Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: PAUL, DISLER

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614 2615 2654 2655 2695

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.4%
Allow Rate
+20.4% vs TC avg
1,502
Total Applications
+8.7%
Interview Lift
1030
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1474 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.6%
§101 Eligibility
21.6%
§102 Novelty
48.6%
§103 Obviousness
14.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18651254 METHOD FOR ADJUSTING VOLUME OF AUDIO SIGNAL OUTPUT FROM ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND DEVICE THEREFOR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18955658 ARRAY MICROPHONE DEVICE Non-Final OA PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
18907816 ACTION ESTIMATION DEVICE, ACTION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18909297 Earbud with Low Enoise Non-Final OA Google LLC
18657374 SPEAKER GRILLE PASSIVELY TENSIONING ACOUSTIC FABRIC Final Rejection Google LLC
18927351 OVERAMPLITUDE PREVENTION APPARATUS OF SPEAKER Non-Final OA ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
18880771 SPATIAL AUDIO USING A SINGLE AUDIO DEVICE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18718427 PIEZOELECTRIC MEMS CONTACT DETECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18938494 ALTERING AUDIO TO IMPROVE AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18889896 SOUND SOURCE LOCALIZATION USING ACOUSTIC WAVE DECOMPOSITION Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18705991 ACOUSTIC SIGNAL OUTPUT DEVICE Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
18829242 EARPHONE Final Rejection SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
18669597 MULTI-VEHICLE EXTERIOR AUDIO SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18923386 PROCESSING OF AUDIO SIGNALS DURING HIGH FREQUENCY RECONSTRUCTION Non-Final OA DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
18931722 AUDIO WATERMARKING TO PREVENT MEETING HOWL Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18165517 CONTROL AND CONFIGURATION FOR WIRELESS AUDIO DEVICES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18947274 INTELLIGENT AUDIO SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE SENSOR MODALITIES Non-Final OA Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.

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