Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MEIS, JON CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2654

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

45.5%
Allow Rate
-16.5% vs TC avg
52
Total Applications
+59.0%
Interview Lift
1100
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 22 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

24.9%
§101 Eligibility
12.9%
§102 Novelty
49.7%
§103 Obviousness
10.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18128535 Apparatus, Methods and Computer Programs for Noise Suppression Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18310955 AUDIO SOURCE SEPARATION FOR MULTI-CHANNEL BEAMFORMING BASED ON PERSONAL VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION (VAD) Final Rejection Synaptics Incorporated
18634351 RESPONSE DETERMINING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17810123 INTEGRATED SYNTHETIC LABELING OPTIMIZATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection PayPal, Inc.
18493547 METHOD OF OPERATING SOUND RECOGNITION DEVICE IDENTIFYING SPEAKER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
17926324 TEXT DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18095297 COMBINING STRUCTURED AND SEMI-STRUCTURED DATA FOR EXPLAINABLE AI Final Rejection SAP SE
18474484 NATURAL LANGUAGE GENERATION Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18429601 SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SPEECH SIGNAL REPRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING A DE-EMOTIONALIZED SPEECH SIGNAL Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18045164 Method and System for Target Source Separation Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
17815786 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CLEANING TRANSFORM Non-Final OA Yext, Inc.
18492635 PROBABILISTIC MULTI-PARTY AUDIO TRANSLATION Final Rejection Mass Luminosity, Inc.

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