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 Oct. 15, 2024 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 16
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 11
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 5
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 2
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 7
G: PHYSICS 39
H: ELECTRICITY 35
DESIGN: 7

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 16
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 7
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, VA) 2
Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, CA) 2
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 2
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, CN) 2
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (San Jose, CA) 2
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) 2
Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Claremont, NC) 2

UNASSIGNED 12

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound) 3
Aishwarya Dubey (Plano) 2
David Aaron Yanoshak (Dallas) 2
Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell) 2
Gregory Elliott Needel (Coppell) 2
Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano) 2
Nicholas James Coussens (Chicago, IL) 2
Orion Christopher DeYoe (Irving) 2
Tony M. Brewer (Plano) 2
Vijay Lewis (Wylie) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

System and method for collecting and processing animal waste
Patent No. 12114639

Inventor(s): Alexander S. Green (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18401943 on 01/02/2024 (287 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for collecting and processing animal waste includes a plurality of wheels, a scoop, an impeller, at least one motor, and a chute, each of which is coupled to a chassis. The scoop is configured to shovel animal waste that is received by the impeller, which is configured to fragmentize the animal waste with at least one spinning blade and deliver the fragmentized animal waste to the chute, which in turn facilitates delivery of the fragmentized animal waste to a receptacle.

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

Devices, systems, and methods for transporting live insects
Patent No. 12114647

Inventor(s): Brian Wasson (Columbus, OH), Charles Behling (Brisbane, CA), Peter Massaro (San Carlos, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17447585 on 09/14/2021 (1127 days app to issue)

Abstract: An insect container for transportation of live insects including a first and second container portion. The first and second container portions are configured to be coupled together to enclose a volume. Each of the first and second container portions include a backing plate defining a set of vent holes. The backing plate is rotatable when the insect container is in an open configuration. Each of the first and second container portions include a wall defining a container perimeter and including a non-rotating coupling feature, in which the backing plate and the wall together define a cavity. The non-rotating coupling features of the first and second container portions enable the container portions to couple together to fully enclose a volume to prevent relative rotation of the first and second container portions.

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

Pre-rendering system and method
Patent No. 12114679

Inventor(s): James K. Zitnik (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16285710 on 02/26/2019 (2058 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pre-rendering system and method includes grinding limed cattle hide fleshings. The ground, limed cattle hide fleshings may then be de-limed using one or more acids or acidic solutions and then may be neutralized using one or more acids. Once the cattle hide fleshings have been de-limed and neutralized, they may be washed and then dried to prepare edible meat, such as for pet food or other animal feed, that may be rendered. NULL

False eyelash dispensing device
Patent No. 12114757

Inventor(s): Shyri Proctor (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): True Perspective LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Master Key IP, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17716987 on 04/08/2022 (921 days app to issue)

Abstract: A false eyelash dispensing device is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a lash belt removably supports at least one lash strip thereon. An elongate housing is sized and configured for receiving the at least one lash belt therewithin. Upon a button being manually depressed after the at least one lash belt is selectively advanced so as to position a lash strip directly in front of an exit opening of the housing, the button is configured for moving opposing first and second halves of an eyelash holder into abutting contact with one another, thereby temporarily sandwiching said lash strip therebetween, and moving the eyelash holder from a retracted position to an extended position, thereby detaching said lash strip from the lash belt and moving said lash strip through the exit opening so that said lash strip may be subsequently applied to the user”s eyelid while engaged with the eyelash holder.

[A41G] ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; FEATHERS

Convertible furniture
Patent No. 12114776

Inventor(s): Thomas A. Garland (Bradenton, FL)
Assignee(s): American Leather Operations, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17217143 on 03/30/2021 (1295 days app to issue)

Abstract: Furniture that is convertible between a seat position and a bed position is described. The furniture includes a first bed section with a first platform supporting a first cushion, and a second bed section with a second platform, a second cushion, and a partition disposed between the second platform and the second cushion. The first platform is configured to pivot relative to the second platform. The first cushion is thicker than the second cushion. When the furniture is in the bed position, a top surface of the first cushion is substantially coplanar with a top surface of the second cushion and the partition is spaced from the second platform by a first distance. In the seat position of the furniture, the distance between the partition and the second platform is less than the first distance.

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

Curtain restraint assembly
Patent No. 12114796

Inventor(s): Robert Farias (Aledo, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18082335 on 12/15/2022 (670 days app to issue)

Abstract: A curtain restraint assembly includes a shower stall that has a pair of opposing walls and a shower curtain suspended in an entry of the shower stall. A pair of hooks is each attachable to a respective one of the opposing walls of the shower stall. A pair of cords includes a key ring which can be hooked on a respective one of the hooks for movably retaining the pair of cords on the respective hooks. Each of pair of cords is extendable across the shower curtain thereby inhibiting the shower curtain from blowing into the shower stall. A pair of mating units is each attached to a respective one of the pair of cords. The pair of mating units is releasably matable to each other to attach the cords to each other.

[A47H] FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS (concerned with the functioning of the door or window E05; roller blinds E06B; special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows, e.g. for ventilation or sealing, E06B 7/00)

System for measuring binocular alignment with adjustable displays and eye trackers
Patent No. 12114930

Inventor(s): Ali Jiong-Fung Lee (Tustin, CA), Aric Plumley (Huntington Beach, CA), Ferenc Raksi (Laguna Hills, CA), Jason Robert Ryan (Mission Viejo, CA), Jeffrey P. Krall (Mitchell, SD), Ronnie Barnard (Hickory Creek, TX), Thomas Hen
Assignee(s): Neurolens, Inc. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17179402 on 02/19/2021 (1334 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system to determine a binocular alignment, comprises a first optical unit, including a first display, to display images for a first eye, actuatable along a longitudinal direction according to a simulated distance and an optical power of the first eye, and a first eye tracker assembly, to track a gaze direction of the first eye, adjustable in a horizontal lateral direction to accommodate a pupillary distance of the first eye; and a second optical unit, including a second display, to display images for a second eye, actuatable along the longitudinal direction according to a simulated distance and an optical power of the second eye, and a second eye tracker assembly, to track a gaze direction of the second eye, adjustable in the horizontal lateral direction to accommodate a pupillary distance of the second eye; and a computer, to determine the binocular alignment based on the gaze directions.

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

Programmable intramedullary implants and methods of using programmable intramedullary implants to repair bone structures
Patent No. 12115071

Inventor(s): Cameron N. Carmody (Addison, TX), Jessee Hunt (Plano, TX), Timothy Ganey (Tampa, FL)
Assignee(s): 4WEB, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17085407 on 10/30/2020 (1446 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments of implant systems and related apparatus, and methods of operating the same are described herein. In various embodiments, an intermedullary implant for interfacing with a bone structure includes a web structure, including a space truss, configured to interface with human bone tissue. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes. Implants are optimized for the expected stress applied at the bone structure site.

[A61F] FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) [2006.01]

Synergistic combinations of atorvastatin and cannabidiol (CBD)
Patent No. 12115137

Inventor(s): James Smeeding (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Indication BioScience LLC (Dover, DE)
Law Firm: CALYX LAW (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18241881 on 09/03/2023 (408 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a statin and a cannabinoid, and their use for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis. It has been found that compositions combining a statin and a cannabinoid are improved over existing statin formulations. The compositions of the invention for example allow for a lower effective dose of statin and a reduction of the adverse effects seen with statins taken alone. Dosing ranges and formulations suitable for oral, buccal, and sublingual administration are disclosed. Various specific cannabinoids such as cannabidiol and synthetic cannabidiols selected for their anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-atherosclerotic effect are shown to be particularly advantageous.

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

Tetrahydrocurcumin compositions, methods of making, and methods of using the same
Patent No. 12115138

Inventor(s): Alvaro F. Guillem (Lantana, TX), Bhupinder Singh (Phoenix, AZ), Donald Jeffrey Keyser (Southlake, TX), Richard A. Zager (Mercer Island, WA)
Assignee(s): RENIBUS THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Southlake, TX)
Law Firm: Culhane PLLC (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16811759 on 03/06/2020 (1684 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel tetrahydrocurcumin (THCu) compositions, novel methods of manufacturing, and methods of using these compositions for therapeutic applications. The novel synthetic pathway(s) result in THCu compositions that generally lack hexahydrocurcumin (HHC), and include an improved impurity profile with reduced additional species that are generally present in hydrogenated curcumin compositions.

Delivery system and probiotic composition for animals and plants
Patent No. 12115199

Inventor(s): Adrian Denvir (Richardson, TX), Alex Erdman (Irving, TX), Charles Greenwald (Dallas, TX), John Knope (Flower Mound, TX), Judith G. Pruitt (Mesquite, TX), Scott M. Boyette (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): NCH Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15862201 on 01/04/2018 (2476 days app to issue)

Abstract: Probiotic compositions that comprise one or more bacteria species in spore form, a thickener to form a stabilized suspension and to preferably act as a prebiotic, one or more acids or salts of acids, and optionally a water activity reducer. A system for delivering probiotic compositions by gravity feed or non-contact pump to a point of consumption by a plant or animal, preferably in conjunction with acidified drinking water, comprising a collapsible container with attachable tubing that prevent contamination of the probiotic composition within the container. Delivery may be actuated in response to a timer, motion detector, fluid level sensor, RFID tag, or other mechanism to periodically or continuously dispense a dosage of probiotic composition directly to the soil surrounding a plant or to the water or feed for an animal. A method for increasing beneficial bacteria in an animal”s GIT comprises adding probiotics to acidified drinking water.

Cosmetic composition
Patent No. 12115243

Inventor(s): David Gan (Addison, TX), Geetha Kalahasti (Addison, TX), Michael Frushour (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addision, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18141692 on 05/01/2023 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods of use and compositions useful for moisturizing skin, conditioning skin, reducing lines and wrinkles, evening skin tone, lightening skin tone, increasing skin radiance, elasticity, skin barrier function, and/or skin firmness, reducing photodamage, reducing sagging skin, increasing anti-oxidant capacity in skin, MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-9, pro-inflammatory cytokines (e.g., lipoxygenase, IL-6, 11-8, TNF-, or VEGF), and/or elastase expression in skin, and/or increasing collagen expression in skin, elastin expression in skin, laminin expression in skin, and/or fibronectin expression in skin are disclosed herein. The composition includes a combination of one or more of [i]Rosmarinus officianalis [/i]leaf extract, [i]Caulerpa lentillifera [/i]extract, [i]Morus alba [/i]fruit extract, and [i]Porphyridium cruentum [/i]extract.

Methods and apparatus to reduce biological carryover using induction heating
Patent No. 12115266

Inventor(s): Brad Weston (Frisco, TX), Jeffrey Mitchell (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL)
Law Firm: Hanley, Flight Zimmerman, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17951837 on 09/23/2022 (753 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to reduce biological carryover using induction heating are disclosed herein. An example method includes washing an aspiration and dispense device. The example method includes generating an alternating electromagnetic field and introducing the aspiration and dispense device into the alternating electromagnetic field. The example method includes inductively heating the aspiration and dispense device with the alternating electromagnetic field. In the example method, the washing is to occur in concert with the heating.

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

Wound pressure determination for reduced pressure wound therapy
Patent No. 12115298

Inventor(s): Carrie Lee Childress (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Smith Nephew, Inc. (Memphis, TN)
Law Firm: KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON BEAR, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16994182 on 08/14/2020 (1523 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of a negative pressure wound therapy systems and methods for operating the systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system includes a pump assembly, canister, and a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound. The pump assembly, canister, and the wound dressing can be fluidically connected to facilitate delivery of negative pressure to a wound. The pump assembly can present graphical user interface screens for controlling and monitoring delivery of negative pressure. The system can be configured to efficiently deliver negative pressure and to detect and indicate presence of certain conditions, such as low pressure, high pressure, leak, canister full, and the like. Monitoring and detection of operating condition can be performed by measuring one or more operational parameters, such as pressure, flow rate, and the like.

[A61M] DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D 7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F 13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J 1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L; magnetotherapy using magnetic elements placed within the body A61N 2/10); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR [5]

Medical device and method for managing advertisement period
Patent No. 12115375

Inventor(s): Brent Croft (Lewisville, TX), Robert McCormick (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Pacesetter, Inc. (Sylmar, CA)
Law Firm: The Small Patent Law Group, LLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18180922 on 03/09/2023 (586 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided for establishing a communication session with an implantable medical device (”IMD”). The method includes configuring an IMD and an external device to communicate with one another through a protocol that utilizes a dedicated advertisement channel. The advertisement period and the scan period of the protocol are independent of one another such that the advertisement and scan periods at least partially overlap intermittently after a number of cycles. When the external device detects one of the advertisement notices, the method includes establishing a communications link between the external device and the IMD.

[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]

Automatic body positioning exercise support system
Patent No. 12115411

Inventor(s): Andrew Harvot (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Thompson Patent Law Offices PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17651988 on 02/22/2022 (966 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a body positioning and support system having shoulder support surfaces (SSSs) and a lumbar support surface (LSS) offset downwards from a torso support surface (TSS). In an illustrative example, the TSS extends in a first plane along a longitudinal axis. An SSS may, for example, extend from each side of the TSS in opposite directions along a transverse axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis in the first plane. The LSS may, for example, be distal to the TSS. The SSSs may, for example, each be defined by a first offset from the first plane towards a base plane. The LSS may, for example, be displaced from the first plane towards the base plane by at least a second offset. A neck support surface may extend from a proximal end of the TSS. Various embodiments may advantageously automatically position and support (targeted) body anatomy.

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

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

Ground detection system for ultrasonic cutting
Patent No. 12115694

Inventor(s): Christopher Sean McCrory (Fort Worth, TX), Matthew Timothy McKee (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18342476 on 06/27/2023 (476 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, systems and methods include using an ultrasonic cutter in a ground detection system to prevent damage to a substrate. The method of detecting a substrate comprises attaching a workpiece clamp to the substrate. The method further comprises cutting a layer of coating disposed on the substrate with an ultrasonic cutter, wherein the ultrasonic cutter operates at a frequency of about 20 kHz to about 40 kHz, wherein the layer of coating is non-conductive. The method further comprises contacting the substrate with the ultrasonic cutter.

[B26D] CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments B02C 18/00; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C 5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B) [5]

Method and system for producing a gradient polar film
Patent No. 12115744

Inventor(s): Eric Begg (Dallas, TX), Hao-Wen Chiu (Dallas, TX), Srinivasan Balasubramanian (Dallas, TX), Zbigniew Tokarski (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-pont, , FR)
Law Firm: NIXON VANDERHYE (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17416899 on 12/09/2019 (1772 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens is provided. The method involves preparing a cross-polarization cancelling optical film for an optical article comprising providing a film having at least a first section comprising a first edge, a second section comprising a second edge, and a predetermined color intensity; providing an apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises at least a first roller and a second roller, wherein the first roller and the second roller are configured to stretch at least a portion of the film; and continuously and asymmetrically stretching at least a portion of the film using the apparatus, while substantially maintaining the color intensity of the film.

[B29D] PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (making granules B29B 9/00; making preforms B29B 11/00) [4]

Pressing equipment, a plant and a method for forming a floor element
Patent No. 12115748

Inventor(s): Claudio Caselli (Dallas, TX), Felipe Giannazzo (Dallas, TX), Rahul Patki (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Dal-Tile, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17642271 on 09/14/2020 (1492 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pressing equipment for manufacturing a floor element, wherein the floor element comprises an upper decorative layer and a lower support layer, wherein the equipment comprises: a pressing device for pressing the upper decorative layer upon the lower support layer, a positioning device for placing the floor element in a pressing position at the pressing element, and a centering device for adjusting the mutual position of the upper decorative layer and of the lower support layer.

[B30B] PRESSES IN GENERAL; PRESSES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (producing ultra-high pressure or ultra-high pressure and high temperature to effect modifications of a substance, e.g. for making artificial diamonds B01J 3/00) [2]

Apertured article, insertion article and associated systems
Patent No. 12115813

Inventor(s): David Aaron Yanoshak (Dallas, TX), Francisco Musiol Lima (Carrollton, TX), Gregory Elliott Needel (Coppell, TX), Jonathan James Bryant (Boston, MA), Nicholas James Coussens (Chicago, IL), Orion Christopher DeYoe (Irving, TX,
Assignee(s): REV Robotics LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17721244 on 04/14/2022 (915 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apertured article, insertion article and associated systems. The apertured article having an aperture, which has an aperture periphery, the aperture periphery having an aperture inner periphery and spaced aperture protrusions that extend radially outwardly from the aperture inner periphery to an aperture outer periphery. The aperture outer periphery is defined by distal edges of the spaced aperture protrusions. The aperture inner periphery is positioned along the circumference of an inner aperture reference circle, the inner aperture reference circle inscribing the aperture periphery, and the aperture outer periphery is positioned along the circumference of an outer aperture reference circle. As viewed along a radial line whose origin is at the center of the inner aperture reference circle, the aperture inner periphery can be positioned along 0.4 to 0.6 of the entire circumference of the inner aperture reference circle. The insertion article can be configured for insertion in the apertured article.

[B60B] VEHICLE WHEELS (making wheels or wheel parts by rolling B21H 1/00, by forging, hammering or pressing B21K 1/28); CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION

Sun visor mounting apparatus, system, and method
Patent No. 12115842

Inventor(s): Dwight David Harms (The Colony, TX), Timothy Francis Hall (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Think Differently Legal, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18098508 on 01/18/2023 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is a sun visor mounting apparatus, system or method having a mounting plate with a J hooked end configured to receive a sun visor, a securing plate opposing the J hooked end, configured in a U shape for receiving the sun visor. A joining plate configured in a V shape with a first side capable of coupling to the mounting plate, and a second side capable of coupling to an extension plate, and the extension plate can have a first side of a coupled to the joining plate, and a second side configured to engage against a fixed structure. One or more fasteners may be utilized with each plate to secure them together. To accommodate different sizes and configurations, the joining plate and extension plate may be extending to satisfactory positions, to engage with a fixed structure for the stability of the mounting plate.

[B60J] WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)

Non-integral battery cold plate
Patent No. 12115881

Inventor(s): William A Amante (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Frost Brown Todd LLP (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17172384 on 02/10/2021 (1343 days app to issue)

Abstract: A nonintegral cold plate is described for providing cooling of battery charging. The nonintegrated cold plate can receive and circulate coolant against a surface of a battery or of a vehicle. After charging the nonintegrated cold plate can be removed to save weight on the vehicle”s payload.

[B60L] PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K 1/00, B60K 6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K 17/12, B60K 17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C 15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D 1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H 1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES [4]

Mounting system with anti-rotation features for supporting an electronic device
Patent No. 12115919

Inventor(s): Gavin Stener (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Yonder Fund LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18159652 on 01/25/2023 (629 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mounting system for supporting an electronic device includes a mount and a connecting element coupled to the mount. The connecting element may include an interface body and a first plurality of engaging elements. The interface body may include a first body portion and a second body portion, and extend axially between an axial end of the connecting element and the first body portion. The second body portion may have a reduced diameter relative to the first body portion. The first plurality of engaging elements may be configured to engage with a clamp body to substantially prevent rotation of the clamp body with respect to the connecting element.

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

Gear selection for merging into faster traffic
Patent No. 12115964

Inventor(s): Bradley S. Nowlin (Howell, MI), Syed S. Ali (Ann Arbor, MI), Thomas S. Hawley (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18226714 on 07/26/2023 (447 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a lane assist system that prepares the vehicle to move from a current lane to an adjacent lane. The lane assist system includes a sensor for detecting a vehicle in an adjacent lane and an electronic control unit connected to the sensor. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that the vehicle intends to move from a current lane to the adjacent lane and, in response, controls operations of an automatic transmission of the vehicle to prepare the vehicle for a lane change based on a calculated time duration for the adjacent vehicle to reach the vehicle. The electronic control unit can be further configured to command one or more indicators to be displayed at an indicator display located at a side-view mirror of the vehicle based on the determination and the calculated time duration for the adjacent vehicle to reach the vehicle.

[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]

System and method for virtual block stick circuits
Patent No. 12116028

Inventor(s): Brent Russell (Olathe, KS), Jeffrey Ryan Allen (Olathe, KS), Kent Robert Shue (Bonner Springs, KS), Michael Ramolt (Shawnee, KS)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18051275 on 10/31/2022 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for virtual block stick circuits is presented. The present disclosure implements specialized algorithms adapted to determine the true status of a virtual block based on multiple inputs from different perspectives. In one embodiment, the system can use the far house perspective of that virtual track segment and the PTC hazard for the near virtual track segment directly adjacent to the near house uses the near house perspective of that virtual track segment. For the middle virtual track segments, the near house perspectives of the middle virtual track segments are held TRUE if they are already TRUE when the train first enters the block, using stick circuits for the near house perspective of the middle track circuits. The vital application can then indicate the true state of the virtual track segment as occupied (FALSE), to protect the train from trains that follow.

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

Reclosable bag and method to make same
Patent No. 12116171

Inventor(s): Michael A Ross (Eden Prairie, MN)
Assignee(s): Poly-America, L.P. (Grand Prairie, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17960941 on 10/06/2022 (740 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements for shopping and merchandise bags with integral handles. Disclosed is a bag with integral handles and closure elements located below the integral handles. Further disclosed is a process for manufacturing a reclosable bag with integral handles. The handles and bag may be formed from a wave-cut polymeric tube. In addition, the handles of the bag may be formed from a wave-cut polymeric tube while the body of the bag is formed from a side-gusseted polymeric tube. The disclosed bags and methods to make such bags provide cost effective solutions for providing reclosable bags with integral handles.

[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

Polymeric bags and method to make same
Patent No. 12116202

Inventor(s): Anthony H. Bertrand (Flint, TX), Gregory James Wood (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Poly-America, L.P. (Grand Prairie, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18461354 on 09/05/2023 (406 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bag of polymeric film and a method to make the bag. The bag can be comprised of a front panel and a rear panel. The front and rear panels can each be comprised of multiple layers of film. The bag can be formed from a collapsed bubble of polymeric film that has been folded in half so that opposing edges of the collapsed bubble form an opening of the bag. One of the layers of the folded bubble can be split adjacent to an edge of the collapsed bubble and a draw tape film can be inserted between the layers of the folded and collapsed bubble. The collapsed bubble can further be embossed by a pattern that can provide enhanced properties to bags formed from the folded bubble.

[B65F] GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE (disinfecting refuse A61L; refuse disintegrators B02C; sorting refuse B03B, B07B; handcarts for transporting refuse receptacles B62B; sack holders B65B 67/00; converting refuse into fertilisers C05F; converting refuse into solid fuels C10L; sewers, cesspools E03F; arrangements in buildings for the disposal of refuse E04F 17/10; refuse-consuming furnaces F23G)

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

Solid forms of 3-(5-Fluorobenzofuran-3-yl)-4-(5-methyl-5H-[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-f]indol-7-yl)pyrrole-2,5-dione
Patent No. 12116374

Inventor(s): Yamin Zhang (Beijing, , CN)
Assignee(s): ACTUATE THERAPEUTICS INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: BakerHostetler (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17855847 on 07/01/2022 (837 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to solid forms of 3-(5-Fluorobenzofuran-3-yl)-4-(5-methyl-5H-[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-f]indol-7-yl)pyrrole-2,5-dione, processes for preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and uses thereof in treating disease.

[C07D] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08) [2]

Associative polymers for mist-control
Patent No. 12116540

Inventor(s): Ralph Leonard Ameri David (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
Law Firm: Leydig, Voit Mayer, Ltd. (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17688362 on 03/07/2022 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: Polymeric mist control materials, methods of forming polymeric mist control materials, and methods of using such materials for mist control are provided. The polymeric mist control additives are formed of molecules comprised predominantly of monomers that confer high solubility in fuel and include associative groups that attract each other in donor-acceptor manner, and are incorporated such that multiple associative groups are in close proximity (”clusters”), such that the clusters are separated by very long non-associative sequences.

[C10L] FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G OR C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; USE OF ADDITIVES TO FUELS OR FIRES; FIRE-LIGHTERS [5]

Use of aptamers in proteomics
Patent No. 12116618

Inventor(s): Clive Gavin Brown (Cambridge, , GB), Koen Kas (Schilde, , BE), Sven Agnes Jan Eyckerman (Nazareth, , BE)
Assignee(s): Caris Science, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17222772 on 04/05/2021 (1289 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is a method for measuring the amount of at least one molecule in a biological sample, the method comprising a) combining the sample, or a derivative thereof, with one or more aptamers and allowing one or more molecules in the sample to bind to the aptamer(s); b) separating bound from unbound molecules; and c) quantifying the molecule(s) bound to the or each aptamer, wherein quantification of the bound molecule(s) is carried out by sequencing at least part of the or each aptamer. Uses of and products derived from the method are also contemplated.

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

Method for solvent-free perovskite deposition
Patent No. 12116663

Inventor(s): David W. Miller (Dallas, TX), Marissa Higgins (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): CubicPV Inc. (Bedford, MA)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16852142 on 04/17/2020 (1642 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for solvent-free perovskite deposition. The method comprises loading a lead target and one or more samples adhered to a substrate holder into a deposition chamber, pumping down to a high vacuum pressure, and backfilling the deposition chamber with the vapor of a salt precursor to form a perovskite material.

[C23C] COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL (applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; making metal-coated products by extrusion B21C 23/22; covering with metal by connecting pre-existing layers to articles, see the relevant places, e.g. B21D 39/00, B23K; working of metal by the action of a high concentration of electric current on a workpiece using an electrode B23H; metallising of glass C03C; metallising mortars, concrete, artificial stone, ceramics or natural stone C04B 41/00; paints, varnishes, lacquers C09D; enamelling of, or applying a vitreous layer to, metals C23D; inhibiting corrosion of metallic material or incrustation in general C23F; treating metal surfaces or coating of metals by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25D, C25F; single-crystal film growth C30B; by metallising textiles D06M 11/83; decorating textiles by locally metallising D06Q 1/04; details of scanning-probe apparatus, in general G01Q; manufacture of semiconductor devices H01L; manufacture of printed circuits H05K) [4]

Coated discrete metallic particles and multilayer structures comprising reflective core layers
Patent No. 12116685

Inventor(s): Debasish Banerjee (Ann Arbor, MI), Hidetaka Asano (Aichi-Ken, , JP), Naohide Uchida (Shizuoka, , JP), Songtao Wu (Ann Arbor, MI), Takeshi Yamakawa (Shizuoka, , JP)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17738175 on 05/06/2022 (893 days app to issue)

Abstract:

[C25D] PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING (manufacturing printed circuits by metal deposition H05K 3/18); JOINING WORKPIECES BY ELECTROLYSIS; APPARATUS THEREFOR (anodic or cathodic protection C23F 13/00; single-crystal growth C30B) [6]

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

Downhole rotary slip ring joint to allow rotation of assemblies with three or more control lines
Patent No. 12116847

Inventor(s): David Joe Steele (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17721225 on 04/14/2022 (915 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a downhole rotary slip ring joint, a well system, and a method for accessing a wellbore. The downhole rotary slip ring joint, in one aspect, includes an outer mandrel, an inner mandrel operable to rotate relative to the outer mandrel, a first outer mandrel communication connection coupled to the outer mandrel, a second outer mandrel electrical communication connection coupled to the outer mandrel, and a third outer mandrel hydraulic communication connection coupled to the outer mandrel, the first outer mandrel communication connection, second outer mandrel electrical communication connection, and third outer mandrel hydraulic communication connection angularly offset and isolated from one another, among other features

[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5]

Downhole flow control device with turbine chamber insert
Patent No. 12116872

Inventor(s): Ryan W. McChesney (Carrollton, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18133284 on 04/11/2023 (553 days app to issue)

Abstract: A downhole flow control device is used to control the production of formation fluids while using flow of the formation fluids to drive a turbine. Flow through a turbine chamber is optimized using a chamber insert that cooperatively defines a reduced chamber volume with the turbine chamber. The chamber insert includes an overhead portion defining a ceiling over the turbine and an arcuate portion contiguous with an arcuate portion of the turbine chamber. The baffle is perforated to allow some flow to exit the reduced chamber volume to a bypass port in a cavity radially outwardly thereof. The turbine may be used for any suitable downhole application, such as an inflow control device or to generate electrical power.

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

Spherical pump valve made of specific materials
Patent No. 12116995

Inventor(s): Cedric Wayne Hill (Fort Worth, TX), Jon Alan Edson (Venus, TX), Samuel Thomas Kelton (Cleburne, TX)
Assignee(s): Triangle Pump Components, Inc. (Cleburne, TX)
Law Firm: Stradley Ronon Stevens Young, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17833205 on 06/06/2022 (862 days app to issue)

Abstract: A spherical pump valve. The valve includes a valve cage, a spring, a valve member, a valve seat, and a locking ring. The valve cage has a groove holding the spring and threads. The valve member has a stem and a trench holding the spring. The valve seat has a seating surface, threads that match the valve cage threads and upon threaded engagement secure the valve seat to the valve cage, and a channel. The locking ring is installed in the channel and secures the valve cage to the valve seat. The components of the valve are made of specific materials and, in one embodiment, the valve achieves a volumetric efficiency of about 95% at 250 rpm. Also disclosed is a pump including the valve.

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

Multi-flexure isolation system utilizing pseudoelastic multi-axis rotational flexures
Patent No. 12117064

Inventor(s): Jake B. Range (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: CANTOR COLBURN LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17672641 on 02/15/2022 (973 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-flexure payload isolation device for isolating a payload from outside forces. The device can include a housing comprising an interior cavity configured to receive and support the payload. The device can further include a first flexure and a second flexure, each including a plurality of spokes made of a pseudoelastic shape-memory alloy anchored to the housing and configured to support the payload from the housing through an opening in the housing. The first and second flexures can each further include a common hub attached to a side of the payload and disposed in the opening in the housing wherein the each of the pluralities of spokes are anchored to the respective common hub.

[F16F] SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION

Connection blocks and pump manifold systems, and related methods, for pumping operations
Patent No. 12117113

Inventor(s): Steven Post (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): FORUM US, INC. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18465826 on 09/12/2023 (399 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to connection blocks and pump manifold systems, and related methods, for pumping operations (such as frac operations). In one implementation, a connection block for disposition along a pump manifold of a pump system includes a first end hub having a first tube and a first outer shoulder extending outwardly relative to the first tube. The connection block includes a second end hub opposing the first end hub. The second end hub has a second tube and a second outer shoulder extending outwardly relative to the second tube. The connection block includes one or more faces between the first end hub and the second end hub.

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

Light color changing apparatus
Patent No. 12117164

Inventor(s): Alphonso Baker, Jr. (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18386644 on 11/03/2023 (347 days app to issue)

Abstract: A light color changing apparatus for changing the color of a light emitted by a light source includes a transparent covering which is colored to cause a light emitted through the covering to change in color. The covering has an end wall which is positionable to extend over the light source. A perimeter wall is attached to the end wall via an intermediate wall that converges inwardly from the end wall so that the end wall is wider than the perimeter wall when the perimeter wall is at rest. The perimeter wall is resiliently stretchable to receive the light source.

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

Combustible fuel burning stove with fire grate
Patent No. 12117171

Inventor(s): Jeffrey H. Jan (Keller, TX), Spencer H. Jan (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Solo Brands, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17526598 on 11/15/2021 (1065 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a stove that includes a dome-shaped fire grate comprising a center, a perimeter surrounding and spaced from the center, the center being higher than the perimeter; a plurality of radial stiffening ribs extending away from the perimeter and toward the center; at least one circumferential stiffening ring extending at least partially about the center; and a plurality of ventilation holes between the center and the perimeter.

[F23H] GRATES (inlets for fluidisation air for fluidised bed combustion apparatus F23C 10/20); CLEANING OR RAKING GRATES

Indoor air quality monitors for commercial HVAC systems
Patent No. 12117188

Inventor(s): Henry Todd Greist (Gainesville, FL), Rajesh Alayil (Kerala, , IN), Sanjeev Hingorani (Gainesville, FL), Thomas John Wolowicz (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Johnston IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17829189 on 05/31/2022 (868 days app to issue)

Abstract: An indoor air quality monitor for an HVAC system includes a monitor body formed with a plurality of chambers defined at least in part by chamber walls. A bypass chamber allows for a majority of airflow entering the monitor to pass through. An intake chamber coupled to the bypass chamber allows for a portion of air to be removed for sampling by a particulate sensor. Air from the particulate sensor is discharged to an outlet chamber that is fluidly coupled to a downstream portion of the bypass chamber. The fluid requirements of the particulate sensor are maintained without overwhelming or underwhelming the particulate sensor.

[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)

Portable internal combustion engine with heating and cooling capabilities
Patent No. 12117213

Inventor(s): Justin Schaefer (Cedar Hill, TX), Michael Baldwin (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17556554 on 12/20/2021 (1030 days app to issue)

Abstract: A portable internal combustion engine system includes an internal combustion engine having a first output shaft, the internal combustion engine rotates the first output shaft; a compressor rotably engaged with the first output shaft via a belt, the first output shaft is configured to provide energy thereto; a fan coupled to the internal combustion engine to pull air into a housing; an evaporative coil in communication with the housing and to receive air from the fan; a condenser coil in communication with the housing and to receive air from the fan; and a control system to operate the compressor, the internal combustion engine, and the fan to expel cool air.

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

P H Y S I C S

Risk assessment framework
Patent No. 12116142

Inventor(s): Suresh Rangan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Federal Express Corporation (Memphis, TN)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18522680 on 11/29/2023 (321 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving data related to a first flight risk factor and a second flight risk factor where the first and second risk factors include one of: a proficiency risk factor, an equipment risk factor, an environmental risk factor, or a performance risk factor. Applying a first weighting to the first flight risk factor to generate a first weighted flight risk factor, and applying a second weighting to the second flight risk factor to generate a second weighted flight risk factor. Assessing a flight risk level for a flight based on the first weighted flight risk factor and the second weighted flight risk factor. Providing data indicating the assessed flight risk level for the flight for display to a user.

[G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS

Water supply control system that implements safety controls and uses simulation to prevent commands that would cause or worsen flooding
Patent No. 12116740

Inventor(s): Norman James O”Brien (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): O”BRIEN ENGINEERING, INC. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18306045 on 04/24/2023 (540 days app to issue)

Abstract: A water supply control system is disclosed that comprises a computer-implemented control system coupled to a plurality of gates, one or more pumps, and a plurality of sensors. The computer-implemented control system is configured to receive a request to transfer excess water from a non-water supply lake to a water supply lake and determine, based at least in part on data from the plurality of sensors and geographic locations of the non-water supply lake and the water supply lake, whether transferring water as requested will cause or worsen a flood event. In response to a determination that transferring water as requested will not cause or worsen a flood event, the computer-implemented control system is further configured to issue a command to cause a gate associated with a dam at the non-water supply lake to open such that water is transferred from the non-water supply lake to the water supply lake.

[G05B] CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (fluid-pressure actuators or systems acting by means of fluids in general F15B; valves per se F16K; characterised by mechanical features only G05G; sensitive elements, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. G12B, subclasses of G01, H01; correcting units, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. H02K)

System and method of detecting fluid levels in tanks
Patent No. 12117330

Inventor(s): Carlos Anchia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Plainsight Technologies Inc. (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Ahmann Kloke LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18141962 on 05/01/2023 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprising receiving, from a infrared image capture device, an image including a fluid storage tank storing a fluid, the image including an image intensity associated with a temperature of the fluid storage tank with an internal surface that is in contact with the fluid and an image intensity associated with a temperature of the first fluid storage tank with an internal surface that is not in contact with the fluid, generating feature maps, sliding a window to obtain a plurality of anchor shapes using a region proposal network, determining if each anchor shape contains an object to generate a plurality of regions of interest, extracting feature maps from each region of interest, classifying objects in each region of interest, identifying stored fluid using the objects, determining volume of stored fluid based on the stored fluid, and providing the volume to a digital device for display.

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

Scan frame based test access mechanisms
Patent No. 12117490

Inventor(s): Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18305454 on 04/24/2023 (540 days app to issue)

Abstract: Testing of an electrical device is achieved by providing a test access mechanism within the device that can receive scan frames from an external tester. The received scan frames contain stimulus data to be applied to circuitry within the device to be tested, a command for enabling a test control operation, and a frame marker bit to indicate the end of the scan frame pattern. The inputting of scan frames can occur continuously and simultaneous with a commanded test control operation.

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

Separable infinite rotation fiber optic and slip ring rotary joint for suspension arm
Patent No. 12117651

Inventor(s): David Chase (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Kalamazoo, MI)
Law Firm: Morrison Foerster LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18314085 on 05/08/2023 (526 days app to issue)

Abstract: A suspension arm assembly including at least two members relatively rotatable about each other at a joint, with at least one of the joints comprising an infinite rotation joint. The infinite rotation joint allows the members at the infinite rotation joint to have unlimited rotation relative to one another. The infinite rotation joint is configured to pass at least an optical signal therethrough. The infinite rotation joint includes a stator and a rotor. At least two portions of the infinite rotation joint are separable and can automatically form a unit when adjacent arms are connected together such that the infinite rotation joint can be separated into the at least two portions. The at least two portions are configured to be automatically connected to allow the optical signal to pass therethrough once the at least two portions are engaged.

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

Systems and methods for utilizing acoustic sensing to minimize a potential of damage to fiber optic cables
Patent No. 12117798

Inventor(s): Glenn A. Wellbrock (Wylie, TX), Tiejun J. Xia (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17088187 on 11/03/2020 (1442 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive sensing data that is produced by an environment associated with a fiber optic cable. Based on the sensing data, the device may determine a sensing profile, which indicates a measure of vibration as a function of distance along the fiber optic cable and as a function of time. The device may receive new sensing data produced by the environment. The device may determine that the new sensing data satisfies a vibration deviation criteria, relative to the sensing profile, for a duration threshold. By satisfying the vibration deviation criteria for the duration threshold, the new sensing data may indicate that the environment includes an activity associated with an increased likelihood of damage to the fiber optic cable relative to the sensing data. The device may perform one or more actions based on the new sensing data satisfying the vibration deviation criteria for the duration threshold.

Error documentation assistance
Patent No. 12117893

Inventor(s): Bing Lin (Allen, TX), Carlos Gonzalez (Allen, TX), Javier Lozano (Wylie, TX), William Luo (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18141248 on 04/28/2023 (536 days app to issue)

Abstract: An error documentation system including tools to collect and analyze application error data for individual development teams and tools to share documented defects and solutions across development teams during any stage of development cycle. The system may receive and analyze event logs for error events triggered by applications on end-user devices. The system may automatically generate defect tickets and/or ticket entries for defects identified in event logs. The system may train one or more machine learning (ML) models to correlate input with identified defects from a defects database. In response to identifying correlated identified defects, the system may generate ticket entries indicating the correlated identified defects and associated solutions for the defects. The system may provide an interface for users to query the data stored in the database.

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

System and method for testing cloud hybrid AI/ML platforms
Patent No. 12117926

Inventor(s): Purushothaman Jegatheesan (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: 18243953 on 09/08/2023 (403 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for performing a health check of a customized function across multiple cloud/hybrid platforms is disclosed. The method includes submitting a customized function to a health check system, which includes components on both on an on-premise network and a public cloud network. The submitted function is then uploaded to a cloud object storage. The method further includes having the customized function retrieved from the cloud object storage and scheduling an execution of the customized function according to a user defined schedule. Once the customized function is executed, the method further acquires results of the executed function and corresponding metrics and updates a health check metrics table of a metadata database with the acquired results and metrics.

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

Memory shapes
Patent No. 12117929

Inventor(s): Isom Crawford, Jr. (Royse City, TX), John D. Leidel (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17955371 on 09/28/2022 (748 days app to issue)

Abstract: A user definition of a memory shape can be received and a multidimensional, contiguous, physical portion of a memory array can be allocated according to the memory shape. The user definition of the memory shape can include a quantity of contiguous columns of the memory array, a quantity of contiguous rows of the memory array, and a major dimension of the memory shape. The major dimension can correspond to a dimension by which to initially stride data stored in the memory shape.

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

Cascading data impact visualization tool
Patent No. 12118016

Inventor(s): Naga Chintala (Frisco, TX), Raghuram Vijayaraghavan (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18510318 on 11/15/2023 (335 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems described herein may retrieve a data lineage associated with a first computing system comprising a plurality of services and data elements. The data lineage may indicate a plurality of interrelationships between the plurality of services and data elements. Based on the data lineage, a visualization of the first computing system may be generated. Based on the one or more interrelationships between a first data element and the plurality of services and data elements, one or more services and data elements affected by the change to the first data element may be identified. Based on the one or more services and data elements affected by the change to the first data element, the visualization of the first computing system to indicate the impact to the first computing system.

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

Systems for securely searching textual content across multiple documents in various repositories
Patent No. 12118023

Inventor(s): Chris Malunowicz (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Rocket Software Technologies, Inc. (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Danielson Legal LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18463886 on 09/08/2023 (403 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to various embodiments a device may provide an interactive searching interface for securely searching of textual content across a plurality of documents stored in a plurality of repositories comprising heterogenous data, the securely searching of the textual content comprising using a flexible search criteria and enforcing user access privileges to the plurality of documents A device may use unified searching, using a unified search criteria definition, the plurality of repositories in response to the feedback from the user, the unified searching being interactive, iterative, and using a unified index resulting in faster query response times than the metadata searching the plurality of repositories.

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

Dynamically detecting user personas of network users for customized suggestions
Patent No. 12118049

Inventor(s): Matthew R. Engle (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18155498 on 01/17/2023 (637 days app to issue)

Abstract: A platform dynamically detects a user persona and facilitates a user objective in a user session. The platform obtains user activity of users across multiple historical sessions. The platform clusters similar user activity across the historical sessions to determine personas being used in the historical sessions. The platform mines sequential patterns in a set of user activity data associated with one of the personas and determines at least one predictive rule associated with that persona. Each predictive rule includes an initial activity among the set of user activity data and at least one subsequent activity in the set of user activity data.

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

Systems and methods for using regime switching to mitigate deterioration in performance of a modeling system
Patent No. 12118065

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: 17645728 on 12/22/2021 (1028 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for mitigating deterioration of modeling system performance. An example method includes detecting, by context analysis circuitry, occurrence of a triggering condition. The example method also includes determining, by context analysis circuitry and in response to detecting the occurrence of the triggering condition, a destination modeling solution based on a regime strategy for the modeling system. The example method also includes switching, by regime deployment circuitry and based on the regime strategy, from a source modeling solution to a destination modeling solution.

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

Real-world object-based image authentication method and system
Patent No. 12118069

Inventor(s): William Daniel Farmer (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18191346 on 03/28/2023 (567 days app to issue)

Abstract: A real-world object-based method and system of performing an authentication of a person in order to permit access to a secured resource is disclosed. The system and method are configured to collect image data from an end-user in real-time that includes objects in their environment. At least one object is selected and its image data stored for subsequent authentication sessions, when the system can determine whether there is a match between the new image data and image data previously collected and stored in a database. If there is a match, the system verifies an identity of the person and can further be configured to automatically grant the person access to one or more services, features, or information for which he or she is authorized.

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

Automatic selection of data for target monitoring
Patent No. 12118084

Inventor(s): Phanindra Rao (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17822158 on 08/25/2022 (782 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for determining auxiliary parameters within datasets, the auxiliary parameters being used to segregate the datasets such that anomaly detection may be performed on the segregated datasets. Based on anomaly detection, alert conditions may then be identified. In particular, a system may, using a machine learning model, determine for a particular target feature (e.g., a parameter being monitored) one or more auxiliary features (other parameters) that effect the values of that parameter and transmit the target feature and the auxiliary features in a message to a monitoring system indicating which features to monitor. The collected data may then be received by the system and transformed into a timeseries dataset, which may then be used to detect anomalies within the data and thereby identify any anomalous points.

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

Moderator system for a security analytics framework
Patent No. 12118088

Inventor(s): Subbayya Chowdary Yanamadala (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ARM LIMITED (Cambridge, , GB)
Law Firm: Talem IP Law, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16855716 on 04/22/2020 (1637 days app to issue)

Abstract: A moderator system that can receive outputs of various stages of the security analytic framework and can receive input from external sources to provide information about emerging styles of attacks. One or more models/behavioral profiles can be curated by the moderator system, and the moderator system can provide updates to components of the security analytics framework.

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

Method, device, and system of measuring eye convergence angle
Patent No. 12118146

Inventor(s): Dominique Paul Barbier (Scotts Valley, CA)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: SEED IP LAW GROUP LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18339912 on 06/22/2023 (481 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device capable of determining an eye convergence angle using a magnetometer sensor is provided. The magnetometer sensor is capable of reporting angle readings in three dimensions that is aligned with an eye gaze direction of each eye of a user. The magnetometer which is incorporated into the device can fit into a human eye like a contact lens and determine the angle of the gaze direction of both eyes with respect to an object within a field of view. By obtaining this eye convergence angle for an object, it is possible to accurately detect depth information. The electronic device also functions as a digital contact lens that can automatically adjust the focal point of the object to provide the user with a clear vision. The electronic device also includes a display that provides the user with additional information about the object.

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

Fine grained resource management for rollback memory operations
Patent No. 12118224

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17716250 on 04/08/2022 (921 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, computing devices, and machine-readable mediums in which the system maintains a list of resources available for each rollback session. In some examples, state data is kept that indicates available memory. If a write occurs for a particular session and the amount of available memory for a session has been used, a flag is set in metadata for the memory location and the write is not mirrored. In this manner, the technical problem of one undo logging session using too much memory and preventing other undo logging sessions from properly functioning is solved by the technical solution of setting resource limits for each undo logging session.

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

Method for providing logging for persistent memory
Patent No. 12118230

Inventor(s): Bryan Hornung (Plano, TX), Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18107694 on 02/09/2023 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, memory devices, and machine-readable mediums that allows an application of a computer system to create a series of one or more logs of writes to one or more memory locations of a memory device. The logs may comprise the values at the end of the log interval of the one or more memory locations that were written to during a log interval. In some examples, the logs do not include intermediate writes to the one or more memory locations (only the final value) and do not include values of memory locations that were not written to during the interval. After an event, software can apply these logs to a copy of the original memory region state to recover the contents of the locations at any of the logged points. These logs may be useful to recreate the state of the memory at various points during the application”s execution.

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

One-dimensional zero padding in a stream of matrix elements
Patent No. 12118358

Inventor(s): Shyam Jagannathan (Bangalore, , IN), Son Hung Tran (Murphy, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17583380 on 01/25/2022 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: Software instructions are executed on a processor within a computer system to configure a streaming engine with stream parameters to define a multidimensional array. The stream parameters define a size for each dimension of the multidimensional array and a specified width for a selected dimension of the array. Data is fetched from a memory coupled to the streaming engine responsive to the stream parameters. A stream of vectors is formed for the multidimensional array responsive to the stream parameters from the data fetched from memory. When the selected dimension in the stream of vectors exceeds the specified width, the streaming engine inserts null elements into each portion of a respective vector for the selected dimension that exceeds the specified width in the stream of vectors. Stream vectors that are completely null are formed by the streaming engine without accessing the system memory for respective data.

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

Systems and methods for determining allocatable resources during proportional maintenance of complex computing systems using bifurcated filtering
Patent No. 12118389

Inventor(s): Deepali Tuteja (Irving, TX), Girish Wali (Irving, TX), Prasanth Babu Madakasira Ramakrishna (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18664183 on 05/14/2024 (154 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for proportional maintenance of complex computing systems. By using proportional maintenance (e.g., recommending/allocating resources based on current usage in the computing system), the systems and methods may scale current resources (e.g., hardware and/or software components) based on how those resources are currently utilized.

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

Instant funds availability risk assessment and real-time loss alert system and method
Patent No. 12118524

Inventor(s): Aaron Calipari (Clearwater, FL), Diana Hayes (Frisco, TX), Dyron Clower (Fort Worth, TX), John Templer (Fort Worth, TX), La Shonna Sharp (Allen, TX), Lawrence Dugger (Cedar Hill, TX), Michael Ring (Aledo, TX), Michael
Assignee(s): VALID SYSTEMS, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Braxton Perrone, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15602058 on 05/22/2017 (2703 days app to issue)

Abstract: A real-time system and method for determining whether to invoke a fraud alert notification to a bank concerning an account holder or an item issuer following an interim determination that the account holder or item issuer has participated in a fraudulent transaction. An interim determination is updated based in part on bank transaction data received following the interim determination.

[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]

COIN operated digital payments hub
Patent No. 12118542

Inventor(s): Aaron Wilkinson (Albany, OR), Bion J. Oren (Dallas, TX), Bruce Parker (Richardson, TX), Gregory W. Harvey (McKinney, TX), Matthew R. Leavenworth (Charlotte, NC)
Assignee(s): ModoPayments, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Volpe Koenig (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17567660 on 01/03/2022 (1016 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method are described for a COIN-based payment event data management system. The COIN can provide a consolidated source of accounting for all parties to a transaction by providing for multi-directional translation, resolution, accounting and other functions. A COIN server can interface with buyers and sellers, requestors and debtors, and other parties. The COIN server can communicate with different API”s of various parties. Functionality can include means of analyzing payment and transaction behavior.

Distributed ledger based interchange
Patent No. 12118563

Inventor(s): Cory Matheson (Celina, 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: 17935377 on 09/26/2022 (750 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are described for a distributed ledger based interchange system for transferring value between entities. A decentralized and distributed ledger system, such as a blockchain network, may include treasury accounts each associated with an institution that participates in the system. A particular transaction may be submitted for approval based on the votes of the peers in the distributed ledger based interchange system. If at least a threshold number of votes indicate approval, the transaction is approved. A signal may be sent to the institutional systems indicating that accounts of the sending and receiving entities may respectively be debited and credited the value of the transaction. Settlement may occur between the treasury accounts of the sending and receiving institutions on the distributed ledger system, and settlement may be performed in real time with respect to the transaction.

Identifying changes in the condition of a transport
Patent No. 12118610

Inventor(s): Anil Nagpal (Plano, TX), Neil Dutta (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17860614 on 07/08/2022 (830 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving, at a server, first data from at least one sensor associated with a transport wherein the first data contains at least one condition of the transport, receiving a second data from the server and the second data contains at least one review of a user, determining a rating of the user based on the first data and the second data, receiving a query from another server relating to the rating of the user, sending a response containing the rating, and performing an action, by the another server, based on the rating.

Hardware accelerator for histogram of oriented gradients computation
Patent No. 12118640

Inventor(s): Aishwarya Dubey (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17314177 on 05/07/2021 (1257 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hardware accelerator for histogram of oriented gradients computation is provided that includes a gradient computation component configured to compute gradients G[subscript]x [/subscript]and G[subscript]y [/subscript]of a pixel, a bin identification component configured to determine a bin id of an angular bin for the pixel based on a plurality of representative orientation angles, G[subscript]x[/subscript], and signs of G[subscript]x [/subscript]and G[subscript]y[/subscript], and a magnitude component configured to determine a magnitude of the gradients G[subscript]mag [/subscript]based on the plurality of representative orientation angles and the bin id.

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

Systems and methods for designing and deploying wireless communication mesh networks
Patent No. 12118664

Inventor(s): Muhammad Ahsan Naim (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): L3VEL, LLC (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: LEE SULLIVAN SHEA SMITH LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17485043 on 09/24/2021 (1117 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods that relate to wireless communication mesh network design and operation. In one aspect, the disclosed process may involve (1) obtaining potential-customer information related to a set of potential customers for a service to be provided through a wireless communication mesh network in an AOI, where the potential-customer information comprises both (i) information related to potential customers that are identified during a pre-marketing phase and (ii) information related to potential customers that are identified during a door-to-door marketing phase, and where the set of potential customers have a corresponding set of customer locations in the AOI, (2) evaluating the obtained potential-customer information and thereby identifying a subset of customer locations at which to deploy the wireless communication mesh network, and (3) generating and outputting information that facilitates deployment of the wireless communication mesh network at the identified subset of customer locations in the AOI.

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

Spatially aware environment interaction
Patent No. 12118677

Inventor(s): Landon Nickerson (Dallas, TX), Preston McCauley (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17560146 on 12/22/2021 (1028 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus includes a memory storing computer executable instructions for implementing a spatially aware computing scheme; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the executable instructions. Executing the executable instructions causes the processor to access a spatial augmentation layer (SAL) that includes augmented reality (AR) elements placed into an AR environment for a physical environment proximate to the apparatus, and display the AR elements on a display screen communicatively coupled to the apparatus, wherein at least some of the AR elements are elements placed into the AR environment by a user other than a user of the apparatus.

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

Processing data from attached and affixed devices on transport
Patent No. 12118829

Inventor(s): Brian D. McFarland (Allen, TX), Edward Allen Cain, Jr. (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: 17129407 on 12/21/2020 (1394 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, first data from a first device, wherein the first device is affixed to the transport, receiving, by the transport, second data from a second device, wherein the second device is detachably attached to the transport and wherein the first data and the second data constitute a same unit of measure, and displaying, by the transport, a value based on the first data and the second data.

[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 for coordinated vehicle lane assignment
Patent No. 12118880

Inventor(s): Abdul Rahman Kreidieh (Oakland, MI), Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Yashar Zeiynali Farid (Berkeley, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17698265 on 03/18/2022 (942 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein relate to coordinated vehicle lane assignment. One embodiment receives from a locality manager, at a section manager that communicates with one or more connected vehicles in a section of a roadway, target lateral flows for two or more lanes of the roadway in the section of the roadway; converts the target lateral flows to a target number of connected vehicles N at the section manager; selects for lane change, at the section manager, a set of N connected vehicles whose ranked distances from a following vehicle in a target lane are greatest among the one or more connected vehicles, when a direction of lane change is uniform among the set of N connected vehicles; and transmits lane-change actions from the section manager to the set of N connected vehicles.

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

Cooperative artificial intelligent assisted driving
Patent No. 12118884

Inventor(s): Jianyu Su (Plano, TX), Rui Guo (Plano, TX), Ziran Wang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17475306 on 09/14/2021 (1127 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods of cooperative autonomous driving which maximize objectives of a global traffic environment are provided. In particular, a cooperative controller may control multiple connected vehicles within a traffic environment. In certain embodiments, the cooperative controller may assign each connected vehicle a traffic role, based in part on their situation within the traffic environment. In some embodiments, this traffic role may also be based on a ”priority level” for the connected vehicle which corresponds to a desired travel time. Once traffic roles have been assigned, the cooperative controller may control each connected vehicle according to a driving policy associated with its assigned traffic role.

Lifetime mixed level non-volatile memory system
Patent No. 12119054

Inventor(s): G. R. Mohan Rao (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Vervain, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18613466 on 03/22/2024 (207 days app to issue)

Abstract: A controller for managing at least one MLC non-volatile memory space including at least one MLC non-volatile memory element and at least one SLC non-volatile memory space including at least one SLC non-volatile memory element. The controller is adapted to determine if a range of addresses listed by an entry and mapped to the at least one MLC non-volatile memory element fails a data integrity test performed at the controller based upon received data retained at the controller and which received data is stored in the at least one MLC memory element as stored data. In the event of such a failure, the controller remaps said entry to an the at least one SLC non-volatile memory element.

[G11C] STATIC STORES (information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; semiconductor devices for storage H01L, e.g. H01L 27/108-H01L 27/11597; pulse technique in general H03K, e.g. electronic switches H03K 17/00)

Data correction of redundant data storage
Patent No. 12119074

Inventor(s): Timothy Duryea (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17955439 on 09/28/2022 (748 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example, an apparatus comprises first, second and third memory devices, an error detection circuit, and an error correction circuit. The error detection circuit is configured to detect a mismatch among data stored at the first, second, and third memory devices, and responsive to detecting the mismatch, provide a correction signal representing a majority state of the data. The error correction circuit is configured to write the majority state of the data into at least one of the first, second, or third memory devices responsive to the correction signal.

Robotic surgery using multi-user authentication without credentials
Patent No. 12119110

Inventor(s): Brian Carnes (San Jose, CA), James Shuma (San Jose, CA), Jolle Barral (Mountain View, CA), Martin Habbecke (Palo Alto, CA), Michael Newton (Palo Alto, CA), Michal Levin (Palo Alto, CA), Neil Inala (San Jose, CA), Robi
Assignee(s): VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16429346 on 06/03/2019 (1961 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example method for robotic surgery using multi-user authentication without credentials includes receiving, by a robotic surgical device, a case code associated with a medical procedure; validating the case code; determining one or more users associated with the case code; and providing access to the one or more users to the robotic surgical device to enable a robotic surgical procedure.

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

Fluid transport systems comprising a magnetic shape memory pipe
Patent No. 12119149

Inventor(s): Brian J. Pinkelman (Ann Arbor, 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: 16659833 on 10/22/2019 (1820 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid transport system that includes a magnetic shape memory pipe having an input end opposite an output end and an outer surface opposite an inner surface. The inner surface defines an inner diameter of the magnetic shape memory pipe and the magnetic shape memory pipe includes a magnetic shape memory alloy. The fluid transport system further includes one or more magnetic field generating devices surrounding the outer surface of the magnetic shape memory pipe and configured to generate a control magnetic field that, when applied to a region of the magnetic shape memory pipe, alters the inner diameter of the region of the magnetic shape memory pipe.

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

Deploying and configuring network functions based on a hierarchical configuration model
Patent No. 12119980

Inventor(s): Haibo Qian (Frisco, TX), Michael Anthony Brown (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: Ray Quinney Nebeker (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18087465 on 12/22/2022 (663 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer readable media for receiving and processing a request to deploy network functions across one or more deployment areas of a telecommunications network. Systems described herein process a request by applying a hierarchical configuration model including a hierarchy of configuration management instructions that can be applied to a request that complies with a format of the hierarchical configuration model. Features described herein facilitate deployment of unique configuration instructions across multiple network functions and across multiple deployment areas based on a single request and without further user interaction with respect to each of multiple network functions.

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

Methods and apparatus to determine main pages from network traffic
Patent No. 12120004

Inventor(s): Achilleas Papakostas (Dallas, TX), Andrey Shapovalov (Dallas, TX), Brendan Phillips (Dallas, TX), Jaimin Patel (Dallas, TX), Travis Berthelot (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): The Nielsen Company (US), LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18166900 on 02/09/2023 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine main pages from network traffic are disclosed. A disclosed example non-transitory computer readable medium includes instructions which, when executed, cause at least one processor to determine patterns of uniform resource identifiers (URIs) with corresponding main pages, parse data from network traffic, identify at least one of the main pages from the data based on the patterns, and provide the identified at least one of the main pages for crediting thereof.

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

Deploying and utilizing a dynamic data stenciling system with a smart linking engine
Patent No. 12120095

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18121749 on 03/15/2023 (580 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to deploying and utilizing a dynamic data stenciling system with a smart linking engine. A computing platform may receive source data from one or more data source systems. Subsequently, the computing platform may identify a target application hosted by an enterprise application host platform as being an intended recipient of a portion of the source data. Then, the computing platform may select a dynamic data stencil from a plurality of available data stencils. Thereafter, the computing platform may overlay the portion of the source data onto the target application using the dynamic data stencil. In addition, by overlaying the portion of the source data onto the target application using the dynamic data stencil, the computing platform may cause the target application to execute one or more data processing functions using the portion of the source data received from the one or more data source systems.

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

Systems and methods for building funnel websites using artificial intelligence in a tiered software framework
Patent No. 12120190

Inventor(s): Ajay Dev (Kochi, , IN), Hardik Bhatt (Noida, , IN), Prakhar Agarwal (Bangalore, , IN), Robin Alex (Dallas, TX), Shaun Clark (Eugene, OR), Varun Vairavan (Doha, , QA)
Assignee(s): HighLevel Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Aambell PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18651892 on 05/01/2024 (167 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of a method for building funnel websites using artificial intelligence (AI) in a tiered software framework comprise providing a tiered software framework comprising a plurality of tiers with hierarchical data access to corresponding subscribers; receiving at the tiered software framework, a prompt with requirements for generating a funnel website from a subscriber having access to a tier in the plurality of tiers; searching a template library comprising a plurality of funnel website templates, the searching based at least on the prompt; selecting a funnel website template from the template library, with selection based on the conversion rates; retrieving business information of the subscriber; filling the selected funnel website template with the business information to generate the funnel website; and deploying the funnel website at the tier.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Field-aware metal fills for integrated circuit passive components
Patent No. 12117556

Inventor(s): Samala Sreekiran (Plano, TX), Zeshan Ahmad (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17360161 on 06/28/2021 (1205 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a passive component having a first metal feature and a second metal feature, the first metal feature and the second metal feature defining an interior area therebetween. The integrated circuit also includes set of spaced metal fill lines extending across the interior area and oriented to carry current orthogonal to current carried by the first metal feature and second metal feature.

[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]

Signaling camera parameters in point cloud coding
Patent No. 12118757

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Moguillansky (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17857894 on 07/05/2022 (833 days app to issue)

Abstract: A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving a bitstream comprising a plurality of two dimensional (2D) patches in an atlas frame and a camera offset for a camera. The patches are decoded and converted to a three dimensional (3D) patch coordinate system to obtain a point cloud frame. An offset matrix is determined based on the camera offset. The offset is then applied matrix to the point cloud frame.

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

Methods and apparatus for an improved integrated circuit package
Patent No. 12119263

Inventor(s): Makoto Shibuya (Beppu, , JP)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17317845 on 05/11/2021 (1253 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, an integrated circuit (IC) package includes an IC die disposed on a die attach pad; a plurality of leads electrically connected to terminals on the IC die, the leads including a base metal; and molding compound material encapsulating portions of the IC die, the die attach pads, and the plurality of leads; the plurality of leads having a solder joint reinforcement tab. The solder joint reinforcement tabs include a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, a third side, a fourth side opposite to and in parallel to the third side, a fifth side forming an end portion of the solder joint reinforcement tab, the solder joint reinforcement tabs including a solderable metal layer on the second, third and fourth sides and on portions of the fifth side.

Semiconductor device package with reduced stress
Patent No. 12119280

Inventor(s): Amit Sureshkumar Nangia (Murphy, TX), Gregory Thomas Ostrowicki (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17723439 on 04/18/2022 (911 days app to issue)

Abstract: A described example includes: a semiconductor device die with an active surface; the semiconductor device die mounted on a package substrate with substrate leads and the semiconductor device die electrically coupled to the substrate leads; at least a first rigid low expansion material (RLEM) covering a portion of the semiconductor device die; and the first RLEM, the semiconductor device die, and a portion of the substrate leads covered with mold compound and forming a packaged semiconductor device die.

Semiconductor packages with roughened conductive components
Patent No. 12119289

Inventor(s): Chong Han Lim (Seri Kembangan, , MY), Yee Gin Tea (Bukit Katil, , MY)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18328896 on 06/05/2023 (498 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a semiconductor package comprises a die pad, a semiconductor die on the die pad, and a mold compound covering the die pad and the semiconductor die. The semiconductor package includes a conductive component including a roughened surface, the roughened surface having a roughness ranging from an arithmetic mean surface height (SA) of 1.4 to 3.2. The mold compound is coupled to the roughened surface. The semiconductor package includes a bond wire coupling the semiconductor die to the roughened surface. The bond wire is directly coupled to the roughened surface without a precious metal positioned therebetween.

High voltage isolated microelectronic device
Patent No. 12119373

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Alan West (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18080976 on 12/14/2022 (671 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method forms a first voltage node of a high voltage component of a microelectronic device. The method also forms a plurality of dielectric layers. The method also forms a second voltage node of the high voltage component of the microelectronic device in a fourth position such that the plurality of dielectric layers is between the first voltage node and the second voltage node. During the forming a second voltage node step, a portion of a third layer in the plurality of dielectric layers, in a region outwardly positioned relative to the second voltage node, is removed to expose the second layer, in the plurality of dielectric layers, in the region.

Base station antennas having an active antenna module and related devices and methods
Patent No. 12119545

Inventor(s): Haifeng Li (Richardson, TX), Mohammad Vatankhah Varnoosfaderani (Richardson, TX), Samantha Merta (Richardson, TX), XiaoHua Hou (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Claremont, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18048084 on 10/20/2022 (726 days app to issue)

Abstract: Base station antennas include an externally accessible active antenna module releasably coupled to a recessed segment that is over a chamber in the base station antenna and that is longitudinally and laterally extending along and across a rear of a base station antenna housing. The base station antenna housing has a passive antenna assembly that cooperates with the active antenna module.

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

Angle-of-arrival antenna system
Patent No. 12119555

Inventor(s): Dipak Kumar Desai (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Cozen O”Connor (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17535214 on 11/24/2021 (1056 days app to issue)

Abstract: An angle-of-arrival antenna system uses two orthogonal arrays of patch antenna elements to measure the angle of arrival of a wireless signal irrespective of its polarization. Each antenna element has an antenna patch located over a corresponding ground patch. A shorting wall directly electrically connects one edge of the antenna patch to a corresponding edge of the underlying ground patch. The edge of the ground patch is also directly connected to a system ground plane. No other edges of the ground patch are connected to the system ground plane. The shorting wall acts as an impedance that isolates the ground patch from the system ground plane, and therefore improves isolation between the antenna elements. The antenna system may be constructed using conventional circuit-board fabrication techniques by implementing each shorting wall as an array of plated through-holes or slots.

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

Base station antennas having high directivity radiating elements with balanced feed networks
Patent No. 12119556

Inventor(s): Bo Wu (Richardson, TX), Khanh Duy Tran (Rowlett, TX), Mohammad Vatankhah Varnoosfaderani (Plano, TX), Samantha Merta (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Claremont, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17919128 on 03/22/2021 (1303 days app to issue)

Abstract: A radiating element includes a feed stalk and first through fourth dipole arms. An outer segment of the first dipole arm and an outer segment of the second dipole arm are configured to together form a first radiating structure that radiates at a first polarization, an outer segment of the third dipole arm and an outer segment of the fourth dipole arm are configured to together form a second radiating structure that radiates at the first polarization, and first and second inner portions of each of the first through fourth dipole arms are configured to together form a third radiating structure that radiates at the first polarization when a first RF signal is fed to the radiating element.

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

Multilevel power conversion system and method
Patent No. 12119767

Inventor(s): Dianbo Fu (Frisco, TX), Heping Dai (Plano, TX), Huibin Zhu (Plano, TX), Liming Ye (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17660456 on 04/25/2022 (904 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a first power conversion device connected to a first power source, a first isolated power conversion device connected to the first power source, and a second power conversion device connected to the first isolated power conversion device, wherein outputs of the first power conversion device and outputs of the second power conversion device are connected in series, and series-connected outputs of the first power conversion device and the second power conversion device are configured to drive a motor.

[H02P] CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS [4]

Variable gain power amplifiers
Patent No. 12119789

Inventor(s): Sudipto Chakraborty (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18326746 on 05/31/2023 (503 days app to issue)

Abstract: A variable-gain power amplifying technique includes generating, with a network of one or more reactive components included in an oscillator, a first oscillating signal, and outputting, via one or more taps included in the network of the reactive components, a second oscillating signal. The second oscillating signal has a magnitude that is proportional to and less than the first oscillating signal. The power amplifying technique further includes selecting one of the first and second oscillating signals to use for generating a power-amplified output signal, and amplifying the selected one of the first and second oscillating signals to generate the power-amplified output signal.

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

Bulk acoustic wave resonators having convex surfaces, and methods of forming the same
Patent No. 12119803

Inventor(s): Ting-Ta Yen (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18449098 on 08/14/2023 (428 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example, a method of forming a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator comprises: forming an electrode on at least one of a semiconductor substrate, a sacrificial layer, or an acoustic reflector; and forming a piezoelectric layer on the electrode, the piezoelectric layer having a convex surface.

[H03H] IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (measuring, testing G01R; arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K 15/08; impedance networks or resonators consisting of distributed impedances, e.g. of the waveguide type, H01P; control of amplification, e.g. bandwidth control of amplifiers, H03G; tuning resonant circuits, e.g. tuning coupled resonant circuits, H03J; networks for modifying the frequency characteristics of communication systems H04B)

Embedded pattern generator
Patent No. 12119826

Inventor(s): Bhargov Bora (Bangalore, , IN), Mohammed Arif (Bangalore, , IN), Prasanth Viswanathan Pillai (Bangalore, , IN), Srinivasa Chakravarthy (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17849417 on 06/24/2022 (844 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes multiplexer circuitry configured to couple a communication module to at least one of a data bus input or a test signal; and embedded pattern generator (EPG) circuitry coupled to the multiplexer circuitry, the EPG circuitry including: clock divider circuitry including a plurality of clock outputs, the clock divider circuitry configured to be coupled to an output of a clock, the plurality of clock outputs configured to be of a frequency equal to a division of a frequency of the output of the clock; a multiplexer including a multiplexer output, the multiplexer configured to couple one of the plurality of clock outputs to the multiplexer output; and signal generator circuitry including an input clock, an EPG input, and a plurality of data outputs, the input clock coupled to the multiplexer output, the signal generator circuitry configured to generate a data stream.

[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]

Ultra-low power instant lock phase lock loop (PLL)
Patent No. 12119831

Inventor(s): Cheng-Hsien Hung (Allen, TX), Chun-Wei Hsu (Plano, TX), ChunCheng Chou (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: North Weber Baugh (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18113601 on 02/23/2023 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods reduce a locking time of a type-II all-digital phase-locked loop (ADPLL) circuit by performing steps that comprise receiving a reference signal having a reference frequency and setting a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) to a target frequency greater than the reference frequency. The DCO generates an output signal that is used to generate a feedback signal. A time-to-digital converter is used to determine an initial phase difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal, and a digital initial phase compensation circuit adjusts the initial phase difference to a substantially zero phase difference to reduce the locking time of the ADPLL circuit such that the ADPLL circuit reaches a steady-state condition in ten or fewer cycles of the reference signal.

[H03L] AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION, OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES (of dynamo-electric generators H02P) [3]

System and method for determining actions of a vehicle by visible light communication
Patent No. 12119873

Inventor(s): Charles A. Hardin (Ann Arbor, MI), Emily S. Lerner (Brighton, MI), Ryan M. Wiesenberg (Ann Arbor, MI), William A. Fanelli (Ypsilanti, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17125359 on 12/17/2020 (1398 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of determining one or more actions of a vehicle approaching an intersection having traffic lights is provided. Traffic information can be received from the traffic lights. A speed of the vehicle can be detected by a sensor. A distance between the vehicle and an intersection can be determined by processing circuitry. An amount of time for the vehicle to reach the intersection can be calculated. The traffic information with the amount of time can be compared. The one or more actions of the vehicle based on the comparison can be determined.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for codebook based UL transmission
Patent No. 12119904

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: 17930583 on 09/08/2022 (768 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for codebook based UL transmission are provided. A method for operating a UE comprises transmitting a UE capability information about a UL codebook for 8 antenna ports; receiving an indication indicating a TPMI for a transmission of a PUSCH; and transmitting the PUSCH based on the indicated TPMI, wherein the TPMI indicates a precoding matrix from the UL codebook for the 8 antenna ports, the UL codebook includes full-coherent (FC) precoding matrices comprising all non-zero entries, and an l-th column of a FC precoding matrix is associated with an l-th layer of the PUSCH transmission.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Hybrid mobility and radio resource management mechanisms
Patent No. 12119906

Inventor(s): Aimin Justin Sang (San Diego, CA), Bin Liu (San Diego, CA), Hongcheng Zhuang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17185478 on 02/25/2021 (1328 days app to issue)

Abstract: A communication device includes a level one (L1) processing element configured to measure downlink (DL) reference signals from multiple beams received via a transceiver to generate L1 data describing the multiple beams. The device also includes a level two (L2) processing element configured to consolidate, select, or filter the multiple beams responsive to the L1 data to produce L2 data corresponding to one or more of the multiple beams in a first cell that are consistent with preconfigured parameters. Furthermore, the device includes a level three (L3) processing element coupled to the L1 and L2 processing elements and configured to generate L3 data corresponding to one or more of the multiple beams in each of the first cell and a second cell. The device also includes a report generator coupled to the L1, L2 and L3 processing elements and configured to generate a report for a mobility event.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Configuring multicast communication
Patent No. 12119951

Inventor(s): Vijay Lewis (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Skylo Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18135143 on 04/15/2023 (549 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for configuring multicast communication, are disclosed. One method includes generating, by a system platform, a multicast scheduling control packet based upon a distribution of a plurality of hubs, communicating, by the system platform, to a wireless communication base station the multicast scheduling control packet, generating, by the wireless communication base station, a plurality of multicast channel configurations based upon the multicast scheduling control packet, communicating, by the system platform, the multicast scheduling control packet to a wireless communication hub, wherein the wireless communication hub is one of the plurality of hubs, selecting, by the wireless communication hub, specific multicast channels from the plurality of multicast channel configurations, to receive specific multicast data based upon a condition of the hub and the multicast scheduling control packet, and receiving, by the wireless communication hub, multicast data through the selected specific multicast channel configurations.

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

Systems and methods for detecting network congestion and automatically deploying a network slice
Patent No. 12120001

Inventor(s): Deepak Chadaga (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18476969 on 09/28/2023 (383 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive network congestion data associated with a network providing a network slice to a user device and that includes data identifying a number of users, an average throughput, a latency, and one or more key performance indicators associated with the network. The device may receive media data associated with the user device and may receive weather data associated with the user device. The device may process the number of users, the average throughput, the latency, and the one or more key performance indicators, with a deep learning model, to generate a congestion decision for the network. The device may selectively activate a new network slice for the user device based on the congestion decision indicating congestion in the network, or may maintain the network slice for the user device based on the congestion decision indicating no congestion in the network.

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

System and method for implementing controller border gateway protocol (cBGP)
Patent No. 12120015

Inventor(s): Linda Dunbar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17244775 on 04/29/2021 (1265 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method performed by a controller configured to implement Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) in a communications system, comprising establishing a controller BGP (cBGP) peer session with a network element (NE), receiving a message for communication through the cBGP session from the NE, determining whether the message is permitted to be communicated through the cBGP session based on whether the message carries routing information; transmitting the message to the NE through the cBGP session when the message is permitted to be communicated through the cBGP session, and receiving a response message of the first type from the NE through the cBGP session.

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

Network compliance and admission control
Patent No. 12120153

Inventor(s): Malcolm M. Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18361779 on 07/28/2023 (445 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a memory and a hardware processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The hardware processor determines that a computing device communicatively coupled to an access point performed an action with respect to the access point and in response to determining that the action causes a deviation from a multi-user uplink policy of the access point, transmits a disciplinary message to the computing device.

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

Determining an existence of a change in a region
Patent No. 12120180

Inventor(s): Chang-Heng Wang (Cupertino, CA), Onur Altintas (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17471775 on 09/10/2021 (1131 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for determining an existence of a change in a region can include a processor, a communications device, and a memory. The memory can store a change determination module and a communications module. The change determination module can cause the processor to: (1) determine, in response to having obtained an indication of a possible change in the region, a location of a connected car in a vicinity of the region and facts about a sensor disposed on the connected car and (2) determine a strategy to obtain data about the possible change. The strategy can be based on at least one of the location of the connected car or the facts about the sensor. The communications module can cause the processor to transmit, via the communications device and to the connected car, an instruction to control, according to the strategy, the sensor to obtain the data.

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

Fail safe surround view
Patent No. 12120288

Inventor(s): Aishwarya Dubey (Plano, TX), Gowtham Abhilash Tammana (Irving, TX), Shashank Dabral (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17538661 on 11/30/2021 (1050 days app to issue)

Abstract: A technique including capturing, by one or more cameras of a set of cameras disposed about a vehicle, one or more images, wherein a surround view system of the vehicle is configured to render a surround view image using a first hardware accelerator based on the one or more images, determining that a first hardware accelerator is unavailable, and rendering the surround view image using a second hardware accelerator based on the captured one or more images.

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

Context and bypass encoding video
Patent No. 12120333

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Mehmet U. Demircin (Dallas, TX), Vivienne Sze (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18241316 on 09/01/2023 (410 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for parallel context processing for example for high coding efficient entropy coding in HEVC. The method comprising retrieving syntax element relating to a block of an image, grouping at least two bins belonging to similar context based on the syntax element, and coding the grouped bins in parallel.

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

Methods and apparatus to improve deepfake detection with explainability
Patent No. 12120384

Inventor(s): Amanda House (Plano, TX), Celeste R. Fralick (Plano, TX), Shivangee Trivedi (Plano, TX), Steve Grobman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): MCAFEE, LLC (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Hanley, Flight Zimmerman, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16586885 on 09/27/2019 (1845 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to improve deepfake detection with explainability are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a deepfake classification model trainer to train a classification model based on a first portion of a dataset of media with known classification information, the classification model to output a classification for input media from a second portion of the dataset of media with known classification information; an explainability map generator to generate an explainability map based on the output of the classification model; a classification analyzer to compare the classification of the input media from the classification model with a known classification of the input media to determine if a misclassification occurred; and a model modifier to, when the misclassification occurred, modify the classification model based on the explainability map.

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

System and method for interactive projection
Patent No. 12120471

Inventor(s): Stephen Howard (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Omni Consumer Products, LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17582969 on 01/24/2022 (995 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interactive projection system and method comprising a camera/projector unit having a computer processor connected via a network to a content server and content database. The system projects interactive trigger areas on a three-dimensional object. Specific content stored on the content server or locally in the memory of the computer processor is associated with each trigger area. A user interacts with the trigger areas and the system projects informational or entertainment content about the object on the surface of the object.

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

Cryptographic identification of false base stations
Patent No. 12120518

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Todd Gibson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, KS)
Law Firm: Shook, Hardy Bacon L.L.P. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17559039 on 12/22/2021 (1028 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting false base stations are provided. A computing device transmits a request for a verification message to a base station. An encrypted verification message comprising a base station identifier and a signature encrypted using an encryption key associated with the base station is received by the computing device. The computing device decrypts the signature included in the encrypted verification message utilizing a decryption key associated with the computer system. Based on the decrypted signature, the computing device determines that the encryption key does not correspond to the decryption key. Based on determining that the encryption key does not correspond to the decryption key, the computing device stores the base station identifier in a data store in association with a false base station indicator.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Mobile cellular networks
Patent No. 12120533

Inventor(s): Chris Hill (Plano, TX), Joseph L. Uelk (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Oceus Networks, LLC (Herndon, VA)
Law Firm: KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON BEAR, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18349860 on 07/10/2023 (463 days app to issue)

Abstract: Multiple mobile cellular network (MCN) communication systems can be networked together to form a network of MCN communication systems (NOM). Each MCN communication system within the NOM can operate as an independent cellular network to provide communications between user equipment within a covered area. The MCN can be managed by a network management control center (NMCC). The NMCC can be configured generate coverage maps of the NOM and NMC system coverage areas.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Reaching an asset tracking device on demand
Patent No. 12120581

Inventor(s): Vinay Nair (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsara, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Nicholson, De Vos, Webster Elliott, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18626121 on 04/03/2024 (195 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method performed by an asset tracking device is disclosed to track an asset. The method comprises receiving, while operating in an extended discontinuous reception mode, a carrier messaging service message from a carrier network, transmitting a connection request to a management server to establish a connection with the management server in response to receiving the carrier messaging service message, receiving, from the management server over the connection, an instruction to use a specified backend check-in schedule until a specified condition is met, and responsive to receiving the instruction, using the specified backend check-in schedule to check in with the management server until the specified condition is met. The method further comprises reverting back to using a default backend check-in schedule to check in with the management server after the specified condition has been met.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Connecting a wireless device across multiple wireless networks
Patent No. 12120603

Inventor(s): Vijay Lewis (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Skylo Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18125288 on 03/23/2023 (572 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for connecting a wireless device across multiple wireless networks are disclosed. One system includes a state machine and a router. The state machine operates to maintain a network availability of each of a plurality of wireless networks for a wireless device, wherein each of the plurality of wireless networks include network characteristics. The router operates to select a one of the plurality of wireless networks based on the network availability and the network characteristics as maintained by the state machine, process data packets according to the selected available wireless network based on the network characteristics of the selected available wireless network, and route the processed data packets to the wireless device through the selected one of the plurality of wireless networks.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Multiplex time division duplex (TDD) sync detection module
Patent No. 12120620

Inventor(s): Dale Robert Anderson (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Wilson Electronics, LLC (St. George, UT)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western, LLP. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16885218 on 05/27/2020 (1602 days app to issue)

Abstract: A technology is described for a repeater that can comprise: a first port; a second port; a first amplification and filtering path coupled between the first port and the second port, wherein the first amplification and filtering path is configured to amplify and filter a first time division duplex (TDD) signal in a first frequency range of a first TDD uplink (UL) signal; a second amplification and filtering path coupled between the first port and the second port, wherein the second amplification and filtering path is configured to amplify and filter a second TDD signal in a second frequency range of a second TDD downlink (DL) signal; and a modem configured to generate an UL/DL indication signal for the first frequency range, and send the UL/DL indication signal to the repeater.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamic massive MIMO end device pairing based on predicted and real time connection state
Patent No. 12120632

Inventor(s): Mathews Thomas (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Zilka-Kotab, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17968642 on 10/18/2022 (728 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for grouping devices in a massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO)-based cellular network, in accordance with one embodiment, includes determining movement states of end devices in a cell of the massive MIMO-based cellular network, estimating payload requirements of the end devices, and grouping the end devices in a group based on the determined movement states and the estimated payload requirements.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for group-based multi-beam operation
Patent No. 12120706

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information on a set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states; receiving a beam indication indicating at least one TCI state from the set of TCI states, wherein the at least one TCI state indicates a group of M beams partitioned into K sets of beams for K entities (E[subscript]1[/subscript], E[subscript]2[/subscript], . . . E[subscript]K[/subscript]), where an i-th set of beams is associated with entity E[subscript]i [/subscript]and comprises N[subscript]i [/subscript]beams, and [subscript]i=1[/subscript][superscript]K[/superscript]N[subscript]i[/subscript]=M; decoding the beam indication; determining a beam for entity E[subscript]i [/subscript]based on the i-th set of beams; and transmitting an uplink (UL) transmission or receiving a downlink (DL) transmission based on the determined beam for entity E[subscript]i[/subscript], wherein i is an entity index and takes a value from [1, . . . , K].

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Scheduling energy harvesting nodes in a wireless sensor networks
Patent No. 12120728

Inventor(s): Anuj Batra (Dallas, TX), Ariton E. Xhafa (Plano, TX), Bradford James Campbell (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18324515 on 05/26/2023 (508 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for optimizing power consumption of energy harvesting nodes in a wireless sensor network. In one embodiment, a system includes a network coordinator. The network coordinator includes a wireless transceiver and a controller. The wireless transceiver is configured to provide access to the wireless sensor network. The controller is configured to determine whether a wireless device that is wirelessly communicating with the network coordinator is powered via energy harvesting. The controller is also configured to schedule, based on a determination that the wireless device is powered via energy harvesting, the wireless device to communicate via the wireless sensor network using a priority timeslot of a superframe of the wireless sensor network. The priority timeslot is a timeslot occurring in an initial portion of the superframe.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Two-stage power supply architecture with flyback/LLC and buck converter for led display
Patent No. 12120790

Inventor(s): Yang Wu (Guangzhou, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17514909 on 10/29/2021 (1082 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a system includes a single-output flyback/LLC converter adapted to be coupled to an alternating current (AC) power supply. The system also includes a buck regulator coupled to the single-output flyback/LLC converter. The system includes a first LED including an anode coupled to the single-output flyback/LLC converter and a cathode coupled to the buck regulator. The system also includes a second LED including an anode coupled to the single-output flyback/LLC converter and a cathode coupled to a ground terminal.

[H05B] ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

DESIGN PATENTS

Model vehicle wheelie bar
Patent No. D1046702

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Jonathan Scott Wood (Campbell, CA), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Trent Collins (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29829421 on 03/04/2022 (956 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Wheel
Patent No. D1046744

Inventor(s): David Aaron Yanoshak (Dallas, TX), Gregory Elliott Needel (Coppell, TX), Nicholas James Coussens (Chicago, IL), Orion Christopher DeYoe (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): REV Robotics LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29834695 on 04/13/2022 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Electronic device with display screen and transitional search graphical user interface
Patent No. D1046904

Inventor(s): Ranjit Abbadasari (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Scinapsis Analytics Inc. (Toronto, , CA)
Law Firm: Lathrop GPM LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29855350 on 09/30/2022 (746 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Motivational poster
Patent No. D1046962

Inventor(s): Rebecca Hadley (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Goldstein Law Offices, P.C. (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29854873 on 09/28/2022 (748 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Educational poster
Patent No. D1046964

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Educational poster
Patent No. D1046965

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Dispenser housing
Patent No. D1047080

Inventor(s): Stephen William O”Brien (Fort Worth, TX), Todd Michael Coleman (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): AC AVALANCHE, LLC (Valley View, OH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29829017 on 03/02/2022 (958 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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