H04R 25/603
Of mechanical or electronic switches or control elements
Official title: {of mechanical or electronic switches or control elements}
H04R25/603 (Of mechanical or electronic switches or control elements) appears on 579 US grants and 659 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
- 579
- Published applications
- 659
- Assignees
- 171
- Inventors
- 959
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 14 |
| 2004 | 12 | 18 |
| 2005 | 4 | 22 |
| 2006 | 9 | 14 |
| 2007 | 15 | 22 |
| 2008 | 11 | 22 |
| 2009 | 11 | 29 |
| 2010 | 8 | 23 |
| 2011 | 18 | 22 |
| 2012 | 35 | 21 |
| 2013 | 28 | 28 |
| 2014 | 29 | 36 |
| 2015 | 25 | 32 |
| 2016 | 28 | 29 |
| 2017 | 24 | 37 |
| 2018 | 32 | 34 |
| 2019 | 30 | 22 |
| 2020 | 28 | 36 |
| 2021 | 22 | 31 |
| 2022 | 32 | 42 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 |
| 2024 | 33 | 31 |
| 2025 | 15 | 33 |
| 2026 | 19 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Binaural hearing system with distributed sensors, and method of its operation6 Oct 2026US 12,754,204 B2Sonova AG
- Hearing device having a power source22 Sep 2026US 12,745,051 B2Oticon A/S
- Sound output device25 Aug 2026US 12,720,246 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Ear-associated inertial-acoustic fusion with deterministic audio-IMU synchronization25 Aug 2026US 12,720,264 B1Vexara GmbH
- Customized wireless earphone18 Aug 2026US 12,713,169 B2Earweiss Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd
- Hearing assistance devices with control of other devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292416 A1Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Miniature speaker24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292417 A1Sonion Nederland B. V.
- Bone Conduction Headset with Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Function13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238938 A1Mij Co., Ltd.
- Modular hearing instrument comprising electro-acoustic calibration parameters30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222745 A1GN Hearing A/S
- Device-finding using light sources on hearing instruments2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189860 A1Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hearing aid344US 6,690,807 B12004
- Mass production auditory canal hearing aid274US 4,870,688 A1989
- Modular in-the-ear hearing aid258US 4,069,400 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1978
- Modular hearing aid system251US 5,185,802 ABeltone Electronics Corporation · 1993
- Magnetic attachment device for insertion and removal of hearing aid250US 4,756,312 AAdvanced Hearing Technology, Inc. · 1988