Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sonova AG

11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
3
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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%)
11
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (82%)
§102 only2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
18% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
6
Communications
55% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
27% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YU, NORMAN 1 87.6% +13.8%
YI, STELLA KIM 1 70.6% +29.1%
ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN 1 89.3% +6.2%
OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 1 51.5% +55.0%
FALEY, KATHERINE A 1 65.4% +45.5%
NEECE, DYLAN MAGUIRE 1 79.2% +25.0%
DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA 1 76.2% +15.0%
MUSTANSIR, ABID A 1 77.9% +12.0%
VOGT, JACOB BUI 1 50.0% +100.0%
CRUICKSHANK, DESTINY JOI 1 23.8% +22.1%

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
18781231 Systems and Methods for Facilitating Fitting of a Hearing Device With Active Noise Cancellation ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN 7d
18815292 Ear tip with filtering element for a hearing device or for a hearing device part YU, NORMAN 29d

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
17656484 INTERACTIVE MODULAR HEARING SERVICES SOUNDPROOF KIOSK CRUICKSHANK, DESTINY JOI 9d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18099699 Hearing Device, Hearing Device-Based Systems and Methods for Monitoring Glucose MUSTANSIR, ABID A 36d overdue
18097955 Systems and Methods for Optimizing Voice Notifications Provided by Way of a Hearing Device VOGT, JACOB BUI 4d overdue
18414005 Hearing system comprising at least one hearing device FALEY, KATHERINE A 6d
18815232 CARTRIDGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN EARPIECE YI, STELLA KIM 9d
17656484 INTERACTIVE MODULAR HEARING SERVICES SOUNDPROOF KIOSK CRUICKSHANK, DESTINY JOI 9d
18439901 Hearing Devices, Systems, and Methods for Measuring a Core Body Temperature of a User OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 26d
18815292 Ear tip with filtering element for a hearing device or for a hearing device part YU, NORMAN 29d
18521713 Method of self-fitting of a binaural hearing system NEECE, DYLAN MAGUIRE 33d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2693 3
3791 3
1742 1
2692 1
2694 1
2653 1
1685 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18815292 Ear tip with filtering element for a hearing device or for a hearing device part YU, NORMAN 2693 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 26, 2024
18815232 CARTRIDGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN EARPIECE YI, STELLA KIM 1742 §102 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Aug 26, 2024
18781231 Systems and Methods for Facilitating Fitting of a Hearing Device With Active Noise Cancellation ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN 2693 §102 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jul 23, 2024
18439901 Hearing Devices, Systems, and Methods for Measuring a Core Body Temperature of a User OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Feb 13, 2024
18414005 Hearing system comprising at least one hearing device FALEY, KATHERINE A 2693 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18521713 Method of self-fitting of a binaural hearing system NEECE, DYLAN MAGUIRE 2692 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18498666 HEARING DEVICE WITH FACEPLATE-MOUNTED ANTENNA DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA 2694 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18099699 Hearing Device, Hearing Device-Based Systems and Methods for Monitoring Glucose MUSTANSIR, ABID A 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jan 20, 2023
18097955 Systems and Methods for Optimizing Voice Notifications Provided by Way of a Hearing Device VOGT, JACOB BUI 2653 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2023
17656484 INTERACTIVE MODULAR HEARING SERVICES SOUNDPROOF KIOSK CRUICKSHANK, DESTINY JOI 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 25, 2022
17690958 DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING A LIQUID AND/OR FOOD INTAKE OF A USER WEARING A HEARING DEVICE LIN, JERRY 1685 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 09, 2022

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