Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MONIKANG, GEORGE C

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614 2615 2651 2692

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.5%
Allow Rate
+12.5% vs TC avg
989
Total Applications
+7.2%
Interview Lift
1123
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 941 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.9%
§101 Eligibility
22.5%
§102 Novelty
58.6%
§103 Obviousness
4.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18824542 LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
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.
18605688 Spatial Audio Upscaling Using Machine Learning Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18731104 ENABLING CONSENT IN A GROUP COMMUNICATION WITH MULTIPLE LLM AGENTS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18736800 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SIGNATURE RECOGNITION FOR PRIVACY PRESERVING COMPUTER OPERATIONS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18822216 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VIRTUALIZED SPATIAL AUDIO Non-Final OA HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
18417335 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING RETRIEVERS AND RERANKERS USING ADAPTERS Non-Final OA NAVER CORPORATION
18497780 SYSTEM USING NATURAL CONVERSATION FOR MONITORING A FACILITY Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18618448 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED MANAGEMENT OF FEEDBACK DATA Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18385141 PORTABLE LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
18644393 HEARING INSTRUMENT AND ASSOCIATED BINAURAL HEARING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
18418376 HEARING INSTRUMENT WITH IMPROVED CORROSION PROTECTION Final Rejection Oticon A/S
18788716 HEARING DEVICE WITH SPEECH RESYNTHESIS, AND RELATED METHOD Non-Final OA GN Hearing A/S
18588826 USER INTERFACE CONTROL USING VIBRATION SUPPRESSION Final Rejection Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
18583577 HEARING INSTRUMENT FITTING SYSTEMS Final Rejection Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
18134742 COMPACT ELECTRO-MECHANICAL PACKAGING FOR A CUSTOM HEARING DEVICE Non-Final OA Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
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
18235505 Three-Dimensional Earpiece Production System Final Rejection Decibullz LLC
18291604 PLAYING DEVICE, SOUND GENERATING DEVICE AND CONTROL APPARATUS THEREFOR Final Rejection GOERTEK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18715974 DEVICE FOR ACTIVE NOISE SUPPRESSION AND/OR OCCLUSION SUPPRESSION, CORRESPONDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA ELEVEAR GMBH
18713784 SPOKEN LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING BY MEANS OF REPRESENTATIONS LEARNED UNSUPERVISED Non-Final OA CORTI APS
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
18400158 VIBRATOR AND HEARING DEVICE Non-Final OA FINEWELL CO., LTD.
18268453 Cloud Translation Calling Method, Apparatus and System Final Rejection Global Aitrans (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd.

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