G10K 11/16
Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other
Official title: Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general (G10K11/36 takes precedence)
G10K11/16 (Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other) appears on 6,697 US grants and 7,211 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10K- Granted patents
- 6,697
- Published applications
- 7,211
- Assignees
- 2,453
- Inventors
- 12,790
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 29 | 0 |
| 1977 | 21 | 0 |
| 1978 | 25 | 0 |
| 1979 | 18 | 0 |
| 1980 | 19 | 0 |
| 1981 | 28 | 0 |
| 1982 | 23 | 0 |
| 1983 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | 32 | 0 |
| 1985 | 26 | 0 |
| 1986 | 20 | 0 |
| 1987 | 22 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 30 | 0 |
| 1990 | 25 | 0 |
| 1991 | 31 | 0 |
| 1992 | 44 | 0 |
| 1993 | 40 | 0 |
| 1994 | 55 | 0 |
| 1995 | 80 | 0 |
| 1996 | 79 | 0 |
| 1997 | 85 | 0 |
| 1998 | 80 | 0 |
| 1999 | 61 | 0 |
| 2000 | 63 | 0 |
| 2001 | 70 | 27 |
| 2002 | 46 | 67 |
| 2003 | 56 | 91 |
| 2004 | 59 | 96 |
| 2005 | 43 | 80 |
| 2006 | 42 | 87 |
| 2007 | 43 | 78 |
| 2008 | 44 | 113 |
| 2009 | 41 | 117 |
| 2010 | 50 | 149 |
| 2011 | 81 | 135 |
| 2012 | 119 | 138 |
| 2013 | 121 | 218 |
| 2014 | 156 | 223 |
| 2015 | 215 | 295 |
| 2016 | 297 | 323 |
| 2017 | 359 | 379 |
| 2018 | 321 | 479 |
| 2019 | 444 | 519 |
| 2020 | 443 | 595 |
| 2021 | 441 | 552 |
| 2022 | 477 | 572 |
| 2023 | 530 | 586 |
| 2024 | 470 | 494 |
| 2025 | 460 | 491 |
| 2026 | 299 | 307 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Control center box and flexible bathtub6 Oct 2026US 12,751,582 B2Jiaxing Virpol Sanitary Ware co., LTD.
- Deepwater resonator array for subsea noise mitigation6 Oct 2026US 12,753,753 B2Chevron U.S.A.Inc.
- Sound barrier system for reducing electric field distortion6 Oct 2026US 12,755,725 B2State Grid Corporation of China
- Acoustic articles and assemblies6 Oct 2026US 12,755,726 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Open wearable acoustic device and active noise reduction method6 Oct 2026US 12,755,727 B2Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- Sound absorption material and method of fabricating same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308348 A1Agency for Science, Technology and Research
- Acoustic Control System, Active Acoustic Control System, and Method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311671 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Micro loudspeaker and electronic device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311672 A1SSI New Material (Zhenjiang) Co., Ltd.
- Noise reduction earphone and earphone noise reduction method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311673 A1Shenzhen Dancing Future Technology Ltd.
- Audio processing using hearing loss data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313300 A1Dolby International AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multimedia personal computer with active noise reduction and piezo speakers298US 5,828,768 ANoise Cancellation Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Adaptive noise cancellation and speech enhancement system and apparatus therefor259US 5,251,263 AAndrea Electronics Corporation · 1993
- Variable gain active noise canceling system with improved residual noise sensing249US 6,118,878 ANoise Cancellation Technologies, Inc. · 2000
- Noise cancellation earpiece216US 6,445,799 B1GN ReSound North America Corporation · 2002
- Lightweight honeycomb panel structure212US 5,445,861 AThe Boeing Company · 1995