ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,807, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Sleep Number Corp. (Minneapolis).

"Bed having sleep stage detecting feature" was invented by Omid Sayadi (San Jose, Calif.) and Ramazan Demirli (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first bed includes a first mattress, a first pressure sensor, and a first controller in data communication with the first pressure sensor, the first controller configured to receive pressure readings and to transmit the first pressure readings to a remote server. The system further includes a second bed that includes a second mattress having an inflatable chamber. The system further includes a second pres...