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Douglas John Suthers

Examiner (ID: 600, Phone: (571)272-0563 , Office: P/2654 )

Most Active Art Unit
2654
Art Unit(s)
2614, 2654, 2615, 2695
Total Applications
944
Issued Applications
671
Pending Applications
82
Abandoned Applications
221

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/191286
Effect addition device, effect addition method and storage medium Mar 2, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18089700 [patent_doc_number] => 11539846 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-12-27 [patent_title] => Conferencing device with microphone beamforming and echo cancellation [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/187830 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-02-28 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 15 [patent_figures_cnt] => 18 [patent_no_of_words] => 11015 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 180 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17187830 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/187830
Conferencing device with microphone beamforming and echo cancellation Feb 27, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19252395 [patent_doc_number] => 20240203392 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-06-20 [patent_title] => INSTABILITY DETECTION AND ADAPTIVE-ADJUSTMENT FOR ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION SYSTEM [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/278732 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-02-26 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 8264 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 95 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18278732 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/278732
Instability detection and adaptive-adjustment for active noise cancellation system Feb 25, 2021 Issued
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17/185435
Narrowband cancellation Feb 24, 2021 Issued
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17/908969
Apparatus, methods and computer programs for enabling reproduction of spatial audio signals Feb 22, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17040315 [patent_doc_number] => 20210256951 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-08-19 [patent_title] => Sound Reproducing Apparatus, Sound Reproducing Method, and Sound Reproducing System [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/175369 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-02-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 8800 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -15 [patent_words_short_claim] => 137 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17175369 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/175369
Sound reproducing apparatus, sound reproducing method, and sound reproducing system Feb 11, 2021 Issued
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17/798963
SWITCHING BETWEEN MULTIPLE EARBUD ARCHITECTURES Feb 10, 2021 Pending
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17/170955
Acoustic output apparatus with drivers in multiple frequency ranges and bluetooth low energy receiver Feb 8, 2021 Issued
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17/795182
Radio frequency sensing for control of a media system Feb 3, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17818252 [patent_doc_number] => 11423873 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-08-23 [patent_title] => Active noise control for vehicle windshield noise [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/155858 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-01-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 12748 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 175 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17155858 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/155858
Active noise control for vehicle windshield noise Jan 21, 2021 Issued
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17/155372
EFFICIENT AND SCALABLE PARAMETRIC STEREO CODING FOR LOW BITRATE AUDIO CODING APPLICATIONS Jan 21, 2021 Abandoned
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17/794612
System and method of active noise cancellation in open field Jan 21, 2021 Issued
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17/144427
Compact speaker system with controlled directivity Jan 7, 2021 Issued
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17/137260
Deep learning speaker compensation Dec 28, 2020 Issued
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17/121833
Method for controlling a microphone array and device for controlling a microphone array Dec 14, 2020 Issued
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17/924908
Cancel filter coefficient selecting apparatus, cancel filter coefficient selecting method, and program Dec 13, 2020 Issued
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17/784466
GENERATING AN AUDIO SIGNAL ASSOCIATED WITH A VIRTUAL SOUND SOURCE Dec 9, 2020 Pending
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17/117172
Audio playback apparatus and method having noise-canceling mechanism Dec 9, 2020 Issued
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17/113491
Refrigerator with compressor noise reduction Dec 6, 2020 Issued
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17/111130
System and methods to reshape fan noise in electronic devices Dec 2, 2020 Issued
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