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Nicholas D'Amato — 17 Patents

SOSonos: 15 patents #81 of 446Top 20%
Midland School, CA: #123 of 439 inventorsTop 30%
California: #35,467 of 386,348 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Nicholas D'Amato has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sonos. The first was granted in 2020 and the most recent in December 2025. Nicholas D'Amato ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Nicholas D'Amato in Midland School, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2020 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2025.peak 62020: 1 patents20202021: 2 patents20212022: 1 patents20222023: 3 patents20232024: 4 patents20242025: 6 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12506907 Techniques for dynamic routing 2025-12-23
12470871 Audio-based and video-based social experiences in a networked media playback system James Andrew Nesfield, Dayna Bateman, Klaus Hartung, Seth Kaplan 2025-11-11
12411652 Capacitive touch sensor with integrated antenna(s) for playback devices Niels Van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo 2025-09-09
12395700 Adaptive media playback experiences for commercial environments Ryan Taylor, Andrew Kwatinetz, Benjamin M. Rappoport, Russell Dougherty, Dayn Wilberding 2025-08-19
12382125 Playback of synthetic media content via multiple devices Dayn Wilberding, Aurelio Ramos, Daniel Jones, Steven Beckhardt, Gregory McAllister 2025-08-05
12231479 Ad-hoc playback group creation and operation 2025-02-18
12164831 Playlist generation based on a desired mental state Phoebe K. Piercy 2024-12-10 $1,107,000
12081953 Passive speaker authentication Benjamin M. Rappoport, Dayn Wilberding, Timothy Sheen, Andrea Testa, Nash Reilly +1 more 2024-09-03 $7,081,000
11985376 Playback of generative media content Dayn Wilberding, Aurelio Ramos, Daniel Jones, Steven Beckhardt, Gregory McAllister 2024-05-14 $4,913,000
11916991 Hybrid sniffing and rebroadcast for Bluetooth mesh networks 2024-02-27 $8,448,000
11818427 Adaptive media playback experiences for commercial environments Ryan Taylor, Andrew Kwatinetz, Benjamin M. Rappoport, Russell Dougherty, Dayn Wilberding 2023-11-14 $1,486,000
11762624 Capacitive touch sensor with integrated antenna(s) for playback devices Niels Van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo 2023-09-19 $4,183,000
11709649 Playlist generation based on a desired mental state Phoebe K. Piercy 2023-07-25 $8,321,000
11405439 Hybrid sniffing and rebroadcast for Bluetooth networks 2022-08-02
11137975 Mood detection and/or influence via audio playback devices Phoebe K. Piercy 2021-10-05
11038937 Hybrid sniffing and rebroadcast for Bluetooth networks 2021-06-15
10754614 Mood detection and/or influence via audio playback devices Phoebe K. Piercy 2020-08-25