{"id":282978,"date":"2026-01-07T10:53:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/?p=282978"},"modified":"2026-01-07T10:53:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:53:39","slug":"patented-making-a-degradable-ice-straw-and-more-north-texas-inventive-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/patented-making-a-degradable-ice-straw-and-more-north-texas-inventive-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Patented: Making a Degradable Ice Straw and More North&nbsp;Texas Inventive Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Other companies with notable patents granted this week include:<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 0 0em;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li style=\"margin-left: 2em;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Advanced Interventional Cardiovascular Solutions&#8217;<\/span> non-occluding balloon for cardiovascular drug delivery<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 2em;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Bank of America&#8217;s<\/span> leveraging quantum entanglement for replicating data in multiple locations and twin tagging the data<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 2em;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">BMIC&#8217;s<\/span> roofing shingle having uniquely identifiable radio frequency-based tag<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 2em;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Dell Products&#8217;<\/span> use of reliability predictions for selection of data storage devices<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 2em;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Hedera Hashgraph&#8217;s<\/span> methods and apparatus for a distributed database within a network<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 2em;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">IBM&#8217;s<\/span> realtime identity attack detection and remediation<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 2em;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Lennox Industries&#8217;<\/span> system for detecting a refrigerant leak in an HVAC system using a subcooling temperature<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 2em;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Micro Focus&#8217;<\/span> identification of variants of artificial intelligence generated malware<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 2em;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">NxGen Partners IP&#8217;s<\/span> unified nonlinear modeling approach for machine learning and artificial intelligence (attractor-assisted AI)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 2em;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Siemens Industry Software&#8217;s<\/span> systems and methods for automatic detachment of support structures for 3D printed parts<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 2em;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Theatro Labs&#8217;<\/span> integrating verbal collaboration platforms with data collection and user context<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 2em;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Toyota Motor North America&#8217;s<\/span> limiting battery degradation for a group of vehicles<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 2em;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Verily Life Sciences&#8217;<\/span> thin-film high-density sensing array, sub-scalp implantation tool and implant method<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 2em;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Wells Fargo&#8217;s<\/span> systems for adversarial annotations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"border: 2.5pt solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.18); margin: 20px 0;\" \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/dallas-invents-patents-granted-in-dallas-fort-worth-arlington-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DallasInvents-150x300-e1503460955438.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas Fort Worth: U.S. Patents Granted in the Dallas Fort Worth region.\" width=\"120\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Dallas Invents is a weekly look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Listings include patents granted to local assignees and\/or those with a North Texas inventor.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong> Patent activity can indicate future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. By tracking both inventors and assignees in the region, we aim to provide a broader view of the region\u2019s inventive activity. Listings are organized by Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC).\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #f2de04;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #99cc00;\">THIS WEEK, BY THE NUMBERS<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #999999; font-size: 8pt;\">Week of 12\/2\/25 |\u00a0 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100)<\/span>\u00a0<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 32px;\">134<\/span>\u00a0patents\u00a0granted \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Ranked No. 9 <\/span>in\u00a0patent\u00a0production\u00a0out\u00a0of\u00a0250\u00a0metros<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #77787a; font-size: 18pt;\">NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A: Human Necessities 6<br \/>\nB: Performing Operations; Transporting 6<br \/>\nC: Chemistry; Metallurgy 4<br \/>\nD: Textiles; Paper 1<br \/>\nE: Fixed Constructions 10<br \/>\nF: Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting 7<br \/>\nG: Physics 40<br \/>\nH: Electricity 48<\/p>\n<p>DESIGN: 12<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #77787a; font-size: 18pt;\">TOP\u00a0ASSIGNEES<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">(NO. OF PATENTS)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 15<br \/>\nOutdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson) 6<br \/>\nBank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) 5<br \/>\nHalliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 5<br \/>\nVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.) 5<br \/>\nBMIC LLC (Dallas) 3<br \/>\nCapital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.) 3<br \/>\nDell Products L.P. (Round Rock) 3<br \/>\nInternational Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.) 3<\/p>\n<p>Unassigned 9<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #77787a; font-size: 18pt;\">TOP INVENTORS<\/span><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">(NO. OF PATENTS)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"9daa5d8b-60f3-468c-bcdd-e524cb0b8a1c\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p data-start=\"911\" data-end=\"1233\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Fangwen Wan (Suzhou, China) 2<br \/>\nHaiyan Chen (Suzhou, China) 2<br \/>\nLigang Wu (Suzhou, China) 2<br \/>\nMichael Voss (Aledo) 2<br \/>\nRajen Manicon Murugan (Dallas) 2<br \/>\nStephen Michael Greci (Carrollton) 2<br \/>\nSylvester Ankamah-Kusi (Dallas) 2<br \/>\nTing Zhang (Suzhou, China) 2<br \/>\nVidhya Seran (Irving) 2<br \/>\nXiangyang Ai (Plano) 2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong>Don\u2019t miss Dallas Invents:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dallasinnovates.com\/signup\/\">Sign up<\/a> for the Dallas Innovates e-newsletter.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Patent information is provided by Joe Chiarella, founder of patent analytics company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.PatentIdx.com\">Patent Index<\/a> and publisher of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inventivenessindex.com\/\">The Inventiveness Index<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 10pt;\"><em>For additional details on the patents granted below, search the <a href=\"https:\/\/ppubs.uspto.gov\/pubwebapp\/static\/pages\/ppubsbasic.html\">USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #99cc00;\"><strong>UTILITY PATENTS<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">H U M A N\u00a0 N E C E S S I T I E S<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Cooking fixture with modified cooking surface for selective browning effect <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12484591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12484591<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Justin Corless (Flower Mound, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> UNASSIGNED <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE REATH LLP (no location found) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17686779 on 03\/04\/2022 (1369 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A cooking fixture including a base defining a cooking surface, the cooking surface having a raised area and a depressed area, the raised area being planar, and the depressed area being defined by a plurality of pockets arranged in a random pattern. Each pocket has a depth relative to the raised area.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[A21D] TREATMENT, e.g. PRESERVATION, OF FLOUR OR DOUGH FOR BAKING, e.g. BY ADDITION OF MATERIALS; BAKING; BAKERY PRODUCTS; PRESERVATION THEREOF [2006.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Holder device for coupling smokable items with smoking instruments <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12484615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12484615<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Angela Mou (Keller, NE) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Coconut Concepts LLC (Keller, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Cohen I.P. Law Group, PC (no location found) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18889784 on 09\/19\/2024 (439 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A holder device for coupling a smokable item (e.g., a pre-roll cone, an empty cone, a pre-rolled or hand-rolled cigarette, a cigar, etc.). The holder device includes a passageway formed and dimensioned to provide upper and lower lateral support to the smokable item, as well as the forces necessary to secure the smokable item within the passageway when inserted therein. The holder device may be coupled to a smoking instrument, e.g., to a down stem of a waterpipe, thereby enabling the smokable item to be smoked via the instrument instead of being handheld during the smoking experience. The holder device also may include an integrated ashtray.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[A24F] SMOKERS&#8217; REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES (lighters F23Q) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> System and method for making an ice straw <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12484726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12484726<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Thomas Surgent (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Prive Products, LLC (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17609970 on 05\/16\/2020 (2026 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A system and method for making degradable drinking straws made of ice (or other frozen liquid(s)). The system may comprise one or more tubes configured to extend into a reservoir. The tubes may each be in fluid communication with a connecting bar, wherein fluid (e.g., a liquid and\/or a gas) within the connecting bar may be directed into the tubes. The system may comprise a source of cold fluid and a source of hot fluid in fluid communication with the connecting bar. The degradable straw may comprise a wall (or thickness) made of ice with a hollow, cavity, and\/or void space through the straw. The degradable straw may serve to cool the drink (as any other piece of ice within the drinking liquid) via placement in a drink and\/or via the drink passing through the void space into a user&#8221;s mouth.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[A47G] HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B 65\/00; knives B26B) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Thin-film high-density sensing array, sub-scalp implantation tool and implant method <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12484829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12484829<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Benjamin Yaffe (San Francisco, CA), Shivkumar Sabesan (Campbell, CA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17272013 on 08\/01\/2019 (2315 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Devices, systems and techniques are provided to facilitate chronic monitoring of biological signals. An implant device can include a set of branch portions. Each branch portion can include multiple electrodes disposed on a bottom surface and can have vias that connect the electrode to a trace on the top of the branch portion. Each branch portion can include a hole through which a connector (e.g., suture) can be pulled. The connector can also be threaded through a hole in a curved arm of an implantation tool, To implant the implant device, the implantation tool can be inserted through an incision, moved to a target location and stabilized. An end of the connector can then be pulled, which can cause the implant device to move to the target location. The implant device can then be stabilized and the implantation tool explanted.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33\/48) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Cosmetic compositions <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12485080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12485080<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> David Gan (Addison, TX), Michelle Hines (Addison, TX), Tiffany Florence (Addison, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> MARY KAY INC. (Addison, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP (Local + 13 other metros) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 16206018 on 11\/30\/2018 (2559 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Disclosed are compositions and methods for their use that can be used in cosmetic applications. The composition can include an effective amount of a [i]Centella asiatica [\/i]stem cells to reduce the activity of hyaluronidase in skin, an effective amount of tetradecyl aminobutyroylvalylamino butyric urea trifluoroacetate or [i]Alpinia galanga [\/i]leaf extract to promote the production of hyaluronic acid in skin, an effective amount of tripeptide-1 to promote the production of fibronectin and laminin in skin, and a dermatologically acceptable vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[A61K] PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J 3\/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Non-occluding balloon for cardiovascular drug delivery <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12485253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12485253<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Brett Allyn Williams (North Oaks, MN), Vijay Sitharam Ramanath (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Advanced Interventional Cardiovascular Solutions, LLC (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18537604 on 12\/12\/2023 (721 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A non-occluding drug-coated balloon catheter device for use in a blood vessel transporting blood comprises a catheter shaft including a guidewire lumen, a fluid lumen and a connector port. A balloon is mounted on the catheter shaft and includes an outer envelope surrounding the guidewire lumen in fluid communication with the fluid lumen; a drug coating applied on the exterior surface of the outer envelope; and at least one bypass lumen forming a passage extending from the proximal end of the outer envelope to the distal end of the outer envelope. When the balloon is positioned in a blood vessel and inflated, the exterior surface of the outer envelope presses the drug coating against the blood vessel and the bypass lumen is open between the distal end of the outer envelope and the proximal end of the outer envelope such that blood transport continues through the bypass lumen.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[A61M] DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D 7\/00; means for inserting tampons A61F 13\/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J 1\/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L; magnetotherapy using magnetic elements placed within the body A61N 2\/10); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR [5] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">O P E R A T I O N S &amp; T R A N S P O R T<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Systems and methods for multi-junction particle sorting in injection-molded articles <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12485420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12485420<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Andrew Homyk (Belmont, CA), Junjia Ding (San Mateo, CA), Michael Brundage (Lincoln, MA), Saurabh Vyawahare (Mountain View, CA), Srinivas Hanasoge (Foster City, CA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17658781 on 04\/11\/2022 (1331 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> The present disclosure is related to a method of producing a microfluidic sorting apparatus. The method includes providing an injection-molded substrate comprising a network of channels; bonding an insulating film to an upper surface of the substrate to cover the network of channels; and depositing a conductive film on the insulating film. The substrate can be separated from the conductive film.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[B01L] CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE (apparatus for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61; apparatus for industrial purposes or laboratory apparatus whose construction and performance are comparable to that of similar industrial apparatus, see the relevant classes for industrial apparatus, particularly subclasses of B01 and C12; separating or distilling apparatus B01D; mixing or stirring devices B01F; atomisers B05B; sieves B07B; corks, bungs B65D; handling liquids in general B67; vacuum pumps F04; siphons F04F 10\/00; taps, stop-cocks F16K; tubes, tube joints F16L; apparatus specially adapted for investigating or analysing materials G01, particularly G01N; electrical or optical apparatus, see the relevant classes in sections G and H) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Systems and methods for automatic detachment of support structures for 3D printed parts <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12485486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12485486<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Nicola Maria Ceriani (Erlangen, , DE) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17637711 on 08\/29\/2019 (2287 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A computing system may include a design access engine configured to access a digital design of a part designed for construction through an additive manufacturing process. The computing system may also include a detachable support structure engine configured to insert, into the digital design, a support structure configured to support construction of a surface of the part. The inserted support structure may include a shape-memory element configured to be in a diminished shape during the additive manufacturing process and expand into an expanded shape after the additive manufacturing process ends as well as an element enclosure attached to the surface of the part and configured to hold the shape-memory element in the diminished shape and break from the part as the shape-memory element expands into the expanded shape.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[B22F] WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER (making alloys by powder metallurgy C22C); APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Devices and tooling system for maintenance of dynamic weight management systems on railroad vehicles <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12485508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12485508<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Larry C. Valentine (Berryton, KS), Mike E. Teaford (Topeka, KS), Timothy Webb (Topeka, KS) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18045692 on 10\/11\/2022 (1148 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Devices and\/or tooling systems for performing maintenance of dynamic weight management (DWM) systems on railroad vehicles are provided. In embodiments, the devices may include specialized devices or tools configured for removing and\/or installing various DWM components. In embodiments, the removal\/installation devices may include a DWM cover plate removal device, a DWM crank and shaft removal device, and\/or a DWM bushing maintenance device. In embodiments, the DWM cover plate removal device may be configured to remove a cover plate of a DWM system attached to a frame of a truck assembly of a railroad vehicle, the DWM crank and shaft removal device may be configured to remove a DWM main shaft and\/or a DWM chain crank from a DWM system, and the DWM bushing maintenance device may be configured to install and\/or remove a frame bushing from and\/or into a frame bushing opening within a frame of a DWM system.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[B23P] OTHER WORKING OF METAL; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Method and system for modeling personalized car-following driving styles with model-free inverse reinforcement learning <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12485911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12485911<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Kyungtae Han (Palo Alto, CA), Rohit Gupta (Santa Clara, CA), Ziran Wang (San Jose, CA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17936459 on 09\/29\/2022 (1160 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A method may include learning reward functions for a plurality of first vehicles based on first vehicle data associated with the plurality of first vehicles using inverse reinforcement learning, associating each vehicle of the plurality of first vehicles with one cluster among a plurality of clusters based on the reward functions, determining a centroid reward function for each of the clusters based on the reward functions associated with each cluster, performing a comparison between second vehicle data associated with a second vehicle and the first vehicle data, determining a vehicle among the plurality of first vehicles having associated first vehicle data that is most similar to the second vehicle data based on the comparison, associating the second vehicle with the cluster associated with the determined vehicle, and controlling operation of the second vehicle based on the centroid reward function of the cluster associated with the second vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[B60W] CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT [2006.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Automated tie marking <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12485940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12485940<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Lisa Marie Kelly (Weatherford, TX), Michael James Brick (Fort Worth, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> UNASSIGNED <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18193849 on 03\/31\/2023 (977 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A system and method for automating railroad maintenance by a tie gang using electronic tie marking (ETM) configured to optimize railroad asset maintenance. The system enables collision avoidance between members of the tie gang performing maintenance on railway assets (e.g., Rails, Ties, Ballasts, Turnouts, Crossings, etc.). The system can generate production numbers for the railway assets and evaluate an asset queue for the tie gang to perform maintenance. The system can utilize real-time updates from the tie gang to optimize work output. The system can provide a customizable user interface to identify, track, and process information related to maintenance of the railroad asset. The system also provides for a heads-up-display (HUD) to notify an operator of relevant information, such as maintenance information, travel indicators, and updated asset queue. The system can identify a next location and calculate an optimum path based on sensor input incorporating machine-specific and environmental characteristics.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Separate food cups joined by seal sheet hinge <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486073<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Christine Horan (Northborough, MA), Gregg Flender (Bedford, MA), Julia Sharpe (Cambridge, MA), Matthew Nichols (McKinney, TX), Ryan Adame (Queen Creek, AZ), Vincent Taylor (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Daisy Brand, LLC (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18750969 on 06\/21\/2024 (529 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A food containment assembly includes a first cup with a first sealing flange and a second cup with a second sealing flange. The second cup is separate from and disposed adjacent to the first cup. A seal sheet is adhered to the first sealing flange and the second sealing flange, and the seal sheet forms a hinge to allow rotation of the second cup with respect to the first cup. The seal sheet includes a first slit disposed proximate the hinge and a second slit proximate the hinge, wherein tearing the seal sheet along the first slit allows access to contents of the first cup and tearing the seal sheet along the second slit allows access to contents of the second cup and the hinge remains intact.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[B65D] CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Folding knife with replaceable blade <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/D1103732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D1103732<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Dillon Douglas (Henderson, NV), Howard Unger (Henderson, NV), Thomas Rucci (Henderson, NV) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> GOOD SPORTSMAN MARKETING, LLC (Irving, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Cabello Hall Zinda, PLLC (no location found) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 29918684 on 11\/29\/2023 (734 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> No Abstract Patent Class: N\/A<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">C H E M I S T R Y &amp; M E T A L L U R G Y<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Use of ergothioneine for extending lifespan or improving healthspan <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12485110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12485110<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Shawn Wells (Lewisville, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> NANJING NUTRABUILDING BIO-TECH CO., LTD. (Nanjing, , CN) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> ANOVA LAW GROUP PLLC (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17973710 on 10\/26\/2022 (1133 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Among others, the present disclosure provides methods for extending lifespan or improving healthspan in a mammal, which includes administration to the mammal of a composition containing an effective amount of ergothioneine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, acid, ester, analog or derivative thereof.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[C07D] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08) [2] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Metal oxide nanoparticle with alkylsiloxane ligands bonded thereto <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486235<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Marissa Lynn Higgins (Forney, TX), Nicholas Charles Anderson (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> CubicPV Inc. (Bedford, MA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18314772 on 05\/09\/2023 (938 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A metal oxide nanoparticle comprises a metal oxide core of formula M[subscript]2[\/subscript]O[subscript]5[\/subscript], wherein M is tantalum (V) or niobium (V) and alkylsiloxane ligands bonded to the metal oxide core.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[C07D] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08) [2] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Crystal forms of crenolanib and methods of use thereof <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486256<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Vinay Jain (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Arog Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Foley Hoag LLP (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18215530 on 06\/28\/2023 (888 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> present invention relates to novel crystalline polymorphs of 1-[2-[5-[(3-Methyl-3-oxetanyl) methoxy]-1H-benzimidazol-1-yl]-8-quinolinyl]-4-piperidinamine monobenzenesulfonate, and to methods for their preparation. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more forms and optionally one or more suitable pharmaceutical carriers. The invention also relates to methods of using the crystalline polymorphs of the invention in the treatment of disease.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[C07D] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08) [2] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Polymer composition blend and membranes made therefrom <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486387<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Christian Ohm (Gernsheim, , DE), David Ditter (Mainz, , DE), Fangfang Tao (Shanghai, , CN), Yingying Sun (Shanghai, , CN) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Celanese International Corporation (Irving, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Dority Manning, P.A. (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18124848 on 03\/22\/2023 (986 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A polymer composition for producing gel extruded articles is described. The polymer composition contains at least three different polyethylene polymers, namely a lower molecular weight polyethylene polymer, a mid-range molecular weight polyethylene polymer, and a high molecular weight polyethylene polymer. Combining the different polyethylene polymers in different ratios can optimize not only mechanical properties but improve processing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[C08L] COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06) [2] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">T E X T I L E S&amp; P A P E R<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Magnetic-responsive compositions for roofing materials <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486614<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Joshua Tingley (Morris Plains, NJ), Yan Zheng (Parsippany, NJ) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18907164 on 10\/04\/2024 (424 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Magnetic-responsive compositions for roofing materials are provided. A composition comprises a polymer and a magnetic-responsive additive. The magnetic-responsive additive, when subjected to a magnetic field, is aligned in a horizontal direction sufficient to increase a reflectivity of the composition upon curing to form a roofing material. A kit comprising a composition and a roller device is provided. The roller device comprising a roller, wherein the roller contains a magnetic array. Related systems and related methods are also provided.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[D06N] WALL, FLOOR, OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM, OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF A FIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULAR MATERIAL (paper-based or board-based structures for surface covering D21H 27\/18); FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">F I X E D C O N S T R U C T I O N S<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Method and apparatus for rejuvenating lines on roads <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486629<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Erick McCallum (Fort Worth, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> UNASSIGNED <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18421483 on 01\/24\/2024 (678 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> An apparatus for rejuvenating markings on roads includes at least one cleaning unit, a collection tank, a vacuum member, and a connection point. At least one cleaning unit includes a frame, at least one skirt member, at least one spray connection, and a wand member. The skirt member is coupled to an external surface of the frame. The spray connection is disposed at least partially on a top surface of the frame, and the wand member is coupled to the underside of the spray connection. The collection tank includes a plurality of entry points and at least one vacuum connection. Each entry point is configured to mate with a hose. The vacuum member works with the collection tank such that material is vacuumed from underneath the cleaning unit into the collection tank and then into a storage tank. The connection point is configured for attachment to a maneuvering member.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[E01H] STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; CLEANING LAND; DISPERSING FOG IN GENERAL (mowers convertible to apparatus for sweeping or cleaning lawns or other surfaces, e.g. to remove snow, or capable of sweeping or cleaning lawns or other surfaces A01D 42\/06; cleaning in general B08B) [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Tank base <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486635<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Larry L. Perkins (Southlake, TX), Tim Kriegshauser (Southlake, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> UNASSIGNED <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17893260 on 08\/23\/2022 (1197 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A method for the construction of an improved tank base. A tank base is constructed for protection against accidental spills and\/or leaks associated with a tank battery. The improved tank base comprises at least one part of a suitable substrate, which allows for the adhesion of an elastomer such as polyurea. Polyurea is preferably applied using a spray device which yields an average coverage of about 50-80 mils, and most preferably 60 mils. If more than one substrate is used, one or more substrates can be bound together with a fastening system. Once pressure is applied in the form of weight, the fastening system can be removed, resulting in an improved tank base having at least one seam and impervious to the fluid of the tank battery.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[E02D] FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES [6] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Roofing system and associated roofing shingle <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486667<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Chris Searcy (Tuscaloosa, AL), Daniel E. Boss (Morris Township, NJ), James Svec (Kearny, NJ), Ming-Liang Shiao (Basking Ridge, NJ), Nicholas Thurston (Tuscaloosa, AL) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 19219472 on 05\/27\/2025 (189 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Roofing shingles are disclosed that are capable of self-adhering to a roof deck or underlayment and\/or other roofing shingles and that require few or no mechanical fasteners to remain attached to the roof. By appropriate positioning of sealant lines on the shingle, direct adhesion between the shingle and the roof deck or underlayment and\/or other roofing shingles can be achieved. If the shingle is laminated, the layers may be mechanically attached with indentations in the common bond area. The nail zone of the shingle may be visually indicated with fines and\/or one or more paint lines. A roofing system comprising a plurality of courses of the shingles is also disclosed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[E04D] ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F 13\/00) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Mounting device for a metal roof <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486668<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Jonathon Moss (Grandview, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> RMH Tech LLC (Colorado Springs, CO) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Sheridan Ross P.C. (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18642276 on 04\/22\/2024 (589 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A mounting device or clamp is provided that can be secured to a roof joint without damaging the roof joint. Two roof panels can be joined at a roof joint that extends away from the roof. The clamp has a body with a slot to receive the roof joint. An insert of the clamp is rotatable relative to the body from a first position to a second position. The clamp body can be positioned over the roof joint, and the insert can rotate or pivot from the first position to the second position relative to the body to secure the clamp to the roof joint. In one embodiment, a body of the clamp has a first arm that is concave and the insert has a concave portion to engage the roof joint. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the insert can be connected to the clamp body such that either a first projection or a second projection of the insert faces a roof joint.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[E04D] ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F 13\/00) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Motor cooling and debris management during milling <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486720<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Pramod Chamarthy (Carrollton, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> C. Tumey Law Group, PLLC (no location found) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18983918 on 12\/17\/2024 (350 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> In the drilling of oil and gas wells, some fluid isolation valves may be stuck in a closed position and may need to be milled out. Provided are methods and systems to dissipate heat and remove cuttings and shavings generated during milling of these fluid isolation barrier. The methods may include conveying a milling tool into a borehole, wherein the milling tool comprises a motor, a gear box coupled to the motor; a pump coupled to the gear box, and a mill bit coupled to the pump, milling a fluid isolation barrier positioned in the borehole using the milling tool, wherein heat is generated at the mill bit and by the motor during the milling of the fluid isolation barrier, and removing at least a portion of the heat by pumping fluid past the motor and the mill bit using the pump.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Use of turbulent flow in a frac plug <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486734<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Daniel Keith Moeller (Carrollton, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> DeLizio, Peacock, Lewin Guerra LLP (no location found) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18827483 on 09\/06\/2024 (452 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Provided herein are embodiments of a frac plug for use downhole in a wellbore, a system, and a method for creating a pressure differential in the wellbore or performing an operation downhole in the wellbore. In one embodiment a plug for use within a wellbore comprises a mandrel; and a flow restrictor positioned within an inner diameter of the mandrel. In one embodiment, a method may include positioning a frac plug at a depth inside a casing of a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation, wherein one or more components are coupled with the frac plug, the frac plug comprising: a mandrel; and a flow restrictor positioned within the mandrel; setting the frac plug to contact an inner wall of the casing; and creating a pressure differential within the wellbore with the flow restrictor of the plug.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Ball screw and electric brake for a tubing-retrievable safety valve <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486736<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Bruce Edward Scott (Carrollton, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18678218 on 05\/30\/2024 (551 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a sliding assembly, that includes a hydraulic piston, a ball nut affixed to the hydraulic piston, a ball screw disposed through the ball nut, and an electric brake affixed to the ball screw.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Perforating gun assembly <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486738\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486738<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> James F. Shelton (Kennedale, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> HARRISON JET GUNS II, L.P. (Kennedale, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> WARNER NORCROSS + JUDD LLP (3 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18726504 on 01\/05\/2023 (1062 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> An improved perforating gun assembly. The perforating gun assembly includes an alternating sequence of perforating guns and tandems. Each perforating gun includes two contact housings, and each contact housing includes an electrical connector plug protruding in an axial direction. The electrical connector plug includes an outwardly bowed middle portion that is resiliently deformablealso referred to as a banana pin connector plug. The banana pin connector plug is received within a socket opening in an electrically conductive pass-through element that is centrally received within the tandem. The pass-through element is surrounded by an insulating sleeve, such that the pass-through element is electrically isolated from an electrically grounded portion of the tandem and transfers a firing signal from a first perforating gun to a second perforating gun.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Fluid flow control system employing a fluidic diode for control pressure <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486739<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Parker Justiss, P.C. (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18460925 on 09\/05\/2023 (819 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Provided is a fluid flow control system, a well system, and a method. The fluid flow control system, in one aspect, includes a flow restrictor operable to receive production fluid having a pressure (P3) and discharge control fluid having a control pressure (P2), and a fluidic diode placed between the flow restrictor and the tubing, the fluidic diode configured to increase the control pressure (P2) to a higher control pressure (P2[superscript]++[\/superscript]) when the fluidic diode encounters lower viscosity fluids and is configured to increase the control pressure (P2) to a lower control pressure (P2[superscript]+[\/superscript]) when the fluidic diode encounters higher 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 (P2[superscript]++[\/superscript]) or the lower control pressure (P2[superscript]+[\/superscript]), and a production fluid outlet.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Valve actuation assembly with a cable and shaft <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486922<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Finn Gamble McCarthy (Carrollton, TX), Ryan W. McChesney (Carrollton, TX), Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18768964 on 07\/10\/2024 (510 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A variety of methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a valve system comprising: a valve; and a valve actuation assembly comprising: a linear motion actuator configured to move linearly; a cable coupled to the linear motion actuator; and a shaft coupled to the cable, wherein the cable extends from the linear motion actuator to the shaft, wherein the shaft is configured to rotate and actuate the valve in response to linear movement of the linear motion actuator.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>LIGHTING | HEATING | WEAPONS | BLASTING<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Powerplant with integrated heat pipe <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486800<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Edward L. Hieb (Aubrey, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> RTX CORPORATION (Farmington, CT) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Getz Balich LLC (no location found) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18640975 on 04\/19\/2024 (592 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> An apparatus is provided for a powerplant. The apparatus includes a heat pipe extending axially along an axis from a first end of the heat pipe to a second end of the heat pipe. The heat pipe extends circumferentially around the axis. The heat pipe includes an evaporator region, a condenser region and a plurality of fluid passages. The evaporator region is disposed at the second end of the heat pipe. The condenser region is disposed at the first end of the heat pipe. The condenser region is disposed radially inboard of the evaporator region. The fluid passages are axially between and fluidly couple the evaporator region and the condenser region.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[F02C] GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; combustion apparatus in which combustion takes place in a fluidised bed of fuel or other particles F23C 10\/00; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B 11\/00; using gas-turbine plants in vehicles, see the relevant vehicle classes) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Liquid cooled plunger system <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486840<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Micheal Cole Thomas (Azle, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Kerr Machine Co. (Sulphur, OK) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Tomlinson McKinstry, P.C. (no location found) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 19220881 on 05\/28\/2025 (188 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A system for cooling plungers which operate in high pressure pumps. The system uses a plunger having a blind bore formed therein. The blind bore may receive a number of different objects, some of which are fixed to the plunger. A heat exchanger may be installed within the blind bore. The heat exchanger may have internal passages or openings which allow for the circulation of fluid within the blind bore, thus cooling the plunger. The heat exchanger may be formed of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the material used to form the plunger. This allows the heat exchanger to cool the plunger more effectively than if the plunger were solid or filled with an empty air space. The heat exchanger may be sealed within the bore of the plunger, or exposed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[F04B] POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F; crankshafts, crossheads, connecting-rods F16C; flywheels F16F; gearings for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion in general F16H; pistons, piston-rods, cylinders, in general F16J; ion pumps H01J 41\/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K 44\/02) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Removable packing gland assembly <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486842<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Adalberto Cortes (Fort Worth, TX), Alireza Atabaie (Keller, TX), Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18678612 on 05\/30\/2024 (551 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A packing gland assembly may include a packing gland housing defining a bore extending from a front end to a rear end of the packing gland housing. The packing gland housing may include a flange having a front face, that defines the front end of the packing gland housing, and a rear face. The flange may define a plurality of apertures that extend from the front face of the flange to the rear face of the flange. The packing gland housing may include a mating neck extending from the flange to the rear end of the packing gland housing. The mating neck may define a stepped circumferential surface having one or more steps, and may define a circumferential groove.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[F04B] POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F; crankshafts, crossheads, connecting-rods F16C; flywheels F16F; gearings for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion in general F16H; pistons, piston-rods, cylinders, in general F16J; ion pumps H01J 41\/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K 44\/02) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Reducing fastener having flexible sleeves for connecting a coated conduit to a fitting <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486930<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Tabitha Stricklin (Forney, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Robroy IndustriesTexas, LLC (Gilmer, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> The Webb Law Firm (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18422565 on 01\/25\/2024 (677 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A fastener for connecting a coated conduit to a fitting or to another coated conduit includes a bushing and polymeric material coating and surrounding an external surface of the bushing. The bushing includes internal and external threading The polymeric material includes a central portion coating at least the first end of the bushing, a first flexible sleeve extending from the central portion in a first direction and creating a cavity, and a second flexible sleeve extending from the central portion in a second direction, opposite the first direction. The external threading of the bushing is configured to be threaded into a fitting or conduit such that the first flexible sleeve fits over a circumference of the fitting or a coated conduit, and the internal threading of the bushing is configured to be threaded onto coated conduit such that the second flexible sleeve fits over a circumference of the coated conduit.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[F16L] PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> System and method for detecting a refrigerant leak in an HVAC system using a subcooling temperature <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486992<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Patric Ananda Balan Thobias (Chennai, , IN), Sangameshwaran Sadhasivam (Kanchipuram, , IN), Vickey Bhardwaj (Kancheepuram, , IN) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18411662 on 01\/12\/2024 (690 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A method operating an HVAC system is provided. The method includes receiving a concentration of refrigerant. The method includes operating the HVAC system in a leak diagnostic mode if the concentration exceeds a gas concentration threshold. The method includes turning on a compressor to compress the refrigerant. The method includes receiving a first saturated liquid temperature and a first subcooled liquid temperature, and determining a first subcooled value based on the difference. The method includes turning off the compressor for a duration, and turning on the compressor after the duration has elapsed. The method includes receiving a second saturated liquid temperature and a second subcooled liquid temperature, and determining a second subcooled value based on the difference. The method includes determining that the first refrigerant circuit includes a refrigerant leak if the second subcooled value or the first subcooled value exceeds a subcooled threshold value.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[F24F] AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B 15\/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F 17\/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L 17\/02) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> HVAC system with leak detection and method of use <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12486993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12486993<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX), Siddarth Rajan (Addison, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18532471 on 12\/07\/2023 (726 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A method of operating an HVAC system includes receiving a first loss of charge parameter of refrigerant from a loss of charge sensor. The method includes determining that refrigerant leak diagnostics should be performed for the HVAC system based on a comparison of the first loss of charge parameter to a loss of charge threshold. The method includes turning off a compressor in a control panel unit and a blower in an indoor unit for a predetermined wait time. The method includes receiving a measurement after the predetermined wait time that is indicative of a concentration of the refrigerant in the indoor unit from a first leak detection sensor, and receiving a measurement that is indicative of a concentration of the refrigerant in the control panel unit from a second leak detection sensor. The method includes determining a leak location of the refrigerant using a controller.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[F24F] AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B 15\/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F 17\/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L 17\/02) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Interchangeable duct seal <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12487004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12487004<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Benal Raeburn (Aubrey, TX), Rachal McCarthy (Frisco, TX), Sarek Raeburn (Little Elm, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> NTI GLOBAL (Amsterdam, NY) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Schmeiser, Olsen Watts, LLP (6 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17993593 on 11\/23\/2022 (1105 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> An interchangeable duct seal is provided. The interchangeable duct seal includes a first panel, the first panel having a first support structure and a first material attached to the first support structure; and a brace configured for securing the first panel to a structure; wherein the first panel includes a first opening and is configured to connect to a first duct and\/or allow the first duct to pass through the interchangeable duct seal. The interchangeable duct seal may also include a second panel or multiple panels. Related kits and methods are also provided.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[F24F] AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B 15\/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F 17\/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L 17\/02) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">P H Y S I C S<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Systems and methods for power supplies with dynamic voltage drop compensation <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12487258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12487258<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Steven Zanft (York, , GB) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18547060 on 02\/22\/2022 (1379 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> In one embodiment, a power supply comprises: a conversion circuit that outputs an output voltage at a first end of a cable; a remote voltage sensor measures a load delivered voltage from a second end of the cable; a control logic, wherein the power conversion circuit regulates the output voltage based on a signal from the control logic; a current sensor that measures current flow through the cable; and a resistance measurement circuit that computes a resistance of the cable as a function of the load delivered voltage, the current flow and the output voltage. The control logic regulates the load delivered voltage based on a voltage drop calculated utilizing the resistance. The control logic detects a change in the resistance of the cable based on the load delivered voltage and dynamically updates a value of the resistance for calculating the voltage drop when the change exceeds a tolerance.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G01R] MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J 3\/12) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Dynamic adjustment of prism for head mounted display using photochromatic material <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12487474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12487474<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Ercan M Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Shailesh N Joshi (Ann Arbor, MI) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH INC (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Jordan IP Law, LLC (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17670142 on 02\/11\/2022 (1390 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A head mounted display apparatus includes a display unit having an optical member, one or more elastically deformable position adjustment members operable to flexibly mount the optical member, and one or more light sources. The optical member has a reflective surface to direct rendered visual content towards an eye of a user. The elastically deformable position adjustment member(s) are moveable between a contracted state and an expanded state to adjust a spatial orientation of the optical member in a manner that adjusts a spatial orientation of the rendered visual content relative to the eye of the user. The elastically deformable position adjustment member(s) has one or more photochromatic regions that are moveable in response to exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light emitted by the light sources.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G02C] SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Systems and methods for risk-bounded control barrier functions <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12487598\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12487598<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Bardh Hoxha (Canton, MI), Danil V. Prokhorov (Canton, MI), Georgios Fainekos (Novi, MI), Mitchell Black (Ann Arbor, MI), Tomoya Yamaguchi (Ann Arbor, MI) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18108453 on 02\/10\/2023 (1026 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to implementing risk-bounded control barrier functions. In one embodiment, a method includes estimating a state of a vehicle; planning a trajectory based on the state of the vehicle; determining a nominal control input based on the trajectory; applying a risk-bounded control barrier function to determine a control input; and applying the control input to the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G05D] SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES (for continuous casting of metals B22D 11\/16; valves per se F16K; sensing non-electric variables, see the relevant subclasses of G01; for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Hybrid flow and pressure regulation <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12487614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12487614<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Robert Boyer (Flower Mound, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> THE ESAB GROUP INC. (Florence, SC) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17983106 on 11\/08\/2022 (1120 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> An outlet assembly for hybrid pressure and flow regulation includes a first orifice of a first size, a second orifice of a second size that is larger than the first size, and a mechanism that automatically moves the first orifice between a first position, a second position, and a third position. When the first orifice is in the first position, the flow of gas passes through the first orifice, which regulates a flow rate of the flow of gas through the second orifice. When the first orifice is in the second position, the flow of gas primarily bypasses the first orifice and flows through the second orifice with a first specific flow rate. When the first orifice is in the third position, the flow of gas primarily bypasses the first orifice and flows through the second orifice with a second specific flow rate.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G05D] SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES (for continuous casting of metals B22D 11\/16; valves per se F16K; sensing non-electric variables, see the relevant subclasses of G01; for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Responsive digital messaging with integrated detection for adaptive displays <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12487674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12487674<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Bryan Tamayo (Allen, TX), William Merkel (Garland, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18975057 on 12\/10\/2024 (357 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> In some implementations, a system may receive, from at least one detection component, position data associated with a user. The system may obtain a set of display elements associated with the display. The system may obtain decision information defining one or more conditions for selecting one or more display elements from the set of display elements associated with the display. The system may select one or more display elements from the set of display elements based on the decision information, wherein the selected one or more display elements include at least one content asset and at least one display adaptation. The system may provide a set of instructions and the selected one or more display elements to the display.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Methods and apparatuses for providing condensable user interface <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12487739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12487739<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Sabrina Majeed (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Shopify Inc. (Ottawa, , CA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Rowand LLP (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17873336 on 07\/26\/2022 (1225 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Apparatuses and methods for providing a condensable user interface (UI) are disclosed. A scrollable UI having a plurality of sections is outputted by a display device. A first signal corresponding to a first command to scroll the UI at a first scrolling rate is received. In response to a determination that the first scrolling rate exceeds a first threshold, one or more sections of the plurality of sections of the UI are condensed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Use of reliability predictions for selection of data storage devices <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12487750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12487750<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Thomas L. Watson (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP (14 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18789904 on 07\/31\/2024 (489 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Methods and systems for managing performance of workloads are disclosed. The performance of the workloads may be managed by choosing a data storage device for the performance of a workload. The data storage device may be chosen by selecting the data storage of data storage devices with a highest reliability prediction. The reliability prediction of the data storage device may be a likelihood of the data storage device of a data processing system to retain the data while performing the workload. The data processing system may be chosen by selecting the data processing system of data processing systems with the highest reliability prediction. The reliability prediction of the data processing system may be a weighted sum of reliability predictions and weights of the data storage devices.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Memory device operations for unaligned write operations <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12487779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12487779<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Scheheresade Virani (Frisco, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18731756 on 06\/03\/2024 (547 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Implementations described herein relate to memory device operations for unaligned write operations. In some implementations, a memory device may receive, from a host device, a write command indicating data having a first size that corresponds to a first write unit and a first logical address. The memory device may allocate a set of buffers for the write command. The memory device may determine a set of physical addresses corresponding to a physical address that is associated with the second size, where the set of physical addresses are each associated with the first size. The memory device may merge stored data from the set of physical addresses to one or more buffers, from the set of buffers, that do not include the data to generate a data unit having the second size. The memory device may write the data unit to memory indicated by the set of physical addresses.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Natural language processing engine for component level data mapping and code revision impact analysis <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12487811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12487811<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Daniel Joseph Serna (The Colony, TX), Marcus Raphael Matos (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18092520 on 01\/03\/2023 (1064 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Systems, computer program products, and methods are provided for code revision impact analysis. The method includes generating a system map based on data received from a plurality of network devices; receiving a data transmission including a text file; processing the text file via a natural language processing engine, where an output of the natural language processing engine comprises a plurality of expected updates; determining, based on the system map, at least one downstream effect of the plurality of expected updates; and performing a remedial action.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Complex computing network for controlling computing operations based on a computing load <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12487861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12487861<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Lilly R. Talavera (Allen, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> UNASSIGNED <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18922360 on 10\/21\/2024 (407 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> This disclosure is directed to intelligent synchronization of computing users, and associated timing data, based on parameters or data received from computing systems connected via wireless, satellite, wire-based, optical-fiber based, etc., computing networks.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> High bandwidth gather cache <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12487929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12487929<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Bryan Hornung (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18517866 on 11\/22\/2023 (741 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums that provide increased bandwidth caches to process requests more efficiently for more than a single address at a time. This increased bandwidth allows for multiple cache operations to be performed in parallel. In some examples, to achieve this bandwidth increase, multiple copies of the hit logic are used in conjunction with dividing the cache into two or more segments with each segment storing values from different addresses. In some examples, the hit logic may detect hits for each segment. That is, the hit logic does not correspond to a particular cache segment. Each address value may be serviced by any of the plurality of hit logic units.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Dynamic file selection process to transfer required data file between different servers in near real-time <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12487966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12487966<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Linda Mock (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17990356 on 11\/18\/2022 (1110 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Systems and methods for a file migration process for moving a plurality of files from a first group of servers to a second group of servers in near real-time are provided. The file migration process automatically and dynamically identifies each file on the first group of servers at the appropriate time and location and moves each file to a corresponding file at the second group of servers. The file migration process is initiated by obtaining several input parameters and is able to adjust to environmental changes, where the process can handle different possible scenarios. The file migration process may be partitioned into a dynamic file identification engine (module) and one or more near real-time file transfer modules that may be executed on one of the servers in the first group of servers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Methods and apparatus for a distributed database within a network <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12487990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12487990<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Leemon C. Baird, III (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Hedera Hashgraph, LLC (Las Vegas, NV) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> COOLEY LLP (14 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18330581 on 06\/07\/2023 (909 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an instance of a distributed database at a first compute device configured to be included within a set of compute devices that implement the distributed database. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to define a first event linked to a first set of events. The processor is configured to receive, from a second compute device from the set of compute devices, a signal representing a second event (1) defined by the second compute device and (2) linked to a second set of events. The processor is configured to identify an order associated with a third set of events based at least one a result of a protocol. The processor is configured to store in the instance of the distributed database the order associated with the third set of events.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> System and method for artificial intelligence input optimization and control <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488024<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Oren Gev (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Verax AI Trust LTD (Ramat Gan, , IL) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> MB IP Analysts, LLC (4 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18986122 on 12\/18\/2024 (349 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A system and method for applying controls on an input for an artificial intelligence model is presented. The method includes receiving an input for a system having an artificial intelligence (AI) model, wherein the generative AI model is configured to generate an output based on at least a data source; determining at least a constraint for the input based on a predetermined constraint; generating a modified input based on the determined constraint; and processing the modified input utilizing the generative artificial AI model to generate an output; and sending the generated output to a client of the system.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Realtime identity attack detection and remediation <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488096<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Rashmiranjan Pradhan (Irving, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18466093 on 09\/13\/2023 (811 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for anomaly detection is provided. The embodiment may include receiving login event data of a customer. The embodiment may include labeling each login request of the event data as non-anomalous or anomalous. The embodiment may include performing aggregate feature extraction for each login request. The embodiment may include filtering data of anomalous login requests from data of non-anomalous login requests. The embodiment may include training an autoencoder machine learning model using the data of non-anomalous login requests to learn non-anomalous login request behavior. The embodiment may include passing the data of anomalous login requests through the trained autoencoder ML model to obtain enriched data. The embodiment may include training a classifier model using the enriched data to identify anomalous login requests and output a classification with confidence value.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Identification of variants of artificial intelligence generated malware <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488107<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Michael A. Aday (Carrollton, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Micro Focus LLC (Santa Clara, CA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Sheridan Ross P.C. (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18208016 on 06\/09\/2023 (907 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Source code for a type of malware is received. For example, the source code may be source code from a type of computer virus. An Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm is identified. For example, the AI algorithm may be ChatGPT. The source code of the type of malware is run through the AI algorithm to produce mutated source code for the type of malware. A prediction algorithm is used to predict a signature of the mutated source code for the type of malware. For example, the prediction algorithm is trained using existing source code of different types of malware to generate a prediction model. The signature of the mutated source code for the type of malware is then compared to a signature of a potentially new type of malware to determine if the signatures are similar.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Machine learning (ML)-based dual layer conversational assist system <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488190<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Ion Gerald McCusker (Allen, TX), Prejish Thomas (Plano, TX), Ramakrishna R. Yannam (The Colony, TX), Ravisha Andar (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18074653 on 12\/05\/2022 (1093 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Systems and methods for increasing accuracy in an online chat interface are provided. Methods may be executed via a machine-learning (ML)-based chat monitoring engine. Methods may include intercepting a request utterance. Methods may include computing, via a trained ML model, an intent of the request utterance; generating a target response to the request utterance; intercepting a response utterance; and calculating a difference between the response utterance and the target response. In response to the difference being less than a threshold difference, methods may include releasing the response utterance to be transmitted as a response message. In response to the difference being more than a threshold difference, methods may include preventing the response utterance from being transmitted as a response message, generating a revised response utterance that is less than a threshold difference apart from the target response, and transmitting the revised response as a response message to a remote computing device.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Systems and methods for adversarial annotations <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488197<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Gabriela Garcia (Fate, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (San Francisco, CA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18305551 on 04\/24\/2023 (953 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Systems and methods for operating an artificial intelligence and machine learning model to generate annotations of data and to generate training datasets is disclosed. One disclosed system includes one or more processors configured to: assign a task to a machine learning model; receive an output from the machine learning model associated with the task; compare the output to task data associated with a user performing the assigned task; and when there is a difference between the output of the machine learning model and the task data, generate an annotation.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Use of a convolutional neural network to auto-determine a floor height and floor height elevation of a building <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488243<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Taylor Bryant Brown (Euless, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> CORELOGIC SOLUTIONS, LLC (Irvine, CA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> XSENSUS LLP (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18785313 on 07\/26\/2024 (494 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A method using a convolutional neural network to auto-determine a first floor height (FFH) and a FFH elevation (FFE) of a building. The FFH, and FFE of the building are determined with respect to the terrain or surface of the parcel of land on which the building is located. In turn, by knowing the FFH and\/or FFE of the building on the parcel, it is possible to use that information while performing a flood risk assessment to a property without requiring a personal inspection of the parcel by a human.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Unified nonlinear modeling approach for machine learning and artificial intelligence (attractor assisted AI) <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488266<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Solyman Ashrafi (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> NxGen Partners IP, LLC (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 16999605 on 08\/21\/2020 (1929 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A method for predicting future behavior for a dynamic system using an artificial intelligence system implemented within a computer hardware system. A predetermined amount of a time series group of data from the dynamic system defining previous behavior of the dynamic system are received at the artificial intelligence system. An attractor is constructed from the time series group of data that defines the previous behavior of the dynamic system using the artificial intelligence system. The attractor models the previous behavior of the dynamic system based on the predetermined amount of the time series group of data of the dynamic system. A prediction horizon for the predetermined amount of the time series group of data is determined with the artificial intelligence system using an attractor dimension of the constructed attractor and a Lyapunov exponent of the constructed attractor. The prediction horizon increases logarithmically as a length of the predetermined amount of the time series group of data from the dynamic system increases linearly. Prediction values of future behavior of the dynamic system are generated with the artificial intelligence system using the constructed attractor and the determined prediction horizon.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Domain-specific constraints for predictive modeling <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488279<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Shivaram Subramanian (Frisco, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> CHIP LAW GROUP (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17135913 on 12\/28\/2020 (1800 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A machine learning system that incorporates arbitrary constraints is provided. The machine learning system selects a set of domain-specific constraints from a plurality of sets of domain-specific constraints. The machine learning system selects a set of general functional relationships from a plurality of sets of general functional relationships. The machine learning system maps the selected set of general functional relationships and the selected set of domain-specific constraints to a set of learning transforms. The machine learning system modifies a machine learning specification according to the set of learning transforms, wherein the machine learning specification specifies a model construction, a model setup, and a training objective function. The machine learning system optimizes a machine learning model according to the modified machine learning specification.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Utilizing machine learning to proactively scale cloud instances in a cloud computing environment <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488280<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Mayur Gupta (Frisco, TX), Ragupathi Subburasu (Frisco, TX), Ravi Kiran Palamari (Frisco, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17247280 on 12\/07\/2020 (1821 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A device receives, from a cloud computing environment, application usage information associated with application instances in the cloud computing environment for an application, and processes the application usage information, with a machine learning model, to determine behavior patterns and predicted tasks for the application. The device determines a modified quantity of the application instances based on the behavior patterns and the predicted tasks for the application, and causes the modified quantity of the application instances to be implemented in the cloud computing environment based on one or more rules. The device stores information associated with the modified quantity of the application instances in a data structure, and updates the machine learning model based on the information associated with the modified quantity of the application instances stored in the data structure.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Unsupervised data characterization utilizing drift <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488282<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Jeffery White (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Dell Products, L.P. (Round Rock, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17508043 on 10\/22\/2021 (1502 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Embodiments of systems and methods for unsupervised data characterization utilizing drift are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: provide input data to an Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML) drift detector, where the AI\/ML drift detector is associated with a characteristic undetectable in the input data; and receive a drift confidence score from the AI\/ML drift detector.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Systems and methods for failure detection tools in large scale maintenance operations <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488298<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> George Boben (Fort Worth, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, AZ) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> SNELL WILMER L.L.P. (5 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18423637 on 01\/26\/2024 (676 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A system for failure detection tools is disclosed. The system may include at least one user device, an application server, and a failure detection system, each of which may be in communication with one or more of the others via at least one network. The failure detection system may receive first data from a data source, process the first data to generate second data, apply a statistical modeling algorithm to make a prediction relating to the first data or the second data, and communicate data relating to the prediction and\/or a trend related to the first data or the second data to the user device for displaying at least a portion of the data relating to the prediction and\/or the trend on a display of the user device.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Integrating verbal collaboration platforms with data collection and user context <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488302<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Amy Sue Bakos (Richardson, TX), Christopher N. Todd (Dallas, TX), Guy R. VanBuskirk (Greenville, SC), Kathryn Payne Torrence Shae (Dallas, TX), Ravi Shankar Kumar (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> THEATRO LABS, INC. (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18437495 on 02\/09\/2024 (662 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> In a method of observation platform collaboration integration, an automation software component is sent from a collaboration application for resident installation at an external collaboration application which is external to an environment of the observation platform. The automation software component organizes information in the external retailer system for exchange, via a cloud-based gateway, with the collaboration application. The collaboration application is communicatively coupled, via the cloud-based gateway, with the external collaboration application. User information and task information are synchronized between the collaboration application and the external collaboration application. At least a portion of the user information received from the external collaboration application is provided by the automation software component.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Damage assessment systems and methods <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488315<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX), Subhalakshmi Selvam (Allen, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17955968 on 09\/29\/2022 (1160 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A damage assessment system includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to receive IOT data from one or more IOT devices at a property. The instructions are executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to analyze the IOT data to identify missing data that is expected to be received from the one or more IOT devices at the property, generate constructed data to remedy the missing data based on the IOT data using machine learning algorithms, determine characteristics of damage present at the property based on the IOT data and the constructed data, and output a damage assessment report to indicate the characteristics of the damage present at the property.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Using artificial intelligence (&#8221;AI &#8221;) to customize call center questions for use with customer authentication techniques <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488353<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Kalyan V. Pasumarthi (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18438770 on 02\/12\/2024 (659 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Systems and methods for supporting artificial intelligence (&#8221;AI&#8221;) customer service interactions between a customer service agent operating on an AI platform at a call center and a customer using an AI customer device are provided. Methods may include activating an AI session between the customer service agent and the customer. Methods may include authenticating the AI session between the customer service agent and the customer. Methods may include receiving a selection of AI questions from the AI platform and receiving answers to those AI questions via the AI customer device. Methods may include processing a co-browsing AI session request. Methods may include initiating the AI session between the customer service agent and the customer based on authentication of the answers to the AI questions.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Vetting system and method using composite trust value of multiple confidence levels based on linked mobile identification credentials <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488354<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Kelli L. Biegger (Fort Worth, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Washington, DC) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18096366 on 01\/12\/2023 (1055 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> In an example, a subject using a user mobile-identification-credential device (UMD) requests vetting by a vetting system, which receives verified subject information associated with a level-n mobile identification credential (MIC-n) that UMD received from a level-n authorizing party system (APS-n). MIC-n is linked to lower level MIC-[b]0[\/b] to MIC-(n1). The vetting system, as level-n relying party system (RPS-n), uses the verified subject information associated with the linked MIC-[b]0[\/b] to MIC-n to verify or not verify the identity of the subject, develops an identity profile of the subject, and determines a vetting result of the subject by calculating a composite trust score based on MIC trust values for the multiple levels of MIC. MIC-i (i=1 to n) is linked to MIC-(i1) which UMD received from APS-(i1), and APS-i is RPS-(i1) which verified the identity of the subject using verified subject information associated with MIC-(i1), such that MIC-[b]0[\/b] to MIC-n are linked.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Limiting battery degradation for a group of vehicles <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488355<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Maximilian Parness (Takoma Park, MD), Norman Lu (Fairview, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18372056 on 09\/22\/2023 (802 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> An example operation includes one or more of: receiving usage data of a group of vehicles; determining an operator of a vehicle of the group of vehicles with a lowest battery degradation, based on the usage data; and predicting one or more other operators of other vehicles of the group of vehicles, with a highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation, based on the determining.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488364<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Madhusudhan Reddy Alla (Allen, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> The Nielsen Company (US), LLC (New York, NY) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18734258 on 06\/05\/2024 (545 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, first instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the first instructions. The first instructions, when executed, are to: instruct a media provider to include second instructions in an application to create an instrumented application and receive data from a media device based on the media device executing the second instructions.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Methods and systems for camera calibration based on apparent movement of image content at a scene <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488502<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Vidhya Seran (Irving, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17715644 on 04\/07\/2022 (1335 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> An illustrative camera calibration system accesses a set of images captured by one or more cameras at a scene. The set of images may each depict a same element of image content present at the scene, but may depict the element of image content differently in each image so as to show an apparent movement of the element from one image to another. The camera calibration system applies a structure-from-motion algorithm to the set of images to generate calibration parameters for the one or more cameras based on the apparent movement of the element of image content shown in the set of images. Additionally, the camera calibration system provides the calibration parameters for the one or more cameras to a 3D modeling system configured to model the scene based on the set of images. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer- readable mediums for displaying a virtual space using user information <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488533<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Imad Zahid (Carrollton, TX), Mark Anthony McClung (Celina, TX), Shravanthi Denthumdas (Frisco, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Toyota Connected North America, Inc. (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18186553 on 03\/20\/2023 (988 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for displaying a virtual space are provided. The system for displaying a virtual space includes a graphical user interface and a controller. The controller is programmed to receive user information from a user profile, wherein the user information comprises a user location, a user design preference, and at least one user metric. The controller is also programmed to determine display conditions based on the user information, determine user accessibility to virtual features based on the at least one user metric, and display the virtual space including the virtual features on the graphical user interface based on the display conditions and the user accessibility. The virtual space is displayed as a virtual 3D rendered image.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> System and method for capturing images for training of an item identification model <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488587<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Crystal Maung (Dallas, TX), Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy (Irving, TX), Sumedh Vilas Datar (Grapevine, TX), Tejas Pradip Rode (Coppell, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> 7-ELEVEN, INC. (Irving, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18764517 on 07\/05\/2024 (515 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A system for capturing images for training an item identification model obtains an identifier of an item. The system detects a triggering event at a platform, where the triggering event corresponds to a user placing the item on a platform. At least one camera captures an image of the item. The system extracts a set of features associated with the item from the image. The system associates the item to the identifier and the set of features. The system adds a new entry to a training dataset of the item identification model, where the new entry represents the item labeled with the identifier and the set of features.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06K] RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (printing per se B41J) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Item detection and cart validation system <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488662<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Yeshai Bouskila (Plano, TX), Yevgeni Tsirulnik (Frisco, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC. (Durham, NC) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Patterson + Sheridan, LLP (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18885388 on 09\/13\/2024 (445 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> The present disclosure provides techniques for tracking and verifying items that are scanned multiple times in a self-checkout system. A plurality of inputs indicating more than one scan of an item are received at a self-checkout machine. An image of a bagging area is captured. A CNN is trained to recognize the item based on a training dataset and a selected training algorithm. One or more units of the item are detected in the bagging area from the image using the CNN. A number of the detected units of the item in the bagging area is compared with a number of times the item has been scanned. Upon determining that there is no match, a shopping list displayed on the self-checkout machine is adjusted to reflect the number of the detected units of the item in the bagging area.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G07G] REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS (digital computing in general G06C, G06F) [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Roofing shingle having uniquely identifiable radio frequency-based tag and methods of use thereof <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488673\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488673<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Igor Alovert (Morristown, NJ) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> BMIC LLC (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (14 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18742578 on 06\/13\/2024 (537 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> One or more embodiments of the present disclosure describe an RFID-enabled roofing accessory. The roofing accessory may include a roofing shingle, such as an asphalt roofing shingle. The roofing accessory may include an RFID tag incorporated thereon. The RFID tag may be adhered to the roofing accessories.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Wireless control device and methods thereof <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488678<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Corey Egan (Austin, TX), Qinghui Tang (Plano, TX), Swapnil Bora (Prosper, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> iLumi Solutions, Inc. (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Chalker Flores, LLP (Local) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18640597 on 04\/19\/2024 (592 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A method includes: providing a device having a counter that stores a cycle count measuring a number of clock cycles since the device was last turned ON or a timer that stores an elapsed time since the device was last turned ON; (a) flagging a first or additional defined memory location when the cycle count or the elapsed time reaches a first or additional first milestone; (b) unflagging the first or additional defined memory location when the cycle count or the elapsed time reaches a second or additional second milestone, wherein the second or additional second milestone is greater than the first or additional first milestone; (c) determining that the device is turned OFF and then ON again; repeating steps (a) through (c) a specified number of times; and resetting the device or turning a program ON when all the first or additional memory locations reach a specified flag configuration.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Method of and system for one-engine-inoperative training in aircraft with dissimilar engines <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488702<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Michael Seifert (Southlake, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17378980 on 07\/19\/2021 (1597 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A method of simulating an aircraft one-engine inoperative (&#8221;OEI&#8221;) event includes operating a supplemental power unit (&#8221;SPU&#8221;) at a first SPU power level less than an SPU contingency power rating, operating a primary engine at a first primary-engine power level, reducing the primary-engine power level to less than the first primary-engine power level, and maintaining a sum of the primary-engine power level and the SPU power level at a power level substantially equal to the SPU contingency power rating.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G09B] EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Capacitor health check for data storage devices <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488850<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Narasimhan Trichy (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Sandisk Technologies, Inc. (Milpitas, CA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Michael Best Friedrich LLP (10 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18448274 on 08\/11\/2023 (844 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A data storage device includes a non-volatile memory device, a capacitor bank, and a power regulator electrically coupled to the capacitor bank and configured to provide power to the non-volatile memory device. The data storage device further includes a controller configured to discharge the capacitor bank from a first voltage to a second voltage at a first constant current and determine a first discharge time, controller is further configured to discharge the capacitor bank from the first voltage to the second voltage at a second constant current and determine a second discharge time. A voltage holdup time of the capacitor bank is then determined based on at least the first discharge time and the second discharge time.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G11C] STATIC STORES (information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; semiconductor devices for storage H01L, e.g. H01L 27\/108-H01L 27\/11597; pulse technique in general H03K, e.g. electronic switches H03K 17\/00) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Read-only memory diagnosis and repair <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12488852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12488852<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Benoit Nadeau-Dostie (Gatineau, , CA), Jongsin Yun (Portland, OR) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18273059 on 01\/29\/2021 (1768 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A testing circuit configured to test and diagnose a read-only memory comprises two multiple-input signature registers configured to generate two sets of signatures for multiple iterations of reading some or all of words stored in the read-only memory, control circuitry configured to control, according to a test algorithm, from which of the outputs of the read-only memory each of the two multiple-input signature registers receives test response signal bits for each of the reading operations during each of the iterations, and a faulty element location determination device configured to generate a faulty element location signal for the read-only memory based on results of comparing the two sets of signatures with reference signatures.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G11C] STATIC STORES (information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; semiconductor devices for storage H01L, e.g. H01L 27\/108-H01L 27\/11597; pulse technique in general H03K, e.g. electronic switches H03K 17\/00) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Profile-based conferencing application configuration <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489801<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Petrus Jacobus Botes (Aubrey, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Zoom Communications, Inc. (San Jose, CA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Young Basile Hanlon MacFarlane, P.C. (3 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18361202 on 07\/28\/2023 (858 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A conference profile associated with a user of a conference is identified. The conference profile specifies a peripheral device connected to a user device of the user and used to connect to the conference via a conferencing application. The conference profile is identified by a machine-learning model based on a current state associated with at least one of the conference or the user. The conferencing application is configured to use the peripheral device during the conference based on the conference profile. The current state can include a location of the user device. The location of the user device can be identified based on an internet protocol address of the user device. The current state can include at least one of a date or a time of the conference.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">E L E C T R I C I T Y<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Semiconductor package substrate with a smooth groove straddling topside and sidewall <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489037<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Bob Lee (New Taipei, , TW), Kim Hong Lucas Chai (Dresden, , DE) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18104278 on 01\/31\/2023 (1036 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A semiconductor package includes a metallic substrate, the metallic substrate including a roughened surface, a semiconductor die including bond pads, and an adhesive between the roughened surface of a topside of the metallic substrate and the semiconductor die, therein bonding the semiconductor die to the metallic substrate. The adhesive includes a resin. The metallic substrate further includes a groove about a perimeter of the semiconductor die on the roughened surface, the groove having a surface roughness less than a surface roughness of the roughened surface of the metallic substrate. The groove straddles the topside and a sidewall of the metallic substrate.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9\/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Semiconductor device with multiple dies <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489061<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Rajen Manicon Murugan (Dallas, TX), Yiqi Tang (Allen, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17850187 on 06\/27\/2022 (1254 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A semiconductor device includes a first die having ports and a second die having ports. The semiconductor device includes a multi-layer package substrate. The multi-layer package substrate includes a first layer patterned to include pads for the ports of the first die and the second die and a second layer patterned to provide vias between the pads for the ports of the first die and pads for the ports of the second die and a third layer of the multi-layer package substrate. The third layer is patterned to provide traces that couple the vias coupled to ports of the first die to vias coupled to ports of the second die to couple the first die to the second die, the traces of the third layer having a width. The multi-layer package substrate also includes a fourth layer underlying the third layer and a ground plane underlying the fourth layer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9\/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Industrial chip scale package for microelectronic device <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489067<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Sreenivasan K Koduri (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18461478 on 09\/05\/2023 (819 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A microelectronic device includes a die with input\/output (I\/O) terminals, and a dielectric layer on the die. The microelectronic device includes electrically conductive pillars which are electrically coupled to the I\/O terminals, and extend through the dielectric layer to an exterior of the microelectronic device. Each pillar includes a column electrically coupled to one of the I\/O terminals, and a head contacting the column at an opposite end of the column from the I\/O terminal. The head extends laterally past the column in at least one lateral direction. Methods of forming the pillars and the dielectric layer are disclosed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9\/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Electronic device and multilevel package substrate with integrated filter <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489070<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Rajen Murugan (Dallas, TX), Siraj Akhtar (Richardson, TX), Sylvester Ankamah-Kusi (Dallas, TX), Yiqi Tang (Allen, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17954178 on 09\/27\/2022 (1162 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> An electronic device includes a multilevel package substrate, a semiconductor die, and a package structure, the multilevel package substrate having a first level, a second level, and a filter circuit in the first and second levels. The filter circuit includes a filter input terminal, a first capacitor, a first inductor, a second capacitor, a second inductor, a filter output terminal, and a reference terminal. The semiconductor die is attached to the multilevel package substrate and has a conductive structure coupled to one of the terminals of the filter circuit, and the package structure encloses the semiconductor die and a portion of the multilevel package substrate.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9\/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Enhanced mold compound thermal conductivity <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489075<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Hiep Xuan Nguyen (Cedar Hill, TX), Jaimal Mallory Williamson (McKinney, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17219681 on 03\/31\/2021 (1707 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> In examples, a semiconductor package comprises a semiconductor die having a first surface on which circuitry is formed and a second surface opposite the first surface. The semiconductor package includes a mold compound, the second surface facing the mold compound. The mold compound covers the semiconductor die; a set of conductive vias exposed to a top surface of the mold compound and coupled to a metal layer in the package; a set of first conductive members vertically aligned with the semiconductor die and exposed to the top surface of the mold compound; and a set of second conductive members coupling at least some of the set of conductive vias to at least some of the set of first conductive members. The set of second conductive members is exposed to the top surface of the mold compound.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9\/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> IC package with multiple dies <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489088<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Thomas Dyer Bonifield (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18186608 on 03\/20\/2023 (988 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> An integrated circuit (IC) package includes a first die with a first surface overlaying a substrate. The first die includes a first metal pad at a second surface opposing the first surface. The IC package also includes a dielectric layer having a first surface contacting the second surface of the first die. The IC package further includes a second die with a surface that contacts a second surface of the dielectric layer. The second die includes a second metal pad aligned with the first metal pad of the first die. A plane perpendicular to the second surface of the first die intersects the first metal pad and the second metal pad.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9\/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Lightweight fuel cell stack end plate <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489132<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Phalgun Madhusudan (Fort Worth, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17315328 on 05\/09\/2021 (1668 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A method of constructing a fuel cell system includes providing an open cell structure to form a first end plate, filling at least part of the open cell structure with a stiffening material, disposing a fuel cell stack between the first end plate and a second end plate, and compressing the fuel cell stack by moving the first end plate toward the second end plate. A fuel cell system includes a first end plate comprising an open cell structure, a second end plate, and a fuel cell stack compressed between the first end plate and the second end plate.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H01M] PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY [2] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Power balancing for communications <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489151<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Kyl Wayne Scott (Richardson, TX), Tahar Allag (Irving, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18403047 on 01\/03\/2024 (699 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A method includes receiving, by a first device in a stack, a command from a controller. The stack includes multiple devices. The method also includes dissipating, by the first device, an amount of power responsive to a difference between a longest response time for the devices to respond to the command, and a device response time for the first device to respond to the command.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H01M] PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY [2] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Coupler for communication system <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489190<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Fangwen Wan (Suzhou, , CN), Haiyan Chen (Suzhou, , CN), Ting Zhang (Suzhou, , CN), Zhiwei Yin (Suzhou, , CN) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18530271 on 12\/06\/2023 (727 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A coupler for a communication system, including: a first conductive trace including a first coupling section; a second conductive trace including a second coupling section configured to be adjacent to and spaced from the first coupling section to be galvanically isolated from and coupled to the first coupling section; and a first intermediate conductor provided between and spaced from the first coupling section and the second coupling section to be galvanically isolated from and coupled to both the first coupling section and the second coupling section, where an edge of the first coupling section adjacent to the second coupling section has a first recess, and the first intermediate conductor is provided at the first recess.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H01P] WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Compact hybrid couplers having strong broadband coupling for base station antenna systems <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489191<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Fangwen Wan (Suzhou, , CN), Haiyan Chen (Suzhou, , CN), Kumara Swamy Kasani (Goa, , IN), Ligang Wu (Suzhou, , CN), Ravi Dutt Gupta (Goa, , IN), Ting Zhang (Suzhou, , CN) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18541759 on 12\/15\/2023 (718 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A four-port RF hybrid coupler includes a substrate having first and second primary traces and first and second coupled traces on a first surface thereof. The first coupled trace has: (i) a first end configured to provide a first degree of RF coupling to a first end of the first primary trace when the RF hybrid coupler is active, and (ii) a second end configured to provide a third degree of RF coupling to a second end of the second primary trace when the RF hybrid coupler is active. The second coupled trace has: (i) a first end configured to provide a fourth degree of RF coupling to the first end of the second primary trace when the RF hybrid coupler is active, and (ii) a second end configured to provide a second degree of RF coupling to the second end of the first primary trace when the RF hybrid coupler is active. First and second energy cancellation circuits are also provided. The first energy cancellation circuit includes a first termination coupler having an input port electrically coupled to an end of the second coupled trace, and the second energy cancellation circuit includes a second termination coupler having an input port electrically coupled to an end of the first coupled trace.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H01P] WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Base station antennas having bent radiator arms <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489198<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Kumara Swamy Kasani (Telangana, , IN), Ligang Wu (Suzhou, , CN), Uparnabh Ghoshal (West Bengal, , IN), Xiangyang Ai (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18251648 on 11\/20\/2020 (1838 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Twin-beam base station antennas are provided. A twin-beam base station antenna includes a plurality of vertical columns of radiating elements that are configured to transmit radio frequency signals in a frequency band. The radiating elements have bent metal radiator arms including tip portions that face respective center axes of the radiating elements.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6\/72) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Base station antennas having partially reflective surface isolation walls <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489199<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Haifeng Li (Allen, TX), Rui An (Allen, TX), Xiangyang Ai (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18531781 on 12\/07\/2023 (726 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Base station antennas include a reflector, a first linear array of radiating elements extending forwardly from the reflector, the radiating elements in the first linear array configured to operate in a first frequency band, and a second linear array of radiating elements extending forwardly from the reflector, the radiating elements in the second linear array configured to operate in the first frequency band. These antennas further include an isolation wall that is positioned in between the first linear array of radiating elements and the second linear array of radiating elements. This isolation wall comprises at least one partially reflective surface that is configured to reflect, on average as a function of frequency, between 20% and 80% of incident radiation in the first frequency band.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6\/72) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Integrated circuit chips for a phased array system including programmable on-chip element swapping, channel swapping, and\/or phase rotation circuitry <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489207<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Jason Leo Durbin (San Diego, CA), Lewis N. Cohen (San Diego, CA), Robert J. McMorrow (Concord, MA), Vipul Jain (Irvine, CA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Qorvo Texas, LLC (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18614188 on 03\/22\/2024 (620 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Exemplary embodiments include RF integrated circuit (RFIC) chips including programmable on-chip element swapping circuitry, channel swapping circuitry, and\/or phase rotation circuitry to allow a common software implementation or parameter computation to be used across multiple products having different arrangements and orientations of RFICs and elements.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6\/72) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Electronic device with patch antenna in packaging substrate <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489211<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Harshpreet Singh Phull Bakshi (Dallas, TX), Rajen Manicon Murugan (Dallas, TX), Sylvester Ankamah-Kusi (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18429140 on 01\/31\/2024 (671 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> An electronic device includes a multilevel package substrate, a semiconductor die, and a package structure, the multilevel package substrate has first, second, and third levels including respective dielectric layers and conductive features, the first level including a first trace layer with an antenna and a first via layer with a portion of a ground wall laterally spaced outward from and surrounding the antenna, and the second level including a second trace layer having a ground plane connected to the ground wall, the semiconductor die attached to the first level of the multilevel package substrate, and the package structure including a molding compound enclosing the semiconductor die and extending on a side of the antenna, where the package structure mold compound maters and thickness can be tuned for improved performance.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6\/72) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Power current signal generation using sense transistors <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489351<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Nan Xing (Allen, TX), Yalong Li (Allen, TX), Yinglai Xia (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Infineon Technologies Canada Inc. (Ottawa, , CA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> WORKMAN NYDEGGER (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18185098 on 03\/16\/2023 (992 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A power transistor current sense circuit. The control nodes of each of a power transistor and sense transistors are connected. The input nodes of the power transistor and each of the sense transistors are also connected. A voltage divider is connected between a reference voltage source and the output node of a second sense transistor. A negative feedback circuit is connected between the output of the voltage divider and the output node of the first sense transistor. The negative feedback circuit forces a voltage at the output node of the first sense transistor to be approximately equal to the divided voltage. A power transistor current determination component measures a sense current that passes through the first sense transistor, and from that detects the current passing through the power transistor.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H02M] APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (conversion of current or voltage specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19\/02; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables in general, e.g. using transformers, reactors or choke coils, combination of such systems with static converters G05F; for digital computers G06F 1\/00; transformers H01F; connection or control of one converter with regard to conjoint operation with a similar or other source of supply H02J; dynamo-electric converters H02K 47\/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P; pulse generators H03K) [5] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> BAW resonator based oscillator <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489400<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Ajay Kumar Reddy (Srikakulam, , IN), Arpan Thakkar (Bangalore, , IN), Bichoy Bahr (Allen, TX), Peeyoosh Mirajkar (Bangalore, , IN) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18399974 on 12\/29\/2023 (704 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A circuit includes a resonator, a transistor pair, and a common-mode feedback circuit. The transistor pair is cross-coupled across the resonator. The common-mode feedback circuit is coupled to the transistor pair. The common-mode feedback circuit includes first and second degeneration cells. The second degeneration cell is connected in parallel with the first degeneration cell. The second degeneration cell is configured to switchably vary a current flow through the transistor pair.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H03B] GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLOYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS WHICH OPERATE IN A NON-SWITCHING MANNER; GENERATION OF NOISE BY SUCH CIRCUITS (generators specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments G10H; masers or lasers H01S; generation of oscillations in plasma H05H) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Amplifier output stage circuitry <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489405<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Piyush Deepak Kaslikar (Tucson, AZ), Srinivas Kumar Pulijala (Tucson, AZ), Vadim Valerievich Ivanov (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Mandy Barsilai Fernandez (no location found) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17482195 on 09\/22\/2021 (1532 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> An example apparatus includes: a folded cascode circuit including a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal; a first feedback loop including a third output terminal, the third output terminal coupled to the first output terminal; a second feedback loop including a fourth output terminal, the fourth output terminal coupled to the second output terminal; and a first driver including a first control terminal and a fifth output terminal, the first control terminal coupled to the third output terminal; and a second driver including a second control terminal and a sixth output terminal, the second control terminal coupled to the fourth output terminal, the sixth output terminal coupled to the fifth output terminal.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H03F] AMPLIFIERS (measuring, testing G01R; optical parametric amplifiers G02F; circuit arrangements with secondary emission tubes H01J 43\/30; masers, lasers H01S; dynamo-electric amplifiers H02K; control of amplification H03G; coupling arrangements independent of the nature of the amplifier, voltage dividers H03H; amplifiers capable only of dealing with pulses H03K; repeater circuits in transmission lines H04B 3\/36, H04B 3\/58; application of speech amplifiers in telephonic communication H04M 1\/60, H04M 3\/40) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Adaptive slope compensation in solenoid drivers to avoid instability in current regulation <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489428<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Ganapathi Shankar (Bangalore, , IN), Sreenath Puthumana (Bangalore, , IN), Venkata Naresh Kotikelapudi (Bangalore, , IN) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18240605 on 08\/31\/2023 (824 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A circuit includes an amplifier having a first input, a reference input, and an output. A pulse width modulator (PWM) controller has an input coupled to the output of the amplifier. A first switch has a control terminal coupled to an output of the PWM controller. A second switch has a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first switch, and has a control terminal coupled to the output of the PWM controller. An input of a current sensor is coupled to the second terminal of the first switch and is coupled to a second terminal of the second switch. An output of the current sensor is coupled to the first input of the amplifier. A duty cycle monitoring and reference signal adjustment circuit has an input coupled to the output of the PWM controller and has an output coupled to the reference input of the amplifier.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H03K] PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D 3\/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Bias clamp circuit <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489438<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Mahadevan Venkiteswaran (Bangalore, , IN), Saiteja Burugupalli (Bangalore, , IN) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18309556 on 04\/28\/2023 (949 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> In some examples, an apparatus includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor. The first transistor has a source, a gate, and a drain, the drain of the first transistor coupled to a voltage supply terminal. The second transistor has a source, a gate, and a drain, the gate of the second transistor coupled to the gate of the first transistor, and the source of the second transistor coupled to the source of the first transistor. The third transistor has a first terminal and a bulk, the bulk of the third transistor coupled to the drain of the second transistor. The fourth transistor has a first terminal and a bulk, the bulk of the fourth transistor coupled to the drain of the second transistor and the first terminal of the fourth transistor coupled to the first terminal of the third transistor.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H03K] PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D 3\/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Power switch having off indication and method of coordinating <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489439<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> David A. Grant (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Apogee Semiconductor, Inc. (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 19194199 on 04\/30\/2025 (216 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A power switch includes a power device connecting a supply input to an output, and a power switch controller comprising a gate control circuit that turns the power device on and off in response to a command signal and a decision circuit that produces an OFF signal indicating when the power device is fully off. The power device may be integrated or separate from the power switch controller. The gate control circuit may accept one or more enable signals that must be active to turn on the power device, so that OFF signals and enable inputs of multiple power switches can be interconnected to facilitate break-before-make operation using minimal additional circuitry. Coordinated systems of power switches connecting one or more power supplies to one or more loads and methods of coordinating systems of power switches having OFF indication are also provided.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H03K] PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D 3\/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Leveraging quantum entanglement for replicating data in multiple locations and twin tagging the data <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489615<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Anamika Singhal (Addison, TX), Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18743220 on 06\/14\/2024 (536 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> The method may include secure data transfer to meet a compliance requirement by using quantum computing over a quantum network. A quantum computer may establish quantum entanglement between qubits, save a data set to a first set of qubits, and teleport correlated quantum states of the data set to a second set of qubits situated at a different location. Quantum error correction may lengthen the storage time of the data set on the first set of qubits before the quantum states of the first set of qubits expire due to decoherence. The quantum computer may tag the quantum states of the data set on each set of qubits to aid in identification of the locations of each set of qubits. Teleporting the data set between locations on a quantum network may lead to less energy expenditure and reduced network travel compared to transporting the data set over a binary network.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Method and system for deployment and management of composite applications <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489685<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Ajaykumar Kalla (Frisco, TX), Sivanaga Ravi Kumar Chunduru Venkata (Irving, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18170119 on 02\/16\/2023 (1020 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a deployment and management of composite application service is provided. The service may allow a third party to develop and on-board logic that manages an application service hosted in an application layer network of a network provider. The logic may include optimization of the application service and remedial procedures that address events associated with degradation and\/or performance of the application service. The service may configure resources of a host device to host the logic and expose services provided by the network provider in support of the management of the application service.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Cyclic queuing and forwarding (CQF) segmentation <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489714<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Norman Finn (Addison, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18336897 on 06\/16\/2023 (900 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A method for communicating time sensitive data streams in a network. The method includes synchronizing queuing and transmission of data in a set of output buffers for buffering streams associated with a certain class of service. The method includes processing data packets of a stream using a cyclic flow meter, wherein the cyclic flow meter limits transfer of the data packets of the stream to the set of output buffers of the network node according to a predetermined amount per cycle based on an output frequency. The method includes transmitting, according to the output frequency, the data packets of the stream from a non-empty output buffer of the set of output buffers, and transferring the data packets of the stream from the cyclic flow meter to an empty output buffer of the set of output buffers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Profile-based routing and access control for management interface of virtual network services <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489729<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Minbao Li (Lewisville, TX), Samir Ariwala (Mckinney, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17936152 on 09\/28\/2022 (1161 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Systems and methods described herein provide profile-based routing and access control for a management interface of virtual network services with multiple tenants. A network device receives a request from a user device to access a webpage for an assisted network management service, and obtains, in response to the request, a user profile associated with a user of the user device. The network device retrieves an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a customer web server, of multiple customer web servers for the assisted network management service, that corresponds to the user profile. The network device generates, based on the IP address, a routing rule to route the request to the customer web server.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> App free authentication across channels <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489746<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> John Hamilton Kimble, II (Allen, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Ping Identity International, Inc. (Denver, CO) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17956740 on 09\/29\/2022 (1160 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> The technology disclosed teaches performing biometric app free authentication or authorization of a user to access a web-based application, with the user interacting with a workstation browser running on a workstation to access the web-based application using built-in resources of a smart\/mobile device. A web application uses methods to authenticate and authorize users before the users are permitted to access the application. A demand exists for improving the security and ease of use of authentication and access management. Access management and authentication of users has evolved to more than just entering a username and password. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is common. The numerous paths involved in authentication use numerous forms of identification of users during the authentication journey. An opportunity arises to combine paths used for non-standard circumstances with device codes and biometrics for users to log into web applications conveniently and securely without installing another app for authentication and authorization.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Render high workflow execution reliability using immutable security context <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489756<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Chooi Peng Low (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> WORKMAN NYDEGGER (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18486713 on 10\/13\/2023 (781 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Up front authorization of a workflow and a security context for workflow execution are disclosed. All possible authorizations that may be required by a workflow definition are identified up front. A requestor is allowed to execute the workflow only when the authorizations of the user include the authorizations that may be required by the workflow. An immutable security context is generated and associated with the workflow or an instance thereof. The immutable security context can prevent or reduce failures associated with changes to a requestor&#8221;s authorizations and may also scope or limit the workflow to at least the type or capacity of work requested and\/or work uniquely identified in the security context. The immutable security context is managed in a security context that is separate and independent of the workflow execution context.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Clearing house validation <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489759\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489759<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Jeffrey V. Ross (Granbury, TX), Michael W. Powers (Lubbock, TX), Stephen P. Frisbie (Lubbock, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Global Business Software Development Technologies, Inc. (Granbury, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18746576 on 06\/18\/2024 (532 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> In one embodiment, a network interface receives a communication request. A processor then verifies caller information in the communication request with a certification procedure. The processor obtains a first indicator based on the certification procedure. The first indicator includes information associated with a first certificate management procedure. The processor generates a second indicator based on the first indicator. The second indicator includes information associated with a second certificate management procedure.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Methods, devices, and systems for providing dynamic protection against amplification attacks <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489780<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Subhransu S. Nayak (Acton, MA), Tolga Asvaren (Bordentown, NJ) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc. (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Brooks, Cameron Huebsch, PLLC (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17884846 on 08\/10\/2022 (1210 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Methods, devices, and systems for providing dynamic protection against amplification attacks are described herein. One communications method includes receiving, at a session border controller (SBC), a first request message from a peer device that does not have an assigned trust level, determining, based on a type of communication that is received from the peer device, whether the peer device should be classified as an untrusted level, semi-trusted level, or trusted level peer device, and assigning the classification to the peer device for use in subsequent communications with the peer device.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Communication mediation <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489831<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Guy R. Van Buskirk (Greenville, SC), Ravi Shankar Kumar (Plano, TX), Steven Paul Russell (Menlo Park, CA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> THEATRO LABS, INC. (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18623535 on 04\/01\/2024 (610 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A computer system comprises a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to parse a first communication according to a policy to determine metadata, comprising a first set of attributes, associated with the first communication; compare the first set of attributes to attributes of a plurality of communication devices; identify at least one recipient communication device from the plurality of communication devices for the first communication based on the comparison, wherein at least one attribute of the at least one recipient communication device causes the policy to inhibit the at least one communication device from receipt of communications; override the inhibit based on an attribute of the first set of attributes and application of a voting system of the policy; and responsive to the inhibit being overridden, deliver the first communication to the at least one identified recipient communication device.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Source agnostic call recording and chat ingestion <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489844<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Balaraju Gujjari (Little Elm, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18083113 on 12\/16\/2022 (1082 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for ingesting batch or real-time incoming audio or text interactive communications. The system verifies that the interactive communication excludes security threats, comprises associated metadata, verifies that the interactive communication is linked to an existing or previous customer&#8221;s interaction within an organization, enriches the associated metadata with additional data from the customer&#8221;s interaction within an organization, transforms a media file type of the interactive communication to a common media file type, generates a transcript of the interactive communication, registers the enriched associated metadata with a stored copy of the transcript, and instantiates an interface to provide organizational access to the registered enriched associated metadata and stored copy of the transcript.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04M] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Flexible hub for handling multi-sensor data <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489861<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Anthony Joseph Lell (San Antonio, TX), Gregory Raymond Shurtz (Houston, TX), Mihir Narendra Mody (Bengaluru, , IN), Rajat Sagar (Allen, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17945225 on 09\/15\/2022 (1174 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A hub that receives sensor data streams and then distributes the data streams to the various systems that use the sensor data. A demultiplexer (demux) receives the streams, filters out undesired streams and provides desired streams to the proper multiplexer (mux) or muxes of a series of muxes. Each mux combines received streams and provides an output stream to a respective formatter or output block. The formatter or output block is configured based on the destination of the mux output stream, such as an image signal processor, a processor, memory or external transmission. The output block reformats the received stream to a format appropriate for the recipient and then provides the reformatted stream to that recipient.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Obtaining camera device image data representing an event <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489863<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Jeffrey Lynn Edgington (Fort Worth, TX), Lee A. Carbonell (Flower Mound, TX), Pandian Mariadoss (Allen, TX), Tsz Shing Cheng (Grand Prairie, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Heslin Rothenberg Farley Mesiti P.C. (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18174348 on 02\/24\/2023 (1012 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented and can include for instance: determining a location of interest; and obtaining image data from one or more camera device about the location of interest.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Systems and methods for routing multimedia signals <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489864<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Antti Heikki Lounavaara (Coppell, TX), Eric Alexander Hereford (North Richland Hills, TX), Kyle Jason Simons (McKinney, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Stryker Corporation (Portage, MI) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Morrison Foerster LLP (14 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18356103 on 07\/20\/2023 (866 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Disclosed herein are systems and methods for reliably establishing a multimedia link to route one or more multimedia signals, such as high-definition and\/or ultra-high-definition multimedia signals. In some instances, the user may turn on, plug in, or switch the source device that outputs multimedia signals, but the multimedia link may not be established properly due to a lock or hang up during power on and\/or a coupling event. If the multimedia link has not been established continuously for a certain time period, then component(s) located along the multimedia link may be reset. In some instances, component(s) located along the multimedia link may lock or hang up if the properties of the multimedia signal do not align with configuration setting(s). The configuration setting(s) stored in configuration register(s) of the sink device may be written to one or more times to remove the lock or hang up.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Context initialization based on slice header flag and slice type <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489902<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Christopher Segall (Camas, WA), Kiran Misra (Vancouver, WA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> VELOS MEDIA, LLC (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> NIXON VANDERHYE P.C. (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 19258498 on 07\/02\/2025 (153 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Technique for initialization of encoders and decoders. In some cases, the decoder receives a slice and identifies if the slice is either a forward predicted B-slice or a backward predicted B-slice, and not both a forward and backward predicted B-slice, and based upon this identification initializes, using a P-slice technique, a context associated with the slice.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Split rendering of extended reality data over 5G networks <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489958<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Imed Bouazizi (Celina, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> QUALCOMM INCORPORATED (San Diego, CA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Shumaker Sieffert, P.A. (3 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18745478 on 06\/17\/2024 (533 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> An example device for processing extended reality (XR) data includes a processors configured to: parse entry point data of an XR scene to extract information about one or more required virtual objects for the XR scene, the required virtual objects including a number of dynamic virtual objects equal to or greater than one, each of the dynamic virtual objects including at least one dynamic media component for which media data is to be retrieved; initialize a number of streaming sessions equal to or greater than the number of dynamic virtual objects using the entry point data; configure quality of service (QoS) and charging information for the streaming sessions; retrieve media data for the dynamic virtual objects via the streaming sessions; and send the retrieved media data to a rendering unit to render the XR scene to include the retrieved media data at corresponding locations within the XR scene.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Methods and systems for synchronizing image frames captured by a camera array <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12489971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12489971<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Vidhya Seran (Irving, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18090744 on 12\/29\/2022 (1069 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A first capture engine application may synchronize a first clock to a global time domain to which a second clock used by a second capture engine application is also synchronized. The first capture engine application may receive a first image frame having a camera timestamp indicating a capture time of the first image frame with respect to a camera time domain. Based on the camera timestamp and the synchronized first clock, the first capture engine application may annotate the first image frame with a global timestamp indicating the capture time of the first image frame with respect to the global time domain. The first capture engine application may then transmit the annotated first image frame at a same transmission time as the second capture engine application also synchronously transmits a second image frame that is also annotated with the global timestamp. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Obtaining location data for data processing systems using out-of-band components <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12490095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12490095<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Luis Antonio Valencia Reyes (Waxahachie, TX), Mohit Arora (Frisco, TX), Rajaravi Chandra Kollarapu (Allen, TX), Vinodkumar Vasudev Ottar (Mckinney, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP (14 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18425241 on 01\/29\/2024 (673 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Methods and systems for managing a data processing system are disclosed. To manage the data processing system, a management controller of the data processing system may obtain location data for the data processing system via an out-of-band communication channel. The location data for the data processing system may include different types of location data obtained via different location generation sources. The management controller may identify whether the different types of location data are consistently reporting location status of the data processing system. If the location data is determined to be consistent, then the management controller may provide a location report based on the location data using the out-of-band communication channel to a server to update a location status of the data processing system.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Method and apparatus for enhanced multi-link multi radio (EMLMR) operation <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12490121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12490121<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX), Peshal Nayak (Plano, TX), Rubayet Shafin (Allen, TX), Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18335011 on 06\/14\/2023 (902 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Methods and apparatuses for facilitating enhanced multi-link multi-radio (EMLMR) operation of multi-link devices (MLDs). A non-access point (AP) MLD comprises EMLMR STAs, each comprising a transceiver configured to form a link with a corresponding AP of an AP MLD, and a processor. Each link is configured to support a respective basic modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and number of spatial streams (NSS), and the links are EMLMR links configured to operate in an EMLMR mode of operation in which the EMLMR links support an enhanced MCS and NSS. A first of the EMLMR STAs, in the EMLMR mode of operation, is configured to conduct a first EMLMR frame exchange with a first of the APs over a first of the links. The processor is operably coupled to the EMLMR STAs, and configured to control a behavior of other EMLMR STAs on other EMLMR links during the first EMLMR frame exchange.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Systems and methods for machine learning based dynamic selection of dual connectivity or carrier aggregation <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12490122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12490122<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Harsha Hegde (Buffalo Grove, IL) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18349826 on 07\/10\/2023 (876 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Systems and methods for machine learning based dynamic selection of dual connectivity or carrier aggregation are provided. In an example, a system includes BBU(s), RU(s) communicatively coupled to the BBU(s), and antenna(s) communicatively coupled to the RU(s). Each respective RU of the RU(s) is communicatively coupled to a respective subset of the antenna(s). The BBU(s), the RU(s), and the antenna(s) are configured to implement a base station for wirelessly communicating with user equipment. The system further includes a machine learning computing system configured to receive time data and traffic data, and determine a predicted mode of operation for a UE based on the time data and the traffic data. Component(s) of the system are configured to receive a request from the UE, and dynamically select a dual connectivity mode or a carrier aggregation mode for operation of the UE based on the predicted mode of operation for the UE.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> System and methods for exposing user-driven analytics for edge applications <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12490177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12490177<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Parry Cornell Booker (Sunnyvale, TX), Raghuram Parvataneni (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Verizon Patent and Liensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17810148 on 06\/30\/2022 (1251 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Systems and methods described herein provide an application function and interface for a Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF) to receive, from User Equipment (UE) devices, user data for edge applications. An NWDAF receives an analytics request for user analytics for an edge application and sends, to an Edge Analytics Engine (EAE) associated with an edge location, a data request based on the analytics request. The EAE receives user data from an Edge Enabler Client (EEC) on the UE device that is connected to the edge location. The EAE forwards the user data to the network device. The NWDAF receives the user data responsive to the analytics request and generates an analytics report based on the user data.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Facilitating radio access network on-demand dynamic bandwidth allocation in advanced networks <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12490178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12490178<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> David Lu (Irving, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17817492 on 08\/04\/2022 (1216 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Facilitating radio access network on-demand dynamic bandwidth allocation in advanced networks is provided herein. Operations of a system include determining that a group of network slice resources associated with network equipment fail to satisfy a specification applicable to a user equipment. The operations can also include extracting a first group of resource blocks from a first network slice resource of the group of network slice resources. Further, the operations can include reallocating the first group of resource blocks to a second network slice resource of the group of network slice resources. A combination of the first group of resource blocks and a second group of resource blocks of the second network slice resource is determined to satisfy the specification applicable to the user equipment.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Systems and methods for WI-FI collision avoidance <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12490309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12490309<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Mun Wei Low (Irving, TX), Rachel Y. Ward (Lewisville, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18335766 on 06\/15\/2023 (901 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A device may include a processor configured to collect first usage data from a first WI-FI router in a first customer premises equipment (CPE) network; collect second usage data from a second WI-FI router in a second CPE network; and determine that a collision avoidance plan between the first WI-FI router and the second WI-FI router is needed. The processor may be further configured to generate a first collision avoidance plan for the first WI-FI router and a second collision avoidance plan for the second WI-FI router based on the first usage data and the second usage data. The processor may be further configured to provide the first generated collision avoidance plan to the first WI-FI router and the second collision avoidance plan to the second WI-FI router.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Method and system for emergency call continuation in case of a psap failure <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12490338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12490338<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Athanasios Deliligkas (Wellington, FL), Georgios Tsakiris (Koridallos, , GR), Gerasimos Tzanetatos (Athens, , GR), Ioannis Ganotis (Voula, , GR), Myronas Kalligeris (N. Erytrhaia, , GR) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> ATOS PUBLIC SAFETY, LLC (Irving, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg Liao, LLP (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17948431 on 09\/20\/2022 (1169 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A method and system for re-establishing a disconnected emergency call to an emergency call network for emergency call continuation in case of Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) failure(s) can be utilized without the need of any manual steps taken by the caller and\/or the call taker. Embodiments can be configured to detect a failure in the PSAP operating the emergency call by a Next Generation Core Services (NGCS), which thereupon will not release the emergency call to the failed PSAP but will send it to a dynamically identified fallback PSAP.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Modular lighting fixture, system, and method for optimized plant growth in controlled environments <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12490364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12490364<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Lawrence Craig Satterfield (Midlothian, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> NEOTEK, INC. (Midlothian, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Ward Law Office LLC (23 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 19042872 on 01\/31\/2025 (305 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> A modular lighting fixture for controlled environment agriculture includes an elongate body with first and second connectors at opposite ends, and end plates having opposite low voltage charges. The fixture includes a beam removably coupled to the end plates via electrically conductive fasteners, with LED strips mounted to the beam and in wired electrical communication with the electrically conductive fasteners. A first power source powers the LED strips through the end plates, while a separate second power source operates a stroboscopic light source. The system enables easy LED strip interchangeability, adjustable beam angles for optimized light distribution, and dimming capabilities through a primary voltage circuit. The stroboscopic light source provides high-intensity illumination across an extensive spectrum range while operating at a reduced wattage.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H05B] ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Select gate self-aligned patterning in split-gate flash memory cell <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12490427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12490427<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Douglas Tad Grider, III (McKinney, TX), John Macpeak (Garland, TX), Xiangzheng Bo (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 16752977 on 01\/27\/2020 (2136 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> An integrated circuit includes first and second gate stacks located over a dielectric layer that is in turn disposed over a semiconductor substrate. Each gate stack includes a floating gate located on the dielectric layer and a control gate located over the floating gate. A first select gate electrode is located on a side of the first gate stack and a second select gate electrode is located on a side of the second gate stack. The first and second select gate electrodes have adjacent sidewalls, each adjacent sidewall having a rounded top corner. The gate stacks may be portions of a split gate memory cell.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H10B] ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Hybrid isolation capacitors in series <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12490443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12490443<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Honglin Guo (Dallas, TX), Thomas D. Bonifield (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17512194 on 10\/27\/2021 (1497 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> An integrated circuit includes a first isolation capacitor and a second isolation capacitor. The first isolation capacitor is electrically connected to a first circuit node and has first and second capacitor plates separated by a first dielectric stack. The second isolation capacitor is electrically connected in series between the first isolation capacitor and a second circuit node, and includes third and fourth capacitor plates separated by a second dielectric stack different from the first dielectric stack.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Semiconductor device and processes for making same <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12490500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12490500<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Kuo-Liang Chao (Chubei, , TW), Pin-Hao Huang (New Taipei, , TW) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Diodes Incorporated (Plano, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> AP3 Law Firm PLLC (no location found) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 17518657 on 11\/04\/2021 (1489 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> The disclosure provides a semiconductor package having an isolation structure comprising an isolation trench filled with dielectric material, where the isolation structure traverses the thickness of the isolated semiconductor dies.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> 3D-0D perovskite light-emitting electrochemical cells <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12490576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12490576<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Aditya Kumar Mishra (Dallas, TX), Anton Malko (McKinney, TX), Jason D. Slinker (Allen, TX), Riya Bose (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> SALIWANCHIK, LLOYD EISENSCHENK (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 18059106 on 11\/28\/2022 (1100 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> Active emissive layers (e.g., of a light-emitting electrochemical cell (LEC)) are provided and can comprise zero-dimensional (0D) perovskite material in combination with a three-dimensional (3D) perovskite material, as well as electroluminescent devices (e.g., LECs) utilizing such active emissive layers and methods of fabricating and using such active emissive layers and electroluminescent devices. The 0D perovskite material can be incorporated into a matrix film of the 3D perovskite material. The 0D perovskite material can be, for example, perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs). The 0D perovskite material can be, for example, Cs[subscript]4[\/subscript]PbBr[subscript]6[\/subscript], and the 3D perovskite material can be, for example, CsPbBr[subscript]3[\/subscript].<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #808080;\">[H10K] ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #99cc00;\"><strong> DESIGN PATENTS<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Mesh cap <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/D1103580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D1103580<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Brynn Marie Heckendorn (Dallas, TX), Thomas Chase Heckendorn (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Shout it Events, LLC (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Trust Tree Legal, P.C. (2 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 29925323 on 01\/24\/2024 (678 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> No Abstract Patent Class: N\/A<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Caulking gun <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/D1103724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D1103724<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Eric Okyere (Garland, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> UNASSIGNED <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 29938139 on 04\/18\/2024 (593 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> No Abstract Patent Class: N\/A<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Bottle <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/D1103781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D1103781<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Sarah Jahnke (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Homecourt Inc. (Santa Monica, CA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Young Basile Hanlon MacFarlane, P.C. (3 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 29982434 on 01\/06\/2025 (330 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> No Abstract Patent Class: N\/A<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> A-pillar cover <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/D1103871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D1103871<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Jeffrey Paul Smith (Prosper, TX), John P. Jensen (Sanger, TX), Marissa Marrs (Denton, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 29882771 on 01\/18\/2023 (1049 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> No Abstract Patent Class: N\/A<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Canopy for a vehicle, truck, light delivery vehicle or similar vehicle <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/D1103888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D1103888<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Michael Voss (Aledo, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Rock Solid Industries International (Pty) Ltd (Pietermaritzburgh, , ZA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> KL Gates LLP (no location found) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 29850488 on 08\/19\/2022 (1201 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> No Abstract Patent Class: N\/A<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Canopy for a vehicle, truck, light delivery vehicle or similar vehicle <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/D1103889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D1103889<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Michael Voss (Aledo, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Rock Solid Industries International (Pty) Ltd (Pietermaritzburgh, , ZA) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> KL Gates LLP (no location found) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 29850638 on 08\/22\/2022 (1198 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> No Abstract Patent Class: N\/A<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Gaming table <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/D1104159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D1104159<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Katherine Sandstad LaGere (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> The Mahjong Line, LLC (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 29952556 on 07\/16\/2024 (504 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> No Abstract Patent Class: N\/A<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Model vehicle T-brace mount <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/D1104169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D1104169<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Jory Sprowl (Howe, TX), Otto Karl Allmendinger (Rowlett, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> TRAXXAS, L.P. (McKinney, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 29961164 on 09\/04\/2024 (454 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> No Abstract Patent Class: N\/A<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[X] Design, Plant or Reissue Patent without a classification code<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Handle for nutrient delivery pacifier <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/D1104277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D1104277<\/a>\u00a0(Design) <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Bradley Abbott (Crowley, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> UNASSIGNED <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 29928512 on 02\/13\/2024 (658 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> No Abstract Patent Class: N\/A<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[X] Design, Plant or Reissue Patent without a classification code<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Cosmetic protection mask <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/D1104345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D1104345<\/a>\u00a0(Design) <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Joann Emale (Dallas, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> UNASSIGNED <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> Kearney, McWilliams Davis, PLLC (1 non-local offices) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 29864581 on 06\/06\/2022 (1275 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> No Abstract Patent Class: N\/A<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[X] Design, Plant or Reissue Patent without a classification code<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Dog grooming loop cover <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Patent No. <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/D1104374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D1104374<\/a>\u00a0(Design) <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inventor(s):<\/strong> <\/span> Dede Jan Croy (Fort Worth, TX) <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Assignee(s):<\/strong> <\/span> UNASSIGNED <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Law Firm:<\/strong><\/span> No Counsel <br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Application No., Date, Speed:<\/strong><\/span> 29885159 on 02\/21\/2023 (1015 days app to issue)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><\/span> No Abstract Patent Class: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><em>All logos and brand images are the property of their respective owners. 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