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Unleashed Brands founder and CEO Michael Browning Jr. received a patent for the design of a tube slide the week of Aug. 25. [Illustration: Sources, USPTO Patent No. US0D1144710S; DI Studio]
Patented: Urban Air Founder’s Indoor Slide Designs and 175 More Inventions Across North Texas
by Dave Head | Sep 16, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 nationally with 177 patents the week of Aug. 25. Two of those went to Michael Browning Jr., who received design patents for two types of slides used at Urban Air locations.
Patented: Nanoscope Instruments’ Low-Vision Function Test and 134 More Inventions Across North Texas
by Dave Head |
Sep 2, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 among 250 U.S. metros in patent production for the week of Aug. 11, with 135 patents granted to inventors and companies across the region.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 9, 2025
The Samuell Boulevard Supercenter becomes the first Walmart in Dallas to offer Zipline’s autonomous delivery service, with more than 65,000 items—from baby formula to frozen foods—available for drone drop-off
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Jan 4, 2022
Bedford-based Payix was acquired by Atlanta's Repay Holdings Corp. to boost its position in the hot buy-now-pay-later market.
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Alvaro Guillem [Image: Courtesy Nanoscope Therapeutics]
Nanoscope Therapeutics Closes Series A, Names Alvaro Guillem as Chairman
by Lauren Hawkins | Jul 21, 2020
Nanoscope Therapeutics, a TechFW client, has closed an over-subscribed Series A funding round for its leading work on retinas, which could enable the blind to see.
In addition, Nanoscope has named Al Guillem as Chairman of the Board. Guillem (pictured below) was part of TechFW's greatest success story when ZS Pharma, a company he co-founded, was purchased by AstraZeneca for $2.7 billion.
In addition, Nanoscope has named Al Guillem as Chairman of the Board. Guillem (pictured below) was part of TechFW's greatest success story when ZS Pharma, a company he co-founded, was purchased by AstraZeneca for $2.7 billion.
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