ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,477, issued on Oct. 28.

"Communication device for hearing protection apparatus with IP- based audio and 3D talk-group features" was invented by Soren Christian Voigt Pedersen (Ballerup, Denmark) and Casper Silbo Raft (Ballerup, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication device and a related method is disclosed. The communication device comprises a processing unit, a memory, a radio interface, and a hearing protection device interface. The processing unit is configured to obtain a first input from the hearing protection device and/or transmit a first output to the hearing protection device via the hearing protection device...