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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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17/578547
Active noise control device comparing peak frequencies in impedance frequency characteristics Jan 18, 2022 Issued
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17/571377
Signal processing methods and system for multi-focus beam-forming Jan 6, 2022 Issued
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17/647202
Speaker to adjust its speaker settings Jan 5, 2022 Issued
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17/564787
Method and device for eliminating unstable noise Dec 28, 2021 Issued
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18/255999
Vibration signal generation device Dec 22, 2021 Issued
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18/255999
Vibration signal generation device Dec 22, 2021 Issued
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18/255999
Vibration signal generation device Dec 22, 2021 Issued
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17/557399
Audio playing method, audio playing apparatus, and storage medium Dec 20, 2021 Issued
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18/719434
NOISE CANCELLING APPARATUS, NOISE CANCELLING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Dec 20, 2021 Pending
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18/719434
NOISE CANCELLING APPARATUS, NOISE CANCELLING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Dec 20, 2021 Pending
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17/550905
Parameter encoding and decoding Dec 13, 2021 Issued
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17/550840
Urban air mobility noise reduction system and method Dec 13, 2021 Issued
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17/543014
Media playback based on sensor data Dec 5, 2021 Issued
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17/542031
Active noise control apparatus for vehicles and method of controlling the same Dec 2, 2021 Issued
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18/255251
Frequency domain multiplexing of spatial audio for multiple listener sweet spots Dec 1, 2021 Issued
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18/255309
Frequency domain multiplexing of spatial audio for multiple listener sweet spots Dec 1, 2021 Issued
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18/269871
A Method and Apparatus for Scene Dependent Listener Space Adaptation Nov 29, 2021 Pending
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17/532375
Echo detection with background noise based screening Nov 21, 2021 Issued
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17/528667
Audio devices having multiple states Nov 16, 2021 Issued
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17/519550
Electronic system with heat dissipation and feed-forward active noise control function and related method Nov 3, 2021 Issued
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