Patents Issued the Week of June 23-27

6.20.25

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U.S. Patent No. 12,329,214 entitled “Textile Article Comprising Graphene and Filters Comprising Said Textile Article” issued June 17, 2025 to DIRECTA PLUS S.P.A. of Lomazzo, Italy. Invented by Giulio Giuseppe Cesareo of Milano, Italy and Laura Giorgia Rizzi of Saronno, Italy. Abstract: Textile article comprising a textile substrate to which graphene is applied in an amount from 0.5 to 20 g of graphene per square meter of textile substrate, wherein said graphene is dispersed in a polymeric binder and forms a thermal circuit heatable by exposure to electromagnetic radiation. There is also described a filter comprising said textile article, for example a face mask for personal health protection.

U.S. Patent No. 12,332,378 entitled “Systems and Methods for Processing Sparse Array Radar Signals with Angle-dependent Calibration” issued June 17, 2025 to Deere & Company of Moline, Illinois. Invented by Theagenis J. Abatzoglou of Dana Point, California. Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods, systems, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer readable media for calibrating a sparse radar system, particularly to configure the radar system to account for non-uniform, angle-dependent antenna responses. More precisely, systems of the present disclosure may utilize one or more calibration reflectors located at a series of known relative angle values to obtain calibration radar return information from a radar system. Utilizing the known relative angles of the calibration reflectors, the calibration radar return information may be processed to estimate, for each antenna at each of the series of angle values, the degree the antenna’s response to signals arriving at the antenna varies from the other antennas’ responses to those signals. These estimates may then be used to determine, for each of the series of angle values for each of the antennas, a respective calibration factor. The calibration factors may be used in a data-adaptive spectral estimation procedure to adjust radar return data from the radar system to correct for each antenna’s non-uniform responses and estimate the angles of arrival of the impinging signals on the MIMO array.

U.S. Patent No. 12,329,270 entitled “Combination Backpack and Quiver” issued June 17, 2025 to and invented by Joseph Todd Carpenter of Brentwood, Tennessee. Abstract: A combination backpack and quiver apparatus includes a backpack, a quiver, a planar insert and first and second quiver mounting rods. The planar insert is received in an outer pocket of the backpack. The insert includes a plurality of elongated quiver mounting receptacles extending substantially parallel to an insert length, the quiver mounting receptacles being spaced apart across an insert width. The quiver includes a hood, first and second elongated quiver rails extending from the hood, and at least one resilient arrow holder mounted on the rails and including a plurality of laterally open arrow receiving recesses defined in the resilient arrow holder. The first and second quiver mounting rods are received in first and second ones of the quiver mounting receptacles and are attached to the at least one resilient arrow holder to mount the quiver on the backpack.

U.S. Patent No. 12,331,492 entitled “Machine Diagnostic System and Method Based on Expected Controllers Identification and Communication” issued June 17, 2025 to Deere & Company of Moline, Illinois. Invented by Jesse A. Braun of Waukee, Iowa; Graham S. Anderson of Cedar falls, Iowa and Vaibhav Madalagi of Bettendorf, Iowa. Abstract: A diagnostic method, executable for example from remote computing devices or onboard control units for machines having various systems, each system having associated electronic controllers. For a specified machine and configuration, a hierarchical list is automatically generated comprising systems associated with the machine and one or more expected electronic controllers for each system. At least pursuant to initiation of a diagnostic program via an onboard control unit of the specified machine, respective input signals are obtained from present electronic controllers in functional communication with the onboard control unit. For each of any expected electronic controllers for which respective input signals are not obtained, a status alert is generated corresponding to a determined missing status or failure status, wherein the determined missing or failure status is based on an optionality of the respective expected electronic controller for which respective input signals are not obtained and/or an optionality of the corresponding system.

U.S. Patent No. D1,080,057 entitled “Hair Styling Device” issued June 17, 2025 to and invented by Mia Kaminski of Franklin, Tennessee. Claims: The ornamental design for a hair styling device as shown and described.