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Clockwise from upper left: NIKE, Apple, IBM, Taylor Made Golf, Mary Kay, Abbott Medical Optics, ROKA Sports, Amazon

Dallas Invents: 74 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 2

Patents secured this week include Abbott’s method for coating an implantable lens, Apple’s solution to improve coverage and cell edge performance in a mobile user communication system, Amazon’s system for reducing power consumption in a memory architecture, and Reliant Immune Diagnostics’ pregnancy test to assess disease risk.
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Invention: A Look Back at Historic Firsts With North Texas Ties
by | Jan 9, 2018
From liquid paper to the frozen margarita machine, delve into a list of inventors and inventions that have North Texas origins.
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Daifuku Co.'s automatic tire loader, unloader
Dallas Invents: 64 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 26
Patents secured this week include Trinity’s railroad tank car relief valve, Daifuku Co.’s automatic tire loader, unloader, Raytheon’s river velocity estimation system, and Prestige Ameritech’s medical gown.
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Dallas-Fort Worth patents granted for the week of Dec. 19, 2017
Dallas Invents: 44 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 19
Patents secured this week include those for Frito Lay's potato cultivar, Mary Kay's magnolia extract, and ShaveLogic's pivoting razors.
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Clockwise from upper left: Zynga, Abbott Laboratories, AT&T, Fossil Group, Kibo Software, Rolls Royce, Bank of America, and Bell Helicopter.

Dallas Invents: 71 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 5

Patents secured this week include Fossil's in-ear headphones and Zynga's method of notifying a user of options to participate in meta games.
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Clockwise from upper right: Bank of America, Enseo, EndoStim, Genband, RSR Technologies, Securus, Technologies, IBM, and Hewlitt Packard.
Dallas Invents: 64 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 28
Patents secured this week include Bank of America's multi-tiered protection platform and Securus Technologies' location-based services for "exigent circumstances"
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Interim USPTO Director Sees DFW’s Innovation Side
by | Dec 4, 2017
The United States Patent and Trademark Office Interim Director Joe Matal made a stop in North Texas last week.
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Clockwise from upper left: Companies assigned patents include Stripe Fitness, Apple, Bank of America, Rolls-Royce Corporation, Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Fossil Group, Match.com, and Frito-Lay North America.
Dallas Invents: 97 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 21
Patents secured range from Apple’s removable door for an electronic device and Fossil’s new wrist band to Match.com’s method for finding matches between users and Stripe Fitness’ exercise device for suspended body weight training.
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A2B, is a game that helps players learn the names and locations of major roads, major landmarks, and historical sites.

Calling App Developers: Dallas USPTO Office Backs Congressional Challenge to Spur Interest in Science, Math, and Tech

by | Sep 8, 2017
USPTO Regional Director Hope Shimabuku says the USPTO is moving beyond its ministerial functions to boost the U.S. innovation economy.
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US India Chamber Calling on College Students With Tech Inventions in ‘Spirit of Innovation’ Contest
by | Sep 5, 2017
The two-part contest is designed to promote technology innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Out of Injury, Invention: New Joint-Friendly Gravocore Nears Market
by | Aug 7, 2017
A Dallas inventor used his experience from an injury to help him develop a joint-friendly exercise product.
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Smart Cities Reverse Pitch Focuses on Community Needs
by | Feb 20, 2017
The city of Richardson is one of 22 cities in the program, and one of nine that has accepted the "smart gigabit city" app development challenge.
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Why is the Dallas Skyline Purple?
by | Feb 25, 2016
Before we get to the purple skyline, we want to tell you what's been happening at Dallas Innovates since our website launched in December.
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So You Want to be an Inventor?
by | Feb 10, 2016
In honor of National Inventors Day, I wanted to bring awareness to the hard work behind the inventions we see every day in retail stores.
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Mary Russell Sarao and Barbara Russell Pitts
Got a Question About the Invention Process? Asktheinventors.com Is Here for You
by | Dec 28, 2015
Because these sisters from Plano created AskTheInventors.com, thousands of aspiring inventors have had an easier time obtaining patents for their ideas.
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