Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: YU, NORMAN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2652 2693

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.7%
Allow Rate
+25.7% vs TC avg
643
Total Applications
+13.7%
Interview Lift
715
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 618 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.7%
§101 Eligibility
15.2%
§102 Novelty
58.4%
§103 Obviousness
11.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18757410 AUDIO SPEAKERS WITH NESTED COMPONENTS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18770207 Real-time Adaptation of Audio Playback Non-Final OA Google LLC
18922291 DIRECTIONAL SOUND PICKUP METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18507849 ONE-SHOT ACOUSTIC ECHO GENERATION NETWORK Final Rejection Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
18756567 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLABLE ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATION Non-Final OA NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18950147 ACOUSTIC DEVICES AND SUPPORT ASSEMBLIES THEREOF Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
18786625 BONE CONDUCTION SPEAKER AND COMPOUND VIBRATION DEVICE THEREOF Final Rejection SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
18936478 VOLUME LEVELER CONTROLLER AND CONTROLLING METHOD Non-Final OA DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
18845178 TARGET MID-SIDE SIGNALS FOR AUDIO APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
18602715 DYNAMIC FITTING FOR DEVICE WORN ON RECIPIENT'S BODY Final Rejection Cochlear Limited
19216468 EAR-WORN DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED NOISE MODIFICATION AND/OR SPATIAL FOCUSING Non-Final OA Fortell Research Inc.
18979862 EAR-WEARABLE DEVICE INCLUDING FILTER Non-Final OA Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
18741822 SOUND DEVICE Non-Final OA AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
18322182 ACOUSTIC MICROPHONE WITH INTEGRATED MAGNETIC TRANSDUCER Non-Final OA KNOWLES ELECTRONICS, LLC

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