Centurion Patentors as of November 18, 2025
Welcome to November 18, 2025. This week, we aim to celebrate the centurion patentors who have reached noteworthy milestones in their fields.

Xiaoxia Zhang
Dr. at Qualcomm Incorporated.
Patent №: 12477578 – Configured grant channel occupancy time sharing procedure.

Configured grant COT sharing lets a device share its transmission window and report key timing and priority information, with optional simplification or compression based on network settings.

Michael Linley Fripp
Distinguished Engineer at Halliburton.
Patent №: 12473825 – Wireless telemetry using a pressure switch and mechanical thresholding of the signal.

Wireless downhole telemetry uses pressure changes in a tubular to send digital commands from the surface, which are detected by a downhole receiver using a mechanical pressure switch.

Herriot Tabuteau
Chief Executive Officer at Axsome Therapeutics, Inc..
Patent №: 12472258 – Pharmaceutical compositions comprising meloxicam.

Compositions combining meloxicam or rizatriptan with a cyclodextrin, carbonate, or bicarbonate can improve oral delivery for treating pain, including migraines. Methods of using meloxicam and rizatriptan during acute migraine are also described, with some formulations achieving a meloxicam Tmax of three hours or less.

Justin Lewis
CEO Kugelblitz.
Patent №: 12477161 – Dynamic video ad format based on user bitrate and bandwidth.

Systems and methods use bandwidth factors to estimate a client device’s buffer wait time or buffer ratio during video playback, and then use those estimates to choose the ad format and select the advertisement to accompany the video.

Ashish Bhoopen Kurani
Executive Director, Enterprise Partnerships @ Wells Fargo.
Patent №: 12475457 – Allocation of non-fungible token (NFT) by containerized data structures.

A system registers NFT accounts to key pairs => receives an NFT transfer request => computes a related value using the NFT and fiat amounts => transfers the NFT into a smart contract => links each account’s key pair to the contract with its corresponding NFT value.

Eli N Glezer
Scientist / Engineer / Entrepreneur / R&D Executive.
Patent №: 12473588 – Chemical and thermal assisted nucleic acid amplification methods.

Methods for nucleic acid amplification and detection are described, along with devices, compositions, and kits designed for use with these methods.