Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SELLERS, DANIEL R

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614 2615 2637 2653 2655 2694

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.0%
Allow Rate
+6.0% vs TC avg
632
Total Applications
+17.3%
Interview Lift
1254
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 613 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.6%
§101 Eligibility
16.3%
§102 Novelty
65.3%
§103 Obviousness
6.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18796062 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18624115 SIMULTANEOUS AUDIO OUTPUT RESULTING FROM PRIORITY ARBITRATION Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18577560 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17814783 AUDIO SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18121315 DYNAMIC SPEAKER COILS AS RADIO FREQUENCY ANTENNAS IN MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18330554 Communication of Payload Data Through Altered Sequence of Metadata Defining Audio-Rendering Directives Non-Final OA The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
18937880 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUDIO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18924467 USING NON-AUDIO DATA EMBEDDED IN AN AUDIO SIGNAL Non-Final OA ROKU, INC.
18967903 PROXIMITY-BASED AUDIO PANNING OF A VIRTUAL SOUND SOURCE Non-Final OA HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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