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Lennox Industries won a patent for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning control device. [Image: USPTO Patent #18340116; DI Studio]
Patented: Lennox’s Machine-Learning Thermostat Scheduling and 105 More Inventions Across North Texas
by Dave Head | Oct 7, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 nationally with 106 patents the week of Sept. 15. One went to Richardson-based Lennox for a thermostat that predicts when a home is occupied and adjusts based on how aggressively the user wants to save energy.
Bedford-based Nanoscope Instruments Inc.’s new patent covers an apparatus and method for measuring the functional vision of patients with low vision. [Illustration: Sources, USPTO Patent No. 12702291-B2; DI Studio]
Patented: Nanoscope Instruments’ Low-Vision Function Test and 134 More Inventions Across North Texas
by Dave Head | Sep 2, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 among 250 U.S. metros in patent production for the week of Aug. 11, with 135 patents granted to inventors and companies across the region.
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Addison-based Solenic Medical is moving into a clinical trial for a system that uses alternating magnetic fields to fight infections on metallic implants. The trial will evaluate the system with patients with infected knee replacements. [Photo: Solenic Medical]
Patented: Solenic Medical’s Implant-Infection Device and 120 More Inventions Across North Texas
by Dave Head | Aug 5, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of July 7 with a total of 121 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 10, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of May 19 with a total of 129 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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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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AT&T Intellectual Property has been granted a newly issued patent for "Software Defined Metaverse Personality as a Service," invented by Hongyan Lei. The patent describes a system for managing metaverse experiences through dynamic user profiles, enabling personalized immersive media delivery based on real-time network adjustments. [Source image: USPTO Patent #12135753, Fig. 1]
This week, newly granted patents also include:
- Acquolina il Mondo's desalination of liquids
- Bank of America's systems for identifying and determining third party compliance
- Board of Regents, The University of Texas System's extrusion-based 3D printing of soft materials
- Dell Products' detection of indicators of attack
- Halliburton Energy Services' extending the life of downhole rechargeable batteries
- Qorvo US's electronic package with interposer between integrated circuit dies
- rewardStyle's affiliate link generation
- United Services Automobile Association's user-specific captchas
Patented: AT&T’s Metaverse Personality as a Service and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 20, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 5, with a total of 85 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 30, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 15, with a total of 122 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 9, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Sept. 17, with a total of 108 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 2, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Sept. 24, with a total of 108 patents granted.
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