Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PAUL, DISLER

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

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.2%
Allow Rate
+20.2% vs TC avg
1,494
Total Applications
+8.7%
Interview Lift
1032
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1458 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
7.6%
§102 Novelty
83.9%
§103 Obviousness
3.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18651254 METHOD FOR ADJUSTING VOLUME OF AUDIO SIGNAL OUTPUT FROM ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND DEVICE THEREFOR Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18646132 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZATION WITH ANOTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN WIRELESS ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18696944 AUDIO SPEAKER COORDINATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
18657374 SPEAKER GRILLE PASSIVELY TENSIONING ACOUSTIC FABRIC Final Rejection Google LLC
18531877 ACOUSTIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18510869 Algorithm Improvements in a Haptic System Final Rejection SIM IP HXR LLC
18408913 CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18402663 APPARATUS, METHOD OR COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING A SOUND FIELD REPRESENTATION IN A SPATIAL TRANSFORM DOMAIN Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19049535 POWER OVER ETHERNET (PoE) POWERED SMART SPEAKER Final Rejection Lenbrook Industries Limited
18705991 ACOUSTIC SIGNAL OUTPUT DEVICE Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18651362 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LATENCY IMPROVEMENT FOR WIRELESS SPEAKERS Non-Final OA Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
18826310 DETECTING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT VIA MICROPHONE AUDIO Non-Final OA FTSQUARED Developments Ltd
18791810 INGRESS RESISTANT PORTABLE SPEAKER Non-Final OA Bose Corporation
18770490 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING STATE OF EARPHONE BASED ON MULTIPLE SENSORS Non-Final OA LITTLE BIRD CO., LTD
18719214 METHOD FOR RENDERING A SOUNDSCAPE OF A ROOM Non-Final OA SAINT-GOBAIN ECOPHON AB
18633162 MULTI-VOICE CONFERENCING DEVICE TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Crestron Electronics Inc.
18556982 A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECTIONAL PROCESSING OF AUDIO INFORMATION Non-Final OA THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE
18577581 Method and Transducer Array System for Directionally Reproducing An Input Audio Signal Final Rejection Soundfocus ApS
18507756 LOUDSPEAKER OPTIMIZATION AND ARRAY BUILDING ROUTINES Non-Final OA EAW NORTH AMERICA, INC.

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