Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Communications
18 pending office actions • 1 client • 16 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days
LS3 Sonos specializes in Networking & Security, with 615 career applications managed to date. The firm boasts a resolved allowance rate of 98.34 percent, showing a success rate in obtaining patent grants for its clients.
The firm averages 2.88 office actions per allowance, which provides a baseline for the intensity of examiner negotiations. Currently, there are 10 pending office actions in the firm's docket, a number that exists alongside its 615 career applications.
An allowance rate of 98.34 percent suggests that nearly all resolved applications in the networking and security sector result in a patent. The 10 pending office actions represent the current phase of prosecution for the firm's active files. Practitioners can use the 2.88 average office actions per allowance to plan for the prosecution cycle.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (6%) |
| §103 only | 10 (56%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (17%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCORD, PAUL C | 3 | 69.2% | +25.9% |
| SKHOUN, HICHAM | 1 | 77.1% | +5.5% |
| ABEDIN, NORMIN | 1 | 84.4% | +10.4% |
| SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN | 1 | 76.5% | +10.6% |
| PAUL, DISLER | 1 | 82.2% | +8.6% |
| SAINT CYR, LEONARD | 1 | 77.5% | +17.9% |
| COLUCCI, MICHAEL C | 1 | 75.8% | +15.3% |
| TON, DAVID L | 1 | 84.7% | +12.5% |
| FLYNN, RANDY A | 1 | 65.4% | +16.3% |
| DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | 1 | 82.4% | +2.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19184737 | Techniques for Extending the Lifespan of Playback Devices | ABEDIN, NORMIN | — |
| 19030817 | Wireless Radio Switching | PAUL, DISLER | — |
| 19031204 | Multi-Channel Acoustic Echo Cancellation | TON, DAVID L | — |
| 19019322 | Methods and Devices for Rejoining a Group | DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18982755 | Priority Media Content | HOSSAIN, FARZANA E | 15d overdue |
| 18745199 | Dynamic Bonding of Playback Devices | MCCORD, PAUL C | 5d |
| 19253512 | Playback Queue Collaboration and Notification | SKHOUN, HICHAM | — |
| 17235704 | COUNTERPART MEDIA ITEMS | MARANDI, JAMES R | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18514882 | ASSOCIATING PLAYBACK DEVICES WITH PLAYBACK QUEUES | MCCORD, PAUL C | 26d overdue |
| 18745199 | Dynamic Bonding of Playback Devices | MCCORD, PAUL C | 5d |
| 18597873 | Systems and Methods for Calibrating a Playback Device | MCCORD, PAUL C | 6d |
| 19184737 | Techniques for Extending the Lifespan of Playback Devices | ABEDIN, NORMIN | — |
| 19044357 | Cable Retraction Mechanism for Headphone Devices | SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN | — |
| 19031037 | Handling of loss of pairing between networked devices | SAINT CYR, LEONARD | — |
| 19031170 | Systems and Methods of Multiple Voice Services | COLUCCI, MICHAEL C | — |
| 19031204 | Multi-Channel Acoustic Echo Cancellation | TON, DAVID L | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Sonos | 18 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2692 | 3 |
| 2164 | 1 |
| 2658 | 1 |
| 2424 | 1 |
| 2482 | 1 |
| 2844 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| 2443 | 1 |
| 2174 | 1 |
| 2421 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19253512 | Playback Queue Collaboration and Notification | Sonos, Inc. | SKHOUN, HICHAM | 2164 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19184737 | Techniques for Extending the Lifespan of Playback Devices | Sonos, Inc. | ABEDIN, NORMIN | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 | |
| 19044357 | Cable Retraction Mechanism for Headphone Devices | Sonos, Inc. | SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 | |
| 19030817 | Wireless Radio Switching | Sonos, Inc. | PAUL, DISLER | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19031037 | Handling of loss of pairing between networked devices | Sonos, Inc. | SAINT CYR, LEONARD | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19031170 | Systems and Methods of Multiple Voice Services | Sonos, Inc. | COLUCCI, MICHAEL C | 2658 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19031204 | Multi-Channel Acoustic Echo Cancellation | Sonos, Inc. | TON, DAVID L | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19031215 | Networked Device Group Information in a System with Multiple Media Playback Protocols | Sonos, Inc. | FLYNN, RANDY A | 2424 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19019322 | Methods and Devices for Rejoining a Group | Sonos, Inc. | DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 | |
| 18982755 | Priority Media Content | Sonos, Inc. | HOSSAIN, FARZANA E | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18800916 | Sound and Light Experiences | Sonos, Inc. | CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | 2844 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18766327 | Intelligent User Interfaces for Playback Devices | Sonos, Inc. | YOON, ERIC | 2118 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18745199 | Dynamic Bonding of Playback Devices | Sonos, Inc. | MCCORD, PAUL C | 2692 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18597873 | Systems and Methods for Calibrating a Playback Device | Sonos, Inc. | MCCORD, PAUL C | 2692 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18514882 | ASSOCIATING PLAYBACK DEVICES WITH PLAYBACK QUEUES | Sonos, Inc. | MCCORD, PAUL C | 2692 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18464848 | Multiple Media Playback Protocols for Synchronized Media Playback in Grouped Zones | Sonos, Inc. | WON, MICHAEL YOUNG | 2443 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 85d overdue | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18549543 | Off-LAN Experience for Portables | Sonos, Inc. | MUHEBBULLAH, SAJEDA | 2174 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 17235704 | COUNTERPART MEDIA ITEMS | Sonos, Inc. | MARANDI, JAMES R | 2421 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2021 |
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