ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,209, issued on May 13, was assigned to BOSE Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).

"Wearable active noise reduction (ANR) device having low frequency feedback loop modulation" was invented by Ole Mattis Nielsen (Cambridge, Great Britain), David J. Warkentin (Boston), Lei Cheng (Wellesley, Mass.), Brandon Lee Olmos (Cambridge, Mass.) and Michael P. O'Connell (Northborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects include a wearable audio device having active noise reduction (ANR). In some cases, a method for processing audio signals includes receiving a noise reduction signal configured to modify an audio signal and generate a noise r...