Dallas Innovates

Dallas Invents: 146 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 23

by | Mar 10, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. ABB Power Electronics' pluggable power distribution units for modular edge power systems, AT&T's dynamic data threading system, UT System's waveform design for RF power transfer, Futurewei Technologies' portrait image evaluation based on aesthetics, Interactive Mobile Marketing's mobile showroom, IBM's empathetic image selection, Plush Cujo's moveable and storable wardrobe, Texas Instrument's zero latency prefetching in caches, USAA's computer-implemented roof inspection systems , Zimperium's static analysis to detect malware in mobile apps, and Zynga's social network data analysis to generate incentives for online gaming.
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A ‘Swiss Army Knife’ in the Sky: This Fort Worth Company Develops Next-Gen Equipment for Aerial Firefighting
by | Mar 10, 2021
Trotter Controls' electric equipment replaces the heavier, more expensive to maintain hydraulic systems. Recently, the equipment received FAA approval for use by firefighting aircraft.
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How a Plano-based Hospitality Tech Firm is Using Innovation to Expand During the Pandemic
by | Mar 9, 2021
From hiring more women executives to inking a new deal with HBO, Enseo continues to thrive by delivering touchless tech and digital communications to make it safer to return to hotels. Next up? CEO Vanessa Ogle is eyeing new markets such as senior living and hospitals. The Latina-led Plano company survived the pandemic by creating new products to reduce the number of surfaces and people travelers must come in contact with as COVID turned the hospitality sector upside down.
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Mavenir CEO Pardeep Kohli
Mavenir is Opening the Innovation Pipeline for Better, Faster 5G with Interoperability at the Forefront
by | Mar 8, 2021
CEO Pardeep Kohli says that OpenRAN—a flexible radio access network—will change the future by fueling invention and driving down costs.

The Richardson-based company provides cloud-native network software for the wireless industry. In November, they were selected by DISH Network to deliver 5G nationwide.
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This Dallas Native Returned Home From the Bay Area to Launch His Digital Design Company, ‘Not Dev’

by | Mar 3, 2021
After spending time in San Francisco, Dev Gupta (who designed the Dallas Innovates logo in 2015) moved back to Dallas to launch his own digital design studio. Armed with experience from working with clients like Google, Toyota, and Twitter on user interface design, the CEO and founder of Not Dev is bullish on his hometown—and building a company based on remote work, young local talent, and a nontraditional way of operating.
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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 16
by | Mar 2, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • 7-Eleven's customer-based video feed, Audatex North America's web-based repair cost estimating system, BNSF's pressure sensing probe, DFB Soria's delivery of drug nanoparticles, Knightscope's autonomous data machines and systems, Raytheon's smart receiver with compressive sensing and machine learning, Sports 40 40's swing training device, Texas Instruments' tamper detection, Thermotek's wound care utilizing a thermally-treated therapeutic agent, Toyota's autonomous vehicle virtual reality navigation system, and Zynga's gameplay notification system for a cross-platform environment
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Bravis Brown CEO BPS Technology Servant Leadership
Water-Based Chemistry: North Texas Startup Invents Agriculture and Energy Solutions That Are Better for Business AND the Environment
by | Mar 2, 2021
BPS Technology CEO Bravis Brown calls his company's chemical-mechanical technology "revolutionary."

Filing a dozen patents in 2020, the Argyle-based company is moving fast to protect and scale a "first-of-its-kind" innovation called SymMAX that can reduce the amount of chemicals needed by almost any industry. This year the focus is on commercialization.
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Sanjiv Yajnik, president of Financial Services at Capital One, was the Corporate Innovator of the Year and a Dallas Innovates Future 50.
Capital One Financial Services President Sees Big Business as a Catalyst for Change
Sanjiv Yajnik says the bank is reimagining the car-buying process and finding opportunities to help communities in need.

He expects the "digital first" approach to financial services and the attention to social justice to continue beyond COVID-19.
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Jennifer Benson Raytheon

Raytheon Intelligence and Space Chief Engineer Motivated by Supporting U.S. Military

Jennifer Benson's team, which spans from D.C. to California, develops communications systems that use lasers to carry secure messages and other innovations that are critical for national security.

The McKinney-based engineer also wants to help expose students of all backgrounds to possibility: "The lack of diversity in STEM stops with us."
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Through Roles at UTSW and Pegasus Park, Claire Aldridge Leads Efforts to Make DFW a Key Center for Healthcare Innovation
With an entrepreneurial mindset, Aldridge turns scientific discoveries into real-world solutions. Here's how Aldridge is playing a large role in making Dallas a destination for biotech and life sciences.
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Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 9
by | Feb 23, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's neural mesh protection system for data transmission, Building Materials Investment's roof integrated photovoltaic system, Intuit's method to proactively manage alerts, Lynntech's fuel cell storage system, Mary Kay's stable vitamin c compositions, Prova Group's live auction system, Texas Instrument's projection system with offset image, Texas A&M's Zoysiagrass named DALZ 1308, and Toyota's methods for communicating with a guide animal.
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Meet AECOM’s Dev Rastogi, the Local Exec Spearheading Infrastructure Projects That Could Redefine Transportation
by | Feb 23, 2021
To Rastogi, a high speed rail and the Texas Hyperloop aren’t the only exciting transportation technologies on the horizon. The VP at AECOM is part of gamechanging ideas—like electrifying roadways and automated/connected vehicles—that could soon transform our day-to-day lives.
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Envy Gaming owner Mike Rufail

The Founder of Envy Gaming Says the Popularity of Esports Is ‘Enormous and Growing’ in a Virtual Pandemic World and Beyond

by | Feb 18, 2021
2020 was "really an opportunity for esports to shine with traditional sports on hiatus" says Mike Rufail. The esports innovator talks about the team's new HQ in Victory Park, the pandemic's impact on esports, efforts to "get out the gamer" vote, and what's next.
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How Building the World’s Longest-Distance Radio Transmitters Put This Dallas RF Tech Company on a Mission to Mars
by | Feb 17, 2021
Thursday's historic landing of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars will be one of the most difficult technological feats in human history. If successful, the astrobiology mission will collect samples to study for potential signs of life. What most people don't know is that a Dallas company played a big role in the feat. NASA used tech from Continental Electronics Corp. to communicate with spacecraft and distant satellites. Leading up to the landing, CEC has provided radio transmitters that sent final course corrections and landing instructions.
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Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 2
by | Feb 16, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bell's foldable tiltrotor aircraft, The University of Texas' antisense antibacterial compounds and methods, DeCurtis' contact tracing via location service, Intellective AI's unusual score generators for a neuro-linguistic behavioral recognition system, IBM's automatic table cleanup for relational databases, JPMorgan Chase's data masking and devices, Noble House Home Furnishing's modular furniture with tool free assembly, Paccar's AR system for vehicle blind spot prevention, Tango Network's Automatic identification of a vehicle driver based on driving behavior, Texas Instruments' RFID tag with integrated antenna, and Textron's blockchain airspace management system.
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