Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: BRINEY III, WALTER F

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614 2615 2651 2655 2656 2691 2692 2699

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.4%
Allow Rate
+3.4% vs TC avg
618
Total Applications
+4.4%
Interview Lift
1096
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 560 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
25.5%
§102 Novelty
58.9%
§103 Obviousness
8.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18970131 SPEAKER MODULE HAVING MAGNETIC FIELD SHIELDING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18910623 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18937399 Wearable Electronic Device Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18870740 GENERATION DEVICE, GENERATION METHOD, AND GENERATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18703489 SOUND OUTPUT DEVICE Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18645372 APPARATUS AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection LG Display Co., Ltd.
18758573 AUDIO PRIORITIZATION Final Rejection Zoox, Inc.
18864835 A METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR INFORMATION RECOMMENDATION Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18934568 AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18705984 LOUD-SPEAKING APPARATUS FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE AND HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE WITH SAME Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18989012 INTERIOR STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18292820 DUAL-DIAPHRAGM SPEAKER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18416419 DETECTION OF ULTRASONIC SIGNALS Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18281511 PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE Non-Final OA DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
18968858 PLAYBACK DEVICE AND PLAYBACK SYSTEM Non-Final OA HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
18416751 CAPACITIVE, MEMS-TYPE ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER HAVING SEPARATE SENSITIVE AND TRANSDUCTION AREAS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF Final Rejection STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
18743094 Speaker Non-Final OA AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
18645414 Speaker and Electronic Device Using Same Final Rejection AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
18984917 Bone Conduction Package Structure Non-Final OA AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
19000744 WIRELESS HEADSET Non-Final OA Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

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