I think the Olive number is just another input in thinking about a speaker. I’m not quite sure if I see a strong practical use …
think someone is going to need to point it out to me before I see it.

Now …
I do have problems with patents like this one … it really is not adding anything new.
I believe It’s taking know inputs, which I think were developed by others, and combining them. In this case with a linear regeneration.
That seems like an obvious step. Now if he came up with creative ways of refining & normalizing the data or completely new input variables that might have patent potential.
And he may have … I didn’t dig too deep.