H04R 19/016
For microphones
Official title: {for microphones}
H04R19/016 (For microphones) appears on 432 US grants and 436 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
- 432
- Published applications
- 436
- Assignees
- 195
- Inventors
- 742
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 7 | 2 |
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| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Electret microphone5 May 2026US 12,621,611 B2Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
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- Implantable microphone management10 Feb 2026US 12,549,894 B2Cochlear Limited
- Audio systems, devices, and methods11 Nov 2025US 12,470,864 B2
- Microphone tuning method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238943 A1Harman Becker Gepkocsirendszer Gyarto Kft.
- Audio systems, devices, and methods16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205730 A1
- Electret capacitor sensor and manufacturing method for the same18 Jun 2026US 2026/0172757 A1National University Corporation Saitama University
- Electret capsule circuit4 Sep 2025US 2025/0280245 A1Freedman Electronics Pty Ltd
- Microphone arrangement21 Aug 2025US 2025/0267404 A1Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ear microphone340US 4,588,867 A1986
- Miniature silicon condenser microphone190US 7,166,910 B2Knowles Electronics, LLC · 2007
- Microphone with improved sound inlet port181US 7,072,482 B2Sonion Nederland B. V. · 2006
- Hearing apparatus163US 5,390,254 A1995
- Implantable microphone for cochlear implants and the like143US 5,782,744 A1998