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 4/15/2025 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)

84 patents granted
Ranked No. 13 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 9
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 6
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 3
E: Fixed Constructions 6
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 3
G: Physics 24
H: Electricity 23

DESIGN: 10

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 7
Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 5
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 4
Bunker Hill Technologies LLC (Allen) 2
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin) 2
BMIC LLC (Dallas) 2
Mary Kay Inc. (Addison) 2
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) 2
Tenfold Technologies LLC (Pilot Point) 2

Unassigned: 7

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney) 2
David Gan (Addison) 2
Kent Poteet (Lucas) 2
Olan T. Leitch (Mt. Juliet, Tenn.) 2
Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett) 2
Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, China) 2

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Myopia ocular predictive technology and integrated characterization system
Patent No. 12274503

Inventor(s): Venkata Narasimham Peri (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): COGNITIVECARE INC. (Milpitas, CA)
Law Firm: Dav Law Group, LLC (Local + 45 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18778027 on 07/19/2024 (270 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to an embodiment, disclosed is a system comprising a processor wherein the processor is configured to receive an input data comprising an image of an ocular region of a user, clinical data of the user, and external factors; extract, using an image processing module comprising adaptive filtering techniques, ocular characteristics, combine, using a multimodal fusion module, the input data to determine a holistic health embedding; detect, based on a machine learning model and the holistic health embedding, a first output comprising likelihood of myopia, and severity of myopia; predict, based on the machine learning model and the holistic health embedding, a second output comprising an onset of myopia and a progression of myopia in the user; and wherein the machine learning model is a pre-trained model; and wherein the system is configured for myopia prognosis powered by multimodal data.

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

Smart monitoring safety and quality of life system using sensors
Patent No. 12274546

Inventor(s): Derek del Carpio (Corinth, TX), Steven Gail Johnson (Highland Village, TX)
Assignee(s): CareView Communications, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Meister Seelig Fein PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17546136 on 12/09/2021 (1223 days app to issue)

Abstract: A smart monitoring system including a processor configured to receive activity signals from a plurality of sensor devices including at least one near-field sensor device configured to detect signals from one or more wireless transmitter devices coupled to an individual in a home or facility. The activity signals include detected signals from the one or more wireless transmitter devices indicating a location of the individual. Sensor data indicates usage of appliances and fixtures, including a button press and a press duration that is representative of urgency unique to the appliances and fixtures. The system is further configured to interpret the activity signals as daily activities performed by the individual, generate a quality of life score for the individual based on the interpreted activities, and process a clinical analysis of the individual based on the quality of life score.

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

Pliant members for receiving and aiding in the deployment of vascular prostheses
Patent No. 12274634

Inventor(s): Zeke Eller (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (South Jordan, UT)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17068521 on 10/12/2020 (1646 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vascular prosthesis deployment device and related methods are disclosed. In some embodiments the deployment device may include a delivery catheter assembly. The delivery catheter assembly may include a pliant member, wherein the pliant member is configured receive a vascular prosthesis. The pliant member may also be configured to aid in incrementally deploying a vascular prosthesis.

[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]

Anti-pathogen composition and methods of use thereof
Patent No. 12274732

Inventor(s): Curtis Brian Hill (Little Elm, TX), Shaohua Guan (Frisco, TX), Shashi Shankar Rajbanshi (Frisco, TX), Shi Qiu (Oxford, MS), Xing-Cong Li (Oxford, MS)
Assignee(s): TENFOLD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Pilot Point, TX), UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI (University, MS)
Law Firm: WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH ROSATI (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16498901 on 03/27/2018 (2576 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods are provided for treating an infectious disease of a subject with a composition which comprises an active ingredient that can be produced by bacteria of [i]Paenibacillus [/i]or [i]Bacillus[/i]. The disclosure also provides a composition or a pharmaceutical composition which comprises, or alternatively consists essentially of, or yet further consists of an active ingredient which can be produced by bacteria of [i]Paenibacillus [/i]or [i]Bacillus. [/i]

[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)

Barrier guard technology
Patent No. 12274776

Inventor(s): David Gan (Addison, TX), Geetha Kalahasti (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18654377 on 05/03/2024 (347 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of treating skin. The method can include applying to skin a composition including cholesterol, ceramide II, and shea butter, wherein the composition comprises a wt. % ratio of cholesterol:ceramide II:shea butter of 3:1:1.

Topical cosmetic compositions
Patent No. 12274777

Inventor(s): David Gan (Addison, TX), Tiffany Carle (Addison, TX), Wanli Zhao (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17302057 on 04/22/2021 (1454 days app to issue)

Abstract: Compositions for topical administration to a user’’s skin that provide a number of dermatological benefits are described. The compositions include a unique combination of vitamins and additional ingredients that work together to increase skin firmness and decrease wrinkles.

Bioerodible drug delivery implants
Patent No. 12274797

Inventor(s): Anthony McVey (Huntsville, NC), Garrett Whitfield (Denver, NC), Idicula Mathew (Frisco, TX), Matthew Devlin (Summit, NJ)
Assignee(s): HERA HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: Meunier Carlin Curfman LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17240363 on 04/26/2021 (1450 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein are bioerodible drug delivery devices including one or more active agents, and related methods. The devices are useful for administering a wide variety of agents over prolonged periods of time.

Retraction device having multiple cables
Patent No. 12274907

Inventor(s): William Wallander (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Nuvalux LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18142095 on 05/02/2023 (714 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exercise device includes a housing. A first cable is configured to extend from the housing between a retracted position and an extended position. A second cable is configured to extend from the housing between a retracted position and an extended position. The first cable and the second cable independently move between the extended position and the retracted position.

[A63B] APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

Golf club and golf club head structures
Patent No. 12274926

Inventor(s): Michael G. Taylor (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (Phoenix, AZ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18168895 on 02/14/2023 (791 days app to issue)

Abstract: A golf club head has a body having a ball striking face, a rear opposite the ball striking face, a crown, a sole, a heel, and a toe, the body having a void defined by a peripheral edge on the sole. The body further defines a cover that extends over the void and forms at least a portion of the crown. At least a portion of the peripheral edge of the void includes a lip extending from the peripheral edge inwardly into the void. The golf club head may additionally or alternately include one or more weight receptacles connected to the sole and having an opening in the sole, such that each weight receptacle is configured to receive insertion of a weight through the opening.

[A63B] APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

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

Cover plate for a poka-yoke bulk bin system
Patent No. 12275041

Inventor(s): Eng How Cheah (Melaka, , ML), Kean Pin Ng (Kangar, , ML)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18498344 on 10/31/2023 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example includes a bulk bin system. The system includes a bin receptable comprising a first poka-yoke mating feature and a bulk bin configured to accommodate storage of bulk components. The bulk bin can be configured to rest on the bin receptacle and includes a second poka-yoke mating feature extending from an inner surface of the bulk bin. The second poka-yoke mating feature can be configured to engage with the first poka-yoke mating feature when the bulk bin is provided in the bin receptacle. The system further comprises a cover plate that is secured to the bulk bin via a securing feature. The cover plate includes a cover portion that extends along and is approximately aligned with the inner surface of the bulk bin to cover the second poka-yoke mating feature.

[B65D] CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

Methods for joining unidirectional tapes
Patent No. 12275194

Inventor(s): Nobuya Kawamura (Seaside, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18159298 on 01/25/2023 (811 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for joining unidirectional tapes is provided. The method includes placing a plurality of unidirectional tapes by abutting without overlapping an end of one of the unidirectional tapes with an end of other one of the unidirectional tapes at a butt joint. The unidirectional tapes includes a resin material and a plurality of fibers running in a running direction. The method further includes placing a prepreg including a resin material and a plurality of short fibers over the butt joint to cover an area surrounding the butt joint such that the short fibers run in the running direction. The method further includes fusing the prepreg by applying heat such that the short fibers are fused into a matrix of the unidirectional tapes at the butt joint.

[B29C] SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B 11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B 37/00-B32B 41/00) [4]

Vehicle door lubricant application systems and methods of applying lubricant to vehicle doors
Patent No. 12275293

Inventor(s): Aquiles N. Elgueta (Winchester, KY), Jarett M. McGeorge (Georgetown, KY), Logan H. Coomer (Berea, KY), Michael J. Faulkner (Stanton, KY)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18222800 on 07/17/2023 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle door lubricant application system includes a pump connected to a fluid line that is connected to a fluid reservoir. The pump is configured to provide a preselected amount of a lubricant to a spray nozzle assembly. The spray nozzle assembly is configured to dispense the lubricant. A sensing device is configured to detect presence of a vehicle door. The sensing device is configured to provide a signal in response to the presence of the vehicle door that is used to activate the pump.

[B60J] WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)

Regenerative braking control system
Patent No. 12275331

Inventor(s): Takehito Yokoo (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: 17200848 on 03/14/2021 (1493 days app to issue)

Abstract: A regenerative braking control system for a vehicle can include one or more user interface elements located in a cabin of the vehicle. The one or more user interface elements can correspond to a plurality of regenerative braking settings. Each of the plurality of regenerative braking settings can correspond to a different amount of regenerative braking torque to apply to one or more wheels of the vehicle. The regenerative braking control system can include a processor operatively connected to the user interface elements. The processor can be configured to detect a condition, the condition can be the usage of the plurality of regenerative braking settings by an operator of the vehicle. Responsive to detecting the condition, the processor can be configured to cause the amount of regenerative braking torque for one or more of the plurality of regenerative braking settings to be adjusted based on the condition.

[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]

Railcar door operating systems and methods with capstan drives
Patent No. 12275442

Inventor(s): Carter R. Andrews (Dallas, TX), Craig J. Stevens (Grand Prairie, TX), Daniel G. Cortez (Grapevine, TX), Jerry W. Vande Sande (Dallas, TX), Kenneth W. Huck (Fairview, CA), Lee A. Reitz (Euless, TX), William F. Deakyne (Arl
Assignee(s): TRINITY RAIL GROUP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18454943 on 08/24/2023 (600 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a longitudinal door system comprising one or more longitudinal doors for a railcar and a longitudinal operating beam coupled to the one or more longitudinal doors via one or more struts. A translation of the longitudinal operating beam is coupled to an opening and closing of the one or more longitudinal doors. The door system further comprising a gearbox coupled to the longitudinal operating beam and a first capstan receptacle. The gearbox is operable to translate a rotational movement of the first capstan receptacle to a linear movement of the longitudinal operating beam.

[B61D] BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES (vehicles in general B60; adaptation of vehicles to special systems B61B; underframes B61F)

Net edge composite core splices for aircraft wing
Patent No. 12275525

Inventor(s): James Donn Hethcock, Jr. (Colleyville, TX), Matthew Barclay (Colleyville, TX), Raymond Lester Humphries (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION (Sparks, NV)
Law Firm: HOLLAND HART LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17252710 on 12/12/2018 (2316 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and related structures to splice two sizes of cores in a manner to directly interface the facets of the cells and avoid the common practice of using fillers, casting materials, and expanding adhesives is useful to optimize the specific strength of the design and minimize the weight while maximizing the load carrying capability of the structure and to allow the core to vent moisture and other gasses.

[B32B] LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM

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

Oligo-benzamide analogs and their use in cancer treatment
Patent No. 12275685

Inventor(s): Ganesh Raj (Plano, TX), Jung-Mo Ahn (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17337830 on 06/03/2021 (1412 days app to issue)

Abstract:

[C07C] ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08; production of organic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B 3/00, C25B 7/00)

Optimized CLN5 genes and expression cassettes and their use
Patent No. 12275948

Inventor(s): Steven James Gray (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Lincoln University (Lincoln, , NZ), 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: 17254725 on 06/27/2019 (2119 days app to issue)

Abstract: This invention relates to polynucleotides comprising optimized CLN5 open reading frame (ORF) sequences, vectors comprising the same, and methods of using the same for delivery of the ORF to a cell or a subject and to treat disorders associated with aberrant expression of a CLN5 gene or aberrant activity of a CLN5 gene product in the subject, such as CLN5 disease.

[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]

Biological degradation of low-rank coals
Patent No. 12275971

Inventor(s): Allana K. Welsh (Danton, TX), Josh J. Redublo (Corpus Christi, TX), Leslie M. Perry (Fort Worth, TX), Maud A. W. Hinchee (Little Elm, TX), Michael K. Danquah (Humble, TX), Robert D. Chisholm (McKinney, TX), Smrithi Rajago
Assignee(s): TENFOLD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Pilot Point, TX)
Law Firm: WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH ROSATI (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18498656 on 10/31/2023 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and processes for producing aerobic digestion products, such as organic acids, from a low-rank coal substrate are provided. Also provided are multistage bioreactor systems for carrying out the described methods and processes. In another aspect, product compositions comprising organic acids produced by the described methods and processes are provided, as well as methods for their use, including for the improvement of soil quality and/or plant growth.

[C05F] ORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C, e.g. FERTILISERS FROM WASTE OR REFUSE

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

Roofing shingles with a plurality of indentations
Patent No. 12276105

Inventor(s): Olan T. Leitch (Mt. Juliet, TN), Timothy H. Lock (Ennis, TX)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17893286 on 08/23/2022 (966 days app to issue)

Abstract: Roofing shingles are disclosed that are capable of being attached to a roof deck, underlayment, and/or other roofing shingles and that require few mechanical fasteners to remain attached to the roof. The roofing shingles are formed with a first layer and a second layer of shingle materials that are laminated together, and with the first and second layers further being mechanically attached with indentations in the first and second layers at spaced locations along and across the roofing shingles. A roofing system comprising a plurality of courses of the roofing shingles is also disclosed.

[E04D] ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F 13/00)

Roofing shingle and methods of forming roofing shingles
Patent No. 12276106

Inventor(s): Olan T. Leitch (Mt. Juliet, TN)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17992239 on 11/22/2022 (875 days app to issue)

Abstract: Roofing shingles are disclosed that are capable of being attached to a roof deck, underlayment, and/or other roofing shingles and that require fewer mechanical fasteners for attachment. The roofing shingles are formed with a first layer and a second layer of shingle materials that are laminated together, and with the first and second layers further being mechanically attached with indentations, including a first plurality of indentations formed along an upper surface of the first layer and a second plurality of indentations formed along a bottom surface of the second layer at spaced locations along the roofing shingles. A roofing system comprising a plurality of courses of the roofing shingles is also disclosed.

[E04D] ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F 13/00)

System and method for controlling one or more roller shades
Patent No. 12276158

Inventor(s): Victor M. Menendez (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Crestron Electronics, Inc. (Rockleigh, NJ)
Law Firm: Crestron Electronics, Inc. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18057055 on 11/18/2022 (879 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and modes for controlling one or more roller shades in order to substantially synchronize and uniformly align a plurality of roller shades. Each shade comprises a roller tube, a shade material connected to the roller tube, a motor adapted to rotate the roller tube, and a controller. The controller is adapted to: drive the motor between a first limit position and a second limit position of the shade material at a first rotational speed; determine a run time it took the motor to move the shade material between the first limit position and the second limit position; using at least the determined run time, determine a second rotational speed for the controller to drive the motor between the first limit position and the second limit position within a predetermined run time; and set the motor to operate according to the second rotational speed.

[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)

Clutch apparatuses, systems and methods
Patent No. 12276178

Inventor(s): Garrett S. Boyd (Granbury, TX), Mitchell A. Boyd (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): FLOWCO PRODUCTION SOLUTIONS, LLC (Spring, TX)
Law Firm: FisherBroyles, LLP (Local + 17 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17900206 on 08/31/2022 (958 days app to issue)

Abstract: A clutch mechanism that can be used in various tools and mechanisms for holding a movable shaft in one or more preferred positions includes a clutch ring that surrounds the shaft. An interior diameter of the clutch ring is configured to closely surround and grasp one or more holding portions of the shaft. The clutch ring is configured such that the clutch ring can elastically deform to allow the shaft to move relative to the clutch ring. The clutch ring can take the form of a generally cylindrical sidewall. Openings may be formed through a thickness of the cylindrical sidewall to make it easier for portions of the clutch ring to elastically deform, thereby allowing the shaft to move relative to the clutch ring.

[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]

Power generation for wellbore devices
Patent No. 12276181

Inventor(s): Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: DeLizio, Peacock, Lewin Guerra LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18502555 on 11/06/2023 (526 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various examples of self-contained electrical power generation assemblies are described, the assemblies configured to generate electrical power using a flow of fluid flowing through a conduit configured as part of a wellbore tool or wellbore production tubing, the electrical power generation assemblies configured to be located downhole at various positions along a drill string, a section of production tubing, or some other type of conduit configured to provide a fluid passageway for a flow of one or more types of fluid within a wellbore.

Perforating-gun initiator circuit
Patent No. 12276183

Inventor(s): Roger Archibald (Hurst, TX)
Assignee(s): Probe Technology Services, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17879856 on 08/03/2022 (986 days app to issue)

Abstract: An initiator circuit for a perforating gun includes a microprocessor structured to perform a circuit-startup algorithm comprising determining whether the circuit supply voltage is stable enough for operation and, if it is, or if a predetermined period of time has passed since powering up the circuit, sending a message indicating the circuit (and thus gun) is ready for operation. The sent message may be a communication uplink indicating an address of the circuit and its ready state or a short burst of pulses indicating the circuit’’s ready state.

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

Fluid end
Patent No. 12276276

Inventor(s): Micheal Cole Thomas (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): Kerr Machine Co. (Sulphur, OK)
Law Firm: Tomlinson McKinstry, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18736090 on 06/06/2024 (313 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid end made of a plurality of fluid end sections positioned in a side-by-side relationship. Each fluid end section is made of a housing having a discharge bore and an intake bore formed therein. A fluid routing plug is installed within each housing and is configured to route fluid throughout the housing and between the discharge and intake bores. The fluid routing plug carries seals that engage sealing surfaces formed within the housing. A number of features, including the location of seals within bore walls and carbide inserts within valve guides, aid in reducing or transferring wear within each housing.

[F04B] POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F; crankshafts, crossheads, connecting-rods F16C; flywheels F16F; gearings for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion in general F16H; pistons, piston-rods, cylinders, in general F16J; ion pumps H01J 41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K 44/02)

Handle
Patent No. 12276426

Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Lewisville, TX), Jeffrey R. Weilert (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Solo Brands, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18358678 on 07/25/2023 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: A handle for carrying a component having an opening to a cavity may include a frame configured to span a cavity in the component, the frame having a grasp region. The handle may further include a first support brace on the frame configured to selectively engage a first wall of the component. The first support brace may be spaced a first distance from the grasp region. The handle may further include a second support brace on the frame configured to selectively engage a second wall of the component. The second support brace may be spaced a second distance from the grasp region, the second distance being greater than the first distance.

[F24B] DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES FOR SOLID FUELS; IMPLEMENTS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH STOVES OR RANGES [6]

Firearm muzzle brake with gas-actuated valve
Patent No. 12276469

Inventor(s): Byron S. Petersen (Springfield, OR)
Assignee(s): True Velocity IP Holdings, Inc. (Garland, TX)
Law Firm: Burdick Patents, P.A. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18656547 on 05/06/2024 (344 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for firearm muzzle brakes. In one example, a muzzle brake comprises: a body; a projectile entrance and a projectile exit; a gas-actuated valve biased toward the projectile entrance within an interior of the body; and a projectile opening of the gas-actuated valve arranged along a projectile path between the projectile entrance and the projectile exit.

[F41A] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE [5]

P H Y S I C S

Continuous-wave radar system for detecting ferrous and non-ferrous metals in saltwater environments
Patent No. 12276723

Inventor(s): Carlos Alberto Fonts (Dallas, TX), Carlos Ernesto Fonts (Dallas, TX), John Richard O’’Hair (Ruskin, FL), Mark Allen O’’Hair (Santa Fe, NM), Richard Dolan Randall (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): HG Partners, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: NEO IP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18672741 on 05/23/2024 (327 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes systems and methods for a continuous-wave (CW) radar system for detecting, geolocating, identifying, discriminating between, and mapping ferrous and non-ferrous metals in brackish and saltwater environments. The CW radar system generates multiple extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic waves simultaneously and uses said waves to detect, locate, and classify objects of interest. These objects include all types of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, as well as changing material boundary layers (e.g., soil to water, sand to mud, rock to organic materials, water to air, etc.). The CW radar system is operable to detect objects of interest in near real time.

[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

Radar for full-blockage detection of radio frequency modules in mobile devices
Patent No. 12276747

Inventor(s): Anum Ali (Plano, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Jianhua Mo (Allen, TX), Vutha Va (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17657943 on 04/04/2022 (1107 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for radar full blockage detection includes transmitting, via a transceiver, radar signals for object detection. The method also includes determining whether an object is detected within a first threshold distance based on reflections of the radar signals that are received. In response to a determination that the object is detected within the first threshold distance, the method includes determining whether the object is detected beyond a second threshold distance, based on the reflections of the radar signals. The second threshold distance is further away from the electronic device than the first threshold distance. In response to determining that the object is within the first threshold distance and not detected beyond the second threshold distance, the method includes determining that the transceiver is fully blocked by the object. upon a determination that the transceiver is fully blocked, the method includes modifying a wireless communication operation associated with the transceiver.

Phase anti-aliasing using spread-spectrum techniques in an optical distance measurement system
Patent No. 12276761

Inventor(s): Bharath Patil (Bengaluru, , IN), Jaiganesh Balakrishnan (Bengaluru, , IN), Subhash Chandra Venkata Sadhu (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17077315 on 10/22/2020 (1636 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three dimensional time of flight (TOF) camera includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is configured to generate an electrical transmit signal at a plurality of frequencies over an integration time period and generate a transmit optical waveform corresponding with the electrical transmit signal. The receiver is configured to receive a reflected optical waveform that is the transmit optical waveform reflected off of an object, integrate the reflected optical waveform over the integration time period, and determine a distance to the target object based on a TOF of the optical waveform. The integration time period includes exposure time periods. A length of each of the exposure time periods corresponds to one of the frequencies. The TOF is determined based on a correlation of the electrical transmit signal and the return optical waveform utilizing a correlation function with respect to the integration time period.

Freeform optical lens integration with visors for near-eye displays
Patent No. 12276789

Inventor(s): Akash Arora (Plano, TX), Angus Wu (Plano, TX), Gangok Lee (Plano, TX), Jiang Li (Plano, TX), Jie Dai (Plano, TX), Peng Zhang (Plano, TX), Zhiqiang Liu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17497715 on 10/08/2021 (1285 days app to issue)

Abstract: A near-eye display (NED), comprising a frame comprising an outer lens, a micro-display panel coupled to the frame and comprising a processor configured to process content for display to a user wearing the NED, an augmented reality (AR) lens comprising a main prism lens, wherein the outer lens comprises at least one of a display corrector lens or a see-through corrector lens.

[G02B] OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes precedence; optical elements specially adapted for use in lighting devices or systems thereof F21V 1/00-F21V 13/00; measuring-instruments, see the relevant subclass of class G01, e.g. optical rangefinders G01C; testing of optical elements, systems, or apparatus G01M 11/00; spectacles G02C; apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B; sound lenses G10K 11/30; electron and ion “optics” H01J; X-ray “optics” H01J, H05G 1/00; optical elements structurally combined with electric discharge tubes H01J 5/16, H01J 29/89, H01J 37/22; microwave “optics” H01Q; combination of optical elements with television receivers H04N 5/72; optical systems or arrangements in colour television systems H04N 9/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B 3/84) [7]

High efficiency polarizing lens with color enhancement
Patent No. 12276871

Inventor(s): Aref Jallouli (Dallas, TX), Elliot French (Dallas, TX), Srinivasan Balasubramanian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Essilor International (Charenton-le-pont, , FR)
Law Firm: NIXON VANDERHYE (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17475802 on 09/15/2021 (1308 days app to issue)

Abstract: A light filtering element, includes: at least one layer, a first layer of the at least one layer being stretched along a strain direction and including a first narrowband dye, the first narrowband dye including a first narrowband dye peak absorbance wavelength with a first narrowband dye bandwidth; and a first dichroic dye configured to absorb polarized light, the first dichroic dye including a first dichroic dye peak absorbance wavelength with a first dichroic dye bandwidth, molecules of the first dichroic dye being at least partially oriented along the strain direction.

Electrophotographic method for providing foil images
Patent No. 12276932

Inventor(s): Diego A. Diaz (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (Rochester, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17948394 on 09/20/2022 (938 days app to issue)

Abstract: Foil images are formed simultaneously with color toner images on a receiver material. One or more color toner latent images are formed on the receiver material using dry color toners. Each dry color toner has a (a) polymeric resin, a (b) pigment colorant, and a (c) wax that has a melting temperature defined as T[subscript]color[/subscript]. A foiling latent image is formed using a dry foiling toner that has a (a) polymeric resin and a (c) wax that has a melting temperature defined as T[subscript]foiling[/subscript]. The foiling latent image is in an area that is different from the color image areas and T[subscript]foiling [/subscript]is less than T[subscript]color [/subscript]by at least 15 C. All toners are simultaneously fixed in a fuser oil-free fixing operation. A printing foil can be brought into intimate contact with the fused foiling toner at a foiling temperature (FT) that is greater than T[subscript]foiling [/subscript]but less than T[subscript]color[/subscript].

[G03G] ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY (information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; static stores with means for writing-in or reading-out information G11C; recording of television signals H04N 5/76)

Auxiliary supply circuit
Patent No. 12276992

Inventor(s): Anant Kamath (Bengaluru, , IN), Shubham Panjrath (Bengaluru, , IN), Tarunvir Singh (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18309613 on 04/28/2023 (718 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a supply circuit having an input and an output. The supply circuit includes: a capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the capacitor coupled to the output of the supply circuit; a switch having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal, the first terminal of the switch coupled to the input of the supply circuit, the second terminal of the switch coupled to the output of the supply circuit; and a controller coupled to the control terminal of the switch. The controller is configured to: turn on the switch responsive to a first supply voltage level at the input of the supply circuit; and turn off the switch responsive to a second supply voltage level at the input of the supply circuit.

[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]

Intelligent file and filegroup reorganizer for backup and restore in multi environments
Patent No. 12277039

Inventor(s): Rama Venkata Kavali (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18383923 on 10/26/2023 (537 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for restoring a source database to a target environment. The methods and systems may include calculating an amount of data on each drive of the source database. The methods and systems may include calculating free space of each drive of the target environment. The methods and systems may include shrinking filegroups in the drives of the source database. The methods and systems may include fetching historical transactional queries run on tables in the filegroups. The methods and systems may include identifying interdependencies between tables using the queries. The methods and systems may include ingesting, by an AI engine, the calculations, the queries, the identified interdependent tables, historical information of table movement and a business use case. The methods and systems may include the AI engine determining how to restore the source database using the ingested information.

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

Shared virtual address spaces
Patent No. 12277065

Inventor(s): Bryan Hornung (Plano, TX), Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: HOLLAND HART LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17647580 on 01/10/2022 (1191 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for shared virtual address spaces are described. In some examples, a globally shared address space may be shared across a plurality of memory devices that are included in one or more domains. A host system may set parameters for determining whether an address (e.g., a virtual address) is included within the globally shared address space, and whether the address is associated with a memory device. When a memory device receives a memory request (e.g., a data packet), a processing unit of the memory device may determine whether an address included in the memory request is associated with the memory device. The processing unit may either initiate an access operation on a physical address of the memory device or transmit the memory request to another memory device.

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

Memory array page table walk
Patent No. 12277067

Inventor(s): Perry V. Lea (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18203143 on 05/30/2023 (686 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example memory array page table walk can include using an array of memory cells configured to store a page table. The page table walk can include using sensing circuitry coupled to the array. The page table walk can include using a controller coupled to the array. The controller can be configured to operate the sensing circuitry to determine a physical address of a portion of data by accessing the page table in the array of memory cells. The controller can be configured to operate the sensing circuitry to cause storing of the portion of data in a buffer.

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

Network credit return mechanisms
Patent No. 12277081

Inventor(s): Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18610905 on 03/20/2024 (391 days app to issue)

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for reducing design complexity and critical path timing challenges of credit return logic. A wide bus supports simultaneous transmission of multiple flits, one per lane of the wide bus. A source device transmitting flits on a wide bus selects from among multiple credit return options to ensure that only one of the multiple flits being simultaneously transmitted includes a credit return value. In some example embodiments, the receiving device checks only the flit of one lane of the wide bus (e.g., lane [b]0[/b]) for credit return data. In other example embodiments, the receiving device uses a bitwise-OR to combine the credit return data of all received flits in a single cycle.

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

Database system with run-time query mode selection
Patent No. 12277119

Inventor(s): Daniel James Smith (Ottawa, , CA)
Assignee(s): Cysiv, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18449649 on 08/14/2023 (610 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of ingesting data to enable selection between a fast query mode and a low-cost query mode includes receiving data from one or more data sources, generating records based on the received data, adding the records to a current record file, and adding index metadata to the records. The index metadata for a given record includes a path and an offset, the path identifies a file in the datastore that includes the given record and the offset indicates a location of the given record in the file. The method further includes saving the current record file to a datastore and loading the records in the current record file into a table in a cloud database.

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

Pre-calculation of cryptoprocessor control register
Patent No. 12277229

Inventor(s): Robert Kliewer (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): EVERFOX HOLDINGS LLC (Herndon, VA)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker L.L.P. (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18452024 on 08/18/2023 (606 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implementable method may include, during execution of an installation image for installing an operating system on an information handling system performing mock measurements for one or more configuration registers of a cryptoprocessor of the information handling system based on values for the one or more configuration registers that will exist for a boot session of the information handling system immediately following installation of the operating system, extending the mock measurements into the one or more mock configuration registers, and storing an encryption key to the cryptoprocessor such that the encryption key is accessible to a subsequent boot session of the information handling system if the contents of the one or more configuration registers are equal to measurements performed by firmware of the information handling system during the subsequent boot session.

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

System and methods for intelligent entity-wide data protection
Patent No. 12277236

Inventor(s): Annabelle Williamson McLemore (Plano, TX), Catharina Rabie (Greenville, TX), Michelle Andrea Boston (Richardson, TX), Miriam Levinsohn (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17494907 on 10/06/2021 (1287 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying sensitive, or non-publicly available, information, reclassifying identified sensitive information, and managing access to identified sensitive information in an intelligent and dynamic manner. In some embodiments, the systems and methods described herein utilize a pattern recognition engine designed to analyze and detect identifying characteristics of sensitive data or private data characteristics. The system may also employ an automated response and reporting capability to automatically re-classify sensitive data and apply appropriate protection measures in a multi-platform approach.

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

Efficient scheduling of tasks for resolution enhancement technique operations
Patent No. 12277377

Inventor(s): Hien T. Vu (San Jose, CA), Soohong Austin Kim (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17629923 on 08/21/2019 (2064 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for scheduling optical proximity correction (OPC) or other resolution enhancement technique (RET) operations on a layout design is disclosed. A layout design is divided into a plurality of regions, such as a plurality of tiles. OPC is performed on the plurality of tiles in order to generate a modified layout design. Performing OPC on the plurality of tiles may be time consuming. In order to more efficiently distribute the processing of OPC, estimates of OPC processing times for the plurality of tiles is performed. The estimate of the OPC processing time for a respective tile may be based on one or both of analysis of: analysis of the respective tile; or analysis of tile(s) that neighbor the respective tile. Based on the estimates, tiles that have a longer estimated processing tile are scheduled before tiles that have a shorter estimated processing time, thereby potentially resulting in more efficient OPC processing.

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

Hierarchical tournament-based machine learning predictions
Patent No. 12277508

Inventor(s): Gautham K. Kudva (Flower Mound, TX), Koustuv Chatterjee (Gilbert, AZ), Srinath goud Vanga (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): o9 Solutions, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18336531 on 06/16/2023 (669 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and techniques for hierarchical tournament-based machine learning predictions are described herein. A machine learning selection model may be trained with training data. A configuration may be received that includes the metric and a target prediction. A set of evaluation component combinations may be selected using the machine learning selection model. Each evaluation component combination of the set of evaluation component combinations may include an algorithm, a hierarchical learning model corresponding to a level of a hierarchy, and a prediction model for the target prediction. The set of evaluation component combinations may be transmitted to a cluster of computing nodes. Output results may be received for the set of evaluation component combinations. The output results may be evaluated using the metric to determine a winning evaluation component combination. The winning evaluation component combination may be stored in storage for use in calculating future predictions for the target prediction.

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

Dynamic aggregation of queries
Patent No. 12277530

Inventor(s): Maria Elena Gammon (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): SAP SE (Walldorf, , DE)
Law Firm: Fountainhead Law Group, PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16584676 on 09/26/2019 (2028 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program receives a request for questions associated with a location and a category. The program also identifies a matrix, a hierarchy of locations associated with the matrix, and a hierarchy of categories associated with the matrix. The program further determines an aggregate collection of questions from a plurality of sets of questions based on the matrix, the hierarchy of locations, and the hierarchy of categories. The program also generates the aggregate collection of questions.

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

Resource transfer validation within a metaverse
Patent No. 12277551

Inventor(s): Manu J. Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17729982 on 04/26/2022 (1085 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device is configured to receive an interaction request from the first user that identifies an address for a contract that is stored in a blockchain and to access machine-executable instructions associated with the contract. The device is further configured to determine a projected number of virtual resources and real-world resources for the first user based on a number of available resources for the first user and the machine-executable instructions for transferring resources between the first user and the second user in the contract. The device is further configured to output the projected number of virtual resources to the first user and to output the projected number of real-world resources to the first user. The device is further configured to initiate a transfer of resources between the first user and the second user.

[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]

System and method for location based dynamic redirection of advertiser affiliate links for online advertising
Patent No. 12277578

Inventor(s): Baxter Box (Dallas, TX), Forrest Jordan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): rewardStyle, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18784305 on 07/25/2024 (264 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method is provided for dynamically managing advertiser affiliate links for online marketing. A global redirect server accepts a visitor’’s web browser request for a product or non-product webpage associated with an affiliate network advertiser URL, and returns a corresponding product or non-product webpage to the visitor that is corrected for the visitor’’s geographic region if such a webpage exists, or returns the originally requested webpage if it does not. The server determines the visitor’’s geographic region based upon request metadata, and can generate a corrected webpage that affords analytic and commission tracking even if no corresponding affiliate network exists in the determined geographic region. The server includes a database for locating products within the determined geographic region that are comparable to the product of the product webpage request, in the event that the exact product is not available in the geographic region.

Vehicle communication systems and methods for detecting and capturing relevant object data
Patent No. 12277776

Inventor(s): Masashi Nakagawa (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17145717 on 01/11/2021 (1555 days app to issue)

Abstract: Vehicle communication systems and methods for identifying and classifying objects as relevant to an occupant of a vehicle. A method includes capturing first object data at a first vehicle, classifying the first object data as relevant or non-relevant based on a first user profile associated with the first vehicle, and transmitting a transmission package including the first object data to a server in response to classifying the first object data as relevant.

[G06K] RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (printing per se B41J)

Vehicle carbon output management
Patent No. 12277810

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: 17887769 on 08/15/2022 (974 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a usage of an internal combustible engine (ICE) vehicle and a usage of an electric vehicle over a period of time, where the vehicles are associated with an entity, determining an impact of carbon output, based on the usage determination, determining a usage amount of the electric vehicle to offset the impact, when the impact is greater than a first threshold, and sending a notification to a device associated with the entity, where the notification includes the amount of usage of the electric vehicle.

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

Apparatus with data-rate-based voltage control mechanism and methods for operating the same
Patent No. 12277963

Inventor(s): Gary L. Howe (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18403516 on 01/03/2024 (468 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to voltage management of memory apparatuses/systems are described. The memory device can include circuitry configured to determine an operating frequency of a clock signal for an ongoing or an upcoming memory operation. The memory device may generate a control indicator for increasing a system voltage for higher operating frequencies, for decreasing the system voltage for lower operating frequencies, or a combination thereof.

[G11C] STATIC STORES (information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; semiconductor devices for storage H01L, e.g. H01L 27/108-H01L 27/11597; pulse technique in general H03K, e.g. electronic switches H03K 17/00)

Triggering virtual clinical exams
Patent No. 12278002

Inventor(s): Erin Rainaldi (San Francisco, CA), Lance Jonathan Myers (Pacifica, CA), Maximilien Burq (Mountain View, CA), Ritu Kapur (San Francisco, CA), William Marks (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17450521 on 10/11/2021 (1282 days app to issue)

Abstract: Triggering information that defines conditions for presenting a virtual clinical exam may be downloaded to a user device. The user device may collect sensor data and use the sensor data to evaluate the conditions. When certain conditions are fulfilled, the user device may present the virtual clinical exam at the user device.

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

System and method for providing additional functionality to existing software in an integrated manner
Patent No. 12279116

Inventor(s): Rashmi Hiremath (Allen, TX), Satish Gundabathula (Irving, TX), Sivakumar Chaturvedi (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Damaka, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18432148 on 02/05/2024 (435 days app to issue)

Abstract: An improved system and method are disclosed for improving functionality in software applications. In one example, the method includes a computing entity having a network interface, a processor, and a memory configured to store a plurality of instructions. The instructions include instructions for a superblock application having instructions for a function block included therein. The function block is configured to provide functions that are accessible to the superblock application via an application programming interface (API). The functions are provided within the superblock application itself and are accessible within the superblock application without switching context to another application on the computing entity.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

System and method for controlling data using containers
Patent No. 12277238

Inventor(s): Alan Rodriguez (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17844292 on 06/20/2022 (1030 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device for managing secured data containers, the electronic device comprising at least one network interface, at least one memory storing executable instructions, and at least one processor coupled to the at least one network interface and the at least one memory. Execution of the executable instructions by the at least one processor causes the electronic device to receive a request for data container creation, retrieve data related to the request for data container creation, retrieve one or more parameters constraining use of the data, encrypt the data using a public encryption key, encode the encrypted data into a data storage area of a data container, encode the one or more parameters constraining use of the data into a machine readable parameter storage area of the data container, and assign a UUID to the data container.

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

Wire bonded air heat sink
Patent No. 12278159

Inventor(s): Alyson M. Tuttle (Plano, TX), James S. Wilson (Hurst, TX), Karl L. Worthen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: CANTOR COLBURN LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18493194 on 10/24/2023 (539 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a semiconductor substrate and a heat sink arranged on a surface of the semiconductor substrate. The heat sink includes a plurality of metal filaments that each includes a first end joined to the surface, a second end, and a body over the surface such that the body is surrounded by a coolant medium to dissipate heat. The heat sink is not part of an electrical network.

[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]

Semiconductor device package with improved die pad and solder mask design
Patent No. 12278205

Inventor(s): Guangxu Li (Allen, TX), Jaimal Mallory Williamson (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16778250 on 01/31/2020 (1901 days app to issue)

Abstract: A described example includes a package substrate having an array of die pads arranged in rows and columns on a die mount surface, and having an opposing board side surface; a solder mask layer overlying the die mount surface; a first plurality of solder mask defined openings in the solder mask layer at die pad locations, the solder mask defined openings exposing portions of a surface of corresponding die pads, the surface facing away from the package substrate; and at least one non-solder mask defined opening in the solder mask layer at a die pad location, exposing the entire surface of the die pad and sidewalls of the die pad at the non-solder mask defined opening.

Power semiconductor devices including a trenched gate and methods of forming such devices
Patent No. 12278284

Inventor(s): Joe McPherson (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Wolfspeed, Inc. (Durham, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18125779 on 03/24/2023 (753 days app to issue)

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the devices are provided. Semiconductor devices include a semiconductor layer structure comprising a trench in an upper surface thereof, a dielectric layer in a lower portion of the trench, and a gate electrode in the trench and on the dielectric layer opposite the semiconductor layer structure. The trench may include rounded upper corner and a rounded lower corner. A center portion of a top surface of the dielectric layer may be curved, and the dielectric layer may be on opposed sidewalls of the trench. The dielectric layer may include a bottom dielectric layer on a bottom surface of the trench and on lower portions of the sidewalls of the trench and a gate dielectric layer on upper portions of the sidewalls of the trench and on the bottom dielectric layer.

Low resistive source/backgate finFET
Patent No. 12278290

Inventor(s): Ming-Yeh Chuang (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17483214 on 09/23/2021 (1300 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit including a substrate with a fin extending from a surface of the substrate. The fin includes a source region, a drain region, and a body region. The source region includes an outer region having a first conductivity type complementary to a second conductivity type of an outer region of the body and an interior-positioned conductive region having the second conductivity type.

Lithium metal nitrides as lithium super-ionic conductors
Patent No. 12278332

Inventor(s): Alexander Epstein (Berkeley, CA), Chen Ling (Ann Arbor, MI), Qiang Bai (College Park, MD), Yifei Mo (Fulton, MD), Ying Zhang (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Oblon, McClelland, Maier Neustadt, L.L.P. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18145036 on 12/22/2022 (845 days app to issue)

Abstract: Solid-state lithium ion electrolytes of lithium metal nitride based compounds are provided which contain an anionic framework capable of conducting lithium ions. Materials of specific formulae are provided and methods to alter the materials with inclusion of aliovalent ions shown. Lithium batteries containing the composite lithium ion electrolytes are provided. Electrodes containing the lithium metal nitride based composites are also provided.

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

Fuel cell bipolar plate flow field having hybrid interwoven channel pattern
Patent No. 12278404

Inventor(s): Danny J. Lohan (Northville, MI), Ercan M. Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI), Hiroshi Ukegawa (South Lyon, MI), Tomoki Tambo (Ann Arbor, MI), Yuqing Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17475492 on 09/15/2021 (1308 days app to issue)

Abstract: A bipolar plate for a fuel cell, a fuel cell, and a method of designing a bipolar plate for a fuel cell having a hybrid flow field structure that includes a plurality of parallel feed flow channels fluidically connected to an inlet bipolar plate region, a plurality of parallel exit flow channels fluidically connected to an outlet bipolar plate region, and an interwoven pattern formed by a plurality of simplified periodic array flow field structure generated based on flow patterns generated by homogenized anisotropic porous media optimization. The flow field structure enhances fuel cell performance by facilitating lower pressure drop via minimized fluid flow resistance, and removal of accumulated water in the oxygen channel and the gas diffusion layer (GDL) under the ribs of the bipolar plate.

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

Antenna calibration device
Patent No. 12278430

Inventor(s): Bo Wu (Suzhou, , CN), Jian Zhang (Suzhou, , CN), Ligang Wu (Suzhou, , CN), Runmiao Wu (Suzhou, , CN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17714188 on 04/06/2022 (1105 days app to issue)

Abstract: A coupling device includes a plurality of couplers. Each coupler includes a transmission main line and a coupling subline. The transmission main line is used for providing an input end and an output end. The coupling subline is coupled with the transmission main line to provide two coupling ends. The coupling subline includes two first parts located on opposite sides of the transmission main line and a second part connected between the two first parts. The coupling sublines of the plurality of couplers are connected in series to provide a first coupling output port and a second coupling output port. The first part of the coupling subline of at least one of the plurality of couplers has a shared section with the second part of the coupling subline of an adjacent one of the plurality of couplers.

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

Systems and methods for energy crowdsourcing and peer-to-peer energy trading
Patent No. 12278491

Inventor(s): Ahmad Fayez Taha (San Antonio, TX), Jianhui Wang (Dallas, TX), Shen Wang (San Antonio, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX), Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Thomas|Horstemeyer, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16688977 on 11/19/2019 (1974 days app to issue)

Abstract: A crowdsourced energy system includes a plurality of distributed energy resources managed by crowdsourcees of the system, a power network to which the distributed energy resources are connected, and a system operator that manages energy trading transactions and energy delivery within the system, the system operator operating at least one computing device configured to: obtain day-ahead peer-to-peer energy trading transaction requests from crowdsourcees for energy to be delivered from the distributed energy resources, estimate day-ahead energy load and solar forecasts, determine optimal power flow for the delivery of energy, and schedule delivery of energy from the distributed energy resources across the power network based upon the energy trading transaction requests, the estimated forecasts, and the determined optimal power flow.

[H02J] CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY (power supply circuits for apparatus for measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation or cosmic radiation G01T 1/175; electric power supply circuits specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/00; for digital computers G06F 1/18; for discharge tubes H01J 37/248; circuits or apparatus for the conversion of electric power, arrangements for control or regulation of such circuits or apparatus H02M; interrelated control of several motors, control of a prime-mover/generator combination H02P; control of high-frequency power H03L; additional use of power line or power network for transmission of information H04B)

ADC apparatus and control method
Patent No. 12278644

Inventor(s): Gonggui Xu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): LEN TECH Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18210639 on 06/15/2023 (670 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a high gain input stage configured as an integrator in a successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a clamping and filtering stage configured to clamp a voltage on a high impedance node to a predetermined level approximately equal to a diode voltage drop in a clamping mode of an SAR cycle, and a decision-making stage connected to an output of the clamping and filtering stage.

[H03M] CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL (using fluidic means F15C 4/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F 7/00; coding, decoding or code conversion, specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. G01D, G01R, G06F, G06T, G09G, G10L, G11B, G11C, H04B, H04L, H04M, H04N; ciphering or deciphering for cryptography or other purposes involving the need for secrecy G09C) [4]

Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication
Patent No. 12278707

Inventor(s): Lu Wu (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): BUNKER HILL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17751702 on 05/24/2022 (1057 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device in a node used for wireless communications. A first node receives a first signaling, receives a first signal in a first time window, and transmits a first bit block in a first radio resource block. The first signaling is used for indicating configuration information for the first signal; the first time window is one of M time windows, and any two time windows of the M time windows are orthogonal, M being a positive integer greater than 1; the first radio resource block belongs to a target time window in time domain, and any of the M time windows is associated with the target time window. The above method not only saves the dynamic signaling overhead, but also avoids the impact of miss detection.

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

Systems, methods, and media for monitoring cloud configuration settings
Patent No. 12278729

Inventor(s): Prasad Raghavendra Somasamudram (Bangalore, , IN), Sekhar Sarukkai (Cupertino, CA), Syed Ummar Farooqh (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Skyhigh Security LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Byrne Poh LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17188243 on 03/01/2021 (1506 days app to issue)

Abstract: Receiving configuration settings (CSs) from a resource using an API; determining a resource risk score (RERS), a first tactic risk score (TARS), a first plurality of technique risk scores (TERSs), a second TARS, and a second TERSs, wherein the RERS is based on the first TARS and the second TARS, wherein the first TARS is based on the first TERSs, wherein the second TARS is based on the second TERSs, wherein each of the first TERSs is based on a subset of a set of policy scores (SPS), wherein each of the second TERSs is based on a subset of the SPS, and wherein each of the SPS is based on compliance of the CSs with a setting; and selecting a most-important technique (MIT) based on the first TARS, the second TARS, and one of the first TERSs and the second TERSs, and remediating a CS corresponding to the MIT.

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

Systems and methods for generating secure, encrypted communications using multi-party computations in order to perform blockchain operations in decentralized applications
Patent No. 12278804

Inventor(s): Jonathan Ariel Bergknoff (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Coinbase, Inc. (Oakland, CA)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17849568 on 06/24/2022 (1026 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems described herein relate to an improved platform that provides secure, encrypted communications across distributed computer networks when coordinating cryptography-based digital repositories in order to perform blockchain operations in decentralized applications. More specifically, the methods and systems provide this improved platform by introducing additional abstraction layers into a production service for computing signatures during multi-party computation (MPC) signing procedures.

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

Subscription-based malware detection
Patent No. 12278834

Inventor(s): Manju Radhakrishnan (San Jose, CA), Mumtaz Siddiqui (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): Musarubra US LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Rutan Tucker, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18402378 on 01/02/2024 (469 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computerized method is described for authenticating access to a subscription-based service to detect an attempted cyber-attack. More specifically, a request is received for a subscription for analysis of objects, which are supplied by a customer to a malware detection system. A customer identifier is assigned to the customer initiating the request for the subscription and a sensor associated with the customer is identified and an identifier of the sensor is associated with the customer identifier. Then, service policy level information pertaining to the subscription is associated with the identifier of the sensor, where the service policy level information includes a set of subscription attributes including object analysis restrictions.

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

Predicting future network issues for users with digital model personas
Patent No. 12278879

Inventor(s): Matthew R. Engle (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17975199 on 10/27/2022 (901 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network management system tests the availability of a network resource before a user performs a task with the network resource. The system measures network activity of a user performing one or more tasks. The network activity includes communication between a user device of the user and each network resource associated with a corresponding task performed by the user. The system also generates a digital model persona of the user based on the tasks performed by the user, and determines a schedule of the tasks performed the user. Each particular task is associated with a corresponding execution time for the user. The system further configures the digital model persona to test the network resource associated with each corresponding task at a testing time that is a predetermined length of time prior to the execution time for the user.

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

Call center voice system for use with a real-time complaint identification system
Patent No. 12278926

Inventor(s): Emad Noorizadeh (Plano, TX), Emmanuel Dibia (Dallas, TX), Jennifer Russell (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18144925 on 05/09/2023 (707 days app to issue)

Abstract: An interactive voice response system for use with a real-time complaint identification system and dashboard may be provided. The interactive voice response system may receive and respond to human callers in real-time. Simultaneously, the interactive voice response system may use a model to transcribe the audio call and identify complaints within the audio calls. Identified complaints may be resolved by one of a plurality of resolution executables. One of the resolution executables may include registering the identified complaint with a complaint register.

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

Systems and methods for adaptive computer-assistance prompts
Patent No. 12278931

Inventor(s): Srinivasa Kaniganti (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18151090 on 01/06/2023 (830 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, an agent-assistance platform may receive a first call stream. The agent-assistance platform may identify a first topic of the first call stream. The agent-assistance platform may output, using a recommendation model, one or more recommendations associated with the first topic of the first call stream. The agent-assistance platform may determine whether a recommendation, of the one or more recommendations, is selected for inclusion in the first call stream. The agent-assistance platform may update the recommendation model with information indicating whether the recommendation is selected for inclusion in the first call stream. The agent-assistance platform may receive a second call stream. The agent-assistance platform may identify a second topic of the second call stream, the first topic being the same as the second topic. The agent-assistance platform may selectively output, using the updated recommendation model, the recommendation for the second call stream.

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

Devices and methods for mesh-based fault detection in passive optical networks
Patent No. 12279080

Inventor(s): Bryan Pauling (Rochester, NY), John Valdez (Copper Canyon, TX), Soms Wongbar (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18806649 on 08/15/2024 (243 days app to issue)

Abstract: A PON system includes both a PON via which optical services are delivered and a wireless network overlaying the PON. The wireless network may be a self-organizing wireless mesh network, and may generally operate as a logical signaling pathway via which information regarding optical states/statuses of PON components and/or related information is delivered from the field to back-end servers of the PON system. Accordingly, the system may include multiple in-common nodes (e.g., OLTs, LMTUs, etc.) which are included in both the PON and the wireless network. Based on optical information received via the wireless network, the servers can localize the physical location of a PON fault to a particular geographical region of multiple regions serviced by the PON (in some cases narrowing the fault’’s physical location to a particular span, FDH, or optical terminal), and may dispatch a technician directly to the localized physical location to address the fault.

[H04J] MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L 5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N 7/08; in exchanges H04Q 11/00)

Methods and systems for upgrading sites of a communication network
Patent No. 12279130

Inventor(s): Ravi Potluri (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18387107 on 11/06/2023 (526 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for upgrading sites of a communication network are provided. Operational information of network functions within a communication network are tracked within a data repository. An upgrade ruleset is defined for identifying sites within a communication network to upgrade. The operational information, the upgrade ruleset, and model rules generated by a model for a set of candidate sites are processed to generate a positive list of sites to upgrade and a negative list of sites to not upgrade. The negative list of sites and criteria used to determine that the negative list of sites are not being upgraded are provided such as to a user. An upgrade process is performed to upgrade the sites within the positive list of sites.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Reference signal transmission using quasi co-location (QCL) resources
Patent No. 12279133

Inventor(s): Jin Liu (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): BUNKER HILL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17848348 on 06/23/2022 (1027 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and device in a node for wireless communications. A first node transmits a first signaling; transmits a first reference signal and a second signal through a first antenna port in a first time-frequency resource set; the first signaling is used to indicate a number of time-frequency resource(s) used for the first reference signal in the first time-frequency resource set; the first reference signal is used to demodulate the second signal; the first antenna port conforms to a first Quasi Co-Located (QCL) relation, and the first QCL relationship is one of Q candidate QCL relationships; the number of time-frequency resource(s) used for the first reference signal in the first time-frequency resource set is used to indicate the first QCL relationship out of the Q candidate QCL relationships, Q being a positive integer greater than 1. The application effectively solves the signaling overhead problem of transmission configuration indication.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Traffic timing control for an open radio access network in a cloud radio access network system
Patent No. 12279156

Inventor(s): Rasiklal Kachhla (Plano, TX), Sridhar Rajagopal (Plano, TX), Wessam Afifi Ahmed (Plano, TX), Young-Han Nam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Mavenir Systems, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Ruggiero McAllister McMahon LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17335655 on 06/01/2021 (1414 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is provided a method of operating an Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) having an O-RAN radio unit (O-RU) and an O-RU controller. The method includes sending, from the O-RU to the O-RU controller, (i) a message informing that the O-RU supports a feature such as (a) a plurality of delay management profiles, and/or (b) a plurality of transmission window sizes, and (ii) a report of capabilities of the O-RU, where the report includes a parameter such as (a) a quantity of supported delay management profiles, (b) supported window sizes for each of the plurality of delay management profiles, and/or (c) a supported window offset for each of the plurality of delay management profiles. The O-RU controller configures the O-RU based on the feature and the parameter.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Session creation for wireless device
Patent No. 12279170

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: 18413740 on 01/16/2024 (455 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mobility management entity (MME) receives, from a wireless device, an attach request message indicating that the wireless device supports signaling for a first number of bearers, wherein the attach request message comprises an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI). The MME selects a network gateway from a plurality of network gateways based on a second number of bearers supported by the network gateway. The MME sends, to the network gateway, a create session request message for creating a session for the wireless device. The MME receives, from the network gateway, a create session response message confirming creation of the session.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Facilitation of dynamic edge computations for 6G or other next generation network
Patent No. 12279172

Inventor(s): Sangar Dowlatkhah (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17652494 on 02/25/2022 (1145 days app to issue)

Abstract: In 6G, there are multiple radios that can cover the same location at any time, and yet radio failure can occur. However, a mobile edge computing (MEC) platform can increase the footprint of adjacent radios to compensate for a failed radio. To reduce the failure interruption and maintain a quality of experience for a subscriber, the MEC can utilize a virtual session capability to communicate radio change of service characteristics to a service provider. Consequently, the change in service characteristics can comprise an expanded coverage area for adjacent radios such that a mobile device of the subscriber can take advantage of the expanded coverage area without experiencing an interruption in service.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

DESIGN PATENTS

Baseball cap having stylized letters and logo
Patent No. D1070286

Inventor(s): Brian K. Reaux (Red Oak, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29793518 on 02/27/2023 (778 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Arm chair
Patent No. D1070389

Inventor(s): Belinda Kay Lavender (The Colony, TX), James G. Goff (The Colony, TX), William Louis Herren (Phoenix, AZ)
Assignee(s): WOODARD-CM, LLC (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29824897 on 01/27/2022 (1174 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle suspension link
Patent No. D1070669

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Trent Collins (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29900869 on 08/25/2023 (599 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Tow hook for vehicles
Patent No. D1070670

Inventor(s): George DeWitt (Ypsilanti, MI), Jeremiah Hammer (Ann Arbor, MI), Skylar Watson (Williamston, MI), Todd Muck (Fowlerville, MI), William Castleman (Canton, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29862964 on 12/14/2022 (853 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Hood spear
Patent No. D1070688

Inventor(s): Derek S. Sancer (Denton, TX), Louis Daniel Heilaneh (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29874935 on 04/26/2023 (720 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

White noise sound machine
Patent No. D1070804

Inventor(s): Brian P. Johnson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Perch Acquisition Co. 36, LLC (Boston, MA)
Law Firm: Wolf, Greenfield Sacks, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29909753 on 08/10/2023 (614 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface
Patent No. D1070880

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: 29879405 on 07/07/2023 (648 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle reinforcement bar
Patent No. D1071008

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Casey Christen Jens Christensen (McKinney, TX), Jonathan Scott Wood (Campbell, CA), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29829435 on 03/04/2022 (1138 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Vehicle tail lamp
Patent No. D1071269

Inventor(s): Robert G. Oake, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Oake Law Office, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29893971 on 06/05/2023 (680 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Tree planter ring
Patent No. D1070540

Inventor(s): Robert Glen Allen (Mesquite, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Scheef Stone, L.L.P (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29900061 on 08/16/2023 (608 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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