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Dallas Invents: 150 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 29

by | Jan 13, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's camera array for a scalable position tracking system, Avaya's selective communication event extraction, Cisco's active speaker naming in ICN-based real-time communication systems, Micronizing Technologies beneficiation of hydrocarbons from mineral matrices, Textron's foldable wings for UAS with a geared interface, Toyota's telepresence drones, USAA's digital identification system, and Vpay's merchant portal system.
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Dallas Invents: 85 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 15
by | Dec 30, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 14 for patents out of 250 metros.
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Dallas Invents: 152 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 8
by | Dec 23, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's method for populating a virtual shopping cart based on video of a customers shopping session at a physical store, AB Creations' vehicle disable black box, AT&T's automatic physical access to secure areas, Microsoft's optimized sign out for single account services, R2 Solutions' system for enhanced search term suggestion, SMU's additive manufacturing of active devices using dielectric, conductive, and magnetic materials, and Toyota's vehicle-based geo-fencing system.
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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 1
by | Dec 16, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 4Web Medical's programmable implant, 7-Eleven's action detection during image tracking, Dell's methods for preventing leakage of protected document data, Northrop Grumman's spacecraft servicing devices, Prestige Ameritech's perimeter seal for a face mask, and Verizon's interactive vehicle window system with AR overlays.
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Dallas Invents: 135 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 17

by | Dec 2, 2020

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's prioritized network based on service and user device, Honda's applied artificial intelligence for natural language processing automotive reporting system, IBM's augment politeness in question answer systems, Liberty Peak Ventures' funding a radio frequency device transaction, Mitogrow's vitamin-hormone horticultural product, and Texas Instruments' bluetooth data forwarding.

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Dallas Invents: 138 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 10
by | Nov 25, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Amazon Technologies' tech for job processing using a public service network, AT&T's integrated wireline and wireless access using software defined networking, Capital One's vehicle listing image detection and alert system, Doing Good Better's collaborative giving system and method, FHNC's wastewater separation system, IBM's automated trend detection by self-learning models through image generation and recognition, State Farm's autonomous vehicle accident and emergency response, Textron's integral life raft, survival kit, and step, and Toyota's self-healing metal structures.
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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 3
by | Nov 18, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's facilitation of dynamic edge computations for 6G or other next generation network, Bank of America's system for recurring information security threat assessment, Berenson Consulting Group's infusion monitoring device and patient compliance system, Enseo's geolocationing system, Essilor's self-healing transparent polymer compositions , and Hewlett Packard's blockchain key storage on SIM devices, USAA's authentication based on motion and biometric data, and an unassigned water soluble, biodegradable beverage container.
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Dallas Invents: 148 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 27
by | Nov 11, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Amera IoT's apparatus for creating and using quantum resistant keys, UT's crowdshaping realistic 3D avatars with words, Capital One's code quality evaluation and user interfaces, Elbit Systems' landing strobe signature, Ilumi's wireless control device and methods thereof, Johnson & Johnson's pupil-only photochromic contact lenses , NTT DATA's augmented shareable video files for robotic process automation, ROCA Medica's predilution sets for distributing antigens, Toyota's vehicle velocity predictor using neural networks , and Zyvex Labs' methods of fabricating an implantable device.
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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 13

by | Oct 28, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Fossil's activity monitoring device, Magic Leap's virtual image generation system using emotional states of user, Microfabrica's counterfeiting deterrent and security devices, NTT Data's virtual resource monitoring for robotic processes, Siemens Healthcare's virtual biopsy techniques for analyzing diseases, Topgolf's RFID golf ball testing apparatus and systems, Toyota's on-the-fly autonomous vehicle refueling and recharging, and USAA's predictive customer service support system and method.
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Dallas Invents: 163 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 6
by | Oct 21, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Allegan's dermal filler, Capital One Services' personalized car recommendations based on customer web traffic, Evergaze's method for improving, augmenting or enhancing vision, Exploring Inc.'s haptic mapping of a configurable virtual reality environment, Mitsubishi's method for sensing wind flow passing over complex terrain, and iHeartMedia's voice track editor.
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Dallas Invents: 107 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 29
by | Oct 14, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's multi-camera image tracking on a global plane, Apple's licensed assisted access signal detection for reducing power use, AT&T Mobility's cell user occupancy indicator to enhance intelligent traffic steering, BlackBerry's emergency services handling, Smurfit Kappa North America's liquid carrier and dispenser, Toyota's methods for predicting and detecting a cardiac event, and an unassigned autonomous swimming pool skimmer
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Dallas Invents: 137 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 22
by | Oct 7, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's custom rack for scalable position tracking system, Flatiron Health's extracting facts from unstructured data, Futurewei's intruder detection method and apparatus, Hemotek's plant medium including an oxygen-enabled composition, Mary Kay's combination of plant extracts to improve skin tone, Spectral MD's machine learning for healing prediction and treatment of wounds, the U.S. Government's energy generation, Toyota's intelligent road markers, and Wells Fargo Bank's monitored alerts.
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Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 8

by | Sep 23, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 1974 Productions' delivering music content to a smart phone, 7-Eleven's tracking positions using a scalable position tracking system, Amazon's multi-channel order management, Flowserve's permanent magnet submersible motor, SMU's imaging hidden objects, and Toyota's vehicle-to-vehicle sensor data sharing.
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Dallas Invents: 145 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 1
by | Sep 16, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Badge Inc.'s public/private key biometric authentication system, Encore Wire's apparatus for applying labels to cable, Lennox's optimized low power air circulation in HVAC systems, NIKE's footwear heel structure, PACCAR's use of laser scanner for autonomous truck operation, Signature Systems Group's modular flooring tile, State Farm's deep learning image processing method for determining vehicle damage, Stone Boutique Technologies' design visualization using actual product images, Texas Instruments' trickle charge control, Thomson Reuters' single audit tool, and Toyota's rechargeable aqueous hybrid battery.
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Dallas Invents: 150 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 25
by | Sep 9, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Textron Innovations' autonomous package delivery aircraft, Interstate Battery's battery ecosystem, American Airline's demand class remapping for airline seat bookings, NIKE's ground-engaging structures for articles of footwear, ADT's portable system for managing events, Global Tel*Link's product ordering and delivery for inmates, R2 Solutions' targeted sidebar advertising, Ortloff Engineers' hydrocarbon gas processing, and Oceus Networks' mobile cellular networks
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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 18
by | Sep 2, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Apple's approach for traffic overhead and UE mobility tradeoff, Audatex North America's mobile system for generating a damaged vehicle insurance estimate, Capital One's database image matching using machine learning with output estimation, Flowserve's near field RF powered electronic valve actuator, Ingar's management of aerial drone parcel transfers, IBM's location-aware trust-based P2P currency exchange, Lennox's intelligent defrost control method, and Oceus's mobile cellular networks.
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