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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of June 9

by | Jun 24, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Alcon's multifocal lens having reduced visual disturbances, Ataia's methods for communicating through a hard plastic mask, Capital One's methods for intelligent income verification to improve loan contract funding, Lockheed Martin's generation of a 3-D physical map using different data sources, Panacea Quantum Leap Technology's device for the extraction of water from the environment, and Trimble's earthquake and displacement early warning system.
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A New Fort Worth Startup Uses Tech to Monitor Law Enforcement Animals’ Health
by | Jun 18, 2020
Animal Cloud Connectivity, launched in April, has signed a software licensing agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to repurpose a platform used by military field medics.
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Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of June 2
by | Jun 16, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros this week. Patents granted include IBM's social-geofenced-based application management for battery maximization, Intuit's integration of real-time personalized documents into a video conference session, Karsten's golf club with polymeric insert and removable weight, Lockheed's method for opening a combination padlock, Skycam's infinite virtual pan tilt zoom camera, TI's turn-on power switch, TollSense's methods for monitoring roadways using magnetic signatures, Walmart's air-cooled ammonia refrigeration systems, and Wilson Electronic's desktop signal booster.
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Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of May 26

by | Jun 8, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Apple's synchronization sequence design for device-to-device communication, ATT's software demarcation in an edge computing environment, Bank of America's quantum tech for extracting intents from linguistics, Texas Instrument's theft detector, Verizon's collision detection platform, and Walmart's automated tote routing system
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MyndVR Launches an At-Home VR Solution for Seniors Stuck in Isolation
by | Jun 4, 2020
Seniors can relive amazing memories from their youth, says MyndVR. But the tech solution is not all about entertainment. The spirit-lifting virtual reminiscence therapy can reduce anxiety and depression.
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Dallas Invents: 141 Patents Granted for Week of May 19
by | Jun 3, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: BNSF's railcar towing systems, Dell's software integrity validation using blockchain, Dolby's light spreading with blurring element in projector systems, G-CON's modular, self-contained, mobile cleanroom, Motus Labs' motorized gearbox mechanism, NCH's probiotic composition for animals and plants, NEC's facial recognition system, TI's real-time traffic sign recognition, USAA's methods for detecting and reducing distracted driving, and Zonal Systems' placing of virtual geographic zone markers
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The Era of Social Distancing: Polte’s New IoT Wearable Keeps Coworkers 6 Feet Apart
by | Jun 2, 2020
Addison-based Polte is an expert at asset tracking. But in the time of COVID-19, the team realized a solution was needed to track a company's most important assets at the moment: people.
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Telehealth for Pets: Petzey Launches First-of-its-Kind Virtual Network of On-Demand Pet Healthcare

by | May 26, 2020
Dallas-based Petzey aims to keep pets healthy while creating job opportunities for veterinary practitioners in the new sharing economy.
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Dallas Invents: 148 Patents Granted for Week of May 5
by | May 20, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's security keys for data security based on quantum particle states, Bell's ID tags for tracking manufacturing of aircraft parts, The University of Texas System's nanowire-based magnets, Boot Royalty's comfort system for cowboy and work boots, Shavelogic's magnetic attachment for shaving cartridge, Texas Instrument's failure detection in a radar system, Textron Innovations' modular refueling systems for aircraft, and Verizon's device for managing unmanned aerial vehicle flight data.
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Dallas Invents: 147 Patents Granted for Week of April 28
by | May 11, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Ahkeo Ventures' inhalable compositions comprising caffeine and apparatus, Alcon's augmented reality ophthalmic surgical microscope projection, AT&T's embedding interactive objects into a video session, DiscGenics' human disc tissue, Greenway Innovative Energy's syngas generation for gas-to-liquid fuel conversion, Halliburton's nano-particle reinforced well screen, and McKesson's methods for determining patient adherence to a prescribed medication protocol.
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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of April 21
by | May 5, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's Limiting data transmission under lossy wireless conditions of an IoT device, Bell's flexible fold-over seat configurations for emergency egress of aircraft, CareView Communications' electronic sitter management system, Hilti's construction product modeling, Ilumi's wireless communication methods, Kintrans' automatic body movement recognition and association system, SalesBoost's voice analysis training system, and Toyota's adhesive hood reinforcement for pedestrian protection.
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Dallas Invents: 171 Patents Granted for Week of April 7

by | Apr 21, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's sensor mapping to a global coordinate system using a marker grid, Bank of America's information security in data transfers by using decoy data, Overhead Door's remote transmission of barrier status, Purewine's treatment of beverages to reduce the effects of noxious constituents, Siemens Healthcare's liver disease assessment in medical imaging, SoftLayer's method for customer discount management, and TMGCore's robot for a liquid immersion cooling system.
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Dallas Invents: 146 Patents Granted for Week of March 31
by | Apr 15, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's training for a machine learning algorithm to determine customer purchases, Apple's control channel for UE power saving, Bank of America's multi-biometric-factor IoT secured network, Blacktop Plus' therapeutic elastic sports tape, Capital One's visual inspection support using extended reality, National Presort's high-speed print-and-apply label applicator, and Siemens Healthcare's atlas-based contouring of organs at risk for radiation therapy.
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Dallas Invents: 143 Patents Granted for Week of March 24
by | Mar 31, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Avodah's visual language interpretation system and user interface, CapSen Robotics' 3-D scanner with detector pose identification, Cardpool's gift card exchange kiosks and methods of use, Fresenius Medical Care Holdings' portable dialysis machine, and The Patent Well's UV LED disinfecting floor mat.
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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of March 17
by | Mar 25, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Amazon Technologies' bulk data uploading, Capital One Services' automated system for vehicle tracking, IBM's methods and systems for multiple drone delivery system with in-flight handoff, Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation's automated facial biological recognition, Shopify's network virtualization policy management system and Toyota's autonomous vehicle operation in view-obstructed environments.
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