Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
20 pending office actions • 4 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days
Oticon A/S has 20 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These matters are handled by 18 distinct examiners, which indicates that the company's applications are widely distributed across the examining corps. Despite this high number of examiners, the work is focused within 4 distinct art units, suggesting a concentrated technical scope within the broader communications field. This combination of 18 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units means the company must manage many individual personalities within a narrow set of technical guidelines.
The busiest examiner for Oticon A/S is NI, SUHAN, who has 3 pending office actions. This represents a small portion of the 20 pending office actions, reinforcing the observation that prosecution is decentralized across 18 distinct examiners. Managing 4 distinct art units requires the company to adapt to the specific examination trends and standards of those particular technical groups. The high ratio of 18 distinct examiners to 20 pending office actions suggests that the company rarely encounters the same examiner twice, even within its 4 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 only | 1 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 5 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 5 (25%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NI, SUHAN | 3 | 86.6% | +13.9% |
| NGUYEN, SEAN H | 1 | 86.4% | +4.9% |
| DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | 1 | 82.4% | +2.6% |
| BRINEY III, WALTER F | 1 | 65.5% | +3.9% |
| JOSHI, SUNITA | 1 | 81.1% | +6.1% |
| SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN | 1 | 69.1% | +34.1% |
| DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA | 1 | 76.5% | +14.9% |
| OJO, OYESOLA C | 1 | 82.7% | +10.9% |
| HAQUE, ABUSAYEED M | 1 | 92.0% | -2.7% |
| HAMID, AMMAR T | 1 | 85.2% | +9.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19049693 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING AN INPUT TRANSDUCER IN THE EAR | NI, SUHAN | — |
| 18999342 | HEARING AID WITH TRANSMISSION POWER ADAPTATION | NI, SUHAN | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19069293 | HEARING AID | NGUYEN, SEAN H | — |
| 19042040 | HEARING AID | DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | — |
| 19039800 | ARTEFACT REJECTION FROM HEARING AID ACCELEROMETER DATA | BRINEY III, WALTER F | — |
| 19038727 | CHARGER DEVICE FOR HEARING DEVICES | JOSHI, SUNITA | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18953117 | HEARING DEVICE WITH ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION | OJO, OYESOLA C | — |
| 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19049693 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING AN INPUT TRANSDUCER IN THE EAR | NI, SUHAN | — |
| 18999342 | HEARING AID WITH TRANSMISSION POWER ADAPTATION | NI, SUHAN | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18953117 | HEARING DEVICE WITH ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION | OJO, OYESOLA C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2693 | 3 |
| 2692 | 2 |
| 2694 | 1 |
| 2611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19069293 | HEARING AID | NGUYEN, SEAN H | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19049693 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING AN INPUT TRANSDUCER IN THE EAR | NI, SUHAN | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19042040 | HEARING AID | DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19039800 | ARTEFACT REJECTION FROM HEARING AID ACCELEROMETER DATA | BRINEY III, WALTER F | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19038727 | CHARGER DEVICE FOR HEARING DEVICES | JOSHI, SUNITA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18999342 | HEARING AID WITH TRANSMISSION POWER ADAPTATION | NI, SUHAN | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18976844 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING AN ADAPTIVE FILTER BANK | SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN | — | §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 | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18956034 | METHOD FOR TRAINING AN ALGORITHM FOR EXTRACTING AT LEAST ONE DESIRED COMPONENT | NI, SUHAN | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18953117 | HEARING DEVICE WITH ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION | OJO, OYESOLA C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18949063 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH MULTIPLE EXTERNAL DEVICES VIA A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION UNIT | HAQUE, ABUSAYEED M | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18940887 | HEARING AID HAVING A SOFTWARE VENT | HAMID, AMMAR T | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18909364 | HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A DETECTOR AND A TRAINED NEURAL NETWORK | TESHALE, AKELAW | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 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 |
| 18888220 | A hearing aid having improved electrical charge contacts | BARBOZA, MARCUS ALEXANDER | 2693 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18811056 | HEARING LOSS EMULATION VIA NEURAL NETWORKS | FALEY, KATHERINE A | 2693 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 21, 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 |
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