Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BLAIR, KILE O

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614 2615 2651 2691

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.9%
Allow Rate
+0.9% vs TC avg
702
Total Applications
+7.4%
Interview Lift
990
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 682 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.8%
§101 Eligibility
26.8%
§102 Novelty
48.0%
§103 Obviousness
15.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18726159 Conditional Disabling of a Reverberator Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18692413 Directional Audio Transmission to Broadcast Devices Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18783186 AUDIO PROCESSING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18762158 AUDIO PROCESSING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18744678 SPEAKER DEVICE Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
18140495 SPEAKER ASSEMBLY, MAGNETIC FIELD COUNTERACTING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18746437 SEAT WITH SPEAKER Non-Final OA TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18358081 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING A HOME MEDIA SYSTEM AND OTHER HOME SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Sound United, LLC
18389413 ACOUSTIC PATH TESTING Final Rejection Bose Corporation
18399768 SPEAKER BOX AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA AAC Technologies (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
18414752 Method and System for Controlling Noise Non-Final OA The Education University of Hong Kong
18554347 SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD OF SIGNAL CONDITIONING FOR EARPIECE CALIBRATION Non-Final OA ECOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPERIEURE (ETS)

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