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A drawing from Virtuix Holdings Patent No. 10,065,114 shows an example embodiment of a haptic feedback device. The newly granted patent is for a haptic glove for use in a virtual environment.

Dallas Invents: 76 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 4

Patents granted include Sherwin-Williams' color display system; Virtuix Holdings' haptic glove for use in a virtual environment; Astrapi's method for communicating using polynomial-based signals; and Barefoot Networks' hash table storing reduced search key.
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A diagram from Capital One Services’ Patent No. 10062177 for the placement of augmented reality objects using a guide marker. [Illustration: Patent No. 10062177, Fig 1A, USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 104 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 28
Patents granted include Toyota’s vision assist systems, iWear Holdings’ methods for sending messages wirelessly from a garment, Galderma’s acne treatments, and Capital One’s placement of augmented reality objects.
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An illustration from Patent No. 10056759  shows Tesla’s “modular adjustable power factor renewable energy inverter system.”
Dallas Invents: 104 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 21
Patents granted include Essilor’s automated eyewear kiosk, IBM’s music recommendation engine, Omnitrac’s emergency stopping for autonomous commercial vehicles, Tesla’s renewable energy power generation system, and Shavelogic’s shaving system.
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Bios Partners
Follow the Money: Fuse Medical Raises $3.27M, MedHab Gets $914K, Truck Yard Hauls in $4.2M
by | Aug 23, 2018
From Arlington Surgery Center LLC to a pair of Irving-based electronics companies, here are some of the deals involving companies and investors with North Texas ties.
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‘High-tech Park’ from NY High Line Designer Coming to Dallas’ West End

by | Aug 16, 2018
The West End Plaza at Market and Corbin streets is part of the ongoing developments in the neighborhood where the Dallas Innovation Alliance is piloting smart cities tech.
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Dallas Invents: 86 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 7
Patents granted include AT&T’s method to detect and manage lip sync errors; IBM’s framework for analyzing information from a body camera; Gemmy Industries’ projector for an image with a firework effect; and Bank of America’s circuit board with “organic light emitting diode” light technology to help hearing or visually impaired users.
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Frisco Station
Business as Mutual: Frisco Station, AT&T Collaborate on Building Community Connected With 5G Tech
by | Aug 9, 2018
The 242-acre mixed-use Frisco Station development will be one of the first connected communities in the nation built from the ground up using AT&T’s 5G Evolution technology.
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An illustration from Daifuku’s patent No. 10035667 that demonstrates an industrial robot that will automatically unload products, such as boxes or cases, from trucks. The robot will selectively remove boxes with a “suction cup-based gripper arm” and place the product on a “powered transportation path.”
Dallas Invents: 79 Patents Granted for Week of July 31
Patents granted include Apple’s data function within an access gateway node; Dell’s credential sharing system including a pre-boot authentication; Daifuku’s automatic truck unloading robot; and IBM’s smart garment, such as a shirt, that identifies user changes.
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An illustration from Toyota’s patent No. 10024667 that demonstrates a wearable “intelligent earpiece” that can recognize objects to give social and environmental awareness to the user. The earpiece includes one camera, GPS and a processor connected to the inertial measurement unit (IMU).

Dallas Invents: 117 Patents Granted for Week of July 17

Patents granted include Toyota’s “intelligent earpiece” that gives social and environmental awareness; Facebook’s method for aggregating and distributing content based on location; Baylor Research Institute’s method for treating breast cancer with vaccines of dendritic cells; and Google’s method for "sending data to a wireless station."
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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.
Dallas Invents: 97 Patents Granted for Week of July 10
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.
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Krew
Follow the Money: Krew Rideshare Collects $25K, Maxxsure Raises $350K, Consulting Firm Kanarys Gets $115K
by | 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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An illustration (fig. 6A) from Toyota’s patent No. 10011222 demonstrating a system including a steering wheel-shaped shell with two layers that illuminates LED lights when force is applied.
Dallas Invents: 68 Patents Granted for Week of July 3
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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Innovation Study: DFW Should Embrace its Sprawl & Work Together to Propel its Growth, Identity as ‘Hub for Innovation’

by | Jun 29, 2018
After a monthslong research study, the Dallas Regional Chamber, Southern Methodist University, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, and Accenture have released a “guidebook” to help North Texas’ innovation economy thrive into the future.
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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]
Dallas Invents: 63 Patents Granted for Week of June 19
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]
Dallas Invents: 85 Patents Granted for Week of June 12
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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Patents granted include GXI Holdings, LLC’s easy-to-use lawnmower with larger blades.
Dallas Invents: 97 Patents Granted for Week of June 5
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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