Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BRINEY III, WALTER F

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614 2615 2651 2655 2656 2691 2692

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.2%
Allow Rate
+3.2% vs TC avg
598
Total Applications
+3.8%
Interview Lift
1092
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 540 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
13.5%
§102 Novelty
63.2%
§103 Obviousness
9.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18754022 CONTEXTUAL MEDIA CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS Non-Final OA Sonos, Inc.
18411731 Room-Informed Binaural Rendering Final Rejection Sonos, Inc.
18041850 MOOD DETECTION AND/OR INFLUENCE VIA AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICES Final Rejection Sonos, Inc.
18645372 APPARATUS AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18703489 SOUND OUTPUT DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18416419 DETECTION OF ULTRASONIC SIGNALS Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18703302 MAPPING OF ENVIROMENTAL AUDIO RESPONSE ON MIXED REALITY DEVICE Non-Final OA Magic Leap, Inc.
18705984 LOUD-SPEAKING APPARATUS FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE AND HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE WITH SAME Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18292820 DUAL-DIAPHRAGM SPEAKER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18664049 MICROPHONE DEVICES FOR LOCAL USERS PARTICIPATING IN MEETING IN WHICH REMOTE USER IS ALSO PARTICIPATING Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18758573 AUDIO PRIORITIZATION Non-Final OA Zoox, Inc.
18561273 SOUND SOURCE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, SOUND SOURCE REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18743094 Speaker Non-Final OA AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
18645414 Speaker and Electronic Device Using Same Non-Final OA AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
18337413 SOUND DEVICE Final Rejection AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
18724103 INTERACTIVE KARAOKE APPLICATION FOR VEHICLES Non-Final OA CERENCE OPERATING COMPANY
18416751 CAPACITIVE, MEMS-TYPE ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER HAVING SEPARATE SENSITIVE AND TRANSDUCTION AREAS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF Final Rejection STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
18417317 BINAURAL HEARING SYSTEM WITH TWO HEARING INSTRUMENTS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A HEARING SYSTEM Final Rejection Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
18795233 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADJUSTING AUDIO SOURCES OF A BINAURAL HEARING AID SYSTEM Non-Final OA Oticon A/S
18769564 Computer-Implemented Method for Controlling Audio Processing Apparatus and Audio Processing Apparatus Non-Final OA Yamaha Corporation
18754638 Sound Apparatus, Acoustic Device Setting Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing Program Non-Final OA Yamaha Corporation
18821230 SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA DENSO TEN Limited
18411408 PIEZOELECTRIC SPEAKER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection National Tsing Hua University
16543461 METHODS FOR OPERATING HEARING DEVICE PROCESSING BASED ON ENVIRONMENT AND RELATED HEARING DEVICES Non-Final OA GN HEARING A/S
18595024 SYNCHRONOUS BINAURAL USER CONTROLS FOR HEARING INSTRUMENTS Final Rejection Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
18785874 EARPIECES Final Rejection Bose Corporation
18417097 Audio Device Final Rejection Bose Corporation
18537981 Acoustic Assembly Detection in Hearing Aid Final Rejection Bose Corporation
18782534 SPATIAL AUDIO ALERTS FOR DRIVER-ASSIST SYSTEMS IN TRUCKS Non-Final OA Stack AV Co.
18717657 SELECTIVE ANTI-SOUND HEADSET Non-Final OA ISTANBUL MEDIPOL UNIVERSITESI TEKNOLOJI TRANSFER OFISI ANONIM SIRKETI

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