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USPTO Releases Expansion of IP Identifier Tool, New Startup Certification Training Course
by Lance Murray | Jan 17, 2025
The USPTO wants to help startups, small businesses, and entrepreneurs grow their businesses with knowledge of the patent process. In the U.S., industry and commerce that rely on IP protection accounts for $7.8 trillion in annual GDP and supports 63 million jobs.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 23, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 8, with a total of 120 patents granted.
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by Sandra Engelland |
May 22, 2024
The USPTO anticipates three upcoming vacancies for each committee. Selected members will serve a three-year term beginning Dec. 1, 2024, and can participate in the committees remotely. Nominations must be submitted online on or before July 5.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 27, 2024
The downtown Dallas Public Library is the only public library in the state of Texas to offer a Patent and Trademark Resource Center from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. PTRCs are part of a national network of public, state, and academic libraries in partnership with the USPTO to offer trademark and patent assistance to the public.
The USPTO aims to empower innovation by expanding access—so it recently put out a call to 600 libraries and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) around the country, inviting each institution to consider becoming PTRCs to assist their local innovators.
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Patented: Illumina’s ‘Flexible Seed Extension’ for Hash Table Genomic Mapping and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 15, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros, with 116 patents for the week of Oct. 31. Patents granted include: Bank of America's user authentication using tokens, Capital One Services' predictive engine for machine-learning failures, CommScope Technologies' DC power systems using communication networks, Dentsply Sirona's tooth attachment placement device, Hoya Optical Labs of America's easy-clean coating, Illumina's flexible seed extension for hash table genomic mapping, Juul Labs' concentrate adaptor for vaporizer device, Lennox Industries' occupancy tracking using user device detection, Stryker Corporation's battery management for patient support apparatuses, Texas Instruments' tamper detection, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America's electronic skin for vehicle components, United Services Automobile Association's virtual reality for catastrophe preparedness and response education, Walmart Apollo's product identification within an image, and West Pak Avocado's supply chain management system and method.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 10, 2023
Patents granted this week include: Bank of America's travel identity tokening, Floway Innovations' adaptive fluid switches for autonomous flow control, Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co.'s hybrid power devices, Intuit's automated field-mapping of account names for form population, Lennox Industries's method for identifying causes of HVAC system faults, Nice Ltd.'s methods for retrieving and presenting information using augmented reality, Norton Lifelock's protecting from automatic reconnection with Wi-Fi access points having bad reputations, Raytheon's image turbulence correction of moving targets, Skyhigh Security's security service for an unmanaged device, Unification Technologies' methods for identifying storage resources that are not in use, and USAA's call routing using artificial intelligence.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 3, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AXIP Energy Services' carbon dioxide capture from exhaust gas, Bank of America's intelligent cash handling, Capital One's vehicle identification driven by AR, DFB Soria's topical treatment for skin malignancies using nanoparticles of taxanes, Noodle.ai's artificial intelligence platform, Pacesetter's communication session between an implantable medical device and an external device, RailPros' automated railroad signage device, Tango Networks' enabling call originations using SMS and hotline capabilities, and Textron's distributed battery bank for ducted-rotor aircraft..
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 26, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Elevens' detecting of shelf interactions using a sensor array, Adobe's automatically removing moving objects from video streams, AT&T's data harmonization across multiple sources, BMIC's methods to enable automated roof planning using a processor, Caris Science's method for measuring the amount of at least one molecule in a biological sample, EIR Pharmaceuticals's aqueous extraction process of plants, Laminator Holding's monitoring a signage system of a transit vehicle, Raytheon's key terrain finder, Siemens Industry Software's process design and analysis, and Spark Biomedical's methods for the treatment of substance use disorders.
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U.S. Patent No. 11,602,910 (Pad transfer printing method for making colored contact lenses) was assigned to Alcon Inc.
Dallas Invents: 114 Patents Granted for Week of March 14
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Mar 22, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Alcon's pad transfer printing method for making colored contact lenses, AT&T's emotion-based authentication service, Cancer Diagnostics Research Innovation's method for diagnosing and treating esophageal cancer, Citicorp Credit Services' multifactor authentication systems, Digital Tonic's augmented reality platform, Reliant Immune Diagnostics' microfluidic testing system for mobile veterinary applications, Sixgill's method of counting livestock, StaCyc's bike frame having a drive module enclosure, Textron Innovations' illuminated rope as an aircraft emergency egress aid, Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America's artificial muscles having vacuum coupled electrode insulators, Zixcorp Systems' delivery of an electronic message using a machine learning policy, and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 7, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Adaptive 3D and UT Systems' vat resin for 3D stereolithography printing, American Airlines' mobile ground equipment location monitoring, Brightplus Ventures's image enhanced liquid crystal display devices, CBN Nano Technologies' mechanosynthesis, Halo Microelectronics Co.'s wireless charging transmitter system , IBM's historical augmentation of electronic maps, Mirelz's real-time virtual try-on item modeling, Neurolens' measuring binocular alignment, RealPages' interaction-driven AI system and uses for same, including travel or real estate related contexts, Toyota's inflatable drone with shape memory alloy wires, and more.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 6, 2023
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has launched a special category of its Patents for Humanity Program for green energy inventions, a category that will provide business incentives for patent applicants, holders, and licensees whose inventions are addressing the challenges of climate change through green energy innovations, including wind, solar, hydrogen, hydropower, geothermal, and biofuels technologies....
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 10, 2023
The nation’s highest honor for technological achievement will be bestowed by President Biden, the USPTO said. The medal is awarded to individuals, teams, and companies for outstanding contributions to the nation’s economic, environmental, and social well-being—through tech products, tech innovation, and strengthening America's tech workforce.
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USPTO Announces Cancer Moonshot Expedited Examination Pilot Program
by Lance Murray | Dec 15, 2022
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has announced the new Cancer Moonshot Expedited Examination Pilot Program, in an effort to accelerate innovation in the health and medical fields.
Beginning on Feb. 1, the program expedites examination for a broad scope of technologies to prevent cancer and cancer mortality, in support of President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot....
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USPTO, Commerce Department Launch Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative to Empower More Women Founders
by Lance Murray |
Nov 17, 2022
The WE initiative launches ahead of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day this Saturday, November 19, and comes on the heels of President Biden’s recent proclamation naming this month as National Entrepreneurship Month.
“Unleashing the potential of women entrepreneurs is good for business, good for families, and good for our economy,” the U.S. Secretary of Commerce says.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 3, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros.
• Frito-Lay’s plant protein snack with meat-like texture
• Treble Innovations’ portable wireless endoscope
• Toyota’s systems and methods for automatically cleaning wheels
• Good Sportsman Marketing’s communication device for hearing protection devices
• Panacea Quantum Leap Technology’s bidirectional sensor circuit
• Badge’s biometric public key system providing revocable credentials
• AMS International AG’s method and device for estimating ambient light
• Heart Test Laboratories’ quantitative heart testing
• Futurewei Technologies’ transaction-based hybrid memory
• Treble Innovations’ portable wireless endoscope
• Toyota’s systems and methods for automatically cleaning wheels
• Good Sportsman Marketing’s communication device for hearing protection devices
• Panacea Quantum Leap Technology’s bidirectional sensor circuit
• Badge’s biometric public key system providing revocable credentials
• AMS International AG’s method and device for estimating ambient light
• Heart Test Laboratories’ quantitative heart testing
• Futurewei Technologies’ transaction-based hybrid memory
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 7, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 121 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include:7-Eleven's Event Trigger Based On Region-Of-Interest Near Hand-Shelf Interaction, Coronado Aesthetics' Delivery Of Nanoparticles, Her Technologies' Skin Rejuvenation Device, IBM's Assisted Smart Device Context Performance Information Retrieval, Intuit's Optimization Based On Archetypes, Match Group's System And Method For Modifying A Preference, Red River Tea's Touchless Beverage Dispensing Valve, Sigl-G's Geothermal Power Generation, Solo Brands' Combustible Fuel Burning Stove With Spark Arrestor, Toyota's Off-Highway Auto Ev Mode, ZscalerCloud-Based Virtual Private Access Systems And Methods For Application Access , Siemens Industry Software's Isometric Control Data Generation for Test Compression and Vive Scientific's Apparatus For Tissue Ablation Using Radiofrequency Energy And Method Of Use
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