Endel Is Prepared To Make Waves
In March 2022, Endel raised $15 million in Series B funding. Endel’s investors include Waverley Capital (investors in Headspace, Wondery, FuboTV), True Ventures (investors in Fitbit, Peloton, Ring), and Supermoon Capital (investors in…
Eight Sleep Acquires Span Health, Who Has No Patents. We Have A Better Idea…
In late March of 2022, Eight Sleep acquired Span Health as part of Eight Sleep’s plan to improve its health-coaching services. Span Health provides personalized health insights relating to sleep, nutrition, and exercise. While this…
Why Patent Data Matters
At first glance, patents may seem like long, intimidating, technical documents and it can be difficult to distinguish one patent from another. To simplify the complexity of patents, Patent Forecast provides a Patent Radian® for different…
Bryte Continues To Grow Its Patent Portfolio
Bryte, Inc. is a known competitor in the Consumer Sleep Patent Forecast®. First mentioned by Patent Forecast in 2019, Bryte has launched a retail store, received $24 million in funding, has a new CEO, and is partnering with major hotels…
What is Bose Up To?
Surprisingly absent from Bose’s sleep products page is a sleep system for altering a user’s breathing pattern. It can be found on Bose’s recent patent publication for a “Dynamic Target Rate for Guided Breathing.” Here’s a representation of…
HoneyNaps The Next Contactless Sleep Solution?
In the middle of February 2022, Patent Forecast highlighted some major players in contactless sleep tracking - Google and Resmed. It looks like there may be another competitor entering the space in the near future. HoneyNaps, a South…
Patent Data Shows Meredian’s Hand
Meredian Bioplastics, also known as Danimer Scientific, had a patent publication (US Patent Pub. No. 20220056643) published for antimicrobial biodegradable compositions for food contact articles. The application was filed under Meredian…
Resmed Is Trouble For Google
Google had FOUR patent applications published in the middle of February 2022. Each patent application was directed to contactless sleep tracking and filed on the same day. These applications are related to Google’s Nest Hub. Interestingly,…
Casper Sleep Means Business
In December of 2019, Patent Forecast highlighted Casper Sleep’s patent publication for a temperature-regulating mattress that included dual-zone heating and cooling temperature regulation using air. In February 2022, the…
Where Do Olympians Sleep? In Un-Patented Sleep Pods
Not only is the Olympics a display of high-flying athletes, but it’s also a display of hi-tech. Keeson Technology has provided sleep cabins for the Olympics. The sleep cabins provide a place for journalists to work and rest and are…
Pay Attention: Enlightenment Product Solutions is Back
In April 2021, Patent Forecast highlighted Enlightened Product Solutions, an unknown company from Florida, for its patent application for a renewable sourced biodegradable polyolefin packaging. It appears that patent application was only…
Comcast Enters the Sleep Sector – Partners Anyone?
Comcast Communications was issued its second patent for enhancing a user's sleep cycle. Unfortunately, just like the parent application, the patent is only directed towards method claims. Generally, method claims are harder to enforce than…
Is Ergomotion Vulnerable?
In January 2022, Ergomotion announced its new specialized systems including (1) Quest 4.0, (2) Quest Zone, (3) ErgoSportive, (4) Dawn House, (5) Quest 2.5, and (6) Quest Connect. All of these various systems are generally directed towards…
Taking Sleep to the Next Level
Scott Fried, the founder of Doctor in the House, was issued a patent for sensory control headgear and method of use. The patent discloses a sensory control headgear for promoting relaxation, improving sleep, snoring reduction or…
Time To Say Goodbye To Plastic
Plastic pollution can be found from the summit of Mount Everest to the deepest parts of the ocean. The chemicals used in the production of plastic are having a negative effect on planetary health as the “safe limit for humanity” has…
Kokoon’s time to shine?
During CES 2022, Kokoon Nightbuds received runner-up for the Omdia Technology Innovation Award for fitness, health, and well-being. The Nightbuds appear to overcome many problems with other sleep earbuds currently on the market. The…
TIPA Receives Funding, Establishes Itself in the Market
TIPA has started the new year off with a $70 million in series C round funding and plans to use these funds to expand operations in Europe, North America, and Australia. This comes as zero surprise as Patent Forecast has highlighted TIPA…
Simple Container Solutions Has Another Issued Patent and It’s BROAD
Patent Forecast has mentioned Simple Container Solutions not once, not twice, but three times in 2021. In November 2021, Simple Container Solutions was issued another patent. The issued patent covers a cellulose-based insulation liner that…
$8.1 Million for Plant Packaging
Evanesce, a packaging startup, creates products such as food cutlery using upcycled plant starch and fibers. It has received $8.1 million in Series B funding. Surprisingly, Evanesce has patents with priority dates from 2006. This is a huge…
Kuraray has an idea, then applies the shotgun approach
Patent activity precedes market activity so expect Kuraray to ramp up its activity in the future. In October 2021, Kuraray had 6 patent applications publish that were ALL filed on June 28, 2021. Each patent application was directed…
Vericool Is Back With A New Target
Vericool was issued a patent for a recyclable stackable tray for cold wet materials in October 2021. This is Vericool’s FIRST issued patent for a compostable body for a wet material. The invention is targeted towards seafood.…
The One and Only Straw Insulation
The Biodegradable Packaging Patent Forecast® has seen plenty of activity from insulation companies such as Vericool, Cruz Foam, Nutshell Coolers, and CryoPak. Now, a foreign competitor appears ready to make its entrance into the US Market.…
Twin Rivers enters the Biodegradable Packaging Patent Forecast
Twin Rivers Paper Company has entered the Biodegradable Packaging Patent Forecast®! Its patent application, published in early September 2021, is directed towards recyclable and absorbent food packaging. The technology disclosed, an oil…
Coconut the Next Wave of Insulation?
A new startup that goes by Nutshell Coolers is currently raising funding for a cooler made from COCONUT SHELLS! Like many startups, the coolers were designed to address a problem, in this case, to help Filipino fishermen. The startup has…
Save the Turtles One 6-Pack at a Time
For years, the majority of news for biodegradable six-pack rings belonged to ep6r. But recently Alzamora Group has made some progress with its biodegradable LatCub solution. Patent Forecast highlighted ep6r and its success back in 2019.…
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