Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HUBER, PAUL W

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2627 2686 2687 2691

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.2%
Allow Rate
+23.2% vs TC avg
1127
Total Applications
+9.5%
Interview Lift
777
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1091 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
23.3%
§102 Novelty
44.1%
§103 Obviousness
9.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18516205 AUDIO SHARING METHOD, USER DEVICE AND AUDIO PLAYING DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17749922 Audio Object Renderer, Methods for determining loudspeaker gains and computer program using panned object loudspeaker gains and spread object loudspeaker gains Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18802146 TECHNIQUES FOR RE-BONDING PLAYBACK DEVICES Non-Final OA Sonos, Inc.
18782809 ACOUSTIC APPARATUS AND VEHICULAR APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18833065 SOUND FIELD ROTATION Non-Final OA DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
18836592 EARBUD CHARGING CRADLE AND EARBUD CONNECTION METHOD USING SAME Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18783904 SOUND DEVICE Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18758174 PIEZOELECTRIC SENSING UNIT, PIEZOELECTRIC MICROPHONE, AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18615914 AUDIO BEAM STEERING, TRACKING AND AUDIO EFFECTS FOR AR/VR APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18163436 SMART GLASS INTERFACE FOR IMPAIRED USERS OR USERS WITH DISABILITIES Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18779315 SPEAKER ASSEMBLY WITH MECHANICALLY-COUPLED MAGNET Non-Final OA Harman International Industries, Incorporated
18571521 Electronic Device Audio Adjustment Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18790584 SPEAKER SUSPENSION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Logitech Europe S.A.
18779258 MULTI-DEVICE LOCALIZATION Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18730422 DETERMINING LIGHT EFFECTS BASED ON AUDIO RENDERING CAPABILITIES Non-Final OA SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
18395901 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, SOUND OUTPUTTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA YAMAHA CORPORATION
18804289 EARPHONE WITH ARRAY FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION SPEAKER Non-Final OA DONGGUAN SHIWEI ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18798994 SOUND GENERATOR Non-Final OA DENSO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
18797524 RIE EARPIECE FOR A HEARING DEVICE Non-Final OA GN Hearing A/S
18796497 EAR-WEARABLE DEVICE WITH MICROPHONE INLET DIVIDER Non-Final OA Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
18757519 LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM AND PASSIVE RADIATOR MODULE THEREOF Non-Final OA Eastech (Huizhou) Co., Ltd.
18668426 SPEAKER, SPEAKER BAFFLE, AND SPEAKER FRAME Non-Final OA Hosiden Corporation
18402911 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING SOUND IN A SPACE Non-Final OA Kaetel Systems GmbH
18463346 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPEAKER MATRIX Non-Final OA Bryx, Inc.

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