Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WOZNIAK, JAMES S

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2600 2626 2655 2657

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.6%
Allow Rate
-2.4% vs TC avg
429
Total Applications
+39.4%
Interview Lift
1338
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 391 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.2%
§101 Eligibility
5.8%
§102 Novelty
82.5%
§103 Obviousness
4.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18622449 Headphone Conversation Detect Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18599431 RECIPIENT-SPECIFIC VOICE TONE ADJUSTMENT IN TELEPHONY Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17946500 MANAGING AUDIO CONFLICTS IN WEB CONFERENCES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17931911 AUTOMATICALLY LOCATING RESPONSES TO PREVIOUSLY ASKED QUESTIONS IN A LIVE CHAT TRANSCRIPT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18598056 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18292297 IMPROVING DETECTION OF VOICE-BASED KEYWORDS USING FALSELY REJECTED DATA Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18676805 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SENSITIVE DATA Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18526441 Interactive System Rendering Human Speaker Specified Expressions Non-Final OA Disney Enterprises, Inc.
18275995 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ESTIMATING WORD SEGMENT FREQUENCY IN DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY PROTECTION DATA Final Rejection Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
18719408 IVAS SPAR FILTER BANK IN QMF DOMAIN Non-Final OA DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
18757378 AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
18638155 PSEUDOTELEPATHY HEADSET Non-Final OA University of Utah Research Foundation
18483678 ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH VOICE CONTROL DIRECTED BASED UPON CONTEXT DATA Non-Final OA LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
18660835 MULTI-STAGE ADAPTIVE SYSTEM FOR CONTENT MODERATION Non-Final OA Modulate, Inc.
18638041 INTERACTIVE BARTENDER LEVERAGING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA c/o MINGA BOX LTD.
18544196 METHOD FOR PROVIDING TIME-SERIES PREDICTION DEEP LEARNING NEURAL NETWORK AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING INFANTS’ VOICES BASED ON THIS Final Rejection Dong-eui University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
18228500 PERSONA AND AVATAR SYNTHESIS Final Rejection Perfecta Federal, LLC

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