Marco Connor
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(0 comments) (254 hits) (0 comments) (454 hits) (0 comments) Microsoft has received a patent for a personalized social media notification system that will send notifications only to users who engage frequently with a content creator’s posts. The method employs a scoring system called rAffinity, which evaluates the likelihood of a content creator interacting with a notification based on viewer engagement.
Read more at Windows Report
(141 hits) (0 comments) (290 hits) (0 comments) In the dynamic landscape of global innovation, Belgium emerges as a beacon of creativity, particularly highlighted by its strides in biotech patents amidst a backdrop of modest declines in overall patent applications, as per the latest data released by the European Patent Office (EPO). Read the article in The Brussels Times.
See The global landscape of biotech innovation: state of play - European Commission (europa.eu) for an analysis of patented biotechnology inventions worldwide that shows how the EU positions itself compared to the US and China.
(190 hits) (0 comments) (441 hits) (0 comments) (211 hits) (0 comments) (256 hits) (0 comments) (412 hits) (0 comments) Sony is advancing its emotion-sensitive gaming, with a new patent revealing games that adapt to players's feelings in real-time.
The tech utilizes biometrics and gameplay analysis, aiming for a personalized, emotion-driven experience.
There are privacy concerns, however Sony's ambition could revolutionize interactive entertainment.
Read more at xfire.com
(237 hits) (0 comments) Patent filings in 3D printing grew eight times faster than average of all technologies in last decade
A report published by the European Patent Office (EPO) today shows that innovation in additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, has surged in the past decade. The study, Innovation trends in additive manufacturing, finds that between 2013 and 2020, international patent families in 3D printing technologies grew at an average annual rate of 26.3% – nearly eight times faster than for all technology fields combined in the same period (3.3%)
Read more at Lexology.
(503 hits) (0 comments) Global patenting activity soared to new records in 2022, fueled by Indian and Chinese innovators, but an uncertain economic outlook is weighing on further growth.
Even as global filings for trademarks and designs dropped, innovators from around the world submitted 3.46 million patent applications in 2022, marking a third consecutive year of growth, according to WIPO’s annual World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) report.
(255 hits) (0 comments) (345 hits) (0 comments) Meta wants to get in your personal space to make extended reality more, well, real. The company filed two patents for tools that read your body’s neural and muscular signals for use in controlling the metaverse.
First up is Meta’s patent for “in-ear electroencephalography [EEG] signal verification.” This system includes an in-ear device with an electrode that’s “configured to be in contact with an inner surface of the ear canal,” a speaker that emits a “calibration audio signal,” and a controller for generating “neural signal data” based on the signals from the electrode.
Meta also is seeking to patent a system for “neuromuscular-signal-based detection” of in-air hand gestures. These gestures allow users to produce and modify text in extended reality environments.
(326 hits) (0 comments) Owning Intellectual Property (IP) rights boosts startups’ ability to raise funds, especially for deep-tech industries with higher capital needs
The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have published a new joint study highlighting how much patents and trade marks can boost the success of European startups. The report shows that, on average, startups that possess these two types of intellectual property (IP) rights during their initial seed or early growth stages are up to 10.2 times more likely to successfully secure funding.