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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

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18/105199
Methods and user interfaces for managing audio channels Feb 1, 2023 Issued
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18/162847
MODIFYING AUDIO FOR PRESENTATION TO A USER BASED ON A DETERMINED LOCATION OF AN AUDIO SYSTEM PRESENTING THE AUDIO Jan 31, 2023 Pending
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18/162847
MODIFYING AUDIO FOR PRESENTATION TO A USER BASED ON A DETERMINED LOCATION OF AN AUDIO SYSTEM PRESENTING THE AUDIO Jan 31, 2023 Pending
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18/162847
MODIFYING AUDIO FOR PRESENTATION TO A USER BASED ON A DETERMINED LOCATION OF AN AUDIO SYSTEM PRESENTING THE AUDIO Jan 31, 2023 Pending
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18/158032
ENHANCEMENT OF SPATIAL AUDIO SIGNALS BY MODULATED DECORRELATION Jan 22, 2023 Abandoned
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18/098036
Systems, devices and methods related to design and production of active noise cancellation devices Jan 16, 2023 Issued
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18/095004
METHOD FOR DETERMINING SOUND CHANNELS, DEVICE FOR DETERMINING SOUND CHANNELS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Jan 9, 2023 Pending
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18/095004
METHOD FOR DETERMINING SOUND CHANNELS, DEVICE FOR DETERMINING SOUND CHANNELS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Jan 9, 2023 Pending
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18/151346
System and method for automatic setup of audio coverage area Jan 5, 2023 Issued
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18/148116
Headset noise processing method, apparatus, and headset Dec 28, 2022 Issued
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18/089814
Sound processing method using DJ transform Dec 27, 2022 Issued
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18/146911
Noise filling in multichannel audio coding Dec 26, 2022 Issued
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18/075232
Cable retraction mechanism for headphone devices Dec 4, 2022 Issued
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18/057991
Conferencing device with beamforming and echo cancellation Nov 21, 2022 Issued
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18/057179
Noise cancellation system for a vehicle Nov 17, 2022 Issued
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18/054012
Configurable audio and video sectors Nov 8, 2022 Issued
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18/052928
Acoustic output apparatus with multiple sound guide holes and bluetooth low energy reciever Nov 5, 2022 Issued
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17/978354
Feedback active noise control system and strategy with online secondary-path modeling Oct 31, 2022 Issued
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18/051243
Social audio streaming Oct 30, 2022 Issued
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17/975575
Electronic device with sound guiding channel Oct 26, 2022 Issued
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