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David L. Ton

Examiner (ID: 19219)

Most Active Art Unit
2654
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2614, 2654, 2695
Total Applications
932
Issued Applications
798
Pending Applications
47
Abandoned Applications
100

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/333306
Earphone, earphone control method, and program Jun 11, 2023 Issued
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18/331194
Electronic device and noise cancellation method thereof Jun 7, 2023 Issued
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18/327007
Method and system of audio signal processing for in-vehicle virtual multichannel sound, and electronic device May 30, 2023 Issued
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18/322784
Ambient sound level control May 23, 2023 Issued
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18/317598
Decoding of audio scenes May 14, 2023 Issued
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18/309145
Reverberation generation for headphone virtualization Apr 27, 2023 Issued
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18/309099
Binaural dialogue enhancement Apr 27, 2023 Issued
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18/303664
EARPHONE CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER DEVICE Apr 19, 2023 Pending
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18/302985
Systems and methods for utilizing models to predict hazardous driving conditions based on audio data Apr 18, 2023 Issued
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18/298573
Cough detection Apr 10, 2023 Issued
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18/133333
Acoustic reflex detection Apr 10, 2023 Issued
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18/295902
Apparatus and method for encoding a plurality of audio objects using direction information during a downmixing or apparatus and method for decoding using an optimized covariance synthesis Apr 4, 2023 Issued
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18/129249
Active noise cancelling earbud devices Mar 30, 2023 Issued
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18/193126
Audio circuit Mar 29, 2023 Issued
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18/186626
Audio mixer, and method of controlling audio mixer Mar 19, 2023 Issued
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18/177885
Method and apparatus for active noise cancellation using deep learning Mar 2, 2023 Issued
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18/176213
Noise reduction system and noise reduction method Feb 27, 2023 Issued
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18/838899
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Feb 21, 2023 Pending
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18/164937
Mobile system with wireless earbud Feb 5, 2023 Issued
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18/105198
Display panel and display apparatus including the same Feb 1, 2023 Issued
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