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Qin Zhu

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Most Active Art Unit
2691
Art Unit(s)
2654, 2691, 2651, 2656
Total Applications
704
Issued Applications
576
Pending Applications
77
Abandoned Applications
77

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/995537
Apparatus and method for encoding or decoding a multi-channel signal Aug 16, 2020 Issued
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16/995231
Hearing aid for placement at an ear of a user Aug 16, 2020 Issued
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16/993547
Inspection system and inspection method Aug 13, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19461075 [patent_doc_number] => 12101604 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-09-24 [patent_title] => Systems, devices and methods for fitting hearing assistance devices [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/635612 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-08-13 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 17 [patent_figures_cnt] => 19 [patent_no_of_words] => 19753 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 152 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17635612 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/635612
Systems, devices and methods for fitting hearing assistance devices Aug 12, 2020 Issued
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16/991459
Method and apparatus for capturing and rendering an audio scene Aug 11, 2020 Issued
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16/990896
Speaker for reflecting sound off viewing screen or display surface Aug 10, 2020 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17493175 [patent_doc_number] => 11282485 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-03-22 [patent_title] => Optimal mixing matrices and usage of decorrelators in spatial audio processing [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/987264 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2020-08-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 15 [patent_figures_cnt] => 17 [patent_no_of_words] => 10524 [patent_no_of_claims] => 26 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 96 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16987264 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/987264
Optimal mixing matrices and usage of decorrelators in spatial audio processing Aug 5, 2020 Issued
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16/938969
AUDIO FIELD ADJUSTING METHOD AND APPARATUS Jul 24, 2020 Abandoned
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17/631768
NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD Jul 23, 2020 Abandoned
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16/929458
Phantom powered FET circuit for audio application Jul 14, 2020 Issued
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17/627179
Evaluation device and method for analyzing a public address system, and public address system Jul 7, 2020 Issued
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17/621547
Methods, apparatus and systems for representation, encoding, and decoding of discrete directivity data Jun 29, 2020 Issued
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16/916322
Stereo audio Jun 29, 2020 Issued
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16/911223
Spatial low-crosstalk headset Jun 23, 2020 Issued
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16/909195
Audio processing apparatus, audio processing system, and audio processing method Jun 22, 2020 Issued
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16/905411
Systems and methods for classifying beamformed signals for binaural audio playback Jun 17, 2020 Issued
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16/904925
Pre-pairing of hearing aids Jun 17, 2020 Issued
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17/621193
RENDERING OF AN M-CHANNEL INPUT ON S SPEAKERS (S Jun 16, 2020 Pending
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16/904087
Spatialized audio relative to a peripheral device Jun 16, 2020 Issued
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16/904087
Spatialized audio relative to a peripheral device Jun 16, 2020 Issued
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