ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,920, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ECOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPERIEURE (Montreal).

"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" was invented by Jeremie Voix (Montreal), Antoine Bernier (Montreal) and Fabien Bonnet (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method to measure noise reduction and evaluate the contributions of various sound sources to noise exposure dose of exposition using electro-acoustic earplugs is provided. The system may be implemented as an advanced HPD...