E-Textile Electrical & Skin Safety Patent Snapshot 2026
The e-textile electrical and skin safety patent space is extremely nascent, with only 5 patent families on record and filings concentrated among Indian academic institutions and individual inventors. Activity has plateaued at a low annual volume, leaving the field largely open for systematic R&D investment.
Five applicants hold equal shares in a highly fragmented, early-stage field
The corpus covers 5 patent families, with no single applicant holding more than 1 patent family. Chandigarh University leads the ranking but shares the top position equally with four other filers, reflecting a field where no visible technical standard-setter has yet emerged.
The top five filers account for 100% of the ranked applicants visible in this query’ combined total — in this case all five ranked applicants — indicating that concentration is total but at a very small absolute scale. There is no meaningful tier gap between a leader and challengers; all applicants are effectively peers.
| # | Applicant | Patent families | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chandigarh University | 1 | |
| 2 | Vaibhav Laxman Dhasal (Director) | 1 | |
| 3 | Aniruddha Balkrishna Patil | 1 | |
| 4 | K R Mangalam University | 1 | |
| 5 | Washington University in St. Louis | 1 |
The absence of a commanding incumbent means there is no entrenched IP barrier for a well-resourced entrant. At the same time, the low total volume suggests the field has not yet attracted sustained industrial R&D attention, and any single new filing would materially reshape the competitive map.
The most recent filing period should be treated as under-counted due to standard patent publication delays of 18–24 months; the apparent low activity in 2023–2024 may not reflect the true current rate of invention. Longer-window growth, applicant concentration, and technology-route coverage are therefore more reliable signals than the latest-year bar alone.
Sporadic annual filings and a medical-diagnostic technology core define the field
The filing trend and technology composition together reveal a field that is medically oriented, academically driven, and filing at an irregular, low cadence with no sustained growth wave yet visible.
Annual filing trend
One family was filed in 2020, one in 2024, and three in 2025 — the latter cohort should be treated as potentially under-counted given publication lag. The overall pattern is sporadic rather than compounding, consistent with a pre-commercial exploration phase rather than an industrializing technology wave.
↗ Hover for values · click a bar to ask EurekaTechnology composition
A61B (Diagnosis & surgery) appears across all 5 patent families, establishing medical sensing as the visible technical framing. G16H (Healthcare informatics) appears in 2 families. Seven additional IPC branches — including D06M textile chemical treatment, H01B conductors, and G06N AI models — each appear in only 1 family, signalling broad but thin coverage of adjacent enabling technologies.
↗ Hover for values · click a bar to ask EurekaHighly cited patent families surfaced by the query
Citation-heavy patent families returned by the query. Use this section as citation context, not as a curated list of the most topic-specific patents.
Waterproof, GEL-free, wireless and wearable multip…
A waterproof, gel-free, wireless and wearable multiple channel bioelectric recording system that includes E-textile bioelectric sensors, methods of fabricating the E-textile bioelectric sensors, and methods of monitoring electrophysiological signals such as ECG and EMG signals using the bioelectric recording system are disclosed. (excerpt from the patent abstract)
Ranked by total forward citations. Citation counts favour older and broadly cited patent families, and broad or adjacent patents may appear when they match the search scope. Treat this section as citation context, not as a curated list of the most topic-specific patents. Some patent titles may be shown in their original, non-English language where an accurate translation could not be guaranteed.
Assignee snapshot from the current evidence set
The applicants below are visible in this query result. Because the evidence set is relatively small, read this section as a directional snapshot rather than a full competitive ranking.
Chandigarh University
Chandigarh University holds 1 patent family with a technical focus spanning A61B5 (medical diagnosis), G01N27 (material analysis and testing), and H01M8 (batteries and fuel cells), suggesting an interest in the full sensing-to-power stack for e-textiles. No momentum trend data is available for this applicant beyond their current family count.
patent families: 1Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis holds 1 patent family filed via PCT (WO2025097177A1), making it the field’s sole internationally-scoped filer. Its technology emphasis covers A61B5 (medical diagnosis) and H01B1 (cables, conductors, and insulators), pointing to conductive textile integration for clinical sensing. Applicant momentum is flagged as a new entrant, meaning this is a first filing with no prior-period baseline.
patent families: 1Frequently asked questions
The current corpus contains 5 patent families. This is a very small dataset, and the field should be regarded as pre-commercial from a patent-volume perspective.
Chandigarh University is ranked first, but all five applicants — including K R Mangalam University, Washington University in St. Louis, and two individual inventors — each hold exactly 1 patent family, so no single entity has a commanding position.
India is visible in with 4 jurisdictional records, driven by Indian universities and inventors. There is 1 PCT application originating from Washington University in St. Louis, which is the only internationally-scoped filing in the corpus.
A61B (Diagnosis and surgery) is the visible IPC class, appearing across all 5 patent families. Secondary classes — including G16H healthcare informatics, H01B conductors, and D06M textile chemical treatment — each appear in only 1 or 2 families.
Lifecycle evidence characterizes the field as plateauing near its peak annual volume, which itself was very low. This reflects an early-stage, low-volume field that has not yet entered a sustained growth phase.
No co-applicant filings appear in the current evidence. All 5 families were filed independently by individual academic institutions or inventors, with no industry-academia or cross-sector joint filings recorded.
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