119 Patents Granted for Week of April 27 » Dallas Innovates

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

119 patents granted
Ranked No. 11i n patent production out of 250 metros

NO. OF PATENTS BY CLASSIFICATION

A: HUMAN NECESSITIES 4
B: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING 8
C: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY 3
E: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS 10
F: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING 6
G: PHYSICS 39
H: ELECTRICITY 42

DESIGN: 7

TOP ASSIGNEES (NO. OF PATENTS)

Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas) 15
Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, NC) 7
SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 7
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston) 5
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) 5
Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano) 5
Flowserve Management Company (Irving) 4
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR) 4
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ) 4

UNASSIGNED 4

TOP LOCAL INVENTORS (NO. OF PATENTS)

Tony M. Brewer (Plano) 3
Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell) 2
Kai Chirca (Dallas) 2
Keith E. Matheny (Plano) 2
Patrick N. Lawrence (Plano) 2
Phillip Phelps (Fort Worth) 2

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UTILITY PATENTS

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

Compositions and methods for the treatment of pain
Patent No. 10987365

Inventor(s): Odes W. Mitchell (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): GM Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Winstead PC (Local + 2 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 14043722 on 10/01/2013 (2765 days app to issue)

Abstract: The claimed invention relates to compositions that may be in a form of a liquid, solid, gel, cream or gel capsule comprising an analgesic, and methods for administering these compositions for treatment of patients suffering from various forms of pain.

[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 deodorization of air, for disinfection or sterilization, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D)

Hypochlorous acid formulations and methods for treating skin conditions
Patent No. 10987379

Inventor(s): Cary Schockemoehl (Fort Worth, TX), Mark Sampson (Fort Worth, TX), Svetlana Panicheva (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): URGO US, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16812929 on 03/09/2020 (414 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention in various aspects and embodiments provides methods and formulations for treating inflammatory conditions of the skin and/or conditions involving compromised skin barrier function. Such diseases include blistering diseases of the skin, hereditary defects in skin barrier function, hyperproliferative conditions involving the skin, conditions associated with aging or damaged skin, immunological disorders involving the skin, among others.

Baby monitor system sound and light delivery based on vitals
Patent No. 10987484

Inventor(s): Mel Gunawardena (Dallas, TX), Prabath Gallage (Dallas, TX), Pradeep Pathirana (Dallas, TX), Sunil Konda (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): SYNERGEN Technology Labs, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16885030 on 05/27/2020 (335 days app to issue)

Abstract: A baby monitor system comprises: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: obtain a sleep schedule of a baby; obtain vitals of the baby, wherein the vitals are based on pulse oximetry; and cause a first sound or a first light to emit in response to the sleep schedule and the vitals. A method comprises: obtaining a sleep schedule of a baby; obtaining vitals of the baby, wherein the vitals are based on pulse oximetry; and causing a first sound or a first light to emit in response to the sleep schedule and the vitals.

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

Material preparation device and related methods
Patent No. 10987882

Inventor(s): Michael James Case (Newark, TX)
Assignee(s): Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Plymouth, MN)
Law Firm: TraskBritt (Local + 4395 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16221052 on 12/14/2018 (865 days app to issue)

Abstract: Material preparation devices and related methods include a material or substrate assembly and an application assembly for applying a fiber material.

[B32B] LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM

Systems and methods for measuring tire wear using embedded image sensors
Patent No. 10987977

Inventor(s): Nishikant N. Puranik (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16171497 on 10/26/2018 (914 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tire wear tracking system including network interface hardware configured to communicatively couple a vehicle with a remote server, a processor, and a memory module that stores one or more processor-readable instructions. When executed by the processor, the one or more processor-readable instructions cause the tire wear tracking system to receive image data of one or more tires of a vehicle from one or more image sensors, determine tire information associated with the one or more tires, retrieve reference image data based on the determined tire information, compare the received image data with the retrieved reference image data; and generate an alert based on the comparison between the received image data and the retrieved reference image data.

[B60C] VEHICLE TYRES (manufacture, repairing B29); TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES (testing of tyres G01M 17/02) [5]

Rear partition mounted cooling system
Patent No. 10987992

Inventor(s): Dwight David Harms (The Colony, TX), Timothy Francis Hall (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): TRINITY INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, LLC (Little Elm, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens Cahoon LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15791148 on 10/23/2017 (1282 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure describes a system and method for the environmental control of a vehicle having a cargo area and an environmentally controlled passenger area with a partition between the passenger area and the cargo area. The environmental control being directed and performed by an environmental control unit that can include one or more fans, a control module, a mounting plate, and a directional manifold to control the direction of the airflow. The environmental control unit can be installed using a method that includes attaching a fan unit to the mounting plate, connecting the fan unit to the control module, coupling to the fan unit and/or the control module to a power supply, and attaching a directional manifold to control the direction of airflow in or out of the fan unit.

[B60H] ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING, OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES

Hanger and associated hanger-based mounting package for a sunroof assembly and a roof crossbeam
Patent No. 10988007

Inventor(s): James D. Cunningham (Clarkston, MI), Joel T. Runyan (Canton, MI), Kevin J. James (Saline, MI), Thomas Bernath (Huntington Woods, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16600792 on 10/14/2019 (561 days app to issue)

Abstract: A mounting package includes a sunroof assembly, a roof crossbeam, and a hanger hanging the roof crossbeam underneath the sunroof assembly. The sunroof assembly includes a guiderail. The hanger includes a lower hook hooked with the roof crossbeam, and an upper hook hooked with the guiderail. The hanger is configured to flexibly accommodate multidirectional movement of the roof crossbeam relative to the guiderail. The multidirectional movement includes lifting movement of the roof crossbeam relative to the guiderail.

[B60J] WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)

Resin tip-up seat cushion frames and seat assemblies having resin tip-up seat cushion frames
Patent No. 10988061

Inventor(s): Gregory T. Donovan (Britton, MI), John Salvia (Ann Arbor, MI), Patrick J. Edgar (Ann Arbor, MI), Shelby L. Brown (Brighton, MI), Vikas Bhatia (South Lyon, MI), Yi-Ru C. Sosnowski (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16429541 on 06/03/2019 (694 days app to issue)

Abstract: A seat cushion, for a seat assembly, includes a seat cushion frame formed of a resin material. The seat cushion frame includes a base wall, a pair of side walls, and a front wall. The base wall includes a pair of side edges and a front edge that extends between the pair of side edges. The pair of side walls extend outward from the pair of side edges of the base wall. The front wall extends outwardly from the front edge of the base wall. The front wall configured to provide an anti-submarining feature.

[B60N] VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (furniture construction A47)

Tension-torsion strap
Patent No. 10988243

Inventor(s): Andrew Paul Haldeman (Fort Worth, TX), Gary Miller (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): Bell Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16354421 on 03/15/2019 (774 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tension-torsion strap, for example for a rotor aircraft, including a continuous length of carbon fiber tow arranged in multiple loops to form an elongated member extending between opposing ends and a flexible cover encasing the carbon fiber tow.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Segmented duct for tilting proprotors
Patent No. 10988245

Inventor(s): Chandrashekar Rudraswamy (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Bell Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Lightfoot Alford PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15811002 on 11/13/2017 (1261 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tiltrotor assembly has a central hub with a plurality of rotor blades extending therefrom and is configured to rotate about a mast axis to generate lift in a hover position. The central hub is configured to rotate about a tilt axis between the hover position and a forward-flight position such that rotation about the mast axis generates forward thrust. The central hub is surrounded by a segmented duct that includes a thin rotatable inner ring and a wide fixed outer ring. The inner ring is configured to rotate with the central hub about the tilt axis leaving the wide outer ring in a generally horizontal position.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Vehicle restraint
Patent No. 10988329

Inventor(s): L. Blake Whitley (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB (Landskrona, , SE)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16277444 on 02/15/2019 (802 days app to issue)

Abstract: Vehicle restraints for use at loading docks are described herein. In some embodiments, a vehicle restraint includes a vertically-moving carriage that is operably coupled to a guide track by means of one or more sliding members instead of, or in conjunction with, rollers. The sliding members can have relatively large contact surfaces configured to react the majority of vehicle pull loads applied to the vehicle restraint in use. Because of the relatively large contact surfaces, the pull loads are spread out over a relatively large area of the guide track, thereby reducing the likelihood for the loads to deform or otherwise damage the guide track.

[B65G] TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable or mobile lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F 9/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C 9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)

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

Fusion proteins comprising an anti-CD40 antibody and HIV antigenic peptides
Patent No. 10988544

Inventor(s): Anne-Laure Flamar (New York, NY), Gerard Zurawski (Midlothian, TX), Jacques F. Banchereau (Montclair, NJ), Monica Montes (Dallas, TX), Yves Levy (Paris, , FR)
Assignee(s): Baylor Research Institute (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15787425 on 10/18/2017 (1287 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods for the expression, secretion and use of novel compositions for use as, e.g., vaccines and antigen delivery vectors, to delivery antigens to antigen presenting cells. In one embodiment, the vector is an anti-CD40 antibody, or fragments thereof, and one or more antigenic peptides linked to the anti-CD40 antibody or fragments thereof, including humanized antibodies.

[C07K] PEPTIDES (peptides containing ﬂ-lactam rings C07D; cyclic dipeptides not having in their molecule any other peptide link than those which form their ring, e.g. piperazine-2,5-diones, C07D; ergot alkaloids of the cyclic peptide type C07D 519/02; single cell proteins, enzymes C12N; genetic engineering processes for obtaining peptides C12N 15/00) [4]

Polymer composition based on thermoplastic copolyester elastomer, manufactured article made with such polymer composition and production process of such polymer composition
Patent No. 10988612

Inventor(s): Denis Grechi (Forli-Cesena, , IT), Stefano Zocca (Forli-Cesena, , IT)
Assignee(s): CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Arent Fox LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15758051 on 09/08/2016 (1692 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer composition based on thermoplastic copolyester elastomer comprising: from 90% to 70% by weight of the thermoplastic copolyester elastomer containing ester and ether bonds; from 5% to 25% by weight of one or more saturated esters with a molecular weight between about 200 and 1,000, and preferably between 300 and 380; from 2 to 10% by weight of expanding additives. This invention also covers a manufactured article obtained by injection moulding a predefined amount of the polymer composition according to this invention, as well as a production process of such polymer composition.

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

Modular assemblies and systems for cell cultures and methods thereof
Patent No. 10988723

Inventor(s): Vinay Abhyankar (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): National Technology Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15273408 on 09/22/2016 (1678 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to modular assemblies and systems for conducting cell analyses. In particular embodiments, an assembly has micron-scale fluidic structures, thereby minimizing sample use, and possesses a modular architecture that facilitates disassembly of the apparatus. Thus, one such modular assembly facilitates on-chip cell growth and on-chip assays; and then, as needed, the assembly can be disassembled to provide direct access to the cells that were incubated and treated within the chip. Methods of making and using such assemblies, as well as systems thereof, are further described herein.

[C12M] APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY (installations for fermenting manure A01C 3/02; preservation of living parts of humans or animals A01N 1/02; brewing apparatus C12C; fermentation apparatus for wine C12G; apparatus for preparing vinegar C12J 1/10) [3]

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

Method and devices enabling rapid construction of buildings
Patent No. 10988921

Inventor(s): Matthew Garry (Toowoomba, , AU)
Assignee(s): Overflow, Ltd. (Weatherford, TX)
Law Firm: Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16666159 on 10/28/2019 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method including placing on a surface a first beam having a first end with a first clevis component opposing a second clevis component. A second beam, including a second end having a third clevis component opposing a fourth clevis component, is placed adjacent the first end on the surface. The first clevis component is connected to the third clevis component. A lifter is connected to the first end and the second end, which are lifted simultaneously from the surface while rotating the first beam and the second beam about the connector until the second clevis component engages the fourth clevis component. Connection between the second clevis component and the fourth clevis component then may be completed.

[E04B] GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings E06B 1/00)

Wireless sheave wheel for wireline operations
Patent No. 10988992

Inventor(s): Phillip Phelps (Fort Worth, TX), Rick Wallace (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Patent Portfolio Builders PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16390158 on 04/22/2019 (736 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sheave wheel includes a housing; a wheel attached to the housing and configured to rotate relative to the housing; a depth and tension measurement system attached to the housing and configured to measure a parameter associated with the wheel; and a local control system attached to the housing and configured to exchange information associated with the measured parameter in a wireless manner with a ground control system.

[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]

Wireless sheave wheel assembly with imagining capabilities for well operations
Patent No. 10988993

Inventor(s): Cameron Kirkpatrick (Ft. Worth, TX), Phillip Phelps (Fort Worth, TX), Rick Wallace (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Patent Portfolio Builders PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16665642 on 10/28/2019 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sheave wheel assembly includes a housing; a wheel attached to the housing and configured to rotate relative to the housing; an imaging system attached to the housing and configured to obtain images of a surrounding of the sheave wheel assembly; and a transceiver attached to the housing and configured to send the images in a wireless manner to a ground control system.

Fluid exchange devices and related controls, systems, and methods
Patent No. 10988999

Inventor(s): Christopher Shages (Bethlehem, PA), Mark O’’Sullivan (Phillipsburg, NJ), Nathan Terwilliger (Bethlehem, PA)
Assignee(s): Flowserve Management Company (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Phillips Winchester (Local + 28 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16678876 on 11/08/2019 (536 days app to issue)

Abstract: Devices for exchanging properties, such as pressure, between at least two fluid streams and related methods may include pistons coupled to a valve stem. The valve stem and valve body may be configured to define a primary seal between the one or more pistons and the valve body and a secondary seal between the one or more pistons and the valve body.

Plug deflector for isolating a wellbore of a multi-lateral wellbore system
Patent No. 10989001

Inventor(s): David Joe Steele (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16324785 on 09/16/2016 (1684 days app to issue)

Abstract: A plug deflector includes a body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a tool receptacle provided at the first end and defining an internal bore having a first coupling mechanism defined on the internal bore, at least one plug provided at the second end, and a deflector surface provided at an intermediate location between the first and second ends. A system includes a Y-block positioned within a multi-lateral wellbore at a junction of a first wellbore and a second wellbore extending from the first wellbore, the Y-block having a first leg fluidly coupled to the first wellbore and a second leg fluidly coupled to the second wellbore, and a plug deflector coupled to the Y-block.

Balance line safety valve
Patent No. 10989020

Inventor(s): James Dan Vick, Jr. (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16081008 on 08/23/2017 (1343 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for actuating a balance line safety valve comprising: a balance line safety apparatus comprising: a balance chamber disposed in a well; a relief valve in fluid communication with the balance chamber; a check valve in fluid communication with the balance chamber; and a balance line in fluid communication with the relief valve and the check valve, a piston disposed in a well, wherein a back side of the piston is in fluid communication with the balance chamber; and a control line in fluid communication with a top of the piston.

Big bore running tool quick lock adaptor
Patent No. 10989022

Inventor(s): Carlos Alberto Moreno (Carrollton, TX), Gary Allen Kohn (Carrollton, TX), Odee Paul Daigle (Sachse, TX), Ryan Thomas Humphrey (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: McGuireWoods LLP (Local + 9 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15779002 on 03/23/2016 (1861 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a coupler assembly and method for conveying a single piece liner hanger body. In one embodiment, the coupler assembly includes a nut, a load transfer sleeve, a locking dog retainer, a garter spring, a locking dog, a collet, an outer collet mandrel, and a collet prop mandrel. As described herein, components of the coupler assembly are assembled and installed within the inner diameter of the single piece liner hanger body for engaging with a liner hanger sub-assembly attached to a miming tool.

Sealed ballistic transfer apparatus
Patent No. 10989023

Inventor(s): Joseph MacGillivray (Fort Worth, TX), Nicholas Harrington (Midlothian, TX), Richard Robey (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16321800 on 11/14/2017 (1260 days app to issue)

Abstract: This disclosure may generally relate to subterranean operations. A ballistic transfer apparatus may include a detonation transfer line, wherein the detonation transfer line comprises a first end and a second end; a first holder in engagement with the first end of the detonation transfer line to retain the detonation transfer line in the ballistic transfer apparatus; a second holder in engagement with the second end of the detonation transfer line to retain the detonation transfer line in the ballistic transfer apparatus; and a shroud extending between the first holder and the second holder that covers the detonation transfer line.

Method and system for communication by controlling the flowrate of a fluid
Patent No. 10989024

Inventor(s): Donald Kyle (Plano, TX), Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX), Richard Decena Ornelaz (Frisco, TX), Zahed Kabir (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: Chamberlain Hrdlicka (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16061955 on 12/28/2016 (1581 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system of communicating with a device by controlling the flow rate of a fluid. The method comprises transmitting an encoded message with a flow control device by controlling the flow rate of a fluid and generating a signal indicative of the flow rate with a receiver. The method also comprises decoding the message by analyzing the signal using amplitude shift-keying. The system comprises a flow control device, a receiver, and a controller. The flow control device is in fluid communication with a tubular string and transmits an encoded message by controlling the flow rate of the fluid flowing through the tubular string. The receiver generates a signal indicative of the flow rate of the fluid in the tubular string. The controller is in communication with the receiver and decodes the message by analyzing the signal using amplitude shift-keying.

Artificial lift
Patent No. 10989027

Inventor(s): Kuo-Chiang Chen (Kennedale, TX)
Assignee(s): Upwing Energy, LLC (Cerritos, CA)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16554106 on 08/28/2019 (608 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electric submersible pump (ESP) is described. The ESP includes a stator chamber, a stator within the stator chamber, a rotor, and an electrical connection. The stator chamber is configured to reside in a wellbore. The stator chamber is configured to attach to a tubing of a well. The stator chamber defines an inner bore having an inner bore wall that, when the stator chamber is attached to the tubing, is continuous with an inner wall of the tubing. The rotor is positioned within the inner bore of the stator chamber. The rotor includes an impeller. The rotor is configured to be retrievable from the well while the stator remains in the well. The stator is configured to drive the rotor to rotate the impeller and induce well fluid flow in response to receiving power through the electrical connection.

M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G
LIGHTING | HEATING | WEAPONS | BLASTING

Power generation for valve actuators
Patent No. 10989175

Inventor(s): Byron A. Fleury (Lynchburg, VA), Daniel Carlson (Rustburg, VA), Daniel J. Morris (Forest, VA), David R. Simons (Ontario, , CA), William T. Dolenti (Lynchburg, VA)
Assignee(s): Flowserve Management Company (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Phillips Winchester (Local + 28 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15907238 on 02/27/2018 (1155 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention utilizes operation of a valve actuator to generate electrical power. A portion of the mechanical energy generated by operation of a valve actuator is converted to electrical energy. The mechanical energy may be converted to electrical energy at the same time as the valve actuator is operating or the mechanical energy may be stored for later conversion. A valve actuator may be operated manually, electrically, pneumatically, or hydraulically. Generated electrical energy may also be stored.

[F03G] SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA, OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER-PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (arrangements in connection with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60K 16/00; electric propulsion with power supply in vehicles from force of nature B60L 8/00)

System for extending the height of cubicle wall panel
Patent No. 10989237

Inventor(s): Robert J. Wittsche (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Carstens Cahoon, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17035255 on 09/28/2020 (211 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for extending the height of an existing cubicle wall is herein disclosed. The system comprises a top cap overlay fitted with a vertical extension panel. The cross-section of the top cap overlay is uniform and consistent along its length. The top cap overlay includes a lower channel extending along the length of the top cap overlay for mounting to the top of an existing cubicle wall. The top cap overlay also includes at least one upper channel or groove extending along the length of the top cap overlay for receiving a length of vertical extension panel. The upper channel or groove comprises at least two walls extending from the top of the horizontal panel and spaced sufficiently apart to receive and hold the thickness or width of the vertical extension panel. Further improvements for the system are disclosed, along with a method for using the system.

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

Method of attaching or replacing a plug assembly
Patent No. 10989315

Inventor(s): Bradford Haines (Spanish Fork, UT), Brian Wayne Howard (Salt Lake City, UT), Jan Jurewicz (Hallam, , AU), Michael P. Nelson (Lehi, UT)
Assignee(s): Flowserve Management Company (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Phillips Winchester (Local + 28 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16695140 on 11/25/2019 (519 days app to issue)

Abstract: A plug assembly includes a plug stem having a plug stem base, a plug head, and a fastening mechanism for fastening the plug stem base to the plug head, the fastening mechanism comprising at least two retainer clamps that surround and provide an interference fit between the plug stem base and the plug head. A method of replacing or attaching a plug head to a plug stem includes providing a plug stem having a plug stem base, providing a plug head, providing a fastening mechanism comprising at least two retainer clamps, and coupling the fastening mechanism around the plug stem base and the plug head to provide an interference fit between the plug stem base and the plug head.

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

Fluid flow control devices and systems, and methods of flowing fluids therethrough
Patent No. 10989329

Inventor(s): Bradford Haines (Spanish Fork, UT), Gifford Decker (Springville, UT), Mark Haehl (Alpine, UT)
Assignee(s): Flowserve Management Company (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Phillips Winchester (Local + 28 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16781758 on 02/04/2020 (448 days app to issue)

Abstract: Fluid flow control devices comprise a body including a central aperture extending along a longitudinal axis therethrough and a plurality of channels extending from an outer sidewall of the body to an inner sidewall of the body. At least one first channel may intersect at least one other channel. Fluid flow control systems, methods of forming fluid flow control devices, and methods of flowing a fluid through a fluid flow control device are also disclosed.

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

Assembly of a tube and a fitting body and a method thereof
Patent No. 10989339

Inventor(s): Brian Kim (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Sul Lee Law Firm PLLC (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15407068 on 01/16/2017 (1562 days app to issue)

Abstract: An assembly for connecting tubes includes a tube connector assembly and an assembly guide for positioning the position locator of the tube connector assembly. The tube connector assembly includes a position locator having a hollow cylindrical shape and configured to be fastened to an outer surface of a tube at a predetermined depth from a first end of the tube, at least one ferrule to be coaxially positioned against a first side of the position locator, and a compression nut to be coaxially positioned against a second side of the position locator opposite to the first side of the position locator. When the assembly guide is engaged with the tube connector assembly and a tube is inserted into a cavity of the compression nut, the length from the first end of the tube to the position locator is equivalent to the predetermined depth.

[F16L] PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

Method and apparatus for common manifold charge compensator
Patent No. 10989456

Inventor(s): Eric Giles (Royse City, TX), Rakesh Goel (Irving, TX), Siddarth Rajan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Lennox Industries Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley Norton, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16809884 on 03/05/2020 (418 days app to issue)

Abstract: An HVAC system includes an evaporator. A compressor is fluidly coupled to the evaporator via a suction line. A condenser is fluidly coupled to the compressor via a discharge line. The condenser includes a first pass and a second pass. A common manifold fluidly couples the first pass and the second pass. A charge compensator is fluidly coupled to the common manifold above a maximum liquid level of the common manifold.

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

P H Y S I C S

High speed beam component-resolved profile and position sensitive detector
Patent No. 10989528

Inventor(s): Justin Paul (Melissa, TX), Timothy C. Anderson (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16552997 on 08/27/2019 (609 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system includes a beam splitter, camera, and a position sensitive detector (PSD). The beam splitter splits a beam ensemble into a first beam portion and a second beam portion. The camera PSD detects an image profile of the first beam portion. The PSD detects a position of the second beam portion.

[G01B] MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS

Method for defining threshold stress curves utilized in fatigue and damage tolerance analysis
Patent No. 10989640

Inventor(s): Bogdan R. Krasnowski (Bedford, TX), Xiaoming Li (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Timmer Law Group, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16125294 on 09/07/2018 (963 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for defining a threshold stress curve utilized in fatigue and/or damage tolerance analysis, the method including conducting a direct test method on a plurality of specimens with a notch to generate raw data, the notch in each of the specimens having a notch dimension; determining a plurality of analyzed data points based upon the raw data; determining a regression line based upon the plurality of data points, the regression line including an exponential portion and a power law portion; and connecting the exponential portion and the power law portion of the regression line to form a threshold stress curve based on the regression line.

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

Systems and methods for assessing the quality of adhesive bonds
Patent No. 10989680

Inventor(s): Chaitanya Dave (Arlington, TX), Kenneth L. Reifsnider (Colleyville, TX), Md Rassel Raihan (Arlington, TX), Muthu Ram Prabhu Elenchezhian (Arlington, TX), Priyanshu Kumar Banerjee (Arlington, TX), Vamsee Vadlamudi (Arlington,
Assignee(s): Board or Regents, The University of Texas Systems (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Thomas|Horstemeyer, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15989541 on 05/25/2018 (1068 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, assessing the quality of an adhesive bond of a composite material includes passing a vector electric field through a thickness of the composite material, measuring dielectric properties of the composite material, determining one or more dielectric parameters of the composite material, and comparing the one or more dielectric parameters with one or more reference dielectric parameters.

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

Expanding a pupil using replication
Patent No. 10989915

Inventor(s): John M. Ferri (Allen, TX), Paul L. Rancuret (McKinney, TX), Vivek Kumar Thakur (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16866943 on 05/05/2020 (357 days app to issue)

Abstract: A pupil expansion apparatus includes: a beam splitter, configured to receive light from an optic and to replicate a pupil formed by the optic; and a waveguide, optically coupled to the beam splitter, the waveguide configured to receive light from the beam splitter and further expand the pupil.

[G02B] OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes precedence; optical elements specially adapted for use in lighting devices or systems thereof F21V 1/00-F21V 13/00; measuring-instruments, see the relevant subclass of class G01, e.g. optical rangefinders G01C; testing of optical elements, systems, or apparatus G01M 11/00; spectacles G02C; apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B; sound lenses G10K 11/30; electron and ion “optics” H01J; X-ray “optics” H01J, H05G 1/00; optical elements structurally combined with electric discharge tubes H01J 5/16, H01J 29/89, H01J 37/22; microwave “optics” H01Q; combination of optical elements with television receivers H04N 5/72; optical systems or arrangements in colour television systems H04N 9/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B 3/84) [7]

Achromatic freeform prism for near eye displays
Patent No. 10989923

Inventor(s): Akash Arora (Normandy Park, WA), Angus Wu (Bellevue, WA), Gangok Lee (Bothell, WA), Mingwei Hsu (Lynwood, WA), Wei Zhou (Sammamish, WA), Zhiqiang Liu (Redmond, WA)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16007512 on 06/13/2018 (1049 days app to issue)

Abstract: A near eye display includes a main freeform prism lens and a micro-display corrector lens, where the main freeform prism lens includes a first freeform surface, a second freeform surface, and a third freeform surface, the first freeform surface refracting a light from a micro-display into a body of the main freeform prism lens, and the main freeform prism lens having an exit pupil diameter greater than 12 millimeter (mm), and a lateral color aberration of less than 4 micrometer (um)) across a diagonal field of view (FOV), where the micro-display corrector lens is positioned between the main freeform prism lens and the micro-display, the micro-display corrector lens including a first corrector lens surface and a second corrector lens surface, and each surface of the main freeform prism lens and the micro-display corrector lens comprises a surface sag.

Photophoretic display device
Patent No. 10989931

Inventor(s): Chungchih Chou (Ann Arbor, MI)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16262306 on 01/30/2019 (818 days app to issue)

Abstract: A photophoretic display device includes at least one trap light source configured to generate a trap beam, at least one illumination light source configured to generate an illumination beam, a void, and a first reflective surface. The trap beam enters the void and traps a first one or more scattering particles, the trap beam is incident on the first reflective surface at a first incidence angle and is reflected as a first reflected trap beam, the first reflected trap beam traps a second one or more scattering particles, and the illumination beam illuminates the first one or more scattering particles and the second one or more scattering particles that are trapped to generate a volumetric image.

VCONN in power delivery chargers
Patent No. 10990150

Inventor(s): Deric Wayne Waters (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16044250 on 07/24/2018 (1008 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit comprising a first processing element having a first output configured to couple to a voltage control circuit, a second output configured to couple to a gate terminal of a first transistor, and a third output configured to couple to a first node and a control circuit. The control circuit comprises a second processing element having multiple outputs, a second transistor having a gate terminal configured to couple to one of the outputs of the second processing element, a first terminal configured to couple to a second node and to a drain terminal of the first transistor, and a second terminal, and a third transistor having a gate terminal configured to couple to a second of the outputs of the second processing element, a first terminal configured to couple to a third node, and a second terminal.

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

Compensating for a movement of a sensor attached to a body of a user
Patent No. 10990168

Inventor(s): Injoon Hong (Plano, TX), Long Le (Richardson, TX), Sourabh Ravindran (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16214462 on 12/10/2018 (869 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of compensating for a movement of a device worn by a user is described. The method comprises measuring, using a first sensor, a motion of a user wearing the device; measuring, using a second sensor, a motion of the device; determining a difference in the motion of the device with respect to the motion of the user; and compensating for the difference in the motion of the device with respect to the motion of the user. An electronic device for monitoring a device worn by a user is also disclosed.

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

Interactive display with tactile feedback
Patent No. 10990183

Inventor(s): R. O’’Neal Gray (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TACTILE DISPLAYS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Amster Rothstein Ebenstein LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16881116 on 05/22/2020 (340 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic device including a housing having a first surface and a second surface, and an interactive display having a keyboard-enabled mode and a keyboard-disabled mode. The interactive display includes a first image display device disposed at the first surface that displays image data, and a physical keypad disposed at the second surface that provides tactile feedback to a user only when the interactive display is in the keyboard-enabled mode, the physical keypad being substantially smooth when the interactive display is in the keyboard-disabled mode.

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

Energy efficient interactive display with energy regenerative keyboard
Patent No. 10990184

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

Touch-based and audio-responsive user interface for elimination of a query’’s component terms
Patent No. 10990194

Inventor(s): Donatus Asumu (Plano, TX), Shane Zatezalo (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16909051 on 06/23/2020 (308 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for receiving and responding to user input is provided. The user input may be input via a user interface. The method may include receiving input from a user via the user interface. The method may also include transmitting the input to a response determination module. The response determination module may determine a system response to the input. The method may include displaying the system response to the user via the user interface. The method may include receiving an indication from the user that the system response is less than a predetermined threshold level of responsiveness. The method may include dividing the input into component terms and displaying the component terms on the user interface. The method may include enabling the user to eliminate component terms from the input in order to improve responsiveness of the system response, and receiving a selection of eliminated component terms.

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

Memory sub-system for supporting deterministic and non-deterministic commands based on command expiration and the state of the intermediate command queue
Patent No. 10990321

Inventor(s): Patrick A. La Fratta (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16280607 on 02/20/2019 (797 days app to issue)

Abstract: Commands in a command queue are received and scheduled. For each of the commands, scheduling includes determining an age of a command based on an entrance time of the command in the command queue. When the age of the command satisfies a first threshold, marking all other commands in the command queue as not issuable when the command is a deterministic command, and marking all other commands in the command queue as not issuable when the command is a non-deterministic command and the intermediate command queue is not empty. Scheduling the command further includes determining whether the command is a read command and marking the command as not issuable when the command is a non-deterministic read command and the intermediate command queue is empty.

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

Backpressure control using a stop signal for a multi-threaded, self-scheduling reconfigurable computing fabric
Patent No. 10990391

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Gamburd Law Group LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16371045 on 03/31/2019 (758 days app to issue)

Abstract: Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for configurable computing. A representative system includes an interconnection network; a processor; and a plurality of configurable circuit clusters. Each configurable circuit cluster includes a plurality of configurable circuits arranged in an array; a synchronous network coupled to each configurable circuit of the array; and an asynchronous packet network coupled to each configurable circuit of the array. A representative configurable circuit includes a configurable computation circuit and a configuration memory having a first, instruction memory storing a plurality of data path configuration instructions to configure a data path of the configurable computation circuit; and a second, instruction and instruction index memory storing a plurality of spoke instructions and data path configuration instruction indices for selection of a master synchronous input, a current data path configuration instruction, and a next data path configuration instruction for a next configurable computation circuit.

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

Efficient loop execution for a multi-threaded, self-scheduling reconfigurable computing fabric
Patent No. 10990392

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

Mechanism for interrupting and resuming execution on an unprotected pipeline processor
Patent No. 10990398

Inventor(s): Joseph Zbiciak (San Jose, CA), Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Timothy D. Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16384434 on 04/15/2019 (743 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques related to executing a plurality of instructions by a processor comprising receiving a first instruction for execution on an instruction execution pipeline, beginning execution of the first instruction, receiving one or more second instructions for execution on the instruction execution pipeline, the one or more second instructions associated with a higher priority task than the first instruction, storing a register state associated with the execution of the first instruction in one or more registers of a capture queue associated with the instruction execution pipeline, copying the register state from the capture queue to a memory, determining that the one or more second instructions have been executed, copying the register state from the memory to the one or more registers of the capture queue, and restoring the register state to the instruction execution pipeline from the capture queue.

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

Computer architecture for emulating a node in conjunction with stimulus conditions in a correlithm object processing system
Patent No. 10990424

Inventor(s): Patrick N. Lawrence (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16405606 on 05/07/2019 (721 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device configured to emulate a node in a correlithm object processing system includes a memory and a node. The memory stores a node table that links source correlithm objects to target correlithm objects. The node receives an input correlithm object and determines n-dimensional distances between it and the source correlithm objects, and determines that it is not within an n-dimensional distance threshold from any of the source correlithm objects. The node receives a stimulus condition correlithm object in conjunction with receiving the input correlithm object and adds the input correlithm object to the node table as a new source correlithm object in response to determining that it is not within the n-dimensional distance threshold and further in response to receiving the stimulus condition correlithm object. The node then links a new target correlithm object to the new source correlithm object in the node table.

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

Fault-tolerant and highly available configuration of distributed services
Patent No. 10990446

Inventor(s): Daniel Rothfus (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Palo Alto, CA)
Law Firm: Hickman Palermo Becker Bingham LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16528625 on 08/01/2019 (635 days app to issue)

Abstract: Fault-tolerant and highly available configuration of distributed services including a computer-implemented method for role-based configuration discovery comprising receiving a request comprising an identifier of a role; identifying a first key, in a replica of a distributed configuration store, comprising a first value that matches the role identifier; identifying one or more other key-value pairs associated in the replica with the first key; and returning a response to an entity that sent the request comprising the value of at least one key-value pair that is specific to the role the service has. Also disclosed are techniques for log forwarding.

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

Entity resolution framework for data matching
Patent No. 10990470

Inventor(s): Michael James Brehm (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): ROVI GUIDES, INC. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Haley Guiliano LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16216275 on 12/11/2018 (868 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for matching a corrupted database record with a record of a validated database. The system receives a corrupted record from a first database. The corrupted record is vectorized to create an input data vector. A denoised data vector is generated by applying a denoising autoencoder to the input data vector, where the denoising autoencoder is specific to the first database. The system compares the denoised data vector with each of a plurality of validated data vectors generated based on records of the validated database to determine that a first denoised data vector matches a matching vector. In response, the system trains the denoising autoencoder using a data pair that includes the input data vector and the matching vector. The system also outputs the validated record that was used to generate the first matching vector.

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

Multi-power-domain bridge with prefetch and write merging
Patent No. 10990529

Inventor(s): Daniel Wu (Plano, TX), Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Matthew David Pierson (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16601881 on 10/15/2019 (560 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for accessing data, comprising receiving a first memory request associated with a first clock domain, converting a first memory address of the first memory request from a first memory address format associated with the first clock domain to a second memory address format associated with the second clock domain, transitioning the first memory request to a second clock domain, creating a first scoreboard entry associated with the first memory request, transmitting the first memory request to a memory based on the converted first memory address, receiving a first response to the first memory request, transitioning the first response to the second clock domain and clearing the first scoreboard entry based on the received response.

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

Computer architecture for emulating a string correlithm object velocity detector in a correlithm object processing system
Patent No. 10990649

Abstract: A device configured to emulate a string correlithm object velocity detector includes a memory that stores a first string correlithm object comprising a plurality of sub-string correlithm objects. The device further includes a sensor coupled to the memory and configured to determine a time between performing data processing associated with the plurality of sub-string correlithm objects, and represent those times as correlithm objects.

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

Methods, systems, and computer program products for web browsing
Patent No. 10990655

Inventor(s): Robert Paul Morris (Madison, GA)
Assignee(s): VULPECULA, LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: The Caldwell Finn, L.L.C (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16724289 on 12/21/2019 (493 days app to issue)

Abstract: In various embodiments, a system and method are provided to: display, utilizing a touch screen, a first user interface of the first application; detect, utilizing the touch screen, user input via the first user interface of the first application; in response to the detection of the user input via the first user interface of the first application: cause the first application to perform an operation based on the user input, and cause a universal resource identifier (URI) to be sent to the second application; after causing the first application to perform the operation, identify one or more results of the operation; after causing the URI to be sent to the second application, receive, from the second application, data that is retrieved by the second application from at least one server via at least one network; and based on the received data and received other data that is retrieved via the at least one network, display, utilizing the touch screen, a first user interface element with the one or more results of the operation via the first user interface of the first application, by the first application.

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

System and method for user managed encryption recovery using blockchain for data at rest
Patent No. 10990687

Inventor(s): Christopher D. Burchett (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Larson Newman, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15666095 on 08/01/2017 (1365 days app to issue)

Abstract: An information handling system includes a memory for storing user data and a processor. The processor is configured to create a key, create a puzzle from the key, publish the puzzle to a ledger; encrypt user data in the memory using the key; retrieve the puzzle from the ledger when a user has lost access to the key; solve the puzzle to recover the key; and decrypt the user data.

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

Validation of data integrity through watermarking
Patent No. 10990706

Inventor(s): Andrew T. Fausak (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Dell Products, L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15962641 on 04/25/2018 (1098 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for recording and validating modifications to a secured container. Modifications to the secured container by trusted parties are logged. The log may be maintained in a secured memory of an IHS (Information Handling System) and may be periodically validated. Each logged modification specifies a timestamp of the modification and the digital watermark assigned to the trusted party making the modification. Upon completing modifications, the secured container is sealed by imprinting the first digital watermark and the first timestamp at locations in the secured container specified by a watermarking algorithm assigned to the trusted party making the modification. Additional modifications may be serially watermarked on the secured container according the watermarking algorithm of the trusted party making each modification. The secured container is unsealed by re-applying each of the watermarking algorithms in reverse order. The integrity of the secured container, and each modification, is thus validated.

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

System and method for designing power systems
Patent No. 10990738

Inventor(s): Abishek Gupta (Frisco, TX), Andres Preciado (San Francisco, CA), Dien Mac (San Jose, CA), Marcos Lopez (Wylie, TX), Pavani Jella (Campbell, CA), Satyanandakishore Venkata Vanapalli (Campbell, CA), Tim Reyes (San Jose, TX,
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16439953 on 06/13/2019 (684 days app to issue)

Abstract: According to exemplary embodiments, a system and method for automated system power supply design is provided. The system and method enables circuit designers to quickly and independently design complicated single or multi rail power supply systems including multiple loads and sequencing requirements. The power solutions offered to designers may include all required power supplies to power up the loads including sequencers and load switches. The power supply design system may be implemented on a standalone processing unit, a distributed computing network, internet based web application, or among various other network applications.

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

Chat analysis using machine learning
Patent No. 10990762

Inventor(s): Apurva J. Sheth (Allen, TX), Jiandong Guo (Plano, TX), Ravi Karan Madavarapu (Irving, TX), Shail Bhatt (Plano, TX), Srinivas Parimi (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16361101 on 03/21/2019 (768 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive information associated with a set of chat logs. The device may obtain context information associated with the information, wherein the context information identifies a network address associated with a participant of the set of chat logs. The device may determine whether the set of chat logs is to be assigned to a first category, a second category, or a third category, wherein the first category is associated with fraudulent chat logs, wherein the second category is associated with chat logs involving a misrepresentation, and wherein the third category is associated with chat logs that are not identified as fraudulent or involving a misrepresentation. The device may perform an action based on whether the set of chat logs is assigned to the first category, the second category, or the third category.

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

System and method for work period scheduler
Patent No. 10990931

Inventor(s): Charles William Gulledge (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): NICE LTD. (Ra’’anana, , IL)
Law Firm: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 15274267 on 09/23/2016 (1677 days app to issue)

Abstract: A work period scheduler includes one or more data processors configured to receive performance data relating to the performance of one or more individual workers from a database. The performance data is then analyzed to identify one or more workers as a leader, a leader being a worker whose presence in a group of the individual workers results in an improvement in overall performance of said group. Work periods, e.g. shifts, may then be scheduled based on one or more skills attributed to one or more workers wherein the one or more skills includes leader.

[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01]

Systems and methods of product recognition through multi-model image processing
Patent No. 10990950

Inventor(s): Priyanka Paliwal (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Walmart Apollo, LLC (Bentonville, AR)
Law Firm: Fitch, Even, Tabin Flannery LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16800370 on 02/25/2020 (427 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to recognize retail products, comprising: a model training system configured to: identify a customer; access an associated customer profile; access and apply a set of filtering rules to a product database based on customer data; generate a listing of products specific to the customer; access and apply a model training set of rules to train a machine learning model based on the listing of products and corresponding image data for each of the products in the listing of products; and communicate the trained model to the portable user device associated with first customer.

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

Securing lender output data
Patent No. 10990993

Inventor(s): Dinesh Sundaram (Plano, TX), Trent Jones (Mckinney, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox P.L.L.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16882274 on 05/22/2020 (340 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-lender architecture is configured to provide a loan applicant with automated pre-qualification and automobile loan eligibility evaluation for multiple candidate lenders. Lender output data may include sensitive data. The lender output data is stored in a data object of a first format and one or more fields of the data object are encrypted at the field level. The encrypted data object may be transmitted through multiple application layers or terminals. The encrypted data object may be reformatted at one or more application layers or terminals without decryption. A reformatted encrypted data object containing the lender output data may be decrypted at the last layer before forwarding the lender output data to the loan applicant.

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

Performing a loop closure detection
Patent No. 10991117

Inventor(s): Manish Goel (Plano, TX), Siddharth K. Advani (Richardson, TX), Sourabh Ravindran (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16231554 on 12/23/2018 (856 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of performing loop closure detection is described. The method comprises detecting a movement of a device having a camera; and adaptively disabling or enabling, using a processor of the device, a loop closure detection of the device based upon the detected movement of the device.

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

Systems and methods for trailer safety compliance
Patent No. 10991178

Inventor(s): Clinton John Williams (Saline, MI), Darin P. Rosekrans (South Lyon, MI), Derek A. Thompson (Ypsilanti, MI), Frankie B. Reed (Ypsilanti, MI), Jeffrey E. Pierfelice (Canton, MI), John Charles Rafferty (Dexter, MI), Stephen
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16383029 on 04/12/2019 (746 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for trailer safety is provided. The method includes: receiving a request to perform a trailer safety check, wherein the request is associated with a vehicle and a trailer; in response to the request, providing a trailer safety checklist, wherein the trailer safety checklist includes a plurality of user-interface elements, and at least one of the user-interface elements corresponds to a light component of the trailer; receiving a first signal indicating that an operator has selected the user-interface element corresponding to the light component of the trailer, wherein the operator is located outside of the vehicle; and in response to the first signal, causing the light component of the trailer corresponding to the selected user-interface element to turn on.

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

Method and system for machine-implemented game with multiple game incentive
Patent No. 10991200

Inventor(s): Malcolm B. Davis (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BRAIN GAMES, L.C. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16234937 on 12/28/2018 (851 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of providing a secondary skill based game to a player utilizing an electronic game machine includes providing the player with a plurality of wagering units enabling the participants to play a machine-implemented game, initiating the game whereby the player wagers during individual games, displaying indicia representing a game state to the player whereby the player may select from at least two different potentially winning actions to continue each game, determining an outcome for the machine-implemented game, and, if the number of wagering units held by the participant is greater than a predetermined number of wagering units and if the elapsed time from the initiation of the first game played by the player is less than a predetermined time interval and if the number of games played by the player is less than a predetermined maximum number of games, providing the player the a secondary skill based game prize.

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

Systems and methods for providing event notifications
Patent No. 10991227

Inventor(s): Mike Roudi (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Gazdzinski Associates, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16391090 on 04/22/2019 (736 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing indications of received emergency alert messages to devices within a consumer premises are disclosed. In one embodiment, a consumer premise equipment (CPE) receiving one or more emergency alert messages from a content provider or managed network determines one or more alert responses for one or more devices of the consumer premise network. In one implementation, the responses are based at least in part on the received emergency alert messages themselves. The CPE issues one or more commands to one or more devices present within the consumer premises (which may be for example a home automation system), to indicate the one or more determined alert indication responses, such as auditory alert and visual alert by the one or more devices. Thus, users in the consumer premises may be made aware of an alert message outside of the typical means in which an alert is displayed, such as via a television.

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

Parking meter monitoring and payment system
Patent No. 10991251

Inventor(s): Divya Sai Toopran (Sunnyvale, MI), Katsumi Nagata (Foster City, CA)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Snell Wilmer LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16261349 on 01/29/2019 (819 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically monitoring a parking meter associated with a vehicle. The system includes a transceiver configured to receive location data of a mobile device associated with a user of the vehicle. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle configured to receive or determine parking meter data associated with the parking meter. The ECU is configured to determine, based on the parking meter data, whether a time remaining on the parking meter is below a time threshold. The ECU is configured to automatically communicate, to the mobile device, a warning communication indicating the time remaining on the parking meter when the time remaining on the parking meter is below the time threshold and the location data of the mobile device indicates that a location of the mobile device is more than a threshold distance away from a location of the vehicle.

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

Color coding system for PVC pipes and couplings
Patent No. 10991273

Inventor(s): James W. Walley, Jr. (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16102382 on 08/13/2018 (988 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system of visual and non-visual marks for PVC pipes and couplings which allows users to group PVC pipes and couplings by type, size, and composition with a series of colors, shapes, swirls, patterns. The series of colors, shapes, swirls, patterns are applied to the PVC pipes and couplings by etching, painting, applying stickers, and or molding into the PVC itself. The non-visual mark utilize the magnetic and radio reflective nature of the marks to allow remote identification of the plumbing pipes and couplings after being buried.

[G09F] DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS

Capacitance-based compensation circuitry
Patent No. 10991416

Inventor(s): Daniel B. Penney (Wylie, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Fletcher Yoder, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16803486 on 02/27/2020 (425 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods may involve circuitry that receives a first transition of a clocking signal. The circuitry may also to enable a compensation circuit characterized by a capacitance in response to the first transition of the clocking signal and may receive subsequent transitions of the clocking signal. The circuitry may also apply the capacitance to the subsequent transitions of the clocking signal after enabling the compensation circuit to generate a compensated clocking signal characterized by an adjusted duty cycle relative to a duty cycle of the clocking signal.

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

Word line decoder circuitry under a three-dimensional memory array
Patent No. 10991429

Inventor(s): Fumiaki Toyama (Cupertino, CA), Hiroyuki Ogawa (Nagoya, , JP), Takuya Ariki (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16891603 on 06/03/2020 (328 days app to issue)

Abstract: The total chip area for a three-dimensional memory device can be reduced employing a design layout in which the word line decoder circuitry is formed underneath an array of memory stack structures. The interconnection between the word lines and the word line decoder circuitry can be provided by forming discrete word line contact via structures. The discrete word line contact via structures can be formed by employing multiple sets of etch masks with overlapping opening areas and employed to etch a different number of pairs of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, thereby obviating the need to form staircase regions having stepped surfaces. Sets of at least one conductive interconnection structure can be employed to provide vertical electrical connection to the word line decoder circuitry. Bit line drivers can also be formed underneath the array of memory stack structures to provide greater areal efficiency.

[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)

Clock frequency counting during high-voltage operations for immediate leakage detection and response
Patent No. 10991447

Inventor(s): Avinash Rajagiri (San Jose, CA), Daniel Linnen (San Jose, CA), Dongxiang Liao (San Jose, CA), Kirubakaran Periyannan (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16451421 on 06/25/2019 (672 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for detecting faults in a memory system includes performing an operation on at least one memory cell of the memory system. The method also includes receiving, during performance of the operation, a first clock cycle count for a first pulse of a charge pump associated with the at least one memory cell. The method also includes receiving, during performance of the operation, a second clock cycle count for a second pulse of the charge pump. The method also includes determining whether a fault will occur based on a difference between the first clock cycle count and the second clock cycle count.

Proxy presence server
Patent No. 10992608

Inventor(s): Christian D. Lair (Arlington, TX), Khalil M. Kajani (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16591826 on 10/03/2019 (572 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, device, and computer-readable medium provide for receiving, from an first presence server at a proxy presence device, a presence status request for presence information associated with a user device in a home carrier network; sending the presence status request to a second presence server in the home carrier network; receiving the presence status of the user device and storing the presence status of the user device in an associated database; sending presence status to the first presence server; receiving at least one subsequent request for the presence status of the user device; and sending the presence status.

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

Edge-computing-based forensic feedback architecture
Patent No. 10992757

Inventor(s): William August Stahlhut (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16446740 on 06/20/2019 (677 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for maintaining situational stability at a target location. The systems may include a database of machine-learning (‘’ML’’)-derived event profiles. The systems may include a plurality of edge-nodes that are proximal to the target location. Each edge-node may generate a data stream of situational data pertaining to the target location. Each edge-node may transmit its data stream to the other edge-nodes. Each edge-node may conglomerate its own data stream with the data streams received from the other edge-nodes to create a conglomerated data stream. Each edge-node may monitor its conglomerated data stream for data that matches one of the event profiles. When a consensus is determined among the edge-nodes that a match occurred, the systems may execute a pre-determined response.

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

E L E C T R I C I T Y

Systems and methods for dynamically identifying a patient support surface and patient monitoring
Patent No. 10987027

Inventor(s): Derek del Carpio (Corinth, TX), Kenneth Chapman (Charlotte, NC), Matt Clark (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): CareView Communications, Inc. (Lewisville, TX)
Law Firm: Meister Seelig Fein LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16896756 on 06/09/2020 (322 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various patient monitoring systems can include a sensor configured to collect three dimensional information. The systems can identify a location of a patient support surface based on the three dimensional information. The systems can set a two dimensional planar threshold based on the patient support surface. The systems can identify a patient location above the patient support surface based on the three dimensional information and compare the patient location to the two dimensional planar threshold. Exceeding the threshold can be indicative of a high risk of a patient fall. An alert can be generated based on the threshold being exceeded. The systems can repeat the identification of the patient support surface location and the setting of the threshold to account for changes in the patient area.

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

Healthcare coverage matching and verification
Patent No. 10991457

Inventor(s): Anand Padmanaban (Lewisville, TX), Chris Lolo (McKinney, TX), Deb Grier (Delanson, NY), Eric Hallemeier (Dallas, TX), Gopi Kolla (Irving, TX), Karthik Sundaram (Little Elm, TX), Kevin Nyaribo (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16181778 on 11/06/2018 (903 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods and devices for providing healthcare coverage matching and verification. In some aspects, a method includes receiving, from a frontend graphical user interface (GUI), a healthcare coverage application comprising client demographics that include at least two of the following: a last name, a first name, a birthdate, an identification number, an address and a request type associated with a client, using a parallel matching and verification architecture to determine, based on a first set of criteria, a matching database record from an eligibility database that corresponds to the healthcare coverage application, and communicate with a healthcare provider using electronic data interchange transactions, identify, based on a second set of criteria, a medical policy that corresponds to the matching database record, and verify the medical policy, and transmitting, to the frontend GUI, the medical policy to allow reception of the medical policy by the client.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Sine pulse actuation, and associated systems and methods
Patent No. 10991498

Inventor(s): Austin Walker (Denton, TX), Drew Bell (Denton, TX), Kevin Vardas (Denton, TX), Stephen Elliott (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR INC (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15708941 on 09/19/2017 (1316 days app to issue)

Abstract: Sine pulse actuation, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for actuating an actuator includes: supplying a first input to the actuator, where the first input corresponds to a rising edge of a first sine function; supplying a second input to the actuator, where the second input corresponds to a generally constant amplitude plateau; and supplying a third input to the actuator, where the third input corresponds to a falling edge of a second sine function. The first, second and third inputs are control inputs or actuation inputs.

[H01F] MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES [2]

Semiconductor die singulation
Patent No. 10991621

Inventor(s): Connie Alagadan Esteron (Laoac Pangasinan, , PH), Dolores Babaran Milo (Baguio, , PH)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16532058 on 08/05/2019 (631 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a described example, a method includes: forming a metal layer on a backside surface of a semiconductor wafer, the semiconductor wafer having semiconductor dies spaced apart by scribe lanes on an active surface of the semiconductor wafer opposite the backside surface; forming a layer with a modulus greater than about 4000 MPa up to about 8000 MPa over the metal layer; mounting the backside of the semiconductor wafer on a first side of a dicing tape having an adhesive; cutting through the semiconductor wafer, the metal layer, and the layer with a modulus greater than about 4000 MPa up to about 8000 MPa along scribe lanes; separating the semiconductor dies from the semiconductor wafer and from one another by stretching the dicing tape, expanding the cuts in the semiconductor wafer along the scribe lanes between the semiconductor dies; and removing the separated semiconductor dies from the dicing tape.

[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]

Cantilevered leadframe support structure for magnetic wireless transfer between integrated circuit dies
Patent No. 10991641

Inventor(s): Benjamin Michael Sutton (Dallas, TX), Sreenivasan K Koduri (Allen, TX), Subhashish Mukherjee (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16867352 on 05/05/2020 (357 days app to issue)

Abstract: A coupling device provides galvanic isolation using a leadframe that is configured to support two integrated circuit chips in a coplanar manner. Each chip contains an inductive coupling coil. The lead frame includes a set of bond pads for attaching bond wires to couple to the two integrated circuit chips. Two separated die attach pads support the two chips. Each die attach pad is configured to support one of the two integrated circuit chips with a plurality of cantilevered fingers.

3D stacked integrated circuits having functional blocks configured to provide redundancy sites
Patent No. 10991684

Inventor(s): Tony M. Brewer (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Greenberg Traurig (27 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16909873 on 06/23/2020 (308 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional stacked integrated circuit (3D SIC) that can have at least a first 3D XPoint (3DXP) die and, in some examples, can have at least a second 3DXP die too. In such examples, the first 3DXP die and the second 3DXP die can be stacked. The 3D SIC can be partitioned into a plurality of columns that are perpendicular to each of the stacked dies. In such examples, when a first column of the plurality of columns is determined as failing, data stored in the first column can be replicated to a second column of the plurality of columns. Also, for example, when a part of a first column of the plurality of columns is determined as failing, data stored in the part of the first column can be replicated to a corresponding part of a second column of the plurality of columns.

Three-dimensional memory device having enhanced contact between polycrystalline channel and epitaxial pedestal structure and method of making the same
Patent No. 10991705

Inventor(s): Jayavel Pachamuthu (San Jose, CA), Masatoshi Nishikawa (Nagoya, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16556854 on 08/30/2019 (606 days app to issue)

Abstract: An alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers is formed over a substrate. A memory opening is formed through the alternating stack. An amorphous semiconductor material portion is formed at a bottom region of the memory opening. A memory film is formed in the memory opening. The memory film includes an opening at a bottom portion thereof, and a surface of the amorphous semiconductor material portion is physically exposed at a bottom of the opening in the memory film. An amorphous semiconductor channel material layer is formed on the exposed surface of the amorphous semiconductor material portion and over the memory film. A vertical semiconductor channel is formed by annealing the amorphous semiconductor material portion and the amorphous semiconductor channel material layer. The vertical semiconductor channel and contacts an entire top surface of an underlying semiconductor material portion.

Three-dimensional memory device having enhanced contact between polycrystalline channel and epitaxial pedestal structure and method of making the same
Patent No. 10991706

Three-dimensional memory device containing a vertical semiconductor channel containing a connection strap and method of making the same
Patent No. 10991718

Inventor(s): Hiroyuki Kinoshita (San Jose, CA), Jayavel Pachamuthu (San Jose, CA), Marika Gunji-Yoneoka (Sunnyvale, CA), Tadashi Nakamura (Yokkaichi, , JP), Tomohiro Oginoe (Yokkaichi, , JP)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16526128 on 07/30/2019 (637 days app to issue)

Abstract: An alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers is formed over a substrate. A memory opening is formed through the alternating stack. A memory film is formed in the memory opening. The memory film includes an opening at a bottom portion. A connection strap is formed by performing a selective semiconductor deposition process that grows a strap semiconductor material from a physically exposed surface of an underlying semiconductor material portion through the opening. A vertical semiconductor channel is formed on an inner sidewall of the memory film by non-selectively depositing a semiconductor channel material. The connection strap provides an electrical connection between the underlying semiconductor material portion and the vertical semiconductor channel through the opening in the memory film. The sacrificial material layers are then replaced with electrically conductive layers.

Three-dimensional memory device including liner free molybdenum word lines and methods of making the same
Patent No. 10991721

Inventor(s): Masaaki Higashitani (Cupertino, CA), Peter Rabkin (Cupertino, CA), Raghuveer S. Makala (Campbell, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16886081 on 05/28/2020 (334 days app to issue)

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers containing molybdenum portions located over a substrate, memory stack structures extending through the alternating stack, and including a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel, and a backside blocking dielectric layer of a dielectric oxide material including aluminum atoms and at least one of lanthanum or zirconium atoms which directly contacts the molybdenum portions.

Three-dimensional cross-point memory device containing inter-level connection structures and method of making the same
Patent No. 10991761

Inventor(s): Wei Kuo Shih (Cupertino, CA), Yuji Takahashi (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: The Marbury Law Group PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16410376 on 05/13/2019 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: First electrically conductive lines, first pillar structures, second electrically conductive lines, second pillar structures, third electrically conductive lines, third pillar structures, fourth electrically conductive lines, and fourth pillar structures are formed over a substrate. Each pillar structure includes a memory element. Interconnection structures are formed on the first electrically conductive lines. The first electrically conductive lines may have thinned segments located outside the area of the arrays of memory elements, and the interconnection structures may be formed on the thinned segments. Alternatively or additionally, the interconnection structures may include a vertical stack of a first conductive via structure contacting a respective one of the first electrically conductive lines, a conductive pad structure, and a second conductive via structure. Fifth electrically conductive lines may be formed on top surfaces of the second two-dimensional array of memory elements and on top surface of the interconnection structures.

VCSELS having mode control and device coupling
Patent No. 10992110

Inventor(s): Gary Landry (Allen, TX), Jim Tatum (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): II-VI DELAWARE, INC. (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Blank Rome LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16553078 on 08/27/2019 (609 days app to issue)

Abstract: A VCSEL can include: an active region configured to emit light; a blocking region over or under the active region, the blocking region defining a plurality of channels therein; a plurality of conductive channel cores in the plurality of channels of the blocking region, wherein the plurality of conductive channel cores and blocking region form an isolation region; a top electrical contact; and a bottom electrical contact electrically coupled with the top electrical contact through the active region and plurality of conductive channel cores. At least one conductive channel core is a light emitter, and others can be spare light emitters, photodiodes, modulators, and combinations thereof. A waveguide can optically couple two or more of the conductive channel cores. In some aspects, the plurality of conductive channel cores are optically coupled to form a common light emitter that emits light (e.g., single mode) from the plurality of conductive channel cores.

[H01S] DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION

Inductively coupled charger
Patent No. 10992177

Inventor(s): Paul Brohlin (Parker, TX), Stephen C. Terry (Knoxville, TN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16250602 on 01/17/2019 (831 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a charge controller to regulate a battery output voltage based on an input voltage and an input current received from a charging circuit. A loop controller monitors the input voltage and the input current to generate a feedback signal to adjust the input voltage to the charge controller.

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

Comparator with preamplifier gain adjustment based on overdrive voltage
Patent No. 10992229

Inventor(s): Antonio Priego (Freising, , DE), Gerhard Thiele (Dachau, , DE), Johann Erich Bayer (Thonhausen, , DE), Manuel Wiersch (Freising, , DE), Stefan Herzer (Marzling, , DE)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16655876 on 10/17/2019 (558 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electrical system includes: 1) a buck converter; 2) a battery coupled to an input of the buck converter; and 3) a load coupled to an output of the buck converter. The buck converter includes a high-side switch, a low-side switch, and regulation loop circuitry coupled to the high-side switch and the low-side switch. The regulation loop circuitry includes a comparator with preamplifier gain adjustment circuitry configured to adjust a preamplifier gain of the comparator based on an overdrive voltage.

[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]

Buck-boost converter and control method
Patent No. 10992231

Inventor(s): Bo Yang (Allen, TX), Xiaoyu Xi (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): M3 Technology Inc. (Taipei, , TW)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16716681 on 12/17/2019 (497 days app to issue)

Abstract: A controller includes a first timer for setting a turn-on time of a first high-side switch of a buck-boost converter, wherein the turn-on time of the first high-side switch is determined by an input voltage of the buck-boost converter, an output voltage of the buck-boost converter and a first predetermined bias voltage, a second timer for setting a turn-on time of a second low-side switch of the buck-boost converter, wherein the turn-on time of the second low-side switch is determined by the input voltage of the buck-boost converter, the output voltage of the buck-boost converter and a second predetermined bias voltage, and a valley current mode control device for setting a turn-on time of a first low-side switch and a turn-on time of a second high-side switch of the buck-boost converter.

DC-DC converter system with configurable phase shift synchronization
Patent No. 10992232

Inventor(s): Dan Li (Beijing, , CN), Liang Zhang (Beijing, , CN), Qi Yang (Beijing, , CN), Weibing Jing (Beijing, , CN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16515375 on 07/18/2019 (649 days app to issue)

Abstract: A converter system includes a first converter that includes a synchronizing terminal configured to receive a frequency signal, a synchronizing unit configured to generate a synchronizing signal having a phase shift with respect to the frequency signal, wherein the phase shift is generated based on amplitude of the frequency signal, and a regulator configured to convert a first given signal to a first converted signal, wherein the regulator is phase locked with the synchronizing signal.

Amplifier with input bias current cancellation
Patent No. 10992271

Inventor(s): Ravpreet Singh (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16411213 on 05/14/2019 (714 days app to issue)

Abstract: An amplifier includes a first input transistor, a second input transistor, a first cascode transistor, a second cascode transistor, a first current mirror circuit, and a second current mirror circuit. The first input transistor is coupled to a first input terminal. The second input transistor is coupled to a second input terminal and the first input transistor. The first cascode transistor is coupled to the first input transistor. The second cascode transistor is coupled to the second input transistor and the first cascode transistor. The first current mirror circuit is coupled to the first cascode transistor, the second cascode transistor, and the first input terminal. The second current mirror circuit is coupled to the first cascode transistor, the second cascode transistor, and the second input terminal.

[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)

Device with isolation barrier and fault detection
Patent No. 10992293

Inventor(s): Danyang Zhu (Cary, NC), Honglin Guo (Dallas, TX), William Toth (Garland, TX), Xiong Li (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16137146 on 09/20/2018 (950 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device that comprises a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die comprises a first clock signal generator. The second semiconductor die comprises a fault detection circuit, the fault detection circuit comprising a second clock signal generator, a first counter coupled to the second clock signal generator, multiple storage devices coupled to the second clock signal generator and to the first counter, a logic gate coupled to the multiple storage devices, a second counter coupled to the logic gate and to the first clock signal generator, and a comparator coupled to the logic gate and the second counter.

[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]

Signaling for resource allocation and scheduling in 5G-NR integrated access and backhaul
Patent No. 10992358

Inventor(s): Joonbeom Kim (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Law Firm: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin Goetzel, P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16189157 on 11/13/2018 (896 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of apparatus and methods for signaling for resource allocation and scheduling in 5G-NR integrated access and backhaul are generally described herein. In some embodiments, User Equipment configured for reporting a channel quality indicator (CQI) index in a channel state information (CSI) reference resource assumes a physical resource block (PRB) bundling size of two PRBs to derive the CQI index.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Systems and methods for mapping resource blocks to network slices
Patent No. 10992396

Inventor(s): Kalyani Bogineni (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16784859 on 02/07/2020 (445 days app to issue)

Abstract: A RAN node may determine an aggregate signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of each resource block of a plurality of resource blocks, where the aggregate SNR of a given resource block of the plurality of resource blocks is based on SNRs of subcarrier frequencies of the given resource block. The RAN node may determine, based on a type of network traffic on each network slice of a plurality of network slices, an index value of each network slice of the plurality of network slices. The RAN node may map, based on the aggregate SNR of each resource block, based on the index value of each network slice, and for each resource block of the plurality of resource blocks, a resource block of the plurality of resource blocks to a network slice of the plurality of network slices.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Communication in passive optical networks (PONs) related to digital signal processing for optical signal (oDSP)
Patent No. 10992406

Inventor(s): Frank Effenberger (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, , CN)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17024466 on 09/17/2020 (222 days app to issue)

Abstract: A first apparatus in an optical communications network, the first apparatus comprises a transmitter; a receiver; a first MAC; and a first oDSP coupled to the transmitter, the receiver, and the first MAC and configured to communicate a message via a dedicated CM channel with at least one of the first MAC, a second MAC in a second apparatus in the optical communications network, or a second oDSP in the second apparatus. A method comprises receiving an FS message comprising a PLOAM field, the PLOAM field contains oDSP-related CM information, and the oDSP-related CM information comprises a message type ID field and a Message_Content field; reading the message type ID field; and deciding, based on the message type ID field, whether to read the Message_Content field.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Selective symbol repetition for SFBC on sPDCCH
Patent No. 10992420

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Coats Bennett, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16633832 on 08/10/2018 (991 days app to issue)

Abstract: When the number of Spatial Block Coded (SBC) modulation symbols in a Physical Resource Block (PRB) is not divided evenly by the number of SBC antenna ports, an SBC coded modulation symbol of a group of SBC coded modulation symbols is repeated, where the same Resource Element (RE) location is repeated on all antennas. In some embodiments, the repeated symbol is adjacent to a modulation symbol of the group that is not repeated. In other embodiments, the repeated modulation symbol is in an adjacent subcarrier to the subcarrier that carries the modulation symbol that is repeated. RE groups with relatively larger numbers of non-zero modulation symbols on a given antenna port and PRB occupy different antenna ports in different PRBs.

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

Method and apparatus for channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS)
Patent No. 10992436

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16684409 on 11/14/2019 (530 days app to issue)

Abstract: Channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) reporting includes receiving and decoding higher-layer configuration information for N CSI reporting settings and M Resource settings. A downlink control information (DCI) that includes a DCI field for requesting aperiodic CSI reporting is received. A CSI is calculated according to the configuration information and the DCI and transmitting the calculated CSI on an uplink (UL) channel. N is at least one, M is at least one, and the DCI field includes a selection of one out of X[subscript]STATE [/subscript]configured states.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

System and method for communicating time and frequency tracking signals using configurations for one port CSI-RSs
Patent No. 10992442

Inventor(s): Jialing Liu (Palatine, IL), Murali Narasimha (Lake Oswego, OR), Qian Cheng (Naperville, IL), Weimin Xiao (Hoffman Estates, IL)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16994339 on 08/14/2020 (256 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network controller may configure one or more channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configurations for transmitting RSs to user equipments (UEs) for tracking. A CSI-RS configuration may specify a set of CSI-RS resources for transmitting RSs in two consecutive slots. The set of CSI-RS resources may include a plurality of one-port CSI-RS resources configured according to the CSI-RS configuration. The CSI-RS configuration may specify a quasi co-location (QCL) configuration including a set of QCL parameters, where a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) has a QCL relationship with the RS with respect to the set of QCL parameters. The network controller may signal the one or more CSI-RS configurations to UEs.

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

Gateway device and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 10992498

Inventor(s): Raymond S. Horton (McKinney, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16600766 on 10/14/2019 (561 days app to issue)

Abstract: A gateway device and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, multiple wireless transceivers are located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a processor, memory, and a camera. To improve convenience, the gateway device may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device having a display. Virtual remote control functionality for various amenities may then be provided. To improve safety, the gateway device may be incorporated into a geolocation and safety network and, under certain conditions, the gateway device may provide a video feed.

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

Reactive non-blocking input and output for target device communication
Patent No. 10992531

Inventor(s): Fredrick Crable (Allen, TX), Gopi Kancharla (Frisco, TX), Nicky Joshi (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16526270 on 07/30/2019 (637 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device may receive information identifying a plurality of requests and identifying a plurality of targets for the plurality of requests. The device may generate respective routes for the plurality of targets, where a route, of the respective routes, for a target, of the plurality of targets, identifies a set of transformations to be applied to a corresponding request of the plurality of requests. The device may apply the respective routes to the plurality of requests to generate processed requests, and may communicate with at least one of the plurality of targets based on the processed requests. The device may receive results based on communicating with the at least one of the plurality of targets, wherein the results are based on the processed requests, and may provide information based on the results.

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

Virtual network element and methods for use therewith
Patent No. 10992600

Inventor(s): Kyle Robert Bilbray (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Hartman Citrin LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16830432 on 03/26/2020 (397 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a virtual network element that includes a plurality of virtual machine modules configured to process a plurality of control packets in a virtualized telecommunication network. A classifier module is configured to receive telecommunications traffic that includes the plurality of control packets and a plurality of data packets, to separate the plurality of control plane data from the at least one data packet, and to forward the plurality of control packets to selected ones of the plurality of virtual machine modules. A forwarding device, coupled to the classifier module and separate from the plurality of virtual machine modules, is configured to forward the plurality of data packets in the virtualized telecommunication network. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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

Device spoofing detection using MAC authentication bypass endpoint database access control
Patent No. 10992671

Inventor(s): Abhishek P. Manjunath (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16282154 on 02/21/2019 (796 days app to issue)

Abstract: An information security system that includes a switch operably coupled to a device. The switch includes a plurality of ports configured to provide network connectivity for one or more endpoint devices to a network. The device is configured to receive device information for an endpoint device connected to a port of the switch, to identify a MAC address in the device information table that matches the MAC address for the endpoint device, and to identify a device type for the identified MAC address in the device information table. The device is further configured to determine that the device type for the endpoint device does not match the device type for the identified MAC address in the device information table and to set a port status for the port to blocked in response to determining that the device types do not match.

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

Reputation-based device registry
Patent No. 10992677

Inventor(s): Andrew L. Wells (Denton, TX), William Daryl Cammack (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16278315 on 02/18/2019 (799 days app to issue)

Abstract: A distributed system and method for associating reputation to device registration is disclosed herein. The systems and methods can include receiving a request for a device interaction from a requesting device. A blockchain registry can then be accessed in response to the request. An approval threshold can be prepared for an approval of the request. Input votes regarding the approval can be received from one or more acting member devices. In response to achieving the approval threshold, the device interaction can be established between the requesting device and one or more connected devices. Then, the device interaction can be recorded in the blockchain registry.

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

Authentication using blockchains
Patent No. 10992681

Inventor(s): Manu J. Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16287856 on 02/27/2019 (790 days app to issue)

Abstract: An authentication device that includes a memory operable to store a behavior signature for a user and a distributed ledger comprising information for a private blockchain and a semi-private blockchain associated with the user. The network device further includes an authentication engine implemented by a processor. The authentication engine is configured to receive an authentication request for a network resource and to determine a resource classification type based on the network resource. The authentication engine is further configured to identify one of the private blockchain and the semi-private blockchain based on the resource classification type and to extract data from one or more blocks in the identified blockchain. The authentication engine is further configured to determine at least a portion of the extracted data matches the stored behavior signature for the user and to provide access to the network resource in response to the determination.

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

Certifying authenticity via dynamic dimensional coordinate scanning and decentralized data storage
Patent No. 10992714

Inventor(s): Gregory S. Jones (Lewisville, TX), James Appleyard (North Richland Hills, TX), Jeff Edgington (Fort Worth, TX), Shiju Mathai (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16241878 on 01/07/2019 (841 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of an authentication system determining authentication rules, the authentication system determining scan properties, the authentication system operating a scanning device to capture scan data for a physical object based on the scan properties and the authentication rules, the authentication system generating a data block based on the scan data and the scan properties, and the authentication system transmitting the data block to a decentralized database.

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

System for generating event-based linkages between distributed resources for tailored data access
Patent No. 10992735

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16518320 on 07/22/2019 (645 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for generating event-based linkages between discrete distributed resources for tailored data visibility is provided. The system comprises: a memory device with computer-readable program code stored thereon; a communication device connected to a network; and a processing device, wherein the processing device is configured to: establish a first distributed resource and a second distributed resource, wherein the first distributed resource and the second distributed resource have different data privacy requirements; identify an event associated with both the first distributed resource and the second distributed resource, wherein the event is added as a block on each of the first distributed resource and the second distributed resource; and generate a link, via the block associated with the event, between the first distributed resource and the second distributed resource based on identifying the event, wherein the link is a shared segment between the first distributed resource and the second distributed resource.

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

WDR imaging with LED flicker mitigation
Patent No. 10992876

Inventor(s): Mayank Mangla (Allen, TX), Peter Labaziewicz (Allen, TX), Shashank Dabral (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 15296152 on 10/18/2016 (1652 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of WDR imaging. Exposure times (ETs) are set for first and second frames for an image sensor to avoid second frame saturating by setting a second ET1/a PWM frequency applied to an LED illuminating a scene to generate second longer ET pixel data (PD). The first frame has first PD and a first ETthe second ET. A high and low intensity threshold are calculated from a full well capacity. Raw image signals are obtained originating from the image sensor of the scene. Flicker is detected by comparing the first and second frame intensity values to the high and low threshold to determine whether the first PD is flickering data. A WDR merge is performed by selecting weightings from the first and second PD for each pixel including increasing weighting of the second PD for flicker. A final image is formed from the weighted WDR merge.

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

Method and system for reducing slice header parsing overhead in video coding
Patent No. 10992932

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16452732 on 06/26/2019 (671 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for encoding a picture of a video sequence in a bit stream that reduces slice header parsing overhead is provided. The method includes determining weighting factors that may be used for weighted prediction in encoding at least one slice of the picture, wherein a total number of the weighting factors is constrained to not exceed a predetermined threshold number of weighting factors, wherein the threshold number is less than a maximum possible number of weighting factors, and signaling weighted prediction parameters including the weighting factors in a slice header in the bit stream.

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

Converting a bi-predicted merging candidate in a merging candidate list for a prediction unit of a picture
Patent No. 10992948

Inventor(s): Minhua Zhou (San Diego, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16898820 on 06/11/2020 (320 days app to issue)

Abstract: Motion compensation requires a significant amount of memory bandwidth, especially for smaller prediction unit sizes. The worst case bandwidth requirements can occur when bi-predicted 48 or 84 PUs are used. To reduce the memory bandwidth requirements for such smaller PUs, methods are provided for restricting inter-coded PUs of small block sizes to be coded only in a uni-predictive mode, i.e., forward prediction or backward prediction. More specifically, PUs of specified restricted sizes in bi-predicted slices (B slices) are forced to be uni-predicted.

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

System and method for aiding hearing
Patent No. 10993047

Inventor(s): Ekaterina Sokolovskaya (The Hague, , NL), Grigorii Sokolovskii (St. Petersburg, , RU), Laslo Olah (Richardson, TX), Sergey Losev (St. Petersburg, , RU)
Assignee(s): Texas Institute of Science, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17029764 on 09/23/2020 (216 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment of the system, a programming interface is configured to communicate with a device. The system screens, via a speaker and a user interface associated with the device, a left earand separately, a right earof a patient. The system then determines a left ear hearing range and a right ear hearing range. The hearing ranges are modified with a subjective assessment of sound quality according to the patient. The subjective assessment of sound quality according to the patient may be a completed assessment of a degree of annoyance caused to the patient by an impairment of wanted sound.

[H04R] LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) [6]

Systems and methods for accessing a network
Patent No. 10993112

Inventor(s): Kaippallimalil Mathew John (Carrollton, TX), Weisheng Jin (Shenzhen, , CN), Wenruo Zhu (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Futurewei Technologies, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Slater Matsil, LLP (Local + 1 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16172233 on 10/26/2018 (914 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and method embodiments are provided for accessing a wireless network. The embodiments enable establishing and releasing session resources in a wireless local area network (WLAN) corresponding to packet data network (PDN) connections in a 3 GPP enhanced packet core (EPC). In an embodiment, a method in a network component for establishing a control channel with a user equipment (UE) includes setting up, by the network component, a link layer channel, sending, by the network component, an identifier of the link layer channel to the UE; and communicating, by the network component, with the UE over the link layer channel using a WLAN control protocol (WLCP), wherein the WLAN comprises a trusted WLAN Access Network (TWAN).

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Unlicensed band management control indicators
Patent No. 10993117

Inventor(s): Yang Li (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Law Firm: Fay Kaplun Marcin, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16214472 on 12/10/2018 (869 days app to issue)

Abstract: An evolved Node B (eNB) serves as a primary serving cell (PCell) providing a primary component carrier (PCC) in a licensed spectrum to a user equipment (UE) in a carrier aggregation (CA) scheme. A secondary component carrier (SCC) is provided in an unlicensed spectrum. The eNB monitors parameters of bandwidths in the unlicensed spectrum, when at least one of the parameters indicates a change in availability of a select one of the bandwidths, the eNB generates a control indicator defining the change in availability of the bandwidth and broadcasts the control indicator to the UE, wherein the control indicator affects a modification in a transceiver of the UE associated with the bandwidth.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for CIoT device data transfer
Patent No. 10993142

Inventor(s): Jennifer Liu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Nokia of America Corporation (Murray Hill, NJ)
Law Firm: Loza Loza, LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16144900 on 09/27/2018 (943 days app to issue)

Abstract: A non-access stratum (NAS) control protocol includes procedures for control plane cellular internet of things (CP-CIoT) service requests and attach request. UE in idle mode may transmit an NAS service request message including user data to a mobility management entity (MME) over the control plane. The MME extracts the user data from the NAS service request message and determines a type of the user data. The MME may forward non-IP data to a Service Capability Exposure Function (SCEF) and forward IP data to a packet gateway.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Network slice instance creation
Patent No. 10993177

Inventor(s): Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16219370 on 12/13/2018 (866 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example method can include receiving, by a device, single-network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) associated with a user equipment. The S-NSSAI can be associated with a network. The method can include determining location information associated with the user equipment, determining that a network slice instance (NSI) is to be created for the S-NSSAI, and creating an NSI based on a network service (NS) associated with the user equipment. The NSI can be created using a network function virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), associated with the network, that allocates resources, of the network, for the NSI according to the NS.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Partial port hybrid CSI feedback for MIMO wireless communication systems
Patent No. 10993257

Inventor(s): Eko Onggosanusi (Coppell, TX), Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX), Yang Li (Plano, TX), Young-Han Nam (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16663292 on 10/24/2019 (551 days app to issue)

Abstract: The method comprises receiving periodic CSI feedback configuration information including a periodicity value and an offset value corresponding to a first CSI report, and at least one periodicity value and at least one offset value corresponding to a second CSI report, measuring a first CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) and a second CSI-RS configured for a periodic CSI reporting based on at least two different enhanced MIMO types (eMIMO-Types), generating the first CSI report and the second CSI report for the first eMIMO-Type and the second eMIMO-Type, respectively, determining a periodic reporting interval for each of the first CSI report and the second CSI report, and reporting the first and second CSI reports based on the determined periodic reporting intervals using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format 2 or a PUCCH format 3 or a combination of the PUCCH format 2 and the PUCCH format 3.

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Interposer printed circuit boards for power modules
Patent No. 10993325

Inventor(s): Alok Kumar Lohia (Dallas, TX), John Andrew Trelford (Richardson, TX), Richard John Yeager (Rockwall, TX), Thang Danh Truong (Grand Prairie, TX)
Assignee(s): ABB Power Electronics Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Barnes Thornburg LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16528505 on 07/31/2019 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: Interposer printed circuit boards for power modules and associated methods are disclosed. In at least one illustrative embodiment, a printed circuit board assembly may comprise a printed circuit board having a surface, an electrical component mounted on the surface, a pin mounted on the surface, and an interposer printed circuit board mounted on the surface. The electrical component may have a first height orthogonal to the surface. The pin may have a second height orthogonal to the surface, where the second height is greater than the first height. The interposer printed circuit board may comprise a pad and an outer solder bump positioned on the pad. The outer solder bump may have a third height orthogonal to the surface, where the third height is greater than the first height.

[H05K] PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (details of instruments or comparable details of other apparatus not otherwise provided for G12B; thin-film or thick-film circuits H01L 27/01, H01L 27/13; non-printed means for electric connections to or between printed circuits H01R; casings for, or constructional details of, particular types of apparatus, see the relevant subclasses; processes involving only a single technical art, e.g. heating, spraying, for which provision exists elsewhere, see the relevant classes)

Prayer skirt
Patent No. D917130

Inventor(s): Yasir Rahman (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Dunlap Bennett Ludwig, PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29705488 on 09/12/2019 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Food storage container
Patent No. D917237

Inventor(s): Timothy J. Bennett (Colorado Springs, CO)
Assignee(s): TUESDAY MORNING PARTNERS, LTD. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Haynes and Boone, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29695728 on 06/21/2019 (676 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Bottle
Patent No. D917290

Inventor(s): Daniel Nelson (Plano, TX), Dilan Walpola (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Billie, Inc. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Lowenstein Sandler LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29719082 on 12/31/2019 (483 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Jewelry article
Patent No. D917326

Inventor(s): Keith E. Matheny (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Tuff-Links, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29730824 on 04/08/2020 (384 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Jewelry article
Patent No. D917329

Inventor(s): Keith E. Matheny (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Tuff Links, LLC (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 29730843 on 04/08/2020 (384 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen with a graphical user interface element
Patent No. D917509

Inventor(s): Matthew Barre (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): Bublup, Inc. (Arlington, VA)
Law Firm: Danielson Legal LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29709240 on 10/11/2019 (564 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Pet toy
Patent No. D917799

Inventor(s): Thi Vu (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC (Arlington, TX)
Law Firm: Global IP Counselors, LLP (9 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29676687 on 01/14/2019 (834 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

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