The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area secured the 13th position in national patent production for the week of June 9, 2026. During this period, the region received 82 patents, placing it among the top 250 metros tracked for inventive activity.
Topgolf, headquartered in Dallas, was granted a patent for technology designed to help targets at its venues identify golf balls equipped with radio-frequency identification tags. The patent, titled a Galton configuration in golf ball receiving apparatus and systems, serves as a continuation of an earlier filing. It lists four inventors based in North Texas: Brian David Burdette of McKinney, Gabriel Heath Denk of Wylie, Justin Dean Pendleton of The Colony, and Michael Ryan Petri of Carrollton.
Texas Instruments Incorporated, located in Dallas, led local assignees with 10 patents granted. Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America Inc. in Plano followed with six patents. Other notable assignees included Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., which received four patents, and Capital One Services LLC, Halliburton Energy Services Inc., and Micron Technology Inc., each with three.
Beyond Topgolf, several other organizations received patents for various technologies. Akamai Technologies was granted a patent for dynamic data signal collection to prevent telemetry spoofing in bot detection systems. Bank of America received a patent for a generative artificial intelligence-based process for automated teller machine generation. Citibank was granted a patent for monitoring and controlling communications between autonomous agents.
DISH Wireless received a patent for edge-originated cellular network timing for light base stations. Pizza Hut was granted a patent for a food container. Samsung Electronics also received a patent for ambient fall detection using microphones. State Farm was granted patents for methods and systems for automated machine vision monitoring of vehicle seats. Stryker received a patent for systems and methods for displaying intraoperative image data. Toyota was granted a patent for systems and methods for identifying lifeforms around a stationary vehicle. USAA received a patent for emergency home power delivery.
The patent classifications for the week showed 35 patents in the Physics category and 29 in Electricity. Human Necessities accounted for five patents, while Performing Operations and Transporting accounted for six. Fixed Constructions had three patents, and Mechanical Engineering, Lighting, Heating, Weapons, and Blasting had one.
