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Donald M Lair

Examiner (ID: 5542)

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2858
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2858
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100
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89
Pending Applications
2
Abandoned Applications
9

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/479718
System and method for calibrating microphone cut-off frequency Feb 7, 2018 Issued
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15/889279
Sound source separation device and sound source separation method Feb 5, 2018 Issued
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15/880580
Signal processing apparatus, speaker apparatus, and signal processing method Jan 25, 2018 Issued
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15/880592
Sound pickup device and sound pickup method Jan 25, 2018 Issued
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15/879977
Earphone Jan 24, 2018 Issued
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15/870372
Systems, apparatus, and methods for hearing protection Jan 11, 2018 Issued
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15/862807
Method and device for generating an elevated sound impression Jan 4, 2018 Issued
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15/851503
Methods and systems for extracting location-diffused ambient sound from a real-world scene Dec 20, 2017 Issued
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16/770265
Noise-reducing earmuff Dec 18, 2017 Issued
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15/841398
Dynamically extending loudspeaker capabilities Dec 13, 2017 Issued
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15/842682
Loudness control for user interactivity in audio coding systems Dec 13, 2017 Issued
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15/841569
Output control device, output control system, and output control method Dec 13, 2017 Issued
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15/840896
Method of processing sound signal of electronic device and electronic device for same Dec 12, 2017 Issued
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16/463146
Sound processing device and method to suppress an excessive amplitude Dec 7, 2017 Issued
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16/332679
Headphone device Dec 5, 2017 Issued
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16/463293
Sound control apparatus, sound control method, and program Dec 3, 2017 Issued
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15/825508
System, terminal apparatus, main apparatus, and method Nov 28, 2017 Issued
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15/802339
Portable computer electrical grounding and audio system architectures Nov 1, 2017 Issued
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15/785545
Soundfield decomposition, reverberation reduction, and audio mixing of sub-soundfields at a video conference endpoint Oct 16, 2017 Issued
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16/341861
Binaural rendering apparatus and method for playing back of multiple audio sources Oct 10, 2017 Issued
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