Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SHARMA, NEERAJ

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2626 2655 2659

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Analysis

Neeraj Sharma has resolved 472 cases in Art Unit 2626. The examiner maintains an allowance rate of 84.7 percent. This figure provides a baseline for applicants to understand the probability of a grant in Tech Center 2600. The data shows an interview lift of 12.1 percent. This lift represents the difference in allowance rates between cases with and without interviews. Practitioners should consider this 12.1 percent lift when deciding whether to engage in direct communication.

The median days to allowance for this examiner is 990. This duration represents the timeline for reaching a final resolution for the 472 resolved cases. Applicants in Art Unit 2626 can use this 990-day metric to plan their prosecution schedules. The 84.7 percent allowance rate indicates the frequency of grants for this profile. With an interview lift of 12.1 percent, the role of the interview is a documented factor in the examiner's history. These metrics provide a view of the prosecution environment for this profile in Tech Center 2600.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

84.7%
Allow Rate
+22.7% vs TC avg
488
Total Applications
+12.1%
Interview Lift
990
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 472 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

17.3%
§101 Eligibility
28.4%
§102 Novelty
46.7%
§103 Obviousness
5.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18498380 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL CONTENT GENERATION AND ITERATION Non-Final OA Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
18947355 AUDIO RESPONSE MESSAGES Non-Final OA Snap Inc.
18944731 ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
19009154 ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF CASTING REQUESTS AND/OR USER INPUTS AT A RECHARGEABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18965481 TEXT INDEPENDENT SPEAKER RECOGNITION Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18919961 DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
19032597 DEVICE-DIRECTED UTTERANCE DETECTION Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18944255 Adaptive Gain-Shape Rate Sharing Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18732758 METHOD OF ENCODING/DECODING AUDIO SIGNAL AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME Final Rejection Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18792750 ADJUSTING SPEECH RATE FOR AN AUDIO INPUT Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18644954 MEDIA SEARCH FILTERING MECHANISM FOR SEARCH ENGINE Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18481159 Methods and Systems for Providing Alternative Audio Content Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18949505 Authenticating A Call Recording Using Audio Scores Non-Final OA Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
18808347 AUDIO COMMAND INTERFACE FOR A MULTIMEDIA DEVICE Non-Final OA Roku, Inc.
19034769 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOICE RECOGNITION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
18649868 QUERY OF VIDEO SUBJECT MATTER Final Rejection Armada Systems, Inc.

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