Harald Popp

This inventor holds 55 USPTO granted patents and 3 published patent applications, plus 29 CIPO patents and 40 EPO patents, primarily in Audio Encoding/Decoding. Top assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Voiceage Corporation. Active years: 1991-2026.

USPTO Granted Patents = 55 (Patent Applications = 3)

% Patents Active = 100.0

CIPO Patents = 29

EPO Patents = 40 (Patent Applications = 40)

Average Co-Inventor Count = 6.6

ph-index = 14

Forward Citations = 516(Granted Patents)

Forward Citations (Not Self Cited) = 405(Dec 10, 2025)

Location History:

Erlangen, DE (1998)
Tuchenbach, DE (1991 - 2024)

Company Filing History:

55 out of 4,917

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v.

where one patent can have more than one assignee

Years Active: 1991-2026

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Areas of Expertise:

Low Bitrate Encoding

Audio Decoder

Audio Encoder

Noise Filtering

Cascaded Switches

Multi-Channel Signal

Pitch Correction

Spectral Processing

Transient Event

Aliasing Effects

Semantic Audio Mixing

55 patents (USPTO):Sort by Forward CitationsExplore Patents

1. 12573411 - Low bitrate audio encoding/decoding scheme having cascaded switches (2026-03-10),

2. 12406680 - Low bitrate audio encoding/decoding scheme having cascaded switches (2025-09-02),

3. 12406679 - Low bitrate audio encoding/decoding scheme having cascaded switches (2025-09-02),

4. 12334090 - Audio encoder, audio decoder, methods for encoding and decoding an audio signal, audio stream and a computer program (2025-06-17),

5. 12334089 - Audio encoder, audio decoder, methods for encoding and decoding an audio signal, audio stream and a computer program (2025-06-17),

6. 12334088 - Audio encoder, audio decoder, methods for encoding and decoding an audio signal, audio stream and a computer program (2025-06-17),

7. 12334086 - Low bitrate audio encoding/decoding scheme having cascaded switches (2025-06-17),

8. 12327570 - Audio encoder, audio decoder, methods for encoding and decoding an audio signal, audio stream and a computer program (2025-06-10),

9. 12080306 - Audio encoder, audio decoder, methods for encoding and decoding an audio signal, audio stream and a computer program (2024-09-03),

10. 12080305 - Audio encoder, audio decoder, methods for encoding and decoding an audio signal, audio stream and a computer program (2024-09-03),

11. 11869521 - Audio encoder, audio decoder, methods for encoding and decoding an audio signal, audio stream and a computer program (2024-01-09),

12. 11823690 - Low bitrate audio encoding/decoding scheme having cascaded switches (2023-11-21),

13. 11682404 - Audio decoding device and method with decoding branches for decoding audio signal encoded in a plurality of domains (2023-06-20),

14. 11676611 - Audio decoding device and method with decoding branches for decoding audio signal encoded in a plurality of domains (2023-06-13),

15. 11475902 - Low bitrate audio encoding/decoding scheme having cascaded switches (2022-10-18),

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