Tag: Patents Rock

Rockin’ Patent Application: GB Patent Application No. 0101400.0 Priority Date: 20 January 2000 In the name of: Amina Technologies Title: Combined Loudspeaker and Display Panel What’s claimed: “Display apparatus comprising: a flat panel loudspeaker comprising an acoustic radiator and a transducer positioned to excite bending waves in the acoustic radiator in order to radiate sound; and a visual display board for displaying graphic information, (e.g. text or a picture); wherein the visual display board is, in use, positioned in front of the acoustic radiator, thereby shielding it from view when the visual display board is being viewed.” Why this patent rocks:This rockin’ patent application relates to a […]

Rockin’ Registered Design: EU Registered Design No. 003120294-0001 Filed: 10 May 2016 In the name of: Akoustic Arts Indication of Product: Speaker Boxes Why this registered design rocks: This registered design relates to the visual appearance of a speaker box. The design appears to relate to Akoustic Arts’ uni-directional “A” speaker – see here. Various different views of the speaker box are shown at the link above. If you’re a patent-savvy music tech business looking for patent help, get in touch with Russell IP here! The information above is for general interest and information only and does not constitute legal advice.

Rockin’ Registered Design: EU Registered Design No. 002234419-0001 Filed: 8 May 2013 In the name of: PromAction B.V. Indication of Product: Clothing accessories, maracas Why this registered design rocks: This registered design appears to relate to a pair of maracas that can be worn on the wrists/forearms of a player. Note the use of dotted lines to illustrate the player. Dotted lines can be used to suggest the context of a registered design, while not forming a claimed part of the registered design themselves. If you’re a patent-savvy music tech business looking for patent help, get in touch with Russell IP here! The information above is for general interest and information only and […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 9,351,065 Priority Date: 27 January 2014 In the name of: Ningbo Freewings Technologies Co. Title: Loudspeaker Enclosure System Having Detachable Wireless Headphones and Control Method Thereof What’s claimed: “A loudspeaker enclosure system having detachable wireless headphones, comprising a loudspeaker enclosure, wherein the loudspeaker enclosure comprises an audio signal input interface, a second audio power amplifier, and loudspeakers, and further comprising wireless headphones, wherein the wireless headphones comprise a wireless receiving module, a first controller, a first audio power amplifier, a first audio switch, wireless headphone speakers, a filter and voltage regulating circuit, and a first connector, wherein the wireless receiving module, […]

Rockin’ (Design) Patent: US Design Patent No. D768,955 Filed: 22 January 2015 In the name of: Gibson Brands Inc. Title: Headphone Amplifier What’s Claimed: “The ornamental design for a headphone amplifier, as shown and described.” Why this (design) patent rocks: Unlike utility patents, design patents (also called “registered designs”) protect the way all or part of a product looks rather than how it works. This is why the claim here refers to the “ornamental design” for the headphone amplifier“as shown”. This design patent seems to relate to Neat Microphones’ Beehive product which is discussed here.   If you’re a patent-savvy music tech business looking for patent […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 9,138,178 Priority Date: 5 August 2010 In the name of: ACE Communications Limited Title: Method and System for Self-Managed Sound Enhancement What’s claimed:“A system for enhancing an individual’s hearing experience comprising: a component for capturing and storing audio hearing characteristics of the individual, including a minimum audible loudness level and a threshold uncomfortable loudness level for at least one audiometric frequency; a component for analyzing the individual’s audio hearing characteristics to generate an individualized audiological profile; a component for storing the individualized audiological profile; a component for accessing said audiological profile from said storing component; a component for determining from […]

Rockin’ (Design) Patent: US Design Patent No. D745,494 S Filed: 29 December 2014 In the name of: Gibson Brands Inc. Title: Microphone What’s Claimed: “The ornamental design for a microphone, as shown and described.” Why this (design) patent rocks: Unlike utility patents, design patents (also called “registered designs”) protect the way all or part of a product looks rather than how it works. This is why the claim here refers to the “ornamental design” for the microphone “as shown”. This design patent seems to relate to Neat Microphones’ Beecaster product.   If you’re a patent-savvy music tech business looking for patent help, get in touch with Russell […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 8,735,703 Filed: 21 May 2010 In the name of: Dion Dublin Title: Percussion Instrument What’s claimed: “A percussion instrument in the form of a drum being a parallelepiped in shape and, further comprising four live striking faces, and two dead faces, which are not for striking, wherein each striking face has a different percussive property and wherein the striking face and the dead faces together comprise substantially the entire outer surface area of the percussion instrument.” Why this patent rocks: the inventor is the famous English football (soccer) player Dion Dublin.   If you’re a patent-savvy music tech business looking for […]

Rockin’ Patent®: US Patent No. 2,508,831 Filed: 6 May 1947 In the name of: Samuel V. Lippman Title: Musical Toy What’s claimed: “An air-trapping, compressing and air expelling device for projecting and directing air streams into a user’s open mouth comprising, in combination, a unit in the form of a hand-sized concavo-convex body, said body having a marginally arranged restricted air discharge orifice, and an air-trapping cover unit including a compressing and expelling member of such a size and shape that its marginal edge portions make air-tight contact with corresponding marginal edge portions of said body when superposed upon the concave side thereof so […]

Rockin’ Registered Design: Registered Community Design No. 002713990-0001 Filed: 5 June 2015 In the name of: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. Indication of Product: Microphones (part of -) Why this registered design rocks: This registered design relates to the visual appearance of (part of) a microphone. This design itself appears to relate to Shure’s MV5 digital condenser mic (see here). Note the use of broken lines. Although there isn’t a universal agreement on how dotted (or ‘broken’) lines in registered design drawings should be interpreted, they are typically understood to show parts of the design for which protection isn’t sought; elements shown using solid lines are the parts for which […]