Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 4 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days
Voyetra Turtle Beach Inc. is active in the Communications technology area with 9 pending office actions. These 9 pending office actions are distributed among 9 distinct examiners, which shows that each active matter is being reviewed by a different individual. Dorothy H Harris is identified as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action.
The portfolio's prosecution activity is focused within 4 distinct art units. This indicates that while the 9 distinct examiners are all different, they are clustered within a small number of technical groups. The concentration of 9 pending office actions within 4 distinct art units suggests that the company's communications-related filings fall into a few specific categories.
Practitioners should note the even distribution of work, as each of the 9 distinct examiners is responsible for exactly one of the active matters. Dorothy H Harris's role as the busiest examiner is shared with the other examiners. The use of 4 distinct art units for the 9 pending office actions provides a degree of technical focus for the company's current filings at the patent office.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| §102 only | 3 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (22%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, DOROTHY H | 1 | 63.2% | +21.9% |
| BOYD, JONATHAN A | 1 | 69.1% | +7.2% |
| ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN | 1 | 89.4% | +6.3% |
| ANWAH, OLISA | 1 | 89.0% | +4.8% |
| BLAIR, KILE O | 1 | 63.9% | +7.9% |
| THOMAS, ERIC M | 1 | 69.9% | +14.7% |
| PAUL, DISLER | 1 | 82.2% | +8.6% |
| BOLTON, WILLIAM A | 1 | 89.3% | +5.7% |
| LIDDLE, JAY TRENT | 1 | 57.8% | +22.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19044237 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ULTRASONIC EMITTER SYSTEM FLOOR AUDIO UNIT | ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN | — |
| 19038360 | Eyewear Accommodating Headset With Audio Compensation | ANWAH, OLISA | — |
| 18753350 | HEADSET FOR PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS | PAUL, DISLER | — |
| 18723027 | IMPROVED KEY STRUCTURE FOR KEYBOARD | BOLTON, WILLIAM A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18663553 | INDEPENDENT GAME AND CHAT VOLUME CONTROL | LIDDLE, JAY TRENT | 24d overdue |
| 19152662 | MOUSE AND MAGNETIC ROLLER MODULE THEREOF | HARRIS, DOROTHY H | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18663553 | INDEPENDENT GAME AND CHAT VOLUME CONTROL | LIDDLE, JAY TRENT | 24d overdue |
| 19152662 | MOUSE AND MAGNETIC ROLLER MODULE THEREOF | HARRIS, DOROTHY H | — |
| 18917003 | VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER WITH SOCIAL NETWORKING | THOMAS, ERIC M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2625 | 1 |
| 2627 | 1 |
| 2695 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19152662 | MOUSE AND MAGNETIC ROLLER MODULE THEREOF | HARRIS, DOROTHY H | 2625 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19251958 | MOUSE STRUCTURE | BOYD, JONATHAN A | 2627 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19044237 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ULTRASONIC EMITTER SYSTEM FLOOR AUDIO UNIT | ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19038360 | Eyewear Accommodating Headset With Audio Compensation | ANWAH, OLISA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18928054 | EYEWEAR ACCOMMODATING HEADSET | BLAIR, KILE O | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2024 |
| 18917003 | VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER WITH SOCIAL NETWORKING | THOMAS, ERIC M | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18753350 | HEADSET FOR PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS | PAUL, DISLER | 2695 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18723027 | IMPROVED KEY STRUCTURE FOR KEYBOARD | BOLTON, WILLIAM A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18663553 | INDEPENDENT GAME AND CHAT VOLUME CONTROL | LIDDLE, JAY TRENT | 3715 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
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