Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Harman International Industries, Incorporated

39 pending office actions • 26 art units • 35 examiners • 0 of 39 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 163 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

39
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

18
Overdue
5
Due this week
11
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (18)Due ≤ 7 days (5)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
34
Medium (87%)
3
Easy (8%)
2
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only33 (85%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only3 (8%)
No statute on record2 (5%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
22
Communications
56% of docket
2
Semiconductors
5% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
36% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

390 h
Manual time on pending OAs
78 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
136 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRAN, CON P 4 68.9% +23.5%
WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD 2 67.5% +22.2%
EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 1 10.0% +29.9%
MONIKANG, GEORGE C 1 74.8% +7.7%
PAIGE, TYLER D 1 91.3% +8.3%
HUBER, PAUL W 1 85.0% +9.8%
ZENATI, AMAL S 1 79.7% +14.6%
GANMAVO, KUASSI A 1 70.2% +20.2%
ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM 1 84.2% +10.7%
PUNTIER, CHRIS ALEJANDRO 1 94.1% +8.7%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18759157 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING A HUMAN STATE SENSOR ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM 51d overdue
18843200 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICULAR SECURITY BEHAVIORAL LAYER PAIGE, TYLER D 2d overdue
18723379 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES TO AN AUGMENTED REALITY HEADS-UP DISPLAY RENDERING PUNTIER, CHRIS ALEJANDRO 26d
18779315 SPEAKER ASSEMBLY WITH MECHANICALLY-COUPLED MAGNET HUBER, PAUL W 71d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18878788 REMOTE HEALTH MONITORING USING PLUG-IN DEVICES WITH EVENTFUL AND STATEFUL HEALTH MONITORING EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 43d overdue

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18334856 APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING SOUND AND HEADPHONE COMPRISING SAME TRAN, CON P 74d overdue
18759157 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING A HUMAN STATE SENSOR ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM 51d overdue
18878788 REMOTE HEALTH MONITORING USING PLUG-IN DEVICES WITH EVENTFUL AND STATEFUL HEALTH MONITORING EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 43d overdue
18828894 TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING ROOM BOUNDARIES AND LAYOUT USING MICROPHONE PAIRS WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD 17d overdue
18699042 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING A CENTERING OF A HEAD-TRACKING SYSTEM ON A HEAD-WORN WEARABLE DEVICE TRAN, CON P 5d
18828892 TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING ROOM BOUNDARIES AND LAYOUT USING MICROPHONE PAIRS WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD 6d
18771461 IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA MIXING ZENATI, AMAL S 21d
18246831 NOISE-ISOLATING HEADPHONE SYSTEMS FOR HEADGEGAR TRAN, CON P 22d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2691 4
2695 4
2692 3
2693 3
3645 2
3683 2
3665 2
3687 1
3664 1
3668 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18878788 REMOTE HEALTH MONITORING USING PLUG-IN DEVICES WITH EVENTFUL AND STATEFUL HEALTH MONITORING EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 3687 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Dec 24, 2024
18828892 TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING ROOM BOUNDARIES AND LAYOUT USING MICROPHONE PAIRS WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Sep 09, 2024
18828894 TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING ROOM BOUNDARIES AND LAYOUT USING MICROPHONE PAIRS WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2024
18822216 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VIRTUALIZED SPATIAL AUDIO MONIKANG, GEORGE C 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 01, 2024
18843200 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICULAR SECURITY BEHAVIORAL LAYER PAIGE, TYLER D 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18779315 SPEAKER ASSEMBLY WITH MECHANICALLY-COUPLED MAGNET HUBER, PAUL W 2691 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Jul 22, 2024
18771461 IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA MIXING ZENATI, AMAL S 2693 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18764438 MULTI-CHANNEL SPEAKER SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF GANMAVO, KUASSI A 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jul 05, 2024
18759157 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING A HUMAN STATE SENSOR ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18723379 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES TO AN AUGMENTED REALITY HEADS-UP DISPLAY RENDERING PUNTIER, CHRIS ALEJANDRO 2616 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18734888 LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM FOR ARBITRARY SOUND DIRECTION RENDERING SNIEZEK, ANDREW L 2693 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2024
18658900 INTEGRATED TELEMATICS UNIT ANTENNAS FOR VEHICLES PHAM, THAI N 2844 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 08, 2024
18657604 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND UTILIZING DATA FOR DETECTION AND CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF HUMAN STATES LEWIS, CAMRYN BROOKE 3683 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending May 07, 2024
18641239 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE BEHAVIOR MONITORING AND QUANTIFICATION ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 3667 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18639373 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLE OPERATION USING A HEADS-UP DISPLAY SHERMAN, STEPHEN G 2621 §103 Final Rejection 111d overdue Pending Apr 18, 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 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18592255 APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN ELECTRONIC UNIT WITH A WATER SEAL, EMI SHIELD, AND EMI CONTACTS DAVIS, DAVID DONALD 2627 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18292862 METHOD FOR PREDICTING TURN POINTS BHATNAGAR, ANAND P 2668 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2024
18402010 VEHICLE SYSTEM FOR DETECTING POLARIZED SUNGLASSES CHOI, JISUN 3666 §103 Final Rejection 96d overdue Pending Jan 02, 2024
18400482 AUGMENTED REALITY FOR OCCUPANTS BRIER, JEFFERY A 2613 §112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 29, 2023
18575252 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SECURE KEYLESS SYSTEM ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 28, 2023
18572145 MULTIMODAL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTATION AND DEPTH ESTIMATION ISMAIL, OMAR S 2635 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023
18565062 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUALITY EVALUATION OF A SEQUENCE OF HEART INTERBEAT INTERVAL SIGNALS TEJANI, ANKIT D 3796 Other 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 §102 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 27, 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 §112 Final Rejection 23d Pending Oct 20, 2023
18462364 PROVIDING REMOTE PATIENT ASSISTANCE WHEN NETWORK CONNECTIVITY IS UNAVAILABLE TIEDEMAN, JASON S 3683 §103 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2023
18462184 LOCALIZED VOICE RECOGNITION ASSISTANT GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK 3665 §112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 06, 2023
18457091 MULTISTEP SOUND PREFERENCE DETERMINATION MAUNG, THOMAS H 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2023
18234667 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AN AUDIO PATH DELAY FOR AN AMPLIFIER LAO, LUNSEE 2691 Final Rejection 138d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18450914 TECHNIQUES FOR AUTHORIZING AND PRIORITIZING COMMANDS DIRECTED TOWARDS A VIRTUAL PRIVATE ASSISTANT DEVICE FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN 2657 §103 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18232614 Vehicle Sensor Device with Integrated Ultrasonic Sensor and Microphone YU, NORMAN 2693 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18272467 LOW FREQUENCY AUTOMATICALLY CALIBRATING SOUND SYSTEM BEKEE, CHIMEZIE EZERIWE 2691 §103 Final Rejection 117d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2023
18349839 COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL MEDIA SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE TRUONG, BENJAMIN LY 3626 §103 Final Rejection 36d Pending Jul 10, 2023
18334856 APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING SOUND AND HEADPHONE COMPRISING SAME TRAN, CON P 2695 §103 Final Rejection 74d overdue Pending Jun 14, 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 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Mar 27, 2023
17860976 RESTORATION OF CORRUPTED KEYS IN A SECURE STORAGE SYSTEM NOAMAN, BASSAM A 2497 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2022
17633921 HEAT SINK FOR IC COMPONENT AND IC HEAT SINK ASSEMBLY ISAAC, STANETTA D 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 08, 2022

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