Wearable Devices Expands its International IP Portfolio with Filed Patent Application for ...

The new patent application, filed as part of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) national stage, aims to protect the Company’s global patent portfolio in the Asian markets

YOKNEAM ILLIT, ISRAEL, Sept. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wearable Devices Ltd. (the “Company” or “Wearable Devices”) (Nasdaq: WLDS, WLDSW), a technology growth company specializing in artificial intelligence (“AI")-powered touchless sensing wearables, announces the filing of an application for its first patent in a patent family titled Gesture and Voice-controlled interface device," with the Korean intellectual property office (KIPO).

The patent application is part of the Company’s intellectual property (“IP”) strategy to broaden the protection of its core IP globally using patent families that cover multiple future applications of wearable bio-potential sensors and allows the Company to adapt its patent portfolio in real time to future changes in global markets.

The filed patent application protects the Company’s revolutionary neural interface technology, which is used as a wearable scale for measuring the weight of objects held by a user, and as a wearable torque meter for measuring the torque applied by a user when fastening rotating objects such as screws.

“We are broadening our patent portfolio both in its depth and its reach,” said Guy Wagner, Chief Scientist Officer of Wearable Devices. “Expanding our patent reach to South Korea is essential not only for securing access to one of the world’s most technologically advanced and dynamic markets, but also for fostering collaborations with global industry leaders. Neural wrist interfaces have amazing practical applications that go beyond mere gesture control and can impact not only how we interact with technology, but also how we engage with everything around us. Neural scaling is just the first example.”

About Wearable Devices Ltd. Wearable Devices Ltd. is a growth company developing AI-based neural input interface technology for the B2C and B2B markets. The Company’s flagship product, the Mudra Band for Apple Watch, integrates innovative AI-based technology and algorithms into a functional, stylish wristband that utilizes proprietary sensors to identify subtle finger and wrist movements allowing the user to “touchlessly” interact with connected devices. The Company also markets a B2B product, which utilizes the same technology and functions as the Mudra Band and is available to businesses on a licensing basis. Wearable Devices Is committed to creating disruptive, industry leading technology that leverages AI and proprietary algorithms, software, and hardware to set the input standard for the Extended Reality, one of the most rapidly expanding landscapes in the tech industry. The Company’s ordinary shares and warrants trade on the Nasdaq market under the symbols “WLDS” and “WLDSW”, respectively.

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