Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
63 pending office actions • 28 art units • 53 examiners • 0 of 63 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 184 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 7 (11%) |
| §103 only | 23 (37%) |
| §102 only | 4 (6%) |
| §112 only | 4 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 24 (38%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHU, QIN | 3 | 87.6% | +3.0% |
| TRAN, CON P | 3 | 68.9% | +23.7% |
| BLAIR, KILE O | 2 | 63.4% | +8.0% |
| JOSHI, SUNITA | 2 | 81.0% | +6.1% |
| MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M | 2 | 85.3% | +13.7% |
| SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN | 2 | 76.4% | +11.3% |
| LIEBGOTT, TYLER MICHAEL | 2 | 73.1% | +7.2% |
| SAWYER, STEVEN T | 2 | 72.5% | +30.5% |
| BODDIE, WILLIAM | 1 | 27.0% | +23.6% |
| RIOS-AGUIRRE, IZCALLI ANDRE | 1 | 76.7% | +20.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18520208 | TECHNIQUES FOR ADDING DISTANCE-DEPENDENT REVERB TO AN AUDIO SIGNAL FOR A VIRTUAL SOUND SOURCE | ZHU, QIN | 5d |
| 19005606 | TUNING OF MULTIBAND AUDIO SYSTEMS EXECUTING CROSSTALK CANCELLATION | ZHU, QIN | — |
| 19005619 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL ACOUSTIC CROSSTALK CANCELLATION FILTER INTERPOLATION | ZHU, QIN | — |
| 18962256 | PHASING PLUG FOR IMPROVED DIRECTIVITY RESPONSE IN A COMPRESSION DRIVER | MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M | — |
| 18960846 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING WITH AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICES | MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18457091 | MULTISTEP SOUND PREFERENCE DETERMINATION | GAUTHIER, GERALD | 9d overdue |
| 18734888 | LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM FOR ARBITRARY SOUND DIRECTION RENDERING | SNIEZEK, ANDREW L | 8d overdue |
| 18699042 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING A CENTERING OF A HEAD-TRACKING SYSTEM ON A HEAD-WORN WEARABLE DEVICE | TRAN, CON P | 5d |
| 18246831 | NOISE-ISOLATING HEADPHONE SYSTEMS FOR HEADGEGAR | TRAN, CON P | 22d |
| 18556506 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A SOUND QUALITY OF AN AUDIO SYSTEM | TRAN, CON P | 23d |
| 18349839 | COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL MEDIA SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | TRUONG, BENJAMIN LY | 36d |
| 18550283 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING SOUND OF VEHICLE GEAR-SHIFTING | AL AUBAIDI, RASHA S | 40d |
| 17451629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN EYE MOVEMENT | MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN | 79d |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18699042 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING A CENTERING OF A HEAD-TRACKING SYSTEM ON A HEAD-WORN WEARABLE DEVICE | TRAN, CON P | 5d |
| 18635534 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THEREOF | SAWYER, STEVEN T | 13d |
| 18246831 | NOISE-ISOLATING HEADPHONE SYSTEMS FOR HEADGEGAR | TRAN, CON P | 22d |
| 18556506 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A SOUND QUALITY OF AN AUDIO SYSTEM | TRAN, CON P | 23d |
| 19232333 | METHOD AND CONTROL CIRCUITRY FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON A HEAD-UP DISPLAY | BODDIE, WILLIAM | — |
| 19132767 | HUMAN FUNCTIONAL STATE DETECTOR | RIOS-AGUIRRE, IZCALLI ANDRE | — |
| 18962256 | PHASING PLUG FOR IMPROVED DIRECTIVITY RESPONSE IN A COMPRESSION DRIVER | MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M | — |
| 18960846 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING WITH AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICES | MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2695 | 6 |
| 2694 | 4 |
| 3665 | 4 |
| 2693 | 4 |
| 2691 | 3 |
| 3667 | 3 |
| 2692 | 2 |
| 2623 | 1 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19232333 | METHOD AND CONTROL CIRCUITRY FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON A HEAD-UP DISPLAY | BODDIE, WILLIAM | 2623 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19132767 | HUMAN FUNCTIONAL STATE DETECTOR | RIOS-AGUIRRE, IZCALLI ANDRE | 3661 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19084644 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC TARGET CLASSIFICATION | SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19005606 | TUNING OF MULTIBAND AUDIO SYSTEMS EXECUTING CROSSTALK CANCELLATION | ZHU, QIN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19005627 | RECONSTRUCTION OF INTERAURAL TIME DIFFERENCE USING A HEAD DIAMETER | BLAIR, KILE O | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19005633 | ACOUSTIC CROSSTALK CANCELLATION BASED UPON USER POSITION AND ORIENTATION WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT | KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19005619 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL ACOUSTIC CROSSTALK CANCELLATION FILTER INTERPOLATION | ZHU, QIN | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18986610 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE NETWORKS FOR LAYOUT ESTIMATION | TALUKDER, MD K | 2648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18876154 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW-PROFILE AUDIO DEVICE WITH FORCE CANCELLING TRANSDUCER | JOSHI, SUNITA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18978891 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL LOUDSPEAKER AND COMPRESSION DRIVER THEREFOR | BLAIR, KILE O | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18972012 | IMAGE SCALING USING ENROLLMENT | YANG, ANDREW GUS | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18971356 | LANDMARK SELECTION FOR EAR TRACKING | ANSARI, TAHMINA N | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18967903 | PROXIMITY-BASED AUDIO PANNING OF A VIRTUAL SOUND SOURCE | SELLERS, DANIEL R | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18968858 | PLAYBACK DEVICE AND PLAYBACK SYSTEM | BRINEY III, WALTER F | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18962256 | PHASING PLUG FOR IMPROVED DIRECTIVITY RESPONSE IN A COMPRESSION DRIVER | MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M | 2694 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18960846 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING WITH AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICES | MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M | 2694 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18959037 | SPATIAL AUDIO LOCALIZATION FOR HEADREST SPEAKERS USING ADDITIONAL CUES | JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A | 2695 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18946250 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTERNAL MICROPHONE AUTOMATIC SPEED-DEPENDENT TUNING FOR EXTERNAL AMBIENCE | JOSHI, SUNITA | 2691 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18945405 | METHODS FOR PEDESTRIAN-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS | GELIN, JEAN ALLAND | 2643 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18914681 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECONSTRUCTING SPEECH SIGNALS | SINGH, SATWANT K | 2653 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18828144 | OPEN ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION SYSTEM | SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN | 2695 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18822216 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VIRTUALIZED SPATIAL AUDIO | MONIKANG, GEORGE C | 2692 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Sep 01, 2024 |
| 18843200 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICULAR SECURITY BEHAVIORAL LAYER | PAIGE, TYLER D | 3664 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18755240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ATTENUATION OF ENTERTAINMENT AUDIO BASED ON BACKGROUND AUDIO | HAN, CHARLES J | 3665 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18734888 | LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM FOR ARBITRARY SOUND DIRECTION RENDERING | SNIEZEK, ANDREW L | 2693 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18641239 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE BEHAVIOR MONITORING AND QUANTIFICATION | ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | 3667 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18699042 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING A CENTERING OF A HEAD-TRACKING SYSTEM ON A HEAD-WORN WEARABLE DEVICE | TRAN, CON P | 2695 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18584582 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING REMOTE CONTROL VEHICLE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS USING VOICE COMMANDS | KIM, JONATHAN C | 2655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18424058 | IMPEDANCE ADAPTATION CIRCUIT, AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM | LAO, LUNSEE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18575769 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARKING SLOT DETECTION | AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH | 2671 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18400482 | AUGMENTED REALITY FOR OCCUPANTS | BRIER, JEFFERY A | 2613 | §112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18574150 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTO-LABELING DVS FRAMES | ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | 2663 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18565062 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUALITY EVALUATION OF A SEQUENCE OF HEART INTERBEAT INTERVAL SIGNALS | TEJANI, ANKIT D | 3796 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18520208 | TECHNIQUES FOR ADDING DISTANCE-DEPENDENT REVERB TO AN AUDIO SIGNAL FOR A VIRTUAL SOUND SOURCE | ZHU, QIN | 2691 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18559014 | CHARGING DEVICE FOR WEARABLE DEVICE AND WEARABLE DEVICE ASSEMBLY | FANTU, YALKEW | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18557644 | KEYWORD SPOTTING METHOD BASED ON NEURAL NETWORK | HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS | 2659 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18556506 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A SOUND QUALITY OF AN AUDIO SYSTEM | TRAN, CON P | 2695 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18462184 | LOCALIZED VOICE RECOGNITION ASSISTANT | GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18457091 | MULTISTEP SOUND PREFERENCE DETERMINATION | GAUTHIER, GERALD | 2692 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Aug 28, 2023 |
| 18449798 | HYBRID RULE ENGINE FOR VEHICLE AUTOMATION | COLE, BRANDON S | 2128 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
| 18349839 | COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL MEDIA SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | TRUONG, BENJAMIN LY | 3626 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 18030664 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-BEAM CONSTANT BEAMWIDTH TRANSDUCER ARRAY | LEE, PING | 2695 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 06, 2023 |
| 18194510 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLE COMMUNICATION | TESSEMA, BESUFEKAD LEMMA | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18246831 | NOISE-ISOLATING HEADPHONE SYSTEMS FOR HEADGEGAR | TRAN, CON P | 2695 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18246484 | SELF-SEALING EAR-TIP FOR IN-EAR HEADPHONES | DIAZ, SABRINA | 2693 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
| 18043133 | LOW COMPLEXITY HOWLING SUPPRESSION FOR PORTABLE KARAOKE | BEKEE, CHIMEZIE EZERIWE | 2691 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 17937230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS | LI, HELEN | 3665 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| 17879561 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC VOICE ENHANCEMENT | TENGBUMROONG, NATHAN NARA | 2654 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2022 |
| 19080703 | DRIVING BEHAVIOR MONITORING SYSTEM | YANG, WENYUAN | 3667 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 18986868 | AUTOMATIC AUDIO TUNING SYSTEM | SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18967453 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM | RICH, JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18965848 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM | SOOD, ANSHUL | 3667 | §112 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18930840 | REAL-TIME VOCAL REMOVAL FROM AN AUDIO SOURCE | LIEBGOTT, TYLER MICHAEL | 2694 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18921357 | CIRCUIT BOARD SYSTEM | SAWYER, STEVEN T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18921814 | CHAIR COMPRISING A LOW FREQUENCY SPEAKER | DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | 2693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18725060 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERSONALIZED ADAS INTERVENTION | OSTERHOUT, SHELLEY MARIE | 3669 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18754826 | EMERGENCY COOLING FOR LIQUID-COOLED SYSTEMS | DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER | 2835 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18733344 | LIGHT GUIDE ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH SPEAKER ASSEMBLY | APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN | 2875 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18635534 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THEREOF | SAWYER, STEVEN T | 2847 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18541410 | INDIVIDUALIZED MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS | KIM, DAVID | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18559545 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUDIO DEVICE | LIEBGOTT, TYLER MICHAEL | 2694 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18550283 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING SOUND OF VEHICLE GEAR-SHIFTING | AL AUBAIDI, RASHA S | 2693 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 17451629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN EYE MOVEMENT | MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 79d | Pending | Oct 20, 2021 |
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