Inventor · Elk Grove Village, IL, US

Mead C. Killion

102Patents
32h-index
64Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 30, 1976 → Oct 5, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5524056A Hearing aid having plural microphones and a microphone switching system Electricity 211 Expired
US4689819A Class D hearing aid amplifier Electricity 162 Expired
US4592087A Class D hearing aid amplifier Electricity 139 Expired
US5113967A Audibility earplug Human Necessities 109 Expired
US4677675A Response-modifying acoustic couplers for hearing aids Electricity 98 Expired
US5878147A Directional microphone assembly Electricity 84 Expired
US6327370A Hearing aid having plural microphones and a microphone switching system Electricity 81 Expired
US6101258A Hearing aid having plural microphones and a microphone switching system Electricity 76 Expired
US6151399A Directional microphone system providing for ease of assembly and disassembly Electricity 74 Expired
US5577511A Occlusion meter and associated method for measuring the occlusion of an occluding object in the ear canal of a subject Electricity 71 Expired
US6009311A Method and apparatus for reducing audio interference from cellular telephone transmissions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 69 Expired
US4677679A Insert earphones for audiometry Electricity 68 Expired
US8715152B2 Optical electro-mechanical hearing devices with separate power and signal components Electricity 66 Active
US7881486B1 Directional microphone assembly Electricity 58 Expired
US4450930A Microphone with stepped response Electricity 55 Expired
US5623550A Battery power supply circuit which supplies correct power polarity irrespective of battery orientation Electricity 53 Expired
USD535644S1 High-fidelity noise-excluding earphones with ergonomically designed construction General 52 Expired
US8460816B2 Rechargeable battery assemblies and methods of constructing rechargeable battery assemblies Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Active
US7206426B1 Multi-coil coupling system for hearing aid applications Electricity 45 Expired
US4852683A Earplug with improved audibility Human Necessities 44 Expired
US5966639A System and method for enhancing speech intelligibility utilizing wireless communication Electricity 43 Expired
US9591409B2 Optical electro-mechanical hearing devices with separate power and signal components Electricity 42 Active
US6075869A Directional microphone assembly Electricity 38 Expired
US8649540B2 Electronic earplug Electricity 36 Active
US4063050A Acoustic transducer with improved electret assembly Electricity 36 Expired

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