Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include Linear Labs's method and apparatus for power generation, ATT Mobility's adaptive rate of congestion indicator to enhance intelligent traffic steering, Bank of America's augmented reality dynamic authentication, D4D Technologies'dental CAD/CAM application with real-time detail highlighting on 3D models, Geodynamics' preventing downhole airlock device and method, Good Sportsman Marketing's reconfigurable hunting blind, Rain Bird's volumetric budget-based irrigation control, Siemens Healthcare's deep learning-based bone removal in computed tomography angiography, and Swipejobs' job matching application, method, and system.