Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: ZHANG, LESHUI

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614 2654 2695

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.9%
Allow Rate
+15.9% vs TC avg
984
Total Applications
+35.2%
Interview Lift
1011
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 950 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.7%
§101 Eligibility
14.5%
§102 Novelty
44.5%
§103 Obviousness
29.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18614555 OWN VOICE AUDIO PROCESSING FOR HEARING LOSS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18649278 ACOUSTIC NEURAL NETWORK SCENE DETECTION Non-Final OA Snap Inc.
18958655 ACCELEROMETER-BASED ENDPOINTING MEASURE(S) AND /OR GAZE-BASED ENDPOINTING MEASURE(S) FOR SPEECH PROCESSING Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18712467 VOICE SEPARATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18986136 SPEAKER SYSTEM Non-Final OA ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
18944964 TIME-DOMAIN STEREO PARAMETER ENCODING METHOD AND RELATED PRODUCT Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18253716 Audio Recognition Method and Audio Recognition Apparatus Non-Final OA Honor Device Co., Ltd.
18808757 SPATIAL AUDIO Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18672139 Spatial Audio Parameter Merging Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18393966 AUDIO CANCELLATION Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18736332 GENERATIVE AI WITH LOGICAL REASONING Final Rejection NVIDIA CORPORATION
18779474 USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO PREPARE PRIORITY-BASED RESPONSES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18941768 AUTOMATED TRANSLATION OF DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS Non-Final OA Synopsys, Inc.
18817009 Auto-Generated Video Tutorials Final Rejection Avaya Management L.P.
18824518 NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE FOR IDENTITY MANAGEMENT DATA MINING USING GENERATIVE AI Final Rejection OKTA, INC.
18971106 AUTOMATED AUDIO TUNING AND COMPENSATION PROCEDURE Non-Final OA Biamp Systems, LLC

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