USPTO Art Unit 2692 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2692
Group: 2690
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 7,178
Last Active: September 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19324410System and Method of deterring unsolicited telephone callsSeptember 2025December 2025Allow310YesNo
19294345MODULAR OVERHEAD EMBEDDED SPEAKER AND SPEAKER MODULEAugust 2025December 2025Allow410NoNo
19206972WOODEN OR OTHER DIELECTRIC CAPACITIVE TOUCH INTERFACE AND LOUDSPEAKER HAVING SAMEMay 2025July 2025Allow210NoNo
19202343ULTRASONIC LOUDSPEAKERMay 2025August 2025Allow310NoNo
19192992METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR NEURAL NETWORK HEARING AIDApril 2025January 2026Allow920NoNo
19186253ADJUSTABLE EAR WORN APPARATUSApril 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
19171343CIRCUIT OF NOVEL BUBBLE TOYApril 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19098301OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR TELE-OPHTHALMOLOGY AND COLLABORATIVE CAREApril 2025September 2025Allow610NoNo
19091207COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND AUTOMATED METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A PHYSICAL LOCATION OF A SOURCE OF SOUND WHICH IS CAPTURED AND TRANSMITTED BY A MICROPHONE TO A SOUND SYSTEM IN A VENUEMarch 2025October 2025Allow710NoNo
19074623METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING CONTENT AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE GENERATED CONTENT DURING DISPLAY OF A FIRST VIDEOMarch 2025December 2025Abandon910NoNo
19065774STEM SEPARATION SYSTEMS AND DEVICESFebruary 2025September 2025Allow610YesNo
19061111STEM SEPARATION SYSTEMS AND DEVICESFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19041140DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF CONDUCTING EMERGENCY CALLS USING A DONATION KIOSKJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
19026717SYSTEMS FOR BONE CONDUCTION SPEAKERJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610NoNo
19028592MEDIA PLAYBACK BASED ON SENSOR DATAJanuary 2025January 2026Allow1220YesNo
19029744MEDIA PLAYBACK BASED ON SENSOR DATAJanuary 2025December 2025Allow1020YesNo
19023367AUDIO PARAMETER ADJUSTING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19015687Wearable Sound Device and Manufacture Method ThereofJanuary 2025November 2025Allow1020NoNo
19008620SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR VIDEO CALLING BASED ON GPS LOCATIONJanuary 2025September 2025Allow810NoNo
19000460METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RENDERING OBJECT BASED AUDIODecember 2024May 2025Allow410NoNo
18976303CLIPPING EARPHONESDecember 2024September 2025Allow920YesNo
18954182AUDIO SPOOF DETECTION USING ATTENTION-BASED CONTRASTIVE LEARNINGNovember 2024July 2025Allow820YesNo
18946214WOODEN OR OTHER DIELECTRIC CAPACITIVE TOUCH INTERFACE AND LOUDSPEAKER HAVING SAMENovember 2024January 2025Allow210NoNo
18934776USER SCENARIO-BASED AUDIO PLAYBACK METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2024February 2025Allow410NoNo
18922808AUDIO SYNCHRONIZATION PLAYBACK METHOD, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18921726SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION OF FRAUDULENT VOICE CALLSOctober 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18815378AUDIO PLAYBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2024October 2024Allow200NoNo
18814431METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR NEURAL NETWORK HEARING AIDAugust 2024October 2024Allow200NoNo
18839522SPEAKERS AND METHODSAugust 2024March 2026Allow1900NoNo
18804272EARPHONE WITH COAXIAL FREQUENCY DEMULTIPLICATION SPEAKERAugust 2024March 2026Allow1900NoNo
18836395IMPROVED LOUDSPEAKER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTUREAugust 2024February 2026Allow1900NoNo
18796326METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING A PARAMETER OF A MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCEAugust 2024February 2025Allow610NoNo
18791467Speaker DeviceAugust 2024February 2026Allow1900NoNo
18791982LIGHT SWITCH COVER HAVING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2024November 2024Allow410NoNo
18791181LOW PROFILE LOUDSPEAKER DEVICEJuly 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18783158INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2024February 2026Allow1900NoNo
18781163EFFICIENT DRC PROFILE TRANSMISSIONJuly 2024July 2025Allow1220NoNo
18770037NOISE MANAGEMENT DURING AN ONLINE CONFERENCE SESSIONJuly 2024December 2024Allow510NoNo
18766365SPEAKER BRACKET, SPEAKER FRAME, AND SPEAKERJuly 2024September 2025Allow1520NoNo
18763553POWER-OVER-ETHERNET (PoE) POWERED MULTICHANNEL STREAMING AUDIO AMPLIFIERJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18763087INTER-CHANNEL PHASE DIFFERENCE PARAMETER ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2024April 2025Allow900NoNo
18763871TERMINAL, AUDIO COOPERATIVE REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND CONTENT DISPLAY APPARATUSJuly 2024February 2026Allow2000NoNo
18759240FOCAL AWARENESS SYSTEM FOR ONLINE COLLABORATIONJune 2024May 2025Allow1010YesNo
18758589Ear Tips and Related Devices and MethodsJune 2024August 2025Allow1410YesNo
18749817System and method for dynamic audio slicing window selection based on context and speech patternsJune 2024February 2026Allow2000NoNo
18747194SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ALERT BASED ON NOISEJune 2024July 2025Allow1320YesNo
18746935METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING AUDIO-VIDEO CONFERENCE, SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024April 2025Allow1020NoNo
18745675HEARING DEVICE AND METHOD OF UPDATING A HEARING DEVICEJune 2024February 2026Allow2040NoNo
18737029BRIDGING APPLICATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE VIDEOCONFERENCING PLATFORMSJune 2024January 2025Allow800NoNo
18737541EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING USER-INITIATED ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT ADAPTATIONJune 2024August 2025Allow1410NoNo
18680434HEAD-WORN DEVICE WITH CONNECTION REGIONMay 2024November 2024Allow510NoNo
18680676Electrodynamic actuator with vibration compensation and method of tuning a sound system with such an actuatorMay 2024February 2026Allow2000NoNo
18679042PROXIMITY MICROPHONEMay 2024August 2025Allow1410NoNo
18676510HeadsetMay 2024January 2026Allow1900NoNo
18676347Multi-Channel Speech Compression System and MethodMay 2024June 2025Allow1310YesNo
18676243DYNAMICALLY PREVENTING AUDIO ARTIFACTSMay 2024March 2025Allow1010YesNo
18674333ADAPTIVE PROCESSING WITH MULTIPLE MEDIA PROCESSING NODESMay 2024December 2025Allow1910YesNo
18674555SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCEMENT OF A DEGRADED AUDIO SIGNALMay 2024October 2025Allow1620YesNo
18670866EAR SUPPORTED AUDIO DEVICEMay 2024October 2024Allow510NoNo
18670245PRIVACY-ENHANCED WEB-BASED VIDEO CALLING WITH ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACEMay 2024January 2025Allow840YesNo
18670478VOICE CONTROL DEVICE WITH PUSH-TO-TALK (PTT) AND MUTE CONTROLSMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18668301System and method for producing a video streamMay 2024February 2025Allow910NoNo
18668302System and method for producing a video streamMay 2024February 2025Allow910NoNo
18668246SPEAKER DEVICE AND EARPHONEMay 2024December 2025Allow1900NoNo
18667330Playback Device ConfigurationMay 2024January 2026Allow2000NoNo
18667521POWER MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTED AUDIO PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR PLAYBACK DEVICESMay 2024December 2025Allow1920NoNo
18667996Audio Output Device with Hardware Volume ControlMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18667372STREAMING MUSIC USING SUPPORTED SERVICESMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18659868A HEARING AID SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING ACOUSTIC TRANSFER FUNCTIONSMay 2024September 2025Allow1610NoNo
18659707Network Device Interaction by RangeMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18656925VIDEO CALLING EXPERIENCE FOR MULTIPLE SUBJECTS ON A DEVICEMay 2024July 2025Allow1420NoNo
18655993METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MULTIMEDIA CONTENTMay 2024January 2025Allow910YesNo
18654318BLUETOOTH AUDIO BROADCASTING SYSTEM SUPPORTING BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY AUDIO BROADCASTING OPERATIONS AND CAPABLE OF AVOIDING USER FROM MISSING EXTERNAL ALERT SIGNALS OR SPECIFIC SOUNDSMay 2024January 2025Allow810NoNo
18654341BLUETOOTH AUDIO BROADCASTING SYSTEM SUPPORTING BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY AUDIO BROADCASTING OPERATIONS AND CAPABLE OF AVOIDING USER FROM MISSING EXTERNAL ALERT SIGNALS OR SPECIFIC SOUNDSMay 2024December 2025Abandon2040NoNo
18654349BLUETOOTH AUDIO BROADCASTING SYSTEM SUPPORTING BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY AUDIO BROADCASTING OPERATIONS AND CAPABLE OF AVOIDING USER FROM MISSING EXTERNAL ALERT SIGNALS OR SPECIFIC SOUNDSMay 2024January 2025Allow910NoNo
18654373BLUETOOTH AUDIO BROADCASTING SYSTEM SUPPORTING BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY AUDIO BROADCASTING OPERATIONS AND CAPABLE OF AVOIDING USER FROM MISSING EXTERNAL ALERT SIGNALS OR SPECIFIC SOUNDSMay 2024August 2025Abandon1620YesNo
18654285BLUETOOTH AUDIO BROADCASTING SYSTEM SUPPORTING BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY AUDIO BROADCASTING OPERATIONS AND CAPABLE OF AVOIDING USER FROM MISSING EXTERNAL ALERT SIGNALS OR SPECIFIC SOUNDSMay 2024August 2025Abandon1620YesNo
18654366BLUETOOTH AUDIO BROADCASTING SYSTEM SUPPORTING BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY AUDIO BROADCASTING OPERATIONS AND CAPABLE OF AVOIDING USER FROM MISSING EXTERNAL ALERT SIGNALS OR SPECIFIC SOUNDSMay 2024December 2025Abandon1930YesNo
18654566METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MULTIMEDIA CONTENTMay 2024January 2025Allow910NoNo
18653211Method And Apparatus For Constructing Informative Outcomes To Guide Multi-Policy Decision MakingMay 2024January 2025Allow810NoNo
18653631INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAMMay 2024December 2025Allow2000YesNo
18653795REVERBERATION GAIN NORMALIZATIONMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18647348EARPHONES AND EARPHONE SYSTEMApril 2024February 2026Allow2110NoNo
18648299HEARING DEVICE WITH OWN-VOICE DETECTIONApril 2024July 2025Allow1410NoNo
18644368PRESSURE TRANSDUCER PACKAGE HAVING A RIGID TRANSFER BLOCK FOR ASSEMBLY TOLERANCEApril 2024January 2026Allow2110NoNo
18644324ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION BASED SPATIAL AUDIO PRESENTATIONApril 2024October 2025Allow1810YesNo
18645044ENDING ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION BASED ON A DETECTED AUDIO SOURCEApril 2024February 2026Allow2110YesNo
18642211ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2024March 2026Allow2310NoNo
18638730VENTING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VENTING DEVICE, VENTING METHOD AND DEVICEApril 2024October 2024Allow610NoNo
18638865System and method for producing a video streamApril 2024August 2024Allow410NoNo
18639427WOODEN OR OTHER DIELECTRIC CAPACITIVE TOUCH INTERFACE AND LOUDSPEAKER HAVING SAMEApril 2024August 2024Allow410NoNo
18637832OVERSAMPLING IN A COMBINED TRANSPOSER FILTERBANKApril 2024February 2026Allow2210NoNo
18637814OVERSAMPLING IN A COMBINED TRANSPOSER FILTERBANKApril 2024February 2026Allow2210YesNo
18638072SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AGGREGATING USER SESSIONS FOR INTERACTIVE TRANSACTIONS USING VIRTUAL ASSISTANTSApril 2024February 2026Allow2210NoNo
18636242Cognitive Communications, Collaboration, Consultation, and Instruction with Adaptive Agentic AI, Augmented Generative Intelligence and Neurosynaptic Cognition NetworksApril 2024March 2026Allow2310YesNo
18636089GENERATIVE AUDIO PLAYBACK VIA WEARABLE PLAYBACK DEVICESApril 2024August 2024Allow510YesNo
18635731Localized Wakeword VerificationApril 2024October 2025Allow1910NoNo
18635314AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD FOR NOISE-REDUCTION EARPHONE, NOISE-REDUCTION EARPHONE, DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2024January 2026Allow2110NoNo
18630823ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2024November 2025Allow1900NoNo
18628711ACOUSTIC OUTPUT DEVICEApril 2024February 2026Allow2230NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2692.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
125
Examiner Affirmed
91
(72.8%)
Examiner Reversed
34
(27.2%)
Reversal Percentile
22.0%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 27.2% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
292
Allowed After Appeal Filing
88
(30.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
204
(69.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
37.7%
Lower 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, 30.1% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Art Unit 2692 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2692 is part of Group 2690 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 7,178 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 79.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2692's allowance rate of 79.6% places it in the 61% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has an above-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2692 receive an average of 1.89 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 49% percentile). The median prosecution time is 25 months (in the 78% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more favorable examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With fewer office actions than average, plan for relatively streamlined prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is shorter than average and should be factored into your continuation and client communication strategies.
  • Review individual examiner statistics within this art unit to identify examiners with particularly favorable or challenging prosecution patterns.

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.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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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.