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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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18/636802
Detection and mitigation of a wind whistle Apr 15, 2024 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19559560 [patent_doc_number] => 20240371352 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-11-07 [patent_title] => ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/636380 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2024-04-16 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 3751 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 105 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18636380 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/636380
ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Apr 15, 2024 Pending
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18/633689
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF A DEVICE USING LIGHT BEACONS Apr 11, 2024 Pending
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18/614116
Light-based spatial audio metering Mar 21, 2024 Issued
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18/611407
Processing sound in an enhanced reality environment Mar 19, 2024 Issued
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18/592375
ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ACOUSTIC LOCATING CAPABILITIES Feb 28, 2024 Pending
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18/436074
Audio system for a utility vehicle Feb 7, 2024 Issued
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19/148962
BOOST OPERATION FOR BATTERY-POWERED PLAYBACK DEVICES Feb 7, 2024 Pending
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18/435156
REDUCING OCCLUSION EFFECT IN WEARABLE AUDIO DEVICES Feb 6, 2024 Pending
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18/408839
Assembled body Jan 9, 2024 Issued
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18/404141
Audio data processing method, electronic device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium Jan 3, 2024 Issued
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18/393252
Noise filling in multichannel audio coding Dec 20, 2023 Issued
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18/520808
Audio equipment with a sound signal amplification structure Nov 27, 2023 Issued
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18/510503
APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING NOISE AND METHOD THEREOF Nov 14, 2023 Pending
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18/502645
Cable retraction mechanism for headphone devices Nov 5, 2023 Issued
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18/490971
NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE, NOISE REDUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Oct 19, 2023 Abandoned
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18/488960
Systems and methods for suppressing sound leakage Oct 16, 2023 Issued
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18/487909
Method and system for adjusting sound playback to account for speech detection Oct 15, 2023 Issued
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18/483146
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ERROR OF A SIGNAL Oct 8, 2023 Pending
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18/471224
Method and apparatus for occupant-based noise cancellation Sep 19, 2023 Issued
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