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Chris Bierbower — 20 Patents

SOSonos: 20 patents #58 of 446Top 15%
Midland School, CA: #110 of 439 inventorsTop 30%
California: #29,208 of 386,348 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Chris Bierbower has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sonos. The first was granted in 2017 and the most recent in June 2025. Chris Bierbower ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Chris Bierbower in Midland School, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2017 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2019.peak 42017: 2 patents20172018: 2 patents20182019: 4 patents20192020: 4 patents20202022: 1 patents20222023: 4 patents20232024: 1 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12321665 Volume limit Nicholas Maniskas 2025-06-03
12242769 Room association based on name Dayn Wilberding, Mish Fabok, J D Hooge, Tristan Wood, Chip Truex +2 more 2025-03-04
12093602 Information display regarding playback queue subscriptions Philippe Vossel 2024-09-17 $1,316,000
11822853 Information display regarding playback queue subscriptions Philippe Vossel 2023-11-21 $2,741,000
11809776 Volume limit Nicholas Maniskas 2023-11-07 $857,000
11698769 Information display regarding playback queue subscriptions Philippe Vossel 2023-07-11 $3,534,000
11681281 Playback device control Neil Griffiths, Matt Nelson, Paul Kafadar 2023-06-20 $5,800,000
11481182 Room association based on name Dayn Wilberding, Mish Fabok, Jake Szymanski, JD Hooge, Tristan Wood +3 more 2022-10-25
10877469 Playback device control Neil Griffiths, Matt Nelson, Paul Kafadar 2020-12-29
10817254 Volume limit Nicholas Maniskas 2020-10-27
10795636 Information display regarding playback queue subscriptions Philippe Vossel 2020-10-06
10712997 Room association based on name Dayn Wilberding, Mish Fabok, Jake Szymanski, JD Hooge, Tristan Wood +3 more 2020-07-14
10386830 Playback device with capacitive sensors Neil Griffiths, Matt Nelson, Paul Kafadar 2019-08-20
10324680 Information display regarding playback queue subscriptions Philippe Vossel 2019-06-18 $3,490,000
10303429 Volume limit Nicholas Maniskas 2019-05-28 $1,826,000
10241504 Playback device control Neil Griffiths, Matt Nelson, Paul Kafadar 2019-03-26 $5,510,000
9940095 Volume limit Nicholas Maniskas 2018-04-10
9891880 Information display regarding playback queue subscriptions Philippe Vossel 2018-02-13
9678708 Volume limit Nicholas Maniskas 2017-06-13
9671780 Playback device control Neil Griffiths, Matt Nelson, Paul Kafadar 2017-06-06