Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: ZHU, QIN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2651 2654 2656 2691 2694

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.6%
Allow Rate
+25.6% vs TC avg
652
Total Applications
+3.0%
Interview Lift
715
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 631 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.7%
§101 Eligibility
17.8%
§102 Novelty
46.0%
§103 Obviousness
17.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19060069 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO DEVICE ON BASIS OF IMAGE CONTEXT, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18577874 SOUND GENERATION DEVICE, SOUND GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18856894 HEARING DEVICE, EARPIECE, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18849515 SOUND REPRODUCTION DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
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.
18923437 METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
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.
18676687 CANCELLATION OF ULTRASONIC SIGNALS Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18265473 Apparatus, Methods and Computer Programs for Providing Spatial Audio Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18932518 Audio Capability Discovery Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
19005606 TUNING OF MULTIBAND AUDIO SYSTEMS EXECUTING CROSSTALK CANCELLATION Non-Final OA HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
19005619 MULTIDIMENSIONAL ACOUSTIC CROSSTALK CANCELLATION FILTER INTERPOLATION 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
18907090 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AN AUDIO PATH DELAY FOR AN AMPLIFIER BASED ON A CONTROL SIGNAL Non-Final OA Harman Becker Automotive Systems, Inc.

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