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Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Novartis' multifocal diffractive ophthalmic lens, Refocus Group's scleral prosthesis for treating presbyopia and other eye disorders, Baylor Research Institute's vaccines against HPV, New York Air Brake's train emission control system, ID Technology's in-line label applicator, Avodah Lab's visual sign language translation training, Toyota's distracted driver notification system, Linear Labs' magnetic motor, and an unassigned system for using AI for routing electric vehicles.