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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 Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | 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.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
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]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Worlds-videoWorldsNewsReleaseVideoScreenshot02-2024-360x203.jpg)
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
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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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 Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | 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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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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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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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 Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | 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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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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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.
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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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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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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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