AT&T's patented quantum security system is designed to automatically detect intrusions on secure communication channels across classical and quantum networks, deploy generative AI to find an "alternative secure communication channel," and migrate services to it. Irving-based David H. Lu is the inventor. [Composite illustration: Sources, U.S. Patent No. 12580949, Fig. 2A; DI Studio]
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]