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David A. Preves — 32 Patents

MTMicro Ear Technology: 15 patents #1 of 17Top 6%
SLStarkey Laboratories: 9 patents #49 of 336Top 15%
SASarnoff: 4 patents #120 of 471Top 30%
AEArgosy Electronics: 3 patents #2 of 3Top 70%
EREtymotic Research: 1 patents #44 of 67Top 70%
Bradenton, FL: #12 of 758 inventorsTop 2%
Florida: #1,200 of 67,251 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #110,428 of 4,157,543Top 3%
32 Patents All Time
David A. Preves has been granted 32 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micro Ear Technology. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in February 2017. David A. Preves ranks #110,428 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.7%). Patent records list David A. Preves in Bradenton, FL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2002.peak 51988: 1 patents19881989: 1 patents1991: 1 patents19911992: 1 patents1998: 1 patents19982002: 5 patents2003: 1 patents20032005: 2 patents2006: 3 patents20062007: 1 patents2008: 4 patents20082010: 3 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 1 patents2015: 3 patents20152016: 1 patents2017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 32 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9584930 Sound environment classification by coordinated sensing using hearing assistance devices 2017-02-28
9369814 External ear canal voice detection Thomas A. Victorian, J. Virgil Bradley 2016-06-14
9124994 System for programming special function buttons for hearing assistance device applications Deborah Corti, J. Virgil Bradley, Jeffrey Paul Solum 2015-09-01
9036833 External ear canal voice detection Thomas A. Victorian, J. Virgil Bradley 2015-05-19
8958586 Sound environment classification by coordinated sensing using hearing assistance devices 2015-02-17
8169938 Communication system for wireless audio devices Rob Duchscher, Thomas A. Victorian, Jeffrey Paul Solum, Randy L. Magstadt 2012-05-01
7929713 External ear canal voice detection Thomas A. Victorian, J. Virgil Bradley 2011-04-19
7929723 Portable system for programming hearing aids Lawrence T. Hagen, James R. Newton, Garry Richardson 2011-04-19 $3,891,000
7822217 Hearing assistance systems for providing second-order gradient directional signals Lawrence T. Hagen, Mark A. Bren, Randall W. Roberts, Timothy S. Peterson 2010-10-26 $3,167,000
7787647 Portable system for programming hearing aids Lawrence T. Hagen, James R. Newton, Garry Richardson 2010-08-31 $3,421,000
7697705 High fidelity digital hearing aid and methods of programming and operating same Mead C. Killion, John S. French, Steven Viranyi, Timothy S. Monroe, Norman P. Matzen +1 more 2010-04-13
7451256 Portable system for programming hearing aids Lawrence T. Hagen 2008-11-11 $1,653,000
7403629 Disposable modular hearing aid John G. Aceti, Marvin Allan Leedom, Frederick J. Fritz, Derek Mahoney, John Margicin +2 more 2008-07-22 $24,921,000
7369669 Diotic presentation of second-order gradient directional hearing aid signals Lawrence T. Hagen, Mark A. Bren, Randall W. Roberts, Timothy S. Peterson 2008-05-06 $1,255,000
7324652 Hearing aid having a supply source providing multiple supply voltages Mike Sacha 2008-01-29
7221768 Hearing aid with large diaphragm microphone element including a printed circuit board Walter P. Sjursen, Marvin Allan Leedom, Derek Mahoney, John Margicin, Frederick J. Fritz +2 more 2007-05-22 $24,681,000
7113611 Disposable modular hearing aid Marvin Allan Leedom, Derek Mahoney, John Margicin, Sam Meytus, Reuben Zielinski +3 more 2006-09-26 $15,369,000
7010136 Resonant response matching circuit for hearing aid Randall W. Roberts, Mark A. Bren 2006-03-07 $1,749,000
7003127 Hearing aid with large diaphragm microphone element including a printed circuit board Walter P. Sjursen, Derek Mahoney, John Margicin, Frederick J. Fritz, John G. Aceti +1 more 2006-02-21 $10,369,000
6895345 Portable hearing-related analysis system Gordon J. Bye, Jeffrey C. Erdahl 2005-05-17 $941,000
6888948 Portable system programming hearing aids Lawrence T. Hagen 2005-05-03 $925,000
6647345 Portable hearing-related analysis system Gordon J. Bye, Jeffrey C. Erdahl 2003-11-11 $2,657,000
6442279 Acoustic conditioner Robert L. Millier, Lawrence T. Hagen, Ning Shen 2002-08-27 $3,113,000
6424722 Portable system for programming hearing aids Lawrence T. Hagen 2002-07-23 $3,822,000
6389142 In-the-ear hearing aid with directional microphone system Lawrence T. Hagen 2002-05-14 $7,837,000