https://patentbrief.org/company/fraunhofer-gesellschaft-zur-foerderung-der-angewandten-forschung-ev Plain-English explanations of patents assigned to Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung eV, newest first. en-us Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:12:33 GMT https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/5579430/digital-encoding-process A foundational method for compressing digital audio by transforming sound into spectral data and using variable-length codes to store it efficiently. Tue, 26 Nov 1996 00:00:00 GMT https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/5579430/digital-encoding-process