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Dallas Invents: 116 Patents Granted for Week of March 26

by | Apr 3, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include Google's proximity payment system environment response; Omnitrac's management of movable objects; Raytheon's methods for acquiring, launching, and guiding missiles to multiple targets; Samsung's techniques for millimeter-wave mobile communication; Slocum Geophysics' airborne geophysical exploration;; and more.
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Dallas Invents: 87 Patents Granted for Week of March 19
by | Mar 27, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Capital One's asset tracking systems US Concrete's concrete with a reduced surface drying time Toyota's integrated truck bed washing system MoneyGram's promotion generation engine for a money transfer system McAfee's system for calculating an object's trust level Dr Pepper/Seven Up's sweet taste improving compositions
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Linear Labs Closes $4.5M Seed Round for Revolutionary Electric Motor
by | Mar 26, 2019
The funding will be used to market the motor across the electric vehicle industry, as well as the micro-mobility, robotics, wind turbine, heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning industries.
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Dallas Invents: 97 Patents Granted for Week of March 12
by | Mar 20, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Futurewei Technologies' foldable mobile device • IBM's cognitive geofencing • Lockheed Martin's aircraft laser detector • Uniloc's pedestrian traffic monitoring and analysis
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Dallas Invents: 110 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 26

by | Mar 6, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Avaya's method for securing account access by verifying account with email provider • Asphalt Sciences' method of dissolving tire rubber • Bell's aircraft with autonomous and remote flight control capabilities • IBM's intelligent driving recommendation system • Toyota's systems for locally aligning map data • Verizon's wireless infrastructure with distributed fiber networks
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Dallas Invents: 147 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 19
by | Feb 27, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Armor Defense's system to detect and extract malicious instructions on a virtual machine • American Airline's departure sequencing system that includes an airport state analyzer, a taxi-out predictor, and a pushback optimizer • IBM's root cause analysis of performance problems of a computer system • SanDisk Technologies' flash card end of life prediction based on memory wear • an unassigned patent for a pull tab simulating a cannabis leaf cutout
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Dallas Invents: 104 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 12
by | Feb 20, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Groupchatter's wireless group alerting or messaging • Match Group's profile matching • Toyota's methods for adjusting vehicle parameters according to merging lanes • Verizon and Redbox's system for a media-on-demand-based programming channel • TXU Energy's analyzed energy usage and home automation • An unassigned patent for an alarm that could prevent a passenger from being left in a vehicle
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Dallas Invents: 125 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 5
by | Feb 13, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Medhab's fall detection system • Qantu Therapeutics' vaccine formula to prevent and treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's • Sirius XM's vehicle telematics • Skycam's method of classifying and transmitting data from an event • Tango Network's control of mobile device calls, text messages and data usage while operating a motor vehicle • UT and UNTHSC's iron garnet nanoparticles for cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy
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Dallas Invents: 108 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 22

by | Jan 30, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Textron Innovations' apparatus for reconfiguring flight control of an aircraft during a failure while the aircraft is flying • USAA's display screen with a financial workbench graphic user interface • Verizon's device for increased bandwidth • TI's feedforward cancellation of power supply noise • Monument Peak Ventures' system for locating nearby picture hotspots
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Dallas Invents: 68 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 15
by | Jan 23, 2019
Patents were granted for Vital Art and Science's vision measurement and training system; Frito-Lay's micropellets of fine particle nutrients in snack food; Fit Toned's integrated exercise device; and Addepar's methods for depicting psychological analysis.
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An illustration from ROKA Sports' Patent No. D837871 shows a new design for sport eyeglasses. [Source image: USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 131 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 8
by | Jan 14, 2019
Patents were granted for ROKA Sports’ new design for sport eyeglasses; Capital One’s methods for tracking objects; Drexel University’s method of predicting seizures; Sierra Smart Systems’s electric vehicle fleet charging system; Securus’ detection for a call anomaly using biometric identification; SMU’s method of treating a subject that is resistant to one or more drugs; and Uber’s design for a firearm grip.
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Dallas Invents: 99 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 1
by | Jan 9, 2019
Patents were granted for Lockheed's behavioral authentication of USB devices; IBM’s notifications issued about lost devices; Toyota's impairment evaluation system; Cinsay’s containerized software for virally copying from one endpoint to another; and FedEx’s system, device, and method for inspecting the cosmetic features of electronic devices.
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Dallas Invents: 118 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 25

by | Jan 2, 2019
Patents were granted for Conduent’s apparatus for customized handwriting zones; Robin Technologies’ automated secure door for a robotic mower; Futurewei Technologies’ path selection for autonomous vehicles; Lennox Industries’ reflective UV light shield for HVAC units; Toyota’s methods for making an object appear transparent; and Varidesk’s electrically lifted computer and office desk.
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Dallas Invents: 92 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 11
by | Dec 19, 2018
Patents were granted for an unassigned patent for bullet-proof blinds; Conduent's Business Services' systems to automatically create and suggest compatible ride-sharing groups; HD LifeSciences inter-body fusion implant; SecurityProfiling real-time vulnerability profiling; and Vattaca's authentication tags and systems for golf clubs.
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Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 4
by | Dec 12, 2018
Patents were granted for Match Group's method for matching using location information, Omnitracs' tire pressure optimization system, Raytheon's methods for sharpening multi-spectral imagery, and Speedgrocer's method for order fulfillment.
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Toyota’s Patent No. 10137567 shows a robot for taking inventory of an area. The patent describes a robot that could provide information to a user on current locations of objects, such as car keys and other belongings. [Illustration: USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 116 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 27
by | Dec 5, 2018
Patents were granted for Toyota’s inventory robot, 1974 Productions’ method for delivering music content to a smart phone, Capital One’s machine-learning artificial intelligence system for identifying vehicles, Innovative Signal Analysis’ video-enabled inspection using unmanned aerial vehicles, and Securus Technologies’ multi-party conversation analyzer.
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