G10H 3/146
Using a membrane
Official title: {using a membrane, e.g. a drum; Pick-up means for vibrating surfaces, e.g. housing of an instrument}
G10H3/146 (Using a membrane) appears on 443 US grants and 423 published applications in this corpus.
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