US Patent Issued to DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING on July 8 for "Asymmetrical high-frequency waveguide, 3-axis rigging, and spherical enclosure for surround speakers" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,144, issued on July 8, was assigned to DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING Corp. (San Francisco).

"Asymmetrical high-frequency waveguide, 3-axis rigging, and spherical enclosure for surround speakers" was invented by Garth Norman Showalter (Ozark, Mo.), Mario Di Cola (Casoli, Italy), John Michael Gott (Ozark, Mo.), Patrick Ross Spurlock (Battlefield, Mo.), Gregory Lynn Carney (Moberly, Mo.) and Bryce Joseph Gott (Springfield, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are described for a high-frequency waveguide that improves the performance of large-scale surround sound and immersive audio environments. A horn waveguide is configured to...