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 August 6, 2024 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 9
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 13
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 5
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 7
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 7
G: PHYSICS 39
H: ELECTRICITY 32

Design: 10

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas) 17
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 5
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston) 4
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 4
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) 4
BMIC LLC (Dallas) 3
Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) 3
Creative Manufacturing, LLC (Arlington) 3
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 3

UNASSIGNED 6

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Patrick Hogan Sullins (Arlington) 3
Baoquan Huang (Troy, MI) 2
Benjamin S. Chao (Troy, MI) 2
Henry U. Lee (West Bloomfield, MI) 2
Kirby Alan Smith (Fort Worth) 2
Nolan Serrao (Plano) 2
Todd W. Benson (Dallas) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Plants with reduced Lipase 1 activity
Patent No. 12052997

Inventor(s): Aaron Holm (Davis, CA), Ann Slade (Davis, CA), Dayna Loeffler (Davis, CA), Jessica Mullenberg (Davis, CA), Lisa Chambers (Davis, CA), Michelle Noval (Davis, CA)
Assignee(s): ARCADIA BIOSCIENCES, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (Rochester) (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17402216 on 08/13/2021 (1089 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a series of independent human-induced non-transgenic mutations found at one or more of the Lip1 genes of a plant; plants having these mutations in one or more of their Lip1 genes; and a method of creating and finding similar and/or additional mutations of Lip1 by screening pooled and/or individual plants. The plants disclosed herein exhibit decreased lipase activity without having the inclusion of foreign nucleic acids in their genomes. Additionally, products produced from the plants disclosed herein exhibit increased hydrolytic and oxidative stability and increased shelf life without having the inclusion of foreign nucleic acids in their genomes.

[A01H] NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES [5]

Dual function wireless power and thermal receiver
Patent No. 12053055

Inventor(s): Kenneth Moore (Dallas, TX), Malek Ramezani (Farmers Branch, TX), Petru Emanuel Stingu (Dallas, TX), Ruwanga Dassanayake (Dallas, TX), Yulong Hou (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Spark Connected LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: SLATER MATSIL, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17236815 on 04/21/2021 (1203 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for heating a personal device using a wirelessly-powered heating device includes: wirelessly receiving power with a receiving coil of the wirelessly-powered heating device, the receiving coil located inside the personal device, where the receiving coil is coupled to a capacitor of the wirelessly-powered heating device to form a receiver resonant tank; and heating the personal device with heat produced by a resistance of the receiving coil, where the receiving coil functions as a receiver antenna and as a heat producing element.

[A43B] CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR

Device and method for treating osteonecrosis
Patent No. 12053191

Inventor(s): Harry K. W. Kim (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16945270 on 07/31/2020 (1467 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes a method and devices for treating osteonecrosis in, e.g., children, adolescents, and adults comprising: identifying a subject in need of treatment for osteonecrosis; drilling two or more holes into a bone in need of treatment for osteonecrosis; inserting two or more needles or cannulas into the holes in the bone; washing an interior of the bone with a washing fluid introduced through one or more of the needles or cannulas inserted into the bone; and after washing the interior of the bone introducing one or more bone growth promoting materials or cells into the bone.

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

Implant of osteostimulative material
Patent No. 12053215

Inventor(s): Brandon Roller (Colleyville, TX), Drew Diaz (Colleyville, TX), Frankie Morris (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Bone Solutions, Inc. (Colleyville, TX)
Law Firm: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert Berghoff LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18147167 on 12/28/2022 (587 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bone-implantable device and methods of use. The bone-implantable device comprises a body having an exterior surface, wherein a portion of the exterior surface includes a cured osteostimulative material comprising MgO.

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

Transducer interface system and method
Patent No. 12053266

Inventor(s): Phillip Douglas Purdy (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Endophys Holdings, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14553922 on 11/25/2014 (3542 days app to issue)

Abstract: A transducer interface system/method allowing conversion from an analog sensor input to a standardized analog output interface is disclosed. In some preferred embodiments the system/method permits a fiber optic pressure sensor to be interfaced to a standard patient care monitor (PCM) system using standardized Wheatstone Bridge analog interface inputs. Within this context the Wheatstone Bridge sensed output is defined by stimulus from the PCM and modulation of bridge element values by the conditioned output of an analog pressure sensor. The use of analog-to-digital-to-analog conversion in this transducer interface permits retrofitting of PCM devices having analog Wheatstone Bridge inputs with advanced patient monitoring sensors without the need for specialized modifications to the baseline PCM data collection framework. Methods disclosed herein include techniques to connect arbitrary types/numbers of analog sensors to traditional PCM systems without the need for PCM system hardware/software modifications.

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

Systems and methods for monitoring of incentive spirometry
Patent No. 12053272

Inventor(s): Farid Farahmand (Plano, TX), Foad Farahmand (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TIDAL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17213923 on 03/26/2021 (1229 days app to issue)

Abstract: An incentive spirometry monitoring device and method of use. The device can be integrated to/made a part of an incentive spirometer and is capable of monitoring inspiration within the incentive spirometer. The incentive spirometry monitoring device has a user interface for inputting a variety of different parameters, including a desired air volume, as well as attempt thresholds. Results can be stored such that medical personnel can review attempts by a patient to monitor therapeutic use, as well as encouraging patient use.

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

Tool for seating an orthodontic aligner and method of using same
Patent No. 12053347

Inventor(s): Michael Woodford Freitas (Burnet, TX), Shannon Marie Scherr (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): IDM Tooling, LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17712435 on 04/04/2022 (855 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tool and method for seating an orthodontic aligner, unseating the aligner, or both. In one aspect, the tool comprises a handle portion and seating portion. The seating portion is connected to the handle portion. The seating portion comprises a rippled structure having the shape of a series of waves, the waves having a direction of propagation directed away from the handle portion. In a second aspect, a handle portion of the tool comprises a hook adjacent to a recess in the handle portion, the hook being configured to unseat an aligner. In a third aspect, the method comprises seating an aligner by holding a handle portion of the tool, positioning the seating portion between sets of teeth and repeatedly biting the seating portion. In a fourth aspect, the method comprises unseating an aligner by holding the rippled seating portion and using the hook to apply force to the aligner.

[A61C] DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; preparations for dentistry A61K 6/00; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K 8/00, A61Q 11/00)

Patient transport apparatus with electro-mechanical braking system
Patent No. 12053423

Inventor(s): Lavanya Vytla (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Kalamazoo, MI)
Law Firm: Howard Howard Attorneys PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17789869 on 12/23/2020 (1322 days app to issue)

Abstract: A patient transport apparatus includes a base, a patient support deck, a plurality of wheels, a plurality of brakes, and an electro-mechanical braking system. The electro-mechanical braking system includes a linkage, a manual actuator, and an electrical braking assembly. The linkage is operatively coupled to the brakes to place the brakes in a braked state, a released state, or other state. The manual actuator moves the linkage manually to place the brakes in one of the states. The electrical braking assembly includes an actuator assembly that moves the linkage with electrical power to place the brakes in one of the states.

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

Vehicle sanitizer system and method of sanitizing a vehicle
Patent No. 12053558

Inventor(s): Atsushi Iwai (Pittsburgh, PA), Ercan M. Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Paul D. Schmalenberg (Pittsburgh, PA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17221938 on 04/05/2021 (1219 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle sanitizer system includes a sanitizer emitter member, selectively moveable between a stowed position in a compartment of a vehicle cabin and a deployed position out of the compartment; a sensor module to detect an interior of a vehicle cabin as sensor data; and a vehicle sanitizer module, that includes one or more processors to execute a set of instructions that cause the vehicle sanitizer module to: conduct, in response to the detection, an analysis of the sensor data; identify, in response to the analysis, one or more target interior surfaces in the vehicle cabin to be sanitized; and cause, via the sanitizer emitter member and in response to the identification, generation of water vapor content into the vehicle cabin, one or more sanitizer streams directed at the identified one or more target interior surfaces.

[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]

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

Field processing natural gas for sulfur recovery with dynamically adjustable flow rate control
Patent No. 12053737

Inventor(s): Billy G Clark (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Streamline Innovations, Inc. (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Anderson Gorecki LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17227697 on 04/12/2021 (1212 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dynamically adjustable rate sulfur recovery process continuously calculates and adjusts sour gas stream operating pressure and/or flow rate to maximize sweet gas output, thereby improving efficiency. A corresponding desulfurization system may include a fixed-sized pressure vessel, a flow control valve that controls the rate of flow of a sour gas stream into the pressure vessel, a sensor that measures sulfur concentration in the sour gas stream, a reagent tank, an oxidizer tank, and a phase separator that separates sweet gas as a gaseous phase after hydrogen sulfide in the sour gas stream in the pressure vessel is converted to elemental sulfur, sulfur species, or both by contact with reagent from the reagent tank and oxidizer from the oxidizer tank. A PLC (programmable logic controller) continuously calculates updated flow rates based on sulfur concentration measurements from the sensor to achieve maximum sweet gas production.

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

Multi-layer operating system and method for mobile robots
Patent No. 12053881

Inventor(s): Hongming Chen (Hong Kong, , HK)
Assignee(s): Rainbow Dynamics LLC (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18629806 on 04/08/2024 (120 days app to issue)

Abstract: The application provides a multi-layer operating system and method for mobile robots. The multi-layer operating system includes a stacked multi-layer operation platform, a warehouse control system and a robot control system, wherein the operation platform is configured for bearing mobile robots to perform an operation; the warehouse control system is configured for generating a target operation instruction based on a received operation task; the robot control system is configured for allocating the target operation instruction to a corresponding mobile robot for execution according to position information and state information about the mobile robot; and the warehouse control system is further configured for acquiring a robot idle degree parameter respectively corresponding to each layer of the operation platform, and determining a mobile robot deployment scheme. The application enables achieving multi-level simultaneous operation of the mobile robots, thereby improving space utilization, operation efficiency and an upper limit of the operation efficiency.

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

Luminescent non-pneumatic tire device
Patent No. 12054018

Inventor(s): Johnnie Hogue (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17894432 on 08/24/2022 (713 days app to issue)

Abstract: A luminescent non-pneumatic tire device for supporting a wheel rim on a rough road surface without needing to be filled with air includes a cylindrical inner wall, a tread concentrically positioned around the inner wall, and a pair of sidewalls coupling the inner wall to the tread. A cable is concentrically coupled around the inner wall, and a plurality of flat springs extend from the cable to the tread. Each flat spring is deformable and contributes to smoothing bumps in a road surface traversed by the device. The device also comprises a photoluminescent material which serves to increase the visibility of the device.

[B60C] VEHICLE TYRES (manufacture, repairing B29); TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES (testing of tyres G01M 17/02) [5]

Color changing vehicle to improve visibility
Patent No. 12054091

Inventor(s): Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18299921 on 04/13/2023 (481 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for changing the exterior color of a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a vehicle with a color change system integrated into the vehicle body of the vehicle. The color change system can change the color of a portion of the vehicle body in response to commands from a color change module running on a computing system within the vehicle. The color change module can detect information about the vehicle”s environment to determine an appropriate target exterior vehicle color that contrasts substantially with the vehicle”s environment.

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

Systems and methods for skid recovery using front wheel slip
Patent No. 12054154

Inventor(s): Alexander R. Green (Redwood City, CA), Avinash Balachandran (Sunnyvale, CA), Hanh Nguyen (Morgan Hill, CA), John Subosits (Menlo Park, CA), Michael Thompson (San Juan Capistrano, CA), Yan Ming Jonathan Goh (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Research Institute, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17329443 on 05/25/2021 (1169 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to skid recovery for a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method for controlling a vehicle during skid includes obtaining data indicating a skid condition of the vehicle, determining whether the skid condition can be corrected by counter-steering, and executing an intervention when the skid condition cannot be corrected by counter-steering, the intervention including inducing slippage in front wheels of the vehicle to change a direction and/or magnitude of lateral forces at the front wheels.

[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]

Hardware timer data expiration
Patent No. 12054157

Inventor(s): Roger J. Baker (Frisco, TX), Satyajit P. Patne (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17470373 on 09/09/2021 (1062 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a portion of memory in a transport to store data, establishing a timeframe when the data may be accessed based on a type of the data, and clearing the data from the portion of memory after the timeframe. The type of the data may be related to one or more of the transport and an occupant of the transport. A length of the timeframe is inversely proportional to a criticality of the type of the data.

System and method for protection against vortex ring state
Patent No. 12054244

Inventor(s): Albert Gerard Brand (North Richland Hills, TX), Ronald Lorenz Kisor (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: SLATER MATSIL, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18152924 on 01/11/2023 (573 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for protecting a rotorcraft from entering a vortex ring state, the method including monitoring a vertical speed of a rotorcraft, comparing the vertical speed to a vertical speed safety threshold, and performing vortex ring state (VRS) avoidance in response to the vertical speed exceeding the vertical speed safety threshold. The performing the VRS avoidance includes determining a power margin available from one or more engines of the rotorcraft, limiting the vertical speed of the rotorcraft in response to the power margin exceeding a threshold, and increasing a forward airspeed of the rotorcraft in response to the power margin not exceeding the threshold.

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

Optimizing usage of supplemental engine power
Patent No. 12054245

Inventor(s): Charles Eric Covington (Colleyville, TX), Kent E. Donaldson (Fort Worth, TX), Thomas Dewey Parsons (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17867231 on 07/18/2022 (750 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, an aircraft includes a drive system, a main engine coupled to the drive system to provide first power, and a supplemental engine coupled to the drive system to provide second power additive to the first power. The aircraft also includes a control system to control the main engine and the supplemental engine to optimize usage of the supplemental engine. The control system is operable to maintain the supplemental engine in a reduced power state at least until a determination is made that supplemental power is needed to satisfy a total power demand of the drive system. The control system is also operable to determine that supplemental power is needed to satisfy the total power demand of the drive system. The control system is further operable to increase a power level of the supplemental engine in response to the determination that supplemental power is needed.

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

Installation of gear assemblies in aircraft gearboxes
Patent No. 12054276

Inventor(s): John Nathan Maxwell (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17746786 on 05/17/2022 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of assembling an aircraft gearbox. The method includes mounting an outer race and a plurality of rollers of a roller bearing in an opening of a gearbox housing, mating a cylindrical guide sleeve having a lead-in chamfer with a gear assembly having a gear and a cylindrical shaft such that a trailing shoulder of the guide sleeve is positioned proximate a leading shoulder of the shaft, the shaft including an inner race of the roller bearing, axially passing the lead-in chamfer of the guide sleeve through the plurality of rollers, radially outwardly urging the rollers toward the outer race with the guide sleeve, axially passing the leading shoulder of the shaft through the plurality of rollers, positioning the inner race relative to the plurality of rollers to form the roller bearing and removing the guide sleeve from the gear assembly.

[B23P] OTHER WORKING OF METAL; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q)

Aircraft fuel systems
Patent No. 12054277

Inventor(s): Ronald James Turner (Fort Worth, TX), Suvankar Mishra (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17064520 on 10/06/2020 (1400 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft fuel system includes a fuel cell adapted to contain fuel. A fuel cell receiving assembly has an inner surface adapted to receive the fuel cell. A shaped foam substrate is machined from a foam substrate to fit between the inner surface of the fuel cell receiving assembly and the fuel cell. A polyurea spray coating substantially covers the shaped foam substrate to form a fuel cell cushion. The polyurea spray coating is sprayable onto the shaped foam substrate such that the fuel cell cushion is substantially nonabsorbent of fuel. The fuel cell cushion is interposable between the inner surface of the fuel cell receiving assembly and the fuel cell to cushion the fuel cell from damage.

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

Electrically actuatable containers and methods for use
Patent No. 12054310

Inventor(s): 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: 17687966 on 03/07/2022 (883 days app to issue)

Abstract: An actuatable container includes a first electrode panel and a second electrode panel, wherein the first electrode panel and the second electrode panel each comprises an electrode, an electrode insulation coating surrounding the electrode, an electrode lead, and a plurality of fold regions, the first electrode panel and the second electrode panel are each foldable along the plurality of fold regions to permit the first electrode panel and the second electrode panel to move between a first form and a second form, and the first electrode panel is electrically engageable with the second electrode panel, upon application of a voltage to the first electrode panel and the second electrode panel, to retain the first electrode panel and the second electrode panel in the second form.

[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

Stress isolation using three-dimensional trenches
Patent No. 12054385

Inventor(s): Benjamin Cook (Los Gatos, CA), Jeronimo Segovia-Fernandez (San Jose, CA), Ricky Alan Jackson (Richardson, TX), Ting-Ta Yen (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17388301 on 07/29/2021 (1104 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor system includes a substrate. The substrate has a front side and a back side. A device is formed on the front side of the substrate. A vertical spring is etched in the substrate about the device. A trench is etched in the front side of the substrate about the device. A wall of the trench forms a side of the vertical spring.

[B81B] MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICAL DEVICES (piezo-electric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements per se H01L 41/00) [7]

Panel assembly with mullion joint
Patent No. 12054980

Inventor(s): Catherine Trent (Allen, TX), Kevin M. Chapla (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: CANTOR COLBURN LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17698981 on 03/18/2022 (872 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a panel assembly configured to form a mullion joint. The panel assembly can comprise a panel composed of a material substrate that, in some examples, can be transparent to radio frequency signals. The panel assembly can further comprise a first bezel configured to frame a perimeter of the panel on a first side of the panel. The panel assembly can comprise a second bezel configured to frame the perimeter of the panel on a second side of the panel opposite of the first side, the second bezel comprising cogs formed on a first edge of the second bezel. The cogs of the second bezel can be configured to receive and join with cogs of a bezel of a second panel assembly to form a mullion joint. The mullion joint can be transparent, opaque, or partially transparent to radio frequency signals and/or visible light.

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

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

Photochlorination of chloroform to carbon tetrachloride
Patent No. 12054444

Inventor(s): Brian Calderwood (Wichita, KS), Darrell Hollis (Conway Springs, KS), Keith S. Kramer (Andover, KS), Robert L. Zeller (Seabrook, TX), Rodney L. Klausmeyer (Wichita, KS)
Assignee(s): Occidental Chemical Corporation (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Renner, Kenner (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18111590 on 02/19/2023 (534 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of producing carbon tetrachloride, the method comprising the step of reacting chlorine with chloroform in the presence of electromagnetic radiation within a reaction mixture that includes the chlorine, the chloroform, and carbon tetrachloride, where the concentration of chloroform is less than 5000 ppm by weight relative to the weight of the reaction mixture, where the reaction mixture includes at least stoichiometric levels of chlorine relative to chloroform, where the electromagnetic radiation creates chloride radicals, and where the reaction mixture is well mixed.

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

Polyvinyl ester formulations, methods of making the same roofing materials and roofing systems including the same
Patent No. 12054608

Inventor(s): Denis Tibah (Waxahachie, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Venable LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18297864 on 04/10/2023 (484 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising obtaining a mixture comprising at least one vinyl polymer, at least one organic acid, and at least one hydronium ion donor. In some embodiments, the method comprises reacting an OH group of the B polymer chain segment with the at least one organic acid in the presence of the at least one hydronium ion donor, so as to form at least one polyvinyl ester. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a roofing material comprising at least one reinforcement material and at least one polyvinyl ester.

[C08L] COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) [2]

Lightweight joint compound composition
Patent No. 12054627

Inventor(s): Charles Miner (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): PROFORM FINISHING PRODUCTS, LLC (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17097103 on 11/13/2020 (1362 days app to issue)

Abstract: In the present disclosure, a joint compound composition is disclosed. The joint compound composition comprises water, a cementitious filler, a mineral filler, and an elastomer wherein the joint compound composition exhibits a viscosity of 50 poise or less when measured at a temperature of 23 C. and shear rate of 100 s[superscript]1 [/superscript]and/or a yield stress of 1,500 dynes/cm[superscript]2 [/superscript]or less. The present disclosure is also directed to a method of making a joint compound composition. The method comprises combining and mixing water, a cementitious filler, a mineral filler, and an aqueous dispersion including an elastomer.

[C09D] COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR (cosmetics A61K; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general, B05D; staining wood B27K 5/02; glazes or vitreous enamels C03C; natural resins, French polish, drying-oils, driers, turpentine, per se, C09F; polishing compositions other than French polish, ski waxes C09G; adhesives or use of materials as adhesives C09J; materials for sealing or packing joints or covers C09K 3/10; materials for stopping leaks C09K 3/12; processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings C25D) [5]

3D printed hydrogen storage systems using non-pyrophoric hydrogen storage alloys
Patent No. 12054814

Inventor(s): Baoquan Huang (Troy, MI), Benjamin S. Chao (Troy, MI), Henry U. Lee (West Bloomfield, MI), Kirby Alan Smith (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): HARNYSS IP, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17870124 on 07/21/2022 (747 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hydrogen storage system includes a hydrogen storage alloy containment vessel comprising an external pressure containment vessel and a thermally conductive compartmentalization network disposed within the pressure containment vessel. The compartmentalization network creates compartments within the pressure vessel within which a hydrogen storage alloy is disposed. One or both of the compartmentalization network and the pressure vessel may be formed by a 3D printing process, such as by Selective Laser Melting (SLM) and/or Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS). The hydrogen storage alloy is a non-pyrophoric AB[subscript]2[/subscript]-type Laves phase hydrogen storage alloy having: an A-site to B-site elemental ratio of not more than 0.5; and an alloy composition including (in at %): Zr: 2.0-5.5, Ti: 27-31.3, V: 8.3-9.9, Cr: 20.6-30.5, Mn: 25.4-33.0, Fe: 1.0-5.9, Al: 0.1-0.4, and/or Ni: 0.0-4.0.

[C22C] ALLOYS (treatment of alloys C21D, C22F)

Hydrogen storage systems using non-pyrophoric hydrogen storage alloys
Patent No. 12054815

Abstract: A hydrogen storage system includes a hydrogen storage alloy containment vessel comprising an external pressure containment vessel and a thermally conductive compartmentalization network disposed within the pressure containment vessel. The compartmentalization network creates compartments within the pressure vessel within which a hydrogen storage alloy is disposed. The compartmentalization network includes a plurality of thermally conductive elongate tubes positioned within the pressure vessel forming a coherent, tightly packed tube bundle providing a thermally conductive network between the hydrogen storage alloy and the pressure vessel. The hydrogen storage alloy is a non-pyrophoric AB[subscript]2[/subscript]-type Laves phase hydrogen storage alloy having: an A-site to B-site elemental ratio of not more than 0.5; and an alloy composition including (in at %): Zr: 2.0-5.5, Ti: 27-31.3, V: 8.3-9.9, Cr: 20.6-30.5, Mn: 25.4-33.0, Fe: 1.0-5.9, Al: 0.1-0.4, and/or Ni: 0.0-4.0.

[C22C] ALLOYS (treatment of alloys C21D, C22F)

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

Building manufacturing using layered materials
Patent No. 12054936

Inventor(s): Daniel E. Boss (Morristown, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17591426 on 02/02/2022 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: A kit includes a plurality of wall members. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of wall members includes an exterior surface material. In some embodiments, the exterior surface material passes an accelerated weathering test simulating damage caused by outdoor weathering. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of wall members include an interior surface material. In some embodiments, the interior surface material passes an environmental quality test. In some embodiments, the exterior surface material is different than the interior surface material. In some embodiments, the kit includes a plurality of brackets. In some embodiments, the plurality of brackets is configured to join a first of the plurality of wall members and a second of the plurality of wall members. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of brackets includes the exterior surface material and the interior surface material. In some embodiments, the kit includes a door.

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

Asphalt sealcoats and asphalt shingle waste coatings in roofing materials
Patent No. 12054949

Inventor(s): Matti Kiik (Dallas, TX), Richard A. Nowak (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18306027 on 04/24/2023 (470 days app to issue)

Abstract: Asphalt sealcoats and asphalt shingle waste coatings for roofing materials are provided. A roofing material comprises a substrate having an exposed surface and an unexposed surface. An asphalt shingle waste coating is located on at least a portion of the exposed surface of the substrate. The asphalt shingle waste coating comprises an asphalt shingle waste, wherein the asphalt shingle waste comprises a waste asphalt and a limestone. An asphalt sealcoat is located on at least a portion of the asphalt shingle waste coating. The asphalt sealcoat is substantially free of the asphalt shingle waste. The asphalt sealcoat has a thickness of no greater than 50% of a thickness of the asphalt shingle waste coating.

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

Advanced loading method for ball rotation cutting and method of use therefor
Patent No. 12055003

Inventor(s): Benjamin Thomas Derryberry (Mesquite, TX), Kenneth Lemoine Schwendemann (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17600002 on 04/29/2019 (1926 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a valve assembly and method for opening and closing thereof. The valve assembly, in one aspect, includes a valve body having inlet and outlet flow passageways connected by a valve chamber, and a ball valve member having a bore there through creating a ball/bore interface, the ball valve member located in the valve chamber for selective rotation between valve open and valve closed positions to control flow through the valve assembly. The valve assembly, according to this aspect, includes a linear actuation member slideable to engage proximate the ball/bore interface to assist in moving the ball valve member to the valve closed position.

[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]

Fluid tight float for use in a downhole environment
Patent No. 12055011

Inventor(s): Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17900939 on 09/01/2022 (705 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a float for use with a fluid flow control device, a fluid flow control device, a method for manufacturing a float, and a well system. The float, in one aspect, includes a fluid tight enclosure. The float, according to this aspect, further includes density specific material located within the fluid tight enclosure, the fluid tight enclosure and the density specific material creating a net density for the float that is between a first density of a desired fluid and a second density of an undesired fluid, such that the float may control fluid flow through a flow control device when encountering the desired fluid or the undesired fluid.

System and method for well drilling control based on borehole cleaning
Patent No. 12055028

Inventor(s): Todd W. Benson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Motive Drilling Technologies, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16450599 on 06/24/2019 (1870 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the cleaning effectiveness of a well borehole during drilling. A control system may monitor various parameters, including the volume of drilling mud and any materials entering a borehole, including by a flow rate, and the volume of fluids and materials (such as drilling mud and rock) exiting a borehole, including by a flow rate, and determining if there is a difference, the value of any such difference, whether the value is within one or more target ranges, falls below a threshold therefor, or exceeds a threshold therefor. If the control system determines that the value of the difference in volumes indicates that corrective action is appropriate, then taking such corrective action by modifying one or more drilling parameters.

Method for washing over an anchoring subassembly
Patent No. 12055039

Inventor(s): Srinivasa Prasanna Vemuri (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17962844 on 10/10/2022 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided, in one aspect, is a method for forming a well system. The method, in one aspect, includes forming a wellbore within a subterranean formation, and positioning an anchoring subassembly within the wellbore. The method, according to this aspect, further includes washing over at least a portion of the anchoring subassembly with a washover assembly, and then removing the washed over anchoring subassembly from the wellbore.

Systems and methods for drilling a well
Patent No. 12056777

Inventor(s): John Burkhart (Dallas, TX), Teddy Chen (Austin, TX), Todd W. Benson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MOT1VE DR1LL1NG TECHNOLOG1ES, 1NC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18452249 on 08/18/2023 (354 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a method for selecting one of a plurality of convergence paths that may be drilled by a bottom hole assembly (BHA) comprising identifying, by a computer system, a plurality of geometric convergence paths, wherein each of the geometric convergence paths provides a convergence solution from a defined bottom hole assembly (BHA) location to a target drilling path of a well plan. An offset distance is calculated for drilling by the BHA each of the geometric convergence paths connecting the BHA location to the target drilling path. A drill path curvature associated with drilling each of the geometric convergence paths by the BHA is determined by the computer system. A time required for drilling each of the geometric convergence paths by the BHA is determined by the computer system. An optimal geometric convergence path of the plurality of geometric convergence paths is determined responsive to the offset distance for drilling each of the geometric convergence paths, the drill path curvature associated with each of the geometric convergence paths and the time required for drilling each of the geometric convergence paths. The determined optimal geometric convergence path is fed to a controller associated with a display of a drilling rig and used to control the display of the drilling rig to display the determined optimal geometric convergence path.

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

Lattice formation of thermoplastic materials to model elastic behavior
Patent No. 12055008

Inventor(s): Chad William Glaesman (McKinney, TX), Timothy Alan Freeney (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: DeLizio, Peacock, Lewin Guerra, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16622374 on 03/28/2019 (1958 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sealing assembly for use in a wellbore tool includes thermoplastic materials arranged in a lattice structure to provide a bulk elasticity on the order of elastomeric materials. The lattice structure permits an energizing element of the sealing assembly to deform sufficiently in the elastic range of the thermoplastic materials to provide repeatable sealing capabilities. The lattice structure may be constructed by additive manufacturing processes to include voids therein, which allow the thermoplastic members of the lattice to flex and bend. The energizing element may thereby exhibit a greater elasticity in bulk than the elasticity of the thermoplastic materials themselves. The lattice structure may be enclosed in an outer cover constructed of a polymeric, elastomeric or other material to facilitate the interaction between the seal assembly and the corresponding sealing surfaces of a downhole wellbore tool.

[F16J] PISTONS; CYLINDERS; PRESSURE VESSELS IN GENERAL; SEALINGS

Energy recovery system to be used in natural gas pipelines
Patent No. 12055049

Inventor(s): Willard P. Bridges (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17711332 on 04/01/2022 (858 days app to issue)

Abstract: An energy recovery system places fans inside a pipe that carries natural gas or another fluid so that as the fluid passes over them, they rotate. As the fans rotate, they cause a generator to create electricity from the rotation. The fans thereby remove energy from the natural gas so that it reaches a pressure, velocity, or temperature that it is able to be consumed at.

[F01D] NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (combustion engines F02; machines or engines for liquids F03, F04; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D)

Computing device supporting structure
Patent No. 12055266

Inventor(s): Alison Wen (Plano, TX), Shaofen Chen (Plano, TX), Zhaofang Wen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18108781 on 02/13/2023 (540 days app to issue)

Abstract: A support prong system for a laptop device or other device includes one or more support prongs that are attachable to an underside of the device. Each support prong has a proximal prong portion for attachment nearest the device, and a most distal portion for contact with a device supporting surface. The support prongs may include one or more intermediate prong portions between the proximal prong portion and most distal portion. The system includes an attachable mount typically attached to the underside of the device and residing between the proximal prong portion and the device. The attachable mount has an active coupler member that couples and decouples with the proximal prong portion. Height and angle adjustment for the laptop or other device may be obtained by adjusting the one or more support prongs.

[F16M] FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS OR SUPPORTS

HVAC thermostat assembly and wall-plate connector
Patent No. 12055310

Inventor(s): Aravind Sridharan (Chennai, , IN), Mohan Renganathan (Chennai, , IN), Stephen J. Vendt (Lewisville, TX), Surendran Ramasamy (Chennai, , IN)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Johnston IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17884543 on 08/09/2022 (728 days app to issue)

Abstract: An HVAC thermostat assembly has a wall-plate connector that includes a wall-plate and wire connectors as a whole that allows for a thinner, more aesthetic design. In one instance, the HVAC thermostat includes a display unit with a wall-plate connector recess having a plurality of electrical connector pins extending outward to mate with a wall-plate connector. The wall-plate connector includes a wall plate with incorporated electrical terminals. Other assemblies and systems are disclosed.

[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)

Occupancy tracking using sound recognition
Patent No. 12055311

Inventor(s): Prasad Mecheri Chandravihar (Richardson, TX), Sunil Bondalapati (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18340470 on 06/23/2023 (410 days app to issue)

Abstract: An occupancy tracking device configured to receive a plurality of sound samples over a predetermined time period. The device is further configured to compute an audio signature for each sound sample. The device is further configured to populate entries in the voice data log for the sound samples, to identify one or more clusters based on an audio signature that is associated with the populated entries, and to determine a number of clusters that are identified. The device is further configured to determine a predicted occupancy level based on the number of clusters that are identified and to control a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system based on the predicted occupancy level.

Dryer for portable electronic devices
Patent No. 12055346

Inventor(s): Robert Stumbo (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17826220 on 05/27/2022 (802 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dryer for portable electronic devices includes a hollow case having a top section and a bottom section that open and close in a clamshell-type fashion. The case further includes an interior compartment that is dimensioned to receive a vacuum pump, a nitrogen bottle, hoses, and most portable electronic devices. On one of the outer walls is a vacuum port for connecting a hose to the vacuum pump to remove moisture from the case interior. Adjacent the vacuum port is a nitrogen inlet port for connecting a second hose to the nitrogen bottle to deliver nitrogen to the case interior. Accordingly, the pump is activated for a predetermined duration to remove atmospheric water vapor and then the case is saturated with nitrogen to remove any residual moisture from the electronic device.

[F26B] DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM (drying devices for combines A01D 41/133; racks for drying fruit or vegetables A01F 25/12; drying foodstuffs A23; drying hair A45D 20/00; body-drying implements A47K 10/00; drying household articles A47L; drying gases or vapours B01D; chemical or physical processes for dewatering or like separating liquids from solids B01D 43/00; centrifugal apparatus B04; drying ceramics C04B 33/30; drying yarns or fabrics in association with some other form of treatment D06C; drying frames for laundry without heating or positive air circulation, domestic laundry-or spin-driers, wringing or hot pressing laundry D06F; furnaces, kilns, ovens F27)

Systems and methods for improving the brightness of a building-window transparent display using supplemental light sources that include ambient light collected by an array of diffraction gratings
Patent No. 12055745

Inventor(s): Danny J. Lohan (Northville, MI), Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Hiroshi Ando (Nagoya, , JP), Kojiro Tachi (Nagakute, , JP), Masaaki Kawauchi (Chita County, , JP), Sean P. Rodrigues (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18071967 on 11/30/2022 (615 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for improving the brightness of a transparent display are disclosed herein. One embodiment collects ambient light using an array of diffraction gratings disposed on an external surface of a building; filters the ambient light to produce filtered ambient light; generates primary-source light using a light-emitting-diode (LED) light source; and injects, into a transparent edge-lit liquid crystal waveguide display deployed in at least a portion of a window of the building, the primary-source light and the filtered ambient light in a color-synchronized manner. The filtered ambient light improves the brightness of the transparent edge-lit liquid crystal waveguide display.

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

P H Y S I C S

Method and sensor system with integrated calibration mechanism
Patent No. 12055418

Inventor(s): Ge Shen (Shanghai, , CN), Jun Zhang (Shanghai, , CN), Songhua Hu (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17677930 on 02/22/2022 (896 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system generating an electrical signal based on at least one physical quantity, includes sensor units each generating an individual electrical signal in response to the at least one physical quantity, a selecting unit selecting a first number of sensor units from the sensor units and outputting a first combined electrical signal based on the first number of sensor units, and a calibrating unit determining a second number of sensor units to be selected based on the first combined electrical signal.

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

Display device having diffraction gratings with reduced polarization sensitivity
Patent No. 12055725

Inventor(s): Nai-Wen Pi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Magic Leap, Inc. (Plantation, FL)
Law Firm: Tobias Intellectual Property Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18308404 on 04/27/2023 (467 days app to issue)

Abstract: Blazed diffraction gratings provide optical elements in head-mounted display systems to, e.g., incouple light into or out-couple light out of a waveguide. These blazed diffraction gratings may be configured to have reduced polarization sensitivity. Such gratings may, for example, incouple or outcouple light of different polarizations with similar level of efficiency. The blazed diffraction gratings and waveguides may be formed in a high refractive index substrate such as lithium niobate. In some implementations, the blazed diffraction gratings may include diffractive features having a feature height of 40 nm to 120 nm, for example, 80 nm. The diffractive features may be etched into the high index substrate, e.g., lithium niobate.

[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]

Intelligent optical switch
Patent No. 12055762

Inventor(s): David Zhi Chen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Go!Foton Holdings, Inc. (Somerset, NJ)
Law Firm: Lerner David LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17366551 on 07/02/2021 (1131 days app to issue)

Abstract: An optical assembly includes a connector assembly, a plurality of port assemblies, and a frame assembly. The connector assembly includes an optical fiber connector. The plurality of port assemblies is fixed in position relative to each other. The frame assembly includes a frame directly attached to the connector assembly or directly attached to the plurality of port assemblies. The frame is moveable to align the connector with each of the port assemblies. The connector is insertable into each of the port assemblies when the connector is aligned with a respective one of the port assemblies by moving the connector or the respective port assembly aligned with the connector along a single axis and into the respective port assembly.

Systems and methods for creating and using risk profiles for fleet management of a fleet of vehicles
Patent No. 12055948

Inventor(s): David Forney (La Jolla, CA), Jason Palmer (Carlsbad, CA), Mark Freitas (San Diego, CA), Nicholas Shayne Brookins (Encinitas, CA), Reza Ghanbari (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): SmartDrive Systems, Inc. (Westlake, TX)
Law Firm: Esplin Associates, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17666125 on 02/07/2022 (911 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and using risk profiles for management of a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. The risk profiles characterize values representing likelihoods of occurrences of vehicle events, based on previously detected vehicle events. Exemplary implementations may: obtain vehicle event information for vehicle events that have been detected by the fleet of vehicles; aggregate the vehicle event information for multiple ones of the events to create one or more of a first risk profile, a second risk profile and/or a third risk profile; obtain a point of origin for and a target destination of a particular vehicle; determine a set of routes from the point of origin to the target destination; determine individual values representing likelihoods of occurrences of vehicle events along individual routes in the set of routes; select the first route from the set of routes; and provide the selected first route to the particular vehicle.

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

Proactive remediation for information technology assets
Patent No. 12056006

Inventor(s): Militza Bishop (Decatur, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Ryan, Mason Lewis, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18134163 on 04/13/2023 (481 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to obtain monitoring data associated with information technology assets, and to generate, for at least a given one of the information technology assets, a given asset signature representing a status of the given information technology asset based on the obtained monitoring data. The processing device is also configured to determine asset-to-issue similarity between the given asset signature and one or more issue signatures characterizing presence of issue indicators relevant for issue detection for issues encountered on the information technology assets. The processing device is further configured to select, responsive to determining that the given asset signature exhibits at least a threshold level of asset-to-issue similarity with a given issue signature associated with a given issue, proactive remedial actions for remedying the given issue, and to apply the selected proactive remedial actions prior to the given information technology asset encountering the given issue.

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

Mechanism to represent data structures for a datatype engine and provide inline compaction
Patent No. 12056044

Inventor(s): Christopher Michael Brueggen (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, TX)
Law Firm: Yao Legal Services, Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17976730 on 10/28/2022 (648 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided to facilitate data structures for a datatype engine and provide inline compaction. The system receives, by a network interface card (NIC), a command to read data from a host memory, wherein the command indicates a datatype. The system generates a plurality of read requests comprising offsets from a base address and corresponding lengths based on the datatype. The system issues the plurality of read requests to the host memory to obtain the data from the host memory. The system obtains a byte-mask descriptor corresponding to the datatype. The system performs, based on the obtained data and the byte-mask descriptor, on-the-fly compaction of the obtained data, thereby allowing the NIC to return a requested subset of the obtained data.

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

Tag update bus for updated coherence state
Patent No. 12056051

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano, TX), David Matthew Thompson (Dallas, TX), Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Peter Michael Hippleheuser (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17723559 on 04/19/2022 (840 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a CPU core and a L1 cache subsystem including a L1 main cache, a L1 victim cache, and a L1 controller. The apparatus includes a L2 cache subsystem coupled to the L1 cache subsystem by a transaction bus and a tag update bus. The L2 cache subsystem includes a L2 main cache, a shadow L1 main cache, a shadow L1 victim cache, and a L2 controller. The L2 controller receives a message from the L1 controller over the tag update bus, including a valid signal, an address, and a coherence state. In response to the valid signal being asserted, the L2 controller identifies an entry in the shadow L1 main cache or the shadow L1 victim cache having an address corresponding to the address of the message and updates a coherence state of the identified entry to be the coherence state of the message.

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

Security configurations in page table entries for execution domains
Patent No. 12056057

Inventor(s): Steven Jeffrey Wallach (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Lodestar Licensing Group LLC (Evanston, IL)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18064778 on 12/12/2022 (603 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to a computer system having a page table entry containing security settings for calls from predefined domains are described. The page table entry can be used to map a virtual memory address to a physical memory address. In response to a call to execute a routine identified using the virtual memory address, a security setting corresponding to the execution domain from which the call initiates can be extracted from the page table entry to determine whether a security measure is to be used. For example, a shadow stack structure can be used to protect the private stack content of the routine from being access by a caller and/or to protect the private stack content of the caller from being access by the callee.

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

Apparatus and mechanism to bypass PCIE address translation by using alternative routing
Patent No. 12056073

Inventor(s): Brian Karguth (Van Alstyne, TX), Chuck Fuoco (Allen, TX), Chunhua Hu (Plano, TX), Todd Christopher Hiers (Houston, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17946270 on 09/16/2022 (690 days app to issue)

Abstract: An address space field is used in conjunction with a normal address field to allow indication of an address space for the particular address value. In one instance, one address space value is used to indicate the bypassing of the address translation used between address spaces. A different address space value is designated for conventional operation, where address translations are performed. Other address space values are used to designate different transformations of the address values or the data. This technique provides a simplified format for handling address values and the like between different devices having different address spaces, simplifying overall computer system design and operation.

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

Repeater with multiplexing circuit for universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART) and embedded universal serial bus (eUSB2)
Patent No. 12056075

Inventor(s): Suzanne Mary Vining (Plano, TX), Win Naing Maung (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17463697 on 09/01/2021 (1070 days app to issue)

Abstract: An embedded USB2 (eUSB2) repeater includes an eUSB2 port having first and second terminals. The eUSB2 port facilitates two-way communication between the repeater and an application processor unit (APU) according to voltage level specifications for eUSB2. The repeater includes a USB port having first and second terminals. The USB port facilitates two-way communication between the repeater and a Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART) according to voltage level specifications for US. The repeater includes a multiplexer having an input coupled to receive a control signal. The multiplexer selectively establishes connections between the first and second terminals of the eUSB2 port and the first and second terminals of the USB port.

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

End-to-end isolation over PCIe
Patent No. 12056076

Inventor(s): Kishon Vijay Abraham Israel Vijayponraj (Bangalore, , IN), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, , IN), Sriramakrishnan Govindarajan (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17135129 on 12/28/2020 (1317 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a method includes receiving a transaction at an inbound port, the transaction including a requester identification (ID), a traffic class, and a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) address. The method includes providing an attribute based at least in part on the traffic class. The method includes providing a context ID based on the attribute and the requester ID. The method includes accessing a region of memory responsive to the transaction, the region of memory corresponding to the context ID.

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

Matching data analytics parameters using prediction models
Patent No. 12056130

Inventor(s): Courtney St. Martin (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17877201 on 07/29/2022 (739 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to prediction models that match stored parameters to a new data analytics task. A data analytics task can refer to a task that analyzes and queries data sources to retrieve target data. Example parameters for a data analytics task include a task description, assigned individuals, relevant databases, relevant data tables, search queries, data table joins, etc. Implementations can store historical data analytics tasks and their task parameters. Prediction model(s) can be provided new data analytics task parameters and predict matching historical data analytics tasks for the new task. The matching data analytics tasks can then be analyzed to select data tables common among them, and the common data tables can be provided to a user. Implementations can also group additional parameters according to a selected common data table and provide the grouped additional parameters to the user.

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

Determining data categorizations based on an ontology and a machine-learning model
Patent No. 12056188

Inventor(s): Naresh Singh (Frisco, TX), Nirmal Kumar Raajan (Irving, TX), Weidan Zhou (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18055497 on 11/15/2022 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects described herein may relate to methods, systems, and apparatuses that determine one or more categories associated with a dataset, or a portion thereof. The determination may be performed based on one or more tags associated with the dataset and/or a description associated with the dataset. Further, the determination may be performed by searching an ontology based on the one or more tags and/or the description. The determination may be performed by using a machine-learning model based on the one or more tags and/or the description. Once the one or more categories associated with the dataset are determined, the one or more categories may be used as a basis for modifying the dataset and/or validating the dataset.

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

Methods and systems for generating composite image descriptors
Patent No. 12056212

Inventor(s): Vinaya Kumar Polavarapu (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17897741 on 08/29/2022 (708 days app to issue)

Abstract: An illustrative image descriptor generation system determines a subset of image descriptors from a plurality of image descriptors that each correspond to a different feature point included within an image. The subset of image descriptors is determined based on geometric proximity, within the image, of respective feature points of the subset of image descriptors to a feature point of a primary image descriptor. The image descriptor generation system then selects a secondary image descriptor from the subset of image descriptors and combines the primary image descriptor and the secondary image descriptor to form a composite image descriptor. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

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

System and method for interfacing with a decisioning service from a third party domain
Patent No. 12056257

Inventor(s): Dustin Ryan Nation (The Colony, TX), Jeffrey Roberts (Keller, TX), Jonathan Darling (Richardson, TX), Rajaboopathy Vijayaraghavan (Carrollton, TX), Satish Kesiboyana (Plano, TX), Venkata Sudharsan Dasa (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18141633 on 05/01/2023 (463 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for interfacing with a decisioning service from a third-party domain. A backend system may receive a request to interface with the decisioning service to generate a prequalification result for a user for a specified product, in response to the actuation of a button included in a third-party web domain rendering a product. The backend system may execute a call on a website of the decisioning service. The backend system may receive the product information from the button. The backend system may generate the website within the third-party domain, including a request for information about the user, in response to executing the call to the website. The backend system may transmit a request for generating prequalification result for the product to the decisioning service. The backend system may receive the prequalification result from the decisioning service.

[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]

Data entry systems
Patent No. 12056349

Inventor(s): Benjamin Firooz Ghassabian (Marseilles, , FR)
Assignee(s): Keyless Licensing LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16886980 on 05/29/2020 (1530 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is described with a plurality of keys, five of the keys representing all of the letters of an alphabet. The five keys are arranged to form two to three rows of keys. A first row includes two of the five keys and a second row includes at least two other keys of the five keys. The keys are hard keys and/or virtual keys.

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

Port arbitration
Patent No. 12056375

Inventor(s): Patrick A. La Fratta (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Brooks, Cameron Huebsch, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17903743 on 09/06/2022 (700 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods related to port arbitration of a memory system are described. A memory system can receive a first number of transactions and a second transaction from a first traffic stream and a third number of transactions and a fourth transaction from a second traffic stream. The memory system can process the first number of transactions at least partially concurrently with the third number of transactions. Responsive to a total quantity of transactions of the first number of transactions and the second transaction being at least a threshold quantity of transactions, the second transaction can be processed by the memory system and, subsequent to processing the second transaction, the fourth transaction can be processed by the memory system.

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

Operations and maintenance system and method employing digital twins
Patent No. 12056423

Inventor(s): John P. Volpi (Garland, TX), Steven D. Roemerman (Highland Village, TX)
Assignee(s): INCUCOMM, INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Boisbrun Hofman, PLLC (Local + 2 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16947535 on 08/05/2020 (1462 days app to issue)

Abstract: Operations and maintenance (OM) system, and related methods, for a plurality of unique objects employing distinct digital twins. The OM system comprises: a database subsystem for storing at least first and second distinct digital twins for each of the plurality of unique objects, each of the distinct digital twins having an identifier that uniquely associates it with one of the plurality of unique objects and which defines a unique virtual representation thereof. The system further includes a sensor subsystem operative to obtain operational data for each of the plurality of unique objects, and a digital twin comparison subsystem operative to compare outputs of the at least first and second distinct digital twins for each of the plurality of unique objects; the output of each distinct digital twin is a function of the operational data for its associated unique object, and the OM system makes an operational or maintenance decision with respect to an object as a function of the comparison.

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

Application hosting, monitoring, and management within a container hosting environment
Patent No. 12056478

Inventor(s): Tri Bui (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17687353 on 03/04/2022 (886 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for application deployment, monitoring, and management within a container hosting environment are provided. A service collector acquires operational statistics of an application hosted within a container managed by a pod of the container hosting environment. A rule execution engine executes a set of rules to process the operational statistics. In response to the set of rules identifying suboptimal operation of the application, a remedial action is created to address the suboptimal operation of the application. The remedial action is either automatically executed to address the suboptimal operation or is used to generate a recommendation for how to address the suboptimal operation.

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

Management of transport software updates
Patent No. 12056484

Inventor(s): Devang H. Parekh (Dallas, TX), Louis Brugman (Frisco, TX), Wilson-Boon Siang Khoo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18452544 on 08/20/2023 (352 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving a software update at a transport, performing a first validation of the software update in a first environment, wherein the first environment includes a least amount of potential interactions, and performing a further validation of the software update when the first validation is successful, in a further environment, wherein the further environment includes an amount of potential interactions greater than the first environment.

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

Method for performing random read access to a block of data using parallel lut read instruction in vector processors
Patent No. 12056491

Inventor(s): Dipan Kumar Mandal (Bangalore, , IN), Jayasree Sankaranarayanan (Kerala, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18321037 on 05/22/2023 (442 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to the problem of paralleling random read access within a reasonably sized block of data for a vector SIMD processor. The invention sets up plural parallel look up tables, moves data from main memory to each plural parallel look up table and then employs a look up table read instruction to simultaneously move data from each parallel look up table to a corresponding part a vector destination register. This enables data processing by vector single instruction multiple data (SIMD) operations. This vector destination register load can be repeated if the tables store more used data. New data can be loaded into the original tables if appropriate. A level one memory is preferably partitioned as part data cache and part directly addressable memory. The look up table memory is stored in the directly addressable memory.

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

Method and system for cloud desktop fabric
Patent No. 12056509

Inventor(s): Shiva Prasad Madishetti (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Workspot, Inc. (Campbell, CA)
Law Firm: NIXON PEABODY LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18205934 on 06/05/2023 (428 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for a virtual desktop system is disclosed. The system includes a master fabric region including resources for provisioning a desktop. The system includes an expansion fabric region including replicated resources for provisioning the desktop from the master fabric region. The system includes a control plane having a global pool. A client device application operated by a user associated with the global pool accesses a desktop from either the master fabric region or the expansion fabric region.

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

Vehicle tracking system using transponders
Patent No. 12056566

Inventor(s): Scott Brosi (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Amtech Systems, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18136112 on 04/18/2023 (476 days app to issue)

Abstract: An RFID transponder including a Bluetooth compatible transceiver is described as a (BLEET). The Bluetooth compatible transceiver may be configured to set data that is transmitted via one or more RFID transceivers in the transponder and to return data received by the RFID transceiver(s) to a client application running, for example, on a user”s smart phone. The BLEET may be used for electronic vehicle tracking or tolling. Vehicle occupancy data may be set by the user with the client application via a Bluetooth connection in connection with high occupancy vehicle tolling and express lane incentive programs.

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

Systems and methods for diagnosing computer vision model performance issues
Patent No. 12056590

Inventor(s): Chi-San Ho (Allen, TX), Micah Price (The Colony, TX), Yue Duan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16541022 on 08/14/2019 (1819 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for clustering data are disclosed. For example, a system may include one or more memory units storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving, from a first client device, a classification data associated with a classification model and receiving feature data corresponding to the classification model output. The operations may include training a meta-model to predict the classification data based on the feature data and/or additional data associated with the classification data such as location data or environmental data. The operations may include generating a meta-model output based on the classification data, the feature data, and/or the additional data. The operations may include updating the classification model based on the meta-model output and transmitting the updated classification model to at least one of the first client device or a second client device.

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

Use of a convolutional neural network to auto-determine a floor height and floor height elevation of a building
Patent No. 12056611

Inventor(s): Taylor Bryant Brown (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): CORELOGIC SOLUTIONS, LLC (Irvine, CA)
Law Firm: XSENSUS LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18075448 on 12/06/2022 (609 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, apparatus, computer program product, and method use a convolutional neural network to auto-determine a first floor height (FFH) and a FFH elevation (FFE) of a building. The FFH, and FFE of the building are determined with respect to the terrain or surface of the parcel of land on which the building is located. In turn, by knowing the FFH and/or FFE of the building on the parcel, it is possible to use that information while performing a flood risk assessment to a property without requiring a personal inspection of the parcel by a human.

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

Monitoring gate demand within a transportation system via a gate demand display region
Patent No. 12056637

Inventor(s): Deepak Warrier (Euless, TX), Remi Salam (Irving, TX), Timothy Jon Niznik (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): American Airlines, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16550846 on 08/26/2019 (1807 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for receiving data associated with a plurality of travel legs; identifying a resources delay relating to a delay necessary to provide a travel leg from the plurality of travel legs with resources required for the departure of the travel leg, and an existing delay associated with the travel leg; determining a projected arrival delay and a projected departure delay based on the resources delay and the existing delay; outputting parameters relating to the projected arrival delay and the projected departure delay; receiving operation parameters; and generating a proposed operation plan using the projected arrival delay, the projected departure delay, and the operation parameters. In an exemplary embodiment, each of the travel legs is an airline flight.

Security for connected devices
Patent No. 12056674

Inventor(s): Romelia H Flores (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): KYNDRYL, INC. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Calderon Safran Cole P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17502240 on 10/15/2021 (1026 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes: receiving, by a computer device and from an automated teller machine, a personal identification number that is associated with an account; determining, by the computer device, that the personal identification number is a disablement personal identification number that is associated with the account, the account having an activation personal identification number, the disablement personal identification number and the activation personal identification number being different; determining, by the computer device and as a result of receiving the disablement personal identification number, at least one disablement action to be performed by a device other than the automated teller machine; and transmitting, by the computer device, a command to perform the disablement action.

System, method and apparatus for location based delivery of determined pertinent data
Patent No. 12056737

Inventor(s): Bradly J. Billman (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Locke Lord LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18073095 on 12/01/2022 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a portable computing device (a smart phone device) in an area of proximity to a vendor to determine relevant pertinent information. A beacon device at a retail location establishes communication with a user”s smart phone device which detection is then send to a remotely located server. The remotely located server determines if the detected portable computing device is associated with a predefined category of user. Contingent upon the category of user determination, a determination is made regarding information pertinent to the user. The pertinent information is then caused to be sent to the user”s smart phone device.

Commerce driven feedback mechanism for consumer products
Patent No. 12056744

Inventor(s): H. Ramsey Bissex (Irving, TX), Zachary James Goodman (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17249428 on 03/02/2021 (1253 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for cultivation feedback is provided. The present invention may include performing one or more parameter readings of one or more consumer products and storing the one or more parameter readings on a blockchain. The present invention may include determining a correlation between the one or more parameter readings and the one or more properties of the one or more consumer products. The present invention may include receiving feedback on the one or more consumer products from one or more users. The present invention may include providing one or more recommendations based on the feedback received.

Method, medium, and system for an augmented reality device managed object selection and acquisition processing
Patent No. 12056759

Inventor(s): Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17402289 on 08/13/2021 (1089 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present embodiments relate to augmented reality (AR) device managed object selection and acquisition processing. The client, via a client AR device, can view objects in an environment. The system can process sensor data depicting the environment to identify objects in the environment and determine whether the client has selected a detected object. The system can authenticate an identity of the client (e.g., via iris scanning) and initiate an acquisition process for one or more selected objects. The client can select objects, authenticate the client as an authenticated user, and/or initiate the acquisition process on the AR device directly.

Methods and systems for unsupervised depth estimation for fisheye cameras using spatial-temporal consistency
Patent No. 12056887

Inventor(s): Jianhe Yuan (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Volvo Car Corporation (Gothenburg, , SE)
Law Firm: Clements Bernard Walker (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17684580 on 03/02/2022 (888 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for unsupervised depth estimation for fisheye cameras using spatial-temporal (and, optionally, modal) consistency. This unsupervised depth estimation works directly on raw, distorted stereo fisheye images, such as those obtained from the four fisheye camera disposed around a vehicle in rigid alignment. Temporal consistency involves training a depth estimation model using a sequence of frames as input, while spatial consistency involves training the depth estimation model using overlapping images from synchronized stereo camera pairs. Images from different stereo camera pairs can also be used at different times. Modal consistency, when applied, dictates that different sensor types (e.g., camera, lidar, etc.) must also agree. The methods and systems of the present disclosure utilize a fisheye camera projection model that projects a disparity map into a point cloud map, which aides in the rectification of stereo pairs.

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

Parent-child cluster compression
Patent No. 12056902

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Kempf (Dallas, TX), Jonathan Andrew Lucas (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18298448 on 04/11/2023 (483 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The at least one processor is configured to obtain an image and determine a parent cluster of pixels of an image having a centroid. The at least one processor is also configured to split the parent cluster into at least a first child cluster and a second child cluster and assign a pixel of the image to the first child cluster. Additionally, the at least one processor is configured to update a centroid of the first child cluster based at least in part on the pixel, replace the pixel in the image with the centroid of the first child cluster to produce a compressed image, and store the compressed image in the memory.

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

Drone based automated yard check
Patent No. 12056931

Inventor(s): Bryan Gabric (Weatherford, TX), Michael Ibanez (McAllen, TX), Nicholas Dryer (North Barrington, IL), Yasha Hajizeinalibiouki (Plano, TX), Zachery Bettis (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18340151 on 06/23/2023 (410 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing mechanisms for automated inventory control are provided. In embodiments, an operational workflow for providing automated inventory control includes automated data collection and automated image data analysis. The automated data collection includes capturing image data for a storage facility by a capturing device (e.g., an unmanned aerial system (UAS)). The automated image data analysis includes functionality to detect objects (e.g., containers, trailers, empty slots, and/or other objects) appearing in the image data (e.g., using a machine learning (ML) model), to identify the objects in the image data (e.g., using the ML model), to inspect the objects (e.g., including determining a condition and/or location of the objects) based on the collected image data and metadata associated with the image capturing device and correlated to the image data (e.g., using an advance mathematical rule-based analysis), and/or to generate results that may be used by an inventory management system.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Agreement document model modifications in a document management system
Patent No. 12056947

Inventor(s): Peter Geoffrey Lerato Hunn (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DOCUSIGN, INC. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Shumaker Sieffert, P.A. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17683155 on 02/28/2022 (890 days app to issue)

Abstract: A document management system utilizes document models for querying, validating, and customizing electronic agreement documents. Document models can be a data structure including document attributes that represent an agreement document. Examples of document attributes include customizable data values, conditions related to the operation of the agreement document and satisfiable by certain values of the customized data values, and rendering parameters for the appearance of the electronic agreement document. The document management system enables a user to create custom document models for generating electronic agreement documents that can be queried, validated, and customized through querying, validating, and customizing the corresponding document models.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Identification of anomalies in an automatic teller machine (ATM) network
Patent No. 12056992

Inventor(s): Jessica Boettner (Plano, TX), Lakshmipriya Varada (Allen, TX), Prabhakar Rao Bolleddu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18216298 on 06/29/2023 (404 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to monitoring an automatic teller machine (ATM) network and determining anomalous fault behavior in the ATM network. A system may determine historical fault volumes in the ATM network and generate a time-series model of the fault volumes. The system may predict future fault volumes based on the generated time-series model. Based on the predicted future fault volumes and actual future fault volumes, the system may determine anomalous fault behavior and perform a remedial action associated with the ATM fault code determined from anomalous observed fault volumes.

Memory device with unique read and/or programming parameters
Patent No. 12057161

Inventor(s): Dong-II Moon (San Jose, CA), Erika Penzo (San Jose, CA), Henry Chin (Fremont, CA), Wei Zhao (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17847698 on 06/23/2022 (775 days app to issue)

Abstract: The memory device includes a plurality of memory blocks that can individually operate in either a multi-bit per memory cell mode or a single-bit per memory cell mode. Certain voltage parameters during programming and reading are shared between these two operating modes, and certain voltage parameters are unique to each operating mode. One unique voltage parameter is a pass voltage VREADK that is applied to word lines adjacent a selected word line being read. Another unique voltage parameter is a VSGD voltage that is applied to a select gate drain transistor during programming. Yet another unique voltage parameter is an inhibit voltage that is applied to a bit line coupled with a memory cell being inhibited from programming while other memory cells are programmed.

[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)

Secondary cross-coupling effect in memory apparatus with semicircle drain side select gate and countermeasure
Patent No. 12057166

Inventor(s): Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17487347 on 09/28/2021 (1043 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory apparatus and method of operation are provided. The apparatus includes memory cells connected to word lines and arranged in strings. The memory cells are configured to retain a threshold voltage corresponding to memory states. Each one of the strings has drain-side select gate transistors on a drain-side of the one of the strings including top drain-side select gate transistors connected to bit lines and coupled to the memory cells of the-one of the strings. A control means is coupled to the word lines and bit lines and is configured to apply an unselected top voltage to unselected ones of the top drain-side select gate transistors during a memory operation. The control means is also configured to simultaneously apply a selected top voltage to selected ones top drain-side select gate transistors during the memory operation. The unselected top voltage is intentionally different electrically than the selected top voltage.

Cell voltage drop compensation circuit
Patent No. 12057178

Inventor(s): Kijun Nam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17831266 on 06/02/2022 (796 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a circuit including: a memory cell; a source follower, a source terminal of the source follower communicatively coupled to the memory cell; a voltage source; an operational amplifier, a non-inverting input of the operational amplifier communicatively coupled to the voltage source; and a replica source follower, a gate of the replica source follower communicatively coupled to an output of the operational amplifier and a source terminal of the replica source follower communicatively coupled to an inverting input of the operational amplifier via a feedback loop.

Chip select, command, and address encoding
Patent No. 12057189

Inventor(s): Siddhesh Darne (Milpitas, CA), Tianyu Tang (Milpitas, CA), Venkatesh Prasad Ramachandra (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter Hampton LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17828921 on 05/31/2022 (798 days app to issue)

Abstract: A command/address sequence associated with a read/write operation for a memory device utilizes various existing command/address clock signals in a novel way that obviates the need to utilize the I/O bus. As such, the command/address sequence can be performed in parallel with the DIN/DOUT operations, thereby removing the performance bottleneck that would otherwise be caused by the command and address sequencing. The command/address sequence encodes bit information on first and second enable signals and utilizes rising or falling edges of a clock signal to latch the encoded bit information, which can then be decoded to determine corresponding command and address codes. A chip select sequence is also disclosed that enables a memory chip configuration to be employed in which each chip in a package shares a common connection to a controller but does not require hard-coded pins for performing chip select.

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Hybrid transformers for power supplies
Patent No. 12057255

Inventor(s): Arturo Silva (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): ACLEAP POWER INC. (Taipei, , TW)
Law Firm: McCarter English, LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16701098 on 12/02/2019 (1709 days app to issue)

Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of hybrid transformers, power supplies, and methods relating to the same are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a hybrid transformer includes first and second wire coils arranged on opposing surfaces of a printed circuit board (PCB), a core extending through the PCB, wherein the first and second coils are each wound around the core, and at least one header electrically coupling one of the first and second wire coils to the PCB.

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

Forming integrated inductors and transformers with embedded magnetic cores
Patent No. 12057264

Inventor(s): Anindya Poddar (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15787451 on 10/18/2017 (2484 days app to issue)

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the application a method of forming an integrated magnetic device is described. A prepreg or core is mounted on a carrier. A winding layer is plated and patterned on the prepreg or core. Vias are plated. The silicon is placed on a die attach pad, ensuring sufficient clearance of die to vias and d/a char. The assembly is laminated and grinded to expose the vias. A 2[superscript]nd [/superscript]layer of vias is provided by sputtering or plating followed by laminating assembly; and grinding assembly to expose vias. The windings are plated and patterned. A solder mask (SMSK) is applied and assembly finished.

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

Wafer chip scale package
Patent No. 12057417

Inventor(s): Daiki Komatsu (Oita, , JP), Masamitsu Matsuura (Oita, , JP)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16739578 on 01/10/2020 (1670 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wafer chip-scale package (WCSP) includes a substrate including a semiconductor surface layer including circuitry configured for at least one function having at least a top metal interconnect layer thereon that includes at least one bond pad coupled to a node in the circuitry. A redistribution layer (RDL) including a bump pad is coupled by a trace to metal filled plugs through a passivation layer to the bond pad. A solder ball is on the bump pad, and a dielectric ring is on the bump pad that has an inner area that is in physical contact with the solder ball.

[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]

ESD protection circuit with isolated SCR for negative voltage operation
Patent No. 12057443

Inventor(s): Akram A. Salman (Plano, TX), Amitava Chatterjee (Plano, TX), Farzan Farbiz (Dallas, TX), Xiaoju Wu (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17687380 on 03/04/2022 (886 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor controlled rectifier (FIG. [b]4[/b]A) for an integrated circuit is disclosed. The semiconductor controlled rectifier comprises a first lightly doped region ([b]100[/b]) having a first conductivity type (N) and a first heavily doped region ([b]108[/b]) having a second conductivity type (P) formed within the first lightly doped region. A second lightly doped region ([b]104[/b]) having the second conductivity type is formed proximate the first lightly doped region. A second heavily doped region ([b]114[/b]) having the first conductivity type is formed within the second lightly doped region. A buried layer ([b]101[/b]) having the first conductivity type is formed below the second lightly doped region and electrically connected to the first lightly doped region. A third lightly doped region ([b]102[/b]) having the second conductivity type is formed between the second lightly doped region and the third heavily doped region. A fourth lightly doped region ([b]400[/b]) having the second conductivity type is formed between the second lightly doped region and the third heavily doped region and electrically connected to the second and third lightly doped regions.

Connectivity and field replaceability of radios mounted on base station antennas
Patent No. 12057622

Inventor(s): Amit Kaistha (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17680530 on 02/25/2022 (893 days app to issue)

Abstract: A base station antenna assembly that may include a base station antenna having a frame and a radome that covers the frame; and a first radio mounted to a radio support plate on a rear side of the base station antenna. The radio support plate may be configured to attach to the base station antenna by at least one guide rail that cooperates with one or more guide structures of the radio support plate. A rear surface of the radome may include a plurality of access holes, and the base station antenna assembly may include a plurality of connectorized cables soldered to components within an interior of the base station antenna that extend from the interior of the base station antenna through respective ones of the access holes.

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

Planar broad-band transmitter
Patent No. 12057626

Inventor(s): Antony Brinlee (Plano, TX), Paul Garrity (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): Garrity Power Services LLC (Rockwall, TX)
Law Firm: Hovey Williams LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17856174 on 07/01/2022 (767 days app to issue)

Abstract: A transmitter comprising a planar antenna including a ground plane and first and second spiral radiating elements wrapping around the ground plane, and a driving circuit. Proximal ends of the spiral radiating elements terminate near points located along a perimeter of the ground plane. Exactly one of the first and second spiral radiating elements are electrically isolated from the ground plane. The first and second spiral radiating elements are wound in the same direction for approximately a single turn and increase in thickness for approximately three-fourths of the turn. The driving circuit drives one of the first and second spiral radiating elements.

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

Emergency portable hot spot with antennas built into cover
Patent No. 12057641

Inventor(s): Michael A. Neenan (Plano, TX), Richard Smith (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Parsec Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18301614 on 04/17/2023 (477 days app to issue)

Abstract: An antenna unit includes a case having a base and a lid. An antenna assembly is located within the lid and is IP67 compliant, being waterproof. The antenna assembly can provide antennas located on one or more baseplates that are positioned within the top cover of the box. A baseplate can act as a heatsink, a reflector, and/or a ground plane, for the antennas while the cover is closed and in the locked position. The antennas have been designed and optimized to work on a baseplate and designed to operate with the thick plastic cover of the box. A plurality of antenna components are situated within the base separate from the antenna assembly. An optional barrier is located within the base to divide the antenna components from the lid. The antenna assembly include different types of antennas operable at least between 600 MHz to 39 GHz. The lid is separable from the base and is divided from other components to minimize interference so that all antennas may operate simultaneously while the lid is in a closed position.

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

High torque density double stator permanent magnet electric machine
Patent No. 12057746

Inventor(s): Amir Parsapour (Plano, TX), Babak Fahimi (Plano, TX), Mehdi Moallem (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17301591 on 04/08/2021 (1216 days app to issue)

Abstract: A novel high torque density double stator permanent magnet electric machine is provided. An outer stator is provided which has complex teeth and optionally can have windings every tooth or every other tooth. A rotor is provided having a plurality of magnet receivers, each with a complex topology. Magnets are provided in the rotor which are tangentially magnetized with alternating polarities and a complex topology to increase torque density. An inner stator is provided having a plurality of teeth with complex topologies. Windings are provided around every tooth or every other tooth, alternatively. Air-gaps are provided between the outer stator and the rotor and between the rotor and inner stator. The air-gap between the inner stator and the rotor is smaller than the air-gap between the outer stator and the rotor. A lower current density in certain windings improves thermal response without comprising average torque.

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

Multiple feedback filter
Patent No. 12057814

Inventor(s): Hasibur Rahman (Wylie, TX), William Bright (Allen, TX), Yang Xu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17880142 on 08/03/2022 (734 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit having an input and an output, the circuit comprising: a first amplifier having a first input, a second input and an output coupled to the output of the circuit; a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the first input of the first amplifier and a second terminal coupled to the output of the first amplifier; a first resistor having a first terminal coupled to the first input of the first amplifier and a second terminal; a buffer having an output coupled to the second terminal of the first resistor and an input; a second resistor having a first terminal coupled to the output of the first amplifier and a second terminal coupled to the input of the buffer; a second capacitor coupled between the input of the buffer and ground; and a third resistor coupled between the input of the buffer and the input of the circuit.

[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)

Methods and apparatus to improve differential non-linearity in digital to analog converters
Patent No. 12057853

Inventor(s): Brian Elies (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17828839 on 05/31/2022 (798 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: resistor ladder circuitry including a plurality of intermediate voltage nodes; a first plurality of switches having inputs coupled to a plurality of intermediate voltage nodes and having outputs; first level decoder circuitry configured to: receive a set of input bits; and open or close ones of the first plurality of switches based on a first subset of the input bits; a second plurality of switches having inputs coupled to the outputs of the first plurality of switches and having outputs coupled to a common node; and second level decoder circuitry configured to: receive the set of input bits; and open or close ones of the second plurality of switches based on a second subset of the input bits, the first and the second subsets sharing one of the input bits, wherein the output voltage is to be coupled to the common node.

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

High order nonlinearity estimation of radiofrequency analog-to-digital converters
Patent No. 12057854

Inventor(s): Ajai Paulose (Idukki, , IN), Ankur Jain (Ghaziabad, , IN), Aswath VS (Kannur, , IN), Divyansh Jain (Mumbai, , IN), Girish Nadiger (Bengaluru, , IN), Jaiganesh Balakrishnan (Bangalore, , IN), Jawaharlal Tangudu (Bangalore, , IN), Pa
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17682753 on 02/28/2022 (890 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: nonlinearity function selection circuitry with an output, the nonlinearity function selection circuitry to select a type of a nonlinearity function, the nonlinearity function to model nonlinearity portions of data output from an analog-to-digital converter, nonlinearity function term generation circuitry with a first input coupled to the output, the nonlinearity function term generation circuitry to generate one or more nonlinearity function terms of the nonlinearity function based on the type of the nonlinearity function and the data, and coefficient determination circuitry with a second input coupled to the output, the coefficient determination circuitry to determine one or more nonlinearity function coefficients based on the one or more nonlinearity function terms, the nonlinearity portions of the data to be compensated based on the one or more nonlinearity function coefficients.

Method and system for mitigating passive intermodulation (PIM) by performing polarization adjusting
Patent No. 12057895

Inventor(s): Pablo Tacconi (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): ISCO International, LLC (Schaumburg, IL)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17407235 on 08/20/2021 (1082 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data regarding passive intermodulation (PIM) detected in a received communication signal, and performing polarization adjusting for a communications system such that an impact of the PIM on the communications system is minimized. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Aggregation methods and systems for multi-user MIMO or OFDMA operation
Patent No. 12057900

Inventor(s): Ahmad Reza Hedayat (Aliso Viejo, CA)
Assignee(s): Atlas Global Technologies LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Nutter McClennen Fish LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17035507 on 08/21/2023 (351 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example of multi-user wireless communications, an access point may send a downlink frame, including a first signaling field and a second signaling field, to multiple stations. The first and second signaling fields are located in a header of the downlink frame. The first signaling field indicates whether the downlink frame is associated with a multi-user (MU) multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transmission. The second signaling field includes an attribute of the MU-MIMO transmission or a non-MU-MIMO transmission. A resource unit of the downlink frame includes a MU-MIMO payload when the downlink frame is associated with the MU-MIMO transmission. A resource unit of the downlink frame includes a non-MU-MIMO payload when the downlink frame is associated with the non-MU-MIMO transmission. The stations may decode one or more portions of the downlink frame based on the attribute in the second signaling field. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Decision feed forward equalization for partial response equalized signal including pre-cursor cancelation
Patent No. 12057974

Inventor(s): Pervez Mirzra Aziz (Dallas, TX), Viswanath Annampedu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Nvidia Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Lowenstein Sandler LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18112401 on 02/21/2023 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: A receiver includes a decision feed forward equalization (DFFE) system that generates, based on a digital signal that includes at least one intersymbol interference (ISI) value introduced by a communication channel, a detected signal including a set of detected symbol values. The DFFE system cancels the at least one ISI value from the detected signal using the set of estimated transmitted symbols and a set of tap coefficients to obtain a compensated signal and a set of compensated symbol values.

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

Integration of a device platform with a core network or a multi-access edge computing environment
Patent No. 12058009

Inventor(s): Basavaraj Patil (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18165380 on 02/07/2023 (546 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for integrating a device platform in a core network or MEC environment, and managing data communications associated with devices are presented. The device platform, integrated with the core network or MEC environment, can comprise a communication management component (CMC) that can manage communication of data associated with devices connected to the core network. CMC can receive data and metadata from a device, analyze the data and metadata, and, based on the analyzing and data management criteria, determine whether any, all, or a portion of the data is to be communicated to a second device associated with the core network or associated communication network. CMC can be trained, using machine learning, to learn to identify device types, communication protocols, and data payload formats of devices. Based on the analyzing and the training, CMC can determine the device type, communication protocol, and data payload format associated with the device.

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

Packet validity time enhancement for quality of service flows
Patent No. 12058039

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17739015 on 05/06/2022 (823 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for enhancement of quality of service flows, for extended reality services or other services are proposed. For example, a method can include receiving a plurality of quality of service parameters for first packet-based communication. The quality of service parameters can include a packet delay budget for the first packet-based communication having a first end time. The plurality of quality of service parameters can further include a packet validity time for the first packet-based communication having a second end time equal to or later than the first end time. The packet validity time can be applicable to the first packet-based communication on a protocol data unit session basis, a quality of service flow basis, a set of protocol data units basis, or a packet basis. The method can also include transmitting the packet of the first packet-based communication to a further communication device.

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

Routing methods, systems, and computer program products
Patent No. 12058042

Inventor(s): Robert Paul Morris (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee(s): MORRIS ROUTING TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: The Caldwell Firm, LLC (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16691600 on 11/21/2019 (1720 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable media is provided for storing instructions, that when executed by one or more processors of a topology node, cause the topology node to: identify a first sequence of identifiers for data routing in a label switching network from a first node in the label switching network; identify a second sequence of identifiers for data routing in the label switching network from a second node in the label switching network; identify a policy for use in constraining data routing from the first node to a third node; include the first sequence of identifiers and the second sequence of identifiers in a third sequence of identifiers that reflects the policy such that data routing is constrained from the first node to the third node via a plurality of network paths that each include at least one node in the label switching network; and provide path information that identifies the third sequence of identifiers, for constraining data routing, according to the policy, to the third node via the second node.

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

Leveraging out-of-band communication channels between process automation nodes
Patent No. 12058048

Inventor(s): Andrew Keller (Lewisville, TX), David Emerson (Coppell, TX), Joseph Malm (Plano, TX), Patrick Clay (Frisco, TX), Vien Nguyen (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION (Tokyo, , JP)
Law Firm: Gray Ice Higdon (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17858266 on 07/06/2022 (762 days app to issue)

Abstract: Implementations are described herein for leveraging an ”out-of-band” communication channel between nodes of a process automation system. In various implementations, an out-of-band communication channel may be established between two or more process automation nodes of a process automation system. The out-of-band communication channel may be outside of a process automation network through which the two or more process automation nodes are communicatively coupled with other process automation nodes of the process automation system. The two or more process automation nodes may cooperate with one or more of the other process automation nodes to implement an at least partially automated process. One or more characteristics of the process automation system may be monitored, and based on the monitoring, traffic may be selectively diverted from the process automation network to the out-of-band communication channel.

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

Method and apparatus for CSI resource configuration in a wireless communications system
Patent No. 12058073

Inventor(s): Dalin Zhu (Richardson, TX), Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17660596 on 04/25/2022 (834 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for channel state information (CSI) resource configuration in a wireless communication system. A method for operating a user equipment includes receiving a first and second configurations for a first and second sets of reference signal (RS) resources, respectively, configured in a CSI resource setting, receiving a first set of RSs through the first set of RS resources, and receiving a second set of RSs through the second set of RS resources. The method further includes measuring at least one RS in the first or second sets of RSs, determining, based on the measured at least one RS, one or more resource indicators or one or more beam metrics, determining, based on the first or second configurations, a first CSI report or a second CSI report; and transmitting, in the first or second CSI reports, the one or more resource indicators or the one or more beam metrics.

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

Visualization tool for real-time network risk assessment
Patent No. 12058147

Inventor(s): F. William Conner (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): SonicWALL Inc. (Milpitas, CA)
Law Firm: Polsinelli LLP (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17862948 on 07/12/2022 (756 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus that collect data regarding malware threats, that organizes this collected malware threat data, and that provides this data to computers or people such that damage associated with these software threats can be quantified and reduced. The present disclosure is also directed to preventing the spread of malware before that malware can damage computers or steal computer data. Methods consistent with the present disclosure may optimize tests performed at different levels of a multi-level threat detection and prevention system. As such, methods consistent with the present disclosure may collect data from various sources that may include endpoint computing devices, firewalls/gateways, or isolated (e.g. ”sandbox”) computers. Once this information is collected, it may then be organized, displayed, and analyzed in ways that were not previously possible.

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

Cloud-based implementation of dynamic threat detection
Patent No. 12058152

Inventor(s): David Kramer (Bethesda, MD), Michael Weinberger (Dallas, TX), Sam Stover (Gettysburg, PA), Simon Williams (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): CYBER ADAPT, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17564192 on 12/28/2021 (952 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dynamic cloud-based threat detection system is disclosed. The system comprises a network broker that receives communication sessions associated with communication device(s) via a network and selects and sends a predefined number of packets of each communication session to a detection based on packet selection rules. The communication device(s) comprises customer premises equipment (CPE) and/or a mobile communication device. The detection engine receives and inspects the predefined number of packets of each communication session and a governor that initiates blocking of particular communication traffic based on the inspection. The system also comprises a dynamic optimizer that monitors factor(s) and creates and sends updated packet rules to the network broker based on the monitoring. The network broker selects and sends a different predefined number of packets of each of a second plurality of communication sessions to the detection engine for inspection based on the updated packet selection rules.

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

Flexible tile signaling in video coding
Patent No. 12058347

Inventor(s): Maxim Borisovitch Sychev (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18178196 on 03/03/2023 (522 days app to issue)

Abstract: A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes partitioning a picture into a plurality of first level tiles. A subset of the first level tiles is partitioned into a plurality of second level tiles. The first level tiles and the second level tiles are encoded into a bitstream. A split indication is encoded into the bitstream. The split indication indicates that at least one of the first level tiles is split into the second level tiles. The bitstream is stored for communication toward a decoder.

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

Signaling decoded picture buffer size in multi-loop scalable video coding
Patent No. 12058353

Inventor(s): Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen, TX), Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18123772 on 03/20/2023 (505 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes decoding, by a decoder, an indication of a decoded picture buffer (DPB) size from a bitstream. In addition, the method includes decoding, by the decoder, a first enhancement layer of the bitstream and a reference layer of the bitstream based on the indication of the DPB size to generate decoded data. The method also includes outputting, by the decoder, the decoded data.

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

Systems and methods for reducing blocking artifacts
Patent No. 12058382

Inventor(s): Mangesh Devidas Sadafale (Nagpur, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17888540 on 08/16/2022 (721 days app to issue)

Abstract: Several methods and systems for reducing blocking artifacts are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving a pair of adjacent blocks having an edge being positioned between the adjacent blocks. The pair of adjacent blocks is associated with one or more coding blocks. The one or more coding blocks comprise one or more coding information associated with the coding of the pair of adjacent blocks. The method also includes conducting a determination of whether the pair of adjacent blocks is coded in a skip-mode based on the one or more coding information. The edge is filtered based on the determination. Filtering the edge comprises disabling a de-blocking filtering of the edge based on a determination that the pair of adjacent blocks is coded in the skip-mode; and enabling the de-blocking filtering of the edge based on determination that the pair of adjacent blocks is not associated with the skip-mode.

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

System and method for artificial intelligence (AI) driven voice over long-term evolution (VoLTE) analytics
Patent No. 12058547

Inventor(s): Han Wang (Plano, TX), Jianzhong Zhang (Plano, TX), Mandar N. Kulkarni (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17547002 on 12/09/2021 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network management apparatus of a wireless network includes a network interface, a processor, and a memory. The memory contains instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to receive, via the network interface, first data comprising values of key performance indicators (KPIs) obtained from elements of the wireless network for a first time period, receive, via the network interface, second data comprising values of key quality indicators (KQIs) for the first time period, wherein the KQIs comprise metrics of end-user quality of service (QoS) of the wireless network, and perform supervised learning to train an artificial intelligence (AI) model based on the first and second data, wherein features of the AI model are based on KPIs available from elements of the wireless network, and outputs of the AI model comprise values of one or more KQIs.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for classifying traffic flows to enable intelligent use of spectrum
Patent No. 12058560

Inventor(s): Maulik Shah (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16948356 on 09/15/2020 (1421 days app to issue)

Abstract: A base station may be associated with a primary cell to communicate with a user equipment (UE) in a licensed frequency band and at least one secondary cell to communicate with the UE in an unlicensed frequency band. The base station may receive a traffic flow associated with an application executing at the UE and assign the traffic flow to either the primary cell or the at least one secondary cell based on a classification associated with the traffic flow. For example, the traffic flow may be assigned to the primary cell based on the classification indicating that the application is executing at the UE in a foreground state or to the at least one secondary cell based on the classification indicating that the application is executing at the UE in a background state.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Network-aware deployment optimization for large scale virtual network function deployments at a network edge
Patent No. 12058595

Inventor(s): Ravi Potluri (Coppell, TX), Sachinder D. Reddy (Plano, TX), Sunny Pal Singh (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18338591 on 06/21/2023 (412 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide deployment optimization service. A network device in a network receives an order for virtual network function (VNF) deployments at network edge locations. The network device maps a radio access network (RAN) topology for the network edge locations. The network device identifies time windows to perform the VNF deployments, based on the order, historical transport and RAN utilization data, and the RAN topology. The network device selects an optimal time window to perform the VNF deployments based on stored policy rules and pushes software images for the VNF deployments to an image repository in a geographical region near the network edge locations. The network device analyzes, for the optimal time window, real-time network data for a pre-emptive condition. The network device pre-empts the VNF deployments when a pre-emptive condition is identified and initiates the VNF deployments when no pre-emptive condition is identified.

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

Mapping schemes for secondary synchronization signal scrambling
Patent No. 12058630

Inventor(s): Anand Ganesh Dabak (Plano, TX), Badri Varadarajan (Mountain View, CA), Eko Nugroho Onggosanusi (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16459201 on 07/01/2019 (1863 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmitter, a receiver and methods of operating a transmitter and a receiver. In one embodiment, the transmitter includes a synchronization unit configured to provide a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal having first and second segments. The transmitter also includes a secondary scrambling unit configured to provide a scrambled secondary synchronization signal, wherein scrambling agents for the first and second segments are derived from a primary synchronization sequence of the primary synchronization signal. The secondary scrambling unit is further configured to provide an additional scrambling of one of the first and second segments, wherein a second scrambling agent is derived from the remaining segment of a secondary synchronization sequence of the secondary synchronization signal. The transmitter further includes a transmit unit configured to transmit the primary synchronization signal and the scrambled secondary synchronization signal.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for matching using location information
Patent No. 12058642

Inventor(s): Anna M. Schneider (Fort Worth, TX), Deryl Dorsett (Dallas, TX), Robinne Burrell (Los Angeles, CA), Shane Henderson (Allen, TX), Sharmistha Dubey (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): MATCH GROUP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18187038 on 03/21/2023 (504 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method executed by at least one processor includes receiving first historical location information identifying a first location area at which a first user was present at a first time and receiving second location information identifying a second location area at which a second user was present at a second time. The method includes determining that the first historical location information and the second location information each correspond to a particular location area and determining that a characteristic related to the first user corresponds to a preference related to the second user. In response to these determinations, the method includes causing information related to the first user to be presented to the second user. The information related to the first user includes the first location area of the first user relative to the second location area of the second user.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for a multi-tier self-organizing network architecture
Patent No. 12058668

Inventor(s): Krishna K. Bellamkonda (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17302504 on 05/05/2021 (1189 days app to issue)

Abstract: A middle-tier self-organizing network (mSON) may obtain configuration parameters concerning a cluster, one or more operating profiles, and one or more usage schedules respectively associated with the one or more operating profiles, from a centralized self-organizing network (cSON). The mSON may identify a distributed self-organizing network (dSON) of one or more dSONs associated with the cluster and may select, based on identifying the dSON, an operating profile, of the one or more operating profiles, and a respective usage schedule of the one or more usage schedules. The mSON may generate, based on the configuration parameters, monitoring information, and may send the operating profile, the usage schedule, and the monitoring information to the dSON.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and system for initial synchronization and collision avoidance in device to device communications without network coverage
Patent No. 12058749

Inventor(s): Sagar Dhakal (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): BlackBerry Limited (Waterloo, , CA)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18093104 on 01/04/2023 (580 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method at a first device for enabling a device-to-device wireless link, the method detecting whether a presence signal of a second device is received over a first time period, the presence signal of the second device having a time-slot boundary; and if the presence signal of the second device is not detected, initiating a time-slot boundary by the first device including: transmitting a first presence signal of the first device in a selected time-slot; and checking for an acknowledgment to the first presence signal.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Three-dimensional memory device with isolated source strips and method of making the same
Patent No. 12058854

Inventor(s): Akio Nishida (Yokkaichi, , JP), Masanori Tsutsumi (Yokkaichi, , JP), Takaaki Iwai (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: THE MARBURY LAW GROUP PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17232209 on 04/16/2021 (1208 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory die includes source-select-level electrically conductive strips laterally spaced apart by source-select-level dielectric isolation structures, an alternating stack of word-line-level electrically conductive layers and insulating layers; and source strips located on an opposite side of the source-select-level electrically conductive strips. Each of the source strips has an areal overlap with only a respective one of the source-select-level electrically conductive strips. Memory stack structures vertically extend through the alternating stack and a respective subset of the source-select-level electrically conductive strips. A logic die may be bonded to the memory die on an opposite side of the source strips. Each source strip is electrically connected to a respective group of memory stack structures laterally surrounded by a respective source-select-level electrically conductive strip.

[H10B] ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES

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Garment with stylized letters, apple, and cannabis leaf
Patent No. D1037608

Inventor(s): Brian K. Reaux (Red Oak, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29793569 on 05/12/2023 (452 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Lap desk with folding prop pad
Patent No. D1037696

Inventor(s): Patrick Hogan Sullins (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Creative Manufacturing, LLC (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29883391 on 01/27/2023 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Lap desk with wrist pad
Patent No. D1037697

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Wrist pad for lap desks
Patent No. D1037698

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Go kart
Patent No. D1037929

Inventor(s): Paul Snyder (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
Assignee(s): SC Autosports, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Ni, Wang Massand, PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29834821 on 04/14/2022 (845 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle wing
Patent No. D1038274

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Casey Christen Jens Christensen (McKinney, TX), Jory Sprowl (Honey Grove, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Skylar Hagler (Anna, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29847749 on 07/27/2022 (741 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Dermal spray apparatus
Patent No. D1038383

Inventor(s): Yoanna Gouchtchina (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): KOZHYA LLC SP. Z O.O. (Pozna, , PL)
Law Firm: Culhane Meadows PLLC (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29837813 on 05/09/2022 (820 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Motion sensor light
Patent No. D1038449

Inventor(s): Brian P. Johnson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Perch Acquisition Co. 36, LLC (Boston, MA)
Law Firm: Wolf, Greenfield Sacks, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29875888 on 05/12/2023 (452 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Arm covering
Patent No. D1038531

Inventor(s): Mildred West (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29814935 on 11/10/2021 (1000 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pet kennel
Patent No. D1038537

Inventor(s): David Veness (Fort Worth, TX), Jill Jackson (Arlington, TX), Michael Harper (Fort Worth, TX), Ryan Paxson (Elk Rapids, MI)
Assignee(s): DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29831706 on 03/22/2022 (868 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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