USPTO Examiner TRUONG KENNY H - Art Unit 2694

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19044558USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT TUNNELING AND OTHER ACTIVITIESFebruary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19044554USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT PEST ACTIVITYFebruary 2025March 2025Allow100NoNo
18973249USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT PEST ACTIVITYDecember 2024January 2025Allow100NoNo
18890880USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT TUNNELING ACTIVITYSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18773107HEARING AID SYSTEM INTEGRABLE IN AN EYEGLASS FRAMEJuly 2024April 2025Allow900NoNo
18759161HEARING SYSTEM COMPRISING A DATABASE OF ACOUSTIC TRANSFER FUNCTIONSJune 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18755950USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT TUNNELING ACTIVITYJune 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18438849INDEPENDENT GAME AND CHAT VOLUME CONTROLMay 2024January 2025Allow1200NoNo
18663400LOW LATENCY, LOW POWER MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO PROCESSINGMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18653229Hearing Protection and Noise Measurement SystemMay 2024June 2024Allow200NoNo
18636374MAGNETIC COUPLING FOR SOUND TRANSMISSIONApril 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18597185SEATBACK SPEAKERSMarch 2024January 2025Allow1000YesNo
18444898Ceiling Tile MicrophoneFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18440981CONTROL OF AN ELECTROSTATIC ACOUSTIC DEVICEFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1300NoNo
18420313Hearing Protection and Communication SystemJanuary 2024May 2024Allow301YesNo
18409693ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION AND SPEECH FILTERING FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICESJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1310YesNo
18391468LOW-LATENCY COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL FOR BINAURAL APPLICATIONSDecember 2023October 2024Allow1001YesNo
18545428Multifunctional earphone system for sports activitiesDecember 2023February 2025Allow1420NoNo
18530469SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY PROVIDING AUDIO ALERTSDecember 2023May 2025Allow1710NoNo
18524562Custom Electronic Switchable Hearing Protection SystemNovember 2023January 2024Allow100NoNo
18517963APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEMS MICROPHONE PERFORMANCE VIA BACK VOLUMENovember 2023September 2024Allow1000NoNo
18517443PERSONALIZED THREE-DIMENSIONAL AUDIONovember 2023February 2025Allow1420NoNo
18517221System and Method for Fast Mode Change of a Digital Microphone Using Digital Cross-Talk CompensationNovember 2023December 2024Allow1301YesNo
18512337SYNCHRONIZED MODE TRANSITIONNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210YesNo
18505996METHODS FOR PARAMETRIC MULTI-CHANNEL ENCODINGNovember 2023July 2024Allow800NoNo
18503986OWN VOICE DETECTION ON A HEARING DEVICE AND A BINAURAL HEARING DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOFNovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18497933Self-Calibrating Microphone and Loudspeaker Arrays For Wearable Audio DevicesOctober 2023February 2025Allow1501NoNo
18497949Audio-Based Presence DetectionOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310YesNo
18483015TRANSDUCER, ANTENNA APPARATUS, WIRELESS APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSDUCEROctober 2023January 2025Allow1511YesNo
18369283MOTOR VEHICLE WORKSPACE WITH ENHANCED PRIVACYSeptember 2023May 2024Allow800NoNo
18468530SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPRESENTING ACOUSTIC SIGNATURES FROM A TARGET SCENESeptember 2023March 2025Allow1821YesNo
18449519Wearable Audio Device Within a Distributed Audio Playback SystemAugust 2023November 2024Allow1510NoNo
18229861JOINT AUDIO INTERFERENCE REDUCTION AND FREQUENCY BAND COMPENSATION FOR VIDEOCONFERENCINGAugust 2023February 2024Allow600NoNo
18339969Systems and Methods for Spatial Audio RenderingJune 2023January 2025Allow1910NoNo
18213212SOUND GENERATING DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AUTOMOTIVE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SOUND GENERATING DEVICEJune 2023February 2024Allow800NoNo
18211583DISPLAY APPARATUSJune 2023April 2025Allow2211NoNo
18327797AUDIBILITY AT USER LOCATION THROUGH MUTUAL DEVICE AUDIBILITYJune 2023April 2025Allow2300NoNo
18326921AUDIO RECORDERMay 2023May 2024Allow1200NoNo
18202988VOICE PROCESSING SYSTEM, VOICE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING VOICE PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREONMay 2023June 2025Allow2510NoNo
18039061IN-CABIN AUDIO FILTERINGMay 2023December 2024Allow1910YesNo
18323961TRANSDUCER STEERING AND CONFIGURATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING A LOCAL POSITIONING SYSTEMMay 2023September 2024Allow1610NoNo
18323579DIFFERENTIAL AUDIO DATA COMPENSATIONMay 2023May 2024Allow1101NoNo
18199441INDEPENDENT GAME AND CHAT VOLUME CONTROLMay 2023January 2024Allow800YesNo
18138561PARYLENE ELECTRET CONDENSER MICROPHONE BACKPLATEApril 2023June 2024Allow1300NoNo
18137789SOUND PICKUP DEVICEApril 2023June 2025Allow2610NoNo
18300272NOISE MUFFLER FOR MICROPHONEApril 2023June 2025Allow2611YesNo
18133417WEARABLE AUDIO DEVICE WITH MODULAR COMPONENT ATTACHMENTApril 2023May 2025Allow2521YesNo
18133019Computer Performance of Executing Binaural SoundApril 2023January 2024Allow900NoNo
18026223A FULL-FREQUENCY BAND HIGH QUALITY MEMS MICROPHONE WITH A BAR AND SOUND TUNNELSMarch 2023May 2025Allow2610NoNo
18124761HEADSET AND CONTROL METHOD WITH USAGE STATUS DETECTIONMarch 2023February 2025Allow2300NoNo
18186725METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO EQUALIZATIONMarch 2023May 2024Allow1420YesNo
18183886SYNCHRONIZED MODE TRANSITIONMarch 2023September 2023Allow600NoNo
18181509ACOUSTIC MONITORING USING A SOUND MASKING EMITTER AS A SENSORMarch 2023June 2024Allow1500NoNo
18173625AUDIO DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND SOUND BOX SYSTEMFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2000YesNo
18169349ACTIVE NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEMFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1900NoNo
18108041SEATBACK SPEAKERSFebruary 2023December 2023Allow1010YesNo
18107185ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING SOUND AND METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2100NoNo
18164388RECEPTION DEVICEFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2000NoNo
18163270HEAD TRACKING AND HRTF PREDICTIONFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2710NoNo
18161645DEVICE AND RENDERING ENVIRONMENT TRACKINGJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2610YesNo
18158772BINAURAL HEARING SYSTEM HAVING TWO HEARING INSTRUMENTS TO BE WORN IN OR ON THE EAR OF THE USER, AND METHOD OF OPERATING SUCH A HEARING SYSTEMJanuary 2023March 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18099845Devices, Methods, and User Interfaces for Adaptively Providing Audio OutputsJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1600NoNo
18152498Ceiling Tile MicrophoneJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1110NoNo
18093827SOUND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHODJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2510NoNo
18004384Sound Collection Device, Sound Processing Apparatus And Method, Device, And Storage MediumJanuary 2023April 2025Abandon2701NoNo
18150613SPATIAL AUDIO SERVICEJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2100NoNo
18004154BREATHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING USING BREATHING APPARATUSJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2910NoNo
18090090METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AMBISONIC SIGNAL REPRODUCTION IN VIRTUAL REALITY SPACEDecember 2022September 2024Allow2110NoNo
18146415VIRTUAL ENGINE SOUND GENERATION SYSTEM AND VIRTUAL ENGINE SOUND GENERATION METHODDecember 2022April 2025Allow2711NoNo
18002506AUDIO CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMDecember 2022April 2025Allow2811YesNo
18082554USER TRACKING HEADREST AUDIO CONTROLDecember 2022March 2025Abandon2701NoNo
18065717Spatial Audio for Device AssistantsDecember 2022January 2025Allow2501NoNo
18079669VISUAL CONTENT PRESENTATION WITH VIEWER POSITION-BASED AUDIODecember 2022December 2024Allow2410YesNo
18079011ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE SPEAKERS CONTROLLED BY A SINGLE FUNCTIONAL CHIPDecember 2022September 2024Allow2101NoNo
18062315ROAD NOISE-CANCELLATION SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO ENTERTAINMENT AUDIODecember 2022August 2023Allow900NoNo
18073374WIRELESS EARPHONE, MOBILE PHONE AND SONIC RANGING METHODDecember 2022October 2024Allow2201NoNo
17928737ACTIVE SOUND DEVICE UTILIZING AUDIO RECOGNITIONNovember 2022December 2024Allow2510NoNo
17928904SOUND PICKUP DEVICE DAMPING STRUCTURE AND SOUND PICKUP APPARATUSNovember 2022August 2024Allow2000NoNo
17926608FIRST-ORDER DIFFERENTIAL MICROPHONE ARRAY WITH STEERABLE BEAMFORMERNovember 2022November 2024Allow2301NoNo
17925944SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ADAPTIVE MICROPHONE-LOUDSPEAKER ARRAY SETS FOR ROOM CORRECTION AND EQUALIZATIONNovember 2022May 2025Allow3011NoNo
18056026CONTENT RULES ENGINES FOR AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICESNovember 2022April 2024Allow1700NoNo
17925642CONTROL OF AN ELECTROSTATIC ACOUSTIC DEVICENovember 2022August 2023Allow900NoNo
17988719SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AUDIO REPRODUCTION DEVICENovember 2022January 2024Allow1420NoNo
17986549Active Noise Cancellation Method and ApparatusNovember 2022December 2024Allow2511NoNo
18055186HEARING DEVICENovember 2022March 2025Allow2820NoNo
17998685INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODNovember 2022January 2025Allow2610NoNo
18054652ADAPTIVE SOUND IMAGE WIDTH ENHANCEMENTNovember 2022October 2024Allow2310YesNo
18054502Multifunctional earphone system for sports activitiesNovember 2022August 2023Allow1010NoNo
17981656HEARING DEVICE OR SYSTEM COMPRISING A NOISE CONTROL SYSTEMNovember 2022August 2024Allow2100NoNo
17976278MAGNETIC COUPLING FOR SOUND TRANSMISSIONOctober 2022December 2023Allow1401YesNo
17975955METHODS FOR PARAMETRIC MULTI-CHANNEL ENCODINGOctober 2022July 2023Allow810NoNo
18048768Systems and Methods for Loudspeaker Layout MappingOctober 2022April 2024Allow1800NoNo
17966944AUDIO-BASED ASSISTANCE DURING EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITYOctober 2022July 2024Allow2100NoNo
17966775Custom Electronic Switchable Hearing Protection SystemOctober 2022August 2023Allow1000NoNo
17917786HEARING AID ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND HEARING AID ADJUSTMENT METHODOctober 2022August 2024Allow2210YesNo
17954728ULTRASONIC MICROPHONE AND ULTRASONIC ACOUSTIC RADIOSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1110NoNo
17914527STORAGE MEDIUM, MICROPHONE, AND ENGINE SPEED ACQUISITION DEVICESeptember 2022October 2023Allow1311YesNo
17952191AUTOMATED AUDIO TUNING AND COMPENSATION PROCEDURESeptember 2022August 2024Allow3210NoNo
17931747LOW-LATENCY COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL FOR BINAURAL APPLICATIONSSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1211YesNo
17895049DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF LOUDNESS FOR A PARTICIPANT ON A CALLAugust 2022September 2024Abandon2510NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner TRUONG, KENNY H - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner TRUONG, KENNY H works in Art Unit 2694 and has examined 13 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 84.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner TRUONG, KENNY H's allowance rate of 84.6% places them in the 60% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by TRUONG, KENNY H receive 0.92 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 7% 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 TRUONG, KENNY H is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 79% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +18.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by TRUONG, KENNY H. This interview benefit is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 50.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 97% 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 100.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 99% 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, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 4% 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 23% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 30% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

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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