ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,031, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Oticon A/S (Smorum, Denmark).

"Hearing aid system with internet protocol" was invented by Bjarne Klemmensen (Smorum, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hearing aid system comprising at least a first hearing aid, wherein the first hearing aid is configured to establish a communication link over the internet with a remote entity based on a protocol stack, wherein the protocol stack includes an internet protocol, and the protocol stack is implemented in the first hearing aid."

The patent was filed on Dec. 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/538,071.

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