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Christopher Kallai — 43 Patents

SOSonos: 43 patents #27 of 446Top 7%
Midland School, CA: #49 of 439 inventorsTop 15%
California: #10,282 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #69,380 of 4,157,543Top 2%
43 Patents All Time
Christopher Kallai has been granted 43 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sonos. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in September 2025. Christopher Kallai ranks #69,380 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list Christopher Kallai in Midland School, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2013 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2017.peak 62013: 4 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 4 patents20152017: 6 patents2018: 4 patents20182019: 4 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 3 patents2022: 6 patents20222023: 2 patents2024: 4 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 43 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12407097 Position-based playback of multichannel audio Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Jonathan P. Lang, Craig Wisneski, Jonathon Reilly, Seamus Daly +1 more 2025-09-02
12248732 Playback device configuration and control Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne 2025-03-11
12176626 Position-based playback of multichannel audio Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Jonathan P. Lang, Craig Wisneski, Jonathon Reilly, Seamus Daly +1 more 2024-12-24 $1,770,000
12176625 Position-based playback of multichannel audio Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Jonathan P. Lang, Craig Wisneski, Jonathon Reilly, Seamus Daly +1 more 2024-12-24 $1,770,000
12167216 Playback device pairing Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett 2024-12-10 $1,107,000
12009602 Frequency routing based on orientation Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Jonathan P. Lang, Craig Wisneski, Jonathon Reilly, Seamus Daly +1 more 2024-06-11 $8,876,000
11853184 Adjusting a playback device Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson 2023-12-26 $11,733,000
11758327 Playback device pairing Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett 2023-09-12 $1,621,000
11540050 Playback device pairing Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett 2022-12-27
11444375 Frequency routing based on orientation Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Jonathan P. Lang, Craig Wisneski, Jonathon Reilly, Seamus Daly +1 more 2022-09-13
11429343 Stereo playback configuration and control Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne 2022-08-30
11429502 Adjusting a playback device Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson 2022-08-30
11327864 Adjusting a playback device Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson 2022-05-10
11265652 Playback device pairing Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett 2022-03-01
11082770 Multi-channel pairing in a media system Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett 2021-08-03
10966025 Playback device pairing Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett 2021-03-30
10965024 Frequency routing based on orientation Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Jonathan P. Lang, Craig Wisneski, Jonathon Reilly, Seamus Daly +1 more 2021-03-30
10720896 Intelligently modifying the gain parameter of a playback device Mike Chamness, Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson 2020-07-21
10555082 Playback device pairing Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett 2020-02-04
10448159 Playback device pairing Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett 2019-10-15
10306365 Playback device pairing Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett 2019-05-28 $1,826,000
10256536 Frequency routing based on orientation Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Jonathan P. Lang, Craig Wisneski, Jonathon Reilly, Seamus Daly +1 more 2019-04-09 $6,499,000
10228898 Identification of playback device and stereo pair names Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne 2019-03-12 $3,365,000
10136218 Playback device pairing Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson, Robert A. Lambourne, Robert Reimann, Mark Triplett 2018-11-20 $7,063,000
10063202 Intelligently modifying the gain parameter of a playback device Mike Chamness, Michael Darrell Andrew Ericson 2018-08-28