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Stephen K. Cronin

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 17137, Phone: (571)272-4536 , Office: P/3747 )

Most Active Art Unit
3727
Art Unit(s)
2401, 2899, 3747, 3207, 3727
Total Applications
1665
Issued Applications
1267
Pending Applications
108
Abandoned Applications
289

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/560418
System and method of determining head-related transfer function parameter based on in-situ binaural recordings Sep 3, 2019 Issued
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16/559899
System and method for spatially projected audio communication Sep 3, 2019 Issued
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16/560537
Method for removing dust in sound outlet hole of loudspeaker, and terminal device Sep 3, 2019 Issued
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16/559334
Learning auxiliary feature preferences and controlling the auxiliary devices based thereon Sep 2, 2019 Issued
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16/559607
Digitally controlled microphone with audio compressor Sep 2, 2019 Issued
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16/546928
Audio processing device and a method for estimating a signal-to-noise-ratio of a sound signal Aug 20, 2019 Issued
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16/531138
Speech processing system and speech processing method Aug 4, 2019 Issued
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16/525571
Speaker box Jul 29, 2019 Issued
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16/525573
Speaker Jul 29, 2019 Issued
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16/525542
Speaker box Jul 28, 2019 Issued
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16/525544
Speaker box Jul 28, 2019 Issued
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16/520563
Identification of audio content Jul 23, 2019 Issued
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16/520917
Directed audio system for audio privacy and audio stream customization Jul 23, 2019 Issued
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16/508828
Selective noise cancellation for a vehicle Jul 10, 2019 Issued
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16/507585
Trucks including externally mounted speaker enclosures and methods of mounting speaker enclosures Jul 9, 2019 Issued
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16/505933
System and method for reducing distortion and echo leakage in hands-free communication Jul 8, 2019 Issued
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16/459918
Computing system for binaural ambisonics decoding Jul 1, 2019 Issued
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16/459844
Stored secondary path accuracy verification for vehicle-based active noise control systems Jul 1, 2019 Issued
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16/432866
Method and system for implementing a modal processor Jun 4, 2019 Issued
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16/419979
Identifying an acoustic signal for a user based on a feature of an aural signal May 21, 2019 Issued
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