Exploring the Top Technologies That Will Shape 2022 and Beyond

Apple has been granted a patent for a touch ID technology that could be used for smart home automation

Apple has been granted a patent for a remote covering television, home devices, doors, appliances and more with biometric authentication. The remote would feature one or two touch ID sensors and could be used for the Apple TV or smart home automation. (Source- pocket-lint)

Liquidax Capital introduces Metaverse patent portfolio

Liquidax Capital announced its representation of a patent portfolio that enables foundational advances in the Metaverse. These Metaverse patents have priority starting in 2010 and 2011, with ongoing continuations and divisionals growing the IP portfolio. (Source- globenewswire)

Innovega files patent application for “Intelligent Extended Reality Eyewear”

Innovega filed a patent application for “Intelligent Extended Reality Eyewear”. The patent application discloses a machine learning software that regulates the settings of extended reality (XR) eyewear driven by performance measurements of the user while wearing the smart glasses.  (Source- prnewswire)

Liquid Mortgage issued patent for decentralized systems and methods for managing loans and securities

Liquid Mortgage has been issued a patent for its distributed ledger technology, supporting its vision for the future of debt markets. The patent aims to make debt markets more efficient and transparent, while lowering overall ecosystem costs. (Source- prnewswire)

Eggschain secures patent for tracking genetic material via Blockchain

Eggschain secured a patent for tracking and tracing the storage and transfer of blood, genome, tissues, organs, DNA, RNA, sperm, eggs, embryos and other biospecimens. The blockchain-based biospecimen management and monitoring system makes the IVF process more stable, transparent and trackable for patients. (Source- businesswire)

Facebook patents an ‘Artificial Reality’ baseball cap

Facebook has been granted a patent for an “artificial reality hat”. The hat combines a pair of smart glasses with a baseball cap by placing the lenses on the brim of the hat. The lenses can display virtual reality or augmented reality-based images. (Source- pcmag)

U.S. patent awarded to KRNC Blockchain, for technology to upgrade U.S. dollar

KRNC, a blockchain initiative funded by the U.S. government, announced the issuance of its first U.S. patent for integrating blockchains with the legacy banking system. The technology called ‘Proof-of-Balance’, allows anyone with online banking to unlock cryptographic tokens in proportion to their fiat savings. (Source- businesswire)

Pontus files international patent application for automated vertical farm harvesting robot

Pontus filed an international patent application for its proprietary ‘Harvesting Automated Robotic Vehicle’ or “HARV” for short. HARV is a vertical farm rack system and automated plant tending and harvesting robot, designed to work alongside and assist Pontus’ ‘Closed Environment Vertical Aquaponics System’ or CEVAS system. (Source- newswire)