Intellectual Property

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Patented: Island Technology’s Kernel-Based Protection of Computer Processes and More North Texas Inventive Activity

by | Dec 17, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 11 with a total of 128 patents granted.
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Patented: Nanoscope Therapeutics’ Optogenetic Vision Restoration and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Dec 10, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 4 with a total of 156 patents granted.
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Patented: Tango Networks’ Automatic Driver Identification Based on Driving Behavior and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Dec 3, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 28 with a total of 103 patents granted.
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Patented: Allstate’s Accident Re-Creation Using Augmented Reality and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Nov 26, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 21 with a total of 136 patents granted.
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Fluor Technologies Corp. of Irving has received a newly granted for systems that use idle offshore platforms to grow and harvest seaweed. The design repurposes non-producing rigs as ocean farms, with subsea support structures that enable large-scale seaweed cultivation and automated harvesting. The patent was invented by Aditya Hariharan of Katy, along with Houston-based inventors James Shih and Phillip Nguyen. [Composite illustration: Sources, USPTO Patent #12433213, Fig. 1; DI Studio]

Patented: Fluor Corp.’s Offshore System for Growing and Harvesting Seaweed, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity

by | Nov 12, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 7 with a total of 117 patents granted.
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Patented: Nike’s Sole Structure for ‘Forward Momentum’ and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Oct 8, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Sept. 2 with a total of 125 patents granted.
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Dallas-based Worlds' technology can continuously process massive amounts of video data across different environments, creating an “index of everything” for organizations in real time. The physical AI startup has received a newly granted patent (USPTO #12400442) for a system that automatically identifies and labels objects in video by building a searchable index. The technology—invented by and Worlds CTO and co-founder Ross Bates and Sr. Director of Machine Learning Paul Aarseth—can analyze footage from different locations, compare what it sees, and match similar items to streamline real-time monitoring and data labeling. [Image: Worlds video screenshot]
Patented: Physical AI Startup’s System for Automatically Identifying, Labeling Objects and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Oct 1, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 26 with a total of 103 patents granted.
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Samsung Electronics’ Facial Un‑Distortion in Digital Images and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Sep 24, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 19 with a total of 126 patents granted.
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Textron has received a newly granted patent for a cloaking system that makes aircraft blend into their surroundings. The technology (USPTO #12366432) uses onboard cameras to detect nearby colors during flight and activates electroluminescent paint to match, allowing the aircraft to dynamically fade into its environment. The patent was invented by Adam S. Menard of Aledo and is assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. of Providence. [Composite illustration: Sources, USPTO Patent #12366432, Fig. 1; DI Studio]

Patented: Textron Innovations’ Active Aircraft Visual Cloaking System and More North Texas Inventive Activity

by | Aug 26, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of July 22 with a total of 139 patents granted.
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Patented: Dallas Chocolatier Kate Weiser’s Hot Beverage Shells That Release Cocoa and Marshmallows, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Aug 13, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of July 8 with a total of 142 patents granted.
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Patented: USAA’s Invisible Ink Tattoo Authentication System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Aug 6, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of July 1 with a total of 150 patents granted.
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Patented: Toyota’s NFT System for Turning Virtual Car Moves into Real-World Actions and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Jul 30, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of June 24 with a total of 151 patents granted.
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This week, newly granted patents include:

  • 7-Eleven's autonomous delivery mechanism and a user device network communication
  • Arcadia Biosciences' wheat with increased resistant starch levels
  • Apple's cell search based on user equipment battery condition
  • AT&T's aggregation of application and systems for services for 6G or other next generation network
  • Coinbase's managing partial private keys for cryptography-based, storage applications used in blockchain operations for decentralized applications
  • Ignite Sales' dynamically-generated guided dialogue using artificial intelligence
  • Overhead Door's disinfecting door system and method
  • Samsung Electronics' 3D arts viewing on display devices
  • Toyota's system and methods for vehicle platoon-leader-as-a-service
  • Verily Life Sciences' virtual health coach for facilitating dynamic dosage titration

Patented: Spark Biomedical’s Stress Control Using Auricular Neurostimulation and More North Texas Inventive Activity

by | Jul 9, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of June 3 with a total of 132 patents granted.
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Patented: Bank of America’s AI-Based Auditors of Artificial Intelligence and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Jul 2, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of May 27 with a total of 168 patents granted.
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Patented: Fort Worth-Based Galaxy Unmanned Systems’ Hybrid Airship-Aerostat Systems and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Jun 18, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of May 13 with a total of 175 patents granted.
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Patented: Samsung’s RF-Based Robot Localization and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Jun 4, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of April 29 with a total of 80 patents granted.
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