Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 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

65.4%
Allow Rate
+3.4% vs TC avg
603
Total Applications
+5.2%
Interview Lift
1101
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 544 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
7.7%
§102 Novelty
76.4%
§103 Obviousness
9.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18411731 Room-Informed Binaural Rendering 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
18685656 DETECTING ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE IN USER-GENERATED CONTENT Final Rejection DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
18705984 LOUD-SPEAKING APPARATUS FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE AND HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE WITH SAME Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
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.
18419372 MULTI-GAP MAGNETIC MOTOR FOR USE IN LOUDSPEAKERS Final Rejection ALPS ALPINE 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.
18561273 SOUND SOURCE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, SOUND SOURCE REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18769564 Computer-Implemented Method for Controlling Audio Processing Apparatus and Audio Processing Apparatus Non-Final OA Yamaha Corporation
18468525 SOUND EDITING DEVICE, SOUND EDITING METHOD, AND SOUND EDITING PROGRAM Non-Final OA Yamaha 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.
18758573 AUDIO PRIORITIZATION Non-Final OA Zoox, Inc.
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.
18821230 SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA DENSO TEN Limited
18795233 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADJUSTING AUDIO SOURCES OF A BINAURAL HEARING AID SYSTEM Non-Final OA Oticon A/S
16543461 METHODS FOR OPERATING HEARING DEVICE PROCESSING BASED ON ENVIRONMENT AND RELATED HEARING DEVICES Non-Final OA GN HEARING A/S
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
18649692 DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIMEDIA DEVICE Non-Final OA WUXI FUTURE MIRROR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18690219 LOUDSPEAKER Non-Final OA SHENZHEN WANHONG APPLE ELECTRONICSCO., LTD
18398209 SPEAKER Final Rejection AAC Technologies (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
17525886 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEEDBACK FOR REMOTE INTERFACING OF AN ANTI-FOULING SYSTEM FOR SUBMERGED VESSELS AND STRUCTURES Non-Final OA WAVEARRAY ANTIFOULING SYSTEMS, LLC

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