Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WOZNIAK, JAMES S

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2600 2626 2655 2657

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.0%
Allow Rate
-3.0% vs TC avg
427
Total Applications
+40.1%
Interview Lift
1328
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 385 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.1%
§101 Eligibility
18.4%
§102 Novelty
40.1%
§103 Obviousness
16.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18585988 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SPEECH RECOGNITION AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18643717 AUDIO CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AUDIO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18598056 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18646064 INNER SPEECH SIGNAL DETECTION USING ONLINE LEARNING Final Rejection Snap Inc.
18612539 TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING CONVERSATIONAL INTENT Final Rejection Snap Inc.
18446509 STEREOPHONIC AUDIO GENERATION Non-Final OA 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
18599600 CASCADED SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR ENHANCED PRIVACY Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18676805 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SENSITIVE DATA Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18483678 ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH VOICE CONTROL DIRECTED BASED UPON CONTEXT DATA Non-Final OA LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
18736763 SYSTEMS FOR GENERATION OF PROMPTS FOR EVALUATION OF LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18275995 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ESTIMATING WORD SEGMENT FREQUENCY IN DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY PROTECTION DATA Final Rejection Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
18771779 GENERATING MULTILINGUAL VISION LANGUAGE MODELS UTILIZING CONTRASTIVE LANGUAGE IMAGE PRETRAINING Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
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.
18253673 ENABLING TRAINING OF A MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL FOR TRIGGER-WORD DETECTION Final Rejection ASSA ABLOY AB
18638155 PSEUDOTELEPATHY HEADSET Non-Final OA University of Utah Research Foundation
18438480 DIRECTIONAL ACTIVITY MASK DETECTOR FOR A VEHICLE Final Rejection GM Global Technology Operations LLC
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.
18444440 AUTOMATED CUSTOMIZATION ENGINE Final Rejection JUST RIGHT READER, INC.
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
18378118 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A USER INTERACTION SESSION WITHIN AN INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM Final Rejection HISHAB SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED

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