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Kile O. Blair

Examiner (ID: 12180, Phone: (571)270-3544 , Office: P/2651 )

Most Active Art Unit
2651
Art Unit(s)
2614, 2651, 2691, 2615
Total Applications
905
Issued Applications
604
Pending Applications
66
Abandoned Applications
259

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/598462
Echo cancellation for keyword spotting Oct 9, 2019 Issued
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16/596253
Vehicle and method of controlling the same Oct 7, 2019 Issued
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16/594540
Audio systems and methods Oct 6, 2019 Issued
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16/595369
Backward compatibility for audio systems and methods Oct 6, 2019 Issued
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16/594811
Systems and methods for modifying an audio playback Oct 6, 2019 Issued
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16/594097
In-ear headphone Oct 6, 2019 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16323466 [patent_doc_number] => 10783434 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-09-22 [patent_title] => Method of training a sound event recognition system [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/594605 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-10-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 11400 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 327 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16594605 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/594605
Method of training a sound event recognition system Oct 6, 2019 Issued
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16/593943
Near-field audio rendering Oct 3, 2019 Issued
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16/583882
Communication apparatus with ambient noise reduction Sep 25, 2019 Issued
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16/581782
Method and apparatus for processing multimedia signals Sep 24, 2019 Issued
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17/280224
Wireless headset Sep 21, 2019 Issued
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17/287385
Tuning method, manufacturing method, computer-readable storage medium and tuning system Sep 17, 2019 Issued
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16/572318
Loudspeaker system with passive radiators Sep 15, 2019 Issued
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16/569002
System and method for configuring audio signals to compensate for acoustic changes of the ear Sep 11, 2019 Issued
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17/638811
Microphone array Sep 1, 2019 Issued
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17/272048
Passive speaker authentication Aug 27, 2019 Issued
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16/541521
Conference system with a microphone array system and a method of speech acquisition in a conference system Aug 14, 2019 Issued
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16/538671
Methods and systems for designing and applying numerically optimized binaural room impulse responses Aug 11, 2019 Issued
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17/250590
Electronic device comprising multiple microphones Aug 5, 2019 Issued
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17/263113
Sound output device Jul 24, 2019 Issued
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