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Audatex North America's patent filing shows drawings that illustrate its predictive estimate for a damaged vehicle. Part of the Westlake-based Solera portfolio of companies, Audatex is a provider of automotive claims, underwriting, and information solutions. The company serves insurance carriers, repair shops, government agencies, and others. [Background: Studio_3321/istockphoto, Patent Illustration: Fig. 3 & 4, Patent No. 10438293/USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 164 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 8
by Quincy Preston | Oct 16, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Audatex North America's predictive estimate for a damaged vehicle , Your Command's apparatus for electronically searching for an item, University of Texas' kit for external fixators for bone realignment, LapKing Holdings' method of tracking a vehicle's course, Capital One's social home buying system, Excentus Corporation's system of influencing customer behavior, Flashscan3D's biometric image sensor with spoofing detection, BlackBerry Limited's provisioning of emergency numbers, Tango's identification of a vehicle driver based on driving behavior, 1A Smart Start's automated calibration station for ignition interlock devices, and Bank of America Corporation's "Message spinning engine" to create or manage a queue.
by Quincy Preston |
Oct 9, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Toyota's smart necklace for social awareness, Apple's adaptive multiplexing and transmit/receive diversity for wireless devices, Arch Holdings' method for media destruction using a kiosk, AT&T's system for grouping users to different speed tiers for wireless communication, Bank of America's electronic security keys for data security based on quantum particle states, Capital One's vehicle location system, SMU's method for privacy preserving disclosure of a shared, identity-linked secret, and Wells Fargo Bank's biometric electronic signature tokens.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 2, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: teleCalm's telephone system for impaired individuals, AiBUY's interactive product placement system, Allied Bioscience's composition to form self decontaminating surface, Capital One Services' method for an ATM to issue a secured bank card, Flex-a-Rock Holdings' latex-based formulations for coating and sculpting applications, rewardStyle's methods for screenshot linking, Tella Firma's expendable fluid drive actuators for foundation lifting, Tesla's solar photovoltaic power conditioning units, TRV Dispense's soft food and beverage dispenser, and Wells Fargo Banks' methods for processing nuances in natural language.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 25, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Alcatel Lucent's driver behavior monitoring systems, Biological Innovation and Optimization Systems' bio-dimming lighting, CTL Medical Corporation's biomedical implants, Focal Therapeutics's implantable tissue marker device, GF-17's method for creating and sharing bots, Sprinkl.IO's remote wireless moisture sensors for irrigation, Texas Instrument's error-correcting analog-to-digital converters, and Victor Equipment Company's automated gas cutting system.
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Dallas Invents: 156 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 3
by Quincy Preston | Sep 11, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Raytheon's "agricultural situational awareness" tool, Enseo's hospitality property management tool, Garrity Power Services' wirelessly powered locker, Global Tel*Link's AR system for guards, Microfabrica's releasable tissue anchoring device, MoneyGram's prefunding for money transfer, Nicomodo's floral packaging method and apparatus, Sigh's noise detector and analysis/alert engine, Toyota's vehicle console with device charging trays, USAA's methods for distributed currency management, Verizon's identification of wireless coverage for multi-occupant structures, and ZS Pharma's compositions to remove toxins from the GI tract.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 4, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: The Snoring Center's airway implant delivery device, Bell Textron's mutually symbiotic aircraft systems, CPG Technologies' geolocation using guided surface waves, I D YOU's audio announcement to called parties, IBM's empathetic image selection, Roka Sports' eyeglasses with interchangeable lenses, Siemens Healthcare's next-generation MRI spine evaluation, and an unassigned patent for a remotely controlled smart fence.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 28, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Malibu Boats' adjustable surf wake system that lets a rider enhance the wake of a boat, Audi's system to detect and predict movement of a vehicle occupant, AT&T's augmented reality shopping displays, IBM's cognitive analysis for healing an IT system, and Bank of America's system to allow secure access to a virtual credential.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 21, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Toyota's methods for determining user frustration with voice control, AmerisourceBergen's pharmaceutical management and tracking, AT&T's apparatus for enriching metadata via a network, Encryptics' digital rights management of documents, IBM's secure medication delivery, Med Hab's dual case for fall detection device, MWD-IP Holdings' nuclear waste storage and monitoring, ShockWatch's wireless environmental sensor, and Varidesk's leaning chair.
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Dallas Invents: 136 Patents Granted for Week of July 30
by Quincy Preston | Aug 7, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Rockwell Collins' night sky spatial orientation, Advanced Cooling Therapy's devices for controlling patient temperature, Capital One Services' data processing platform monitoring, FreeFlight Systems' UAV guidance and communication device , Innovative Defense's subterranean formation shock fracturing charge delivery system, IBM's location of misplaced mobile computing devices, K2M's expandable spinal implants, Lennox Industries' systems for operating HVAC systems in low load conditions, Rolls-Royce Corp.'s aircraft engine cleaning system, and TissueGen's conformation and structural integrity of biomolecules
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 5, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include Sprinkl.IO's water conservation apparatus and method for programmable irrigation controllers, Toyota's smart necklace with stereo vision and onboard processing, American Vehicular Sciences' method for displaying data to a vehicle's occupant about road signs, Global Tel*Link Corporation's detection and control of contraband devices, IBM's automated prototype creation based on analytics and 3D printing, Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software's system for identifying clones, Sportsbeam Lighting's liquid-cooled venue light, Telepresence Technologies telemedicine consultation and diagnostic systems, and VBikes Technology's smart lock for shared-ride bicycle and mobile app-based control system.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 24, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: State Farm's autonomous vehicle software version assessment, Toyota's automatic brake application for one-pedal driving,The Pure Company Global's air purifier, Integrity Bio-Chemicals' stabilization of clay-containing soils, STMicroelectronics audio playback using RFID, IBM's signatures to manage "derelict assets" of an IT environment, and Secure Access' authentication of electronic content. Plus, unassigned patents for an eye-tracking wearable computer and for treating oncological disorders using Coenzyme Q10.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 17, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 15 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Toyota's autonomous vehicle routing based on chaos assessment, FutureWei Technologies' predictive routing for mobility, Paragon Furniture's modular desk systems, Phazr's multifaceted radio base station, Red River Tea Co.'s still beverage brewing, John Almeida's unassigned virus-immune computer system, Wynright's perception-based robotic manipulation for an automated truck unloader, and ZixCorp Systems' secure electronic mail system
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Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of June 25
by Quincy Preston | Jul 3, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Barferno's real-time patron-activity information system, CPG Technologies' wired and wireless power distribution coexistence, Apple Inc.'s user equipment location on a wireless transmission system, Facebook's location-based content aggregation and distribution, PayPal's management based on user tolerance for waiting in line, and Sensogram Technologies' non-invasive wearable blood pressure monitoring system.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 26, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's access control using device location tracking and blockchain, Dolby Laboratories' control of light spreading with blurring element in projector systems, FedEx's method for removing customer personal information from an electronic device, Halliburton's subterranean monitoring using enhanced video, SoftLayer's portable and flexible deployment of servers, and The Parking Genius' sensors using magnetic signature recognition.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 19, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: IBM's management of cookie data, AMI Investments' remote monitoring of water distribution systems, Bank of America's data security and risk ranking tool, Daltile's glazed porcelain roof tile, Ilumi's LED lighting device, The Nielsen Company's apparatus to monitor mobile internet activity, and Toyota's personalized active safety systems.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 12, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Knightscope's autonomous parking monitor, Service King's auto repair systems including 3D printed parts, Siemens intelligent 3D printer, Johnson & Johnson's pupil-only photochromic contact lenses, Bank of America's authorization of a user in a virtual reality environment, ATT's distributed forwarding service, Freeflight Acquisition's quick-mount detachable antenna, and Imagine Communications' distributed ledger platform.
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