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 be an indicator of future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. By tracking both inventors and assignees in the region, we aim to provide a broader view of the region’s inventive activity. Listings are organized by Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC).
THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of June 14, 2022 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)
113 patents granted
Ranked No. 11 in patent production out of 250 metros
NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION
A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 9
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 7
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 4
D: TEXTILES; PAPER 2
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 11
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 6
G: PHYSICS 34
H: ELECTRICITY 34
DESIGN: 4
PLANT: 1
REISSUE: 1
TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)
Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 10
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 5
ATT Intellectual Property I L.P. (Atlanta, GA) 4
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) 4
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 4
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) 4
Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano) 4
Board of Regents The University Of Texas System (Austin) 3
Futurewei Technologies Inc. (Plano) 3
UNASSIGNED 14
TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)
Alvin R. McQuarters (Euless) 2
Amir Ansari (Plano) 2
Christopher C. Hoelscher (Arlington) 2
Christopher Daniel Manack (Flower Mound) 2
George A. Cowgill (Farmersville) 2
Ilesh V. Patel (Euless) 2
Ramprakash Masina (Plano) 2
Sangar Dowlatkhah (Cedar Hill) 2
Timothy David Anderson (University Park) 2
Tony Brewer (Plano) 2
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UTILITY PATENTS
H U M A N N E C E S S I T I E S
Prevention of micronutrient deficiencies associated with common disabilities in the over 50 adult
Patent No. 11357251
Inventor(s): Ralph Brown (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Abel Schillinger, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16022827 on 06/29/2018 (1446 days app to issue)
Abstract: A micronutrient dosage unit which comprises two or more micronutrients selected from vitamin A, vitamin B[subscript]2[/subscript], vitamin B[subscript]6[/subscript], vitamin B[subscript]9[/subscript], vitamin B[subscript]12[/subscript], vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, calcium, magnesium, zinc, boron and chromium in one or more specified ratios.
System and method for measuring and controlling foot temperature
Patent No. 11357282
Inventor(s): Ali Ersen (Fort Worth, TX), Anna M Galea (Stow, MA), Gordon B. Hirschman (Cohoes, NY), Hsiang-Wei Ma (Allston, MA), Ian Cohen (Boulder, CO), Linda Adams (Flower Mound, TX), Metin Yavuz (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): University of North Texas Health Science Center (Fort Worth, TX), Vivonics, Inc. (Bedford, MA)
Law Firm: Iandiorio Teska Coleman, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16205399 on 11/30/2018 (1292 days app to issue)
Abstract: A system for measuring and controlling foot temperature. The system comprises a heating or cooling device including one or more sealed fluidic pathways having a cooling or heating fluid therein and disposed in or on an article of footwear or a sock. A pumping device coupled to the heating or cooling device is configured to circulate the fluid in the one or more sealed fluidic pathways. A heat exchanger coupled to the heating or cooling device is configured to remove or add heat from or to the fluid in the one or more sealed fluidic pathways. A controller coupled to the pumping device and the heat exchanger is configured to control the pumping device and the heat exchanger to cool or heat a foot located inside the article of footwear or the sock. Patent Class: [A43B] CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
Lever-actuated drive
Patent No. 11357621
Inventor(s): Douglas Brent Wensrich (Bedford, TX), Victoria Holderby (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16941381 on 07/28/2020 (686 days app to issue)
Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) assembly into an eye may be provided. An apparatus for delivery of a lens component into an eye, including: a nozzle; a housing, wherein the nozzle is operatively coupled to the housing; a first lever; a second lever; and a linkage assembly. The linkage assembly may be disposed within the housing between and adjacent to the first and second levers. The linkage assembly may include a plurality of linkages pivotably coupled to each other, wherein the linkage assembly is collapsible. Patent Class: [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]
Breathing assistance apparatus
Patent No. 11357944
Inventor(s): Alastair Edwin McAuley (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Fisher Paykel Healthcare Limited (Auckland, , NZ)
Law Firm: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15372293 on 12/07/2016 (2015 days app to issue)
Abstract: Headgear for use with a respiratory mask is described. The headgear comprises a continuous and substantially curved elongate member extending in use below a user”s nose and at least two headgear straps capable of attachment to the ends of the elongate member. A mask attachment on the elongate member is disposed to sit below or on one of said user”s nose, mouth, upper lip and an inlet to the mask. The attachment is capable of receiving the mask. Patent Class: [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]
Implantable head located radiofrequency coupled neurostimulation system for head pain
Patent No. 11357995
Inventor(s): Claire Denault (Dallas, TX), Kenneth Lyle Reed (Dallas, TX), Robert Raymond Bulger (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Shiratronics, Inc. (Brooklyn Park, MN)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16887498 on 05/29/2020 (746 days app to issue)
Abstract: A system is provided for driving an implantable neurostimulator lead, the lead having an associated plurality of electrodes disposed in at least one array on the lead. The system comprises an implantable pulse generator (IPG), the IPG including an electrode driver, a load system for determining load requirements, an IPG power coupler, and an IPG communication system. The system also includes an external unit, which includes an external variable power generator, an external power coupler, an external communication system, and a controller for varying the power level of the variable power generator. Patent Class: [A61N] ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B 18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infra-red radiators for heating H05B) [6]
Method and apparatus for bi-directional ankle exercise
Patent No. 11358022
Inventor(s): Kent Fulks (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Braxton Perrone, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16862383 on 04/29/2020 (776 days app to issue)
Abstract: Apparatus for bi-directional ankle exercise movements has a main frame with a seat and upwardly extending columns at either side to support a ”U” shaped sub-frame, mounted so that it pivots about a horizontal axis passing very nearly through the ankles of a seated user and interconnecting linkages simultaneously enforcing ankle inversion, with plantarflexion and then ankle aversion, with dorsiflexion, about perpendicularly intersecting axes, while resisting such movements, so as to provide bidirectional ankle exercises according to a progressive resistance program, thus strengthening the ankle muscle groups for enhanced balance and dynamic stability. Patent Class: [A63B] APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
Golf shaft system and golf shaft
Patent No. 11358041
Inventor(s): Blair M. Philip (Dallas, TX), Byron H. Adams (Indian Wells, CA), Jeffrey T. Halstead (Wylie, TX), Robert E. Stephens (Fort Worth, TX), Trever M. Napier (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): BREAKTHROUGH GOLF TECHNOLOGY LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Dawsey Co., LPA (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17101136 on 11/23/2020 (568 days app to issue)
Abstract: A golf club shaft system and golf club shaft possessing unique flexural and torsional rigidity profiles, while providing significant adjustability to fine tune the shaft to a particular golf swing. Patent Class: [A63B] APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
Substituted epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET) analogs for treatment of kidney disease
Patent No. 11358968
Inventor(s): Adeniyi Adebesin (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI)
Law Firm: Quarles Brady LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16647603 on 09/14/2018 (1369 days app to issue)
Abstract: Described here are EET analogs conjugated to folate receptor ligands such as folic acid or folic acid analogs recognized by and selectively bound by folate receptors and other folate binding proteins and the use of such conjugated EET analogs for targeted delivery of therapeutic agents to folate-receptor bearing cell populations. More particularly, provided herein are EET analogs conjugated to folate receptor ligands and uses of such conjugated EET analogs as kidney targeted therapeutics. Patent Class: [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)
Heme sequesting peptides and uses therefor
Patent No. 11358991
Inventor(s): Li Zhang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Highlander PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16827015 on 03/23/2020 (813 days app to issue)
Abstract: The disclosure relates to engineered heme sequestering peptides and their use in treating cancer and inhibiting microbial infections and colonization. Patent Class: [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)
Hybrid bluegrass named TAES 5701
Patent No. PP034353 (Plant)
Inventor(s): Ambika Chandra (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): The Texas AM University System (College Station, TX)
Law Firm: Dentons US LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17242515 on 04/28/2021 (412 days app to issue)
Abstract: TAES 5701 is an F[subscript]1 [/subscript]hybrid bluegrass with exceptional turfgrass quality, establishment rate, seasonal color, shoot density, fine leaf texture, and ability to persist under a range of environmental stresses typically encountered in the southern United States. Patent Class: N/A
O P E R A T I O N S & T R A N S P O R T
Drum speed key tool
Patent No. 11358270
Inventor(s): Stephen Austin Fuller (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Stephens Domnitz Meineke PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16751914 on 01/24/2020 (872 days app to issue)
Abstract: A novel drum speed key tool that provides improved balance and efficiency for the installation, tightening, and removal of drum lug nuts. The drum speed key tool provides a finger receiving cup to allow a user to insert a finger or grip with their hand and efficiently apply rotational force to the drum speed key while maintaining attached to the drum lug nut with reduced slippage of the drum speed key tool from both the user”s grip and the drum lug nut. Patent Class: [B25G] HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS (attaching the blades or the like to handles of hand tools for soil working A01B 1/22; handles of hand implements for harvesting A01D 1/14; handles integral with brushware A46B)
Method for producing contact lenses
Patent No. 11358353
Inventor(s): John Janders (Fort Worth, TX), Kirk Cooper (Mansfield, TX), Shridhar Natarajan (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15841647 on 12/14/2017 (1643 days app to issue)
Abstract: The invention provides a method producing contact lenses, comprising the step of: separating the mold into the male and female mold halves, with the silicone hydrogel contact lens adhered on one of the male and female mold halves; bring a shaped ultrasonic horn in direct contact with at least one area of a non-optical surface of the female mold half or the male mold half having the molded silicone hydrogel contact lens attached thereon; and applying a ultrasonic vibrational energy to the at least one area of the non-optical surface of the female mold half or the male mold half having the molded silicone hydrogel contact lens attached thereon so as to separate the molded silicone hydrogel contact lens from the mold half attached thereon. Patent Class: [B29D] PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (making granules B29B 9/00; making preforms B29B 11/00) [4]
Tire-mounting structures with internal self-locking feature
Patent No. 11358512
Inventor(s): Edgardo Reyes-Crespo (Ypsilanti, 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: 16899405 on 06/11/2020 (733 days app to issue)
Abstract: A tire-mounting structure, the tire-mounting structure having a laterally extending end wall, two protrusions longitudinally extending from the end wall, the two protrusions spaced apart from one another, and a recess formed between the two protrusions. The recess is dimensioned such that a first distance between the two protrusions at a distal location relative to the end wall is longer than a second distance between the two protrusions at a proximal location relative to the end wall, where the first distance corresponds to a first tire dimension and the second distance corresponds to a second tire dimension, the second tire dimension being narrower than the first tire dimension. Patent Class: [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)
Strap winch assembly
Patent No. 11358513
Inventor(s): Jack R. Level (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16846299 on 04/11/2020 (794 days app to issue)
Abstract: A strap winch apparatus includes a frame with a drum gear connected to a drum. The drum is configured to receive an end of a strap whereby the strap is wound around or unwound from the drum when the gear is rotated. The frame also includes a braking member to arrest inadvertent reverse rotation of the drum to maintain strap tension. A handle configured to engage with the drum includes a pivotable pawl. One end of the pawl is configured to engage the gear teeth of the drum gear and index the drum gear in order to tension the strap about the drum. An opposite end of the pawl is configured to displace the braking member whereby the gear and drum are permitted to rotate in a direction loosening the strap tension. Typically, the braking member has a gear tooth engaging portion and a striking portion that may be in intermittent contact with the pawl for controlled loosening of the strap tension. Patent Class: [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)
Hybrid tiltrotor drive system
Patent No. 11358729
Inventor(s): Colton James Gilliland (Northlake, TX), Eric Stephen Olson (Fort Worth, TX), Mark Alan Przybyla (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Bell Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17161183 on 01/28/2021 (502 days app to issue)
Abstract: An exemplary tiltrotor aircraft with a hybrid drive system includes a first propulsion system having a first engine and a first supplemental driver operably coupled to a first proprotor that is operable between a helicopter mode and an airplane mode and a second propulsion system having a second engine and a second supplemental driver operably coupled to a second proprotor that is operable between a helicopter mode and an airplane mode. Patent Class: [B64D] EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
Air flowing garbage can assembly
Patent No. 11358789
Inventor(s): John Goines, Jr. (Blue Ridge, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16776132 on 01/29/2020 (867 days app to issue)
Abstract: An air flowing garbage can assembly for includes a garbage can that has a garbage bag being removably positioned therein to store garbage. The garbage can has a plurality of air holes integrated into the garbage can to pass air into an interior of the garbage can. A plurality of conduits is each coupled to the garbage can and each of the conduits is positioned in an interior of the garbage can. Each of the conduits is in fluid communication with a respective one of the air holes in the garbage can. In this way each of the conduits ventilates the interior of the garbage can when the garbage bag is removed from the garbage can thereby inhibiting a vacuum from forming in the garbage can. Patent Class: [B65F] GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE (disinfecting refuse A61L; refuse disintegrators B02C; sorting refuse B03B, B07B; handcarts for transporting refuse receptacles B62B; sack holders B65B 67/00; converting refuse into fertilisers C05F; converting refuse into solid fuels C10L; sewers, cesspools E03F; arrangements in buildings for the disposal of refuse E04F 17/10; refuse-consuming furnaces F23G)
Differential impulse conveyor
Patent No. 11358801
Inventor(s): Paul Blake Svejkovsky (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16900469 on 06/12/2020 (732 days app to issue)
Abstract: A differential impulse conveyor system including detectable markers disposed in a series on a moving component of the conveyor system. A stationary sensor disposed in close proximity to the markers generates a signal when the moving component is in a first range of motion to dispose the markers proximal to the sensor, and the sensor either fails to generate a signal when the moving component is not within the first range of motion. The sensor signal causes a current conditioning device to condition current from a current source to operate a motor to power the conveyor tray at a first rate of acceleration in a first mode, and the lack of the signal causes the current conditioning device to operate the motor to power the conveyor tray at a second rate of acceleration in a second mode. Markers may be positionable to optimize the timing of the current modes. Patent Class: [B65G] TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable or mobile lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F 9/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C 9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)
C H E M I S T R Y & M E T A L L U R G Y
Antibodies targeting a complex comprising non-classical HLA-I and neoantigen and their methods of use
Patent No. 11359023
Inventor(s): Jon Weidanz (Arlington, TX), Katherine Upchurch-Ange (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Ridgefield, CT)
Law Firm: Goodwin Procter LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17199205 on 03/11/2021 (460 days app to issue)
Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that selectively bind to complex comprising a non-classical HLA-I (e.g. HLA-E) and a neoantigen having variable heavy chain domains (VH), variable light chain domains (VL), and complementarity determining regions (CDRs) as disclosed herein, as well as methods and uses thereof. Patent Class: [C07K] PEPTIDES (peptides containing fl-lactam rings C07D; cyclic dipeptides not having in their molecule any other peptide link than those which form their ring, e.g. piperazine-2,5-diones, C07D; ergot alkaloids of the cyclic peptide type C07D 519/02; single cell proteins, enzymes C12N; genetic engineering processes for obtaining peptides C12N 15/00) [4]
Thermoplastic vulcanizates
Patent No. 11359083
Inventor(s): Eric Paul Jourdain (Rhode Saint Genese, , BE), Hang Dong (Shanghai, , CN), Oscar Oansuk Chung (Houston, TX), Prashant Bhadane (Houston, TX), Toshiaki Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, , JP), Weiqian Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Celanese International Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16963436 on 12/07/2018 (1285 days app to issue)
Abstract: A thermoplastic vulcanizate composition comprises: (i) a dispersed phase of rubber that is at least partially cured; (ii) a continuous thermoplastic phase including at least one thermoplastic polymer; (iii) a first polysiloxane comprising a migratory liquid siloxane polymer; and (iv) a second polysiloxane comprising a non-migratory siloxane polymer bonded to a thermoplastic material. Patent Class: [C08L] COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) [2]
System and method of repurposing CO[subscript]2 [/subscript]incorporated into a solvent-based media into usable materials
Patent No. 11359296
Inventor(s): Terence Collier (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16276982 on 02/15/2019 (1215 days app to issue)
Abstract: A CO[subscript]2 [/subscript]capture and sequestration system. The system includes a reduction cell for separating a solvent-based carrier having an anode generating oxygen and a cathode generating hydrogen from the solvent-based carrier. In addition, the system includes a power supply for providing electrical power to the anode and the cathode. An electrolysis process occurs where oxygen and hydrogen are produced. The anode and the cathode include a plurality of geometrical constructs to increase an active surface area of the anode and cathode to increase an efficiency of the electrolysis process. The geometrical constructs may include vias and pillars. Patent Class: [C25B] ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OR NON- METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR (anodic or cathodic protection C23F 13/00; single-crystal growth C30B) [2]
Graphene entrainment in a host
Patent No. 11361877
Inventor(s): Richard Stoltz (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): Asbury Graphite of North Carolina, Inc. (Lumberton, NC)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16702761 on 12/04/2019 (923 days app to issue)
Abstract: This is generally a method of producing graphene-containing suspensions of flakes of high quality graphene/graphite oxides and method of producing graphene/graphite oxides. Both the exfoliating graphite into flakes and oxidizing the graphite flakes and the preparation and suspension of the flakes can be done with high volume production and at a low cost. Patent Class: [C01B] NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF (fermentation or enzyme-using processes for the preparation of elements or inorganic compounds except carbon dioxide C12P 3/00; production of non-metallic elements or inorganic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B) HEADER D PAPER
Proliferated thread count of a woven textile by simultaneous insertion within a single pick insertion event of a loom apparatus multiple adjacent parallel yarns drawn from a multi-pick yarn package
Patent No. 11359311
Inventor(s): Arun Agarwal (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: LegalForce RAPC Worldwide (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17027680 on 09/21/2020 (631 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method and a system disclosed include drawing each of multiple synthetic yarns from a corresponding supply package to form an oriented yarn. Filaments within the oriented yarn are twisted and detwisted to provide texture thereto, to provide a low stability interlacing during weaving, and to intermingle the filaments, and a uniform air pressure is applied to the oriented yarn to provide a counter-twist. Also, a multi-pick yarn package is formed based on winding all formed oriented yarns, which serve as weft yarns forming adjacent substantially parallel yarns wound together, onto a spool. These weft yarns are simultaneously inserted in a single pick insertion event of a loom apparatus, and conveyed across a warp shed of the loom apparatus through a set of warp yarns. The set of warp yarns and the conveyed weft yarns are interlaced to produce an incremental length of a woven textile fabric. Patent Class: [D03D] WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
System for manufacture of bulletproof components, sheets, and garments with high modulus strong fibers held in a polyamide matrix
Patent No. 11359314
Inventor(s): Michael A. Pero, III (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Ernest D. Buff Associates, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17336829 on 06/02/2021 (377 days app to issue)
Abstract: A bulletproof garment fabric comprises parallel high strength fibers that are placed in layers. The layers are arranged in multiple orientations to resist bullet penetration stress and bonded to each other by precipitated ultrafine particles of nylon. The bonded high strength fibers resist the penetration load of a bullet and are thereby operative to prevent penetration of the bullet through the garment fabric. A porous nylon sheet is injection molded, and combined with strong fibrous materials having high modulus to form a layered sandwich that imparts strength and anti-ballistic properties to jackets, components and armor for vehicles and aircraft used in military applications. Patent Class: [D04H] MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL (weaving D03; knitting D04B; braiding D04C; net-making D04G; sewing D05B; tufting D05C; finishing non-woven fabrics D06); FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING (non-woven fabrics having an intermediate or external layer of a different kind, e.g. of woven fabric, B32B)
F I X E D C O N S T R U C T I O N S
Freeze frame
Patent No. 11359358
Inventor(s): Lisa Jordan Timms (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17060109 on 10/01/2020 (621 days app to issue)
Abstract: A freeze frame to protect an outdoor faucet and hose when the outside temperature dips below freezing is disclosed. The frame comprises a first box and a second box. The two boxes are held-together using one or more spring-loaded hinge. The first box has a cavity and a pair of padlock tabs at its upper portion. The second box comprises a cavity and a pair of lock hasps at its lower portion. The cavity of each box forms a hole, which allows the hose to remain connected to the hose bib. The frame further comprises a closed-cell foam gasket with one or more mounting flanges. The gasket is configured to mount the second box to the dwelling wall using one or more fasteners. The first box is configured to cover and secure the water pipe connection surrounded by the second box. Patent Class: [E03B] INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER (drilling wells, obtaining fluids in general from wells E21B; pipe-line systems in general F17D)
Floor element for forming a floor covering, a floor covering, and a method for manufacturing a floor element
Patent No. 11359386
Inventor(s): Claudio Caselli (Dallas, TX), Rahul Patki (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Dal-Tile Corporation (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16868744 on 05/07/2020 (768 days app to issue)
Abstract: A floor element for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor element comprises a decorative layer made of a ceramic material and a support layer arranged below this decorative layer, wherein the support layer comprises edges provided with coupling elements configured to realize a mechanical coupling with coupling elements of an adjacent floor element and wherein the floor element comprises an intermediate layer having a resin material and wherein said resin material comprises a modulus of elasticity greater than 0.1 GPa, preferably greater than 0.5 GPa, even more preferably greater than 1 GPa. Patent Class: [E04F] FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B)
Methods for reinforcing a stealth pole
Patent No. 11359399
Inventor(s): Hanming You (Irving, TX), Jaime Reyes (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Tower Engineering Solutions, LLC (Las Vegas, NV)
Law Firm: Quicker Law, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15954985 on 04/17/2018 (1519 days app to issue)
Abstract: A stealth pole includes a plurality of canister sections, each of the plurality of canister sections including a spine, a first splice plate located on a first end of the spine, a second splice plate located on a second end of the spine, and a canister cover that covers the spine, the first splice plate and the second splice plate. A method for reinforcing the stealth pole includes removing the canister cover from at least one of the plurality of canister sections; attaching a plurality of stiffener members to the first splice plate and the second splice plate; and applying tension, compression or a combination thereof to the plurality of stiffener members. The plurality of stiffener members reinforce the spine of the canister section. A reinforced stealth pole is also described. Patent Class: [E04H] BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) [4]
Coiled tubing injector with gripper shoe carrier position monitor
Patent No. 11359446
Inventor(s): Marcus Joseph Doran (Arlington, TX), Timothy Scott Steffenhagen (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): NOV INTERVENTION AND STIMULATION EQUIPMENT US, LLC (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17309767 on 12/13/2019 (914 days app to issue)
Abstract: A coiled tubing injector system includes a traction system for advancing coiled tubing through the injector and into or out of a well. The traction system includes a plurality of carriers ([b]129[/b]) and gripper shoes ([b]128[/b]) configured to repeatedly propagate through the injector along guides ([b]114[/b]). The traction system also includes a position monitor ([b]134[/b]) for monitoring the lateral position of the carrier, gripper shoe, or portion thereof as the carrier and gripper shoe propagates along the coiled tubing path. Patent Class: [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]
Barrier coating layer for an expandable member wellbore tool
Patent No. 11359448
Inventor(s): Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Xiaoguang Allan Zhong (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16722253 on 12/20/2019 (907 days app to issue)
Abstract: Disclosed herein are aspects of a barrier coating layer of an expandable member wellbore tool for use in a wellbore. The barrier coating layer, in one aspect, covers at least a portion of the outer surface of the expandable member and has a composition formulated to react with a wellbore fluid and erode within a predetermined amount of time to allow a wellbore fluid to contact and hydrolyze the expandable member. Patent Class: [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]
Controlled timing of actuated plug element and method
Patent No. 11359449
Inventor(s): John T. Hardesty (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16437147 on 06/11/2019 (1099 days app to issue)
Abstract: A ball for sealing a plug in a well, the ball including a body; an actuation mechanism located in the body and configured to break the body into parts; and a ball sensor located on the body and configured to activate the actuation mechanism. The ball sensor is configured to measure a parameter that is generated by a tool sensor, which is located on a downhole tool. Patent Class: [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]
Rotating electrical connection for perforating systems
Patent No. 11359467
Inventor(s): Camille Anne Bryant (Cleburne, TX), Christopher C. Hoelscher (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17088024 on 11/03/2020 (588 days app to issue)
Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to rotatable electrical connectors for a downhole perforating tool. A downhole perforating tool comprises a first segment; a second adjacent segment that is rotatable, wherein the first and second segments are coaxially aligned or eccentrically aligned; and an electrical contact disposed between the first and second segments. Patent Class: [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]
Outwardly threadless bulkhead for perforating gun
Patent No. 11359468
Inventor(s): Christopher C. Hoelscher (Arlington, TX), Courtney Ann Thain Roberts (Burleson, TX), Joseph T. MacGillivray (Fort Worth, TX), Richard Ellis Robey (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: McGuireWoods LLP (Local + 9 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16877386 on 05/18/2020 (757 days app to issue)
Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include bulkheads for perforating guns and perforating gun assemblies. A bulkhead includes a threadless exterior surface that spans a length of a threaded connection of adjacent first and second perforating guns. The bulkhead also includes a first exterior groove having a first sealing element partially disposed in the first exterior groove. The bulkhead further includes a second exterior groove having a second sealing element partially disposed in the second exterior groove, where the first sealing element and the second sealing element are positioned around the threaded connection. Patent Class: [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]
System for gas lift and method of use
Patent No. 11359469
Inventor(s): William Garrett Archa (Decatur, TX)
Assignee(s): Liberty Lift Solutions, LLC (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: The Kubiak Law Firm, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16127782 on 09/11/2018 (1372 days app to issue)
Abstract: Gas is injected into the interior of the production string. The gas eventually reaches a gas lift mandrel that provides access from the interior of the gas lift mandrel to a chamber on the exterior of the gas lift mandrel. The chamber includes a cap that provides gas access between the interior of the chamber and the annulus. However, the cap is fitted with a gas lift valve and a check valve that regulates the gas flow into the fluid. Patent Class: [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]
Systems and methods for distributing fluids at a wellsite
Patent No. 11359474
Inventor(s): Brian Uhlmer (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): PROFRAC SERVICES, LLC (Willow Park, TX)
Law Firm: MH2 Technology Law Group LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17378181 on 07/16/2021 (333 days app to issue)
Abstract: A fluid distribution unit includes a first upstream frac pipe configured to receive a frac fluid and to distribute the frac fluid to a plurality of pump units at a first pressure. The fluid distribution unit also includes a downstream frac pipe configured to receive the frac fluid from the pump units at a second pressure that is greater than the first pressure. The frac fluid at the second pressure is directed into a wellbore. The fluid distribution unit also includes a natural gas pipe configured to receive natural gas from a gas source and to distribute the natural gas to the pump units. The fluid distribution unit also includes a diesel pipe configured to receive diesel from a diesel source and to distribute the diesel to the pump units. Patent Class: [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]
Coiled tubing injector test fixture
Patent No. 11359992
Inventor(s): Michael Stephen Oser (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16680832 on 11/12/2019 (945 days app to issue)
Abstract: A coiled tubing system includes a coiled tubing unit with a coiled tubing string carried by the unit, the coiled tubing string having a stinger end; an injector support frame having an upper and lower ends; a coiled tubing injector disposed at the upper end of the support frame and engaging the coiled tubing string; and a loading device supported between the coiled tubing injector and the lower end of the frame, the loading device attached to the stinger end of the coiled tubing string. The system may include a riser tube disposed between the upper end of the frame and the loading device, coupling a housing of the loading device to a base of the coiled tubing injector, the coiled tubing string extending through the riser. The system may include a support device supporting the loading device, the support device pivotally supporting the loading device relative to the frame. Patent Class: [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]
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
Clutch with synchronizer and locking mechanism
Patent No. 11358731
Inventor(s): Charles Hubert Speller (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17323547 on 05/18/2021 (392 days app to issue)
Abstract: A clutch that has a synchronizer for matching a rotational velocity of a drive input with a rotational velocity of a driven output prior to engagement of a locking mechanism. Patent Class: [F16D] COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION (gearing for conveying rotation F16H, e.g. fluid gearing F16H 39/00-F16H 47/00); CLUTCHES (dynamo-electric clutches H02K 49/00; clutches using electrostatic attraction H02N 13/00); BRAKES (electrodynamic brake systems for vehicles in general B60L 7/00; dynamo-electric brakes H02K 49/00) [2]
Turbine-compressor assembly and method
Patent No. 11359558
Inventor(s): Najeeb Kuzhiyil (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC (Norwalk, CT)
Law Firm: The Small Patent Law Group LLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17200489 on 03/12/2021 (459 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method and a turbine-compressor assembly of a system having an engine includes an upstream valve coupled with a compressor and a turbine-compressor device, a downstream valve coupled with a turbine and the device, and a controller to control the upstream, downstream, and a control valve. The controller selectively operates the device in a plurality of operating modes. In a turbine mode of operation, the upstream valve directs inlet air to the compressor, the turbine receives engine exhaust, the downstream valve directs first turbine exhaust from the turbine to the device, and the control valve directs second turbine exhaust from the device to an outlet. In a compressor mode of operation, the control valve directs the inlet air to the device, the upstream valve directs first compressed air from the device to the compressor, and the downstream valve directs the first turbine exhaust from the turbine to the outlet. Patent Class: [F02D] CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit only, for automatically controlling vehicle speed B60K 31/00; conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function, road vehicle drive control systems for purposes other than the control of a single sub-unit B60W; cyclically operating valves for combustion engines F01L; controlling combustion engine lubrication F01M; cooling internal-combustion engines F01P; supplying combustion engines with combustible mixtures or constituents thereof, e.g. carburettors, injection pumps, F02M; starting of combustion engines F02N; controlling of ignition F02P; controlling gas-turbine plants, jet-propulsion plants, or combustion-product engine plants, see the relevant subclasses for these plants) [2006.01]
Method of repairing a leaking valve stem
Patent No. 11359746
Inventor(s): Dennis Wayne Jones, III (Washington, PA), Donald A. Oldiges (Fate, TX), Gregory Paul Bruckner (Washington, PA), Rodney Roth (Cleveland, TX), Tom Blake (Spring, TX)
Assignee(s): Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC (Rockwall, TX)
Law Firm: Jones Delflache LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16875083 on 05/15/2020 (760 days app to issue)
Abstract: A non-curable injectable ester containing packing material for use in the repair of leaking valves contains a calcium sulfonate grease containing at least one polyalphaolefin, an ester, an anti-wear/anti-galling agent, a binding/thickening agent and a plasticizing agent. Patent Class: [F16K] VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
Method and apparatus for storing and dispensing bagged ice
Patent No. 11359851
Inventor(s): Henrik Pape (Horsens, , DK)
Assignee(s): REDDY ICE LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17212861 on 03/25/2021 (446 days app to issue)
Abstract: An article storage and dispensing apparatus and method in which articles made by series production are distributed from an article supplier into a storage compartment of predetermined dimensions for storage of articles in front and rear rows of article storage positions. An article distributor in the storage compartment has a carriage, a carriage drive which is configured to drive the carriage in a reversible horizontal carriage drive direction across at least part of the width of the storage compartment, and an article support mounted on the carriage and configured to receive articles from the article supplier above the support when the carriage is in a start position. An article dispenser is associated with the article support to dispense articles selectively in opposite horizontal dispensing directions transverse to the carriage drive direction off the front and rear ends of the support to drop into front and rear article rows. Patent Class: [F25C] PRODUCTION, WORKING, STORING OR DISTRIBUTION OF ICE (frozen sweets, including ice-cream, their production A23G 9/00; concentrating solutions by removing frozen solvents B01D 9/04; purification of water by freezing C02F 1/22; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; solidification of gases or gaseous mixtures F25J; freeze-drying F26B) [2]
System and method of marksmanship training utilizing an optical system
Patent No. 11359887
Inventor(s): George Carter (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16819117 on 03/15/2020 (821 days app to issue)
Abstract: A shooting simulation system and method. The system includes a plurality of firearms. Each firearm is associated with a separate soldier having a man-worn computer, a location device for determining a location of the soldier, an optical system for capturing an image where the captured image provides information on a trajectory of a virtual bullet fired from a shooting firearm, and an orientation device for obtaining the orientation of the firearm when shooting the firearm. The optical system is aligned with a sight of the shooting firearm and captures the image when shooting the firearm. The system also includes a shooter/target location resolution module for identifying a valid target and a target image recognition module for determining an impact location where a virtual bullet from the shooting firearm would impact within the captured image and determining if an identified target from the captured image is a hit or a miss. Patent Class: [F41A] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE [5]
Current feed-through wireline release tool and method
Patent No. 11359898
Inventor(s): Brad Perry (Santo, TX), Roger Archibald (Hurst, TX)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16194580 on 11/19/2018 (1303 days app to issue)
Abstract: A wireline release tool for downhole intervention, the tool including a housing having an electrical input and an electrical output; a pass-through switch located inside the housing and electrically connected between the electrical input and the electrical output; and a circuit limiter device located inside the housing and electrically connected between the electrical input and the electrical output. The pass-through switch is connected in parallel to the circuit limiter device, between the electrical input and the electrical output. Patent Class: [F42D] BLASTING (fuses, e.g. fuse cords, C06C 5/00; blasting cartridges F42B 3/00)
P H Y S I C S
Ultrasonic transducer system and method using selective interleaved excitation pulse frequency
Patent No. 11359947
Inventor(s): Amardeep Sathyanarayana (Austin, TX), Anand Dabak (Plano, TX), Luis Fernando Reynoso (Plano, TX), Venkataramanan Ramamurthy (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16537761 on 08/12/2019 (1037 days app to issue)
Abstract: In circuitry for applying a pulse train to excite a transducer, the circuitry selects a first set having a first number of pulses at a first frequency and a second set of pulses having a second number of pulses at a second frequency differing from the first frequency. At least one pulse from the first set is located in the pulse train between one or more of the pulses at the second frequency. Patent Class: [G01F] MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW, OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME [5]
Housing for flexible fuel sensor and method of use
Patent No. 11360071
Inventor(s): Bryan Thompson (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17345884 on 06/11/2021 (368 days app to issue)
Abstract: A housing for a flexible fuel sensor and method of use is disclosed. The housing comprises of a first chamber, a second chamber, and bypass passageway extending therebetween. The first chamber is configured to receive and hold the first conduit of the flexible fuel sensor. The second chamber is configured to receive and hold the second conduit of the flexible fuel sensor. The bypass passageway is configured to permit fuel to flow therethrough and thereout. Patent Class: [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)
Light tunnel
Patent No. 11360319
Inventor(s): Don Holamon (Rockwall, TX), Steven Edward Smith (Allen, TX), Zhongyan Sheng (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16808819 on 03/04/2020 (832 days app to issue)
Abstract: Described examples include a light tunnel of a material, the light tunnel including: a first section having a first surface and an opposing second surface, a second section having a third surface and an opposing fourth surface, a third section having a fifth surface and an opposing sixth surface, and a fourth section having a seventh surface and an opposing eighth surface; a first crease between the first section and the second section, a second crease between the second section and the third section, a third crease between the third section and the fourth section, and an intersection between an end of the first section and the fourth section; and a reflective coating forming a reflective surface on the first, third, fifth and seventh surfaces, the reflective surface being continuous across at least one of the creases, and the reflective coating being discontinuous at the intersection. Patent Class: [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]
System and method for liquid crystal display system incorporating wire grid polarizers for large scale and large volume stereolithography
Patent No. 11360348
Inventor(s): Morgan Chen (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX), Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Law Firm: Harness, Dickey Pierce, P.L.C. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17085244 on 10/30/2020 (592 days app to issue)
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display (LCD) system. The system in one example has a light source for generating unpolarized light, and an LCD screen arranged in a path of transmittance of the unpolarized light. First and second wire grid polarizers are arranged adjacent to the LCD screen and each have a plurality of nano-scale wires, with the first and second wire grid polarizers have differing polarizations. A pitch of each of the nano-scale wires is no larger than one-third a wavelength of the unpolarized light from the light source. The wire grid polarizers create, in connection with operation of the LCD screen, a 2D light mask suitable for initiating the polymerization of an optically curable material. Patent Class: [G02F] DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS [4]
Controlling the number of powered vector lanes via a register field
Patent No. 11360536
Inventor(s): Duc Quang Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16983451 on 08/03/2020 (680 days app to issue)
Abstract: The vector data path is divided into smaller vector lanes. A register such as a memory mapped control register stores a vector lane number (VLX) indicating the number of vector lanes to be powered. A decoder converts this VLX into a vector lane control word, each bit controlling the ON of OFF state of the corresponding vector lane. This number of contiguous least significant vector lanes are powered. In the preferred embodiment the stored data VLX indicates that 2[superscript]VLX [/superscript]contiguous least significant vector lanes are to be powered. Thus the number of vector lanes powered is limited to an integral power of 2. This manner of coding produces a very compact controlling bit field while obtaining substantially all the power saving advantage of individually controlling the power of all vector lanes. Patent Class: [G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Cache systems and circuits for syncing caches or cache sets
Patent No. 11360777
Inventor(s): Steven Jeffrey Wallach (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17163163 on 01/29/2021 (501 days app to issue)
Abstract: A cache system, having a first cache, a second cache, and a logic circuit coupled to control the first cache and the second cache according to an execution type of a processor. When an execution type of a processor is a first type indicating non-speculative execution of instructions and the first cache is configured to service commands from a command bus for accessing a memory system, the logic circuit is configured to copy a portion of content cached in the first cache to the second cache. The cache system can include a configurable data bit. The logic circuit can be coupled to control the caches according to the bit. Alternatively, the caches can include cache sets. The caches can also include registers associated with the cache sets respectively. The logic circuit can be coupled to control the cache sets according to the registers. Patent Class: [G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Write merging on stores with different privilege levels
Patent No. 11360905
Inventor(s): Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX), Pete Hippleheuser (Murphy, TX), Timothy David Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instmments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16882390 on 05/22/2020 (753 days app to issue)
Abstract: A caching system including a first sub-cache, a second sub-cache, coupled in parallel with the first sub-cache, for storing write-memory commands that are not cached in the first sub-cache, the second sub-cache including privilege bits configured to store an indication that a corresponding cache line of the second sub-cache is associated with a level of privilege, and wherein the second sub-cache is further configured to receive a first write memory command for a memory address associated with a first level of privilege, store, in the second sub-cache, first data associated with the first write memory command and the level of privilege associated with the cache line, receive a second write memory command for the cache line, the second write memory command associated with a second level of privilege, merge the first level of privilege with the second level of privilege, and output the merged privilege level with the cache line. Patent Class: [G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Memory-efficient block/object address mapping
Patent No. 11360908
Inventor(s): Brian W. O”Krafka (Austin, TX), Evgeniy Firsov (Palo Alto, CA), Frederic H. Tudor (Evanston, IL), Johann George (Sunnyvale, CA), Manavalan Krishnan (Fremont, CA), Niranjan Patre Neelakanta (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16925766 on 07/10/2020 (704 days app to issue)
Abstract: Systems, methods and/or devices are used to perform memory-efficient mapping of block/object addresses. In one aspect, a method of managing a storage system having one or more storage devices includes a tiered data structure in which each node has a logical ID and entries in the nodes reference other nodes in the tiered data structure using the logical IDs. As a result, when a child node is updated and stored to a new location, but retains its logical ID, its parent node does not need to be updated, because the logical ID in the entry referencing the child node remains unchanged. Further, the storage system uses a secondary mapping table to translate the logical IDs to the corresponding physical locations of the corresponding nodes. Additionally, the secondary mapping table is cached in volatile memory, and as a result, the physical location of a required node is determined without accessing non-volatile memory. Patent Class: [G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Mapping high-speed, point-to-point interface channels to packet virtual channels
Patent No. 11360920
Inventor(s): David Patrick (McKinney, TX), 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: 17007592 on 08/31/2020 (652 days app to issue)
Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for mapping point-to-point channels to packet virtual channels. A chip with an point-to-point interface converts point-to-point data to a packet format. The point-to-point channels are mapped to virtual channels of the packet transmission protocol. Information from multiple point-to-point channels may be combined in a single packet. Among the benefits of implementations of the present disclosure is that point-to-point devices may be connected to a packetized network without losing the benefits of separate channels for different types of communication. This allows existing point-to-point devices to communicate using a packetized network without internal modification or performance degradation. Patent Class: [G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Single script solution for multiple environments
Patent No. 11360961
Inventor(s): Mohammad Nejad (Dallas, TX), Nadeem Panjwani (Dallas, TX), Paul Eric Hazboun (Flower Mound, TX), Rudolph D. Hoffman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16702017 on 12/03/2019 (924 days app to issue)
Abstract: Apparatus and methods may include a method for using a single script framework to generate a plurality of JIL files. Each of the plurality of JIL files may be for use in one of a plurality of multiple environments. The methods may include providing, based on the jobs information, the jobs attribute values and the SQL content, parameters to create a job, update a job and/or delete a job. The providing may use an AutoSys jobs table. The AutoSys jobs table may include jobs information, jobs attribute values, and Sequel (SQL) content to be run. Patent Class: [G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Systems and methods for document sorting
Patent No. 11361006
Inventor(s): Matthew J. Morvant (Carrollton, TX), Michael J. Ebaugh (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Indxit Systems, Inc. (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: North Weber Baugh LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16656545 on 10/17/2019 (971 days app to issue)
Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that allow for indexing, processing, or both of information from physical media or electronic media, which may be received from a plurality of sources. In embodiments, a document file may be matched using pattern matching methods and may include comparisons with a comparison reference database to improve or accelerate the indexing process. In embodiments, information may be presented to a user as potential matches thereby improving manual indexing processes. In embodiments, one or more additional actions may occur as part of the processing, including without limitation, association additional data with a document file, making observations from the document file, notifying individuals, creating composite messages, and billing events. In an embodiment, data from a document file may be associated with a key word, key phrase, or word frequency value that enables adaptive learning so that unindexed data may be automatically indexed based on user interaction history. Patent Class: [G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Event-based search engine
Patent No. 11361044
Inventor(s): Ramu Kannappan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): EMC IP Holding Company LLC (Hopkinton, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16752775 on 01/27/2020 (869 days app to issue)
Abstract: As an example, a server hosting a search engine may receive a search query and determine a searched time interval, a searched object, and a searched event. The server may select, based on the searched time interval, a portion of an object-event bipartite graph that was created using information gathered from social media sites. The server may compare attributes of individual events in the portion with attributes of the searched event to identify a set of relevant events. The server may determine objects associated with the relevant events and compare attributes of individual objects with the attributes of the searched object to identify a set of relevant objects. The search engine may provide search results that include the set of relevant objects ordered according to their similarity to the searched object. Patent Class: [G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Hierarchical integrated trust assessment
Patent No. 11361078
Inventor(s): Michael Kevin McNair (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16148725 on 10/01/2018 (1352 days app to issue)
Abstract: A hierarchical integrated trust assessment system features nested subsystems. Each subsystem utilizes a trust module for validating input data to the subsystem, validating output data from the subsystem, and validating the operation of the subsystem itself. The trust module verifies the format, the authenticity, the content of the inputs to the subsystem. The scope of each trust module is minimized to the associated subsystem. Minimizing the scope of the trust module results in increased reliability of the trust module”s decisions. Patent Class: [G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Modeling of blends on bosses and faces of a solid model pocket
Patent No. 11361116
Inventor(s): Feng Yu (Irvine, CA), Hui Qin (Shanghai, , CN), Xiuchang Li (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15775562 on 11/11/2015 (2407 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods for accurately modeling blends in a solid model and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving a solid model including a plurality of faces and bosses, and identifying a pocket from the plurality of faces, including one or more pocket edges to be blended. The method includes performing an analyze pockets process on the pocket and identifying at least one of a tool type, a tool method, or a tool dimension for machining the pocket. The method includes performing a blend pocket process to model blends on the pocket edges and adding blends to the solid model at the pocket edges in a predefined order, according to the blend pocket analysis, to produce a modified solid model. The method includes displaying the modified solid model by the data processing system. Patent Class: [G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Integrated simulator and analysis and optimization engine
Patent No. 11361137
Inventor(s): Chao-Yung Wang (Taipei, , TW), Geng Bai (ShenZhen, , CN), Ping-San Tzeng (Fremont, CA), Wen Kung Chu (San Jose, CA), Yang Wu (Los Altos Hills, CA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16915549 on 06/29/2020 (715 days app to issue)
Abstract: A signoff process includes: accessing circuit information of a circuit; performing, using an analysis and optimization engine, power analysis and optimization on the circuit to generate an optimized circuit, the power analysis and optimization being performed using an input pattern; performing, using a simulator, a simulation on at least a portion of an optimized circuit, the simulation being performed using the input pattern used in the power analysis and optimization; and outputting a simulation result to the analysis and optimization engine; wherein the analysis and optimization engine and the simulator are integrated. Patent Class: [G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Estimating integrated circuit yield from modeled response to scaling of distribution samples
Patent No. 11361142
Inventor(s): Joel Cooper (Saskatoon, , CA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17007956 on 08/31/2020 (652 days app to issue)
Abstract: A computing system can implement a circuit verification tool to perform scaled sampling of parameter values in a foundry model describing parameter variations for a manufacturing process capable of fabricating an integrated circuit described in a circuit design. The computing system can simulate the circuit design with the scaled samples of the parameter values, and build a geometric model to describe a response of the circuit design to the scaled samples of the parameter values during the simulation. The geometric model can include one or more failure regions corresponding to geometric descriptions for failures of the circuit design to meet a specification during simulation with the scaled samples of the parameter values. The computing system can estimate a yield for an output of the integrated circuit described by the circuit design based on the failure regions in the geometric model. Patent Class: [G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Method for processing real-time customer experience feedback with filtering and messaging subsystems and standardized information storage
Patent No. 11361154
Inventor(s): Jeffrey L. Wohlwend (Plano, TX), Matthew L. Berg (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Westwood Capital Partners, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Hemingway Hansen, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16568045 on 09/11/2019 (1007 days app to issue)
Abstract: The present invention supports the entry of customer experience feedback into the system, which then conducts real-time automated filtering and evaluation of feedback entered by the customer and supports the transmission of real-time notifications to selected personnel based on feedback evaluation in a flexible messaging and workflow system. The present invention supports that ability to obtain constructive feedback, either good or bad, regarding a customer”s experience while the customer is still at the service provider or retail sales location. And, if the experience is negative, the invention provides automated evaluation and filtering of the feedback information with real-time notifications to selected personnel so the customer”s concerns can be addressed immediately so as to rectify the negative experience with personal attention to the consumer, and preserve the client relationship for the future before the customer departs from the service provider or retail sales location. Patent Class: [G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
Multi-stage machine learning-based chain diagnosis
Patent No. 11361248
Inventor(s): Gaurav Veda (Hillsboro, OR), Kun-Han Tsai (Lake Oswego, OR), Mason Chern (Minxiong Township, Chiayi County, , TW), Shi-Yu Huang (Hsinchu, , TW), Wu-Tung Cheng (Lake Oswego, OR), Yu Huang (West Linn, OR)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16248866 on 01/16/2019 (1245 days app to issue)
Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosed technology relate to machine learning-based chain diagnosis. Faults are injected into scan chains in a circuit design. Simulations are performed on the fault-injected circuit design to determine observed failing bit patterns. Bit-reduction is performed on the observed failing bit patterns to construct first training samples. Using the first training samples, first-level machine-learning models are trained. Affine scan cell groups are identified. Second training samples are prepared for each of the affine scan cell groups by performing bit-filtering on a subset of the observed failing bit patterns associated with the faults being injected at scan cells in the each of the affine scan cell groups. Using the second training samples, second-level machine-learning models are trained. The first-level and second-level machine learning models can be applied in a multi-stage machine learning-based chain diagnosis process. Patent Class: [G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]
Apparatus and method of implementing enhanced batch-mode active learning for technology-assisted review of documents
Patent No. 11361250
Inventor(s): Chandler L. Burgess (Dallas, TX), Jeffrey A. Johnson (Frisco, TX), Md Ahsan Habib (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): LEGILITY DATA SOLUTIONS, LLC (Nashville, TN)
Law Firm: Johnson, Marcou, Isaacs Nix, LLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16740088 on 01/10/2020 (886 days app to issue)
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the electronic document review field and, more particularly, to various apparatuses and methods of implementing batch-mode active learning for technology-assisted review (TAR) of documents (e.g., legal documents). Patent Class: [G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]
Identifying negotiable instrument fraud using distributed ledger systems
Patent No. 11361286
Inventor(s): Hudson R. Jameson (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15354660 on 11/17/2016 (2035 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving information of a negotiable instrument, transmitting the information to a distributed ledger system, the distributed ledger system maintaining a blockchain that records transactions associated with a plurality of negotiable instruments, receiving validation information from the distributed ledger system, the validation information indicating that negotiable instrument has not already been accepted, and accepting the first negotiable in response to the validation information. Patent Class: [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]
Automated check encoding error resolution
Patent No. 11361287
Inventor(s): Linda D. Suarez (Mesquite, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16846926 on 04/13/2020 (792 days app to issue)
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to enhanced check processing systems with improved check validation features and enhanced information security. A computing platform may determine whether a correlation between source data and metadata associated with a check exceeds a predetermined correlation threshold. Based on determining that the correlation does not exceed the predetermined correlation threshold, the computing platform may direct an OCR computing system to perform character recognition on the check. Then, the computing platform may determine whether a discrepancy between the metadata and an OCR output from the OCR computing system exceeds a predetermined resolution threshold. In response to determining that the discrepancy between the OCR output and the metadata does not exceed the predetermined resolution threshold, the computing platform may update stored records associated with the check. Subsequently, the computing platform may direct a DDA computing system to post a corrected payment associated with the check. Patent Class: [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]
Pattern analytics system for document presentment and fulfillment
Patent No. 11361330
Inventor(s): Geoffrey Reed Williams (Midlothian, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16109307 on 08/22/2018 (1392 days app to issue)
Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for document presentment and fulfillment based on pattern analytics. The present invention is configured to determine one or more resource transfers executed by one or more users, wherein the one or more resource transfers are executed in response to one or more resource transfer requests; retrieve information associated with the one or more resource transfers executed by the one or more users; initiate one or more machine learning algorithms on the retrieved information; determine a pattern associated with the one or more resource transfers executed by the one or more users based on at least the retrieved information; and re-configure the one or more resource transfer requests based on at least the pattern associated with the one or more resource transfers executed by the one or more users. Patent Class: [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]
Systems and methods for generating efficient iterative recommendation structures
Patent No. 11361349
Inventor(s): Jason Matthew White (Dallas, TX), Taylor Griffin Smith (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: Marshall, Gerstein Borun LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15991544 on 05/29/2018 (1477 days app to issue)
Abstract: Systems and methods are described for generating efficient iterative electronic recommendation structures. In various aspects, one or more processors aggregate a plurality of ratings vectors, where each ratings vector is associated with a vector type and contains one or more content ranking metrics associated with one or more users. The one or more processors generate similarity pairing values from the plurality of ratings vectors, where each similarity pairing value is based on a similarity mapping between a first ratings vector and a second ratings vector. The one or more processors further generate an electronic recommendation structure based on the similarity pairing values, where the electronic recommendation structure includes a bi-directional look-up interface that is configured to return a bi-directional recommendation value after receiving a lookup request for either the vector type of the first ratings vector or the vector type of the second ratings vector. Patent Class: [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]
Method, system, and computer program product for data attribution of items and contextual content creation of coordinating groups for the items
Patent No. 11361357
Inventor(s): Kristen A. Miller (Sammamish, WA), Lisa M. Perrone (Vancouver, WA), Sophie M. Huang (Newcastle, WA)
Assignee(s): THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Cantor Colburn LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15815943 on 11/17/2017 (1670 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method includes receiving data in an electronic format that describes an item, and assigning a unique identifier to the item. The data is normalized across one or more data sets of data that describe other items. The normalizing includes deriving functional and aesthetic attributes of the item based at least in part on the data that describes the item, where at least one of the derived attributes is not included in the data. The normalizing also includes programmatically mapping the attributes to a defined set of taxonomies for pre-defined attribute types. At least one other item is located in the one or more data sets having attributes that coordinate with the attributes of the item. A user interface that includes a styleboard with an image of the item and an image of the at least one other item having attributes that coordinate with attributes of the item. Patent Class: [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]
Computerized system having a central process facilitator in communication with safes and operating process thereof
Patent No. 11361374
Inventor(s): Aaron Baker (Plano, TX), Glenn Mason (Southlake, TX), Gregory B. King (Grapevine, TX), James Poteet (Lewisville, TX), Kevin R. Boland (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): Brink”s Network, Inc. (Richmond, VA)
Law Firm: McGuireWoods LLP (Local + 9 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16008316 on 06/14/2018 (1461 days app to issue)
Abstract: A process facilitator in communication with a safe located at a first location of an entity external to the process facilitator and further in communication with a banking institution located at a second location external to the process facilitator and different from the first location, wherein the process facilitator functions as an intermediary between the safe and the banking institution in order to reduce the processing requirements on the safe and the improve the efficiency of electronic communications with the banking institution. A system comprising the process facilitator and one or more safes in communication with the process facilitator and using the process facilitator as the intermediary between the safes and the banking institution is also described. Patent Class: [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]
Systems and methods for stamp detection and classification
Patent No. 11361528
Inventor(s): Ankit Kumar Sinha (Irving, TX), Goutam Venkatesh (Irving, TX), Sudhir Sundararam (Irving, TX), Won Lee (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Nationstar Mortgage LLC (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16990892 on 08/11/2020 (672 days app to issue)
Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for detection and classification of stamps in documents. The system can receive image data and textual data of a document. The system can pre-process and filter that data, and covert the textual data to a term frequency inverse document frequency (TF-IDF) vector. The system can detect the presence of a stamp on the document. The system can extract a subset of the image data including the stamp. The system can extract text from the subset of the image data. The system can classify the stamp using the extracted text, the image data, and the TF-IDF vector. The system can store the classification in a database. NULL
Audio to haptics waveform generation using onset detection
Patent No. 11361633
Inventor(s): Kevin Selva Prasanna Valanarasu (Chennai, , IN), Supriyo Palit (Kolkata, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16895701 on 06/08/2020 (736 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method includes converting an audio signal of a current time period to a frequency domain to produce a set of frequency coefficients. For each of the frequency coefficients, the method includes computing a gradient of that frequency coefficient”s magnitude relative to a magnitude of the same frequency coefficient from a previous time period. The method then includes summing the gradients computed for the set of frequency coefficients to produce a sum value, and then generating a haptic signal based on the sum value. Patent Class: [G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
Duty cycle tuning in self-resonant piezo buzzer
Patent No. 11361644
Inventor(s): Grant Evan Falkenburg (Dallas, TX), Narayanan Seetharaman (Unterschleissheim, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16719147 on 12/18/2019 (909 days app to issue)
Abstract: An electronic device includes a driver circuit embodied on an IC chip. The driver circuit includes a threshold voltage selection circuit that is coupled to receive a horn comparator threshold setting and to use the horn comparator threshold setting to provide a horn comparator threshold voltage. The driver circuit also includes a comparator that has a non-inverting input coupled to a first pin and an inverting input coupled to receive the horn comparator threshold voltage. Patent Class: [G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
Systems and methods for oilfield drilling operations using computer vision
Patent No. 11361646
Inventor(s): George Michalopulos (Tulsa, OK), Richard Kulavik (Frisco, TX), Todd W. Benson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Motive Drilling Technologies, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17182100 on 02/22/2021 (477 days app to issue)
Abstract: Computer vision drilling systems and methods may be used with a drilling rig. The computer vision systems and methods may be used during drilling of a well to monitor the drilling equipment and personnel on the drilling site to provide safer drilling operations. The results from the computer vision drilling system may be used to cause corrective actions to be performed if a safety condition arises. In addition, computer vision systems and methods are provided to automatically monitor the drilling site and drilling operations, such as by tallying pipe in the drill string and by monitoring equipment for anomalous drilling conditions, and automatically taking corrective action as may be needed. Patent Class: [G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
Apparatuses and methods for selective row refreshes
Patent No. 11361808
Inventor(s): Debra M. Bell (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Dorsey Whitney LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16160801 on 10/15/2018 (1338 days app to issue)
Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for selective row refreshes are disclosed herein. An example apparatus may include a refresh control circuit. The refresh control circuit may be configured to receive a target address associated with a target plurality of memory cells from an address bus. The refresh control circuit may further be configured to provide a proximate address to the address bus responsive, at least in part, to determining that a number of refresh operations have occurred. In some examples, a plurality of memory cells associated with the proximate address may be a plurality of memory cells adjacent the target plurality of memory cells. Patent Class: [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)
Memory block with separately driven source regions to improve performance
Patent No. 11361816
Inventor(s): Hardwell Chibvongodze (Hiratsuka, , JP), Rajdeep Gautam (Yokohama, , JP), Zhixin Cui (Nagoya, , JP)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16996412 on 08/18/2020 (665 days app to issue)
Abstract: Apparatuses and techniques are described for providing separate source regions in the substrate below a block of memory cells. The source regions can be separately driven by respective voltage drivers to provide benefits such as more uniform program and erase speeds and narrower threshold voltage distributions. In one approach, a single source region is provided and divided into multiple source regions by etching trenches and filling the trenches with an insulating material. Contacts to the source regions can include post-shaped contacts which extend through the block for each source region. In another approach, one or more planar contacts extend through the block for each source region. In another aspect, a program operation applies different voltages to the respective source regions during a verify test of a program operation. Patent Class: [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)
In-storage logic for hardware accelerators
Patent No. 11361829
Inventor(s): Federico Nardi (San Jose, CA), Won Ho Choi (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16775639 on 01/29/2020 (867 days app to issue)
Abstract: Systems and methods for performing in-storage logic operations using one or more memory cell transistors and a programmable sense amplifier are described. The logic operations may comprise basic Boolean logic operations (e.g., OR and AND operations) or secondary Boolean logic operations (e.g., XOR and IMP operations). The one or more memory cell transistors may be used for storing user data during a first time period and then used for performing a logic operation during a second time period subsequent to the first time period. During the logic operation, a first memory cell transistor of the one or more memory cell transistors may be programmed with a threshold voltage that corresponds with a first input operand value and then a gate voltage bias may be applied to the first memory cell transistor during the logic operation that corresponds with a second input operand value. Patent Class: [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)
Systems and methods for dual-pulse programming
Patent No. 11361834
Inventor(s): Deepanshu Dutta (Fremont, CA), Ravi Kumar (Redwood City, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17137871 on 12/30/2020 (531 days app to issue)
Abstract: A memory device comprising control circuitry configured to apply a first program voltage to a selected word line, wherein a first subset of memory cells of the selected word line, that correspond to a first set of data states, are inhibited from being programmed with the first program voltage, and wherein the first program voltage is applied to a second subset of memory cells corresponding to a second set of data states. The control circuitry is further configured to cause a first voltage of the selected word line to discharge to a second voltage level corresponding to a second program voltage such that the second program voltage is applied to at least the first subset of memory cells. The control circuitry is further configured to perform a verify operation to verify whether the first subset of memory cells and the second subset of memory cells have completed programming. Patent Class: [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)
Countermeasure for reducing peak current during programming by optimizing timing of latch scan operations
Patent No. 11361835
Inventor(s): Fanglin Zhang (Fremont, CA), Huai-Yuan Tseng (San Ramon, CA), Yu-Chung Lien (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17188998 on 03/01/2021 (470 days app to issue)
Abstract: Apparatuses and techniques are described for avoiding current consumption peaks during a program operation for a memory device. The timing of scan operations of latches is adjusted to avoid overlapping with an increase in word line voltages. The scan operations can include a pre-charge select scan, which identifies memory cells subject to a verify test, and a fill operation for latches of memory cells which fail a verify test in a prior program loop. The pre-charge select scan can occur before the increase in the word line voltages, while the fill operation occurs after the increase in word line voltages. In another approach, the start of the increase in the word line voltages is delayed when a state bit scan is expected to take a relatively long time, e.g., when a verify test is passed in a prior program loop. Patent Class: [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)
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Flipchip package with an IC having a covered cavity comprising metal posts
Patent No. 11362020
Inventor(s): Christopher Daniel Manack (Flower Mound, TX), Jonathan Andrew Montoya (Dallas, TX), Jovenic Romero Esquejo (Baguio, , PH), Salvatore Frank Pavone (Murphy, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17098930 on 11/16/2020 (575 days app to issue)
Abstract: A semiconductor package includes an IC having circuitry configured for at least one function with some nodes connected to bond pads, with first metal posts on the bond pads, and dome support metal posts configured in a ring having a top rim defining an inner cavity with solder on the top rim and extending over an area of the inner cavity for providing a solder dome that covers the inner cavity to provide a covered air cavity over a portion of the circuitry. A leadframe includes a plurality of leads or lead terminals. The IC is flipchip attached with a solder connection to the leadframe so that the first metal posts are attached to the leads or the lead terminals. A mold compound provides encapsulation for the semiconductor package except on at least a bottom side of the leads or lead terminals. Patent Class: [H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2]
Integrated system-in-package with radiation shielding
Patent No. 11362047
Inventor(s): Christopher Daniel Manack (Flower Mound, TX), Hiep Xuan Nguyen (Cedar Hill, TX), Liang Wan (Chengdu, , CN), Rajen Manicon Murugan (Dallas, TX), Vivek Swaminathan Sridharan (Dallas, TX), Yiqi Tang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16850620 on 04/16/2020 (789 days app to issue)
Abstract: A system in a package (SIP) includes carrier layer regions that have a dielectric material with a metal post therethrough, where adjacent carrier layer regions define a gap. A driver IC die is positioned in the gap having nodes connected to bond pads exposed by openings in a top side of a first passivation layer, with the bond pads facing up. A dielectric layer is on the first passivation layer and carrier layer region that includes filled through vias coupled to the bond pads and to the metal post. A light blocking layer is on sidewalls and a bottom of the substrate. A first device includes a light emitter that has first bondable features. The light blocking layer can block at least 90% of incident light. The first bondable features are flipchip mounted to a first portion of the bond pads. Patent Class: [H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2]
Bonded die assembly containing a manganese-containing oxide bonding layer and methods for making the same
Patent No. 11362079
Inventor(s): Chen Wu (Leuven, , BE), Masaaki Higashitani (Cupertino, CA), Peter Rabkin (Cupertino, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16440183 on 06/13/2019 (1097 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method of forming a bonded assembly includes providing a first semiconductor die containing a first substrate, first semiconductor devices, first dielectric material layers overlying the first semiconductor devices, and first metal interconnect structures, providing a second semiconductor die containing a second substrate, second semiconductor devices, second dielectric material layers overlying the second semiconductor devices, and second metal interconnect structures, depositing a manganese layer on a top surface of the first dielectric material layers, disposing the second semiconductor die on the manganese layer such that a surface of the second dielectric material layers contacts the manganese layer, and performing a bonding anneal to bond the first semiconductor die to the second semiconductor die and to convert the manganese layer into a manganese-containing oxide layer, such that the manganese-containing oxide layer is bonded to the first dielectric material layers and the second dielectric material layers. Patent Class: [H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2]
Mounting configuration for small cell antenna assembly
Patent No. 11362410
Inventor(s): Julian R. Colapietro (McKinney, TX), Michael S. McFall (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16887157 on 05/29/2020 (746 days app to issue)
Abstract: A mounting flange for a monopole includes a generally annular main panel surrounding a central hole. The main panel includes a plurality of first mounting holes that are substantially circumferentially equidistant from each other and at a first radial distance from a center of the central hole. The main panel also includes a plurality of second mounting holes that are substantially circumferentially equidistant from each other and at a second radial distance from a center of the central hole, the second distance being greater than the first distance. Patent Class: [H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)
Connectors and contacts for a single twisted pair of conductors
Patent No. 11362463
Inventor(s): Scott Martin Keith (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, NC)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16975891 on 02/26/2019 (1204 days app to issue)
Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a connector. The connector is suited to connectorizing exactly two conductors. The connector includes a forward connector body, a rear connector body, a metal frame and exactly two electrical contacts. The rear connector body interfaces with the forward connector body. Further, the metal frame, which includes a shielding interface, surrounds at least a portion of both the forward and rear connector bodies. The electrical contacts extend from the rear connector body into the forward connector body. A first of the electrical contacts is electrically coupled to a first conductor of a shielded cable and the second of the electrical contacts is electrically coupled to a second conductor of the shielded cable. The shield interface of the metal frame is electrically coupled to the shield of the shielded cable. Patent Class: [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)
Adaptive ramp signal generation
Patent No. 11362584
Inventor(s): Jianzhang Xie (Shanghai, , CN), Wei Zhao (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16711200 on 12/11/2019 (916 days app to issue)
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for a circuit. In some examples, the circuit includes a first charging path including a first capacitor coupled to a first output node. The circuit further includes a second charging path comprising a first switch and a second capacitor. The circuit further includes a third charging path comprising a second switch and a third capacitor. The circuit further includes a first discharging path comprising the second capacitor, a third switch coupled between the second charging path and a second output node, and a fourth switch coupled between the second charging path and a fourth node. The circuit further includes a second discharging path comprising the third capacitor, a fifth switch coupled between the third charging path and the second output node, and a sixth switch coupled between the third node and the fourth node. Patent Class: [H02M] APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (conversion of current or voltage specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/02; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables in general, e.g. using transformers, reactors or choke coils, combination of such systems with static converters G05F; for digital computers G06F 1/00; transformers H01F; connection or control of one converter with regard to conjoint operation with a similar or other source of supply H02J; dynamo-electric converters H02K 47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P; pulse generators H03K) [5]
Hysteretic pulse modulation for charge balance of multi-level power converters
Patent No. 11362587
Inventor(s): Alvaro Aguilar (Irving, TX), Jeffrey Anthony Morroni (Parker, TX), Kevin Scoones (San Jose, CA), Orlando Lazaro (Dallas, TX), Sombuddha Chakraborty (Redwood City, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15858640 on 12/29/2017 (1628 days app to issue)
Abstract: In described examples of methods and control circuitry to control a multi-level power conversion system, the control circuitry generates PWM signals having a duty cycle to control an output signal. The duty cycle is adjustable in different switching cycles. States of the system”s switches are adjustable in one or more intervals within the switching cycles. In response to a voltage across a capacitor of the system being outside a non-zero voltage range, the control circuitry adjusts states of the switches in two intervals to discharge or charge the capacitor in a given switching cycle. Patent Class: [H02M] APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (conversion of current or voltage specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/02; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables in general, e.g. using transformers, reactors or choke coils, combination of such systems with static converters G05F; for digital computers G06F 1/00; transformers H01F; connection or control of one converter with regard to conjoint operation with a similar or other source of supply H02J; dynamo-electric converters H02K 47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P; pulse generators H03K) [5]
Field programmable transistor arrays
Patent No. 11362662
Inventor(s): Carl Sechen (Allen, TX), Georgios Makris (Dallas, TX), Thomas Broadfoot (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Yee Associates, P.C. (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17103627 on 11/24/2020 (567 days app to issue)
Abstract: Illustrative embodiments provide a mixed programmable and application-specific integrated circuit, a method of using the mixed programmable and application-specific integrated circuit and a method of making the mixed programmable and application-specific integrated circuit. The mixed programmable and application-specific integrated circuit includes at least a portion of a programmable transistor array that is programed after fabrication. The programmable transistor array can include at least another portion that is mask programed during fabrication. Patent Class: [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]
System and method for combining MIMO and mode-division multiplexing
Patent No. 11362706
Inventor(s): Roger Linquist (Dallas, TX), Solyman Ashrafi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NXGEN PARTNERS IP, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16734995 on 01/06/2020 (890 days app to issue)
Abstract: A communications system comprises a maximum ratio combining (MRC) circuit for receiving a plurality of input data streams and for processing the plurality of input data streams using maximum ration combining to improve signal to noise ratio. A MIMO transmitter transmits the MRC processed carrier signal over a plurality of separate communications links from the MIMO transmitter, each of the plurality of separate communications links from one transmitting antenna of a plurality of transmitting antennas to each of a plurality of receiving antennas at a MIMO receiver. Patent Class: [H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]
Method and apparatus for beam management
Patent No. 11362723
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: 17302582 on 05/06/2021 (404 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for high speed beam management. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information for transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states; receiving configuration information for group TCI indices, wherein a group TCI index, m, of the group TCI indices is associated with a group of TCI states; receiving configuration information on which TCI states within the group of TCI states to apply to at least one of downlink channels and uplink channels; and receiving the group TCI index. The method further includes decoding a channel conveying the group TCI index; determining, at least based on the decoded group TCI index, one or more TCI states to apply to the at least one of downlink channels and uplink channels; and at least one of (i) receiving the downlink channels and (ii) transmitting the uplink channels using the determined one or more TCI states. Patent Class: [H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]
Pre-amplifier for a modem
Patent No. 11362729
Inventor(s): Ilesh V. Patel (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Wilson Electronics, LLC (St. George, UT)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17365914 on 07/01/2021 (348 days app to issue)
Abstract: Technology for a pre-amplification system for a modem is disclosed. The pre-amplification system can include an uplink-downlink signal path communicatively coupled between a first modem port of the modem and a first donor antenna port. The pre-amplification system can include a downlink signal path communicatively coupled between a second modem port of the modem and a second donor antenna port. The downlink signal path can include a pre-amplifier configured to amplify a received downlink cellular signal to produce an amplified downlink cellular signal to be directed to the second modem port. Patent Class: [H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]
Channelization options for reducing network sensitivity
Patent No. 11362798
Inventor(s): Dale Robert Anderson (Colleyville, TX), Ilesh V. Patel (Euless, TX)
Assignee(s): Wilson Electronics, LLC (St. George, UT)
Law Firm: Thorpe North Western, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16561893 on 09/05/2019 (1013 days app to issue)
Abstract: A technology is described for increasing signal booster gain from a weak-signal far node in the proximity of a strong-signal near node. A first splitter can be coupled to a first interface port. A first channelized switchable first-direction parallel path can be coupled to the first splitter comprising a first channelized first-direction bandpass filter for a first subset of a selected first-direction band. A first switchable first-direction parallel path coupled to the first splitter can comprise: a switchable first-direction path comprising a first bandpass filter for passing the selected first-direction band; and a second channelized switchable first-direction parallel path comprising a second channelized first-direction bandpass filter for a second subset of the selected first-direction band. Patent Class: [H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]
System and method for providing network support services and premises gateway support infrastructure
Patent No. 11362851
Inventor(s): Alvin R. McQuarters (Euless, TX), Amir Ansari (Plano, TX), George A. Cowgill (Farmersville, TX), Jude P. Ramayya (Richardson, TX), Ramprakash Masina (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): KIP PROD PI LP (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17019930 on 09/14/2020 (638 days app to issue)
Abstract: A service management system communicates via wide area network with gateway devices located at respective user premises. The service management system remotely manages delivery of application services, which can be voice controlled, by a gateway, e.g. by selectively activating/deactivating service logic modules in the gateway. The service management system also may selectively provide secure communications and exchange of information among gateway devices and among associated endpoint devices. An exemplary service management system includes a router connected to the network and one or more computer platforms, for implementing management functions. Examples of the functions include a connection manager for controlling system communications with the gateway devices, an authentication manager for authenticating each gateway device and controlling the connection manager and a subscription manager for managing applications services and/or features offered by the gateway devices. A service manager, controlled by the subscription manager, distributes service specific configuration data to authenticated gateway devices. Patent Class: [H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
Flow control for a multiple flow control unit interface
Patent No. 11362939
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: 17007468 on 08/31/2020 (652 days app to issue)
Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for flow control using a multiple flit interface. A credit return field is used in a credit-based flow control system to indicate that one or more credits are being returned to a sending device from a receiving device. Based on the number of credits available, the sending device determines whether to send device or wait until more credits are returned. The amount of buffer space used by the receiver to store the packet is determined by the number of transfer cycles used to receive the packet, not the number of flits comprising the packet. This is enabled by having the buffer be as wide as the bus. The receiver returns credits to the sender based on the number of buffer rows used to store the received packet, not the number of flits comprising the packet. Patent Class: [H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
Interconnecting multiple separate openflow domains
Patent No. 11362947
Inventor(s): Venkata Siva N. Amulothu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): KYNDRYL, INC. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Roberts Calderon Safran Cole, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16580356 on 09/24/2019 (994 days app to issue)
Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a first controller device in a first OpenFlow domain, a packet from an originating endpoint in the first OpenFlow domain destined for a destination endpoint in a second OpenFlow domain that is separate from the first OpenFlow domain; outputting, by the first controller device, a broadcast message identifying the destination endpoint to a plurality of respective controller devices associated with separate OpenFlow domains; receiving, by the first controller device, a response to the broadcast message from the destination endpoint via a second controller device associated with the second OpenFlow domain; updating, by the first controller device, a local flow table identifying a flow for transmitting the packet to the destination endpoint based on information included in the response; and transmitting, by the first controller device, the packet towards the destination endpoint based on updating the local flow table. Patent Class: [H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
Latency based forwarding of packets with destination policies
Patent No. 11362959
Inventor(s): Alexander Clemm (Los Gatos, CA), Toerless Eckert (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16822458 on 03/18/2020 (818 days app to issue)
Abstract: Latency Based Forwarding (LBF) techniques are presented for the management of the latencies, or delays, of packets forwarded over nodes, such as routers, of a network. In addition to a network header indicating a destination node for receiving the packet, a packet also includes an LBF header indicating the packets accumulated delay since leaving the sender, a maximum latency for the entire journey from the sender to the receiver and a minimum latency for the entire journey from the sender to the receiver. When a packet is received at a node, based on the accumulated delay, the maximum latency, and the minimum latency, the node places the packet in a forwarding queue to manage the delays between the sender and the receiver. The LBF can also indicate a policy for the forwarding node to used when determining the enqueueing of the packet. Patent Class: [H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
Expansion of packet data within processing pipeline
Patent No. 11362967
Inventor(s): Patrick Bosshart (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Barefoot Networks, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: Essential Patents Group, LLP. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16789339 on 02/12/2020 (853 days app to issue)
Abstract: Some embodiments provide a network forwarding IC with packet processing pipelines, at least one of which includes a parser, a set of match-action stages, and a deparser. The parser is configured to receive a packet and generate a PHV including a first number of data containers storing data for the packet. A first match-action stage is configured to receive the PHV from the parser and expand the PHV to a second, larger number of data containers storing data for the packet. Each of a set of intermediate match-action stage is configured to receive the expanded PHV from a previous stage and provide the expanded PHV to a subsequent stage. A final match-action stage is configured to receive the expanded PHV and reduce the PHV to the first number of data containers. The deparser is configured to receive the reduced PHV from the final match-action stage and reconstruct the packet. Patent Class: [H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
Systems and methods for providing pre-emptive intercept warnings for online privacy or security
Patent No. 11362995
Inventor(s): Tuan Dao (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig LLP (19 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17103255 on 11/24/2020 (567 days app to issue)
Abstract: Systems and methods for providing pre-emptive intercept warning for online privacy or security are disclosed. In one embodiment, at a privacy security appliance comprising at least one computer processor, a method for may include: (1) establishing a virtual private network (VPN) connection with a computer application executed by a client device; (2) receiving, over the VPN connection, an internet protocol (e.g., HTTP or HTTPS) request for a website host; (3) communicating the internet protocol request to the website host; (4) receiving a response to the internet protocol request from the website host; (5) inspecting the response for privacy or security issues with embedded links in the response; (6) scoring the embedded links based on the inspection; (7) generating a mock webpage based on the response comprising the scoring for the embedded links; and (8) delivering the mock webpage with the scoring to the application over the VPN. The mock webpage may include links to the embedded links. Patent Class: [H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
System and method for applications to share single sign on through lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) integration
Patent No. 11363008
Inventor(s): Doug Shock (Allen, TX), Minbao Li (Lewisville, TX), Wei Liu (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16693818 on 11/25/2019 (932 days app to issue)
Abstract: The techniques described herein may be used to provide a user with access to distinct applications (with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication) based on a single set of user credentials from the user. A server may receive user credentials from a user device. The server may authenticate the user of the user device by communicating with an LDAP server. After the user has been authenticated, the server may detect a request from the user device to access a first application with LDAP authentication. The server may create temporary credentials for the user, provide the temporary credentials to the application, receive an authentication request (that includes the temporary credentials) from the application, and authenticate the user based on a local copy of the temporary credentials. If/when the user requests access to a second application, the server may authenticate the user for the second application in a similar manner. Patent Class: [H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
System and methods for dynamic controlled evaluation of cloud service vulnerabilities
Patent No. 11363055
Inventor(s): Sandra Mereos Crosswell (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17086783 on 11/02/2020 (589 days app to issue)
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for rapid assessment of cloud frameworks to evaluate those considered for use in an enterprise context. The invention may quickly and consistently identify gaps or weaknesses of cloud frameworks or resources, assess the potential negative impact of such gaps or weaknesses, and facilitate the communication of quantifiable data to responsible parties in order to facilitate the implementation of necessary controls or actions. Embodiments of the invention are highly adaptable and dynamic in fashion such that they can be quickly and easily updated based on the changing needs of the enterprise. Patent Class: [H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
High-definition voice for fixed mobile convergence on mobile and wireline networks
Patent No. 11363076
Inventor(s): Elaine Kung (Dallas, TX), Gregory Johnson (Frisco, TX), Tony Wah-Tung Wong (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Hartman Citrin LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16824740 on 03/20/2020 (816 days app to issue)
Abstract: Concepts and technologies provided herein can provide high-definition voice for fixed mobile convergence on mobile and wireline networks. A processor executing instructions can detect a call request associated with a called telephone number to setup a call session, where the call request is initiated from a calling device associated with an originating network. The processor can determine a call path for the call session from the originating network to a receiving network. The processor can create a fixed mobile convergence request to alert an electronic number mapping system of the call path for the call session from the originating network to the receiving network. The electronic number mapping system can provide a network presence map identifying a plurality of call receiving devices associated with the called telephone number that are available to participate in the call session via the receiving network. Patent Class: [H04M] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)
Supporting internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) extension headers
Patent No. 11363123
Inventor(s): Lin Han (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16931825 on 07/17/2020 (697 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method implemented by a network element (NE) comprises generating, by a processor, an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) packet comprising an IPv4 header, a plurality of extension headers, and upper layer data, wherein the IPv4 packet indicates a total length of the IPv4 packet and a total length of the plurality of extension headers, indicating, by the processor, a protocol number associated with a first extension header of the plurality of extension headers in a protocol field of the IPv4 header, indicating, by the processor, a protocol used to encode the upper layer data of the IPv4 packet in a last protocol field of a last extension header of the plurality of extension headers, and transmitting, by a transmitter, the IPv4 packet to another NE. Patent Class: [H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
System and method for communicating with inmates in a privileged communication
Patent No. 11363135
Inventor(s): Stephen L. Hodge (Aubrey, TX)
Assignee(s): Global Tel*Link Corporation (Reston, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16840777 on 04/06/2020 (799 days app to issue)
Abstract: A system and method for with an inmate in a privileged communication are disclosed. a communication system includes a portal subsystem that determines whether a communication should be monitored, or not, based on received information, including access information, from a first communication device. Based on the determination, the communication system bypasses a monitoring subsystem and stores and/or transmits the communication to a second communication device by way of a non-monitoring subsystem. Patent Class: [H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]
System and circuit for display power state control
Patent No. 11363232
Inventor(s): William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17499478 on 10/12/2021 (245 days app to issue)
Abstract: A system and circuit for television power state control are disclosed. In one embodiment, a power management circuit communicatively controls television or set-top box components including a signal processing circuitry, a screen, and a visual indicator. The power management circuit selectively alternates the television between three states: powered Patent Class: [H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]
Temporal motion data candidate derivation in video coding
Patent No. 11363258
Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17477598 on 09/17/2021 (270 days app to issue)
Abstract: A method for derivation of a temporal motion data (TMD) candidate for a prediction unit (PU) in video encoding or video decoding is provided. The derived TMD candidate is for inclusion in an inter-prediction candidate list for the PU. The method includes determining a primary TMD position relative to a co-located PU in a co-located largest coding unit (LCU), wherein the co-located PU is a block in a reference picture having a same size, shape, and coordinates as the PU, and selecting at least some motion data of a secondary TMD position as the TMD candidate when the primary TMD position is in a bottom neighboring LCU or in a bottom right neighboring LCU of the co-located LCU, wherein the secondary TMD position is determined relative to the co-located PU. Patent Class: [H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]
Video object tagging based on machine learning
Patent No. 11363315
Inventor(s): Stephen Blystone (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16451911 on 06/25/2019 (1085 days app to issue)
Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system obtains a sample of a content stream directed to a user device, identifies a type of the content stream, and selects a model for recognizing objects appearing in the content stream. The system analyzes the content stream in accordance with the model to recognize the object, generates a label for the object, and associates the label with the object in the content stream. The system also delivers the content stream for presentation at the user device; the label is delivered in-line with respect to the content stream and is generated in real time with respect to the presentation. The method further includes training the model in accordance with a machine learning procedure; the model is refined based on the analyzing of the content stream. Other embodiments are disclosed. Patent Class: [H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]
Display inserts, overlays, and graphical user interfaces for multimedia systems
Patent No. 11363318
Inventor(s): Alvin R. McQuarters (Euless, TX), Amir Ansari (Plano, TX), George A. Cowgill (Farmersville, TX), Jude P. Ramayya (Wylie, TX), Leon E. Nicholls (Plano, TX), Ramprakash Masina (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): KIP PROD PI LP (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16115091 on 08/28/2018 (1386 days app to issue)
Abstract: A disclosed digital media device operational at user premises to receive media signals from a media source for presentation via endpoint devices such as a television display. The digital media device can include gateway and digital media management functionality and can be referred to as a gateway and digital media device. The device offers application services obtained over a wide area network and a user premises network. The digital media device may form a composite signal from the media signal and application service information, for example, for a composite audio and/or video signal for television type presentation to the user. The digital media device may receive a selection signal based on the presentation, for transmission to the application service provider device or to the media source. The media device also offers a GUI presenting a moveable arrangement of icons for selectively accessing application services. Patent Class: [H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]
Near field connection for secure tractor trailer communication, and associated systems and methods
Patent No. 11363438
Inventor(s): Clifton Ellis (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Merchant Gould P.C. (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17172610 on 02/10/2021 (489 days app to issue)
Abstract: Near field connection for secure tractor trailer communication, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system for wireless communication between a tractor and a trailer includes a first transceiver (TRX) attached to the tractor, and a second TRX attached to the trailer. An engagement between the tractor and the trailer brings the first TRX within an operational distance to the second TRX. Patent Class: [H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]
Facilitating mobility as a service in fifth generation (5G) or other advanced networks
Patent No. 11363441
Inventor(s): Sangar Dowlatkhah (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT MOBILITY II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Amin, Turocy Watson, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16580326 on 09/24/2019 (994 days app to issue)
Abstract: Facilitating mobility as a service in advanced networks (e.g., 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise evaluating, by a system comprising a processor, a group of characteristics of a device. The method also can comprise enabling, by the system, a mobility management function as a mobility microservice. Further, the method can comprise activating, by the system, microservices of a group of microservices, comprising the mobility microservice, based on the group of characteristics of the device. Patent Class: [H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]
Method and device for managing and allocating binding service in a wireless network
Patent No. 11363447
Inventor(s): Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16529240 on 08/01/2019 (1048 days app to issue)
Abstract: A first network device may receive a binding request from a second network device. The binding request may include information relating to one or more of the second network device, a type of a session policy generated by the second network device, or a user equipment associated with the session policy. The first network device may determine an association between the second network device and the user equipment, and generate binding data. The binding data may include information relating to one or more of the user equipment, the second network device, the session policy, or the association. The first network device may assign a binding identifier to the binding data. The binding identifier may be configured to index the binding data associated with the user equipment. The first network device may cause an action to be performed in connection with the binding data or the binding identifier. Patent Class: [H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]
Multi-path end-to-end connectivity for cellular mesh networks
Patent No. 11363497
Inventor(s): Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16732208 on 12/31/2019 (896 days app to issue)
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for multi-path end-to-end connectivity in a wireless communication system. A BS apparatus includes a processor configured to identify congestion in the wireless communication network experienced by the BS. The processor is further configured to generate congestion feedback information indicating the congestion in the wireless communication network. The BS also includes a transceiver operably connected to the processor. The transceiver is configured to transmit the congestion feedback information to at least one other BS in the wireless communication network. The processor is configured to identify multiple of the paths that respective portions of the data are split between to be transferred between a gateway and a UE. The multiple paths are determined based at least in part on the congestion feedback information. The transceiver is configured to transfer, via the wireless communication network based on the identified multiple paths, data between the UE and the gateway. Patent Class: [H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]
System, method and computer-readable medium for provisioning dual-homed voice call continuity
Patent No. 11363511
Inventor(s): Andrew Silver (Frisco, TX), Lathan W. Lewis (Dallas, TX), Patricia A. Landgren (Plano, TX), Steven E. Tryon (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TANGO NETWORKS, INC. (Frisco, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16581590 on 09/24/2019 (994 days app to issue)
Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for concurrent support of Voice Call Continuity (VCC) capabilities in both the enterprise space and the carrier space are provided. The enterprise VCC functionality is used when the user is located in the enterprise domain which does not impact the carrier”s network while the carrier VCC capability is used when the user is located in the carrier domain to support seamless handover between the wireless networks that the carrier may offer. The carrier VCC anchoring point and the enterprise VCC anchoring point may communicate with each other to confirm and inform the other anchoring point that a call handover is occurring or will occur. Patent Class: [H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]
Session mapping in 5G and subsequent generation networks
Patent No. 11363654
Inventor(s): Sangar Dowlatkhah (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA), ATT Mobility II LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Amin, Turocy Watson, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16573783 on 09/17/2019 (1001 days app to issue)
Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards session mapping in multi-access communication networks. A main session can be established between a mobile edge computing device (MEC) and a core network. The MEC can also establish multiple respective virtual sessions with multiple respective access network computing devices, and the MEC can map the main session to the multiple respective virtual sessions. A user equipment (UE) can connect to any of the respective access network computing devices, thereby communicating via any of the respective virtual sessions. Patent Class: [H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]
Hermetic chip on board
Patent No. 11363722
Inventor(s): John M. Bedinger (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: Lando Anastasi, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17093119 on 11/09/2020 (582 days app to issue)
Abstract: A low permeability laminate film includes one or more low moisture permeability homogeneous polymer films with a total thickness between 0.5 and ten mils without glass or ceramic fillers and with a moisture permeability measured at 37 C. and 100% RH of less than 2.6 E-05 atmccmm/in[superscript]2[/superscript]sec of air. The polymer film includes one of polychlorotrifluoroethylene, polytetrafluorethylene, fluorinated ethylene propylene, and perfluoro alkoxy alkane. The low permeability laminate film further includes a nanolaminate including alternate combinations of nanolaminate material that is selected from the group consisting of alumina, titanium dioxide, zirconium oxide, beryllium oxide, hafnium oxide, titanium oxide, silicon nitride, tantalum nitride, silica, parylene F, parylene AF-4, parylene HT and PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene). A resulting coated nanolaminate film has a moisture permeability less than an equivalent standard leak rate per square inch of 3.0 E-08 atmcc/in[superscript]2[/superscript]sec of air. Patent Class: [H05K] PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (details of instruments or comparable details of other apparatus not otherwise provided for G12B; thin-film or thick-film circuits H01L 27/01, H01L 27/13; non-printed means for electric connections to or between printed circuits H01R; casings for, or constructional details of, particular types of apparatus, see the relevant subclasses; processes involving only a single technical art, e.g. heating, spraying, for which provision exists elsewhere, see the relevant classes)
Simple topology transparent zoning in network communications
Patent No. RE049108 (Reissue)
Inventor(s): Huaimo Chen (Bolton, MA), Renwei Li (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15455668 on 03/10/2017 (1922 days app to issue)
Abstract: An autonomous system (AS) comprising a topology transparent zone (TTZ) comprising a plurality of TTZ nodes, wherein the plurality of TTZ nodes includes an edge node and an internal node, wherein each of the plurality of TTZ nodes is configured to connect to another TTZ node via an internal link, and a plurality of neighboring external nodes connected to the TTZ edge nodes via a plurality of external links, wherein no link state advertisements (LSAs) describing the internal links are distributed to the neighboring external nodes. Patent Class: N/A
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Vehicle grille cover
Patent No. D954617
Inventor(s): Emil Marius Flitar (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29752073 on 09/24/2020 (628 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
Speaker enclosure
Patent No. D954680
Inventor(s): Gerald Kirkland (Kaufman, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: William Lovin Associates LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29705990 on 09/17/2019 (1001 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
Combine harvester concave threshing bar
Patent No. D954759
Inventor(s): Brian G. Robertson (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Law Office of Sam Sokhansanj PLLC (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29680208 on 02/14/2019 (1216 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
Solid waste tool
Patent No. D955071
Inventor(s): Josiah Wilhelm (Columbia Station, OH)
Assignee(s): DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Global IP Counselors, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29725099 on 02/21/2020 (844 days app to issue)
Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A
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