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Douglas John Suthers

Examiner (ID: 4059, Phone: (571)272-0563 , Office: P/2654 )

Most Active Art Unit
2654
Art Unit(s)
2654, 2615, 2614, 2695
Total Applications
969
Issued Applications
686
Pending Applications
77
Abandoned Applications
224

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
Array ( [id] => 20898807 [patent_doc_number] => 12706075 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2026-08-11 [patent_title] => Voice masking method, apparatus, and system, and vehicle [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 19/356437 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2025-10-13 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 14 [patent_no_of_words] => 6135 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 110 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 19356437 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
19/356437
VOICE MASKING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE Oct 12, 2025 Pending
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18/982233
SPATIAL AUDIO FOR WEARABLE DEVICES Dec 15, 2024 Pending
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18/943176
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING AUDIO CONTENT FOR LISTENER Nov 10, 2024 Pending
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18/928815
MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Oct 27, 2024 Pending
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18/912403
LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM WITH OVERHEAD SOUND IMAGE GENERATING ELEVATION MODULE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECT SIGNAL CANCELLATION Oct 9, 2024 Pending
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18/911197
SOUND SOURCE LOCALIZATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Oct 8, 2024 Pending
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18/908035
SYSTEM FOR OPERATING IN-CABIN LOUDSPEAKERS OF A VEHICLE Oct 6, 2024 Pending
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18/828144
OPEN ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION SYSTEM Sep 8, 2024 Pending
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18/808460
STEREO AUDIO ENCODER AND DECODER Aug 18, 2024 Pending
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18/789873
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY POWERING TV REMOTE MICROPHONES Jul 30, 2024 Pending
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18/783594
Semiconductor Device And Electronic Apparatus Jul 24, 2024 Pending
Array ( [id] => 20746481 [patent_doc_number] => 12646399 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2026-06-02 [patent_title] => Sound detection and alert system for a workspace [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/775828 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2024-07-17 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 0 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 163 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18775828 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/775828
Sound detection and alert system for a workspace Jul 16, 2024 Issued
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18/764183
Earphone with binaural beats function Jul 3, 2024 Issued
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18/764208
EARPHONES Jul 3, 2024 Pending
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18/763397
Audio signal processing device and remote control system Jul 2, 2024 Issued
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18/762253
SOUND FIELD ADJUSTMENT Jul 1, 2024 Pending
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18/759119
OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Jun 27, 2024 Pending
18/713427 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM May 23, 2024 Pending
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18/669124
TRANSDUCER SYSTEM WITH OPEN LOOP CORRECTION OF LOW FREQUENCY ROLL OFF POINT May 19, 2024 Pending
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18/641896
ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLING DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE VEHICLES Apr 21, 2024 Pending
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