USPTO Examiner KURR JASON R - Art Unit 2695

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19059448LUMINESCENT EARPHONE COMPARTMENTFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
18773372PREDICTIVE SOUND CONTROL OF VENTS FOR A HEARABLE DEVICEJuly 2024March 2026Allow2000NoNo
18762540DYNAMIC WIND NOISE COMPRESSION TUNINGJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010YesNo
18677718SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL MICROPHONES IN ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATIONMay 2024February 2026Allow2100NoNo
18648040ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE ESTIMATION AND REDUCTION BASED ON A CONSTRUCTED NOISE REFERENCE FROM A MULTI-MICROPHONE INPUTApril 2024January 2026Allow2100NoNo
18622382RINGED-SHAPED BIOMETRIC EARPIECEMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18617471FAST RESPONSE AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMMarch 2024January 2026Allow2200NoNo
18614104VIBRATION-GENERATING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAMEMarch 2024November 2025Allow2010NoNo
18606884CAPACITIVE EARBUD DETECTION IN AN EARBUD CHARGING CASEMarch 2024March 2026Allow2410NoNo
18692165Earphone Assembly, Earphone Case, and WatchMarch 2024October 2025Allow1900NoNo
18596425CHARGING CASE FOR WIRELESS EARBUDS AND WIRELESS EARBUD ASSEMBLYMarch 2024September 2025Allow1900NoNo
18441760Wireless Earbud ChargingFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1520NoNo
18682469METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF AN AUDIO SYSTEMFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2000NoNo
18426380ACTIVE SOUND GENERATION DEVICEJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2310NoNo
18423842VOICE LAMPJanuary 2024September 2025Allow1900NoNo
18420954ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION ADJUSTMENTJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2510NoNo
18396076SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW LATENCY INDIVIDUAL SOUND ZONESDecember 2023August 2025Allow2000NoNo
18391020POWER FAULT RECOVERY MECHANISM FOR AN AUDIO SYSTEMDecember 2023December 2025Allow2410NoNo
18542851System And Method For Generating An Audio SignalDecember 2023January 2026Allow2520NoNo
18507654METHOD FOR EQUALIZING AN AUDIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL BROADCAST IN A BROADCASTING ENVIRONMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND CORRESPONDING DEVICENovember 2023January 2026Allow2710YesNo
18504121SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NOISE CONTROLNovember 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18498482AFFIXABLE RECEPTACLES FOR PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICESOctober 2023October 2025Allow2310YesNo
18557587Speaker DeviceOctober 2023November 2025Allow2410NoNo
18382539DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAMEOctober 2023January 2025Allow1510NoNo
18556610SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING POWER AMPLIFIER OF ON-BOARD AUDIO SYSTEMOctober 2023February 2026Allow2810NoNo
18381739UTILIZATION OF INFANT ACTIVATED AUDIO PLAYEROctober 2023February 2025Allow1620NoNo
18555728CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2023March 2026Allow2910NoNo
18479730MOBILE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONOctober 2023January 2025Allow1610NoNo
18374739SYNCHRONIZED AUDIO STREAMING FROM MULTIPLE CONTROLLERSSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2500NoNo
18375277VEHICLE PROXIMITY NOTIFICATION DEVICE, VEHICLE PROXIMITY NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND MOBILE DEVICESeptember 2023June 2025Allow2100NoNo
18476739Zoned Audio Duck For In Car ConversationSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2610YesNo
18550383Operating Acoustic Signal Transmitters of a Motor VehicleSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18241293OPEN-EAR HEADPHONESeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18240473Sintered Filter Material and Grill Design to Reduce and Mitigate Wind Noise for PerceptionAugust 2023May 2025Allow2100NoNo
18454980ACOUSTIC DEVICEAugust 2023September 2025Allow2510NoNo
18233952ACOUSTIC PROBE ARRAY FOR AIRCRAFTAugust 2023July 2024Allow1100NoNo
18357420SOUND SHIELDING DEVICEJuly 2023February 2025Allow1900NoNo
18353282SELECTIVE MODIFICATION OF STEREO OR SPATIAL AUDIOJuly 2023June 2025Allow2310NoNo
18217478SUBBAND SPATIAL PROCESSING AND CROSSTALK PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR CONFERENCINGJune 2023January 2025Allow1910YesNo
18345119SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING BONE CONDUCTION AUDIOJune 2023September 2025Allow2610YesNo
18214511METHOD AND CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR PERFORMING SYNCHRONIZATION ON PLAYBACK OF MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC DEVICESJune 2023November 2025Allow2920NoNo
18213163SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLIND SENSITIVITY MATCHING FOR MICROPHONE CAPSULES IN A MICROPHONE ARRAYJune 2023August 2025Allow2620YesNo
18337577SOUND GENERATION STRUCTUREJune 2023October 2025Abandon2810NoNo
18267662ACOUSTIC HEADREST WITH ADJUSTABLE SURFACEJune 2023March 2026Allow3320NoNo
18334417AUTOMATIC-DIAGNOSTIC OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT BY SOUND FOOTPRINTJune 2023December 2025Allow3010YesNo
18334005EARPHONE AND ACOUSTIC CONTROL METHODJune 2023January 2026Abandon3110NoNo
18206378SPEAKER DEVICE, VEHICLE COMPRISING THE SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLEJune 2023July 2025Allow2510NoNo
18328072Eyewear DeviceJune 2023July 2025Allow2510NoNo
18203145CONFIGURATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENTMay 2023October 2025Allow2910YesNo
18321790Metal Shell, Speaker Device and Vibrator DeviceMay 2023September 2025Abandon2810NoNo
18322160ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING PIPELINE STRUCTURE THROUGH WHICH SOUND PROPAGATESMay 2023September 2025Allow2810YesNo
18007971WIRELESS EARPHONEMay 2023September 2025Abandon3310NoNo
18315221ELECTRIC VEHICLE DRIVING AID METHOD AND SYSTEMMay 2023July 2025Allow2610NoNo
18314194ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATIONMay 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18312340SPEAKER SYSTEM WITH EXCHANGEABLE ELECTRONIC UNITMay 2023March 2025Allow2200NoNo
18142286DYNAMIC WIND NOISE COMPRESSION TUNINGMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18141791VIBRATION APPARATUS AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAMEMay 2023March 2025Allow2310NoNo
18307800AMPLIFIER CONNECTED WITH A PLURALITY OF SPEAKERSApril 2023August 2025Allow2810NoNo
18137914ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2023April 2024Allow1220NoNo
18136860ADAPTIVE RESONANCE-CONTROLLED AUDIO SYSTEMS AND METHODSApril 2023August 2025Allow2810YesNo
18136308ROTOR CRAFT NOISE CANCELLATION SYSTEM AND METHODApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18299963SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING SEAT-BASED LOW FREQUENCY AUDIO PLAYBACKApril 2023April 2025Allow2400NoNo
18248494HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMApril 2023February 2025Allow2300NoNo
18297218Delay Estimation for Performing Echo Cancellation for Co-Located DevicesApril 2023April 2025Allow2500NoNo
18130219NOISE CANCELLATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, NOISE CANCELLATION HEADSET, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023August 2025Allow2810NoNo
18194057Power Efficient Always-On Low Energy Bluetooth AdvertisingMarch 2023September 2025Allow2911NoNo
18117772SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELIMINATING NOISE CANCELLATION ARTIFACTS FROM HEAD MOVEMENTMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710NoNo
18019211OCCUPANCY BASED ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION SYSTEMSFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2310NoNo
18019226STEREO-BASED IMMERSIVE CODINGFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2810YesNo
18158724SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEADPHONE EQUALIZATION AND ROOM ADJUSTMENT FOR BINAURAL PLAYBACK IN AUGMENTED REALITYJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3611NoNo
18093893SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC NOISE REDUCTIONJanuary 2023August 2023Allow800NoNo
18014987SEAMLESS RENDERING OF AUDIO ELEMENTS WITH BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR REPRESENTATIONSJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2300NoNo
18093571MICROPHONE VIBRATIONAL NOISE SUPPRESSIONJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2810NoNo
18146685APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING IMPULSE RESPONSE USING RAY TRACINGDecember 2022November 2025Abandon3520NoNo
18088976Dynamic Player Selection for Audio Signal ProcessingDecember 2022April 2024Allow1610NoNo
18146037APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING GEOMETRY DATA FOR AR/VR SYSTEMSDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18087967READOUT CIRCUIT FOR MICROPHONE SENSORDecember 2022November 2024Allow2300YesNo
18086860ACOUSTIC-FEEDBACK-INFORMED FAR-FIELD BEAMFORMINGDecember 2022December 2024Allow2300NoNo
18000835NON-INTRUSIVE TRANSDUCER HEALTH DETECTIONDecember 2022January 2025Allow2510NoNo
18073531Electronic Device With A Function Of SoundDecember 2022September 2024Allow2100YesNo
18060936Wireless Earbud ChargingDecember 2022October 2023Allow1010NoNo
18060232Headtracking for Pre-Rendered Binaural AudioNovember 2022December 2024Allow2401NoNo
17990358ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFNovember 2022January 2025Allow2610NoNo
17987332EARPHONE WITH ANC AUTOMATICALLY BLOCKING FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMENovember 2022February 2025Abandon2710NoNo
17981483Multifunction AccessoryNovember 2022December 2024Abandon2520NoNo
17981230ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW VALVE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2022February 2025Allow2720YesNo
17970464ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOFOctober 2022September 2024Allow2300YesNo
17941128VEHICLE SOUND OUTPUT DEVICE AND VEHICLE SOUND PROPAGATION DEVICESeptember 2022November 2023Abandon1410NoNo
17893232ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAMAugust 2022May 2024Allow2010YesNo
17883988HITCH INTEGRATED DEPLOYABLE UMBRELLA SYSTEM WITH SOUND EXCITERAugust 2022October 2023Allow1420NoNo
17816752Compression Loaded Slit Shaped WaveguideAugust 2022January 2025Allow3020NoNo
17794749DEVICE FOR MANAGING VIBRATIONS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND ASSOCIATED METHODJuly 2022May 2024Abandon2130NoNo
17769569STEREO SOUND BOX AND STEREO SOUND SYSTEMJuly 2022February 2024Allow2220NoNo
17859726METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AMBIENT SOUND AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR THE SAMEJuly 2022September 2024Allow2600NoNo
17858248IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SUPPORT SYSTEMJuly 2022December 2023Allow1710NoNo
17790607PRIMARY-SECONDARY EAR SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TWS EARPHONES IN COMMUNICATION SCENARIO, AND MEDIUMJuly 2022October 2024Allow2710NoNo
17758153INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODJune 2022April 2025Allow3320NoNo
17849148SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC SPATIAL SEPARATION OF SOUND OBJECTSJune 2022July 2024Allow2500NoNo
17844059EARPHONE CHARGING SYSTEM AND CHARGING METHOD THEREOFJune 2022December 2023Allow1810NoNo
17842044WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO OUTPUT USING MULTI DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER PATHJune 2022June 2024Allow2400YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KURR, JASON R.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
80.1%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 50.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner KURR, JASON R - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KURR, JASON R works in Art Unit 2695 and has examined 59 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KURR, JASON R's allowance rate of 83.1% places them in the 57% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by KURR, JASON R receive 1.97 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 49% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by KURR, JASON R is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 69% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KURR, JASON R. This interview benefit is in the 17% 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, 28.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 50% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 15.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 92% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

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:

  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.