E-Textile Simulation Patent Snapshot 2026
E-textile simulation is a nascent, highly concentrated field with a single filer—Myant Inc.—holding all 6 patent families in scope, with activity concentrated in a single filing year. The field is technically diverse across printed circuits, textile finishing, and sensing modalities, but overall volume remains very small and annual activity has eased from its 2020 peak.
Myant Inc. holds the entire field with 6 patent families
The e-textile simulation corpus is extremely small: 6 patent families in scope, all attributed to a single applicant, Myant Inc. There is no tier structure—one organization defines the competitive frontier.
The top five filers’ share of the ranked applicants visible in this query is 100%, which in practice collapses to a single-entity monopoly within the ranked applicant pool. No second-tier challengers are identifiable from the evidence.
| # | Applicant | Patent families | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Myant Inc. | 6 |
Myant Inc.’s sole ownership of this space means that any new entrant would be building into a field with an established IP block from one focused player. The breadth of IPC classes covered by Myant’s filings—spanning printed circuits, textile finishing, navigation, temperature, and velocity sensing—suggests a platform-level strategy rather than point-solution patenting.
Filings from the most recent 18–24 months are subject to publication lag and may understate actual activity in that window. Longer-window growth, applicant concentration, and technology-route coverage are therefore more reliable signals than the latest-year bar alone.
All activity concentrated in 2020; technology mix spans circuits, sensing, and textiles
The annual filing trend and technology composition together reveal a field that erupted in a single year and has not seen recorded follow-on filings, while the IPC mix shows that the underlying inventions are multidisciplinary.
Annual filing trend
All 6 patent families were filed in 2020; no filings appear in any adjacent year within the evidence window. Years from 2022 onward are subject to publication lag and cannot be read as confirmed zero-activity periods, but the 2020 concentration is clear. The lifecycle stage is Decline, with annual volume having eased from the 2020 peak.
↗ Hover for values · click a bar to ask EurekaTechnology composition
H05K (printed circuits and assemblies) is the visible branch, appearing across all 6 patent records. D06C (textile finishing, mechanical), G01C (distance, navigation, and gyroscopes), G01K (temperature measurement), G01P (velocity and acceleration), and H01R (connectors and current collectors) each appear across 4 records, indicating multi-sensor integration as a core theme. A61B (diagnosis and surgery) appears in 2 records, signaling a medical application dimension.
↗ 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.
Electronics-to-textile interconnection method and …
An electronic textile system and a docking assembly for the electronic textile system. The system includes a textile substrate, an input device attached to the textile substrate, and a docking assembly attached to the textile substrate for removably receiving a controller device. The docking assembly includes a first electrical interface for mating with a… (excerpt from the patent abstract)
| # | Patent | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electronics-to-textile interconnection method and … | 6 |
| 2 | Electronics-to-textile interconnection method and … | 4 |
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.
Myant Inc.
Myant Inc. holds all 6 patent families in scope, with technology focus concentrated in H05K 1 (printed circuits and assemblies, 6 records), D06C 29 (textile finishing mechanical, 4 records), and G01C 19 (distance, navigation, and gyroscopes, 4 records). Applicant momentum data is not available in the evidence, so trajectory cannot be quantified beyond the observed 2020 filing concentration. The platform-breadth of the IPC coverage points to a systems-level, rather than component-level, IP strategy.
families: 6No challenger identified
No second applicant appears in the ranked data. Any organization active in e-textile simulation outside this corpus—whether through trade secrets, unpublished filings, or activity in jurisdictions not captured—would not be visible in the current evidence. Monitoring new PCT and EPO publications is the most practical way to detect emerging challengers.
families: —Frequently asked questions
The evidence identifies 6 patent families in scope for e-textile simulation, all attributed to a single applicant, Myant Inc.
Myant Inc. is the only ranked applicant in the evidence, holding all 6 patent families. No other applicant appears in the ranked data.
All 6 patent families were filed in 2020, making that year the sole peak in the evidence window. No filings are recorded in any other year within the 2017–2026 range shown.
H05K (printed circuits and assemblies) is the visible branch, appearing across all patent records. D06C (textile finishing), G01C (navigation and gyroscopes), G01K (temperature measurement), G01P (velocity and acceleration), and H01R (connectors) each appear in 4 records. A61B (diagnosis and surgery) is the sparsest branch at 2 records.
The patent records appear in Europe (EPO), the United States, Canada, and via WIPO (PCT). EPO and the US each account for 2 records. Asia-Pacific jurisdictions are absent from the current evidence.
The lifecycle is classified as Decline, with annual filings having eased from the 2020 peak. The most recent years are subject to publication lag, so the absence of recorded filings after 2020 should be interpreted cautiously rather than as confirmed zero activity.
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