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An illustration from Futurewei’s patent No. 10021296 shows a rotating camera that can be attached to an electronic device to create a panoramic image.

Dallas Invents: 97 Patents Granted for Week of July 10

Patents granted include Futurewei’s rotatable, panoramic camera for mobile devices; Nokia’s group messaging apparatus within a communication network; and Vbike's smart bicycle locks.
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An illustration (fig. 6A) from Toyota’s patent No. 10011222 demonstrating a system including a steering wheel-shaped shell with two layers that illuminates LED lights when force is applied.
Dallas Invents: 68 Patents Granted for Week of July 3
Patents granted include Toyota’s steering wheel that illuminates via touch; AT&T’s electrical switch that generates signals through acoustic inputs; Frito-Lay’s method for removing part of a food product through an “abrasive stream”; and Conduent Business Services’ method to create a classifier that predicts a user’s personality type.
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An illustration from the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System’s patent No. 10007336 demonstrating a mobile, low-cost three-dimensional gaze estimation. The headset may include an “eye-tracking camera and scene camera to create multi-dimensional pictures in the direction of the user’s view.
Dallas Invents: 96 Patents Granted for Week of June 26
Patents granted include the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System’s low-cost, mobile 3D point of estimation headset; Mary Kay’s method for topical skin care treatment using plant extracts; Roka Sports’ garment for aquatic sports to help improve performance; and Capital One’s system of using a bounding shape to place augmented reality objects.
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An illustration from Nike’s patent No. 9999812 shows a golf club head with body features that are influenced by an impact. [Illustration: USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 63 Patents Granted for Week of June 19
Patents granted include Nike’s golf club head with “impact-influencing” features; Futurewei Technologies’ increased spatial resolution for panoramic video; Harvard’s invention for regulating microRNA biogenesis that relates to helping prevent cancer; and Frito-Lay’s method for producing expanded nut kernels.
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Patents granted include GXI Holdings, LLC’s easy-to-use lawnmower with larger blades.

Dallas Invents: 97 Patents Granted for Week of June 5

Patents granted include GXI Holdings, LLC’s easy-to-use lawnmower with larger blades; Amazon’s thermal managing system for computing devices; Hulu’s video selecting system via diversity and relevance; and Jack Ten Suited’s new electronic card game apparatus.
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IBMs patent No. 9984550
Dallas Invents: 91 Patents Granted for Week of May 29
Patents granted include IBM’s smart garment that can communicate to a receiver “at least one parameter” away; Bottle Rocket’s new interactive video viewing experience; Fossil’s design for a device that monitors activity; and Omnitrac’s advanced warning system for vehicles on the road.
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An illustration from Micro-Gaming Ventures’ patent No. 9978218 depicts a method and system for micro-betting. The wager(s) can be managed and controlled remote from electronically placing the micro-bet(s) during a round of micro-betting, according to the patent documents. [Via USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 79 Patents Granted for Week of May 22
Patents granted include Micro-Gaming Ventures’ system for micro-betting, Toyota’s device for traffic light detection, Syntilla Medical’s implantable head-mounted neurostimulation system for head pain, and IBM’s caller identity-based security.
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Texan by nature Executive Director Joni-Carswell and founder Laura Bush

Laura Bush’s Nonprofit Looking to Recognize ‘Transformative Conservation Projects’

by | May 16, 2018
Through its TxN Certification program, Texan By Nature will highlight efforts that are "benefiting the state’s people, prosperity, and natural resources."
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Bell's patent No. 9963228
Dallas Invents: 86 Patents Granted for Week of May 8
Patents granted include Bell Helicopter’s aircraft with selectively attachable passenger pod assembly, Fossil’s activity monitoring device, and Uber’s apparatus for managing communications.
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Toyota Patent No. 9958275, Illustration USPTO
Dallas Invents: 74 Patents Granted for Week of May 1
Patents granted include Toyota’s system for wearable smart device communications, Tesla Laboratories’ method for creation of unique identification for use in gathering survey data from a mobile device at a live event, and Match.com’s matching process system.
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A patent was granted to Joshua RD Technologies Interactive helmet system and method interactive helmet system and method for reducing brain injuries may provide a helmet and at least one inflatable air pouch. The at least one inflatable air pouch may remain in an active position and may pressurize or further inflate in response to an impact with a surface. Over a predetermined time period, the at least one inflatable air pouch may not depressurize and may instantly pressurize or further inflate. The at least one inflatable air pouch may have an air pouch pressure that increases to a higher pressure and may protect users from brain injury at high impact forces.
Dallas Invents: 79 Patents Granted for Week of April 24
Patents granted include Joshua RD Technologies’ interactive helmet system, ShopSavvy’s storage medium for payment of online purchases via a portable computing device, Baylor University’s nutraceutical with an oxygen-enabled composition and USAA’s home area recommender.
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Dallas Invents: 74 Patents Granted for Week of April 17

Patents granted include Apple's desktop consumer electronic device, IBM's cognitive geofencing, Mentalix's robotic document feeder, and McAfee's digital heritage notary.
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Botsitter remote care of an animal
Dallas Invents: 103 Patents Granted for Week of April 10
Patents granted include Botsitter’s system for remote care of an animal, Authentic’s sight-to-speech product authentication, United Services Automobile Association’s indoor drone flight awareness system, and more.
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Dallas Invents: 73 Patents Granted for Week of April 3
Patents granted include Amazon's quality control for video encoders on mobile devices, Capital One's method for expedited large file processing, and The Nielsen Company's methods to recruit audience measurement panelists.
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Patents this week were granted to Fujitsu, Nike, AT&T, Bell Helicopter, Frito-Lay, Cisco, SMU, and Endostim.
Dallas Invents: 82 Patents Granted for Week of March 27
by | Apr 4, 2018
Patents granted include Endostim’s laparoscopic lead implantation method, Halliburton’s degradable balls for use in subterranean applications, Varidesk’s adjustable desk platform, and New York Air Brake’s train speed profiling system.
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