Northrop Grumman Systems' Spacecraft Servicing Using a Pod and More North Texas Inventive Activity » Dallas Innovates

Beyond Northrop Grumman Systems, other companies with notable patents granted this week include:

Bone Solutions’ fiber-reinforced bio-material composition and methods of use
CECO Environmental’s ferrate based water treatment
DataRobot’s detecting suitability of machine learning models for datasets
FPT USA Corp.’s neural network systems for source code generation and ranking
Micron Technology’s error detection for a semiconductor device
Microsoft Technology Licensing’s interpretable machine learning for data at scale
Musarubra US’ run-time configurable cybersecurity system
Toyota’s charging a battery of an electric vehicle hovering in the air
USAA’s autonomous data containers with artificial intelligence
Verily Life Sciences’ recognizing hazard events based on sounds of in-home activities

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

160 patents granted
Ranked No. 10 in patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: Human Necessities 18
B: Performing Operations; Transporting 12
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy 7
E: Fixed Constructions 8
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 8
G: Physics 50
H: Electricity 42

DESIGN: 20

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 17
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 12
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 5
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.) 5
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) 4
United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio) 4
AT&T Intellectual Property I L.P. (Atlanta) 3
BMIC LLC (Dallas) 3
BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth) 3

Unassigned 14

TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney) 3
Christophe Bucher (Hillsborough, N.J.) 3
Jean-Jacques L’Henaff (New Canaan, Conn.) 3
Kent Poteet (Lucas) 3
Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett) 3
Ahmed A. Khan (Plano) 2
Bardh Hoxha (Canton, Mich.) 2
Caleb Hix (McKinney) 2
Daryl James Belshan (Weatherford) 2
Hongyan Lei (Plano) 2

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

Ashtray system and method of use
Patent No. 12357020

Inventor(s): Arthur Dee Jordan (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18136742 on 04/19/2023 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ashtray system for monitoring the temperature of a burning tobacco product to facilitate optimal smoking and its method of use, comprising a body having a circular shaped bowl for receiving ashes, positioned on the front end with a cradle extending outwardly from the bowl and communicating with the rear end, a microprocessor, a printed circuit board, a plurality of sensors for detecting the temperature of the burning tobacco product, one or more light source emitting different colors, a power switch to turn the ashtray system ON/OFF and a power source, wherein the plurality of sensors monitor the temperature of the burning tobacco product and visually indicate the temperature through flashing one or more said light sources emitting predetermined colors at predetermined temperatures.

[A24F] SMOKERS’ REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES (lighters F23Q)

Hair curling system
Patent No. 12357069

Inventor(s): Kevin Hoye (Dallas, TX), Steven D. Davis (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Cali-Curl, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17878685 on 08/01/2022 (1079 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of hair styling instruments and methods for styling hair into waves and curls have been provided herein. In one embodiment, a system for styling hair includes one or more cases for receiving hair therein, the one or more cases including a base having at least a bottom, a center, and an outer annular wall; and a lid coupleable with the base; wherein the lid and the base form a volume for receiving the hair and wherein at least the bottom of the base and an indented upper portion of the lid each include a plurality of openings to allow flow of air and liquids through the case; and a stand, the stand comprising a base; a center piece extending upward from the base, the center piece configured to receive the one or more cases thereon; and a heating element.

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

Shape discrimination vision assessment and tracking system
Patent No. 12357170

Inventor(s): Michael Bartlett (Richardson, TX), Yi-Zhong Wang (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Genentech, Inc. (South San Francisco, CA)
Law Firm: MORRISON FOERSTER LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18139870 on 04/26/2023 (811 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a handheld vision tester for vision self-testing by a user. The handheld vision tester comprises a touchscreen display, a control, and an interface port. The touchscreen display is configured to present different shapes, either statically or dynamically, to the user for the vision self-testing. One of the different shapes may be a modulated version of another similar shape displayed at the same time and includes a modulated edge. The control is configured to allow a user to trigger operations of the tester and allow the user to select one of the different shapes. The handheld vision tester is configured to determine results of the vision self-testing from the user selections and store the results in the handheld vision tester. The interface port is configured to transmit the stored results to a healthcare provider who uses the results to enhance treatment routines.

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

Half pipe cannula and methods of manufacturing and using half pipe cannula
Patent No. 12357344

Inventor(s): Jonathan H. Webb (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Hybrid Cannula LP (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Sprinkle IP Law Group (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18426045 on 01/29/2024 (533 days app to issue)

Abstract: A half pipe cannula has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion, which includes a proximal end and an elongated tab along the length of the first portion, can be formed from a first material with a selected rigidity. The second portion, which includes a proximal end, a cannulated passage, and a distal end, can be formed from a second material with a selected flexibility. The second portion of the half pipe cannula partially or fully overlaps the elongated tab of the first portion of the half pipe cannula. The second portion of the half pipe cannula has surface features such as a thread or bumper feature. Each portion of the half pipe cannula may have one or more flanges on either end or both ends. The second portion of the half pipe cannula can be made of a flexible material such as thermoplastic elastomer.

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

En Bloc connector
Patent No. 12357349

Inventor(s): Ross Dusterhoft (Irving, TX), Thomas Purcell (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): ASTURA MEDICAL INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17989643 on 11/17/2022 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: An En Bloc connector configured to couple with multiple sequential reducers or extenders, such as spinal screw reducers, to correct a rotation deformity of the spine by turning or rotating the deformed spine structure toward a normal position. In the embodiments shown, the En Bloc connector holds three sequential reducers in the retracted configuration and four sequential reducers in the extended configuration.

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

Surgical implant for marking soft tissue
Patent No. 12357418

Inventor(s): Gail S. Lebovic (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): HOLOGIC, INC. (Marlborough, MA)
Law Firm: Jones Robb, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18593019 on 03/01/2024 (501 days app to issue)

Abstract: An implantable tissue marker device is provided to be placed in a soft tissue site through a surgical incision. The device can include a bioabsorbable body in the form of a spiral and defining a spheroid shape for the device, the spiral having a longitudinal axis, and turns of the spiral being spaced apart from each other in a direction along the longitudinal axis. A plurality of markers can be disposed on the body, the markers being visualizable by a radiographic imaging device. The turns of the spiral are sufficiently spaced apart to form gaps that allow soft tissue to infiltrate between the turns and to allow flexibility in the device along the longitudinal axis in the manner of a spring.

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

Haptic optic management system utilizing rotary arms
Patent No. 12357450

Inventor(s): Sudarshan B. Singh (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: PATTERSON + SHERIDAN, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18310982 on 05/02/2023 (805 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) assembly into an eye may be provided. An example optic management system may include a housing having a first end and a second end and a first side extending between the first end and the second end. The housing may include a cavity formed in the first side of the housing and configured to accommodate an intraocular lens, wherein the cavity comprises a first end portion, a second end portion, and a central portion. The housing may further include a bore formed in the housing, wherein a first portion of the bore extends from the first end to the cavity. The haptic optic management system may further include a ceiling disposed on the first side of the housing. The haptic optic management system may further include arms pivotably coupled to the housing in the cavity.

[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]

Mammalian bony implant and anchors inserter system
Patent No. 12357464

Inventor(s): Andrew Schindler (Dallas, TX), Chase D. Tipping (Dallas, TX), Kyle Blaskovich (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17744596 on 05/13/2022 (1159 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides systems and methods for deploying implants and anchors to treat one or more bony segments. A system may enable a User to insert an implant between adjacent bony segments and advance one or more bony anchors thereafter via the same system. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Expandable interbody spacer
Patent No. 12357466

Inventor(s): Anthony Valkoun (Irving, TX), Thomas Purcell (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): ASTURA MEDICAL INC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17513843 on 10/28/2021 (1356 days app to issue)

Abstract: An expandable interbody spacer for placement between adjacent vertebrae having two or more upper and lower endplates having compound-angle linear rods coupled to compound-angle bores configured to couple with the compound-angle linear rods a drive means having corresponding compound-angle slots, ramps or rails configured to slidingly engage the compound-angle slots, ramps or rails of the two or more upper and lower endplates, wherein movement of the drive means in a first direction moves the two or more upper and lower endplates away from each other both vertically and horizontally to expand both a height and a width of the expandable interbody spacer from a collapsed state to an expanded state.

Hinge brace
Patent No. 12357484

Inventor(s): Jeremiah Schillig (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Norred Law, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17709570 on 03/31/2022 (1202 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hinge brace system including a first upright, a second upright, a gear, a cam, and a pin associated with each of the first upright and second upright, and a dial assembly opposite the gear housing. The dial assembly includes a dial base and a dial flange, the dial flange configured to rotatably step the cam, causing the gear to step about the gear housing. The gear further includes a limit marking, the limit marking extruding from the gear into a slot of the upright and preventing the upright from travelling beyond a desired angle, the angle preventing rotation of the hinge brace system in at least one of extension and flexion.

Therapy boot with pockets for ice pack and compression bladder
Patent No. 12357485

Inventor(s): David Scott Westbrook (Nevada, TX)
Assignee(s): G Force Braces, LLC (Manchester, NH)
Law Firm: Lipsitz McAllister, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18676608 on 05/29/2024 (412 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention comprises a therapy boot for treatment of the ankle or lower leg. The therapy boot comprises a hard outer shell with an open anterior portion, a base portion, a posterior portion, and two oppositely disposed side portions extending from the base portion and connected to the posterior portion. At least one pocket with an opening may be provided in the hard outer shell. An inflatable chamber may be disposed on an inside of the at least one pocket. A respective gel pack may be adapted to be inserted into the at least one pocket through the opening to provide heat or cold to at least one of the lower leg and the ankle. Upon pressurization of the inflatable chamber, the respective gel pack is configured to be pressed against at least one of the lower leg and the ankle.

Aerosol mitigation collar for ophthalmic procedures
Patent No. 12357504

Inventor(s): Paul R. Hallen (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: PATTERSON + SHERIDAN, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17370017 on 07/08/2021 (1468 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ophthalmic surgical instrument system includes an ophthalmic instrument that includes a shaft and a lumen extending through the shaft. A sleeve that has a tubular body portion that receives and surrounds the ophthalmic instrument. An annulus is defined between the ophthalmic instrument and the sleeve. An aerosol mitigation collar extends from the sleeve. The aerosol mitigation collar includes a tubular section and a skirt extending outwardly and distally from the tubular section.

Topical cream-based cosmetic and wound healing formulations and methods of use
Patent No. 12357670

Inventor(s): William C Putnam (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): EIR Pharmaceuticals, LLC (Olathe, KS)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18115929 on 03/01/2023 (867 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cream formulation or topical use made of a mixture of naturally occurring biologically active phytochemical compounds that possess a variety of beneficial animal and human health effects. An extract from an aqueous extraction process or other active ingredients could be used in the cream formulation. The present invention generally provides for the preparation of cream formulations containing active ingredients that contain individually, or in combination, an analgesic, natural product extracts, or a protein or proteins from the tripartite motif family of proteins (TRIM). The analgesic will provide mitigation of pain during the healing process.

[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)

Fiber-reinforced bio-material composition and methods of use
Patent No. 12357730

Inventor(s): Frankie L. Morris (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Bone Solutions, Inc. (Colleyville, TX)
Law Firm: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert Berghoff LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17969309 on 10/19/2022 (1000 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides bio-material composition, comprising a dry potassium phosphate based mixture comprising: MgO, monobasic potassium phosphate, monobasic sodium phosphate, proteoglycans, calcium sodium phosphosilicate, and a plurality of spherically-shaped polymers, wherein a weight percent ratio of monobasic potassium phosphate to MgO is between about 3:1 and 1:1, wherein the dry potassium phosphate based mixture is configured to be mixed with the aqueous solution to thereby form a reabsorbable bio-material slurry, wherein the spherically-shaped polymers are between about 1-5 weight percent of the dry composition, and wherein the spherically-shaped polymers are absorbed faster than the remaining components of the reabsorbable bio-material slurry to thereby form pockets within the bio-material composition that enhance reabsorption of the bio-material composition.

[A61L] METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agent employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes A61K) [4]

Systems and methods for applying reduced pressure therapy
Patent No. 12357746

Inventor(s): Kevin Bendele (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Smith Nephew, Inc. (Memphis, TN)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17853139 on 06/29/2022 (1112 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems and methods for operating the systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system includes a negative pressure source, a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound, and optionally a canister configured to store fluid aspirated from the wound. The negative pressure source, wound dressing, and canister (when present) can be fluidically connected to facilitate delivery of negative pressure to the wound. The system can be configured to automatically detect whether the canister is positioned in the fluid flow path between the negative pressure source and the dressing while negative pressure source provides negative pressure to the wound dressing. Operation of the system can be adjusted based on whether presence of the canister has been detected. For example, a value of an operational parameter can be set to indicate that the canister is present.

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

Fire extinguishing discharge nozzle for helicopter engine compartment
Patent No. 12357858

Inventor(s): Andrew Jordan Birkenheuer (Arlington, TX), Chris James Ludtke (Grapevine, TX), Keith David Weaver (North Richland Hills, TX), Paul Madej (Grand Prairie, TX), Thomas Dewey Parsons (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18401453 on 12/30/2023 (563 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a rotorcraft comprising an airframe having an engine compartment, an engine disposed within the engine compartment, at least one fire bottle configured to hold a fire extinguishing agent, at least one agent tube coupled to the fire bottle and configured to carry the fire extinguishing agent to the engine compartment, and a nozzle on the at least one agent tube, the nozzle positioned below the engine and oriented in a upward-facing direction. The nozzle has at least one opening that is closed by a spring-loaded valve.

[A62C] FIRE-FIGHTING (fire-extinguishing compositions, use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires A62D 1/00; spraying, applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; fire-fighting aircraft B64D 1/16; alarm arrangements G08B, e.g. fire alarms actuated by smoke or gases G08B 17/10)

Golf club head having a shaft connection system socket
Patent No. 12357883

Inventor(s): Alexander Theodore Berger (Richardson, TX), Justin Honea (Rowlett, TX), Michael Scott Burnett (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC. (Carlsbad, CA)
Law Firm: Dawsey Co. LPA (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18406312 on 01/08/2024 (554 days app to issue)

Abstract: A high characteristic time golf club incorporating a shaft connection system socket extending from the bottom portion of the golf club head into the interior of the outer shell toward the top portion of the club head.

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

Optimized GALC genes and expression cassettes and their use
Patent No. 12359181

Inventor(s): Erik Lykken (Dallas, TX), Steven James Gray (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17416559 on 12/20/2019 (2034 days app to issue)

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

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

Charging a battery of an electric vehicle hovering in the air
Patent No. 12358153

Inventor(s): Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI), Yanghe Liu (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17559157 on 12/22/2021 (1301 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to charging a battery of an electric vehicle while the electric vehicle is hovering. In one embodiment, a method includes, responsive to determining that an electric vehicle does not include a receiver pad, inserting the receiver pad into the electric vehicle that is hovering in the air at a charging station. The method includes determining a space above a transmitter pad for the electric vehicle to hover based, at least in part, on a location and a size of the transmitter pad. The method includes charging a battery to a threshold value through the receiver pad.

[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 for manufacturing a decorative element comprising an engineered stone and a decorative element comprising an engineered stone
Patent No. 12358305

Inventor(s): Claudio Caselli (Dallas, TX), Rahul Patki (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Dal-Tile, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18184079 on 03/15/2023 (853 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a decorative element comprising a substrate and a top layer wherein the substrate is made of an engineered stone and wherein the top layer comprises a decorative pattern, comprising the steps of: providing a mixture comprising at least an inorganic filler and a binder; compacting the mixture; and curing the binder to obtain the substrate; wherein the method comprises the step of inkjet printing a first decorative pattern on at least a top surface of the substrate; wherein the method comprises the step of providing a protective coating above the printed pattern, wherein said protective coating comprises a curable substance, wherein the method comprises the step of fully curing said protective coating and wherein the method comprises the step of polishing said protective coating.

[B41J] TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS (composing B41B; printing on special surfaces B41F; laundry marking B41K; erasers, rubbers or erasing devices B43L 19/00; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D 10/00; recording the results of measuring G01; recognition or presentation of data, marking record carriers in digital fashion, e.g. by punching, G06K; franking or ticket-printing and issuing apparatus G07B; electric keyboard switches, in general H01H 13/70, H03K 17/94; coding in connection with keyboards or like devices, in general H03M 11/00; receivers or transmitters for transmission of digital information H04L; transmission or reproduction of documents, or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, H04N 1/00; printing mechanisms specially adapted for apparatus, e.g. cash registers, weighing machines, producing records of their own performance, see the relevant subclasses)

Closed-loop real time SSVEP-based heads-up display to control in vehicle features using deep learning
Patent No. 12358370

Inventor(s): Danny Lohan (Ann Arbor, MI), Ercan Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Hossein Hamidi Shishavan (New Britain, CT), Insoo Kim (Avon, CT), Mohammad Behzadi (Storrs, CT)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18067473 on 12/16/2022 (942 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle system includes a controller programmed to display a plurality of icons on a heads-up-display (HUD) of the vehicle, receive electroencephalography (EEG) data from a driver of the vehicle, perform a Fast Fourier Transform of the EEG data to obtain an EEG spectrum, input the EEG spectrum into a trained machine learning model, determine which of the plurality of icons the driver is viewing based on an output of the trained machine learning model, and perform one or more vehicle operations based on the output of the trained machine learning model.

[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]

Auxiliary power controller
Patent No. 12358375

Inventor(s): James Taylor (Shady Shores, TX), Michael Cleveland (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18487813 on 10/16/2023 (638 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by an auxiliary power controller, a first selection of one or more power input sources from a plurality of power input sources. The method also includes determining, by the auxiliary power controller, a first selection of one or more power consuming devices from a plurality of power consuming devices. The method further includes managing, by the auxiliary power controller, transfer of auxiliary power from the first selection of the one or more power input sources to the first selection of the one or more power consuming devices.

Pre-charge apparatus and control method
Patent No. 12358380

Inventor(s): Zhong Ye (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): InventChip Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, , CN)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17657137 on 03/30/2022 (1203 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus includes a power converter configured to provide a constant current charge to a capacitor coupled to a high voltage bus through a mechanical contact, an isolation interface configured to receive a pre-charge signal on a primary side of the isolation interface, and convert the pre-charge signal into a bias voltage signal and a control command signal on a secondary side of the isolation interface, and based on the bias voltage signal and the control command signal, a constant current control unit configured to generate a gate drive signal for the power converter.

Portable, multi-chamber emergency shelter
Patent No. 12358415

Inventor(s): Harrold C. Andresen (Alvarado, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Gugliotta Gugliotta LPA (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17903415 on 09/06/2022 (1043 days app to issue)

Abstract: An emergency shelter is provided including a multi-chambered emergency shelter storm trailer that is portable, providing a multi-chambered enclosure supported on a trailer. A trailer chassis includes a retractable suspension to allow wheels be extended to allow for road transport or retraction for affixing the chassis to a foundation. The chassis may be a towable and street legal structure. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

[B60P] VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G 3/00)

Vehicles, vehicle electronics systems, and methods
Patent No. 12358445

Inventor(s): Stephen L. Robertson (Surprise, AZ)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18065197 on 12/13/2022 (945 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle electronic system includes a vehicle ECU, a wire harness, and an accessory ECU. The wire harness includes a wire harness connector provided at an end of the wire harness. The accessory ECU includes a wire harness interface, a connection port, and a vehicle ECU interface. The wire harness interface electrically connects to the wire harness connector. The connection port electrically connects to an electronic device. The vehicle ECU interface electrically connects to the vehicle ECU. The accessory ECU is provided between the wire harness connector and the vehicle ECU.

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

Systems and methods for online monitoring using a neural model by an automated vehicle
Patent No. 12358532

Inventor(s): Abdelrahman Hekal (Newcastle upon Tyne, , GB), Bardh Hoxha (Canton, MI), Sergiy Bogomolov (Newcastle upon Tyne, , GB), Tomoya Yamaguchi (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17945253 on 09/15/2022 (1034 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to estimating reachable states for a vehicle using a neural model. In one embodiment, a method includes generating an unverified command by a first controller and a safety command by a second controller for a projected path by an automated driving system (ADS) associated with a vehicle. The method also includes estimating reachable states by a neural network (NN) model that uses the unverified command and an initial condition for the vehicle, the reachable states representing positions and orientations for the vehicle within a bounded time and a state space associated with the initial condition and the projected path. The method also includes, upon determining that the reachable states satisfy collision criteria, executing by the vehicle a maneuver with the safety command for the projected path and generating subsequent commands using vehicle data from the first controller and the second controller.

[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]

Systems and methods for estimating the origins of abnormal driving
Patent No. 12358536

Inventor(s): Emrah Akin Sisbot (Menlo Park, CA), Haritha Muralidharan (Santa Clara, CA), Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17992160 on 11/22/2022 (966 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to estimating the origins of abnormal driving through observed driving patterns. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting, using parallel computations, abnormal classifications associated with a subject vehicle and nearby vehicles according to driving patterns derived from observation data, the abnormal classifications being associated with exceeding a position range in the observation data. The method also includes estimating an origin of abnormal driving with happens-before analysis according to the abnormal classifications, and the abnormal driving is associated with deviations in a traffic flow associated with the subject vehicle and the nearby vehicles. The method also includes controlling the subject vehicle using a driving command according to the origin.

Time-space network based multi-objective systems and methods for optimal rail car stacking at a railroad merchandise yard
Patent No. 12358543

Inventor(s): Avnish Kishor Malde (Fort Worth, TX), Chad Lawrence (Fort Worth, TX), Nathaniel W. Merry (Kansas City, MO), Patrick J. Sbrocca (Fort Worth, TX), Paul Kuhn (Fort Worth, TX), Shane Reffett (Abingdon, IL), Timothy J. Worrell
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18673181 on 05/23/2024 (418 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for assigning train blocks at a railroad merchandise yard includes determining, using a first optimization model and outbound train schedule data, a first list of train block assignments for a planning horizon. The method further includes determining whether an unassigned train block volume from the first optimization model is greater than zero. The method further includes displaying the first list of train block assignments generated by the first optimization model on an electronic display in response to determining that the unassigned train block volume from the first optimization model is not greater than zero. The method further includes, in response to determining that the unassigned train block volume from the first optimization model is greater than zero: determining and then displaying on the electronic display a second list of train block assignments for the planning horizon using a second optimization model and the outbound train schedule data.

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

Method of servicing a spacecraft using a pod secured by another spacecraft
Patent No. 12358655

Inventor(s): James Dulin Reavill (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, VA)
Law Firm: BKRIP LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17980236 on 11/03/2022 (985 days app to issue)

Abstract: Spacecraft servicing devices or pods and related methods may be configured to be deployed from a carrier spacecraft and include at least one spacecraft servicing component configured to perform at least one servicing operation on the target spacecraft. The spacecraft servicing devices may be configured to be transported from an initial orbit to another orbit after the spacecraft servicing device is deployed from the carrier spacecraft.

[B64G] COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR (apparatus for, or methods of, winning materials from extraterrestrial sources E21C 51/00)

Methods and systems for spatio-temporal regular expression matching
Patent No. 12361086

Inventor(s): Bardh Hoxha (Canton, MI), Danil V. Prokhorov (Ann Arbor, MI), Georgios Fainekos (Novi, MI), Hideki Okamoto (Ann Arbor, MI), Jacob W. Anderson (Gilbert, AZ)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER HAMPTON LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18471829 on 09/21/2023 (663 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that implement spatio-temporal query of perception data streams. A system is distinctly designed to implement efficient and flexible spatio-temporal queries, which conduct pattern matching over perception data streams for automotive applications, particularly autonomous vehicles. The system is also designed to enable the spatio-temporal queries to be expressed in SpREs (Spatial Regular Expressions), which is implemented as a querying language that combines the ease of REs (regular expressions) with the enhanced capabilities of spatial logic. Additionally, a method includes receiving a command associated with a spatio-temporal query, wherein the expression comprises spatial regular expressions (SpREs). Thereafter, performing the spatio-temporal query of a plurality of perception data streams using the SpREs, where the SpREs describe spatio-temporal patterns to be searched within the plurality of perception data streams.

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

Lipid nanoparticle compositions for delivery of mRNA and long nucleic acids
Patent No. 12357580

Inventor(s): Daniel J. Siegwart (Dallas, TX), Qiang Cheng (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18744370 on 06/14/2024 (396 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some aspects, the present disclosure provides compositions of lipid nanoparticles useful for the delivery of large RNAs including mRNAs. These compositions may include a cationic ionizable lipid, a phospholipid, a PEGylated lipid, and a steroid including using less of a cationic ionizable lipid than compositions with shorter nucleic acids. These compositions may be used to treat a disease or disorder for which the delivery of an mRNA is therapeutically effective.

[C07H] SUGARS; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; NUCLEIC ACIDS (derivatives of aldonic or saccharic acids C07C, C07D; aldonic acids, saccharic acids C07C 59/105, C07C 59/285; cyanohydrins C07C 255/16; glycals C07D; compounds of unknown constitution C07G; polysaccharides, derivatives thereof C08B; DNA or RNA concerning genetic engineering, vectors, e.g. plasmids, or their isolation, preparation or purification C12N 15/00; sugar industry C13) [2]

Ferrate based water treatment
Patent No. 12358822

Inventor(s): David Barker (Dubai, , AE), Sammy Aquino (Dubai, , AE)
Assignee(s): CECO ENVIRONMENTAL IP INC. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18732310 on 06/03/2024 (407 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and process for the treatment of water using a ferrate-based reduction-oxidation (redox) reactor, a clarifier, and a two-stage filtration system. Three treatment substrates can be used to treat water in the water treatment system and process, namely, a ferric compound(s), an acidic oxidant, and a flocculant-adsorbent.

[C02F] TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE (processes for making harmful chemical substances harmless, or less harmful, by effecting a chemical change in the substances A62D 3/00; separation, settling tanks or filter devices B01D; special arrangements on waterborne vessels of installations for treating water, waste water or sewage, e.g. for producing fresh water, B63J; adding materials to water to prevent corrosion C23F; treating radioactively-contaminated liquids G21F 9/04) [3]

Antioxidant inflammation modulators: oleanolic acid derivatives with amino and other modifications at C-17
Patent No. 12358866

Inventor(s): Eric Anderson (Southlake, TX), Melean Visnick (Irving, TX), Xin Jiang (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): REATA PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18433950 on 02/06/2024 (525 days app to issue)

Abstract:

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

Solid dispersions and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a substituted indane and methods for the preparation and use thereof
Patent No. 12358870

Inventor(s): Christopher Lindemann (Fort Collins, CO), Peter J. Stengel (Longmont, CO)
Assignee(s): Peloton Therapeutics, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17286581 on 10/23/2019 (2092 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided herein are solid dispersions comprising a HIF-2 inhibitor, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the solid dispersions, and methods for treating HIF-2-mediated diseases and conditions.

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

Multimodal polyalkylene terephthalate system
Patent No. 12359022

Inventor(s): Chris DeArmitt (Cincinnati, OH), Mohammed Razeem (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): OCTAL, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: MASCHOFF BRENNAN (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18303435 on 04/19/2023 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of forming a multimodal Polyalkylene Terephthalate (PAT) can include: providing a feed of a low molecular weight (LMW) PAT, the LMW PAT having a low average molecular weight; providing a feed of high molecular weight (HMW) PAT, the HMW PAT having a high average molecular weight, wherein the low average molecular weight is lower than the high average molecular weight; mixing the feed of LMW PAT with the feed of HMW PAT in a mixer to form a multimodal PAT; and providing the multimodal PAT as output. The multimodal PAT can include: a low average molecular weight of a low molecular weight (LMW) PAT; and a high average molecular weight of a high molecular weight (HMW) PAT mixed with the LMW PAT to form the multimodal PAT, wherein the multimodal PAT is devoid of talc.

[C08G] MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS (fermentation or enzyme-using processes to synthesise a desired chemical compound or composition or to separate optical isomers from a racemic mixture C12P) [2]

Transgene cassettes designed to express a human MECP2 gene
Patent No. 12359219

Inventor(s): Steven J. Gray (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: DLA Piper LLP US (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18411647 on 01/12/2024 (550 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for the treatment of diseases and genetic disorders linked to MeCP2 loss and/or misfunction, including RETT syndrome. The methods and compositions of the present disclosure comprise rAAV vectors and rAAV viral vectors comprising transgene nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding for a MeCP2 polypeptide.

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

System and methods for improved anaerobic digestion
Patent No. 12359225

Inventor(s): David Lloyd Parry (Heber City, UT), Ester Rus Perez (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17111632 on 12/04/2020 (1684 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for improving performance of anaerobic digestion by post-anaerobic digestion processing. The post-anaerobic digestion processing includes introducing a digestate to post-anaerobic digestion microorganisms downstream of an anaerobic digestion process, wherein the digestate is a product of anaerobic digestion and the post-anaerobic digestion microorganisms hydrolyze and ferment the digestate to produce hydrolysis and fermentation products. In some instances, the systems and methods further include introducing the hydrolysis and fermentation products to anaerobic digestion microorganisms, wherein the anaerobic digestion microorganisms convert the hydrolysis and fermentation products into biogas.

[C12P] FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE [3]

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

Fastener plate for securing an underlayment to a roof surface
Patent No. 12359432

Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearney, NJ), Gerry Messina (Wyckoff, NJ), Yan Zheng (Livingston, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18591616 on 02/29/2024 (502 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fastener plate for use in coupling an underlayment to a roof surface is disclosed. In use, the fastener plate is arranged and configured to enable subsequently applied liquid coatings to flow through a top surface of the fastener plate and into one or more cavities so that the liquid coating seals any openings created by introduction of the fastener. In one embodiment, the fastener plate may include a top surface, a bottom surface, a fastener opening for receiving a fastener, a plurality of openings formed in the top surface, and one or more cavities positioned between the top surface and the bottom surface, the one or more cavities being in fluid communication with the plurality of openings so that the liquid coating can flow through the plurality of openings formed in the top surface and into the one or more cavities to seal any voids created by the fastener.

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

Walkway roll
Patent No. 12359433

Inventor(s): Paul Lem (Mountain Lakes, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Venable LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17675709 on 02/18/2022 (1243 days app to issue)

Abstract: A walkway roll includes a thermoplastic olefin; and an olefin block copolymer present in an amount of 5 wt. % to 18 wt. % based on a total weight of the walkway roll. The walkway roll includes an embossed region. The embossed region, according to a heat aging test at 275 F. for 37 weeks, shows no cracks.

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

Roofing membrane and roofing system including roofing membrane
Patent No. 12359434

Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearny, NJ), Andrew Erick Andrade (Hackensack, NJ), Michael Dougherty (Mount Arlington, NJ)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18941491 on 11/08/2024 (249 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system, including a roofing membrane installed above the roofing substrate, where the roofing membrane includes a polysiloxane layer, where the polysiloxane layer is an uppermost surface of the roofing membrane installed above the roofing substrate, a second layer, where the second layer includes a metal, and a reinforcement layer, where the second layer is between the polysiloxane layer and the reinforcement layer, where the second layer has at least one of the following: a thickness, a type of metal, a percentage of area of the polysiloxane layer covered by the second layer, or any combination thereof, sufficient to reduce by at least 65% a static charge on the polysiloxane layer when compared to a control roofing membrane without the second layer.

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

Anchor system for a bracket of a movable barrier
Patent No. 12359481

Inventor(s): Bradley J. Lee (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Overhead Door Corporation (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17886013 on 08/11/2022 (1069 days app to issue)

Abstract: An anchor system for securing a lift cable to a bracket of a movable barrier is provided. The anchor system may include a clevis pin sized to be received in a loop of a lift cable of an upward-moving moveable barrier. In some aspects, the clevis pin may include a first interface portion. The anchor system may also include a lock having a longitudinally extending main body having a second interface portion. The second interface portion may be configured to interface with the first interface portion to prevent axial removal of the clevis pin from the loop of the lift cable.

[E05D] HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS, OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C 11/00)

Valve cartridge
Patent No. 12359517

Inventor(s): Abraham E. Canales (Fort Worth, TX), Daryl James Belshan (Weatherford, TX), David Theodore Figgs (Fort Worth, TX), Justin Lane Poehls (Glen Rose, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18216173 on 06/29/2023 (747 days app to issue)

Abstract: A valve cartridge for a fluid end for a well stimulation pump is discussed and illustrated. The valve cartridge optionally includes: a valve body, a spring engaging the valve body on a first side thereof, and a housing at least partially enclosing the valve body and spring. The housing can define one or more passages therethrough. The housing can define one or more seats adjacent the one or more passages. The one or more seats can be configured to be selectively engaged by the valve body on a second side thereof.

[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]

Choke mechanism for a lubricator
Patent No. 12359531

Inventor(s): Garrett S. Boyd (Granbury, TX)
Assignee(s): Flowco MasterCo LLC (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: FisherBroyles, LLP (Local + 17 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18775704 on 07/17/2024 (363 days app to issue)

Abstract: A lubricator and plunger catcher used in conjunction with an oil or gas well includes a manifold positioned between the wellhead and the plunger catcher. The manifold includes a plunger passageway that extends from the bottom of the manifold to the top of the manifold, with the plunger catcher being mounted to the top of the manifold. The manifold also includes a production passageway through which oil or gas leaving the wellhead is routed. A choke mechanism for at least partially blocking the production passageway is provided on the manifold to selectively vary the volume of the oil or gas leaving the wellhead that is routed through the plunger catcher. This, in turn, can selectively vary a force imparted to a plunger by the oil or gas leaving the wellhead to ensure the plunger is fully seated in the catcher when it arrives at the wellhead.

Interstitial spacing of perforating system
Patent No. 12359541

Inventor(s): Christopher C. Hoelscher (Arlington, TX), Richard Ellis Robey (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17958075 on 09/30/2022 (1019 days app to issue)

Abstract: A perforating gun system may include a central support structure and a plurality of charges secured to the central support structure. Each charge of the plurality of charges is configured to perforate a casing and/or sidewall of a wellbore upon detonation. Further, the plurality of charges comprises a first group of charges and a second group of charges, and each charge of the second group of charges is radially offset from each charge of the first group of charges with respect to the central support structure.

Geosteering methods and systems for improved drilling performance
Patent No. 12359551

Inventor(s): Ann Kamel Fitzgerald (Dallas, TX), Brian Eugene Stokeld (Carrollton, TX), Jason Truman Rice (Plano, TX), Jeshurun Micaiah Chisholm (Dallas, TX), Richard Kulavik (Frisco, TX), Todd W. Benson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Magnetic Variation Services, LLC (Denver, CO)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16780503 on 02/03/2020 (1989 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system for geosteering may generate a misfit function using a spline function. The misfit function may be used to accurately map errors or differences between TVD-based measurement data for one or more reference wells and MD-based measurement data collected during drilling of a subject well, in order to accurately determine a stratigraphic location of the subject well.

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

Linear FRAC pump drive system safety deflector
Patent No. 12359660

Inventor(s): Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, TX), Joe Allen Sutton (Weatherford, TX), John McCrady (Burleson, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17905462 on 03/02/2021 (1596 days app to issue)

Abstract: A linear pump includes a centrally-disposed drive system and a plunger having a center portion coupled to the drive system, and first and second fluid ends disposed at the first and second ends of the plunger. The pump further includes first and second packing seals each being disposed about the plunger to isolate fluids within the respective first and second fluid ends. First and second adapters are disposed at an interface between the drive system and respective first and second fluid ends, each adapter incorporating an angled deflector configured to deflect and redirect high-pressure fluids escaping past the respective packing seal toward the drive system.

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

Valve cartridge for a fluid pump
Patent No. 12359663

Inventor(s): Abraham Canales (Crowley, TX), Daryl James Belshan (Weatherford, TX), David T. Figgs (Fort Worth, TX), Justin Poehls (Glen Rose, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18457172 on 08/28/2023 (687 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid pump may include a power end, a fluid end having a cartridge bore, and a valve cartridge configured for insertion into, and removal from, the cartridge bore as a unit. The valve cartridge may include a cartridge body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a first valve assembly configured to control fluid flow through the fluid inlet, and a second valve assembly configured to control fluid flow through the fluid outlet.

Advanced rotating tension latch
Patent No. 12359687

Inventor(s): Javier E. Oliver (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17793824 on 01/27/2021 (1630 days app to issue)

Abstract: Provided is a latch member. The latch member, in one aspect, includes an upper portion and a lower portion extending from one or more surfaces and defining a central axis, the lower portion including first and second lower portions circumferentially spaced from one another and axially spaced from the upper portion to form first and second channels, the first and second lower portions having respective first and second leading peaks opposite the first and second channels, the first leading peak axially offset from the second leading peak, wherein the first and second channels are configured to each receive one of two pins of a related hook member and cause the latch member to rotate relative to the hook member, wherein the latch and hook member are configured to alternate between latched and unlatched configurations as the latch member reciprocates substantially along the central axis relative to the hook member.

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

Fiber reinforced valve seal
Patent No. 12359738

Inventor(s): Pankaj H. Patel (Fort Worth, TX), Troy Edward Wiegand (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): GD Energy Products, LLC (Tulsa, OK)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18318802 on 05/17/2023 (790 days app to issue)

Abstract: A valve component utilized in a fluid end assembly of a high pressure reciprocating pump includes a valve body and a sealing element. The valve body defines a recess configured to receive the sealing element. The sealing element is composed of a fiber reinforced material. The valve component is configured to be disposed in a closed position with respect to a valve seat such that a sealing surface of the sealing element engages with a corresponding sealing surface of the valve seat in the closed position.

[F16K] VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING

Hand held spotlight
Patent No. 12359781

Inventor(s): Clark McCune (Roanoke, TX), James Brandon Roach (Keller, TX), Jimmy Prieto (Trophy City, TX), Todd Lee Marcucci (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Alliance Sports Group, L.P. (Roanoke, TX)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18780058 on 07/22/2024 (358 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hand-held lighting device is disclosed with a handle and a head housing a first and second light source, wherein a longitudinal axis of the head is disposed at a non-parallel angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the handle. The first light source is annular light emitting diode and the second light source is a light excited phosphor.

[F21L] LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION [7]

Burner system with integrated shutter and spaced apart fill port
Patent No. 12359805

Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Fort Worth, TX), John L. Zivich (Dallas, TX), Josiah A. Wilhelm (Fort Worth, TX), Lenny Vainberg (Laguna Hills, CA)
Assignee(s): Solo Brands, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18639335 on 04/18/2024 (453 days app to issue)

Abstract: A burner system comprises a reservoir configured to store fuel, a filler coupled to the reservoir and including a fill port, a burn chamber coupled to the reservoir; and a shutter including a fill cap and a snuffer. The shutter is movable between a burn position wherein the burn chamber is operable to burn fuel stored in the reservoir and a fuel position wherein the fill port is usable to fill the reservoir with fuel.

[F23D] BURNERS

Portable stove with folding stand
Patent No. 12359817

Inventor(s): Alexander K. Maghsadi (Lewisville, TX), Jeffrey R. Weilert (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Solo Brands, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17886239 on 08/11/2022 (1069 days app to issue)

Abstract: A stand is provided for elevating a portable stove above a surface. The stand includes a central intersection and a plurality of legs. Each leg includes an inner link extending radially outward from the central intersection, and an outer link connected to the inner link by a hinge. The outer link is thus movable to a position extending radially outward from the inner link. Each leg also includes a foot coupled to, and extending transverse to, the outer link. Each foot includes a standoff extending transverse from the outer link in a first direction, and an interference arm extending transverse from the outer link in a second direction opposite the first direction.

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

Independent temperature control for rooms
Patent No. 12359827

Inventor(s): Andres Canales (Dallas, TX), Brent Sturgell (Forney, TX), Greg Nation (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): FIRST CO. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18600987 on 03/11/2024 (491 days app to issue)

Abstract: Providing simultaneous independent temperature control of conditioned air to first and second rooms. First and second evaporators may be positioned so that: air from the first room passes through the first evaporator before exhausting back to the first room; and air from the second room passes through the second evaporator before exhausting back to the second room.

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

P H Y S I C S

Systems and methods for auditing assets
Patent No. 12358541

Inventor(s): Devin Scott Wagner (Haltom City, TX), Jacob Scott Ford (Billings, MT), Philip Gerald Davis (Fort Worth, TX), Ross Aaron Springer (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18608683 on 03/18/2024 (484 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data associated with a railroad environment, extracting an asset from the first LiDAR data associated with the railroad environment, and superimposing the asset into a spatial model. The method also includes receiving a field indication associated with a modification to the railroad environment and modifying the spatial model in response to receiving the field indication associated with the modification to the railroad environment. The method further includes receiving second LiDAR data associated with the railroad environment and comparing the second LiDAR data to the modified spatial model.

[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

Providing information to navigate to a parking space preferred by an operator of a vehicle
Patent No. 12359931

Inventor(s): Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Takamasa Higuchi (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17532094 on 11/22/2021 (1331 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for providing information to navigate to a parking space preferred by an operator of a vehicle can include a processor and a memory. The memory can store a preliminary operations module and a communications module. The preliminary operations module can include instructions that cause the processor to obtain, for the operator: (1) a first model for a first duration between a commencement of a parking space identification process and a first threshold and (2) a second model for a second duration between the first threshold and a second threshold. The communications module can include instructions that cause the processor to communicate, to a component of the vehicle for an action, information to navigate to the parking space. The parking space can be identified, in response to a current time being within: (1) the first duration, by the first model and (2) the second duration, by the second model.

[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)

Method and system for increasing the accuracy of aircraft weight and associated center of gravity determinations
Patent No. 12359961

Inventor(s): C. Kirk Nance (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Decker Jones, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17992163 on 11/22/2022 (966 days app to issue)

Abstract: The methods and systems provide for increasing the accuracy of aircraft weight and center of gravity determination through the use of filtered strut pressure measurements. Aircraft vertical and horizontal accelerations are determined as the aircraft is taxiing, and used to identify and reduce the number of significantly distorted pressure measurements, to allow the lesser distorted pressure measurements to be averaged, and a lesser number of distorted pressure measurements to be averaged; further identifying the aircraft in near-neutral acceleration and strut pressure values near-neutral of strut seal friction distortions. Pressure sensors, accelerometers, and an inclinometer are mounted in relation to landing gear struts to monitor, measure and record strut pressure as related to strut telescopic movement, rates of strut telescopic movement and aircraft vertical and horizontal accelerations; experienced by landing gear struts, as the aircraft proceeds through typical ground and taxi operations.

[G01G] WEIGHING

Systems and methods for monitoring food temperatures
Patent No. 12359980

Inventor(s): John Robert Keller (Plano, TX), Matthew O”Daniel Redmond (Denton, TX), Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, TX)
Assignee(s): 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17455800 on 11/19/2021 (1334 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes one or more memory units and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, from a food temperature probe, a first temperature associated with a first food item. The processor is further configured to receive, from the food temperature probe, a second temperature associated with a second food item. The processor is further configured to receive, from the food temperature probe, a third temperature that was measured by the food temperature probe after measuring the first temperature but before measuring the second temperature, the third temperature associated with a cleaning of the food temperature probe. The processor is further configured to send an alert for display on a user device when the third temperature is greater than the cleaning threshold temperature.

[G01K] MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (radiation pyrometry G01J 5/00)

Systems for authentication and related devices and methods
Patent No. 12360050

Inventor(s): Omar Besim Hakim (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Ellansalabs Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18405654 on 01/05/2024 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: A scanning device for scanning a scannable indicia in a gemstone, the scanning device including: a scanner configured to read the scannable indicia; a light source configured to illuminate the scannable indicia; and a controller communicatively coupled to the scanner to be configured to determine whether the scannable indicia is between a table and a culet of the gemstone.

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

System and method for automatic height adjustment for chip testing
Patent No. 12360157

Inventor(s): Gan Yao (Chengdu, , CN), Jie Ren (Chengdu, , CN), Yu Liu (Chengdu, , CN)
Assignee(s): Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18384761 on 10/27/2023 (627 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes configuring a preset reference pulse number, and controlling a test contact piece for testing chip leads to move toward a target chip lead, using a control signal corresponding to the preset reference pulse number. First data is continuously obtained and used to determine whether the test contact piece is in contact with the target chip lead. When the test contact piece is in contact with the target chip lead, the test contact piece is controlled to stop moving. Second data is obtained characterizing movement of the test contact piece from a time when the test contact piece initially contacts the target chip lead to a time when the test contact piece stops moving. The preset reference pulse number is adjusted based on the second data. A system and device, and a computer-readable storage medium are also provided for implementing the method.

[G01R] MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J 3/12)

Chip-scale optically determined magnetic resonance sensor
Patent No. 12360185

Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Paul Donald Schmalenberg (Ann Arbor, MI), Sean P. Rodrigues (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18190526 on 03/27/2023 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of an integrated apparatus for measuring an external magnetic or other external stimulus are presented herein. This apparatus may include a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising a plurality of metal layers; a solid-state host disposed on the semiconductor integrated circuit and comprising a plurality of color centers; a photonic integrated circuit disposed on the solid-state host and comprising optical modulators and a grating array in optical communication with the plurality of color centers via a material capable of transmitting light below 1000 nm; a microwave antenna formed in a first metal layer in the plurality of metal layers of the semiconductor integrated circuit; and a photodetector in optical communication with the plurality of color centers.

[G01R] MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J 3/12)

Semiconductor device mounted on a system board
Patent No. 12360357

Inventor(s): Paul Lawrence Rancuret (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17514138 on 10/29/2021 (1355 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example includes: a system board having a surface; bond fingers on a surface of the system board; a semiconductor device on the surface of the system board, the semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor die having a surface, the semiconductor die comprising bond pads on the surface; conductors coupling the bond pads to the bond fingers; and a datum structure on the surface of the system board, the datum structure having openings that form wells with sides around the bond fingers.

[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]

Advanced packaging for compact object-scanning modules
Patent No. 12360361

Inventor(s): Gregory A. Magel (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): AdHawk Microsystems Inc. (Waterloo, , CA)
Law Firm: Kaplan Breyer Schwarz, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17681503 on 02/25/2022 (1236 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compact packaging for optical MEMS devices, such as one- and two-dimensional light scanners. An embodiment in accordance with the present disclosure includes a housing having a chamber for holding a light source and a MEMS scanner. The MEMS scanner receives light from the light source via an optical element disposed on a cover of the housing and steers an output signal along a propagation direction through the cover while steering the output signal in at least one dimension.

Steerable high-resolution display
Patent No. 12360378

Inventor(s): D. Scott Dewald (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Avegant Corp. (San Mateo, CA)
Law Firm: Nicholson De Vos Webster Elliott LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18321704 on 05/22/2023 (785 days app to issue)

Abstract: A display system comprising a foveal display having a monocular field of view of at least 1 degree is positioned within a scannable field of view of at least 20 degrees, the foveal display positioned for a user. In one embodiment, the foveal display is positioned for the user”s fovea.

Reference voltage generation within a temperature range
Patent No. 12360548

Inventor(s): Annabelle Arnold (Zolling, , DE), Konrad Wagensohner (Mauern, , DE), Markus Georg Rommel (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17976516 on 10/28/2022 (991 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit may include a current generator coupled to a first voltage source. The current generator may be configured to generate a first current, and mirror the first current into a second current and a third current. The circuit may include a proportional to absolute temperature (”PTAT”) voltage generator coupled to the current generator and a second voltage source. The PTAT voltage generator may be configured to receive the second current from the current generator, and generate a third voltage based on the second current. The circuit may include a complementary to absolute temperature (”CTAT”) voltage generator coupled to the current generator and to the PTAT voltage generator. The CTAT voltage generator may be configured to receive the first current and the third current from the current generator, and generate a reference voltage based on the first current, the second current, and the third voltage.

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

Neural network systems for source code generation and ranking
Patent No. 12360743

Inventor(s): Hung Quoc To (Binh Thuan, , VN), Minh Huynh Nguyen (Phu Yen, , VN), Quoc Nghi Duy Bui (Ho Chi Minh, , VN)
Assignee(s): FPT USA Corp. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18892972 on 09/23/2024 (295 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating and ranking source code for performing a task is described. The method includes: receiving input data comprising a task description, a code generation prompt and a test case generation prompt; processing the input data using at least one trained code generation neural network to generate a plurality of code solutions and a plurality of test cases; for each code solution, executing the set of candidate source code on the test inputs of the plurality of test cases to generate a plurality of execution outputs; clustering the plurality of code solutions into a plurality of clusters; computing an interaction matrix that specifies functional overlap between the plurality of clusters; determining, for each cluster, a score based the interaction matrix; and ranking the plurality of clusters based on the scores of the plurality of clusters.

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

Thread commencement using a work descriptor packet in a self-scheduling processor
Patent No. 12360773

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Gamburd Law Group LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18387045 on 11/05/2023 (618 days app to issue)

Abstract: Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for a self-scheduling processor which also provides additional functionality. Representative embodiments include a self-scheduling processor, comprising: a processor core adapted to execute a received instruction; and a core control circuit adapted to automatically schedule an instruction for execution by the processor core in response to a received work descriptor data packet. In another embodiment, the core control circuit is also adapted to schedule a fiber create instruction for execution by the processor core, to reserve a predetermined amount of memory space in a thread control memory to store return arguments, and to generate one or more work descriptor data packets to another processor or hybrid threading fabric circuit for execution of a corresponding plurality of execution threads. Event processing, data path management, system calls, memory requests, and other new instructions are also disclosed.

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

Multicore shared cache operation engine
Patent No. 12360843

Inventor(s): David E. Smith (Allen, TX), Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA), Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Matthew David Pierson (Frisco, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17364620 on 06/30/2021 (1476 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for accessing memory by a memory controller, comprising receiving, by the memory controller, a memory management command to perform a memory management operation at a virtual memory address, translating the virtual memory address to a physical memory address, wherein the physical memory address comprises an address within a cache memory, and outputting an instruction to the cache memory based on the memory management command and the physical memory address.

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

Credit aware central arbitration for multi-endpoint, multi-core system
Patent No. 12360844

Inventor(s): Daniel Wu (Plano, TX), Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Matthew David Pierson (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17875424 on 07/28/2022 (1083 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a data path, a first interface configured to receive a first memory access request from a first peripheral device, and a second interface configured to receive a second memory access request from a second peripheral device. The device further includes an arbiter circuit configured to determine a first destination device connected to the data path and associated with the first memory access request and a first credit threshold corresponding to the first memory access request. The arbiter circuit is further configured to determine a second destination device connected to the data path and associated with the second memory access request and a second credit threshold corresponding to the second memory access request. The arbiter circuit is configured to arbitrate access to the data path by the first memory access request and the second memory access request based on the first credit threshold and the second credit threshold.

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

Managing data backup for data processing systems using out-of-band methods
Patent No. 12360851

Inventor(s): Luis Antonio Valencia Reyes (Waxahachie, TX), Mohit Arora (Frisco, TX), Rajaravi Chandra Kollarapu (Allen, TX), Vinodkumar Vasudev Ottar (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18498363 on 10/31/2023 (623 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing data stored by a data processing system are disclosed. A management controller of the data processing system may identify an occurrence of a backup event for the data, the occurrence indicating that a portion of the data is to be backed up to a remote storage system. In response to the occurrence, the management controller may initiate a backup process to obtain a backup data package for the data processing system. The management controller may provide the backup data package to the remote storage system via an out-of-band communication channel in order to facilitate completion of the backup process. By doing so, the data may be placed in a restorable state, enabling the data processing system to continue providing computer-implemented services.

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

Address space mapping
Patent No. 12360893

Inventor(s): Barak Cherches (Ramat-Hakovesh, , IL), Guy Shubeli (Ramat-Hasharon, , IL), Yaron Alpert (Hod Hasharon, , IL), Yoav Ben-Yehezkel (Netanya, , IL)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18463046 on 09/07/2023 (677 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a logical address from a primary device and determining an address header based on the logical address. The method also includes determining an offset value based on the address header and applying the offset value to a first portion of the logical address to create an offset address portion. The method further includes generating a physical address that includes the address header and the offset address portion and accessing a physical resource using the physical address.

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

Method of notifying a process or programmable atomic operation traps
Patent No. 12360941

Inventor(s): Tony Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18383311 on 10/24/2023 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples, are methods, systems, programmable atomic units, and machine-readable mediums that provide an exception as a response to the calling processor. That is, the programmable atomic unit will send a response to the calling processor. The calling processor will recognize that the exception has been raised and will handle the exception. Because the calling processor knows which process triggered the exception, the calling processor (e.g., the Operating System) can take appropriate action, such as terminating the calling process. The calling processor may be a same processor as that executing the programmable atomic transaction, or a different processor (e.g., on a different chiplet).

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

Automatic file version verification within electronic mail
Patent No. 12360957

Inventor(s): Kulvir Singh Bhogal (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: CHIP LAW GROUP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16658161 on 10/21/2019 (2094 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method can include determining metadata for a file responsive to initiating an operation on the file stored within a client system and determining a storage location within a file repository of a master version of the file from the metadata. The method also can include determining, from the storage location, whether the master version of the file is more recent than the file stored within the client system using a processor of the client system.

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

Automatic query language generation for specialized query language based on natural language search
Patent No. 12360988

Inventor(s): Mohsen Imani (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Anomali Incorporated (Redwood City, CA)
Law Firm: Fenwick West LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 19041915 on 01/30/2025 (166 days app to issue)

Abstract: A query building tool receives user input of a natural language query by way of a search interface and decomposes the natural language query into sections. The tool prompts a large language model to, for each section, search a portion of a grammar of a query language having a corresponding query type for each section and construct a query language prompt corresponding to the section. The tool aggregates each query language prompt into an aggregated query language prompt, executes a search using the aggregated query language prompt, and outputs for display using the search interface search results for the natural language query.

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

Hierarchical scoring system for distributed networks
Patent No. 12361010

Inventor(s): Ernest J. Lefner, IV (Flower Mound, TX), Kevin Irwin (Flower Mound, TX), Kyle Scarmardo (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Gluware IP, LLC (Sacramento, CA)
Law Firm: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18179039 on 03/06/2023 (862 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of determining scores specific to a system is provided. The method comprises determining scores based on data associated with a component configuration, classifying the scores with respect to categories and subcategories, generating an aggregate score representative of a total performance of a component configuration, the generating including: generating a first category score specific to a first category and a second category score specific to a second category, performing normalization operations on the first category score and the second category score, wherein the first category score is representative of a first characteristic of the component configuration and the second category score representative of a second characteristic of the component configuration, combining the first normalized category score with the second normalized category score, and providing the aggregate score representative of an aggregate performance of the component configuration based on the first characteristic and the second characteristic.

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

Systems and methods for on-demand distributed ledger establishment
Patent No. 12361015

Inventor(s): Ahmed A. Khan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18150363 on 01/05/2023 (922 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system described herein may receive a distributed ledger creation request that specifies a quantity of nodes. The system may provision a plurality of sets of hardware resources to implement a set of nodes which includes the requested quantity of nodes. Provisioning the plurality of sets of hardware resources may include generating communication information associated with each node of the set of nodes. The system may instruct at least one node, of the set of nodes, to establish a distributed ledger. The at least one node may communicate with one or more other nodes of the set of nodes to establish the distributed ledger. The system may output, in response to the distributed ledger creation request, communication information associated with one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes. The communication information may be used to interact with the established distributed ledger.

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

Detecting suitability of machine learning models for datasets
Patent No. 12361095

Inventor(s): Sriram Subramanian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): DataRobot, Inc. (Boston, MA)
Law Firm: GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17991274 on 11/21/2022 (967 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, program products, and method are disclosed for detecting suitability of machine learning models for datasets. An apparatus includes a training evaluation module configured to calculate a first statistical data signature for a training data set of a machine learning system using one or more predefined statistical algorithms. An apparatus includes an inference evaluation module configured to calculate a second statistical data signature for an inference data set of a machine learning system using one or more predefined statistical algorithms. An apparatus includes a score module configured to calculate a suitability score describing the suitability of a training data set to an inference data set as a function of a first and a second statistical data signature. An apparatus includes an action module configured to perform an action related to a machine learning system in response to a suitability score satisfying an unsuitability threshold.

[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]

Interoperability of real-world and metaverse systems
Patent No. 12361103

Inventor(s): Manu J. Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17853730 on 06/29/2022 (1112 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a user device that can be used by a user to enter a virtual environment and at least one processor coupled to the user device. The processor is configured to record a plurality of real-world data interactions performed by the user and determine a real-world behavior of the user based on the recorded data interactions. The processor receives a request by the user to perform a data interaction in the virtual environment. The processor verifies whether the requested data interaction is in accordance with the recorded real-world behavior of the user. When the requested data interaction is not in accordance with the real-world behavior of the user, the processor verifies the data interaction in the real-world environment and allows the user to perform the data interaction in the virtual environment upon successful verification of the data interaction.

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

Digital lock and key system using non-fungible digital tokens and methods thereof
Patent No. 12361148

Inventor(s): Ryan White (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17962266 on 10/07/2022 (1012 days app to issue)

Abstract: A digital lock and key system using non-fungible digital tokens is disclosed. The digital lock and key system includes a non-fungible digital token having a blockchain address; and a piece of property having a lock; wherein the lock verifies whether the user possesses a non-fungible digital token with a recognized blockchain address; wherein the lock grants access to the piece of property when the lock verifies the user”s non-fungible digital token; wherein the lock denies access to the piece of property when the lock cannot verify the user”s non-fungible digital token; wherein the piece of property is physical, non-physical, or both.

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

Methods of designing inflatable shape-morphing structures with textured patterns
Patent No. 12361183

Inventor(s): Masato Tanaka (Ann Arbor, MI), Tsuyoshi Nomura (Nagoya, , JP), Yuyang Song (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17493088 on 10/04/2021 (1380 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of designing an inflatable structure includes generating a finite element mesh defining a plurality of elements for an inflatable shape-morphing structure, calculating a topology optimization analysis for the inflatable shape-morphing structure having a final shape in an inflated state, wherein the topology optimization analysis determines a plurality of tensors for the plurality of elements of the finite element mesh, converting the plurality of tensors for the plurality of elements into a plurality of diffusion coefficients for the plurality of elements, and generating a space-filling Turing pattern for the inflatable shape-morphing structure as a function of the plurality of diffusion coefficients, wherein the space-filling Turing pattern defines a simulated textured surface for the inflatable shape-morphing structure.

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

System and method for implementing technology infrastructure upgrades using an automated electronic data aggregation tool
Patent No. 12361210

Inventor(s): Vishwanath Prasad Karra (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17977729 on 10/31/2022 (988 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is provided for implementing technology infrastructure upgrades using an automated electronic data aggregation tool. In particular, the system may receive a request from an endpoint device to generate a technology remediation framework for remediating a technology infrastructure issue. In response to the request, the system may use an automated electronic data aggregation tool to receive data associated with the technology infrastructure issue from one or more data sources. The system may then automatically generate the technology remediation framework using the received data and present the framework to one or more users associated with the technology infrastructure issue. In this way, the system provides an efficient way to implement upgrades and remediate issues within a technology infrastructure.

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

Interpretable machine learning for data at scale
Patent No. 12361302

Inventor(s): Mesfin Adane Dema (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17335003 on 05/31/2021 (1506 days app to issue)

Abstract: In systems for interpreting the predictions of a machine learning model with the help of a surrogate model, feature vectors of inputs to the machine learning model can be grouped based on locality sensitive hashes or other hashes that reflect similarity between the feature vectors in matching hash values. For a given prediction to be interpreted and the corresponding input feature vector, a suitable training dataset for the surrogate model can then be obtained at low computational cost by hashing the input feature vector and retrieving stored feature vectors with matching hash values, along with their respective predictions.

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

Dynamic information reduction using a velocity based machine learning model
Patent No. 12361323

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17690510 on 03/09/2022 (1224 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an information reduction platform. The information reduction platform may generate data silos within a distributed ledger system. The information reduction platform may receive a data use case request from a client device corresponding to a first user. The information reduction platform may identify relevant data silos corresponding to the data use case request. The information reduction platform may direct the distributed ledger system to grant the client device access to the relevant data silos. The information reduction platform may monitor the efficiency of the relevant data silos. The information reduction platform may generate data velocity values (DVVs) for each relevant data silo. The information reduction platform may train a machine learning model to select a subset of relevant data silos for a particular data use case. The information reduction platform may create an iterative feedback loop to update the first machine learning model.

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

Method and system for proficiency identification
Patent No. 12361363

Inventor(s): Di Yu (Lewisville, TX), Lucas Newman (Carrollton, TX), Subhashini Tripuraneni (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: GREENBLUM BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17449344 on 09/29/2021 (1385 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for automatically identifying proficiencies based on an associated set of codes is provided. The method includes retrieving a file that is associated with a user from a repository, the repository including a source code repository; classifying the file based on a corresponding programming language; determining, by using a model, a proficiency attribute of the user based on the file and a result of the classification; identifying a characteristic of the user based on corresponding activity data from the repository; and generating a profile that corresponds to the user based on the proficiency attribute and the characteristic, the profile including a plurality of proficiency attributes that correspond to the user.

Systems and methods for targeted delivery of supplies during emergency events
Patent No. 12361367

Inventor(s): Bradly Jay Billman (Celina, TX), Justin Royell Nash (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17975785 on 10/28/2022 (991 days app to issue)

Abstract: A supply delivery system includes one or more processors and one or more memory devices storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to instruct an aerial vehicle to travel within a geographical area, instruct an imaging device carried by the aerial vehicle to capture image data as the aerial vehicle travels through the geographical area, analyze the image data to identify an identification code on a physical target, instruct the aerial vehicle to dispense one or more items from the aerial vehicle at or near the physical target.

Systems and methods of updating model templates associated with images of retail products at product storage facilities
Patent No. 12361375

Inventor(s): Han Zhang (Allen, TX), Lingfeng Zhang (Dallas, TX), Zhaoliang Duan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Foley IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18102999 on 01/30/2023 (897 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods of updating templates for use in recognizing individual products in images captured at a product storage facility include an image capture device that captures one or more images of product storage structure at a product storage facility, a computing device in communication with the image capture device, and an electronic database that stores keyword model templates and feature model templates associated with images of previously recognized individual products detected at the product storage facility. The computing device obtains the keyword and feature model templates associated with a recognized product from the electronic database, extracts the keywords from the products associated with the obtained keyword model templates, identifies products that are similar to the recognized product, and updates the keyword model template for each of the products to include must keywords and negative keywords, facilitating recognition of products in subsequent images captured by the image capture device.

Adjusting seat booking availability
Patent No. 12361438

Inventor(s): Daniel Muzich (Phoenix, AZ), James Fox (Tempe, AZ), Jonathan Tracy (Tempe, AZ), Julianne Bowles (Tempe, AZ), Michael Costello (Tempe, AZ), Thomas Trenga (Mesa, AZ)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: SNELL WILMER L.L.P (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18602233 on 03/12/2024 (490 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer based system for remapping prime class seat bookings is disclosed. The system remaps prime class bookings a floor class, or if the floor class is closed, into a higher, displacement class. Via remapping, airline systems, such as inventory management systems, revenue management systems, and the like, may better account for the true value of prime class bookings.

Dynamic vehicle tags
Patent No. 12361450

Inventor(s): Adrian Lombard (New York, NY), John F. Daly (Frisco, TX), Paul Li (Mountain View, CA), Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, CA), Satoshi Nagashima (Long Island, NY)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-Ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18436059 on 02/08/2024 (523 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving an opt-in request to display information on a display of a vehicle configured to be viewed from outside of the vehicle, authenticating the request to allow displaying information on the display, determining information associated with the vehicle to be displayed on the display, determining misuse of the information displayed on the display based on a notification from another vehicle, and flagging the misuse.

Transaction arbiter system and method
Patent No. 12361462

Inventor(s): Jorge A. Maass (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18467956 on 09/15/2023 (669 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium for generating a real-time or near real-time bid for a product or service, includes instructions stored thereon, that when executed on a processor, perform the steps of acquiring location information that identifies a current geographic location for a communication device, and generating a bid request for the product or service, wherein the bid request includes the acquired location information that identifies the current geographic location for the communication device and data relating to the product or service. The acquired location information identifies the current geographic location and the data relating to the product or services enables identification, from among a plurality of providers, a subgroup of one or more providers located within a threshold value of the current geographic location of the mobile communication device that provide the product or services. The processor responsive to the instructions further performs the step of simultaneously sending and receiving data to and from a remote location and the communication device relating to the bid request for at least one real-time or near real-time bid for a product or service.

Electronic service systems and methods
Patent No. 12361469

Inventor(s): Zachery C. Lake (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17549400 on 12/13/2021 (1310 days app to issue)

Abstract: One or more tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media, include instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive, from an application programming interface (API), a list of objects corresponding to an online transaction, retrieve a classification lookup table based on the list of objects, identify a class of each object in the list of objects using the classification lookup table, and provide, to the API, the class of each object for processing of the online transaction.

Autonomous data containers with artificial intelligence
Patent No. 12361472

Inventor(s): Brian Francisco Shipley (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18657983 on 05/08/2024 (433 days app to issue)

Abstract: An autonomous data container and methods of use are disclosed. The autonomous data container includes a data storage structure for storing financial transaction information. The autonomous data container also includes an artificially intelligent agent stored as code within the container. The artificially intelligent agent can run on a system storing the autonomous data container. The artificially intelligent agent can access transaction information in the data storage structure and make predictions and/or decisions on a consumer”s behalf. The artificially intelligent agent can make new purchases on the consumer”s behalf. The artificially intelligent agent can also provide fraud alerts for the consumer.

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

Collaborative secure loan dataset platform
Patent No. 12361483

Inventor(s): Tod A. Ruble (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Pentech, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18140564 on 04/27/2023 (810 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments herein recite a method including displaying, by a server, an input element on a graphical user interface configured to instruct the server to generate a secure loan dataset having a triggering employment status attribute that causes the server to execute a transaction associated with the secure loan dataset; receiving, by the server, a negative selection associated with the input element; executing, by the server, a computer model using at least one attribute of a user to simulate one or more scenarios in which the triggering employment status is modified; and dynamically revising, by the server, the graphical user interface to display data associated with at least one scenario simulating at least one modification of the triggering employment status.

Settlement and approval service
Patent No. 12361491

Inventor(s): Damien Patton (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TRETE Inc. (Propser, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18616176 on 03/26/2024 (476 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for determining whether to throttle or kill a sale of shares of an asset using a settlement approval service, including querying, by a settlement approval service, a transfer agent whether a buyer of shares of an asset is approved; querying, by the settlement approval service, a transfer agent whether a seller of shares of the asset is approved; based on the buyer and the seller being approved, querying, by the settlement approval service, the transfer agent as to whether the shares offered for sale are valid; and based on determining, by the settlement approval service, that the shares are valid, approving, by the settlement approval service, the sale of shares of the asset.

Systems and methods for using home telematics for maintenance behavior check
Patent No. 12361496

Inventor(s): Courtney St. Martin (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17731459 on 04/28/2022 (1174 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include retrieving, via a processor of a computing system, insurance information associated with a user and receiving one or more alerts regarding an event that will occur within a determined radius of one or more properties within a period of time. The computing system may then determine a list of actions for the user to perform on the property based on the event and send the list of actions to a computing device associated with the user. Based on whether the user completes the list of actions, a premium rate of the user may be adjusted.

Machine learning model-agnostic confidence calibration system and method
Patent No. 12361738

Inventor(s): Hui Chen (Frisco, TX), Preeti Duraipandian (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Intuit Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Law Firm: Lathrop GPM LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17246383 on 04/30/2021 (1537 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method may include extracting, from a document, a first key-value pair including a key and a first value and corresponding to a first confidence score, extracting a second key-value pair including the key and a second value corresponding to a second confidence score, classifying a first match probability for the first key-value pair and a second match probability for the second key-value pair, generating a first calibrated confidence score for the first confidence score and a second calibrated confidence score for the second confidence score by transforming, using precision lookup tables constructed from training records, the first match probability to the first calibrated confidence score and the second match probability to second calibrated confidence score, selecting, using the first and second calibrated confidence scores, one of the first key-value pair and the second key-value pair, and presenting, in a graphical user interface (GUI), the selected key-value pair.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Providing recorded data related to an event
Patent No. 12361770

Inventor(s): Dany Benjamin (Plano, TX), Reza Sarmadi (Plano, TX), Toshikazu Tanaka (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17871222 on 07/22/2022 (1089 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of storing, by a vehicle, data of an area proximate the vehicle, the data collected by one or more sensors of the vehicle; determining, by the vehicle, an event at a time based on the data from the one or more sensors; sending, by the vehicle, a portion of the data of the area to a server, wherein the portion includes the stored data from a first amount of time before the event to a second amount of time after the event; and receiving, by the vehicle, a reference from the server to the stored portion of the data of the area to a device associated with a user of the vehicle.

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

Cryptocurrency transactional systems and methods
Patent No. 12361788

Inventor(s): Matthew Dickson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Newman Law, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17973494 on 10/25/2022 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: A secure cryptocurrency transactional system for actuating transactions involving electronic gaming machines and cryptocurrency wallets.

[G07F] COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D 3/00; coin testing G07D 5/00) [7]

Determining a corrective action to alter a driving behavior of a vehicle
Patent No. 12361826

Inventor(s): Edward Allen Cain, Jr. (Plano, 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: 18072658 on 11/30/2022 (958 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes determining an action by a vehicle causing a dangerous situation; setting a driving score, based on a number of occurrences of the action; creating a notification, based on a number of occurrences of the action; responsive to the number of occurrences of the action being above a threshold, sending the notification to the vehicle, wherein the notification includes a modification to the vehicle; and applying the modification to the vehicle to minimize the action, wherein an amount of the modification is related to a change of the threshold.

[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]

Omnidirectional collision avoidance
Patent No. 12361829

Inventor(s): Amr Abdelraouf (Foster City, CA), Hazem Abdelkawy (Woluwe Saint Pierre, , BE), Kyungtae Han (Palo Alto, CA), Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18137959 on 04/21/2023 (816 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving driving data of a first vehicle, receiving driving data of a second vehicle driving in a different lane than the first vehicle, determining that the first vehicle and the second vehicle will collide via execution of a machine learning model on the driving data of the first and second vehicles, and displaying a warning on a user interface associated with one or more of the first and second vehicles.

Recognizing hazard events based on sounds of in-home activities
Patent No. 12361930

Inventor(s): Anupam Pathak (Los Altos Hills, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18637692 on 04/17/2024 (454 days app to issue)

Abstract: A disclosed method includes receiving at least an indication of audio data generated based on sound captured by a microphone of a monitoring device. A set of audio event labels are generated by processing the received audio data with a model that includes audio recognition patterns. Each audio event label is generated by matching an audio pattern in the received audio data with an audio pattern of the audio recognition patterns. The method further includes identifying a hazard event type occurring within a time window of the time period by processing the set of audio event labels with a hazard detection model. In response to detecting the hazard event type, a hazard alert is generated and at least an indication of the hazard alert is communicated to an electronic device other than the monitoring device, which is authorized to receive communications from the monitoring device.

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

Pre-decoder circuitry
Patent No. 12362013

Inventor(s): Ramachandra Rao Jogu (Mckinney, TX), Vijayakrishna J. Vankayala (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Brooks, Cameron Huebsch, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18639690 on 04/18/2024 (453 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for pre-decoder circuitry. An embodiment includes a memory array including a plurality of memory cells, decoder circuitry coupled to the memory array, wherein the decoder circuitry comprises a p-type transistor having a first gate, a first n-type transistor having a second gate, and a second n-type transistor having a third gate, and pre-decoder circuitry configured to provide a bias condition for the first gate, the second gate, and the third gate to provide a selection signal to one of the plurality of memory cells, wherein the bias condition comprises zero volts for the first gate, the second gate, and the third gate for a positive configuration for the memory cells and a negative voltage for the third gate and zero volts for the first gate and the second gate for a negative configuration for the memory cells.

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

Error detection for a semiconductor device
Patent No. 12362032

Inventor(s): John E. Riley (McKinney, TX), Matthew Young (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Brooks, Cameron Huebsch, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17889369 on 08/16/2022 (1064 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatus, methods, and systems for error detection for a semiconductor device. An apparatus includes a memory array, a detector array, and a detector coupled to the detector array. The detector is configured to detect an error in a portion of the detector array and output an output signal to memory components coupled to the detector array in response to detecting the error.

Methods and systems for using machine-learning models to estimate peptide-retention time
Patent No. 12362041

Inventor(s): Peter Cimermancic (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16459052 on 07/01/2019 (2206 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a machine-learning computing system for training and running a machine-learning model to estimate peptide-retention time for a sample. The machine-learning model can be configured to process inputs that characterize an individual peptide and/or amino acids in the peptide and to output an estimated retention time within a liquid-chromatography column for the peptide. The machine-learning model can include an encoder-decoder model. The encoder and/or the decoder can include a neural network. A subset of peptides can then be identified that are associated with estimated retention times within a specific elution time period during which portion of the sample was eluted from a chromatography column, and mass-spectrometry data can be analyzed to determine which of the subset of peptides are present within the sample.

[G16B] BIOINFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR GENETIC OR PROTEIN-RELATED DATA PROCESSING IN COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Software defined metaverse platform
Patent No. 12363201

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17985283 on 11/11/2022 (977 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a first request for a first communication service from a first end user device operated by a first user, where the first request provides or can be utilized to obtain first service information associated with first service parameters corresponding to the first user according to a first root ID provided to the first end user device by the first user; providing, over a network, first immersive media for presentation by the first end user device in response to the first request, where the first immersive media is provided utilizing the first network slice, the first spectrum resource allocation, and the first RAT that are selected according to the first service parameters. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Inductive heating systems and methods of controlling the same to reduce biological carryover
Patent No. 12357713

Inventor(s): Andrew Fischer (Euless, TX), Dustin House (Carrollton, TX), Edna Prieto-Ballengee (Dallas, TX), Lei Qiao (Addison, TX), Lyle Yarnell (Richardson, TX), Michael Futer (Grand Prairie, TX), Michael Shawn Murphy (Allen, TX
Assignee(s): ABBOTT LABORATORIES (Abbott Park, IL)
Law Firm: HANLEY, FLIGHT ZIMMERMAN, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17375737 on 07/14/2021 (1462 days app to issue)

Abstract: Inductive heating systems and method of controlling the same to reduce biological carryover are disclosed herein. An example system includes an induction heater including a tank circuit, the tank circuit including a work coil and a sense coil. The sense coil is to detect a magnetic field generated by the work coil and to output signals in response to the detection. The example system includes a controller to cause the tank circuit to oscillate at a resonant frequency in response to the signals and a power drive unit in communication with the controller and the induction heater. The power drive unit is to adjust power provided to the induction heater in response to the controller driving the tank circuit to oscillate at the resonant frequency.

[H05B] ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Cathode-ray tube ultraviolet light source
Patent No. 12362166

Inventor(s): Eric C. Bretschneider (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: TIPS Group (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18688334 on 08/31/2022 (1049 days app to issue)

Abstract: A cathode-ray tube ultraviolet light source includes a metal housing provided with a light-transmissive window, a heatsink disposed within the metal housing, a phosphor having a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the second surface of the phosphor is in thermal contact with the heatsink, and an electron gun capable of developing an electron beam to impinge upon the first surface of the phosphor, whereby light emitted from the second surface of the phosphor is directed through the light-transmissive window.

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

RF signal transmission device for base station antenna, phase shifter and base station antenna
Patent No. 12362447

Inventor(s): Xun Zhang (Suzhou, , CN), Zhigang Wang (Suzhou, , CN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17785486 on 01/06/2021 (1651 days app to issue)

Abstract: RF signal transmission devices for a base station antenna include a printed circuit board which has a dielectric layer, a metal pattern layer on a first main surface of the dielectric layer, and a ground layer on a second main surface of the dielectric layer. The metal pattern layer has a transmission line deformation section for enhancing the ability to withstand surge current, and the ground layer comprises a groove that is configured to at least partially compensate for the change in the characteristic impedance due to the transmission line deformation section. The RF signal transmission device can achieve good characteristic impedance matching whilst enhancing the capacity to withstand surge current. In addition, the RF signal transmission device can improve PIM performance. The present disclosure also includes a phase shifter for a base station antenna and a base station antenna.

[H01P] WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B)

Lensed multiple band multiple beam multiple column dual-polarized antenna
Patent No. 12362460

Inventor(s): Igor Timofeev (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Matsing, Inc. (Irvine, CA)
Law Firm: Fish IP Law, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17334225 on 05/28/2021 (1509 days app to issue)

Abstract: The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods in which a high port count base station antenna uses an array of spherical lenses with multiple ports per frequency band, containing multiple frequency bands, and capable of multiple beam operation. In a preferred embodiment, the antenna system comprises a plurality of spherical, dielectric lenses, stacked vertically, where each lens is surrounded by four or more lower frequency radiating elements, or one circular element. The circular element can have multiple sub-elements, along with feed gaps.

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

Base station antennas having at least one grid reflector and related devices
Patent No. 12362461

Inventor(s): Bo Wu (Jiangsu, , CN), Haifeng Li (Richardson, TX), Nengbin Liu (Jiangsu, , CN), Pengfei Guo (Jiangsu, , CN), Peter J. Bisiules (LaGrange Park, IL), PuLiang Tang (Jiangsu, , CN), Ruixin Su (Jiangsu, , CN), Xun Zhang (Jiangsu,
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17787619 on 03/14/2022 (1219 days app to issue)

Abstract: Base station antennas include at least one passive internal grid reflector with an array of low band radiating elements projecting forward of a front one of the at least one grid reflector. A mMIMO antenna array resides behind a back one of the at least one grid reflector and is configured to transmit signal through the grid reflector and out a front radome of the base station antenna.

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

Polarization versatile radiator
Patent No. 12362499

Inventor(s): Robert S. Isom (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD DURKEE LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14999923 on 12/16/2016 (3133 days app to issue)

Abstract: A unit cell of an array antenna includes an integrated dilation and feed circuit and an associated radiator assembly. The integrated dilation and feed circuit includes an asymmetric dilation layer, an asymmetric combiner layer, a symmetric feed layer and a symmetric slot layer. Feed circuits on the feed layer are configured to couple radio frequency (RF) signals to/from a pair of orthogonally disposed slot elements symmetrically disposed on the slot layer of the integrated dilation-feed circuit. The slot layer couples signals to and from the radiator assembly. Such unit cell may be used to provide an array antenna including an active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna.

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

Phased array Rotman lens front end devices
Patent No. 12362500

Inventor(s): Dmitry Turbiner (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): General Radar Corporation (Belmont, CA)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18153801 on 01/12/2023 (915 days app to issue)

Abstract: A radar system includes a transmit front end device including a transmit planar component, and a receive front end device including a receive planar component. Each of the transmit planar component and the receive planar component includes a first end, a second end, a cavity space and a linear array of antennas. The cavity space is bounded by beam ports along a first side of the cavity space and by array ports along a second side of the cavity space. The cavity space is in operative communication with the beam ports and with the array ports to form a Rotman lens. A linear array of antennas is located along the second end of the planar component. The transmit planar component and receive planar component are arranged such that the linear array of antennas of the transmit planar component and the linear array of antennas are perpendicular to one another.

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

Replaceable hot shoe electrical connector interposer
Patent No. 12362528

Inventor(s): Kenneth J. Page (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA, LLC (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Spencer Fane, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17843255 on 06/17/2022 (1124 days app to issue)

Abstract: Electrical interposer devices and systems include a body and a plurality of pins. The plurality of pins are disposed within the body. The plurality of pins extend beyond a first side of the body. Similarly, the plurality of pins extend beyond a second side of the body. The plurality of pins are configured to provide electrical communication between a first electrical component and a second electrical component.

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

ESD protection apparatus and control method
Patent No. 12362558

Inventor(s): Gonggui Xu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): LEN TECH Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18200564 on 05/22/2023 (785 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ESD protection apparatus includes a first clamping device and a second clamping device connected in series between a bias voltage bus and ground, and a switch coupled between an input/output pad and a common node of the first clamping device and the second clamping device, wherein the switch is configured such that before a bias voltage on the bias voltage bus has been established, a leakage current flowing through the first clamping device is reduced.

[H02H] EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS (indicating or signalling undesired working conditions G01R, e.g. G01R 31/00, G08B; locating faults along lines G01R 31/08; emergency protective devices H01H)

Multiple output charging system and controller
Patent No. 12362589

Inventor(s): Indumini Ranmuthu (Plano, TX), John Mitchell Perry (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18460948 on 09/05/2023 (679 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-port charging system includes a controller having a power input terminal coupled to a DC power output of a converter, multiple power output terminals coupled to the power input terminal, and a communications input terminal. The system includes multiple charger ports, the respective charger ports having a charging power line coupled to a respective one of the power output terminals, and a communications line coupled to the communications input terminal. The controller is configured to control the state of the control output terminal to set a voltage of the DC power output according to a selected highest common compatible voltage of one or more sink devices coupled to one or more respective ones of the charger ports.

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

Artificial muscle assemblies including a central artificial muscle and a plurality of initiating actuators
Patent No. 12362684

Inventor(s): Maduran Palaniswamy (Ann Arbor, MI), Michael P. Rowe (Pinckney, MI), Shardul S. Panwar (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18587304 on 02/26/2024 (505 days app to issue)

Abstract: An artificial muscle assembly includes initiating actuators and an artificial muscle. The artificial muscle includes a housing including an electrode region and an expandable fluid region, and an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region. The electrode pair includes a first electrode and a second electrode fixed to respective first and second surfaces of the housing. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a central opening defining the expandable fluid region. The electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs a dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region. Each initiating actuator is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state applies a force against the electrode region of the artificial muscle.

[H02N] ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Class-AB stabilization
Patent No. 12362711

Inventor(s): Aniruddha Roy (Bangalore, , IN), Kunal Suresh Karanjkar (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18355588 on 07/20/2023 (726 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the description provide for a circuit. In some examples, the circuit includes a input pair of transistors, a bias transistor having a bias transistor gate, a bias transistor drain, and a bias transistor source, the bias transistor drain coupled to the input pair of transistors and the bias transistor source coupled to ground, and a resistor coupled between the bias transistor gate and the input pair of transistors.

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

Class AB monticelli output stage design with bias temperature instability tolerance
Patent No. 12362712

Inventor(s): Jerry L. Doorenbos (Tucson, AZ), Srinivas Kumar Pulijala (Tucson, AZ), Vadim Valerievich Ivanov (Tucson, AZ), Vivek Varier (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17589585 on 01/31/2022 (1261 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a system includes an amplifier having an output stage configured to provide an output voltage, where the output stage includes a p-channel transistor and an n-channel transistor. The system includes a sense transistor having a gate coupled to a gate of the p-channel transistor, where the sense transistor is configured to sense a current of the p-channel transistor and produce a sense current. The system includes a current mirror coupled to the sense transistor and configured to provide the sense current to a gate of a control transistor, the control transistor having a source coupled to the gate of the p-channel transistor. The system includes a reference current source coupled to the control transistor and configured to provide a reference current. The control transistor is configured to adjust a gate current provided to the p-channel transistor based on comparing the sense current to the reference current.

Maximum power detection and automatic gain control for capacitive class-D amplifiers
Patent No. 12362713

Inventor(s): Junmin Jiang (San Jose, CA), Shailendra Kumar Baranwal (Murphy, TX), Yinglai Xia (Plano, TX), Yogesh Kumar Ramadass (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17175789 on 02/15/2021 (1611 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a charge pump having an input coupled to a first voltage and an output at a second voltage, the second voltage greater than the first voltage. The system also includes an amplifier having a first input, a second input, and a third input, the first input coupled to the output of the charge pump, the second input coupled to the first voltage, the third input coupled to an input signal, the amplifier having an amplified output signal. The system also includes a maximum power detector coupled to the amplifier, the maximum power detector operable to determine whether the amplified output signal has reached a threshold output level and to reduce a power of the amplified output signal responsive to the determination.

Transistor switching based on voltage sensing
Patent No. 12362740

Inventor(s): Johan Tjeerd Strydom (Saratoga, CA), Maxim Franke (Dallas, TX), Mrinal Kanti Das (Allen, TX), Rajdeep Bondade (Richardson, TX), Stephen Phillip Savage (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18208345 on 06/12/2023 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one example, an apparatus comprises: a voltage sensing circuit having a voltage sensing terminal and a voltage sensing output, the voltage sensing circuit configured to generate a first voltage at the voltage sensing output representing a second voltage at the voltage sensing terminal; a control circuit having a control circuit input and a control circuit output, the control circuit input coupled to the voltage sensing output, the control circuit configured to: determine a state of a transistor based on the first voltage; and generate a driver signal at the control circuit output based on the state; and a driver circuit having a driver input and a switch control output, the driver input coupled to the control circuit output, the driver circuit configured to provide a current at the switch control output responsive to the driver signal.

[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]

Transient insensitive level shifter
Patent No. 12362752

Inventor(s): Yat Hei Lam (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18149549 on 01/03/2023 (924 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a level shifter includes a low side having first and second inputs. The level shifter also includes a high side, where the high side has a latch having first and second terminals. The high side also includes a current comparator including first and second current mirrors. The high side includes isolation circuitry including first and second transistors, in which the first transistor has a first control terminal, the second transistor has a second control terminal, the first transistor is coupled between the first terminal and the first current mirror, the second transistor is coupled between the second terminal and the second current mirror, the first control terminal is coupled to the second current mirror, and the second control terminal is coupled to the first current mirror.

Indirect comparator offset estimation
Patent No. 12362760

Inventor(s): Ajai Paulose (Bengaluru, , IN), Aravind Ganesan (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18326527 on 05/31/2023 (776 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes: a first device; and a second device coupled to the first device. The second device has a receiver. The receiver has a comparator and a controller. The comparator has an adjustment terminal. The controller has an input and an output. The output of the controller is coupled to the adjustment terminal of the comparator. The controller is configured to: obtain an offset estimation model; receive an input voltage at its input; determine a comparator offset responsive to the offset estimation model and the input voltage; and provide an adjustment control signal to its output responsive to the determined comparator offset.

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

Codebook sub-sampling for CSI feedback on PUCCH for 4TX MIMO
Patent No. 12362792

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Allen, TX), Ralf M. Bendlin (Portland, OR), Runhua Chen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18393965 on 12/22/2023 (571 days app to issue)

Abstract: Channel state information (CSI) feedback in a wireless communication system is disclosed. User equipment transmits a CSI feedback signal via a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH). If the UE is configured in a first feedback mode, the CSI comprises a first report jointly coding a Rank Indicator (RI) and a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI1), and a second report coding Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) and a second precoding matrix indicator (PMI2). If the UE is configured in a second feedback mode, the CSI comprises a first report coding RI, and a second report coding CQI, PMI1 and PMI2. The jointly coded RI and PMI1 employs codebook sub-sampling, and the jointly coding PMI1, PMI2 and CQI employs codebook sub-sampling.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Uplink coverage using joint phase-time arrays
Patent No. 12362797

Inventor(s): Ahmad AlAmmouri (Garland, TX), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Jianhua Mo (Allen, TX), Jianzhong Zhang (Plano, TX), Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18149602 on 01/03/2023 (924 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for uplink (UL) coverage enhancements with joint phase-time arrays (JPTAs). A method for operating a base station (BS) includes identifying criteria associated with a set of user equipments (UEs) in a cell of the BS and determining, based on the criteria, a first subset of the set of UEs to use a JPTA beamforming. The method further includes using the JPTA beamforming for signaling with the first subset of UEs and using an analog beamforming for signaling with a second subset of UEs in the set of UEs.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and device in nodes used for wireless communication
Patent No. 12362878

Inventor(s): Qi Jiang (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): BUNKER HILL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17672724 on 02/16/2022 (1245 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device in nodes for wireless communication. A first node firstly receives a first signaling, the first signaling being used to indicate a first zone identifier; and then determines whether a first signal is transmitted according to the first zone identifier and a target zone identifier; when the determination result is yes, the first signal is transmitted in a first radio resource set; when the determination result is no, the first signal transmission is cancelled in the first radio resource set; when the first signal is associated with a first reference signal. The present disclosure optimizes determination upon sidelink feedback information transmission by respectively associating the first reference signal and the second reference signal with the second zone identifier and the third zone identifier, thus the spectrum efficiency of sidelink transmission can be improved.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for secure private key storage on IoT device
Patent No. 12362928

Inventor(s): Christopher J. Daly (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Amera IoT Inc. (Addision, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18662603 on 05/13/2024 (428 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing a private key on an IoT device for encrypted communication with an external user device and includes a proximity-based communication interface, encryption circuitry and IoT functional circuitry. The encryption circuitry includes a memory having a dedicated memory location allocated for storage of encryption keys utilized in the encrypting/decrypting operations, an encryption engine for performing the encryption/decryption operation with at least one of the stored encryption keys in association with the operation of the IoT functional circuitry, an input/output interface for interfacing with the proximity-based communication interface to allow information to be exchanged with a user device in a dedicated private key transfer operation, an internal system interface for interfacing with the IoT functional circuitry for transfer of information therebetween, memory control circuitry for controlling storage of a received private key from the input/output interface for storage in the dedicated memory location in the memory, in a Write-only memory storage operation relative to the private key received from the input/output interface over the proximity-based communication interface, the memory control circuitry inhibiting any Read operation of the dedicated memory location in the memory through the input/output interface. The IoT functional circuitry includes a controller for controlling the operation of the input/output interface and the memory c

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

Systems and methods for distributed ledger migration
Patent No. 12362941

Abstract: A system may receive a request to migrate a first distributed ledger, maintained by a first distributed ledger management system, to a second distributed ledger management system, and may generate first verification information based on information recorded to the first distributed ledger. The system may instruct the second distributed ledger management system to establish a second distributed ledger, such that the second distributed ledger management system maintains the second distributed ledger. The system may also instruct the second distributed ledger management system to record the information, recorded to the first distributed ledger, to the second distributed ledger. The system may generate second verification information based on the information recorded to the second distributed ledger, and verify that the first distributed ledger has been migrated to the second distributed ledger management system by comparing the first verification information to the second verification information.

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

Network exposure function (NEF) for SUCI-based UE-initiated service authorization
Patent No. 12363076

Inventor(s): Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17809614 on 06/29/2022 (1112 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network device receives a network service request, for network service in a mobile network, from a user equipment device (UE), where the network service request includes a first service identifier (ID) and a subscription concealed ID (SUCI). The network device sends, to a Network Function (NF) in the mobile network, a SUCI deconcealment request that includes the SUCI. The network device receives, from the NF, a deconcealed Subscription Permanent Identifier (SUPI) decrypted from the SUCI. The network device verifies a validity of the first service ID for the deconcealed SUPI, and sends a service authorization response to the UE based on verification of the validity of the service ID from the UE.

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

Machine learning model feature sharing for subscriber identity module hijack prevention
Patent No. 12363087

Inventor(s): Antoine Diffloth (Frisco, TX), Prince Paulraj (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17989284 on 11/17/2022 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a first input data set associated with a telephone number from a first service provider that implements a multi-factor authentication process for permitting an access to a service of the first service provider and may apply at least the first input data set to a machine learning model implemented by the processing system to obtain a risk score associated with the telephone number for a subscriber identity module swap of a subscriber identity module, where the machine learning model is trained to generate the risk score associated with the telephone number in accordance with at least the first input data set. The processing system may then perform at least one remedial action associated with the telephone number and the subscriber identity module, in response to the risk score.

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

Intuitive computer security report visuals
Patent No. 12363133

Inventor(s): Corissa Lea Koopmans (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC (Redmond, WA)
Law Firm: Newport IP, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18337384 on 06/19/2023 (757 days app to issue)

Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein enable systems to generate intuitive security reports that illustrate security events that occur during a predefined time period (e.g., thirty days). The security report visual can include a pair of parallel axes where the first axis includes a plurality of time-series segments respectively representing security event types (e.g., obfuscation, phishing) and the second axis includes two time-series segments representing security events that are not remediated and security events that are remediated. A plurality of first lines originating at respective points along the first axis and terminating within a GUI element can represent security events of various types that occur at a particular time unit (e.g., a day) within the predefined time period. A plurality of second lines originating within the GUI element and terminating at respective points along the second axis can represent security events that are either remediated or not remediated.

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

Run-time configurable cybersecurity system
Patent No. 12363145

Inventor(s): Sagar Khangan (Pune, , IN), Sai Vashisht (Morgan Hill, CA)
Assignee(s): MUSARUBRA US LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Rutan Tucker, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18528295 on 12/04/2023 (589 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for conducting cyberthreat analytics on a submitted object to determine whether the object is malicious is described. The system features a cybersecurity system operating with a cloud platform, which is configured to host resources including cloud processing resources and cloud storage resources. The cybersecurity system is configured to analyze one or more received objects included as part of a submission received from a subscriber after authentication of the subscriber and verification that the subscriber is authorized to perform one or more tasks associated with the submission. The cybersecurity system is configured to operate as a multi-tenant Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) that relies upon the cloud processing resources and the cloud storage resources provided by the cloud platform in performing the cybersecurity operations.

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

System for adaptive management of downstream technology elements
Patent No. 12363147

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17708274 on 03/30/2022 (1203 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system is provided for detecting and remediating computing system breaches using computing network traffic monitoring. In particular, the system may identify one or more technology elements within a network as well as relationships between computing systems associated with said elements to determine a network topology. Based on the network topology, the system may use historical network traffic data associated with the technology elements in the network to generate predicted entry points and lateral pathways of a security breach that may take place within particular computing systems. Then, based on the technology elements affected as well as entry points and path traversals of the breach, the system may generate and/or implement one or more remediation steps to address existing and/or future breaches. In this way, the system may provide an intelligent method of augmenting the security of a computing network.

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

Video transfer circuit with multi-chip synchronization circuitry
Patent No. 12363252

Inventor(s): Anindita Borah (Santa Clara, CA), Henry Yao (Santa Clara, CA), Manikantan Jayaraman (San Jose, CA), Vivek Gupta (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18176306 on 02/28/2023 (868 days app to issue)

Abstract: A video transfer circuit includes: a first communication interface; a second communication interface; and a digital timing generator having an input, an output, and a video timing signal interface. The input is coupled to the first communication interface. The video timing signal interface is coupled to the second communication interface. The digital timing generator is configured to: provide a first video timing signal to the second communication interface via the video timing signal interface responsive to a first mode selection; and receive a second video timing signal from the second communication interface via the video timing signal interface responsive to a second mode selection.

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

System and method for redirecting audio and video data streams in a display-server computing system
Patent No. 12363258

Inventor(s): Steve Bakke (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: The Langley Law Firm, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16981966 on 03/22/2019 (2307 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system operative on a data communications network to operate on an audio/video data includes a server computer communicatively connected to the network. The server computer includes an application unit running an application program. The application program is accessible to a user device communicatively connected to the network. The application unit requires the audio/video data to run the application program. The system also includes an audio/video server computer communicatively connected to the network. The audio/video server computer communicates the audio/video data over the network responsive to a request. The user device includes at least a buffer, a decoder and an output device. The need request is sent by the server computer over the network to the user device, for receipt of the audio/video data for operation of the application unit. The need request includes an identifier of the audio/video data and a network address of the audio/video server computer. The user device, upon receipt of the need request, requests communicatively over the network to the audio/video server computer and the audio/video server computer delivers communicatively over the network the audio/video data to the user device. The user device reformats the audio/video data and delivers the reformatted audio/video data to the server computer. The server computer reverses the reformatted audio/video data to obtain substantially the original audio/video data for operations of the application unit.

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

Management of SCTE and contents in ad breaks for compatibility
Patent No. 12363398

Inventor(s): James Wesley Bell (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Weaver Austin Villeneuve Sampson LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17810057 on 06/30/2022 (1111 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for delivering streams of media content in ways that maintain compatibility among different streaming protocols for inserting secondary content into the streams of media content. This is accomplished by encoding media content the same for each streaming protocol but generating different output groups based on each streaming protocol.

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

Image processing for preventing flickering
Patent No. 12363449

Inventor(s): Shashi Rao (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18126829 on 03/27/2023 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: An image processing platform may be configured to reduce user interface screen flickering and improve page loading speed. An image processing platform may process images based on determined image complexity. A decision engine may determine the number of image splits and type of parallel processing for an image. The determined image complexity may be based on a determined image complexity score. The system may include machine learning in connection with the decision engine results.

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

System and method for dynamic feature selection based on latency discovery
Patent No. 12363559

Inventor(s): Hongyan Lei (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18168377 on 02/13/2023 (883 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure include, for example, identifying a primary serving cell and a secondary serving cell, wherein the primary serving cell facilitates one of attachment, re-attachment or mobility, or any combination thereof, of a mobile device in association with coordination of a wireless service between the primary serving cell, the secondary serving cell and the mobile device. A latency value associated with a message exchange is determined between the primary and secondary serving cells via a messaging interface, and compared to latency requirements, which correspond to a group of mobile service features. A mobile service feature of the group is associated with the wireless service based on the comparison. The wireless service includes a coordinated exchange of wireless signals between the primary serving cell and the mobile device and between the secondary serving cell and the mobile device based on the mobile service feature. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for determining, monitoring, and predicting application capacity in multiple radio access networks
Patent No. 12363590

Inventor(s): Massimiliano Troiani (Frisco, TX), Parry Cornell Booker (Sunnyvale, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18046192 on 10/13/2022 (1006 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive user device application performance logs, radio access network (RAN) performance logs, and multi-access edge computing (MEC) compute logs, and may train a machine learning model with the user device application performance logs, the RAN performance logs, and the MEC compute logs. The device may identify application capacity requirements and MEC compute requirements associated with images of RAN coverage areas of RANs, and may generate labeled and normalized images of RAN coverage areas. The device may receive real time MEC compute data, RAN performance data, and user device application data, and may identify one of the labeled and normalized images of the RAN coverage areas that matches a RAN coverage area of a particular RAN. The device may predict an application capacity and MEC compute requirements for the particular RAN, and may perform one or more actions based on the application capacity and the MEC compute requirements.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Network function selection for user equipment via a gateway network node
Patent No. 12363619

Inventor(s): Sung Hwan Won (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: Nokia Technologies Oy (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17932129 on 09/14/2022 (1035 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products provide network function selection for user equipment via a gateway network node. In an implementation, a single-network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) list is received from a user equipment (UE). Additionally, it is determined whether a network node does not support a non-access stratum node selection function for the UE. Based on a determination that the network node does not support the non-access stratum node selection function for the UE, an initial UE message configured with an information element for the S-NSSAI list is generated, and the initial UE message is caused to be transmitted to a gateway network node to select a core network function for the UE.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Dynamic power negotiation outside enhanced beacon exchange in a wireless network via acknowledgment frames
Patent No. 12363643

Inventor(s): Arvind Kandhalu (Frisco, TX), Liangcheng Tao (Plano, TX), Robert Weibo Liang (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17491386 on 09/30/2021 (1384 days app to issue)

Abstract: An end device in a ZIGBEE communication protocol wireless network includes a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions. The processor sends a first data frame to a first network device using a first network transmission power level and receives a first acknowledgment frame from the first network device. The first acknowledgement frame includes a first transmission power information element, and the first transmission power information element includes a second transmission power level. The processor updates a power control information table entry with the second transmission power level and sends a second data frame to the first network device using the second transmission power level.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Time synchronization distribution in a network
Patent No. 12363667

Inventor(s): Malcolm Muir Smith (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P. C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17737590 on 05/05/2022 (1167 days app to issue)

Abstract: Time synchronization distribution in a network may be provided. Time synchronization may be performed by an Access Point (AP) with a plurality of client devices. Next, based on information received from performing the time synchronization with the plurality of client devices, it may be determined that a first client device of the plurality of client devices is a representative client device. Then, for a predetermined time period, time synchronization with the first client device and not with others of the plurality of client devices may be performed. The data associated with the time synchronization with the first client device may be broadcast to others of the plurality of client devices.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Systems and methods for selecting a paging profile and registration area in a mobile network
Patent No. 12363671

Inventor(s): Parry Cornell Booker (Sunnyvale, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18155410 on 01/17/2023 (910 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein employ a service profile for user equipment (UE). The UE service profile may be defined per network slice, such that a subscriber can have different registration area profiles, paging profiles, or performance profiles in different slices. According to one implementation, a network device receives a registration request requesting access to a network slice and obtains a UE service profile for the network slice. The service profile may indicate a paging profile and a registration profile associated with the UE device for the network slice.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for dynamic beam indication mechanism
Patent No. 12363716

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18407303 on 01/08/2024 (554 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information including a set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states; receiving a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE) indicating activation of M TCI states from the set of TCI states, where M is a positive integer; identifying a medium for indicating a TCI state update, wherein the medium is the MAC-CE or a downlink control information (DCI), and the TCI state update is from the M activated states; determining a beam based on the TCI state update; and applying the beam for a reception of both downlink (DL) control and data channels.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Search space configurations for random access messaging
Patent No. 12363760

Inventor(s): Bilal Sadiq (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Law Firm: Holland Hart LLP (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18629245 on 04/08/2024 (463 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may perform a random access (RACH) procedure based on a selected synchronization signal block (SSB). During this RACH procedure, a base station may transmit physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) messages for UE RACH message handling. To receive PDCCH signaling for RACH Messages 2, 3, or 4 (Msg 2/3/4), the UE may identify a set of time resources used by the base station for transmitting SSBs that are not quasi-co-located (QCL) with the selected SSB. The UE may identify a Msg 2/3/4 search space that does not overlap with this identified set of resources, and may monitor this identified search space. The search space may correspond to a modified remaining minimum system information (RMSI) search space indicated by the base station, or a valid RMSI search space not indicated by the base station.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Vertical deep trench and deep trench island based deep n-type well diode and diode triggered protection device
Patent No. 12363926

Inventor(s): Akram Ali Salman (Plano, TX), Alexei Sadovnikov (Sunnyvale, CA), Binghua Hu (Plano, TX), Umamaheswari Aghoram (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18514413 on 11/20/2023 (603 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device which includes two or more integrated deep trench features configured as a Zener diode. The Zener diode includes a plurality of deep trenches extending into semiconductor material of the substrate and a dielectric deep trench liner that includes a dielectric material. The deep trench further includes a doped sheath contacting the deep trench liner and an electrically conductive deep trench filler material within the deep trench. The doped sheath of adjacent deep trenches overlap and form a region of higher doping concentration which sets the breakdown voltage of the Zener diode. The Zener diode can be used as a triggering diode to limit the voltage on other components in a semiconductor device.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Integrated filter optical package
Patent No. 12364052

Inventor(s): James Richard Huckabee (Sherman, TX), Jo Bito (Dallas, TX), Rongwei Zhang (Plano, TX), Simon Joshua Jacobs (Allen, TX), Steven Alfred Kummerl (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16539442 on 08/13/2019 (2163 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated filter optical package including an ambient light sensor that incorporates an infrared (IR) filter in an integrated circuit (IC) stacked-die configuration is provided. The integrated filter optical package incorporates an infrared (IR) coated glass layer to filter out or block IR light while allowing visible (ambient) light to pass through to a light sensitive die having a light sensor. The ambient light sensor detects an amount of visible light that passes through the IR coated glass layer and adjusts a brightness or intensity of a display screen on an electronic device accordingly so that the display screen is readable.

[H10F] INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION

Fabricating an electroconductive contact on a top layer of a tunneling magnetoresistance element using two hard masks
Patent No. 12364163

Inventor(s): Sundar Chetlur (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Allegro MicroSystems, LLC (Manchester, NH)
Law Firm: DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD DURKEE, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17823461 on 08/30/2022 (1050 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one aspect, a method includes depositing magnetoresistance (MR) layers of a MR element on a semiconductor structure; depositing a first hard mask on the MR layers; depositing and patterning a first photoresist on the first hard mask using photolithography to expose portions of the first hard mask; etching the exposed portions of the first hard mask; etching a portion of the MR layers using the first hard mask; depositing a second hard mask on a first capping layer; depositing and patterning a second photoresist on the second hard mask using photolithography to expose portions of the second hard mask; etching the exposed portions of the second hard mask; etching the MR element using the second hard mask; etching portions of the first hard mask down to a top MR layer of the MR element; and depositing a conducting material on the top MR layer to form an electroconductive contact.

[H10N] ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Window shade cord protector with sliding actuator
Patent No. D1083440

Inventor(s): Armando Figueroa (Oceanside, CA), Charles Derk, Jr. (Park Ridge, NJ), James Liu (Oceanside, CA)
Assignee(s): The Watt Stopper, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: BrownWinick Law Firm (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29912183 on 09/14/2023 (670 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Latch
Patent No. D1083550

Inventor(s): John P. Brinkman (Abilene, TX)
Assignee(s): SOLO BRANDS, LLC (Grapevine, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29925934 on 01/26/2024 (536 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Canopy for a vehicle
Patent No. D1083742

Inventor(s): Michael Voss (Aledo, TX)
Assignee(s): Rock Solid Industries International (Pty) Ltd (Pietermaritzburgh, , ZA)
Law Firm: KL Gates LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29902128 on 09/08/2023 (676 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle tire
Patent No. D1083755

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Jory Sprowl (Howe, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Skylar Hagler (Anna, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29908109 on 01/11/2024 (551 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Multi-positional clip accessory
Patent No. D1083897

Inventor(s): Linda Jane Adelmann-Schemberger (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29881656 on 01/04/2023 (923 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with transitional graphical user interface
Patent No. D1083954

Inventor(s): Robert Allen Offutt (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Carlsbad, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29831938 on 03/23/2022 (1210 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle transmission housing
Patent No. D1084075

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Caleb Hix (McKinney, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Ross Martin (Roanoke, TX), Trent Collins (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29852488 on 09/07/2022 (1042 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Bathtub
Patent No. D1084242

Inventor(s): Christophe Bucher (Hillsborough, NJ), Jean-Jacques L”Henaff (New Canaan, CT)
Assignee(s): Project Soak, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29902592 on 09/14/2023 (670 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Shower wall
Patent No. D1084249

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Shower base
Patent No. D1084250

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Therapeutic elastic sports tape
Patent No. D1084359

Inventor(s): Christian Hicken (Prosper, TX), Matthew Hicken (Frisco, TX), Nathan Ellison (Cedar Hills, UT), Nicholas Hicken (Prosper, TX), Steven Silvey (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): BLACKTOP PLUS, LLC (Carrollton, TX)
Law Firm: Goodhue, Coleman Owens, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29871300 on 02/16/2023 (880 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Neck gasket for face soaking device
Patent No. D1084370

Inventor(s): John Richard Taylor (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29773825 on 03/11/2021 (1587 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Sterilizer
Patent No. D1084395

Inventor(s): Steffen Baumann (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): Midmark Corporation (Versailles, OH)
Law Firm: Frost Brown Todd LLP (Local + 4 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29928810 on 02/15/2024 (516 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Slat
Patent No. D1084402

Inventor(s): Jason Erickson (Wylie, TX), Ryan D. Fitzgerald (Doonan, , AU)
Assignee(s): Alwood Industries (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Young Basile Hanlon MacFarlane, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29896954 on 07/10/2023 (736 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Model vehicle work stand locking arm
Patent No. D1084588

Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX), Caleb Hix (McKinney, TX), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX), Ross Martin (Roanoke, TX)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29886192 on 03/06/2023 (862 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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