Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensor Networks : Market Research Report

Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensor Networks

Published by: West Technology Research Solutions, LLC

Published: Nov. 1, 2009 - 439 Pages

1. Executive Summary
2. The Role of Energy Harvesting in Wireless Sensor Networks
3. The ZigBee Protocol and Energy Harvesting
4. EnOcean GmbH: a. Who is EnOcean; b. Definition of EnOcean Wireless Technology; c. Competitive Advantage; d. IP Ownership Considerations; e. EnOcean IP Portfolio; f. Proactive IP Management Strategies; g. Patent Holding Analysis
5. Greenpeak Technologies BV: a. Company Background; b. Patent Holdings Analysis
6. Perpetuum Ltd.: a. Company Background; b. Patent Holdings Analysis
7. Cymbet Corp: a. Company Background; b. US Patent Holdings Analysis
8. AdaptivEnergy LLC: a. Company Background; b. Patent Holdings Analysis
9. Micropelt GmbH: a. Company Background; b. Patent Holdings Analysis
10. Appendix: Patent Listings: a. EnOcean’s US Patent Applications; b. EnOcean US Patent Data; c. EnOcean’s Non-US Patents; d. Index of EnOcean Patents; e. Greenpeak Technologies Patents; f. Perpetuum Patents; g. Cymbet Patents; h. AdaptivEnergy Patents; i. Micropelt Patents
Tables and Figures: 1. Competitive WSN Protocol Specifications; 2. The EnOcean Wireless Standard; 3. IP Choices in the Development Cycle; 4. Inventor Analysis of EnOcean Patents; 5. US Patent Applications Filed by EnOcean; 6. US Patents Owned by EnOcean; 7. Non-US Patents Owned by EnOcean; 8. Greenpeak Worldwide Patent Holdings; 9. Perpetuum Worldwide Patent Holdings; 10. Cymbet U.S. IP Holdings; 11. AdaptivEnergy Worldwide Patent Holdings; 12. Micropelt Worldwide Patent Holdings

Abstract

This report presents, analyzes, and reviews the intellectual property holdings of companies developing energy harvesting technologies, wireless communications, and sensor technologies optimized for operation using energy harvested in the ambient environment. The largest and most fundamental holdings in this area are owned by EnOcean GmbH and are realized in practice as EnOcean technology. The EnOcean protocol integrates a very energy-efficient wireless networking communication protocol with advanced energy harvesting techniques.

EnOcean’s intellectual property management activity began in 2001, coincident with the start of the company. Since then, the company has produced over 40 patents and applications. Three patents were assigned to EnOcean by Siemens AG after the startup spun out of Siemens. Other patents are predominantly authored by Frank Schmidt, the company’s CTO and one of the five founders of EnOcean.

The issues surrounding intelectual property protection activities of EnOcean in this market are important to participants in the sector, even those developing product with alternate technology.

Using a variety of information sources including company briefings, conference proceedings and public patent sources and filing information, this report reviews EnOcean, EnOcean Technology and the EnOcean Alliance and the scope of EnOcean Energy Harvesting IP holdings. In addition, patent and application holdings of other developers of Energy Harvesting technology are included as part of the analysis.

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