Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MONIKANG, GEORGE C

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614 2615 2651 2692

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.8%
Allow Rate
+12.8% vs TC avg
989
Total Applications
+7.7%
Interview Lift
1119
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 952 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.3%
§101 Eligibility
6.7%
§102 Novelty
84.5%
§103 Obviousness
1.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18184414 MULTICHANNEL COMPRESSED AUDIO TRANSMISSION TO SATELLITE PLAYBACK DEVICES Final Rejection Sonos, Inc.
18797164 BINAURAL RENDERING FOR HEADPHONES USING METADATA PROCESSING Non-Final OA Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
18689187 AUDIO ENHANCEMENT FOR MOBILE CAPTURE Final Rejection DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
18672948 API for Spatial Audio Controls Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18731104 ENABLING CONSENT IN A GROUP COMMUNICATION WITH MULTIPLE LLM AGENTS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18625861 Infrastructure for Interfacing with a Generative Model for Content Evaluation and Customization Final Rejection Google LLC
18824542 LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
18417335 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING RETRIEVERS AND RERANKERS USING ADAPTERS Non-Final OA NAVER CORPORATION
18629243 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINE-GRAINED SELF-ENDORSEMENT IMPROVES FACTUALITY AND REASONING Final Rejection TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18822216 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VIRTUALIZED SPATIAL AUDIO Non-Final OA HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
18644393 HEARING INSTRUMENT AND ASSOCIATED BINAURAL HEARING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
18788716 HEARING DEVICE WITH SPEECH RESYNTHESIS, AND RELATED METHOD Non-Final OA GN Hearing A/S
18790116 ACOUSTIC VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION (AVAD) FOR ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Jawbone Innovations, LLC
18781772 AMPLIFIER HAVING DIFFERENT SECTIONS WITH A CLICKING CONTROL KNOB Non-Final OA Third Man Hardware LLC
18778822 METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR NEURAL NETWORK HEARING AID Non-Final OA Chromatic Inc.
18680890 HIGH FIDELITY BONE CONDUCTION SPEAKERS AND HEADPHONES Non-Final OA Finnovate Group, LLC
18647500 EAR INTERFACES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA Non-Final OA Iyo Inc.
18684087 LOUDSPEAKERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA CLEAN ENERGY LABS, LLC
18268453 Cloud Translation Calling Method, Apparatus and System Final Rejection Global Aitrans (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
18235505 Three-Dimensional Earpiece Production System Final Rejection Decibullz LLC
17549561 ADVANCED SENTIMENT ANALYSIS Final Rejection Calabrio, Inc.
17250069 MULTI-PART EARDRUM-CONTACT HEARING AID PLACED DEEP IN THE EAR CANAL Final Rejection Vibrosonic GmbH

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