Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614 2615 2654 2695

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.4%
Allow Rate
+14.4% vs TC avg
812
Total Applications
+11.3%
Interview Lift
1112
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 795 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.2%
§101 Eligibility
16.0%
§102 Novelty
37.0%
§103 Obviousness
33.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18943176 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING AUDIO CONTENT FOR LISTENER Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18782260 Loudspeaker Placement Identification Based on Directivity Index Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18592375 ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ACOUSTIC LOCATING CAPABILITIES Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18289079 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18551409 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18982233 SPATIAL AUDIO FOR WEARABLE DEVICES Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18762253 SOUND FIELD ADJUSTMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18162847 MODIFYING AUDIO FOR PRESENTATION TO A USER BASED ON A DETERMINED LOCATION OF AN AUDIO SYSTEM PRESENTING THE AUDIO Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18928815 MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Non-Final OA TDK CORPORATION
18874428 SEPARATION AND RENDERING OF HEIGHT OBJECTS Non-Final OA DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
18851908 CONTEXT AWARE AUDIO CAPTURE AND RENDERING Non-Final OA DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
18911197 SOUND SOURCE LOCALIZATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
18828144 OPEN ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
18986868 AUTOMATIC AUDIO TUNING SYSTEM Non-Final OA HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GmbH
18912532 TRANSFORMATION OF MICROPHONE DATA INTO ACCELEROMETER DATA Non-Final OA InvenSense, Inc.

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