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Paul MacLean — 27 Patents

SOSonos: 21 patents #55 of 446Top 15%
HOHologic: 4 patents #134 of 450Top 30%
Quincy, MA: #16 of 530 inventorsTop 4%
Massachusetts: #3,752 of 88,656 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
Paul MacLean has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sonos. The first was granted in 2017 and the most recent in December 2025. Paul MacLean ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list Paul MacLean in Quincy, MA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2017 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2024.peak 62017: 2 patents20172018: 2 patents20182019: 1 patents20192020: 2 patents20202021: 1 patents20212022: 3 patents20222023: 4 patents20232024: 6 patents20242025: 6 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12490041 Sum-difference arrays for audio playback devices Hilmar Lehnert 2025-12-02
12451149 Multichannel playback devices and associated systems and methods Richard B. Jackson, Hilmar Lehnert, Christopher Lee DAVIES, Roberto Maria Dizon 2025-10-21
12323760 Acoustic waveguides for multi-channel playback devices Tristan Edward Taylor, Wulin Xia, Daniel Brim 2025-06-03
12309572 Systems and methods of spatial audio playback with enhanced immersiveness 2025-05-20
12250528 Array augmentation for audio playback devices Hilmar Lehnert, Chris Davies 2025-03-11
12238493 Audio signal limiter Aurelio Ramos 2025-02-25
12143785 Systems and methods of distributing and playing back low-frequency audio content Chris Davies, Roberto Maria Dizon 2024-11-12 $1,993,000
12120496 Playback devices having enhanced spider coupling portions Anthony Ferraro 2024-10-15 $3,869,000
11974106 Array augmentation for audio playback devices Hilmar Lehnert, Chris Davies 2024-04-30 $5,776,000
11962994 Sum-difference arrays for audio playback devices Hilmar Lehnert 2024-04-16 $3,848,000
11922955 Multichannel playback devices and associated systems and methods Richard Jackson, Hilmar Lehnert, Chris Davies, Roberto Maria Dizon 2024-03-05 $12,679,000
11924605 Acoustic waveguides for multi-channel playback devices Tristan Edward Taylor, Wulin Xia, Daniel Brim 2024-03-05 $12,679,000
11818565 Systems and methods of spatial audio playback with enhanced immersiveness 2023-11-14 $1,486,000
11812241 Audio signal limiter Aurelio Ramos 2023-11-07 $857,000
11719607 Method of partial lysis and assay Anthony P. Shuber, Steven Hecht, Erin Coffman, Howard B. Kaufman 2023-08-08 $43,692,000
11627426 Systems and methods of spatial audio playback with enhanced immersiveness 2023-04-11 $9,543,000
11528574 Sum-difference arrays for audio playback devices Hilmar Lehnert 2022-12-13
11528555 Acoustic waveguides for multi-channel playback devices Tristan Edward Taylor, Wulin Xia, Daniel Brim 2022-12-13
11297433 Limiter for bass enhancement Aurelio Ramos 2022-04-05
11212635 Systems and methods of spatial audio playback with enhanced immersiveness 2021-12-28
10859475 Method of partial lysis and assay Anthony P. Shuber, Steven Hecht, Erin Coffman, Howard B. Kaufman 2020-12-08 $81,409,000
10798486 Limiter for bass enhancement Aurelio Ramos 2020-10-06
10508977 Wash solution and method to remediate lubricant contamination Erin Coffman, Steven Hecht 2019-12-17 $56,391,000
10123118 Limiter for bass enhancement Aurelio Ramos 2018-11-06 $5,766,000
9860644 Limiter for bass enhancement Aurelio Ramos 2018-01-02