Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GANMAVO, KUASSI A

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614 2651 2655 2692

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.0%
Allow Rate
+8.0% vs TC avg
633
Total Applications
+20.3%
Interview Lift
1154
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 593 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.1%
§101 Eligibility
17.1%
§102 Novelty
61.9%
§103 Obviousness
12.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18759888 DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18771206 AUDIO DEVICE AND WORKING METHOD THEREOF, VR DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18227715 MICROPHONE STAND AND RECORDING STRUCTURE Non-Final OA TILTA INC.
18714977 EARPHONE AND TERMINAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18677795 COLLABORATIVE CONTROL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18560766 MICROPHONE DIRECTIONAL BEAMFORMING ADJUSTMENTS Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18714778 HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE, AND FAR-FIELD MUFFLING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM THEREFOR Non-Final OA Goertek Inc.
18680097 Electronic Headset Accessory Final Rejection Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
18430118 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTIVE CONFIGURING OF AUDIO SETTINGS BASED ON PRE-SET MAPPING DATA Non-Final OA Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
18120336 IN-BAND RESONANCE PIEZO MEMS MICROPHONES Non-Final OA SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
18176598 MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY AND PACKAGING METHODS FOR SIZE REDUCTION AND BACK VOLUME INCREASE Non-Final OA Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
17966764 AUDIO OUTPUT MODE SWITCHING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
17864222 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING AUDIO DATA Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
18399736 MEMS microphone Final Rejection AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
18399779 MEMS MICROPHONE Final Rejection AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
18324127 Flexible Circuit Board And Multifunctional Acoustic Device Final Rejection AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
18228243 Multi-Channel Microphone Final Rejection Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
18583988 ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18764040 WEARABLE DEVICE WITH BLOCKED SENSOR DETECTION Non-Final OA BOSE CORPORATION
18528924 MEMS STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Fortemedia, Inc.
18677171 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERPOLATING A HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION Non-Final OA Sound Particles S.A.

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