Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Knowles Electronics LLC

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
3
Communications
50% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHAN, JASON 1 75.0% -25.0%
ROBINSON, RYAN C 1 78.3% +14.5%
DANG, JULIE X 1 83.8% +17.1%
YUSHINA, GALINA G 1 79.4% +16.6%
ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL 1 67.0% +39.6%
YU, NORMAN 1 87.7% +13.7%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18957083 EAR-WORN HEARING DEVICE WITH IN-EAR MICROPHONE DANG, JULIE X
18322182 ACOUSTIC MICROPHONE WITH INTEGRATED MAGNETIC TRANSDUCER YU, NORMAN

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18480218 PRESSURE VALVE FOR MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM DIE YUSHINA, GALINA G 28d
18960376 EAR-WORN HEARING DEVICE WITH ELECTRICAL CABLE ASSEMBLY OR SOUND TUBE ROBINSON, RYAN C
18361639 EAR-WORN HEARING DEVICE WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL OR ACTIVITY SENSOR ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18480218 PRESSURE VALVE FOR MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM DIE YUSHINA, GALINA G 28d
18960376 EAR-WORN HEARING DEVICE WITH ELECTRICAL CABLE ASSEMBLY OR SOUND TUBE ROBINSON, RYAN C
18957083 EAR-WORN HEARING DEVICE WITH IN-EAR MICROPHONE DANG, JULIE X
18361639 EAR-WORN HEARING DEVICE WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL OR ACTIVITY SENSOR ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL
18322182 ACOUSTIC MICROPHONE WITH INTEGRATED MAGNETIC TRANSDUCER YU, NORMAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2619 1
2692 1
2811 1
3794 1
2693 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18964843 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING A LOW REFERENCE VOLTAGE WITH A MEMS DEVICE CHAN, JASON 2619 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18960376 EAR-WORN HEARING DEVICE WITH ELECTRICAL CABLE ASSEMBLY OR SOUND TUBE ROBINSON, RYAN C §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18957083 EAR-WORN HEARING DEVICE WITH IN-EAR MICROPHONE DANG, JULIE X 2692 DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18480218 PRESSURE VALVE FOR MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM DIE YUSHINA, GALINA G 2811 §102§103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 03, 2023
18361639 EAR-WORN HEARING DEVICE WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL OR ACTIVITY SENSOR ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL 3794 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2023
18322182 ACOUSTIC MICROPHONE WITH INTEGRATED MAGNETIC TRANSDUCER YU, NORMAN 2693 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2023

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