Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2654 2692 2695

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.5%
Allow Rate
+21.5% vs TC avg
634
Total Applications
+15.6%
Interview Lift
802
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 619 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.8%
§101 Eligibility
6.0%
§102 Novelty
64.8%
§103 Obviousness
19.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18939215 AI-Based Multi-Band Loudspeaker Control Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19027496 APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR UPMIXING A DOWNMIX AUDIO SIGNAL USING A PHASE VALUE SMOOTHING Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19027506 APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR UPMIXING A DOWNMIX AUDIO SIGNAL USING A PHASE VALUE SMOOTHING Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19027481 APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR UPMIXING A DOWNMIX AUDIO SIGNAL USING A PHASE VALUE SMOOTHING Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18635582 IMAGING APPARATUS, SOUND COLLECTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGING SYSTEM Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18952106 BANDPASS QUASI-STEREO WOOFER Non-Final OA Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
18339914 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACOUSTIC PASSTHROUGH Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18795583 Stereo Encoding Method and Stereo Encoder Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18571326 Apparatus, Methods and Computer Programs for Training Machine Learning Models Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18226826 Pair Direction Selection Based on Dominant Audio Direction Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18936004 MOBILITY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18959037 SPATIAL AUDIO LOCALIZATION FOR HEADREST SPEAKERS USING ADDITIONAL CUES Non-Final OA Harman International Industries, Incorporated
18871978 PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
18797488 MULTI-CHANNEL VEHICLE-MOUNTED SEAT VIBRATION FEEDBACK SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
18607898 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL MICROPHONE WITH CALIBRATED ALGORITHM TO WIDEN SPEECH OUTPUT RANGE FOR A HEADSET DEVICE Final Rejection Dell Products LP

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