Denko continues to develop HourMood Sleep Tracking App
Sleep tracking mobile apps play a central role in consumer sleep technology, acting as gateways between data and consumer interaction. Apps like SleepScore and or SleepWatch for the Apple Watch have expanded the market for sleep tracking…
Virtual Item Counterfeits: Will People Care?
The Metaverse is said to provide one of the central use cases for NFTs, but the question remains: Will people care? NFTs, as they exist now, typically do not convey a legal right, such as a copyright, in an existing art piece. Instead,…
Is the Metaverse Supplanting AR’s Hype?
With the release of Pokemon Go in 2016 and the earlier stories about Google Glass, Augmented Reality appeared to be a hot trend in gaming, but with that excitement fading, much of the hype appears to have gone to the Metaverse instead.…
Modding the Metaverse On the Go
The vision of the Metaverse most commonly portrayed right now is that of a single prerendered environment, or one in which major structural alterations to the virtual landscape are rolled out by a central creator (such as Meta). However,…
Automotive Manufacturers Continue to Race Towards Edge Computing Dominance
Toyota is no stranger to the edge computing sector as it has been the leader in automotive edge computing since 2019. Toyota’s dominance in the sector has pushed its automotive competitor Honda to ramp up its own patent activity through…
Polymath Seeks to Solve Double Spend – A First Step to a Larger Portfolio?
Right now, the market of blockchain solutions for buying and selling securities is small, but there are signs of growth. Companies such as Equity Shift and CartaX have been early leaders into this space, but challengers are approaching. In…
Patents and COVID Testing Applications
While the COVID-19 pandemic is hopefully winding down as the world enters the end of 2021, a question for investors and participants in the public health sector arises: What happens to all these startups trying to capitalize on the…
Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Carbon Tokens
The massive energy usage of cryptocurrency has caused a new irony: trading carbon tokens will actually increase your carbon footprint. Patent Forecast® has highlighted in the past how tokenized Cap and Trade has gained traction in…
Is D-Wave Going to Partner for Finite Element Modelling?
D-Wave Systems has made some pretty major announcements recently, but it’s possible that more are yet to come. In March 2021, D-Wave Systems filed a patent application for ways of utilizing quantum computing to perform finite element…
D-Wave, Gate-Model Quantum Computing, and its Lessons in Adapting a Patent Portfolio
D-Wave Systems, one of the biggest and oldest producers of quantum computing hardware, announced in October 2021 that it would be developing a gate-model quantum computer that it plans to launch in 2023 or 2024 in addition to continuing to…
IonQ Prepares to Go Public. Are Its Patents Prepared?
IonQ is about to become the first publicly traded company purely dedicated to quantum computing. IonQ is expected to complete its combination with dMY Technology Group III at the end of September 2021 and go public, expecting to receive…
Build vs Buy vs Partner: Big Banks and Quantum Technology
In March 2021, Patent Forecast reported how Bank of America was extending its interests in quantum technology to hardware. However, it’s worth noting how BofA’s strategy contrasts with other big banks. In September 2021, Goldman Sachs…
Patent Data Shows That Coldquanta Is Changing Up Its Game Plan, Embracing Quantum Computing
Qubits are already cold, but they are about to get colder. In September, 2021, a patent application was published for ColdQuanta for a qubit array trap for trapping particles to form qubits for a quantum computer. ColdQuanta is not…
We Finally Have a Clue Into Amazon’s Future Quantum Computing Hardware, and It’s Not What IBM or Google are Doing
Is Amazon’s old quantum computer just over the horizon? While Amazon has begun patenting cloud computing methods incorporating the use of quantum hardware, it still has yet to show any activity in patenting quantum hardware. Amazon…
Q-CTRL Is Betting More on Its Model Than On Its Patent Portfolio
A sure sign that quantum computing is inching toward realization is that companies are arising to facilitate the development of quantum computing infrastructure in ways beyond merely building the computers themselves. Q-CTRL, an…
Intel Says that Silicon-based Qubits are the Way of the Future, But It’s Leaving Its Options Open
Intel has been pursuing quantum computing technology since at least 2018, later than leaders in the sector like IBM, but long enough for it to amass a sizable patent portfolio in the sector. Intel’s first foray into quantum computing was a…
Back to Abaxx: Dipping Its Toes Into NFTs through Operem
Patent Forecast® followers will know that Abaxx has been trying to enter the already crowded patent space of commodities tokenization, but it has more up its sleeve. In August 2021, an application published for Argosoperem LLC for a method…
Rahko Has Its Focus in the Right Place, But its Patent Portfolio Doesn’t Rock
Among the exciting new possibilities for quantum computing is faster and more efficient drug discovery, which could fundamentally change the way that the pharmaceutical industry operates. Rahko is one British start-up that is trying to be…
HQS Begins Developing Patent Portfolio in an Already Crowded Field
In addition to developing hardware for quantum computers, innovators are constantly looking for ways in which quantum computing can be used to solve challenges with which classical computers struggle. One such challenge is modeling quantum…
Abaxx Brings Tokenization to Commodities Markets, But Is It Already There?
Abaxx is a Canadian start-up specializing in reducing risk in commodities trading. According to its social media, its Singapore-based platform is set to launch later in 2021. Abaxx has been open about how its platform is planning on using…
Cosmic Rays Might Put Quantum Computing in a Daze, But IBM Has Its Ways
A report published in July 2021 out of the University of Wisconsin has found that cosmic rays may have a significant effect on the accuracy of quantum computers, raising concerns about the viability of some of the technology. Cosmic rays…
NASDAQ Private Market is Spinning Out, But What Does That Mean For Its IP
NASDAQ Private Market (formerly known as SecondMarket Solutions), a software company focused on providing liquidity for private equity investments, was fully acquired by NASDAQ in 2015. After only fully owning the company for six years,…
What Does Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Mean for Flow Batteries?
If you’ve been reading the news over the past few months, you’ve heard of President Biden’s proposed multi-trillion dollar infrastructure bill and the partisan debate surrounding it. Some of the most talked about projects included in the…
Mitsubishi Chemical is Teaming up with IBM on Quantum Computing, For Now…
In June 2021, Mitsubishi Chemical and Toyota Motor announced that they would be using IBM’s quantum computers to leverage quantum computing technology for industrial applications, with a number of the companies, also including Hitachi,…
Has Templum Given Up on Patents? What Are They Competing For – Last Place?
Patent activity precedes market activity, which also means that a troubled IP portfolio can precede future business woes. Templum appeared to be an early entrant into the alternative investment trading space, with eight applications…
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