New US patent within gesture control strengthens Crunchfish’s patent portfolio

2017-10-06|

Gesture Interaction

First North-listed Crunchfish has, by the United States Patent and Trademark Authority (USPTO), been granted patent for activation of the mobile camera when mobile passive sensors detect predefined changes in light conditions. The patent allows for activation of the camera using passive sensors. The patent with number US9733763 will be the company’s fifth US patent in the touchless interaction area. The patent is valid in the United States until April 2034. Previously, a corresponding Swedish patent has been granted. Patent applications have also been submitted to Europe and China.

Crunchfish has a comprehensive IP-portfolio that includes about twenty patents across the two main business areas of gesture control, called Touchless Interaction, and mobile proximity functionality, which we refer to as Connected AR as it is a form of augmented reality.

Crunchfish’s IP patent process has the following main steps:

Create priority by submitting the first patent application in Sweden.
Analyse review report from patent authority.
Submit an international PCT patent application within 12 months if the patent review is positive.
Submit national patent applications, within 30 months from the initial filing date, in the most important markets such as Europe, the US and China.

This recently granted patent has priority from the filing date in Sweden on April 11, 2013 and the company has previously been granted a patent in Sweden for the same invention. In parallel with the U.S. application, national patent applications have also been submitted to Europe and China. In these two markets, the review is still ongoing because each national patent authority makes its own decisions. However, the likelihood of a favourable outcome of patents in Europe and China has increased, as the application has already been granted in Sweden and the US.

The value of the company’s patent portfolio has been significantly strengthened in the last year. Several patents have been granted in the United States, and in one case China, and most of the patent applications in the company’s other technology area, Connected AR, have been reviewed and granted patents in Sweden. For these applications, international PCT applications have been submitted and in some cases the nationalisation phases have been initiated, as thirty months have elapsed since the initial filing date.

Crunchfish’s patent portfolio
Crunchfish has, nationally and internationally, 57 active patents and patent applications within two technology areas – touchless interaction and augmented reality. There are 11 unique touchless interaction inventions, of which 10 have been granted patents and 15 unique augmented reality inventions in of which 9 have been granted patents. The company owns all its patents and patent applications without limitation.

Crunchfish’s strategy is to protect the company’s technology in all geographic markets deemed to be of importance. Crunchfish intends to extend its patent portfolio continuously to selected markets and through new inventions in both gesture control and augmented reality.

For further information, please contact:
Joachim Samuelsson, Chairman of the Board and Patent Liaison at Crunchfish
+46 (0)708 464 788
joachim.samuelsson@crunchfish.com

Joakim Nydemark, CEO of Crunchfish
+46 (0)706 351 609,
joakim.nydemark@crunchfish.com

About Crunchfish
Crunchfish develops and markets AR/VR and m-commerce technology. Our software creates new possibilities for interaction with consumer electronics. Our product Touchless A3D^® makes it possible to control devices with gestures. Our software platform aBubbl^® creates innovative m-commerce solutions and enables AR in any application. Crunchfish’s products are licensed to consumer electronics manufacturers and application developers and are currently available in millions of devices from global players. Crunchfish is listed on Nasdaq First North since 2016. The company was founded in 2010 and has its head office in Malmö. Visit crunchfish.com for more information.