Patent Awarded for Personal Area Network (PAN) System

Technology Enabled Clothing (TEC) has been granted a patent for its Personal Area Network (PAN) system, which allows users to wire mobile devices together inside inside their clothes.

The patent was issued as a utility patent, with extremely broad coverage. It covers the incorporation of third-party wires within hidden portions of clothing.

A Variety of Markets

TEC intends to license its intellectual property rights to makers of products in a wide variety of channels, including military, industrial, and consumer.

Various branches of the military and Homeland Defense Department, including Special Ops, Secret Service, and the FBI have successfully used variations of the TEC system in the field.

Industrial designs are currently being tested by airplane mechanics and by medical professionals in the form of a lab coat.

The system has been used for years by SCOTTeVEST, a licensee of TEC.

Examples of the patented technology will be shown at the Showstoppers media event for the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) on January 6 at the MGM Grand Hotel.

Details on Patent No. 6,826,782 can be downloaded from the TEC web site (PDF).

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