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Kara D. Johnson

Examiner (ID: 587, Phone: (571)270-1414 , Office: P/1657 )

Most Active Art Unit
1632
Art Unit(s)
1657, 1661, 1632
Total Applications
549
Issued Applications
347
Pending Applications
61
Abandoned Applications
160

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/667170
Ultrasonic Transmission for Presence Detection May 16, 2024 Pending
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18/667170
Ultrasonic Transmission for Presence Detection May 16, 2024 Pending
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18/660821
ADAPTIVE VOLUME CONTROL FOR MEDIA OUTPUT DEVICES AND SYSTEMS May 9, 2024 Pending
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18/658853
TRANSFORMING AUDIO SIGNALS CAPTURED IN DIFFERENT FORMATS INTO A REDUCED NUMBER OF FORMATS FOR SIMPLIFYING ENCODING AND DECODING OPERATIONS May 7, 2024 Pending
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18/632388
ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Apr 10, 2024 Pending
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18/628852
Method for Dynamic Retriggering of Time-Based Audio Effects in Music Production Apr 7, 2024 Pending
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18/614690
ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH EARPHONE/HEADPHONE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON EXPECTED CONTEXT OF DAILY USAGE OF WEARABLE AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE(S) Mar 23, 2024 Pending
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18/614690
ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH EARPHONE/HEADPHONE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON EXPECTED CONTEXT OF DAILY USAGE OF WEARABLE AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE(S) Mar 23, 2024 Pending
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18/610776
HARMONIZING SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING SOUND IN CONTENT Mar 19, 2024 Pending
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18/610776
HARMONIZING SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING SOUND IN CONTENT Mar 19, 2024 Pending
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18/608664
Methods, apparatus and systems for generation, transportation and processing of immediate playout frames (IPFs) Mar 17, 2024 Issued
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18/605482
Input and edit functions utilizing accelerometer based earpiece movement system and method Mar 13, 2024 Issued
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18/599596
SYSTEM FOR OUTPUTTING AUDIO FOR A USER, AND A METHOD THEREOF Mar 7, 2024 Pending
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18/433317
Multi-functional console having double sound card and wireless noise reduction and video capture card Feb 4, 2024 Issued
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18/430694
Method and apparatus for determining weighting factor during stereo signal encoding Feb 1, 2024 Issued
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18/428064
Active acoustic aural development system and method Jan 30, 2024 Issued
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18/420007
Multichannel audio signal processing method, apparatus, and system Jan 22, 2024 Issued
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18/397683
Acoustic Device and Method Dec 26, 2023 Pending
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18/391132
LIVE PEER-TO-PEER VOICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MACHINE INTELLIGENCE Dec 19, 2023 Pending
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18/390008
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-POINT CONTEXTUAL CONNECTIVITY FOR WIRELESS AUDIO DEVICES Dec 19, 2023 Pending
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