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Douglas King

Examiner (ID: 110, Phone: (571)272-2311 , Office: P/2824 )

Most Active Art Unit
2824
Art Unit(s)
2824
Total Applications
983
Issued Applications
760
Pending Applications
65
Abandoned Applications
171

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/296841
Detecting user's eye movement using sensors in hearing instruments Apr 5, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18540532 [patent_doc_number] => 20230245642 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-08-03 [patent_title] => REVERBERATION GAIN NORMALIZATION [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/296901 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-04-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 10801 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 92 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18296901 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/296901
Reverberation gain normalization Apr 5, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19499841 [patent_doc_number] => 20240338859 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-10-10 [patent_title] => MULTILINGUAL TEXT-TO-IMAGE GENERATION [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/296002 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-04-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 11171 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 97 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18296002 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/296002
MULTILINGUAL TEXT-TO-IMAGE GENERATION Apr 4, 2023 Pending
Array ( [id] => 19451446 [patent_doc_number] => 20240311576 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-09-19 [patent_title] => VISUAL COLLABORATION SYSTEM AI COPILOT FOR IDEA GENERATION [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/296309 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-04-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 8540 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 183 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18296309 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/296309
VISUAL COLLABORATION SYSTEM AI COPILOT FOR IDEA GENERATION Apr 4, 2023 Pending
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18/130654
Acoustic voice activity detection (AVAD) for electronic systems Apr 3, 2023 Issued
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18/194773
Apparatus, method, or computer program for processing an encoded audio scene using a parameter smoothing Apr 2, 2023 Issued
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18/194787
Apparatus, method, or computer program for processing an encoded audio scene using a parameter conversion Apr 2, 2023 Issued
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18/194272
Apparatus, method, or computer program for processing an encoded audio scene using a bandwidth extension Mar 30, 2023 Issued
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18/844263
AUDIO HEAD, SENSOR HEAD, DEVICE AND METHOD OF ANALYSING PROPERTY OF TARGET USING SAME Mar 27, 2023 Pending
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18/123691
Hearing device having a shell that includes a compressible region and methods of manufacturing the same Mar 19, 2023 Issued
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18/184414
MULTICHANNEL COMPRESSED AUDIO TRANSMISSION TO SATELLITE PLAYBACK DEVICES Mar 14, 2023 Pending
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18/177814
Laser microphone and terminal Mar 2, 2023 Issued
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18/172114
AUDIO DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUDIO DEVICE, AND SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM Feb 20, 2023 Pending
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18/171368
Generalized automatic speech recognition for joint acoustic echo cancellation, speech enhancement, and voice separation Feb 18, 2023 Issued
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18/170905
Methods and systems for automated detection of personal information using neural networks Feb 16, 2023 Issued
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18/169153
Acoustic monitoring using a sound masking emitter as a sensor Feb 13, 2023 Issued
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18/109512
Surround sound location virtualization Feb 13, 2023 Issued
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18/109087
Augmenting control sound with spatial audio cues Feb 12, 2023 Issued
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18/154228
Local voice data processing Jan 12, 2023 Issued
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18/090299
Method and electronic device for detecting ambient audio signal Dec 27, 2022 Issued
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