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The Story |
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| Welcome to our growing “Gallery of Patents.” From
the beginning, Meyer Sound has been known as a leading innovator in performance
audio products. Our list of industry “firsts” includes trapezoidal
cabinets, dedicated loudspeaker processors, self-powered speakers, source-independent
system measurement, parabolic long-throw transducers and - most recently
- a cardioid subwoofer.
The technology underlying such innovations can be traced through the course of our patent history. Patents have played an important role at Meyer Sound since the company was established in 1979. Our first U.S. patent (#4,152,552) was granted within weeks of the time we opened for business, and has served as a technological foundation for product development ever since. To be valid, any claim for an intellectual (or “utility”) patent must mark a departure in thinking from what is generally accepted and known in the trade. But you don't have to actually make a functional device - or make anything at all, for that matter - in order to patent your idea. At Meyer Sound, however, all our patents have been incorporated - in some way - into products with tangible benefits for the professional audio community. In one sense, we use the patenting process as a framework to transform fledgling concepts into a effective products. Seeking a patent disciplines our engineering team. It makes us more careful, and more thorough in our work. Although Meyer Sound’s patent history includes several milestones in audio engineering, it doesn't tell the whole story. We haven’t sought patents on all of our new ideas. Instead we have focused our patent applications on those key concepts that define our distinctive approach to sound reproduction technology. I invite you to take a few moments to trace our patent history. These patents underscore a tradition of constant innovation with a single goal: to enhance audience enjoyment of musical performances. John Meyer |
