Company Analysis

ClearOne, Inc. (CLRO)

Nasdaq: CLRO · Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus · Salt Lake City, UT · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade2.6
◀ Past 2.2● Present 2.3▶ Future 3.4
4 est.

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

74 patents granted to the 4 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to ClearOne, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
74
61 utility, 13 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
2
Against 3 in 2024 and 4 in 2023
Applications published
57
2 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
its own name, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Audio-visual technology10
Computer technology4
Digital communication3
Telecommunications1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
ClearOne, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
35 granted
33 published
ClearOne Communications, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
38 granted
18 published
ClearOne, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
6 published
Gentner Communications Corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (4)
ClearOne Communications Hong Kong Limited
Most of its patents print CN; this name counts in HK. 9 granted and 6 published under it are not counted.
ClearOne Communications Hong Kong Limited
Most of its patents print CN; this name counts in HK. 0 granted and 5 published under it are not counted.
Inc.
Only generic words.
LLC.
Only generic words.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Feb 18, 202512,231,843Wideband DOA improvements for fixed and dynamic beamformersAudio-visual technologyClearOne, Inc.
Jan 21, 202512,206,485Wideband beamforming with main lobe steering and interference cancellation at multiple independent frequencies and spatial locationsTelecommunicationsClearOne, Inc.
Oct 22, 202412,126,958Ceiling tile microphoneAudio-visual technologyClearOne, Inc.
Jul 30, 202412,052,393Conferencing device with beamforming and echo cancellationComputer technologyClearOne, Inc.
Apr 2, 202411,950,050Ceiling tile microphoneAudio-visual technologyClearOne, Inc.
Nov 28, 202311,831,812Conferencing device with beamforming and echo cancellationComputer technologyClearOne, Inc.
Aug 29, 202311,743,639Ceiling-tile beamforming microphone array system with combined data-power connectionAudio-visual technologyClearOne, Inc.
Aug 29, 202311,743,638Ceiling-tile beamforming microphone array system with auto voice trackingAudio-visual technologyClearOne, Inc.
Mar 7, 202311,601,749Ceiling tile microphone systemAudio-visual technologyClearOne, Inc.
Dec 27, 202211,539,846Conferencing device with microphone beamforming and echo cancellationComputer technologyClearOne, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
May 15, 20252025/0158694Wideband Beamforming with Main Lobe Steering and Interference Cancellation at Multiple Independent Frequencies and Spatial LocationsTelecommunicationsClearOne, Inc.
Mar 13, 20252025/0088795Muting Specific Talkers Using a Beamforming Microphone ArrayComputer technologyClearOne, Inc.
Jun 20, 20242024/0205595Ceiling Tile MicrophoneAudio-visual technologyClearOne, Inc. · patent 12,126,958 granted from it
Feb 15, 20242024/0056730Ceiling Tile Microphone Array EnclosureAudio-visual technologyClearOne, Inc.
Jan 18, 20242024/0022668Conferencing Device with Beamforming and Echo CancellationComputer technologyClearOne, Inc. · patent 12,052,393 granted from it
Aug 24, 20232023/0268977Wideband Beamforming with Main Lobe Steering and Interference Cancellation at Multiple Independent Frequencies and Spatial LocationsTelecommunicationsClearOne, Inc. · patent 12,206,485 granted from it
Apr 20, 20232023/0124859Conferencing Device with Beamforming and Echo CancellationComputer technologyClearOne, Inc. · patent 11,831,812 granted from it
Feb 16, 20232023/0050677Wideband DOA Improvements for Fixed and Dynamic BeamformersAudio-visual technologyClearOne, Inc. · patent 12,231,843 granted from it
Nov 3, 20222022/0353610CEILING-TILE BEAMFORMING MICROPHONE ARRAY SYSTEM WITH COMBINED DATA-POWER CONNECTIONAudio-visual technologyClearOne, Inc. · patent 11,743,639 granted from it
Nov 3, 20222022/0353609CEILING-TILE BEAMFORMING MICROPHONE ARRAY SYSTEM WITH AUTO VOICE TRACKINGAudio-visual technologyClearOne, Inc. · patent 11,743,638 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 2 · Audio-visual technology 2 · Telecommunications 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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