Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614 2651 2654 2656 2691 2692 2695
This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases
Paul C. McCord serves in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2614. With 585 resolved cases, the examiner has an allowance rate of 69.2%. This is a relatively high rate, suggesting that a large majority of applications handled by this examiner result in a patent grant. Practitioners can approach prosecution with a reasonable expectation of success, provided the technical merits of the application are soundly presented within the context of Art Unit 2614.
The data shows an interview lift of 25.9%, indicating that direct communication is quite effective for this examiner. An interview increases the likelihood of allowance significantly, making it a recommended tactic for resolving outstanding rejections. The median days to allowance is 1250, which represents a standard duration for the prosecution cycle. Given the 585 resolved cases, the 1250-day median is a reliable estimate for planning purposes. The 69.2% allowance rate and the 25.9% interview lift together suggest that proactive engagement can further improve already favorable odds of issuance in Tech Center 2600.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18204925 | USER INTERFACES FOR MANAGING A TIME-BASED EVENT | Final Rejection | Apple Inc. |
| 18634876 | Text-To-Speech Progress-Aware Fulfillment and Response | Non-Final OA | Google LLC |
| 18506038 | LLM AS A TRANSCRIPTION FILTER | Non-Final OA | Google LLC |
| 18964942 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF OFFLOADING AUDIO PROCESSING | Non-Final OA | QUALCOMM Incorporated |
| 18403820 | Immersive Contextual Audio Effects In E-Books With Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems | Non-Final OA | QUALCOMM Incorporated |
| 19045791 | SOURCE-BASED SOUND QUALITY ADJUSTMENT TOOL | Non-Final OA | Adeia Guides Inc. |
| 18766513 | HEARABLE DEVICE TO HEARABLE DEVICE COMMUNICATION USING IMAGE RECOGNITION | Final Rejection | Sony Group Corporation |
| 18307605 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE AND RECEPTION METHOD | Final Rejection | SONY GROUP CORPORATION |
| 18915380 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | SONY CORPORATION |
| 18536053 | SCENE BASED AUDIO MIXING FOR GENERATING AUDIO DESCRIPTION CONTENT | Final Rejection | Amazon Technologies, Inc. |
| 18819441 | MULTI-FEATURE BALANCING FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSORS | Final Rejection | Oracle International Corporation |
| 18983691 | Spatial Audio Processing | Non-Final OA | Nokia Technologies Oy |
| 18789533 | ADJUSTING PROBABILITY OF AN END-OF-SENTENCE TOKEN IN A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL | Final Rejection | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC |
| 18226315 | Automatically Generating Audio Descriptions for Image Content | Non-Final OA | International Business Machines Corporation |
| 19029722 | MEDIA PLAYBACK BASED ON SENSOR DATA | Non-Final OA | Sonos, Inc. |
| 19027999 | Facilitating Calibration of an Audio Playback Device | Non-Final OA | Sonos, Inc. |
| 19029937 | MEDIA PLAYBACK BASED ON SENSOR DATA | Non-Final OA | Sonos, Inc. |
| 18990825 | INTEROPERABILITY OF NATIVE MEDIA PLAYBACK SYSTEM WITH VIRTUAL LINE-IN | Non-Final OA | Sonos, Inc. |
| 18745199 | Dynamic Bonding of Playback Devices | Final Rejection | Sonos, Inc. |
| 18738169 | Playback Device Grouping | Final Rejection | Sonos, Inc. |
| 18597873 | Systems and Methods for Calibrating a Playback Device | Final Rejection | Sonos, Inc. |
| 18514882 | ASSOCIATING PLAYBACK DEVICES WITH PLAYBACK QUEUES | Non-Final OA | Sonos, Inc. |
| 18211650 | SENTENCE CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS, SENTENCE CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND SENTENCE CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM | Final Rejection | Hitachi, Ltd. |
| 18537626 | INTELLIGENT NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERIES VIA LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL AND USER INTERFACE ELEMENT METADATA | Non-Final OA | SAP SE |
| 18339694 | CONTEXTUAL QUERY GENERATION | Non-Final OA | Adobe Inc. |
| 18239875 | TEXT CLUSTERING PERFORMANCE EVALUATION | Non-Final OA | NVIDIA Corporation |
| 19024332 | AUTOMATIC PLAYING PIANO, AUTOMATIC PLAYING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | YAMAHA CORPORATION |
| 18805857 | AUDIO SEGMENT RECOMMENDATION | Final Rejection | Spotify AB |
| 18851467 | REPRESENTATION LEARNING USING INFORMED MASKING FOR SPEECH AND OTHER AUDIO APPLICATIONS | Non-Final OA | DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION |
| 18348793 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED MONITORING OF CHATBOTS FOR CONCEPT DRIFT DETECTION | Final Rejection | PwC Product Sales LLC |
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