Wave Sciences is pleased to announce that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will shortly be issuing US 10,735,887 - a patent for our Spatial Audio Array Processing System and Method. This ground-breaking innovation enables a compact microphone array to extract individual voices from a cocktail party babel in uncontrolled, real-world situations - even with sound sources in-between the array and the desired talker(s). This invention is particularly relevant to conferencing systems, hearing assistive devices, and smart speakers.