Dallas-Fort Worth was ranked 10th out of 250 metropolitan areas for patent activity. Patents issued include: • Amera IoT for devices to generate and use quantum-resistant keys • AT&T for dynamic edge computing for 6G or other next generation networks • BNSF for remote monitoring of devices • Capital One for ATMs for issuing secure bank cards • General Electric Efficient hands-free electric vehicle charger for autonomous vehicles in uncontrolled environments • Delivery of organ-specific nucleic acids from the University of Texas system • Water Now purification system with centrifugal and friction heating systems
       U.S. Patent No. 11,305,663 (Hands-Free Energy Efficient Electric Vehicle Charger for Autonomous Vehicles in Uncontrolled Environments) assigned to General Electric Company.
        Dallas Invents provides a weekly overview of issued US patents related to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. The list includes patents issued to local assigns and/or North Texas inventors. Patent activity can be an indicator of future economic growth, the development of emerging markets and the attraction of talent. By tracking inventors and assignees in the region, we aim to provide a broader picture of inventive activity in the region. The list is compiled by the Joint Patent Classification (CPC).
       A: Human Needs15 B: Manipulation, Transportation15 C: Chemistry, Metallurgy4 E: Stationary Structures7 F: Mechanical Engineering, Lighting, Heating, Weapons, Destruction6 G: Physics30 H: Electricity52
        Texas Instruments Corporation (Dallas) 15 Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano) 8 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon, South Korea) 6 SanDisk Technologies LLC (Addison) 6 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Baskin Ridge) 6 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston) 4 Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island) 3 Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano) 3 AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP (Georgia, Atlanta) 2
       Adarsh ​​Rajasekhar (Santa Clara, CA) 2 Abhijit Ashok Chachad (Plano) 2 Kai Chirka (Dallas) 2 Keith William Melkild (Allen) 2 Raguvir S. Makala (Campbell, CA) 2 Rahul Sharangpani (Frey, CA) Monte) 2 Sudhakar Reddy Patil (Flower Hill) 2 Timothy David Anderson (University Park) 2 Yongkwon Lim (Allen) 2
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       More information on the following issued patents can be found in the USPTO Patent Full Text and Image Database.
        Inventors: Christian Herrington (Dallas, Texas), Christopher Leipoldt (North Richland Hills, Texas), Daniel Saltzman (Chicago, Illinois). Assignee: Pinteal, LLC (Texas, North Richland Hills). Application No., Date, Speed: 15931537, May 13, 2020 (706 days to issue an application)
        Abstract: Devices and related methods refer to integrated and packaged control systems that can be implemented and are compatible with various types of decoys so that decoys can be remotely controlled by a user’s personal computing device. In an illustrative example, the control system may include a package that contains processing engines, communication interfaces, connectors, and a data store. The data store may contain different settings and corresponding control signals for different types of decoys. The input/output terminals can be configured to transmit electrical signals between the inside of the package and the outside of the package. Thanks to the control system, various types of baits can be controlled remotely.
        [A01M] Trapping, trapping or repelling animals (devices for trapping bees or drones A01K 57/00; fishing A01K 69/00-A01K 97/00; biocides, repellents or attractants for pests A01N); devices for the destruction of pests or plants
       Inventor: Debra Abbaszade (San Francisco, CA) Assignee: Simple Wishes LLC (Dallas, TX) Law Firm: Trustee Application #, Date, Speed: 16283165, February 22, 2019 (1152 days to application)
        Abstract: An embodiment of the garment is provided with an inner panel having at least one covering for the wearer’s chest, the at least one covering having a first layer of material overlapping a second layer of material, a first layer of material, and a second layer. from the material. The two layers of material are bonded together to form an opening between the overlapping layers, and at least one lid provides support for at least one of the user’s breast and breast pump body inserted through the opening during milking and the outer front. By having the surface of the first sheet of material overlapping at least a portion of the second sheet of material, the first and second sheets can move to expose at least one covering of the inner sheet.
        Inventor: Felix Chen (Dallas, Texas) Assignee: PAJ, INC. (Dallas, TX) Law Firm: Ostrolenk Faber LLP (2 non-local offices) Application #, Date, Speed: 16794204 on 02/18/2020 (791 days of app release)
        Summary: Jewelry closing mechanisms (such as clasps) may include locking receptacles and locking pins that work together to provide a jewelry closing mechanism. The locking mechanism may or may not include a hinge. In some embodiments, a locking pin may protrude from the second lever and be inserted into a locking socket formed in the second lever to connect the two components together. The closure receptacle may include one or more wires (eg, springs and/or blanks) extending across the direction of the closure receptacle. The closure mechanism can be used as a normal jewelry closure and/or to connect jewelry together.
       Inventor: Joel Gilley (Little Elm, TX) Assignee: Unassigned Law Firm: Fiduciary Application #, Date, Speed: 16823519, March 19, 2020 (761 days to apply for publication)
        Summary: The lotion applicator assembly includes several applicators, each pre-filled with adhesive skin treatment. Each applicator consists essentially of a liquid-permeable material for releasing an adhesive skin treatment onto the user’s skin, and each applicator has a connecting piece. The kit includes a rod having a telescopically adjustable length, and the trigger unit is movably connected to the rod. The release block engages with a sleeve on a respective one of the applicators to hold the respective applicator on the stick. Thus, the wand can be held to rub the appropriate applicator into the user’s skin. In addition, the release block can be moved to the release position to disengage the clutch on the appropriate applicator.
       Inventor: Hila Emery (Arlington, TX) Assignee: Unspecified Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge LLP (Location Not Found) Application Number, Date, Speed: 16796271, February 20, 2020 days (789 days to apply for release)
        Abstract: Table stabilization systems allow you to quickly and efficiently connect several tables using one or more gluing devices. The glue slides along the seam between the two tables and holds the tables in place. The adhesive device also provides a flat surface on which objects can be placed without tipping or tipping over.
       [A47B] Tables, desks, office furniture, cabinets, drawers, general furniture fittings (Furniture joints F16B 12/00)
       Inventor: Larry Curry (Fort Worth, TX) Assignee: Unspecified Law Firm: Decker Jones, PC (Location Not Found) Application #, Date, Speed: 16682776, November 13, 2019 (888 days to apply) issued)
        Abstract: A storage system for perforated panels and hangers is proposed, which includes a perforated panel and one or more hangers. The perforated plate includes a plate part, a peripheral ribbed structure, an internal ribbed structure, and evenly spaced through holes of the plate. Perimeter and internal rib structures extend from the wall-facing surfaces. Near the peripheral ribbed structure is a plurality of tubular sections designed to accommodate fasteners. The suspension includes a vertical element, an extension element, an upper pin and a lower pin. The top pin extends back from the top of the vertical member. The bottom pin extends forward and downward from the bottom of the vertical member.
        [A47F] Special furniture, fittings or accessories for shops, warehouses, bars, restaurants, etc.; payment counters
       Inventor: Hoang Dang (Mansfield, TX) Assignee: No Law Firm Named: No Attorney Application Number, Date, Speed: 16680326, November 11, 2019 (890 days to post application)
        Abstract: An improved chimney starter having a cylindrical body with outer and inner walls defining a chamber designed to store charcoal. A number of helical heat exchange chambers is contained in a cylindrical shell, and an air inlet is provided on a part of the cylindrical shell, while the air inlet is connected to a number of helical heat exchange chambers. The base is designed to accommodate the lighter, and the lighter is designed to light and burn charcoal. Preferably, the fan is configured to be located in the air intake so that the exhaust air is directed through a series of helical heat exchange chambers in which the directed air accelerates the combustion of the charcoal.
       Inventor: Linda Lee Whittington (Plano, TX) Assignee: Unspecified Law Firm: Baker LLP (5 non-local offices) Application #, Date, Speed: 16511259 dated 07/07 15/2019 (1009 days application release)
        Abstract: A device for cleaning ceiling beams and panel channels that provides a method of applying constant positioning pressure while cleaning at the edges of ceiling beams and panel channels. The cleaner assembly includes a flat squeegee applicator with a swivel swivel application rail, swivel frame, handle, replacement beam cleaning pad, and replacement panel slot cleaning pad.
        [A47L] Household laundry or cleaning (Brushes A46B; Cleaning bottles or similar hollow objects B08B 9/00; Laundry D06F); SUCTION MACHINES TOTAL (General cleaning B08)
        Time-resolved multispectral optical imaging method in reflection mode and a device for tissue classification. Patent No. 11304604.
        Inventors: Jeffrey E. Thatcher (Richardson, TX), John Michael DiMaio (Dallas, TX), Weirong Mo (Richardson, TX), Weizhi Li (Dallas, TX), Wensheng Fang (Plano, TX): Spectral MD, Inc. . , (Dallas, TX) LLP: Knobbe, Martens, Olson Bear, LLP (9 non-local offices) Registration #, Date, Speed: 15523287 Oct 28, 2015 (2365 days filed in question)
        Abstract: Some aspects relate to non-invasive optical imaging devices and methods that acquire multiple images corresponding to different times and different frequencies. In addition, the alternatives described herein are used in a variety of tissue classification applications, including assessing the presence and severity of tissue conditions such as burns and other wounds.
       Inventor: Robert E. Wigginton (McKinney, TX) Assignee: New Standard Device, LLC (San Antonio, TX) Attorney: Greg Goshoorn, PC (1 non-local office) Application Number, Date, Speed: 16564023 dated 09/09/2019 (application release – 953 days)
        Summary: A device and system components for external fixation of bones are proposed. Components include fixed plates such as J-plates and I-plates. two or more fixed plates arranged along the axis, two or more fixed plates; a plurality of telescopic adjustable spacers attaching the first fixed plate along the axis to the second of the plurality of fixed plates along the axis, the connection of the plates, while the first fixed plate and the second fixed plate are adjacent plates along the axis and a plurality of columns, each column connects two adjacent fixed plates from the set fixed plates along the axis.
        Inventors: Brian C. Elwood (Arlington, TX), Thomas Patrick Robinson (Addison, TX), Zeke Eller (Plano, TX) Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (South Jordan, Utah) Law Firm: Stoel Rives LLP (6 non-local offices) Application #, Date, Speed: 16679680, November 11, 2019 (Application issued 890 days)
        Abstract: Disclosed are delivery systems and methods for deploying implantable devices, which may include a delivery device having an external tubular element and an internal assembly. The inner node is located inside the outer tubular element and can slide relative to the outer tubular element. The inner component may include a pusher on the distal portion. The pusher abuts and limits the proximal movement of the corrugated implantable device within the outer tubular element relative to the inner node. The pusher may have a slot to accommodate the suture binding mechanism of the implantable device. The delivery device may include a distal tip. The tip includes a tip transition region. The inner shell and the outer tubular element may have sections of different stiffness along the length with transitional areas between these sections. The transition region of the outer tubular element and the transition region of the inner shell can be displaced in the longitudinal direction.
        [A61F] Implantable vascular filters; artificial limbs; devices for patency or prevention of collapse of tubular body structures, such as stents; orthopedic, nursing or contraceptive devices; thermal compresses; treatment or protection of the eyes or ears; dressings, dressings or absorbent pad; First aid kit (prosthesis A61C) [2006.01]
        Inventors: Danguole Spakevicius (Houston, TX), Heather Giles (Houston, TX), Terry Farmer (Houston, TX) Assignee: Vapogenix, Inc. (Dallas, TX) Law Firm: Saul Ewing Arnstein Lehr LLP (4 non-local offices) Application Number, Date, Speed: 16869797 05/08/2020 (application issued for 711 days)
        Summary: The present invention provides compositions useful for reducing or preventing pain in a subject in need thereof. In one embodiment, the composition contains a halogenated volatile compound. The invention further includes a method for alleviating or preventing pain in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition of the invention. Dosing regimens contemplated by the present invention include single administration, continuous administration, or intermittent administration.
       [A61K] Preparations for medical, dental or toilet use (apparatus or methods specially designed to bring drugs into a particular physical form or form for administration A61J 3/00; use of chemical aspects or materials for air deodorization, disinfection or sterilization or dressings , dressings, absorbent pads or surgical supplies A61L; soap compositions C11D)
       Inventor: John Patrick McCook (Frisco, TX) Assignee: Berg LLC (Framingham, Massachusetts) Law Firm: McCarter English, LLP (7 non-resident offices) Application Number, Date, Speed: 15872669 dated 01/16/2018 (app released in 1554 days )
        Summary: The present invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA) and other types of alopecia. Pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention contain an effective amount of a vitamin D compound in a formulation that delivers the vitamin D compound locally to the epidermis but is substantially unaffected by the dermis. For patients receiving chemotherapy, the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can be administered before or simultaneously with chemotherapy drugs.
       [A61K] Preparations for medical, dental or toilet use (apparatus or methods specially designed to bring drugs into a particular physical form or form for administration A61J 3/00; use of chemical aspects or materials for air deodorization, disinfection or sterilization or dressings , dressings, absorbent pads or surgical supplies A61L; soap compositions C11D)
       Inventor: Lisa Kangelosi Brown (Frisco, TX) Assignee: NozeSeal, LLC (Bryan, TX) Attorney: Attorney Application #, Date, Speed: 16290707, 03/01/2019 (1145 days to apply for release)
        Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention provides a universal sealing device for one or more cannulas. The device includes a first part, a second part and a third part. The first part and the second part are made with the possibility of removable gluing directly or indirectly to the nose. The third section is connected to the first and second sections. The third part is removably connected to one or more cannulas and exerts force on the bottom of the expanding part of one or more cannulas when the first and second parts are attached to the nose. This force maintains the tightness of one or more cannulas within one or more of the respective nasal nostrils.
        [A61M] Devices for introducing media into or onto the body (for introducing media into or onto an animal A61D07/00; devices for introducing tampons A61F 13/26; devices for the oral administration of foodstuffs or drugs A61J; collection containers for storage or administration of blood or medical fluids A61J 1/05); Device for converting or obtaining media from the body (operations A61B; Chemical aspects of surgical supplies A61L; those using magnetic elements placed inside the body Magnetotherapy A61N 2/10); apparatus for inducing or terminating sleep or coma [5]
       Inventor: Michael Womack (Princeton, TX) Assignee: Unassigned Law Firm: No Attorney Application No., Date, Speed: 16660501, October 22, 2019 (application published 910 days later)
        Summary: Supportive clothing used during weight training. The support garment includes a piece of elastic material with two ends and a top and bottom perimeter. The material section also has a breast support section between the ends. Each end is located and connected to the upper perimeter of the piece of material, forming a cuff. Each cuff has an opening on opposite sides of the supporting garment. Each cuff is also designed to receive the wearer’s arm of the garment and is offset inwardly by a chest support portion. During resistance training, the user inserts one arm into each cuff and places the chest support segment over the user’s chest.
        [A63B] Equipment for physical culture, gymnastics, swimming, climbing or fencing; ball games; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (passive trainers, massagers A61H)
        Device and method for multi-stage continuous preparation of deuterium-depleted water. Patent No. 11305210.
       Inventor: Cailin Liao (Nanjing, China) Assignee: NNB Nutrition USA LLC (Lewisville, Texas) Law Firm: Tomanageip (Local + 4395 other cities) Application No., Date, Speed: 17102496 dated 11/24/2020 (511 days application) release )