E-Textile Power Efficiency Patent Snapshot 2026
The e-textile power efficiency patent space is a small, highly concentrated field with 12 patent families in scope, dominated by Human Systems Integration Inc., which holds the leading position among eight ranked filers. Activity has plateaued at a mature stage, with annual volume easing from a 2020 peak, leaving meaningful adjacent branches still lightly covered.
Human Systems Integration Inc. leads a tightly held field
Human Systems Integration Inc. is the clear frontrunner in e-textile power efficiency patenting, holding 6 patent records — more than any other applicant and roughly 1.5 times the output of the second-ranked filer, Koninklijke Philips NV.
The top five filers account for 84% of the combined total of the ranked applicants visible in this query, signaling an extreme concentration of IP activity. A sharp tier gap separates the top two players from the remaining applicants, several of whom hold only a single patent record each.
| # | Applicant | Patent records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Human Systems Integration Inc. | 6 | |
| 2 | Koninklijke Philips NV | 4 | |
| 3 | BANG & OLUFSEN AS | 3 | |
| 4 | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | 2 | |
| 5 | Amity University Patna | 1 | |
| 6 | Van Pieterson Liesbeth | 1 | |
| 7 | Van Herpen Maarten M J W | 1 | |
| 8 | Van Os Koen | 1 |
The visible positions of Human Systems Integration Inc. and Koninklijke Philips NV, each with distinct technology emphases, suggest that new entrants face a well-guarded core around garment-integrated energy supply and printed circuit assemblies, while the overall small corpus size means incremental filings can materially shift the ranking.
Activity in the most recent 18–24 months is subject to publication lag and likely under-represents actual filing volume; the field’s apparent plateau should be interpreted accordingly. Longer-window growth, applicant concentration, and technology-route coverage are therefore more reliable signals than the latest-year bar alone.
Filing activity plateaued after a 2020 surge; garment and energy classes dominate the technology mix
The annual trend chart and the IPC composition chart together reveal both the temporal rhythm of activity and the technical priorities of current filers in this space.
Annual filing trend
Filing activity was absent through 2019, surged to 5 records in 2020, then settled into low single-digit annual volumes through 2023. The 2024–2026 period shows minimal recorded activity, but publication lag means recent filings are likely under-counted; this should not be read as a real decline.
↗ Hover for values · click a bar to ask EurekaTechnology composition
Outerwear and garments (A41D) leads the IPC branch mix, followed closely by woven fabrics (D03D), batteries and cells (H01M), and power supply systems (H02J). The co-prominence of textile construction and energy storage classes reflects the core engineering challenge of integrating power delivery into fabric substrates. Lower-share branches such as tailoring (A41H), digital data processing (G06F), and medical diagnostics (A61B) indicate adjacent application areas that remain lightly claimed.
↗ 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.
ELEKTRONISCHE TEXTILIE MIT LOKALEN ENERGIEVERSORGU…
An electronic textile (1) comprising: a textile substrate (3) comprising at least one textile substrate conductor (8a-b); and a plurality of electronic energy consuming devices (4) arranged on the textile substrate (3), each of the electronic energy consuming devices (4) being electrically connected to the at least one textile substrate conductor (8a-b) for… (excerpt from the patent abstract)
Open this patent in Eureka →| # | Patent | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electronic textile with local energy supply devices | 10 |
| 2 | Heated apparel system comprising at least one arti… | 3 |
| 3 | Devices with smart textile touch sensing capabilit… | 1 |
| 4 | Electronic textile with local energy supply devices | 1 |
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.
Human Systems Integration Inc.
With 6 patent records, Human Systems Integration Inc. is the clear leader in this space. Its technical focus spans outerwear and garments (A41D 13), batteries and cells (H01M 10), and power supply and grid systems (H02J 7) — a combination that points to integrated, on-body energy management as its core IP thesis. No momentum data from the recent window indicates this position was built in earlier filing periods rather than through recent acceleration.
patent records: 6Koninklijke Philips NV
Koninklijke Philips NV holds 4 patent records, with technical emphasis on printed circuits and assemblies (H05K 1) and woven fabric construction (D03D 15), positioning it on the substrate-integration and interconnect side of e-textile power delivery. Philips also anchors the field’s collaboration network, with five co-inventor relationships recorded. Bang & Olufsen, a new entrant with 3 recent records focused on outerwear (A41D 1, A41D 31) and tailoring (A41H 43), is the most notable challenger emerging from the recent window.
patent records: 4Frequently asked questions
The evidence corpus contains 12 patent families in scope for e-textile power efficiency.
Human Systems Integration Inc. holds the top position with 6 patent records, followed by Koninklijke Philips NV with 4 and Bang & Olufsen AS with 3.
Europe (EPO) leads with 5 patent records, followed by WIPO (PCT) with 4. The United States and Australia each have 2 records, with Canada, India, and South Korea holding 1 each.
The field has reached a mature stage, with annual filings plateauing near the 2020 peak level. Recent-period counts may be under-represented due to publication lag.
Outerwear and garments (A41D) leads with 10 records, followed by woven fabrics (D03D) and batteries and cells (H01M) with 8 each, and power supply systems (H02J) with 7.
Yes. Koninklijke Philips NV is the central co-filing hub, with recorded joint filings involving Bhattacharya Rabin (2 records), and Van Pieterson Liesbeth, Van Os Koen, Van Herpen Maarten M J W, and Lamerichs Guido (1 each). Bang & Olufsen has one recorded collaboration with Anderson Alice.
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