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Galaxy Unmanned Systems has received a newly granted patent for "Unmanned Airships, Aerostats, and Hybrid Airship-Aerostat Systems and Methods Thereof," invented by Bedford-based Antonio Roberto White and Arlington-based Jason Theodore White. The patent describes a hybrid system that combines lift and thrust capabilities, allowing a tethered airship to be maneuvered and controlled using a rotating motor, directional fins, and a removable bridle system. [Image: USPTO Patent #12296939, Fig. 1]
This week, newly granted patents also include:
- Bank of America's enhancing hybrid traditional neural networks with liquid neural network units for cyber security and offense protection
- The University of Texas System's system to maximize power production by wind turbines
- Dell Products' bit level sharding of sensitive data for increased security
- EarthSystems Technologies' seismically triggered intrusion detection
- Global Tel*Link's contraband detection through smart power components
- Nokia Solutions and Networks' private cellular enterprise network deployment with enhanced data security for infrastructures such as fortresses with thick concrete walls
- SparkCognition's reliability for machine-learning based image generation
- State Farm's systems to leverage unused compute resource for machine learning tasks
- Tango Networks' vehicle-to-everything (V2X), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) policy for managing distracted driving
- Toyota's morphable body
- Verily Life Sciences' smart diaper pail
Patented: Fort Worth-Based Galaxy Unmanned Systems’ Hybrid Airship-Aerostat Systems and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | 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.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
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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May 21, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of April 15 with a total of 84 patents granted.
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Patented: Apple’s Dynamic Network Hardware Activation System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 14, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of April 8 with a total of 132 patents granted.
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This week, newly granted patents also include:
- BlyncSync Technologies' fleet driver biometric tracking
- Citibank's payment financing at point of sale
- Intellective Ai's unusual score generators for a neuro-linguistic behavioral recognition system
- KoiReader Technologies' performing order cart audits
- Match Group Americas' matching users based on selections made by third parties
- Media Cart Holdings' integration of customer-stored information with media enabled shopping systems
- Musarubra's analysis of endpoint detect and response data
- Netflix's splicing targeted content into live broadcast streams with targeted content breaks of unknown placement and duration
- STMicroelectronics' robotic device with time-of-flight proximity sensing system
- Tanium's deputizing satellite endpoints
- USAA's structure authentication using NFTs
- Verizon's avatar identity protection using steganography
Patented: The U.S. Navy’s Quantum Trapping Structure for Radiation Hardened Transistors and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Mar 26, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Feb. 18 with a total of 149 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 5, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 28 with a total of 152 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 18, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 14 with a total of 154 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 12, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 7 with a total of 156 patents granted.
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Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC has received a newly granted patent for "Systems and Methods for Detecting Anomalous Post-Authentication Behavior with Respect to a User Identity," invented by Sachse-based Shinesa Elaine Cambric. The patent describes a system that analyzes user actions with an anomaly prediction model to detect security threats and trigger mitigation steps. [Image sources: Amir Ali/ Nobi_Prizue/istockphoto, DI Studio]
This week, newly granted patents also include:
- 7-Eleven's item identification using multiple cameras
- Advanced Neuromodulation Systems' method for controlling neurostimulation according to user activity detected through patient use of icon driven user interface
- Bank of America's building and training a network of chatbots
- Capital One's systems for augmented reality navigation
- Digital Porpoise's modeling a network data center architecture
- Global Tel*Link's system for analyzing and investigating communication data from a controlled environment
- Huawei's blockchain enhanced route authorization
- Reliance Jio's cloud automation microbots
- Siemens Healthineers' cardio AI smart assistant for semantic image analysis of medical imaging studies
- USAA's systems for titles and title insurance for non-fungible tokens
- Verily Life Sciences' methods for using image processing to generate inferences of biomarker for immunotherapy
- Verizon's systems for indicating and managing a validation of a caller identification to prevent identity spoofing
- Wells Fargo's quantum and classical cryptography (QCC) for data encryption and data decryption
Patented: Microsoft’s Anomaly Detection in Post‑Authentication User Behavior and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jan 29, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Dec. 24 with a total of 133 patents granted.
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Jan 22, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Dec. 17 with a total of 95 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 11, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 19, with a total of 107 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 4, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 12, with a total of 122 patents granted.
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Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America has been granted U.S. patent No. 12118884 for a cooperative AI-assisted driving system, invented by Jianyu Su, Rui Guo, and Ziran Wang. The technology uses a cooperative controller to assign roles to connected vehicles based on traffic environment and travel priorities to optimize safety and efficiency across the entire traffic flow. [Image: USPTO Patent #12118884, Fig. 4; DI Studio]
This week, newly granted patents also include:
- American Leather Operations' convertible furniture
- Federal Express' risk assessment framework
- JPMorgan Chase Bank's system and method for testing cloud hybrid AI/ML platforms
- Lockheed Martin's ground detection system for ultrasonic cutting
- McAfee's methods and apparatus to improve deepfake detection with explainability
- ModoPayments' COIN operated digital payments hub
- NCH's delivery system and probiotic composition for animals and plants
- O'Brien Engineering's water supply control system that implements safety controls and uses simulation to prevent commands that would cause or worsen flooding
- Plainsight Technologies' system and method of detecting fluid levels in tanks
- REV Robotics' wheel
- True Perspective's false eyelash dispensing device
- United Services Automobile Association's real-world object-based image authentication method and system
- Valid Systems' instant funds availability risk assessment and real-time loss alert system and method
Patented: Toyota’s Cooperative AI-Assisted Driving and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Oct 30, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 15, with a total of 122 patents granted.
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Sep 11, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 27, with a total of 122 patents granted.
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Aug 5, 2024
Aperture said NOVUM's experts have been engaged in more than 200 major IP litigation and complex business litigation matters, as well as advising clients in patent acquisitions/dispositions, licensing, valuation, and/or financing arrangements.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 10, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of June 18, 2024. 102 patents granted include: Google's selecting and presenting representative frames for video previews, Halliburton Energy Services' downhole chemical reactor and gas generator with passive or active control, Intel Corporation's technologies for managing interoperable high definition maps for autonomous vehicles, Pieces Technologies' creating multiple prioritized clinical summaries using artificial intelligence, Sandisk Technologies' adaptive semi-circle select gate bias, and Texas Instruments' integrated current sensor with magnetic flux concentrators.
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