Dallas Invents is a weekly look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor. Patent activity can indicate future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. By tracking both inventors and assignees in the region, we aim to provide a broader view of the region’s inventive activity. Listings are organized by Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC).

THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of 4/8/2025 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

132 patents granted
Ranked No. 9 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 17
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 8
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 2
E: Fixed Constructions 9
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 8
G: Physics 34
H: Electricity 45

DESIGN: 7

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 16
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) 9
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 3
United Services Automobile Association (San Antonio) 3
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 2
7-Eleven Inc. (Irving) 2
BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth) 2
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin) 2
Frontier Communications Holdings LLC (Dallas) 2

Unassigned: 7

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell) 2
John Valdez (Copper Canyon) 2
Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano) 2

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Patent No. 12268187

Inventor(s): Samaya Madhavan (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Yee Associates, P.C. (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17647063 on 01/05/2022 (1189 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method operate an automatic and adaptive animal behavioral system. The system receives user configuration and feedback, and generates a training set based on online animal behavior patterns and received user feedback. The system trains one or multiple models based on the training set, if the training set is sufficiently large. It then validates the models, and provides system generated classifications and action types and levels for animal’’s behavior patterns, if the models’’ accuracy rate is above a threshold.

[A01K] ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

Hat capable of being converted to a face mask and back to a hat
Patent No. 12268261

Inventor(s): Robert G. Bender (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: DANIEL S. POLLEY, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17542447 on 12/05/2021 (1220 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hat capable of also be used as a face mask. The hat can include a front portion and a conversion member comprising a horizontal retaining strap and a single upwardly extending strap whose both ends are attached to the horizontal strap or a pair of separate straps with a first end of each of the separate straps being secured to the horizontal strap and the second ends of the separate straps being positioned or secured at a top area of the front portion of the hat. The straps can be elastic or stretchable. The horizontal strap has a first end secured to a left lower area of the front portion of the hat and a second end secured to a right lower area of the front portion of the hat. When moving the front portion of the hat over the mouth and nostril area of the wearer in the face mask configuration: (1), where a single upwardly extending strap is provided, a first portion of the single strap is positioned over a left ear area of the wearer and a second portion of the single strap is positioned over a right ear area of the wearer and the elongated member extends along a back area of the wearer’’s head and a first portion of the elongated member is positioned underneath the left ear area of the wearer and a second portion of the elongated member is positioned under the right ear area of the wearer; or (2) where two separate and independent upwardly extending straps are provided, a first portion of the first strap is positioned over a left ear area of the wearer and a first portio

[A42B] HATS; HEAD COVERINGS (headbands, head-scarves A41D 20/00, A41D 23/00)

Surgical personal protection apparatus
Patent No. 12268266

Inventor(s): Marshall Proulx (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Portage, MI)
Law Firm: Howard Howard Attorneys PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18392995 on 12/21/2023 (474 days app to issue)

Abstract: A personal protection system for providing a sterile barrier around medical/surgical personnel. The system includes a helmet over which a hood or a toga suspended. The helmet has a chin bar that extends forward of the face of the individual wearing the system. At least one manually actuated control for regulating one aspect of operation of the system is mounted to the chin bar. Sometimes the control is a button that is depressed to control the operation of a helmet mounted fan that draws air into the hood or toga. A microphone may also be mounted to the chin bar.

[A62B] DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING (valves specially adapted for medical use A61M 39/00; composition of chemical substances used in respirators, gas-masks, breathing apparatus or the like A62D; rescuing from mountains or trees A63B 27/00, A63B 29/00; life-saving devices, apparatus or methods specially adapted for use in water B63C 9/00; divers’ equipment B63C 11/00; specially adapted for use with aircraft, e.g. parachutes or ejector seats, B64D; rescue devices peculiar to mining E21F 11/00)

Cushioning for shoe sole
Patent No. 12268276

Inventor(s): Prasad Reddy (Argyle, TX), Tuan Le (Portland, OR)
Assignee(s): Twisted X, Inc. (Decatur, TX)
Law Firm: Decker Jones, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17718861 on 04/12/2022 (1092 days app to issue)

Abstract: An article of footwear has an upper, an outsole and a midsole. The outsole has upper and lower surfaces. The midsole has a midsole lower surface that contacts the upper surface of the outsole. The midsole has at least one cavity located in a heel or a forefoot portion, which cavity opens to a midsole upper surface. A cushion is located in the cavity. The cushion includes resilient balls located in a resilient matrix material. The balls have a first durometer and the matrix material has a second durometer that is different than the first durometer. The midsole has a lower cavity in the lower surface of the midsole, which lower cavity is aligned with an opening in the outsole. Balls are located in the lower cavity. A retainer keeps the balls in the lower cavity and provides a visual indication of the balls in the lower cavity.

[A43B] CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR

Flexi hair curler
Patent No. 12268288

Inventor(s): Belinda Marie Alexander-Ashley (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18055840 on 11/16/2022 (874 days app to issue)

Abstract: A one-piece flexible hair curler assembly used for day and night use comprising a collapsible body, elongated extensions at right angles on its distal ends with attached protuberances that hold the assembly securely in place. The flexi hair curler assembly is fabricated of lightweight, moisture and heat resistant, flexible material including silicone. To use, the appendages are flexed away from the curler body as the hair is wound around the core. After reaching the desired position, the appendages are released, and the protuberances hold the apparatus in place without the aid of additional hair fasteners or clips. The curler molds to the wearer’’s head and scalp for maximum comfort while remaining secure to facilitate the setting of curls in the hair. Unlike other hair curlers or rollers, the flexible curler system is comfortable, secure and cost effective.

[A45D] HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; MANICURING OR OTHER COSMETIC TREATMENT (wigs, toupees, or the like A41G 3/00, A41G 5/00; hairdressers’ chairs A47C 1/04; hair cutting appliances, razors B26B)

Method for creating a tensionable and lockable suture anchor array for anatomical attachment of tissue to bone
Patent No. 12268381

Inventor(s): Howard W. Harris (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Integrity Orthopaedics, Inc. (Maple Plain, MN)
Law Firm: Seager, Tufte Wickhem LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17681490 on 02/25/2022 (1138 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for creating high-density arrays of suture stiches through a tendon into bone for reattachment of a torn tendon, particularly a rotator cuff tendon. The method includes providing a pre-strung plurality of anchors, each anchor having at least one passage therethrough with a continuous length of suture slidably and serially threaded through the at least one passage of each anchor. Each of the anchors further includes a locking assembly for locking the suture within the individual anchor. A first anchor is implanted through the tendon and the suture is locked. A second anchor is implanted a selected close distance from the first anchor, then applying tension to the suture extending from the first anchor and passing through the second anchor the second anchor is locked to create a single suture tensioned and locked stitch between the first and second anchor. This process is repeated for each anchor in the array.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Surgical guides with removable inserts
Patent No. 12268403

Inventor(s): Devid R. Zille (Addison, TX), Johanna Scheeh (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): OsteoMed LLC (Addision, TX)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17095570 on 11/11/2020 (1609 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a surgical guide comprising a cutting guide defining a plurality of cutting slots and including at least one removable insert positioned between the plurality of cutting slots. The at least one removable insert defines an aperture which is designed to receive a surgical fastening device. The surgical guide further comprises a template guide which defines a feature. The at least one removable insert is designed to fit in the template guide at least in part using the feature.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Self-drilling bone cement delivery cannula and methods for use
Patent No. 12268427

Inventor(s): Frankie L. Morris (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Bone Solutions, Inc. (Colleyville, TX)
Law Firm: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert Berghoff LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17818753 on 08/10/2022 (972 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device including an elongated hollow shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The device also includes a first attachment mechanism coupled to the proximal end of the elongated hollow shaft. The device also includes a rod having a proximal end and a distal end. The rod is removably positioned at least partially within a lumen of the elongated hollow shaft. The device also includes a second attachment mechanism coupled to the rod between the proximal end of the rod and the distal end of the rod. The first attachment mechanism and the second attachment mechanism are configured to be removably coupled to one another. The device also includes a cap configured to be removably coupled to the second attachment mechanism.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Navigation system and method
Patent No. 12268453

Inventor(s): Andrew Wald (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Medtronic Navigation, Inc. (Lafayette, CO)
Law Firm: Harness, Dickey Pierce, P.L.C. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18303384 on 04/19/2023 (720 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a localizer system. The localizer system may be incorporated into a navigation system for tracking a tracking device. Generally, the localizer may include a transmitting coil array and a field shaping assembly.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Device for non-invasive detection of skin problems associated with diabetes mellitus
Patent No. 12268473

Inventor(s): Anne Weiler (Seattle, WA), Ben Spencer (Seattle, WA), Gavin Ray (Seattle, WA), Jahyen Chung (Bellevue, WA), Josh Bishop (Seattle, WA), Luke Feaster (Seattle, WA), Mike Van Snellenberg (Seattle, WA), Sara Hansen-Lund (
Assignee(s): Signify Health, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: CHRISTENSEN O’’CONNOR JOHNSON KINDNESS PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17752755 on 05/24/2022 (1050 days app to issue)

Abstract: A medical diagnostic apparatus includes a controller; a user interface; a platform having a horizontal surface; and at least one visible light image sensor positioned below the horizontal surface that is capable of producing a diagnostic visible light image of a bottom portion of a foot or feet positioned on the horizontal surface. At least a portion of the horizontal surface is transparent to visible light. The apparatus may further include at least one infrared image sensor positioned below the horizontal surface that is capable of producing a thermal image of the first target area. The apparatus may further include sensors positioned above the platform capable of producing diagnostic visible light images or thermal images of a top portion of the user’’s foot or feet. The apparatus may further include a weight measurement system coupled to the platform.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Digital artery blood pressure monitor
Patent No. 12268484

Inventor(s): Ravi Narasimhan (Sunnyvale, CA), Todd Whitehurst (Redwood City, CA), Tushar Parlikar (Somerville, MA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Christensen O’’Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16923906 on 07/08/2020 (1735 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example of a digital artery blood pressure monitor may include a tactile sensor array disposed on an inner surface of a cuff, the tactile sensor array including a plurality of capacitive sensors to detect pressure changes within a digital artery of a finger due to blood flow, where the pressure changes cause changes to capacitance values of one or more capacitive sensors of the tactile sensor array, and control circuitry coupled to the tactile sensor array to receive the capacitance values from the tactile sensor array, and determine a blood pressure based on the capacitance values.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

System and method for automated analysis and detection of cardiac arrhythmias from electrocardiograms
Patent No. 12268527

Inventor(s): Lakshman S. Tamil (Plano, TX), Vignesh Kalidas (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Thomas Horstemeyer, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17380765 on 07/20/2021 (1358 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure presents arrhythmia analysis systems and methods. One such method comprises processing an acquired ECG waveform signal to remove noise artifacts and form a denoised ECG waveform signal; processing the denoised ECG waveform signal to remove low quality segments and form a high quality ECG waveform signal; analyzing the high quality ECG waveform to detect a presence of a beat-independent ventricular arrhythmia; processing the denoised ECG signal to extract beat (R-peak) locations corresponding to QRS complexes from the denoised ECG signal; analyzing the denoised ECG signal to detect a presence of a beat-dependent ventricular arrhythmia based on the extracted beat (R-peak) locations; analyzing the denoised ECG signal to detect a presence of one or more supraventricular arrhythmias based on the extracted beat locations of the ECG signal; and outputting a report containing one or more arrhythmias detected by the analyzing steps. Other methods/systems are also provided.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Devices and methods for protecting esophageal tissue from thermal injury
Patent No. 12268631

Inventor(s): Erik Kulstad (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Cooling Therapy, Inc. (Chicago, IL)
Law Firm: Nutter McClennen Fish LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18183308 on 03/14/2023 (756 days app to issue)

Abstract: Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient’’s body are disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic hypothermia are disclosed. Devices and methods for inducing therapeutic hypothermia through esophageal cooling are disclosed. Devices and methods for operative temperature management are disclosed.

[A61F] FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) [2006.01]

Method for treating pruritus
Patent No. 12268663

Inventor(s): Eric C. Carlson (Burleson, TX), John M. Yanni (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): PRUVYC PHARMA, LLC (Cary, NC)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17470243 on 09/09/2021 (1307 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods for treating pruritis in humans and animals using topically administrable compositions containing olopatadine are disclosed. The compositions quickly relieve itchy skin.

[A61K] PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J 3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D)

Botanical formulations
Patent No. 12268721

Inventor(s): Michelle Hines (Hickory Creek, TX), Tiffany Carle (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18538812 on 12/13/2023 (482 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for treating skin. The method can include topically applying to skin in need thereof a composition comprising effective amounts of [i]Arctium lappa [/i]root extract and [i]Epilobium angustifolium [/i]extract to reduce expression of a pro-inflammatory cytokine of IL-8, IL-2, or TNF- in the skin.

Ophthalmic emulsion
Patent No. 12268779

Inventor(s): David L. Meadows (Colleyville, TX), Howard Allen Ketelson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18319794 on 05/18/2023 (691 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an ophthalmic emulsion. The emulsion has a unique combination of ingredients that promotes the stability of small oil droplets within the emulsion. The emulsion also includes a mucoadhesive polymer that aid in delivering a lipid to the ocular surface.

Syringe with flat indicia display surface
Patent No. 12268848

Inventor(s): Mark Small (Heavener, OK), Ni Zhu (Plano, TX), Thomas J. Shaw (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Retractable Technologies, Inc. (Little Elm, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15940305 on 03/29/2018 (2567 days app to issue)

Abstract: A medical syringe having a barrel with a substantially cylindrical, longitudinally extending fluid chamber, a needle retraction cavity substantially coextensive in length with the fluid chamber and disposed adjacent and parallel to the fluid chamber, and at least one substantially flat, outwardly facing display area configured to receive and display an array of volumetric measuring indicia in alignment with and proximal to the fluid chamber.

[A61M] DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D 7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F 13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J 1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L; magnetotherapy using magnetic elements placed within the body A61N 2/10); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR [5]

O P E R A T I O N S & T R A N S P O R T

Positioning a work piece
Patent No. 12269134

Inventor(s): Jonah William Kirby (Carrollton, TX), Om Anand Binodkumar Sharma (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): OMMO Technologies, Inc. (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Henry Patent Law Firm PLLC (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17727267 on 04/22/2022 (1082 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a general aspect, a system for selectively positioning a work piece includes multiple bodies. A first body includes a first exterior surface and a boss extending from the first exterior surface along a boss axis. The boss includes a boss end surface that terminates the boss. Boss perimeter surfaces define a perimeter of the boss and extend between the first exterior surface and the boss end surface. A second body includes a second exterior surface and a pocket extending from the second exterior surface into the second body along a pocket axis. The pocket is shaped to receive the boss in a discrete number of positions when the boss axis and the pocket axis are aligned. Pocket perimeter surfaces define a perimeter of the pocket and extend into the second body from the second exterior surface.

[B23Q] DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING (tools of the kind used in lathes or boring machines B23B 27/00); MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL, CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT

Engine component removal tool
Patent No. 12269149

Inventor(s): Chad T. Sellman (Oak Grove, MN), James J. Rumpca (White Bear Township, MN), Jason E. Carlson (Chisago City, MN)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18159468 on 01/25/2023 (804 days app to issue)

Abstract: A removal tool configured for removing an insertable engine component from an engine assembly. In the removal tool may include a coupling device, a drive member, and a lifting member attached to a main shaft. The coupling device is mounted onto a retainer securing an engine component, and the lifting member is positioned against the underside of a flange of the engine component. A rotational force applied against the drive member is transferred to the coupling device and causes the retainer to be unscrewed. As the retainer is unscrewed, this causes a lifting force from the retainer pushing against the coupling device, which causes the lifting member to be pushed upward, and further causing the engine component to be pushed upward and away from the engine assembly. This facilitates removal of the engine component concurrently with the removal of the retainer (e.g., in a single operation).

[B25B] TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING

Determining vehicle charging locations
Patent No. 12269363

Inventor(s): Maximilian Parness (Takoma Park, MD), Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17959297 on 10/03/2022 (918 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a plurality of vehicles and a first charge level of the vehicles utilizing a first charging location, determining a portion of the plurality of vehicles and a second charge level of the portion of the plurality of vehicles utilizing a second charging location, and determining a new charging location based on the plurality of vehicles, the first charge level, the portion of the plurality of vehicles, and the second charge level.

[B60L] PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K 1/00, B60K 6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K 17/12, B60K 17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C 15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D 1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H 1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES [4]

Fluid cooled battery thermal management system and method
Patent No. 12269369

Inventor(s): Jie Zhang (Allen, TX), Yuanzhi Liu (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18538110 on 12/13/2023 (482 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided, in one aspect, is a battery pack. The battery pack, in accordance with this aspect, includes an enclosure. The battery pack, in accordance with this aspect, further includes an intake port attached to a first section of the enclosure, the intake port coupleable to a source of cooling fluid, a first exhaust port attached to a third section of the enclosure and a second exhaust port coupled to a fourth section of the enclosure. The battery pack of this aspect further includes a first set of battery cells located within the enclosure in the first and third sections, the first set of battery cells separated by one or more first fluid passageways and a second set of battery cells located within the enclosure in a second and the fourth sections, the second set of battery cells separated by one or more second fluid passageways.

Systems and methods for efficiently switching railcars in a railroad yard
Patent No. 12269520

Inventor(s): April Y. Kuo (Colleyville, TX), Dasaradh R. Mallampati (Trophy Club, TX), Kevin N. Crook (Fort Worth, TX), Paul Kuhn (Fort Worth, TX), Thomas C. Simmons (Trophy Club, TX), Vishal Badyal (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18649356 on 04/29/2024 (344 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for switching railcars at a railroad yard includes accessing a list of selected railcars for an outgoing train. The method further includes generating a plurality of train consists that each comply with a set of train rules. The method further includes displaying indications of the generated train consists and their associated number of railyard switch moves on an electronic display. The method further includes receiving a user selection of a desired train consist from the plurality of displayed train consists. The method further includes generating a plurality of switch lists according to the desired train consist and a current inventory of railcars in the railyard. The switch lists include instructions about how to form the desired train consist in the railyard. The method further includes displaying the plurality of switch lists on the electronic display.

[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)

Optimizing a driving strategy for a hybrid diesel-electric locomotive and battery-electric locomotive consist
Patent No. 12269521

Inventor(s): Joseph M White (Lewisville, TX), Marcos Blanco Fernandes (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Progress Rail Services Corporation (Albertville, AL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18070398 on 11/28/2022 (862 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes one or more processors and memory storing processor-executable instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include generating a driving strategy for a traveling route of a train based on saved data in the system, the train comprising at least one diesel-electric locomotive (DEL) and at least one battery-electric locomotive (BEL); operating the train according to the driving strategy; receiving update data; revising the driving strategy based on the saved data and the update data including: determining an amount of energy for the train to traverse a segment of the traveling route based on the driving strategy and the update data, and determining a distribution of the amount of energy between the at least one DEL and the at least one BEL based on the driving strategy and the update data; and operating the train according to the revised driving strategy.

[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)

Systems and methods for aircraft load alleviation
Patent No. 12269580

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Mark Bosworth (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): ARCHER AVIATION INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT DUNNER LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18737726 on 06/07/2024 (305 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for flight control of aircrafts driven by electric propulsion systems and in other types of vehicles. In some embodiments, a flight control system of an aircraft is disclosed, configured to receive one or more signals to control movement of the aircraft, determine at least one flight condition of the aircraft, wherein the at least one flight condition includes at least a phase of flight, calculate at least one or more loads associated with the aircraft based on the determined at least one flight condition; determine an optimized flight configuration to alleviate loads on one or more components of the aircraft based on the received one or more signals and the calculated loads, generate one or more effector commands based on the optimized flight configuration; and actuate one or more aircraft effectors based on the one or more effector commands.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Adaptive flow measurement system
Patent No. 12269628

Inventor(s): Kenneth C. Petri (Richardson, TX), Paul Blake Svejkovsky (Mabank, TX)
Assignee(s): HEAT AND CONTROL, INC. (Hayward, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17614694 on 05/28/2020 (1776 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for correcting mass flow rate measurements relating to a conveyor used to move a stream of first component material portions to and through a mixing station in which a second component material is dispensed in a predetermined mass percentage of the mass of the first component material portions. The correction of the measurements is adapted to correct for inaccuracies that arise in the measurements due to, for example, differences in the first component material portions properties, differences in the second component material properties, environmental conditions, drift of electronic instruments, and changing conditions that occur during extended use of an upstream conveyor that delivers first component material portions to the mixing station.

[B65B] MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C 1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B 25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B 1/00-B67B 6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C 7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C 9/00)

C H E M I S T R Y & M E T A L L U R G Y

Self-assembling collagen-like polypeptides for applications and uses related thereto
Patent No. 12269864

Inventor(s): Gavin Touponse (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Emory Patent Group (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17140449 on 01/04/2021 (1555 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure relates to collagen-like polypeptides and materials containing the same and uses in biomedical applications. In certain embodiments, this disclosure contemplates that collagen-like polypeptides and materials containing the same are functionalized with proteins or small molecules to create useful scaffolds for drug delivery or testing. In certain embodiments, collagen-like polypeptides and materials containing the same are used in cardiac patches, cosmetic surgery, bone grafts, tissue regeneration, and wound healing.

[C07K] PEPTIDES (peptides containing ﬂ-lactam rings C07D; cyclic dipeptides not having in their molecule any other peptide link than those which form their ring, e.g. piperazine-2,5-diones, C07D; ergot alkaloids of the cyclic peptide type C07D 519/02; single cell proteins, enzymes C12N; genetic engineering processes for obtaining peptides C12N 15/00) [4]

Optimized FIG4 genes and expression cassettes and their use
Patent No. 12270057

Inventor(s): Steven James Gray (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17290927 on 11/05/2019 (1981 days app to issue)

Abstract: This invention relates to polynucleotides comprising optimized

[C12N] MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF (biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing microorganisms, viruses, microbial fungi, enzymes, fermentates, or substances produced by, or extracted from, microorganisms or animal material A01N 63/00; medicinal preparations A61K; fertilisers C05F); PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA (microbiological testing media C12Q 1/00) [3]

F I X E D C O N S T R U C T I O N S

Decorative block with load-bearing area
Patent No. 12270201

Inventor(s): William H. Karau (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): PAVESTONE, LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17325306 on 05/20/2021 (1419 days app to issue)

Abstract: A block is provided that includes a first side having a first predetermined load-bearing area and a first non-load-bearing area, the first predetermined load-bearing area having a first predetermined size and a first predetermined location. A second side having a second predetermined load-bearing area and a second non-load-bearing area, the second predetermined load-bearing area having a second predetermined size and a second predetermined location. Wherein the first non-load-bearing area does not extend beyond the first predetermined load-bearing area.

[E04C] STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS (for bridges E01D; specially designed for insulation or other protection E04B; elements used as building aids E04G; for mining E21; for tunnels E21D; structural elements with broader range of application than for building engineering F16, particularly F16S)

Interlocking tabs and openings for an endcap of a movable barrier
Patent No. 12270247

Inventor(s): Dwayne J. Kornish (Navarre, OH)
Assignee(s): Overhead Door Corporation (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18149452 on 01/03/2023 (826 days app to issue)

Abstract: An endcap of a movable barrier is configured to enclose an end of the movable barrier. The endcap includes an endcap wall alignable with a surface of the movable barrier. The endcap wall includes a tab alignable with an opening of the movable barrier. When the tab is aligned with the opening of the movable barrier, the tab is folded through the opening of the movable barrier. The shape of the tab corresponds to the shape of the opening of the movable barrier such that when the tab is folded through the opening, the endcap is affixed to the movable barrier.

[E06B] FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G 9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D 25/10; sky-lights E04B 7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F 10/00)

Fortified roll-up barrier
Patent No. 12270250

Inventor(s): Bradley C. Knable (Mcveytown, PA), David J. Horn (Loysville, PA), Victor P. Santos Luzon (Lewistown, PA)
Assignee(s): Overhead Door Corporation (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17696488 on 03/16/2022 (1119 days app to issue)

Abstract: A barrier system includes a roll-up barrier comprising a plurality of slats hingedly connected, a guide system, and a drive system. Each slat of the plurality of slats includes a central portion having a first thickness, a top portion, and a bottom portion. At least one of the top portion or the bottom portion having a second thickness less than the first thickness. The top portion of each slat overlaps the bottom portion of an adjacent slat forming an overlapping region having the first thickness when the barrier is in a closed configuration. The guide system is configured to guide movement of the roll-up barrier. The drive system configured to transition the roll-up barrier between open and closed configurations along the guide system.

Wireline saver tool
Patent No. 12270261

Inventor(s): Bryan Samuel Fitzhugh (Colleyville, TX), Carter Oswalt (Midland, TX), Timothy Wayne Raley (Hickory, NC)
Assignee(s): Ferro Supply LLC (Godley, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18189232 on 03/24/2023 (746 days app to issue)

Abstract: Wireline saver tool assemblies may be used for oil and gas operations. In some cases, the wireline saver tool assemblies may provide a mechanical catch for a wireline saver tool for minimizing and/or preventing the wireline tool from falling freely from a lubricator in the event of an operator and/or equipment failure. Operator input may not be required to catch and/or prevent falling of the wireline tool.

[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5]

Fluid conduit assembly for a fluid supply system
Patent No. 12270271

Inventor(s): David Lane Evans (Conroe, TX), Thomas George Roesner (Cypress, TX)
Assignee(s): Scout Surface Solutions, LLC (Joshua, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17952425 on 09/26/2022 (925 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid conduit assembly for a fluid supply system includes a low-pressure monobore conduit assembly having a low-pressure monobore conduit and low-pressure outlets. The low-pressure outlets are configured to direct low-pressure fluid from the low-pressure monobore conduit to pumps. At least one first low-pressure outlet is positioned on a first side of the low-pressure monobore conduit, and at least one second low-pressure outlet is positioned on a second side of the low-pressure monobore conduit. The fluid conduit assembly includes a high-pressure monobore conduit assembly having a high-pressure monobore conduit and high-pressure inlets. The high-pressure inlets are configured to direct high-pressure fluid from the pumps to the high-pressure monobore conduit. At least one first high-pressure inlet is positioned on a first side of the high-pressure monobore conduit, and at least one second high-pressure inlet is positioned on a second side of the high-pressure monobore conduit.

Adjustable well water flow valve device
Patent No. 12270275

Inventor(s): Jackie Walker (Springtown, TX), Jason Walker (Springtown, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Brennan, Manna Diamond, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18191279 on 03/28/2023 (742 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable well water flow valve device for underground well water systems. The device can be attached to a well water system to allow the user to adjust the flow within the system through a vertical opening of the restrictor within a body of the device. The fastener can be placed through the body and a horizontal opening of the restrictor, such that the fastener obstructs a portion of the vertical opening to further allow a user to increase/decrease flow through the restrictor by increasing/decreasing the size of the vertical opening.

Perforating gun having grounding assembly
Patent No. 12270284

Inventor(s): Terrell C. Saltarelli (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): SWM International, LLC (Pampa, TX)
Law Firm: Cabello Hall Zinda PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18431084 on 02/02/2024 (431 days app to issue)

Abstract: A perforating gun includes a charge holder that is positioned in a carrier. End fittings are affixed to the ends of the holder and support the holder in a longitudinal passage of the carrier. Both end fittings have electrical conductors for an electrical signal disposed therethrough. The first end fitting also has a ground conductor for a ground signal. At least one elastic conductor is attached to the holder and is engaged laterally in a direction relative to the longitudinal passage. The at least one elastic conductor is disposed in electrical communication with the carrier and the ground signal to improve the grounding of the charge assembly and its components in the gun’’s carrier.

Enhanced artificial lift for oil and gas wells
Patent No. 12270285

Inventor(s): Mathew A. Eagleston (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): LATERALIFT, LLC (The Woodlands, TX)
Law Firm: Holland Knight LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18453409 on 08/22/2023 (595 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards a lift system for extracting a fluid from a well. The system may include a production tube and at least one bladder located inside a pump barrel which is connected to the production tube. The bladder may include a top connector configured to receive a concentric tubing. The lift system may further include a compression system connected to the concentric tubing. The compression system may be configured to provide a compressed gas through the concentric tubing to the at least one bladder.

Cyclonic de-sander vessel
Patent No. 12270289

Inventor(s): Anthony Keeton (Springtown, TX)
Assignee(s): Kodiak Equipment Rentals, LLC (New Caney, TX)
Law Firm: Thrive IP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18468722 on 09/17/2023 (569 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cyclonic de-sander for a fluid stream. The cyclonic de-sander includes a pressure vessel, with a fluid inlet configured to deliver the fluid stream into the interior volume of the pressure vessel. The fluid inlet delivers the fluid stream in an eccentric manner, thereby forming a cyclone within the interior volume. The de-sander also includes a vortex tube residing vertically within the pressure vessel. The vortex tube comprises an upper end in fluid communication with the upper end of the pressure vessel, and a lower end in fluid communication with the interior volume. Additionally, the cyclonic de-sander includes a funnel. The funnel resides within the interior volume below the fluid inlet and below the lower end of the vortex tube. The funnel comprises a frusto-conical body configured to gravitationally receive solid particles from the fluid stream and inhibit the travel of solid particles back up the pressure vessel.

M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G
LIGHTING | HEATING | WEAPONS | BLASTING

Vehicular mounted rail system
Patent No. 12269430

Inventor(s): Gavin Stener (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Yonder Fund LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: FOLEY LARDNER LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18601206 on 03/11/2024 (393 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicular mounted rail system may provide a rail, base(s), and rail adapter that are configured to be assembled and mounted to a structural member (e.g., dashboard) of a vehicle so as to enable a user to support an electronic device by the structural member.

[F16M] FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS OR SUPPORTS

Shape memory material member-based actuator
Patent No. 12270386

Inventor(s): Brian J. Pinkelman (Ann Arbor, MI), Michael Paul Rowe (Pinckney, MI), Yufei Zhu (Ypsilanti, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18329217 on 06/05/2023 (673 days app to issue)

Abstract: An actuator can include one or more shape memory material members. When an activation input is provided to the one or more shape memory material members, the one or more shape memory material members contract, which causes the actuator to morph into an activated configuration. A height of the actuator increases in the activated configuration. The actuator can include a first outer body member and a second outer body member. The first outer body member can include a first portion and a second portion pivotably connected to each other. One or more processors can be operatively connected to selectively activate the one or more shape memory material members.

[F03G] SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA, OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER-PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (arrangements in connection with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60K 16/00; electric propulsion with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60L 8/00)

Staggered periodic riblets
Patent No. 12270424

Inventor(s): Brian R. Smith (Colleyville, TX), Patrick J. Yagle (Fort Worth, TX), Paul Douglas McClure (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16547378 on 08/21/2019 (2057 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for reducing drag includes forming first periodic riblets on a smooth surface of a physical object and forming second periodic riblets on the smooth surface of the physical object. The method further includes generating a flow over the first and second periodic riblets of the physical object. Each first periodic riblet comprises a first transition region at a first end of each first periodic riblet and a second transition region at a second end of each first periodic riblet. Each second periodic riblet comprises a first transition region at a first end of each second periodic riblet and a second transition region at a second end of each second periodic riblet. Each second transition region at the second end of each first periodic riblet overlaps each first transition region at the first end of each second periodic riblet. A length of each riblet of the first and second periodic riblets runs parallel to a direction of the flow.

[F15D] FLUID DYNAMICS, i.e. METHODS OR MEANS FOR INFLUENCING THE FLOW OF GASES OR LIQUIDS (fluid-circuit elements F15C)

Nut clip
Patent No. 12270428

Inventor(s): Jimmy Wayne Mahaffey (Ravenden, AR)
Assignee(s): Novaria Holdings, LLC (North Richland Hills, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17548907 on 12/13/2021 (1212 days app to issue)

Abstract: A clip for a nut clip having a main body comprising an aft reaction boss defining at least a portion of a nut containment channel. The clip further includes a nut retention flange defining at least a further portion of the nut containment channel and connected to the main body by a nut retention flange attachment member spaced apart from the aft reaction boss. A forward reaction wall includes at least a portion of the nut retention flange attachment member facing the nut containment channel, wherein the aft reaction boss comprises an aft reaction wall. The aft reaction wall and the forward reaction wall are configured to be selectably contacted by a nut within the nut containment channel to occlude rotation of the nut.

[F16B] DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

Segmented grip ring for plastic pipe joint restraint systems
Patent No. 12270495

Inventor(s): Guido Quesada (Santa Ana, , CR), Mark A. Weih (San Jose, , CR)
Assignee(s): SB Technical Products, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18506595 on 11/10/2023 (515 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mechanism for restraining pipe against both internal and external forces at a pipe or fitting connection and to join and seal at least two pipes to form a pipeline featuring an improved restraint mechanism. The restraint mechanism includes a circumferential casing and a companion grip ring, both of which are received within a mating groove provided in the belled end of a female pipe. The grip ring is made up of a series of arc-shaped gripping elements which are interconnected by discrete elastomeric segments. The gripping elements are separated by gaps so that a flexible hinge region is created by the elastomeric segments between adjacent gripping elements. The elastomeric segments provide both axial and radial spring action to the assembly.

[F16L] PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

Hinged quick-release connector
Patent No. 12270496

Inventor(s): Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, TX), Joe Allen Sutton (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17905117 on 02/26/2021 (1502 days app to issue)

Abstract: A quick-connector assembly for joining abutting flanged ends of two tubular members includes first and second connector portions joined by a rotatable hinge having a hinge pin coupling the first connector portion and the second connector portion so that the first and second connector portions encircle about abutting flanged ends of the tubular members when the first and second connector portions are in a closed position. Further, a stand having a bracket with at least one hole for accommodating the hinge pin is designed to at least partially support the weight of the connector assembly and the flanged ends of the tubular members.

[F16L] PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

Dynamic temperature control for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system
Patent No. 12270565

Inventor(s): Eric Berg (The Colony, TX), Umesh Gokhale (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18525802 on 11/30/2023 (495 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device is configured to operate a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. The device is further configured to receive a temperature value and determine a load demand value based on the temperature value. The device is further configured to determine the load demand value is greater than the load capacity value for the HVAC system and, in response, identify a first setting from among a first plurality of settings for the HVAC system. By default, access to the first plurality of setting for the HVAC system is restricted for a user. The device is further configured to receive a response approving permission to operate the HVAC system using the first setting to the user and send a trigger signal to an HVAC controller to operate the one or more components of the HVAC system using the first setting.

[F24F] AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B 15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F 17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L 17/02)

Distributor systems for heat exchangers
Patent No. 12270583

Inventor(s): Chitra Sadanandan (Lewisville, TX), Pratik S. Deokar (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Rheem Manufacturing Company (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17543974 on 12/07/2021 (1218 days app to issue)

Abstract: A header tube assembly is disclosed and can include an outer tube, an inner tube, and a flow valve. Each of the outer and inner tubes can include an open end and a closed end, as well as a plurality of apertures extending through a sidewall of the outer tube and inner tube, respectively. The apertures of the inner tube can permit a flow of refrigerant between an internal volume of the inner tube and a gap between the inner and outer tubes, and the apertures of the outer tube can permit a flow of refrigerant between the internal volume of the outer tube and a plurality of refrigerant circuits in a heat exchanger. The flow valve can be configured to selectively prevent refrigerant from flowing between the gap and the open end of the outer tube, depending on a direction of refrigerant flow through the header tube assembly.

[F25B] REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS, OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K 5/00; pumps, compressors F04; use of heat pumps for domestic or space-heating or for domestic hot-water supply F24D; air-conditioning, air-humidification F24F; fluid heaters using heat pumps F24H)

P H Y S I C S

In-cabin detection framework
Patent No. 12269371

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Macpherson (Plano, TX), Cory M. Frank (Frisco, TX), Jessica May (Danbury, TX), Matthew J. Everett (Norton Shores, MI), Michael R. Kushnerik (The Colony, TX), Naohiro J. Matsumura (Dallas, TX), Sergei I. Gag
Assignee(s): TOYOT JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-Ken, , JP), TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17827959 on 05/30/2022 (1044 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a scan of a cabin of a vehicle, wherein the scan includes a spatial region inside the vehicle and outside the vehicle proximate at least one vehicle door, determining at least one occupant characteristic based on the scan, including a classification detection and a presence detection of at least one seat inside the vehicle, determining a cabin status based on the at least one occupant characteristic and communicating the cabin status to a mobile device.

[G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS

System and method for monitoring and classifying smoking events in monitored spaces
Patent No. 12270801

Inventor(s): Almog Boanos (Dallas, TX), Andrew Schulz (Dallas, TX), Jacob Umbrage (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): NoiseAware Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18260766 on 10/28/2022 (893 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided with features that allow hosts to be alerted of risks to the well-being of their space that may arise, for example, from a breach of contract, violation of local laws, or violation of established property rules. In one example an air analyzer is provided that includes: (1) multiple sensors including one or more of a digital multi-pixel gas sensor, a digital humidity and temperature sensor, or a particulate matter sensor, wherein each of the multiple sensors is configured to obtain a sample of air and derive therefrom an environmental attribute, wherein the environmental attributes provide a signature of the sampled air, and (2) a smoke classifier configured to classify a smoking event by comparing the signature of sampled air to signatures of a classification model.

[G01N] INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

Multi-hypothesis spatially-variant autofocus system and method for focusing SAR imagery
Patent No. 12270896

Inventor(s): Raymond Samaniego (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Arlington, VA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17341952 on 06/08/2021 (1400 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-hypothesis spatially-variant autofocus system for processing and focusing radar images, such as synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, is configured to compute phase corrections and apply multiple autofocus strategies to overlapping image tiles for progressively smaller image tile sizes. Correction factors for the image tiles may be selected on a per-tile basis based on various metrics. In some embodiments, one or more phase-gradient autofocus (PGA) algorithms may be applied to window-size weighted versions of the overlapping image tiles for the progressively smaller image tile sizes.

[G01S] RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

Phase noise shaping in a distance measurement system
Patent No. 12270952

Inventor(s): Bharath Patil (Bengaluru, , IN), Subhash Chandra Venkata Sadhu (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17163601 on 02/01/2021 (1527 days app to issue)

Abstract: A distance measurement system includes a light transmitter to generate a modulated light signal, a light sensor to generate measurement signals from reflected light among four quad phase angles with respect to a phase of the generated light signal, and a controller. The controller selects a first set of quad phase angles, and generates first measurement signals at the quad phase angles of the first set. Based on the first measurement signals, the controller computes a first phase angle between the generated light signal and the reflected light signal, generates a second set of quad phase angles based on the first phase angle, and generates second measurement signals at the quad phase angles of the second set. Further, based on the second measurement signals, the controller computes a second phase angle between the generated light signal and the reflected light signal and calculates a distance using the second phase angle.

Ophthalmic lens with graded microlenses
Patent No. 12271060

Inventor(s): Jos A. Orozco Rodriguez (Saint Paul, MN), Michael Marshall (Andover, MN), Richard Blacker (Lino Lakes, MN)
Assignee(s): HOYA Optical Labs of America, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Inskeep IP Group, Inc. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18328543 on 06/02/2023 (676 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ophthalmic lens incorporating an array of microlenses.

[G02C] SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES

Current reference circuit with process, voltage, and wide-range temperature compensation
Patent No. 12271217

Inventor(s): Martin Lueker-Boden (Fremont, CA), Mohammad Reza Mahmoodi (Goleta, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter Hampton LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17903464 on 09/06/2022 (945 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a stable reference current that has low sensitivity to operating temperature and supply voltage variations and is stable across process corners. In an example implementation, an improved reference current generator circuit is provided that includes a first circuit generating a first current that is proportional to absolute temperature and a second circuit generating a second current that is complementary to absolute temperature based on first transistors operating in respective triode regions. The second current compensates for process, voltage, and temperature variations in the first current at a node. According to some examples, the second current is also generated based on second transistors operating in respective saturation regions. The first current may be generated using a forward biased PN junction diode.

[G05F] SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES (regulating the timing or recurrence frequency of pulses in radar or radio navigation systems G01S; regulation of current or voltage, specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces G04G 19/02; closed-loop systems for regulating non-electric variables by electric means G05D; regulating power supply of digital computers G06F 1/26; for obtaining desired operating characteristics of electromagnets with armatures H01F 7/18; regulating electric power distribution networks H02J; regulating the charging of batteries H02J 7/00; regulating of the output of static converters, e.g. switching regulators, H02M; regulation of the output of electric generators H02N, H02P 9/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils H02P 13/00; regulating frequency response, gain, maximum output, amplitude or bandwidth of amplifiers H03G; regulating tuning of resonant circuits H03J; controlling generators of electronic oscillations or pulses H03L; regulating characteristics of transmission lines H04B; controlling electric light sources H05B 37/02, H05B 39/04, H05B 41/36; electric control of X-ray apparatus H05G 1/30) [5]

Managing multi-phase clock signals for integrated circuit devices
Patent No. 12271220

Inventor(s): David Carlson (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): Auradine, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18345725 on 06/30/2023 (648 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, circuits, apparatus, and systems for managing multi-phase clocking signals for integrated circuit devices are provided. In one aspect, an integrated circuit device includes: a clock signal generator configured to generate a reference clock signal and a plurality of processing units coupled to the clock signal generator. At least one of the plurality of processing units includes: a phase generator configured to selectively generate at least two sets of multi-phase clock signals based on the reference clock signal and corresponding control signals, the at least two sets of multi-phase clock signals having different respective frequencies; and a computation unit configured to perform at least one computing function based on a selected one of the at least two sets of multi-phase clock signals.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

System on a chip with an integrated configurable safety master microcontroller unit
Patent No. 12271289

Inventor(s): Anthony Frederick Seely (Wylie, TX), Chunhua Hu (Plano, TX), Jason Peck (Sugar Land, TX), John Apostol (Richardson, TX), Kazunobu Shin (Plano, TX), Nishanth Menon (Plano, TX), Raghavendra Santhanagopal (Dallas, TX), R
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18403293 on 01/03/2024 (461 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, e.g., a system on a chip (SoC) includes a first domain including a first processor configured to boot the system; a second domain including a processing subsystem having a second processor; and isolation circuitry between the first domain and the second domain During boot-up of the system, the first processor provides code to the second domain. When the code is executed by the second processor, it configures the processing subsystem as either a safety domain or as a general-purpose processing domain. The safety domain may an external safety domain or an internal safety domain.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Cache size change
Patent No. 12271314

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Ashok Chachad (Plano, TX), David Matthew Thompson (Dallas, TX), Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Neelima Muralidharan (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18508356 on 11/14/2023 (511 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes determining, by a level one (L1) controller, to change a size of a L1 main cache; servicing, by the L1 controller, pending read requests and pending write requests from a central processing unit (CPU) core; stalling, by the L1 controller, new read requests and new write requests from the CPU core; writing back and invalidating, by the L1 controller, the L1 main cache. The method also includes receiving, by a level two (L2) controller, an indication that the L1 main cache has been invalidated and, in response, flushing a pipeline of the L2 controller; in response to the pipeline being flushed, stalling, by the L2 controller, requests received from any master; reinitializing, by the L2 controller, a shadow L1 main cache. Reinitializing includes clearing previous contents of the shadow L1 main cache and changing the size of the shadow L1 main cache.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

System and method of electronic health record permissioning and monetization
Patent No. 12271392

Inventor(s): Ronald Raymond Austrng (English Harbour, , AG)
Assignee(s): Technologies IP, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17731090 on 04/27/2022 (1077 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for electronic health record permissioning and monetization that can grant or deny access to patient data and pay one or more entities for access to the data is presented. The present disclosure provides for a system configured to provide a patient the ability to: grant, deny, update, and revoke the permission to read data for a specific entity, and specific properties within that entity, from their personal data records (e.g., an electronic health record, a Global Patient Record (GPR), pharmaceutical records, demographic records, financial records, criminal records, or other suitable personal information). A Data-Read-Permission request can be a Property Collection (PC) containing specific properties that describe the read permission rights and an amount the Data-Client is willing to offer for the Data-Read-Permission rights. This PC can be written as part of a blockchain transaction (TX1), which can be issued by the Data-Client.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Secondary device remote signaling-based video authentication method and system
Patent No. 12271462

Inventor(s): Snehal Desai (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17823551 on 08/31/2022 (951 days app to issue)

Abstract: A remote signal-based method and system of performing an authentication of images of a person in order to permit access to a secured resource. The system and method are configured to cause a visual and/or haptic pattern response to occur in a secondary device while collecting image data from a different, primary device. The image data is evaluated to determine whether the appropriate pattern is present. If the pattern is present, the system determines the image is authentic and can verify an identity of the person, and can further be configured to automatically grant the person access to one or more services, features, or information for which he or she is authorized.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

System and method for detecting and reporting system clock attacks within an indicators of attack platform
Patent No. 12271470

Inventor(s): Nizar A. Basan (Garland, TX), Weiqing Cai (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products, L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17653303 on 03/03/2022 (1132 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) includes a memory to store a secure event log associated with one or more attributes of the IHS, and computer-executable code to obtain a system time from a system clock of the IHS, obtain a network time from a network time protocol (NTP) server, and compare the system time against the network time. When the obtained system time does not match the obtained network time, set a system clock attack chain vector in the secure event log and generate an Indicator of Attack (IoA) report based at least in part, on the system clock attack chain vector.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Detection and mitigation of machine learning model adversarial attacks
Patent No. 12271491

Inventor(s): Manjit Rajaretnam (Irving, TX), Prithvi Narayana Rao (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18923655 on 10/22/2024 (168 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for verifying the integrity of data, such as data used for training machine learning models. Some implementations are directed to verifying the provenance of datasets, the contents of datasets, or both. In some implementations, multiple filters are selected for verifying the contents of datasets. Filters can be selected based on rules, random selection, or using a machine learning model in some implementations. In some implementations, data cleaning is provided.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Controlling access to application data
Patent No. 12271493

Inventor(s): Peter Barker (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Malikie Innovations Limited (Dublin, , IE)
Law Firm: Botos Churchill IP Law LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18165995 on 02/08/2023 (790 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, system and computer-readable storage medium for controlling access to application data associated with an application configured on a computing device. The method comprises: storing data comprising, for each of a plurality of access levels associated with the application, first data indicative of a combination of one or more credentials associated with the respective access level and an access level key corresponding to the respective access level, the access level key being encrypted by the combination of one or more credentials associated with the respective access level; determining, based on the first data, an access level in the plurality of access levels corresponding to a combination of one or more credentials available to the application; decrypting the access level key in the stored data corresponding to the determined access level using the combination of one or more credentials available to the application; and providing access to encrypted application data associated with the application and corresponding to the determined access level using, at least in part, the decrypted access level key corresponding to the determined access level.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Metadata implementation for memory devices
Patent No. 12271623

Inventor(s): Scott E. Smith (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Holland Hart LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17648513 on 01/20/2022 (1174 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for metadata implementation for memory devices are described. A memory device may read metadata, transfer the metadata to a buffer, and read information. For example, the memory device may receive a read command from a host device to read information. The memory device may execute a first internal read command to read the metadata associated with the information. Upon reading the metadata, the memory device may store the metadata in the buffer (e.g., one or more latches). Upon determining that a duration has elapsed, the memory device may execute a second internal read command to read the information associated with the metadata. The memory device transmits the information and the metadata to the host device. In some other cases, the memory device may write information, store metadata in a buffer, and write the metadata (e.g., a different order than for read operations).

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Techniques for managing writes in nonvolatile memory
Patent No. 12271633

Inventor(s): Andrey V. Kuzmin (Moscow, , RU), Mike Jadon (Manhattan Beach, CA), Robert Lercari (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Assignee(s): Radian Memory Systems, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18625096 on 04/02/2024 (371 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure provides techniques for managing writes of data useful for storage systems that do not permit overwrite of a logical address. One implementation provides a nonvolatile memory storage drive, such as a flash memory drive, that provides support for zoned drive and/or Open Channel-compliant architectures. Circuitry on the storage drive tracks storage location release metadata for addressable memory space, optionally providing to a host system information upon which maintenance decisions or related scheduling can be based. The storage drive can also provide buffering support for accommodating receipt of out-of-order writes and unentanglement and performance of out of order writes, with buffering resources being configurable according to any one of a number of parameters. The disclosed storage drive facilitates reduced error rates and lower request traffic in a manner consistent with newer memory standards that mandate that writes to logical addresses be sequential.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

System and method for incremental estimation of interlocutor intents and goals in turn-based electronic conversational flow
Patent No. 12271706

Inventor(s): Pedro Vale Lima (Oporto, , PT)
Assignee(s): DISCOURSE.AI, INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18091611 on 12/30/2022 (830 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method implemented on a computing device for incrementally discovering new intents and goals by collecting data from a first corpus of a plurality of newer digitally-recorded conversations, performing dimensionality reduction to prepare the extracted conversations for clustering, clustering the prepared conversations, identifying new intent and/or goal labels using a trained Artificial Intelligence (AI) engine, applying a model-based filter to remove new labels which overlap already-known labels in the first corpus, and outputting the newly-discovered labels in association with the extracted conversations into a computer-readable file.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Pair merge execution units for microinstructions
Patent No. 12271737

Inventor(s): David A. Carlson (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd. (Singapore, , SG)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16264458 on 01/31/2019 (2259 days app to issue)

Abstract: An instruction execution circuit operable to reduce two or more micro-operations into one by producing multiple permutation and merge results in one execution cycle. The execution circuit includes a permutation and merge switching fabric and a bank of multiplexers. For a fetched instruction, a decoder decodes an opcode to generate a set of control indications used to control the multiplexers to select bytes from the respective inputs that are destined for each of the multiple results. In this manner, multiple permutation results can be output from the execution circuits in one micro-operation.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods for parallel exploration of a hyperparameter search space
Patent No. 12271795

Inventor(s): Xingqi Du (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): SAS INSTITUTE INC. (Cary, NC)
Law Firm: Alce PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19000713 on 12/24/2024 (105 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-program product includes selecting, by a controller node, a plurality of hyperparameter search points from a hyperparameter search space; instructing, by the controller node, one or more worker nodes to concurrently train a plurality of machine learning models for a target number of epochs using the plurality of hyperparameter search points; receiving, from the one or more worker nodes, a plurality of performance metrics that measure a performance of the plurality of machine learning models during the target number of epochs; and removing, by the controller node, one or more underperforming hyperparameter search points from the plurality of hyperparameter search points according to a pre-defined performance metric ranking criterion associated with the plurality of performance metrics.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Machine learning network model compression
Patent No. 12271819

Inventor(s): Wei Wei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17371590 on 07/09/2021 (1369 days app to issue)

Abstract: A first aspect relates to a computer-implemented method for performing model compression. The method includes compressing a machine learning (ML) network model comprising a multiple layer structure to produce a compressed ML network model. The compressed ML network model maintains the multiple layer structure of the ML network model. The method generates a model file for the compressed ML network model. The model file includes the compressed ML network model and decoding information for enabling the ML network model to be decompressed and executed layer-by-layer.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Method, apparatus, and system for representing internet of vehicles knowledge base
Patent No. 12271828

Inventor(s): Jian Li (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. (Guangdong, , CN)
Law Firm: WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17158969 on 01/26/2021 (1533 days app to issue)

Abstract: An embodiment of the application provides a method for representing internet of vehicles (IOV) knowledge based on a simplicial complex (SC). The method includes: representing k-dimensional knowledge in a k-dimensional continuous space by using a k-dimensional SC with k-dimensional function values; and representing a safe boundary of the IOV knowledge by using a boundary of the SC, where the IOV knowledge includes a steering wheel angle of an ego-vehicle, a road curvature, a speed of the ego-vehicle, and an inter-parameter relationship compliant with an objective law of vehicle dynamics, where the steering wheel angle of the ego-vehicle, the road curvature, and the speed of the ego-vehicle are obtained by using a sensor on the ego-vehicle.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Routing a data processing transaction based on machine learning
Patent No. 12271831

Inventor(s): Vijaya L Vemireddy (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17339686 on 06/04/2021 (1404 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a routing system comprises a memory operable to store historical data associated with a plurality of previous data processing transactions and a processor operably coupled to a network interface and the memory. The processor is configured to obtain the historical data associated with the plurality of previous data processing transactions transacted using a first routing between a first computing system and a second computing system and determine a pattern based on the historical data, the pattern determined based on machine learning. The processor is further configured to associate the pattern with a second routing between the first computing system and the second computing system, determine an upcoming data processing transaction corresponding to the pattern, and use the second routing to transact the upcoming data processing transaction.

[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01]

Data processing system and method for determining instructions for data object preparation
Patent No. 12271857

Inventor(s): Abhilash Kannan (Frisco, TX), Dayna Leanne Hardgrove (Knoxville, TN), Lwin Moe Aung (Carrollton, TX), Michael John Christopher Romaniuk (Southlake, TX), Murali Chemboon Ramachari (Plano, TX), Shadi Fallah (Dallas, TX), Su
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17449066 on 09/27/2021 (1289 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system generates a set of instructions for preparing content of a memory resource that comprises a set of objects in a particular sequence. The system sends the content of the memory resource and the set of instructions to a user device. The system receives a first message that indicates the set of objects is being prepared from the user device. The system sends, to a server associated with a delivery vehicle, a third message to alert the delivery vehicle to pick up the set of objects from a pickup location and deliver to a delivery location coordinate. The system receives, from the server, an alert message that indicates the delivery vehicle has reached the pickup location coordinate. The system forwards the alert message to the user device.

Banking at a multi-level ATM
Patent No. 12271875

Inventor(s): Tony Aidoo (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18592617 on 03/01/2024 (403 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ATM is configured to interact with a mobile device and provide user access to one or more of the banking services available at the ATM using the mobile device. Banking-related information may be viewed and/or input at the ATM using the mobile device. The ATM may have multiple vertical levels of deposit slots, withdrawal trays and/or receipt dispensers. A level at the ATM at which the user interacts with the ATM for deposits, withdrawals, or receipts may be selected. The level may be specified by the user of the mobile device, at the ATM or using the mobile device, or may be determined by the ATM.

Mobile payment station system and method
Patent No. 12271886

Inventor(s): Marwan Monir Afana (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Mobile Equity Corp. (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Fenwick West LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18542487 on 12/15/2023 (480 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mobile device is used to initiate and execute a transaction between a customer and a merchant. A mobile device is used to initiate a point of sale transaction, wherein a merchant ID is sent to a payment processing server. Responsive to receiving a communication from the mobile device, the payment processing server requests transaction information from the merchant, wherein the merchant is identified based on the provided merchant ID. The merchant can provide transaction information such as the total sale amount to the payment processing server. The payment processing server can authenticate the customer and initiate a purchase transaction with the appropriate financial institutions associated with the customer and the merchant. The payment processing server can send a confirmation of the executed transaction to the merchant and the mobile device.

System and method for providing real time financial account information using event driven architecture
Patent No. 12271943

Inventor(s): Randall Martin Brandt (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18177893 on 03/03/2023 (767 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method of providing real time account information for financial accounts is disclosed. The system includes an event based architecture including an event stream. Financial transaction processing systems publish transaction events to the event stream. A transaction service listening to the event stream detects new transaction events. The transaction service takes action to enrich transaction data. A middleware system reconciles existing transactions and persists transaction records in long term storage. The system can retrieve real time enriched transaction data to calculate account summary information, including current account balances and projected future account balances. The system can also be used to provide real time notifications to customers using enriched transaction data.

Methods and systems for producing volumetric content using combined fixed and dynamic camera systems
Patent No. 12272011

Inventor(s): Vidhya Seran (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17976166 on 10/28/2022 (893 days app to issue)

Abstract: An illustrative volumetric content production system may access first capture data and second capture data. These first capture data may represent an entirety of a capture target and may be captured by a fixed camera system including a first plurality of image capture devices having respective fixed viewpoints with respect to the capture target. The second capture data may represent a portion of the capture target less than the entirety of the capture target and may be captured by a dynamic camera system including a second plurality of image capture devices having respective dynamic viewpoints with respect to the capture target. Based on the first and second capture data, the volumetric content production system may generate a volumetric representation of an object included in the portion of the capture target in accordance with principles described herein. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Machine learning-based approaches for synthetic training data generation and image sharpening
Patent No. 12272032

Inventor(s): Hamid R. Sheikh (Allen, TX), John Seokjun Lee (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17820795 on 08/18/2022 (964 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes obtaining an input image that contains blur. The method also includes providing the input image to a trained machine learning model, where the trained machine learning model includes (i) a shallow feature extractor configured to extract one or more feature maps from the input image and (ii) a deep feature extractor configured to extract deep features from the one or more feature maps. The method further includes using the trained machine learning model to generate a sharpened output image. The trained machine learning model is trained using ground truth training images and input training images, where the input training images include versions of the ground truth training images with blur created using demosaic and noise filtering operations.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Homography error correction
Patent No. 12272091

Inventor(s): Kyle Dalal (Coppell, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18431643 on 02/02/2024 (431 days app to issue)

Abstract: An object tracking system includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor captures frames for a global plane for at least a portion of a space. The controller has a memory that stores a homography associated with the sensor and a processor. The processor receives a first frame from the sensor and identifies a pixel location within the first frame. The processor determines an estimated sensor location for the sensor by applying the homography to the pixel location, and determines a location difference between the estimated sensor location and an actual sensor location for the sensor. The processor then compares the location difference to a difference threshold level, and recomputes the homography in response to determining that the location difference exceeds the difference threshold level.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Machine-learning models for image processing
Patent No. 12272111

Inventor(s): Ashutosh K. Sureka (Irving, TX), Daniel Funken (Irving, TX), Venkata Sesha Kiran Kumar Adimatyam (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: FOLEY LARDNER LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18890276 on 09/19/2024 (201 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for the employment of machine learning models for image processing. A method may include a capture of a video feed including image data of a document at a client device. The client device can provide the video feed to another computing device. The method can include, by the client device or the other computing device object recognition for recognizing a type of document and capturing an image exceeding a quality threshold of the document amongst the frames within the video feed. The method may further include the execution of other image processing operations on the image data to improve the quality of the image or features extracted therefrom. The method may further include anti-fraud detection or scoring operations to determine an amount of risk associated with the image data.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Scalable semantic image retrieval with deep template matching
Patent No. 12272148

Inventor(s): Suraj Kothawade (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Nvidia Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Hogan Lovells US LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17226584 on 04/09/2021 (1460 days app to issue)

Abstract: Approaches presented herein provide for semantic data matching, as may be useful for selecting data from a large unlabeled dataset to train a neural network. For an object detection use case, such a process can identify images within an unlabeled set even when an object of interest represents a relatively small portion of an image or there are many other objects in the image. A query image can be processed to extract image features or feature maps from only one or more regions of interest in that image, as may correspond to objects of interest. These features are compared with images in an unlabeled dataset, with similarity scores being calculated between the features of the region(s) of interest and individual images in the unlabeled set. One or more highest scored images can be selected as training images showing objects that are semantically similar to the object in the query image.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Systems and methods for providing a secure physical storage system
Patent No. 12272196

Inventor(s): Christopher Wallace (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18416988 on 01/19/2024 (445 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for providing a secure physical storage system. The system may receive a request to register a first physical storage box from an entity including location information and security information. The request can be validated by comparing the security information to a predetermined security threshold. The location information associated with the first physical storage box can be recorded to a blockchain. The first registration information can be received from a first user device. The first physical storage box can be assigned to the first user device and a first identity token associated with the first physical storage box. The assignment information associated with the first physical storage box can be recorded to the blockchain. A first identity token can be received from the first user device. Instructions can be transmitted to the first physical storage box to transition from a locked to an unlocked state.

[G07C] TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE (identification of persons A61B 5/117; indicating or recording apparatus for measuring in general, analogous apparatus but in which the input is not a variable to be measured, e.g. a hand operation, G01D; clocks, clock mechanisms G04B, G04C; time-interval measuring G04F; counting mechanisms per se G06M)

Detecting false positive variant calls in next-generation sequencing
Patent No. 12272431

Inventor(s): Mark Andrew DePristo (Palo Alto, CA), Ryan Poplin (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17744387 on 05/13/2022 (1061 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for detecting false positive variant calls in a next generation sequencing analysis pipeline involves obtaining a plurality of read pileup windows associated with a first sample genome. The method also involves obtaining, for each reference nucleotide position represented in the plurality of read pileup windows, a label indicating that the reference nucleotide position is either (i) a known variant or (ii) a non-variant. The method further involves training a neural network based on data indicative of the plurality of read pileup windows and the labels. Additionally, the method involves receiving a read pileup window associated with a second sample genome. Further, the method involves determining, using the trained neural network, a likelihood that the read pileup window associated with the second sample genome represents a variant.

Asynchronous administration and virtual proctoring of a diagnostic test
Patent No. 12272454

Inventor(s): Jesse Ohayon (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, L.L.P. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17651828 on 02/21/2022 (1142 days app to issue)

Abstract: Asynchronous administration and virtual proctoring of a diagnostic test, where virtual proctoring occurs at a later time and different location than the administration of the diagnostic test.

[G16H] HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Inductor property identification for power converters
Patent No. 12270084

Inventor(s): Benjamin Matthew McCue (Clinton, TN), Ronnie Antone Bean, Jr. (Lenoir City, TN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18678414 on 05/30/2024 (313 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a current sensor circuit having inputs and an output. The current sensor inputs are adapted to be coupled to inductor terminals a power converter. The current sensor circuit includes a tunable time constant circuit coupled between the current sensor inputs and the current sensor output. A time constant control circuit is coupled to a tunable time constant circuit, and is configured to tune the time constant circuit responsive to the current sensor output and another signal representative of inductor current. An adjustable gain circuit has a first input coupled to the current sensor output. A direct current resistance (DCR) control circuit has an output coupled to a second input of the adjustable gain circuit, and the DCR control circuit is configured to provide a gain adjust signal at the output thereof responsive to an average current of the inductor and a current command signal for the power converter.

[H02M] APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (conversion of current or voltage specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/02; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables in general, e.g. using transformers, reactors or choke coils, combination of such systems with static converters G05F; for digital computers G06F 1/00; transformers H01F; connection or control of one converter with regard to conjoint operation with a similar or other source of supply H02J; dynamo-electric converters H02K 47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P; pulse generators H03K) [5]

Microchannel plate and method of making the microchannel plate with an electron backscatter layer to amplify first strike electrons
Patent No. 12272515

Inventor(s): Arlynn W. Smith (Blue Ridge, VA), Stephen W. Carroll (Salem, VA), Todd A. Smith (Salem, VA)
Assignee(s): Elbit Systems of America, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Spencer Fane LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18400258 on 12/29/2023 (466 days app to issue)

Abstract: A night vision system along with an image intensifier tube having a microchannel plate and method of forming the microchannel plate are provided. The microchannel plate comprises a plurality of spaced channels extending through the microchannel plate, wherein each channel sidewall surface near the input face of the microchannel plate comprises a series of layers formed thereon. The input face of the microchannel plate, as well as the sidewall surfaces of each channel near the input surfaces, are configured with an electron backscatter layer arranged between a contact metal layer and a secondary electron booster layer. When formed partially into the channel openings near the input face, the electron backscatter layer and overlying secondary electron booster layer are configured circumferentially around the sidewall surfaces and extend radially inward toward a central axis of each channel.

[H01J] ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; arc lamps with consumable electrodes H05B; particle accelerators H05H)

Integrated circuit packages with solder thermal interface materials with embedded particles
Patent No. 12272614

Inventor(s): Ken Hackenberg (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Akona IP PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16423700 on 05/28/2019 (2142 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are integrated circuit (IC) packages with solder thermal interface materials (STIMs) with embedded particles, as well as related methods and devices. For example, in some embodiments, an IC package may include a package substrate, a lid, a die between the package substrate and the lid and a STIM between the die and the lid. The STIM may include embedded particles, and at least some of the embedded particles may have a diameter equal to a distance between the die and the lid.

[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2]

Conductive members atop semiconductor packages
Patent No. 12272626

Inventor(s): Anindya Poddar (Sunnyvale, CA), Kengo Aoya (Beppu, , JP), Makoto Shibuya (Tokyo, , JP), Masamitsu Matsuura (Beppu, , JP)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17683074 on 02/28/2022 (1135 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some examples, a semiconductor package comprises a semiconductor die including a device side having a circuit; a mold compound covering the semiconductor die and the circuit; a first lead coupled to the circuit, the first lead having a gullwing shape and emerging from the mold compound in a first horizontal plane, the first lead having a distal end coincident with a second horizontal plane lower than a bottom surface of the mold compound; and a second lead coupled to the circuit, the second lead emerging from the mold compound in the first horizontal plane, the second lead having a distal end coincident with a third horizontal plane higher than a topmost surface of the mold compound, the distal end of the second lead vertically coincident with the mold compound.

Fin-based laterally-diffused metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor
Patent No. 12272739

Inventor(s): Manoj Mehrotra (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17098689 on 11/16/2020 (1604 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a method includes forming first and second fins on a semiconductor substrate. The method further includes diffusing first and second implants into the semiconductor substrate and first and second fins. The method also includes patterning a field plate on the semiconductor substrate. An active device, such as a laterally-diffused metal-oxide semiconductor field effect (LDMOS) transistor can be formed in this way.

Ceramic-soft composites for solid-state silicon anodes
Patent No. 12272784

Inventor(s): Nikhilendra Singh (Ann Arbor, MI), Oscar Tutusaus (Ann Arbor, MI), Rana Mohtadi (Northville, MI), Timothy S. Arthur (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17004496 on 08/27/2020 (1685 days app to issue)

Abstract: An anode composite (AC) for use in an anode for solid-state lithium batteries includes particles of a silicon active material, a carbon additive for electrical conductivity, and a solid electrolyte that combines solid elastic electrolyte (SEE) with a solid non-elastic electrolyte. The solid non-elastic electrolyte is a lithium thiophosphate or other ceramic lithium ion conductor and the SEE includes an ammonium or phosphonium ion closo-borate doped with a lithium salt. The SEE is diffused onto the combined particles uniformly by heating, where pressing achieves about 100% relative density at modest pressures. The anode displays high stability upon charge-discharge cycles of a solid-state lithium battery prepared with the AC layer, appearing to maintain stable intrinsic and extrinsic interfaces.

[H01M] PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY [2]

Fuel cell system
Patent No. 12272846

Inventor(s): Dakota Kelley (Garland, TX), Daniel Charles Folick (Long Beach, CA), Matthew K. McClory (Aliso Viejo, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17563268 on 12/28/2021 (1197 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cell units each configured to generate lower-voltage DC power. The fuel cell system includes a plurality of DC-DC converters each electrically connected to each of the fuel cell units and configured to convert the lower-voltage DC power to higher-voltage DC power. The fuel cell system includes a primary load power conversion unit electrically connected to the plurality of DC-DC converters and configured to output a primary load. The fuel cell system includes an auxiliary load power conversion unit electrically connected to the plurality of DC-DC converters and configured to output an auxiliary load.

[H01M] PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY [2]

Low-profile frequency-selective antenna isolation enhancement for dual-polarized massive MIMO antenna array
Patent No. 12272871

Inventor(s): Gang Xu (Allen, TX), Jiantong Li (Plano, TX), Khurram Muhammad (Southlake, TX), Xinguang Xu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17815927 on 07/28/2022 (985 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus can include a substrate, a first antenna panel, a second antenna panel and a wall isolator. The first antenna panel can be coupled on the substrate and comprising an array of first antenna elements. The second antenna panel can be coupled on the substrate comprising an array of second antenna elements. The wall isolator can be coupled on the substrate. The wall isolator can include a first EBG element and a second EBG element. The first EBG element can be positioned along an edge of the first antenna panel for a length of the substrate and configured to reduce surface wave propagation from the array of first antenna elements. The second EBG element can be positioned along an edge of the second antenna panel for a length of the substrate and configured to reduce surface wave propagation from the array of second antenna elements.

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Microwave antenna systems with multiple waveguide segments
Patent No. 12272872

Inventor(s): Griogair Whyte (Larbert, , GB), Wenxing Tang (Milothian, , GB), ZiCheng Zu (Jiangsu, , CN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18859464 on 04/27/2023 (712 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microwave antenna assembly and methods of using and/or assembling the same, which may mitigate problems related to tolerance and tolerance stackup. For example, the microwave antenna assembly may include a waveguide that includes a first waveguide component and a second waveguide component; and a mechanical connection configured to couple the first waveguide component and the second waveguide component and configured to force a first gap between the first waveguide component and the second waveguide component. A spanning distance of the first gap may be selected to reduce a size of a second gap due to tolerances within the microwave antenna assembly between the waveguide and radio equipment. The radio equipment may be configured to provide the waveguide with microwave radiofrequency (RF) signals.

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Telecommunications patch panel with angled connector modules
Patent No. 12272898

Inventor(s): Scott Martin Keith (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17635231 on 08/13/2020 (1699 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a telecommunications patch panel comprising a connector module and a frame member. The connector module has a front face and an opposite facing rear face. The front face includes a connector jack for receiving a plug of a first conductive wire. The rear face includes a connection location for connecting to a second conductive wire. The connector module defines an axis of rotation generally parallel to the front face. The frame member has a front face and a plurality of tabs on the front face. The connector module is rotatably mounted to the frame member for movement about the rotation axis, and the plurality of tabs engage with the rear face of the connector module to prevent over-rotation of the connector module.

[H01R] ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS (switches, fuses H01H; coupling devices of the waveguide type H01P 5/00; switching arrangements for the supply or distribution of electric power H02B; installations of electric cables or lines, or of combined optical and electric cables or lines, or of auxiliary apparatus H02G; printed means for providing electric connections to or between printed circuits H05K)

Plug-in connector with authentication feature
Patent No. 12272905

Inventor(s): Raheel Chaudhry (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Rheem Manufacturing Company (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18737297 on 06/07/2024 (305 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a plug-in connector including a housing having at least two contact terminals received in adjacent terminal receiving cavities. An electric identification device is arranged in the housing and adapted to simultaneously contact the at least two terminals. The electric identification device including a unique identifier, wherein one of the at least two terminals is an output terminal of the identification device, and wherein the unique identifier of the electric identification device is adapted to be read out via the output terminal for authenticating an original equipment manufacturer’’s parts, such as a plug-in authenticator.

Circumferential flux electric machine with field weakening mechanisms and methods of use
Patent No. 12272998

Inventor(s): Fred E. Hunstable (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): Linear Labs, Inc. (Granbury, TX)
Law Firm: Run8 Patent Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18242467 on 09/05/2023 (581 days app to issue)

Abstract: There are presented various embodiments disclosed in this application, including methods and systems of arranging permanent magnets to switch from a first configuration designed for a first torque output to a second configuration designed for a second torque output.

[H02K] DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H 53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power H02M 9/00)

High torque density electric machine with directly cooled end windings
Patent No. 12273016

Inventor(s): Matthew C. Gardner (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Texas AM University System (College Station, TX)
Law Firm: Winstead PC (Local + 2 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17924598 on 05/13/2021 (1426 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator having a plurality of stator teeth. Each stator tooth of the plurality of stator teeth includes a winding disposed there around. Each stator tooth of the plurality of stator teeth is shaped to receive a plurality of microchannels. The microchannels contain a circulating heat-transfer fluid; Each stator tooth of the plurality of stator teeth is thermally exposed to the heat-transfer fluid via the plurality of microchannels so as to effectuate heat removal from each stator tooth of the plurality of stator teeth.

[H02K] DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H 53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power H02M 9/00)

Isolated amplifiers with reconfigurable filter
Patent No. 12273082

Inventor(s): Maciej Jankowski (Munich, , DE), Roland Bucksch (Buch am Erlbach, , DE)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17868072 on 07/19/2022 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: Examples of circuitry and systems and methods provide a multi-way configurable amplifier to support various applications. The multi-way configurable amplifier may include a reconfigurable filter that comprises first and second inputs adapted to receive an input signal; a fully differential amplifier (FDA); and first and second reconfigurable resistance-capacitance (RC) networks. The FDA has an inverting input, a non-inverting input, an inverting output, and a non-inverting output. The inverting input is coupled to the first input, and the non-inverting input is coupled to the second input. The first reconfigurable RC network is coupled to the non-inverting output, and the second reconfigurable RC network is selectively couplable to the inverting output. The reconfigurable filter is configurable to enable operation in any of multiple modes including a single-ended mode of operation and a differential mode of operation.

[H03F] AMPLIFIERS (measuring, testing G01R; optical parametric amplifiers G02F; circuit arrangements with secondary emission tubes H01J 43/30; masers, lasers H01S; dynamo-electric amplifiers H02K; control of amplification H03G; coupling arrangements independent of the nature of the amplifier, voltage dividers H03H; amplifiers capable only of dealing with pulses H03K; repeater circuits in transmission lines H04B 3/36, H04B 3/58; application of speech amplifiers in telephonic communication H04M 1/60, H04M 3/40)

Circuit and system for the reduction of voltage overshoot in power switches
Patent No. 12273097

Inventor(s): Navaneeth Kumar Narayanasamy (Sugarland, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18438707 on 02/12/2024 (421 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic circuit for controlling a power switch having a gate input, includes a signal generator configured to generate a gate driver input signal. The gate driver input signal has a first voltage during a first period of time, a second voltage during a second period of time, and toggles between the first voltage and the second voltage during a third period of time. The electronic circuit also includes a gate driver configured to receive the gate driver input signal and to provide a gate driver output signal based on the gate driver input signal. The signal generator is configured to cause the gate driver input signal to toggle during the third period of time such that the gate driver output signal has a third voltage during the second period of time, and an intermediate voltage that is less than the third voltage during the third period of time.

Driver with adaptive drive strength
Patent No. 12273099

Inventor(s): Tuli Dake (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18323987 on 05/25/2023 (684 days app to issue)

Abstract: A driver includes a first pre-driver having a first drive strength programming input and a first output, a first transistor having a first transistor control input coupled to the first output, and a second pre-driver having a second drive strength programming input and a second output. The driver also includes a second transistor having a second transistor control input coupled to the second output. The second transistor is coupled to the first transistor and to a driver output terminal. A circuit is coupled between the driver output terminal and the first drive strength programming input and between the driver output terminal and the second drive strength programming input.

[H03K] PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D 3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) [4]

Methods and apparatus to convert analog voltages to delay signals
Patent No. 12273104

Inventor(s): Sovan Ghosh (Bengaluru, , IN), Visvesvaraya Appala Pentakota (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18115657 on 02/28/2023 (770 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes a first transistor configured to receive an analog voltage signal; a second transistor configured to receive a first control signal, coupled to the first transistor, and coupled to a first terminal; a third transistor configured to receive a second control signal, receive a supply voltage, and coupled to the first terminal; a capacitor coupled to the first terminal and to ground; a fourth transistor configured to receive a third control signal and coupled to the first terminal; a fifth transistor gate configured to receive a bias voltage, coupled to ground, and coupled to the fourth transistor; a sixth transistor coupled to the fourth transistor and to ground; a seventh transistor configured to receive the supply voltage, coupled to the first terminal and to the sixth transistor; and an eighth transistor coupled to the first terminal, to the sixth transistor, and to ground.

Method and system for polarization adjusting of orthogonally-polarized element pairs
Patent No. 12273155

Inventor(s): Pablo Tacconi (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): ISCO International, LLC (Schaumburg, IL)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18326419 on 05/31/2023 (678 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data regarding interference detected in a received communication signal, and performing polarization adjusting for one or more orthogonally-polarized element pairs of an antenna system such that an impact of the interference on the antenna system is minimized. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Frequency conversion system
Patent No. 12273182

Inventor(s): Douglas Alan Gribben (Plano, TX), Frederick Carmen Vinezeano (Plano, TX), Gary Daniel Vorderbrueggen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): KRATOS ANTENNA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves Savitch LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18952308 on 11/19/2024 (140 days app to issue)

Abstract: The antenna hub of a satellite gateway has limited space. Existing frequency conversion utilize bulky components that consume significant space and are costly to maintain in terms of complexity, time, and expense. Accordingly, a compact and flexible frequency conversion system is disclosed. This frequency conversion system consumes less space, provides built-in automated software-controlled configurability and redundancy, and provides easy replaceability at both a channel level and a device level.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Device type indication in session management operation
Patent No. 12273210

Inventor(s): Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA), Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA), Peyman Talebi Fard (Vienna, VA), Weihua Qiao (Herndon, VA)
Assignee(s): Peninsula Technologies, LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18111124 on 02/17/2023 (781 days app to issue)

Abstract: A session management function (SMF) may include one or more processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the SMF to perform operations. The operations may include selecting a user plane function based on a device type of a wireless device, responsive to a session establishment request to establish a packet data unit (PDU) session for the wireless device. An indication of the device type may be provided with the session establishment request. The operations may also include sending, to the user plane function, reporting rules based on a charging policy received from a policy control function (PCF) responsive to a charging policy request to the PCF.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Inter-point parameter signaling in coordinated multi-point (CoMP) networks
Patent No. 12273299

Inventor(s): Anthony E. Ekpenyong (Houston, TX), Ralf M. Bendlin (Plano, TX), Runhua Chen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16556868 on 08/30/2019 (2048 days app to issue)

Abstract: A transmission point (TP) comprises a processor configured to generate a transmission parameter related to a transmission property of the TP, wherein the transmission parameter comprises at least one of a transmission rank, a beamforming matrix, a transmission power, and an on/off status, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the transmission parameter as part of a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) scheme. A transmission point (TP) comprises a processor configured to generate a transmission parameter related to a desired transmission property, wherein the transmission parameter comprises at least one of a transmission rank, a beamforming matrix, a transmission power, and an on/off status, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the transmission parameter as part of a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) scheme.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

System and method for centralized multichannel outbound call campaign management
Patent No. 12273484

Inventor(s): Ashish Koul (San Jose, CA), Ashok Raj Susairaju (Chennai, , IN)
Assignee(s): ACQUEON TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Galvin Patent Law LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17973339 on 10/25/2022 (896 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for centralized multichannel campaign management using digital consent acquisition, comprising: a campaign manager console, configured to allow an enterprise, such as a contact center, to create, configure, monitor, and deploy outbound call campaigns; a list manager configured to store, retrieve, create, and transform lists of numbers which can be used in the call campaign; a digital consent manager configured integrate with a plurality of digital channels in order to transmit to and receive messages from a consumer device in order to obtain consumer consent for a telephone call prior to a call being made by one or more auto-dialer systems; and a consumer device comprising a software application configured to connect with the digital consent manager via one or more integrated digital channels to so that the user of the consumer device can provide consent for a call to be received.

[H04M] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

Method and system for constraining tile processing overhead in video coding
Patent No. 12273516

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18361294 on 07/28/2023 (620 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for encoding a picture of a video sequence in a bit stream that constrains tile processing overhead is provided. The method includes computing a maximum tile rate for the video sequence, computing a maximum number of tiles for the picture based on the maximum tile rate, and encoding the picture wherein a number of tiles used to encode the picture is enforced to be no more than the maximum number of tiles.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Scalable prediction type coding
Patent No. 12273541

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18409147 on 01/10/2024 (454 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for encoding a video sequence is provided that includes signaling in the compressed bit stream that a subset of a plurality of partitioning modes is used for inter-prediction of a portion of the video sequence, using only the subset of partitioning modes for prediction of the portion of the video sequence, and entropy encoding partitioning mode syntax elements corresponding to the portion of the video sequence, wherein at least one partitioning mode syntax element is binarized according to a pre-determined binarization corresponding to the subset of partitioning modes, wherein the pre-determined binarization differs from a pre-determined binarization for the least one partitioning mode syntax element that would be used if the plurality of partitioning modes is used for inter-prediction.

[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]

Fiber distribution terminal with in-line diagnostic tool in passive optical networks
Patent No. 12273666

Inventor(s): John Valdez (Copper Canyon, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18651679 on 04/30/2024 (343 days app to issue)

Abstract: The techniques described herein are directed to an in-line diagnostic tool of a PON that optically couples a first component of the PON and a second component of the PON. The tool detects incoming optical signals (e.g., of different services) received from the first PON component and passes the optical signals through the tool to the second PON component. The in-line diagnostic tool is configured to detect one or more conditions of the incoming optical signals, the PON, and/or sub-components of the tool, perform one or more diagnostic and/or analytics routines, and generate and transmit a diagnostic signal including information indicative of the detected conditions and/or the results of the diagnostic and/or analytics routines to be transmitted via one or more output interfaces of the in-line diagnostic tool to recipient devices and/or applications.

[H04Q] SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) [2009.01]

Fiber distribution hub with in-line diagnostic tool in passive optical networks
Patent No. 12273667

[H04Q] SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) [2009.01]

Railcar sensor communication system
Patent No. 12273669

Inventor(s): Bharanikumar Ramasundaram (Flower Mound, TX), Caleb N. Nehls (Tyler, TX), Calvin Schlau (Winona, TX), James W. Talley, Jr. (Frisco, TX), Michael D. Rainone (Palestine, TX), Miles H. Scott (Richmond, TX), Samuel A. Sackett
Assignee(s): FREIGHTLUCID, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18542875 on 12/18/2023 (477 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a railcar monitoring system for monitoring one or more conditions associated with a railcar comprises a railcar controller and one or more sensors disposed throughout the railcar and communicably coupled to the railcar controller. The railcar controller is configured to exchange data with the one or more sensors and transmit data from the one or more sensors to a remote location. An amount of data exchanged between the railcar controller and the one or more sensors is controlled based on a railcar context. The railcar context is based on a location and/or activity associated with the railcar.

[H04Q] SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) [2009.01]

Integrated loudspeaker and control device
Patent No. 12273693

Inventor(s): Douglas Laube (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Biamp Systems, LLC (Beaverton, OR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18465891 on 09/12/2023 (574 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example method of operation may include receiving audio data at one or more microphones disposed in a corresponding plurality of network devices, identifying amplitude values of the audio data at each of the plurality of network devices, and each of the amplitude values identified at each of the plurality of network devices are different from each other of the amplitude values, determining at each of the plurality of network devices a location of the audio data based on a direction and amplitude of the received audio data, modifying the audio data for output via a plurality of loudspeakers disposed in each of the plurality of network device, and outputting, via the plurality of loudspeakers, the modified audio data, and each loudspeaker outputs different versions of the modified audio data.

[H04R] LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) [6]

Secure sniffing of wireless connections with forward secrecy
Patent No. 12273717

Inventor(s): Avi Sammy Berkovich (Herzeliya, , IL), Barak Cherches (Ramat Ha’’Kovesh, , IL), Yedidya Yechiel Vachnish (Revava, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17898357 on 08/29/2022 (953 days app to issue)

Abstract: In at least one example, a method includes establishing, by a sniffer provisioning server (SPS) of a first wireless device, a trusted relationship between the first wireless device and a sniffer tool using a public key of the sniffer tool. An out-of-band (OOB) key exchange provisions the public key of the sniffer tool to the wireless device. The method further includes obtaining, by the SPS, key material uniquely related to a communication session established between the first wireless device and a second wireless device using a shared password. The key material excludes the shared password and a session key uniquely related to the communication session. The method further includes publishing, by the SPS, the key material over a channel to the sniffer tool based on the trusted relationship. The channel is secured using the public key of the sniffer tool.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Authentication based on user interaction with images or objects
Patent No. 12273724

Inventor(s): Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18197549 on 05/15/2023 (694 days app to issue)

Abstract: An authentication system includes an authenticator that receives an authentication request from a device and receives sensor data from one or more sensors, the sensor data being indicative of interaction with one or more real world objects or with a displayed authentication image. The authenticator determines that the sensor data is indicative of an authorized interaction with the one or more real world objects or with the displayed authentication image and, in response to the determination, grants the authentication request.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Automatically using configuration management analytics in cellular networks
Patent No. 12273744

Inventor(s): Jianzhong Zhang (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17814186 on 07/21/2022 (992 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes partitioning a set of configuration management (CM) data for one or more cellular network devices into multiple distinct time intervals, each time interval associated with a distinct set of CM settings at the one or more cellular network devices, the CM data comprising multiple CM parameters. The method also includes determining a regression model based on the set of CM data. The method also includes applying the regression model to compute a distinct set of scores and compare the set of scores to estimate whether a performance of the one or more cellular network devices has changed during a second time interval relative to a first time interval.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for measuring and reporting communication parameters
Patent No. 12273750

Inventor(s): Dalin Zhu (Richardson, TX), Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17650821 on 02/11/2022 (1152 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for measuring and reporting channel parameters in a distributed antenna wireless communication system. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a configuration for reporting in a channel state information (CSI) report a channel offset for a target entity; measuring one or more measurement reference signals (RSs) for determining the channel offset; determining, based on the measured one or more measurement RSs, the channel offset for the target entity; and transmitting, at least based on the configuration, the CSI report including a channel offset report associated with the determined channel offset. The measurement RSs comprise channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs), synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), or both CSI-RSs and SSBs.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Primary cell switching in carrier aggregation
Patent No. 12273778

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17809728 on 06/29/2022 (1014 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed towards switching the primary cell in a carrier aggregation scenario to improve performance. Measurement data of a mobile device (user equipment) is evaluated with respect to one or more various criteria such as cell carrier bandwidth, cell carrier load, cell-related capability and other carrier data (e.g., dynamic spectrum sharing versus clean, time division duplex or frequency division duplex), and others. Device conditions such as overheating can be considered as well. The evaluation results in a ranking of primary cell candidates. If a more optimal primary cell (candidate) is available, the primary cell in the carrier aggregation combination is switched to the candidate that is ranked the highest. Switching can be relatively very fast, such as based on already existing layer-1 (L1) and/or layer-2 (L2) measurement data. Layer-3 (L3) measurement data also can be obtained on demand, for example, to use in the evaluation.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Automated and dynamic location identification and geofencing based on GPS data
Patent No. 12273785

Inventor(s): Ryan Leonard Miller (Chicago, IL)
Assignee(s): OMNITRACS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: ArentFox Schiff LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18068356 on 12/19/2022 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to identifying points of interest by generating and storing virtual geofence information that is captured around a physical structure based in part on global positioning system (GPS) data from a plurality of devices that is then processed to identify GPS trajectory and kernel density estimation. Specifically, the techniques include receiving, at the network-based control computer, GPS data from a plurality of devices and grouping the GPS data from the plurality of devices to generate GPS trajectory information for each group of the plurality of devices. Based on the GPS trajectory information, the network-based control computer may calculate kernel density estimation and determine an isoline on a virtual map for the each group of the plurality of devices. By overlaying the isoline data on a geographic coordinate information of a physical structure, the network-based control computer may generate a virtual geofence around the physical structure and store, in a memory, geofence information for the facility.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

TWT schedule switch operation for multi-link devices
Patent No. 12273812

Inventor(s): Ahmed Atef Ibrahim Ibrahim (Plano, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Peshal Nayak (Plano, TX), Rubayet Shafin (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17813895 on 07/20/2022 (993 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for facilitating the switching of an established target wake time (TWT) schedule from one link to another link of a multi-link device (MLD) in a wireless local area network. The apparatuses include an access point (AP) MLD comprising APs and a processor operably coupled to the APs. Each AP comprises a transceiver configured to form a link with a corresponding station (STA) affiliated with a non-AP MLD. The processor is configured to negotiate with the non-AP MLD via one of the APs to establish a TWT schedule for communications on a first one of the links, receive, from the non-AP MLD via one of the APs, a request to transfer the TWT schedule from the first link to a second one of the links, and in response to the request, establish the TWT schedule for communications on the second link.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamic activation of network hardware based on real-time conditions
Patent No. 12273824

Inventor(s): Syed A Rahim (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18642293 on 04/22/2024 (351 days app to issue)

Abstract: User equipment includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first transceiver coupled to the first antenna, a second transceiver coupled to the second antenna, and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the first transceiver and the second transceiver. The first transceiver receives or transmits a first signal via the first antenna, and the second transceiver receives or transmits a second signal via the second antenna. The processing circuitry receives an indication that a signal characteristic of the first signal is less than a first threshold, and decreases power to the first antenna, the first receiver, or both, based on the signal characteristic of the first signal being less than the first threshold.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Methods to improve connectionless reception window widening
Patent No. 12273832

Inventor(s): Guy Mishol (Shoham, , IL), Lior Gersi (Kfar Saba, , IL), Omri Eshel (Kibut-Harel, , IL), Uri Weinrib (Mazkeret Batya, , IL), Yaniv Weizman (Tel Aviv Jaffa, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18668440 on 05/20/2024 (323 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: a memory; instructions in the apparatus; and a Bluetooth controller to execute the instructions to: enable circuitry to receive a synchronized transmission; determine if a synchronized transmission is received during a first duration; increment the first duration to a second duration as a result of not receiving the synchronized transmission during the first duration; and determine a third duration based on a determined difference in time between enabling circuitry to receive a synchronized transmission and receiving the synchronized transmission.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for matching using location information
Patent No. 12273850

Inventor(s): Anna M. Schneider (Fort Worth, TX), Deryl Dorsett (Dallas, TX), Robinne Burrell (Los Angeles, CA), Shane Henderson (Allen, TX), Sharmistha Dubey (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Match Group Americas, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18464460 on 09/11/2023 (575 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method executed by at least one processor includes receiving first historical location information identifying a first location area at which a first user was present at a first time and receiving second location information identifying a second location area at which a second user was present at a second time. The method includes determining that the first historical location information and the second location information each correspond to a particular location area and determining that a characteristic related to the first user corresponds to a preference related to the second user. In response to these determinations, the method includes causing information related to the first user to be presented to the second user. The information related to the first user includes the first location area of the first user relative to the second location area of the second user.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Super resolution radio frequency location determination
Patent No. 12273852

Inventor(s): Anand Dabak (Plano, TX), Charles Sestok (Dallas, TX), Marius Moe (Fetsund, , NO)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17537882 on 11/30/2021 (1225 days app to issue)

Abstract: Using a phase interferometry method which utilizes both amplitude and phase allows the determination and estimation of multipath signals. To determine the location of an object, a signal that contains sufficient information to allow determination of both amplitude and phase, like a packet that includes a sinewave portion, is provided from a master device. A slave device measures the phase and amplitude of the received packet and returns this information to the master device. The slave device returns a packet to the master that contains a similar sinewave portion to allow the master device to determine the phase and amplitude of the received signals. Based on the two sets of amplitude and phase of the RF signals, the master device utilizes a fast Fourier transform or techniques like multiple signal classification to determine the indicated distance for each path and thus more accurately determines a location of the slave device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Narrow-band internet of things physical random-access channel (NPRACH) receiver
Patent No. 12273866

Inventor(s): Charles Santhosam Lourdu Raja (Bangalore, , IN), Karthik Muralidhar (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Mavenir Systems, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Ruggiero McAllister McMahon LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17697150 on 03/17/2022 (1118 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of Narrow-band Internet of Things physical random-access channel (NPRACH) communication includes: transmitting, from a user equipment (UE), a Narrow-band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) symbol using a transmit inverse fast Fourier transform (Tx-IFFT) having a first length; processing, at lower physical layer (LPHY) of a baseband unit (BBU), the NB-IoT OFDMA symbol using a receive fast Fourier transform (Rx-FFT) having a second length different from the first length to generate an Rx-FFT output; sending, from the LPHY of the BBU to upper physical layer (UPHY) of the BBU, a selected number of values of the Rx-FFT output corresponding to desired resources block in the NB-IoT OFDMA symbol; filtering, at the UPHY, intercarrier interference (ICI) from the selected number of values of the Rx-FFT output; and reconstructing, at the UPHY, the NB-IoT OFDMA symbol.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for span pattern repetitions over multiple slots
Patent No. 12273877

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17652262 on 02/23/2022 (1140 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for a repeated pattern over multiple slots in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a user equipment includes receiving a configuration for search space sets, determining a combination (X, Y), and determining a bitmap for a search space set from the search space sets based on the configuration. Each bit in the bitmap is associated with a slot within a group of X consecutive slots. A physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) reception occasion in a slot is present if the associated bit for the slot in the bitmap has a value of ‘’1’’ and is absent if the associated bit for the slot in the bitmap has a value of ‘’0’’. Bits with a value of ‘’1’’ are consecutive in the bitmap. The method further includes receiving PDCCHs in PDCCH reception occasions that are indicated as present according to the bitmap.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for dynamic downlink multi-beam operations
Patent No. 12273896

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18313216 on 05/05/2023 (704 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information about a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state indication via a downlink control information (DCI), the configuration information including a set of TCI states and information for configuring the DCI from one of a downlink (DL) DCI (DL-DCI) and a DL-TCI-DCI, wherein the DL-DCI schedules a DL physical DL shared channel (PDSCH) assignment and the DL-TCI-DCI is a dedicated DCI for TCI state indication; receiving, based on the configuration information, the configured DCI; decoding the configured DCI to obtain a TCI state update; determining a receive beam based on the TCI state update; and applying the receive beam for a reception of a DL control or a DL data.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for adapting a channel sensing threshold
Patent No. 12273918

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18501869 on 11/03/2023 (522 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for adapting a channel sensing threshold in a wireless communication system operating with shared spectrum channel access. A method for operating a base station (BS) includes determining whether an antenna configuration for channel sensing is omni-directional or directional and determining a channel sensing threshold. The channel sensing threshold includes two parts: a first part of the channel sensing threshold being common for omni-directional and directional antenna configurations and a second part of the channel sensing threshold depending on the antenna configuration. The method further includes performing a channel sensing procedure based on the antenna configuration and the channel sensing threshold and transmitting downlink (DL) data over a channel based on the channel being sensed as idle in the channel sensing procedure.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems for cooler devices and cooling manifolds
Patent No. 12274026

Inventor(s): Chi Zhang (Palo Alto, CA), Ercan M. Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), James Palko (Merced, CA), Kenneth E. Goodson (Portola Valley, CA), Mehdi Asheghi (Oakland, CA), Sougata Hazra (Stanford, CA), Sreekant Narumanchi (Littleton, CO, U
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: DINSMORE SHOHL LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17748429 on 05/19/2022 (1055 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatus for a cooler device includes a manifold constructed at least partially of silicon oxide. The manifold includes an array of inlet channels and an array of outlet channels. Each inlet channel has a first depth. The array of outlet channels are interlaced with the array of inlet channels, Each outlet channel has a second depth that is larger than the first depth. Each of the array of outlet channels has a pair of sidewalls separating each outlet channel from adjacent inlet channels of the array of inlet channels.

[H05K] PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (details of instruments or comparable details of other apparatus not otherwise provided for G12B; thin-film or thick-film circuits H01L 27/01, H01L 27/13; non-printed means for electric connections to or between printed circuits H01R; casings for, or constructional details of, particular types of apparatus, see the relevant subclasses; processes involving only a single technical art, e.g. heating, spraying, for which provision exists elsewhere, see the relevant classes)

Optical window with integrated temperature sensing
Patent No. 12274044

Inventor(s): Catherine Trent (Allen, TX), Gary A. Frazier (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Arlington, VA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18369573 on 09/18/2023 (568 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of controlling a temperature profile of an optical window comprising: measuring a temperature-dependent electrical property of a thermally sensitive material included in the optical window using an embedded electromagnetic interference shield in the optical window to determine the temperature profile of the optical window, the embedded electromagnetic interference shield including a two-dimensional array of electrically conductive wires; and based on the measurements, selectively biasing at least one wire of the two-dimensional array of electrically conductive wires to locally alter the temperature-dependent electrical property of the thermally sensitive material in at least one selected spatial region of the optical window to control the temperature profile of the optical window.

Distributed antenna system with adaptive allocation between digitized RF data and IP formatted data
Patent No. RE050376 (Reissue)

Inventor(s): Boris Golubovic (San Francisco, CA), Lance K. Uyehara (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17961467 on 10/06/2022 (915 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for a distributed antenna system including a host unit and an active antenna unit (AAU). The AAU is configured to wirelessly communicate with, and to receive uplink radio frequency (RF) signals from, one or more wireless devices. The AAU is further configured to sample the uplink RF signals to generate digitized RF data. The AAU includes an Ethernet interface for receiving Internet Protocol (IP) formatted data from an IP device coupled to the Ethernet interface. The AAU is configured to transport the digitized RF data and the IP formatted data over a transport signal to the host unit, the transport signal including a plurality of bits. The AAU is configured to adaptively adjust the number of bits that are allocated to the digitized RF data and the number of bits that are allocated to the IP formatted data. Patent Class: N/A

Apparatus and method for channel-state-information pilot design for an advanced wireless network
Patent No. RE050379 (Reissue)

Inventor(s): Young-Han Nam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16781836 on 02/04/2020 (1890 days app to issue)

Abstract: A base station and mobile station communicate using a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication. The base station includes a two dimensional (2D) antenna array comprising a number N of antenna elements configured in a 2D grid. The 2D antenna array is configured to communicate with at least one subscriber station. The base station also includes a controller configured to transmit N channel-state-information reference-signal (CSI-RS) antenna ports (APs) associated with each of the N antenna elements. The subscriber station includes an antenna array configured to communicate with at least one base station. The subscriber station also includes processing circuitry configured receives physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) from a 2D active antenna array at the at least one base station. The 2D active antenna array includes a number N antenna elements. The processing circuitry further configured to estimate a full CSI associated with the N antenna elements. Patent Class: N/A

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Bean bag having a pocket with a snap button
Patent No. D1069405

Inventor(s): John G. Fischer (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Tooth Fairy Designs, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, L.L.P. (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29899767 on 08/11/2023 (606 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Helmet bell
Patent No. D1069629

Inventor(s): Donald Keith Smith (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29867074 on 10/07/2022 (914 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Dustplug for a multiport optical connection device
Patent No. D1069715

Inventor(s): Cameron Meyer (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): CORNING RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Corning, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29827923 on 02/23/2022 (1140 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Cable chase
Patent No. D1069732

Inventor(s): Dora Merrick (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. (Durham, NC)
Law Firm: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29876770 on 05/26/2023 (683 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface
Patent No. D1069831

Inventor(s): Christian Bauer (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): CALMWAVE, INC. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Holland Knight LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29879403 on 07/07/2023 (641 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Electronic cymbal cover
Patent No. D1069892

Inventor(s): Richard A. Drucker (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29875320 on 05/02/2023 (707 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle bumper
Patent No. D1069934

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Terry Soward (Van Alstyne, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29897325 on 07/13/2023 (635 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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