{"url_path":"/sec/bnaiw/8-k/2026-05-20/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 Other Events.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-20","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838163/0001493152-26-024496-index.html","accession_number":"0001493152-26-024496","cik":"0001838163","ticker":"BNAI","issuer_name":"Brand Engagement Network Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838163/0001493152-26-024496-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001838163","primary_entity_name":"Brand Engagement Network Inc."},"word_count":205,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item\n8.01 Other Events.**\n\n** **\n\n****On\nMay 19, 2026, BEN, via its wholly owned subsidiary Datum Point Labs, was granted U.S. Patent No. 12,633.027, titled “Systems and\nMethods for Gesture Generation From Text”.\n\n \n\nThe\npatent supports BEN’s ability to generate life-like gestures from its avatars via text input from users and helps to facilitate\nreal-time interaction between the user and avatars deployed utilizing BEN’s AI technology.\n\n \n\nBEN’s\nnewly granted patent describes an advanced artificial intelligence system that can automatically generate realistic human gestures and\nbody movements from written or spoken language. The system uses a multi-stage AI architecture that first takes in natural language input,\nthen translates it into an internal action representation, and finally produces coordinated body positions and gesture sequences through\nlayered motion decoders, guided by intelligent control tokens that help refine and manage the output motion. This enables the creation\nof dynamic, lifelike movement sequences so that machines, digital humans, and AI agents can communicate not only through text or voice,\nbut also through expressive physical behavior. BEN believes the patent has broad applications in areas such as digital humans and virtual\nassistants, robotics and humanoid systems, gaming and entertainment, immersive metaverse environments, AI-based education and training,\nand telepresence or customer interaction platforms."}