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Dallas Invents: 83 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 19

by | Feb 2, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Advanced Neuromodulation's device to treat chronic pain with burst stimulation, Beard Stencil's hands-free grooming apparatus, BNSF's railroad virtual track block system, Futurewei's predictive routing for mobility, IBM's air quality monitoring, analysis and reporting system, ShaveLogic's magnetic attachment for shaving cartridge, Space Data's lighter-than-air (LTA) platforms, Textron's unmanned aerial vehicles with compact storage mode, and Toyota's methods for managing freshness of fuel in a vehicle.
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Dallas-Based EV Startup is Electrifying the Future of Rideshare
by | Jan 28, 2021
What's next is scale, says eCarra's Rock Robinson. The electric vehicle startup offers luxury “rides that matter” in their fleet of Teslas. Landing its largest corporate client to date, the future looks bright. Now, Robinson wants to replicate its model in markets across the country to spur more EV usage—and help support other Black-owned businesses.
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Dallas Invents: 113 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 12
by | Jan 27, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Atense's storing and using multipurpose secret data, Authentix's product authentication using barcode characteristics, Capital One's task management platfor, Innovation First's performance arena for robots with position system, IBM's cognitive vetting system for unsolicited residential visitors, Kintrans' body movement recognition and association system, Mass Luminosity's streaming and nonstreaming media transfer between devices, Sensal Health's medication adherence apparatus, STMicroelectronics' atomic layer deposition of selected molecular clusters, and USAA's traffic drone system.
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Dallas Invents: 137 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 5
by | Jan 20, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's scalable position tracking for large spaces, Adobe's AI for enhanced digital content and improved campaign design, American Airlines' method for optimally managing aircraft assets, Avegant Corp.'s relative position-based eye-tracking system, Bell Textron's multidirectional airspeed detection system, Bentley Motors' movement-based comfort adjustment, Siemens Healthcare's deep image-to-image network learning for medical image analysis, and Zinwave's multi-range communication system using RF and millimeter wave signals.
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Dallas Invents: 86 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 22

by | Jan 6, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros.
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ICYMI 2020: The Q3-Q4 Archives

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Tuesday, Dec. 22

THREE THINGS

⓵ EXPANSION: About a year after making its debut in Fort Worth, Air Pros USA is expanding its North Texas footprint with a new office in Plano....

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Dallas Invents: 85 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 15
by | Dec 30, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 14 for patents out of 250 metros.
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Dallas Invents: 152 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 8
by | Dec 23, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's method for populating a virtual shopping cart based on video of a customers shopping session at a physical store, AB Creations' vehicle disable black box, AT&T's automatic physical access to secure areas, Microsoft's optimized sign out for single account services, R2 Solutions' system for enhanced search term suggestion, SMU's additive manufacturing of active devices using dielectric, conductive, and magnetic materials, and Toyota's vehicle-based geo-fencing system.
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Dallas Invents: 128 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 24

by | Dec 9, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 14 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Apple's desktop electronic device, Astrapi's devices employing polynomial symbol waveforms, Capital One's augmented reality navigation, CerSci Therapeutics' compounds for pain treatment, Dell's remote integrity assurance of a secured virtual environment, Intellective Ai's anomalous stationary object detection and reporting, Lintec of America's nanofiber yarn dispenser, Parkifi's parking sensor magnetometer calibration, and Spark Connected's wireless power transfer through low-e window.
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Dallas Invents: 135 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 17
by | Dec 2, 2020

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's prioritized network based on service and user device, Honda's applied artificial intelligence for natural language processing automotive reporting system, IBM's augment politeness in question answer systems, Liberty Peak Ventures' funding a radio frequency device transaction, Mitogrow's vitamin-hormone horticultural product, and Texas Instruments' bluetooth data forwarding.

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Dallas Invents: 138 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 10
by | Nov 25, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Amazon Technologies' tech for job processing using a public service network, AT&T's integrated wireline and wireless access using software defined networking, Capital One's vehicle listing image detection and alert system, Doing Good Better's collaborative giving system and method, FHNC's wastewater separation system, IBM's automated trend detection by self-learning models through image generation and recognition, State Farm's autonomous vehicle accident and emergency response, Textron's integral life raft, survival kit, and step, and Toyota's self-healing metal structures.
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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 3
by | Nov 18, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's facilitation of dynamic edge computations for 6G or other next generation network, Bank of America's system for recurring information security threat assessment, Berenson Consulting Group's infusion monitoring device and patient compliance system, Enseo's geolocationing system, Essilor's self-healing transparent polymer compositions , and Hewlett Packard's blockchain key storage on SIM devices, USAA's authentication based on motion and biometric data, and an unassigned water soluble, biodegradable beverage container.
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The Art of Climate Tech: Fort Worth Museum Showcases Hypergiant’s AI-Powered, Carbon-Capturing Eos Bioreactor

by | Nov 10, 2020
The Eos Bioreactor, which also has been featured in Popular Mechanics, uses algae to "eat" CO2.
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ActiveOps’ Performance Benchmarking Tool Uses AI to Give Companies a Competitive Advantage
by | Nov 5, 2020
Using live operations data, OpsIndex measures and compares performance across back-office teams to answer the question: How good are we?
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Qorvo Wins $75M Navy Contract for Next-Gen RF Semiconductor Facility in Richardson
by | Nov 4, 2020
Qorvo's Infrastructure and Defense Products, led by James Klein, will develop advanced microelectronics products and technologies in a next-level RF facility.

The DoD project, known as SHIP, is aimed at national security and U.S. technology leadership.
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Dallas Invents: 143 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 20
by | Nov 4, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Alcon's intraocular lens compositions, Facebook's location-based content aggregation and distribution, FedEx's loss prevention tracking system, Halliburton's wireless activation of wellbore tools, Lynntech's undersea vehicle , USAA's appliance monitoring sensors, and Vinli's cloud integrated vehicle platform.
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