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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
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16/738522
Method for outputting audio signal using scene orientation information in an audio decoder, and apparatus for outputting audio signal using the same Jan 8, 2020 Issued
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17/420111
High-frequency broadband airborne noise active noise cancellation Jan 2, 2020 Issued
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16/721580
Extended bandwidth adaptive noise cancelling system and methods Dec 18, 2019 Issued
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16/720964
STORAGE UTENSIL FOR BLUETOOTH EARPHONE Dec 18, 2019 Abandoned
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16/721480
Noise amplification control in adaptive noise cancelling systems Dec 18, 2019 Issued
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16/721532
Robust adaptive noise cancelling systems and methods Dec 18, 2019 Issued
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16/721684
Method and system for audio recognition of arcing during semiconductor process Dec 18, 2019 Issued
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16/718126
Spectral defect compensation for crosstalk processing of spatial audio signals Dec 16, 2019 Issued
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16/703209
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTACTLESS SENSING OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS Dec 3, 2019 Abandoned
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17/295158
Apparatus and method to provide situational awareness using positional sensors and virtual acoustic modeling Nov 19, 2019 Issued
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16/685313
Electronic device storage container Nov 14, 2019 Issued
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17/292820
Wind turbine noise masking Nov 12, 2019 Issued
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16/669335
Ear-plug device with in-ear cartilage conduction transducer Oct 29, 2019 Issued
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16/669126
Systems and methods of providing spatial audio associated with a simulated environment Oct 29, 2019 Issued
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16/658896
Playback based on user settings Oct 20, 2019 Issued
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16/658575
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Oct 20, 2019 Abandoned
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16/594867
Noise filling in multichannel audio coding Oct 6, 2019 Issued
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16/589183
Agent system, agent control method, and storage medium Sep 30, 2019 Issued
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16/589174
Communication support system, communication support method, and storage medium Sep 30, 2019 Issued
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16/574273
Portable smart speaker power control Sep 17, 2019 Issued
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