Intellectual Property

Dallas Invents: 132 Patents Granted for Week of May 9

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's topview item tracking using a sensor array, Advanced Neuromodulation Systems' method for controlling neurostimulation according to user activity and automated rescheduling of stimulation programs, IBM's clustering a set of natural language queries based on significant events, Lennox Industries' error correction for predictive schedules for a thermostat, PWC's continuous machine learning method and system for information extraction, ShockWatch's impact indicator, Target's sports bra support testing, and Textron Innovations' aircraft for transporting and deploying UAVs.
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Dallas Invents: 104 Patents Granted for Week of April 25
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AXIP Energy Services' carbon dioxide capture from exhaust gas, Bank of America's intelligent cash handling, Capital One's vehicle identification driven by AR, DFB Soria's topical treatment for skin malignancies using nanoparticles of taxanes, Noodle.ai's artificial intelligence platform, Pacesetter's communication session between an implantable medical device and an external device, RailPros' automated railroad signage device, Tango Networks' enabling call originations using SMS and hotline capabilities, and Textron's distributed battery bank for ducted-rotor aircraft..
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Dallas Invents: 117 Patents Granted for Week of April 18
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Elevens' detecting of shelf interactions using a sensor array, Adobe's automatically removing moving objects from video streams, AT&T's data harmonization across multiple sources, BMIC's methods to enable automated roof planning using a processor, Caris Science's method for measuring the amount of at least one molecule in a biological sample, EIR Pharmaceuticals's aqueous extraction process of plants, Laminator Holding's monitoring a signage system of a transit vehicle, Raytheon's key terrain finder, Siemens Industry Software's process design and analysis, and Spark Biomedical's methods for the treatment of substance use disorders.
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Dallas Invents: 120 Patents Granted for Week of March 21
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Alcon's pad transfer printing method for making colored contact lenses, AT&T's emotion-based authentication service, Cancer Diagnostics Research Innovation's method for diagnosing and treating esophageal cancer, Citicorp Credit Services' multifactor authentication systems, Digital Tonic's augmented reality platform, Reliant Immune Diagnostics' microfluidic testing system for mobile veterinary applications, Sixgill's method of counting livestock, StaCyc's bike frame having a drive module enclosure, Textron Innovations' illuminated rope as an aircraft emergency egress aid, Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America's artificial muscles having vacuum coupled electrode insulators, Zixcorp Systems' delivery of an electronic message using a machine learning policy, and more.
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Dallas Invents: 160 Patents Granted for Week of February 21

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Allied Inventory Systems' RFID-based inventory system, Apple's scheduling profile for UE power savings, Beta Air's energy tracking in an electric aircraft, Brunswick Corporation's marine propulsion system, Capital One's contact callback system, Garrity Power Services' cattle tracking system, Intellective Ai's anomaly score adjustment across anomaly generators, Ironwood Cyber's detecting malicious software using sensors, Smartdots' automated gate for robotic mowers, Speedgrocer's system for order fulfillment, SurgiSil's lip implant, Toyota's ultra-violet light sanitizing of a vehicle, Varidesk's quick assemble wall system, and more.
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Dallas Invents: 142 Patents Granted for Week of February 14
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's remote vending using an integrated vehicle vending machine, Astrapi's secure communication employing symbol waveform hopping, Beta Air's predicting degradation of a battery for use in an EV, Capital One's payment card with removable insert and identification elements, Lennox's HVAC system leak detection, Parisis' star heeled shoe, Safran Seats USA's inductive power transmission in aircraft seats, Spark Connected's wireless power transfer system, T-Mobile USA's multizone equipment tracking system, USAA's automatic problem detection from sounds, and more.
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Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of September 20
by | Oct 3, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. • Frito-Lay’s plant protein snack with meat-like texture
• Treble Innovations’ portable wireless endoscope
• Toyota’s systems and methods for automatically cleaning wheels
• Good Sportsman Marketing’s communication device for hearing protection devices
• Panacea Quantum Leap Technology’s bidirectional sensor circuit
• Badge’s biometric public key system providing revocable credentials
• AMS International AG’s method and device for estimating ambient light
• Heart Test Laboratories’ quantitative heart testing
• Futurewei Technologies’ transaction-based hybrid memory
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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of May 31
by | Jun 29, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Amazon's automated sweepers for item sortation systems, Apple's presence discovery techniques, AT&T's consolidating content streams to conserve bandwidth, Cisco's dynamic policy-based on-boarding of devices in enterprise environments, and more.
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Dallas Invents: 121 Patents Granted for Week of April 26

by | May 25, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Capital One's auto-recovery for software system, Caris' next-gen molecular profiling, Nice Ltd.'s automated scheduling assistant for a workforce management system, University of Minnesota and Smithsonian Institution's cryopreservation compositions and methods involving nanowarming, State Farm's dynamic auto insurance policy quote creation based on tracked user data, and more.
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Dallas Invents: 129 Patents Granted for Week of March 22
by | Apr 20, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. 1A Smart Start's wearable transdermal alcohol sensor device; Agarik Sas' method for scheduling computer tasks; and Botsitter's remote monitoring, care, and maintenance of animals.
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Dallas Invents: 123 Patents Granted for Week of March 8
by | Apr 5, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Advanced Custom Engineered Systems Equipment Co. apparatus for monitoring waste removal, Amera loT's apparatus for imprinting private key on IoT, Bank of America's network security system for rogue devices, Baylor Research Institute's nucleic acids encoding anti-CD40 antibodies, D4D Technologies' intra-oral scanning device with active delete of unwanted scanned items, Halliburton's autonomous tractor using counter flow-driven propulsion, IBM's electronic messaging display optimization, Lenovo's presentation of AR content based on identification of trigger accompanying video content, Toyota's creating a valuable video clip using metadata flagging, and Wells Fargo Bank's ATM bill pay.
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Dallas Invents: 93 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 28

by | Oct 13, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's detection of shelf interactions using a sensor array, American Airlines' graph network model to determine a gate pushback time, Atense's virus immune computer system and method, AT&T Intellectual Property, Cricket Wireless LLC's method for detecting and acting upon a violation of terms of service, Texas Instruments' financial transaction system with sensors and tamper detection, and TMGCore's autonomous vehicle that can map a facility and navigate its way to a particular liquid cooling system.
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Dallas Invents: 136 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 14
by | Sep 28, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's unified platform for managing telephone number ordering and procurement lifecycles, Cisco's blockchain for optimized fast-secure roaming on WLANs, Finish Time Holding's athlete tracking system and method for tracking an athlete during training sessions, Match.com's  method for matching using location information, Renegade Logic automated network trading platform, SkyBitz's increasing asset utilization using satellite aided location tracking, Stryker Corp.'s operating room wireless power transfer, and Toyota's real-time trajectory optimization for hybrid energy management utilizing connected IT.
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Bank of America Set a Company Record for Patents Granted In the First Half of 2021. One Big Reason? Addison’s Manu Kurian.
by | Sep 1, 2021
Bank of America had a company-record 227 patents granted during the first half of 2021. One of its biggest inventors? Addison-based Global Banking SVP Manu Kurian, who ranks in the top 300 patent holders on earth. He's filed more than 360 patents since 2014, with more than 240 of those having been granted.
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Here’s Why This Southlake-Based VC Is Investing in the Future of Skin Health
by | May 10, 2021
Gore Range Capital, which is relatively new to North Texas, focuses on the "largest organ and the most visible manifestation of who we are": the skin. Led by Ethan Rigel, the firm closed its successful debut fund in 2019 and recently launched a second. In a Q&A, Rigel offers some advice for founders on how to manage risk, start raising capital, leverage partnerships, and enter negotiations.
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