USPTO Examiner TON DAVID L - Art Unit 2695

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18785639DISPLAY DEVICE ON/OFF DETECTION METHODS AND APPARATUSJuly 2024October 2024Allow310NoNo
18753307METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING AND MANAGING STATE OF PERIPHERAL DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFORJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18642958MASKING SOUND ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND MASKING SOUND ADJUSTMENT DEVICEApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18606040BINAURAL DIALOGUE ENHANCEMENTMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18417561SUPER SOURCE FOLLOWERJanuary 2024September 2024Allow810NoNo
18406665COUGH DETECTIONJanuary 2024August 2024Allow810NoNo
18521371APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED NOISE REDUCTION AND VOICE CAPTURE IN RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICESNovember 2023May 2025Allow1710NoNo
18503971Multi-Channel Acoustic Echo CancellationNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18494478DISPLAY DEVICE ON/OFF DETECTION METHODS AND APPARATUSOctober 2023January 2025Allow1410YesNo
18487952LOUDSPEAKER ARRAY PASSIVE ACOUSTIC CONFIGURATION PROCEDUREOctober 2023July 2024Allow910NoNo
18486816METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VOLUME ADJUSTMENTOctober 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18285900Audio Apparatus and Method ThereforOctober 2023June 2025Allow2100YesNo
18372793INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUMSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2100NoNo
18368675NON-LINEAR DISTORTION COMPENSATION CIRCUIT, APPARATUS, METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICESeptember 2023June 2025Allow2100NoNo
18460218DRIVER CIRCUITSSeptember 2023May 2024Allow800NoNo
18232579Microphone State Display Method And Microphone State Display ApparatusAugust 2023June 2025Allow2200NoNo
18359198METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DECODING A HIGHER-ORDER AMBISONICS (HOA) REPRESENTATION OF AN AUDIO SOUNDFIELDJuly 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18358892SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010YesNo
18261783TRANSFORMING SPATIAL AUDIO PARAMETERSJuly 2023May 2025Allow2200NoNo
18349612ROOM MONITOR USING CLOUD SERVICEJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310YesNo
18347573AUDIO PARAMETER OPTIMIZING METHOD AND COMPUTING APPARATUS RELATED TO AUDIO PARAMETERSJuly 2023May 2025Allow2300NoNo
18348028ACTIVE ADAPTIVE NOISE AND VIBRATION CONTROLJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010YesNo
18342060DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED SOUND GENERATORSJune 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18268460DEVICE DETECTION METHOD AND TERMINALJune 2023January 2025Allow1900NoNo
18335730THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) SOUND RENDERING WITH MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO BASED ON MONO AUDIO INPUTJune 2023May 2025Allow2300NoNo
18210632PARAMETRIC AUDIO DECODINGJune 2023February 2024Allow810NoNo
18331194ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NOISE CANCELLATION METHOD THEREOFJune 2023December 2024Allow1800NoNo
18327007METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR IN-VEHICLE VIRTUAL MULTICHANNEL SOUND, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2023May 2025Allow2300NoNo
18322784AMBIENT SOUND LEVEL CONTROLMay 2023June 2025Allow2400NoNo
18253850AUTOMATIC GENERATION AND SELECTION OF TARGET PROFILES FOR DYNAMIC EQUALIZATION OF AUDIO CONTENTMay 2023March 2025Allow2200NoNo
18317598DECODING OF AUDIO SCENESMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18309099BINAURAL DIALOGUE ENHANCEMENTApril 2023November 2023Allow700NoNo
18309145REVERBERATION GENERATION FOR HEADPHONE VIRTUALIZATIONApril 2023April 2024Allow1210NoNo
18302985SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING MODELS TO PREDICT HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS BASED ON AUDIO DATAApril 2023January 2024Allow910NoNo
18133333Acoustic Reflex DetectionApril 2023December 2024Allow2000YesNo
18298573COUGH DETECTIONApril 2023November 2023Allow810NoNo
18029956SOUND REPRODUCTION WITH MULTIPLE ORDER HRTF BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT EARSApril 2023March 2025Allow2400NoNo
18129249ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLING EARBUD DEVICESMarch 2023January 2024Allow1010NoNo
18193126AUDIO CIRCUITMarch 2023January 2025Allow2200NoNo
18186626AUDIO MIXER, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUDIO MIXERMarch 2023February 2025Allow2300NoNo
18246024SEAMLESS SCALABLE DECODING OF CHANNELS, OBJECTS, AND HOA AUDIO CONTENTMarch 2023April 2025Allow2500YesNo
18025671NOISE REDUCTION METHOD AND NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUSMarch 2023October 2024Allow1910NoNo
18044902CHARGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CORRECTING BATTERY LEVEL OF WIRELESS EARPHONES, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023February 2025Allow2300NoNo
18177885METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION USING DEEP LEARNINGMarch 2023June 2024Allow1500NoNo
18176213NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEM AND NOISE REDUCTION METHODFebruary 2023December 2024Allow2100NoNo
18020087ANTI-WIND NOISE EARPHONE DEVICEFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2820NoNo
18164937Mobile System with Wireless EarbudFebruary 2023September 2023Allow710NoNo
18105198DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAMEFebruary 2023October 2023Allow810NoNo
18019125EARPHONEFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2400NoNo
18018249FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE EAR WORN DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2700NoNo
18159080LOUDSPEAKER ARRAY PASSIVE ACOUSTIC CONFIGURATION PROCEDUREJanuary 2023July 2023Allow610NoNo
18158894SPEAKER SYSTEM, SPEAKER DEVICE AND HOUSING THEREOFJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2810NoNo
18157158ECHO FILTERING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2910NoNo
18153474VIOLATION DETECTION FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLESJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2710YesNo
18004736INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND TERMINAL DEVICEJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2910NoNo
18092030DISPLAY DEVICE ON/OFF DETECTION METHODS AND APPARATUSDecember 2022July 2023Allow710YesNo
18146922APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING ACCELERATION SIGNALDecember 2022March 2025Allow2600NoNo
18003374INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND SOUND OUTPUT APPARATUSDecember 2022June 2025Allow2910NoNo
18145501MULTI-CHANNEL ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATIONDecember 2022July 2023Allow610NoNo
18086523ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATION AND LOUDSPEAKER LINEARIZATIONDecember 2022February 2025Allow2600NoNo
18080087MASKING SOUND ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND MASKING SOUND ADJUSTMENT DEVICEDecember 2022January 2024Allow1301NoNo
18074521DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED ARM AND SPEAKERDecember 2022September 2024Allow2200NoNo
18074169METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VOLUME ADJUSTMENTDecember 2022July 2023Allow710NoNo
17928556CALL ENVIRONMENT GENERATION METHOD, CALL ENVIRONMENT GENERATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMNovember 2022September 2024Allow2200NoNo
17993493AUDIO SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC TARGET LISTENING SPOT AND AMBIENT OBJECT INTERFERENCE CANCELATIONNovember 2022January 2025Allow3600NoNo
18052374DYNAMIC RANGE COMPRESSION COMBINED WITH ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION TO REMOVE ARTIFACTS CAUSED BY TRANSIENT NOISESNovember 2022January 2025Allow2600NoNo
17969748SOUND DETECTING DEVICE FOR PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE EXERCISEOctober 2022September 2024Allow2300NoNo
17966752DIRECTIONAL ACOUSTIC DEVICEOctober 2022December 2024Allow2600NoNo
17918894SINGLE-END-TO-DIFFERENTIAL MICROPHONE CIRCUITOctober 2022February 2025Allow2800YesNo
17962935Splitting a Voice Signal into Multiple Point SourcesOctober 2022September 2024Allow2400NoNo
17959337WIRELESS STEREO HEADSET GROUP COMMUNICATIONSOctober 2022May 2025Allow3200NoNo
17958076METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT MULTIPLE WEARABLE METER DEVICESSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2300NoNo
17954815ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK CONTROLSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2000NoNo
17914378SOUND SYSTEMSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2300NoNo
17950260SYSTEM OF PAIRING AND SYNCHRONIZING LOUDSPEAKER, LIGHTING, AND OTHER SYSTEMSSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2300NoNo
17949063DYNAMIC ACOUSTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODSSeptember 2022November 2024Allow2601NoNo
17947600SOUND MASKING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL DEVICESeptember 2022January 2025Allow2810NoNo
17900236A METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DESIGNING A FEEDFORWARD FILTERAugust 2022March 2025Allow3010YesNo
17823264INPUT SELECTION FOR WIND NOISE REDUCTION ON WEARABLE DEVICESAugust 2022August 2024Allow2410NoNo
17801173Method and Control Unit for Operating a Noise Suppression Unit of a VehicleAugust 2022August 2024Allow2420NoNo
17886627Method for increasing perceived loudness of an audio data signalAugust 2022July 2024Allow2300NoNo
17887140EXTRACTION OF AN AUDIO OBJECTAugust 2022January 2025Allow2910NoNo
17881002METHOD FOR DESIGNING A LINE ARRAY LOUDSPEAKER ARRANGEMENTAugust 2022April 2024Allow2100NoNo
17881066METHOD FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAMEAugust 2022April 2024Allow2000NoNo
17878586METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERSONALIZED SOUND MASKING IN VEHICLEAugust 2022March 2024Allow2000NoNo
17865093SOUND CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJuly 2022June 2024Allow2300NoNo
17863939AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ECHO SUPRESSION USING AN MMSE-LSA ESTIMATORJuly 2022March 2024Allow2000NoNo
17858206Monitoring of Audio SignalsJuly 2022July 2024Allow2410NoNo
17846392AUDIO MIXING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2022September 2024Allow2710NoNo
17757063ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTJune 2022October 2024Abandon2810NoNo
17832540SURROUND SOUND HEADPHONE DEVICEJune 2022February 2024Allow2010YesNo
17828755ADAPTIVE AUDIO DELIVERY AND RENDERINGMay 2022October 2024Allow2810YesNo
17664023METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ACOUSTIC DEVICES WITH IMPROVED SENSITIVITYMay 2022September 2024Allow2810NoNo
17723496Active noise cancelling cordApril 2022March 2024Allow2330NoNo
17659666Controls for HeadsetsApril 2022October 2024Abandon3010NoNo
17658143SUPER SOURCE FOLLOWERApril 2022October 2023Allow1900NoNo
17703350AUDIO LEVEL METERING FOR LISTENER POSITION AND OBJECT POSITIONMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010NoNo
17702312INCREASING POWER EFFICIENCY IN A DIGITAL FEEDBACK CLASS D DRIVERMarch 2022January 2024Allow2200YesNo
17696843ELECTRONIC APPARATUSMarch 2022November 2023Allow2000NoNo
17691717MICROPHONE WITH SLEW RATE CONTROLLED BUFFERMarch 2022September 2023Allow1900NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner TON, DAVID L - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner TON, DAVID L works in Art Unit 2695 and has examined 188 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 98.9%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner TON, DAVID L's allowance rate of 98.9% places them in the 96% 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 TON, DAVID L receive 0.88 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 TON, DAVID L is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 72% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +1.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by TON, DAVID L. This interview benefit is in the 16% 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, 38.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 85% 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 52.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 74% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

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 3% 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 60% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 8.6% of allowed cases (in the 86% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

  • 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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