ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12550938 B2, initially filed April 28, 2021) developed by three inventors Nicholas H. Watson, Westfield, North Carolina; Michael F. Davis, Clemmons, North Carolina; and Stephen Benson Sears, Siler City, North Carolina, for "Aerosol delivery devices including a selector and related methods." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- SERIAS-LEE, LLC, Washington, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12552549 B2, initially filed May 4, 2023) developed by William Ryan Woolard, Washington, North Carolina, and David F. Singleton, Washington, North Carolina, for "Aircraft ground support equipment geo-fencing protection system." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC., Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12553885 B2, initially filed Jan. 18, 2023) developed by Suresh Venkatarayalu, Waxhaw, North Carolina, and Chen Feng, Mount Laurel, North Carolina, for "Apparatuses, systems, and methods for sample testing." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- RED HAT, LLC, Raleigh, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554677 B2, initially filed Oct. 14, 2022) developed by Leigh Griffin, Waterford, Ireland, and Stephen Coady, Waterford, Ireland, for "Archiving files via superdense coding." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12550935 B2, initially filed Dec. 19, 2023) developed by five inventors Vahid Hejazi, Concord, North Carolina; Rajesh Sur, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; S. Keith Cole, Advance, North Carolina; Cassidy S. McMahan, Pfafftown, North Carolina; and Gary M. Dull, Lewisville, North Carolina, for "Arrangement of atomization assemblies for aerosol delivery device." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., Durham, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12555157 B2, initially filed March 1, 2023) developed by three inventors John Pistone, Cary, North Carolina; Philip S. Brown, Cary, North Carolina; and Evgeny Shevtsov, Frisco, Texas, for "Artificial intelligence for animal identification and item recommendation." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- INNOVATOR THERAPEUTICS, LLC, Albemarle, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12551433 B1, initially filed May 29, 2025) developed by four inventors William C. Stagner, Apex, North Carolina; Ninad Deshpanday, Cary, North Carolina; John R. Cardinal, Wilmington, North Carolina; and David M. Oakley, Todd, North Carolina, for "Associated forms of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and local anesthetics." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- NUVOLO TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Davidson, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554900 B2, initially filed Feb. 14, 2024) developed by three inventors Khoa Nguyen Van Ho, Houston, Texas; Tao Ye, Garfield, New Jersey; and Tejas Yadav, Cheshire, Connecticut, for "Audit of computer-aided design documents." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12555486 B2, initially filed Sept. 27, 2023) developed by Stanislav Foltan, Brno, Czech Republic, for "Augmented reality taxi assistant." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- MADI, LLC, Greenville, North Carolina has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1113388 S1, initially filed Oct. 11, 2022) developed by Ralph Dudley Stinson, Lutz, Florida, for "Bell separator." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- U.S. COTTON, LLC, Gastonia, North Carolina has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1113436 S1, initially filed July 19, 2023) developed by Gregory J. Strasser, Westlake, Ohio, for "Box." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554559 B2, initially filed Nov. 22, 2022) developed by five inventors Viraj Srivastava, New Delhi, India; Praveen Tayal, Hyderabad, India; Puneet Sharma, Bangalore, India; Lingathurai Palanisamy, Bangalore, India; and Minal Nitin Dani, Bangalore, India, for "Classification of events by pattern recognition in multivariate time series data." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- ENGINEERED CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, LLC, Elon, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12551916 B2, initially filed Nov. 17, 2021) developed by Kevin Jordan, Gibsonville, North Carolina, for "Cleaning receptacle for cryogenic fluid fueling nozzle." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12556577 B2, initially filed March 4, 2024) developed by four inventors Edward Lee Traywick, Bellbrook, Ohio; Nicholas O'Reilly, Dallas, Texas; Laura Stillman Lavender, Washington, District of Columbia; and Joshua Johnson, Denver, North Carolina, for "Communication policy compliance evaluator." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, Raleigh, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12553054 B2, initially filed Oct. 25, 2019) developed by Thom LaBean, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Abhichart Krissanaprasit, Raleigh, North Carolina, for "Compositions and methods related to nucleic acid anticoagulants." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- AMERICAN NANO, LLC, Clemmons, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12552133 B2, initially filed Dec. 18, 2023) developed by Mitch Dellinger, Clemmons, North Carolina, for "Compositions incorporating silica fibers." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12556518 B2, initially filed Feb. 20, 2024) developed by John-David Stuart Marsters, London, United Kingdom, for "Conditional ssh tunneling as a policy enforcement point for seamless zero trust integration." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- CREELED, INC., Durham, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12557443 B2, initially filed April 18, 2023) developed by seven inventors Michael Check, Holly Springs, North Carolina; Justin White, Morrisville, North Carolina; Steven Wuester, Wake Forest, North Carolina; Nikolas Hall, Durham, North Carolina; Kevin Haberern, Cary, North Carolina; Colin Blakely, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Jesse Reiherzer, Raleigh, North Carolina, for "Contact structures more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12552554 B2, initially filed Nov. 14, 2023) developed by Andrei Dinu, Leicester, United Kingdom, for "Control system." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Durham, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12552750 B2, initially filed Aug. 28, 2025) developed by Yahya El-Kattan, Vestavia Hills, Alabama, and Yarlagadda S. Babu, Birmingham, Alabama, for "Crystalline salts of a plasma kallikrein inhibitor." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC., Morrisville, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554452 B1, initially filed Sept. 30, 2024) developed by four inventors Christopher Smith, Franklinton, North Carolina; Rod D. Waltermann, Rougemont, North Carolina; Wenyu Du, Beijing, China; and Jung Hwan Hong, Cary, North Carolina, for "Cursor movement across multiple displays." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- PARATA SYSTEMS, LLC, Durham, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12552572 B2, initially filed Feb. 6, 2024) developed by Andrew Scott Mandeville, Durham, North Carolina, for "Cutting and rolling device for use with pharmaceutical pouch packaging." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- ARCHAIUS INC., Durham, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12553976 B1, initially filed Aug. 25, 2023) developed by three inventors Frederick Vosburgh, Durham, North Carolina; Kristopher McGuire, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Lee B. Baker, Raleigh, North Carolina, for "Devices, systems, and methods for countering drone countermeasures." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554806 B2, initially filed Sept. 14, 2023) developed by George Albero, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Maharaj Mukherjee, Poughkeepsie, New York, for "Digital watermarking for automated vishing prevention." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- RED HAT, INC., Raleigh, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554849 B2, initially filed Feb. 25, 2022) developed by Yuval Lifshitz, Ra'anana, Israel, and Huamin Chen, Westboro, Massachusetts, for "Dynamic data scan for object storage." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12552521 B1, initially filed Aug. 13, 2024) developed by four inventors Marc J Georgin, Oakwood, Ohio; Gregory M Hickey, Bellbrook, Ohio; Paul R Burte, Clayton, Ohio; and Eric G Stein, Dayton, Ohio, for "Electromechanical brake interlock." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12553363 B2, initially filed March 18, 2024) developed by Jeremy Clavette, Farmington, Connecticut, and Mark R. Gurvich, Middletown, Connecticut, for "Fused rotor." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- RED HAT, INC., Raleigh, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12556515 B2, initially filed June 21, 2023) developed by Leonardo Rossetti, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Leigh Griffin, Waterford, Ireland, for "Gateway service for application programming interface in edge device." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL S.R.O, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12552546 B2, initially filed May 30, 2024) developed by three inventors Michal Kosik, Dolny Kubin, Slovakia; Richard Granec, Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia; and Sergij Cernicko, Brno, Czech Republic, for "Gaze-assisted verification of pilot activities." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12553445 B2, initially filed Feb. 14, 2023) developed by three inventors Viktor Kilchyk, Lancaster, New York; Brent J. Merritt, Southwick, Massachusetts; and Matthew L. Pess, West Hartford, Connecticut, for "Geared air cycle machine fan for aircraft systems." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- WOLFSPEED, INC., Durham, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12557322 B2, initially filed May 17, 2021) developed by three inventors Christer Hallin, Hillsborough, North Carolina; Saptharishi Sriram, Cary, North Carolina; and Jia Guo, Apex, North Carolina, for "Group III-nitride transistors with back barrier structures and buried p-type layers and methods thereof." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- MATTEO INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS LLC, Denver, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12550907 B2, initially filed Jan. 27, 2025) developed by five inventors Michael Poston, Casar, North Carolina; William K Wood, Mt. Ulla, North Carolina; Ellis Clif Haislip, Laurel Hill, North Carolina; Harry A. Batty, III, Limestone, Tennessee; and Meir Toshav, Floral Park, New York, for "Hub converter." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- RED HAT, LLC, Raleigh, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554535 B2, initially filed July 10, 2023) developed by Andrea Cosentino, Rome, Italy, and Paolo Antinori, Novara, Italy, for "Idling and waking a sender node for event message delivery in a computing environment." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12556404 B2, initially filed Nov. 15, 2023) developed by nine inventors Aaron Buchanan, Mint Hill, North Carolina; James Siekman, Charlotte, North Carolina; Jeffrey Felipe, Weddington, North Carolina; Robert Timothy Leedy, Jr., Belmont, North Carolina; Dana Tishgarten Mackay, Charlotte, North Carolina; Heidi L. Magura, Charlotte, North Carolina; Michael Thomas Malarkey, Waxh more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- CONTINUITY BIOSCIENCES, LLC, Cary, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12551691 B2, initially filed Nov. 25, 2019) developed by four inventors William Daunch, Cary, North Carolina; Anthony S. Voiers, Raleigh, North Carolina; Dale Carlson, Jr., Zimmerman, Minnesota; and Blane Larson, Maple Lake, Minnesota, for "Implantable reservoir for use with a medical device and system for interventional drug delivery." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554809 B2, initially filed Nov. 1, 2023) developed by Jason Starin, Huntersville, North Carolina, and Carrie Elaine Gates, Livermore, California, for "Infrared light-based authentication." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- CREELED, INC., Durham, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12557444 B2, initially filed April 27, 2023) developed by four inventors Michael Check, Holly Springs, North Carolina; Michael John Bergmann, Atlanta, Georgia; David Suich, Durham, North Carolina; and Kevin Haberern, Cary, North Carolina, for "Light-emitting diode chip structures with electrically insulating substrates and related methods." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- QUANTA TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Raleigh, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12553926 B2, initially filed Dec. 1, 2023) developed by four inventors Farid Katiraei, Markham, Canada; Aghil Davari, North York, Canada; Shadi Chuangpishit, Richmond Hill, Canada; and Amin Zamani, Mississauga, Canada, for "Local electric power system (EPS) field tester." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- REDBUD LABS, INC., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12551883 B2, initially filed April 7, 2019) developed by Richard Chasen Spero, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Jay Kenneth Fisher, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, for "Magnetic-based actuation mechanisms for and methods of actuating magnetically responsive microposts in a reaction chamber." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC, Trinity, North Carolina has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1113251 S1, initially filed Jan. 21, 2022) developed by five inventors Alexa Meyer, Chicago, Illinois; Kara Pruitt, Greensboro, North Carolina; Leigh Morrison, Greensboro, North Carolina; Ali Bowen, Lexington, Kentucky; and Ivan Chavez, Panorama City, California, for "Mattress cover." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- RED HAT, INC., Raleigh, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12556620 B2, initially filed May 2, 2024) developed by Andrea Cosentino, Rome, Italy, and Paolo Antinori, Novara, Italy, for "Message format indicator for resource-constrained devices." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- PAIRWISE PLANTS SERVICES, INC., Durham, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12553061 B2, initially filed Aug. 16, 2022) developed by three inventors Lolita George Mathew, Cary, North Carolina; Xiaoyu Zhang, Cary, North Carolina; and Devin O'Connor, Hillsborough, North Carolina, for "Methods and compositions for modifying cytokinin receptor histidine kinase genes in plants." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- CYGNUS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Leland, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12553894 B2, initially filed June 21, 2023) developed by David Cetlin, Potomac, Maryland, and Arun Dhar, Tucson, Arizona, for "Methods and kits for quantifying the removal of mock virus particles from a purified solution." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12551131 B2, initially filed April 15, 2024) developed by four inventors Yen-Yu Shih, Cary, North Carolina; Martin John MacKinnon, Raleigh, North Carolina; Yuncong Ma, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Wei-Tang Chang, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for "Methods and systems for functional magnetic resonance imaging with a Zero Echo Time pulse-sequence." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- GOODRICH CORPORTION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12552720 B2, initially filed Feb. 26, 2021) developed by Atta Khan, Colorado Springs, Colorado, for "Methods and systems for in-plane slurry infiltration of composite preforms." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554233 B2, initially filed March 22, 2023) developed by eight inventors Amanda Copperthite, Houston, Texas; Daniel Sherman, Geismar, Louisiana; Scott Duncan, Houston, Texas; Paul Prabakar, Cumming, Georgia; Ramdas Pai, Cary, North Carolina; Jeffrey Renfro, Deer Park, Texas; Joseph Majewski, Huntington, New York; and Joseph Lu, Glendale, Arizona, for "Methods, apparatuses more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12553389 B2, initially filed April 3, 2025) developed by Tadashi Sawata, Coventry, United Kingdom, and Aaron Day, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, for "Multi shaft power transfer system." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- NCX CORPORATION, Raleigh, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12555734 B2, initially filed Sept. 29, 2021) developed by Jian Zhang, Durham, North Carolina, for "Multi-beam X-ray source and method for forming same." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- INGERSOLL-RAND INDUSTRIAL U.S., INC., Davidson, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12553443 B2, initially filed Aug. 23, 2022) developed by three inventors Cristiano Lissoni, Inzago, Italy; Juha Tuomas Saari, Espoo, Finland; and Jouko Tapani Peussa, Brussels, Belgium, for "Multi-stage compressor with single electric direct drive motor." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- TRUIST BANK, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12556403 B2, initially filed Feb. 1, 2024) developed by seven inventors Patricia Kinney, Cary, North Carolina; Sumit Deshpande, Rolesville, North Carolina; Matthew Whitley, Cary, North Carolina; Gopinath Rajagopal, Cary, North Carolina; Michael Anthony Dascola, Raleigh, North Carolina; Satya Acharya, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Angela Taylor, Raleigh, North Carolina, for "Network-based de more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554086 B2, initially filed Jan. 3, 2024) developed by three inventors Michael Emmerich, Berlin, Germany; Warren Welborn McAlpine, Hickory, North Carolina; and Guenter Wuensch, Neustadt, Germany, for "Optical communication cable." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- KNOW BIO, LLC, Morrisville, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12551716 B2, initially filed May 11, 2023) developed by four inventors Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr., Carmel, Indiana; Gerald H. Negley, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Matthew C. Reynolds, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and James Michael Lay, Apex, North Carolina, for "Phototherapy devices for treatment of dermatological disorders of the scalp." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12550948 B2, initially filed Aug. 19, 2022) developed by three inventors Vahid Hejazi, Concord, North Carolina; William Eugene Rabbitt, Chesterland, Ohio; and Robert Soreo, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, for "Pressurized aerosol delivery device." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- ALBEMARLE CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12553108 B2, initially filed Oct. 25, 2019) developed by Nan Ding, Charlotte, North Carolina, for "Processes for extracting metals from lithium-ion batteries." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- LAT ENTERPRISES, INC., Raleigh, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12555858 B1, initially filed June 6, 2025) developed by Laura Thiel, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Giancarlo Urzi, Raleigh, North Carolina, for "Radio battery lid." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554550 B2, initially filed April 17, 2023) developed by four inventors Venugopala Rao Randhi, Telangana, India; Rama Venkata Kavali, Frisco, Texas; Pitti Venkateswarlu, Chengalpattu District, India; and Jyothi Gaddam, Telangana, India, for "Real time optimization apparatus using quantum non-fungible token contract ranking for dynamic code evolution." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12555051 B2, initially filed Jan. 12, 2023) developed by three inventors Sivakumar Kanagarajan, Bangalore, India; Wade Lindsey, Canton, Georgia; and Gobinathan Baladhandapani, Madurai, India, for "Real-time assessment of worker fatigue using learning-based model." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554639 B2, initially filed Feb. 20, 2024) developed by three inventors Shailendra Singh, Maharashtra, India; Vinod Maghnani, Gurugram, India; and Ashish Kumar Dwivedi, Gurugram, India, for "Real-time dynamic caching platform for metaverse environments using non-fungible tokens." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- RED HAT, LLC, Raleigh, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554523 B2, initially filed June 10, 2022) developed by Giuseppe Scrivano, Spezzano della Sila, Italy, for "Reducing deployment time for container clones in computing environments." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- SMART DENTURE CONVERSIONS, LLC, Apex, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12551319 B1, initially filed Sept. 6, 2024) developed by Brandon Dale Kofford, Apex, North Carolina, and Charles Albert Rudisill, Apex, North Carolina, for "Screw-attached pick-up dental coping system and methods." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- RED HAT, INC., Raleigh, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12556513 B2, initially filed May 17, 2023) developed by three inventors Andrea Cosentino, Milan, Italy; Paolo Antinori, Milan, Italy; and Leigh Griffin, Waterford, Ireland, for "Secrets management topology migrator." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12550944 B2, initially filed June 24, 2024) developed by three inventors Sean Daugherty, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Sean Lukan, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and Vincent Ireland, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for "Separate age/ID verification module for aerosol delivery device." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- RED HAT, INC., Raleigh, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554558 B2, initially filed July 25, 2023) developed by Leigh Griffin, Waterford, Ireland, and Pierre-Yves Chibon, Saint Pol-de-Leon, France, for "Separating application programming interfaces into containers to facilitate safety assurance." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12552522 B2, initially filed March 21, 2023) developed by Jason Bradley Allen, Waco, Texas, and Kyle M. Madey, Broadview Hts, Ohio, for "Shock strut variable-area metering unit." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12552548 B2, initially filed Jan. 18, 2023) developed by eight inventors Murali Mohan Talapureddi, Hyderabad, India; Madhava Gadicherla, Bangalore, India; Saravanakumar Gurusamy, Bangalore, India; Swetha Balasa, Bangalore, India; Naga Rama Pratap Bontha, Hyderabad, India; Kevin Suits, Phoenix, Arizona; Yash Thawani, Bangalore, India; and Haricharan Reddy, Bangalore, India, more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Durham, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12552827 B2, initially filed Jan. 23, 2023) developed by three inventors Pravin L. Kotian, Hoover, Alabama; Zhao Dang, Vestavia Hills, Alabama; and Minwan Wu, Vestavia Hills, Alabama, for "Synthesis of an antiviral azasugar triphosphate." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12556441 B1, initially filed Aug. 15, 2024) developed by five inventors John H. Kling, Alexandria, Virginia; Charles Dudley, Concord, North Carolina; Jason Yeung, Forest Hills, New York; Jordan Lasher, Dallas, North Carolina; and Teshager Chanie Biable, Wylie, Texas, for "System and method for computing infrastructure and operational restoral through automated dependency ma more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12556578 B2, initially filed Oct. 19, 2023) developed by three inventors George Anthony Albero, Charlotte, North Carolina; Maharaj Mukherjee, Poughkeepsie, New York; and Prashant Thakur, Gujarat, India, for "System and method for determining and preventing malfeasant activity in a private distributed network." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12556519 B2, initially filed Jan. 3, 2023) developed by three inventors Lalit Dhawan, Cranbury, New Jersey; Manu Jacob Kurian, Dallas, Texas; and Sanjeev Verma, Harrisburg, North Carolina, for "System and method for tracking data transferred in a distributed network via secured, layered data tagging." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12556397 B2, initially filed July 22, 2022) developed by five inventors Shailendra Singh, Maharashtra, India; Sandeep Kumar Chauhan, Miyapur Hyderabad, India; Puneetha Polasa, Telangana, India; Bhagya Lakshmi Sudha Lavanya Mallidi, Hyderabad, India; and Saurabh Arora, Gurugram, India, for "System for digital identity detection and verification when traversing between virtua more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12555052 B2, initially filed Jan. 19, 2022) developed by four inventors Shuai Chen, Shanghai, China; Alan Bruce Hickman, Phoenix, Arizona; Lili Ji, Shanghai, China; and Zhilian Hao, Shanghai, China, for "System for vehicle operator workload assessment and annunciation." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554883 B2, initially filed Aug. 5, 2024) developed by five inventors Kyle Mayers, Charlotte, North Carolina; Mohamed Faris Khaleeli, Charlotte, North Carolina; Elizabeth Liuzzo, Fort Mill, South Carolina; Justin Miller, Fort Mill, South Carolina; and Vinit Shah, Indian Trail, North Carolina, for "Systems and method for auto-redacting data in a shared-graphical-user-interf more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554965 B2, initially filed May 12, 2022) developed by Lavanya Thirumazhisai Chakravarthy, Tamil Nadu, India, and Bakkialakshmi Shanmugam, Tamil Nadu, India, for "Systems and methods for determining repairs for failed resource transfers using neural network deep embedded clustering." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12555484 B2, initially filed Aug. 29, 2023) developed by three inventors Thomas Dobbins, Watertown, Minnesota; Patrick Conry, Minnetonka, Minnesota; and Matthew Wiebold, Mankato, Minnesota, for "Systems and methods for diminishing vehicle contrails." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554820 B2, initially filed July 24, 2024) developed by three inventors Sneha Padiyar, Maharashtra, India; Srushti Ripan Shah, Maharashtra, India; and Priya Gupta, Maharashtra, India, for "Systems and methods for improving data security by generating surrounding image sonification and dynamically adjusting graphical user interfaces." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12551102 B2, initially filed Jan. 15, 2021) developed by four inventors Frank Brodie, Durham, North Carolina; Ryan McNabb, Durham, North Carolina; Cynthia Toth, Durham, North Carolina; and Joseph Izatt, Durham, North Carolina, for "Systems and methods for peripheral retinal optical coherence tomography." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12557082 B2, initially filed Sept. 11, 2023) developed by four inventors Venkatesh Paramasivam, Bangalore, India; Ruban S, Tamilnadu, India; Eldhose K. George, Kerala, India; and Balamurugan Ganesan, Bengaluru, India, for "Systems and methods for servicing orphaned sensors in a building control system." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- EPIC GAMES, INC., Cary, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12555610 B2, initially filed Nov. 7, 2022) developed by Paul Burrowes, Woburn, Massachusetts, and Christopher McCarthy, Braintree, Massachusetts, for "Techniques of coordinating sensory event timelines of multiple devices." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- RED HAT, LLC, Raleigh, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554625 B2, initially filed Nov. 30, 2021) developed by Arie Bregman, Gan Yavne, Israel, and Ilan Gersht, Bat Yam, Israel, for "Testing continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- DIRECT DIGITAL, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12551502 B1, initially filed March 28, 2025) developed by Natalie Jones, Charlotte, North Carolina, for "Testosterone enhancing compositions and methods." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- MICROBAN PRODUCTS COMPANY, Huntersville, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12553177 B2, initially filed April 17, 2025) developed by Xiuzhu Fei, Charlote, North Carolina, and Yihong Li, Huntersville, North Carolina, for "Textile coating composition that reduces and/or prevents microbial growth and/or control odor(s) for prolonged time periods." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12552541 B2, initially filed Nov. 10, 2023) developed by four inventors Raphael Mandel, West Hartford, Connecticut; Joseph E. Turney, Amston, Connecticut; Ram Ranjan, San Diego, California; and Matthew L. Pess, West Hartford, Connecticut, for "Thermal management system for future vertical lift aircraft." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- INGERSOLL-RAND INDUSTRIAL U.S., INC., Davidson, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12551996 B2, initially filed Oct. 14, 2024) developed by four inventors Mark T. McClung, Byram Township, New Jersey; Timothy R. Cooper, Titusville, New Jersey; Warren A. Seith, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and Douglas E. Pyles, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for "Torque control tool." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- RED HAT, LLC, Raleigh, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12554608 B2, initially filed July 11, 2019) developed by Christopher Edwin Morgan, Raleigh, North Carolina, for "Tracking cloud installation information using cloud-aware kernel of operating system." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., Durham, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12555445 B2, initially filed Dec. 21, 2023) developed by four inventors Chia-Wei Li, New Taipei, Taiwan; Susan W. Brosnan, Raleigh, North Carolina; Wan-Chen Tsai, New Taipei, Taiwan; and Guei-Syuan Lin, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, for "Triggered item identification." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- TELEFLEX MEDICAL LLC, Morrisville, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12555494 B2, initially filed May 6, 2024) developed by three inventors Benjamin Horst, Lititz, Pennsylvania; Mark Spinka, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; and Jacob Ammarell, Leesport, Pennsylvania, for "Vascular access training simulator system and transparent anatomical model." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, Charlotte, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12555053 B2, initially filed July 3, 2023) developed by eight inventors Elvin Crabbe, Waxhaw, North Carolina; Teron Douglas, Marietta, Georgia; Brian Prezgay, Charlotte, North Carolina; Brian P. Gray, Matthews, North Carolina; Tushar Jain, West Hills, California; Stephen T. Shannon, Charlotte, North Carolina; Lee Aaron Jenkins, Fort Mill, South Carolina; and Kalyani Deshpan more PT