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

Advanced Neuromodulation Systems’ wireless power transfer circuit for a rechargeable implantable pulse generator
Bank of America’s auto-healing for blockchain configuration drifts
BNSF Railway’s train simulator test set and method therefor
Capital One Services’ dynamic and secure permission role generation for cloud computing environments
Daisy Brand’s set of separate food cups joined by seal sheet hinge
Dell Products’ generating configuration of computing products
Frito-Lay’s system and method for impulse purchase prompting
Gemmy Industries’ double image projection lamp with fade-in and fade-out visual effects
Hinge’s system and method for providing enhanced recommendations based on ratings of offline experiences
RO5’s system and method for pharmacophore-conditioned generation of molecules
State Farm’s senior living engagement and care support platforms
Texas Instruments’ projector with phase hologram modulator
Tinder’s system and method for providing recommendations based on synchronous activity
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America’s adaptive display system for viewer with sunglasses

Dallas Invents is a 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 12/30/25 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

154 patents granted
Ranked No. 8 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 12
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 16
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 5
E: Fixed Constructions 8
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 5
G: Physics 54
H: Electricity 36

DESIGN: 18

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 16
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 13
Traxxas L.P. (McKinney) 8
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 5
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) 4
Apogee Networks LLC (Plano) 3
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 3
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 3
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Bloomington, Ill.) 3

Unassigned 8

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett) 8
Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney) 7
Jaime Felix Barajas (Dallas) 5
Kent Poteet (Lucas) 3
Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, China) 3
Caleb Hix (McKinney) 2
Casey Christen Jens Christensen (McKinney) 2
Greg Maurer (Sachse) 2
Jory Sprowl (Honey Grove) 2
Shivaram Subramanian (Frisco) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Natural mosquito repellent composition and process of preparing the same
Patent No. 12507699

Inventor(s): Kothapalli Narasimha Rao (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): COROMANDEL INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Secunderabad, , IN)
Law Firm: RMCK Law Group, PLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17621506 on 06/22/2020 (2017 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to a natural mosquitoes repellent composition comprising: neem oil, a mixture of plant extracts and solvent. The present invention particularly relates to the natural mosquito repellent composition comprising neem oil, a mixture of plant extracts, such as Geraniol, Eucalyptus oil, Cedar oil and Citronella oil. The present invention further provides a process for preparing the mosquito repellent composition.

[A01N] PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF (preservation of food or foodstuff A23); BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES (preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes which kill or prevent the growth or proliferation of unwanted organisms A61K); PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS (mixtures of pesticides with fertilisers C05G)

Eyeglass supporting headset
Patent No. 12507753

Inventor(s): Lainie Kans (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18385939 on 11/01/2023 (790 days app to issue)

Abstract: A headset for securing eyeglasses to a wearer without applying pressure to the wearer”s face, nose, or ears includes a support structure worn on a user”s head with a plurality of length-adjustable clamps secured thereto. A distal end of each clamp includes a receptacle that is dimensioned and configured to firmly snap onto either the nose bridge or temple of an eyeglass frame. Accordingly, the support structure suspends eyeglasses from a wearer”s head while preventing contact with the ears, nose, or face.

[A42B] HATS; HEAD COVERINGS (headbands, head-scarves A41D 20/00, A41D 23/00)

Convertible stem/fracture stem
Patent No. 12508132

Inventor(s): Sumant Krishnan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TORNIER SAS (Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, , FR)
Law Firm: DUANE MORRIS LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19216849 on 05/23/2025 (221 days app to issue)

Abstract: A humeral anchor for a shoulder prosthesis is disclosed. The humeral anchor includes a distal portion configured to be anchored in a proximal region of a humerus and a proximal portion, the proximal portion including a proximal face, where the proximal face includes an engagement feature configured to directly couple to a reverse shoulder insert having a concave proximal portion, and wherein the proximal face is further configured to directly couple with an anatomical shoulder insert having a convex proximal portion.

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

Prosthesis surface treatment for soft tissue attachment thereto
Patent No. 12508133

Inventor(s): Gerhard E. Maale (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ONKOS SURGICAL, INC. (Parsippany, NJ)
Law Firm: Corner Counsel, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18629188 on 04/08/2024 (631 days app to issue)

Abstract: The improved endoprosthetic device surface treatment encourages soft tissue attachment thereto. A porous mesh surface treatment creates on an outer surface of the endoprosthetic device a three-dimensional surface structure similar to cancellous bone. Suture attachment features are provided at various locations around the treated surface structure to initially affix a vascularized soft tissue to the treated surface. As the patient heals the soft tissue grows and infiltrates the porous mesh surface to achieve an attachment strength substantially equal to the surrounding tissue.

Achieving uniform patterned drug release via at least one embedded microchannel in an ophthalmic device
Patent No. 12508156

Inventor(s): Christian Gutierrez (South San Francisco, CA), Zidong Li (South San Francisco, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18196738 on 05/12/2023 (963 days app to issue)

Abstract: Uniform and location patterned drug release can be achieved via microchannel(s) embedded in a drug dispensing ophthalmic device. At least one reservoir can be encapsulated within the ophthalmic device at a discrete location to hold an amount of a drug. Each reservoir can be covered by an electrode that electrodissolves to release the drug. At least one microchannel having a length and holding at least water is encapsulated in the ophthalmic device between the reservoir and the side of the ophthalmic device facing the eye. After release from the reservoir, the drug spreads through an entirety of the length of the microchannel due to a capillary force inside the microchannel and a diffusion coefficient of the drug in the water. The amount of the drug diffuses from a plurality of locations along the entirety of the length of the microchannel.

[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]

Methods for treating glaucoma
Patent No. 12508160

Inventor(s): Davinder S. Grover (Dallas, TX), Ravi Nallakrishnan (Willowbrook, IL), Ronald L. Fellman (Dallas, TX), Sebastian S. Grover (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): EyeInnovate LLC (Dallas, TX), Innovative Glaucoma Consulting, LLC (Dallas, TX), RAICO International LLC (Westmont, IL)
Law Firm: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark Mortimer (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18814284 on 08/23/2024 (494 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of treating glaucoma in an eye includes obtaining a surgical instrument having a cutting means and severing/cleaving an anterior attachment of a portion of trabecular meshwork of the eye proximate to Schwalbe”s line with the cutting means while leaving the ciliary muscle tendons attached to the scleral spur of the portion of trabecular meshwork to create a trabecular meshwork leaflet. The surgical instrument including the cutting means is preferably a handheld microsurgical cutting instrument having at least one sharpened edge. Alternatively, the instrument may be an invasive or non-invasive laser cutting instrument with a laser cutting means; a vibratory cutting instrument with a vibratory cutting means; or a thermal cutting instrument with a thermal cutting means. The step of severing the portion of trabecular meshwork is preferably characterized by a linear cleavage plane severing the attachment portion without removing substantially any trabecular meshwork from the eye.

Vibration-induced tremor relief apparatus
Patent No. 12508202

Inventor(s): Anushka D. Sridhar (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Microelectronic Devices IP LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17724249 on 04/19/2022 (1351 days app to issue)

Abstract: A Smart Strap includes a flexible strap having a first plurality of vibration actuators, a second plurality of vibration actuators, and a motion sensor, with a processor having a processor power source connected to the motion sensor. An actuator power source is connected to the two pluralities of vibration actuators through a first switch and a second switch, respectively. The processor is configured to read acceleration of the motion sensor at a prescribed frequency, and turn on the first plurality of vibration actuators for a first prescribed treatment time when the acceleration exceeds a threshold acceleration value for a threshold time period. The processor is further configured to turn on the second plurality of vibration actuators when the acceleration remains above the threshold acceleration value after the first plurality of vibration actuators are turned on. The processor is configured to transmit an event record to a recording device.

[A61H] PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy, ultrasound therapy A61N)

Apparatus utilizing electric energy for processing of blood to neutralize pathogen cells therein
Patent No. 12508355

Inventor(s): Dale B. Nixon (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17814543 on 07/25/2022 (1254 days app to issue)

Abstract: An operational unit for locating and neutralizing pathogen cells in blood. A cassette has a plurality of thin holding chambers that are filled with blood drawn from a patient. A light source illuminates each of the holding chambers and passes light to an underlying sensor array such that the cells in the blood produce shadow images of the cells in the sensor array. A processor performs pattern recognition to identify and locate the pathogen cells by use of an image library. After the pathogen cells are located, the pump is operated to move the identified cells to a processing zone. When each identified cell reaches the processing zone, electric energy is applied to destroy the identified pathogen cells. A pump refills the cassette holding chambers, returns the neutralized-pathogen blood to the patient, and the process is repeated for a treatment time period.

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

Single use safety cap for use with needleless connectors
Patent No. 12508414

Inventor(s): Andrew Nelson (Dallas, TX), Jeffrey Albertsen (McKinney, TX), Robert Mart (Colleyville, TX), Savan Patel (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Quest Medical, Inc. (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17579494 on 01/19/2022 (1441 days app to issue)

Abstract: A safety cap for use with a needleless connector. The safety cap includes a body configured to at least partially enclose a head of the needleless connector (NC). The body is configured to achieve a first configuration that can be securely sealed to the NC and a second configuration that cannot be securely sealed to the NC. The second configuration is different from the first configuration. The safety cap also includes a detent in communication with the body which is configured to prevent the body from transitioning from the second configuration back to the first configuration.

Wireless power transfer circuit for a rechargeable implantable pulse generator
Patent No. 12508435

Inventor(s): William Winstrom (Leander, TX)
Assignee(s): ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: The Small Patent Law Group, LLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18078244 on 12/09/2022 (1117 days app to issue)

Abstract: A charging energy control system includes an implantable medical device (IMD) and an external charger for effectuating wireless power transfer. The IMD receives charging energy to recharge a battery during an ON period and rejects the charging energy during an OFF period. A series switch is disposed between the IMD”s coil and rectifier circuitry that is controlled by voltage regulation circuitry operative to generate a clamp control signal configured to detune the coil in the OFF state.

Golf clubs and golf club heads having interchangeable rear body members
Patent No. 12508480

Inventor(s): Robert M. Boyd (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (Phoenix, AZ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18513370 on 11/17/2023 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: Golf club heads (e.g. drivers, fairway woods, wood-type hybrid clubs, or the like) according to at least some example aspects of this invention include a striking face and a rear portion opposite the striking face, the rear portion defining an opening to an interior cavity. A rear body member configured to be inserted into the opening is engaged with the rear portion of the club head. The rear body member may include multiple rear body parts that may be removable and/or interchangeable to permit flexibility in controlling the weight distribution of the golf club head.

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

DIN rail and wall mounted enclosure assembly and method of use
Patent No. 12513843

Inventor(s): David John Boretti (Salem, NH)
Assignee(s): Schneider Electric Buildings Americas, Inc. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Quinn IP Law (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18644690 on 04/24/2024 (615 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mounting enclosure assembly is configured to mount an electronic component onto a Deutsches Institut fr Normung (DIN) rail. The mounting enclosure includes a mounting bracket including a body having a slot configured to receive the DIN rail therein. A locking mechanism is operatively connected to the body of the mounting bracket to selectively engage and disengage the mounting enclosure assembly to the DIN rail. There is also a position for mounting the mounting bracket to a flat surface, e.g. where there is no DIN rail.

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

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

Sorting between metal alloys
Patent No. 12508628

Inventor(s): Isha Kamleshbhai Maun (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): SORTERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Markle, IN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18935420 on 11/01/2024 (424 days app to issue)

Abstract: A material sorting system sorts materials utilizing an x-ray fluorescence and/or a vision system that implements a machine learning system in order to identify or classify each of the materials, which are then sorted into separate groups based on such an identification or classification determining that the materials are composed of either wrought aluminum, extruded aluminum, or cast aluminum. The system is capable of sorting between cast aluminum alloys and also between wrought aluminum alloys.

[B07C] POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING (specially adapted for a specific purpose covered by another class, see the relevant place, e.g. A43D 33/06, B23Q 7/12)

Methods, apparatuses, and systems for edge sealing laminate wafers containing a soft deformable inner film
Patent No. 12508788

Inventor(s): Ahmed Drammeh (Dallas, TX), Eric Begg (Dallas, TX), Hao-Wen Chiu (Dallas, TX), Zbigniew Tokarski (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, , FR)
Law Firm: NIXON VANDERHYE (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18502470 on 11/06/2023 (785 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems, apparatuses, and methods for an optical system. In some aspects, the systems and devices may produce a wafer for use in the manufacture of an optical article. The wafer includes a laminate having a first layer that includes a first matrix material having a lower surface and an upper surface opposite the lower surface and a second layer that includes a second matrix material, the second layer is coupled to the first layer and covers at least a portion of the lower surface or the upper surface. The first layer includes a first thickness at a central portion that is greater than a second thickness at an edge portion.

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

Tow hitch lead in system
Patent No. 12508855

Inventor(s): Lauren M. Abro (West Bloomfield, MI), Lindsay A Babian (Canton, MI), Michelle R. Vargo (Plymouth, MI), Yuko N. Gidcumb (West Bloomfield, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18116790 on 03/02/2023 (1034 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for aligning a vehicle and a trailer. The system includes a guide coupled to a tow hitch of the vehicle, a plurality of sensors disposed along the guide, and an electronic control unit (ECU). The guide includes a first arm extending from a hinge and a second arm extending from the hinge. The first arm and the second arm are configured to provide a space therebetween to receive a tongue of the trailer. The plurality of sensors are configured to detect sensor data indicative of an alignment between the vehicle and the trailer. The ECU is configured to receive the sensor data, determine a position of the tongue relative to the first arm and the second arm, and transmit the determination to the vehicle.

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

Accessory rotary drive system and method
Patent No. 12508901

Inventor(s): Charles J. Martis (Los Alamos, NM), Christopher Delmont Corfman (Grapevine, TX), Kerry Wayne Whitaker (Gordonville, TX), Stephen William OBrien (Irving, TX), Todd Michael Coleman (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): TSI Products, Inc. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Hitchcock Evert LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18632457 on 04/11/2024 (628 days app to issue)

Abstract: A drive mechanism that connects to a rotary drive component for transferring rotary motion to another component. The drive mechanism may be a conversion assembly to facilitate a connection to an existing rotary drive component and transfer the rotary motion to another component. The drive mechanism may include a drive shaft, a housing with a rotary bearing and seal, an enclosure and a drive pulley or other transfer component. The drive shaft may include a cap and flange to connect to a rotary drum and extend to a drive pulley in an enclosure.

[B60K] ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES [2006.01]

Adjusting battery soc based on future use of an electric vehicle
Patent No. 12508942

Inventor(s): Abril A. Galang (Ypsilanti, MI), Alessandro Concas (Belleville, MI), Allison McGowan (Ann Arbor, MI), Arlo C. Eitzer (Ann Arbor, MI), Benjamin J. Groelke (Ann Arbor, MI), Emily S. Lerner (Ypsilanti, MI), Jordan Choby (Ann
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17520129 on 11/05/2021 (1516 days app to issue)

Abstract: A battery manager includes a pattern estimator, a prediction engine, and a charging scheduler. The pattern estimator estimates a driving pattern of an electric vehicle. The prediction engine predicts a charging parameter based on at least one of the driving pattern or driver charging behavior. The charging scheduler outputs the charging parameter to control charging of a secondary battery of the electric vehicle. The pattern estimator may estimate the driving pattern based on information from at least one information source of the electric vehicle. The prediction engine predicts the charging parameter of the secondary battery in preparation of a future use of the electric vehicle.

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

Systems and methods for securing cargo using inflatable panels
Patent No. 12508974

Inventor(s): Weiling Wang (Livonia, MI), Yuyang Song (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18108087 on 02/10/2023 (1054 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to securing cargo in a cargo area of a vehicle using inflatable panels. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring sensor data about a cargo area of a vehicle from at least one sensor, identifying a presence and a location of an item in the cargo area according to the sensor data, and inflating an inflatable panel to secure the item in the cargo area.

[B60P] VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G 3/00)

Truck bed dividers with retractable divider extensions
Patent No. 12508978

Inventor(s): Adam D. Holmstrom (Pinckney, MI), Paxton S. Williams (Milan, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18108226 on 02/10/2023 (1054 days app to issue)

Abstract: A truck includes a passenger cabin and a truck bed located rearward of the passenger cabin in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The truck bed includes a bed deck, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a first wheel well adjacent the first sidewall and a second wheel well adjacent the second sidewall. A bed divider extends in a vehicle lateral direction. The bed divider includes a main body that has a wheel well opening that is sized and arranged to receive the first wheel well therethrough. A divider extension is moveable relative to the main body and covers the wheel well opening in an extended configuration. The divider extension includes a projection that rides along a guide that extends along the first sidewall and over the first wheel well of the truck bed in order to move the divider extension between the extended configuration and a retracted configuration providing increased clearance for the first wheel well relative to the extended configuration as the bed divider is moved in the vehicle longitudinal direction along the truck bed.

Vehicles and systems for determining tailgate position using accelerometers
Patent No. 12508994

Inventor(s): Scott P. Nehls (Ypsilanti, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18113317 on 02/23/2023 (1041 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a cabin area and a cargo area including a truck bed assembly. A tailgate assembly is pivotally connected to the truck bed assembly. The tailgate assembly is moveable between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration. A control unit includes logic that, when executed by a non-transitory processor, causes the processor to compare a first accelerometer signal from a first accelerometer mounted to the tailgate and another accelerometer signal from a second accelerometer located outside the tailgate to determine if the tailgate is in the raised configuration or the lowered configuration.

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

Methods, systems, and devices for monitoring a portable speaker of a vehicle
Patent No. 12508998

Inventor(s): Ming M. Meng (Novi, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18595022 on 03/04/2024 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for a portable speaker security system. The portable speaker security system may include a portable speaker and a speaker dock. The speaker dock may hold the portable speaker and electrically connect to the portable speaker. The portable speaker security system may further include a head unit electrically connected to the speaker dock. The head unit may indicate a disconnect when the portable speaker is electrically disconnected from the speaker dock. The portable speaker security system may further include a network access device. The network access device may wirelessly communicate with a mobile device. The portable speaker security system may further include an electronic control unit (ECU) electrically connected to the speaker dock, the head unit, and the network access device. The ECU may transmit a message to the mobile device indicating the portable speaker has been disconnected from the speaker dock when the disconnect is indicated.

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

Alternative methods for opening doors and hatches
Patent No. 12509022

Inventor(s): Alexander L. Paradis (Ann Arbor, MI), Frank A. Richards (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17735323 on 05/03/2022 (1337 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle system for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle system includes an electronic control unit configured to receive a signal from a key fob, and determine whether the key fob is within a predetermined distance from the vehicle based on the received signal. Upon determination that the key fob is within the predetermined distance from the vehicle, the electronic control unit determines whether a predetermined action has been performed by a user based on an output from one or more vehicle sensors. Upon determination that the predetermined action has been performed, the electronic control unit causes a component of the vehicle to at least one of unlock and open.

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

Vehicle occupant preference-based data delivery
Patent No. 12509097

Inventor(s): Daisuke Muramoto (McKinney, TX), Imad Zahid (Carrollton, TX), Indhar C. Gopalakrishnan (Allen, TX), Livesey N. George (Allen, TX), Preeya Samudrala (Plano, TX), Reshma Thomas (Dallas, TX), William J. Elmore (Dallas, TX, U
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-Ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18382014 on 10/19/2023 (803 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a vehicle, data preferences of one or more occupants in the vehicle, sending, by the vehicle, data to the one of more occupants, based on the determining, determining a reaction of the one or more occupants, responsive to the data being sent, and validating the data preferences of the one or more occupants, based on the determined reaction.

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

Large plate tilt railroad car
Patent No. 12509129

Inventor(s): Daniel Schuller (North Richland Hills, TX), Peter L. Jones (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Gunderson LLC (Lake Oswego, OR)
Law Firm: Neal, Gerber Eisenberg LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17669836 on 02/11/2022 (1418 days app to issue)

Abstract: A large plate tilt railroad car including a plate support assembly having a plurality of spaced-apart plate supporters including a plurality of plate holders simultaneously movable from loading positions in which one or more large steel plates can be loaded on the railroad car to transit positions in which one or more large steel plates can be transported using the railroad car.

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

Train simulator test set and method therefor
Patent No. 12509131

Inventor(s): Daniel E. Pittman (Kansas City, MO), Ross M. Sterling (Gardner, KS)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17816533 on 08/01/2022 (1247 days app to issue)

Abstract: A train simulator test set is disclosed that can be operably coupled to a railroad track to measure the resting impedance of that track circuit and simulate a train by varying the railroad track inductance over a set period of time. The test set can select the speed, direction, and number of trains to simulate. By applying a variable inductance on the railroad tracks, the test set can simulate a train moving at variable speeds toward and away from the island. The test set can apply inductances to the railroad tracks to simulate two or more trains moving in each direction of the tracks at the same time, along with multiple looks and routes. The train simulator test set can include simulation software to vary the parameters of the train simulation and couple a variable inductance on the railroad tracks.

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

Personal flotation device
Patent No. 12509199

Inventor(s): Carolyn Yvonne Gardner Maldonado (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): G180, LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Lathrop GPM LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18114945 on 02/27/2023 (1037 days app to issue)

Abstract: A personal flotation device includes a burst zipper connected to a back panel, a left panel, and a right panel of a shell of the personal flotation device. The personal flotation device further includes an inflatable bladder sewn into a seam of the shell of the personal flotation device. The seam extends through one or more of a neck panel, the left panel, and the right panel of the shell. The personal flotation device further includes strap components connected between the back panel and the left panel and the right panel. The strap components are configured to secure the left panel and the right panel to the back panel.

[B63C] LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS (floating nets, floating slipways, or the like for recovering aircraft from the water B63B 35/52)

System and method for protection against vortex ring state
Patent No. 12509222

Inventor(s): Albert Gerard Brand (North Richland Hills, TX), Ronald Lorenz Kisor (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: SLATER MATSIL, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18774671 on 07/16/2024 (532 days app to issue)

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

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

Synchronization apparatuses and methods of use
Patent No. 12509307

Inventor(s): David A. Britton (Florence, KY), Harrison W. Saunders (Georgetown, KY), Jeffery S. Smith (Nicholasville, KY), Jeffrey W. DeBruler (Cynthiana, KY), Michael S. Haggan (Lexington, KY)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18582028 on 02/20/2024 (679 days app to issue)

Abstract: A synchronization device for synchronizing a hanging dolly assembly to a conveyor includes a first pole body assembly comprising a first pole body and a first spring that is configured to bias the first pole body in a first direction and a second pole body assembly with a second pole body slidably connected to the first pole body and a second spring that is configured to bias the second pole body in a second direction opposite the first direction.

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

Set of separate food cups joined by seal sheet hinge
Patent No. D1107563

Inventor(s): Christine Horan (Northborough, MA), Gregg Flender (Bedford, MA), Julia Sharpe (Cambridge, MA), Matthew Nichols (McKinney, TX), Ryan Adame (Queen Creek, AZ), Vincent Taylor (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Daisy Brand, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29948587 on 06/21/2024 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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

Solid-state copper(I) sorbents for olefin separations
Patent No. 12509473

Inventor(s): Devaborniny Parasar (Arlington, TX), Naleen B. Jayaratna (Arlington, TX), Rasika Dias (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX), The Regents of The University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, CO)
Law Firm: Meunier Carlin Curfman LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18775484 on 07/17/2024 (531 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for separating a hydrocarbon feed gas mixture comprising constituents including ethylene to produce a separated ethylene product. The disclosed process employs a solid-state ethylene sorbent and temperature and/or pressure swing adsorption and membrane separation and demonstrates a methodology to reduce the net heat of reaction during the adsorption of ethylene onto an adsorbent.

[C07F] ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC, OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM (metal-containing porphyrins C07D 487/22; macromolecular compounds C08)

Composition and method for breaking friction reducing polymer for well fluids
Patent No. 12509623

Inventor(s): David O. Trahan (Lafayette, LA), Vanessa Madrid (Youngsville, LA)
Assignee(s): DOWNHOLE CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS, LLC (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: McCutcheon Joseph, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17263346 on 07/30/2019 (2345 days app to issue)

Abstract: A polymer breaking solution usable in fracking and other downhole applications comprises a solution of aqueous hydrogen peroxide, an anionic surfactant, a metal chelating agent, an acidic pH buffer, a soluble zinc compound, and in some embodiments, a viscosifying agent. In other embodiments, the solution may additionally comprise a linear hydrophobic surfactant. At treatment concentrations of between 500 ppm to 1,500 ppm, the solution is non-toxic and usable at a wide range of downhole temperatures (32 C. to 82 C.).

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

Vertical thermal pressure vessel
Patent No. 12509635

Inventor(s): Terry O”Malley (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18428036 on 01/31/2024 (699 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a vessel having an interior chamber formed by a vessel wall. The vessel wall comprises a double-walled structure having an inner wall and an outer wall. A moveable lid is configured to form an airtight seal with the interior chamber in a closed position. A basket is positioned within the chamber. One or more vibration devices, such as transducers, are attached to the basket, and are configured to shake the mesh basket to cause decomposed material to fall through the mesh basket to a reactor vessel floor. A heating coil is positioned within the chamber and surrounding the basket. The heating coil is configured to heat the basket using induction heating. An airtight space is formed between the inner wall and the outer wall and is filled with a gas. The temperature within the chamber may be lowered by cooling the gas.

[C10B] DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION OF GAS, COKE, TAR, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS (cracking oils C10G; underground gasification of minerals E21B 43/295) [5]

Method for eliminating or reducing detection of articles using a surface treatment
Patent No. 12509641

Inventor(s): Bryan Allen Davis (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS RAISED HUNTING PRODUCTS LLC (Richmond, TX)
Law Firm: Technology Law PLLC (22 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18238506 on 08/27/2023 (856 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for reducing, eliminating or masking detection of an object such as an article, human or animal from IR, RF, X-ray, UV or EMI by using a composition having as ingredients silver water, zeolite, activated carbon and ozone and optionally sodium bicarbonate and copper. The method can use the composition as a concentrate or diluted with water for various applications, such as a powder, spray, wipes, liquid, and dunking use. It can be used as an additive in soaps, detergents, hand sanitizers, paints, coatings, and applied to any article that is coated with it such as buildings, equipment, persons, military uses and more. When applied to a person or animal, the heat signature of the person or animal is blocked from detection.

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

Oxidation barriers with CVD soak processes
Patent No. 12509762

Inventor(s): Jesus Avila Avendano (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18209257 on 06/13/2023 (931 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of forming an oxidation barrier layer in a semiconductor structure includes forming a contact layer on an exposed surface of a semiconductor region of a semiconductor structure in a first processing chamber, wherein the semiconductor region comprises silicon germanium doped with p-type dopants and the contact layer comprises silicon germanium (SiGe) with a ratio of germanium (Ge) ranging between 60% and 100%, and forming an oxidation barrier layer comprising gallium (Ga) on the contact layer, by applying gallium (Ga)-containing liquid precursor to a surface of the contact layer in the first processing chamber.

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

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

Universal seal for a movable barrier
Patent No. 12509938

Inventor(s): Bradley J Lee (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Overhead Door Corporation (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18762473 on 07/02/2024 (546 days app to issue)

Abstract: A flexible seal may be attachable to a moveable barrier and usable to seal selectively along a horizontal lower surface adjacent the moveable barrier and along a vertical upper surface adjacent the moveable barrier. The flexible seal may assume a first orientation to be affixed to a lower edge of the movable barrier and may assume a second orientation to be affixed to an upper edge of the movable barrier. In the first orientation, a central region of the flexible seal contacts the horizonal lower surface. In the second orientation, a first or second end of the flexible seal contacts the vertical upper surface.

[E06B] FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G 9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D 25/10; sky-lights E04B 7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F 10/00)

Partially bonded seals for well systems
Patent No. 12509957

Inventor(s): Shobeir Pirayeh Gar (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: DeLizio, Peacock, Lewin Guerra LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18886519 on 09/16/2024 (470 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various seals for wellbore systems include a partially bonded seal configured to be actuatable to provide a fluid seal between a first conduit and a second conduit positioned within a wellbore. The partially bonded seal may comprise a hanger body and a sealing element, the sealing element positioned in contact with and arranged to encircle an outer surface of the hanger body for some longitudinal distance along the hanger body. A first portion of the sealing element adjacent to the outer surface of the hanger is bonded to the outer surface of the hanger body, and a second portion of the sealing element adjacent to the outer surface of the hanger body is not bonded to the outer surface of the hanger body.

[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]

Expandable metal slip ring for use with a sealing assembly
Patent No. 12509958

Inventor(s): Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17325754 on 05/20/2021 (1685 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a slip ring for use with a sealing assembly, a sealing tool, and a method for sealing an annulus within a wellbore. The slip ring, in at least one aspect, includes an expandable metal ring member having a width (w), a wall thickness (t), an inside diameter (d[subscript]i[/subscript]) and an outside diameter (d[subscript]o[/subscript]), the expandable metal ring member comprising a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis. The slip ring, in at least one aspect, further includes one or more cuts located in the wall thickness (t) and spaced around a circumference of the expandable metal ring member, the one or more cuts configured to allow the expandable metal ring member to move between a radially reduced state and a radially enlarged state.

Fluid tight float for use in a downhole environment
Patent No. 12509960

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

Swaging of charge tube for attachment to perforating hardware
Patent No. 12509968

Inventor(s): Aaron James Bonner (Carrollton, TX), Jason Paul Metzger (Alvarado, TX), Matthew Kinter (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18218480 on 07/05/2023 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: A variety of charge tubes for perforating gun systems including, in one embodiment, a method attaching a charge tube, comprising swaging one or more ends of the charge tube to form at least one swaged end on the charge tube, wherein the charge tube comprises a plurality of charge ports; and coupling the at least one swaged end to a gun system component.

Detonator assembly for a perforating gun assembly
Patent No. 12509970

Inventor(s): Courtney Ann Thain Roberts (Alvarado, TX), Cynthia Anne Kane (Alvarado, TX), Kevin Cook (Alvarado, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18500751 on 11/02/2023 (789 days app to issue)

Abstract: In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a detonator assembly that includes a detonator housing that includes a detonating cord receptacle and a detonator receptacle, a detonator seated within the detonator receptacle, a detonating cord seated within the detonating cord receptacle side-by-side the detonator, and a grounding clip that extends lengthwise along a substantial portion of the detonator housing, where the grounding clip extends beyond an axial end of the detonator housing.

Coupling low-pressure manifold passages in hydraulic fracturing systems
Patent No. 12509977

Inventor(s): Adam Stephen Hardman (Azle, TX), Ronald E. Arizpe (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18754449 on 06/26/2024 (552 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for performing a hydraulic fracturing operation includes providing a manifold assembly. The manifold assembly has a low-pressure section with a first passage that receives a clean fluid and a second passage that receives a slurry. Each passage includes outlets to provide the clean fluid and the slurry to pumps. An outlet end of the first passage is coupled to an outlet end of the second passage via a flexible fluid coupler. A first valve is between outlets of the first passage, and a second valve is between outlets of the second passage. The manifold assembly has a high-pressure section with a third passage that receives the clean fluid and the slurry from the pumps. Further, the method includes controlling, based on an open or closed position of the first and second valves, whether each outlet, of the first and second passages, is provided with clean fluid or slurry.

System and method for bond log analysis
Patent No. 12509983

Inventor(s): Gergely Sebestyen (Budapest, , HU), Kirk Lane Harris (Lafayette, LA), Laslo Olah (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Institute of Science, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19191758 on 04/28/2025 (246 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bond-log interpretation system, apparatus, and computer-implemented method are disclosed. The system ingests a cement-bond log (CBL) containing variable-density log (VDL) data and at least one secondary data track (SDT). A processing core, coupled to toggleable lithology, casing-tally, cementing-data, and prior-CBL libraries, first executes a VDL-only assessment at each depth to flag possible discontinuities. For every flagged depth, the core correlates the concurrent SDT data with selected library information to confirm or clear the discontinuity, delineate imperfect intervals, and identify probable causes. Results are synthesized into an annotated integrity report that includes audit-trail metadata listing which libraries were enabled. In a multi-well deployment, multiple field units synchronize their libraries with a central repository over a secure network, allowing real-time, parallel analysis and fleet-wide visualization. The modular architecture permits on-the-fly enabling, disabling, and versioning of libraries while maintaining a single interpretation engine adaptable to diverse tools and formations.

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

Modular systems and methods for transporting tower assembly of wind turbine
Patent No. 12510056

Inventor(s): Joseph M. Sindelar (Houston, TX), Marco A. Poisler (Houston, TX)
Assignee(s): BNSF Logistics, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18075598 on 12/06/2022 (1120 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method are used for transporting a plurality of tower sections of a wind turbine on beds of transport devices, such as flat railcars. Supports affix at support locations on beds to accommodate at least one of the tower sections on each of the transport devices. The supports can include bed supports, such as tabs, extending from the beds, and can include cradle supports with slots that engage on the tabs. A circumferential dimension of a cradle is adjusted on each of the supports against which the tower section rests. Each of the tower sections is then supported with at least two of the supports by loading the tower sections on the transport devices. An end of each of the tower sections is then affixed to a flange on at least one of the supports on each of the transport devices.

[F03D] WIND MOTORS

Hydrophobic twisted and coiled polymer actuators
Patent No. 12510062

Inventor(s): Pawandeep Singh Matharu (Dallas, TX), Umesh N. Gandhi (Farmington Hills, MI), Yonas Tadesse (Garland, TX), Yuyang Song (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): The University of Texas at Dallas (Richardson, TX), Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota, , JP), Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18458514 on 08/30/2023 (853 days app to issue)

Abstract: An actuator includes a twisted and coiled polymer fishing line and an untwisted resistance heating wire (TCP[subscript]FL[/subscript][superscript]RHW[/superscript]) actuator and a coating on the TCP[subscript]FL[/subscript][superscript]HRW [/superscript]actuator. The coating includes a mixture of carbon nanotubes, metal nanoparticles, and mesoporous carbon nanoparticles, and in some variations, the coating includes a polymer matrix with the carbon nanotubes, metal nanoparticles, and mesoporous carbon nanoparticles disposed in the polymer matrix. And the actuator exhibits enhanced actuator parameters such as actuator efficiency, hydrophobicity, power consumption, actuation frequency, dynamic actuation and cooling rate.

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

Automated valve actuation for frac fluid ends using position and/or pressure sensors
Patent No. 12510068

Inventor(s): Saul Dominguez-Anaya (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): FORUM US, INC. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18596922 on 03/06/2024 (664 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pump includes a power end and a fluid end coupled to the power end. The power end includes a plunger, and the fluid end includes a crossbore in selective fluid communication with inlet and outlet bores. A suction valve controls fluid communication between the inlet bore and the crossbore, and a discharge valve controls fluid communication between the outlet bore and the crossbore. An actuation device is used to move the discharge valve between an open position and a closed position. A position sensor measures a position of the plunger. A pressure sensor measures a pressure of the crossbore, the inlet bore, or the outlet bore. A controller operates the discharge valve based on data from at least one of the position sensor or the pressure sensor.

[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)

Click fit restrained pipe joining system for plastic pipe
Patent No. 12510201

Inventor(s): Guido Quesada (Santa Ana, , CR), Mark A. Weih (San Jose, , CR), Sam Gjorven (Williston, ND)
Assignee(s): SB Technical Products, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18888685 on 09/18/2024 (468 days app to issue)

Abstract: A restrained pipe joining system for plastic pipe is shown comprising male and female pipe ends, the male pipe end having an external circumferential groove and the female pipe end having an internal recess which contains a circumferential casing element, the casing element receives a non-circular click fit restraint ring which engages the external circumferential groove of the male pipe end during the make-up of the pipe ends to form a sealed and restrained pipe joint.

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

Dual inlet air diffuser
Patent No. 12510268

Inventor(s): Daniel Int-Hout, III (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Nailor Industries of Texas, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18670298 on 05/21/2024 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dual inlet assembly configured to provide a mix of ventilation airflow and conditioned airflow to a space inside a building. The dual inlet assembly comprises a first duct having a first diameter and a first terminal end. The first duct is configured to provide the ventilation airflow. The dual inlet assembly further comprises a second duct having a second diameter and a second terminal end. The second duct is configured to provide the conditioned airflow. The first terminal end of the first duct extends beyond the second terminal end of the second duct; the first diameter of the first duct is smaller than the second diameter of the second duct; and a portion of the first duct extends into and within a portion of the second duct.

[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)

P H Y S I C S

Precision rate demodulation for a vibrating gyroscope
Patent No. 12510359

Inventor(s): David McClure (Carrollton, TX), Deyou Fang (Frisco, TX), Milad Alwardi (Allen, TX), Pavan Nallamothu (Little Elm, TX), Yamu Hu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva, , CH)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18643403 on 04/23/2024 (616 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a circuit is proposed for generating rate and quadrature demodulation signals, incorporating unidirectional hysteresis for negative edges. The circuit features a preliminary stage that amplifies the differential sinusoidal signal from gyroscopic proof mass oscillations; a gain stage for boosting this signal with adjustable hysteresis levels; an output stage delivering a full-swing square wave output; and a customizable offset component to deepen the drop in the non-inverting compared to the inverting signal for the third signal”s falling edge.

[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)

Stackable molecular spectroscopy cell
Patent No. 12510407

Inventor(s): Adam Fruehling (Garland, TX), Argyrios Dellis (McKinney, TX), Simon Joshua Jacobs (Lucas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17490938 on 09/30/2021 (1552 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stackable molecular spectroscopy cell includes a hollow body, a first cap affixed to a first surface of the hollow body, covering a first opening in the hollow body, and a second cap affixed to a second surface of the hollow body, covering a second opening in the hollow body, and forming a sealed cavity within the hollow body. The sealed cavity contains a dipolar gas having a pressure of less than 0.5 mbar. The stackable molecular spectroscopy cell also includes a metal layer covering an inner surface of the hollow body and an inner surface of the first and second caps, including a first aperture in the metal layer covering the inner surface of the first cap and a second aperture in the metal layer covering the inner surface of the second cap.

[G01J] MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED, VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY [2]

Fluorescence enhancement films for luminescent imaging
Patent No. 12510478

Inventor(s): Caleb T. Nelson (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, MN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18549244 on 04/07/2022 (1363 days app to issue)

Abstract: Luminescent imaging films ([b]100[/b]) for fluorescent enhancement and methods of making and using the same are provided. The films ([b]100[/b]) include a flexible carrier layer ([b]1109[/b], and a pattern of photonic structure ([b]120[/b]) disposed on the flexible carrier layer, which is interspersed with an anti-biofouling material ([b]130[/b]) to provide a pattern of analyte sites ([b]132[/b]). The pattern of photonic structure includes a patterned high-refractive-index dielectric material surface ([b]123[/b]) so as to provide resonance at the excitation or emission wavelength to enhance a fluorescence signal from labeled analytes.

[G01N] INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

Magnetic field sensor cell and array
Patent No. 12510498

Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Paul Donald Schmalenberg (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: 18606844 on 03/15/2024 (655 days app to issue)

Abstract: Technology provides for a magnetic field sensor cell including a color center arranged in a substrate, where the color center includes single-defect photon emitters, and a plurality of sector-shaped slices provided on the substrate, where each sector-shaped slice includes a body having a transparent material having a first refractive index formed into a raised sector shape having a narrow end formed into a grating structure, and a photoluminescent quantum dot placed in the body of the sector-shaped slice, where the sector-shaped slice is configured such that light from the quantum dot is reflected toward and emitted out of the narrow end, where the plurality of sector-shaped slices are arranged around the color center such that the narrow end of each slice of the plurality of slices points toward the color center. An array of magnetic field sensor cells can be arranged on the substrate.

Testing system and method for testing devices under test
Patent No. 12510577

Inventor(s): Samuel Reiter (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Rohde Schwarz GmbH Co. KG (Munich, , DE)
Law Firm: Westman, Champlin Koehler, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18076528 on 12/07/2022 (1119 days app to issue)

Abstract: A testing system for testing a device under test comprises a test chamber with a test location for receiving the device under test. The testing system further comprises at least one first antenna with a corresponding reflector. The at least one first antenna is configured to transmit and/or receive an electromagnetic signal along an indirect beam path. The indirect beam path extends between said at least one first antenna and the device under test via the corresponding reflector. The testing system further comprises at least one second antenna configured to transmit and/or receive an electromagnetic signal along a direct beam path extending between said at least one second antenna and the device under test. The at least one first antenna and the corresponding reflector are arranged to provide a quiet zone at the test location. The at least one reflector can be rotated in a horizontal plane.

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

Systems and methods for determining indica for remaining useful life of a battery
Patent No. 12510604

Inventor(s): Nilay Dave (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota, , JP), Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18105037 on 02/02/2023 (1062 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to determining salient attributes of batteries for characterizing battery value. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring usage information about batteries that indicates aspects about prior use of the batteries. The method includes analyzing, using a predictor, the usage information to generate battery indicators about at least remaining useful life (RUL) for separate ones of the batteries. The method includes generating correlation values that specify an extent of correlation between the usage information and the RUL. The method includes providing a correlating subset of the usage information according to the correlation values to identify which parameters of the usage information specify the RUL for the batteries.

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

Polarization splitter-rotator having silicon based waveguide with silicon nitride segment
Patent No. 12510641

Inventor(s): Brett E. Huff (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Aeva, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18615890 on 03/25/2024 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: A polarization splitter-rotator (PSR) is described. The PSR having a silicon nitride based waveguide including a first silicon nitride segment comprising a tapered width in a longitudinal direction and a ridge extending in a transverse direction and an adiabatic coupler coupled with the first silicon nitride segment.

[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

Fiber optic assembly with connectorized midplane
Patent No. 12510718

Inventor(s): Chois Alven Blackwell, Jr. (North Richland Hills, TX), Jason Cameron Payne (Fort Worth, TX), Larry Todd McKinney (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): CORNING RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Corning, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18194859 on 04/03/2023 (1002 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fiber optic assembly is provided including a base configured to be mounted to a surface, a sidewall extending from the base, a cover configured to engage the sidewall to enclose a portion of the fiber optic assembly, a midplane separating a first portion of the fiber optic assembly from a second portion of the fiber optic assembly, and a hinge disposed between the midplane and the sidewall, which enables the midplane to transition between an open position and a closed position. The midplane includes a plurality of adapters disposed through the midplane from a first side to a second side and a plurality of splice holders disposed on the second side configured to retain at least one fiber optic splice connection between an optical fiber of an input cable and an adapter of the plurality of adapters.

[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]

Double image projection lamp with fade-in and fade-out visual effects
Patent No. 12510817

Inventor(s): Cheng-Chun Zhang (Shenzhen, , CN)
Assignee(s): GEMMY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: BACON THOMAS, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18487483 on 10/16/2023 (806 days app to issue)

Abstract: A double image projection lamp has a housing, a first and a second projecting assembly in the housing, a driver, a light shielding element, and a driven component. The second projecting assembly has a shell body pivotally connected to the housing, connected to the driver, and having a sliding groove between a projecting end of the shell body and a light emitting unit of the second projecting assembly. The light shielding element is disposed in the sliding groove. When the driver drives the shell body to pivot, the driven component is driven by the shell body and drives the light shielding element to move along the sliding groove so as to allow light emitted from the light emitting unit to be shielded by the shielding element or travel to the projecting end, which provides fade-in and fade-out visual effects when two projected images move relatively.

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

Projector with phase hologram modulator
Patent No. 12510863

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Matthew Kempf (Dallas, TX), Muralidhar Madabhushi Balaji (Dallas, TX), Terry Alan Bartlett (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17160060 on 01/27/2021 (1798 days app to issue)

Abstract: A projection system includes: an illumination source configured to output illumination light; a phase light modulator (PLM) optically coupled to the illumination source, the PLM configured to: receive the illumination light; phase modulate the illumination light while displaying a phase hologram, to produce modulated light; and projection optics coupled to the PLM, the projection optics configured to receive the modulated light and to project an image responsive to the modulated light; wherein both a mean in intensity and a variance in intensity in bright regions of the projected image is greater than the mean intensity and the variance in intensity in dark regions of the projected image.

[G03H] HOLOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS (holograms, e.g. point holograms, used as ordinary optical elements G02B 5/32; analogue computers performing mathematical operations with the aid of optical elements G06E 3/00; holographic storage G11B 7/0065, G11C 13/04) [2]

Methods and apparatus to generate waveforms
Patent No. 12510919

Inventor(s): Ryan Patrick Savage (Richardson, TX), Stephen Phillip Savage (Colorado Springs, CO)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18115686 on 02/28/2023 (1036 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes a multiplexer; a first memory coupled to the multiplexer; a second memory coupled to the multiplexer, the second memory including a bi-level reset indicator, a multi-level reset indicator, and a duration indicator; a memory controller coupled to the multiplexer; and waveform generation circuitry coupled to the memory controller, the waveform generation circuitry including: a first power supply configured to receive the bi-level reset indicator; a second power supply configured to receive the multi-level reset indicator; and timing circuitry configured to receive the duration indicator.

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

Managing clock trigger signals for asynchronous clock domains
Patent No. 12510920

Inventor(s): Gregory North (Austin, TX), Sudhakar Surendran (Bangalore, , IN), Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18398496 on 12/28/2023 (733 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to managing clock signals across clock domains. In one implementation, a system is configured to derive a base clock signal from a first clock trigger signal produced by a first subsystem in a first clock domain of the clocking system. The system is further configured to generate a second clock trigger signal based on the base clock signal and a main clock of a second subsystem in a second clock domain of the clocking system. The system is also configured to supply the second clock trigger signal to a second peripheral in the second clock domain.

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

Packet routing between memory devices and related apparatuses, methods, and memory systems
Patent No. 12511041

Inventor(s): John D. Leidel (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: TraskBritt (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18618966 on 03/27/2024 (643 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interconnect system includes host devices, one or more memory devices, and a routing system to connect the host devices and the one or more memory devices. Respective ones of the host devices include an interface to communicate packet requests over respective packetized links. Respective ones of the one or more memory devices include an interface to receive and respond to the packet requests over the respective packetized links. The routing system includes devices interconnected in a routing topology. Respective ones of the devices include a switch and interfaces. The routing system is to route the packet requests and responses between the host devices and respective memory device destinations over the respective packetized links.

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

Static identifications in object-based memory access
Patent No. 12511124

Inventor(s): Steven Jeffrey Wallach (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17693240 on 03/11/2022 (1390 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer system having an address system of a first predetermined width in which each address of the first predetermined width in the address system includes a first portion identifying an object and a second portion identifying an offset relative to the object, where a static identifier for the first portion is predetermined to identify an address space having a second predetermined width that is smaller than the first predetermined width, or a space of kernel objects.

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

Automated deployment of configurations for a multi-tenant platform up an environment chain
Patent No. 12511133

Inventor(s): Alan Ilango (McKinney, TX), Andrew Pohlmann (Aubrey, TX), Calvin Hoo (Plano, TX), Leah Ferrell (McKinney, TX), Martin Quish (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18493114 on 10/24/2023 (798 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may retrieve a configuration package corresponding to one or more configurations used to establish an entity in a platform that integrates services of a plurality of first entities with platforms of a plurality of second entities. The device may cause deployment of the configuration package to a first environment of an environment chain of the platform. The device may cause, after deployment of the configuration package to the first environment, deployment of the configuration package to a second environment of the environment chain of the platform. Numerous other aspects are described.

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

Generating configuration of computing products
Patent No. 12511135

Inventor(s): Rachel Gabrielle Mazzini (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: McDermott Will Schulte LLP (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18647140 on 04/26/2024 (613 days app to issue)

Abstract: Method of generating configurations of computing products, including receiving images of a particular layout of the computing product; analyzing the particular layout, including identifying computing components of the computing product and determining a thermal mapping of the computing product; identifying physical constraints associated with the computing components of the computing product; identifying product profile of the computing product that indicates, for each computing component, features of the computing component; iteratively permutating, based on the physical constraints associated with the computing components and the thermal mapping, the particular layout to define permutated layouts; iteratively permutating each of the permutated layouts based on combinations of features of each of the computing components of the particular layout; generating, for the computing component, data table indicating each of the permutated layouts of the computing product and each of the combinations of features of each of the computing components of each of the permutated layouts.

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

System and method for providing mainframe resource utilization for batch cycle application integration
Patent No. 12511159

Inventor(s): Victor Sims (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18131778 on 04/06/2023 (999 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for mainframe resource utilization for batch cycle application integration. The invention generally involves extracting, organizing, and collating batch cycle processing data from various sources, executing data preparation steps, converting file formats, loading data into a designated storage location, generating a mainframe database table with coded date values for predefined batch run dates, and generating a batch job run library by scanning and replacing coded date values with respective date values for predefined batch run dates.

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

Monitoring emerging faults
Patent No. 12511187

Inventor(s): Dilip Srinivas Krovi (Irving, TX), Ravinder Singh Choudhary (Irving, TX), Richard Lawton (Irving, TX), Sarthak Saptarshi Bandopadhyay (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19067141 on 02/28/2025 (305 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring emerging faults at a network system are disclosed herein. The system may receive, such as from tool-based monitoring systems, data including measurements and testing results. The system may input an operational metric dataset into a fault detection machine learning model to obtain an indication of and degree of the fault condition at the network system. Responsive to determining that the degree of the fault condition indicates uncertainty of whether fault has occurred, the system may identify second commands. Based on transmitting the second commands, additional parameters may be obtained for generating an augmented dataset. The system may input the augmented dataset into the fault detection machine learning model to obtain an updated indication of the fault condition and updated degree of the fault condition and transmit an alert to an operator device.

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

Translation lookaside buffer prewarming
Patent No. 12511240

Inventor(s): Daniel Brad Wu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18437289 on 02/09/2024 (690 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes executing, by a processor core, a first task; scheduling, by a scheduler, a second task to be executed by the processor core upon completion of executing the first task; responsive to scheduling the second task, providing, by the scheduler, a prewarming message to a memory management unit (MMU) coupled to the processor core; and responsive to receiving the prewarming message, fetching, by the MMU, a page table specified by a page table base of the prewarming message.

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

Pseudo-first in, first out (FIFO) tag line replacement
Patent No. 12511241

Inventor(s): Sureshkumar Govindaraj (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18744992 on 06/17/2024 (561 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method is provided that includes searching tags in a tag group comprised in a tagged memory system for an available tag line during a clock cycle, wherein the tagged memory system includes a plurality of tag lines having respective tags and wherein the tags are divided into a plurality of non-overlapping tag groups, and searching tags in a next tag group of the plurality of tag groups for an available tag line during a next clock cycle when the searching in the tag group does not find an available tag line.

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

System and method for providing enhanced recommendations based on ratings of offline experiences
Patent No. 12511296

Inventor(s): Jean-Marie McGrath (New York, NY), Julia Chesbrough (Brooklyn, NY), Justin McLeod (Brooklyn, NY), Lucy Mort (Brooklyn, NY), Mitchell LaPoff (Brooklyn, NY), Sam Levy (Brooklyn, NY), Tim MacGougan (Brooklyn, NY)
Assignee(s): Hinge, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16597564 on 10/09/2019 (2274 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The processor uses the interface to receive a first set of text from a first user and to transmit the first set of text to a second user. The processor determines, based at least in part on the first set of text, that the first user and the second user had an in-person meeting. The processor uses the interface to transmit a request to the first user for a first set of data. The first set of data includes information about the in-person meeting between the first user and the second user. The processor uses the interface to receive the first set of data from the first user. The processor determines, based on the first set of data, a score of the second user. The processor uses the interface to transmit a notification, based on the score, to the second user.

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

Electronic apparatus and method for managing feature information
Patent No. 12511312

Inventor(s): Young Soo Lee (Seoul, , KR)
Assignee(s): Hyperconnect LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Patent Capital Group (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18463980 on 09/08/2023 (844 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus and a method of managing feature information performed by the electronic apparatus, the method including the electronic apparatus receiving a request to store feature information in a database, based on at least some of a feature quantity, attributes of the feature information, a calculation method of the feature information and sources of the feature information, the electronic apparatus storing the feature information in one of a first database in which data for inference of a machine learning model is stored and a second database in which data for training the machine learning model is stored, and the electronic apparatus synchronizing the feature information from one of the first database and the second database in which the feature information is stored to the other database.

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

Systems for securely searching textual content across multiple documents in various repositories
Patent No. 12511317

Inventor(s): Chris Malunowicz (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Rocket Software Technologies, Inc. (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Danielson Legal LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18911640 on 10/10/2024 (446 days app to issue)

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

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

System and method for operating system memory forensics
Patent No. 12511388

Inventor(s): Nallu Sethuraman (Concord, NC), Neeraj Kulkarni (San Ramon, CA)
Assignee(s): Musarubra US LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Rutan Tucker, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18143450 on 05/04/2023 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cyberthreat detection system for detecting, in real-time, cyberthreats residing within a memory of a targeted computing device. The cyberthreat detection system features an undocumented structure extractor logic and an undocumented offset extractor logic. The undocumented structure extractor logic is configured to identify known, undocumented, memory structures associated with software operating on the targeted computing device. The undocumented offset extractor logic is configured to identify undocumented and unknown memory structures associated with software installed on the targeted computing device.

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

Risk-adjustment techniques for generating software code data
Patent No. 12511403

Inventor(s): Nurujjama Beg (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18647103 on 04/26/2024 (613 days app to issue)

Abstract: A risk-sensitive code generation computing system receives query data indicating a requested code section. A code attribute evaluation module determines attributes that indicate characteristics of the query data or the requested code section. Based on the attributes, the code attribute evaluation module calculates risk level data for the requested code section. A code generation module selects, based on the risk level data, a set of training resources. Based on the selected training resources, the risk-sensitive code generation computing system modifies training of a trained neural network model. The modified trained neural network model generates a risk-sensitive code data object based on the requested code section and the risk level data. The risk-sensitive code generation computing system provides at least a portion of the risk-sensitive code data object to an additional computing system.

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

Defect diagnosis with dynamic root cause detection
Patent No. 12511465

Inventor(s): Fan Jiang (Beaverton, OR), Gaurav Veda (Hillsboro, OR), Manish Sharma (Wilsonville, OR), Wu-Tung Cheng (Lake Oswego, OR), Xiaoyuan Qi (Portland, OR)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17823273 on 08/30/2022 (1218 days app to issue)

Abstract: This application discloses a computing system to identify suspected defects in a manufactured integrated circuit, which correspond to electrical failures detected by a test applied to the manufactured integrated circuit. The computing system can utilize the suspected defects in the manufactured integrated circuit to cluster features in a physical layout design describing the manufactured integrated circuit. Each cluster of the features corresponds to a candidate for a physical root cause of the suspected defects in the manufactured integrated circuit. The computing system can detect a physical root cause of the electrical failures in the manufactured integrated circuit based on the clusters of the features. A physical failure analysis process includes an inspection of the manufactured integrated circuit to confirm the physical root cause of the electrical failures in the manufactured integrated circuit corresponds to a systemic manufacturing fault in the manufactured integrated circuit.

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

Camera enabled portal
Patent No. 12511504

Inventor(s): Hisham Khalid A. Alshmmasi (Frisco, TX), Jason Crawford Miller (Bedford, TX)
Assignee(s): Rehrig Pacific Company (Monterey Park, CA)
Law Firm: Carlson, Gaskey Olds, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18396090 on 12/26/2023 (735 days app to issue)

Abstract: A delivery portal, which may be at a loading dock, includes a sensor configured to detect a pallet, platform or stack of goods as it passes through the portal. A computer is programmed to receive information from the sensor and to identify the pallet based upon the information. The computer is further programmed to compare the identified pallet to a database to determine if the identified pallet should be passing through the portal. For example, the computer determines whether the pallet is being loaded onto the wrong truck or onto the right truck but in the wrong sequence. The sensor for detecting the pallet may be an RFID sensor reading an RFID tag on the pallets. The portal may be a loading dock. The database may indicate a sequence for loading a plurality of pallets including the identified pallet onto a truck at the loading dock.

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

Cloud migration
Patent No. 12511517

Inventor(s): Santhana Gopala Krishnan Natarajan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED (Dublin, , IE)
Law Firm: Mannava Kang, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17895248 on 08/25/2022 (1223 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure relates to cloud migration. In some aspects, a method includes receiving, by one or more computing devices, a plurality of parameters associated with an on-premises system to be migrated to a cloud architecture, the plurality of parameters including an identifier of the on-premises system, identifiers of components of the on-premises system, and migration requirements; extracting, from the plurality of parameters, a set of input parameters substantially affecting a migration of the on-premises system to the cloud architecture; identifying a target cloud architecture, selected from a plurality of cloud architectures, that i) is compliant with the set of input parameters, and ii) satisfies one or more threshold conditions associated with the migration; determining, a set of output parameters representing features of the target cloud architecture; and training, a neural network model using the set of input parameters and the set of output parameters.

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

Visual sign language translation training device and method
Patent No. 12511541

Inventor(s): Dallas Nash (Frisco, TX), Michael Menefee (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Avodah, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18596618 on 03/05/2024 (665 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for training a pattern recognition system are described. In one example, a method for training a sign language translation system includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a 3D model simulating a gesture that represents a letter, a word, or a phrase in a sign language. The method includes obtaining a value indicative of a total number of training images to be generated, using the value indicative of the total number of training images to determine a plurality of variations of the 3D scene for generating of the training images, applying each of plurality of variations to the 3D scene to produce a plurality of modified 3D scenes, and capturing an image of each of the plurality of modified 3D scenes to form the training images for a neural network of the sign language translation system.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Business-to-business netting
Patent No. 12511653

Inventor(s): Jonathan Huntington Rhea (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17567600 on 01/03/2022 (1457 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing netting of business-to-business payments for settlement of running balances between parties are provided. To that end, blockchain infrastructures allow smart contracts that may be suitable for subrogation and netting operations, and the smart contracts that facilitate the operations. Application-programming interfaces (APIs) are provided that may be used to interact with the smart contracts.

[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]

Generalized demand estimation for automated forecasting systems
Patent No. 12511662

Inventor(s): Shivaram Subramanian (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: SCULLY, SCOTT, MURPHY PRESSER, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17548739 on 12/13/2021 (1478 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an aspect, input data can be received, including at least time series data associated with purchases of at least one product and causal influencer data associated with the purchases. The causal influencer data can include at least non-stationary data, where lost shares associated with said at least one product are unobserved. An artificial neural network can be trained based on the received input data to predict a future global demand associated with at least one product and individual market shares associated with at least one product. The artificial neural network can include at least a first temporal network to predict the global demand and a second temporal network to predict each of the individual market shares. The first temporal network and the second temporal network can be trained simultaneously.

Systems and methods for providing improved recommendations
Patent No. 12511667

Inventor(s): Amit Deshpande (McKinney, TX), Ben Hoang (Garland, TX), Jacob Anderson (Plano, TX), Jie Shen (Plano, TX), Mithra Kosur Venuraju (Frisco, TX), Shilpa Mittal (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18526708 on 12/01/2023 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing improved recommendations are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may be used for vehicle recommendations. The system may include a server system configured to receive user historical vehicle preferences, user vehicle preferences, generate weighted feature data sets, and apply a similarity model to the generated weighted feature data set in order to determine a vehicle recommendation data set. A visual representation of the vehicle recommendation data set may then be provided to an interface associated with a user.

System and method for impulse purchase prompting
Patent No. 12511682

Inventor(s): George Benjamin Mayfield (Plano, TX), John S. Phillips (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Frito-Lay North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18380051 on 10/13/2023 (809 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of prompting impulse purchases includes detecting a position of a customer at an impulse purchase location via an impulse purchase prompt initiator, automatically transmitting, via the impulse purchase prompt initiator, an impulse purchase prompt to the customer, fulfilling, in near-real time, an impulse purchase request transmitted by the customer in response to the impulse purchase prompt via the impulse purchase prompt initiator automatically sending a signal to a communications module of an automated locker, and automatically opening the at least one storage compartment and dispensing a product associated with the impulse purchase. The automated locker includes storage that is temperature controlled so as to lower a temperature of the product, and the impulse purchase prompt is only automatically transmitted in response to the temperature of the product being equal to or less than a predetermined temperature.

Systems and methods for global operations display
Patent No. 12511693

Inventor(s): Akash Jain (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18061222 on 12/02/2022 (1124 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for monitoring performance of one or more a warehouses, including steps to receive a request to generate a dashboard visualization associated with a portfolio of assets, the request comprising: a location of the portfolio of assets; and at least one KPI descriptor; and in response to the request: obtain, based on the location of the portfolio of assets and the KPI descriptor, aggregated data associated with the portfolio of assets; determine metrics associated with the portfolio of as2sets for the aggregated data; and provide the dashboard visualization to an electronic interface of a computing device, the dashboard visualization comprising the metrics associated with the portfolio of assets, and optimize one or more process conditions for one or more assets associated with the portfolio of assets based on the aggregated data.

Systems and methods for insurance for NFTS and digital assets
Patent No. 12511694

Inventor(s): Neetu Jain (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: BakerHostetler (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17827609 on 05/27/2022 (1313 days app to issue)

Abstract: A loss of a non-fungible token (NFT) may be determined. A search may be conducted to identify a digital twin of the NFT. If the digital twin of the NFT is found, a replacement NFT may be minted using the digital twin. Rights to the replacement NFT may be awarded to an owner. If the digital twin of the NFT is not found, a compensation for the owner of the NFT may be determined.

Systems and methods for enhanced personal property replacement
Patent No. 12511695

Inventor(s): Greg Maurer (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18440307 on 02/13/2024 (686 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer system for enhanced personal property replacement may be provided. The computer system may include at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor may programmed to receive a plurality of user preferences transmitted from a user computer device associated with a user, receive a request from the user to cover a claim, determine a first plurality of items for the user based upon the claim and the plurality of user preferences, and/or transmit, to a retailer computer device associated with a retailer, an order for the determined first plurality of items with the retailer to be delivered to the user at an address associated with the user.

Systems and methods for enhanced personal property replacement
Patent No. 12511696

Abstract: A system for enhanced personal property replacement (i) builds a virtual inventory of personal belongings, such as by performing object recognition techniques on mobile device digital images with the customer”s permission or affirmative consent; (ii) receives user preferences transmitted from their mobile device; (iii) receives a request from the user to handle an insurance claim after an insurance-related event; (iv) determines items to purchase for the user based upon the user preferences, and/or the extent of damage; and/or (v) transmits, to a retailer remote server a virtual order for the items to be delivered to the user at a temporary (hotel) or permanent (home) address. Insurance claim monies may be used to pay for the items. As a result, after an event (e.g., fire, tornado, hurricane), household or other goods may be automatically purchased and delivered to a customer to alleviate the negative impact of the event on their life.

Wafer image denoising and contour extraction for manufacturing process calibration
Patent No. 12511773

Inventor(s): Bappaditya Dey (Heverlee, , BE), Bhamidipati Venkata Rama Samir (Bengaluru, , IN), Germain Louis Fenger (Gladstone, OR), Hsin-Wei Wu (Heverlee, , BE), Kiarash Ahi (San Jose, CA), Mark Pereira (Bengaluru, , IN), Sandip Halder (Bie
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17823741 on 08/31/2022 (1217 days app to issue)

Abstract: This application discloses a computing system to obtain a wafer image of an electronic device having physical structures manufactured using one or more lithographic masks associated with a layout design describing the electronic design. The computing system can implement an unsupervised deep learning algorithm to process the wafer image to remove at least some noise from the wafer image, which generates a denoised wafer image. The computing system can extract contours corresponding to the physical structures of the electronic device from the denoised wafer image of the electronic device without use of the layout design or a mask design. The computing system can calibrate the layout design or the mask design describing the one or more lithographic masks based, at least in part, on the contours extracted from the denoised wafer image.

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

Scanning of interactable objects of virtual worlds
Patent No. 12511828

Inventor(s): Josiah Hagen (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Trend Micro Incorporated (Tokyo, , JP)
Law Firm: Beyer Law Group LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18513127 on 11/17/2023 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: Interactable objects of a virtual world are scanned to determine if they are malicious. A spatial resource identifier (SRI) of an interactable object is received in a virtual reality (VR) interface that is employed by a user to access the virtual world. The interactable object is scanned when it has been rendered and is in range of the user. The scanning includes querying a backend system, using the SRI, for a reputation of the interactable object when the VR interface is incapable of scanning the interactable object.

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

Extraction of 3D evaluation points for image conjugates
Patent No. 12511832

Inventor(s): Jody D. Verret (Rockwall, TX), Richard W. Ely (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Arlington, VA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18455416 on 08/24/2023 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for three-dimensional (3D) evaluation point (3DEP) identification; wherein a method can include receiving a first conjugate point of a first real two-dimensional (2D) image, receiving a second conjugate point of a second real 2D image, the first and second conjugate points corresponding to a same geographical location, determining a first set of points of a 3D point set that project to within a specified distance of the first conjugate point in the first real 2D image, determining a second set of points of the 3D point set that project to within the specified distance of the second conjugate point in the second real 2D image, identifying a common point in both the first set of points and the second set of points that satisfies a specified heuristic relative to all other points in both the first set of points and the second set of points, and using the point as the 3DEP.

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

Machine learning model training using synthetic data for under-display camera (UDC) image restoration
Patent No. 12511867

Inventor(s): Hamid R. Sheikh (Allen, TX), John Seokjun Lee (Allen, TX), Yibo Xu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18049213 on 10/24/2022 (1163 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining an under-display camera (UDC) image captured using a camera located under a display. The method also includes processing, using at least one processing device of an electronic device, the UDC image based on a machine learning model to restore the UDC image. The method further includes displaying or storing the restored image corresponding to the UDC image. The machine learning model is trained using (i) a ground truth image and (ii) a synthetic image generated using the ground truth image and a point spread function that is based on an optical transmission model of the display.

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

System and method for pharmacophore-conditioned generation of molecules
Patent No. 12511869

Inventor(s): Alvaro Prat (Barcelona, , ES), Alwin Bucher (Cambridge, , GB), Roy Tal (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): RO5 INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Galvin Patent Law LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18161879 on 01/30/2023 (1065 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for pharmacophore-conditioned generation of molecules. The system and method modifies a conditional variational autoencoder (CVAE) such that the latent space in generation of a molecule is not conditioned on the pharmacophore space of the molecule. This allows for generation of pharmacophore descriptors independently from the conditional on which CVAE has been trained, removing a substantial impediment to the use of CVAEs for exploration of pharmacophore descriptors of a molecule.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Computer-implemented method of handling an emergency incident, communication network, and emergency processing unit
Patent No. 12511888

Inventor(s): Aikaterini Skouta (Argyroupoli, , GR), Anastasios Talampekos (Athens, , GR), Aristeidis Giachalis (Athens, , GR), Dimitrios Talasoglou (Nea Makri, , GR), Konstantinos Katsimingos (Athens, , GR), Nikolaos Drys (Athens, , GR)
Assignee(s): ATOS PUBLIC SAFETY, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg Liao, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17585896 on 01/27/2022 (1433 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of handling an emergency incident can include receiving information on an emergency incident that includes at least one image of the emergency incident, applying a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) object recognition and classification process for identifying and marking objects on the at least one image that are related to the emergency incident and that may cause at least one secondary hazardous situation, processing the data relating to the identified and marked objects by applying a deep learning algorithm to the data in a Relational Network (RN) architecture, wherein the image on the basis of the identified and marked objects is correlated to a set of recognized objects in a database for classifying the emergency. A communication network, communication apparatus, and an emergency processing unit are also provided. Embodiments of such machines and systems can be configured to implement embodiments of the method.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Systems and methods for configuring a hierarchical traffic management system
Patent No. 12511993

Inventor(s): Emrah A. Sisbot (Menlo Park, CA), Haritha Muralidharan (Santa Clara, CA), Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Xiaofei Cao (Mountain View, CA), Yashar Zeiynali Farid (Berkeley, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18104863 on 02/02/2023 (1062 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein relate to configuring a hierarchical traffic management system. One embodiment receives, at a cloud server, a request from an application, the request including requirements and implicating configuration of a hierarchical traffic management system; determines, based on information received from one or more connected vehicles in an area of interest pertaining to the request, a minimum density of connected vehicles in the area of interest to meet the requirements; calculates an optimum number of connected vehicles to assign to a section manager in the hierarchical traffic management system; calculates the size of a section of the roadway to be managed by the section manager in the area of interest based, at least in part, on the minimum density of connected vehicles and the optimum number of connected vehicles; and activates the hierarchical traffic management system in accordance with the calculated size of the section.

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

System, method, and apparatus for pulse-width modulation sequence
Patent No. 12512032

Inventor(s): Aravind Lakshminarayanan (Frisco, TX), Natalia Garcia (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17245974 on 04/30/2021 (1705 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for pulse-width modulation sequence. In some examples, a controller configured to produce a sequence segment having a first time duration by stretching a building block sequence having a second time duration by a stretch factor and instruct a light modulator to set pixel elements based on the sequence segment, wherein the light modulator comprises the pixel elements.

[G09G] ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F 3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F 9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H01L, H05B 33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N 1/00) [5]

Adaptive display system for viewer with sunglasses
Patent No. 12512073

Inventor(s): Ercan M. Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Jae Seung Lee (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: 18295088 on 04/03/2023 (1002 days app to issue)

Abstract: Adaptive display technology includes issuing one or more commands to perform a first adjustment to an output of a display to enhance visibility for a viewer of the display based on a determination that the viewer is wearing sunglasses, where the first adjustment includes adjusting one or more of a polarization of the display output, or a color of the display output based on a color of lenses in the sunglasses or a selection by the viewer, determining, after the first adjustment is performed, a second adjustment to the output of the display to further enhance visibility for the viewer, wherein the second adjustment includes adjusting one or more of a brightness of the display output or a contrast of the display output, and issuing one or more commands to perform the second adjustment to the output of the display based on viewer feedback in relation to the second adjustment.

System and method for consent detection and validation
Patent No. 12512094

Inventor(s): Wassim Samir Chaar (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: CHIP LAW GROUP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17873803 on 07/26/2022 (1253 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is provided for consent detection and validation. Uttered speech signals and sensor data of at least one user is received from a first electronic device during a personal interaction, scheduled based on a consent response corresponding to an acceptance of a consent request, between two users. A confidence score is determined based on intent of the two users, current sensor data and a new set of user characteristics for the two users during the personal interaction. An immediate consent or dissent of one of the two users is detected at defined timestamp during the personal interaction based on comparison of the confidence score with threshold value, explicit or implied keywords from uttered speech signals, and extent of deviated values of sensor data. Based on a plurality of criteria, immediate consent or dissent of one of the two users is validated and second set of tasks is performed.

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

Two-way in-vehicle virtual personal assistant
Patent No. 12512099

Inventor(s): Behrouz Saghafi Khadem (Dallas, TX), Nikhil Patel (Prosper, TX), Prithvi Kambhampati (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Harman International Industries, Incorporated (Stamford, CT)
Law Firm: Artegis Law Group, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18774073 on 07/16/2024 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments include a computer-implemented method for interacting with a user. The method comprises utilizing a processor associated with a virtual personal assistance system. The processor is configured to perform the steps of obtaining first sensor data from a first sensor included in a plurality of sensors. The first sensor data comprises audio speech input. The steps further comprise analyzing the audio speech input using a first deep learning model to generate an intended meaning, selecting second sensor data to obtain based on the intended meaning, obtaining the second sensor data from a second sensor included in the plurality of sensors, analyzing the second sensor data and the intended meaning to generate a prediction value, applying a second deep learning model to the prediction value to generate a text segment, and converting the text segment into a natural language audio output; and outputting the natural language audio output to the user.

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

Apparatus and method for determining a code as a function of subject data
Patent No. 12512216

Inventor(s): Blake Browder (Dallas, TX), Joy Figarsky (Little Rock, AR)
Assignee(s): Behavioral Health Operations, LLC (North Richland Hills, TX)
Law Firm: Caldwell Intellectual Property Law (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18957811 on 11/24/2024 (401 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining a code as a function of subject data. The apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory instructs the processor to collect subject data, receive user input associated with the subject data, determine, using a first encoder, portions of the user input, wherein the portions comprise tokens and noise, identify, using a second encoder, the tokens of the portions, assign, using the second encoder, a code to the tokens, and identifying the code as a function of the subject data, and display the code.

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

Senior living engagement and care support platforms
Patent No. 12512220

Inventor(s): Nirav Patel (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18481312 on 10/05/2023 (817 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein is an engagement and care support platform (”ECSP”) computer system including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device for facilitating senior user engagement. The processor is programmed to: (i) register a user through an application, (ii) register a caregiver associated with the user through the application, (iii) generate a senior profile based upon user personal and scheduling data, (iv) build a daily interactive user interface that reflects the senior profile, (v) display the daily interactive user interface at a first client device associated with the user, (vi) cause the first client device to initiate a daily interaction prompt to the user, (vii) determine whether any user interaction was received in response to the daily interaction prompt, and (viii) transmit a daily update message to a second client device associated with the caregiver, including an indication of whether any user interaction was received.

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

System and method for securely synchronizing and integrating data stored in databases associated with multiple entities
Patent No. 12512963

Inventor(s): Aeric John Solow (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18517776 on 11/22/2023 (769 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes accessing the first user data set and the second user data set. The second user data set includes a homomorphically-encrypted data set. The method includes executing a predictive model trained to generate a homomorphically-encrypted recommendation of an identified interaction for a user based at least in part upon the first user data set and the homomorphically-encrypted data set. The user is associated with at least one of the first entity or the second entity. The method further includes transmitting the homomorphically-encrypted recommendation of the identified interaction for the user to a computing system associated with the second database and the second entity, receiving, from the computing system associated with the second database and the second entity, a decrypted recommendation of the identified interaction for the user, and transmitting the decrypted recommendation to a computing system associated with the user.

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

System and method for approving transactions
Patent No. 12513008

Inventor(s): Robert W. Peterson (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): OL SECURITY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Schwabe, Williamson Wyatt, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18495303 on 10/26/2023 (796 days app to issue)

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

Electronic subsystem having multiple powered devices prioritized for providing power to the subsystem
Patent No. 12513016

Inventor(s): Dan Yi (Hudson, NH), Erik Neyland (Bolton, MA), Gary L. Falk (Sudbury, MA)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18298186 on 04/10/2023 (995 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes receiving power signals at respective powered devices of a subsystem. The method further includes coupling, to a power supply with one of the powered devices having a highest priority, one of the power signals received by the one of the powered devices having a highest priority. The method further includes generating a supply signal with the power supply in response to the one of the power signals.

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

System and method for coordinated resource scaling in microservice-based and serverless applications
Patent No. 12513207

Inventor(s): Shivaram Subramanian (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: CHIP LAW GROUP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18668099 on 05/17/2024 (592 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for trace-driven call-graph-aware proactive coordinated autoscaling of component microservices in an application includes generating performance-resource elasticity models of endpoints of the component microservices of the application. Workload levels of the endpoint of the component microservices is predicted based on user traffic observed at a front end service. A trace-level performance of the application is predicted for different microservice replica scaling based on the performance-resource elasticity models at end points, the ends points on the trace call graph and the predicted workload levels. A microservice replica scaling is recommended for each of the component microservices to meet predefined trace-level user service level objectives.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Metal-clad multi-circuit electrical cable assembly
Patent No. 12512234

Inventor(s): Andrew P. Hull (McKinney, TX), Daniel T. McCaulley (Dallas, TX), David W. Maxey (Gunter, TX), John L. Rhoads (Lewisville, TX), Micah W. Latimer (Leonard, TX), Paul Abernathy (McKinney, TX), Troy D. Skidmore (McKinney, TX,
Assignee(s): Encore Wire Corporation (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: Warren Rhoades LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18539096 on 12/13/2023 (748 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electrical cable assembly including a first electrical circuit including an insulated conductor, a second electrical circuit, a third electrical circuit, and a conductive metallic armor encasing the first, second, and third electrical circuits, wherein the conductive metallic armor provides a return ground path. The second and third electrical circuits each includes (i) a control insulated conductor, (ii) a jacket surrounding the control insulated conductor, and (iii) a wrap surrounding the jacket which is surrounding the control insulated conductor.

[H01B] CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F 1/00; waveguides H01P)

Small grain size polysilicon engineering for threshold voltage mismatch improvement
Patent No. 12512322

Inventor(s): Bhaskar Srinivasan (Allen, TX), Christopher Whitesell (Garland, TX), Corinne Gagnet (Dallas, TX), Mahalingam Nandakumar (Richardson, TX), Mona Eissa (Allen, TX), Pushpa Mahalingam (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17589329 on 01/31/2022 (1429 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for growing fine grain polysilicon. In one example, the method of forming an integrated circuit includes forming a dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate, and forming a polysilicon layer over the dielectric layer. The polysilicon layer is formed by a chemical vapor deposition process that includes providing a gas flow including disilane and hydrogen gas over the semiconductor substrate.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

System in a package (SIP) with air cavity
Patent No. 12512375

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Miller (Allen, TX), Md Hasnine (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Law Firm: Withrow Terranova, P.L.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17819203 on 08/11/2022 (1237 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system in package (SiP) with an air cavity is disclosed. In one aspect, a technique to bond a lid over the air cavity that reduces the risk of cavity integrity failure is provided. More specifically, a metal ring is provided that conforms to or is congruent to a shape of a lower lip of the lid. A dielectric material covers the metal ring, and a low modulus epoxy is used to bind the lower lip of the lid to the dielectric material. The lid and metal ring may have comparable thermal coefficients, which, when coupled with the low modulus epoxy, reduces chance of gross failure of the cavity.

[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]

Plated walls defining mold compound cavities
Patent No. 12512381

Inventor(s): John Carlo Cruz Molina (Limay, , PH), Julian Carlo Concepcion Barbadillo (Mabalacat, , PH), Ray Fredric Solis De Asis (Mabalacat, , PH)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18617492 on 03/26/2024 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: In examples, a semiconductor package comprises a wafer chip scale package (WCSP) having circuitry formed in a device side and an insulative layer above the device side. The WCSP includes one or more plated walls extending vertically to form a defined space, the one or more plated walls configured to prevent mold compound from flowing into the defined space. The WCSP includes mold compound abutting surfaces of the one or more plated walls opposing the defined space. The WCSP includes a conductive terminal coupled to the circuitry and extending from the WCSP into the defined space.

Leadframe
Patent No. 12512393

Inventor(s): Li-Ju Huang (Plano, TX), Michael Yimin Zhang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DIODES INCORPORATED (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17803180 on 08/31/2022 (1217 days app to issue)

Abstract: A leadframe includes a peripheral frame, a plurality of lead pads, and a die attach pad (DAP). Each lead pad is physically connected to the peripheral frame by a respective connecting portion. The DAP is surrounded by the plurality of lead pads. The DAP includes a first protruding portion coupled to a first lead pad on a first side of the DAP and a second protruding portion coupled to a second lead pad on a second side of the DAP opposite the first side. The DAP does not comprise direct connections to the peripheral frame. The leadframe further includes two or more of the lead pads disposed on either side of the first lead pad on the first side of the DAP; and two or more of the lead pads disposed on either side of the second lead pad on the second side of the DAP.

Back end of line structure for improved current density in HR devices
Patent No. 12512406

Inventor(s): Rajen M. Murugan (Dallas, TX), Sylvester Ankamah-Kusi (Dallas, TX), William Harrison (Apex, NC), Yiqi Tang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17820020 on 08/16/2022 (1232 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device is described herein. The semiconductor device generally includes a metal fabrication layer disposed on a substrate. The semiconductor device generally includes a dielectric layer having a first plurality of vias aligned with a first metallization region of the metal fabrication layer and a second plurality of vias aligned with a second metallization region of the metal fabrication layer, the dielectric layer disposed on top of the metal fabrication layer. The semiconductor device generally includes a metal layer disposed on the dielectric layer and having a plurality of metal routings, each of the metal regions disposed over both the first metallization region and the second metallization region, each of the plurality of metal routings have a same width. The semiconductor device generally includes an insulation layer disposed on the metal layer, the insulation layer having a plurality of openings to the metal routings of the metal layer.

Laser ablation for die separation to reduce laser splash and electronic device
Patent No. 12512416

Inventor(s): Christopher Daniel Manack (Flower Mound, TX), Joseph O. Liu (Plano, TX), Michael Todd Wyant (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17826764 on 05/27/2022 (1313 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes performing a laser ablation process that removes a portion of a wafer to form a trench in a scribe region between adjacent die regions of the wafer, the trench extending from a first side of the wafer toward an opposite second side of the wafer, the trench extending through a metallization structure and an active circuit portion of the wafer, and a bottom of the trench spaced apart from the second side of the wafer. The method also includes performing a wafer expansion process that separates individual semiconductor dies from the wafer after the laser ablation process.

Semiconductor package for stress isolation
Patent No. 12512434

Inventor(s): Amit Nangia (Murphy, TX), Gregory Ostrowicki (Dallas, TX), Kashyap Mohan (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18090922 on 12/29/2022 (1097 days app to issue)

Abstract: In examples, a semiconductor package comprises a substrate having multiple conductive layers coupled to bond pads at a surface of the substrate. The package includes a semiconductor die including a device side facing the substrate, the device side having first and second circuitry regions, the first circuitry region having greater sensitivity to at least one of mechanical or thermal stress than the second circuitry region. The package also includes conductive members coupled to the bond pads of the substrate, in direct physical contact with the second circuitry region, and not in direct physical contact with the first circuitry region. The package further comprises a first support member coupled to the device side of the semiconductor die and extending toward the substrate and not touching the substrate or a second support member coupled to the substrate. The package also includes a ring on the substrate and encircling the bond pads and a glob top member covering the semiconductor die and a portion of the substrate circumscribed by the ring. The package also includes a mold compound covering the glob top member and the substrate.

Metal foam gas diffusion layers with hydrophilic surfaces and polymer-electrolyte-membrane fuel cells with metal foam gas diffusion layers
Patent No. 12512482

Inventor(s): Gaohua Zhu (Ann Arbor, MI), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18470661 on 09/20/2023 (832 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bipolar plate-gas diffusion layer (GDL) assembly for a polymer-electrolyte-membrane (PEM) fuel cell includes a flat metallic bipolar plate and a porous metal GDL with superhydrophilic surfaces adjacent to and in direct contact with the flat metallic bipolar plate. The porous metal GDL includes flow channels defined by flow channels walls with flow channel surfaces. The flow channel walls and flow channel surfaces have an average porosity generally equal to an average porosity of an interior of the porous metal GDL and the superhydrophilic surfaces provide enhanced water removal from the PEM fuel cell.

[H01M] PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY [2]

Multiband cross-dipole radiating elements and base station antennas including arrays of such radiating elements
Patent No. 12512606

Inventor(s): Chengcheng Tang (Murphy, TX), Peter J. Bisiules (LaGrange Park, IL), Rui An (Allen, TX), Xiangyang Ai (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18727582 on 01/11/2023 (1084 days app to issue)

Abstract: Radiating elements comprise a first dipole radiator that includes a first dipole arm and a second dipole arm, a second dipole radiator that includes a third dipole arm and a fourth dipole arm and first through fourth electromagnetic bandgap structures that are coupled to distal end portions of the respective first through fourth dipole arms.

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

System to display a vivid image on solar cells
Patent No. 12512786

Inventor(s): Brian Woods (Brighton, MI), Debasish Banerjee (Ann Arbor, MI), Ryota Tomizawa (Susono, , JP), Songtao Wu (Ann Arbor, MI), Taizo Masuda (Yokohama, , JP)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18477962 on 09/29/2023 (823 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a device having a lens that directs angles of light toward solar cells and display sections having components that improve image clarity, reflectivity, and vividness. In one embodiment, a system includes a lens that directs incident light within a first angular range for absorption and a second angular range toward viewing material. The system also includes that the viewing material is within sections of the lens and forms an image. The system also includes reflective components adjacent to the viewing material within the sections of the lens, the reflective components reach ends of the lens away from the incident light and reflect the incident light within the second angular range that reflects off the viewing material. The system also includes an absorption component that captures energy from the incident light, the absorption component coupled to the lens at the ends and the reflective components.

[H02S] Generation of electric power by conversion of infra-red radiation, visible light or ultraviolet light, e.g. using photovoltaic [PV] modules (solar heat collectors F24J 2/00; obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H 1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H01L 31/00; thermoelectric devices H01L 35/00; pyroelectric devices H01L 37/00; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H01L 51/42) [2014.01]

Multi-region transmitter output waveform control
Patent No. 12512823

Inventor(s): Suresh Atluri (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Renesas Electronics America Inc. (Milpitas, CA)
Law Firm: SCULLY, SCOTT, MURPHY PRESSER, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18463717 on 09/08/2023 (844 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a driver circuit are described. In a first region of a transition from an input signal to an output signal, a circuit can control a slew rate of the output signal to a first rate. The first region can terminate prior to the output signal reaching a predefined threshold voltage. In a second region of the transition, the circuit can reduce the slew rate of the output signal to a second rate lower than the first rate. The output signal crosses the predefined threshold voltage in the second region. In a third region of the transition, the circuit can increase the slew rate of the output signal to a third rate greater than the second rate. The transition can complete in the third region. The circuit can output the output signal to drive a transistor in an output drive stage of the driver circuit.

[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]

Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having linearization circuit with reconfigurable lookup table (LUT) memory and calibration options
Patent No. 12512846

Inventor(s): Abhinav Chandra (Bengaluru, , IN), Harshit Moondra (Mumbai, , IN), Narasimhan Rajagopal (Chennai, , IN), Neeraj Shrivastava (Bengaluru, , IN), Nithin Gopinath (Bengaluru, , IN), Visvesvaraya A. Pentakota (Bengaluru, , IN), Viswanatha
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18772635 on 07/15/2024 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a nonlinear analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to provide a first digital output based on an analog input signal. The circuit also includes a linearization circuit having a lookup table (LUT) memory configured to store initial calibration data. The linearization circuit is coupled to the nonlinear ADC and is configured to: determine updated calibration data based on the initial calibration data; replace the initial calibration data in the LUT memory with the updated calibration data; and provide a second digital output at a linearization circuit output of the linearization circuit based on the first digital output and the updated calibration data.

[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]

Digital-to-analog converter circuitry
Patent No. 12512851

Inventor(s): Anand Subramanian (Bangalore, , IN), Deepa Nair J S (Bengaluru, , IN), Sreeja Chakingal (Bangalore, , IN), Tanmay Halder (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18399223 on 12/28/2023 (733 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, a circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) unit element switch circuit including first and second sign switch inputs, first and second select switch inputs, and first, second and third DAC outputs. Synchronizer logic includes a selection input and first and second synchronization outputs, in which the first synchronization output is coupled to the first select switch input and the second synchronization output is coupled to the second select switch input. Selection logic includes a data input, a sign control output and a selection control output, in which the sign control output is coupled to the first and second sign switch inputs, and the selection control output is coupled to the selection input.

Low complexity LoS MIMO system design for near field communication
Patent No. 12512880

Inventor(s): Gang Xu (Allen, TX), Sandy Saab (Plano, TX), Shadi Abu-Surra (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18364405 on 08/02/2023 (881 days app to issue)

Abstract: A uniform circular array (UCA) is assisted with an analog inverse fast Fourier Fast transform (IFFT)/fast Fourier transform (FFT) precoder to reduce computational complexity in one or more line-of-sight (LoS) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks. Each port of the UCA includes a steerable miniaturized array with beam steering capability. Analog beam steering is performed via one of the analog IFFT/FFT precoder or one of the steerable miniaturized arrays in a port of the UCA, for improving one or more properties of steering one or more beams toward one or more intended destinations in the one or more LoS MIMO networks.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Secure ranging secret key compliance for short-range communication devices
Patent No. 12512981

Inventor(s): Ajinder Pal Singh (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, , DE)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18653656 on 05/02/2024 (607 days app to issue)

Abstract: A responder device, including: a wireless module operable for short-range communication; and processor circuitry coupled to the wireless module and operable to: generate a first query for an initiator device in a ranging area of the responder device to initiate a verification of whether an active secure-ranging secret key as stored within the initiator device complies with an active secure-ranging secret key as stored within the responder device; and receive a first query response including an indication of whether the active secure-ranging secret key as stored within the initiator device complies with the active secure-ranging secret key as stored within the responder device.

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

Tokenization for big data
Patent No. 12512989

Inventor(s): Jeffrey J. Stapleton (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18099086 on 01/19/2023 (1076 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media including generating a token using an electronic file, the electronic file having a title and a content, and the token including a title hash based on the title of the electronic file and a file hash based on the content of the file and verifying the token based on at least one of the title hash, the file hash, and the signature.

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

Auto-healing for blockchain configuration drifts
Patent No. 12513015

Inventor(s): Jemlin Lucas (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18757652 on 06/28/2024 (550 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for identifying configuration drifts in blockchain nodes and remediating the configuration drifts is provided. The method may include monitoring a plurality of nodes to identify a configuration drift to the required node configuration settings. In response to the monitoring, the method may include identifying a deviation between a current node configuration setting and the required node configuration settings. The method may include, in response to determining that an impact level of the configuration drift to the blockchain network is greater than a pre-determined threshold value, communicating with each of the plurality of nodes to temporarily isolate the node including the deviation pending a remediation of the configuration drift. Following the remediation, the method may include relinking an operation of the node to the blockchain network in increments by increasing, incrementally, the operation of the node from a first operational level to a target operational level.

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

AI-augmented channel estimation
Patent No. 12513026

Inventor(s): Jianzhong Zhang (Dallas, TX), Junmo Sung (Richardson, TX), Tiexing Wang (Plano, TX), Yang Li (Plano, TX), Yeqing Hu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18183114 on 03/13/2023 (1023 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes determining estimated features comprising second order statistics based on at least one received signal. The method also includes classifying, using a machine learning network, each channel of the at least one received signal into a channel profile based on the estimated features. The method also includes obtaining multiple minimum mean square error (MMSE) channel estimation weights from a database based on the estimated features, the database storing (i) representative MMSE estimation weights and (ii) channel cluster representatives indexed by the estimated features. The method also includes applying a respective MMSE channel estimation weight for each channel.

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

Managing a delay of network segments in an end-to-end communication path
Patent No. 12513086

Inventor(s): Imed Bouazizi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18167531 on 02/10/2023 (1054 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for managing a delay of network segments in an end-to-end communication path may include determining an end-to-end time delay measurement of a communication path spanning a first communication network and a second communication network, and transmitting a message comprising the determined end-to-end time delay measurement of the communication path spanning the first communication network and the second communication network to a network element of the first communication network, wherein the message is configured to enable the network element of the first communication network to configure the first communication network to provide sufficient Quality of Service (QoS) to support an end-to-end QoS requirement based on the determined end-to-end time delay.

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

Seamless MAC address rotation in multi-link device using multiple IP stacks
Patent No. 12513108

Inventor(s): Malcolm Muir Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18591198 on 02/29/2024 (670 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method comprising: at a multi-link device (MLD) configured for multi-link operation: establishing a first Internet Protocol (IP) stack of a first IP type and configured with a first IP address of the first IP type, wherein the first IP stack is associated to a first MLD media access control (MAC) address of a first station of the MLD; establishing a second IP stack of a second IP type and configured with a second IP address of the second IP type, wherein the second IP stack exists concurrently with the first IP stack and is associated to a second MLD MAC address of a second station of the MLD; and exchanging, with a peer MLD, IP traffic using one or more of (i) the first IP stack and the first MLD MAC address, and (ii) the second IP stack and the second MLD MAC address.

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

Dynamic and secure permission role generation for cloud computing environments
Patent No. 12513151

Inventor(s): Ishu Gupta (Mckinney, TX), Sagar Ali (Frisco, TX), Saira Zaman (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18311364 on 05/03/2023 (972 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a device may generate, based on a deployment pattern associated with a task that is associated with the cloud computing environment, one or more least privilege roles associated with the task, wherein the one or more least privilege roles indicate one or more security permissions associated with performing the task. The device may store, in a data structure, the one or more least privilege roles in association with the task for on-demand deployment in association with the task. The device may receive an indication to perform the task. The device may obtain, from the data structure and based on receiving the indication to perform the task, the one or more least privilege roles associated with the task. The device may cause, in accordance with the one or more least privilege roles, the task to be performed in the cloud computing environment.

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

System and method for providing recommendations based on synchronous activity
Patent No. 12513218

Inventor(s): Adil Kadir (Los Angeles, CA), Joshua David Gafni (West Hollywood, CA), Kyle Garrett Miller (Hermosa Beach, CA)
Assignee(s): Tinder LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18669997 on 05/21/2024 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a processor and an interface. The processor determines that a first user takes a first action and a second user takes a second action, where the time period between the first action and the second action is less than a threshold. In response, the processor causes the system to transmit at least one of a suggestion associated with the first user for display to the second user or a suggestion associated with the second user for display to the first user. In response to the processor causing to transmit the suggestion associated with the second user, the interface receives an indication that the first user approves of the suggestion associated with the second user. In response to the processor causing to transmit the suggestion associated with the first user, the interface receives an indication that the second user approves of the suggestion associated with the first user.

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

Automatic correspondence of encoders and decoders to video ports
Patent No. 12513225

Inventor(s): Eric Hereford (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Portage, MI)
Law Firm: Morrison Foerster LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18886456 on 09/16/2024 (470 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically determining correspondences between communication ports of a networked device and encoders and decoders connected to those communication ports. In some embodiments, the networked device and the encoders and decoders are connected to a video communications network provided by a switch. The networked device can query the video communications network for information related to the encoders and decoders to determine and save the port-to-device correspondences. In some embodiments, the networked device can extract device information from video signals received at its input ports to map the input ports to respectively connected decoders. In similar fashion, the networked device may transmit or embed port-specific information from its output ports to respectively connected encoders. Then, the networked device can query the video communications network for the port-specific information received at the encoders to map the output ports to respectively connected encoders.

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

Two-way communication system initiated by machine readable code
Patent No. 12513236

Inventor(s): Michael Butler (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): BEARCOM GROUP INC. (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: Butler Mitchell LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18203939 on 05/31/2023 (944 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for providing communication between a first electronic device and a second electronic device that includes a server, a first software application executable on the first electronic device in communication with the server, a second software application executable on the second electronic device in communication with the server, and a first display that includes a first machine readable code thereon. When the first machine readable code is processed by the first electronic device a first user interface is displayed on the first electronic device and a second user interface is displayed on the second electronic device. The first user interface includes a first predetermined input and selection of the first predetermined input prompts an initial indicator on the second electronic device.

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

Lossless coding mode in video coding
Patent No. 12513308

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18414009 on 01/16/2024 (714 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for coding a video sequence is provided that includes encoding a portion of a picture in the video sequence in lossless coding mode, and signaling a lossless coding indicator in a compressed bit stream, wherein the lossless coding indicator corresponds to the portion of a picture and indicates whether or not the portion of the picture is losslessly coded. A method for decoding a compressed video bit stream is provided that includes determining that lossless coding mode is enabled, decoding a lossless coding indicator from the compressed video bit stream, wherein the lossless coding indicator corresponds to a portion of a picture in the compressed video bit stream and indicates whether or not the portion of the picture is losslessly coded, and decoding the portion of the picture in lossless coding mode when the lossless coding indicator indicates the portion of the picture is losslessly coded.

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

Device, system and method for synchronizing of data from multiple sensors
Patent No. 12513499

Inventor(s): Chandandeep Singh Pabla (Fremont, CA), Federico Rizzardini (Settimo Milanese, , IT), Karimuddin Sayed (Fremont, CA), Lorenzo Bracco (Chivasso, , IT)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18617533 on 03/26/2024 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a device comprises a memory, which, in operation, stores data samples associated with a plurality of data sensors, and circuitry, coupled to the memory, wherein the circuitry, in operation, generates synchronized output data sets associated with the plurality of data sensors. Generating a synchronized output data set includes: determining a reference sample associated with a sensor of the plurality of sensors; verifying a timing validity of a data sample associated with another sensor of the plurality of sensors; identifying a closest-in-time data sample associated with the another sensor of the plurality of sensors with respect to the reference sample; and generating the synchronized output data set based on interpolation.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Mesh relay module
Patent No. 12513532

Inventor(s): Muhammad Ahsan Naim (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): L3VEL, LLC (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: LEE SULLIVAN SHEA SMITH LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17526823 on 11/15/2021 (1506 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein is mesh relay module for relaying signals between nodes in a wireless mesh network. In one implementation, this mesh relay node may include a receiver front end comprising a receiver-side phased antenna array for receiving signals in one respective beam direction, a transmitter front end comprising a transmitter-side phased antenna array for transmitting signals in another respective beam direction, a communication interface, and circuitry that is configured to control the respective beam directions of the receiver and transmitter front ends and transfer signals between the receiver and transmitter front ends. Further, this mesh relay node may function to provide an indirect communication path between nodes within the wireless mesh network by (i) receiving signals from a first direction associated with a first node via the receiver front end and (ii) transmitting received signals in a second direction associated with a second node via the transmitter front end.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for detecting event in communication network
Patent No. 12513552

Inventor(s): Yanning Liu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Nicholson De Vos Webster Elliott LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18043573 on 09/27/2020 (1920 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting event in a communication network. The method performed at a network node may comprise: obtaining at least one parameter associated to an event; determining, by a first classifier, whether a first measurement result of the at least one parameter satisfies at least one rule; classifying, by a second classifier, a second measurement result of the at least one parameter, when the first measurement result of the at least one parameter satisfies the at least one rule; and determining whether the event happens based on a classifying result of the second measurement result of the at least one parameter. More than one classifier may be cascaded, so as to reduce a misdetection rate.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Wi-Fi network supporting multiple virtual networks
Patent No. 12513592

Inventor(s): Adam R. Hotchkiss (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): PLUME DESIGN, INC. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17903132 on 09/06/2022 (1211 days app to issue)

Abstract: A Wi-Fi network includes one or more Wi-Fi access points each comprising circuitry configured to: provide a plurality of virtual networks including a home network and a work network, each of the plurality of virtual networks being segmented in terms of visibility, connect to a corporate network via one or more secure tunnels, connect to one or more user devices, and route traffic for the one or more user devices based on which particular virtual network the one or more user devices are connected on.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for expediting an emergency services initiation
Patent No. 12513644

Inventor(s): Sung Hwan Won (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Alston Bird LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18594710 on 03/04/2024 (666 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product provide enhanced emergency services fallback procedures. The user equipment may indicate the emergency services fallback within the registration request message to a network entity, such as the access and mobility management function. Upon receiving the registration request message the emergency services fallback procedure is triggered. The user equipment receives an indication, such as via an access stratum layer and the received indication is considered, such as by the non-access stratum layer in the user equipment, as the registration response message. The user equipment is configured to respond differently upon receiving differently configured registration response rejection messages or upon expiration of a response timer.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

TRP subset selection and reporting
Patent No. 12513732

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Gilwon Lee (McKinney, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18295219 on 04/03/2023 (1002 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for transmit-receive point (TRP) subset selection and reporting. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving information about a channel state information (CSI) report. The information indicates N1 groups of CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) ports and a list of S states. Each of the S states correspond to a subset of the N groups of CSI-RS ports. The method further includes, based on the information, selecting at least one state from the list of S states, measuring at least one of the N groups of CSI-RS ports, and determining CSI based on the measurement. The method further includes transmitting the CSI report including the determined CSI.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and device for use in communication node for wireless communication
Patent No. 12513750

Inventor(s): Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN), Zheng Liu (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Apogee Networks, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Volpe Koenig (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17368861 on 07/07/2021 (1637 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for use in communication node for wireless communications. The communication node transmits a first sequence; receives first information, and the first information is used to determine X candidate time lengths; transmits a second sequence and determines whether to transmit a second radio signal; a time interval between a time for transmitting the first sequence and a time for transmitting the second sequence is not less than a target time length; a first time length is equal to one of the X candidate time lengths, and the target time length is not greater than the first time length; when the first time length is greater than 0, the first communication node randomly selects the target time length between 0 and the first time length. The present disclosure improves random access performance.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and device in a node for a time interval and an access procedure in wireless communication
Patent No. 12513763

Inventor(s): Qi Jiang (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Apogee Networks, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Volpe Koenig (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17974547 on 10/27/2022 (1160 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosure discloses a method and a device in a node used for wireless communications. A node first receives first information, and then transmits a first signal and triggers a first timer, the first timer is expired and triggers a first procedure; the first information is used to determine a first time interval length; the first timer is started in a first time window, the first time window comprising a positive integer number of slots; a time interval between an end time of transmission of the first signal and a start of the first time window is equal to the first time interval length; the first procedure is related to the type of the first timer. By associating a start time of timing of the first timer with the first time interval length, the present disclosure optimizes the RRM and/or RLM timer design in NTN, thus improving the overall performance.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Transmission during a radio access network (RAN) update
Patent No. 12513772

Inventor(s): Qiaoling Yu (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Apogee Networks, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Volpe Koenig (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18207697 on 06/09/2023 (935 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present application discloses a method and a device in a communication node for wireless communications. A communication node receives a first message; and as a response to the action of receiving a first message, starts a first timer; and determines whether to transmit a second message at a first time according to whether a packet is to be transmitted via a first data radio bearer; the first message is an RRC signaling, where a name of the first message includes RRC and Release, the first message indicating a first expiration value of the first timer; a time interval from the first time to the starting action of the first timer is no smaller than the first expiration value of the first timer. The present application proposes a scheme of canceling the performance of RNA update in Small Data transmission for guaranteeing the transmission of small data packets.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Reduced silicon dislocation defects from deep SI trench integration
Patent No. 12513974

Inventor(s): Abbas Ali (Plano, TX), Rajni J. Aggarwal (Garland, TX), Steven J Adler (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18148719 on 12/30/2022 (1096 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a bipolar transistor extending into a [100] surface of a semiconductor substrate having a crystalline lattice. A deep trench surrounds the bipolar transistor and has a path having a plurality of sides. At least one side extends in a direction parallel to a 100 axis of the crystalline lattice.

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Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
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Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle body assembly
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Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
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Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
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Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
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Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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