Inventor · Beer, GB

John Usher

136Patents
26h-index
19Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 20, 1975 → Dec 27, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5071258A Thermocouple assembly Physics 485 Expired
US7756281B2 Method of modifying audio content Electricity 93 Active
US8611560B2 Method and device for voice operated control Electricity 65 Active
US8199919B2 Earhealth monitoring system and method II Physics 63 Active
US6139180A Method and system for testing the accuracy of a thermocouple probe used to measure the temperature of molten steel Physics 57 Expired
US8208644B2 Earhealth monitoring system and method III Physics 50 Active
US8081780B2 Method and device for acoustic management control of multiple microphones Electricity 48 Active
US8194864B2 Earhealth monitoring system and method I Physics 44 Active
US9781530B2 Acoustic sealing analysis system Electricity 40 Active
US8600067B2 Acoustic sealing analysis system Electricity 39 Active
US9757069B2 SPL dose data logger system Electricity 37 Active
US9113267B2 Acoustic sealing analysis system Electricity 37 Active
US10012529B2 Earhealth monitoring system and method II Physics 37 Active
US10190904B2 Earhealth monitoring system and method II Physics 37 Active
US8917880B2 Earhealth monitoring system and method I Physics 37 Active
US8254591B2 Method and device for audio recording Electricity 35 Active
US8855343B2 Method and device to maintain audio content level reproduction Electricity 34 Active
US8625819B2 Method and device for voice operated control Physics 34 Active
US8718305B2 Method and device for background mitigation Electricity 31 Active
US8917894B2 Method and device for acute sound detection and reproduction Electricity 30 Active
US8577062B2 Device and method for controlling operation of an earpiece based on voice activity in the presence of audio content Electricity 30 Active
US9191740B2 Method and apparatus for in-ear canal sound suppression Electricity 29 Active
US9491542B2 Automatic sound pass-through method and system for earphones Electricity 29 Active
US8319620B2 Ambient situation awareness system and method for vehicles Physics 26 Active
US8194865B2 Method and device for sound detection and audio control Electricity 26 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.