Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: QIN, JIANCHUN

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2832 2837

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.2%
Allow Rate
+1.2% vs TC avg
1038
Total Applications
+13.8%
Interview Lift
938
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 999 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.7%
§101 Eligibility
34.3%
§102 Novelty
51.9%
§103 Obviousness
4.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17847027 SONG PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
17474122 POWER CONSUMPTION Final Rejection KONE Corporation
17177615 DEVICES, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR MONITORING, PROCESSING AND ADJUSTING AN ELEVATOR EMERGENCY STOPPING EVENT Final Rejection Kone Corporation
18060469 CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS SMART WEARABLE DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
17625681 TOUCH-SENSITIVE ELEVATOR OPERATION DEVICE FOR DIRECTION OF TRAVEL CALLS Final Rejection INVENTIO AG
17987245 ELECTRONIC STRINGED INSTRUMENT, MUSICAL SOUND CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
17864446 ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
17700692 METHODS, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PERFORMANCE DATA DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Final Rejection CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
17694412 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
17838878 COMPONENT MISALIGNMENT SENSING Final Rejection Otis Elevator Company
17399762 ELEVATOR POSITION REFERENCE SYSTEMS AND MONITORING BUILDING SETTLEMENT USING AN ELEVATOR POSITION REFERENCE SYSTEM Final Rejection Otis Elevator Company
18112619 INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA YAMAHA CORPORATION
18077671 Signal Generation Method, Signal Generation System, Electronic Musical Instrument, and Recording Medium Non-Final OA Yamaha Corporation
17991823 MUSICAL PIECE INFERENCE DEVICE, MUSICAL PIECE INFERENCE METHOD, MUSICAL PIECE INFERENCE PROGRAM, MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, MODEL GENERATION METHOD, AND MODEL GENERATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA Yamaha Corporation
17885486 ESTIMATION MODEL CONSTRUCTION METHOD, PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS METHOD, ESTIMATION MODEL CONSTRUCTION DEVICE, AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS DEVICE Non-Final OA Yamaha Corporation
17743616 INPUT DEVICE AND SOUND SIGNAL GENERATION DEVICE Non-Final OA YAMAHA CORPORATION
17693059 Sound Signal Generation Method, Sound Signal Generation Device, Non-transitory Computer Readable Medium Storing Sound Signal Generation Program and Electronic Musical Apparatus Non-Final OA Yamaha Corporation
18680369 OPERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOIST ELEVATORS Final Rejection Designed Access LLC
17987870 AUTOMATIC PERFORMANCE APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC PERFORMANCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Roland Corporation
17799213 IMPROVED SYNCHRONIZATION OF A PRE-RECORDED MUSIC ACCOMPANIMENT ON A USER'S MUSIC PLAYING Final Rejection ANTESCOFO

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