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David L. Ton

Examiner (ID: 9130, Phone: (571)270-7839 , Office: P/2654 )

Most Active Art Unit
2654
Art Unit(s)
2614, 2654, 2695
Total Applications
940
Issued Applications
804
Pending Applications
49
Abandoned Applications
100

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/833916
Distributed mode loudspeaker actuator including patterned electrodes Mar 29, 2020 Issued
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17/440793
Apparatus, method, sound system Mar 26, 2020 Issued
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16/826476
Electronic device and automatic volume-adjustment method Mar 22, 2020 Issued
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16/826100
Smart Device Systems and Methods for Providing High Fidelity Audio and Wireless Communications and Control Mar 19, 2020 Abandoned
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16/812813
Recording method, recording play method, apparatuses, and terminals Mar 8, 2020 Issued
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16/806190
Signal processing device and signal processing method Mar 1, 2020 Issued
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16/805285
Ear Bud Case Protective Case and Locating Device Feb 27, 2020 Abandoned
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17/439412
Generation of output data based on source signal samples and control data samples Feb 27, 2020 Issued
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16/802111
Millimeter wave sensor used to optimize performance of a beamforming microphone array Feb 25, 2020 Issued
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16/794765
Noise estimation using coherence Feb 18, 2020 Issued
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16/789077
Method and device for decoding a higher-order ambisonics (HOA) representation of an audio soundfield Feb 11, 2020 Issued
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16/752594
Using classified sounds and localized sound sources to operate an autonomous vehicle Jan 23, 2020 Issued
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16/743164
Determining the inter-channel time difference of a multi-channel audio signal Jan 14, 2020 Issued
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16/735454
Nanovoided polymer for tunable acoustic damping Jan 5, 2020 Issued
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16/731905
Digital microphone noise attenuation Dec 30, 2019 Issued
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16/722634
Gaze-directed audio enhancement Dec 19, 2019 Issued
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16/720668
Reducing audio-based distractions in an information handling system Dec 18, 2019 Issued
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16/719450
Expandable speaker systems Dec 17, 2019 Issued
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16/713925
Electronic device including earphone, and method of controlling the electronic device Dec 12, 2019 Issued
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16/706280
Display device on/off detection methods and apparatus Dec 5, 2019 Issued
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