ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,027, issued on July 28, was assigned to Voyetra Turtle Beach Inc. (White Plains, N.Y.).

"Gaming headset with programmable audio paths" was invented by Carmine J. Bonanno (White Plains, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headset having game, chat and microphone audio signals is provided with a programmable signal processor for individually modifying the audio signals and a memory configured to store a plurality of user-selectable signal-processing parameter settings that determine the manner in which the audio signals will be altered by the signal processor. The parameter settings collectively form a preset, and one or more user-op...