Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2651 2654 2656 2691 2694
This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases
Qin Zhu is an examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2651, with 637 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 87.4 percent. This 87.4 percent rate suggests a very favorable environment for applicants seeking patent protection. The 637 resolved cases provide a robust dataset, indicating that the rate is a stable and reliable metric for this examiner in Tech Center 2600.
The median days to allowance is 717 days, which is relatively efficient. The interview lift is low at 3.4 percent. This 3.4 percent lift indicates that interviews have a minimal impact on the outcome, likely because the examiner's baseline allowance rate is already very high. The 717 days median timeline is one of the faster paths to allowance in the available data. Practitioners can expect a high degree of success through standard written prosecution, as the lift suggests that oral advocacy is rarely the deciding factor in Art Unit 2651.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19060069 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO DEVICE ON BASIS OF IMAGE CONTEXT, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME | Non-Final OA | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. |
| 18934895 | INCREMENTAL HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION UPDATES | Non-Final OA | GOOGLE LLC |
| 18587771 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CAUSING SPEAKER TO REPRODUCE SOUND CORRESPONDING TO LISTENING POINT, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18943633 | IMMERSIVE AUDIO PLATFORM | Non-Final OA | Magic Leap, Inc. |
| 18958142 | VOICE PROCESSING SYSTEM, VOICE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 19005606 | TUNING OF MULTIBAND AUDIO SYSTEMS EXECUTING CROSSTALK CANCELLATION | Non-Final OA | HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED |
| 18962327 | INTERPOLATION OF FINITE IMPULSE RESPONSE FILTERS FOR GENERATING SOUND FIELDS | Non-Final OA | HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED |
| 18520208 | TECHNIQUES FOR ADDING DISTANCE-DEPENDENT REVERB TO AN AUDIO SIGNAL FOR A VIRTUAL SOUND SOURCE | Non-Final OA | HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED |
| 19047830 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOUND COLLECTION | Non-Final OA | Adeia Guides Inc. |
| 18941725 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORIENTATION-RESPONSIVE AUDIO ENHANCEMENT | Non-Final OA | Adeia Guides Inc. |
| 19002077 | Decoder for Decoding an Encoded Audio Signal and Encoder for Encoding an Audio Signal | Non-Final OA | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. |
| 18856894 | HEARING DEVICE, EARPIECE, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD | Final Rejection | Sony Group Corporation |
| 18577874 | SOUND GENERATION DEVICE, SOUND GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Non-Final OA | Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. |
| 18654073 | Rendering of Reverberation with Startup Control | Non-Final OA | Nokia Technologies Oy |
| 18265473 | Apparatus, Methods and Computer Programs for Providing Spatial Audio | Final Rejection | Nokia Technologies Oy |
| 18835538 | Noise Calculation Device and Sound Collection System | Final Rejection | Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. |
| 18923437 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEMS | Non-Final OA | Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC |
| 19058155 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING LOCAL TRANSITIONS BETWEEN LISTENING POSITIONS IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT | Non-Final OA | DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB |
| 18821581 | SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SOUND SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | Final Rejection | Yamaha Corporation |
| 18971140 | Road Noise Cancelation (RNC) with User Position Tracking | Non-Final OA | Bose Corporation |
| 18932518 | Audio Capability Discovery | Non-Final OA | Dell Products L.P. |
| 19060987 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING SOUND | Non-Final OA | X-SYSTEM LIMITED |
| 19102999 | Ambiance Expansion System For A Vehicle | Non-Final OA | iBiquity Digital Corporation |
| 18924292 | Method and system for streaming a multichannel audio signal to a binaural hearing system | Final Rejection | SONOVA AG |
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