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An illustration from Futurewei’s patent No. 10021296 shows a rotating camera that can be attached to an electronic device to create a panoramic image. [Illustration: USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 97 Patents Granted for Week of July 10
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jul 18, 2018
Patents granted include Futurewei’s rotatable, panoramic camera for mobile devices; Nokia’s group messaging apparatus within a communication network; and Vbike's smart bicycle locks.
by Lance Murray |
Jul 12, 2018
From AT&T and Common Desk to Sidekick Tools and Four Corners Brewing, here's a look at recent funding and acquisitions involving companies and firms with North Texas ties.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 11, 2018
Patents granted include Toyota’s steering wheel that illuminates via touch; AT&T’s electrical switch that generates signals through acoustic inputs; Frito-Lay’s method for removing part of a food product through an “abrasive stream”; and Conduent Business Services’ method to create a classifier that predicts a user’s personality type.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 4, 2018
Patents granted include the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System’s low-cost, mobile 3D point of estimation headset; Mary Kay’s method for topical skin care treatment using plant extracts; Roka Sports’ garment for aquatic sports to help improve performance; and Capital One’s system of using a bounding shape to place augmented reality objects.
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![An illustration from Nike’s patent No. 9999812 shows a golf club head with body features that are influenced by an impact. [Illustration: USPTO]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Patent-Image-June-19_-Nike-patent-No.-9999812-940x436.png)
An illustration from Nike’s patent No. 9999812 shows a golf club (a ball striking device) with body features that are influenced by an impact. [Illustration: USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 63 Patents Granted for Week of June 19
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jun 27, 2018
Patents granted include Nike’s golf club head with “impact-influencing” features; Futurewei Technologies’ increased spatial resolution for panoramic video; Harvard’s invention for regulating microRNA biogenesis that relates to helping prevent cancer; and Frito-Lay’s method for producing expanded nut kernels.
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![An illustration from Toyota’s patent No. 9994154 depicts a cloaking device with cloaking region boundary planes. Each boundary plane includes “an outward facing mirror surface and an inward facing opaque surface.” [Illustration via USPTO]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Patent-Image-June-12-Toyota-patent-No.-9994154-360x203.png)
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 20, 2018
Patents granted include Toyota’s cloaking device to make an object seem transparent; Med Hab’s shoe sensor system to measure a runner’s gait; Google’s system for presenting multi-frame ads for mobile devices; and Kairos Social Solutions’s location-based social networking system that helps users select their favorite drink.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 13, 2018
Patents
granted include GXI Holdings, LLC’s easy-to-use lawnmower with larger blades; Amazon’s thermal managing system for computing devices; Hulu’s video selecting system via diversity and relevance; and Jack Ten Suited’s new electronic card game apparatus.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 6, 2018
Patents granted include IBM’s smart garment that can communicate to a receiver “at least one parameter” away; Bottle Rocket’s new interactive video viewing experience; Fossil’s design for a device that monitors activity; and Omnitrac’s advanced warning system for vehicles on the road.
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![An illustration from Micro-Gaming Ventures’ patent No. 9978218 depicts a method and system for micro-betting. The wager(s) can be managed and controlled remote from electronically placing the micro-bet(s) during a round of micro-betting, according to the patent documents. [Via USPTO]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Screenshot-2018-05-29-17.22.03-940x436.png)
An illustration from Micro-Gaming Ventures’ patent No. 9978218 depicts a method and system for micro-betting. The wager(s) can be managed and controlled remote from electronically placing the micro-bet(s) during a round of micro-betting, according to the patent documents. [Via USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 79 Patents Granted for Week of May 22
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | May 30, 2018
Patents granted include Micro-Gaming Ventures’ system for micro-betting, Toyota’s device for traffic light detection, Syntilla Medical’s implantable head-mounted neurostimulation system for head pain, and IBM’s caller identity-based security.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 23, 2018
Patents granted include Nuvectra Corporation’s paired communication between an implanted medical device and an external control device, Toyota’s method for making an object appear transparent, and NewVoiceMedia’s workflow triggering that uses real-time analytics for intelligent sales engagement.
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by Lance Murray |
May 18, 2018
AT&T exec Kevin Petersen described the phone developed by the cinematic camera maker as "revolutionary," and "even better than 3D."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 16, 2018
Patents granted include Bell Helicopter’s aircraft with selectively attachable passenger pod assembly, Fossil’s activity monitoring device, and Uber’s apparatus for managing communications.
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An illustration from Toyota's patent No. 9958275 shows a wearable smart device for communicating with a remote device, such as a vehicle, a robot or another smart device. [Illustration via USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 74 Patents Granted for Week of May 1
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | May 8, 2018
Patents granted include Toyota’s system for wearable smart device communications, Tesla Laboratories’ method for creation of unique identification for use in gathering survey data from a mobile device at a live event, and Match.com’s matching process system.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 2, 2018
Patents granted include Joshua RD Technologies’ interactive helmet system, ShopSavvy’s storage medium for payment of online purchases via a portable computing device, Baylor University’s nutraceutical with an oxygen-enabled composition and USAA’s home area recommender.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 25, 2018
Patents granted include Apple's desktop consumer electronic device, IBM's cognitive geofencing, Mentalix's robotic document feeder, and McAfee's digital heritage notary.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 18, 2018
Patents granted include Botsitter’s system for remote care of an animal, Authentic’s sight-to-speech product authentication, United Services Automobile Association’s indoor drone flight awareness system, and more.
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