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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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18/253090
Information processing device and information processing method Oct 27, 2021 Issued
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17/507869
Active noise cancellation system and method with time division multiplexing Oct 21, 2021 Issued
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17/507891
Audio system for a utility vehicle Oct 21, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18401857 [patent_doc_number] => 11664000 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-05-30 [patent_title] => Systems and methods for modifying biquad filters of a feedback filter in feedback active noise cancellation [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/496253 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-10-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 5305 [patent_no_of_claims] => 29 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 138 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17496253 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/496253
Systems and methods for modifying biquad filters of a feedback filter in feedback active noise cancellation Oct 6, 2021 Issued
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17/449557
Transparent audio mode for vehicles Sep 29, 2021 Issued
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17/473963
Adaptive active noise cancellation based on head movement Sep 12, 2021 Issued
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17/639696
Portable speaker with light reflector Sep 2, 2021 Issued
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17/639696
Portable speaker with light reflector Sep 2, 2021 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17886062 [patent_doc_number] => 20220301539 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-09-22 [patent_title] => SOUND EMITTING APPARATUS AND BLADE NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUS [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/459228 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2021-08-27 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 16042 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -9 [patent_words_short_claim] => 112 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17459228 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/459228
Sound emitting apparatus and blade noise reduction apparatus Aug 26, 2021 Issued
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17/458858
Processing audio with an audio processing operation Aug 26, 2021 Issued
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18/248018
Movement sound generation system Aug 19, 2021 Issued
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17/399294
Playback based on user presence detection Aug 10, 2021 Issued
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17/392172
Enhancement of spatial audio signals by modulated decorrelation Aug 1, 2021 Issued
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18/044426
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Jul 29, 2021 Pending
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17/382942
Noise amplification control in adaptive noise cancelling systems Jul 21, 2021 Issued
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18/014958
Efficient head-related filter generation Jul 6, 2021 Issued
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17/362287
Active noise control system based on head position Jun 28, 2021 Issued
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17/360823
Processing sound in an enhanced reality environment Jun 27, 2021 Issued
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17/357302
Playback based on acoustic signals Jun 23, 2021 Issued
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17/357622
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING GROUP COMMUNICATION OVER A WIRELESS NETWORK Jun 23, 2021 Abandoned
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