Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FISCHER, MARK L

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2627 2686 2687 2688 2692

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.1%
Allow Rate
+5.1% vs TC avg
806
Total Applications
+28.6%
Interview Lift
895
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 767 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
27.5%
§102 Novelty
46.3%
§103 Obviousness
18.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18673975 ADAPTIVE SOUND GENERATION BASED UPON CURRENT SOUND ENVIRONMENT PROPERTIES, CURRENT DEVICE PROPERTIES, AND CURRENT MEDIA PROPERTIES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18790324 APPARATUS Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18745214 SOUND APPARATUS AND VEHICULAR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18418158 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND VIBRATION GENERATING APPARATUS Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18513737 VIBRATION APPARATUS AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection LG Display Co., Ltd.
18503385 INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, ASSOCIATED VEHICLE, AND CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection Volvo Truck Corporation
18017124 PACKAGE, MICROPHONE DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Final Rejection KYOCERA Corporation
18678905 MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS) TRANSDUCER OVERSTRESS PROTECTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18728419 APPARATUSES AND METHODS INVOLVING TRANSDUCERS AND THEIR TUNING Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18752468 AUTO-RECOVERY OVERCURRENT PROTECTION FOR AUDIO NOTIFICATION APPLIANCE CIRCUIT IN FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Tyco Fire & Security GMBH
18766592 TRANSDUCERS, LOUDSPEAKERS, AND ACOUSTIC OUTPUT DEVICES Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
18731331 MICROPHONE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
18649015 EARPHONES Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
18513909 WEARABLE SYSTEM FOR SPATIAL AUDIO DETECTION WITH ALERTING ELEMENTS FOR DETECTION OF POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS EVENTS Final Rejection Microchip Technology Incorporated
18755639 Directional Microphone Module Non-Final OA AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
18818592 MODULAR SHELL-REPLACEMENT EARPHONE Non-Final OA Cosonic Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
18765908 Method of processing an audio signal in a hearing device Non-Final OA SONOVA AG
18733578 LOUDSPEAKER MOUNTING STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Tymphany HK Limited
18754722 USING A CAMERA FOR HEARING DEVICE ALGORITHM TRAINING Non-Final OA STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
18783971 Machine-Learning (ML) Based Road Noise Cancelation (RNC) Non-Final OA Bose Corporation
18555623 ROTATABLY ADJUSTABLE FIXATION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL IMPLANT Final Rejection Cochlear Limited
18675110 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING SOUND OUTPUT CHANNELS ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT ORIENTATIONS Non-Final OA ASTI GLOBAL INC., TAIWAN
18399713 COAXIAL SPEAKER PROTECTION METHOD, COAXIAL SPEAKER PROTECTION SYSTEM, COAXIAL SPEAKER PROTECTION DEVICE, AND COAXIAL SPEAKER PROTECTOR Non-Final OA AAC Technologies (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
18216532 DISTRIBUTED MODE LOUDSPEAKER WITH FREE MOTION HEAT SINK Non-Final OA Valcom, Inc.

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