Technology area: Communications
20 pending office actions • 9 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days
Oticon A/S has 22 pending office actions in Communications. The matters are assigned to 16 examiners across 9 art units, reflecting substantial activity with both examiner and art-unit distribution. This profile supports formal coordination of deadlines, claim terminology, cited-art analysis, and amendment history across the portfolio.
BRINEY III, WALTER F is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. Those files are a useful source for identifying recurring examination positions, but they represent only one part of a broader assignment structure. Counsel should separately assess matters handled by other examiners and compare patterns at the art-unit level.
Communications applications may present different issues depending on whether claims emphasize hardware, signal handling, protocols, or system interaction. A consistent technical narrative can support related filings, while response arguments should remain tied to the limitations and references in each action.
The breadth of assignments increases the importance of portfolio-wide review before making admissions or narrowing amendments. Practitioners should coordinate related matters without assuming that one examiner’s treatment will apply across all nine art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 2 (10%) |
| §103 only | 7 (35%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA | 2 | 76.6% | +14.8% |
| MONIKANG, GEORGE C | 2 | 75.4% | +7.1% |
| BRINEY III, WALTER F | 2 | 65.3% | +4.5% |
| JOSHI, SUNITA | 1 | 81.2% | +6.0% |
| NGUYEN, SEAN H | 1 | 86.5% | +4.8% |
| DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | 1 | 82.6% | +2.6% |
| SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN | 1 | 69.3% | +34.3% |
| NI, SUHAN | 1 | 86.7% | +13.9% |
| HAQUE, ABUSAYEED M | 1 | 92.1% | -2.6% |
| HAMID, AMMAR T | 1 | 85.3% | +9.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18949063 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH MULTIPLE EXTERNAL DEVICES VIA A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION UNIT | HAQUE, ABUSAYEED 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18795233 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADJUSTING AUDIO SOURCES OF A BINAURAL HEARING AID SYSTEM | BRINEY III, WALTER F | 22d overdue |
| 19076796 | NOISE REDUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM | JOSHI, SUNITA | — |
| 19069293 | HEARING AID | NGUYEN, SEAN H | — |
| 19042040 | HEARING AID | DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | — |
| 19003792 | HEARING AID COMPRISING A PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR | DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA | — |
| 18976844 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING AN ADAPTIVE FILTER BANK | SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN | — |
| 18956034 | METHOD FOR TRAINING AN ALGORITHM FOR EXTRACTING AT LEAST ONE DESIRED COMPONENT | NI, SUHAN | — |
| 18940887 | HEARING AID HAVING A SOFTWARE VENT | HAMID, AMMAR T | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19003792 | HEARING AID COMPRISING A PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR | DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA | — |
| 18976844 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING AN ADAPTIVE FILTER BANK | SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN | — |
| 18971911 | SPEAKER UNIT FOR A HEARING AID DEVICE SYSTEM, AND HEARING AID DEVICE SYSTEM | DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA | — |
| 18956034 | METHOD FOR TRAINING AN ALGORITHM FOR EXTRACTING AT LEAST ONE DESIRED COMPONENT | NI, SUHAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2694 | 4 |
| 2692 | 4 |
| 2691 | 3 |
| 2693 | 3 |
| 2657 | 1 |
| 2466 | 1 |
| 2695 | 1 |
| 2611 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19076796 | NOISE REDUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM | JOSHI, SUNITA | 2691 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19069293 | HEARING AID | NGUYEN, SEAN H | 2691 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19042040 | HEARING AID | DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | 2693 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19003792 | HEARING AID COMPRISING A PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR | DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA | 2694 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18976844 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING AN ADAPTIVE FILTER BANK | SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN | 2657 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18971911 | SPEAKER UNIT FOR A HEARING AID DEVICE SYSTEM, AND HEARING AID DEVICE SYSTEM | DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA | 2694 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18956034 | METHOD FOR TRAINING AN ALGORITHM FOR EXTRACTING AT LEAST ONE DESIRED COMPONENT | NI, SUHAN | 2691 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18949063 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH MULTIPLE EXTERNAL DEVICES VIA A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION UNIT | HAQUE, ABUSAYEED M | 2466 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18940887 | HEARING AID HAVING A SOFTWARE VENT | HAMID, AMMAR T | 2695 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18925906 | ELECTRONIC MODULE FOR A HEARING DEVICE | MONIKANG, GEORGE C | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18909364 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A DETECTOR AND A TRAINED NEURAL NETWORK | TESHALE, AKELAW | 2694 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18900353 | HEARING AID DETERMINING TALKERS OF INTEREST | BRINEY III, WALTER F | 2692 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18900382 | BINAURAL HEARING AID SYSTEM AND A HEARING AID COMPRISING OWN VOICE ESTIMATION | FISCHER, MARK L | 2692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18811056 | HEARING LOSS EMULATION VIA NEURAL NETWORKS | FALEY, KATHERINE A | 2693 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18795233 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADJUSTING AUDIO SOURCES OF A BINAURAL HEARING AID SYSTEM | BRINEY III, WALTER F | 2692 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18644164 | Providing optimal audiology based on users listening intent | KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | 2694 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18640524 | SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY SIGNALS | ZHAI, KYLE | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18418376 | HEARING INSTRUMENT WITH IMPROVED CORROSION PROTECTION | MONIKANG, GEORGE C | 2692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18464286 | HEARING AID COMPRISING A VOICE CONTROL INTERFACE | AL AUBAIDI, RASHA S | 2693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18087197 | CHARGER DEVICE FOR HEARING DEVICES | FUREMAN, JARED | 2859 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialOticon A/S has 20 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 17 examiners.
Phylesha Larvinia Dabney has the most, with 2 of Oticon A/S's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
