may be identified. Based on the type of data, and the data, one or more connections to other data or types of data may be identified. In some examples, the data, as well as any identified connections, any determined score, and the like may be stored in a data container associated with the identified type of data. Stored data may be analyzed to determine whether one or more redundancies exist. If one or more redundancies are identified, one or more data redundancy actions may be identified and executed.

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

System and method for automated data source degradation detection
Patent No. 12153566

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Wayne Texada (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18533294 on 12/08/2023 (354 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes determining a first number of logs of a first log type that are generated by a first data store at a first time for a first time interval. A first baseline number and a first threshold value are determined for the first data store. The first baseline number is an expected number of logs of the first log type generated by the first data store at the first time for the first time interval. In response to determining that the first number of logs differs from the first baseline number by more than the first threshold value, the first data store and the first log type are identified as degraded. A report is generated. The report includes an identification that the first data store is degraded and an identification that the first log type is degraded.

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

Recursive logic engine for efficient transliteration of machine interpretable languages
Patent No. 12153572

Inventor(s): Elvis Nyamwange (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17557300 on 12/21/2021 (1071 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to transliteration of machine interpretable languages. A computing platform receive a source query formatted in a first format for execution on a source database. The computing platform may execute the source query on the source database to produce a first data result. The computing platform may input the first data result into a reversal logic engine to produce a target query formatted in a second format corresponding to a target database. The computing platform may execute the target query on the target database to produce a second data result. Based on identifying that the second data result matches the first data result, the computing platform may validate the target query. Based on identifying that the second data result does not match the first data result, the computing platform may adjust the reversal logic engine based on the discrepancy.

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

System, method, and computer program to generate platform and database agnostic queries
Patent No. 12153579

Inventor(s): Hans P Nirmal (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: GREENBLUM BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18122404 on 03/16/2023 (621 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for generating platform and database agnostic queries are disclosed. A processor implements an object relational model to build a system as a query generator, and causes the query generator to: receive a configuration file that includes instructions to perform certain operations; interpret the configuration file; invoke, in response to interpreting the configuration file, a predefined API; and automatically generate, in response to invoking the API, a set of platform and database agnostic queries.

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

Systems and method for data grafting to enhance model robustness
Patent No. 12153649

Inventor(s): Paul Davis (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17645735 on 12/22/2021 (1070 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example method includes detecting, by context analysis circuitry, occurrence of a triggering condition. The example method also includes scheduling, by context analysis circuitry and based on the occurrence of the triggering condition, retraining of a model. The example method also includes generating, by data grafting circuitry and in response to scheduling the retraining of the model, a context-relevant training data set based on a target context vector. The example method also includes retraining, by model training circuitry, the model using the context-relevant training data set to mitigate deterioration of performance of the model.

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

Advanced transformer architecture with epistemic embedding for enhanced natural language processing
Patent No. 12153884

Inventor(s): Nivedita Sivakumar (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): NOLA AI, Inc. (New Orleans, LA)
Law Firm: Marin Patents LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18799635 on 08/09/2024 (109 days app to issue)

Abstract: An advanced transformer architecture for an LLM with epistemic embedding for disclosed. The LLM includes a corpus address system for detailed addressing of input data, an input layer configured to create detailed addressing for words and sentences within the input corpus, and an embedding layer that combines epistemic embedding, word embedding, metadata embedding, and speaker tag embedding, and a corpus attention system using attention markers for managing focus. Epistemic embedding for the input corpus is generated using a vignette tableau and the epistemic embeddings are indicative of user sentiment and epistemic evidence values.

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

Processor that executes instruction that specifies instruction concatenation and atomicity
Patent No. 12153929

Inventor(s): Horst Diewald (Freising, , DE), Johann Zipperer (Unterschleissheim, , DE)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17528403 on 11/17/2021 (1105 days app to issue)

Abstract: A processor includes a plurality of execution units. At least one of the execution units is configured to determine, based on a first field of a first instruction, a number of additional instructions to execute in conjunction with the first instruction and prior to execution of the first instruction. The at least one of the execution units is further configured to determine, based on a second field of the first instruction, a subset of the additional instructions to execute atomically.

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

System and method for constructing a layered artificial intelligence model
Patent No. 12154019

Inventor(s): Manjit Rajaretnam (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18737942 on 06/07/2024 (172 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for constructing a layered artificial intelligence (AI) model are provided. The technology determines a set of layers and a set of variables for each layer for the AI model, with each layer relating to a specific domain context of the AI model. Using the layers, the AI model is trained to create layer-specific model logic for each layer using the variables of the layer. By applying the layer-specific model logic to incoming command sets, the model produces detailed layer-specific responses. The trained AI model then generates overall responses to command sets by aggregating the layer-specific responses, along with weights for each layer.

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

Computer vision grouping recognition system
Patent No. 12154091

Inventor(s): Andrei Khaitas (McKinney, TX), Evgeny Shevtsov (Frisco, TX), Yevgeni Tsirulnik (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation (Tokyo, , JP)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18336606 on 06/16/2023 (529 days app to issue)

Abstract: Computer vision grouping recognition is provided by receiving training images that include unpackaged items; identifying, by a computer vision model, a candidate identities for unpackaged items in a given training image; receiving, from a human user, a selected identity for the unpackaged item as feedback for the candidate identity; constructing a confusion matrix tallying matches and mismatches between candidate identities and the selected identities as analyzed across the training images for each unpackaged item; identifying at least one product category that includes at least a first unpackaged item and a second unpackaged item that the confusion matrix indicates as being misidentified for each other by the computer vision model; and reconfiguring the computer vision model to identify the product category instead of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item when analyzing a given image including one or more of the first unpackaged item or the second unpackaged item.

[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01]

Systems and methods for dynamic link redirection
Patent No. 12154142

Inventor(s): Baxter Murrell Box (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): rewardStyle, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17810079 on 06/30/2022 (880 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for dynamic link redirection includes determining current retailer product links in online content, for each current retailer product link among the plurality of current retailer product links, generating a current retailer monetization assessment for the current retailer product link based on current retailer monetization parameters, obtaining a plurality of alternative retailer product links based on the current retailer product link, generating a plurality of alternative retailer monetization assessments for each alternative retailer product link, determining, or receiving from a user, a selected retailer product link among the plurality of alternative retailer product links based on the current retailer monetization assessment and the plurality of alternative retailer monetization assessments, and replacing the current retailer product link in the online content with the selected retailer product link.

Systems and methods for assisting with merchandise purchases at a retail facility
Patent No. 12154145

Inventor(s): Chi-san Ho (Allen, TX), Ieshan A. Vaidya (Dallas, TX), Jaehyuk Choi (Dallas, TX), Yogananda Domlur Seetharama (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Foley IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17871061 on 07/22/2022 (858 days app to issue)

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for assisting consumers with merchandise purchases at a retail facility. The system may include an application to facilitate purchase of merchandise items at a retail facility, which may be executed on a user’’s mobile device. The application may receive input regarding items scanned at the retail facility using the mobile device and may facilitate payment for the scanned items by the mobile device. The system may also include a control circuit that: accesses database(s) to determine the user’’s purchase history; determines candidate items to be considered for recommendation to the user; computes a ranking of candidate items based on a weighted combination of recency and frequency of purchases of each candidate item, merchandise category of other candidate items, and price of the candidate item; and causes the display on the mobile device of additional recommended merchandise items for purchase by the user.

Method, apparatus and computer program product for constructing an updated order and verifying compliance with predefined rule(s)
Patent No. 12154162

Inventor(s): Stacy Hopkins (Loganville, GA)
Assignee(s): MCKESSON CORPORATION (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: ALSTON BIRD LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17201020 on 03/15/2021 (1352 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product construct an updated order and verify compliance with predefined rule(s) prior to submission to a supplier. In a method, first information from a request processor responsive to an inquiry is provided to a source. The method receives an order in a first format that includes second information, different than the first information, from the source. The method analyzes the order relative to predefined rule(s) to identify whether the order satisfies the predefined rule(s). The method converts the order to a second format, different than the first format, and combines the converted order with at least some first information to form an updated order. If the predefined rule(s) are satisfied, the method transmits the updated order to the supplier. However, if a first category of the predefined rule(s) is unsatisfied, the method notifies the source of the predefined rule(s) that were unsatisfied.

Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable mediums for product catalog mapping and integration across distributed systems and interfaces, dynamic determination and presentation of customized service offers and lifecycle management
Patent No. 12154164

Inventor(s): Michael Ross Darmousseh (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): Extend, Inc. (Covina, CA)
Law Firm: Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18193788 on 03/31/2023 (606 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the presently disclosed technology provide systems and methods for catalog integration across distributed systems and interfaces. Such systems and methods may comprise, for example, determining a set of product protection plan offers and a set of shipping protection plan offers to display in a live website associated with the merchant, the live website displaying the first item with a first frame object comprising the set of product protection plan offers and a second frame object comprising the set of shipping protection offers and performing an action. Certain embodiments may further provide, at the integration system, an offers management system that includes a set of connected platforms to manage aspects of the sets of protection plan offers.

Point of sale budgeting systems and methods
Patent No. 12154167

Inventor(s): Zachery C. Lake (Aubrey, 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: 17549403 on 12/13/2021 (1079 days app to issue)

Abstract: A budget management guidance system includes a portable device having processing circuitry and a storage device. The processing circuitry is configured to receive product imagery related to a product, determine a purchase price of the product based on the product imagery, access a budget goal for a user from the storage device, and instruct output of a notification on a graphical user interface of the portable device in response to determining that the purchase price of the product exceeds the budget goal for the user.

Transaction platform with synchronized semi-redundant ledgers
Patent No. 12154175

Inventor(s): Damien Patton (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TRETE Inc. (Prosper, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18616143 on 03/25/2024 (246 days app to issue)

Abstract: In certain aspects of the disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes receiving information regarding characteristics of an asset. The method includes generating at least one digital asset representing fractional interests in the asset. The method includes facilitating establishment of a smart contract for exchanging the at least one digital asset held by a first entity for trade proceeds from a second entity. The method includes performing a transaction based on the smart contract. The method includes updating a capitalization table based on performing the transaction. The method includes recording data, pertaining to the transaction that is performed, on a primary ledger and a secondary ledger.

Impact analysis of property
Patent No. 12154182

Inventor(s): Amber Nicole Sodikov (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: 17824689 on 05/25/2022 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: A central management system includes one or more processors configured to receive mapping data associated with a target property, identify, via machine learning, a geographic characteristic of interest specific to the target property, determine a modification of the geographic characteristic based on the mapping data, identify an impact of the modification to the target property, and provide an indication of the impact via a graphical user interface.

Tracking of transport data
Patent No. 12154396

Inventor(s): Joshua C. Batie (Frisco, TX), Louis Brugman (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18318721 on 05/17/2023 (559 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a diagnostic center, malfunction information related to a transport, acquiring, by a diagnostic center, agreements on a threshold for the malfunction information from a plurality of diagnostic centers, in response to the malfunction information exceeding the threshold, storing the malfunction information on a remote storage, and deleting the malfunction information from the transport.

[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)

Systems and methods to automate entry/exit operations at facilities
Patent No. 12154401

Inventor(s): Maria Fernanda Rivas Morales (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Athorus, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18066792 on 12/15/2022 (712 days app to issue)

Abstract: Automated gate entry/exit authorization systems and methods may comprise various sensor systems to detect a vehicle proximate a gate of a facility. Various detected data of the vehicle may be consolidated into a gate sensor event, and the gate sensor event may be compared with pre-registration information to determine whether the vehicle is scheduled to depart or arrive via the gate. If the gate sensor event corresponds with a scheduled appointment, further instructions may be provided to the vehicle related to the facility or yard, and the gate may be automatically opened to provide access. Alternatively, if the gate sensor event does not correspond with a scheduled appointment, further information or instructions, such as corrective or remedial actions, may be provided to the vehicle, and access via the gate may be automatically denied.

Interactive visualization of health information
Patent No. 12154674

Inventor(s): Trent Tyrone Haywood (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (Chicago, IL)
Law Firm: Neal, Gerber Eisenberg LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17657297 on 03/30/2022 (972 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for providing an interactive visualization of health resources comprises one or more databases and one or more controllers. The one or more databases may be configured to store geographic data associated with block groups, including geographic coordinates, resources, and population data. The one or more controllers may be configured to (i) receive user selections for simulating the placement of at least one new resource of a given capacity and type on a geographic region-of-interest of a geographic map, and (ii) determine the predicted health outcomes on block group populations affected by the placement of the new resource as well as the predicted costs v. benefit for the new resource at the selected location. The system may be configured to provide real-time simulation results by avoiding recalculation of all of the block groups and resources within the block groups in the United States.

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

Information management system and method
Patent No. 12154684

Inventor(s): Christian Bauer (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): CALMWAVE, INC. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Holland Knight LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18348955 on 07/07/2023 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: monitoring a bedside monitoring device to detect the occurrence of alarms, thus defining detected alarms; processing the detected alarms to determine their authenticity; and if a detected alarm is determined to be non-authentic, adjusting one or more monitoring criteria that was instrumental in producing the non-authentic detected alarm.

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

Method, apparatus, and computer readable media for artificial intelligence-based treatment guidance for the neurologically impaired patient who may need neurosurgery
Patent No. 12154689

Inventor(s): Mohamed Anver Jameel (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17956474 on 09/29/2022 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: Method, apparatus, and computer-readable media providing medical personnel artificial intelligence (AI)-derived data regarding a patient presenting neurological indications includes a guidance server. Preferably, the guidance server receives three or more of: (i) natural language input from medical personnel, (ii) real-time vital signs telemetry data, (iii) neurosurgical treatment database information, (iv) neurosurgical treatment guideline information, (v) clinical laboratory testing results, (vi) patient historical data, and (vii) patient imaging information. An imaging post-processor receives (i) patient imaging history information, (ii) and real-time patient imaging data, and provides to the guidance server the patient imaging information. The guidance server then provides one or more alerts (or other guidance) to the medical personnel.

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

Scan testable through silicon VIAs
Patent No. 12154835

Inventor(s): Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17715006 on 04/06/2022 (965 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example, an integrated circuit comprises a die. The die has a first surface and a second surface, the second surface opposite to the first surface. The die also includes: a first contact on the first surface and a second contact on the second surface; a through silicon via having a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the first contact and the second end coupled to the second contact; and a scan cell having a control input, a response input, and a stimulus output, the response input coupled to the first end and the stimulus output coupled to the second end.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Nanoscale thermoelectric refrigerator
Patent No. 12154841

Inventor(s): Henry Litzmann Edwards (Garland, TX), Tathagata Chatterjee (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 12201679 on 08/29/2008 (5933 days app to issue)

Abstract: A nanoscale thermoelectric device, which may be operated as a refrigerator or as a thermoelectric generator includes N-type and p-type active areas connected to a central terminal and end electrodes made of interconnect metal. Reducing lateral dimensions of the active areas reduces vertical thermal conduction, thus improving the efficiency of the thermoelectric device. The thermoelectric device may be integrated into the fabrication process sequence of an IC without adding process cost or complexity. Operated as a refrigerator, the central terminal may be configured to cool a selected component in the IC, such as a transistor. Operated as a thermoelectric generator with a heat source applied to the central terminal, the end terminals may provide power to a circuit in the IC.

[H10N] ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Semiconductor package with nickel-silver pre-plated leadframe
Patent No. 12154845

Inventor(s): Bernardo Gallegos (McKinney, TX), Nazila Dadvand (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18389651 on 12/19/2023 (343 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a pad and leads, the pad and leads including a base metal predominantly including copper, a first plated metal layer predominantly including nickel in contact with the base metal, and a second plated metal layer predominantly including silver in contact with the first plated metal layer. The first plated metal layer has a first plated metal layer thickness of 0.1 to 5 microns, and the second plated metal layer has a second plated metal layer thickness of 0.2 to 5 microns. The semiconductor package further includes an adhesion promotion coating predominantly including silver oxide in contact with the second plated metal layer opposite the first plated metal layer, a semiconductor die mounted on the pad, a wire bond extending between the semiconductor die and a lead of the leads, and a mold compound covering the semiconductor die and the wire bond.

[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]

Frame design in embedded die package
Patent No. 12154861

Inventor(s): Anindya Poddar (Sunnyvale, CA), Hau Thanh Nguyen (San Jose, CA), Hideaki Matsunaga (Beppu, , JP), Kengo Aoya (Beppu, , JP), Masamitsu Matasuura (Beppu, , JP), Mutsumi Masumoto (Beppu, , JP), Vivek Kishorechand Arora (San Jose, CA
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16669666 on 10/31/2019 (1853 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example, embedded die package, including a layer having an exposed boundary, wherein at least a portion of the exposed boundary comprises organic material. The package also includes at least one integrated circuit die positioned in the layer and within the exposed boundary. The package also includes a dielectric material positioned in the layer and between the at least one integrated circuit and structure adjacent the at least one integrated circuit.

Semiconductor device with diffusion suppression and LDD implants and an embedded non-LDD semiconductor device
Patent No. 12154901

Inventor(s): Brian Edward Hornung (Richardson, TX), Mahalingam Nandakumar (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18188812 on 03/23/2023 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for forming a semiconductor device containing MOS transistors both with and without source/drain extension regions in a semiconductor substrate having a semiconductor material on either side of a gate structure including a gate electrode on a gate dielectric formed in a semiconductor material. In devices with source/drain extensions, a diffusion suppression species of one or more of indium, carbon and a halogen are used. The diffusion suppression implant can be selectively provided only to the semiconductor devices with drain extensions while devices without drain extensions remain diffusion suppression implant free.

Power MOSFET with gate-source ESD diode structure
Patent No. 12154941

Inventor(s): Chia-Wei Hu (New Taipei, , TW), Ta-Chuan Kuo (New Taipei, , TW), Wan-Yu Kai (New Taipei, , TW)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18416776 on 01/18/2024 (313 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a drain and a source on opposing sides of an epitaxial layer, a plurality of gates formed in the epitaxial layer, a source contact connected to the source, a gate contact connected to the plurality of gates, a gate-source electrostatic discharge (ESD) diode connected between the gate contact and the source contact, and a breakdown voltage enhancement and leakage prevention structure formed underneath the gate-source ESD diode structure.

Manufacturing method for a power MOSFET with gate-source ESD diode structure
Patent No. 12154942

Abstract: A method includes growing an epitaxial layer over a substrate, forming a plurality of gates in the epitaxial layer, forming a breakdown voltage enhancement and leakage prevention structure in the epitaxial layer, comprising a body ring structure, forming a source in the epitaxial layer and a gate-source Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) diode structure over the epitaxial layer, forming a source contact connected to the source and a first terminal of the gate-source ESD diode structure, forming a gate contact connected to the plurality of gates and a second terminal of the gate-source ESD diode structure, and forming a drain contact on the opposing side of the epitaxial layer from the source contact.

Damage implantation of cap layer
Patent No. 12154987

Inventor(s): Mahalingam Nandakumar (Richardson, TX), Narendra Singh Mehta (Dallas, TX), Wayne Bather (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17548827 on 12/13/2021 (1079 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for fabricating a transistor on a semiconductor wafer includes providing a partial transistor containing a gate stack, extension regions, and source/drain sidewalls. The method also includes performing a source/drain implant of the semiconductor wafer, forming a cap layer over the semiconductor wafer, and performing a source/drain anneal. In addition, the method includes performing a damage implant of the cap layer and removing the cap layer over the semiconductor wafer.

Photodiode integrated with circuit
Patent No. 12154992

Inventor(s): Baher Haroun (Allen, TX), Gerd Schuppener (Allen, TX), Henry Litzmann Edwards (Garland, TX), Miaad Aliroteh (Milpitas, CA), Rahmi Hezar (Allen, TX), Srinath Mathur Ramaswamy (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17402287 on 08/13/2021 (1201 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sensor chip includes a sensor pixel. The sensor pixel includes an avalanche photodetector. A circuit is adjacent to the avalanche photodetector. The circuit is coupled to the avalanche photodetector. An isolation structure at least partially encloses the circuit and is between the avalanche photodetector and the circuit.

Input dependent common mode biasing
Patent No. 12155300

Inventor(s): Bradford Hunter (Spicewood, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17829246 on 05/31/2022 (910 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a switched capacitor circuit and a voltage generator circuit. The switched capacitor circuit includes first, second, third, and fourth switches and first and second capacitors. The first capacitor has first and second terminals, the first terminal coupled to the first switch. The second capacitor has first and second terminals, the second terminal coupled to the second switch. The third switch has a terminal coupled to the second terminals of the first and second capacitors. The fourth switch has first and second terminals, the first terminal coupled the terminal of the third switch and to the second terminals of the first and second capacitors. The voltage generator circuit has an output coupled to the second terminal of the fourth switch and is configured to provide a common mode output bias voltage at the second terminal of the fourth switch responsive to a common mode input bias voltage.

[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]

Boost converter with wide average current limiting range
Patent No. 12155305

Inventor(s): Chen Feng (Shanghai, , CN), Jian Liang (Shanghai, , CN), Zichen Feng (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17936930 on 09/30/2022 (788 days app to issue)

Abstract: A boost converter that provides a wide average current limiting range includes a switch coupled to an inductor output and a power input, a diode coupled to the inductor output and an output terminal load and configured to conduct current in only one direction away from the inductor output and toward the output terminal, a clamp circuit coupled to the diode and the switch, and a minimum time off module coupled to the diode and the switch. The clamp circuit is configured to clamp an inductor output current to a reference current while the converter is operating in a continuous conduction mode (CCM) of operation. The minimum time off module is configured to cause the inductor output current to be zero for at least a time T[subscript]off [/subscript]while the converter is operating in a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) mode of operation.

Current protection for battery charger
Patent No. 12155308

Inventor(s): Daniel Andrew Mavencamp (Rockwall, TX), Jairo Daniel Olivares (Dallas, TX), Karthik Nandimandalam Venkata (Dallas, TX), Siew Kuok Hoon (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17366535 on 07/02/2021 (1243 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a battery current sense circuit configured to generate a battery current feedback voltage based on a current provided to a battery, a current regulation feedback loop configured to regulate the current provided to the battery based on the battery current feedback voltage and a configurable battery current reference voltage, and a precharge regulation feedback loop configured to regulate the current provided to the battery based on the battery current feedback voltage and a configurable precharge reference voltage. The device also includes a processor configured to set the battery current reference voltage to a first value and set the precharge current reference voltage to a second value. The first value is less than the second value during a transition state.

Methods and apparatus to increase an operational range of a duty cycle of a two-switch flyback converter
Patent No. 12155314

Inventor(s): Isaac Cohen (Dix Hills, NY)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17574355 on 01/12/2022 (1049 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: a first diode having a first diode terminal; a transformer having a transformer terminal; a second diode having a second diode terminal and a third diode terminal, the second diode terminal coupled to the transformer terminal; a first switch having a first current terminal and a second current terminal, the first current terminal coupled to the first diode terminal, the second current terminal coupled to the third diode terminal; a second switch having a third current terminal, the third current terminal coupled to the second diode terminal and the transformer terminal; a capacitor having a first capacitor terminal and a second capacitor terminal, the first capacitor terminal coupled to the second current terminal; and a third diode having a fourth diode terminal and a fifth diode terminal, the fourth diode terminal coupled to the first capacitor terminal, the fifth diode terminal coupled to the capacitor.

Driver discharge circuit
Patent No. 12155376

Inventor(s): Tuli Dake (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18165503 on 02/07/2023 (658 days app to issue)

Abstract: A driver includes first and second switches. A first transistor has a first control input and first and second current terminals. A resistor couples between a voltage supply terminal and the first control input. A configurable voltage clamp circuit has a voltage clamp control input and a voltage clamp circuit output coupled to the first control input. A second transistor has a second control input and third and fourth current terminals. A logic circuit includes a comparator having a comparator output. The logic circuit couples to the voltage supply terminal and the voltage clamp control input. The logic circuit is configured to configure the voltage clamp circuit for a first clamp voltage at the voltage clamp circuit output responsive to the first switch being turned ON and for a second clamp voltage at the voltage clamp circuit output based on a signal at the comparator output.

[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]

Methods and apparatus for cross-conduction detection
Patent No. 12155389

Inventor(s): Gaetano Maria Walter Petrina (Kirchdorf an der Amper, , DE), Michael Lueders (Freising, , DE), Nicola Rasera (Unterschleiheim, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18212213 on 06/21/2023 (524 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for cross-conduction detection. An example apparatus includes a cross detector circuit including a first transistor and a second transistor, the first transistor coupled to a load, a third transistor coupled to a first controlled delay circuit and the first transistor, a fourth transistor coupled to a second controlled delay circuit and to the third transistor at a phase node, and a control circuit coupled to the first controlled delay circuit, the second controlled delay circuit, and the load.

Method and apparatus for resource-based CSI acquisition in advanced wireless communication systems
Patent No. 12155438

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Li Guo (Allen, TX), Md Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17813588 on 07/19/2022 (861 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from at least one transmission and reception point (TRP) of a group of (N) TRPs, channel status information (CSI) configuration information, determining a CSI report based on the CSI configuration information, identifying, based on the configuration information, one or more TRPs of the group of (N) TRPs to transmit the determined CSI report, and transmitting, to the one or more TRPs, the determined CSI report over an uplink channel. The determined CSI report includes a TRP indicator for selecting (M) TRPs of the group of (N) TRPs, and CSI for each of the selected (M) TRPs, wherein N is greater than one, and wherein M is greater or equal to 1, and less or equal to N.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Optical multiplexer supporting multiple channel sizes
Patent No. 12155457

Inventor(s): Randy Eisenach (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Duft Bornsen, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17960087 on 10/04/2022 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes an optical wavelength multiplexer to multiplex a sequence of optical wavelength channels. The optical wavelength multiplexer comprises a first passive optical filter to combine odd channels of the sequence of optical wavelength channels into a first multiplexed optical signal, a second passive optical filter to combine even channels of the sequence of optical wavelength channels into a second multiplexed optical signal, and an optical combiner to combine the odd channels and the even channels into a composite optical signal. The optical wavelength multiplexer comprises variable optical attenuators, and an electronic controller to operate the variable optical attenuators to substantially block one or more adjacent optical wavelength channels adjacent to a particular optical wavelength channel provisioned to the optical wavelength multiplexer in response to a width for the particular optical wavelength channel being larger than a width of the adjacent optical wavelength channel(s).

[H04J] MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L 5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N 7/08; in exchanges H04Q 11/00)

Optimizing node location in a battery management system
Patent No. 12155462

Inventor(s): Ariton Xhafa (Plano, TX), Mathew Giaramita (New York, NY), Naveen Kumar Kala (Austin, TX), Tariq Muhanna (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17823291 on 08/30/2022 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: A battery management system (BMS) is presented herein. The BMS has a master node. The master node includes a master transceiver and a controller communicably coupled to the master transceiver. The BMS has a plurality (n) of slave nodes. Each slave node of the n slave nodes includes a slave transceiver for communicably coupling to at least one battery monitor. The controller of the BMS is configured to direct the master transceiver to establish a communications network with the n slave nodes. To establish the communications network, the controller is also configured to respectively assign each of the n slave nodes to non-overlapping time slots of a superframe. The controller is further configured to direct the master transceiver to consecutively receive uplink (UL) transmissions from the n slave nodes in the non-overlapping time slots of the superframe.

Managing a network element operating on a network
Patent No. 12155523

Inventor(s): William Charles Easttom (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17494790 on 10/05/2021 (1148 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method of managing network elements operating on a network. One example method may include transmitting a request to receive at least one activity parameter of a network element operating on the network and monitoring the at least one activity parameter of the network element. The method may include determining whether a usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold usage value and transmitting a corrective function message to the network element responsive to determining that the usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds the predetermined threshold value. The method may further include performing a corrective function to reduce the usage value of the at least one activity parameter.

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

Method and apparatus for improving broadband experience using cloud based recommendation engine
Patent No. 12155544

Inventor(s): Carlos Garcia Hernandez (Campbell, CA), Manikanden Balakrishnan (Foster City, CA), Ramya Bhagavatula (Palo Alto, CA), Sungho Yun (San Jose, CA), Wooyul Lee (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee(s): DZS Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: North Weber Baugh (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17510063 on 10/25/2021 (1128 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described is a method performed by a computing device for controlling home network system associated with a plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices, the method comprising: analyzing operational data associated with the plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices, the operational data collected from plurality of Wi-Fi communicating devices; providing (or generating) recommendations for improving performance of the home network system according to the analyzed operational data; correlating the recommendations into groups; and aggregating the recommendations from the groups to generate unified recommendations for improving the home network system.

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

Multi-stage virtual private network service provisioning for containerized routers
Patent No. 12155569

Inventor(s): Muhammad Qasim Arham (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Juniper Networks, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
Law Firm: Shumaker Sieffert, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17843880 on 09/22/2023 (431 days app to issue)

Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for provisioning virtual private network (VPN) services for cloud native routers using a multi-stage process. In an example, a method comprises deploying, in a first computing device, using a layer 2 bridge domain that includes the first computing device, a containerized routing protocol process; deploying, in the first computing device, using the layer 2 bridge domain, a containerized application; configuring, in the containerized routing protocol process executing on the first computing device, a virtual private network (VPN); and exchanging, by the containerized routing protocol process executing on the first computing device, routing protocol messages with another router to provide virtual connectivity between the containerized application and another application that is external to the first computing device.

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

Single field for encoding multiple elements
Patent No. 12155570

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: 17990467 on 11/18/2022 (739 days app to issue)

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for reducing the size of packet headers by using a single field to encode multiple elements. Instead of including separate fields for each element, one or more encoded fields may be used, each of which is decoded to determine two or more values for the data packet. A receiving device decodes the encoded data field to retrieve the two or more values.

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

Systems and methods for user defined network enabled content filtering
Patent No. 12155629

Inventor(s): Joseph Dorsey (Allen, TX), Mark Austin (Allen, TX), Shahab Azmoudeh (Dallas, TX), Victor Nilson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT MOBILITY II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18300218 on 04/13/2023 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: A content filtering system and method includes receiving in a network device in a network from a user device, a user selected set of rules identifying a set of URLs to be blocked. The set of rules are loaded into the network device. The network device receives from the user device a request to access a specified URL. A determination is made at the network device whether the specified URL is in the user selected set of rules. If the specified URL is in the user selected set of rules, then the specified URL is blocked.

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

Systems and methods for cloud federated token just in time authorization
Patent No. 12155640

Inventor(s): Ramesh Krishnamurthy (Prosper, TX), Renfei Zhang (Plano, TX), Vijay Basker Balakrishnan (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP (19 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17506954 on 10/21/2021 (1132 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for cloud federated token just in time authorization are disclosed. A method may include: (1) receiving, by a cloud authentication services computer program, authenticating information for a user from an active directory federation service computer program; (2) querying, by the cloud authentication services computer program, a plurality of backend services to validate the authenticating information; (3) communicating, by the cloud authentication services computer program, validation to the active directory federation service computer program, wherein the active directory federation service computer program is configured to generate a security token comprising one or more assertion, wherein the assertion comprises a limit on a session with the user at a cloud platform, and wherein the cloud platform is configured to receive the security token and a trusted federated endpoint executed by the cloud platform is configured to enforce the limit on the session.

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

Evaluation of effective access permissions in identity and access management (IAM) systems
Patent No. 12155666

Inventor(s): Anika Gera (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17333469 on 05/28/2021 (1278 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for generating a list of deny policy statements associated with an allow policy statement with respect to the effective access permissions for a principal in an identity and access management system. The operations can include identifying a first policy statement that specifies members of a first identity set including the principal are allowed to access a first system resource set. The operations further include identifying a second policy statement specifying that members of a second identity set are denied access to a second system resource set. Moreover, the operations include determining that the second policy statement overlaps with the first policy statement with respect to the effective access permissions for the principal, and placing the second policy statement into the list of deny policy statements associated with an allow policy statement.

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

System and method for improving cybersecurity by generating activity reports using machine-learning models
Patent No. 12155685

Inventor(s): Brett Pickard (Irving, TX), Deepali Tuteja (Irving, TX), Girish Wali (Irving, TX), Prasanth Babu Madakasira Ramakrishna (Irving, TX), Saketh Ram Gurumurthi (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18769872 on 07/11/2024 (138 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for generating suspicious activity reports using large language models. A system may include one or more processors that obtain event data associated with an event from a client device and from one or more databases, apply a prompt generator on the event data to generate a large language model (LLM) prompt, and generate a machine-readable suspicious activity (SAR) report in accordance with an LLM prompt. The one or more processors may also apply the prompt generator on the event data based on determining that a fraud risk score associated with the event satisfies a reporting threshold score. Computer program products are also presented.

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

Systems and method for optimizing personal communications through objective alignment
Patent No. 12155700

Inventor(s): Alan W McCord (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): Intelligent Communication Assistant, Inc. (Boca Raton, FL)
Law Firm: Marin Patents LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18751905 on 06/24/2024 (155 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system to manage incoming communication is described. The system includes a multimedia gateway configured to handle real-time multimedia communications and a communication management server with a master AI agent that receives a notification of an incoming communication associated with a user device from a plurality of user devices. The master AI agent creates a current state for the user environment based on a context associated with the incoming communication, user preferences, and an interaction graph. An action selection function (ASF) is invoked to process the incoming communication, wherein the ASF is associated with an environment state model that implements a Markov Decision Process (MDP) to reflect different states, actions, and associated rewards, wherein the action selection function is configured to determine an action for the incoming communication. The action is executed by the multimedia gateway or an AI communication agent.

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

Methods and systems for multiple channel authentication
Patent No. 12155790

Inventor(s): Minya Liang (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18310988 on 05/02/2023 (574 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for multiple channel authentication are described. In one embodiment, a request for an interaction is initiated from within a mobile application. The request may include authentication information and contextual information relating to a current exchange between the mobile application and an organization. The user may be authenticated with the authentication information and the request may be routed to a representative based on the contextual information to continue the exchange.

[H04M] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

Provisioning and servicing mesh networks
Patent No. 12156034

Inventor(s): Elena Smirnova (Plano, TX), Frank Xu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17681961 on 02/28/2022 (1002 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a user instruction to initiate meshnet provisioning. The method also includes provisioning a first device to a meshnet, where the provisioning the first device yields first provisioning data that includes one or more keys. The method also includes provisioning a second device to the meshnet, where the provisioning the second device yields second provisioning data that includes include one or more keys. The method also includes transferring provisioning data that includes the first provisioning data and the second provisioning data to storage on the first device. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding computer systems, apparatus, and computer programs recorded on one or more computer storage devices, each configured to perform the actions of the method.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for efficient wakeup for beacon reception
Patent No. 12156137

Inventor(s): Asaf Even-Chen (Rehobot, , IL), Liran Brecher (Kfar Saba, , IL), Oran Naftali (Petah Tikva, , IL), Yuval Jakira (Tel-Aviv, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18470644 on 09/20/2023 (433 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a system and method is disclosed for efficient wake up in a wireless communication device for receiving beacons without significantly affecting the battery power and data throughput. Wireless device receives beacons from network elements such as access points. If beacons are not received as scheduled within defined intervals, then the wireless device determines a pattern of beacon reception timings and uses a weighted score process to select the best possible reception timing pattern and uses it as the schedule for receiving beacons on going forward basis, thus avoiding staying awake at all time to receive misaligned beacons.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for beam management and training
Patent No. 12156190

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17374976 on 07/13/2021 (1232 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information including information on a set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states and information on reception of a beam indication; receiving the beam indication based on the configuration information; and determining whether the beam indication is used for (A) or (B), wherein: (A) corresponds to triggering a beam measurement and a beam report, and (B) corresponds to indicating at least one TCI state for downlink (DL) reception or uplink (UL) transmission.

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

Systems and methods for enabling an alternate quality of service for non-guaranteed bit rate flows
Patent No. 12156269

Inventor(s): Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17808828 on 06/24/2022 (886 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network device may receive a PDU session create message associated with establishing a PDU session with a user device and via a RAN, and may receive a first 5QI value and a second 5QI value associated with the PDU session. The network device may attempt to establish the PDU session with the first 5QI value and via the RAN, and may receive an indication that the first 5QI value is not supported for establishing the PDU session. The network device may cause the PDU session to be established with the second 5QI value, and via the RAN, based on the indication that the first 5QI value is not supported for establishing the PDU session.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods of 3D-printing a circuit board on a heat sink assembly having power devices bonded thereto
Patent No. 12156344

Inventor(s): Feng Zhou (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: 17371220 on 07/09/2021 (1236 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of forming integrated power electronics packages by 3D-printing the PCB on and around power devices includes bonding a power device to a first surface of a cold plate and printing, using a 3D-printer, a circuit board on and around the power devices such that the circuit board includes one or more insulating portions and one or more conductive portions.

[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)

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T-Rex emblem
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Inventor(s): Morgan Hull (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Real-Time Marketing, Ltd. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29841041 on 06/02/2022 (908 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Inventor(s): Majdi Abdeljalil (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): National Truck Parts LLC (Weatherford, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29851302 on 08/26/2022 (823 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Transmitter
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Inventor(s): Bryant Kim (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): D.T. SYSTEMS, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29844580 on 06/29/2022 (881 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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