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05 - Intellectual property

The asset sheet.

A granted U.S. method patent with nine issued claims, a planned continuation programme, design filings and a registered trademark for every brand we own. We do not license technology in.

Granted US 11,509,995 B1 - AI-generated silence in earbuds Filed 2021 · Granted 2022 · Nine issued claims · Practised by DREM
10+
Total assets
Granted, pending and planned
9
Issued claims
US 11,509,995 B1, granted 2022
2041
Expected term
On the granted method patent
4
Trademarks
One per owned brand

Portfolio

US 11,509,995 B1 Method and system for AI-generated silence in earbuds - classification, dual signal paths, standalone operation and user priority UTILITY GRANTED
CONTINUATION Nightly self-training of a personal noise profile UTILITY PLANNED
CONTINUATION Sleep-state-aware classification and interruption ordering UTILITY PLANNED
CONTINUATION Software layer for household priority modes UTILITY PLANNED
FILED Charging case with bidirectional power-out for host devices UTILITY PENDING
FILED Vacuform metallic shell treatment for thermally-neutral contact surfaces DESIGN PENDING
FILED Ornamental design for a wing-fit sleep earbud DESIGN PENDING
REGISTERED MIFO - word and device mark TRADEMARK REGISTERED
REGISTERED WILDON - word mark TRADEMARK REGISTERED
REGISTERED SONICTREK - word mark TRADEMARK REGISTERED
REGISTERED DREM - word mark TRADEMARK REGISTERED
Innovation timeline

Seven years, filed in order.

2019
Company formed in Toronto

Four engineers, one brief: own the whole product, not the badge.

2021
AI-silence method filed

The classification-and-dual-path method that DREM is built on.

2022
US 11,509,995 B1 granted

Nine issued claims with multi-sheet technical disclosure. Term expected through 2041.

2024
Mifo Gen 4 enters development

Aluminium shell, Bluetooth 6.0 and a case that doubles as a 2600 mAh power bank.

2026
DREM prototype path underway

Continuations planned for self-training, sleep-state classification and the software layer.

2027
DREM arrives

Hardware plus DREM+ - the first sleep system that classifies noise from signal.

Platforms

Three platforms carry every product we ship.

Acoustic intelligence
Classify

Capture, extract, classify, generate - the granted method behind DREM, with continuations planned.

Audio
Chamber

Driver, hybrid ANC and dual-mic beamforming shared across Mifo and Sonictrek.

Power
Reserve

Bidirectional case and pack architecture - the charging case that refills a phone.

Audio
Acoustic AI
Power

Licensing enquiries welcome.
Infringement, less so.