Inventor
James M. Kates
Inventor
Niwot, CO, US
Overview
Patents· 28 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
H04Rprimary
H04RLoudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers55%
H03GControl of amplification19%
G10HElectrophonic musical instruments9%
G10LSpeech analysis techniques or speech synthesis9%
A61BDiagnosis4%
G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer2%
H04BTransmission2%
PatentTitleYear
8,948,428'Hearing aid with histogram based sound environment classification'20158,913,768'Hearing aid with improved compression'20148,755,545'Stability and speech audibility improvements in hearing devices'20148,494,199'Stability improvements in hearing aids'20138,036,404'Binaural signal enhancement system'20118,019,103'Hearing aid with suppression of wind noise'20118,019,105'Hearing aid with adaptive compressor time constants'20118,014,549'Dynamic range compression using digital frequency warping'20117,630,507'Binaural compression system'20097,343,022'Spectral enhancement using digital frequency warping'20087,330,556'Binaural signal enhancement system'20087,277,554'Dynamic range compression using digital frequency warping'20077,058,182'Apparatus and methods for hearing aid performance measurement, fitting, and initialization'20066,980,665'Spectral enhancement using digital frequency warping'20056,831,986'Feedback cancellation in a hearing aid with reduced sensitivity to low-frequency tonal inputs'20046,792,114'Integrated hearing aid performance measurement and initialization system'20046,498,858'Feedback cancellation improvements'20026,434,247'Feedback cancellation apparatus and methods utilizing adaptive reference filter mechanisms'20026,434,246'Apparatus and methods for combining audio compression and feedback cancellation in a hearing aid'20026,219,427'Feedback cancellation improvements'20016,072,884'Feedback cancellation apparatus and methods'20004,852,175'Hearing aid signal-processing system'19894,468,804'Speech enhancement techniques'19844,454,609'Speech intelligibility enhancement'19844,434,482'Tone arm pick up system'19844,243,840'Loudspeaker system'19814,130,727'Loudspeaker equalization'19784,130,726'Loudspeaker system equalization'1978Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1978Patents assigned to TELEDYNE INC (2)· patent assignee history
1978Based in Norfolk, MA, US· patent location history
1981–1984Patents assigned to TELEDYNE IND (2)· patent assignee history
1981–1984Based in Andover, MA, US· patent location history
1984Patents assigned to SIGNATRON (2)· patent assignee history
1989Based in Westfield, NJ, US· patent location history
2000–2015Based in Niwot, CO, US· patent location history
2001–2015Patents assigned to GN RESOUND AS (19)· patent assignee history
2013–2015Patents assigned to KATES JAMES MITCHELL (3)· patent assignee history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| GN RESOUND AS | 19 | 2001–2015 |
| KATES JAMES MITCHELLself | 3 | 2013–2015 |
| SIGNATRON | 2 | 1984 |
| TELEDYNE INC | 2 | 1978 |
| TELEDYNE IND | 2 | 1981–1984 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Niwot, CO, US | 21 | 2000–2015 |
| Andover, Massachusetts, US | 4 | 1981–1984 |
| Norfolk, Massachusetts, US | 2 | 1978 |
| Westfield, New Jersey, US | 1 | 1989 |