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S1Array microphone assembly
Granted 4 Jan 2022 · no office action yet
Current assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. · originally Shure Acquisition Holdings Inc
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Inventors: Gregory William Lantz, John Matthew Miller, Elizabeth Ahra Cho · Examiner: Paula Allen Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900
Application
29/711,242
filed 29 Oct 2019
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US D940116
granted 4 Jan 2022
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Description
1 parts›FIG. 1 is a front, top, right perspective…
FIG. 1 is a front, top, right perspective view of an array microphone assembly, showing the new design;
FIG. 2 is a rear, bottom, left perspective thereof;
FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a front view thereof; and,
FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof.
The broken lines of even length shown in the drawings illustrate portions of the array microphone assembly that form no part of the claimed design.
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Claims
1 · 1 independent · depth 11 granted claims
›1.independentThe ornamental design for an array microphone assembly, as shown and described.
Classifications
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D14/225D14/229D14/209
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›IP5 & PCT — 28 members
| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US-2016323668-A1 | A1 | 3 Nov 2016 | 30 Apr 2015 | published | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| US | US-9565493-B2 | B2 | 7 Feb 2017 | 30 Apr 2015 | granted | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| US | US-2018338205-A1 | A1 | 22 Nov 2018 | 6 Dec 2017 | published | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| US | US-D865723-S | S1 | 5 Nov 2019 | 6 Aug 2019 | granted | Array microphone assembly |
| US | US-2020288237-A1 | A1 | 10 Sep 2020 | 10 Oct 2019 | published | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| USthis patent | US-D940116-S | S1 | 4 Jan 2022 | 29 Oct 2019 | granted | Array microphone assembly |
| US | US-11310592-B2 | B2 | 19 Apr 2022 | 10 Oct 2019 | granted | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| US | US-2022369028-A1 | A1 | 17 Nov 2022 | 29 Mar 2022 | published | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| US | US-11832053-B2 | B2 | 28 Nov 2023 | 29 Mar 2022 | granted | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| US | US-2024187786-A1 | A1 | 6 Jun 2024 | 12 Oct 2023 | published | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| US | US-12262174-B2 | B2 | 25 Mar 2025 | 12 Oct 2023 | granted | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| US | US-2025234127-A1 | A1 | 17 Jul 2025 | 15 Jan 2025 | published | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| EP | EP-3289777-A2 | A2 | 7 Mar 2018 | 28 Apr 2016 | published | Array-mikrofonsystem und verfahren zu dessen montagede |
| EP | EP-3289777-B1 | B1 | 26 Jun 2024 | 28 Apr 2016 | granted | Array-mikrofonsystem und verfahren zu dessen montagede |
| EP | EP-4395365-A2 | A2 | 3 Jul 2024 | 28 Apr 2016 | published | Array-mikrofonsystem und verfahren zur montage davonde |
| EP | EP-4395365-A3 | A3 | 25 Sep 2024 | 28 Apr 2016 | published | Array-mikrofonsystem und verfahren zur montage davonde |
| JP | JP-2018515028-A | A | 7 Jun 2018 | 28 Apr 2016 | published | アレイマイクシステム、及びアレイマイクシステムの組み立て方法ja |
| JP | JP-2022003821-A | A | 11 Jan 2022 | 1 Oct 2021 | published | Array microphone system and assembly method thereof |
| JP | JP-7098328-B2 | B2 | 11 Jul 2022 | 28 Apr 2016 | granted | アレイマイクシステム、及びアレイマイクシステムの組み立て方法ja |
| JP | JP-2024026449-A | A | 28 Feb 2024 | 21 Dec 2023 | published | アレイマイクシステム、及びアレイマイクシステムの組み立て方法ja |
| JP | JP-7615293-B2 | B2 | 16 Jan 2025 | 21 Dec 2023 | granted | アレイマイクシステム、及びアレイマイクシステムの組み立て方法ja |
| KR | KR-20170141760-A | A | 26 Dec 2017 | 28 Apr 2016 | published | 어레이 마이크로폰 시스템 및 이를 조립하는 방법ko |
| KR | KR-102458129-B1 | B1 | 21 Oct 2022 | 28 Apr 2016 | granted | 어레이 마이크로폰 시스템 및 이를 조립하는 방법ko |
| CN | CN-107750464-A | A | 2 Mar 2018 | 28 Apr 2016 | published | 阵列式麦克风系统及其组装方法zh |
| CN | CN-107750464-B | B | 7 Feb 2020 | 28 Apr 2016 | granted | Array microphone system and assembling method thereof |
| CN | CN-111263265-A | A | 9 Jun 2020 | 28 Apr 2016 | published | Microphone assembly |
| WO | WO-2016176429-A2 | A2 | 3 Nov 2016 | 28 Apr 2016 | published | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| WO | WO-2016176429-A3 | A3 | 5 Jan 2017 | 28 Apr 2016 | published | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
›Other offices — 17 members
| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU | AU-2016254056-A1 | A1 | 23 Nov 2017 | 28 Apr 2016 | published | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| AU | AU-2016254056-B2 | B2 | 12 Mar 2020 | 28 Apr 2016 | granted | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| AU | AU-2020203905-A1 | A1 | 2 Jul 2020 | 12 Jun 2020 | published | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| AU | AU-2020203905-B2 | B2 | 27 Jan 2022 | 12 Jun 2020 | granted | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| AU | AU-2022202279-A1 | A1 | 28 Apr 2022 | 5 Apr 2022 | published | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| AU | AU-2016254056-C1 | C1 | 12 May 2022 | 28 Apr 2016 | granted | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| AU | AU-2022202279-B2 | B2 | 7 Dec 2023 | 5 Apr 2022 | granted | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| AU | AU-2024201226-A1 | A1 | 14 Mar 2024 | 23 Feb 2024 | published | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| AU | AU-2024201226-B2 | B2 | 14 Aug 2025 | 23 Feb 2024 | granted | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| AU | AU-2025267419-A1 | A1 | 4 Dec 2025 | 13 Nov 2025 | published | Array Microphone System and Method of Assembling the same |
| CA | CA-2984269-A1 | A1 | 3 Nov 2016 | 28 Apr 2016 | published | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| CA | CA-2984269-C | C | 28 May 2024 | 28 Apr 2016 | granted | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| HK | HK-1251109-A1 | A1 | 18 Jan 2019 | 28 Apr 2016 | published | Array microphone system and method of assembling the same |
| TW | TW-201707473-A | A | 16 Feb 2017 | 29 Apr 2016 | published | 陣列式麥克風系統及其組裝方法zh |
| TW | TW-I751109-B | B | 1 Jan 2022 | 29 Apr 2016 | granted | 陣列式麥克風系統及其組裝方法zh |
| TW | TW-202214005-A | A | 1 Apr 2022 | 29 Apr 2016 | published | Microphone assembly |
| TW | TW-I764854-B | B | 11 May 2022 | 29 Apr 2016 | granted | Microphone assembly |
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