Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LIEBGOTT, TYLER MICHAEL

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2694

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.7%
Allow Rate
+2.7% vs TC avg
46
Total Applications
-6.7%
Interview Lift
992
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 17 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
29.1%
§102 Novelty
44.9%
§103 Obviousness
21.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18226528 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUSES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18240676 PIEZOELECTRIC AUDIO DEVICE Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18557522 VOLUME ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Honor Device Co., Ltd.
18044451 Audio Control System Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18314774 User Interfaces for Sound Engineering Application on Touch Device Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18104701 USE OF BIOMETRIC SIGNALS TO PERSONALIZE AUDIO Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18353037 SPECIFYING LOUDNESS IN AN IMMERSIVE AUDIO PACKAGE Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18502290 ELECTRONIC DEVICE CHARGING VIA AN AUDIO JACK Non-Final OA Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
18559545 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUDIO DEVICE Non-Final OA Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
18348202 Use of Audio Classification as Basis to Control Audio Identification Non-Final OA The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
18191417 Audio Source Separation using Hyperbolic Embeddings Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
18369865 HEARING DEVICE Non-Final OA Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
18766618 ADJUSTING AUDIO OUTPUT IN A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Motorola Mobility LLC
18539174 FLAT ELECTRODYNAMIC ACTUATOR Non-Final OA Sound Solutions International (Zhenjiang) Co. Ltd.
18489621 STEREO TYPE DIGITAL HEARING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING WITH AN EXTERNAL DEVICE WITH BUILT-IN MICROPHONE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Olive Union, Inc.
17990110 VOLUME CONTROLLER WITH AUTOMATIC COMPENSATION Non-Final OA Crestron Electronics, Inc.
18262060 WIRELESS SPEAKER, WIRELESS AUDIO SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF STATE CONTROL FOR WIRELESS SPEAKER Final Rejection D&M HOLDINGS INC.
18137446 AUDIO APPARATUSES Final Rejection SPA-TECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
17964439 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS SURROUND SOUND Non-Final OA Fasetto, Inc.

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