Patented: Samsung's Virtual Touch Interaction for Any Display Devices Using Radar—and More North Texas Inventive Activity » Dallas Innovates

Beyond Samsung Electronics Co., other organizations with notable patents granted this week include:

7-Eleven’s item identification using container-based classification
Advanced Kinetix’s stretching device
AT&T’s automatic discovery of machine learning model features
Bank of America’s system for generating synthetic data
CarboFix Spine’s composite material spinal implant
Caterpillar’s control feature to optimize battery state of charge by utilizing resistor grid
Celanese’s production and purification of acetic acid
Cypress Semiconductor’s preserving privacy during secure transactions with ambient power devices
EcoSafe Packaging’s child-resistant container
Frito-Lay’s potato cultivar FL 2602
Honeywell’s air quality sensor
Quad/Graphics’ using printed mail to retrieve consumer interest data
Reliance Jio’s cloud automation agents and method of use
Siemens Industry Software’s methods for enabling trusted on-demand distributed manufacturing
STMicroelectronics’ system for detecting human presence based on depth sensing and inertial measurement
Texas Instruments’ wirelessly identifying device locations
Toyota’s determination of value representative of aggressiveness in operation of a transport
U.S. Bancorp’s LLM-assisted hierarchical code review system
University of North Texas’ solar environmental control system, apparatus, and method relating thereto
Verily Life Sciences’ system for conducting eye examinations for visual acuity

Dallas Invents is a 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, 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).

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

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 10
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 10
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 7
E: Fixed Constructions 3
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 2
G: Physics 31
H: Electricity 35

DESIGN: 11

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 9
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 7
Toyota Motor North America Inc. (Plano) 6
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 4
AT&T Intellectual Property I L.P. (Atlanta, GA) 3
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 3
Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson) 3
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) 3
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Aichi-ken, JP) 3

UNASSIGNED 7

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney) 2
Biraj Krushna Rath (London, GB) 2
Boon Loong Ng (Plano) 2
Damien Patton (Plano) 2
Daniel Lewandowski (Cracow, PL) 2
Imad Zahid (Carrollton) 2
James Myers (New York, NY) 2
Jin Yang (Orinda, CA) 2
Joshua C. Batie (Frisco) 2
Lixia Yan (Basking Ridge, NJ) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

H U M A N N E C E S S I T I E S

Potato cultivar FL 2602
Patent No. 12599104

Inventor(s): Daniel H. Ronis (Saskatoon, , CA)
Assignee(s): FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18426636 on 01/30/2024 (805 days app to issue)

Abstract: A potato cultivar designated FL 2602 is disclosed. The invention relates to tubers and seeds of potato cultivar FL 2602, to plants of potato FL 2602, to the plant parts of potato cultivar FL 2602, and to methods for producing progeny of potato cultivar FL 2602. The invention relates to methods for producing a potato plant containing in its genome one or more transgenes and to the transgenic potato plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention relates to potato cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from potato variety FL 2602 to methods for producing other potato cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from potato cultivar FL 2602 and to potato plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid potato tubers, seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing potato cultivar FL 2602 with another potato cultivar.

[A01H] NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES [5]

Umbrella pole brace assembly
Patent No. 12599206

Inventor(s): Carlos Balderas (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18222144 on 07/14/2023 (1005 days app to issue)

Abstract: An umbrella pole brace assembly includes an umbrella that has a pole and a pivoting mechanism for facilitating a top portion of the pole to be oriented at an angle with a bottom portion of the pole thereby facilitating the umbrella to be retained in a tilted orientation. A pair of half pipes is hingedly coupled together such that the pair of half pipes forms a sleeve which is positionable around the pole of the umbrella for covering the pivoting mechanism. Each of the pair of half pipes includes a rigid material facilitating the sleeve formed by the pair of half pipes to inhibit the pivoting mechanism from pivoting for retaining the umbrella in a horizontal orientation.

[A45B] WALKING STICKS (walking aids, e.g. sticks, for blind persons A61H 3/06); UMBRELLAS; LADIES’ OR LIKE FANS (cane or umbrella stands or holders A47G 25/12)

Beverage flight cooler
Patent No. 12599261

Inventor(s): Lisa S. Nelson (Irving, TX), Paul D. Nelson (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18592772 on 03/01/2024 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: A beverage cooler assembly comprising a cooler case, a cooler lid coupled to an upper surface of the cooler case so as to define an internal volume, and a cooler pack located within the internal volume. The cooler case having one or more ribs along an upper surface to elevate the cooler pack. The cooler lid including a container aperture permitting access into the internal volume. The cooler pack having a recess aligned with the container aperture and configured to accept a beverage container. The cooler pack being insulative to regulate the temperature of the beverage in the container as it rests in the recess.

[A47G] HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B 65/00; knives B26B)

System for conducting eye examinations for visual acuity
Patent No. 12599301

Inventor(s): Jeremy Chan (San Jose, CA), Supriyo Sinha (Menlo Park, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18390315 on 12/20/2023 (846 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for conducting an eye examination for visual acuity are provided. In one example, a system may include an optical subsystem positioned in front of one or both eyes of a user. The optical subsystem may comprise a handheld device or a head worn device, a visual indicator, and a plurality of vision modifiers. The system may determine a distance between the optical subsystem and the display based on comparing a fixed size of the visual indicator to a detected size of the visual indicator in an image obtained by a camera. The system may output an eye examination image for visual acuity based on the distance being within a valid range. The eye examination image may include a visual stimulus having an output size determined based on the distance. The system may receive an input from the user indicating a selection of the visual stimulus.

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

Composite material spinal implant
Patent No. 12599413

Inventor(s): Daniel Umansky (Kfar Saba, , IL), Mordechay Beyar (Tel-Aviv, , IL), Oren Globerman (Kfar-Shemaryahu, , IL)
Assignee(s): CarboFix Spine Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17437072 on 03/09/2020 (2227 days app to issue)

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a pedicle screw implant construct kit, comprising: at least one pedicle screw including a head; an embracing structure shaped and sized for embracing at least a portion of the screw head; an upper fastener for mounting onto the embracing structure, the upper fastener having a polygonal profile at least on a face of the upper fastener facing a direction opposite the screw.

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

Mixed reality endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatopgraphy (ERCP) procedure
Patent No. 12599457

Inventor(s): Navakanth Gorrepati (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18773817 on 07/16/2024 (637 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mixed reality endoscopic surgical procedure method, including the steps of selecting a three-dimensional holographic first image of a body part to be surgically operated on and displaying the three-dimensional holographic first image of the body part. The method can further include positioning an endoscope relative to the body part, wherein the endoscope further includes a guidewire, displaying a three-dimensional second holographic image or video of the endoscope or guidewire relative to the body part, and using the three-dimensional first holographic first image as a visual guide for engaging the body part via the guidewire.

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

System and method for joining boney structures
Patent No. 12599483

Inventor(s): Alan W. Rorke (Bristol Avon, , GB), Daniel S. Savage (Brecksville, OH), Randall F. Lee (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18485363 on 10/12/2023 (915 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are system and methods that use at least one non-threaded anchor and an implant with at least one aperture to join boney structures, where the interaction of the head of the anchor with the implant aperture causes the anchor to move transversely with respect to an initial trajectory. This movement causes compression or distraction of the boney structures which are coupled to the anchors.

[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]

Compositions and compounds containing ketone bodies and/or ketone body precursors and one or more amino acids
Patent No. 12599579

Inventor(s): Gary Millet (Salt Lake City, UT), Jacob Wilson (Tampa, FL), Ryan Lowery (Tampa, FL), Terry Lacore (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): AXCESS GLOBAL SCIENCES, LLC (Washington, UT)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19261853 on 07/07/2025 (281 days app to issue)

Abstract: Compositions and methods for administering ketone bodies to a subject include a ketone body or ketone body precursor complexed with or coupled to at least one amino acid. The compositions and methods cause one or more of: weight loss, weight maintenance, reduced blood glucose level, maintenance of blood glucose level, increased muscle and physical performance, enhanced metabolic and cellular repair, improved detoxification and gut health, targeted bioavailability, sustained release and controlled absorption, increased metabolic efficiency, enhanced cellular uptake, minimized side effects, multifunctional therapeutics, improved focus, improved energy, improved cognitive function, improved mental acuity, treatment of traumatic brain injury, treatment of diabetes, treatment of neurological disorder, treatment of cancer, treatment of inflammatory condition, appetite suppression, anti-aging effects, anti-glycation effects, treatment of epilepsy, treatment of depression, improved performance, improved muscle mass, improved motor function, increased strength, increased metabolism, increased fat loss, increased fat oxidation, improved body composition, and improved mood.

[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)

Assessing treatment parameters for radiation treatment planning
Patent No. 12599781

Inventor(s): Anthony Magliari (Swansea, IL), Jessica Perez (Geneva, , CH), Michael Folkerts (Carrollton, TX), Michiko Rossi (Espoo, , FI), Pierre Lansonneur (Helsinki, , FI), Viljo Petaja (Espoo, , FI)
Assignee(s): SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS INTERNATIONAL AG (Steinhausen, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18108539 on 02/10/2023 (1159 days app to issue)

Abstract: Information associated with a radiation treatment plan includes, for example, values of dose per voxel in a target volume, values of dose rate per voxel in the target volume, and values of parameters used when generating the values of dose per voxel and the values of dose rate per voxel. Renderings that include, for example, a rendering of an image of or including the target volume, and a rendering of selected values of the radiation treatment plan, are displayed. When a selection of a region of one of the renderings is received, a displayed characteristic of another one of the renderings is changed based on the selection.

[A61N] ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B 18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infra-red radiators for heating H05B) [6]

Golf ball dispenser with embedded display device, separate front waterfall panel and/or blower assembly
Patent No. 12599816

Inventor(s): Andrew David Macaulay (Dallas, TX), Brian David Burdette (McKinney, TX), Brian Lee Roderman (Plano, TX), Clifton Frederick Geisler (McKinney, TX), Clinton Scott Lovejoy (Dallas, TX), David Christopher Singer (Austin, TX),
Assignee(s): Topgolf International, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17699020 on 03/18/2022 (1488 days app to issue)

Abstract: A golf ball dispenser includes: a receptacle configured to hold multiple golf balls; a passageway connecting an outlet of the golf dispenser with the receptacle; a gateway coupled between the passageway and the receptacle to restrict a passage of the multiple golf balls into the passageway, the gateway being selectively moveable to allow a golf ball to pass into the passageway for delivery to a tee area; and a display device embedded in the golf ball dispenser to present at least information regarding the golf ball in flight after the golf ball is hit from the tee area. Further, methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for use with such golf ball dispensers, can control holding and dispensing of golf balls at a golf facility, e.g., a driving range.

[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

Recommended vehicle-related functionality
Patent No. 12600237

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Macpherson (Plano, TX), Cory M. Frank (Frisco, TX), Jessica May (Danbury, TX), Matthew J. Everett (Norton Shores, MI), Michael R. Kushnerik (The Colony, TX), Naohiro J. Matsumura (Dallas, TX), Sergei I. Gag
Assignee(s): TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX), TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17827911 on 05/30/2022 (1415 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of analyzing data related to content being delivered to occupant devices in a vehicle; and notifying the devices of additional functionality related to the vehicle based on the analyzing.

[B60K] ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES [2006.01]

Vehicle managing energy at a location during an event
Patent No. 12600262

Inventor(s): Christopher A. Ferone (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18417726 on 01/19/2024 (816 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a vehicle, a first amount of time until the vehicle arrives at a location experiencing a power outage, determining, by the vehicle, a second amount of time until a threshold associated with one or more devices in the location is exceeded, and the second amount of time is less than the first amount of time, and directing, by the vehicle, an energy storage unit associated with the location to power the one or more devices.

[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]

Method, system, and computer-readable storage medium for data-based recommendations to limit vehicle battery degradation
Patent No. 12600263

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: 18194629 on 04/01/2023 (1109 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of: determining a degradation of a battery of each vehicle in a group of electric vehicles, wherein the degradation is at a rate greater than a threshold; determining a return when the degradation is lowered; and providing a portion of the return to each of the vehicles in the group, wherein the portion is commensurate with the lowering.

Vehicle interior wall panel and wall panel assembly with door stopper
Patent No. 12600303

Inventor(s): Samuel L Sowles (Tecumseh, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18324455 on 05/26/2023 (1054 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wall panel structured to form at least a portion of an interior wall of a vehicle is provided. The wall panel includes a body, a storage compartment formed in the body, and at least one door stopper extending from the body. The door stopper(s) may help support the wall panel in an upright orientation when the wall panel is positioned on a resting surface. Also described is a wall panel assembly including the wall panel and a door rotatably coupled to the wall panel for closing the storage compartment. In the wall panel assembly, the door stopper(s) on the wall panel may prevent over-rotation of the door, when the wall panel is not installed in a vehicle.

[B60R] VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles A62C 3/07)

Determination of value representative of aggressiveness in operation of a transport
Patent No. 12600365

Inventor(s): Shayan Khoshmagham (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18828052 on 09/09/2024 (582 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of sensing from at least one sensor, a longitudinal acceleration and a lateral acceleration, receiving from the at least one sensor, a longitudinal acceleration signal based on the longitudinal acceleration and a lateral acceleration signal based on the lateral acceleration, filtering via at least one logic, the longitudinal acceleration signal and the lateral acceleration signal based on an interquartile range of the longitudinal acceleration signal and the lateral acceleration signal, yielding a plurality of filtered signals and determining via the at least one logic, a mobility index of a transport based on the filtered signals.

[B60W] CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT [2006.01]

Zonal architecture for vehicle
Patent No. 12600368

Inventor(s): Imad Zahid (Carrollton, TX), Joshua C. Batie (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-Ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18614541 on 03/22/2024 (753 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of dividing a vehicle into a plurality of zones based on operations performed by vehicle, assigning a different subset of electronic control units (ECUs) from among a plurality of ECUs of the vehicle to each zone based on functions performed by the plurality of ECUs with respect to the plurality of zones, determining an operation to perform for the vehicle, identifying a zone from among the plurality of zones for controlling the operation, and pooling data input by and output by a subset of ECUs included in the zone during the operation and storing the pooled data in a storage device.

Modular, configurable airframe system for heavy lift rotary wing UAV
Patent No. 12600503

Inventor(s): Brian Riskas (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Surgeon Autonomous Vehicles and Equipment L.L.C. (Arcadia, LA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19008417 on 01/02/2025 (467 days app to issue)

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle includes an airframe and a plurality of rotor assemblies operatively connected to the airframe and configured to propel the unmanned aerial vehicle. The air frame includes a plurality of tubes and a plurality of hardpoints. Each of the plurality of hardpoints may include a tubular protrusion for receiving one of the plurality of tubes. The unmanned aerial vehicle may further include structural adhesive bonding the tubular protrusion of each of the plurality of hardpoints to a corresponding one of the plurality of tubes.

[B64U] UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR

Child resistant container
Patent No. 12600538

Inventor(s): Nicholas Patrick Karll (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignee(s): EcoSafe Packaging, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19310459 on 08/26/2025 (231 days app to issue)

Abstract: A child-resistant cap assembly for sealing a container having a container body and a container lip. The assembly comprises an inner cap configured to couple with the container body, a metal outer cap that retains the inner cap, and a plate disposed between the inner cap and the outer cap, axially and rotationally fixed to the outer cap. A female coupler can be attached to the top of the inner cap, and a male coupler can be attached to the bottom of the plate for optionally engaging the inner cap to the outer cap. When an adult optionally engages the outer cap with the inner cap, any rotation of the outer cap produces rotation of the inner cap, allowing the coupling or decoupling of the inner cap to or from the container body.

[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

Dual propane cylinder attachment for forklift
Patent No. 12600610

Inventor(s): Jose Natanael Ramos (Desoto, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18922083 on 10/21/2024 (540 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tank carrier includes a base member, a backstop, and a pair of support members. The pair of support members extend between the base member and the backstop to form an angled support to solidify an orientation between the base member and the backstop. A lower saddle strap and an upper saddle strap each extend between the pair of support members and are configured to separate from each other between the plurality of support members to extend around a tank. A latch, having a pin, is configured to selectively secure the upper saddle strap to at least one of the pair of support members.

[B66F] HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD (mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B 17/00; scaffolds combined with lifting devices E04G 1/22, E04G 3/28; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G 11/24; lifting of buildings E04G 23/06; shores or struts E04G 25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C 7/12; props for mining E21D 15/00)

Systems and methods for cooling an electric charging cable
Patent No. 12603195

Inventor(s): Danny Lohan (Northville, MI), Ercan Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Shailesh Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18466303 on 09/13/2023 (944 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for cooling an electric charging cable. The system includes a conductor core, a wick placed around an exterior of the conductor core, an outer cover surrounding the wick, wherein the outer cover comprises an inner surface, and wherein a space is formed between the wick and the inner surface of the outer cover, and one or more channels disposed within the space between the wick and the inner surface of the outer cover and coupled to the wick, wherein the one or more channels includes an outer surface and wherein the outer surface of the one or more channels is placed a distance from the inner surface of the outer cover.

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

Nanostructured carbons and methods of preparing the same
Patent No. 12600633

Inventor(s): Alexander T. Brown (Colorado Springs, CA), Kenneth J. Balkus, Jr. (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, the University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17018316 on 09/11/2020 (2041 days app to issue)

Abstract: The inventive concept described herein relates to nanostructured carbons having improved characteristics, and method of preparing the same.

[C01B] NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF (fermentation or enzyme-using processes for the preparation of elements or inorganic compounds except carbon dioxide C12P 3/00; production of non-metallic elements or inorganic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B)

Method of making a carbon-carbon composite with internal microchannels
Patent No. 12600680

Inventor(s): Garrett U. Yoder (Springboro, OH), Gray E. Fowler (Allen, TX), James M. Davidson (Riverside, OH)
Assignee(s): Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (Miamisburg, OH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17941295 on 09/09/2022 (1313 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods of making a carbon-carbon composite structure with internal microchannels include (i) assembling a dry carbon fiber composite preform with a sacrificial template woven or placed within to form a primary assembly; (ii) placing the primary assembly under a sealed enclosure; (iii) applying a vacuum to the sealed enclosure to evacuate air from the dry carbon fiber composite preform; (iv) infusing a polymer resin into the dry carbon fiber composite preform to generate a resin infused preform; (v) heating the resin infused preform under vacuum to cure the polymer resin in the resin infused preform to form a cured composite; (vi) demolding the cured composite; and (vii) heating the cured composite to an elevated temperature of at least 800 C. under a flow of an inert gas to decompose the sacrificial template to form the internal microchannels and carbonize the cured composite to form the carbon-carbon composite structure.

[C04B] LIME; MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS (devitrified glass-ceramics C03C 10/00); REFRACTORIES (alloys based on refractory metals C22C); TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE [4]

Production and purification of acetic acid
Patent No. 12600692

Inventor(s): David Lee (Houston, TX), Ronald D. Shaver (Houston, TX), Yaw-Hwa Liu (Missouri City, TX)
Assignee(s): Celanese International Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17928567 on 06/03/2021 (1776 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein is a process for the production and purification of acetic acid. In particular, this disclosure relates to improved processes for producing and purifying acetic acid by the carbonylation of methanol in the presence of a Group VIII metal carbonylation catalyst. The acetic acid production and purification process described herein controls the formation and mass composition of acetal impurities, such as 1,1-dimethoxyethane.

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

Crystalline forms of 4-(7-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-benzonitrile and formulations thereof
Patent No. 12600702

Inventor(s): Chinmay Maheshwari (Mason, OH), Christopher Stephen Towler (Quincy, MA), Gregory Morandi (Basel, , CH), Joseph Paul Bullock (Fort Worth, TX), Kalliopi Stasi (Waltham, MA), Michael Mutz (Lrrach, , DE), Michela Montecchi-Palmer
Assignee(s): Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited (Dublin, , IE)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17430819 on 02/13/2020 (2252 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides polymorphs and formulations of 4-(7-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-benzonitrile (compound I). The present disclosure further provides methods for treating ocular surface pain by administering 4-(7-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-benzonitrile (compound I). The present invention also provides methods for treating dry eye disease and ocular hyperemia by administering 4-(7-hydroxy-2-isopropyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-benzonitrile.

[C07D] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08) [2]

Solvent applications of anhydromevalonolactone
Patent No. 12600835

Inventor(s): Cecelia Rivera (Berkeley, CA), Chance Plaskett (Oakland, CA), Deepak Dugar (Berkeley, CA), Mustafa J. Bootwala (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): Visolis, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17292684 on 11/08/2019 (2349 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein are solvents and co-solvents comprising anhydromevalonolactone (aMVL) and various industrial applications for such solvents. aMVL has a number of advantageous properties for use in solvent, including high boiling point, low melting point, low viscosity, non-flammability, water solubility, exceptionally low volatility, and excellent solvation capability. Exemplary industrial applications for solvents comprising aMVL include polymer manufacturing, polymer recycling, mold production, fiber production, membrane manufacturing, thermosetting paint manufacturing, coating manufacturing, coating removal, paint strippers, cleaning products, degreasing products, nitrile synthesis, alkylation, production of syngas, carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions, metal organic framework synthesis, halogenation reactions, formation of pharmaceuticals, formation of fungicides and/or herbicides, seed treatment products, bioregulators, and electrolytes in batteries or capacitors.

[C08J] WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H (working, e.g. shaping, of plastics B29) [2]

Water soluble instruments and containers
Patent No. 12600861

Inventor(s): Terry Guido (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17748321 on 05/19/2022 (1426 days app to issue)

Abstract: One embodiment provides a disposable tool. The disposable tool may include an exterior layer disposed over one or more dissolvable layers forming a shape of the disposable tool. The exterior layer is coated with an impermeable coating. The disposable tool includes one or more segments that are not coated with the impermeable coating. The disposable tool may be utilized for consumption of food or liquids or as an applicator, such as a tampon applicator.

[C08L] COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) [2]

Resins for adhesive bonding of fabrics
Patent No. 12600886

Inventor(s): Hang Qi (Marietta, GA), Liang Yue (Atlanta, GA), Masato Tanaka (Ann Arbor, MI), Yuyang Song (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17951312 on 09/23/2022 (1299 days app to issue)

Abstract: A resin for adhesive bonding to fabrics includes between about 80 wt. % and about 90 wt. % of a monomer, between about 10 wt. % and about 20 wt. % of a cross-linking agent with two or more acrylic acid groups separated by a flexible linker, between about 0.5 wt. % and about 1.5 wt. % of a photoinitiator, and between about 10 wt. % and about 15 wt. % of a thickening agent. The monomer has a melting point less than 25 C. and the flexible linker has subunits such as methylene glycol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, and combinations thereof. Also, the resin forms a bond with polyurethane coated nylon fabric and the bond exhibits an adhesion strength greater than a tensile strength of the polyurethane coated nylon fabric.

[C09J] ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES (surgical adhesives A61L 24/00; adhesives on the basis of non specified organic macromolecular compounds used as bonding agents in layered products B32B; labelling fabrics or comparable materials or articles with deformable surface using adhesives and thermo-activatable adhesives respectively B65C 5/02, B65C 5/04; preparation of glue or gelatine C09H; adhesive labels, tag tickets or similar identification of indication means G09F 3/10) [5]

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

Apparatus and methods for controlling drilling
Patent No. 12601225

Inventor(s): Jefferson Xu (Southlake, TX), John Jeremy Cantwell (Fredericksburg, TX), William Edward Weideman (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): HELMERICH PAYNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Tulsa, OK)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18056165 on 11/16/2022 (1245 days app to issue)

Abstract: An autotuner control system may be implemented to monitor and control operation of a drilling system and one or more drilling parameters during drilling operations. The control system may be a proportional integral derivative (PID) controller or a proportional integral (PI) controller, which can run iteratively during drilling operations to adjust drilling parameters and/or the controller. The PI or PID controller may apply adaptive filters to update and adjust one or more controller parameters (PID or PI), to autotune such parameters and may incorporate a stability constraint filter to constrain said adaptive filter, such as to reduce the impact of dead time and process time delays and adjust drilling parameters to match the drilling goals.

[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]

Wellhead flow block and flow control mechanisms
Patent No. 12601236

Inventor(s): Darrell Mitchum (Oakhurst, TX), Garrett S. Boyd (Granbury, TX), Mitchell A. Boyd (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): Flowco MasterCo LLC (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18918584 on 10/17/2024 (544 days app to issue)

Abstract: A unitary wellhead flow block lubricator assembly includes a unitary body and flow passageways that extend through the unitary body. Various openings on the exterior of the unitary body allow flow control devices to be mounted in the flow passageways to control the flow of fluid though the flow passageways. One or more of the control devices could be mountable in two or more orientations that alter the way in which the flow control device controls flow through one or more passageways in the unitary body. One or more choke mechanisms may also be mounted on the unitary body. The choke mechanisms may allow an operator to selectively adjust a flow of fluid through one or more of the passageways in the unitary body.

Debris collection device with passive check valve
Patent No. 12601247

Inventor(s): Pramod Chamarthy (Carrollton, TX), Rodney Marlow (Houston, TX), Wei Zhang (Houston, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19002537 on 12/26/2024 (474 days app to issue)

Abstract: A variety of methods and apparatus are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a bailer to collect debris from a wellbore, the bailer including a passive check valve to provide preferential flow through an annular path over a central path of the bailer with the flow of debris-laden fluid and filtered fluid in an uphole direction through the bailer and provide preferential flow through the central path over the annular path with the flow of fluid in the downhole direction.

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

Devices, systems, and methods for surgical light spot size adjustment
Patent No. 12601463

Inventor(s): David Patrick Chase (Southlake, TX), Gianni Boccoleri (Lantana, TX)
Assignee(s): Stryker Corporation (Portage, MI)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18356835 on 07/21/2023 (998 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for adjusting the spot size of light provided from a surgical light by translating a focus panel relative to a plurality of light emitters. The focus panel can be mounted to the housing of the surgical light such that the focus panel can translate relative to the housing in an axial direction toward and away from the plurality of light emitters. The focus panel can engage with one or more tracks that are movably mounted relative to the housing and controlled via at least one actuator. The actuator(s) can be configured to translate the focus panel towards or away from the plurality of light emitters to adjust the spot size of light provided by the surgical light via the engagement between the focus panel and the one or more tracks.

[F21V] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [7]

Solar environmental control system, apparatus, and method relating thereto
Patent No. 12601528

Inventor(s): Sheldon Q. Shi (Dallas, TX), Weihuan Zhao (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18157663 on 01/20/2023 (1180 days app to issue)

Abstract: A solar environmental control system includes a solar powered apparatus and a heat transfer apparatus. The solar collection apparatus includes a solar collector for absorbing solar energy, a heat storage medium, and a generator. A heat transfer fluid circulates between the solar collector, the heat storage medium, and the generator.

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

P H Y S I C S

Estimation of target location and sensor misalignment angles
Patent No. 12601596

Inventor(s): Brian Joseph Holden (St. Paul, TX), Michael Duane Sapp (Garland, TX), Michael Lindsey Mahaffey (Austin, TX), Michael Thomas Grabbe (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (Melbourne, FL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17496453 on 10/07/2021 (1650 days app to issue)

Abstract: Data indicative of a line of sight to a target is obtained from a sensor mounted on an aircraft. Data indicative of an orientation of the aircraft relative to the Earth is obtained from a navigation system associated with the aircraft. An expression is generated that couples a first variable indicative of misalignment of an orientation of the sensor and the orientation of the aircraft and a second variable indicative of the location of the target relative to the Earth. The first variable and second variable are determined using the data indicative of the line of sight from the sensor to the target and the expression coupling the first variable and the second variable. The misalignment of the orientation of the sensor and the orientation of the aircraft is compensated for using the first variable. The location of the target relative to the Earth is determined using the second variable.

[G01C] MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)

Route-based activity recommendation using artificial intelligence
Patent No. 12601608

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of storing preferences of an occupant of a vehicle within a database, receiving data from a sign that is within a field of view of the occupant as the vehicle is travelling along a route that includes the sign, generating display content for the sign which includes custom data integrated with the data based on the preferences of the occupant, and displaying the display content on a display device within the vehicle, wherein the displaying comprises aligning the display content with the sign in the field of view of the occupant.

Virtual touch interaction for any display devices using radar
Patent No. 12601813

Inventor(s): Anum Ali (Frisco, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Jianzhong Zhang (Dallas, TX), Vutha Va (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18613070 on 03/21/2024 (754 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, implemented by a processor coupled to a transceiver that transceives radar signals in a field of view (FoV), includes obtaining radar data based on the radar signals. The method includes, for each respective object among a set of objects detected: determining a set of parameters associated with the respective object, based on the radar signals; and selecting the respective object as a target that is within a region-of-interest (ROI), if the set of parameters satisfy a definition of the ROI. The set of parameters includes a normal angle of the respective object. The definition of the ROI is satisfied if the normal angle of the respective object is within a normal-angle threshold interval. The method includes tracking a state of the target with respect to the ROI to detect virtual interactions with a display area that is associated with an external display device and that overlaps the FoV.

[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]

Wirelessly identifying device locations
Patent No. 12601825

Inventor(s): Fernando David Lara Alva (Frisco, TX), Prasanna Parthasarathy (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17989335 on 11/17/2022 (1244 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device comprises a processor and storage coupled to the processor. The storage includes executable code, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: receive a first wireless signal; receive a second wireless signal; determine a first angle of arrival for the first wireless signal and a second angle of arrival for the second wireless signal; determine a first signal strength of the first wireless signal and a second signal strength of the second wireless signal; and based on the first and second angles of arrival and the first and second signal strengths, determine a location within a battery pack of a first battery device of the battery pack relative to a location of a second battery device of the battery pack.

[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

Panel system with managed connectivity
Patent No. 12601886

Inventor(s): Brian J. Fitzpatrick (McKinney, TX), David Jan Irma Van Baelen (Winksele, , BE), Gary Federico Gibbs (Wylie, TX), Jacob C. Anderson (Chanhassen, MN), James J. Solheid (Minneapolis, MN), Matthew J. Holmberg (Le Center, MN),
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18492368 on 10/23/2023 (904 days app to issue)

Abstract: A panel system includes a chassis holding one or more tray arrangements, which are each configured to receive one or more cassettes at two or more bays. The tray arrangements and cassettes cooperate to define a cassette sensor arrangement and a port occupancy sensor arrangement having separate interface points. The cassette sensor arrangement may include electronic memory storing physical layer information about the cassette. All active components of the port occupancy sensor arrangement are disposed on the tray while the electronic memories of the cassette sensor arrangement are stored on the cassettes.

Systems and methods for enabling trusted on-demand distributed manufacturing
Patent No. 12602028

Inventor(s): Alastair Orchard (Genua, , IT), Barbara Humpton (Arlington, VA), Gregory Bowman (Lorton, VA), Joseph Bonnin (Charlotte, NC), Teri Hamlin (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18554297 on 03/29/2022 (1477 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system ([b]100[/b]) for enabling trusted on-demand distributed manufacturing includes a first interface ([b]120[/b]) configured to receive product data from a product data source ([b]110[/b]-A, [b]110[/b]-B, [b]110[/b]-N), a second interface ([b]130[/b]) configured to exchange manufacturing data from a manufacturing data source ([b]140[/b]-A, [b]140[/b]-B, [b]140[/b]-N), a trust anchor module ([b]170[/b]) configured via computer executable instructions to add a physically unclonable function (PUF) to a product, generate a non-fungible token (NFT) to represent the product on an NFT platform ([b]172[/b]), a matching module ([b]174[/b]) configured via computer executable instructions to match the product characteristics with requirements of a buyer and manufacturing capabilities of a producer, and a traceability module ([b]176[/b]) to verify success of a manufacturing process.

[G05B] CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (fluid-pressure actuators or systems acting by means of fluids in general F15B; valves per se F16K; characterised by mechanical features only G05G; sensitive elements, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. G12B, subclasses of G01, H01; correcting units, see the appropriate subclasses, e.g. H02K)

Constrained generative framework application development environment
Patent No. 12602209

Inventor(s): Arshit Gupta (Sunnyvale, CA), Ganesh Kumar Gella (Redmond, WA), James Gung (New York, NY), John Baker (Bellevue, WA), Katrin Kirchhoff (Seattle, WA), Ruhaab Markas (The Colony, TX), Saab Mansour (San Jose, CA), Santos
Assignee(s): Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Reno, NV)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18478034 on 09/29/2023 (928 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods provide for modular, iterative framework to resolve inputs provided to an interaction environment. The input may be decomposed into different component parts and then relevant actions for each of the component parts may be predicted. An action may be selected and relevant parameters may be populated based on the input. If parameters remain unresolved, additional queries may be presented in order to resolve the remaining parameters. Multiple actions may be executed and then prepared to generate a combined response responsive to the input. Actions for a given interaction environment may be domain-specific and also may be developer-defined for a given goal or task to restrict one or more underlying language systems.

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

Method and system for migratable composed per-LCS secure enclaves
Patent No. 12602243

Inventor(s): David Craig Lawson (Richardson, TX), Douglas L. Farley (Round Rock, TX), Shawn Mathew Swanson (Chanhassen, MN), Srinivas Giri Raju Gowda (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18459667 on 09/01/2023 (956 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for managing an LCS includes: sending a request to a microvisor kernel of a microvisor to provision an LCS on a first information handling system (IHS), wherein the request comprises at least a configuration template (CT); sending a second request to the microvisor kernel to verify that an enclave with a virtual trusted platform module (vTPM) is ready to communicate with the LCS; initiating, based successfully verifying, provisioning of the LCS based on the CT, wherein the provisioning of the LCS comprises at least an initiation of a guest basic input/output system (BIOS) of the LCS; receiving a notification, from the microvisor kernel, specifying that the LCS has been provisioned; after the notification has been received: sending a second notification to a user of the first IHS, wherein the second notification specifies a predetermined expiry date of the enclave with the vTPM on the first IHS.

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

Dynamic application programming interface modification to address hardware depreciation
Patent No. 12602267

Inventor(s): Shiva Veluru (Plano, TX), Yogi Ahuja (Warwick, PA)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18096237 on 01/12/2023 (1188 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to application programming interface (API) modification. A computing platform may receive, from an API host service, API property identifiers and corresponding sector storage information. The computing platform may test, for a first property corresponding to a first API property identifier of the API property identifiers, a plurality of sectors of a storage system used to store information for the first property. Based on identifying that a performance success rate of the plurality of sectors meets or exceeds the performance threshold, the computing platform may update a property sector detection log to indicate that collection of the information for the first property is supported by the storage system. Based on identifying that the performance success rate is less than the performance threshold, the computing platform may perform one or more storage mitigation actions for the first property.

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

Safety monitoring of a system-on-a-chip
Patent No. 12602273

Inventor(s): Amit Aneja (Chandler, AZ), Rahul Gulati (San Diego, CA), Vasant Kumar Easwaran (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Qualcomm Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18489809 on 10/18/2023 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for safety monitoring of a vehicle control system. An example method of operating a vehicle includes detecting an error associated with a system-on-a-chip (SoC) having a main domain and a safety domain, wherein the main domain is coupled to a first bus for communicating with one or more electronic control units (ECUs) and wherein the safety domain is coupled to a second bus for communicating with the one or more ECUs; indicating the error to the one or more ECUs via at least one of the first bus, the second bus, or a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) in response to detecting the error, wherein the PMIC is configured to supply power to the main domain or the safety domain; and performing one or more actions in response to detecting the error.

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

System for real-time overload detection using image processing analysis
Patent No. 12602274

Inventor(s): Carl M. Benda (Kannapolis, NC), Colin Murphy (Charlotte, NC), Elvis Nyamwange (Little Elm, TX), Maharaj Mukherjee (Poughkeepsie, NY), Suman Roy Choudhury (Berkeley Heights, NJ), Utkarsh Raj (Charlotte, NC), Vidya Srikanth
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18508449 on 11/14/2023 (882 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for real-time overload detection using image processing analysis. The present disclosure is configured to receive a first set of images associated with a device, wherein the one or more images are associated with a resiliency status of the device; deploy, using a machine learning (ML) subsystem, a trained ML model on the first set of images of the device; determine, using the trained ML model, a change in the resiliency status of the device based on the first set of images; and generate a notification indicating the change in the resiliency status of the device; and transmit control signals configured to cause a first user input device to display the notification.

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

LLM-assisted hierarchical code review system
Patent No. 12602308

Inventor(s): Giacomo Domeniconi (New York, NY), Kameswara Eati (Cary, NC), Manohar Tallapaneni (Plano, TX), Sherin Mathews (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): U.S. Bancorp, National Association (Minneapolis, MN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19319337 on 09/04/2025 (222 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for automated code review, comprising receiving a code change request associated with a hierarchical organizational structure having multiple organizational levels, identifying a hierarchical position within the organizational structure corresponding to the code change request, retrieving a plurality of code review rules from a hierarchical knowledge base, wherein the hierarchical knowledge base stores code review rules organized according to the hierarchical organizational structure, and wherein the plurality of code review rules includes rules from multiple organizational levels of the hierarchical organizational structure, applying the plurality of code review rules to the code change request using a large language model to generate code review feedback, and providing the code review feedback for the code change request. The hierarchical knowledge base may be implemented using a retrieval-augmented generation system that stores organizational standards, best practices, and team-specific customizations in a vector database organized according to the hierarchical organizational structure.

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

Detecting and handling a coexistence event
Patent No. 12602340

Inventor(s): Eli Dekel (Tzur Igal, , IL), Yaron Alpert (Hod Hasharon, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18537065 on 12/12/2023 (854 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes detecting, by a coexistence controller of a system on a chip (SoC), an occurrence of a coexistence event of an SoC component; providing, by the coexistence controller, an indication of the occurrence of the coexistence event to a coexistence coordinator; and changing, by the coexistence controller, an operating point of the SoC from a current operating point to a new operating point responsive to receiving an operating point change request from the coexistence coordinator.

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

Microservice catalog generation and inference based selection of microservices
Patent No. 12602362

Inventor(s): Jayachandu Bandlamudi (Guntur, , IN), Sreenivasa Rao Pamidala (McLean, VA), Subil Mathew Abraham (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18084649 on 12/20/2022 (1211 days app to issue)

Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for indexing microservices for optimized querying based on microservice attributes. A plurality of application graph data structures are generated with nodes representing microservices and edges representing functionality of microservices. A data transformation is performed on the graphs to generate, for each node, a corresponding microservice document specifying microservice attributes of the corresponding microservice. A machine learning training operation is executed on an embedding computer model based on a plurality of the microservice documents to train the embedding computer model to learn a representation vector space for representing microservices as vector representations. The trained embedding computer model is executed on the microservice documents to generate corresponding vector representations and compile them into entries of a microservice index data structure which is used to process queries for microservices.

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

Apparatus and method for filtering visualizations from or across different analytics platforms
Patent No. 12602395

Inventor(s): Jerry Lynn Moore, Jr. (Lucas, TX), Scott Masson (Ottawa, , CA)
Assignee(s): DIGITAL HIVE, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19081380 on 03/17/2025 (393 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for combining data from disparate business intelligence systems and data sources. The method includes aggregating data in real-time across multiple, disparate data platforms of more than one third party, by mapping nonmatching data parameters used in the different platforms to a common data field. The business intelligence systems are queried to identify responsive data fields, which are then meshed in a translation and/or unification module into the common data field for display. The meshing of the data allows for efficient filtering according to user inputs. The system and method further include applications to allow users to create parameter mappings for the data meshing.

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

Intelligent query decomposition, specialized model routing, and hierarchical aggregation with conflict resolution
Patent No. 12602418

Inventor(s): Biraj Krushna Rath (London, , GB), Chamindra Desilva (London, , GB), Daniel Lewandowski (Cracow, , PL), Deepak Jain (London, , GB), Ganesh Prasad Bhat (New Jersey, NJ), Haolin Jin (Shanghai, , CN), James Myers (New York, NY), J
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19309601 on 08/25/2025 (232 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices that relate to intelligent query decomposition and parallel routing for specialized model processing are disclosed. In one example aspect, the system receives a query from a user comprising a request relating to a particular domain. The system determines, using a decomposition model, a set of sub-queries based on semantic boundaries, syntactics, tasks, relationships, and rules relating to particular domains. The system inputs the set of sub-queries into a routing model to determine a set of specialized models. For each sub-query, the system routes the sub-query to a respective specialized model, generates an output, and assigns a confidence score. The system detects conflicts among outputs using a conflict detection model configured to identify discrepancies. The system generates an aggregated output by combining outputs according to a weighted aggregation algorithm prioritizing higher confidence scores and conflict resolution rules, then displays the aggregated output.

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

Communication service adaption
Patent No. 12602463

Inventor(s): Bryan Freitas (Angra do Herosmo, , PT), McRedmond Morelli (Mercer Island, WA), Patrick James Murray (Lancaster, OH), William J. King (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Clubster, LLC (Mercer Island, WA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18223926 on 07/19/2023 (1000 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, to adapt a communication service are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of maintaining, by a computing device, a communication service that is accessible through a first user interface. The actions further include determining, by the computing device, characteristics of a user who has access to the first user interface. The actions further include, based on the characteristics of the user who has access to the first user interface, determining, by the computing device, a second user interface that is configured to access the communication service. The actions further include providing, by the computing device, the user access to the second user interface that is configured to access the communication service.

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

System and method for securing audio and video data for artificial intelligence operations on an information handling system
Patent No. 12602498

Inventor(s): Jacob Mink (Cedar Park, TX), Mohit Arora (Frisco, TX), Nicholas D. Grobelny (Evergreen, CO), Srikanth Kondapi (Austin, TX)
Assignee(s): DELL PRODUCTS LP (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18901407 on 09/30/2024 (561 days app to issue)

Abstract: An information handling system comprising a hardware processor to execute computer-readable program code instructions of a first unprivileged artificial intelligence (AI) productivity-tool software process for operations of an AI productivity tool software module to detect receipt of audio/video user query input data and generate a first encryption key for transmission to an audio/video encryption driver and a second unprivileged AI productivity-tool software process. The hardware processor to execute computer-readable program code of the audio/video encryption filter driver to encrypt the audio/video user query input data with the first encryption key for storage in an allocated encrypted storage buffer portion of the kernel system memory and the for second unprivileged AI productivity-tool software process to access the audio/video user query input data from the allocated encrypted storage buffer portion of the kernel system memory with the first encryption key to determine a capability intent action responsive to a user query input.

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

System and method for generating synthetic data
Patent No. 12602501

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX), Michael R. Young (Davidson, NC), Vinesh Premji Patel (Greenwich, , GB)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18788040 on 07/29/2024 (624 days app to issue)

Abstract: In response to receiving a request to generate synthetic data based on real-world data that is stored in a first memory, a processor accesses the first memory to extract at least a portion of the real-world data to use as sample data and determines data properties of the real-world data based on the sample data. The processor generates, based on the data properties, the requested synthetic data that at least partially mimics the real-world data. In response to detecting a request from an unauthorized user to access the real-world data, the processor provides the unauthorized user access to the synthetic data that mimics the real-world data.

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

Integrated agent-driven data framework
Patent No. 12602504

Inventor(s): Prithvi Narayana Rao (Allen, TX), William Franklin Cameron (Jackson, FL)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19340698 on 09/25/2025 (201 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for providing a centralized data store that receives and transmits data via agents that operate independently of one another. In some implementations, the agents transform data prior to transmission to the centralized data store. In some implementations, the centralized data store is configured to transform data. The centralized data store can evaluate, route, score, and otherwise manipulate and select received data. The centralized data store can respond to data requests based at least in part on its evaluation of received data.

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

Live masking
Patent No. 12602513

Inventor(s): Rajasekharam Talluri (Prosper, TX), Sathiskumar Meganathan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Minneapolis, MN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19065161 on 02/27/2025 (411 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses, methods, computer-readable media, computer program products, and systems related to establishing a first connection with a user component; establishing a second connection with an agent component; receiving, from the user component and via the first connection, an image representative of at least a portion of a graphical user interface, the portion of the graphical user interface comprising sensitive text; applying the image to a masking engine to generate a masked image by masking at least the sensitive text; and transmitting, to the agent component and via the second connection, the masked image.

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

Automatic discovery of machine learning model features
Patent No. 12602597

Inventor(s): Abhay Dabholkar (Allen, TX), Cuong Vo (Sachse, TX), Eric Zavesky (Austin, TX), James Pratt (Round Rock, TX), Jeremy Fix (Acworth, GA), Rudolph Mappus (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17486770 on 09/27/2021 (1660 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method performed by a processing system including at least one processor includes monitoring interactions of a human user with a platform for building machine learning models, where the human user is using the platform to build a new machine learning model, detecting, within the interactions, an event that triggers a suggestion feature, performing a search of a data source for existing data from existing machine learning models which can be reused to build the new machine learning model, using information about the event, presenting a suggestion to the human user to reuse a portion of the existing data discovered in the search in the new machine learning model, receiving a user feedback in response to the suggestion, and generating an updated suggestion in response to the user feedback.

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

Anomaly detection method for model outputs
Patent No. 12602624

Inventor(s): Biraj Krushna Rath (London, , GB), Daniel Lewandowski (Cracow, , PL), James Myers (New York, NY), Mariusz Saternus (Cracow, , PL), Miriam Silver (Tel Aviv, , IL), Nigil Satish Jeyashekar (Irving, TX), Payal Jain (London, , GB),
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19196702 on 05/01/2025 (348 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting anomalies in generative outputs are disclosed herein. The system receives a user prompt indicating a request for data over a time period. The system inputs, into a model, the user prompt to cause the model to generate an output based on the user prompt. The system then generates the first tokens based on the output. To generate the second tokens, the system retrieves, based on the user prompt, sources relating to the data requested by the user prompt. The system then generates queries to request, from the sources, the data over the time period and generates the second tokens based on the retrieved data. The system then performs a comparison of the first tokens and the second tokens and accepts or rejects the output of the model based on the comparison.

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

Using printed mail to retrieve consumer interest data
Patent No. 12602705

Inventor(s): Brian M. Hollahan (Wheaton, IL), George Nicholas Forge (Milwaukee, WI), Jose Francisco Granados (Dallas, TX), Joshua James Golden (Larchmont, NY), Mario Trafficante (Sussex, WI), Samuel Hamilton (Fox Point, WI)
Assignee(s): Quad/Graphics, Inc. (Sussex, WI)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18762160 on 07/02/2024 (651 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method of using printed mail to retrieve consumer interest data includes printing a scannable code on a printed mail piece, sending the printed mail piece out for postal delivery to a consumer and receiving a request from a mobile device to access a server-based resource based on the consumer scanning the scannable code on the printed mail piece. The system and method includes providing access to the server-based resource, the server-based resource serving questions regarding consumer interests to the mobile device, and retrieving consumer interest data based on the responses of the consumer to the questions.

[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]

Dual ledger syncing
Patent No. 12602724

Inventor(s): Christian Gratton (Eaton Rapids, MI), Damien Patton (Plano, TX), Rish Mehta (Castro Valley, CA)
Assignee(s): TRETE, Inc. (Prosper, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19286621 on 07/31/2025 (257 days app to issue)

Abstract: In certain aspects, a computer-implemented method includes monitoring data entries written on a database. The computer-implemented method includes recording at least part of the data entries written on the database to a blockchain.

Secure identifier integration
Patent No. 12602725

Inventor(s): Damien Patton (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TRETE, Inc. (Prosper, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19312035 on 08/27/2025 (230 days app to issue)

Abstract: In certain aspects of the disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes creating a wallet for asset tokens and creating an account for a first user upon completion of user onboarding validation. The method includes associating the account with one of an individual and a business entity. The method includes initiating one of know-your-customer (KYC) for the individual and know-your-business (KYB) for the business entity. The method includes enabling the first user to access and make transactions using the wallet.

Mitigating effects caused by repeated and/or sporadic movement of objects in a field of view
Patent No. 12602812

Inventor(s): Steven Schramm (Los Alamos, NM)
Assignee(s): Evolon Technology, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17131376 on 12/22/2020 (1939 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present application describes a system and method for mitigating false alarms caused by repeated and/or sporadic movement of objects in a field of view of an image capture device.

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

Methods and apparatus to provide an efficient safety mechanism for signal processing hardware
Patent No. 12602923

Inventor(s): Hetul Sanghvi (Richardson, TX), Manoj Koul (Allen, TX), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, , IN), Niraj Nandan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18521356 on 11/28/2023 (868 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and articles of manufacture provide an efficient safety mechanism for signal processing hardware. An example system includes a hardware accelerators, including a first hardware accelerator, and a second hardware accelerator coupled to the first hardware accelerator. Each of the first and second hardware accelerators includes a protected memory and an unprotected memory, and at least one of the hardware accelerators has an outlier filter. The system also includes a memory coupled to the hardware accelerators; and interface protectors, including a first interface protector coupled between the first hardware accelerator and the memory; a second interface protector coupled between the first hardware accelerator, the memory, and the second hardware accelerator; and a third interface protector coupled between the second hardware accelerator and the memory.

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

System and method for item identification using container-based classification
Patent No. 12602938

Inventor(s): Crystal Maung (Dallas, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Sumedh Vilas Datar (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-Eleven, Inc. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18476497 on 09/28/2023 (929 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device detects a triggering event that corresponds to a placement of an item on a platform. In response, the device captures an image of the item and generates a first encoded vector for the image. The first encoded vector describes one or more attributes of the item. The device determines that the item is associated with a first container category based on the one or more attributes of the item. The device identifies one or more items that have been identified as having placed inside a container associated with the first container category. The device displays a list of item options that comprises the one or more items on a graphical user interface (GUI). The device receives a selection of a first item from along the list of item options and identifies the first item as being inside the container.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

System and method for detecting human presence based on depth sensing and inertial measurement
Patent No. 12602949

Inventor(s): Kalyan-Kumar Vadlamudi-Reddy (San Jose, CA), Xiaoyong Yang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18335046 on 06/14/2023 (1035 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device includes a depth sensor and an inertial measurement unit. The electronic device detects a presence of the user of the electronic device by analyzing a combination of inertial sensor signals from the inertial measurement unit and depth sensor signals from the depth sensor.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Dynamic speed limit for vehicles and autonomous vehicles
Patent No. 12602992

Inventor(s): Emily Lerner (Plano, TX), Mathew D. Gardner (Plano, TX), Shravanthi Denthumdas (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18489790 on 10/18/2023 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for operating a vehicle using dynamic speed limits. A vehicle can monitor current road conditions by capturing real-time data that is indicative of a driving environment associated with a roadway being traversed by the vehicle. Using the captured real-time data, the vehicle can predict a dynamic speed limit, wherein the dynamic speed limit is a driving speed for the vehicle that is adapted for the monitored current road conditions. Additionally, the vehicle can automatically perform a driving operation for the vehicle in accordance with the dynamic speed limit, wherein the driving operation causes the vehicle to move at a driving speed that is approximately equal to the predicted dynamic speed limit.

[G08G] TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems or lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S 13/91, G01S 15/88, G01S 17/88; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems or lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S 13/93, G01S 15/93, G01S 17/93; control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, not being specific to a traffic environment G05D 1/00) [2]

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Control feature to optimize battery state of charge by utilizing resistor grid
Patent No. 12600244

Inventor(s): Dennis Christopher Agee (Newark, TX), Jacob Dean Randall (Peoria, IL)
Assignee(s): Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Dallas)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18507692 on 11/13/2023 (883 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein is an electric drive machine including a battery having a state of charge ranging from a depleted state to a full state; a resistor grid electrically coupled to the battery; and a control circuit comprising one or more processors and a memory structured to store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the control circuit to: determine the state of charge of the battery; determine a target state of charge of the battery according to an anticipated charge event; and control a flow of electrical current from the battery to the resistor grid, to modify the state of charge of the battery to the target state of charge, prior to the anticipated charge event.

[H02P] CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS [4]

Hybrid enclosures for power and optical fiber, and enclosures including multiple protective lids
Patent No. 12601885

Inventor(s): Andrew Williams (Llandudno, , GB), David Palfreyman (Rochdale, , GB), David T. Lambert (Manchester, , GB), David Thomas (Chester, , GB), Joshua Simer (Chaska, MN), Rudy Musschebroeck (Wemmel, , BE), Thomas F. Craft, Jr. (Murphy, TX
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18626574 on 04/04/2024 (740 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cable enclosure is provided herein. The cable enclosure includes a tray including first and second power conductor terminal blocks, a first protective lid over the first power conductor terminal block, and a second protective lid over the second power conductor terminal block.

[H02G] INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES (insulated conductors or cables with arrangements for facilitating mounting or securing H01B 7/40; distribution points incorporating switches H02B; guiding telephone cords H04M 1/15; cable ducts or mountings for telephone or telegraph exchange installations H04Q 1/06)

Mounting assembly for base station antenna and base station antenna system
Patent No. 12603415

Inventor(s): Fan He (Suzhou, , CN), Maosheng Liu (Suzhou, , CN), Zhigang Wang (Suzhou, , CN)
Assignee(s): OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18599278 on 03/08/2024 (767 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present application relates to a mounting assembly for a base station antenna, where the mounting assembly is configured to mount a base station antenna ([b]1[/b]), wherein the mounting assembly comprises: a connecting arm ([b]10[/b]) provided with a rack ([b]11[/b]) having first teeth successive to each other; and a pressure member ([b]12[/b]) having at least one second tooth capable of being pressed against the rack such that the second tooth meshes with the rack, wherein a position of the pressure member on the rack when the second tooth meshes with the rack is configured to define a mechanical tilt angle of the base station antenna, wherein the pressure member is releasable from the rack such that the pressure member is displaceable along the rack. The present application also relates to a base station antenna system that includes a base station antenna and the mounting assembly. The mounting assembly enables the mechanical tilt of the base station antenna to be set in a fine division.

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

Mounting assembly for an integrated base station antenna and an integrated base station antenna
Patent No. 12603416

Inventor(s): MeiHua Yin (Suzhou, , CN), Nengbin Liu (Suzhou, , CN), PuLiang Tang (Suzhou, , CN), Xiaohua Tian (Suzhou, , CN), Xun Zhang (Suzhou, , CN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18710339 on 10/18/2022 (1274 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mounting assembly for an integrated base station antenna and an integrated base station antenna. The integrated base station antenna comprises a 4G antenna module and a 5G antenna module. The mounting assembly comprises at least one mounting frame and two rails located at both sides of the mounting frame, wherein the 5G antenna module of the integrated base station antenna is mounted in the space formed by the mounting frame and the two rails, the mounting frame and the two rails are all made of metal, the two rails are formed to be in mechanical contact with or electrically coupled with a metal component of the 5G antenna module and/or in mechanical contact with or electrically coupled with the mounting frame to form a reflection cavity for reflecting radio frequency signals, and the reflecting cavity is capable of reflecting radio frequency signals transmitted backward by the 4G antenna module of the integrated base station antenna in order to at least reduce the loss of the radio frequency signals transmitted by the 4G antenna module.

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

Antenna mount system
Patent No. 12603422

Inventor(s): Aaron Jay Hamilton (Royse City, TX), Kyle Gabriel Dvorak (Dallas, TX), Scot Herbst (Santa Cruz, CA)
Assignee(s): Wilson Electronics, LLC (St. George, UT)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18638491 on 04/17/2024 (727 days app to issue)

Abstract: An antenna mount system mounts an antenna on a mast to a vehicle. The system has an articulated elbow with upper and lower mounts pivotally coupled together by an axle. A locking knob is carried by the articulated elbow and slidable along the axle towards and away from the articulated elbow. A locking pin is carried by the locking knob and slidable with the locking knob between locked and unlocked positions. A radial array of bores is formed in the articulated elbow and arrayed about the axle. Each bore is selectively engageable by the locking pin to lock the upper mount with respect to the lower mount. A mast bore is formed in the upper mount to be coupled to an end of the mast.

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

Antenna systems
Patent No. 12603445

Inventor(s): George Alexander Bednekoff (Plano, TX), Michael A. Neenan (Plano, TX), Rauhon Ahmed Shaik (Wylie, TX), Richard Loy Smith, Jr. (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Parsec Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18395134 on 12/22/2023 (844 days app to issue)

Abstract: An antenna assembly can include an internal ground plane, a base PCB, and a plurality of antennas. The base PCB can be positioned above the internal ground plane. The base PCB can include a plurality of individual ground planes spaced circumferentially about a center of the base PCB, with the plurality of individual ground planes being electrically connected to the internal ground plane. Each antenna of the plurality of antennas can be electrically connected to an individual ground plane of the plurality of individual ground planes. The plurality of antennas can include a plurality of multi-band antennas and one or more WiFi antennas.

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

Reverse recovery charge reduction circuit
Patent No. 12603566

Inventor(s): Ross Teggatz (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Retela Leasing, LLC (The Colony, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17735208 on 05/03/2022 (1442 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for reducing or eliminating current and voltage transients in a device including: providing the device, wherein the device comprises a transistor with a gate; and controlling the gate, wherein the gate is turned off to a non-zero value in a presence of the positive current flow and wherein the gate is turned on in a presence of the negative current flow; reducing the negative current flow; and reducing or eliminating current and voltage transients in the device.

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

Switched capacitor converter and control method
Patent No. 12603571

Inventor(s): Qing Cui (Foshan City, , CN), Rong Shu (Foshan City, , CN), Rui Liu (Fremont, CA), Shuang Han (Foshan City, , CN), Songnan Yang (Frisco, TX), Wenrui Bai (Foshan City, , CN)
Assignee(s): Halo Microelectronics International (Campbell, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18607408 on 03/15/2024 (760 days app to issue)

Abstract: A switched capacitor converter includes a first energy storage branch, a second energy storage branch, a third energy storage branch comprising a third capacitor, a seventh switch, an eighth switch, a ninth switch and a tenth switch, and a control branch connected to a first terminal of each switch in the first energy storage branch, the second energy storage branch and the third energy storage branch respectively, wherein the control branch is configured to control each switch to alternately turn on and off periodically in two phases, so that a ratio of a voltage at the input terminal to a voltage at an output terminal is 2N:1, wherein in each operating cycle, the tenth switch is turned on later than at least one switch in the third energy storage branch, and wherein the at least one switch and the tenth switch are in a same phase.

Methods and apparatus to determine a frequency of a signal
Patent No. 12603644

Inventor(s): Atul Ramakant Lele (Bangalore, , IN), Rohit Chatterjee (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18525334 on 11/30/2023 (866 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: comparison circuitry configured to determine first and second frequencies from a plurality of clock count ranges and a clock count value, the plurality of clock count ranges each having a range of possible count values corresponding to possible frequencies, the first and second frequencies correspond to the clock count ranges that include the clock count value; comparator circuitry configured to generate a temperature indication based on a comparison of a temperature voltage to a reference temperature voltage; and overlap determination circuitry configured to select one of the first or second frequencies based on the comparator circuitry.

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

Methods and apparatus for beam determination for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission
Patent No. 12603692

Inventor(s): Li Guo (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD. (Dongguan, , CN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18146971 on 12/27/2022 (1204 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for starting a contention-based random-access channel (RACH) upon detecting beam failure of a serving cell. The method includes transmitting a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), signaling the beam failure of the serving cell in a message of the contention-based RACH. The method further includes determining completion of the contention-based RACH based on receipt of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and after receiving one or more of the last symbols of the PDCCH, determining a default transmission (Tx) beam for each resource of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) that includes a PUCCH spatial relation information parameter.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and device for wireless communication in UE and base station
Patent No. 12603739

Inventor(s): Keying Wu (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Apogee 5G Global, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18600805 on 03/11/2024 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for wireless communications in a UE and a base station. A first node transmits a first signal; and monitors a first-type signaling in a first resource block in a first time window. The first signal is used for determining a first reference signal; the first node assumes a QCL parameter identical to a target reference signal for monitoring the first-type signaling in the first resource block in the first time window; the target reference signal is either the first reference signal or a second reference signal; whether the first time window belongs to a first-type time window is used for determining the target reference signal between the first reference signal and the second reference signal. The method provided above raises the chance of a node being served and resource utilization ratio in Unlicensed Spectrum.

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

Systems and methods for providing priority for user equipment
Patent No. 12603791

Inventor(s): Bibi M. Hakimzadeh (Fort Worth, TX), Chien-Yuan Huang (Basking Ridge, NJ), Lixia Yan (Basking Ridge, NJ), Toby Varughese John (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18886003 on 09/16/2024 (575 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network device may receive a first private certificate and a second private certificate, and may provision the network device with the first private certificate and the second private certificate. The network device may receive, from a first UE, an IKE SA INIT request with a first payload that includes a priority indicator, and may decrypt the encrypted first IKE SA INIT request with the first private certificate. The network device may receive, from a second UE, an encrypted second IKE SA INIT request with a second payload that does not include the priority indicator, and may decrypt the encrypted second IKE SA INIT request with the second private certificate. The network device may detect congestion, and may prioritize traffic from the first UE over traffic from the second UE based on the congestion and based on the priority indicator.

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

System and method for communications beam recovery
Patent No. 12603810

Inventor(s): Bin Liu (San Diego, CA), Pengfei Xia (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18188565 on 03/23/2023 (1118 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating an access node includes generating a configuration message including information specifying a set of reference signals of a first reference signal type and a set of reference signals of a second reference signal type used to identify a new beam, and information specifying random access channel resources allocated for transmitting preamble sequences, wherein each random access channel resource is associated with a reference signal of the first reference signal type, sending, to one or more user equipments (UEs), the configuration message, receiving, from a UE, a preamble sequence on one of the random access channel resources, and determining an identity of the UE in accordance with the preamble sequence and the one of the random access channel resources.

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

Cloud automation agents and method of use
Patent No. 12603813

Inventor(s): Abhijeet Singh (Seattle, WA), Arun Rajagopal (Frisco, TX), Venugopal Kanumalla (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): RELIANCE JIO INFOCOMM USA, INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17750473 on 05/23/2022 (1422 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for configuring a network, comprising a network software installation system operating on a first processor and configured to install a current version of one or more algorithms on each of a plurality of site-specific hardware items and to configure each of the plurality of site-specific hardware items to interoperate with each other. An agent operating on a second processor is configured to modify the one or more algorithms for one of the plurality of site-specific hardware items using an out of band network.

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

Systems and methods for edge-to-edge quality of service flow control in network slices
Patent No. 12603846

Inventor(s): Jin Yang (Orinda, CA), Raquel Morera Sempere (Weehawken, NJ), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX), Ye Huang (San Ramon, CA)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18166175 on 02/08/2023 (1161 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may include a processor configured to provide an interface to enable a user equipment (UE) device to request a data flow in a network slice via a network exposure function (NEF). The processor may be further configured to receive a request from the UE device via the provided interface to create a data flow in the network slice, wherein the data flow is associated with a Quality of Service (QOS) characteristic; map the QoS characteristic to a QoS identifier; and create a data flow associated with the QoS identifier in a communication session associated with the UE device in the network slice.

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

Method and system for dynamic user application control service
Patent No. 12603893

Inventor(s): Anil K. Guntupalli (Irving, TX), Mahesh Chapalamadugu (Plano, TX), Parry Cornell Booker (Sunnyvale, TX), Raghuram Parvataneni (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18430092 on 02/01/2024 (803 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, network device, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to an dynamic user application control service that includes receiving from an application device, a request for access controls associated with a user application and an end device; generating, per the request, policies pertaining to the access controls, wherein the policies include time-based rules, location-based rules, or application type-based rules; obtaining a current location of the end device; comparing, by the network device, a current time with the time-based rules, the current location with the location-based rules, or an application type for the user application with the application-type rules; generating, per the comparing, a policy decision among the policies pertaining to the access controls; and applying, per the policy decision, the time-based rules, the location-based rules, and the application type-based rules for establishment of an application session with the end device.

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

Selecting a transmission path for communicating data based on a classification for the data
Patent No. 12603913

Inventor(s): Abeye Teshome (Austin, TX), Adolfo Sandor Montero (Pflugerville, TX), Bassem El-Azzami (Austin, TX), Luis Antonio Valencia Reyes (Waxahachie, TX), Mohit Arora (Frisco, TX), Rajaravi Chandra Kollarapu (Allen, TX), Richard
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP
Application No., Date, Speed: 18649212 on 04/29/2024 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing operations of a data processing system are disclosed. To manage operations of the data processing system, data may be obtained to be provided to a remote entity. Using a classification schema, a classification may be obtained for the data. A transmission path for the data may be selected based on at least the classification and a rule set keyed to the classification. A channel between the data processing system and the remote entity may be identified for transmission of the data. In a first instance of the identifying in which the channel is an in-band communication channel, the data may be provided to the remote entity via the in-band communication channel. In a second instance of the identifying in which the channel is an out-of-band communication channel, the data may be provided to the remote entity via the out-of-band communication channel.

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

Metrics collection and reporting in 5G media streaming
Patent No. 12603929

Inventor(s): Charles Nung Lo (San Diego, CA), Imed Bouazizi (Frisco, TX), Juan Zhang (Beijing, , CN), Thomas Stockhammer (Bergen, , DE)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM INCORPORATED (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18001515 on 08/17/2020 (2066 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments include methods for supporting metrics collection and reporting for Fifth Generation (5G) Media Streaming in a 5G system (5GS) network. Various embodiments include systems and methods enabling a Media Session Handler running on a processor of a wireless device connected to a radio access network (RAN) of a 5GS network to receive a metrics configuration message from an application function (AF) server of the 5GS network via a M5 interface, wherein the metrics configuration message indicates one or more metrics measurement, collection and reporting requirements associated with a 5G Media Streaming service, and send a metrics report associated with the media session to the AF server via the M5 interface.

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

System and method for sharing unified data repository with managed network
Patent No. 12603941

Inventor(s): Kyriaki Konstantinou (New York, NY), Lalit R. Kotecha (San Ramon, CA), Lixia Yan (Basking Ridge, NJ), Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18316271 on 05/12/2023 (1068 days app to issue)

Abstract: A Unified Data Repository (UDR) may be included in a first network with a first Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) identifier (ID). The UDR may include a resource that comprises data at a child node. The resource may have a name corresponding to a second PLMN ID. The UDR may include one or more processors configured to: receive a call, from a network function located in a second network with the second PLMN ID, to access the data; and send a response to the call.

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

Video encoding and distribution methods
Patent No. 12604040

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19320687 on 09/05/2025 (221 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a low complexity transform unit partitioning structure for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). The method includes determining prediction unit size of a coding unit, and setting the size of transform unit size of Y, U and V according to the prediction unit size of the coding unit.

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

Sample adaptive offset (SAO) parameter signaling
Patent No. 12604043

Inventor(s): Do-Kyoung Kwon (Allen, TX), Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA), Woo-Shik Kim (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18660921 on 05/10/2024 (704 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for signaling of sample adaptive offset (SAO) information that may reduce the coding rate for signaling such information in the compressed bit stream are provided. More specifically, techniques are provided that allow SAO information common to two or more of the color components to be signaled using one or more syntax elements (flags or indicators) representative of the common information. These techniques reduce the need to signal SAO information separately for each color component.

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

Video content distribution methods
Patent No. 12604044

Inventor(s): Vivienne Sze (Cambridge, MA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19351484 on 10/07/2025 (189 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for entropy encoding syntax elements of transform coefficient levels in a video encoder to generate a compressed video bit stream is provided that includes selecting a context for a first significant coefficient flag corresponding to a first transform coefficient level in a 3232 transform block, wherein the first transform coefficient level is at a lowest frequency position in the 3232 transform block, entropy encoding the first significant coefficient flag using the context, selecting the context for a second significant coefficient flag corresponding to a second transform coefficient level in a 1616 transform block, wherein the second transform coefficient level is at a lowest frequency position in the 1616 transform block, and entropy encoding the second significant coefficient flag using the context.

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

Embedded subscriber identification module with secure profiles
Patent No. 12604176

Inventor(s): Manuel E Caceres (Basking Ridge, NJ), Mun Wei Low (Irving, TX), Qi Lu (Round Rock, TX), Warren H Uy (Randolph, NJ)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18345182 on 06/30/2023 (1019 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example device includes a processor, and an embedded subscriber identification module (eSIM). The eSIM includes a secure memory, and a physical memory manager configured to receive a first request to load a first profile for accessing a first mobile network in the secure memory from a first mobile network operator, and responsive to authenticating the first request, create a first partition in the secure memory associated with the first mobile network operator, store in the first partition the first profile, and limit access to the first partition to the first mobile network operator.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Preserving privacy during secure transactions with ambient power devices
Patent No. 12604184

Inventor(s): Hui Luo (Marlboro, NJ), Rakesh Taori (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18767725 on 07/09/2024 (644 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes determining, by an ambient power (AMP) device that harvests environmental energy, one or more first authentication and key management (AKM) parameters. The method includes broadcasting, to powered wireless devices, an initialization request frame including one or more frame-exchange parameters, the one or more first AKM parameters, and encrypted content with which a powered wireless device of the powered wireless devices is to establish an encrypted wireless communication session with the AMP device. The content that was encrypted can include an identifier of the AMP device that is also known to the powered wireless device. The method includes using, by the AMP device within the initialization request frame, a first random address as a source media access control (MAC) address and one of a broadcast address or a group address as a destination MAC address.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Apparatuses and methods for facilitating an integrated network and system planning tool
Patent No. 12604207

Inventor(s): Ashif Pabani (Streamwood, IL), Brennan Reinemund (Arlington, TX), Parley Casto (Chicago, IL)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18185530 on 03/17/2023 (1124 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, an indication of a first address corresponding to a location that is a candidate to obtain communication services via a deployment of a fiber link, determining, by the processing system and based on a plurality of datasets sourced from a plurality of data sources, that it is economically feasible to deploy the fiber link from a second address to the first address to support the communication services, and generating, by the processing system and based on the determining, a recommendation for deploying the fiber link. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and system for mobility management
Patent No. 12604212

Inventor(s): Jin Yang (Orinda, CA), Krishna K. Bellamkonda (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17497072 on 10/08/2021 (1649 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a mobility management service is provided. The service may evaluate geospatial, performance metric, and neighbor criteria data relating to overlap areas between source cells and candidate target cells. The service may calculate composite values for each candidate target cell and select the candidate target cell based on the composite value. The service may manage the mobility of end devices and associated mobility procedures on a sub-sector, sector, cell, and cluster of cell level. The service may reconfigure network devices and the end device to satisfy optimization, healing, and site planning measures.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Channel switching for multi-link devices
Patent No. 12604246

Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Rubayet Shafin (Allen, TX), Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, TX), Yue Qi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18523818 on 11/29/2023 (867 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method performed by a non-AP MLD that comprises STAs, the method comprising: communicating, via a first STA, with a corresponding AP of an AP MLD; receiving information associated with a channel switching operation from the AP MLD, the information based on data associated with a moving average of one or more parameters that are associated with channel congestion or link quality; determining to initiate the channel switching operation, wherein a first STA will switch from a first channel to a second channel on a first link; instructing the first STA to communicate with a first AP on the second channel when communication over the second channel would be improved compared to communication over the first channel; and instructing the first STA to continue communicating with the first AP on the first channel when communication over the second channel would not be improved compared to communication over the first channel.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Analytics and path selection
Patent No. 12604253

Inventor(s): Bruno Landais (Pleumeur Bodou, , FR), Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX), Saurabh Khare (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Nokia Solutions and Networks OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18023253 on 08/31/2020 (2052 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising means for receiving, at a network function from a requester of path selection information in a communications network, a request for path selection information between a first network entity and a second network entity in the communications network, determining a path between a first network entity and a second network entity and providing an indication to the requester of path selection information of the determined path.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for dynamic slice selection in a wireless network
Patent No. 12604260

Inventor(s): Jerry Steben (Forth Worth, TX), Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah (Keller, TX), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX), Suzann Hua (Beverly Hills, CA)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18332859 on 06/12/2023 (1037 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may receive a communication session request associated with a particular User Equipment (”UE”) and a network that includes a plurality of network slices. The communication session request may include a particular identifier, such as a Data Network Name (”DNN”) or other type of identifier. The system may output a request for network slice information, wherein the request includes the particular identifier; and may receive network slice information that indicates multiple network slices that were selected based on the particular identifier. A Unified Data Management function (”UDM”), Unified Data Repository (”UDR”), and/or other element of the network may provide such information. The system may identify network slice priority information that indicates relative priorities of the network slices, may select a particular network slice based on the network slice priority information, and may respond to the communication session request in accordance with the selected first network slice.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Facilitation of radio access neighbor relationships for 5G or other next generation network
Patent No. 12604261

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX), Paul Smith, Jr. (Heath, TX), Zhi Cui (Sugar Hill, GA)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18615442 on 03/25/2024 (750 days app to issue)

Abstract: Automatic neighbor relationships (ANR) can be implemented within a radio access network intelligent controller (RIC), which receives load information from network nodes and user equipment measurements from user equipment. The RIC can create and maintain real-time load information and leverage slicing knowledge of neighbor cells during mobility to direct the user equipment to various network slices. Thus, an enhanced radio access network (RAN) neighbor relationship that utilizes slicing information can provide slice level RAN neighbor visibility on top of physical ANR relationships to enable enhancements for mobility management optimization.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Transmitting and receiving low power signals
Patent No. 12604269

Inventor(s): Hongbo Si (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18532929 on 12/07/2023 (859 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for transmitting and receiving low power signals. A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes receiving configurations for occasions to receive first and second types of low power signals and determining, based on the configurations, a first set of periodic occasions to receive the first type of low power signal and a second set of non-periodic occasions to receive the second type of low power signal. The method further includes receiving the first type of low power signal and the second type of low power signal and performing, based on the first type of low power signal, at least one of a synchronization measurement and a radio resource management (RRM) measurement.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Delegated peer-to-peer scheduling on allocated channels
Patent No. 12604336

Inventor(s): Brian D. Hart (Sunnyvale, CA), Jerome Henry (Pittsboro, NC), Malcolm M. Smith (Richardson, TX), Pooya Monajemi (San Jose, CA), Robert E. Barton (Richmond, , CA)
Assignee(s): Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18193501 on 03/30/2023 (1111 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for delegated peer-to-peer scheduling are provided. A first peer-to-peer device determines one or more wireless channels allocated for peer-to-peer communication, and receives a request indicating a set of transmission characteristics from a second peer-to-peer device that uses the first peer-to-peer device as a communications proxy. The first peer-to-peer device schedules wireless resources of the one or more wireless channels to a plurality of peer-to-peer devices based at least in part on the set of transmission characteristics, and performs peer-to-peer communications with the second peer-to-peer device in accordance with the scheduled wireless resources.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

High voltage transistor with a field plate
Patent No. 12604509

Inventor(s): Chang Soo Suh (Allen, TX), Ramana Tadepalli (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17700147 on 03/21/2022 (1485 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, an apparatus includes a transistor formed on a semiconductor substrate, the transistor including: a transistor gate and an extended drain between the transistor gate and a transistor drain contact; a transistor source contact coupled to a source contact probe pad; a first dielectric layer covering the semiconductor substrate and the transistor gate; a source field plate on the first dielectric layer and coupled to a source field plate probe pad spaced from and electrically isolated from the source contact probe pad; and the source field plate capacitively coupled through the first dielectric layer to a first portion of the extended drain.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Calibration device
Patent No. 12604702

Inventor(s): JiaWei Tai (Chengdu, , CN), WanHui Li (Chengdu, , CN)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18369784 on 09/18/2023 (939 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for calibrating a tray shield used for holding a wafer for processing is provided. The tray shield is in a ring shape. The method includes determining whether a first calibration ring is placeable into an inner chamber of the tray shield. When the first calibration ring is placeable into the inner chamber, the tray shield is determined to be usable for wafer processing. The first calibration ring is moved around inside the inner chamber to remove metal particles or burrs on the inner chamber, and thereafter, a wafer is loaded in the inner chamber. When the first calibration ring is not placeable into the inner chamber, the tray shield may be discarded. The method may also include assembling the tray shield utilizing a second calibration ring having an outer diameter equal to an inner diameter of the ring shape. NULL

Integrated circuit (IC) die comprising galvanic isolation capacitor
Patent No. 12604728

Inventor(s): Byron Williams (Plano, TX), Elizabeth Stewart (Dallas, TX), Jeffrey Alan West (Dallas, TX), Pijush Kanti Ghosh (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17936316 on 09/28/2022 (1294 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a capacitor on an integrated circuit (IC) die. In an example, a package includes first and second IC dice. The first IC die includes a first circuit, a capacitor, and a polyimide layer. The first circuit is on a substrate. The capacitor includes a bottom plate over the substrate and a top plate over the bottom plate. The polyimide layer is at least partially over the top plate. A distance from a top surface of the top plate to a bottom surface of the polyimide layer is at least 30% of a distance from a top surface of the bottom plate to a bottom surface of the top plate. A signal path, including the capacitor, is electrically coupled between the first circuit and a second circuit in the second IC die, which does not include a galvanic isolation capacitor in the signal path.

[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]

Vertically traversing engagement cap for a tile leveling device
Patent No. D1122080

Inventor(s): Clinton D. Bunch (Keller, TX), Joshua A. Bunch (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Acufloor, L.L.C. (North Richland Hills, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29912465 on 09/19/2023 (938 days app to issue) NULL Patent Class: N/A

Reversible lid
Patent No. D1122096

Inventor(s): Josiah Wilhelm (Arlington, TX), Ron Bagley (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 30027722 on 10/13/2025 (183 days app to issue) NULL Patent Class: N/A

Air quality sensor
Patent No. D1122129

Inventor(s): Daniel James Yee (Charlotte, NC), Rahul Avasthi (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29900272 on 08/18/2023 (970 days app to issue) NULL Patent Class: N/A

Canopy for a vehicle, truck, light delivery vehicle or similar vehicle
Patent No. D1122172

Inventor(s): Michael Voss (Aledo, TX)
Assignee(s): RSI North America, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29900156 on 08/17/2023 (971 days app to issue) NULL Patent Class: N/A

Camera housing
Patent No. D1122331

Inventor(s): Douglas Laube (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Biamp Systems, LLC (Beaverton, OR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29945268 on 06/02/2024 (681 days app to issue) NULL Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle C-Hub set
Patent No. D1122363

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Caleb Hix (McKinney, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Ross Martin (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29962988 on 09/13/2024 (578 days app to issue) NULL Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle steering block
Patent No. D1122364

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Casey Christen Jens Christensen (Trenton, TX), Jory Sprowl (Howe, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Randy Perez (McKinney, TX), Skylar Hagler (Anna, TX
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29988035 on 01/29/2025 (440 days app to issue) NULL Patent Class: N/A

Stretching device
Patent No. D1122367

Inventor(s): Craig Dean Horn (Royse City, TX), Kelli Jean Horn (Royse City, TX)
Assignee(s): Advanced Kinetix LLC (Royse City, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29836387 on 04/26/2022 (1449 days app to issue) NULL Patent Class: N/A

Faucet spout
Patent No. D1122412

Inventor(s): Peyton Michele Hartis (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): DELTA FAUCET COMPANY (Indianapolis, IN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29972876 on 11/13/2024 (517 days app to issue) NULL Patent Class: N/A

Faucet handle
Patent No. D1122414

Inventor(s): Peyton Michele Hartis (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): DELTA FAUCET COMPANY (Indianapolis, IN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29972887 on 11/13/2024 (517 days app to issue) NULL Patent Class: N/A

Pet toy launcher
Patent No. D1122540

Inventor(s): Jeannine Gregory (Arlington, TX), Jessica Juarez (Arlington, TX), Jill Jackson (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29944704 on 05/29/2024 (685 days app to issue) NULL Patent Class: N/A

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