Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PAUL, DISLER

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

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.1%
Allow Rate
+20.1% vs TC avg
1486
Total Applications
+8.9%
Interview Lift
1072
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1445 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.9%
§101 Eligibility
24.7%
§102 Novelty
46.6%
§103 Obviousness
14.2%
§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.
19080510 DISTRIBUTED GENERATIVE MODELS Final Rejection Sonos, Inc.
18771666 IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18638536 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MULTICHANNEL AUDIO FRAME LOSS CONCEALMENT Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18408913 CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18531877 ACOUSTIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18165517 CONTROL AND CONFIGURATION FOR WIRELESS AUDIO DEVICES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18510869 Algorithm Improvements in a Haptic System Final Rejection SIM IP HXR LLC
18593749 AUDIO RELAY ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
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
18651362 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LATENCY IMPROVEMENT FOR WIRELESS SPEAKERS Non-Final OA Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
18613883 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER LOCATION-BASED MULTI-ZONE MEDIA Final Rejection Sound United, LLC.
18826310 DETECTING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT VIA MICROPHONE AUDIO Non-Final OA FTSQUARED Developments Ltd
18705080 ATTRIBUTE UTILIZATION TO DELIVER IMMERSIVE SIMULTANEOUS SOUND EXPERIENCE Non-Final OA Atieva, Inc.
18781331 CUSTOMIZED AUTOMATED AUDIO TUNING Non-Final OA Biamp Systems, LLC
18770490 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING STATE OF EARPHONE BASED ON MULTIPLE SENSORS Non-Final OA LITTLE BIRD CO., LTD
18556982 A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECTIONAL PROCESSING OF AUDIO INFORMATION Non-Final OA THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE
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.
18577581 Method and Transducer Array System for Directionally Reproducing An Input Audio Signal Final Rejection Soundfocus ApS
18572584 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPRODUCING SOUND Final Rejection Sound Dimension AB
18507756 LOUDSPEAKER OPTIMIZATION AND ARRAY BUILDING ROUTINES Non-Final OA EAW NORTH AMERICA, INC.

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