H04R 17/02
Microphones
H04R17/02 (Microphones) appears on 640 US grants and 772 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
- 640
- Published applications
- 772
- Assignees
- 298
- Inventors
- 1,320
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2021 | 44 | 66 |
| 2022 | 63 | 85 |
| 2023 | 69 | 106 |
| 2024 | 53 | 44 |
| 2025 | 66 | 45 |
| 2026 | 41 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Microphone device based on two-dimensional piezoelectric material layer having protective layer formed thereon, and method for fabricating the same22 Sep 2026US 12,745,045 B2Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
- Noise canceling solid state electronic stethoscope with adapted acoustic impedance15 Sep 2026US 12,739,561 B2
- Sensing devices1 Sep 2026US 12,726,755 B2Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
- MEMS sensor with a thin region1 Sep 2026US 12,726,773 B2Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
- Mechanically coupled piezoelectric mems microphone25 Aug 2026US 12,715,759 B2Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
- Diagnosis system for vehicle components1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298773 A1Magic Engineering Srl
- Conversion of low amplitude voice detection to text24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290332 A1Augmental Technologies Inc.
- Lithium Niobate MEMS Microphone24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292408 A1Silicon Audio, Inc.
- Tire property sensor system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276484 A1Volvo Truck Corporation
- Bone conduction sound transmission devices17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281635 A1Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Acoustic sensor assembly794US 8,771,204 B2Masimo Corporation · 2014
- Acoustic sensor assembly550US 9,028,429 B2Masimo Corporation · 2015
- Acoustic sensor assembly544US 9,131,917 B2Masimo Corporation · 2015
- Acoustic sensor assembly412US 9,795,358 B2Masimo Corporation · 2017
- Wireless transmitting and receiving systems including ear microphones385US 4,334,315 AGen Engineering, Ltd. · 1982