Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LAO, LUNSEE

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614 2651 2655 2691 2692

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.4%
Allow Rate
+13.4% vs TC avg
774
Total Applications
+15.6%
Interview Lift
1255
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 753 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
29.5%
§102 Novelty
48.3%
§103 Obviousness
8.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18645857 PARTICULAR-SOUND DETECTOR AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18742324 HEAD-MOUNTABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA MAXELL, LTD.
18234667 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AN AUDIO PATH DELAY FOR AN AMPLIFIER Final Rejection Harman International Industries, Incorporated
18749959 Apparatus and Method for Multi Device Audio Object Rendering Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18529822 HEARING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA Analog Devices, Inc.
18660424 BEAMFORMING FOR A MICROPHONE ARRAY BASED ON A STEERED RESPONSE POWER TRANSFORMATION OF AUDIO DATA Non-Final OA SHURE ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.
17991019 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPERATIONAL STATUS OF POWER-OVER-ETHERNET POWERED LOUDSPEAKERS IN AN AUDIO DISTRIBUTION SYTEM Final Rejection Crestron Electronics, Inc.
18555018 MICROPHONE MUTE NOTIFICATION WITH VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION Final Rejection RTX A/S
18141261 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IN-EAR CANAL ECHO SUPPRESSION Non-Final OA ST FamTech, LLC
17843960 HEARING PROTECTION APPARATUS WITH CONTEXTUAL AUDIO GENERATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Falcom A/S

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