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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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17/972293
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING NOISE Oct 23, 2022 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 19079172 [patent_doc_number] => 11948545 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-04-02 [patent_title] => Vehicle sound control device and method thereof [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/969170 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-10-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 11184 [patent_no_of_claims] => 9 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 116 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17969170 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/969170
Vehicle sound control device and method thereof Oct 18, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18210852 [patent_doc_number] => 20230057114 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-02-23 [patent_title] => TWO-WAY RADIO DEVICE FOR HEARING PROTECTION DEVICES [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/949110 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-09-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 5155 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 128 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17949110 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/949110
Two-way radio device for hearing protection devices Sep 19, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19680858 [patent_doc_number] => 12192742 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-01-07 [patent_title] => Filter generation device and filter generation method [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/939883 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-09-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 11332 [patent_no_of_claims] => 8 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 97 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17939883 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/939883
Filter generation device and filter generation method Sep 6, 2022 Issued
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17/901121
Detection and mitigation of a wind whistle Aug 31, 2022 Issued
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17/900926
Signalling change events at an audio output device Aug 31, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19781251 [patent_doc_number] => 12230289 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-02-18 [patent_title] => Device and method for machine-learning based noise suppression [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/897287 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-08-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 10363 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 150 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17897287 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/897287
Device and method for machine-learning based noise suppression Aug 28, 2022 Issued
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17/890627
Simulation method and system for noise environment of vehicle Aug 17, 2022 Issued
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17/876833
Active sound attenuation for aircraft electrical system Jul 28, 2022 Issued
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17/865440
Spatialized audio chat in a virtual metaverse Jul 14, 2022 Issued
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17/865408
ANC system Jul 14, 2022 Issued
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17/811633
Light-based spatial audio metering Jul 10, 2022 Issued
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17/846708
Noise cancellation processing method, device and apparatus Jun 21, 2022 Issued
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17/846544
Mask apparatus and method for controlling the same Jun 21, 2022 Issued
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17/843958
Hearing protection apparatus and system with sound source localization, and related methods Jun 17, 2022 Issued
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17/841258
AUDIO PROCESSING IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT Jun 14, 2022 Abandoned
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17/840990
Audio cancellation system and method Jun 14, 2022 Issued
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17/841258
AUDIO PROCESSING IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT Jun 14, 2022 Abandoned
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17/837482
Active noise reduction control for non-occluding wearable audio devices Jun 9, 2022 Issued
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17/746659
Noise masking method through variable masking sound level conversion May 16, 2022 Issued
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