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Guy C. Nicholson — 20 Patents

Apple: 18 patents #1,823 of 18,612Top 10%
Nokia: 2 patents #2,358 of 5,652Top 45%
San Carlos, CA: #122 of 427 inventorsTop 30%
California: #29,208 of 386,348 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Guy C. Nicholson has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at Apple. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in January 2025. Guy C. Nicholson ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Guy C. Nicholson in San Carlos, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12200458 Spatial headphone transparency Ismael H. Nawfal, Joshua D. Atkins, Stephen J. Nimick, Jason Harlow 2025-01-14
11818561 Spatial headphone transparency Ismael H. Nawfal, Joshua D. Atkins, Stephen J. Nimick, Jason Harlow 2023-11-14 $188,958,000
11503409 Spatial headphone transparency Ismael H. Nawfal, Joshua D. Atkins, Stephen J. Nimick, Jason Harlow 2022-11-15 $272,708,000
10951990 Spatial headphone transparency Ismael H. Nawfal, Joshua D. Atkins, Stephen J. Nimick, Jason Harlow 2021-03-16 $260,311,000
10034092 Spatial headphone transparency Ismael H. Nawfal, Joshua D. Atkins, Stephen J. Nimick, Jason Harlow 2018-07-24 $82,743,000
10003885 Use of an earpiece acoustic opening as a microphone port for beamforming applications Ruchir M. Dave, Jae-Han Lee 2018-06-19 $127,515,000
9749737 Decisions on ambient noise suppression in a mobile communications handset device 2017-08-29 $75,964,000
9609409 Use of an earpiece acoustic opening as a microphone port for beamforming applications Ruchir M. Dave, Jae-Han Lee 2017-03-28 $84,983,000
9330654 Active noise cancellation decisions in a portable audio device 2016-05-03 $50,088,000
9326060 Beamforming in varying sound pressure level Wei Li 2016-04-26 $73,816,000
9099077 Active noise cancellation decisions using a degraded reference Cyril Labidi, Simon E. Jordan, Jae-Han Lee 2015-08-04 $59,170,000
9082389 Pre-shaping series filter for active noise cancellation adaptive filter Thomas M. Jensen 2015-07-14 $86,409,000
9058801 Robust process for managing filter coefficients in adaptive noise canceling systems Bruce C. Po 2015-06-16 $113,145,000
8988480 Use of an earpiece acoustic opening as a microphone port for beamforming applications Ruchir M. Dave, Jae-Han Lee 2015-03-24 $60,606,000
8744091 Intelligibility control using ambient noise detection Shaohai Chen, Bruce C. Po 2014-06-03 $58,287,000
8600454 Decisions on ambient noise suppression in a mobile communications handset device 2013-12-03 $83,608,000
8515089 Active noise cancellation decisions in a portable audio device 2013-08-20 $93,743,000
8320974 Decisions on ambient noise suppression in a mobile communications handset device 2012-11-27 $96,670,000
7142894 Mobile phone for voice adaptation in socially sensitive environment Fumiko Ichikawa, Panu Korhonen 2006-11-28 $7,300,000
6266516 Audio diaphragm mounting arrangements in radio telephone handsets Mikko Palkki, Jussi Yli-Ayho 2001-07-24 $106,255,000