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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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Botsitter’s patent #10049278 is system for remote care of an animal includes a robotic animal caregiver. Detail from Fig. 17 shows a smart collar that can determine geolocation and relay behavior information of an animal. [Illustration: USPTO, Patent 10049278]
Dallas Invents: 90 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 14
Patents granted include Frito-Lay’s texture measurement apparatus; McAfee’s reputation scoring; Botsitter’s system for remote care of an animal; T-Mobile’s system for pairing with a mobile device; and Nestec’s pomegranate extract for treating fatty liver.
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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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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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Doritos Blaze, Busta Rhymes Team for Hip-Hop Music Contest
by | Jul 17, 2018
The "Blaze the Beat" contest looks to give an aspiring hip-hop artist a "major breakthrough," with a $50,000 prize and an opportunity to perform at an upcoming music festival.
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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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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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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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An illustration from Micro-Gaming Ventures’ patent No. 9978218 depicts a method and system for micro-betting. The wager(s) can be managed and controlled remote from electronically placing the micro-bet(s) during a round of micro-betting, according to the patent documents. [Via USPTO]

Dallas Invents: 79 Patents Granted for Week of May 22

Patents granted include Micro-Gaming Ventures’ system for micro-betting, Toyota’s device for traffic light detection, Syntilla Medical’s implantable head-mounted neurostimulation system for head pain, and IBM’s caller identity-based security.
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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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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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Toyota Patent No. 9958275, Illustration USPTO
Dallas Invents: 74 Patents Granted for Week of May 1
Patents granted include Toyota’s system for wearable smart device communications, Tesla Laboratories’ method for creation of unique identification for use in gathering survey data from a mobile device at a live event, and Match.com’s matching process system.
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