USPTO Examiner KING SIMON - Art Unit 2694

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18903789METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING WEARING STATE OF EARPHONE, EARPHONE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18885570OPEN EAR CLIP HEADPHONESeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18781794APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TUNED-FREQUENCY-SPECTRUM EARPIECEJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18779236Audio Cable with Switchable Transmission DirectionJuly 2024November 2024Allow410NoNo
18675480Headphone Audio ControllerMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18642492MULTI-MODAL AUDIO PROCESSINGApril 2024December 2024Allow710NoNo
18635231HEADSET AND APPLICATION CONTROL BASED ON LOCATION DATAApril 2024May 2025Allow1310NoNo
18628789EARPHONESApril 2024October 2024Allow600NoNo
18626112HEADPHONES WITH INCREASED BACK VOLUMEApril 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18428933CONTROL OF AN EARPHONE DEVICEJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18423593Magnetic Fluid SpeakerJanuary 2024March 2024Allow200NoNo
18414050POWER MANAGEMENT OF THE MODULAR EAR-CUP AND EAR-BUDJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18406195EARPHONESJanuary 2024July 2024Allow700NoNo
18403507SYSTEMS, METHODS, DEVICES AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR UNIFIED MESSAGINGJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18397780Earphone Software And HardwareDecember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18389270INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, WEARABLE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18389572ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH TEXTURED GLASS AND GLASS CERAMIC COMPONENTSNovember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18388526CHARGING SYSTEM, DEVICE FOR CHARGING EARPHONES WHILE EARPHONES ARE IN USE, PROCESS, AND METHOD OF USENovember 2023February 2024Allow300NoNo
18502359AUDIO DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR DAISY CHAININGNovember 2023July 2024Allow810NoNo
18501012EARPHONESNovember 2023January 2024Allow200NoNo
18487491KNOB STRUCTURE FOR ADJUSTING SOUND PARAMETER AND HEADPHONE INCLUDING KNOB STRUCTUREOctober 2023June 2025Allow2000NoNo
18380121Remote Control of Ear Mounted Audio DevicesOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18376438AUDIO SOURCE SEPARATION FOR AUDIO DEVICESOctober 2023December 2024Allow1510NoNo
18371400TUNED-FREQUENCY-SPECTRUM EARPIECESeptember 2023March 2024Allow610NoNo
18456816SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROSSTALK REDUCTION FOR AUDIO COMMUNICATIONSAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18455565PERSONALIZED HRTFS VIA OPTICAL CAPTUREAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18451138EARPHONESAugust 2023October 2023Allow200NoNo
18451451Dynamic Earbud ProfileAugust 2023May 2024Allow900NoNo
18356044VOLUME LEVELER CONTROLLER AND CONTROLLING METHODJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18219830PROTECTIVE CASE SYSTEM FOR USE WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2023April 2024Allow910NoNo
18349920SEPARATION OF SELF-VOICE SIGNAL FROM A BACKGROUND SIGNAL USING A SPEECH GENERATIVE NETWORK ON A WEARABLE DEVICEJuly 2023April 2024Allow910NoNo
18346152ACOUSTIC DETECTION OF IN-EAR HEADPHONE FITJune 2023September 2024Allow1510YesNo
18334866Portable Device Microphone Status IndicatorJune 2023March 2024Allow900NoNo
18206600PERSONALIZED, REAL-TIME AUDIO PROCESSINGJune 2023September 2024Allow1600NoNo
18255777EARPHONE AND FIT ADJUSTMENT METHODJune 2023March 2025Allow2200NoNo
18039252SMART INTERCOM STATIONS FOR LEGACY INTERCOM SYSTEMSMay 2023September 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18322935Multi-microphone HeadsetMay 2023February 2025Allow2120NoNo
18197672HEADPHONES WITH INCREASED BACK VOLUMEMay 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18197589USER IDENTIFICATION USING HEADPHONESMay 2023November 2024Allow1810NoNo
18195645Headphone Audio ControllerMay 2023February 2024Allow900YesNo
18141538SYSTEM AND TOOLS FOR ENHANCED 3D AUDIO AUTHORING AND RENDERINGMay 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18299169SYSTEM FOR MATCHING ALTERNATE VERSIONS OF A SONGApril 2023February 2024Allow1000NoNo
18194885MULTI-MODAL AUDIO PROCESSING FOR VOICE-CONTROLLED DEVICESApril 2023February 2024Allow1000NoNo
18246628OUTPUT APPARATUSMarch 2023July 2025Allow2710NoNo
18187998IN-EAR WEARABLE DEVICEMarch 2023February 2025Allow2200NoNo
18188191DUAL-SPEAKER SYSTEMMarch 2023May 2025Allow2610YesNo
18124541Ear Mounted Audio Devices Controllable by Remote ControlMarch 2023June 2024Allow1520YesNo
18124193AUDIO DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR DAISY CHAININGMarch 2023August 2023Allow500NoNo
18186883MICROPHONE ARRAY WITH AUTOMATED ADAPTIVE BEAM TRACKINGMarch 2023July 2024Allow1610NoNo
18175744WIRELESS LISTENING DEVICEFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2300NoNo
18042910WIRELESS EARPHONEFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2300YesNo
18171705COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESPONSE TIME REDUCTION IN EMERGENCY INCIDENT EVENTSFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2300NoNo
18042039HeadsetFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2510NoNo
18041047EARPHONE POSITION ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2510NoNo
18107398Remote Control of Ear Mounted Audio DevicesFebruary 2023July 2023Allow510NoNo
18164673METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING WORKING STATE OF BONE CONDUCTION EARPHONESFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2610NoNo
18158070SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SOUND SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2100NoNo
18099855CONTACT DETECTION VIA IMPEDANCE ANALYSISJanuary 2023November 2023Allow1010NoNo
18156630PANEL SPEAKERJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2100YesNo
18014525EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEM, EMERGENCY CALL METHOD, AND PROGRAMJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2300NoNo
18004208INDIVIDUAL DANGEROUS STATE DETECTION-BASED SITUATION INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICEJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2100NoNo
18004195CALL IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION METHOD, TERMINAL AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2023June 2025Allow3010NoNo
18149083MICROPHONE ARRAY WITH AUTOMATED ADAPTIVE BEAM TRACKINGDecember 2022August 2023Allow710NoNo
18090151DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD TO INITIATE ELECTRONIC ACTIONS ON CALLS AND MANAGE CALL-TAKING RESOURCESDecember 2022September 2024Allow2100NoNo
18090070METHOD OF PROCESSING MESH DATA FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNAL FOR AUDIO RENDERING IN VIRTUAL REALITY SPACEDecember 2022June 2025Allow3020NoNo
18082424SYSTEM(S) AND METHOD(S) FOR IMPLEMENTING A PERSONALIZED CHATBOTDecember 2022September 2024Allow2100NoNo
18001739SOUND OUTPUT DEVICEDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710NoNo
18080068MAINTAINING SERVICE AVAILABILITYDecember 2022November 2024Allow2300NoNo
18009743PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMDecember 2022August 2024Allow2000NoNo
18077836SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT PLATFORM CONFIGURED TO ASSIST HUMAN AGENTS AT A CONTACT CENTERDecember 2022December 2024Allow2410NoNo
18008987MANAGING SERVICE INTERRUPTS IN LAWFUL INTERCEPTIONDecember 2022January 2025Allow2610NoNo
18061057PROCESSORDecember 2022September 2024Allow2100YesNo
18073062ECHO CANCELLATIONDecember 2022January 2025Allow2511NoNo
18073477DIRECTED SOUND TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS AND METHODSDecember 2022July 2024Abandon1920NoNo
17928319APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A DIFFUSE REVERBERATION SIGNALNovember 2022August 2024Allow2000NoNo
18057352COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS HAVING COMPUTING DEVICES PROGRAMMED FOR CALLER IDENTITY VERIFICATION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFNovember 2022September 2024Allow2100NoNo
17989336DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATIONNovember 2022December 2024Allow2510NoNo
17986925INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMNovember 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
17981705SOUND SOURCE LOCALIZATION WITH REFLECTION DETECTIONNovember 2022July 2024Allow2000NoNo
17998133EARPHONE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING WHETHER AN EARPHONE IS BEING INSERTED INTO AN EAR OF A USERNovember 2022July 2024Allow2000NoNo
17997949INPUT/OUTPUT PORTSNovember 2022January 2025Abandon2710NoNo
17979431DISPLAY PANEL AND SOUND BOXNovember 2022December 2024Allow2510NoNo
18049234FIELD OF VIEW BASED AUDIO SELECTIONOctober 2022June 2024Allow2000NoNo
17920632ADDRESS-TYPE FIRE DETECTION DEVICE AND ADDRESS-TYPE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM COMPRISING SAMEOctober 2022September 2024Allow2300NoNo
18047769INPUT DEVICEOctober 2022July 2024Allow2000NoNo
18045885ELECTRONIC ACOUSTIC DEVICES, MEMS MICROPHONES, AND EQUALIZATION METHODSOctober 2022January 2025Allow2710YesNo
18046005CUSTOMIZABLE SPEAKER SYSTEMOctober 2022July 2024Allow2200NoNo
18045887MULTI-CAVITY PACKAGING FOR MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM MICROPHONESOctober 2022August 2024Allow2310NoNo
17961421NOISE DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOFOctober 2022May 2024Allow1900NoNo
17958014DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATIONSeptember 2022November 2024Allow2610NoNo
17955637LOOP FILTER STABILIZATION FOR CLASS D AMPLIFIERSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1900NoNo
17952089POWER FILTERING DEVICESeptember 2022November 2024Allow2610NoNo
17949237Multifunctional Sounding DeviceSeptember 2022May 2024Allow2000NoNo
17932288ACOUSTIC OUTPUT DEVICESSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2100NoNo
17904306SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AND DISPLAY OF COMPLIANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY EMERGENCY CALL TAKERAugust 2022August 2024Allow2410NoNo
17884400SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICESAugust 2022October 2023Allow1410NoNo
17876148SHARING AUDIO FROM A SOURCE DEVICEJuly 2022September 2023Allow1410NoNo
17870735METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EARPIECE AUDIO FEEBACK CHANNEL TO DETECT EAR TIP SEALINGJuly 2022February 2024Allow1900NoNo
17793843ADAPTIVE EARTIP FOR TRUE WIRELESS STEREO HEADSETSJuly 2022February 2024Allow1900NoNo
17866356DYNAMIC E911 SYSTEM RECORDS UPDATINGJuly 2022April 2024Allow2100NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner KING, SIMON - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KING, SIMON works in Art Unit 2694 and has examined 219 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.7%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 21 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KING, SIMON's allowance rate of 97.7% places them in the 93% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by KING, SIMON receive 0.86 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 9% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by KING, SIMON is 21 months. This places the examiner in the 85% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KING, SIMON. This interview benefit is in the 21% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 46.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 96% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 60.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 82% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 11.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 7% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 21% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 2.8% of allowed cases (in the 70% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

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