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2024
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Starkey Laboratories
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Thomas Howard Burns
TB
Thomas Howard Burns
— 4 Patents in 2024
SL
Starkey Laboratories
:
4
patents
#10
of
112
Top 9%
St. Louis Park, MN
:
#8
of
101
inventors
Top 8%
Minnesota
:
#482
of
7,004
inventors
Top 7%
Overall
(2024):
#41,470
of
561,600
Top 8%
4
Patents 2024
Issued Patents
2024
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1–4
of
4
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
12101588
System for charging an ear-worn electronic device
Erik Carlson
,
Kyle Olson
,
Kent Giswold
2024-09-24
12041423
Ingress protection from foreign material in hearing instruments
Timothy Brent Wilburn, SR.
,
Westley G. Gentry
,
Kent Williamson
2024-07-16
11869505
Local artificial intelligence assistant system with ear-wearable device
Achintya Bhowmik
,
David Alan Fabry
,
Amit Shahar
,
Justin R. Burwinkel
,
Jeffrey Paul Solum
2024-01-09
11863935
Solenoid actuator in a hearing device
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2024-01-02
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