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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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IBMs patent No. 9984550
Dallas Invents: 91 Patents Granted for Week of May 29
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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Follow the Money: AT&T Part of $10M Lumina Round, Retail Startup Raises $5.7M, Buffett Unit Buys Ebby Halliday
by | May 31, 2018
From tech giants to real estate and robot lawnmowers, here's a look at recent funding, mergers, and acquisitions involving companies and firms with North Texas ties.
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An illustration from Nuvectra Corporation’s patent No. 9974108 shows paired communication between an implanted medical device and an external control device. [via USPTO]

Dallas Invents: 85 Patents Granted for Week of May 15

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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RED Holographic Smartphone Coming to AT&T This Summer
by | 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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Bell's patent No. 9963228
Dallas Invents: 86 Patents Granted for Week of May 8
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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Steve Case at Rise of the Rest in Dallas: Investors Should Focus on Why it Will Work
by | May 8, 2018
The AOL co-founder's traveling tour, designed to spur more growth in entrepreneurial ecosystems around the nation, made its first 2018 stop in Dallas Monday. Steve Case encouraged attendees to "seize the moment," and get engaged with helping local startups.
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A patent was granted to Joshua RD Technologies Interactive helmet system and method interactive helmet system and method for reducing brain injuries may provide a helmet and at least one inflatable air pouch. The at least one inflatable air pouch may remain in an active position and may pressurize or further inflate in response to an impact with a surface. Over a predetermined time period, the at least one inflatable air pouch may not depressurize and may instantly pressurize or further inflate. The at least one inflatable air pouch may have an air pouch pressure that increases to a higher pressure and may protect users from brain injury at high impact forces.

Dallas Invents: 79 Patents Granted for Week of April 24

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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Dallas Invents: 74 Patents Granted for Week of April 17
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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Botsitter remote care of an animal
Dallas Invents: 103 Patents Granted for Week of April 10
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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Dallas Invents: 73 Patents Granted for Week of April 3
Patents granted include Amazon's quality control for video encoders on mobile devices, Capital One's method for expedited large file processing, and The Nielsen Company's methods to recruit audience measurement panelists.
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Follow the Money: Cuban Backs 3D-Printed Rocket Maker, RevTech Secures $10M

by | Mar 29, 2018
From 3D-printed rockets, to helicopter rides and Hispanic-focused supermarkets, here are some of the latest capital raises, mergers, and acquisitions with DFW ties.
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Tyler Technologies
FirstNet, AT&T Launch System ‘Core’ to Help First Responders Communicate
by | Mar 28, 2018
FirstNet built by AT&T is the first nationwide public safety communications plaform that is dedicated to helping first responders talk to each other during times of emergency.
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Tech in Real Estate: How 5G, Blockchain, AI Is Changing the Industry
by | Feb 26, 2018
In 2017, the real estate industry invested $8 billion in new technology. During a recent Urban Land Institute panel, experts discussed how tech such as smart contracts and blockchain will revolutionize real estate.
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Dallas’ Reel FX Spins Off Advertising Arm Into Company ‘Challenging the Status Quo’
by | Feb 22, 2018
ATK PLN will have offices in Dallas, Hollywood, and Montreal and can pull talent from Reel FX and its other sister company, Flight School.
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