Wearable Devices Receives Notice Of Allowance For Its Pressure-Based Gesture Control Patent Application From China's National Intellectual Property Administration

The allowed application, titled "Method and Apparatus for a Gesture Controlled Interface for Wearable Devices," extends a U.S.-granted intellectual property ("IP") family covering a wrist-worn band that senses surface nerve conduction signals, the Company’s term for surface electromyography ("EMG")-class bio-potentials, and turns hand and finger movement into commands without cameras, controllers or touchscreens. The China allowance specifically protects the Company’s technological ability to measure the intensity of a gesture - not just whether fingers were pressed together, but how firmly. This distinction converts a simple on/off motion into smooth, continuous, pressure-based control, much like a dimmer rather than a standard light switch.

The Company sees this capability supporting a broad set of applications across its target markets:

• Consumer electronics, extended reality ("XR") products, and smart glasses - Intuitive, touchless micro-gesture control, navigation, and interaction with digital overlays from the wrist.
• Robotics and physical AI - An emerging area in which capturing the force and motion an individual applies may help robots learn physical tasks from human demonstration. Because the sensing takes place at the user’s wrist, an individual can be recorded working bare-handed and naturally, without instrumented gloves or force-sensing rigs that alter the way an object is handled.
• Accessibility and healthcare - Device control for users with limited mobility and objective measurements of grip strength and rehabilitation progress which can assist users in daily life as well as in clinics.

This allowance sits within a broader IP portfolio that now comprises 14 patent matters across the United States, China, and South Korea, six of which have been granted. With priority dates as early as 2015, this protection runs as late as 2043. Alongside its registered MUDRA trademark, the Company continues to pursue protection across major markets as part of a long-standing IP strategy supporting future licensing and partnership opportunities.