Beyond USAA, other companies with notable patents granted this week include:

Bank of America’s automated image detection with a convolutional XGBoost image recognition machine learning model on edge computing with blockchain mobile authentication
The University of Texas System’s natural killer cell products
Bunker Hill Technologies’ method and device used for wireless communication
Firehawk Aerospace’s catalytic decomposition reactors
GUTR’s sweat-diverting textile with integrated gutter
Onx’s method for constructing and interconnecting prefabricated building modules
Remedy Diagnostics’ transdermal device comprising NSAID or analgesic prodrug molecules
University of North Texas’ self-cleaning device and methods relating thereto
Verily Life Sciences’ peel-off detection for low-power electronics
Walmart Apollo’s analyzing and labeling images in a retail facility

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

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of 9/9/25 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 9
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 7
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 3
E: Fixed Constructions 4
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 8
G: Physics 32
H: Electricity 44

DESIGN: 11

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 12
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) 7
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 5
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 4
Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson) 4
Bunker Hill Technologies LLC (Allen) 3
Diodes Inc. (Plano) 3
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 3
United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio) 3

Unassigned 6

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Madhukar Budagavi (Plano) 3
Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas) 3
Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, China) 3
Brian Francisco Shipley (Plano) 2
Jon Forrest Acton (Fort Worth) 2
Troy Robin McCuller (Argyle) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Pet carrier
Patent No. 12408622

Inventor(s): David Veness (Fort Worth, TX), Jill Jackson (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17165122 on 02/02/2021 (1680 days app to issue)

Abstract: A carrier includes a body and a cover portion. The body has a bottom portion and a top portion and an opening in the top portion. The bottom portion is configured to be placed on a surface. The opening is the only opening sized and configured to enable an animal to enter or exit the body and enables an animal to enter or exit the body in a vertical manner when the bottom portion is placed on the surface. The cover portion is sized and configured to fit within the opening of the top portion. The cover portion is hingedly attached to the top portion at a first side and includes a latching mechanism at a second side. The latching mechanism enables the cover to be disposed in a latched state to close the opening in the top portion.

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

Sweat diverting textile with integrated gutter
Patent No. 12408713

Inventor(s): Erick Flatt (Dallas, TX), Kevin Flatt (Wilmette, IL)
Assignee(s): GUTR, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Braxton Perrone, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18219496 on 07/07/2023 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sweat diverting gutter integrated into headwear for removing perspiration that escapes the material including a substantially u-shaped gutter formed from upper and lower gutter portions connected by at least one connecting post and a corresponding post receptacle between the gutter parts. The placement of the diverting gutter on the exterior side of the headwear causes excess sweat to be laterally moved from on or around the wearer”s forehead away from the eyes and face.

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

French coffee press
Patent No. 12408790

Inventor(s): Toby Eisenberg (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18375801 on 10/02/2023 (708 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved French coffee press apparatus, system, and method that utilizes a locking ring to engage with a locking base that can be removed from the carafe, along with any coffee grounds. The locking ring is connected to the pressing rod, which also includes a filter system above the locking ring. The pressing rod fits through an opening in the carafe lid, and the carafe lid secures the liquid inside the carafe. The combination of the filtering system assists in the filtering and capture of any coffee grounds into the locking base for cleaning, and the locking ring assists in the removal of the locking base.

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

Systems and methods for peel-off detection for low-power electronics
Patent No. 12408868

Inventor(s): Benjamin Krasnow (Redwood City, CA), Brett Schleicher (San Francisco, CA), Russell Mirov (Los Altos, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16791187 on 02/14/2020 (2034 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for peel-off detection for lower power electronics are disclosed. In one embodiment, a device includes: a housing; sensor electronics disposed within the housing; an electrode positioned to receive a charge and output a control signal upon removal of a material positioned proximate to the electrode; an electronic switch configured to control an electrical connection between a power supply and the sensor electronics; and an amplifier electrically coupled to the electrode and configured to receive the control signal from the electrode and output an amplified signal to change a state of the electronic switch based on the control signal.

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

Bone plates, and related systems and methods
Patent No. 12408956

Inventor(s): Cory A. Collinge (Fort Worth, TX), Frank Anthony Liporace (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. (Raynham, MA)
Law Firm: BakerHostetler (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18171827 on 02/21/2023 (931 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bone plate includes first and second ends opposed along a longitudinal axis oriented along a longitudinal direction, first and second sides opposed along a lateral direction, and a bone-facing surface and an outer surface opposed along a transverse direction. The plate defines a first hole and a second hole arrangement extending from the outer to the bone-facing surface. The second hole arrangement is distal of the first hole, which is configured to receive a first fixation member, and the second hole arrangement is configured to receive at least one second fixation member for affixing with underlying bone. The plate is pivotable along an angulation range about the first hole. The second hole arrangement laterally crosses the longitudinal axis, defines the angulation range, and allows the at least one second fixation member to substantially secure the plate to the underlying bone at any angulation within the angulation range.

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

Surgical universal headrest including skull pin holder assembly
Patent No. 12409090

Inventor(s): Frederick H. Sklar (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18502807 on 11/06/2023 (673 days app to issue)

Abstract: A surgical universal headrest is disclosed. In one embodiment, a body has two lateral wings slidably coupled to the body. Each lateral wing has an arm moveably secured thereto with a range of proximal-to-distal motion with respect to a medial line of the body. The body, lateral wings, and the arms, in cooperative combination, define a support perimeter of adjustable size having an opening therethrough. The support perimeter of adjustable size accommodates patients ranging from premature infants to adults and the opening accommodates an eye-nose-mouth region of a patient ranging from a premature infant to an adult. A skull pin holder assembly is included.

[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)

Cosmetic compositions
Patent No. 12409130

Inventor(s): David Gan (Southlake, TX), Geetha Kalahasti (Addison, TX), Lisha VanPelt (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18244624 on 09/11/2023 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of reducing the appearance of fine lines or wrinkles on a person”s skin is disclosed. The method can include topically applying a composition comprising an effective amount of an aqueous extract of [i]Cucurbita pepo [/i](pumpkin) seed to the fine lines or wrinkles present on the person”s skin. Topical application of the composition can reduce the appearance of the fine lines or wrinkles on the person”s skin.

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

Transdermal device comprising NSAID or analgesic prodrug molecules
Patent No. 12409151

Inventor(s): Lori Ramirez (Dallas, TX), Opinya Ekabo (Dallas, TX), Reza Amirzadeh (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Remedy Diagnostics LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17541491 on 12/03/2021 (1376 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to transdermal devices comprising prodrugs of anti-pyretic, analgesic, or anti-inflammatory molecules, methods of making such devices, and methods of use thereof for treating, preventing, minimizing, and/or diminishing fever or pain.

Hypoglossal nerve stimulation
Patent No. 12409328

Inventor(s): Robert L. Rennaker (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: pH IP Law (Local + 65 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17715159 on 04/07/2022 (1251 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for hypoglossal nerve stimulation. Certain embodiments include a pulse generator, circuitry configured to receive an energy signal, a communication module, and a programming module. In certain embodiments, the first pulse generator comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, a pulse generator coil, and circuitry configured to receive an energy signal. In particular embodiments, the first pulse generator can be configured to be implanted directly on a hypoglossal nerve on a first side of the patient and configured to deliver stimulation energy to activate at least one branch of the hypoglossal nerve on the first side of the patient. The communication module can include a communication coil configured to communicate with the pulse generator coil in specific embodiments. The programming module can be configured to communicate programming instructions to the communication module, the programming instructions defining an attribute of the stimulation energy.

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

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

Filter element locking mechanism
Patent No. 12409399

Inventor(s): Darrell Lee Morehouse, III (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18139462 on 04/26/2023 (867 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of assembling a canister filter system includes inserting a first filter component into a second filter component, and continuing the insertion until a first tab of either the first filter component or the second filter component contacts the other of the first filter component and the second filter component.

[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]

Self-cleaning device and methods relating thereto
Patent No. 12409479

Inventor(s): Gary Tejeda-Godinez (Dallas, TX), Guanying Li (Dallas, TX), Yijie Jiang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18190647 on 03/27/2023 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: A self-cleaning device and methods relating thereto can include a base, a plurality of channels formed in a first surface of the base, where the plurality of channels divide the first surface of the base into a plurality of sections, a plurality of cavities formed within the base, where each cavity of the plurality of cavities are disposed adjacent a corresponding section of the plurality of sections, and one or more capillary channels formed between the first surface of the base on the corresponding section and the corresponding cavity.

[B08B] CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL (brushes A46; devices for domestic or like cleaning A47L; separation of particles from liquids or gases B01D; separation of solids B03, B07; spraying or applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; cleaning devices for conveyors B65G 45/10; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C 7/00; inhibiting corrosion or incrustation in general C23; cleaning streets, permanent ways, beaches or land E01H; parts, details or accessories of swimming or splash baths or pools, specially adapted for cleaning E04H 4/16; preventing or removing electrostatic charges H05F)

Portable woodworking spindle fluting jig and method of use
Patent No. 12409523

Inventor(s): Mitchell D. Campbell, Sr. (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18215584 on 06/28/2023 (804 days app to issue)

Abstract: A spindle flute jig for woodworking is disclosed. The flute jig is freestanding and independent of woodworking lathes. The flute jig comprises a base, a carriage, an upper frame positioned substantially parallel to the base, a drive end, a pivot end, an adjustable plunge router stop, a fixed plunge router stop, a tool storage section, and a marking block.

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

Fire-resistant multi-layer membrane
Patent No. 12409641

Inventor(s): Gurpreet Singh Sandhar (Langley City, , CA), Sahar Khedri (Langley City, , CA)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18540380 on 12/14/2023 (635 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-layer membrane with fire-resistant properties having improved thermal stability and shelf-life is provided. The multi-layer membrane [b]10[/b] has at least a water resistant polymeric layer [b]12[/b] bonded to a fire resistant component [b]13[/b]. The fire resistant component [b]13[/b] has a first fire retardant coating [b]16[/b] bonded to a carrier layer [b]14[/b]. The fire resistant component may further include a second fire retardant coating [b]28[/b] bonded to a surface of the carrier layer opposite to the first fire retardant coating. The first and second fire retardant coatings comprise a filler [b]24, 30[/b] mixed with a carrier [b]26, 32[/b]. The membrane may include a back bonding layer [b]36[/b] bonded to the bottommost layer thereof to adhesively secure to a structural support structure such as a roof. A release liner [b]42[/b] may be releasably secured to the back bonding layer. Additional layers may be included to provide for further support and/or additional functional properties to the membrane.

[B32B] LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM

System and method of railroad track data aggregation and analysis for determining inspection frequency
Patent No. 12409873

Inventor(s): Adam L. Miller (Broomfield, CO)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18321093 on 05/22/2023 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for minimizing safety hazards along a railroad track by optimizing visual railroad inspection frequency based on acquired data relating to railroad safety maintenance. The system and method can provide various rating systems for the railroad assets to optimize railroad inspections by focusing the inspections to railroad assets experiencing suboptimal conditions. The ratings of the railroad assets are based on various data collected from physical factors impacting the life of the railroad assets, such as an amount of rainfall, locomotive weight and frequency of passing, and manually detected defects. The system and method can focus the railroad inspection efforts to the railroad assets requiring increased attention in response to the suboptimal conditions. The focused inspections can result in longer lifespan of the railroad assets, efficient inspections, and safer railroads.

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

Providing a virtual railroad crossing warning
Patent No. 12409875

Inventor(s): Benjamin Piya Austin (Saline, MI), Philip J. Babian (Canton, MI), Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, CA), William Patrick Garrett (Plymouth, 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: 18512972 on 11/17/2023 (662 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the communication of a railroad crossing warning. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a railroad crossing in a path of a road user. The method further includes in response to determining that a train is approaching the road user at the railroad crossing, determining whether a warning mechanism of the railroad crossing satisfies a crossing threshold that is based, at least in part, on a safety condition of the warning mechanism. Moreover, the method includes controlling a display of the road user to output a virtual railroad crossing bar on the display according to the safety condition responsive to determining that the warning mechanism satisfies the crossing threshold.

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

Vent seal assembly
Patent No. 12410941

Inventor(s): Aaron C Masters (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Jeff Williams PLLC (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17752092 on 05/24/2022 (1204 days app to issue)

Abstract: A return air seal assembly includes a flexible body that is formed from one or more members that includes a compression member coupled to a first arm at a first edge and a second arm coupled to the first arm at a distal end opposite the first edge. The flexible return air seal is configured to wrap around a return vent assembly opening so as to locate a seal between the air filter and the frame. The compression member flexes to create a seal with the filter to eliminate the passage of air around the filter. The seal assembly wraps around multiple surfaces of an angled filter arm of the frame.

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

Natural killer cell products and methods
Patent No. 12410231

Inventor(s): David Michael Spencer (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17053275 on 05/06/2019 (2318 days app to issue)

Abstract: The technology relates generally to the field of immunology and relates in part to compositions and methods for growing and storing modified natural killer cells, including for example, conditional chemical regulation of natural killer cell function. The technology further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and treatment of subjects using modified natural killer cells.

[C07K] PEPTIDES (peptides containing ﬂ-lactam rings C07D; cyclic dipeptides not having in their molecule any other peptide link than those which form their ring, e.g. piperazine-2,5-diones, C07D; ergot alkaloids of the cyclic peptide type C07D 519/02; single cell proteins, enzymes C12N; genetic engineering processes for obtaining peptides C12N 15/00) [4]

System and method for flexible sealant with density modifier
Patent No. 12410295

Inventor(s): Devin Kocurek (Crowley, TX), Jonathan Perriello (Granbury, TX), Sandra Kocurek (Crowley, TX)
Assignee(s): Polymer Adhesives, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17986305 on 11/14/2022 (1030 days app to issue)

Abstract: In certain embodiments, the disclosed sealant comprises a one-component, closed-cell, semi-foam, sealant using gas-filled, flexible, organic microspheres to create a product that is elastic and compressible under pressure without protruding in an outward direction when compressed, thereby allowing the applied sealant to compress in an enclosed, maximum-filled channel unlike typical mastic sealants (while retaining the ability to rebound). This allows the sealant to function as a gasket, and, once fully cured, to have properties including vibration damping, insulating, and condensation resistance. The sealant can be formulated as an air barrier or a vapor barrier and at various degrees of moisture resistance. It may be applied by different packaging variations including aerosol can (bag in can or bag on valve), airless sprayer, cartridge tubes, foil tubes, squeeze tubes, and buckets to be applied using a brush, trowel, spatula, etc. The disclosed sealant can also be formulated to be smoke-resistant and flame-resistant.

[C08J] WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H (working, e.g. shaping, of plastics B29) [2]

Coating comprising a transition metal dichalcogenide, and coated articles and methods relating thereto
Patent No. 12410375

Inventor(s): Andrey Voevodin (Dallas, TX), Diana Berman (Dallas, TX), Euan Cairns (Dallas, TX), Samir Aouadi (Dallas, TX), Stephen Berkebile (Washington, DC)
Assignee(s): THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Washington, DC), UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18523579 on 11/29/2023 (650 days app to issue)

Abstract: A coated article includes a substrate, and a coating disposed on a surface of the substrate. The coating comprises a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD). A method of forming a coating includes dispersing a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) and optionally tungsten carbide in a solvent to form a mixture, spraying the mixture on a surface of a substrate, evaporating the solvent, and forming a coating on the substrate comprising the TMD.

[C10M] LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS (well drilling compositions C09K 8/02); USE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES EITHER ALONE OR AS LUBRICATING INGREDIENTS IN A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION (mould release, i.e. separating, agents for metals B22C 3/00, for plastics or substances in a plastic state, in general B29C 33/56, for glass C03B 40/02; textile lubricating compositions D06M 11/00, D06M 13/00, D06M 15/00; immersion oils for microscopy G02B 21/33) [4]

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

Method and arrangement for constructing and interconnecting prefabricated building modules
Patent No. 12410602

Inventor(s): Patrick Meagher (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): Onx, Inc. (Georgetown, TX)
Law Firm: Haverstock Owens, A Law Corporation (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18233140 on 08/11/2023 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular building system allows for quickly and easily erecting prefabricated wall panels on a building foundation at a construction site. The system allows for manufacturing and installing, at a high level, complete budding components, using steps that are highly repeatable and scalable, resulting in construction that is quick and efficient, and easily performed at many types and locations of construction sites. A system in accordance with the invention comprises a wall panel, a floor panel and a roof panel. The wall panel comprises a horizontal member supported along a bottom horizontal edge, and a plurality of vertical studs integral to the horizontal member and extending vertically downward from the horizontal member. A floor panel comprises a rail disposed rigidly fixed to the foundation and defining an enclosure to receive the plurality of vertical studs of the wall panel to thereby vertically position the wall panel upon the foundation.

[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)

Swing door operator
Patent No. 12410650

Inventor(s): Goutham R. Lalkota (Corpus Christi, TX)
Assignee(s): Overhead Door Corporation (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17681233 on 02/25/2022 (1292 days app to issue)

Abstract: A door operator including an output shaft, a ball screw, a powered driver, and a yoke. The output shaft is configured to be coupled to a door. The powered driver is operatively coupled to the ball screw and configured to rotate the ball screw in a first rotational direction. The yoke is coupled to the ball screw and configured to translate in response to rotation of the ball screw. The yoke is configured to rotate the output shaft.

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

Systems and techniques for power management
Patent No. 12410688

Inventor(s): Richard Kulavik (Frisco, TX), Todd W. Benson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Helmerich Payne Technologies, LLC (Tulsa, OK)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17454248 on 11/09/2021 (1400 days app to issue)

Abstract: A power controller may monitor a power required by each of a plurality of power loads coupled to a power distribution bus. The power loads can include a plurality of devices for oil and gas exploration or production. The devices can include a plurality of drilling rigs or equipment associated with one or more of the drilling rigs. The power controller may monitor the power supplied by each of a plurality of power sources coupled to the power distribution bus. The power sources can include power from any two or more of the following: an electric utility, an electric grid, a natural gas turbine, a battery, a solar power generator, a wind generator, and a geothermal generator. The power controller may adjust the power supplied to a first one of the plurality of power loads based at least in part on a first one of the plurality of power loads.

[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]

Toe sleeves and methods of use
Patent No. 12410702

Inventor(s): Daniel Keith Moeller (Carrollton, TX), Joseph Ray Collins (Carrollton, TX), Sean Canning (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18417222 on 01/19/2024 (599 days app to issue)

Abstract: Exemplary toe sleeve embodiments, for example for hydrocarbon wellbore casing, can have a closure mechanism with at least two different operations for opening. For example, the closure mechanism may include a degradable element and a non-degradable element. The degradable element may be configured to maintain closure of the toe sleeve during pressure testing, while the non-degradable element may be rated to open at a lower pressure once the degradable element has degraded. This approach may allow effective pressure testing of the casing, while ensuring that the toe sleeve can be opened effectively without risk of damage to the casing.

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

Catalytic decomposition reactors
Patent No. 12410765

Inventor(s): Justin Otto Karl (Titusville, FL), Michael Joseph Baier (Garland, TX), Ronald D. Jones (Melbourne, FL)
Assignee(s): Firehawk Aerospace, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18085925 on 12/21/2022 (993 days app to issue)

Abstract: A catalyst bed includes a structure defining a plurality of channels configured to receive flow of fluid to be chemically catalyzed. The plurality of channels are oriented at least partially non-parallel to an overall flow direction of the flow from inputs of the plurality of channels to outputs of the plurality of channels. A catalyst is exposed at an exterior of the structure.

[F02K] JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (arrangement or mounting of jet-propulsion plants in land vehicles or vehicles in general B60K; arrangement or mounting of jet-propulsion plants in waterborne vessels B63H; controlling aircraft attitude, flight direction, or altitude by jet reaction B64C; arrangement or mounting of jet-propulsion plants in aircraft B64D; plants characterised by the power of the working fluid being divided between jet propulsion and another form of propulsion, e.g. propeller, F02B, F02C; features of jet-propulsion plants common to gas-turbine plants, air intakes or fuel supply control of air-breathing jet-propulsion plants F02C)

Equalizer bearing assembly having wedged retainers
Patent No. 12410785

Inventor(s): Robert G. McDonald (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): TRC Services, Inc. (The Woodlands, TX)
Law Firm: Cabello Hall Zinda, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18100293 on 01/23/2023 (960 days app to issue)

Abstract: An assembly is used to connect an equalizer bar to a walking beam of a reciprocating pump unit. The walking beam has a bearing shaft having cylindrical ends. Brackets attached to the equalizer bar define slots, each having a hooked section and having a base section. The hooked sections are configured to rest against the cylindrical ends of the bearing shaft. The base sections of the slots oppose the hooked sections at a gap from the cylindrical ends of the bearing shaft. Wedges are configured to position in the slots between the bases and the cylindrical ends of the bearing shaft.

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

Booster pump controller and method of use
Patent No. 12410786

Inventor(s): Demetrio Velasco Pinones (Grand Prairie, TX), Mark Marvin Martinez (Mansfield, TX), Minh Dinh Truong (Garland, TX), Parsa Tahamzadeh (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Tigerflow Systems, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Schultz Associates, P.C. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18453820 on 08/22/2023 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides a controller and server combination, which implements a set of software programs to control a booster pump system. In a preferred embodiment, the software derives quadratic models for the pump performance curves, and the system curve. The system monitors the flow rate of the system, the pump performance curve model and the system curve model to adjust the drive frequency and the number of active pumps to meet flow rate demand efficiency.

Fluid end assembly
Patent No. 12410789

Inventor(s): Micheal Cole Thomas (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): Kerr Machine Co. (Sulphur, OK)
Law Firm: Tomlinson McKinstry, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18734729 on 06/05/2024 (461 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid end having its fluid flow bores sealed without threading a retaining nut into the walls of each bore. The fluid ends may be assembled using a plurality of different kits, each kit comprising a fluid end body, a component, a retainer element, and a fastening system. The retainer element holds the component within each of the bores formed in the fluid end body and the fastening system secures the retainer element to the body. The fastening system comprises a plurality of externally threaded studs, washers and nuts in some embodiments. In other embodiments, the fastening system comprises a plurality of screws.

Systems and methods for detecting excessive or uneven wear on a brake pad or a rotor of a vehicle
Patent No. 12410842

Inventor(s): Katsumi Nagata (Foster City, CA), Masashi Nakagawa (Toyota, , JP)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17689944 on 03/08/2022 (1281 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for detecting excessive or uneven wear on a brake pad of a vehicle. The system includes a rotor connected to a wheel of the vehicle, a brake pad positioned adjacent to the rotor and configured to contact the rotor to slow down or stop movement of the rotor and the wheel, and a wire mesh disposed within or integrated into the brake pad. The system also includes a sensor configured to detect sensor data from the wire mesh and an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to determine, based on the sensor data, whether excessive or uneven wear on the brake pad or the rotor is present and to control an output device to display an output related to the excessive or uneven wear on the brake pad or the rotor. The system may utilize an artificial intelligence or machine learning model to detect the excessive or uneven wear.

[F16D] COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION (gearing for conveying rotation F16H, e.g. fluid gearing F16H 39/00-F16H 47/00); CLUTCHES (dynamo-electric clutches H02K 49/00; clutches using electrostatic attraction H02N 13/00); BRAKES (electrodynamic brake systems for vehicles in general B60L 7/00; dynamo-electric brakes H02K 49/00) [2]

Two-pin clapper check valve
Patent No. 12410869

Inventor(s): Brian C. Witkowski (Weatherford, TX), Nadiya V. Fuller (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18456553 on 08/28/2023 (743 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a clapper valve assembly includes a valve body defining a longitudinal flow bore, a hanger disposed in the valve body, a link piece coupled to the hanger, a first pin coupled between the hanger and the link piece, wherein the link piece is configured to rotate, relative to the hanger, about the first pin, a clapper coupled to the link piece, and a second pin coupled between the link piece and the clapper, wherein the clapper is configured to rotate, relative to the link piece, about the second pin.

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

Air handler
Patent No. 12410921

Inventor(s): Ammar Khuzeima Sakarwala (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Rheem Manufacturing Company (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18312294 on 05/04/2023 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air handler including a V-shaped round tube plate fin evaporator coil disposed within a cabinet, a first coil extension coupled to a first tube sheet at a first arm of the evaporator coil, a second coil extension coupled to a second tube sheet at a second arm of the evaporator coil, and a door disposed on a front portion of the cabinet to provide access to the evaporator coil. Each of the first coil extension and the second coil extension extends along a transverse direction of the evaporator coil. The first coil extension, the second coil extension, and the door are together configured to achieve an air-tight seal.

[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)

Self-adhering duct insulation product
Patent No. 12410940

Inventor(s): Jerry Kenneth Powell (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): Johns Manville (Denver, CO)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17854079 on 06/30/2022 (1167 days app to issue)

Abstract: A duct insulation product may include an insulation material and a moisture barrier material coupled with the insulation material. The moisture barrier material may form an outer surface of the duct insulation product. The moisture barrier material may include at least one closure flap along at least one side of the moisture barrier material. The closure flap may extend beyond a periphery of the insulation material along at least one side of the insulation material. At least a portion of an inner surface of the closure flap may include an adhesive material.

P H Y S I C S

System and method for detecting axle body and filet cracks in rail vehicles
Patent No. 12409874

Inventor(s): Hark Braren (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: 18354456 on 07/18/2023 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for in-service inspection of freight car axles are provided. A camber angle of a wheel attached to a target axle is measured at one or more points in a revolution of the wheel. A determination of whether a defect is present in the target axle is made based on the measured camber angle at the one or more points in the revolution of the wheel. A determination that a defect is present in the target axle is made when a camber angle of the wheel at one or more points in the revolution of the wheel exceeds a threshold, and/or a determination that a defect is not present is made when no camber angle of the wheel at any point in the revolution of the wheel exceeds the predetermined threshold. An alert is generated in response to determining that a defect is present.

[G01C] MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)

Utilization of wireless communication reference signal measurement resources for co-channel radar operation
Patent No. 12411206

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Hongbo Si (Plano, TX), Jianhua Mo (Allen, TX), Vutha Va (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17659313 on 04/14/2022 (1244 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining a first set of signal quality measurements (SQMs) from among a plurality of reference signals received at an electronic device. The SQMs correspond to reference signals, respectively. The reference signals correspond to candidate time slots (CTS), respectively. The method includes identifying a first set of reference signals in the plurality of reference signals based on the first set of SQMs satisfying a first quality condition. The method includes identifying a second set of reference signals in the plurality of reference signals based on the first set of SQMs satisfying a second quality condition. The method includes identifying, as first CTS for an electronic device to use for a radar operation, candidate time slots corresponding to the first set of reference signals. The method includes identifying, as second CTSs for the electronic device to use for wireless communication, CTSs corresponding to the second set of reference signals.

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

Time of flight sensing
Patent No. 12411244

Inventor(s): Paul Varillon (Ben Lomond, CA), Sivakumar Kandappan Singaravadivelu (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17876341 on 07/28/2022 (1139 days app to issue)

Abstract: An embodiment method for operating a device includes determining, based on data collected by a first sensor, first information between the first sensor and an object; determining, based on data collected by a second sensor, second information between the second sensor and the object; and determining a distance between the device and the object based on comparing the first information and the second information.

Adjustable optical mount
Patent No. 12411306

Inventor(s): Jason R. Lavine (McKinney, TX), Steven Palomino (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Arlington, VA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17535468 on 11/24/2021 (1385 days app to issue)

Abstract: An adjustable optical mount is disclosed. The adjustable optical mount can include a base. The adjustable optical mount can also include a rotatable frame rotatably coupled to the base about an axis. The rotatable frame can be operable to support an optical element. Additionally, the adjustable optical mount can include a ramp operably coupled to the rotatable frame such that translational movement of the ramp relative to the rotatable frame causes rotation of the rotatable frame about the axis to facilitate adjustment of the optical element in a rotational degree of freedom.

[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]

System and method for MEMS devices
Patent No. 12411337

Inventor(s): John Hamlin (Dallas, TX), Kelly J. Taylor (Allen, TX), Toby Linder (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17681151 on 02/25/2022 (1292 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for MEMS devices are disclosed. A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes a substrate, and a MEMS structure supported by the substrate. The MEMS structure includes a first layer of a first material comprising a titanium aluminum alloy. The MEMS structure further includes an aluminum layer on the first layer.

Optical proximity correction based on combining inverse lithography technology with pattern classification
Patent No. 12411405

Inventor(s): Junjiang Lei (Reno, NV), Le Hong (Benicia, CA), Rui Wu (Clifton Park, NY), Yuansheng Ma (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17823679 on 08/31/2022 (1105 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosed technology relate to techniques for inverse-lithography-technology-based optical proximity correction. A layout design is received. A machine learning-based clustering process is then performed to separate layout features in the layout design into groups of layout features. For layout features in each of the groups of layout features, preliminary corrections are determined. The determination may be based on inverse lithography technology. The preliminary corrections are applied to the layout design to generate a pre-processed layout design. An inverse lithography technology process is performed on the pre-processed layout design to generate a processed layout design. Masks can be manufactured based on the processed layout design.

[G03F] PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR (phototypographic composing devices B41B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; electrography, sensitive layers or processes G03G)

Measurement circuit having frequency domain estimation of device under test (DUT) model parameters
Patent No. 12411463

Inventor(s): Charles Kasimer Sestok, IV (Dallas, TX), David Patrick Magee (Allen, TX), Yevgen Pavlovich Barsukov (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17532970 on 11/22/2021 (1387 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit for determining device under test (DUT) model parameters is described. The circuit includes a parameter estimator circuit configured to: obtain initial values for DUT model parameters based on sense signal samples; execute a parameter convergence model having a regularization parameter and a cost function that accounts for error residuals; and obtain final values for the DUT model parameters by adjusting the regularization parameter in iterations of the parameter convergence model as a function of cost function improvement until the parameter convergence model converges to within a target tolerance.

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

Port arbitration
Patent No. 12411625

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: 18767519 on 07/09/2024 (427 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)

Processor having adaptive pipeline with latency reduction logic that selectively executes instructions to reduce latency
Patent No. 12411694

Inventor(s): Christian Wiencke (Garching, , DE), Jeroen Vliegen (Fahrenzhausen, , DE), Shrey Sudhir Bhatia (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18314264 on 05/09/2023 (854 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for reducing pipeline latency. In one embodiment, a processing system includes a processing pipeline. The processing pipeline includes a plurality of processing stages. Each stage is configured to further processing provided by a previous stage. A first of the stages is configured to perform a first function in a pipeline cycle. A second of the stages is disposed downstream of the first of the stages, and is configured to perform, in a pipeline cycle, a second function that is different from the first function. The first of the stages is further configured to selectably perform the first function and the second function in a pipeline cycle, and bypass the second of the stages.

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

Pervasive data center architecture systems and methods
Patent No. 12411746

Inventor(s): Anthony Bennett Bishop (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18434082 on 02/06/2024 (581 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of a system for determining a data gravity index score and implementing pervasive data center architecture is disclosed. In some embodiments, the system can calculate a data gravity index score based on the amount of data stored in a given location, an amount of data in motion in the given location, a bandwidth index associated with the given location, and a latency index associated with the given location. Based on data gravity index scores, in some embodiments, the system can localize traffic to improve network performance, improve security operations, and generate software-defined-network overlay.

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

Streaming engine with variable stream template format
Patent No. 12411766

Inventor(s): Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18594091 on 03/04/2024 (554 days app to issue)

Abstract: A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor specifies a fixed read only data stream defined by plural nested loops. An address generator produces address of data elements for the nested loops. A steam head register stores data elements next to be supplied to functional units for use as operands. A stream template specifies loop count and loop dimension for each nested loop. A format definition field in the stream template specifies the number of loops and the stream template bits devoted to the loop counts and loop dimensions. This permits the same bits of the stream template to be interpreted differently enabling trade off between the number of loops supported and the size of the loop counts and loop dimensions.

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

Enabling a multi-chip daisy chain topology using peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe)
Patent No. 12411795

Inventor(s): Kishon Vijay Abraham Israel Vijayponraj (Bengaluru, , IN), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bengaluru, , IN), Sriramakrishnan Govindarajan (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18363035 on 08/01/2023 (770 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system-on-chip (SoC) may be configured to enable a Multi-Chip Daisy Chain Topology using peripheral component interface express (PCIe). The SoC may include a processor, a local memory, a root complex operably connected to the processor and the local memory, and a multi-function endpoint controller. The root complex may obtain forwarding information to configure routing of transactions to one or more PCIe endpoint functions or to the local memory. The root complex may initialize, based on the forwarding information, access between a host and the one or more PCIe endpoint functions. The multi-function endpoint controller may obtain a descriptor and endpoint information to configure outbound portals for transactions to at least one remote host. The multi-function endpoint controller may establish a communication path between the host and a function out of a plurality of functions.

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

Rule evaluation for real-time data stream
Patent No. 12411830

Inventor(s): Ashish Thapliyal (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Salesforce, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Holland Hart LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17937403 on 09/30/2022 (1075 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are described. A computing device may receive a user input indicating a data stream, a data metric configured for a tenant of a multi-tenant database system, a rule associated with the data metric, a trigger based on the data metric, or some combination thereof. The computing device may receive, from the data stream, a real-time data stream including information corresponding to the data metric configured for the tenant, where the real-time data stream may be associated with a first user profile stored at the multi-tenant database system. The computing device may evaluate the rule, the trigger, or both based on ingesting the data stream and may perform the action based on the evaluation. Performing the action may involve sending a message to a user device associated with the first user profile in response to at least a portion of the data stream.

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

Systems and methods for data retention while migrating objects and object metadata stored in object storage environments migrated across cloud ecosystems
Patent No. 12411868

Inventor(s): Justin Restivo (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19088947 on 03/24/2025 (169 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for novel uses and/or improvements to data migration. In particular, systems and methods for data migration of metadata stored in object storage from one container to another, especially in instances when the metadata is destined for ingestion by an artificial intelligence application. The systems and methods ensure that all metadata (e.g., metadata stored in object storage) is preserved during data migration, including metadata such as content type, object lock mode, object lock retain until date, and/or custom metadata.

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

Aggregating data ingested from disparate sources for processing using machine learning models
Patent No. 12411873

Inventor(s): Deepali Tuteja (Coppell, TX), Girish Wali (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19215019 on 05/21/2025 (111 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for aggregating data from disparate sources to output information. A computing system may transform a first plurality of datasets of a plurality of data sources by converting a first format of the corresponding data source for each of the first plurality of datasets to generate a second plurality of datasets in a second format of the computing system. The computing system may identify, from the second plurality of datasets, a subset of datasets using a feature selected for evaluation of a utility of the feature. The computing system may apply a machine learning model configured for the selected feature to the subset of datasets to generate an output that measures a likelihood of usefulness. The computing system may cause a visualization of the output for the feature to be displayed for presentation on a dashboard interface based on a template configured for the feature.

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

Rules for data quality support
Patent No. 12411895

Inventor(s): Prasad V. Pondicherry (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18776070 on 07/17/2024 (419 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example computer system for executing data quality rules, the computer system comprising one or more processors; and non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoding instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computer system to: receive a plurality of rules; group the plurality of rules into one or more categories of rules; determine a category of the one or more categories of rules to execute based on a scheduling trigger; request execution of each rule of the category by a database; and receive, from the database, output from execution of the each rule of the category.

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

Systems and methods for transmitting electronic query data
Patent No. 12411901

Inventor(s): Bharath Chekuri (Aubrey, TX), Hanquan Liang (Dallas, TX), Julia Kang (Plano, TX), Nhi Dang (Carrollton, TX), Poojitha Ponugoti (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18454898 on 08/24/2023 (747 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for transmitting electronic query data related to various types of information or resources may include detecting user input on a website or other platform indicating permission to receive electronic data, causing display a widget or other user interface element that pre-fills the user input with query criteria, and requesting additional query criteria from the user to generate a complete query. The method may also include receiving available data including corresponding location or other relevant data for each available resource, determining a subset of data including recommended resources for the user based on the query location or other parameters, the initial query criteria, and the additional query criteria, and transmitting the subset of data to a graphical user interface on the user”s device or other platform.

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

Systems and methods for image linking
Patent No. 12411904

Inventor(s): Andrew Cummins (Brooklyn, NY), Elias Jason Mablekos (New York, NY), Jason Ellis Pearlman (Lloyd Harbor, NY)
Assignee(s): rewardStyle, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18912965 on 10/11/2024 (333 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for analyzing screenshots can include a computing device including a processor coupled to a memory and a display screen configured to display content. The system can include an application stored on the memory and executable by the processor. The application can include a screenshot receiver configured to access, from storage to which a screenshot of the content displayed on the display screen captured using a screenshot function of the computing device is stored, the screenshot including an image and a predetermined marker. The application can include a marker detector configured to detect the predetermined marker included in the screenshot. The application can include a link identifier configured to identify, using the predetermined marker, a link to a resource mapped to the image included in the screenshot, the resource accessible by the computing device via the link.

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

Performing secure data interactions in a virtual environment
Patent No. 12411918

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18057984 on 11/22/2022 (1022 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor receives a user credential associated with a user and authorizes an avatar of the user to enter a virtual environment. The processor monitors a plurality of data interactions associated with the first user that are performed in the virtual environment, records information relating to a set of parameters that correspond to a first user profile associated with the first user and determines a first confidence indicator for the first user relating to the first user profile. The processor receives a request from a second user for the first confidence indicator, obtains the first confidence indicator and transmits the obtained first confidence indictor to a user device of the second user.

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

Fuel dispenser authorization and control
Patent No. 12411931

Inventor(s): Dinesh Kumar (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Wayne Fueling Systems LLC (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17711272 on 04/01/2022 (1257 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one aspect, a method includes establishing a first communication channel between a first computing device associated with a fuel dispenser user and a second computing device configured within a fuel dispenser. The method can further include receiving, by the second computing device, first data characterizing a first authorization of the fuel dispenser user of a fuel dispenser. The method also includes determining, by the second computing device, a second authorization of the fuel dispenser user based on the first data. The method further includes controlling, by the second computing device and based on the second authorization, operation of the fuel dispenser to dispense fuel. The method also includes providing, by the second computing device via the first communication channel, second data characterizing the operation of the fuel dispenser to the first computing device. Related apparatus, systems, and articles are also described.

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

System and method for maintaining real estate data in a secure manner
Patent No. 12411965

Inventor(s): Brian Francisco Shipley (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: 17555959 on 12/20/2021 (1359 days app to issue)

Abstract: The embodiments provide a system and method for maintaining real estate data in a secure manner. Access to the data for a given real estate property is restricted by using an authentication device that is physically located at the same real estate property. The authentication device may provide a rolling authentication code that can be entered by the user requesting access to the data. In another embodiment, access to the data for a given real estate property is restricted by using a real estate data unit that is physically stored on the premises. Access to the data may therefore be restricted to users who are close enough to connect with the data unit via wired or wireless communication methods. The data unit and/or authentication device may include a device housing and an installation portion. The installation portion may be configured to attach to part of a building and/or lot.

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

Self-intersecting lattice incarnation
Patent No. 12411998

Inventor(s): James Gunton (Cambridge, , GB)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17388771 on 07/29/2021 (1503 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of incarnating a self-intersecting lattice structure as a mesh in a three-dimensional model is described. A pair of bodies in the lattice is chosen. An initial set of sample points is created by intersecting a set of constant parameter curves within the parameter range lying on the surface of one of the bodies of the pair with the surface of the other body of the pair. Chords between adjacent sample points in the initial set of samples that lie within a pre-determined tolerance of the surfaces of both bodies in the pair are calculated and iterated over until all the sample points are within the pre-determined tolerance. Once this is done for all bodies in the lattice, a mesh is incarnated.

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

Method and system for latch-up prevention
Patent No. 12412019

Inventor(s): David Barry Scott (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (Hsinchu, , TW)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18190309 on 03/27/2023 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit design method includes receiving an integrated circuit design, and determining a floor plan for the integrated circuit design. The floor plan includes an arrangement of a plurality of functional cells and a plurality of tap cells. Potential latchup locations in the floor plan are determined, and the arrangement of at least one of the functional cells or the tap cells is modified based on the determined potential latchup locations.

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

Detecting category-specific bias using overfitted machine learning models
Patent No. 12412124

Inventor(s): Abhishek Kumar Shrivastava (McKinney, TX), Christopher Cowden (Dallas, TX), John Lujano (Dallas, TX), Ruoyu Shao (Allen, TX), Tong Niu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17539828 on 12/01/2021 (1378 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for a mechanism for detecting model bias using a test model to compare predictions for specific categories of data. Thus, the system may detect category-specific model bias and/or present alternative predictions, for example, via overfitted and alternative machine learning models. Another mechanism for detecting model bias is to use residual data from predictions obtained from a machine learning model as the machine learning model processes different datasets (e.g., a training dataset and a compare dataset).

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

Systems and methods for analyzing and labeling images in a retail facility
Patent No. 12412149

Inventor(s): Lingfeng Zhang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Foley IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18161788 on 01/30/2023 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to processing captured images. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for processing captured images of objects including a memory and a control circuit executing a trained machine learning model. The memory may be configured to store a plurality of images comprising first images and second images. The control circuit may be configured to: allocate each of the first images into one of a plurality of datasets; cluster each image in the dataset into one of a plurality of groups; select a sample from at least one of the plurality of groups; cluster each of the second images into one of dominant product identifier group and a non-dominant product identifier group; select a sample from the dominant product identifier group and a sample from the non-dominant product identifier group; and output the selected sample.

[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]

Securing lender output data
Patent No. 12412152

Inventor(s): Dinesh Sundaram (Plano, TX), Trent Jones (Mckinney, 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: 18380839 on 10/17/2023 (693 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-lender architecture is configured to provide a loan applicant with automated pre-qualification and automobile loan eligibility evaluation for multiple candidate lenders. Lender output data may include sensitive data. The lender output data is stored in a data object of a first format and one or more fields of the data object are encrypted at the field level. The encrypted data object may be transmitted through multiple application layers or terminals. The encrypted data object may be reformatted at one or more application layers or terminals without decryption. A reformatted encrypted data object containing the lender output data may be decrypted at the last layer before forwarding the lender output data to the loan applicant.

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

Secured third-party wallet environment
Patent No. 12412172

Inventor(s): Mitchell McCuiston (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): Gemini IP, LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18097976 on 01/17/2023 (966 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing users access to trusted custody and/or staking services for newly launched blockchain projects and/or their associated cryptocurrencies are described herein. For example, a host server including a system may send, receive, and stake cryptocurrency in a secure environment where the host server manages private keys associated with one or more wallets. In some cases, the host server may utilize an abstraction layer to translate user requests into commands that may be communicated to a third-party server associated with the blockchain and/or cryptocurrencies. The user requests may include actions associated with cryptocurrencies, such as checking a wallet address, generating new wallet, transferring cryptocurrency, and/or staking cryptocurrency.

System and techniques for utilizing a smart contracts library
Patent No. 12412180

Inventor(s): Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX), Stephen Wylie (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: KDW Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17944463 on 09/14/2022 (1091 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and an apparatus for accessing a smart contract library that may include a number of templates of different legal contracts implementable as a smart contract between respective parties. Each template may include a number of sections having different contractual terms and conditions and fillable fields for specific contract terms. Each respective section of the number of sections includes programming code operable to enforce conformance with specific section-related contractual terms and conditions of the respective section and with any specific contract terms input to a fillable field of the respective section. A first user address generated based on cryptographic keys may be associated with a contract-creating computing device in a private blockchain. The first user address may be associated with the first user in the private blockchain. A finalized smart contract may have a smart contract address generated from the first user address and a nonce value.

Dynamic go-bag service for emergency situations
Patent No. 12412203

Abstract: A method of providing a dynamic go-bag service to a user is described. The go-bag contains various supplies and important documents, and is configured to protect these contents during an emergency situation. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving user information from a user, including information about the user, the user”s family, and the user”s home or residence. Based on the received user information, the method further includes generating a customized go-bag for the user that includes contents specific for the user to use in an emergency situation. The method also includes providing the customized go-bag to the user.

Consolidation of data sources for expedited validation of risk assessment data
Patent No. 12412210

Inventor(s): Akshay Reddy Vontari (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): EQUIFAX INC. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18067578 on 12/16/2022 (998 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for consolidating data sources for expediting validation processes are described herein. A user interface can be provided to a first entity. First risk assessment data associated with the first entity can be received via the user interface. Second risk assessment data associated with the first entity can be received. The first risk assessment data and the second risk assessment data can be validated. The first risk assessment data and the second risk assessment data can be output for display on the user interface. A responsive message including the validated first risk assessment data and the validated second risk assessment data can be transmitted to a remote computing device for use in controlling access of the first entity to one or more interactive computing environments.

System and method for scene-adaptive denoise scheduling and efficient deghosting
Patent No. 12412252

Inventor(s): Hamid R. Sheikh (Allen, TX), Nguyen Thang Long Le (Garland, TX), Tyler Luu (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18149714 on 01/04/2023 (979 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes generating alignment maps for a first image frame having a first exposure level and a second image frame having a second exposure level different than the first exposure level. The method also includes generating, for the second image frame and a third image frame having a third exposure level different than the first and second exposure levels, shadow maps, saturation maps, and multi-exposure (ME) motion maps based on the alignment maps. The method further includes determining, based on the shadow maps, saturation maps, and ME motion maps, whether to perform machine learning-based denoising and, if so, on which image frame(s) to perform the machine learning-based denoising. In addition, the method includes updating at least one saturation map and at least one ME motion map for at least one of the second and third image frames depending on the image frame(s) on which the denoising is to be performed.

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

Automated image detection utilizing a convolutional XGBoost image recognition machine learning model on edge computing with blockchain mobile authentication
Patent No. 12412384

Inventor(s): Elvis Nyamwange (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18227338 on 07/28/2023 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus may include conduction of a secure transfer at a point of identification using image recognition and blockchain authentication. The apparatus may include a computer processor, a camera, an image capturing machine, a reference database, an XGBoost image recognition machine learning model, and a blockchain. The computer processor may be an edge computing device. The computer processor may be configured to identify a user at a point of identification by capturing an image, running the Features detection engine to identify sets of features, running the XGBoost image recognition machine learning model to identify labels in the sets of features, and matching the sets of features and labels to a record in the reference database. The computer processor may further be configured to seek user approval on the user”s portable device before providing the transfer. Once the user has approved the transfer, the transfer may be recorded in the blockchain.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Nano thermal diode based on polarization control of nanoparticles on graphene nanograting
Patent No. 12410950

Inventor(s): Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, MI), Xiaopeng Li (Ann Arbor, MI), Ziqi Yu (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18148094 on 12/29/2022 (985 days app to issue)

Abstract: A thermal diode includes: a dielectric enclosure having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side, and a second side; a first Weyl semimetal nanoparticle disposed on the first side; a second Weyl semimetal nanoparticle disposed on the second side; a nanograting disposed on the bottom surface; and a voltage source configured to provide a voltage bias to the nanograting to suppress surface waves from the first Weyl semimetal nanoparticle to the second Weyl semimetal nanoparticle and to modify surface waves from the second Weyl semimetal nanoparticle to the first Weyl semimetal nanoparticle.

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

Dual down-set conductive terminals for externally mounted passive components
Patent No. 12412795

Inventor(s): Masamitsu Matsuura (Beppu, , JP)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18090273 on 12/28/2022 (986 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a semiconductor package comprises a first die pad having a first top surface and a first bottom surface opposing the first top surface and a second die pad in horizontal alignment with the first die pad, the second die pad having a second top surface and a second bottom surface opposing the second top surface, a gap separating the first and second die pads. The package comprises a semiconductor die electrically coupled to the first and second bottom surfaces and extending across the gap, the semiconductor die having a device side including circuitry formed therein, the device side facing away from the first and second die pads. The package comprises a first conductive terminal extending from a lateral surface of the first die pad and away from the first die pad, the first conductive terminal having multiple down-sets. The package comprises a second conductive terminal extending from a lateral surface of the second die pad and away from the second die pad, the second conductive terminal having multiple down-sets. The package comprises a third conductive terminal having fewer down-sets than the first and second conductive terminals and extending from below the first die pad and away from the first die pad. The package comprises a bond wire coupling the device side of the semiconductor die to the third conductive terminal. The package comprises a mold compound covering the semiconductor die and the bond wire, the first and second die pads exposed to an exterior

[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]

Integrated circuit package having enhanced thermal dissipation structure
Patent No. 12412800

Inventor(s): Blake Barrett Travis (Richardson, TX), Manu Joseph Prakuzhy (Allen, TX), Siva Prakash Gurrum (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17239776 on 04/26/2021 (1597 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit and method of making an integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit includes an electrically conductive connector and a die that has an active side and a non-active side. The active side of the die is connected to the electrically conductive connector via interconnects. A molding compound encapsulates the die and portions of the electrically conductive connector. A thermally conductive contact extends from a thermal hotspot on the die to an entry surface of the molding compound.

Power module with multi-layer substrate and second insulation layer to increase power density
Patent No. 12412840

Inventor(s): Kwnag-Soo Kim (Sunnyvale, CA), Vivek Kishorechand Arora (San Jose, CA), Woochan Kim (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17830291 on 06/01/2022 (1196 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example semiconductor package comprises a multi-layer substrate having a bottom metal layer, a top metal layer, and a first insulation layer between bottom metal layer and the top metal layer. A plurality of first conductive traces are formed in the top metal layer. A second insulation layer is disposed over the exposed portions of the first insulation layer and over segments of the first conductive traces. A plurality of second conductive traces formed on top of the second insulation layer. One or more semiconductor dies are mounted on the one or more second segments of the conductive traces. One or more bond wires couple the semiconductor dies to one or more of the second conductive traces. A mold compound covers at least a portion of the semiconductor dies, the second insulation layer, the first conductive traces, and the second conductive traces.

Fence structure and base station antenna comprising the same
Patent No. 12412995

Inventor(s): Bin Sun (Jiangsu, , CN), Bo Wu (Allen, TX), Cheng Xue (Jiangsu, , CN), Jian Zhang (Jiangsu, , CN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18691589 on 08/31/2022 (1105 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fence structure for an antenna array having a plurality of radiating elements comprises: a first fence structure comprising a plurality of rows of first transverse fences extending in a first direction and a plurality of columns of first longitudinal fences extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, where the first transverse fences and the first longitudinal fences collectively surround individual radiating elements in a box arrangement; and a second fence structure comprising a plurality of second fences, each second fence being arranged between respective two adjacent first longitudinal fences in a respective column of first longitudinal fences and electrically coupled with first transverse fences located at two sides of the second fence, a height of each second fence is larger than heights of the first transverse fence and the first longitudinal fence.

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

Motor disconnection detection while the motor is switched on
Patent No. 12413065

Inventor(s): Palanivel Subramaniam (Richardson, TX), Yan Yang (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18340963 on 06/26/2023 (806 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for detecting motor disconnections while a motor is switched on comprises a motor, a motor drive circuit, and a processor. The processor determines whether a set of disconnection conditions is met for more than a threshold time. In this process, the processor determines that a pulse signal that leads to power the motor is enabled, that a speed associated with the motor is more than a threshold speed, a drive voltage output associated with the motor drive circuit is more than a threshold voltage, a current applied to the motor is less than a threshold current, and that the speed associated with the motor is zero. The processor determines that at least one terminal of the motor is disconnected from the motor drive circuit in response to determining that the set of disconnection conditions is met for more than the threshold time.

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

Reconfigurable power conversion apparatus and control method
Patent No. 12413134

Inventor(s): Jiansong Chen (Plano, TX), Sisan Shen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18203839 on 05/31/2023 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of high-side switching elements connected in parallel between a first voltage bus and a switching node, wherein each high-side switching element of the plurality of high-side switching elements is controlled by a corresponding high-side driver, and a plurality of low-side switching elements connected in parallel between the switching node and a second voltage bus, wherein each low-side switching element of the plurality of low-side switching elements is controlled by a corresponding low-side driver, and wherein based on at least one operating parameter, the plurality of high-side switching elements and the plurality of low-side switching elements are controlled such that the plurality of high-side switching elements and the plurality of low-side switching elements form a reconfigurable power stage of a power converter.

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

Hybrid power transistor apparatus and control method
Patent No. 12413136

Inventor(s): Chuan Ni (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): LEN TECH Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18185408 on 03/17/2023 (907 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hybrid power transistor apparatus includes a first switching element comprising a first number of transistor cells connected in parallel between a first terminal and a second terminal of the apparatus, wherein gates of the first number of transistor cells are connected together, and the gates of the first number of transistor cells are connected to an output of a first gate drive circuit, and a second switching element comprising a second number of transistor cells connected in parallel between the first terminal and the second terminal of the apparatus, wherein gates of the second number of transistor cells are connected together, and the gates of the second number of transistor cells are connected to an output of a second gate drive circuit, and wherein a delay is placed between the output of the first gate drive circuit and the output of the second gate drive circuit.

Power stage safety and latch-up prevention in multi-phase DC-DC converter by ensuring safe pwm sequencing
Patent No. 12413138

Inventor(s): Avadhut Junnarkar (McKinney, TX), Mustapha El-Markhi (Richardson, TX), Vikram Mani (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18343189 on 06/28/2023 (804 days app to issue)

Abstract: The techniques and circuits, described herein, include solutions for latch-up prevention in multi-phase direct current (DC) to DC converters by ensuring safe pulse width modulation (PWM) control sequencing. In some aspects a latch-up pre-detection circuit has first and second detection inputs configured to receive high-side and low-side PWM signals respectively. The latch-up pre-detection circuit is configured to monitor for a transition from a first state to a second state based on the first and second detection inputs. The transition from the first state to the second state may be associated with condition(s) favorable for latch-up. Upon detecting the transition from the first state to the second state, the latch-up pre-detection circuit can output a pulse signal to temporarily override the unsafe PWM control sequence and reduce the possibility of latch-up.

Circuits and method for controlling a synchronous rectifier
Patent No. 12413155

Inventor(s): Daniel Ruiz (Addison, TX), Ross Teggatz (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Retela Leasing, LLC (The Colony, TX)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18812694 on 08/22/2024 (383 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and circuit controls a synchronous rectifier. The synchronous rectifier is turned OFF by driving a gate of the synchronous rectifier to one or more first voltages that are non-zero. One or more values of the drain or the source of the synchronous rectifier are monitored. The gate of the synchronous rectifier is driven to a second voltage that is less than the one or more first voltages whenever the one or more values of the drain or the source of the synchronous rectifier pass above or below one or more threshold values.

Methods and apparatus to improve performance of voltage to delay converters
Patent No. 12413212

Inventor(s): Sovan Ghosh (Bengaluru, , IN), Visvesvaraya Appala Pentakota (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18241080 on 08/31/2023 (740 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes programmable circuitry configured to: provide a sample signal, a time amplification (TA) signal, and a kick signal to sample and conversion circuitry; sample a differential signal for a first amount of time-based on the sample signal; charge a first capacitor for a second amount of time-based on the first kick signal; after the first amount of time and the second amount of time, charge a second capacitor, the charging based on the first TA signal, the charging to cause a falling edge in a first delay signal; and generating, a rising edge in the delay signal based on the falling edge of O_RST signal.

[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]

Inverse voltage-to-current conversion circuit
Patent No. 12413223

Inventor(s): Wei Wu (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): DIODES INCORPORATED (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17543880 on 12/07/2021 (1372 days app to issue)

Abstract: An inverse voltage-to-current conversion circuit for providing a current that is inversely related to an input voltage is disclosed. A first input terminal and a second input terminal receives the input voltage between the first and the second input terminals. A voltage-to-time converter circuit provides a time indicator pulse signal with a pulse width related to inverse magnitude of the input voltage. A time-to-voltage converter circuit provides a voltage indicator signal having a magnitude based on the pulse width of the time indicator pulse signal. A voltage-to-current converter circuit provides a current indicator signal having a magnitude proportional to the voltage indicator signalthe current indicator signal being inversely related to the magnitude of the input voltage.

[H03K] PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D 3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) [4]

Method and system for mitigating interference in the near field
Patent No. 12413266

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: 18736707 on 06/07/2024 (459 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, via an antenna, a communication signal generated by a communication device, and detecting interference in the communication signal, wherein the interference is generated by one or more interference sources, wherein the interference is detected by monitoring a near field region of the antenna, an intermediate field region of the antenna, a far field region of the antenna, or any combinations thereof, wherein the monitoring excludes monitoring only the far field region of the antenna. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Distributed MIMO calibration
Patent No. 12413271

Inventor(s): R A Nadisanka Perera Rupasinghe (McKinney, TX), Thuy Van Nguyen (Dallas, TX), Yang Li (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18416510 on 01/18/2024 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating a network entity includes receiving, via a first TRP and a second TRP, information associated with a SRS from a UE, and estimating a channel based on the information associated with the SRS. The method further includes, for N iterations: transmitting, via a first CSI-RS port from a CSI-RS resource, from the first TRP, a CSI-RS; transmitting, via a second CSI-RS port from the CSI-RS resource, from the second TRP, the CSI-RS with a controlled phase offset; receiving a PMI report associated with the CSI-RS including a measured phase offset between the first CSI-RS port and the second CSI-RS port; and updating the controlled phase offset, based on the measured phase offset. The method further includes, after the N iterations, based on the controlled phase offset and the measured phase offset, determining a phase mis-match for phase calibration between the first TRP and the second TRP.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Over-the-air audio quality testing remote from testing site
Patent No. 12413318

Inventor(s): Ehab Bahjat (Rockwall, TX), Ronald Royer (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Spirent Communications, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Haynes Beffel Wolfeld LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18127593 on 03/28/2023 (896 days app to issue)

Abstract: The technology includes a method, computer medium, and system for remote testing over-the-air (OTA) audio quality using a test platform positioned at core network, the test platform comprising first and second cellular handsets and bridging logic that interconnects, controls, and bridges the first and second cellular handsets. The method includes triggering the bridging logic. The bridging logic initiates a first call over the first cellular handset to a tester, and initiates a second call over the second cellular handset to a destination, wherein the second call is initiated over-the-air. The bridging logic and the first and second cellular handsets are positioned in a location that causes routing by a cellular network of the first call over a segment under test. The bridging logic bridging audio between the first and the second calls, including relaying audio. The tester determines that the second call was established based on the relayed audio.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and apparatus for multiplexing channel state information
Patent No. 12413368

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17129578 on 12/21/2020 (1723 days app to issue)

Abstract: For multiplexing channel state information (CSI), a user equipment (UE) includes a transceiver configured to receive configuration information for CSI reporting and a processor configured to decode the configuration information and calculate a CSI according to the configuration information. The transceiver is configured to transmit the calculated CSI on an uplink (UL) channel, where the CSI includes N segments and is transmitted in one slot, where N1. A first of the N segments includes a rank indicator (RI) and at least one other CSI parameter. A base station (BS) includes a processor configured to generate configuration information for CSI reporting and a transceiver configured to transmit, to a UE, the configuration information via a downlink (DL) channel; and receive, from the UE, a CSI report calculated in accordance with the configuration information on an uplink UL channel.

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

Performing data interactions in a virtual environment
Patent No. 12413430

Abstract: A system includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor receives a first user credential associated with a first user and authorizes a first avatar of the first user to enter a virtual environment. The processor receives a first request from the first user to receive virtual data objects for at least one target entity and, in response, generates a virtual sub-environment within the virtual environment. The processor authorizes a second user to access the virtual sub-environment and receives a set of conditions from the second user relating to how a first set of virtual data objects is to be distributed to the at least one target entity. The processor receives and transfers the first set of virtual data objects to the at least one target entity based on the set of conditions.

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

Systems and methods for load-balanced chaincode execution and verification in a blockchain network
Patent No. 12413432

Inventor(s): Ahmed A. Khan (Plano, TX), Salman Ali Danish Mohammed (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18508315 on 11/14/2023 (665 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may receive a request for a blockchain network to perform a particular set of operations, such as executing chaincode recorded to a blockchain associated with the blockchain network. The system may receive Key Performance Indicators (”KPIs”) of nodes of the blockchain network, and may receive a consensus policy associated with the blockchain network. The consensus policy may indicate a particular quantity of result sets used to verify execution of a given operation by the blockchain network. The system may assign different nodes of the blockchain network to perform different portions of the requested set of operations. The assignments may be determined based on the consensus policy and the KPIs of the nodes. The system may aggregate result sets from different nodes in order to generate aggregated result sets, where the quantity of aggregated result sets satisfies the consensus policy.

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

Methodology to expedite VLAN scanning
Patent No. 12413551

Inventor(s): Aiqun Sun (Nepean, , CA), Chi Thanh Hoang (Brossard, , CA)
Assignee(s): Mavenir Systems, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Ruggiero McAllister McMahon LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18451469 on 08/17/2023 (754 days app to issue)

Abstract: An method for expediting Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) scanning for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server includes: transmitting, by a software tool, VLAN ethernet trunk frames including VLAN Identifier (ID) 1 to VLAN ID 4095, to an ethernet interface of a radio unit (RU), the ethernet interface being connected via an ethernet switch to a distributed unit (DU), wherein the DHCP server is located at the DU; selectively forwarding, by the ethernet switch to the DU, only a VLAN ethernet trunk frame having VLAN ID value X predefined by operator of the O-RAN system; selectively responding, by the DU, in response to receiving the VLAN ethernet trunk frame having VLAN ID value X, by sending a DHCP response message to the RU; and identifying, by the RU from the DHCP response message, the VLAN ID value X corresponding to the DHCP server.

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

Cyber threat detection based on threat context, threat changes, and/or impact status
Patent No. 12413555

Inventor(s): Jared Holmberg (Lake Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Centripetal Networks, LLC (Portsmouth, NH)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18932967 on 10/31/2024 (313 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects described herein may relate to cyber threat detection based on threat context and/or threat changes. Cyber threat intelligence (CTI) data may be received from a CTI provider. Endpoint data that indicates evidence that endpoints are cyber threats may be determined based on the CTI data. The endpoint data may be analyzed and/or compared to stored data associated with the endpoint. The analysis and/or comparison may be performed to determine whether evidence that the endpoint is a cyber threat has changed. Based on any changes, dispositions for the endpoint may be determined and sent. The dispositions may change how devices filter network traffic associated with the endpoint. Alternatives to default dispositions may be determined based on a impact of blocking potentially legitimate network traffic to and/or from the endpoints. Machine-learning models may assist in processing and analyzing CTI data, performing threat monitoring, and/or determining feeds that include the dispositions.

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

System and method for electronic authentication of electronic distributed network traffic via enriched data
Patent No. 12413585

Inventor(s): Christopher Stephen Littrell (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18097930 on 01/17/2023 (966 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, computer program products, and methods for electronic authentication of electronic distributed network traffic via enriched data. An authorization request is provided from a user of a first endpoint device to send or receive data with a second endpoint device. A request for a first authentication credential to the first endpoint device is transmitted, and an authentication transmission is received by the system. An enhanced authentication engine is initialized, which collects, by a middleware, data flow from an identity database to the enhanced authentication engine. A metadata source is combined with the data flow to form a combined data, which is transmitted to an alert engine.

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

Quality of trust framework for wireless communication networks
Patent No. 12413626

Inventor(s): Serge M. Manning (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, KS)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18171982 on 02/21/2023 (931 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed herein to identify and deploy policy changes from a policy source in a wireless communication network to enforcement points in the network based on trends identified by the policy source in KPIs reported by the enforcement points. In an implementation, enforcement points in the network report KPIs to the policy source. The KPIs are related to authorization attempts made by user equipment in the network. The policy source, upon receiving the KPIs, identifies a trend in the KPIs and identifies a policy change based on the KPIs. The policy source then deploys the policy change to the enforcement points. In various implementations, the policy source is a Policy Decision Point (PDP), and the enforcement points are Policy Enforcement Points (PEPs).

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

System and method for communicating between a radio and a virtual baseband unit which are incompatible
Patent No. 12413651

Inventor(s): Khalid W. Al-Mufti (Sterling, VA)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18416563 on 01/18/2024 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are provided for transforming, using at least one translation library, data communicated between a radio and a virtual baseband unit having incompatible data protocols.

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

Mode adaptive intra prediction smoothing in video coding
Patent No. 12413718

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16199995 on 11/26/2018 (2479 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for decoding an encoded video bit stream in a video decoder is provided that includes decoding an intra prediction mode for a block of pixels encoded in the video bit stream, determining, based on the intra prediction mode, whether or not a smoothing filter is to be applied to reference pixel values used for intra prediction of the block, applying a smoothing filter to the reference pixel values when a result of the determining is that a smoothing filter is to be applied, and performing intra prediction according to the intra prediction mode using the smoothed reference pixel values to generate a predicted block of pixels.

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

Submesh coding for dynamic mesh coding
Patent No. 12413747

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Youngkwon Lim (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: BROADVIEW IP LAW, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18391526 on 12/20/2023 (629 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a communication interface and a processor operably coupled to the communication interface. The communication interface is configured to receive a compressed bitstream including association information between scene objects and submeshes. The processor is configured to determine an index of a scene object, decode the association information between scene objects and submeshes, determine an identifier of a submesh based on the association information and the index of the scene object, and reconstruct the submesh based on the identifier.

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

Signaling of multiview tiled volumetric video
Patent No. 12413750

Inventor(s): Madhukar Budagavi (Plano, TX), Youngkwon Lim (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18520421 on 11/27/2023 (652 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a communication interface configured to receive a bitstream for a compressed video and a processor operably coupled to the communication interface. The processor is configured to decode the bitstream for the compressed video. The processor is also configured to identify a mapping of view numbers of a plurality of images and a plurality of subpicture identifiers, each of the plurality of subpicture identifiers associated with a defined location in a video frame, wherein the mapping is signaled in the bitstream, and wherein each one of the view numbers is assigned to one image of the plurality of images based on a corresponding one of a plurality of camera viewpoints of a scene. The processor is also configured to instruct a display of at least one image based on at least one of the plurality of images.

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

Geolocationing system and method for use of same
Patent No. 12413793

Inventor(s): Raymond S. Horton (McKinney, TX), Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18459700 on 09/01/2023 (739 days app to issue)

Abstract: A geolocationing system and method for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, such as a hospitality environment or educational environment, are presented. In one embodiment of the geolocationing system, a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is provided. Each gateway device includes a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location within the multi-space environment. Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device. The gateway devices, in turn, send gateway signals to a server, which determines estimated location of the wireless-enabled personal locator device.

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

Synchronous content presentation
Patent No. 12413825

Inventor(s): Imed Bouazizi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Polsinelli (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17412644 on 08/26/2021 (1475 days app to issue)

Abstract: In embodiments of systems and methods for synchronous content presentation, an Edge server device may receive a decryption key for an encrypted content segment that is or will be delivered to a plurality of wireless devices over the wireless communication network, and may send the decryption key to the plurality of wireless devices after the encrypted content segment has been received by the plurality of wireless devices in a manner that enables the plurality of wireless devices to decrypt the encrypted content segment approximately simultaneously. A wireless device may receive, and optionally temporarily store, the encrypted content segment from the wireless communication network, receive the decryption key from the Edge server device after receiving the encrypted content segment, and decrypt the stored encrypted content segment using the received decryption key.

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

Method and apparatus for determination and reporting of UE position in an NTN
Patent No. 12413934

Inventor(s): Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17716868 on 04/08/2022 (1250 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for reporting UE location information in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a UE comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS) in a non-terrestrial network (NTN), a message requesting to report the UE location information; generating, based on a positioning operation, first UE location information; generating second UE location information that is derived from the first UE location information; and transmitting, to the BS, the second UE location information as the UE location information.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and device used for wireless communication
Patent No. 12413964

Inventor(s): Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): BUNKER HILL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17978222 on 11/01/2022 (1043 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device used for wireless communications, comprising: transmitting a first transmission on a first SDU, including transmitting a first MAC PDU group; the first MAC PDU group at least comprises a first MAC PDU; receiving a first signaling and a first status report, the first signaling being used to indicate that a first ID is renewed as a second ID; the first status report is used to indicate that the first SDU is not received yet; and performing a second transmission on the first SDU, including transmitting a second MAC PDU group; the second MAC PDU group at least comprises a second MAC PDU; the first signaling is used to trigger the first status report. By transmitting the first SDU in a rational way, the present disclosure helps improve reliability and prevent risks in communications.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System for resource sharing over a secure wireless network communication channel
Patent No. 12413970

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18093548 on 01/05/2023 (978 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is provided for resource sharing over a secure wireless network communication channel. In particular, the system may include an endpoint device equipped with wireless communication capabilities. An application installed on the endpoint device may cause the endpoint device to perform a wireless scan of a network for nearby devices that are configured to send, receive, and/or exchange resources. Each device may be associated with a unique identifier, where the unique identifier may be associated with one or more resource accounts. Upon receiving a selection of a unique identifier, the endpoint device may initiate a resource transfer to the device associated with the selected identifier. In this way, the system may provide a secure and efficient way to exchange resources over a wireless communication channel.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Low latency wireless messaging
Patent No. 12414002

Inventor(s): Jeffrey C. Adams (Seattle, WA)
Assignee(s): Spectranet Technologies LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17992410 on 11/22/2022 (1022 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technology for wireless transmission of messages to remote receiving devices is disclosed. The technology includes receiving a message for transmission, determining transmission parameters for transmission of the message, and transmitting the message to a remote receiving device according to the determined transmission parameters. The technology may also include encoding the message to effect message latency and may be employed for message transmission via the ionosphere or other atmospheric layer at frequencies in the Medium Frequency (MF), High Frequency (HF), or Very High Frequency (VHF) spectrum. Further, the disclosed technology may be employed for message transmission to effect low latency financial transaction execution, such as high speed high frequency trading.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Discovering a radio controller in a cloud radio access network
Patent No. 12414009

Inventor(s): Irfaan Ahamed Salahuddeen (Acton, MA), Selvamuthukumar Senthilvelan (Nashua, NH), Shanthakumar Ramakrishnan (Westford, MA), Sunit Kumar Sharma (Groton, MA), Vishwas Patodia (Nashua, NH)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17670022 on 02/11/2022 (1306 days app to issue)

Abstract: A distributed radio access network (RAN) includes a new radio unit (RU) being connected to a front-haul network. The new RU determines its own Internet Protocol (IP) address based on its MAC address; and send a discovery message to all radio controllers in the front-haul network via a multicast address. The distributed RAN also includes a plurality of radio controllers communicatively coupled to the new RU via the front-haul network. Each of the plurality of radio controllers are configured to receive the discovery message and determine whether the new RU is assigned to the respective radio controller. Each of at least one radio controller, to which the new RU is assigned, establishes at least one configuration session with the new RU.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for allocating transmit power and optionally a channel to a radio requesting authorization to transmit in shared spectrum
Patent No. 12414054

Inventor(s): Ariful Hannan (Sterling, VA), Navin Srinivasan (Fairfax, VA)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18193326 on 03/30/2023 (894 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques are provided for determining a channel at and/or a maximum transmit power level in which the requesting General Authorized Access (GAA) citizens broadband radio service device (CBSD) can transmit prior to the next to be executed coordinated periodic activities among spectrum access systems while diminishing co-channel interference between the requesting GAA CBSD and other GAA CBSD(s) in a neighborhood centered around the requesting GAA CBSD.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and device used in wireless communication node for V2X timing
Patent No. 12414060

Inventor(s): Qi Jiang (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN), Zheng Liu (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): BUNKER HILL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18383480 on 10/25/2023 (685 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and device used in wireless communication node. A first node receives first information and second information via an air interface, the first information indicating a first time offset value, and the second information indicating a first time-domain resource relative to a first instant of time; the first instant of time is associated with a first time unit. By designing the first time offset value in the present disclosure, whenever a terminal A expects a terminal B to transmit, the terminal B is able to transmit according to a timing obtained by itself and there is no need for multiple interactions between these terminals to acquire a timing advance (TA), thus improving radio signal transmission efficiency on sidelink in IOT and V2X systems and the system”s overall performance.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Device-to-device assisted timing synchronization
Patent No. 12414064

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Barta Jones, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18018517 on 07/28/2020 (1869 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for device-to-device (D2D) assisted 5G timing synchronization by enabling or disabling time compensation are provided. One method may include determining to initiate a procedure to determine whether to enable or disable propagation delay (PD) compensation for acquiring 5G system (5GS) timing with a sidelink (SL) group of user equipment. When it is determined to initiate the procedure, the method may include transmitting propagation delay (PD) information of the user equipment as a sidelink (SL) groupcast message over a sidelink (SL) control channel to at least one of the group of user equipment, receiving at least one of acknowledgement or nonacknowledgement from one or more of the group of user equipment, and determining whether to enable or disable the propagation delay (PD) compensation based on the received acknowledgement or nonacknowledgement from the group of user equipment.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication
Patent No. 12414084

Inventor(s): Keying Wu (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): BUNKER HILL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17741486 on 05/11/2022 (1217 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a node used for wireless communications. A first node receives a first signaling and a first signal in a first time-frequency resource block; and transmits a second information block in a first radio resource block. The first signaling comprises scheduling information for the first signal; the first signal carries a first bit block set; the second information block indicates whether the first bit block set is correctly received; the first radio resource block belongs to a first radio resource block group; the first time-frequency resource block is used to determine a first time-frequency unit. The above method realizes HARQ-ACK multiplexing in the sidelink, thus improving the resource utilization ratio on the feedback channel and streamlining the design of the feedback channel.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Apparatus and method of wireless communication
Patent No. 12414110

Inventor(s): Li Guo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD. (Dongguan, , CN)
Law Firm: BAYES PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17945272 on 09/15/2022 (1090 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus and a method of wireless communication are provided. The method by a user equipment (UE) includes being scheduled with a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) with one or more repetition transmissions and being indicated with transmission configurations for the PUSCH with one or more repetition transmissions. This can solve issues in the prior art, utilize multi-transmission/reception point (TRP) reception, improve uplink reliability, provide a good communication performance, and/or provide high reliability.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Physical downlink control channel and physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel enhancements
Patent No. 12414131

Inventor(s): Anthony Edet Ekpenyong (Houston, TX), Eko N. Onggosanusi (Allen, TX), Runhua Chen (Plano, TX), Vikram Chandrasekhar (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18244623 on 09/11/2023 (729 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless transmission system included at least one user equipment and a base station. The base station is operable to form a downlink control information block, modulate the downlink control information, precode the modulated downlink control information, and transmit the precoded, modulated downlink control information on at least one demodulation reference signal antenna port to the at least one user equipment. The precoded, modulated downlink control information is mapped to a set of N1 physical resource block pairs in a subframe from an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol T1 to and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol T2.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Filtering apparatuses and systems for electronic enclosures
Patent No. 12414246

Inventor(s): Anthony Salter (Dallas, TX), Todd Betz (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Nokia Technologies Oy (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18778673 on 07/19/2024 (417 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for attaching to an electronic unit includes a base and a cover. The base includes a bottom wall defining an opening, a first sidewall extending from a perimeter of the bottom wall, a support wall, and a second sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall extend from respective ends of the support wall such that a groove is defined between the first sidewall, the support wall, and the second sidewall. The cover is configured to be coupled to the base and includes a top wall including a first side and a second side, a third sidewall extending from a perimeter of the second side of the top wall, and at least one spacer extending from the second side of the top wall and configured to define a cavity between the base and the cover.

[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)

Cooling systems and methods for use in data centers
Patent No. 12414272

Inventor(s): John A. Musilli, Jr. (San Diego, CA), John Kolar (Clearwater, FL), Thomas Neuman (Dallas, TX), Walter Paul Mecozzi (Edmond, OK)
Assignee(s): Integra Mission Critical, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17820880 on 08/18/2022 (1118 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes one or more modular hot aisle cooling units (MHACUs) disposed in a data hall, each MHACU configured to cool one or more servers in the data hall. The system also includes a fluid cooler configured to receive the heated fluid from the one or more MHACUs, cool the heated fluid into cooled fluid, and output the cooled fluid. The system also includes a fluid supply line configured to convey the cooled fluid to the one or more MHACUs in order to cool heated air inside the data hall. The system also includes a pump package configured to control a flow of the heated fluid and the cooled fluid. The fluid cooler, the one or more MHACUs, and the pump package form a single fluid loop.

Method for protecting IR transmitting windows and domes from EMI
Patent No. 12414278

Inventor(s): Catherine Trent (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Arlington, VA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17032793 on 09/25/2020 (1810 days app to issue)

Abstract: Transparent IR conductive (TIRC) coatings used for EMI protection of, for example, longwave IR windows and domes are disclosed. In some non-limiting embodiments, the TIRC coating may be a BaCuSF coating. Related systems and methods are also disclosed.

Optical window with embedded screen
Patent No. 12414279

Inventor(s): Catherine Trent (McKinney, TX), James E. Foreman (McKinney, TX), Raquel Ovalle-Robles (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: CANTOR COLBURN LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18307571 on 04/26/2023 (867 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of embedding a screen in a substrate includes placing the screen on the substrate, and then melting part of the substrate, so that the screen becomes embedded in the substrate. The melting may involve heating at least part of the screen to melt part of the substrate, or directly heating the part of the substrate. The screen may be a screen of electrically-conductive material, and the heating may be Joule heating in which an electrical current is passed through the screen to heat the screen. Alternatively, the heating may involve microwave, conductive, or laser heating. The produced device of the substrate with an embedded screen may be an optical window with an embedded electromagnetic interference (EMI) screen, may be a touch screen or touch display, or may be a window with an embedded heating element, to give a few non-limiting examples.

Method of fabricating a semiconductor structure
Patent No. 12414341

Inventor(s): Pin-Hao Huang (Taipei, , TW), Tao Long (Shanghai, , CN), Ze Rui Chen (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18534917 on 12/11/2023 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure forming a first diffusion layer on a first electrode layer and forming a core layer over the first diffusion layer. A second diffusion layer is formed over the core layer. A plurality of diffusion regions are formed in the second diffusion layer. A second electrode layer is formed over the second diffusion layer and in contact with the plurality of diffusion regions. The second diffusion layer is coupled to the plurality of diffusion regions through the second electrode layer. The substrate is sandwiched between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.

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Tennis shoe
Patent No. D1092017

Inventor(s): Gerald Glenn Florence (Red Oak, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29829388 on 03/04/2022 (1285 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Beverage container
Patent No. D1092155

Inventor(s): Merrilee Kick (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): BUZZBALLZ, LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29985439 on 01/16/2025 (236 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Moss pole
Patent No. D1092165

Inventor(s): Khalid Abdulla (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29932405 on 03/13/2024 (545 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle center hood vent
Patent No. D1092316

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Jory Sprowl (Howe, 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: 29906962 on 11/14/2023 (665 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Top panel of a hood for a vehicle
Patent No. D1092317

Inventor(s): Derek Scott Sancer (Denton, TX), Jon Forrest Acton (Fort Worth, TX), Troy Robin McCuller (Argyle, TX), Tu Hoang Do (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29919842 on 12/06/2023 (643 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Steering wheel
Patent No. D1092323

Inventor(s): Johnny Tai (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): SC Autosports, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Ni, Wang Massand, PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29897331 on 07/13/2023 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vehicle mirror
Patent No. D1092336

Inventor(s): Dimitri Trinidad Medina (Plano, TX), Jon Forrest Acton (Fort Worth, TX), Troy Robin McCuller (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29962160 on 09/10/2024 (364 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display panel portion with an animated graphical user interface
Patent No. D1092531

Inventor(s): David Leonardo Perez (The Colony, TX), Isaac Nathan Holcomb (Fate, TX), Sarah Xiong (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29799395 on 07/14/2021 (1518 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen of a mobile terminal with graphical user interface
Patent No. D1092558

Inventor(s): Philip Thepkaysone (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): GENENTECH, INC. (South San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29878349 on 06/20/2023 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pin pad tablet mount
Patent No. D1092613

Inventor(s): Mani Suri (Frisco, TX), Scott Albert (Dallas, TX), Srikanth Gandra (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29822980 on 01/13/2022 (1335 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Foam mitt
Patent No. D1092620

Inventor(s): Karla H. Bishop (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): LET”S GO TEAM! LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Hemingway Hansen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29897727 on 07/18/2023 (784 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/Ae=”color: #808080;”>Assignee(s): Dare Manufacturing LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29921977 on 12/20/2023 (622 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vehicle tail lamp
Patent No. D1091888

Inventor(s): Robert G. Oake, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Oake Law Office, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29893969 on 06/05/2023 (820 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A> A chafing dish heating apparatus including an electrical heating pad configured to be placed within a chafing dish receptacle and connectable to a power source; a receptacle reflector configured to receive the chafing dish receptacle; a receptacle insulator configured to receive the receptacle reflector; a lid reflector configured to receive a chafing dish lid; a lid insulator configured to receive the lid reflector; and a thermostat connected to the electrical heating pad and configured to be connected to a power source.

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

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Suture button
Patent No. D1089970

Inventor(s): Kevin Kruse (Dallas, TX), Lawrence Binder (Miami, FL)
Assignee(s): Speed Clip Solutions, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Heslin Rothenberg Farley Mesiti P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29875978 on 05/15/2023 (834 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Window shade with cord protector and sliding actuator
Patent No. D1090108

Inventor(s): Armando Figueroa (Oceanside, CA), Charles Derk, Jr. (Park Ridge, NJ), James Liu (Oceanside, CA)
Assignee(s): THE WATT STOPPER, INC. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: BrownWinick Law Firm (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29912176 on 09/14/2023 (712 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Video conferencing camera
Patent No. D1090662

Inventor(s): Douglas Laube (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Biamp Systems, LLC (Beaverton, OR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29945269 on 06/02/2024 (450 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Hoverboard
Patent No. D1090750

Inventor(s): Eric Charles Masters (Mount Horeb, WI), Ryan Matthew Follmann (Fitchburg, WI)
Assignee(s): GoLabs Inc. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29894146 on 06/06/2023 (812 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Ultrasound device
Patent No. D1090856

Inventor(s): Trevor Theriot (Las Vegas, NV)
Assignee(s): ManaMed, LLC (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Holland Knight LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29890706 on 04/26/2023 (853 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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