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Systems and methods for increasing control using a neural signal

Filed by Synchron and Synchron Australia Pty Ltd, first in 2022.

Granted · USView in Espacenet
Earliest priority
25 Jan 2022 · United States
Status
A grant was published in United States, first on 18 Apr 2023
Published in
United States · International (PCT) · China · European Patent Office · Japan
Registered as
Synchron Australia Pty Limited · AUSTRALIAN SYNCHRONOUS ENTPR PTY LTD · 澳大利亚同步企业有限公司 · シンクロン オーストラリア ピーティーワイ リミテッド
Inventors
Yoo, Peter Eli · Bennett, James · Opie, Nicholas Lachlan · 彼得·埃里·尤 · 詹姆斯·贝内特 · 尼古拉斯·拉克兰·奥佩 · and 3 more
Family
DOCDB 85991192 · 11 publications

What it concerns

Systems and methods for a brain-computer interface (BCI) to increase a number of degrees of freedom (DOF) of one or more neural signals that are used to interact with the BCI.

The abstract as published by the patent office, from US11630517B1. It describes the invention; it is not a statement of what is protected.

Protection themes

The title, abstract and classes do not place this family in a theme.

What the filing appears to be about, read by published rules from its title, abstract and classification codes (G06F3/015, G06F3/0482, G06F3/0484). The claims define what a patent protects, and they are not read here.

Why it matters

Not placed in a layer of the stack.

Why the layer matters to the field, not a judgement of this filing. A patent family shows that protection was sought. It does not show that the technology was built, is used in a product, or works in people. The whole stack

The family

One invention, published 11 times in 5 offices. Each publication opens in Espacenet.

Timeline

  1. 25 Jan 2022First filingEarliest priority, at United States. The family is counted in this year.
  2. 8 Aug 2022ApplicationFiled at United States.
  3. 17 Jan 2023ApplicationsFiled at International (PCT), China, European Patent Office, Japan.
  4. 15 Mar 2023ApplicationFiled at United States.
  5. 15 Mar 2023Owner recordedUnited States, on US2023288987A1: assignment; owner named: SYNCHRON AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED, AUSTRALIA.
  6. 18 Apr 2023First publicationUS11630517B1, United States.
  7. 6 Jun 2024ApplicationFiled at United States.
  8. 5 Feb 2025ApplicationFiled at United States.
  9. 5 Feb 2025Owner recordedUnited States, on US20250181162A1: assignment; owner named: SYNCHRON AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED, DELAWARE.
  10. 11 Mar 2025Grant publishedUS12248631B2, United States.
  11. 22 Jul 2026Owner recordedEuropean Patent Office, on EP4445249A1: party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred); owner named: SYNCHRON AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED.

Dates as the offices published them. Office records are in the offices' own words and are a selection: refusals, lapses and withdrawals, and records that name an owner. Each concerns one member of the family, not the family as a whole, and another member in the same office may stand. Whether a patent is in force today is not assessed.

Sources

  • Bibliographic data, family members and office records: European Patent Office, Open Patent Services (the DOCDB and INPADOC databases), read 11 Oct 2026.
  • The record itself, with its claims and description: US11630517B1 in Espacenet
  • Counted as a BCI patent family: title or abstract names the field; classified G06F3/015 (input arrangements based on nervous-system activity); filed by 澳大利亚同步企业有限公司, an organisation already in the graph; cites a family already accepted. How families are found and judged