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Intellectual Property
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Samsung Electronics’ Facial Un‑Distortion in Digital Images and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | 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.
![Plano-based Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America has received a newly granted patent for a chair that moves in sync with on-screen action. The system uses actuators made with shape-memory materials to shift the seat in response to video games, movies, or other visual content—mimicking motion for a more immersive experience. The patent was invented by Brian J. Pinkelman, Ryohei Tsuruta, and Michael Paul Rowe of Pinckney. [Composite illustration: Sources, USPTO Patent #12383066, Fig. 9; DI Studio]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Patents-091725-Toyota-970-360x203.jpg)
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Sep 17, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 12 with a total of 151 patents granted.
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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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
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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Toyota has received a newly granted patent (USPTO #12337686) for a system that ties NFTs to real-world vehicles. The tech lets users “own” and interact with physical cars using AR or VR headsets—linking digital tokens to specific vehicles and enabling features like choreographed shows of moving vehicles triggered by NFT access. Invented by a Texas- and California-based team—Charan S. Lota (Frisco), David Tsai (Irvine), and Will Hargis (Celina)—the patent is assigned to Toyota Connected North America, based in Plano. [Composite illustration: Sources, USPTO Patent #12337686, Fig. 4; Anna Musatova/istockphoto; Quincy Preston/DI]
Patented: Toyota’s NFT System for Turning Virtual Car Moves into Real-World Actions and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | 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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 23, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of June 17 with a total of 147 patents granted.
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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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
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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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has received a newly granted patent for a "System and Method for RF-Based Robot Localization," invented by North Texas-based Boon Loong Ng, Indranil Sinharoy, Jianzhong Zhang, Songwei Li, and Yuming Zhu. The patent describes a method of using ultra-wideband signals, image data, and motion sensors to map a service area by tracking the movement of a handheld device—enabling robots to localize and operate within that space. [Image source: USPTO Patent #12285855, Fig. 3; Background, DI Studio]
This week, newly granted patents also include:
- Aiden Technologies' automatic machine deployment and configuration
- Bank of America's performing interactions across geographical regions within a metaverse
- Boston Scientific Neuromodulation's anatomical targeting of neuromodulation
- Citibank's system for constructing a layered artificial intelligence model
- DeadOn's technologies for providing contingency vehicular caution/emergency signaling
- Digital Hive's filtering data from or across different analytics platforms
- Dinemic Ventures' automated cooking systems
- My Robot Builds' systems for construction of structures using additive manufacturing
- Theatro Labs' deriving employee context from structured communication
- Toyota's over-the-air analytics
- TRETE's transaction flow with master account ledger and escrow ledger interaction
- USAA's sensor package for automated remote data capture in property appraisals
- UNTHSC's companion diagnostics for NSAIDs and donepezil for treating specific subpopulations of Alzheimer's disease patients
- The U.S. government's energy generation (represented by the Secretary of the Army)
- Verily Life Sciences' programmable therapeutic agent delivery from eye mounted device
- Walmart Apollo's methods for identifying individual retail products in a product storage area based on an image of the product storage area
Patented: Samsung’s RF-Based Robot Localization and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
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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This week, newly granted patents also include:
- ATT's intelligent security via accurate mobile device location sensing
- Alive Wellness and Fitness Group's method and apparatus for controlling dew point in an interior space
- Capital One's augmented reality vehicle search assistance
- HG Partners' continuous-wave radar system for detecting ferrous and non-ferrous metals in saltwater environments
- Santa Clara Holdings' system and method for facial recognition authentication for mask wearers
- Toyota's dynamic scene reconstruction using neural radiance field technology
- Verily Life Sciences' surgery tool segmentation with robot kinematics
- Verizon's mobile edge network cryptographic key delivery using quantum cryptography
Patented: Amida Technology Solutions’ Hardware Trojan Security System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
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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