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Paul Bates — 99 Patents

SOSonos: 96 patents #10 of 446Top 3%
Midland School, CA: #11 of 439 inventorsTop 3%
California: #2,309 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #14,805 of 4,157,543Top 1%
99 Patents All Time
Paul Bates has been granted 99 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sonos. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in December 2025. Paul Bates ranks #14,805 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.36%). Patent records list Paul Bates in Midland School, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 99 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12513360 Audio content playback management Abhishek Kumar 2025-12-30
12505157 Music discovery 2025-12-23
12476718 Playback device media item replacement Steven Beckhardt, Jonathon Reilly 2025-11-18
12360734 Systems and methods for voice-assisted media content selection Sherwin Liu 2025-07-15
12334078 Voice control of playback devices 2025-06-17
12316885 Temporary configuration of a media playback system 2025-05-27
12283269 Intent inference in audiovisual communication sessions 2025-04-22
12242769 Room association based on name Dayn Wilberding, Chris Bierbower, Mish Fabok, J D Hooge, Tristan Wood +2 more 2025-03-04
12192713 Voice control of a media playback system Jonathan P. Lang, Mark Plagge, Simon Jarvis, Romi Kadri, Yean-Nian W. Chen +4 more 2025-01-07
12135865 Multi-household support Joni Rafalski Hoadley, Lee Keyser-Allen 2024-11-05 $7,371,000
12067049 Music discovery 2024-08-20 $6,336,000
12047752 Content mixing Simon Jarvis, Romi Kadri, Luis Vega-Zayas 2024-07-23 $1,983,000
12045453 Lock screen media playback control 2024-07-23 $1,983,000
12045452 Playback modification based on proximity Luis Vega, Jason Kendall 2024-07-23 $1,983,000
11907610 Guess access to a media playback system Lee Keyser-Allen, Jonathan P. Lang, Diane Roberts, Nicholas A. J. Millington 2024-02-20 $3,513,000
11893306 Audio content auditioning by playback device Abhishek Kumar, Jonathan P. Lang 2024-02-06 $4,185,000
11877015 Temporary configuration of a media playback system 2024-01-16 $10,673,000
11829590 Multi-household support Joni Rafalski Hoadley, Lee Keyser-Allen 2023-11-28 $2,547,000
11825152 Associating playback devices with playback queues Luis Vega-Zayas, Kristen Johansen, Abhishek Kumar 2023-11-21 $2,741,000
11798553 Voice assistant persistence across multiple network microphone devices Connor Kristopher Smith 2023-10-24 $1,369,000
11797263 Systems and methods for voice-assisted media content selection Sherwin Liu 2023-10-24 $1,369,000
11790920 Guest access for voice control of playback devices 2023-10-17 $2,043,000
11775160 Location based playback system control 2023-10-03 $1,709,000
11740854 Playing media content in response to detecting items having corresponding media content associated therewith Jeffrey Torgerson, Matt Welch, Sanford William Spivey, Ryan Taylor 2023-08-29 $2,111,000
11736860 Voice control of a media playback system Jonathan P. Lang, Mark Plagge, Simon Jarvis, Romi Kadri, Yean-Nian W. Chen +4 more 2023-08-22 $2,426,000