McKinney-based Cardio Voyage Innovations won a patent for a method designed to replace both a patient’s aortic and mitral heart valves at the same time — through a catheter, without open-heart surgery.
The system threads a guide catheter into the heart and advances a support wire across both valves. A two-segment transcutaneous dual valve replacement (TDVR) device then travels over the wire and expands to anchor in each valve simultaneously. The patent was filed in August 2021 and took nearly five years to issue. Addison-based Wael Abo-Auda is the sole listed inventor.
Beyond Cardio Voyage Innovations, other organizations with notable patents granted this week include:
The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board, with a digital-twin-based system (No. 12663768-B2) for reducing peak power consumption in the terminal by analyzing passenger traffic flow and recommending less-congested routing alternatives. Inventor Robert Horton is based in Lewisville.
BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth), with a dual-stream optimization system (No. 12662178-B2) for scheduling hostler vehicles at intermodal freight hubs. The model pairs operations by proximity to improve container throughput. All four inventors are based in the DFW area.
Textron Innovations, with a patent (No. 12662237-B2) for a distributed-propulsion VTOL aircraft featuring a closed-ring wing structure and propellers arranged along the spokes connecting the fuselage to the wing segments. North Richland Hills and Fort Worth inventors are listed.
Mary Kay Inc. (Addison), with a cosmetic composition patent (No. 12661313-B2) for a topical formula combining tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate and Acmella oleracea extract to reduce the appearance of fine lines, skin inflammation and redness. Five Addison-based inventors are listed.
KinTrans Inc. (Dallas), with a body movement recognition system (No. 12664821-B2) that uses 2D and 3D skeletal joint data from depth-sensing cameras or wearable sensors to identify and classify human movements, with potential applications in sign language processing.
The University of North Texas (Denton), with a laser spectroscopy system (No. 12663376-B2) that monitors the atomic composition of materials in real time during high-energy additive manufacturing processes. Inventors Andrey Voevodin, Brian Squires and Narendra Dahotre are based in Denton.
Cornerstone Eagle LLC (DeSoto), with an AI-driven 3D medical imaging system (No. 12665073-B1) that uses probabilistic masking, multimodal embedding and reinforcement learning to detect disease in medical scans. Inventors are based in Dallas and Mineola.
Applied Concepts Inc. (Richardson), with a speed data collection and mapping system (No. 12664888-B2) that aggregates vehicle speed readings from multiple sensors and processes them through a central platform. Applied Concepts is known for its Stalker radar systems used in traffic enforcement.
Overhead Door Corporation (Lewisville), with an adjustable dock leveler system (No. 12662338-B2) that allows fine-tuned adjustment of the hinged lip plate on loading dock ramps.
ZuMedia Inc., with three design patents co-invented by Dallas-based Mark Cuban: an automobile air dam and fixture (D1131327-S1), automobile fixture and lights (D1131857-S1) and a solar panel (D1131353-S1).
THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS
Week of June 23, 2026 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)
173 patents granted
Ranked No. 8 in patent production out of 250 metros
Dallas Invents is a look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor. Patent activity can indicate future economic growth, the development of emerging markets, and talent attraction. By tracking both inventors and assignees in the region, we aim to provide a broader view of the region’s inventive activity.
NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION
A: Human Necessities – 17
B: Performing Operations; Transporting – 20
C: Chemistry; Metallurgy – 5
E: Fixed Constructions – 13
F: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting – 4
G: Physics – 48
H: Electricity – 43
TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)
Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas) – 12
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) – 9
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) – 8
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. – 6
Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano) – 6
Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) – 5
Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.) – 5
Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson) – 4
TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney) – 4
TOP INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)
Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, Texas) – 4
Kent Poteet (Lucas) – 4
Andrew Klopfenstein (Fort Worth) – 3
Barry Terach (Goshen, N.Y.) – 3
Brian Williams Cho (Spring) – 3
Jaime Felix Barajas (Dallas) – 3
Jamie Revelle Weber (Carrollton) – 3
Mark Cuban (Dallas) – 3
Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett) – 3
Phyllis Jager (New York, N.Y.) – 3
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Working machine with hitch tilt actuator used for fore/aft leveling while working the ground
Patent No. 12660727
Inventor(s): Andrew Klopfenstein (Fort Worth, TX, US), Greg Arnett (Fort Worth, TX, US), Santiago Avila (Fort Worth, TX, US), Scott Shearer (Fort Worth, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Kubota Corporation (Osaka, , JP)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18231193 on 08/07/2023 (1051 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A01B]
Abstract: Some embodiments may include a working machine comprising 1) a frame assembly including first and second sections, 2) ground implements to work a ground surface, the first section including at least one first implement of the ground implements and the second section including at least one second different implement of the ground implements, respectively, and 3) a transportation system including transportation devices and at least one actuator to pivotally or hingeably move one part of the working machine relative to another part of the working machine; the working machine further including: at least one sensor to produce at least one measurement indicative of a degree of engagement of the at least one first implement or the at least one second implement with a corresponding part of the ground surface; and one or more processors to operate the at least one actuator of the transportation system while the machine is working the ground surface, based on the at least one measurement. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
Working machine with transportation configuration actuator used for wing leveling while working the ground
Patent No. 12660728
Inventor(s): Andrew Klopfenstein (Fort Worth, TX, US), Greg Arnett (Fort Worth, TX, US), Santiago Avila (Fort Worth, TX, US), Scott Shearer (Fort Worth, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Kubota Corporation (Osaka, , JP)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18231200 on 08/07/2023 (1051 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A01B]
Abstract: Some embodiments may include a working machine comprising 1) a frame assembly including first and second sections, 2) ground implements to work a ground surface, the first section including at least one first implement of the ground implements and the second section including at least one second different implement of the ground implements, respectively, and 3) a transportation system including transportation devices and at least one actuator to pivotally or hingeably move one part of the working machine relative to another part of the working machine; the working machine further including: at least one sensor to produce at least one measurement indicative of a degree of engagement of the at least one first implement or the at least one second implement with a corresponding part of the ground surface; and one or more processors to operate the at least one actuator of the transportation system while the machine is working the ground surface, based on the at least one measurement. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
Modular system for agriculture field operations
Patent No. 12660741
Inventor(s): Andrew Klopfenstein (Fort Worth, TX, US), Chris Dean (Fort Worth, TX, US), Christopher Tkach (Fort Worth, TX, US), Joshua M. Gattis (Fort Worth, TX, US), Scott Shearer (Fort Worth, TX, US), Todd H. Stucke (Grapevine, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Kubota Corporation (Osaka, , JP)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18449616 on 08/14/2023 (1044 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A01C]
Abstract: Some embodiments may include a multi-product management system including a modular container for re-supplying partially or fully automated agricultural operations. The modular container may include a liquid-holding portion, a granular solid-holding portion, and, optionally, an add-on portion. In some embodiments, the liquid-holding portion may be formed of a plurality of liquid-holding portions. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
System and method for determining an animal compatibility score and recommendation
Patent No. 12660797
Inventor(s): Kenneth Scott Ehrman (Upper Saddle River, NJ, US), Michael Ehrman (Plano, TX, US), Terry Anderton (Hampton Falls, NH, US)
Assignee(s): Protect Animals with Satellites, LLC (Upper Saddle River, NJ, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18386063 on 11/01/2023 (965 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A01K]
Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a system and method for determining an animal compatibility score and recommendation based a dog”s profile which includes breed and personality traits, an interaction detection and analysis algorithm, and scoring feedback from other users who have interacted with the animals. The disclosed technology can further include activating a keep-away mode that is configured to discourage an animal from coming near another animal that it is incompatible with.
Systems, methods, and devices for cardiac procedures with a multi-pressure measurement catheter
Patent No. 12661020
Inventor(s): Anthony Alexander Bavry (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18840999 on 02/22/2023 (1217 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A61B]
Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for performing heart procedures include a multi-functional catheter with a multi-lumen arrangement. The multi-lumen arrangement includes a central lumen formed by an inner tube with multiple pressure channels embedded in the wall of the catheter. The central lumen has a first end hole terminating at a distal end of the multi-functional catheter. The outer lumen has one or more second side holes. Moreover, a welded tip can maintain a consistent diameter for the distal end. Multiple radiopaque markers can identify various portions of multi-functional catheter to aid in positioning the lumens at different placements in the heart and/or crossing the aortic valve. Accordingly, multiple diagnostic procedures can be performed with the multi-functional catheter, such as a coronary angiogram and a trans-valvular pressure gradient measurement, while omitting reliance on additional catheters or a digital console system.
Application based determination of a degree of inebriation
Patent No. 12661062
Inventor(s): Jesse Ohayon (Plano, TX, US)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18471244 on 09/20/2023 (1007 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A61B]
Abstract: A method, application program, smart device, and computer system may capture images of a face of a user, determine one or more vital signs of the user by image processing optionally assisted by a machine learning model, determine a physiological state for one or more of the vital signs with a computational model generated by another machine learning model, determine a pupil-to-iris pixel ratio for an eye of the user in at least one of the plurality of images, and determine a degree of inebriation of the user based on i) the pupil-to-iris pixel ratio and ii) the physiological state for the vital sign, the value for the vital sign, or both the physiological state for the vital sign and the value for the vital sign.
Oscillating surgical bone removal tool with angular displacement
Patent No. 12661142
Inventor(s): Michael Vu (Grand Prairie, TX, US), Milton F. Barnes (Grand Prairie, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Medtronic PS Medical, Inc. (Goleta, CA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18511080 on 11/16/2023 (950 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A61B]
Abstract: A surgical device for cutting or shaving bone or tissue includes a housing having an elongated tube extending therefrom, the elongated tube configured to support a surgical tool at a distal end thereof. A gear assembly is disposed within the housing and is configured to control oscillation of the surgical tool. A motor is operably coupled to the housing and is configured to drive the gear assembly upon activation thereof. The motor is moveable relative to the housing to adjust one or more gears of the gear assembly which, in turn, adjusts an oscillation angle of the surgical tool to control the aggressiveness of the surgical tool when cutting tissue or bone.
Method of manufacturing a core and shell coupling of a composite material bone implant and composite material bone implant produced thereby
Patent No. 12661166
Inventor(s): Mordechay Beyar (Tel-Aviv, , IL), Oren Globerman (Kfar-Shemaryahu, , IL)
Assignee(s): CarboFix Spine Inc. (Richardson, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17866665 on 07/18/2022 (1436 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A61B]
Abstract: A method of manufacturing fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composite material bone screws having threads surfaced with a metallic outer layer is described. In some embodiments, the method includes preparing a metallic outer layer by 3-D printing, inserting a composite material into the metallic outer layer, and attaching the metallic outer layer onto the composite material.
Haptic optic management system utilizing rotating cams
Patent No. 12661218
Inventor(s): Andrew Thomas Schieber (Tustin, CA, US), Jack Robert Auld (Laguna Niguel, CA, US), Marcus Antonio Souza (Costa Mesa, CA, US), Matthew Braden Flowers (Aliso Viejo, CA, US), Matthew Douglas Mccawley (San Clemente, CA, US), Sudarshan B. Singh (Euless, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18055671 on 11/15/2022 (1316 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A61F]
Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) into an eye may be provided. An example haptic optic management system may comprise a first cam assembly comprising a first cam body portion, an opening in the first cam body portion, and haptic folder arms disposed in the opening. The haptic optic management system may further comprise a second cam assembly positioned on one side of the first cam assembly, wherein the second cam assembly comprises a second cam body portion, an opening in the second cam body portion, and optic folders disposed in the opening. The haptic optic management system may further comprise a central plate for holding an intraocular lens in the opening of the second cam body portion, wherein the central plate is disposed between the first cam assembly and the second cam assembly.
Method of delivering a transcutaneous dual valve replacement device to a patient and device therefor
Patent No. 12661226
Inventor(s): Wael Abo-Auda (Allen, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Cardio Voyage Innovations, LLC (McKinney, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18041622 on 08/12/2021 (1776 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A61F]
Abstract: A method of delivering a transcutaneous dual valve replacement (TDVR) device to a patient includes the steps of advancing a guide catheter into the heart of the patient, advancing a support wire through the guide catheter and across the mitral valve of the heart of the patient, removing the guide catheter, advancing a delivery sheath over the support wire and across both the aortic valve and the mitral valve of the heart of the patient, advancing the TDVR device over the support wire and through the delivery sheath, removing the delivery sheath, expanding a first segment of the TDVR device in the mitral valve and a second segment of the TDVR device in the aortic valve, and removing the support wire.
Apparatus for improved breathing
Patent No. 12661252
Inventor(s): Alastair Edwin McAuley (Dallas, TX, US), W. Keith Thornton (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): AirWay Technologies, LLC (Farmers Branch, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16719043 on 12/18/2019 (2379 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A61F]
Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus for improved breathing is provided. The apparatus may include an improved oral appliance, an improved mask, an improved coupler to couple an oral appliance to a mask, and/or a combination of these improvements.
Eye shunt system and methods
Patent No. 12661263
Inventor(s): Ghadeer Al-Humimat (Dallas, TX, US), Hebah G. Abdallah (Carrollton, TX, US), Jacob A. Awkal (Plano, TX, US), Jamasp Azarnoosh (Dallas, TX, US), Jeremy L. Warren (El Paso, TX, US), Karanjit S. Kooner (Plano, TX, US), Michael A. Mong (Grapevine, TX, US), Nguyen L. Le (Richardson, TX, US), Peter Dirk Jan Reyntjens (Richardson, TX, US)
Assignee(s): The Board Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, TX, US), THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS (Washinton, DC, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18000671 on 06/04/2021 (1845 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A61F]
Abstract: A shunt operable to be implanted on an eye is provided. The shunt includes a vein fluidic channel operable to be in fluid communication with an interior of the eye and operable to receive aqueous fluid from the interior of the eye. A body is fluidly coupled with the vein fluidic channel. A valve is disposed within the body and is operable to regulate intraocular pressure in the eye by opening and closing based on pressure from the aqueous fluid. A plurality of outlets are in fluid communication with the body opposite the vein fluidic channel in relation to the valve. The outlets are operable to release the aqueous fluid to the sclera of the eye.
Cosmetic composition
Patent No. 12661313
Inventor(s): David Gan (Addison, TX, US), Geetha Kalahasti (Addison, TX, US), Milagros Sanchez (Addison, TX, US), Patricia Jacoby (Addison, TX, US), Shona Burkes-Henderson (Addison, TX, US)
Assignee(s): MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18760356 on 07/01/2024 (722 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A61K]
Abstract: A method for reducing the appearance of fine lines or wrinkles, treating skin inflammation, or reducing the appearance of reddened or erythemic skin is disclosed. The method can include applying to skin having a fine line or wrinkle, having inflammation, or having a reddened or erythymic appearance a composition that includes tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate and {i}Acmella oleracea {/i}extract, wherein application of the composition to the skin reduces the appearance of the fine line or wrinkle, treats skin inflammation, or reduces the appearance of the reddened or erythemic skin.
Mobile sterilization apparatus and method for using the same
Patent No. 12661418
Inventor(s): Maryellen Keenan (St. Petersburg, FL, US), Michele Mauzerall (St. Petersburg, FL, US)
Assignee(s): SteriCUBE Surgical Systems, LLC (Grapevine, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16442234 on 06/14/2019 (2566 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A61L]
Abstract: A sterilization cabinet, comprising a top panel, at least two side panels, and a floor panel forming a part of a chamber of the sterilization cabinet; at least one door connected to at least one of the at least two side panels of the sterilization cabinet; a vent formed in at least one of the two side panels; at least one first filter covering the vent and a filter cover configured to hold the first filter against the vent; a drain positioned in the floor panel, wherein the floor panel has a slope configured to cause condensate within the chamber to flow into the drain and wherein the drain is the only outlet for the condensate along the floor panel; and a second filter covering the drain such that condensate flowing into the drain passes through the second filter.
Neurostimulation using one or more cycling parameters for a non-paresthesia stimulation pattern
Patent No. 12661512
Inventor(s): Christopher S. L. Crawford (Sunnyvale, TX, US), Filippo Agnesi (Plano, TX, US), Lalit Venkatesan (Propser, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18644067 on 04/23/2024 (791 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A61N]
Abstract: This application is generally related to identifying or otherwise programming one or more cycling parameters for operation of an implantable pulse generator to provide a neurostimulation therapy to a patient using a non-paresthesia stimulation pattern. In some embodiments, the cycling parameter is selected by measuring physiological signals during trial stimulation. In other embodiments, multiple cycling parameters are identified for use by the patient using a patient controller device.
Golf club head or other ball striking device having impact-influencing body features
Patent No. 12661559
Inventor(s): Andrew G.V. Oldknow (Beaverton, OR, US), Eric A. Larson (Ft. Worth, TX, US), Joshua M. Boggs (Aledo, TX, US), Michael T. Prichard (Portland, OR, US), Nathaniel J. Radcliffe (Trophy Club, TX, US), Robert M. Boyd (Flower Mound, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Karsten Manufacturing Corporation (Phoenix, AZ, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18434595 on 02/06/2024 (868 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A63B]
Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a face with a striking surface configured for striking a ball and a channel extending across a portion of the sole. The channel may be recessed from adjacent surfaces of the sole and have a depth of recession from the adjacent surfaces of the sole, wherein the channel comprises a center portion extending across a center of the sole, a heel portion extending from a heel end of the center portion toward the heel, and a toe portion extending from a toe end of the center portion toward the toe, wherein the width and the depth of the center portion of the channel are substantially constant, and wherein the depth of the channel is greater at the heel and toe portions than at the center portion.
Golf club head with permanent face indicia
Patent No. 12661565
Inventor(s): Justin Honea (Richardson, TX, US), Michael Fox (Dallas, TX, US), Scott T. Blevins (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc. (Carlsbad, CA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18519327 on 11/27/2023 (939 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [A63B]
Abstract: A wood-style golf club head having a variable thickness face, a plurality of linear face markings including at least one above and below face center, and face permanent indicia including at least two letters located at least partially on a face toe portion of the face, along with unique relationships to emphasize the contrast of some elements and reduce the contrast of other elements, including a significant contrast between the linear face markings and the face, and a controlled contrast between the face and the face permanent indicia.
Systems, apparatus, and methods of adjustably building rebar structure
Patent No. 12661703
Inventor(s): Shane Christopher Dittrich (Nampa, ID, US)
Assignee(s): Builders FirstSource, Inc. (Irving, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17656098 on 03/23/2022 (1553 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B21D]
Abstract: Feed segments within an adjustable feed matrix may be vertically adjusted, horizontally adjusted, and adjusted for rebar thickness. The adjustable feed matrix may be used in rebar structure building. A feed column may include a plurality of feed segments. Each feed segment may include a feed input and a feed output connected by a feed cavity. The feed cavity can include a feed mechanism and/or stabilizing mechanism that allows different thicknesses of rebar to consistently pass through the feed segment to the feed output. A vertical adjustment may adjust vertical spacing of the segments and increase or decrease vertical spacing of the feed outputs, enabling different vertical spacing between rebar passing through segments of the feed column. The feed column may attach to a rail through a coupling. The coupling may be released through a horizontal adjustment, enabling the feed column to slide along the rail and adjust horizontal spacing of the feed outputs.
Tubing cutter and methods to cut spine-fin tubing and couple a header tube to spine-fin tubing
Patent No. 12661727
Inventor(s): Kenneth Ray Lamb (Sachse, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Arrow Fabricated Tubing, Inc. (Garland, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19087338 on 03/21/2025 (459 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B23D]
Abstract: A tubing cutter configured to cut spine-fin tubing includes a pair of cutting heads pivotally connected and movable between an open position and a closed position. Each cutting head of the tubing cutter includes a blade edge having an arcuate portion with a radius less than an outer radius of a tube of the spine-fin tubing.
Gapless buffer for masonry block manufacture
Patent No. 12661827
Inventor(s): William H. Karau (Southlake, TX, US)
Assignee(s): PAVESTONE, LLC (Atlanta, GA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17348231 on 06/15/2021 (1834 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B28B]
Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing masonry blocks, comprising a shoe, a backup plate, a plurality of buffers disposed between the shoe and the backup plate, a plurality of snubbers disposed between the shoe and the backup plate and wherein a relaxed height of the plurality of buffers is equal to or less than a height of the plurality of snubbers.
Adjustable tow hook assemblies and vehicles including same
Patent No. 12661942
Inventor(s): Ryan C. Harris (Saline, MI, US), Scott L Frederick (Brighton, MI, US)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17969814 on 10/20/2022 (1342 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B60D]
Abstract: A vehicle including a cross member and a tow hook assembly. The tow hook assembly is coupled to the cross member and includes a housing, a tow hook, and a shear pin. The housing includes an arcuate interior. The tow hook is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position. The tow hook includes a retaining block and a receiving member having a distal portion extending from the retaining block and a leading portion extending from the distal portion. The shear pin is positionable to extend through the housing. When the tow hook is in the extended position and a force exceeding a predetermined threshold is applied to the leading portion of the receiving member, the shear pin shears to permit the retaining block of the tow hook to move along the arcuate interior of the housing and position the tow hook into the retracted position.
Electric axle and electric axle product line
Patent No. 12661965
Inventor(s): Benjamin Powell (Austin, TX, US), Darren J. Ziskovsky (Bowling Green, OH, US), Eric M. Engerman (Plymouth, MI, US), Ryan D. Nelms (Weatherford, TX, US)
Assignee(s): DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC (Maumee, OH, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18894520 on 09/24/2024 (637 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B60K]
Abstract: A system and method for an electric axle. The electric axle includes, in one example, a traction motor, an input planetary gear set arranged coaxial to the traction motor and including a sun gear rotationally coupled to the traction motor, a carrier including a first section coupled to multiple carrier shafts and a second section removably coupled to the multiple carrier shafts, and multiple planet gears rotationally mounted on the multiple carrier shafts. In the electric axle, the second section is rotationally coupled to a downstream component and the downstream component is arranged coaxial to the input planetary gear set.
Auxiliary power unit (APU) for electric vehicles (EVS)
Patent No. 12662002
Inventor(s): Amir Ranjbar (Commerce Township, MI, US), Madhusudhan Kodanda Ramaiah (Irvine, CA, US), Yanjun Feng (Fullerton, CA, US)
Assignee(s): WHS ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC (Argyle, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18478254 on 09/29/2023 (998 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B60L]
Abstract: An auxiliary power unit for an electric vehicle fits within a well that is integrated with the structure of the electric vehicle. A housing for the auxiliary power unit fits within the well, with a lid on the housing covering an opening for the well, flush with adjoining surfaces. The auxiliary power unit includes a charge port and power outlet(s), and is configured for pass-through charging of the propulsion battery, or to recharge the propulsion battery. The auxiliary power unit is removable, and may be used separately from the electric vehicle or in another instance of the electric vehicle. Battery modules within the auxiliary power unit are also removable and have a power outlet for use separately from the auxiliary power unit. Safety interlocks for hot swapping and quick disconnects for electrical connectors and coolant hoses are provided on the auxiliary power unit and/or removable battery modules.
Vehicle cargo system with rail and clamp
Patent No. 12662061
Inventor(s): Paxton S. Williams (Milan, MI, US), Ryan C. Harris (Saline, MI, US), Scott Louis Frederick (Brighton, MI, US)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18659128 on 05/09/2024 (775 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B60R]
Abstract: Various embodiments described herein relate to cargo systems for vehicles. A cargo system includes a rail stowable in a rail channel extending between a first and second side of a floor. The rail defines a rail body extending, at least partially, between the first side and the second side substantially parallel to the floor. The rail also defines rail legs rotatably connected to the floor. The rail further defines an aperture opening along a direction of the rail legs. The cargo system further includes a clamp. The clamp includes a clamp body configured for installation to the aperture. The clamp also includes a clamp arm extending from the clamp body in a direction along the rail. The clamp further includes a ratchet system that fastens the clamp body to the rail to secure a cargo item between the clamp arm and the rail.
Protecting living objects in transports
Patent No. 12662070
Inventor(s): Christopher J. Macpherson (Plano, TX, US), Daniel Warren Reaser (Oak Point, TX, US), Derek A. Thompson (Dallas, TX, US), Keaton Khonsari (Plano, TX, US), Sergei Gage (Dallas, TX, US), Simon P. Roberts (Celina, TX, US), Yang Ding (Montreal, , CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX, US), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18806007 on 08/15/2024 (677 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B60R]
Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of detecting a living element in a transport, determining a dangerous condition exists in response to an internal temperature of the transport is outside of a threshold and a negative characteristic is associated with the living element, and positioning the transport to a location to reduce the dangerous condition.
Vehicle motion control using torque vectoring with consideration of driver intent and load transfer
Patent No. 12662106
Inventor(s): Kilsoo Kim (Redondo Beach, CA, US), Paolo E. Pucci (Warwick, , GB)
Assignee(s): WHS ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC (Argyle, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17935632 on 09/27/2022 (1365 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B60W]
Abstract: A method includes identifying an actual path and a desired path for a vehicle, where the actual path represents an expected path for the vehicle based on current operation of the vehicle and the desired path represents an estimated path that a driver of the vehicle wants to follow. The method also includes identifying one or more errors between the actual path and the desired path. The method further includes determining how to apply torque vectoring to cause the vehicle to more closely follow the desired path based on the one or more errors. In addition, the method includes applying the torque vectoring to create lateral movement of the vehicle during travel.
Hardware timer data expiration
Patent No. 12662130
Inventor(s): Roger J. Baker (Frisco, TX, US), Satyajit P. Patne (The Colony, TX, US)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18761519 on 07/02/2024 (721 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B60W]
Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a portion of memory in a transport to store data, establishing a timeframe when the data may be accessed based on a type of the data, and clearing the data from the portion of memory after the timeframe. The type of the data may be related to one or more of the transport and an occupant of the transport. A length of the timeframe is inversely proportional to a criticality of the type of the data.
Methods and systems for vehicle control with customizable commands
Patent No. 12662146
Inventor(s): Benjamin R. Resnick (Plano, TX, US), Charan S. Lota (Frisco, TX, US), Lokesh Kumar Viswavarapu (Frisco, TX, US), Mark Anthony McClung (Celina, TX, US), Nikhil Rajendra (Plano, TX, US), Raja Shekar Kilaru (Addison, TX, US), Robert Heckel (Katy, TX, US), Ryan Wheeler (Denton, TX, US), Steven S. Basra (Frisco, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota, , JP), Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18776660 on 07/18/2024 (705 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B60W]
Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods for customizable commands for vehicle operation include one or more command sensors configured to receive a command from a user, one or more environmental sensors configured to collect environmental information, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are operable to cause the systems to determine, based on a command database and user command profiles, whether the received command includes a high-level function of vehicle operation, in response to determining that the received command includes the high-level function, generate sequential vehicle operations based on the high-level function and the environmental information, the sequential vehicle operations including one or more fundamental functions of vehicle operation, and operate a vehicle using the sequential vehicle operations.
Vehicle modifications to optimize an occupant”s condition
Patent No. 12662150
Inventor(s): Imad Zahid (Carrollton, TX, US), Joshua C. Batie (Frisco, TX, US)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-Ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18661551 on 05/10/2024 (774 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B60W]
Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving sensor data from at least one of a vehicle and a mobile device, while an occupant is traveling in the vehicle, determining a total amount of time that the occupant will be traveling in the vehicle based on a destination of the vehicle, determining an action to take by the occupant to improve health of the occupant based on execution of an artificial intelligence (AI) model on the sensor data and the total amount of time that the occupant will be traveling in the vehicle, and outputting a notification of the action to take via a display system within an interior of the vehicle.
Large plate tilt railroad car
Patent No. 12662172
Inventor(s): Christof Hettiger (Irving, TX, US), Daniel Schuller (North Richland Hills, TX, US), Peter L. Jones (Southlake, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Gunderson LLC (Lake Oswego, OR, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18343050 on 06/28/2023 (1091 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B61D]
Abstract: A large plate tilt railroad car including a plate support assembly having a plurality of spaced-apart plate supporters including a plurality of plate holders simultaneously movable from loading positions in which one or more large steel plates can be loaded on the railroad car to transit positions in which one or more large steel plates can be transported using the railroad car.
System and method for optimizing utilization of hostler resources of a hub based on a dual-stream resource optimization
Patent No. 12662178
Inventor(s): April Y. Kuo (Colleyville, TX, US), Dasaradh R. Mallampati (Trophy Club, TX, US), Paul Kuhn (Fort Worth, TX, US), Vishal Badyal (Haslet, TX, US)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18911526 on 10/10/2024 (621 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B61L]
Abstract: Systems and techniques for optimizing utilization of hostlers of a hub based on a dual-stream resource optimization (DSRO). In embodiments, a dual-stream optimization model is utilized, incorporating a consolidated time-space network and a deconsolidated time-space network spanning a planning horizon. The model identifies hostler operations and pairs them based on proximity criteria, forming operation pairs that lead to higher unit throughput within the hub. An optimized hostler operation schedule is generated for implementation during the planning horizon. The system also includes a feature for automatically transmitting a control signal to a hostler control system to direct a hostler to execute the paired operations in accordance with the pairing.
Apparatus, system, and method for tire catchers for frame based vehicle
Patent No. 12662196
Inventor(s): Blaine C. Benson (Ann Arbor, MI, US), Erin L. Twombly (Ypsilanti, MI, US), Mark C. Kulik (Ann Arbor, MI, US)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18225533 on 07/24/2023 (1065 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B62D]
Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for accommodating relative movement between a vehicle body and a vehicle frame. An apparatus includes a flexible member attaching a tire catcher cover to a fender liner. The flexible member surrounds a perimeter of the tire catcher cover. The flexible member can seal a gap between the tire catcher cover and the fender liner. The flexible member can temporarily deform in response to relative movement between the vehicle frame and the vehicle body. The tire catcher cover can be mounted to a tire catcher and may move together with the tire catcher and the vehicle frame with respect to the fender liner. The fender liner can be mounted to a vehicle fender and may move together with the fender and the vehicle body with respect to the vehicle frame.
Automatic control of a motor-assisted bicycle to achieve a desired ride objective of a rider
Patent No. 12662213
Inventor(s): C.A. van den Ende (Amsterdam, , NL), David Hancock (Dallas, TX, US), Kevin Kreidler (Round Rock, TX, US)
Assignee(s): enviolo B.V. (Amsterdam, , NL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17677551 on 02/22/2022 (1582 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B62M]
Abstract: Electric bikes (”e-bikes”) configured to achieve automatic and dynamic ride control based on a rider”s desired ride objective without requiring direct physical inputs from the rider during the ride are disclosed. A rider specifies, via her mobile device or a device integrated with the e-bike, various input parameters representative of a desired ride objective. An objective-based ride control algorithm is then executed to determinebased on sensor information indicative of input variables such as pedal cadence, vehicle speed, current transmission position, electric motor power, GPS location, terrain elevation, and the likesettings for controlled variables such as transmission ratio, motor assist level, braking force, and/or suspension pressure in order to support the rider”s desired ride objective, as represented by the specified input parameters. As such, a rider achieves a desired ride experience without having to directly manipulate controlled variables during the ride.
Folding step system
Patent No. 12662233
Inventor(s): Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith (Fort Worth, TX, US), David G. Carlson (North Richland Hills, TX, US), James Everett Kooiman (Fort Worth, TX, US), Jeffrey Matthew Williams (Aledo, TX, US), Michael Ross Wilkinson (North Richland Hills, TX, US), Tjepke Heeringa (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17569167 on 01/05/2022 (1630 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B64C]
Abstract: A folding step system includes a housing forming an interior space and a step comprising a step surface. The step is movable between a stowed configuration in which substantially all of the step surface is disposed within the interior space and a deployed configuration in which at least a portion of the step surface is disposed outside of the interior space and at least a portion of the step surface is disposed within the interior space.
Distributed propulsion system for vertical take off and landing closed wing aircraft
Patent No. 12662237
Inventor(s): Andrew James Zahasky (North Richland Hills, TX, US), Carlos Alexander Fenny (Fort Worth, TX, US), Rohn Lee Olson (Hurst, TX, US)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19194521 on 04/30/2025 (419 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B64U]
Abstract: An aircraft comprises a fuselage, first and second wing segments each having a leading edge and a trailing edge, a plurality of spokes coupling the fuselage to the first and second wing segments, one or more motors disposed within or attached to the plurality of spokes, and three or more propellers proximate to a leading edge of the plurality of spokes, distributed along the plurality of spokes, and operably connected to the motors to provide lift whenever the aircraft is in vertical takeoff and landing and stationary flight and provide thrust whenever the aircraft is in forward flight. When the aircraft is in vertical takeoff and landing and stationary flight, the fuselage is approximately vertical. When the aircraft is in forward flight, the fuselage is approximately in the direction of the forward flight and extends forward beyond the leading edges of the first wing segment and the second wing segment.
Drag reducing spinner for high speed stop fold rotor
Patent No. 12662243
Inventor(s): Christopher E. Foskey (Keller, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18752939 on 06/25/2024 (728 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B64C]
Abstract: A spinner is described that can provide aerodynamic advantages for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The spinner can be shaped with multiple faces divided by chines. The chines can run down the edge of the spinner to fairings that can cover rotor blades and/or couplings between rotor blades and the rotor hubs of the aircraft. During forward flight the rotor blades can be folded down into recesses on the spinner. The spinner and fairings can provide aerodynamic advantages in addition to protection for sensitive components within the rotor and blades apparatus. This improves efficiency and allows the aircraft to fly faster.
Dock leveler with adjustable lip keepers
Patent No. 12662338
Inventor(s): Dor Gamliel (Dallas, TX, US), Jared W. Eller (Grapevine, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Overhead Door Corporation (Lewisville, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18332601 on 06/09/2023 (1110 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [B65G]
Abstract: A dock leveler for a loading dock. In some embodiments, the dock leveler may include a bridge assembly including a deck and a lip extendable from the deck, where the lip is pivotally movable between a stowed position and an extended position. The dock leveler may also include a frame supporting the bridge assembly. The dock leveler may also include a beam and a lip keeper. The beam may include a first end positioned proximate a front edge of the dock. The lip keeper assembly may be configured to selectively secure the lip in the stow position. The lip keeper assembly may be adjustably coupled to the beam permitting adjustment relative to the beam toward or away from the front edge of the dock.
Method for preparation of N-acetyl cysteine amide and derivatives thereof
Patent No. 12662449
Inventor(s): Anja Rubenstein (Florence, SC, US), Craig Sheehan (Boronia, , AU), Doug G. Johnson (Arvada, CO, US), G. Michael Wall (Fort Worth, TX, US), Josh Bolger (Florence, SC, US), Marcin Jakub Kowalczyk (Mitcham, , AU), Rodney Tucker (Hartsville, SC, US)
Assignee(s): Nacuity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18094459 on 01/09/2023 (1261 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [C07C]
Abstract: Presented herein are methods for making, isolating, and purifying N-acetylcysteine amide, (2R,2R)-3,3-disulfanediyl bis(2-acetamidopropanamide, diNACA), intermediates and derivatives thereof comprising: alternatively contacting cystine with methanol and a chlorinating reagent to form an organic solution containing L-cystine dimethylester dihydrochloride; combining dried or undried L-cystine dimethylester dihydrochloride with a triethylamine, an acetic anhydride, and an acetonitrile to form a di-N-acetylcystine dimethylester; mixing dried di-N-acetylcystine dimethylester with ammonium hydroxide to form a di-N-acetylcystine amide (diNACA); and separating dried di-N-acetylcystine dimethylester into N-acetylcysteine amide with dithiothreitol, triethylamine, and an alcohol.
Pro-antibody that reduces off-target toxicity
Patent No. 12662535
Inventor(s): Kuo-Fu Tseng (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): IMMUNELOGIC THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Beijing, , CN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17150626 on 01/15/2021 (1985 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [C07K]
Abstract: The present invention includes proteins, nucleic acids and methods of making and using an activatable antibody (aAb) comprising, in order, the following structure: a first light chain comprising: a first variable light region; a cleavable linker; a first heavy chain comprising: a first variable heavy region; wherein the cleavable linker prevents or reduces the first light chain and the first heavy chain from forming a first antigen binding site against a first antigen; and wherein cleavage of the cleavable linker releases the first heavy chain to allow formation of the first antigen binding site to bind a first antigen.
Wet anisotropic etching of silicon
Patent No. 12662627
Inventor(s): Simon Joshua Jacobs (Lucas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18604167 on 03/13/2024 (832 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [C09K]
Abstract: An alkaline etching solution comprising a hydroxide salt (e.g., an alkali metal hydroxide, an ammonium hydroxide, or a combination thereof), a polyol having at least three hydroxyl (OH) groups, and water. Also provided is a method of producing a semiconductor device by obtaining a semiconductor substrate having masked and unmasked surfaces; exposing the semiconductor substrate having the masked and unmasked surfaces to an alkaline etching solution, such that the unmasked surfaces of the substrate are anisotropically etched, wherein the alkaline etching solution comprises: a hydroxide salt; a polyol having at least three hydroxyl (OH) groups; and water; and performing additional processing to produce the semiconductor device.
Crenolanib for treating FLT3 mutated proliferative disorders associated mutations
Patent No. 12662706
Inventor(s): Vinay K. Jain (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Arog Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17667781 on 02/09/2022 (1595 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [C12Q]
Abstract:
Methods for adding a plurality of dopant batches to an ingot puller apparatus
Patent No. 12662749
Inventor(s): Benjamin Michael Meyer (Defiance, MO, US), Carissima Marie Hudson (Saint Charles, MO, US), Che-Min Chang (Taipei City, , TW), Chen-Yi Lin (Zhunan Township, , TW), Chun-Sheng Wu (Hsinchu City, , TW), Feng-Chien Tsai (Zhubei City, , TW), Hong-Huei Huang (Zhubei City, , TW), Hsien-Ta Tseng (Zhunan Township, , TW), Young Gil Jeong (Frisco, TX, US), Yu-Chiao Wu (Frontenac, MO, US)
Assignee(s): GlobalWafers, Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, , TW)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18323775 on 05/25/2023 (1125 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [C30B]
Abstract: Ingot puller apparatus for producing a doped single crystal silicon ingot are disclosed. The ingot puller apparatus includes a dopant feeder having a first dopant receptacle for holding a first batch of dopant and a second dopant receptacle for holding a second batch of dopant. A rotation mechanism rotates the first dopant receptacle to release the first batch of dopant into the crucible and rotates the second dopant receptacle to release the second batch of dopant into the crucible.
Steep slope roofing panel system and method
Patent No. 12662812
Inventor(s): Eric R. Anderson (Montclair, NJ, US), Walter R. Zarate (Prospect Park, NJ, US)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18619901 on 03/28/2024 (817 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [E04B]
Abstract: A steep slope roofing panel system includes an underlayment and a plurality of roofing panels installed atop the underlayment. The panels may be installed to provide both protection from the environment and watershedding. Alternatively, the panels and the underlayment may share the watershedding functions of the roof, with one as a primary watershedding component and the other as an auxiliary watershedding component. The roofing system may be custom manufactured off-site based upon predetermined measurements and characteristics of a roof and its protrusions. Alternatively, the roofing system may be custom manufactured at the job site based upon such measurements and characteristics. Each panel may be assigned to a location on the roof and may include imprinted instructions regarding cutting and/or bending the panel to form flashing, drip edges, or other features, as well as the panel”s location and installation sequence on the roof.
Roofing materials and roofing systems with improved fire resistance and methods of making thereof
Patent No. 12662817
Inventor(s): Adem Chich (Kearny, NJ, US), Isaac Bernard Rufus (Newark, DE, US), Michael Dougherty (Mount Arlington, NJ, US), Overton Williams (Paterson, NJ, US), Richard Chin (Livingston, NJ, US)
Assignee(s): BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17881980 on 08/05/2022 (1418 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [E04D]
Abstract: This invention, in embodiments, relates to a roll comprising a roofing material. The roofing material includes a substrate having a first side and a second side, and a film layer attached to at least one of the first side or the second side of the substrate, the film layer comprising a polymer and having a thickness of 0.5 mils to 100 mils. A single layer of the roofing material achieves a Class A rating for steep slope roofing systems when tested according to UL 790 and/or ASTM E-108 Standard Test Methods for Fire Tests of Roof Coverings. This invention, in embodiments, further relates to a roofing material and a steep slope roofing system.
Systems and methods for drilling using tool face values predicted with a multiple-input-single output (miso) model
Patent No. 12662883
Inventor(s): Jefferson Xu (Southlake, TX, US), John Jeremy Cantwell (Fredericksburg, TX, US), Kyle Stuart Huggins (Auburn, ME, US), William Edward Weideman (Waxahachie, TX, US)
Assignee(s): HELMERICH PAYNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Tulsa, OK, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18066880 on 12/15/2022 (1286 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [E21B]
Abstract: Embodiments provide various systems and methods for using operating parameters of a drilling system for improving a drilling performance of the drilling system, including monitoring, determining, predicting, and/or controlling tool face orientation, tool face wagging, returning the spindle to a neutral position, and spindle reaction time. These systems and methods may be used together in combination with one or more of the others, or all together in one combination, or may be used separately, and may be combined with one or more other systems of a drilling rig, such as a bit guidance system, an autoslide system, and/or one or more autodrill systems.
Wrench assembly bumper plate systems
Patent No. 12662886
Inventor(s): Dragan Radojevic (Azle, TX, US), Pavel Shpak (Azle, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC (Houston, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18678403 on 05/30/2024 (754 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [E21B]
Abstract: Example systems for wrench assembly bumper plates. One example system may comprise a wrench assembly for assisting with attaching drill segments to, and/or separating drill segments from, a drill string. The wrench assembly may comprise a pair of arms. Each arm may comprise a bumper plate. The bumper plate may be shaped to be removably mountable to either of the pair of arms in a location where the bumper plate receives impact force when the arm makes contact with a drill segment.
Lateral liner including a valved wiper plug assembly
Patent No. 12662898
Inventor(s): David Joe Steele (Carrollton, TX, US), Micah Janzen (Carrollton, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17954437 on 09/28/2022 (1364 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [E21B]
Abstract: Provided is a valved wiper plug assembly, a well system, and a method for cementing a lateral liner assembly. The valved wiper plug assembly may include a valved housing, a valve member coupled to the valved housing, the valve member configured to move between an open state to allow cementing and a closed state to catch debris falling from uphole of the valved housing, and a wiper plug assembly coupled to the valved housing proximate a downhole end of the valved housing.
Fluid flow control system employing a flow restrictor for control pressure
Patent No. 12662899
Inventor(s): Ibrahim El Mallawany (Al-Khobar, , SA), Michael Linley Fripp (Singapore, , SG), Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18461263 on 09/05/2023 (1022 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [E21B]
Abstract: A fluid flow control system, a well system, and a method. The fluid flow control system, in one aspect, includes a fluidic diode operable to receive production fluid having a pressure (P{b}3{/b}) and discharge control fluid having a control pressure (P{b}2{/b}), and a flow restrictor placed between the fluidic diode and the tubing, the flow restrictor configured to change the control pressure (P{b}2{/b}) to a higher control pressure (P{b}2{/b}{superscript}++{/superscript}) when the flow restrictor encounters higher viscosity fluids and is configured to change the control pressure (P{b}2{/b}) to a lower control pressure (P{b}2{/b}{superscript}+{/superscript}) when the flow restrictor encounters lower viscosity fluids. The fluid flow control system, in one aspect, further includes an inflow control device having a production fluid inlet, a control inlet operable to receive control fluid having the higher control pressure (P{b}2{/b}{superscript}++{/superscript}) or the lower control pressure (P{b}2{/b}{superscript}+{/superscript}), and a production fluid outlet.
Multilateral junction sleeve assembly employing an expandable metal anchor
Patent No. 12662906
Inventor(s): Adam Michael Pasicznyk (Spring, TX, US), Benjamin Luke Butler (Dubai, , AE), Brian Williams Cho (Spring, TX, US), Eulalio De Jesus Rosas Fermin (Spring, TX, US), Jamie Revelle Weber (Carrollton, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18897044 on 09/26/2024 (635 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [E21B]
Abstract: Provided is multilateral junction sleeve assembly, a well system, and a method. The multilateral junction sleeve assembly, in one aspect, includes a multilateral deflector assembly, the multilateral deflector assembly including a deflector body having a deflector face and an opening extending therethrough, as well as a deflector assembly sleeve coupled to an uphole end of the deflector body, the deflector assembly sleeve having a sidewall opening in a sidewall thereof aligned with the deflector face. The multilateral junction sleeve assembly in accordance with this aspect, further includes an expandable metal anchor positioned on a radial exterior surface of the deflector assembly sleeve, the expandable metal anchor including a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis to axially and rotationally fix the multilateral deflector assembly within a wellbore tubular.
Multilateral milling assembly employing degradable material
Patent No. 12662907
Inventor(s): Brian Williams Cho (Spring, TX, US), Jamie Revelle Weber (Carrollton, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18897136 on 09/26/2024 (635 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [E21B]
Abstract: Provided is a multilateral milling assembly, a well system, and a method. The multilateral milling assembly, in one aspect, includes a multilateral whipstock assembly, the multilateral whipstock assembly having a whipstock body with a whipface and an opening extending therethrough, and a two part milling and running tool coupled to the multilateral whipstock assembly, the two part milling and running tool including: a conveyance; a smaller assembly coupled to an end of the conveyance; and a larger bit assembly slidably coupled to the conveyance, the smaller assembly and larger bit assembly configured to slidingly engage one another downhole to form a combined bit assembly. The multilateral milling assembly, in accordance with this aspect, further includes degradable material axially fixing the smaller assembly relative to the whipstock body.
Multilateral junction assembly employing degradable material
Patent No. 12662908
Inventor(s): Brian Williams Cho (Spring, TX, US), Jamie Revelle Weber (Carrollton, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18897872 on 09/26/2024 (635 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [E21B]
Abstract: Provided is a multilateral junction assembly, a well system, and a method. The multilateral junction assembly, in one aspect, includes a transition sleeve assembly, the transition sleeve assembly including a transition sleeve body having a sidewall opening in a sidewall thereof, the sidewall opening configured to align with a main wellbore when the transition sleeve assembly is at least partially insert within a lateral wellbore, and degradable material positioned on a radial surface of the transition sleeve body covering the sidewall opening, the degradable material configured to degrade over time and uncover the sidewall opening.
Fluid coupling assemblies for a manifold of a hydraulic fracturing system and related methods
Patent No. 12662925
Inventor(s): Christopher Mark Koch (Joshua, TX, US), Michael James Cornelssen (Joshua, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Scout Surface Solutions LLC (Joshua, TX, US)
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Application No., Date, Speed: 18912878 on 10/11/2024 (620 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [E21B]
Abstract: Embodiments of a method include connecting an inner end of a base of a fluid coupling assembly to an outer surface of a manifold of a hydraulic fracturing system. The base includes an outer end opposite the inner end and a through-passage extending from the outer end to the inner end. In addition, the method includes inserting a coupling adapter into the through-passage from the outer end to compress the coupling adapter into the through-passage and to position a connection device of the coupling adapter outside of the through-passage at the outer end.
Detection of fluid losses or gains in managed pressure drilling operations
Patent No. 12662926
Inventor(s): Muran Han (Singapore, , SG), Yan Luo (Carrollton, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18738857 on 06/10/2024 (743 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [E21B]
Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to MPD well drilling methods, for example detecting fluid gains or losses even in transient conditions. For example, data relating to one or more parameter of the drilling system may be corrected/filtered using one or more technique. The corrected data can be used to calculate flowrate difference (DeltaFR), and possible fluid losses or gains in the system can be detected by calculating a virtual trip tank (VTT) using DeltaFR. In some embodiments, the technique can compensate for drillstring movement. In some embodiments, an adaptive moving average may be applied to the data to reduce noise. In some embodiments, bilateral filtering may be applied to the data, for example to address issues arising from movement of a choke in the drilling system. In some embodiments, updated baselines may be applied to remove any offset. Systems related to such methods are also disclosed.
Portable system for monitoring and controlling surface equipment
Patent No. 12662931
Inventor(s): Adam Harold Martin (Carrollton, TX, US), Adan H. Herrera (Carrollton, TX, US), Alexander Simon Chretien (Houston, TX, US), Dale E. Jamison (Houston, TX, US), Daniel Joshua Stark (Carrollton, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18082112 on 12/15/2022 (1286 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [E21B]
Abstract: A monitoring and control system for surface equipment used in industrial services is disclosed. The monitoring and control system may include one or more sensors configured to collect sensor data from the surface equipment, and one or more control devices configured to control one or more operations of the surface equipment. The monitoring and control system may include a data acquisition and control apparatus coupled with the one or more sensors and the one or more control devices. The data acquisition and control apparatus may be configured to receive the sensor data from the one or more sensors and transmit control information to the one or more control devices.
Sensor for quantifying production fluid percentage content
Patent No. 12662937
Inventor(s): Ibrahim El Mallawany (Al-Khobar, , SA), Michael Linley Fripp (Singapore, , SG), Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18990198 on 12/20/2024 (550 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [E21B]
Abstract: Provided is a downhole tool and a well system. The downhole tool, in one aspect, includes a tubular providing one or more production fluid flow paths for a production fluid. The downhole tool, according to this aspect, further includes one or more float chambers located within the tubular, and two or more floats located within the one or more float chambers. In one aspect, a first of the two or more floats has a first density ({subscript}1{/subscript}) between a density of gas ({subscript}g{/subscript}) and a density of oil ({subscript}o{/subscript}), and a second of the two or more floats has a second density ({subscript}2{/subscript}) between the density of oil ({subscript}o{/subscript}) and a density of water ({subscript}w{/subscript}). The downhole tool, according to this aspect, further includes two or more non-contact proximity sensors configured to sense a radial location of the two or more floats to determine a gas:oil ratio and oil:water ratio.
Remote gearbox lubricant level gauge system for rotorcraft
Patent No. 12663071
Inventor(s): Charles Eric Covington (Colleyville, TX, US), Nathaniel Ross Bernklau (Keller, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18316073 on 05/11/2023 (1139 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [F16H]
Abstract: An aircraft is described and includes an aircraft body, a gearbox housing containing a lubricant, and a remote gearbox lubricant level gauging (RGLLG) system including a light source that when activated illuminates an interior of the gearbox housing; at least one light tube for transmitting light from inside the gearbox housing to an observer end of the RGLLG system, and at least one indicator at the observer end of for indicating a level of the lubricant contained within the gearbox based on the light transmitted via the at least one light tube.
Diagnostics of HVAC system based on visual and sound signatures
Patent No. 12663173
Inventor(s): Eric Berg (The Colony, TX, US), Payam Delgoshaei (Addison, TX, US), Sridhar Venkatesh (Irving, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18299257 on 04/12/2023 (1168 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [F24F]
Abstract: A method for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system diagnostics includes, in response to determining that a triggering event has occurred, entering a filter diagnostics mode. A first instruction is sent to a thermostat to shut down an HVAC system. A user is instructed to locate and remove a filter. The filter is classified as acceptable or dirty. In response to classifying the filter as acceptable, the user is instructed to the turn on the HVAC system. In response to determining based on the triggering event that a desired mode is a cooling mode, a first value of a room temperature is determined. The user is instructed to set a temperature setpoint below the first value. A second value of the room temperature is determined. In response to determining that the second value is less than the first value, it is determined that the HVAC system operates properly.
System and method for evacuating a refrigerant leak in an HVAC system
Patent No. 12663191
Inventor(s): Patric Ananda Balan Thobias (Chennai, , IN), Sangameshwaran Sadhasivam (Kanchipuram, , IN), Vickey Bhardwaj (Kancheepuram, , IN)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18411785 on 01/12/2024 (893 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [F25B]
Abstract: A method for operating an HVAC system includes receiving a first loss of charge parameter and determining that a first refrigerant circuit includes a refrigerant leak based upon a comparison of a loss of charge threshold to the first loss of charge parameter. The method includes operating the HVAC system in a pump down mode in response to determining that the first refrigerant circuit includes the refrigerant leak. During the pump down mode, the method includes closing a first controllable valve configured downstream of a first circuit of condenser coils in the first refrigerant circuit, and wherein closing the first controllable valve causes a refrigerant to vent from a first pressure relief valve if a predetermined pressure threshold is exceeded, and wherein the first pressure relief valve is configured upstream of the first controllable valve and downstream of a first compressor in the first refrigerant circuit.
Self-adaptive thermal management systems and methods thereof
Patent No. 12663226
Inventor(s): Ercan M. Dede (Ann Arbor, MI, US), Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, MI, US), Xiaopeng Li (Ann Arbor, MI, US), Ziqi Yu (Ann Arbor, MI, US)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18381449 on 10/18/2023 (979 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [F28F]
Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a self-adaptive thermal management system. The thermal management system includes a first body, a second body, and a third body. The second body has a first layer and a second layer formed from a Weyl semimetal and a third layer sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer. The third layer is formed from a vanadium dioxide film. The second body is spaced apart from the first body. The third body is spaced apart from the second body. The second body is a modulator configured to transition between a metallic phase and an insulating phase dependent on a temperature to regulate a heat from the first body to the third body through the second body in a self-adaptive manner dependent on the temperature.
Systems and methods for characterizing road segment difficulty
Patent No. 12663274
Inventor(s): Aaron Douglas Miers (The Colony, TX, US), Anna D. Shelukha (Lewisville, TX, US), Joshua Daniel Payne (Ann Arbor, MI, US), Juan Angel Acosta Meza (The Colony, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota, , JP), Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18125969 on 03/24/2023 (1187 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G01C]
Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving vehicle control in relation to curved roadways. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to determining a route for a vehicle that is represented using points for navigating to a destination, identifying one or more curves along the route according to proximities of the points. The method includes generating difficulty indicators for respective ones of segments that include the one or more curves. The method includes providing the difficulty indicators as the vehicle encounters the respective ones of the segments that include the one or more curves.
Laser energy assisted breakdown spectroscopy (LEABS) coupled physics informed rapid, in-situ, and in-time compositional monitoring during high energy density input three-dimensional additive manufacturing
Patent No. 12663376
Inventor(s): Andrey Voevodin (Denton, TX, US), Brian Squires (Denton, TX, US), Narendra B. Dahotre (Denton, TX, US)
Assignee(s): UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (Denton, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18774264 on 07/16/2024 (707 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G01N]
Abstract: Chemical composition of a component fabricated using high energy density input based three-dimensional additive manufacturing is in-situ monitored in real time. Laser Energy Assisted Breakdown Spectroscopy (LEABS) is coupled with a rapid physics-informed peak identification algorithm (RPIPIA) to monitor the atomic composition of component material (metallic, intermetallic, ceramic and metallic or ceramic matrix composites) in pseudo-real time during its fabrication using high energy density (laser, ion beam, gas plasma, electric resistance/discharge, gas torch) input (HEDI) based additive manufacturing.
Particle-based sensors and methods using particle-based sensors for detection of analytes
Patent No. 12663416
Inventor(s): Haihang Ye (Dallas, TX, US), Jeffrey S. Kahn (Plano, TX, US), Leonidas Bleris (Allen, TX, US), Yaning Liu (Richardson, TX, US), Zhenpeng Qin (Allen, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17358688 on 06/25/2021 (1824 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G01N]
Abstract: The disclosure relates to particle-based assays for the detection of analytes. Using various combinations of particular technologies, including gold nanorods, silver nanoparticles, gold/silver nanoshells, gold/silver nanocages and nanobubble detection, enhanced detection limits can be achieved across a large range of analytes.
Extended virtual array in an automotive MIMO radar
Patent No. 12663505
Inventor(s): Noam Arkind (Givatayim, , IL), Ram Machness (Plano, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Arbe Robotics Ltd. (, , IL)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18701615 on 12/21/2022 (1280 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G01S]
Abstract: A novel and useful system and method for extending the virtual array of an existing MIMO automotive radar. In one embodiment, the virtual array is extended by adding one or more additional TX or RX antennas to the existing radar thereby improving the resolution in either azimuth or elevation or both. The additional antennas are added via one or more extender printed circuit boards (PCBs) that are connected to the main radar PCB. The one or more extender PCBs include the additional TX or RX antenna arrays and are adapted to be a set fixed distance in orientation from the main PCB in accordance with the desired virtual array. The one or more extender PCBs and main PCB are mounted in housings that are rigidly mechanically connected to each other. The local oscillator (LO) signal generated on the main PCB is fed to the one or more extender PCBs via any suitable signal connection including RF, electrical, or waveguide connections.
Optical devices having externally field-configurable splitting ratios and methods of using the same
Patent No. 12663602
Inventor(s): Andreas Matiss (Berlin, , DE), Carmi Shapira (D.N. Modiin, , IL), Eric Stephan ten Have (Berlin, , DE), Michael De Jong (Colleyville, TX, US)
Assignee(s): CORNING RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Corning, NY, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18102330 on 01/27/2023 (1243 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G02B]
Abstract: Field-configurable optical devices and methods are disclosed. In one example, a field-configurable optical device includes a housing defining an enclosure, a splitter disposed within the enclosure and having one or more splitter inputs and a plurality of splitter outputs, and a plurality of couplers within the enclosure. The field-configurable optical device includes a plurality of sets of split-ratio selection ports located at an exterior of the housing. The plurality of sets of split-ratio selection ports and the plurality of couplers are configured such that the power split ratio of the field-configurable optical device is established by connecting an input optical fiber to the coupler input port of a selected set of split-ratio selection ports, and connecting a pass-through optical fiber to the coupler pass-through port of the selected set of split-ratio selection ports.
Compact tri-band infrared afocal telescope
Patent No. 12663620
Inventor(s): Lan Sun (Allen, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Arlington, VA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18201241 on 05/24/2023 (1126 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G02B]
Abstract: An optical system includes an external common entrance pupil, a front multispectral objective lens group configured to receive and direct electromagnetic radiation in the multispectral infrared wavelengths, and a first beamsplitter configured to receive electromagnetic radiation from the front objective lens group. The first beamsplitter further is configured to reflect electromagnetic radiation in the short wave infrared (SWIR) wavelength and the middle wave infrared (MWIR) wavelength and to transmit electromagnetic radiation in the long wave infrared (LWIR) wavelength. The optical system further includes a second beamsplitter configured to receive electromagnetic radiation from the first beamsplitter. The second beamsplitter further is configured to reflect electromagnetic radiation in the SWIR wavelength and to transmit electromagnet radiation in the MWIR wavelength. The optical assembly further includes a spectral hybrid optics groups configured to direct spectrum beams in the LWIR wavelength band, the MWIR wavelength band and the SWIR wavelength.
Method and apparatus for retaining eyeglasses
Patent No. 12663660
Inventor(s): Gregory W. Carr (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18477605 on 09/29/2023 (998 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G02C]
Abstract: The present invention includes an apparatus and a method for retaining eyeglasses on a remote panel with a holding element positioned on the remote panel and a temple element positioned on the eyeglasses.
System and method for corrective action to achieve baseline condition
Patent No. 12663766
Inventor(s): Jerome Vaughan (Highland Village, TX, US), Vimalanath Thondarampattu Vasudevan (Lewisville, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Krber Supply Chain LLC (DFW Airport, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18163571 on 02/02/2023 (1237 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G05B]
Abstract: A system, method, and medium for corrective action to achieve baseline condition including a communication component and a processor. The communication component receives input data associated with one or more operating conditions of an equipment utilized for baseline activity and captures baseline data relating to a system baseline associated with a corrective action recommendation. The processor predicts an optimal operating condition based on at least one of a statistical model, a mathematical model, or a machine learning model of the equipment and determine the corrective action recommendation based on the optimal operating condition. The corrective action recommendation is associated with the system baseline. The processor also detects one or more anomalies from the baseline data deviating from the system baseline beyond a predetermined range, and re-evaluates the optimal operating condition based on the anomaly or anomalies.
Digital twin-based system and method for reducing peak power and energy consumption in a physical system
Patent No. 12663768
Inventor(s): Robert Horton (Lewisville, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board (DFW Airport, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18467569 on 09/14/2023 (1013 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G05B]
Abstract: A method includes identifying a route for passengers seeking to enter a building. The route includes at least one section of road for automobiles to access a building; or at least one access point inside the building for pedestrians to pass through. The method includes receiving traffic flow information corresponding to the route. The method includes determining whether the received traffic flow information corresponds to a condition that impedes the route, from among a set of pre-trained conditions. The method includes identifying and displaying a list of user-selectable state alternatives related to the condition that impedes the route, based on a determination that the received traffic flow information corresponds to the condition.
Three-dimensional printing system and method in compliance with a certification standard
Patent No. 12663779
Inventor(s): Ashley Raine Philbrick (San Antonio, TX, US), Breanna Nicole Allerkamp (Boerne, TX, US), Bryan J. Osterkamp (New Braunfels, TX, US), Carol Lyn Lawrence (Fair Oaks Ranch, TX, US), Courtney Evans (Forney, TX, US), Kristina Suniga-Cabrera (San Antonio, TX, US), Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX, US), Pooja Krishnaswamy (McKinney, TX, US)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18203531 on 05/30/2023 (1120 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G05B]
Abstract: A three-dimensional parts system includes a three-dimensional printer configured to print a part for a consumer and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a request to print the part, determine that the part is qualified for three-dimensional printing in compliance with a certification standard, output a first signal to the three-dimensional printer to initiate printing of the part, output a second signal to prompt the consumer to submit information related to the part, and determine that the part complies with the certification standard based on the information submitted by the consumer.
Digital co-pilot
Patent No. 12663799
Inventor(s): Francis X. Govers, III (North Richland Hills, TX, US), Kevin Christensen (Plano, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18640941 on 04/19/2024 (795 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G05D]
Abstract: A system and method for a digital co-pilot are provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of inputs from a vehicle operating systems, wherein the plurality of inputs comprise engine parameters, control system parameters, or electrical system parameters, identifying one or more first trends in the plurality of inputs, diagnosing one or more first potential conditions based on the first trends, determining a first course of action based on diagnosing the one or more potential conditions, and generating one or more first commands to vehicle controls based on determining the first course of action.
Frequency spread spectrum (FSS) oscillator
Patent No. 12663822
Inventor(s): Liang Zhang (Beijing, , CN), Xinyu Yin (Fengtai, , CN), Yutao Wang (Rizhao, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18749200 on 06/20/2024 (733 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G05F]
Abstract: In examples, an oscillator comprises a reference voltage generator circuit configured to increase and decrease a reference voltage responsive to each pulse of a clock signal based on a comparison of the reference voltage to upper and lower boundaries. The oscillator also comprises an oscillation circuit coupled to the reference voltage generator circuit and configured to provide the clock signal, the clock signal having a frequency that varies based on the reference voltage.
Memory allocator
Patent No. 12663930
Inventor(s): Avi Sammy Berkovich (Herzliya, , IL), Yaron Alpert (Hod-Hasharon, , IL), Yoav Ben Yehezkel (Netanya, , IL)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18408023 on 01/09/2024 (896 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus includes a data store and a controller. The is communicatively coupled to the data store. The controller is configured to receive a request to allocate a memory cluster, the request indicating a requested memory attribute other than a requested size of the memory cluster. The controller is also configured to, responsive to receipt of the request, determine, based on one or more memory attributes of a plurality of memories accessible by the apparatus, an available memory from among the plurality of memories, the available memory capable of providing the requested memory attribute. The controller is also configured to, responsive to determining the available memory, make a memory allocation decision.
System and method for enrollment into patient service programs
Patent No. 12663993
Inventor(s): James C. Rowe, III (Sugar Hill, GA, US), Karen Jeanne Tirozzi (Boston, MA, US), Matthew Hoffman (Bluffton, SC, US), Mohd Nasir Ali (Southlake, TX, US), Naresh Aggarwal (Oak Park, CA, US)
Assignee(s): CareMetx, LLC (Bethesda, MD, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19035796 on 01/23/2025 (516 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G16H]
Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an intelligent network to onboard patients to specialty medications are described herein.
Methods and apparatus to boot from block devices
Patent No. 12663997
Inventor(s): Kedar Chitnis (Bangalore, , IN), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bangalore, , IN), Prithvi Shankar Yeyyadi Anantha (Bangalore, , IN), Shailesh Ghotgalkar (Bengaluru, , IN), Sriramakrishnan Govindarajan (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18809646 on 08/20/2024 (672 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: An example device includes a first interface configured to couple to a first memory that is configured to store an image that includes a set of slices; a second interface configured to couple to a second memory; and a direct memory access circuit coupled to the first and second interfaces. The direct memory access circuit receives a transaction that specifies a read of a slice of the set of slices; and based on the transaction, reads the slice from the first memory; performs operations to the slice; and stores the slice in the second memory.
Methods and apparatus for generating at least one configuration using an intelligence model in a computing network
Patent No. 12664003
Inventor(s): Aditya Khedkar (Richardson, TX, US), Ashley Garcia (Floresville, TX, US), Bryan Smith (Irving, TX, US), Kevin Carfa (Dallas, TX, US), Michael Johnson (Richardson, TX, US), Patrick Garcia (Prosper, TX, US)
Assignee(s): SRS Distribution Inc. (McKinney, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19284239 on 07/29/2025 (329 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for generating at least one configuration using an intelligence model. An exemplary method includes: determining a first user accesses a first system; receiving, from the first user, a first selection comprising a first configuration option; transmitting a first configuration object for display on a first user interface; receiving, from the first user, a first input comprising location data; receiving, from the first user, a second input comprising a computing group; receiving, from the first user, a third input comprising at least one customization selection; generating, using a first intelligence model, based on the first input, the second input, and the third input, at least one configuration, wherein a first configuration comprised in the at least one configuration comprises at least one item and security data; ranking the at least one configuration; and transmitting the at least one configuration for display on the first user interface.
Distributed regulatory tanglegraph consortium system for executing processes in a virtual computing environment
Patent No. 12664009
Inventor(s): Elvis Nyamwange (Little Elm, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17845409 on 06/21/2022 (1463 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a distributed regulatory tanglegraph consortium system for executing processes in a virtual computing environment. A computing platform may receive a rule from a rulemaking body. The computing platform may parse the rule to identify a virtual computing environment service and/or virtual computing environment product that the rule may affect. The computing platform may separate the rules into groups, wherein each group may correspond to a different virtual computing environment service and/or virtual computing environment product. If the computing platform determines the rule may be non-essential to virtual computing environment transactions, the computing platform might not process the rule. If the computing platform determines the rule may be essential to virtual computing environment transactions, the computing platform may transmit the rules to a device associated with the virtual computing environment service and/or virtual computing environment product that the rule may affect.
Decentralized scheduler of computation jobs for unstable network of heterogenous nodes
Patent No. 12664024
Inventor(s): Alexander Shilov (Weatogue, CT, US), Franklin R. Tanner (Leesburg, VA, US), Massimiliano L. Chiodo (Oakland, CA, US), Trevor D. Davis (Melissa, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Charlotte, NC, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18126170 on 03/24/2023 (1187 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: A decentralized scheduler node for an unstable network of heterogenous nodes collects status information including a resource capacity of each of a network of nodes with which it is in communication. For each current computation job in its input queue, the scheduler node determines which connected nodes have suitable resource capacity to execute the current job and a reliability of each suitable node based on statistical evaluation of its historical availability for job deployment. From the set of suitably powerful and reliable candidate nodes, the scheduler node selects a candidate node of sufficient resource capacity for deployment of the current job based on the probability of a subsequent job appearing during the execution time of the current job, the subsequent job having an equivalent or greater resource requirement and thus at risk of waiting in the input queue if the selected node is required for executing the subsequent job.
Dynamic computing platform for real-time data container generation, authorization, and throttling management
Patent No. 12664027
Inventor(s): Mahesh Bhashetty (Plainsboro, NJ, US), Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX, US), Padmanabhan Iyer (Cos Cob, CT, US), Paul Roscoe (Treuddyn Flintshire, , GB)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18125240 on 03/23/2023 (1188 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to real-time management of data container generation, authorization, and throttling. In some embodiments, a computing platform may receive and store data container management files, each associated with a different data container. The computing platform may thereafter receive a first data container and retrieve a first data container management file associated with the first data container. The computing platform may perform a preliminary analysis of the first data container to determine whether the first data container is complete. If the first data container is incomplete, the computing platform may send one or more analysis messages to a data container generation module to queue the first data container and retrieve an identification element associated with a missing data set. The computing platform may then retrieve the missing data set and generate an updated first data container by supplementing the first data container with the missing data set.
Power and energy optimization across distributed cloud environment
Patent No. 12664031
Inventor(s): Amandeep Singh (Carrollton, TX, US), Eric Lee Gose (Dallas, TX, US), Juel Daniel Raju (Garland, TX, US), Mathews Thomas (Flower Mound, TX, US), Praveen Jayachandran (Bangalore, , IN), Sai Srinivas Gorti (Irving, TX, US), Sharath Prasad Krishna Prasad (Flower Mound, TX, US), Utpal Mangla (Toronto, , CA), Venkatesh Ashok Rao Rao (Natick, MA, US)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17970023 on 10/20/2022 (1342 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: An approach for managing workload deployment in a distributed network, including edge computing is provided. The approach includes deploying several modules, such as, EMM (energy management module), LDM (localized deployment manager) and EDM (edge deployment manager). These modules will be constantly monitoring and managing the energy consumption at the edge nodes under their purview and communicate with other modules to develop a holistic energy management system (e.g., energy policies, energy algorithms, energy plans, etc.) to ensure the most effective energy management of workload is implemented.
Methods and apparatus for real-time trip sequence detection for cascaded trip events
Patent No. 12664068
Inventor(s): Karthikeyan Rajamanickam (Bangalore, , IN), Manish Bhardwaj (Poughkeepsie, NY, US), Venkatesh Natarajan (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18217169 on 06/30/2023 (1089 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for real-time trip sequence detection for cascaded trip events. An example integrated circuit device includes trip detector circuitry, a first counter, a first memory, a second counter, a second memory, and control circuitry in communication with the trip detector circuitry, the control circuitry to, in response to a first trigger detected by the fault detector circuit, store a value of the first counter in the first memory, and in response to a second trigger detected by the fault detector circuit, store a value of the second counter in the second memory. The trip detector circuitry will continue the same detection, identification and counter storage logic for the subsequent triggers limited only by the available storage capacity.
In-memory hierarchical representation of data values
Patent No. 12664143
Inventor(s): Charles Vollmer (Spring, TX, US), Dipanwita Mallick (San Jose, CA, US), Lance Keith Kelley (Spring, TX, US), Nithin Singh Mohan (Spring, TX, US), Saptashwa Mitra (Spring, TX, US), Thomas Scott Ragland (Plano, TX, US), Vanessa Zambrano (Seattle, WA, US)
Assignee(s): Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18900210 on 09/27/2024 (634 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: In some examples, a system receives data values related to a computing environment, and produces, in a memory, an in-memory representation of the data values comprising a hierarchical arrangement of bins, where a bin of the bins includes a statistical metric based on an aggregate of a subrange of the data values, and the bins at different hierarchical levels of the hierarchical arrangement of bins represent different resolutions at which the data values are aggregated. The system receives, a query requesting a computation, the query comprising a query filter. The system identifies a hierarchical level of the different hierarchical levels of the hierarchical arrangement of bins based on the query filter, and performs the computation using bins at the identified hierarchical level.
Machine learning-driven system architecture automation
Patent No. 12664157
Inventor(s): Bhavik Shah (Adie, VA, US), Juliana Carroll (Pinehurst, NC, US), Kiran Ramineni (Oakton, VA, US), Subra Seshadri (Broadlands, VA, US), Vara Kuppam (Coppell, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Fannie Mae (Washington, DC, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19032884 on 01/21/2025 (518 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: A system includes non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions and an electronic processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a query from a user device, generate a query embedding based on the query, select artifact embeddings from a set of artifact embeddings based on a closeness between each artifact embedding and the query embedding, the query embedding and the set of artifact embeddings being in a same feature space, retrieve a knowledge graph from a data store, the knowledge graph including nodes representing artifacts corresponding to the selected artifact embeddings and edges representing semantic relationships between the artifacts, provide an input including a representation of the query, the selected artifact embeddings, and the knowledge graph to a generative model to generate an output, and transmit the output to the user device.
Systems and methods for providing shared access to physical assets using biometrics
Patent No. 12664243
Inventor(s): Ashok Singal (Henderson, NV, US), Dan Skowronek (Prosper, TX, US)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18639321 on 04/18/2024 (796 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: A method may include: an access control computer program receiving a third-party registration comprising a biometric from a third party; the access control computer program receiving an asset owner registration comprising an identification of a physical asset, an identification of a physical asset access control device that controls access to the physical asset, and an identification of the third party to access the physical asset; the access control computer program receiving, from the physical asset access control device, a biometric from the third party; the access control computer program comparing the biometric received from the physical asset access control device to the biometric in the third-party registration; and the access control computer program instructing the physical asset access control device to grant access to the physical asset in response to the biometric received from the physical asset access control device matching the biometric in the third-party registration.
Biometric recognition and transaction engine apparatuses, processes and systems
Patent No. 12664244
Inventor(s): Deepak Jain (Murphy, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Wink Inc. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18645331 on 04/24/2024 (790 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: The Biometric Recognition and Transaction Engine Apparatuses, Processes and Systems (”BRTE”) transforms enrollment input, authentication input datastructure/inputs via BRTE components into enrollment output, authentication output outputs. A device identifying datastructure associated with a user”s device is obtained. A device search is executed on a device graph database to determine a device record corresponding to the device and a device token is retrieved. A user identifying media datastructure structured as a media stream is obtained. A face print datastructure and a voice print datastructure are generated. A user seed identifying datastructure is obtained and analyzed to determine a user token. A set of face token records and a set of voice token records linked with the user token are determined. A face match score and a voice match score are determined and analyzed to authenticate the user. A login token indicating successful authentication is generated and provided for the device.
Automatic data layering
Patent No. 12664296
Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX, US), Sanjeev Verma (Harrisburg, NC, US)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18199408 on 05/19/2023 (1131 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: Apparatus and methods to automatically layer data are provided. An automatic data layering program may receive access to multiple quanta of data. The program may automatically analyze and categorize each quanta of data with a corresponding level of access. The program may transfer each quanta of data so that various data stores may each only have data with the same level of access stored within. The program may receive a request to access data from a user. The program may determine the user”s level of access and authorize access to the user to data corresponding with the user”s level of access. The program may create a three-dimensional map or display of available data.
Techniques for preventing prohibited access to secure content
Patent No. 12664299
Inventor(s): Ajmal Karuthakantakath (Flower Mound, TX, US), Jordan Donais (Little Elm, TX, US), Reuben John (Mountain House, CA, US), Robin Mathews (Bellevue, WA, US), Sanjiv Yajnik (McLean, VA, US), Suresh Navayamkunnil Raghavan (McKinney, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19017391 on 01/10/2025 (529 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: Systems and methods for improving access to and control of secure content. To prevent undesired data sharing/access (e.g., prohibited downloads, 4th, 5th-party sharing), access rules can be assigned to documents upon creation. These access rules specify the operations that can be performed to a document, who can perform those operations, and when those documents can be accessed to perform the operations. For each document, a separate container instance may be generated which can store the document comprising the private data. Each authorized user may be provided with their own container instance. Unique cryptographic keys may be generated for each container instance to allow those authorized users to securely connect to their respective container instances. This additional layer of protection (i.e., access rules linked to documents and unique keys for each document/client) allows for granular monitoring of the private data to prevent prohibited access attempts.
Integrated logging library for obfuscating sensitive information
Patent No. 12664311
Inventor(s): Pedro Betancourt (McKinney, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18622518 on 03/29/2024 (816 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: In some implementations, a device may configure, for a component that uses a platform, a logging library that is associated with a logging framework configured for the platform, wherein the logging library is configured to obfuscate the sensitive data. The device may obtain, for the component, component data via the platform, wherein the component data is associated with one or more operations of the component. The device may generate, via the logging framework, log data that includes obfuscated data generated via the logging library based on obtaining the component data, wherein the obfuscated data obfuscates any sensitive information in the log data. The device may perform, via the component, one or more actions using the log data.
Machine learning-based selective incarnation of computer-aided design objects
Patent No. 12664337
Inventor(s): George Allen (Okinawa, , JP), Hiren Dedhia (Santa Ana, CA, US), Suraj Ravi Musuvathy (Princeton Junction, NJ, US)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17777525 on 12/05/2019 (2392 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: A computing system may include an instance identification engine configured to determine a selected subset of pattern instances of a programmatic pattern used to represent a geometry of a computer-aided design (CAD) object, including by identifying a CAD operation to perform on the CAD object; determining a sampled point set in the CAD object applicable to the CAD operation; providing the sampled point set as an input to an inversion machine-learning (ML) model trained to output a given pattern instance of the programmatic pattern for an input point of the CAD object; and determining, as the selected subset, an output set of pattern instances provided by the inversion ML model for the sampled point set. The system may also include an object incarnation engine configured to incarnate a geometry of the selected subset of pattern instances to perform the CAD operation on the CAD object.
Methods and devices for accelerating a transformer with a sparse attention pattern
Patent No. 12664410
Inventor(s): Lingzhi Liu (San Jose, CA, US), Yang Liu (San Jose, CA, US), Yongxiong Ren (San Jose, CA, US), Zhendong Wang (Plano, TX, US)
Assignee(s): BEIJING TRANSTREAMS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD. search (Beijing, , CN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17513838 on 10/28/2021 (1699 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06N]
Abstract: A method and an apparatus for accelerating a transformer with a sparse attention pattern are provided. The method includes that a heterogeneous device including one or more GPUs loads a first matrix, a second matrix, and a transformed sparsity mask into a first sampled dense-dense matrix multiplication (SDDMM) kernel in a sparse attention module in the transformer and generates a first output based on the first matrix, the second matrix, and the transformed sparsity mask by the first SDDMM kernel, generates a second output by a softmax kernel in the sparse attention module based on the first output, loads the second output, a third matrix, and the transformed sparsity mask into a matrix multiplication kernel in the sparse attention module, and generates an output of the sparse attention module.
Hierarchical multi-level model distillation
Patent No. 12664433
Inventor(s): Ganesh Prasad Bhat (West Orange, NJ, US), Nikhil Arunkumar Joshi (Dallas, TX, US), Venkata Uttam Kumar Chunduri (Jersey City, NJ, US), Yinan Zhai (New York City, NY, US), Zainab Vora (Jersey City, NJ, US)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19372996 on 10/29/2025 (237 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06N]
Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for hierarchical multi-level model distillation that create specialized artificial intelligence models from large language models. A hierarchy for generating specialized generative models from a large language model is determined, including models associated with different categories and complexity levels for tasks with varying computational requirements. The specialized models are trained using the large language model based on specific categories to provide responses to category-related requests. Each model is pruned based on complexity levels to enable responses to requests of varying complexity. The models are quantized from common precision factors to corresponding precision factors associated with complexity levels. Deployment locations are determined for each pruned model based on complexity levels. Specialized models are transmitted to corresponding locations for deployment across diverse computational environments.
Systems and methods for automatically retraining machine learning models to remove systematic bias
Patent No. 12664473
Inventor(s): Amit K. Bothra (Wildwood, MO, US), Rahul Rajendran (Hackensack, NJ, US), Sandip Sonawane (Champaign, IL, US), Vijay Sai Kondamadugu (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Evernorth Strategic Development, Inc. (St. Louis, MO, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18112088 on 02/21/2023 (1218 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06N]
Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes generating a candidate machine learning model. The candidate machine learning model is configured to generate probability scores for members. The method includes training the candidate machine learning model using an initial data set, testing the candidate machine learning model to generate performance metrics indicative of a bias value correlated to the candidate machine learning model, and determining whether the performance metrics are below a threshold. In response to determining that the performance metrics are below the threshold the method includes generating a proxy feature based on the bias value, adding the proxy feature to the candidate machine learning model, calculating weights based on the bias value, updating the initial data set using the weights to generate an updated data set, and retraining the candidate machine learning model using the updated data set.
System and method for intermodal facility management
Patent No. 12664490
Inventor(s): Gregory Edward Kolesar (Fort Worth, TX, US), Joseph C. Lumbert (Fort Worth, TX, US), Mitchel Varela (Fort Worth, TX, US), Robert Cleveland Darwin, II (Arlington, TX, US)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17725366 on 04/20/2022 (1525 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06Q]
Abstract: An intermodal facility management system for facilitating delivery, pickup, facility access, and cargo management is presented. The system can receive data from clients within proximity of one or more wireless beacons. The system can capture data from clients that ingress or egress into or out of a facility, respectively, and validate received data with the captured data. The system can enable cargo transfer optimization by forecasting client arrival times to particular destination locations, and the forecasting can account for access point delays, such as can be due to an authentication process. The system can provide a measure of redundancy in ensuring that particular cargo is being sent to proper locations, and the system can further prompt facility personnel to ensure that cargo is accessible and ready for dispatch upon arrival of any given client.
Systems and methods for using limited use tokens based on resource specific rules
Patent No. 12664536
Inventor(s): Gerardo Gean (Plano, TX, US), Raghu Vudathu (Downingtown, PA, US)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18060828 on 12/01/2022 (1300 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06Q]
Abstract: Systems and methods for using limited use tokens based on resource specific rules are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for minting limited use tokens may include: (1) receiving, at a token minting computer program and from a customer, a request to generate a limited use token for a third-party provider; (2) identifying, by the token minting computer program, use restrictions and/or limits on the limited use token using a trained machine learning engine, wherein the trained machine learning engine is trained with historical data; (3) minting, by the token minting computer program, the limited use token; (4) associating, by the token minting computer program, the use restrictions and/or limits with the limited use token and storing the association in a database; and (5) sending, by the token minting computer program, the limited use token to the third-party provider.
Systems and methods for providing notifications to devices
Patent No. 12664557
Inventor(s): Angelina Huynh (Reston, VA, US), Beth Shoup (Mechanicsville, VA, US), Cara Jo Rawls (Midlothian, VA, US), DiAndrea Kessee (Hickory Creek, TX, US), Erin Ruppert (Arlington, VA, US), Jacob Vernon Theodore Yingling (Richmond, VA, US), Joshua Meyer Wilbur (Potomac, MD, US), Lingyu Chu (Ashburn, VA, US), Maria-Andrea Gerling-Ospina (Charlottesville, VA, US), Merin J. Samuel (Frisco, TX, US), Michael Keating (Washington, DC, US), Narayana Rao Pagolu (Plano, TX, US), Naveed Khan (Bowie, MD, US), Nicole M. Weaver (Chesterfield, VA, US), Troy Friedlander (Washington, DC, US), Victor Raul Lopez Vargas (Washington, DC, US)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18747438 on 06/18/2024 (735 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06Q]
Abstract: A system for providing notifications to client devices that includes one or more processors and one or more storage devices. The storage devices may store instructions that, when executed, configure the processors to perform operations. The operations include receiving a transaction notification from a third party; identifying a user account associated with the transaction notification; generating a push notification with a payload describing instructions to display a message and an interactive icon, and a resource identifier associated with the interactive icon, where the resource identifier includes a message ID encoding an interactive session and an action ID encoding a requested action. The operations also include transmitting the push notification to a client device associated with the user account; receiving a first indication indicating a user interaction with the interactive icon, the first indication having the resource identifier and updating the user account based on the action request.
Multi-frame likelihood-based adaptive bad pixel correction in image processing applications or other applications
Patent No. 12664620
Inventor(s): Hamid R. Sheikh (Allen, TX, US), Madhuri Suthar (Frisco, TX, US), Nguyen Thang Long Le (Garland, TX, US), Tyler Luu (Richardson, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18480829 on 10/04/2023 (993 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06T]
Abstract: A method includes obtaining multiple input image frames and generating bad pixel maps associated with different ones of the input image frames. Each bad pixel map is generated using first and second adaptive thresholds that are based on statistical properties of image data contained in a specified operation window within the associated input image frame. The method also includes generating at least one refined bad pixel map using the bad pixel maps associated with two or more of the input image frames. The method further includes using one or more coordinates of one or more bad pixels identified in the at least one refined bad pixel map to update one or more pixel values of at least one of the input image frames.
Automatic body movement recognition and association system including smoothing, segmentation, similarity, pooling, and dynamic modeling
Patent No. 12664821
Inventor(s): Mohamed Elwazer (Dallas, TX, US), Muthulakshmi Chandrasekaran (Dallas, TX, US), Vinay Mishra (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): KinTrans, Inc. (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17858051 on 07/05/2022 (1449 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06V]
Abstract: An automatic body movement recognition and association system that uses two dimensional (2D) and/or three dimensional (3D) skeletal joint information from at least one of a stand-alone depth-sensing image capture device, sensor, wearable sensor, video, and/or video streams that detects the body movements of a user. The automatic body movement recognition and association system can perform various processes on the body movement data, such as smoothing, segmentation, similarity, pooling, and dynamic modeling.
Motion-based transport assessment
Patent No. 12664830
Inventor(s): Felipe G. Salles (Garland, TX, US), Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri (McKinney, TX, US), Joshua V. Marasigan (Carrollton, TX, US), Robert D. Slater (Murphy, TX, US)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18534680 on 12/10/2023 (926 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of obtaining, by a moving vehicle, a first data including one or more of at least one first video and at least one first image of a moving transport, analyzing the first data, by the moving vehicle, to determine an initial issue, querying, by the moving vehicle, a server for a second data based on the analyzing, wherein the second data is one or more of at least one second video and at least one second image of the moving transport at a previous time, verifying, by the moving vehicle, an issue exists based on a delta above a threshold between the first data and the second data, and sending, by the moving vehicle, the verified issue to the server.
Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for enabling contactless authentication techniques to facilitate access to assets
Patent No. 12664843
Inventor(s): Ana Maldonado Wittman (San Antonio, TX, US), Gregory D. Hansen (Fuquay-Varina, NC, US), Shayla L. Callis (Simi Valley, CA, US), Subhalakshmi Selvam (Allen, TX, US)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17733767 on 04/29/2022 (1516 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G07C]
Abstract: A system for enabling contactless authentication techniques to facilitate access to one or more assets is disclosed. The system may receive a transaction request of at least one user involving physical delivery of an asset. The system may verify the transaction request and in response to verifying the transaction request, schedule a transaction including physical delivery of the asset. The system may determine one or more contactless authentication techniques to be used in connection with the transaction. The system may complete the transaction, according to the schedule and authentication of the at least one user, based on the one or more contactless authentication techniques.
Self-checkout workflow management system
Patent No. 12664863
Inventor(s): Charles Ray Kirk (Raleigh, NC, US), Evgeny Shevtsov (Plano, TX, US), Judith L. Atallah (Raleigh, NC, US), Michelle M. Crompton (Raleigh, NC, US)
Assignee(s): TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC. (Durham, NC, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19005747 on 12/30/2024 (540 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G07G]
Abstract: Techniques to reconfigure self-checkout kiosks based on workflow interaction metrics. A measure of interaction is determined for at least a portion of a workflow during a transaction at a self-checkout kiosk. The self-checkout kiosk is configured to output one or more communications via one or more graphical user interface (GUI) screens associated with the workflow. A communication level is set for the workflow for the transaction. The communication level is determined based on the measure of interaction and without requiring an intervention. A next communication to output is determined based on the communication level. The transaction is executed at the self-checkout kiosk.
Method, device and system of a sensor integrated computing platform of a firefighter air replenishment system for remote monitoring and access thereof
Patent No. 12664870
Inventor(s): Anthony J. Turiello (Westlake, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Rescue Air Systems, Inc. (San Carlos, CA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18197114 on 05/15/2023 (1135 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G08B]
Abstract: Disclosed are a method, a device and a system of a sensor integrated safety system based computing platform. The computing platform is executed on a data processing device and integrated with a set of sensors associated with components of a safety system In accordance therewith, the data processing device collects a number of parameters of the components of the safety system and/or of access thereof through detection of the number of parameters via the set of sensors. The number of parameters includes one or more parameter(s) related to breathable air from a source within the safety system supplied thereacross via a fixed piping system implemented therein and/or access of the breathable air. The data processing device also monitors the safety system and/or one or more components thereof based on the collected number of parameters.
Automated holography using WiFi radiation for interior mapping
Patent No. 12664871
Inventor(s): Kade Lee Scott (McKinney, TX, US)
Assignee(s): T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, KS, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18528369 on 12/04/2023 (932 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G08B]
Abstract: Automated holography using WiFi radiation may be triggered by an event such as a shooting, weather event, fire, or mass casualty. A method begins with sensors detecting a triggering event. The sensors may be mounted on access points, buildings, or other nearby structures. The sensors may be of different types, including aural sensors for detecting noises, such as gunshots, visual sensors, vibration sensors, and the like. The sensors then contact nodes within a predetermined distance of the triggering event using a network router. Additional nodes may include other access nodes within the predetermined distance, relays, repeaters, other network routers, and user devices. After contacting the applicable nodes, automatic mapping of an interior of the location of the triggering event is performed using WiFi radiation. The interior mapping of the location of the triggering event is then transmitted to at least one emergency service.
Location-indicating smoke detection arrangement
Patent No. 12664876
Inventor(s): Corey Platner (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18603904 on 03/13/2024 (832 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G08B]
Abstract: A location-indicating smoke detection arrangement includes a central control arrangement and a plurality of location-indicating smoke detection units, each of which includes a housing, a sensor, a light emitter, a reset switch, a battery, a processor, and a speaker designed to emit sounds, including an alarm sound, a low-battery sound, and a location message. The location message is emitted when the alarm sound or the low-battery sound is activated to inform persons of the room in which the location-indicating smoke detection arrangement is located.
Incorporating the actions of an ego driver when affected by unsafe driving
Patent No. 12664883
Inventor(s): Emrah Akin Sisbot (Mountain View, CA, US), Sachin Sharma (Kalamazoo, MI, US), Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, CA, US), Yongkang Liu (Mountain View, CA, US)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18531520 on 12/06/2023 (930 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G08G]
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for incorporating an ego driver”s style and reactions into unsafe driving detection and mitigation. The system can determine a presence of an unsafe driving condition for a vehicle and evaluate the unsafe driving condition to generate one or more characteristics associated with the unsafe driving condition. One or more driver actions associated with the one or more characteristics can be determined based on information from a database of driver actions. The system can determine a conflict between one of the driver actions and guidance associated with the unsafe driving condition and update the guidance based on the determined conflict.
Speed enforcement data collection and mapping
Patent No. 12664888
Inventor(s): John Miller (Lewisville, TX, US), Russell D. Kautz (Lewisville, TX, US), Sanford Damasco (McKinney, TX, US), Stanley A. Walker (Flower Mound, TX, US), Steven F. Hocker (Gardner, KS, US)
Assignee(s): APPLIED CONCEPTS, INC. (Richardson, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19245784 on 06/23/2025 (365 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G08G]
Abstract: A system for processing vehicle speed data is disclosed that includes a plurality of speed data systems operating on one or more electronic devices, each speed data system configured to detect vehicle speeds, to generate vehicle speed data for each vehicle and to transmit the vehicle speed data to a central data processing system. The central data processing system operating on one or more electronic devices and configured to receive the vehicle speed data, to transmit user interface control data to a remote device, and to process the vehicle speed data as a function of user-entered data from the remote device to generate a display that incorporates the processed speed data.
Systems and methods for responding to a negotiation request for cooperative maneuvering among connected vehicles
Patent No. 12664890
Inventor(s): Hao M. Wang (Mountain View, CA, US), Onur Altintas (Mountain View, CA, US), Sergei S. Avedisov (Mountain View, CA, US)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18368701 on 09/15/2023 (1012 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G08G]
Abstract: An ego vehicle includes a controller configured to obtain a maneuver message from a first remote vehicle, which includes a negotiation request related to a maneuver to be performed by the first remote vehicle, determine a degree of conflict based on a position and a velocity of the ego vehicle, and driving information of the first remote vehicle, determine whether to accept the negotiation request based on the degree of conflict, send a maneuver message including an alternative suggestion to the first remote vehicle in response to determining to reject the negotiation request, and control the ego vehicle based on a negotiation result.
AI-driven system and methods for 3D medical image disease detection
Patent No. 12665073
Inventor(s): Aviraj Sinha (Dallas, TX, US), Lucas L. Stamatis (Mineola, TX, US), Sajed M. Khan (Prosper, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Cornerstone Eagle LLC (Desoto, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19200539 on 05/06/2025 (413 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G16H]
Abstract: The disclosure provides a unified system and method for analyzing 3D medical images through probabilistic masking, multimodal embedding generation, anomaly detection, and reinforcement learning-based refinement. The methods comprise applying ailment-aware probabilistic masking to 3D medical scans using prior distributions of known abnormalities to retain diagnostically relevant voxel regions. The masked scans are encoded into latent vectors using a vision transformer encoder, while associated textual medical reports are encoded using a language model; both are mapped into a shared embedding space. Anomaly detection is performed through (1) a temporal comparison method based on differences in patient embeddings across time, and (2) a similarity-based method comparing current embeddings to a database of known abnormal cases using cosine similarity. Reinforcement learning is applied to refine embeddings using human expert feedback, including corrected annotations and textual clarifications, allowing dynamic adjustment of thresholds and encoder parameters. This adaptive framework supports efficient, scalable, and accurate medical diagnosis across a variety of imaging modalities.
Data and high voltage power network with consolidated enclosure
Patent No. 12665107
Inventor(s): Jeffrey Oberski (Lucas, TX, US), Ronna Davis (Henderson, NV, US), Scott Keith (Plano, TX, US), Wayne Hopkinson (Hickory, NC, US)
Assignee(s): CommScope Technologies LLC (Claremont, NC, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18759412 on 06/28/2024 (725 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H01B]
Abstract: A network architecture and a ceiling-mounted enclosure for an office building allows end user devices far from a main equipment room to communicate with servers and outside provider services available within the equipment room. Network cabling includes at least one optical fiber to establish communication between the equipment room and the enclosure and electrical conductors to carry high voltage pulses, exceeding 300 Volts DC, from the equipment room to the enclosure. The enclosure includes a power connection compartment to terminate the high-voltage, a power conversion compartment housing power conversion equipment to convert the high voltage into a lower voltage DC output and/or an AC power output, and a data connection compartment housing data communication equipment to establish communication between the at least one optical fiber and a plurality of ports for twisted pair cable connectors.
Battery alignment system for a camera
Patent No. 12665253
Inventor(s): Brian Mooney (Plano, TX, US), Chi T. Tran (Naperville, IL, US), Daniel Wodarcyk (Park Ridge, IL, US), James Dulaney (Princeton, TX, US), James Hoglund (Dallas, TX, US), Michael Wuensch (Carrollton, TX, US)
Assignee(s): MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. (Chicago, IL, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17811952 on 07/12/2022 (1442 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H01M]
Abstract: A battery alignment system includes a housing having a groove along a side of the housing, a first set of surfaces that define a recess, and first electrical contacts positioned at least partially within the recess. The battery alignment system also includes a battery having a tab to slide within the groove of the housing to facilitate a first alignment, a second set of surfaces that protrude from an end of the battery to slide into the recess of the housing to facilitate a second alignment, and a third surface that extends from one of the second set of surfaces. The third surface engages one of the first set of surfaces to facilitate a third alignment. The battery also includes second electrical contacts that engage the first electrical contacts.
Base station antenna
Patent No. 12665279
Inventor(s): Hangsheng Wen (Suzhou, , CN), Maosheng Liu (Suzhou, , CN), PuLiang Tang (Suzhou, , CN), Shida Wang (Suzhou, , CN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18651731 on 05/01/2024 (783 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H01Q]
Abstract: The present application relates to a base station antenna, where the base station antenna includes a radome and a reflector assembly housed within the radome having an open upper end portion that is closed by an upper end cap, the base station antenna further has a ventilation system that includes a flow channel disposed in the upper end cap or disposed between the upper end cap and the upper end portion of the radome, and the flow channel is configured for venting from the inside of the radome through the flow channel to an external environment. The base station antenna can achieve improved heat dissipation performance.
Antenna systems
Patent No. 12665319
Inventor(s): George Alexander Bednekoff (Plano, TX, US), Michael A. Neenan (Plano, TX, US), Rauhon Ahmed Shaik (Wylie, TX, US), Richard Loy Smith, Jr. (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Parsec Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18447193 on 08/09/2023 (1049 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H01Q]
Abstract: An antenna assembly can include a front cover, a back cover, and one or more ground reference portions with one or more feed networks positioned between the front cover and the back cover. The antenna assembly can include a first antenna array and a second antenna array coupled to the one or more ground reference portions. The antenna arrays can be an ultra-wide band directional antenna array for mobile and client based application for the wireless telecommunication marketplace. The first antenna and second antenna arrays can two orthogonal polarizations, each covering 1800 to 4200 MHz, a 2.3:1 bandwidth. The ultra-wide band directional antenna array can have ultra-wide bandwidth and narrow elevation and azimuth beamwidths which can allow for an enhancement in the link budget between the base station and the mobile or client by increasing the signal strength from the basestation and decreasing the received signal strength from interfering sources.
System and method for automated clean energy blackstart for backup auxiliary power, microgrid customer loads, and utility grid
Patent No. 12665430
Inventor(s): Alston D Costa (Lakewood, CO, US), Ankit Sharma (Longmont, CO, US), Christopher Boyer (Grand Prairie, TX, US), Felipe Cantero (Arvada, CO, US), Samuel Ley (Boulder, CO, US)
Assignee(s): AES Clean Energy Services, LLC (Salt Lake City, UT, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18731648 on 06/03/2024 (750 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H02J]
Abstract: A method and system for performing blackstart functionality from renewable generation and battery energy storage systems are disclosed. A plant may include a microgrid that includes one or more customer loads and that may provide power to a utility grid. Blackstart may be performed to restore operations to part or all of the plant or to external loads such as microgrid customer loads or part of the utility grid. In practice, blackstart may be performed in order to restore operation to the one or more feeders in the plant, such as to the generation sources within the plant, to restore power to the plant auxiliary loads, customer loads in the microgrid, and to provide power to different sections of the grid when transitioning from shutdown mode of operation. In this way, the method and system may automatically transition from a shutdown mode of operation to an islanded mode of operation.
Moving magnet tilt actuator
Patent No. 12665482
Inventor(s): Mikhail Godkin (San Diego, CA, US), Steven C. Palomino (McKinney, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Arlington, VA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17809156 on 06/27/2022 (1457 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H02K]
Abstract: A moving magnet voice coil actuator includes a bobbin that defines a non-straight opening for receiving a magnetic piece. The bobbin may be additively manufactured to a desired shape. The moving magnetic piece may be a curved piece that has a shape that corresponds to the shape of the opening. The magnetic piece may include a stack of magnets, which may be tapered, to allow limited tilting movement of the magnetic piece within the opening. The actuator may be part of a pair of actuators for tilting an object, for example a mirror, about a pivot point. The pair of actuators may be part of a system that includes an additional pair of actuators configured to tilt the object in a second direction that is different from the first direction.
Low noise charge pump circuit
Patent No. 12665503
Inventor(s): Markus Siljander (Oulu, , FI), Mikko Loikkanen (Oulu, , FI), Tuomas Tuikkanen (Oulu, , FI)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18449022 on 08/14/2023 (1044 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H02M]
Abstract: A charge pump circuit includes first and second capacitors, first, second, third and fourth switches, and a transistor. The first switch is coupled between a top plate of the first capacitor and a first voltage input terminal. The second switch is coupled between a bottom plate of the first capacitor and a reference voltage terminal. The third switch is coupled between the top plate of the first capacitor and a top plate of the second capacitor. The transistor and the fourth switch are coupled in series between the bottom plate of the first capacitor and a second voltage input terminal.
Charge pump circuit
Patent No. 12665505
Inventor(s): Mustafa Becermis (Freising, , DE), Qiao Yang (Munich, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18808180 on 08/19/2024 (673 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H02M]
Abstract: An apparatus includes first and second capacitors, first and second switches, a current source, a first circuit, and a second circuit. The first switch is coupled between a first terminal of the first capacitor and a reference terminal. The current source has an input coupled to a power terminal. The second switch is coupled between the first terminal of the first capacitor and an output of the current source. The second capacitor has a first terminal coupled to the reference terminal. The first circuit has a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the second capacitor, and a second terminal coupled to a second terminal of the first capacitor. The second circuit has a first input coupled to a third terminal of the first circuit, a second input coupled to the power terminal, and an output coupled to the output of the current source.
Wired vibration energy transfer system and method
Patent No. 12665526
Inventor(s): Danil Prokhorov (Canton, MI, US), Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, MI, US), Xiaopeng Li (Ann Arbor, MI, US), Yukihiro Tadokoro (Ann Arbor, MI, US), Ziqi Yu (Ann Arbor, MI, US)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18166224 on 02/08/2023 (1231 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H02N]
Abstract: An energy harvesting system capable of using vibrational or mechanical energy to direct energy along a line to an energy receiver to transfer the vibrational energy. The energy harvesting system includes an energy transmitter capable of turning rotational or vibrational energy into a linear vibration that travels along the line to an energy receiver that takes the vibrational energy stored in the transverse wave and turns it into rotational motion. The rotational motion can then be used to drive an electric generator. A tension control unit provides tension to the line ensuring the amplitude of the transverse wave is at a maxima when it reaches the energy receiver.
Power reconfigurable power amplifier
Patent No. 12665559
Inventor(s): Charles Forrest Campbell (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Qorvo US, Inc. (Greensboro, NC, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18659409 on 05/09/2024 (775 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H03F]
Abstract: Disclosed is a reconfigurable power amplifier having a 2{superscript}N{/superscript}1 number of input-side reconfigurable quadrature couplers connected in a tree structure, wherein a 2{superscript}(N1) {/superscript}number of the input-side reconfigurable quadrature couplers have coupler output terminals, and a root of the tree structure is one of the input-side reconfigurable quadrature couplers having a main input terminal. Also included is a 2{superscript}N{/superscript}1 number of output-side reconfigurable quadrature couplers connected in a tree structure, wherein a 2{superscript}(N1) {/superscript}number of the output-side reconfigurable quadrature couplers have coupler input terminals, and a root of the tree structure is one of the output-side reconfigurable quadrature couplers having a main output terminal. Further included is a 2{superscript}N {/superscript}number of constituent amplifiers divided into amplifier pairs having amplifier input terminals connected to corresponding ones of the coupler output terminals and having amplifier output terminals coupled to corresponding ones of the coupler input terminals.
ADC architecture incorporating continuous-time quantizer
Patent No. 12665607
Inventor(s): Anand Kannan (Bangalore, , IN), Anand Subramanian (Bangalore, , IN), Tanmay Halder (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18496436 on 10/27/2023 (970 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H03M]
Abstract: In some examples, a circuit includes a first integrator having an input and an output. The circuit also includes a switching architecture having first and second terminals, the first terminal of the switching architecture coupled to the output of the first integrator. The circuit also includes a second integrator having an input and an output, the input of the second integrator coupled to the second terminal of the switching architecture. The circuit also includes a quantizer having an input and an output, the input of the quantizer coupled to the output of the second integrator. The circuit also includes a digital processing circuit having an input and an output, the input of the digital processing circuit coupled to the output of the quantizer.
Independent sequence processing to facilitate security between nodes in wireless networks
Patent No. 12665630
Inventor(s): Ariton E. Xhafa (Plano, TX, US), Il Han Kim (Allen, TX, US), Janwei Zhou (Plano, TX, US), Xiaolin Lu (Allen, TX, US)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18675423 on 05/28/2024 (756 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04B]
Abstract: A network includes a first wireless node that communicates over a wireless network connection. The first wireless node includes a first encryption engine that processes a first initialization data set and a current transmit sequence associated with a current communication to generate a next transmit sequence that is employed to communicate with a second wireless node that derives a next received sequence that corresponds to the next transmit sequence to process a subsequent communication.
Method of generating simulated multipath fading channel data
Patent No. 12665688
Inventor(s): Kari Vierimaa (Kempele, , FI)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18686417 on 08/25/2021 (1763 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04B]
Abstract: A method of generating a simulated multipath fading channel data includes obtaining IQ sample data and selecting one or more radio samples from the IQ sample data for appending to the IQ sample data. The method also includes generating additional IQ sample data by appending the selected one or more radio samples prior to a start radio sample of the IQ sample data, and generating the simulated multipath fading channel using the additional IQ sample data, a predefined set of propagation delay, and attenuation coefficients associated with a channel model.
Reconfigurable optical add and drop multiplexer system with integrated wavelength selective switch array
Patent No. 12665693
Inventor(s): Feng Qing Zhou (San Jose, CA, US), Gongjian Hu (Marina, CA, US), Lifu Gong (San Jose, CA, US), Minchun Li (Plano, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Molex, LLC (Lisle, IL, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18368577 on 09/15/2023 (1012 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04J]
Abstract: A reconfigurable optical add and drop multiplexer (ROADM) system is provided. The ROADM system may include a switching system which includes at least one first WSS optically coupled to a tapping coupler and configured to receive an input optical signal from a first circulator, transmit a drop optical signal to a demultiplexer to drop one or more first wavelength channels, and output a through optical signal. The switching system may also include at least one second WSS optically coupled to the at least one first WSS and a multiplexer and configured to receive an add optical signal to add one or more second wavelength channels, receive the through optical signal, and output an output optical signal to a second circulator, and at least one OCM configured to monitor the input optical signal and the output optical signal.
Distributed handling of forward error correction in hardware assisted verification platforms
Patent No. 12665709
Inventor(s): Amaresh Vysyaraju (Srikakulam, , IN), Amit Kumar Gupta (Noida, , IN), Saurabh Khaitan (Noida, , IN), Sudhanshu Jayaswal (Noida, , IN)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18578437 on 08/31/2021 (1757 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04L]
Abstract: This application discloses distributed forward error correction in hardware assisted verification platforms ({b}300{/b}) including a hardware-assisted verification system ({b}320{/b}) to emulate an electronic system ({b}322{/b}) described by a circuit design ({b}301{/b}). The hardware-assisted verification system ({b}320{/b}) can implement forward error correction circuitry ({b}324{/b}) to analyse a data packet ({b}311{/b}) for use by the emulated electronic system ({b}322{/b}) during functional verification operations of the circuit design ({b}301{/b}), which can identify that the data packet includes one or more corrupted bits ({b}321{/b}). The forward error correction circuitry ({b}324{/b}) can transmit the corrupted data packet ({b}321{/b}) to a computing system ({b}330{/b}) implementing an error correction algorithm configured to perform error correction operations ({b}332{/b}) on the corrupted data packet ({b}321{/b}). The computing system implementing the error correction algorithm ({b}330{/b}) can generate a corrected data packet ({b}331{/b}) during the error correction operations and transmit the corrected data packet to the hardware-assisted verification system ({b}320{/b}) for use by the emulated electronic system ({b}322{/b}) during functional verification operations of the circuit design ({b}301{/b}).
Apparatus and method for transition-sensing based clock recovery in burst mode time-division multiple-access communication system
Patent No. 12665737
Inventor(s): Benjamin F. Chen (Dallas, TX, US), Yanfei Jiang (Frisco, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Transcend Semiconductor Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18926306 on 10/25/2024 (606 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04L]
Abstract: A burst mode communication system may include one or more lanes. Each lane is configured to receive burst data streams sent according to a clock signal and recover the clock signal. A lane may receive a first burst data stream and a second burst data stream in two adjacent clock cycles of the clock signal, and convert the first burst data stream into a first pulse signal and convert the second burst data stream into a second pulse signal. The lane may recover the clock signal by detecting a time interval between rising edges of the first pulse signal and the second pulse signal. The burst data streams are different signals and sent to the burst mode communication system in the time-division multiple-access (TDMA) scheme. A clock recovery circuit is also provided in the lane for recovering the clock signal.
Protecting augmented reality call content
Patent No. 12665746
Inventor(s): Imed Bouazizi (Frisco, TX, US), Michel Adib Sarkis (San Diego, CA, US), Thomas Stockhammer (Bergen, , DE)
Assignee(s): QUALCOMM INCORPORATED (San Diego, CA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18407996 on 01/09/2024 (896 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04L]
Abstract: An example device for participating in an augmented reality (AR) call includes a memory configured to store AR data; and a processing system comprising one or more processors implemented in circuitry, the processing system being configured to: receive a scene description for an AR call, the scene description including data representing one or more digital assets for the AR call that are encrypted; request authorization to access the one or more digital assets for the AR call that are encrypted; in response to requesting authorization, receive data for a key to be used to decrypt the one or more digital assets; decrypt the one or more digital assets using the data for the key to form decrypted digital assets; and render the decrypted digital assets during the AR call.
Adaptive quantum-based voice over internet protocol (VoIP) security
Patent No. 12665752
Inventor(s): Adam Kristian King (Fort Mill, SC, US), Andrew S. Thomas (Hunt Valley, MD, US), Charlene Gorter (Charlotte, NC, US), Clara Fritts (Washington, DC, US), Crystine J. Peebles (Newark, DE, US), Dawn Turner (Addison, TX, US), Ilya Goussev (Kennesaw, GA, US), Jada Williams (Hunt Valley, MD, US), James Siekman (Charlotte, NC, US), Kevin Sweeney (Newark, DE, US), Robert James Hepp (Hunt Valley, MD, US), Tiara Rurey Fry (Denver, CO, US)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18947048 on 11/14/2024 (586 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04L]
Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for adaptive, quantum-based VoIP security. A biometric voiceprint may be generated from a VoIP communication. In response to failure to authenticate the voiceprint, the sound waves associated with the voiceprint may be selectively neutralized without terminating the VoIP communication. In response to authentication of the voiceprint, a biometric key may be generated based on the voiceprint. A quantum encryption key may be generated and distributed via a quantum channel. A VoIP session key may be generated based on the biometric encryption key and the quantum encryption key and used to encrypt the VoIP communication. An ambient sound associated with the VoIP communication may be isolated. In response to failure to authenticate the ambient sound, the caller may be required to provide an additional form of authentication.
Efficient anomaly workflow detection for end-to-end provisioning systems
Patent No. 12665823
Inventor(s): Brandon Mathies (Frisco, TX, US), Joseph Santor (Renton, WA, US), Nathan Smith (Eureka, MO, US)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, KS, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18773553 on 07/15/2024 (708 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04L]
Abstract: A method implemented in a network system to provide anomaly detection simultaneously across elements along end-to-end provisioning flows. The method includes receiving a provisioning log captured from provisioning flows over a predefined period, wherein the provisioning log comprises operations and responses associated with provisioning flow elements comprising transaction types, subscriber segments, network provisioning catalogs (NPCs), and network elements (NEs); determining, based on the provisioning log, metrics, each indicating a success rate for a respective one of the provisioning flow elements; determining a machine learning (ML) model to approximate a probability density of the metrics; determining an anomaly at one or more of the provisioning flow elements based on the ML model; and triggering an action address to the detected anomaly.
Systems and methods for synchronizing hostnames and IP addresses in email systems
Patent No. 12665874
Inventor(s): Bryan Adam Joyner (Sachse, TX, US), John French Kalan (Dallas, TX, US), Mark Albert Mackenzie (McKinney, TX, US), Patrick Stephen Trantham (Sunnyvale, TX, US), William Scott Henderson (Euless, TX, US)
Assignee(s): ZixCorp Systems, Inc. (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18475351 on 09/27/2023 (1000 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04L]
Abstract: Systems and methods for the dynamic selection of IP address in email platforms, and the synchronization of hostnames and IP addresses in such platforms, are disclosed.
System and method for server monitoring and problem resolution for electronic mail messages
Patent No. 12665876
Inventor(s): Daniel Joseph Serna (The Colony, TX, US), Yi Jason Zhang (Frisco, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17937609 on 10/03/2022 (1359 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04L]
Abstract: A method is provided that comprises monitoring for a change in a first security configuration setting in a relay server and comparing the change in the first security configuration setting to historical data that contains validated authentication configuration settings that previously allowed for the delivery of a historical electronic mail message to an external network. The method further comprises identifying a candidate change to the first security configuration setting based on the comparison, where the candidate change to the first security configuration setting when implemented results in the delivery of a first electronic mail message to the external network. The method further comprises implementing the candidate change to the first security configuration setting such that the relay server allows the delivery of the first electronic message to the external network.
Migrating client device from first network to second network
Patent No. 12665891
Inventor(s): Daniel J. Sills (Moss Beach, CA, US), Krunal Patil (Apex, NC, US), Martin Casey (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Calix, Inc. (San Jose, CA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18620674 on 03/28/2024 (817 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04L]
Abstract: A network system can include a memory and processing circuitry, in communication with the memory, configured to: grant a client device access to a first network; determine that the client device has received authentication credentials for a second network; in response to determining that the client device has received the authentication credentials for the second network, prevent the client device from reconnecting to the first network; and cause the client device to disconnect from the first network.
Systems and methods for authentication brokering
Patent No. 12665894
Inventor(s): Darshak Kothari (Freehold, NJ, US), Ish K Ahluwalia (East Brunswick, NJ, US), Kanishka Hettiarachchi (Chatham, NJ, US), Karabi Sarma (Bangalore, , IN), Lakshmiprasanna Ummaneni (Bengaluru, , IN), Richard Seidenstein (New York, NY, US), Vimal Gangaraju (McKinney, TX, US)
Assignee(s): JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (New York, NY, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18458086 on 08/29/2023 (1029 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04L]
Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: sending, by a token software development kit and to a credential broker, a request, wherein the request includes a unique identifier of a client application; receiving, at the token software development kit and from the credential broker; a response, wherein the response includes a service ticket; instantiating a token object in a memory space of the client application, wherein the token object includes the service ticket as a first attribute of the token object; instantiating a context object in the memory space of the client application, wherein the context object includes the token object as an attribute of the context object; providing the context object to the client application; and authenticating, by the client application to a service, using the context object.
Object authentication
Patent No. 12665897
Inventor(s): Jason Edward Morris (London, , GB), Julio Caraballo (Woodcliff Lake, NJ, US), Matthew E. Nunn (Frisco, TX, US), Partha S. Peddi (Riverview, FL, US), Sandeep Nair (Odessa, FL, US), Udaya Chandupatia (Frisco, TX, US)
Assignee(s): CITIGROUP TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Weehawken, NJ, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18615595 on 03/25/2024 (820 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [G06F]
Abstract: Machines, devices, and other objects are configured to use authorization tokens to verify object identities without human input. In examples, the object uses a password to validate the object”s identity to an authorization server to obtain an access token for use in multiple applications. In another example, the object uses a certificate to validate the object”s identity to an authorization server to obtain an access token. In other examples, any other suitable identifying data may be used to validate the object”s identity to an authorization server to obtain an access token. The process of using passwords, certificates, or other validation processes to obtain tokens or other authorization mechanisms allows the object to authenticate themselves without human interaction and to use a single identity to access services from multiple service providers that trust a central authorization server.
Risk scoring of cloud permission assignments using supervised machine learning
Patent No. 12665921
Inventor(s): Ciaran O”Brien (Astoria, NY, US), Manu Nandan (Frisco, TX, US), Michael Brautbar (Wayland, MA, US), Robert Molony (Oakland, CA, US)
Assignee(s): CrowdStrike, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18521834 on 11/28/2023 (938 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04L]
Abstract: Techniques for calculating risk scores of entity assignments are discussed herein. The system generates a probability matrix using a collaborative filtering technique such as singular value decomposition. The probability matrix is populated with probability values for each entity representing a probability that, based on the various relationships or associations of that entity with other entities, the entity has been granted an assignment. Risk values are used to provide a weighting value to assignments, separating relatively higher risk assignments from relatively lower risk assignments. The system thereafter calculates a risk score for one or more of the entities using the information in the assignment matrix, the probability matrix, and the risk values. The system can flag or identity one or more entities whose risk scores do not meet various criteria.
Optical architecture for beam-steering projectors
Patent No. 12665992
Inventor(s): Angelo Miguel Pires Arrifano (Villeneuve-Loubet, , FR), Clement Luc Carol Le Barbenchon (Los Angeles, CA, US), Duane Scott Dewald (Dallas, TX, US), Juan Pablo Pertierra (Fishers, IN, US)
Assignee(s): Dolby International AB (Dublin, , IE), Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation (San Francisco, CA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18868416 on 05/24/2023 (1126 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04N]
Abstract: A beam-steering projection system includes a light source configured to emit a light in response to image signal, a phase light modulator, and a spatial light modulator. The phase light modulator is configured to receive the light from the light source and to apply a spatially-varying phase modulation on the light, thereby to steer the light at an illumination angle and generate a first steered light. The spatial light modulator is configured to receive the first steered light, to apply a spatially-varying amplitude modulation on the light, to steer the light towards a projection optics system and to generate a second steered light. A plane of a secondary image constructed after the phase light modulator and before the spatial light modulator is parallel with the phase light modulator.
BLE link-cluster architecture
Patent No. 12666236
Inventor(s): Yaron Alpert (Hod Hasharon, , IL), Yuval Matar (Kiryat Mozkin, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18317982 on 05/16/2023 (1134 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04W]
Abstract: A device includes a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) link layer (LL) controller configured to maintain a link cluster including multiple links between the device and one or more connected devices that share parameters associated with the link cluster and to process data associated with the links of the link cluster at a LL. The links of the link cluster established according to a BLE communication standard. The device further includes or is coupled to BLE physical link (PHY) interfaces coupled to the BLE LL controller and configured to exchange the data on different links of the link cluster at different respective signal frequencies, interface with the BLE LL controller, and process the data at a PHY layer.
Methods and apparatus for prioritization handling for EPCS operation
Patent No. 12666240
Inventor(s): Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX, US), Peshal Nayak (Plano, TX, US), Rubayet Shafin (Allen, TX, US), Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18356136 on 07/20/2023 (1069 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04W]
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for prioritization handling for emergency preparedness communication services (EPCS) operation are disclosed. A method for wireless communication performed by a non-access point (AP) device that comprises a station (STA) includes: forming a link with an AP; receiving information associated with emergency preparedness communication services (EPCS) from the AP; determining whether the STA and the AP support an EPCS operation; based on determining that the STA and the AP support the EPCS operation; determining whether the AP supports prioritization for EPCS devices; when the AP does not support prioritization for EPCS devices, performing the EPCS operation; and when the AP supports prioritization for EPCS devices, performing a prioritized EPCS operation, wherein the prioritized EPCS operation comprises prioritization among EPCS devices.
Device, system, and method for providing services between a communication device and an application server
Patent No. 12666262
Inventor(s): Debabrata Dash (Allen, TX, US), Harisha M. Negalaguli (Princeton, TX, US), Madhusudan K. Pai (Frisco, TX, US)
Assignee(s): MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. (Chicago, IL, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18633155 on 04/11/2024 (803 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04L]
Abstract: A device, system and method for providing services between a communication device and an application server is provided. A trust session is established between a gateway device and an application server. The gateway device provides, to the application server, on behalf of a communication device served by the gateway device: a service request that requests a service from the application server; an indication of successful authentication of the gateway device by the application server, the indication associated with the trust session; and a payload including an indicator of the communication device. The gateway device receives, from the application server, a verification of the service request determined using at least the indication associated with the trust session. The service is provided between the communication device and the application server via one or more of the gateway device and a network.
Method and device for multi-entity conditional configuration in wireless communications
Patent No. 12666275
Inventor(s): Qiaoling Yu (Shanghai, , CN), Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): APOGEE 5G GLOBAL, LLC (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18200551 on 05/22/2023 (1128 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04W]
Abstract: The present application discloses a method and a device in a communication node used for wireless communications. A communication node receives a first signaling; the first signaling being used to determine a first measurement configuration set, the first measurement configuration set being associated with a first index; and receives a second signaling, the second signaling being used to determine a first conditional configuration set, the first conditional configuration set comprising the first index; when the first conditional configuration set comes from a first entity, performs a measurement according to the first measurement configuration set; when the first conditional configuration set comes from a second entity, performs a measurement according to a second measurement configuration set. The present application can support simultaneous CPC configurations by both MN and SN.
System to manage wireless mesh network devices
Patent No. 12666279
Inventor(s): Anthony M. Requist (Steamboat Springs, CO, US), Aswath Krishnan Krishna Moorthy (San Francisco, CA, US), Eun Sun Chu (Lewisville, TX, US), Igor Wilbert (Porto Alegre, , BR), Shahrukh Shaheen Raheem (Dublin, CA, US)
Assignee(s): AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Seattle, WA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18470190 on 09/19/2023 (1008 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04W]
Abstract: Wireless mesh network devices (WMND) are installed within a facility that may have multiple tenants, connected to a wide area network, and added to a management system. The management system may configure the WMNDs to provide network service to tenants and to network-enabled devices that remain at the facility. For example, the WMNDs may provide network access to network-enabled thermostats, lighting controls, and so forth that are part of the facility. Before move-in, WMNDs are set to a first configuration. WMNDs associated with a portion of the facility associated with a new tenant are configured with a second configuration to provide network service to the tenant. The tenant may make limited changes to the configuration of the associated facility-provided WMNDs. The tenant may add their own WMNDs to the network. Upon move-out, the facility-provided WMNDs remain in place and may be returned to the first configuration.
Channel state information measurement and reporting with network adaptation
Patent No. 12666296
Inventor(s): Aristides Papasakellariou (Houston, TX, US), Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX, US), Hongbo Si (Allen, TX, US), Jeongho Jeon (San Jose, CA, US)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18434531 on 02/06/2024 (868 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04W]
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for channel state information (CSI) measurement and reporting with network adaptation. A method for a user equipment (UE) includes receiving first information related to reception of one or more non-zero power CSI reference signals (NZP CSI-RSs) on a cell, second information related to determining a CSI report, third information related to indicating a second number CSI sub-reports from the first number of CSI sub-reports, fourth information related to an uplink (UL) channel for transmitting the CSI report, and the one or more NZP CSI-RSs. The method further includes determining the second number of CSI sub-reports and a third number of CSI sub-reports from the second number of CSI sub-reports based on the fourth information. The method further includes transmitting the UL channel with the CSI report including the third number of CSI sub-reports.
Method and device for wireless communication
Patent No. 12666297
Inventor(s): Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN), Yu Chen (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Apogee Networks, LLC (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18434692 on 02/06/2024 (868 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04W]
Abstract: The present application discloses a method and device for wireless communications, comprising receiving a first signaling, the first signaling being used to configure a first threshold; as a response to any condition in a first condition set being satisfied, executing a first measurement; wherein the first measurement comprises at least one of a layer 3 filtered beam measurement and a cell measurement, two conditions in the first condition set are that RSRP of a first cell after layer 3 filtering is lower than a first threshold and a first message applied to the first cell is received; the first cell is an SpCell; the first message is non-unicast, and/or, the first message is not supported by a legacy device. The present application allows for better power saving through the first signaling.
VoLTE/VoNR performance optimization for a cellular communication system
Patent No. 12666364
Inventor(s): Hao Chen (Plano, TX, US), Lianjun Li (McKinney, TX, US), Yan Xin (Princeton, NJ, US)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17813912 on 07/20/2022 (1434 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04W]
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for voice over long-term evolution/voice over new radio (VoLTE/VoNR) performance for a cellular communication system. A method of operating a base station includes receiving, from a user equipment (UE), uplink (UL) signals; identifying, based on the UL signals, a first and second parameters; determining first and second UL power control parameters based on the first and second parameters, respectively; determining a first time period for the first UL power control parameter and a second time period for the second UL power control parameter, wherein the first time period is longer than the second time period; updating the first UL power control parameter based on the first time period and the second UL power control parameter based on the second time period; and transmitting, to the UE, the updated first and second UL power control parameters for an UL transmit power of the UE.
Method and system for network slice-specific propagation delay compensation
Patent No. 12666376
Inventor(s): Anthony Clay Reynolds (Rhome, TX, US), Raquel Morera Sempere (Weehawken, NJ, US), Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX, US), Vijayakrishna P. Guduru (Denville, NJ, US)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17842994 on 06/17/2022 (1467 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04W]
Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to an propagation delay compensation service. The propagation delay compensation service may calculate or select propagation delay compensation method and configuration data based on a time synchronization error budget value, which may be calculated based on quality of service information associated with a network slice, network slice information, and time sensitive communication assistance information. The propagation delay compensation service may calculate or select the propagation delay compensation method and configuration data based on other context information.
Method to reduce power consumption in dual receive MUSIM devices
Patent No. 12666392
Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX, US), Faranaz Sabouri-Sichani (Aalborg, , DK), Frank Frederiksen (Klarup, , DK), Jakob Lindbjerg Buthler (Aalborg, , DK), Laura Luque Sanchez (Nibe, , DK), Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas (Gistrup, , DK)
Assignee(s): Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17997871 on 05/27/2021 (1853 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04W]
Abstract: A method includes aligning a plurality of paging occasions across at least two identities of a communication device; and requesting and receiving from a communication network a paging occasion for the communication device with at least two identities using at least one of the identities to perform the aligning; or requesting and receiving from the communication network a reallocation of a paging offset using at least one of the identities to perform the aligning.
Method and device for dual discontinuous reception timer operation in wireless communications
Patent No. 12666424
Inventor(s): Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN), Yu Chen (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): APOGEE 5G GLOBAL, LLC (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18111597 on 02/19/2023 (1220 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04W]
Abstract: Provided are techniques for dual discontinuous reception timer operation. A user equipment receives first downlink control information (DCI) having a scrambling code that is generated based on a second Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI). The first DCI indicates a new transmission, a first HARQ process number of a first signal and a first time-frequency resource. The UE receives the first signal on the first time-frequency resource, where the first signal is generated based on a first bit block and the second RNTI is used to generate a scrambling code of the first signal.
Method and apparatus for discontinuous reception for a group of user equipments
Patent No. 12666442
Inventor(s): Aristides Papasakellariou (Houston, TX, US), Hongbo Si (Allen, TX, US), Jeongho Jeon (San Jose, CA, US)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18350651 on 07/11/2023 (1078 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04W]
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for discontinuous reception (DRX) for a group of user equipments (UEs). A method of a UE in a wireless communication system includes receiving higher layer parameters and determining DRX ON durations based on the higher layer parameters and reception occasions for physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) based on the higher layer parameters, wherein a first PDCCH from the PDCCHs provides a downlink control information (DCI) format. The method further includes receiving the first PDCCH in at least one reception occasion from the reception occasions and determining based on an indication in the DCI format, whether to receive a second PDCCH in at least one DRX ON duration from consecutive N{subscript}DRX {/subscript}DRX ON durations that are after the reception of the first PDCCH, wherein the indication in the DCI format is a bitmap of size N{subscript}DRX{/subscript}, and N{subscript}DRX {/subscript}bits in the bitmap are respectively associated with the N{subscript}DRX {/subscript}DRX ON durations.
Intra-rat handover for next generation system
Patent No. 12666497
Inventor(s): Jayshree A. Bharatia (Plano, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17443177 on 07/21/2021 (1798 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04W]
Abstract: A method of an access and mobility function (AMF) for state management in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises determining a state of at least one state machine, receiving, from a target access network (AN), an N2 path switch request message based on the state of the at least one state machine, transmitting, to a session management function (SMF), an N11 message, and transmitting, to the target AN, an N2 path switch request acknowledgement (Ack) message when receiving an N11 Ack message, from the SMF, corresponding to the N11 message, wherein the target AN transmits a release resource message to a source AN when the target AN receives the N2 path switch request Ack message.
Methods and apparatus to opportunistically operate a WLAN interface using shared resources
Patent No. 12666501
Inventor(s): Yaron Alpert (Hod-Hasharon, , IL), Yoav Ben-Yehezkel (Netanya, , IL)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18072577 on 11/30/2022 (1301 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H04W]
Abstract: An example apparatus includes: wireless local area network (WLAN) interface circuitry configured to communicate using a resource; alternate interface circuitry configured to use the resource; and coexistence controller circuitry coupled to the WLAN interface circuitry and the alternate interface circuitry, the coexistence controller circuitry including: a first interface monitor coupled to the WLAN interface circuitry, the first interface monitor configured to determine characteristics of a target wakeup time (TWT) service of the WLAN interface circuitry; a second interface monitor coupled to the alternate interface circuitry, the second interface monitor configured to determine characteristics of an alternate activity period window of the alternative interface circuitry; a coexistence comparator coupled to the first interface monitor and the second interface monitor, the coexistence comparator configured to determine a predicted TWT service period of the TWT service that overlaps with a predicted alternate activity period window less than a threshold.
Highly integrated power electronics and methods of manufacturing the same
Patent No. 12666545
Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI, US), Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI, US), Tianzhu Fan (Houston, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18130719 on 04/04/2023 (1176 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H05K]
Abstract: A method for high volume manufacture of highly integrated power electronics embedded printed circuit board (PCB)-cold plate assemblies includes bonding a power device fabrication panel to a multi-layer PCB, drilling via passageways in the multi-layer PCB, and electroplating a conductive metal into the vias before bonding the power device fabrication panel to a plurality of cold plates and forming an IPEs embedded PCB-cold plate fabrication panel. The method also includes cutting the IPEs embedded PCB-cold plate fabrication panel into a plurality of highly IPEs embedded PCB-cold plate assemblies.
Liquid immersion cooling platform and components thereof
Patent No. 12666569
Inventor(s): Andrew Downs (Plano, TX, US), Brad Furnish (Plano, TX, US), Brian Haught (Plano, TX, US), Darshan Patell (Plano, TX, US), Dustin Yeatman (Plano, TX, US), Edward King (Plano, TX, US), Jacob Mertel (Plano, TX, US), Jason Erickson (Plano, TX, US), Jimil M. Shah (Plano, TX, US), John David Enright (Plano, TX, US), Josh Haley (Plano, TX, US), Josh Whitaker (Plano, TX, US), Randall Coburn (Plano, TX, US), Raquel Parker (Plano, TX, US), Rick Margerison (Plano, TX, US), Ryan Graham (Plano, TX, US), Ryan Myre (Plano, TX, US), Seamus Egan (Plano, TX, US), Taylor Monnig (Plano, TX, US), Tim Tomlin (Plano, TX, US), William Bret Boren (Plano, TX, US), William Hadala (Plano, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Modine LLC (Racine, WI, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18733623 on 06/04/2024 (749 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H05K]
Abstract: An immersion cooling system and methods for operating the system are described. The system includes a vessel configured to hold thermally conductive, condensable dielectric fluid; a pressure controller to reduce or increase an interior pressure of the vessel; a computer component to be at least partially submerged within the dielectric fluid; and a fluid circulation system to draw the dielectric fluid from a sump area of the vessel, pass the dielectric fluid through a filter and deliver the dielectric fluid to a bath area of the vessel.
3D semiconductor devices and structures with logic and memory, and a semiconductor die
Patent No. 12666619
Inventor(s): Jin-Woo Han (San Jose, CA, US), Zvi Or-Bach (Haifa, , IL)
Assignee(s): Monolithic 3D Inc. (Allen, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 19345854 on 09/30/2025 (266 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H10B]
Abstract: A 3D semiconductor device including: a first level including a single-crystal layer, a memory control-circuit including first transistors, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a third metal layer; connection of the first transistors includes the first, and/or the second, and/or the third metal layer; a fourth metal layer disposed atop third transistors disposed atop second transistors disposed atop said first level; a memory array including word-lines, including at least four memory mini-arrays including at least four-rows-by-four-columns of memory cells, each of the memory cells includes at least one of the second transistors (at least one with a metal-gate) or at least one of the third transistors; a connection path from the fourth metal to the third metal including a via disposed through the memory array; a semiconductor die, including second transistors and at least one alignment mark positioned toward the die edge, disposed atop said first level.
Wide bandgap material in drift well of semiconductor device
Patent No. 12666674
Inventor(s): Ebenezer Eshun (Frisco, TX, US)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18309504 on 04/28/2023 (1152 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [H10D]
Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor devices including a material having a wide bandgap energy, or simply bandgap, located in a drift well of the semiconductor device. In an example, a semiconductor device includes a laterally-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) transistor. The LDMOS transistor includes a drain region, a source region, and a drift well. The drain region is disposed in a semiconductor material of a semiconductor substrate. The source region is disposed in the semiconductor material of the semiconductor substrate. The drift well is disposed laterally between the drain region and the source region. The drift well includes a wide bandgap material, and the wide bandgap material has a bandgap energy that is larger than a bandgap energy of the semiconductor material of the semiconductor substrate.
Portable cooler
Patent No. D1131133
Inventor(s): Blake Phillip Anthony (Richardson, TX, US)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29993905 on 03/18/2025 (462 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Ice-cream scoop
Patent No. D1131138
Inventor(s): Yaoqin Liu (Yangjiang, , CN)
Assignee(s): Yaaser Ahmed Mohammed, ZSW Products INC. (Wylie, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29999742 on 04/16/2025 (433 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Vehicle bumper
Patent No. D1131308
Inventor(s): Brad Powell (Corinth, TX, US), Jon Forrest Acton (Fort Worth, WA, US), Reed Greenwood (Bellevue, WA, US), Victor Garcia (Aubrey, TX, US)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29985487 on 01/16/2025 (523 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Hood crown
Patent No. D1131317
Inventor(s): Christopher M. Craig (Rhome, TX, US), Eric Norman Tucker (Denton, TX, US), Louis Daniel Heilaneh (Lewisville, TX, US), Troy R. McCuller (Argyle, TX, US)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29875372 on 05/03/2023 (1147 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Automobile air dam and fixture
Patent No. D1131327
Inventor(s): Barry Terach (Goshen, NY, US), Mark Cuban (Dallas, TX, US), Phyllis Jager (New York, NY, US)
Assignee(s): ZuMedia Inc. (New York, NY, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 30004170 on 05/16/2025 (403 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Model vehicle tire
Patent No. D1131346
Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX, US), Jory Sprowl (Howe, TX, US), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29961191 on 09/04/2024 (657 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Solar panel
Patent No. D1131353
Inventor(s): Barry Terach (Goshen, NY, US), Mark Cuban (Dallas, TX, US), Phyllis Jager (New York, NY, US)
Assignee(s): ZuMedia Inc. (New York, NY, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 30004178 on 05/16/2025 (403 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Battery lock-out assembly
Patent No. D1131363
Inventor(s): Matthew J. Mahaffy (Tipton, MI, US)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29928372 on 02/09/2024 (865 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Wireless heating, ventilation, and air conditioning sensor with display
Patent No. D1131418
Inventor(s): Arun Kunasekaran (Tamil Nadu, , IN), Gopi Parthiban (Tamilnadu, , IN), Raviganesh Thirumalaisamy (Tamil Nadu, , IN), Surendran Ramasamy (Tamil Nadu, , IN)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29967656 on 10/11/2024 (620 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Enclosure for a leak detection board for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system
Patent No. D1131426
Inventor(s): Darko Hadzidedic (Plano, TX, US), Gopi Parthiban (Tamilnadu, , IN), Mohan Renganathan (Chennai, , IN), Stephen J. Vendt (Carrollton, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29991350 on 02/27/2025 (481 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
Patent No. D1131512
Inventor(s): Christy Mcphee (Frisco, TX, US), Denise Baran (Ann Arbor, MI, US), Lori Schwabenhausen (Midlothian, VA, US), Thomas Welti (Harpers Ferry, WV, US)
Assignee(s): Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) (Fredericksburg, VA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29995867 on 03/28/2025 (452 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Model vehicle body assembly
Patent No. D1131667
Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX, US), Caleb Hix (McKinney, TX, US), Jaime Felix Barajas (Dallas, TX, US), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX, US), Noah House (Sachse, TX, US), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX, US), Ross Martin (North Richland Hills, TX, US)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29962819 on 09/13/2024 (648 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Model vehicle body
Patent No. D1131668
Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX, US), Jaime Felix Barajas (Dallas, TX, US), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX, US), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX, US), Ross Martin (North Richland Hills, TX, US)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29962840 on 09/13/2024 (648 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Model vehicle body assembly
Patent No. D1131671
Inventor(s): Adam Cole Ewing (McKinney, TX, US), Caleb Hix (McKinney, TX, US), Jaime Felix Barajas (Dallas, TX, US), Kent Poteet (Lucas, TX, US), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX, US), Ross Martin (North Richland Hills, TX, US)
Assignee(s): TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29969596 on 10/23/2024 (608 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Watering hose
Patent No. D1131745
Inventor(s): Andrew Mark Urry (Riverton, UT, US), Jonathan Taylor Merrill (Victor, ID, US), Wesley David Crabbe (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): HUSQVARNA AB (, , SE)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29964150 on 09/20/2024 (641 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Jeweled earplug insert
Patent No. D1131775
Inventor(s): Carol Chen (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29916811 on 11/15/2023 (951 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Jeweled earplug
Patent No. D1131776
Inventor(s): Carol Chen (Dallas, TX, US)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29921608 on 12/18/2023 (918 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Saw horse rail
Patent No. D1131835
Inventor(s): Alex Morck (Clarkston, MI, US), Connor Barash (Warren, MI, US), Connor Ursell (Bloomfield Hills, MI, US), Kenneth Neilson (Rochester Hills, MI, US), Michael Ursell (Bloomfield Hills, MI, US), Rod Bonham (Decatur, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Affinity Tool Works, LLC (Troy, MI, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29942298 on 05/14/2024 (770 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Headlamp bezel
Patent No. D1131851
Inventor(s): Jon Forrest Acton (Fort Worth, TX, US), Louis Daniel Heilaneh (Lewisville, TX, US), Scott M. Conway (Flower Mound, TX, US)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29939052 on 04/24/2024 (790 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Automobile fixture and lights
Patent No. D1131857
Inventor(s): Barry Terach (Goshen, NY, US), Mark Cuban (Dallas, TX, US), Phyllis Jager (New York, NY, US)
Assignee(s): ZuMedia Inc. (New York, NY, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 30004169 on 05/16/2025 (403 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Light stake
Patent No. D1131893
Inventor(s): Stacy L. Kennedy (Mansfield, TX, US)
Assignee(s): Canny Systems, LLC (Mansfield, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29978915 on 12/16/2024 (554 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Hearing protection device
Patent No. D1131932
Inventor(s): Daniel Dvorak (Henderson, NV, US), Howard Unger (Henderson, NV, US)
Assignee(s): GOOD SPORTSMAN MARKETING, LLC (Irving, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29901914 on 09/06/2023 (1021 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract:
Distributed antenna system to transport first cellular RF band concurrently with Ethernet or second cellular RF band
Patent No. RE050931
Inventor(s): Boris Golubovic (San Francisco, CA, US), Lance K. Uyehara (San Jose, CA, US)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX, US)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17122834 on 12/15/2020 (2016 days app to issue)
Patent Class: [N/A]
Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a host unit for a distributed antenna system. The host unit includes a first radio access network (RAN) interface module to communicate with a RAN node. The host unit also includes a distribution module configured to distribute transport signals between one or more downstream RJ45 connectors and the first RAN interface module. One or more non-permanent connectors are included to couple the distribution module to a second RAN interface module and one or more upstream RJ45 jacks. The one or more upstream RJ45 jacks are configured to pass Ethernet signals therethrough. The distribution module is configured to couple a downlink portion of the first transport signals and either a downlink portion of the second transport signals or a downlink Ethernet signal from one of the upstream RJ45 jacks to a first twisted pair cable connected to one of one or more downstream RJ45 jacks.
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