Systems and methods for generic control using a neural signal

Universal switch modules, universal switches, and methods of using the same are disclosed, including haptic confirmation of commands generated by the user, methods of preparing an individual to interface with an electronic device or software.

The abstract as published by the patent office, from US2023244314A1. It describes the invention; it is not a statement of what is protected.

• Interface and electrodes

  Electrodes and arrays · Peripheral interfaces

• Decoding

  Motor decoding

• Application

  Assistive and control applications

What the filing appears to be about, read by published rules from its title, abstract and classification codes (A61B5/0031, A61B5/375, A61F2/54, A61F2/60, A61F2/72). The claims define what a patent protects, and they are not read here.

Interface and electrodes

Everything downstream works with what the contacts pick up. Their number, size and distance from the neurons set the ceiling on the signal. The problem behind it: more contacts, closer to neurons, that still record after years in tissue that reacts to them.

Decoding

This is the step that turns brain activity into a command or a word. Its accuracy and speed are what a user experiences. The problem behind it: accuracy that holds over months without frequent recalibration, for more than one user and one task.

Application

A decoded signal is useful only when it operates something a person wants to use, every day, without an engineer in the room. The problem behind it: dependable everyday use outside the laboratory, with set-up a user or carer can manage.

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

One invention, published 6 times in 3 offices. Each publication opens in Espacenet.

• International (PCT)a route to several countries, not a countryWO2023137427A120 Jul 2023
• United StatesUS2023244314A13 Aug 2023US20240419248A119 Dec 2024US12223106B211 Feb 2025 · grant
• European Patent Officea route to several countries, not a countryEP4463756A120 Nov 2024EP4463756A417 Dec 2025

1. 13 Jan 2022First filingEarliest priority, at United States. The family is counted in this year.
2. 13 Jan 2023ApplicationsFiled at International (PCT), United States, European Patent Office.
3. 20 Jul 2023First publicationWO2023137427A1, International (PCT).
4. 26 Sep 2023Owner recordedUnited States, on US2023244314A1: assignment; owner named: SYNCHRON AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED, AUSTRALIA.
5. 26 Aug 2024ApplicationFiled at United States.
6. 26 Aug 2024Owner recordedUnited States, on US20240419248A1: assignment; owner named: SYNCHRON AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED, DELAWARE.
7. 11 Feb 2025Grant publishedUS12223106B2, United States.
8. 29 Jul 2026Owner recordedEuropean Patent Office, on EP4463756A1: party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred); owner named: SYNCHRON AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED.

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Organisation

Synchron · 28 families identified

• Bibliographic data, family members and office records: European Patent Office, Open Patent Services (the DOCDB and INPADOC databases), read 7 Oct 2026.
• The record itself, with its claims and description: US2023244314A1 in Espacenet
• Counted as a BCI patent family: uses the field's wording; classified G06F3/015 (input arrangements based on nervous-system activity); filed by SYNCHRON AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED, an organisation already in the graph; describes neural hardware or methods without naming the field; cites a family already accepted. How families are found and judged