Listening is hard and earbuds can be uncomfortable. Sometimes you just need a break, which is what Angela Murphy’s patent #US 12408777 B2 (Earbud accomodating pillow device) aims to afford device wearers.
The September 2025 patent list
| Description | Patent Number | Assignee or Applicant | Issued |
| Wearable earpiece oxygen monitor | 12402844 | Oxiwear Inc (Arlington, VA) | 9/02/2025 |
| Electronic collaboration and communication method and system to facilitate communication with hearing or speech impaired participants | 12406652 | Mitel Networks Inc (Ottawa, CA) | 9/02/2025 |
| Ear-wearable electronic device including multi-function removal handle | US 12407971 B2 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 9/02/2025 |
| Auditory augmented reality using selective noise cancellation | 12407972 | Harman International Industries Inc (Stamford, CT) international | 9/02/2025 |
| Fully customizable ear worn devices and associated development platform | 12407984 | Sonical Sound Solutions (San Mateo, CA) | 9/02/2025 |
| Set of hearing devices with mutual setting backup data | US 12407991 B2 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 9/02/2025 |
| Adaptive binaural filtering for listening system using remote signal sources and on-ear microphones | 12407993 | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL) | 9/02/2025 |
| Hearing aid for placement at an ear of a user | US 12407994 B2 | Oticon Medical A/S (Smorum, DK) | 9/02/2025 |
| Earbud accomodating pillow device | 12408777 | Murphy, Angela (Conroe, TX) | 9/09/2025 |
| Earphone | 12411044 | Harman International Industries Inc (Stamford, CT) Int’l | 9/09/2025 |
| Wearable interactive audio device | 12413880 | Apple Inc (Cupertino, CA) | 9/09/2025 |
| Wearable audio device with modular component attachment | 12413888 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 9/09/2025 |
| Deformable ear tips and wearable device including same | 12413893 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (Suwon-si, KR) | 9/09/2025 |
| Apparatus and method for speech enhancement and feedback cancellation using a neural network | US 12413916 B2 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 9/09/2025 |
| Hearing device with decoupler | US 12413918 B2 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 9/09/2025 |
| Wax protection for in-canal hearing device | US 12413919 B2 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 9/09/2025 |
| System and method to perform in-ear noise dosimetry and personal attenuation rating under an electro-acoustic earplug while excluding wearer-induced disturbances and separating exposure sources | 12413920 | Ecole De Technologie Superieure (Montreal, CA) | 9/09/2025 |
| Sensor management for wireless devices | 12413921 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 9/09/2025 |
| Earbud pattern | US D1092433 | Stealth Labs Inc (NA) | 9/09/2025 |
| System and methods for detecting a copy of a deep neural network in a hearing device | US 12417285 B2 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 9/16/2025 |
| Hearing device or system comprising a user identification unit | US 12417771 B2 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 9/16/2025 |
| Hearing device chargers | US 12418188 B2 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 9/16/2025 |
| Latency-based primary bud role swap | 12418740 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 9/16/2025 |
| Hearing device and method to provide such a hearing device | 12418741 | Sonion Nederland BV (Hoofddorp, NL) | 9/16/2025 |
| Hearing aid system comprising a sound source localization estimator | US 12418754 B2 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 9/16/2025 |
| Hearing aid and method of performing bit error concealment | US 12418755 B2 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 9/16/2025 |
| System and method for enhancing speech of target speaker from audio signal in an ear-worn device using voice signatures | 12418756 | Chromatic Inc (New York, NY) | 9/16/2025 |
| Hearing aid proximity detection and action to optimize a call | 12418757 | Sony Group Corporation (Tokyo, JP) | 9/16/2025 |
| Programming of cochlear implant accessories | 12418758 | Envoy Medical Corporation (White Bear Lake, MN) | 9/16/2025 |
| Hearing device having a shell that includes a compressible region and methods of manufacturing the same | US 12418759 B2 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 9/16/2025 |
| External ear canal pressure regulation system | 12419786 | Nocira LLC (Tempe, AZ) | 9/23/2025 |
| Electrode arrays and cochlear implants including the same | US 12420096 B2 | Advanced Bionics AG (Staefa, CH) | 9/23/2025 |
| Multipole magnet for medical implant system | 12420101 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 9/23/2025 |
| Neural network chip for ear-worn device | 12423558 | Chromatic Inc (New York, NY) | 9/23/2025 |
| Speech recognition hearing device with multiple supportive detection inputs | 12424204 | GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK) | 9/23/2025 |
| Uplink management for true wireless earbuds | 12425171 | Google LLC (Mountain View, CA) | 9/23/2025 |
| Synchronizing bluetooth data capture to data playback | 12425684 | Bose Corporation (Framingham, MA) | 9/23/2025 |
| Methods and user interfaces for auditory features | 12425695 | Apple Inc (Cupertino, CA) | 9/23/2025 |
| Wireless earbud charging | 12425758 | Sonos Inc (Goleta, CA) | 9/23/2025 |
| Hearing aid device with functions of anti-noise and 3D sound recognition | 12425779 | Chung Yuan Christian University (Taoyuan, TW) | 9/23/2025 |
| Mobile device that provides sound enhancement for hearing device | 12425781 | Starkey Laboratories Inc (Eden Prairie, MN) | 9/23/2025 |
| Ear-worn device with neural network for noise reduction and/or spatial focusing using multiple input audio signals | 12425782 | Fortell Research Inc (New York, NY) | 9/23/2025 |
| Hearing device | 12425784 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 9/23/2025 |
| Hearing protection device, collision warning system and method of retrofitting a hearing protection device with a detection unit | 12426656 | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St Paul, MN) | 9/30/2025 |
| Earpiece and manufacturing method and customization method of the earpiece | US 12427066 B2 | Sonova AG (Staefa, CH) | 9/30/2025 |
| Mobile hearable device | 12427939 | NXP BV (Eindhoven, NL) | 9/30/2025 |
| Spatial pre-filtering in hearing prostheses | 12432504 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 9/30/2025 |
| Hearing system comprising a hearing aid and an external processing device | US 12432505 B2 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 9/30/2025 |
| Hearing aid comprising a signal processing network conditioned on auxiliary parameters | US 12432506 B2 | Oticon A/S (Smorum, DK) | 9/30/2025 |
| Electronics module and hearing instrument base module for a hearing instrument to be worn in the auditory canal, hearing instrument to be worn in the auditory canal | US 12432507 B2 | Sivantos Pte Ltd (Singapore, SG) | 9/30/2025 |
| Passive hearing implant | 12432508 | MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH (Innsbruck, AT) | 9/30/2025 |
| Objective determination of acoustic prescriptions | 12432509 | Cochlear Limited (Macquarie University, AU) | 9/30/2025 |
Holly Hosford-Dunn, PhD, owned and operated a dispensing audiology practice in Tucson and was active in management of HearingHealthMatters.org through 2017. She holds BA degrees in Communication Sciences, Psychology and Economics; MA in Communication Disorders; PhD in Hearing Sciences. Following post-doctoral work at Max Planck Institute (Munich, DE) and Eaton-Peabody Auditory Physiology Lab (Boston), she joined the Stanford medical school faculty as director of audiology. She has authored/edited numerous text books, chapters, journals, and articles and taught Marketing and Practice Management in a variety of academic settings. She continues to consult and write on topics related to hearing health care vis-à-vis consumer demands, professional training, technological advancement, capital investment, industry consolidation, regulatory control, product and service distribution, and strategic pricing.
