H04R 1/1083
Reduction of ambient noise
Official title: {Reduction of ambient noise (active noise reduction per se G10K11/175; protective devices for the ear, e.g. providing acoustic protection A61F11/06)}
H04R1/1083 (Reduction of ambient noise) appears on 2,535 US grants and 3,185 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 147 | 197 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Noise reduction earphone and earphone noise reduction method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311673 A1Shenzhen Dancing Future Technology Ltd.
- Robust voice activity detector system for use with an earphone1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299875 A1ST DetectTech, LLC
- Wind noise reduction earphone structure and earphone1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304019 A1Shenzhen Dancing Future Technology Ltd.
- Wearable device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304023 A1Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Soundproof flexible cushion, headphone cushion and manufacturing process thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304024 A1Winix Kuo Tai Co., Limited
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- Ear terminal with microphone for voice pickup244US 6,754,359 B1Nacre AS · 2004
- Headphoning226US 4,455,675 ABose Corporation · 1984