Beyond The University of Texas System, Stanford University, and Department of Veterans Affairs’ machine learning treatment for depression, other organizations with notable patents granted this week include:

Advanced Neuromodulation Systems’ methods of implanting a stimulation lead for stimulation of a dorsal root ganglion
AT&T’s intelligent dynamic personalized system for gaming and/or media content consumption
Bank of America’s behavioral bio fingerprinting analysis
Capital One Services’ methods for predicting illegitimate activity based on user marker levels
Citibank’s layered multi-prompt engineering for pre-trained large language models
Frito-Lay’s universal chips dispenser
Frontier Communications’ augmented reality environment for providing instructions for repairing a PON device
GOLABS’ skate with remote controller
The Henry Group’s apparatus for stacking taco shells
IBM’s dynamically generated interactive video content
Lennox Industries’ diagnostics of outdoor unit of HVAC system based on sound signatures
N.E.R.D.S.’ visual content replacement system
Ollite Athletics’ adjustable resistance extremity strengthening system
Outlander Capital’s blockchain-powered art authentication
Textron Innovations’ cockpit voice recorder decoder
Toyota’s verification of the origin of abnormal driving
USAA’s impaired driver warning and avoidance system

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

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of 12/9/25 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 19
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 8
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 2
E: Fixed Constructions 5
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 2
G: Physics 44
H: Electricity 46

DESIGN: 13

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 10
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 9
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) 7
Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson) 4
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.) 4
Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 3
Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock) 3
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 3
Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas) 3

Unassigned 8

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Haifeng Li (Richardson) 3
Kyeongin Jeong (Allen) 3
Luis Antonio Valencia Reyes (Waxahachie) 3
Mohit Arora (Frisco) 3
Rajaravi Chandra Kollarapu (Allen) 3
Vinodkumar Vasudev Ottar (McKinney) 3
Dimitri Azar (Chicago) 2
Jeffrey Kempf (Dallas) 2
John A. Sanders (Austin) 2
Joy Huang (Plano) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Expandable bait keeper for soft fishing lures
Patent No. 12490726

Inventor(s): Steve Parks (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Decker Jones, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18999450 on 12/23/2024 (351 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fishing tackle bait keeper for a fishing hook includes an anchor and an extension member. The anchor has a tapered tip and a sleeve with first and second ends, and plural ribs coupled to the first end. The ribs project in a diverging arrangement from the first end of the sleeve in a direction opposite of the sleeve first end. The ribs move from a deployed position to a retracted position, wherein when the ribs are in the retracted position, the ribs are oriented with the sleeve to allow insertion of the bait keeper into a bait, and wherein when the ribs are in the deployed position, the ribs extend out from the sleeve to resist being removed from the bait, the ribs are normally in the deployed position. The extension member is coupled to the sleeve and having an attachment portion for coupling with the hook.

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

Salon cape with magnetic closures and method
Patent No. 12490824

Inventor(s): Shayna Lloyd (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Braxton Perrone, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19184711 on 04/21/2025 (232 days app to issue)

Abstract: A protective magnetized cape for secure placement on a wearer having a left shoulder flap and an elongated right shoulder flap and a plurality of magnet pairs for securing the left shoulder flap to the right shoulder flap at the back of the wearer and the right shoulder tlap to the chest area of the wearer.

[A45D] HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; MANICURING OR OTHER COSMETIC TREATMENT (wigs, toupees, or the like A41G 3/00, A41G 5/00; hairdressers’ chairs A47C 1/04; hair cutting appliances, razors B26B)

Universal chips dispenser
Patent No. 12490841

Inventor(s): Amandeep Singh Gulati (New Delhi, , IN), Gurmeet Singh Bhutani (Gurgaon, , IN), Rahul Sadashiv Kamble (Faridabad, , IN)
Assignee(s): Frito-Lay North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18277531 on 02/15/2022 (1393 days app to issue)

Abstract: A universal snack dispenser capable of providing crisp snacks to customers offers a touchless experience and delivers a sufficient amount of the snacks independent of the type and container.

[A47F] SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS, OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS

Methods of implanting a stimulation lead for stimulation of a dorsal root ganglion
Patent No. 12491002

Inventor(s): Matthew K. Dion (Dallas, TX), T. J. Baggett (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18123254 on 03/17/2023 (998 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of implanting a stimulation lead to stimulate a dorsal root ganglion (DRG) of a patient, comprises: placing a distal portion of the stimulation lead within an implant tool; accessing the epidural space of the patient with the distal end of the implant tool; contacting a surface of a pedicle of the patient with a distal tip of the implant tool above a foramen leading to a target DRG; after contacting the surface of the pedicle with the distal tip, advancing the stimulation lead from a side port of the implant tool, wherein the side port is located proximal to the distal tip of the implant tool; advancing the stimulation lead through the foramen to position one or more electrodes of the stimulation lead adjacent to the target DRG; and providing electrical stimulation to the target DRG to stimulate the target DRG using one or more electrodes of the stimulation lead.

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

External fixation strut
Patent No. 12491009

Inventor(s): Alexander M. Cherkashin (Flower Mound, TX), Andrea Ottoboni (Giacciano con Baruchella, , IT), Daniele Venturini (Povegliano Veronese, , IT), Gianluca Milano (Verona, , IT), John D. Ross, Jr. (Ovilla, TX), Karen D. Standefer (Flower
Assignee(s): Orthofix S.R.L. (Bussolengo, , IT), Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18311081 on 05/02/2023 (952 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to external fixation struts and systems utilizing the external fixation struts. The struts include an elongated body comprising a first and a second hollow tubular shaft and include opposite connectors respectively coupled to an end portion of the first or the second shaft and each including a ball and socket joint. One shaft may have an internal diameter that is slightly larger than the external diameter than the other shaft to host internally the other shaft in a slidably and telescopic manner. A clamp element may provide a fast gripping action stopping the telescopic sliding of one shaft inside the other shaft. Each ball and socket joint connector may be structured to allow an angular movement of the corresponding connector with a spherical angle up to at least 90.

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

Modular IOL design
Patent No. 12491065

Inventor(s): Philip Matthew McCulloch (Mansfield, TX), Stephen John Collins (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon, Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18058082 on 11/22/2022 (1113 days app to issue)

Abstract: A modular intraocular lens (IOL) with a ring configured to prevent glare artifacts. The ring includes a flange on the posterior rim, in which an anterior surface on the flange has a first profile and a posterior surface of the flange has a second profile non-parallel with the first profile. Non-parallel surfaces of the flange can be configured to defocus light transmitted at off-axis angles through an optic and the flange.

[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]

Implants and implantation techniques for sacroiliac joint fusion
Patent No. 12491076

Inventor(s): John Anthony Sazy (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: The Culbertson Group, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18617615 on 03/26/2024 (623 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sacroiliac joint implant includes an implant structure formed from an elongated base member, a forward end structure, an elongated first side member, and an elongated second side member, with an internal support structure extending in an implant plane. A fusion passage is defined in an area between the base member, first side member, and second side member. The fusion passage defines a respective open area through the implant to facilitate bone growth across the sacroiliac joint when the implant is properly implanted in the joint.

Thin-film neural interfaces with stent-assisted deployment
Patent No. 12491096

Inventor(s): Annapurna Karicherla (Cupertino, CA), Bo Lu (Santa Clara, CA), Ken Rys (Winchester, MA), Peng Cong (Burlingame, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17924082 on 04/02/2021 (1712 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to thin-film lead assemblies and neural interfaces with stent-assisted deployment, and methods of microfabricating thin-film lead assemblies and neural interfaces. Particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a medical device having a thin-film neural interface, a stent, and a cable. The thin-film neural interface includes a first supporting structure, electrodes formed on the first supporting structure, and an encapsulation material encasing a portion of the first supporting structure. The cable includes a second supporting structure, conducive traces formed on the second supporting structure and electrically connected with the electrodes, and the encapsulation material encasing at least a portion of the second supporting structure. The stent is at least partially embedded in the encapsulation material encasing the portion of the first supporting structure, and the thin-film neural interface is helically wrapped around at least a portion of the stent.

[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]

Universal dosage verification system and method for medical syringe
Patent No. 12491319

Inventor(s): Kathryn Duesman (Pilot Point, TX), Mark Small (Heavener, OK), Ni Zhu (McKinney, TX), Thomas J. Shaw (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Retractable Technologies, Inc. (Little Elm, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18427210 on 01/30/2024 (679 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods of a dosage verification system are disclosed that can be used by a healthcare worker or an individual self-administering an injection to create a digital record verifying the dosage of a medicinal fluid drawn into a syringe prior to an injection. The dosage verification system includes a medical syringe and an imaging device configured to view and selectively capture, process, store, and transmit a digital image of the syringe from which the volumetric dose of medicinal fluid drawn into the fluid chamber of the barrel can be determined and/or verified prior to an injection.

[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]

Adjustable resistance extremity strengthening system and methods of using the same
Patent No. 12491396

Inventor(s): Brandt Kenneth Frankie (San Jose, CA), Scott Alan Neal, Jr. (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Ollite Athletics, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18305724 on 04/24/2023 (960 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for providing resistance-based extremity strengthening. The apparatus includes a base configured to be placed on or secured to a floor or other surface; a platform upon which a user is configured to place an extremity of their body to engage the apparatus; and a joint coupling the base and the platform, the joint having a fulcrum point and configured to allow for the platform to rotate about the fulcrum point. The apparatus further includes a plurality of elastic resistance bands each configured to be selectively engaged with any of a plurality of platform connection points of the platform and any of a plurality of base connection points of the base. The user is configured use their extremity to rotate the platform about the fulcrum point of the joint, and the rotation is resisted by the plurality of elastic resistance band.

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

Inflatable ball
Patent No. 12491412

Inventor(s): Chris Wilson (Arlington, TX), Josiah Wilhelm (Arlington, TX), Ron Bagley (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18203996 on 05/31/2023 (923 days app to issue)

Abstract: An inflatable ball includes an inner layer, an intermediate layer and an outer layer. The inner layer has an inflatable bladder for storing air. The intermediate layer is provided over the inner layer, the intermediate layer including ethylene vinyl acetate. The outer layer is provided over the intermediate layer. The outer layer includes rubber.

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

Golf clubs and golf club heads
Patent No. 12491415

Inventor(s): Gary G. Tavares (Azle, TX), John T. Stites (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (Phoenix, AZ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18342658 on 06/27/2023 (896 days app to issue)

Abstract: Golf clubs and/or golf club heads include a club head body defining an interior chamber, structure for engaging a shaft with the body, and/or a shaft engaged with the body. The club head body may have an overall length of at least 4.5 inches and an overall breadth of at least 4.2 inches. In other examples, the club head body may have an overall length of at least 4.6 inches and a ratio of the overall breadth dimension to the overall length dimension of 1 or less. If desired, the ratio of the head breadth to head length dimensions may be in a range from at least 0.94 to 1 or less.

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

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

Cleaning tools and methods for cleaning the pull cable of an ingot puller apparatus
Patent No. 12491541

Inventor(s): Jin Yong Uhm (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): GlobalWafers Co., Ltd. (Hsinchu, , TW)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18941067 on 11/08/2024 (396 days app to issue)

Abstract: Cleaning tools for cleaning the pull cable of an ingot puller apparatus and methods for cleaning the pull cable are disclosed. The cleaning tool includes a chamber for receiving the pull cable. Pressurized fluid is discharged through one or more nozzles to detach debris from the pull cable. The fluid and debris are collected in an exhaust plenum of the cleaning tool and are expelled through an exhaust tube. The cleaning tool includes one or more guides that guide the cleaning tool in an upper segment of the ingot puller apparatus.

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

Methods for cleaning the pull cable of an ingot puller apparatus
Patent No. 12491542

Lumber handling and cutting apparatus
Patent No. 12491656

Inventor(s): Mark K. Gipson (Justin, TX), Ronald E. Findley (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, IL)
Law Firm: Neal, Gerber Eisenberg LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18354746 on 07/19/2023 (874 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a lumber handling and cutting apparatus, including an incoming material conveyor assembly, a material infeed assembly adjacent to the incoming material conveyor assembly, a cutting assembly adjacent to the material infeed assembly, a material outfeed assembly adjacent to the cutting assembly, an outgoing material conveyor assembly adjacent to the cutting assembly, and a printer assembly adjacent to the incoming material conveyor assembly and the material infeed assembly.

[B27B] SAWS FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; COMPONENTS OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (saws specially adapted for pruning or debranching A01G 3/08; sawing apparatus specially adapted for felling trees A01G 23/091; features not restricted to a particular type of wood saw B23D, e.g. attaching saw blades B23D 51/00; machine tool frames, beds, pillars or like members, in general B23Q 1/01) [5]

Verification of the origin of abnormal driving
Patent No. 12491888

Inventor(s): Emrah Akin Sisbot (Mountain View, CA), Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Tomohiro Matsuda (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17959773 on 10/04/2022 (1162 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for programmatically verifying an origin of abnormal driving. Some examples of abnormal driving may include aggressive driving (e.g., tailgating, cut-in lane, etc.), distracted driving (e.g., swerving, delayed reaction, etc.), and reckless driving (e.g., green light running, lane change without signaling, etc.). For example, the systems and methods may receive an identification of a second vehicle performing abnormal driving from an ego vehicle; initiate a verification process of the identification of the abnormal driving; access driving data associated with an origin of the abnormal driving, wherein the driving data includes the ego vehicle and the second vehicle; using the driving data, determine a confirm or deny decision regarding the identification of the second vehicle from the ego vehicle; and provide the confirm or deny decision.

[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]

Impaired driver warning and avoidance system
Patent No. 12491900

Inventor(s): Sayeef Rahim (Allen, TX), Snehal Desai (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18324352 on 05/26/2023 (928 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting and responding to impaired drivers are disclosed. The methods intelligently alert and route a user driver”s vehicle to improve driving safety based on a predicted path of an impaired driver. The method shares data collected by vehicles in an area to determine which that a vehicle has an impaired driver. The method associates cones of certainty with such a vehicle to establish where the vehicle is likely to travel in the future. If the system determines there is a likelihood of accident based on a proximity to these cones of certainty, an alert can be presented to a user driver of a proximate vehicle. The method also generates routes that avoid or limit the user driver”s exposure to the impaired driver”s vehicle, such as by suggesting detours or automatically controlling the user driver”s vehicle to avoid the path of the impaired driver.

Trailer sway detection and control
Patent No. 12491902

Inventor(s): Brian J. Haugen (Saline, MI), Christopher J. Smalley (Canton, MI), Steven W. Marion (Canton, 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: 18490938 on 10/20/2023 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments are described with respect to implementing trailer sway detection strategies. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a lateral motion signal, determining if a number of peaks in the lateral motion signal satisfies a first criterion, determining if a cross-correlation of yaw acceleration and lateral acceleration satisfies a second criterion, disabling lane keeping assistance if the first criterion is satisfied, and determining if a trailer sway event is in progress if the first criterion and second criterion are satisfied.

Inertial weight system for main rotor blades
Patent No. 12491986

Inventor(s): Brian Erik Barnes (Bedford, TX), Bryan Huber (Keller, TX), Gary Miller (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18545704 on 12/19/2023 (721 days app to issue)

Abstract: A rotor-blade weight-carrier system includes a weight carrier positioned within a rotor blade and a plurality of weights positioned within the weight carrier.

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

Cockpit voice recorder decoder
Patent No. 12492008

Inventor(s): Nathaniel Ryan James Lao (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Avek IP, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18180329 on 03/08/2023 (1007 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for automatically decoding aircraft Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) encoded data includes loading a definitions class and a decoder class into a memory via a driver class, loading configuration files into the memory via the definitions class, receiving from an aircraft CVR one or more hex files that include the CVR encoded data into the memory, generating via the decoder class and the configurations file one or more decoded objects based on the one or more hex files, respectively, and displaying the one or more decoded objects in a human readable format. A system to automatically decode aircraft CVR encoded data includes a user interface, a processor, and a memory having a computer program configured to generate one or more decoded objects based on one or more hex files of CVR encoded data, and to display the one or more decoded objects in a human readable format.

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

System for noise control in air mobility unitizing an array of acoustic scatterers
Patent No. 12492012

Inventor(s): Debasish Banerjee (Ann Arbor, MI), Mizuki Sakamoto (Toyota, , JP), Reimi Emoto (Nagoya, , JP), Tomohiro Miwa (Toyota, , JP), Xiaoshi Su (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: 17897391 on 08/29/2022 (1198 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for isolating sound generated by an aircraft utilizing a helipad may include a plurality of acoustic scatterers being disposed adjacent to at least a portion of a perimeter of the helipad. Each of the plurality of acoustic scatterers include channels having an open end and a terminal end. Additionally, each of the plurality of acoustic scatterers has an acoustic monopole response and an acoustic dipole response with a resonant frequency that is substantially similar to one another.

[B64F] GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Apparatus for stacking taco shells
Patent No. 12492086

Inventor(s): Brent E. Stevenson (Royse City, TX), Calan B. Ashmore (SulphurSprings, TX), James Troy Henry (Greenville, TX), Richard M. Toth (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): The Henry Group (Greenville, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18913613 on 10/11/2024 (424 days app to issue)

Abstract: A taco stacking apparatus comprises a conveyor assembly for supporting and moving taco shells along a predefined pathway. The conveyor assembly defines an opening in the predefined pathway that enables the taco shells to pass through the conveyor assembly. A stacking receptacle defines a channel for receiving taco shells passed through the opening in the predefined pathway of the conveyor assembly. A plunger assembly passes a taco shell through the opening in the predefined pathway of the conveyor assembly to the stacking receptacle.

[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)

Butene-containing polymer layers for roofing
Patent No. 12492324

Inventor(s): Li-Ying Yang (Whippany, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19088445 on 03/24/2025 (260 days app to issue)

Abstract: Butene-containing polymer layers for roofing applications are provided. A roofing material comprises a first layer and an adhesive layer. The first layer comprises a thermoplastic polymer. The first layer comprises 0.01% to 35% by weight of a butene-containing polymer based on a total weight of the first layer. When the roofing material is installed on a roofing substrate, the adhesive layer is located between the first layer and the roofing substrate. Related materials, related systems, and related methods, among other things, are also provided.

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

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

Multi-layer roofing system
Patent No. 12492558

Inventor(s): Gurpreet Singh Sandhar (Langley City, , CA), Sahar Khedri (Langley City, , CA)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19067411 on 02/28/2025 (284 days app to issue)

Abstract: A roofing system includes a roof deck, a roofing underlayment overlying the roof deck, a foam adhesive on an uppermost surface of the roofing underlayment, and a roofing material on the foam adhesive. The roofing material may include roofing tile. The roofing underlayment includes a first fleece layer contacting a surface of the roof deck, a scrim layer overlying and contacting the first fleece layer, and a second fleece layer overlying and contacting the scrim layer. The second fleece layer includes polyethylene terephthalate and has an uppermost surface opposite to the scrim layer, where the uppermost surface has an embossed texture.

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

Perforating gun assembly with reduced shock transmission
Patent No. 12492617

Inventor(s): Brenden Grove (Mansfield, TX), Christopher C Hoelscher (Arlington, TX), Courtney Ann Thain Roberts (Crowley, TX), Jason Karl Cook (Crowley, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17079601 on 10/26/2020 (1870 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and systems for perforating a formation surrounding a borehole that include placing a perforating gun assembly into the borehole, the perforating gun assembly including a gun body comprising a connector and a shaped charge within the gun body. The shaped charges are detonated, thereby producing a shock wave in the gun body. The shock wave propagating through the gun body is attenuated using a shock attenuation feature in the gun body to decrease a stress from the shock wave communicated to the connector.

[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]

Integrated junction and check valve assemblies for hydraulic fracturing system manifolds and related methods
Patent No. 12492625

Inventor(s): John A. Chappell (Joshua, TX), Kirk P. Guidry (Joshua, TX)
Assignee(s): Scout Surface Solutions LLC (Joshua, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19096473 on 03/31/2025 (253 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of a manifold of a hydraulic fracturing system include a junction having an inlet flow bore. The junction can include an integrated flow junction and valve check assembly having a body including a central portion and one or more side portions. The central portion can be positioned between a pair of manifold sections of the manifold and attached thereto. The one or more side portions extend radially from the central portion and include an inlet bore through which a pressurized fluid is received and supplied to the manifold. One or more check valves is positioned along the inlet bore so as to be integrated within the body of the junction.

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

System and method for reduced thread stress for buttress style threads used in frac pump fluid ends
Patent No. 12492697

Inventor(s): Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, TX), Connor Landrum (Godley, TX), Jeffrey R. Haiderer (Fort Worth, TX), Ralph E. Harris (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas (Forth Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18968623 on 12/04/2024 (370 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid end for a reciprocating pump assembly includes a fluid end body defining an access opening having access opening threads formed on an inner surface thereof and extending between an inner threaded portion and an outer threaded portion. A blunt start is formed at the outer threaded portion of the access opening threads. The fluid end also includes a retainer nut having retainer nut threads formed on an outer surface of the retainer nut. To install the retainer nut in the fluid end, a first threaded portion of the retainer nut threads is configured to engage with the access opening threads before the second threaded portion. When the retainer nut is in a fully engaged position in the access opening, a second threaded portion of the retainer nut threads is offset from the blunt start of the access opening threads to define a circumferential offset distance therebetween.

[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)

Pivot clip
Patent No. 12492765

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Brian Shaffer (Lipan, TX)
Assignee(s): ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC (Oak Brook, IL)
Law Firm: McAndrews, Held Malloy, Ltd. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17752139 on 05/24/2022 (1295 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pivot clip includes a substantially planar body defining an outside edge and an inside edge opposite the outside edge, the inside edge partially defining a notch; and a pair of arms extending from the inside edge, the notch formed between the pair of arms, the pair of arms angled relative to the substantially planar body such that the pair of arms are noncoplanar with the substantially planar body.

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

Diagnostics of outdoor unit of HVAC system based on sound signatures
Patent No. 12492835

Inventor(s): Eric Berg (The Colony, TX), Payam Delgoshaei (Addison, TX), Sridhar Venkatesh (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18299482 on 04/12/2023 (972 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system diagnostics includes sending a first instruction to a thermostat to shut down an HVAC system. A user is instructed to minimize background noise. A second instruction is sent to the thermostat to turn on the HVAC system. A third instruction is sent to the thermostat to set a temperature setpoint below or above a value of a room temperature. Outdoor unit sound data is captured for a second time period. The baseline sound data is subtracted from the outdoor unit sound data to determine normalized outdoor unit sound data. Expected sound signatures of the outdoor unit are identified. The normalized outdoor unit sound data is compared to the expected sound signatures. In response to determining that an expected sound signature for a compressor is missing from the normalized outdoor unit sound data, it is determined that the compressor has failed.

[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

Treatment of depression using machine learning
Patent No. 12490933

Inventor(s): Madhukar Trivedi (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX), The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, CA), The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington,
Law Firm: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19072469 on 03/06/2025 (278 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are, inter alia, methods for identifying subjects suffering from depression that will respond to treatment with an antidepressant.

[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)

Parking assist system
Patent No. 12492909

Inventor(s): Emrah Akin Sisbot (Menlo Park, CA), Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA), Yongkang Liu (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17957145 on 09/30/2022 (1166 days app to issue)

Abstract: A parking assist system for a vehicle includes a processor and a memory communicably coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to detect a parking space for a vehicle. The instructions further cause the processor to identify one or more parking parameters related to parking the vehicle in the parking space. The parking parameters include a point-of-interest associated with the parking space. The instructions further cause the processor to determine a suitability of the parking space based on the one or more parking parameters. Determining the suitability of the parking space includes predicting a point-of-interest-related action to be performed by an occupant after parking the vehicle in the parking space.

[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)

Bidirectional current sense for power field-effect transistor
Patent No. 12493061

Inventor(s): Nan Xing (Allen, TX), Zhemin Zhang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Infineon Technologies Canada Inc. (Ottawa, , CA)
Law Firm: WORKMAN NYDEGGER (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18423069 on 01/25/2024 (684 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bidirectional current sense circuit allowing for sensing of power current passing through a power field-effect transistor, regardless of the direction of the power current. The bidirectional current sense circuit outputs a current sense signal representing the power current onto a current sense output node. The bidirectional current sense circuit includes the power field-effect transistor, and two current sense circuits. One of the current sense circuits senses the power current when the power current flows in the positive direction. The other current sense circuit senses the power current when the power current flows in the negative direction.

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

Test mode for glitch detection and bit miss in a digital isolator
Patent No. 12493074

Inventor(s): Krishnanunni B (Bangalore, , IN), Kumar Anurag Shrivastava (Bangalore, , IN), Pratishthit Iyer (Bangalore, , IN), Rahul Prakash (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18609985 on 03/19/2024 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a transmitter, a voltage regulator, an isolator, and a test controller. The transmitter has an input, an output, and a first supply voltage terminal. The input couples to the apparatus” input terminal. The voltage regulator”s input couples to a second supply voltage terminal. The voltage regulator”s output couples to the first supply terminal. The first terminal of the isolator couples to the output of the transmitter. A first test controller terminal couples to the second supply voltage terminal. A second test controller terminal couples to the input terminal of the apparatus. The first control output couples to the control input of the voltage regulator. The test controller changes a logic state of a control signal at the first control output from a first logic state to a second logic state.

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

Configurable hysteresis module
Patent No. 12493102

Inventor(s): Anil Mani (Bangalore, , IN), Sandeep Rao (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17700240 on 03/21/2022 (1359 days app to issue)

Abstract: A frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar system is presented. The FMCW radar system includes a receiver configured to receive a radar reflection signal. The radar system further includes an interference detection module, which is configured to identify a portion of the radar reflection signal corresponding to the time period during which the radar reflection signal exceeds a threshold. The FMCW radar system further includes a hysteresis module configured to adjust the identified portion of the radar reflection signal based on the portion of the signal and a hysteresis configuration. The FMCW radar system further includes a mitigation module configured to mitigate interference based on the output of the hysteresis module.

[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

High transmission light control film
Patent No. 12493208

Inventor(s): Caleb T. Nelson (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (St. Paul, MN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18444975 on 02/19/2024 (659 days app to issue)

Abstract: A light control film comprises a light input surface and a light output surface opposite the light input surface; alternating transmissive regions and absorptive regions disposed between the light input surface and the light output surface, wherein the absorptive regions comprise a core having a first concentration, C[subscript]1[/subscript], of a light absorbing material sandwiched between cladding layers having a second concentration, C[subscript]2[/subscript], of the light absorbing material, wherein C[subscript]2[/subscript]C[subscript]1[/subscript], and wherein the cores have an aspect ratio of at least 20.

[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]

Programmable power supplies for cellular base stations and related methods of reducing power loss in cellular systems
Patent No. 12493313

Inventor(s): John Charles Chamberlain (Hickory, NC), Michael R. Guerin (St Charles, IL)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17849203 on 06/24/2022 (1264 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods of powering a radio that is mounted on a tower of a cellular base station are provided in which a direct current (”DC”) power signal is provided to the radio over a power cable and a voltage level of the output of the power supply is adjusted so as to provide a substantially constant voltage at a first end of the power cable that is remote from the power supply. Related cellular base stations and programmable power supplies are also provided.

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

Voltage conversion techniques
Patent No. 12493314

High performance embedded computing interface extensibility module
Patent No. 12493331

Inventor(s): Peter W. Jones (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Law Firm: Sulter Swantz IP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18103666 on 01/31/2023 (1043 days app to issue)

Abstract: A convection cooled chassis providing conduction cooling to components within includes a backplane card that interfaces with an interconnect assembly, and one or more VPX backplane cards, each with a plurality of component interfaces and a backplane card interface to engage the backplane card. Static elements that are not subject to redesign are disposed on the backplane card, so they do not need to be reorganized when contacts, pins, and component interfaces are altered. Different VPX backplane cards are swappable with the backplane card. The component interfaces and backplane card interface are disposed on opposing sides of the VPX backplane card.

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

Power-on-reset request functionality in semiconductor devices and power management ICs
Patent No. 12493333

Inventor(s): Alaa Eldin Y El Sherif (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NXP USA, Inc. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18356055 on 07/20/2023 (873 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor circuit is disclosed, comprising: a processor; a supply-voltage terminal arranged to receive a supply voltage; an out-of-range-voltage-detection circuit, coupled to the supply-voltage terminal and configured to output a voltage-out-of-range indicator in response to detecting that the supply voltage is out-of-range; a PWM signal generator configured to generate a PWM signal; a power-on-reset request terminal arranged to output the PWM signal during a normal operation of the processor; and logic circuitry between the signal generator and the POR request terminal and configured to modify the PWM signal in response receiving the voltage-out-of-range indicator. A microcontroller circuit incorporating such a semiconductor circuit, and a PMIC circuit for use in conjunction, are also disclosed.

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

Power-on-reset signal isolation during lower power mode
Patent No. 12493340

Inventor(s): Anthony Seely (Wylie, TX), Charles Gerlach (Dallas, TX), Chunhua Hu (Plano, TX), John Apostol (Richardson, TX), Kazunobu Shin (Plano, TX), Raghavendra Santhanagopal (McKinney, TX), Rejitha Nair (Southlake, TX), Ritesh
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18060114 on 11/30/2022 (1105 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit device is provided and includes a first power domain comprising a universal serial bus (USB) subsystem and/or a memory controller subsystem. The first power domain is configured to isolate the USB subsystem and/or the memory controller subsystem from a power-on-reset signal asserted during a low power mode.

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

Cross channel digital data structures integration and controls
Patent No. 12493398

Inventor(s): Mansoor Zafar (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17968587 on 10/18/2022 (1148 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for convenient, secure digital data archiving and utilization across multiple communication channels. The system and methods may also include an array of indications regarding what documents may be required to be uploaded by a user, how many documents to upload, and a confirmation of documents uploaded being the correct types following a user upload action. As such, the system may utilize JSON templates indicating a number of required documents, a correct confirmation message following document upload, and a mechanism for confirming that the documents being uploaded are the correct types of documents via an analysis of input fields of the uploaded documents.

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

Techniques for performing write operations
Patent No. 12493430

Inventor(s): Kallol Mazumder (Dallas, TX), Ravi Kiran Kandikonda (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Holland Hart LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18478893 on 09/29/2023 (802 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for techniques for performing write operations are described. A controller of a memory system may generate a first command to write first data to a first set of memory cells of a memory array of the memory system. The controller may transmit the first command to a first buffer of the memory system. The first buffer may receive the first command and may generate the first data based on second data from a first address of a register. The first buffer may transmit the first data to the first set of memory cells, via a first buffer, based on the first command.

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

Systems and methods for provisioning and configuring computing services
Patent No. 12493477

Inventor(s): Eric Jackson (Plano, TX), Ravinder Gaur (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): PepsiCo, Inc. (Purchase, NY)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18661175 on 05/10/2024 (578 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for provisioning and configuring a computing service. An embodiment operates by receiving a request for the provisioning and configuration of the computing service. A template corresponding to setting up the computing service is identified. A first portion of a template file is generated based on the template, and the first portion is applied as input to a provisioning engine to generate one or more provisioned values as a result provisioning the computing service. A second portion of the template file is generated based on the template, and the second portion of the template file is applied as input to a configuring engine to configure the computing service. It is determined that the service has been configured, and the computing service is provided for use by one or more users.

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

Method and system for performing anomaly detection in a distributed multi-tiered computing environment
Patent No. 12493495

Inventor(s): William Jeffery White (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams Aughtry (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17722109 on 04/15/2022 (1334 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to a method for managing a distributed multi-tiered computing (DMC) environment. The method includes obtaining, by a local controller associated with a DMC domain, service level objective (SLO) metrics; applying the SLO metrics to a predictive anomaly detection transformer to perform anomaly detection; making a first determination that an anomaly is detected; in response to the first determination: attempting basic remediation to resolve the anomaly; making a second determination that the basic remediation is unsuccessful; in response to the second determination: making a third determination that the anomaly is associated with a silent failure; and in response to the third determination: performing service impairment isolation to obtain a collection of services correlated to the anomaly; and performing root cause analysis to identify causal services.

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

Write control for read-modify-write operations in cache memory
Patent No. 12493522

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano, TX), Daniel Brad Wu (Plano, TX), David Matthew Thompson (Dallas, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18654109 on 05/03/2024 (585 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a processor system includes a processor core that generates memory write requests, and a cache memory with a memory controller having a memory pipeline. The cache memory has cache lines of length L. The cache memory has a minimum write length that is less than a cache line length of the cache memory. The memory pipeline determines whether the data payload includes a first chunk and ECC syndrome that correspond to a partial write and are writable by a first cache write operation, and a second chunk and ECC syndrome that correspond to a full write operation that can be performed separately from the first cache write operation. The memory pipeline performs an RMW operation to store the first chunk and ECC syndrome in the cache memory, and performs the full write operation to store the second chunk and ECC syndrome in the cache memory.

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

Data replication across data servers for failover processing
Patent No. 12493535

Inventor(s): Gayathri Vangala (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18324264 on 05/26/2023 (928 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system comprises a first data center, a second data center and a cloud server. A first server of the first data center receives a command to process a first processing job, accesses from the cloud server a software application, and processes the first processing job using the software application. The first server transmits the processing data associated with the processing to a second data center. A second server of the second data center receives and stores the processing data in a memory associated with the second data center. The second server detects that the processing of the first processing job was interrupted at the first server and, in response, resumes the processing based on the processing data.

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

Lightweight code integrity solution with byte-pattern entanglement in program code
Patent No. 12493541

Inventor(s): Grant Stewart Goodes (Ottawa, , CA), Javier Lopez Gomez (Madrid, , ES), Peteris Ledins (Sigulda, , LV), Riards Dzenis (Rga, , LV)
Assignee(s): Zimperium, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Fenwick West LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19049790 on 02/10/2025 (302 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for providing a lightweight code integrity solution. The system identifies one or more target code blocks in program code and determines one or more locations in the program code where an integrity check is to be embedded to verify the integrity of the code block. The system may determine an integer value associated with a byte-pattern of machine-code instructions in the code blocks and generates the integrity check by entangling the integer value into one or more computations of the program code. The system embeds the integrity check at the determined location in the program code.

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

Smart annotation framework
Patent No. 12493643

Inventor(s): Jun Wen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18584945 on 02/22/2024 (656 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method that includes a programmatically configured annotation processor that may include a processing engine for ingesting using an orchestrated solution that includes a plurality of data objects of one or more data formats. The annotation processor may further identify, using an orchestrated annotation recognition engine, one or more attributes of a data object. The orchestrated annotation recognition engine is configured to determine attribute data from a data object. The data objects are further classified by one or more attributes for associating at least one data object into one or more data sets of annotation data and metadata wherein the annotation data is based on the metadata. The annotation model is generated, based on at least a classified data set of the annotation data and the metadata. The annotation model is configured using the annotation data and metadata wherein the annotation data is created by industry-specific input.

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

Methods and systems for behavioral bio fingerprinting analysis
Patent No. 12493677

Inventor(s): Kalyan V. Pasumarthi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18419740 on 01/23/2024 (686 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a behavioral bio fingerprinting analysis system. The system includes an electronic system with a receiver for receiving a request from a user”s mobile device. The mobile device includes an electronic file for storing behavioral data. The system further comprises an in-house AI model for retrieving behavioral data about a user. The system further includes a processor for generating an AI model that retrieves the behavioral data from the user”s mobile device and form related AI systems. The AI model may store the behavioral data and may run a behavioral analysis. The behavioral analysis may include a series of tests. The user may be authenticated. Access into the system may be granted to the user upon passing the series of tests.

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

Integrated circuit with accelerated boot to priority function
Patent No. 12493700

Inventor(s): Gregory Shurtz (Sugar Land, TX), Jonathan Bergsagel (Dallas, TX), Nishanth Menon (Dallas, TX), Rajesh Kumar Vanga (Bangalore, , IN), Venkateswara Rao Mandela (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18522880 on 11/29/2023 (741 days app to issue)

Abstract: In described examples, a method of operating a system on chip (SoC) includes the following steps. Receive a component description that describes connections among circuit elements of the SoC. Receive a list of specified peripherals to activate while the SoC boots. Receive a hint data that describes a bypass mode clock frequency of a phase locked loop (PLL) of the SoC. Determine an operational data in response to the component description, the hint data, and the specified peripherals. The operational data specifies a subset of the circuit elements required to make the specified peripherals operational. Initialize, and limit the initializing, to the subset of the circuit elements.

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

Stimuli-independent clock gating determination
Patent No. 12493729

Inventor(s): Abhinav Parashar (Delhi, , IN), Harish Maruthiyodan (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17853490 on 06/29/2022 (1259 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving a circuit design, identifying sequential elements and corresponding clocks in the circuit design, and identifying sequential elements that are not clock gated in the circuit design by running a first formal verification process on the circuit design. The method further includes modifying the circuit design to add clock gating for at least one sequential element that was identified as not being clock gated to generate a first modified circuit design.

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

Layered multi-prompt engineering for pre-trained large language models
Patent No. 12493772

Inventor(s): Manjit Rajaretnam (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18759617 on 06/28/2024 (529 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for constructing layered prompts to operate as input into a pre-trained large language model (LLM). The method involves obtaining a set of application domains in which the LLM will be used. Using these application domains, a set of guidelines is determined, defining operation boundaries for the LLM. A set of layers is determined, each associated with the guidelines and including variables representing attributes identified within those guidelines. Using these layers, a first layered prompt is constructed to test the initial operation boundaries of the guidelines and is supplied to the LLM to generate a set of responses. Based on the responses, a second layered prompt is dynamically constructed to test additional operation boundaries, ensuring iterative refinement and contextual relevance.

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

Methods, systems, and vehicles for determining a wait time at a point of interest
Patent No. 12493834

Inventor(s): Eduard VanderSmitte (McKinney, TX), Jake Morrow (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18945996 on 11/13/2024 (391 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of determining a wait time at a point of interest includes obtaining a current occupancy signal of a parking establishment associated with one or more points of interest, obtaining a historic occupancy signal of the parking establishment, determining, with one or more processors, a predicted wait time for the one or more points of interest associated with the parking establishment based on the current occupancy signal and the historic occupancy signal, and communicating the predicted wait time to a user with a user interface device.

[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]

Validation system for conveyor
Patent No. 12493855

Inventor(s): Carolina Lopez (Fort Worth, TX), Justin Corless (Flower Mound, TX), Justin Michael Brown (Coppell, TX), Swapna Muthuru (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Rehrig Pacific Company (Monterey Park, CA)
Law Firm: Carlson, Gaskey Olds, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18977458 on 12/11/2024 (363 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pallet loading and validation system provides several features that are particularly beneficial in the context of a conveyor product distribution system, such as a pallet loading system, although some features are not exclusive to a conveyor system. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method for identifying a SKU of a package using a computer system having at least one processor, the method including: (a) taking at least one image of a package on a conveyor; (b) receiving the at least one image in the computer system; and (c) based upon the at least one image, the computer system determining a SKU associated with the package.

Systems and methods for implementing off-network services
Patent No. 12493861

Inventor(s): Prasad Krishnamoorthy Rao (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED (Purchase, NY)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18150717 on 01/05/2023 (1069 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network services bridge system including a direct service access (”DSA”) platform is provided. The DSA platform includes a processor configured to receive a request data signal including one or more identifiers, and query a registered services database using the one or more identifiers, where the query returns an identification of a plurality of services for which the one or more identifiers is registered. The processor is also configured to receive, from a first services platform, a first services result signal indicating a result of an application of a first service to the request data signal, receive, from a second services platform, a second services result signal indicating a result of an application of a second service to the request data signal, and transmit a response data signal that includes a consolidated response code indicating whether the authorization process should be completed based on the first and second result signals.

Systems and methods for predicting illegitimate activity based on user marker levels
Patent No. 12493884

Inventor(s): Vishi Cline (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18342631 on 06/27/2023 (896 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting illegitimate activity based on detecting user marker levels include determining a presence of a user sample at a user services system, the user services system including one or more marker sensors, collecting, via the one or more marker sensors, sensor device data, the sensor device data including user marker levels from the user sample, analyzing, via one or more processors, the user marker levels compared to a marker range, and upon determining the user marker levels exceed the marker range, generating an illegitimate activity alert.

Blockchain powered art authentication
Patent No. 12493890

Inventor(s): Les Ware (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): OUTLANDER CAPITAL LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Brill Law Office (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18138697 on 04/24/2023 (960 days app to issue)

Abstract: Scan matching can be used for art authentication. A digital scan of at least a portion of the authentic painting (or other type of artwork) is created. If a scan exists that is trusted to be a digital image identifying the authentic artwork, a subsequent scan can be created of the work a buyer intends to purchase. If the subsequently created scan matches the trusted scan of the artwork, the buyer can conclude that the artwork to be purchased is the authentic one. The trusted scan passes to the buyer as a blockchain transaction.

Systems and method to facilitate modeling responses to variable values
Patent No. 12493894

Inventor(s): Pingjian Yu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Foley IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18884297 on 09/13/2024 (452 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure provides techniques for facilitating modeling responses to variable parameters, and in particular embodiments, within the context of a price setting strategy for a retail club. A trained member response metric model may be trained using a training corpus. A modified price for a target item may be then be predicted, and used to calculate a predicted demand for the target item. The predicted demand may be used to calculate predicted sales of the target item, after which predict a member response metric score associated with the modified price may be determined using the first trained member response metric model and the predicted sales.

Method and system of accretive value store loyalty card program
Patent No. 12493896

Inventor(s): Arthur Martin Holbrook (Carrollton, TX), Lee Coleman (Sugarland, TX), Mohamed Safir Salihu (Coppell, TX), Purnendu Mishra (Dallas, TX), Wayne Thomas McHugh (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): GANART TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18621983 on 03/29/2024 (620 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of enabling an employee to utilize earned and unpaid earnings includes receiving, with a with a central office processor, a record of an employee”s accrued and unpaid earnings for a predetermined time period and storing the record in a database. The method includes receiving, with the central office processor, an electronic request from an employee to access the employee”s record of accrued and unpaid earnings for the predetermined time period. Upon receipt of the request, the central office processor accesses the database including the record of the employee”s accrued and unpaid earnings for the predetermined time period and determines an amount of the employee”s accrued and unpaid earnings for the predetermined time period available to the employee and transmits the amount for display to the employee. The central office processor may also authenticate the employee”s identity upon receiving the request to access the employee”s accrued and unpaid earnings.

Artificial intelligence-based methods and systems for generating responses, ratings, and feedback of social media marketing campaigns
Patent No. 12493897

Inventor(s): Andrew Holmes (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): Intuit Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18651553 on 04/30/2024 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: Certain aspects provide a computer-implemented method for evaluating social media marketing campaigns using artificial intelligence (AI). The method comprises using a large language model (LLM) to generate a plurality of AI personas. Each AI persona represents a different segment of a target audience of a marketing campaign. The method uses a transformer model, a decision tree-based model, and a natural language processing (NLP) model to predict a response, a rating, and a feedback to the marketing campaign for each AI persona that represents a different segment of the target audience. The predicted responses, ratings, and feedback for the AI personas that represent different segments of the target audience are aggregated to form an evaluation of the marketing campaign for each segment of the target audience. The method sends the evaluation of the marketing campaign to a user.

Method and apparatus for processing RGB-infrared (RGB-IR) sensor data
Patent No. 12493925

Inventor(s): Gang Hua (Katy, TX), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, , IN), Shashank Dabral (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18383576 on 10/25/2023 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for processing RGB-Infrared (RGB-IR) sensor data is provided that includes receiving a raw RGB-IR image, determining whether to process the raw RGB-IR image in day mode or night mode, generating, when day mode is determined, an infrared (IR) subtracted raw Bayer image from the raw RGB-IR image and processing the IR subtracted raw Bayer image in an image signal processor (ISP), and generating, when night mode is determined, an IR image from the raw RGB-IR image.

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

Free space detection and park-able free space detection for occupancy grids using sensor measurements
Patent No. 12494068

Inventor(s): Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen, TX), Gunawath Dilshan Godaliyadda (Allen, TX), Vijay Kumar Pothukuchi (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17538134 on 11/30/2021 (1470 days app to issue)

Abstract: Examples provide for computer executable instructions executable by a processor to configure the processor to determine an occupancy status of cells of a region of interest by, for a first cell of the region of interest, determining whether the first cell is free by setting a free space flag for the first cell to an asserted value and setting a free space tested flag for the first cell to an asserted value responsive to determining that the first cell and each of the surrounding cells in the programmed radius of the first cell are unoccupied, and setting a free space flag for a second cell to a de-asserted value and setting a free space tested flag for the second cell to an asserted value responsive to determining that the second cell is occupied, the second cell being among the surrounding cells in the programmed radius of the first cell.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

On-time performance impact evaluation tool
Patent No. 12494133

Inventor(s): David John Michael (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18228319 on 07/31/2023 (862 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices and techniques are generally described for on-time performance impact evaluation. In some examples, first flight plan data that includes a plurality of scheduled air-based routes may be determined. A first route of the plurality of scheduled air-based routes may be selected for a first package. First scan data related to the first package may be received. A first slack time associated with the first package on a first flight of the first route may be determined based at least in part on the first scan data. The first package being assigned to the first route may be evaluated based at least in part on the first slack time.

[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]

Data structure for task-oriented dialog modeling
Patent No. 12494205

Inventor(s): Kordel K. France (Allen, TX), Sebastin Ajay John Jeyaseelan (Thoraipakkam, , IN), Taylor G. Smith (Allen, TX), Tori Salido (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18094284 on 01/06/2023 (1068 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving utterances from a user via an input device, identifying a plurality of sentences spoken by the user from the utterances, converting the utterances into a sequence of tokens and storing the sequence of tokens within a data structure, wherein the storing comprises adding padding tokens to the data structure in between the sequence of tokens to normalize a structure among the plurality of sentences within the data structure, executing a machine learning model on the data structure with the added padding tokens to determine to make a prediction, removing the padding tokens from the data structure, and executing a natural language processing (NLP) model on the sequence of tokens within the data structure with the padding tokens removed to determine a response to the user.

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

Apparatus operating in geardown mode
Patent No. 12494246

Inventor(s): Kallol Mazumder (Dallas, TX), Navya Sri Sreeram (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18583267 on 02/21/2024 (657 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to an apparatus implementing a geardown mode in a parallel pipeline configuration. The apparatus can include mechanisms to manage signal timing across multiple data processing pipelines for different communication speeds. While operating in a geardown mode, the apparatus can capture a sync pulse in two or more data pipelines. The apparatus can identify the pipeline that first captured the sync pulse and suppress the operation of the other pipelines.

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

Apparatus and method for an interactive course user interface including a digital avatar
Patent No. 12494295

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: 18957821 on 11/24/2024 (380 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus and method for an interactive course user interface including a digital avatar are disclosed. The apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to using a display, configure a user interface to display instructional content to a user, using the user interface, receive a prompt from the user, using a large language model (LLM), generate a natural language response based on the prompt and the instructional content, determine a digital avatar pose demonstration datum as a function of the natural language response and the instructional content and using the display, update the user interface, wherein updating the user interface includes generating a digital avatar display element configured to display the digital avatar pose demonstration datum to the user and communicating the natural language response to the user.

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

Method and apparatus for a secure application server
Patent No. 12495081

Inventor(s): Imed Bouazizi (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Qualcomm Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Polsinelli LLP (Local + 15 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18447633 on 08/10/2023 (852 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments include systems and methods for supporting communication session establishment (e.g., Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) session establishment) between endpoint computing devices. Various embodiments include systems and methods that may provide for a server (e.g., a Simple WebRTC Application Protocol (SWAP) server acting as a WebRTC signaling server) that protects message privacy and integrity between endpoint computing devices by acting as a rendezvous point for applications and services. Various embodiments include systems and methods defining a simple, secure, and extensible signaling protocol that may allow a receiving party to determine and control other parties that may connect to the receiving party via communication session (e.g., a WebRTC session).

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

Device with time stamp synchronizing and related method
Patent No. 12495091

Inventor(s): Denis Ciocca (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17953848 on 09/27/2022 (1169 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes processing circuitry and sensor communication interface circuitry. The processing circuitry, in operation, generates one or more parameters of a regression model based on a plurality of data sets. Each data set includes an application time stamp and a sensor time stamp. Based on the one or more parameters, the processing circuitry estimates application time stamps associated with received sensor data samples. The received sensor data samples have associated sensor time stamps. The sensor communication interface circuitry is coupled to the processing circuitry. The sensor communication interface circuitry, in operation, communicatively couples the processing circuitry to a sensor. Data samples of the sensor are received by the processor via the sensor communication interface circuitry.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Intelligent dynamic personalized system for gaming and/or media content consumption
Patent No. 12491443

Inventor(s): Yanko Torralba (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), Interwise Ltd. (Ben-Gurion Airport, , IL)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18516343 on 11/21/2023 (749 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example: obtaining first data that is associated with a first user and that is indicative of personality trait(s) of the first user; obtaining second data that is associated with a second user and that is indicative of personality trait(s) of the second user; receiving first usage data that is indicative of viewing by the first user of media content; receiving second usage data that is indicative of viewing by the second user of the media content; determining change(s) to be made to the media content, wherein the change(s) are in accordance with the first and second personality traits, and wherein the change(s) are designed to minimize a stress level of the first user and/or the second user; editing the media content to reflect the change(s); and providing edited media content to the first and second users. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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

Ramped spin-dry on semiconductor wafer
Patent No. 12494385

Inventor(s): Christopher Volk (Lehi, UT), Kenneth Bogedahl (Lehi, UT)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18326869 on 05/31/2023 (923 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for forming an integrated circuit device, including performing a spin-cleaning step at a first rotational speed on a semiconductor substrate supporting the integrated circuit device at an intermediate stage of manufacturing. A rinse fluid is then dispensed over a top surface of the substrate. A rotational speed of the substrate is increased with a constant acceleration no greater than 125 revolutions per minute per second (rpm/s) from the first rotational speed to a second rotational speed. The second rotational speed is maintained for a rinse fluid extraction period. The rotational speed is then reduced to zero.

[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]

Integration scheme to build resistor, capacitor, efuse using silicon-rich dielectric layer as a base dielectric
Patent No. 12494425

Inventor(s): Haowen Bu (Wylie, TX), Mahalingam Nandakumar (Richardson, TX), Yuguo Wang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17489910 on 09/30/2021 (1531 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and an electronic device that includes an isolation structure having a dielectric material on or in a semiconductor surface layer, and a passive circuit component having a metal silicide structure on a side of the isolation structure, there the metal silicide structure includes a metal silicide portion and a dielectric portion, the dielectric portion of the metal silicide structure including one of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, silicon carbide, silicon carbon nitride, and silicon oxynitride. The method includes forming a dielectric material of the isolation structure on or in the semiconductor surface layer, forming a silicon-rich dielectric layer on a side of the isolation structure, and siliciding the silicon-rich dielectric layer to form the metal silicide structure on the side of the isolation structure.

Multi-layer semiconductor package with stacked passive components
Patent No. 12494450

Inventor(s): Liang Wan (Chengdu, , CN), Michael Gerald Amaro (Naperville, IL), Naweed Anjum (Murphy, TX), Yiqi Tang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18171028 on 02/17/2023 (1026 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first layer including a semiconductor die embedded within a dielectric substrate, and a first set of metal pillars extending through the dielectric substrate, a second layer stacked on the first layer, the second layer including a metal trace patterned on the dielectric substrate of the first layer, a passive component including at least one capacitor or resistor electrically coupled to the metal trace, and a second set of metal pillars extending from the metal trace to an opposing side of the second layer, and a third layer stacked on the second layer, the third layer including at least one inductor electrically coupled to metal pillars of the second set of metal pillars.

Hinge-locking mechanism for deployable solar array
Patent No. 12494735

Inventor(s): Brian Riskas (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Xplore Inc. (Mercer Island, WA)
Law Firm: NEO IP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18908268 on 10/07/2024 (428 days app to issue)

Abstract: Artificial satellites are dependent on solar arrays to produce the power needed to support the functional components of the satellite. The present invention is directed to a hinge-locking mechanism designed to maximize the photovoltaic real estate of a solar array of an artificial satellite. The hinge-locking mechanism facilitates the deployment of the solar array upon the artificial satellite entering orbit. The hinge-locking mechanism utilizes a tapered pin with an internal spring resting against an asymmetrically oval shaped cam of a common pivot point. The hinge-lock trades kinetic energy of a solar panel for spring compression to permanently lock the solar array in place upon deployment while reducing the shock load and maximizing deployed stiffness.

[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]

Apparatus and method of power management using envelope stacking
Patent No. 12494755

Inventor(s): Akhil Garlapati (Billerica, MA), Susanne Paul (Billerica, MA), Yan Li (Billerica, MA)
Assignee(s): Qorvo Texas, LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18661761 on 05/13/2024 (575 days app to issue)

Abstract: An envelope stacking power amplifier system reduces current for a given output power level without sacrificing the ability to support large voltage swings at saturation and therefore increases efficiency at the maximum linear operating power and all power levels below that. The system includes a stack/unstack controller including circuitry configured to switch the RF power amplifier system between a stacked mode in which first and second RF amplifiers are coupled in a stacked configuration and an unstacked mode in which the first and second RF amplifiers are coupled in an unstacked configuration in response to one or more mode-control signals, the stacked configuration providing reduced current compared to the unstacked configuration.

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

Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having selective comparator offset error tracking and related corrections
Patent No. 12494794

Inventor(s): Aniket Datta (Bengaluru, , IN), Nithin Gopinath (Bengaluru, , IN), Viswanathan Nagarajan (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18629230 on 04/08/2024 (610 days app to issue)

Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes: a set of comparators configured to provide comparison results based on an analog signal and respective reference thresholds for comparators of the set of comparators; digitization circuitry configured to provide a digital output code based on the comparison results and a mapping; and calibration circuitry. The calibration circuitry is configured to: receive the comparison results; determine if the analog signal is proximate to one of the respective reference thresholds based on the comparison results; in response to determining the analog signal is proximate to one of the respective reference thresholds, receive ADC values based on different pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS) values being applied to the analog signal; determine an offset error based on the ADC values; and provide a comparator input offset calibration signal at a calibration circuitry output if the estimated offset error is greater than an offset error threshold.

[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]

Systems and methods for implementing structures for physical unclonable functions
Patent No. 12494906

Inventor(s): Duncan L. MacFarlane (Dallas, TX), Evan Jacob Stewart (Dallas, TX), Hiva Shahoei (Dallas, TX), Mitchell A. Thornton (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ANAMETRIC, INC. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: SPRINKLE IP LAW GROUP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18364515 on 08/03/2023 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of PUF systems utilizing photonic circuits to generate a PUF signature based on a state of polarization of photons are disclosed. Embodiments of such PUFs may comprise substantially the same circuitry that may be operated in the classical domain or the quantum domain.

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

Systems and methods for virtualized wireless base station networking solutions
Patent No. 12494945

Inventor(s): Devaraj Sambandan (Bengaluru, , IN), Irfaan Ahamed Salahuddeen (Acton, MA), James J Ni (Medford, MA), Shanthakumar Ramakrishnan (Westford, MA), Sriram Dharwadkar (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18056602 on 11/17/2022 (1118 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for virtualized wireless base station networking solutions are provided. In one embodiment, a controller for a telecommunications wireless base station comprises: one or more physical network interfaces; at least one processor programed to execute code on the controller: one or more virtualized entities for one or more virtual network functions of the base station, wherein a first virtual network function comprises a plurality of functional applications that each includes a respective network interface for connecting to a data network; a virtual network interface dedicated stack associated with each network interface, wherein a respective virtual network interface dedicated stack defines for each network interface a virtual media access control (VMAC) address, a virtual network interface (VF), a virtual local area network (VLAN), and a logical subnetwork internet protocol (IP) address. Each functional applications is bound to the physical network interfaces by their respective virtual network interface dedicated stack.

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

Augmented reality environment for providing instructions for repairing a PON device
Patent No. 12494962

Inventor(s): Bryan Pauling (Rochester, NY), Eduardo Flores (Frisco, TX), John Valdez (Copper Canyon, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18962086 on 11/27/2024 (377 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for augmenting repair of a network failure in a Passive Optical Network (PON) include receiving sensor data at a client device indicating a current environment that includes an optical network terminal (ONT) in a PON. The PON includes an optical line terminal (OLT) optically connected to the ONT via one or more optical fibers. The client device analyzes the current environment to detect a cause of a network failure corresponding to the ONT, and generates a set of instructions for repairing the ONT based on the detected cause of the network failure. Then the client device provides the set of instructions for a user to follow to repair the ONT. The set of instructions are provided as the user repairs the ONT.

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

Authentication systems and methods using an existence confirmation result
Patent No. 12494979

Inventor(s): Luis Antonio Valencia Reyes (Waxahachie, TX), Mohit Arora (Frisco, TX), Rajaravi Chandra Kollarapu (Allen, TX), Vinodkumar Vasudev Ottar (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18649096 on 04/29/2024 (589 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing operations of a data processing system are disclosed. To manage operations of the data processing system, availability of computing resources hosted by the data processing system may be analyzed to facilitate management of hardware resource usage. To do so, policies indicating a standard for computing resource availability for the data processing system may be used to identify an action set to be performed in order to meet operation quality goals for the data processing system. By doing so, the action set may be performed to update operation of the data processing system and facilitate provisioning of desired computer-implemented services provided by the data processing system.

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

Visual content replacement system and method
Patent No. 12495184

Inventor(s): Herbert N Kresh (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): N.E.R.D.S. LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: AVEK IP, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18486645 on 10/13/2023 (788 days app to issue)

Abstract: A visual content replacement system includes a visual device with a screen; a digital device in communication with the visual device and having a processing unit to execute software instructions; a server providing the software instructions; the processing unit and software instructions scan a stream of visual content being actively displayed on the screen; determine when the stream of visual content includes a first trigger indicating a first transition within the stream of visual content from a user desired visual content to a designated undesirable visual content; replace the designated undesirable visual content with a replacement content; scan the stream of visual content; determine when the stream of visual content includes a second trigger indicating a transition from the designated undesirable visual content back to the user desired visual content; pushing the stream of visual content back to the screen to display the user desired visual content.

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

Dynamically generated interactive video content
Patent No. 12495190

Inventor(s): Mathews Thomas (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17736348 on 05/04/2022 (1315 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods and/or computer program products for dynamically generating interactive content at an edge node of an edge network. For each set of video frames received, altered frames cached by the edge network can be fetched (when available) and reused to deliver interactive content to users. Where cached content is not present or distinctly different content from previously delivered content is intended for delivery to user(s), edge node identifies hotspots within video frames to insert interactive content, defining a timing and location for insertion, selects content consistent with user insights and/or preferences as well as an interaction types and placements known to be preferred by the user requesting the video frames. The edge node uses video creation services to alter the incoming video frames into altered video frames, inserts selected content at corresponding hotspots within the video and applies the interaction types for presenting the content to the user.

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

Systems and methods for location management function analytics
Patent No. 12495275

Inventor(s): Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon and Patent Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18051614 on 11/01/2022 (1134 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide an interface for a Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF) to extract event data from a Location Management Function (LMF) located in a core network or radio access network (RAN). An NWDAF receives, from a network device, an information request for a location-assistance service. The NWDAF sends to the LMF a data request based on the information request, and receives, from the LMF, event data responsive to the data request. The NWDAF generates an analytics report based on the event data.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for user-triggered service boost
Patent No. 12495331

Inventor(s): Zainab Ababri (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18159820 on 01/26/2023 (1048 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a network device may receive an indication that a user equipment (UE) satisfied one or more conditions to obtain a temporary performance increase for wireless traffic. The network device may store information associating a wireless network subscription of the UE with the temporary performance increase based on the indication. The network device may receive a request from the UE to activate the temporary performance increase for wireless traffic associated with an application. The network device may provision a wireless network flow associated with the temporary performance increase based on the request. The network device may send information to configure one or more UE route selection policy (URSP) rules to the UE, wherein the one or more URSP rules include one or more parameters that enable the UE to route the wireless traffic associated with the application over the wireless network flow associated with the temporary performance increase.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Modifying idle mode drx on wireless devices
Patent No. 12495361

Inventor(s): Robert Holden (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18298682 on 04/11/2023 (973 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for deactivating the Idle mode discontinuous reception (iDRX) for services that require latency that is less than the conventional paging channel values.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Small cell accessibility service
Patent No. 12495379

Inventor(s): Amir Saghir (Frisco, TX), Nimalan Kanagasabai (Grapevine, TX), Said Hanbaly (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18319861 on 05/18/2023 (936 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may include a processor configured to determine that a user device is within a coverage area of a small cell connected to a base station associated with an application service; determine that the user device is not a member of the small cell; identify a network slice for the application service; determine whether a network services subscription for the small cell includes the network slice; perform, when the network services subscription for the small cell includes the network slice, an attachment procedure to the small cell; receive authorization for attaching to the small cell and accessing the application service via the network slice; and initiate a network session on the network slice.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for efficiently establishing peer-to-peer connections
Patent No. 12495453

Inventor(s): Manali Sharma (Brooklyn, NY), Onur Altintas (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17969045 on 10/19/2022 (1147 days app to issue)

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving latency when establishing peer-to-peer connections between devices. In one embodiment, a method includes, responsive to determining that a connection is to be established with at least one remote vehicle by a subject vehicle, acquiring parameters, from a remote server, that define characteristics of the connection. The method includes performing device discovery and service discovery simultaneously by embedding information about available services within a communication for device discovery. The method includes establishing the connection between the subject vehicle and the at least one remote vehicle according to the parameters.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Stabilizing dielectric stress in a galvanic isolation device
Patent No. 12495614

Inventor(s): Byron Lovell Williams (Plano, TX), Jeffrey Alan West (Dallas, TX), Mitsuhiro Sugimoto (Tsukuba, , JP), Yoshihiro Takei (Ushiku, , JP)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18067703 on 12/17/2022 (1088 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device including an isolation device with a stabilized dielectric. The isolation device includes a lower isolation element, an upper isolation element, and an inorganic dielectric plateau between the lower isolation element and the upper isolation element. The dielectric sidewall of the inorganic dielectric plateau is stabilized in a nitrogen containing plasma which forms a SiO[subscript]x[/subscript]N[subscript]y [/subscript]surface on the dielectric sidewall of the inorganic dielectric plateau. The SiO[subscript]x[/subscript]N[subscript]y [/subscript]surface on the dielectric sidewall of the inorganic dielectric plateau reduces ingress of moisture into the dielectric stack of the inorganic dielectric plateau.

DESIGN PATENTS

Ankle protective sock
Patent No. D1104446

Inventor(s): Chris Davies (Hurst, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Dunlap Bennett Ludwig, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29929899 on 02/26/2024 (652 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pillow cover
Patent No. D1104549

Inventor(s): Jaeah Lee (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Comfy Baby Goods (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29920127 on 12/08/2023 (732 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Glass bowl
Patent No. D1104653

Inventor(s): Jianzhong Zhang (Handan, , CN), Qingchuan Xie (Handan, , CN)
Assignee(s): GENICOOK PRODUCT, LLC (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29915525 on 11/01/2023 (769 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Bottle
Patent No. D1104769

Inventor(s): Kathryn G. Hubinger (Milford, MI), Paul J. Fromholtz (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Wolf, Greenfield Sacks, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29921877 on 12/19/2023 (721 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle caster block
Patent No. D1104885

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Noah House (Sachse, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Trent Collins (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (Mckinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29966344 on 10/01/2024 (434 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Fender
Patent No. D1104896

Inventor(s): Glen A. Burke (Mineral Wells, TX)
Assignee(s): Dexter Axle Company LLC (Elkhart, IN)
Law Firm: McGarry Bair PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29930394 on 02/29/2024 (649 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Fender
Patent No. D1104897

Inventor(s): Glen A Burke (Mineral Wells, TX)
Assignee(s): Dexter Axle Company LLC (Elkhart, IN)
Law Firm: McGarry Bair PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29930416 on 02/29/2024 (649 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Bracket for adjusting the height of a shock absorber on a motorcycle
Patent No. D1104918

Inventor(s): Jorge H. Santillan (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29911891 on 09/11/2023 (820 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Dustplug for a multiport optical connection device
Patent No. D1104979

Inventor(s): Cameron Meyer (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): CORNING RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Corning, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29827936 on 02/23/2022 (1385 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle assembly
Patent No. D1105288

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Caleb Hix (McKinney, TX), Jory Sprowl (Howe, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Noah House (Sachse, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Randy Perez (McKinney, TX), Ross Martin (Roanok
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29900834 on 08/25/2023 (837 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Skate with remote controller
Patent No. D1105324

Inventor(s): Eric Charles Masters (Mount Horeb, WI), Ryan Matthew Follmann (Fitchburg, WI)
Assignee(s): GOLABS Inc. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29900178 on 08/17/2023 (845 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

[X] Design, Plant or Reissue Patent without a classification code

Density altitude reticle
Patent No. D1105331 (Design)

Inventor(s): Michael Derek Benedict (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): OutlierIP, LLC (Rockwall, TX)
Law Firm: Widerman Malek, PL (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29846834 on 07/19/2022 (1239 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

[X] Design, Plant or Reissue Patent without a classification code

Clavicle brace
Patent No. D1105439 (Design)

Inventor(s): Tim Skapek (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): PROTECT3D, INC. (Durham, NC)
Law Firm: Husch Blackwell LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29871925 on 03/02/2023 (1013 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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