Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SELLERS, DANIEL R

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

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.4%
Allow Rate
+5.4% vs TC avg
623
Total Applications
+16.9%
Interview Lift
1302
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 595 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.9%
§101 Eligibility
18.6%
§102 Novelty
63.6%
§103 Obviousness
6.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18287567 Rendering Reverberation Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18412167 MULTI-APPLICATION AUDIO RENDERING Non-Final OA Magic Leap, Inc.
18687720 DERIVING PARAMETERS FOR A REVERBERATION PROCESSOR Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18605470 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTEXTUAL VOLUME CONTROL BASED ON USER INPUT Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18726106 Systems and Methods for Mitigating the Effect of Water Retained in a Microphone Port Non-Final OA Google LLC
18624115 SIMULTANEOUS AUDIO OUTPUT RESULTING FROM PRIORITY ARBITRATION Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18690697 MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, SYSTEM AND STEREO APPARATUS Final Rejection Harman International Industries, Incorporated
18820351 ACOUSTIC OUTPUT DEVICES Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
18330554 Communication of Payload Data Through Altered Sequence of Metadata Defining Audio-Rendering Directives Final Rejection The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
18449473 Monitoring of Audio Playback for Automotive Applications Final Rejection Aptiv Technologies AG
18783599 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING WALKING IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18720181 MULTIBAND BASS MANAGEMENT IN VEHICLE AUDIO SYSTEM Non-Final OA Atieva, Inc.
18323879 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED AUDIO Final Rejection Bose Corporation
18833672 A SPEAKER SYSTEM Non-Final OA Stereofonics ApS
18719022 BONE CONDUCTION SPEAKER UNIT AND HEADREST INCORPORATING SAME Non-Final OA TEMCO JAPAN CO., LTD.
18692741 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT AND ACCURATE VIRTUAL ACCOUSTIC RENDERING Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
18387849 RECORDING SYSTEM Non-Final OA ST FamTech, LLC
18238440 Acoustic Event Detection and Data Storage Non-Final OA ST FamTech, LLC
17979902 ALWAYS ON HEADWEAR RECORDING SYSTEM Final Rejection ST FamTech, LLC

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