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Eric Sorensen — 21 Patents

AVAvnera: 18 patents #2 of 49Top 5%
Portland, OR: #892 of 9,213 inventorsTop 10%
Oregon: #2,048 of 28,073 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Eric Sorensen has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Avnera. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in March 2023. Eric Sorensen ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Eric Sorensen in Portland, OR, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2019.peak 61991: 1 patents19912017: 2 patents20172018: 4 patents20182019: 6 patents20192020: 2 patents20202021: 4 patents20212022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11614916 User voice activity detection Jiajin An, Michael Jon Wurtz, David Wurtz, Manpreet S. Khaira, Amit Kumar +3 more 2023-03-28
11366633 Automatic playback time adjustment Shawn O'Connor, Manpreet S. Khaira, Sydney Newton 2022-06-21
11102580 Headset charger node Manpreet S. Khaira, David McNeill, Sydney Newton 2021-08-24
11006201 Headphone off-ear detection Amit Kumar, Shankar Rathoud, Michael Jon Wurtz, Eric P. Etheridge 2021-05-11
10950214 Active noise cancelation with controllable levels Amit Kumar 2021-03-16
10945062 Headphone with off-ear and on-ear detection Amit Kumar, Shankar Rathoud 2021-03-09
10564925 User voice activity detection methods, devices, assemblies, and components Jiajin An, Michael Jon Wurtz, David Wurtz, Manpreet S. Khaira, Amit Kumar +3 more 2020-02-18
10540954 Calibration and stabilization of an active noise cancelation system Amit Kumar, Thomas Irrgang, Shankar Rathoud 2020-01-21
10474420 Gesture-controlled tabletop speaker system Manpreet S. Khaira, Shawn O'Connor, Frank Prestrelski, Patrick A. Quinn, Richard Andrew Sorensen 2019-11-12
10448140 Headphone off-ear detection Amit Kumar, Shankar Rathoud, Mike Wurtz, Eric P. Etheridge 2019-10-15
10231047 Off-ear and on-ear headphone detection Amit Kumar, Shankar Rathoud 2019-03-12
10200776 Headphone off-ear detection Amit Kumar, Shankar Rathoud, Mike Wurtz, Eric P. Etheridge 2019-02-05
10198239 Gesture-controlled tabletop speaker system Manpreet S. Khaira, Shawn O'Connor, Frank Prestrelski, Patrick A. Quinn, Richard Andrew Sorensen 2019-02-05
10182160 Speakerphone system or speakerphone accessory with on-cable microphone Thomas Irrgang, Mike Wurtz 2019-01-15
10049653 Active noise cancelation with controllable levels Amit Kumar 2018-08-14
10021478 In-the-ear automatic-noise-reduction devices, assemblies, components, and methods Michael Jon Wurtz 2018-07-10
9980034 Headphone off-ear detection Amit Kumar, Shankar Rathoud, Mike Wurtz, Eric P. Etheridge 2018-05-22
9967647 Off-ear and on-ear headphone detection Amit Kumar, Shankar Rathoud 2018-05-08
9728179 Calibration and stabilization of an active noise cancelation system Amit Kumar, Thomas Irrgang, Shankar Rathoud 2017-08-08
9645786 Gesture-controlled tabletop speaker system Manpreet S. Khaira, Shawn O'Connor, Frank Prestrelski, Patrick A. Quinn, Richard Andrew Sorensen 2017-05-09
D322400 Package for medication 1991-12-17