Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: DUGDA, MULUGETA TUJI

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2653 2658

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.5%
Allow Rate
+20.5% vs TC avg
75
Total Applications
+21.0%
Interview Lift
1065
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 57 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.5%
§101 Eligibility
19.4%
§102 Novelty
59.0%
§103 Obviousness
3.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18465070 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEAN DIALOGUE LOUDNESS ESTIMATES BASED ON DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18402293 DYNAMIC ADAPTATION OF SPEECH SYNTHESIS BY AN AUTOMATED ASSISTANT DURING AUTOMATED TELEPHONE CALL(S) Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18918178 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TEXT OUTPUT Non-Final OA Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
18956504 METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A DATA ELEMENT FROM A CORPUS OF DATA Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18650279 VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION DEVICE AND VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION METHOD Final Rejection SigmaStar Technology Ltd.
18323862 PHONOLOGY-CENTRIC SEARCHING Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18979853 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING INTENTS BASED ON CALL OR CHAT TRANSCRIPTS Non-Final OA Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
18987173 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM TEXT USING A MULTI-STAGE DETECTION APPROACH Non-Final OA S2W INC.
18927299 DATA STRUCTURE MODIFICATION USING A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT BASED ON LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS AND ONTOLOGY Non-Final OA ADP, Inc.
18964029 KEYWORD-BASED DEVICE ACTIVATION TO AVOID FALSE POSITIVES Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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