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Intellectual Property
Apple Inc. has received a newly granted patent for "Dynamic Activation of Network Hardware Based on Real-Time Conditions," invented by Allen-based Syed A. Rahim and others. The patent describes a system that adjusts power to antennas and transceivers in mobile devices based on real-time signal quality, optimizing performance and conserving energy. [Source image: USPTO Patent #12273824, Fig. 3; background composite]
This week, newly granted patents also include:
- Texas Instruments' secure sniffing of wireless connections with forward secrecy
- Match Group Americas' matching using location information
- NoiseAware's monitoring and classifying smoking events in monitored spaces
- Signify Health's device for non-invasive detection of skin problems associated with diabetes mellitus
- The University of Texas System's automated analysis and detection of cardiac arrhythmias from electrocardiograms
- Discourse.AI's system and method for incremental estimation of interlocutor intents and goals in turn-based electronic conversational flow
- Omnitracs' automated and dynamic location identification and geofencing based on GPS data
- Linear Labs' circumferential flux electric machine with field weakening mechanisms and methods of use
- Acqueon Technologies' centralized multichannel outbound call campaign management
- Frontier Communications' fiber distribution terminal with in-line diagnostic tool in passive optical networks
- Twisted X's cushioning for shoe sole
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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Apr 16, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of March 11 with a total of 97 patents granted.
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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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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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This week, newly granted patents also include:
- 1A Smart Start's calculating a recidivism probability score for compliance-based ignition interlock device removal
- Berkshire Biomedical's computerized oral prescription administration with refillable medication dispensing devices
- Capital One's real-time dynamic conversational responses during conversational interactions using machine learning models
- Forcepoint Federal's security analytics system for performing a risk analysis operation taking into account social behavior peer grouping
- Lockheed Martin's plasma engine with leptonic energy source
- o9 Solutions' protocol buffer trie packing and streaming updates
- OxeFit's motorized pilates reformer
- Sabre's computer program product for reservations, inventory control, shopping, and booking with attribute-based pricing
- Verily Life Sciences' scene-adaptive image quality in surgical video
- Verizon's predictive modeling of energy consumption in a cellular network
Patented: American Airlines’ Virtual Measurement System for Baggage Management and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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Feb 5, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Dec. 31 with a total of 163 patents granted.
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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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Bank of America, Huawei, Texas Instruments, Abbott Laboratories, Citigroup, and more were awarded patents this week, showcasing a strong week for North Texas innovation.
This week, newly granted patents also include:
- Abbott Laboratories' automated laboratory inventory management using RFID technology
- AMS International's ambient light sensing
- The University of Texas System's method for accurate sequencing of DNA
- Citibank's validating image content and format using artificial intelligence
- Huawei Technologies' integration of internet of things devices
- L3VEL's systems for improving wireless mesh networks
- OncoNano Medicine's therapeutic pH responsive compositions
- Raytheon's method to maintain vacuum, or to selectively exclude/admit electromagnetic energy
- Texas Instruments' bitonic sorting accelerator
Patented: Bank of America’s New Browser Security Extension and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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Nov 20, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 5, with a total of 85 patents granted.
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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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Apple Inc. has secured Patent No. 12016123 for high-capacity computer modules, invented by Michael D. McBroom of Celeste, TX. The patent details modules that simplify computer system design, utilize system resources in a highly configurable manner, offer versatile functionality, and can be easily inserted into or removed from a computer system.[Image: CryptoFX/Shutterstock]
Patented: Apple’s High-Capacity Computer Modules and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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Jun 19, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of June 4, 2024. 153 patents granted include: 7-Eleven's feedback and training for a machine learning algorithm configured to determine customer purchases during a shopping session at a physical store, Apple's enhanced RACH (random access channel) design for 5G CIoT (cellular internet of things), ATT Intellectual Property I's facilitation of voice over new radio for 5G or other next generation network, Avohdah's automated gesture identification using neural networks, Bank of America's dynamic unauthorized activity detection, and more.
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Jun 5, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of May 21, 2024. 121 patents granted include: Bank of America's agent-side chatbot simulator with throttling capabilities, Crestron Electronics' tabletop touchscreen panel, GM Global Technology Operations' perception system with attention module for processing visual data, Health Management Systems' healthcare coverage matching and verification, Netscout Systems Texas' determining geolocation of devices in a communication network, Revision Robotics Surgical Innovations' robotic joint revision system, Sanofi's medicament delivery device, Tango Networks' system, method, and computer-readable medium for provisioning dual-homed voice call continuity, Topgolf International's golf ball dispenser, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America's parking seeker detection system and method for updating parking spot database using same, and United Services Automobile Association's environmental conditions monitoring system.
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May 29, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of May 14, 2024. 114 patents granted include: Amazon Technologies' speech signal bandwidth extension using cascaded neural networks, Bank of America's hash-based transaction tagging, Bear Robotics' non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for controlling a serving robot, IBM's inline detection and prevention of adversarial attacks, Texas Instruments' streaming engine with short cut start instructions, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America's tow hitch connector cover system, and Walmart Apollo's systems, and methods for automatically annotating images.
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