USPTO Group 2690 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19108471CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR MICROPHONE ARRAYS WITH 3D STEERABLE BEAMFORMERSMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19066928AUDIO SPEAKERFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19059448LUMINESCENT EARPHONE COMPARTMENTFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19044558USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT TUNNELING AND OTHER ACTIVITIESFebruary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19044554USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT PEST ACTIVITYFebruary 2025March 2025Allow100NoNo
18998247SPATIAL AUDIO RENDERING ADAPTIVE TO SIGNAL LEVEL AND LOUDSPEAKER PLAYBACK LIMIT THRESHOLDSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19029119SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EQUALIZING AUDIO FOR PLAYBACK ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19026576LOUDSPEAKER APPARATUSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19030722ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19030664ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19030555ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19030432ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19030501ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19023381AUDIO CALIBRATION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19023367AUDIO PARAMETER ADJUSTING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19013507CREATING A TEMPLATE OF NUCLEIC ACID SITE LOCATIONS ON A FLOW CELLJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310YesNo
19013541ANALYZING IMAGE DATA FROM NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCINGJanuary 2025March 2025Allow310NoNo
19000460METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RENDERING OBJECT BASED AUDIODecember 2024May 2025Allow410NoNo
18990848Compact speaker enclosure with modular external designDecember 2024March 2025Allow200NoNo
18984971LOUDNESS ADJUSTMENT FOR DOWNMIXED AUDIO CONTENTDecember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18983438SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SHARING OF A VIDEO IN A COLLABORATION SESSIONDecember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18982152INTEGRATION OF HIGH FREQUENCY AUDIO RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUESDecember 2024March 2025Allow310YesNo
18982215INTEGRATION OF HIGH FREQUENCY AUDIO RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUESDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18982181INTEGRATION OF HIGH FREQUENCY AUDIO RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUESDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18873781METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTIONDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
18973249USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT PEST ACTIVITYDecember 2024January 2025Allow100NoNo
18950411Position-Based Playback of Multichannel AudioNovember 2024April 2025Allow510YesNo
18947760EAR-WORN DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED NOISE MODIFICATION AND/OR SPATIAL FOCUSINGNovember 2024April 2025Allow510YesNo
18947651METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOISE REDUCTION IN AIRCRAFT SIMULATOR SOUNDS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMNovember 2024April 2025Allow500NoNo
18946214WOODEN OR OTHER DIELECTRIC CAPACITIVE TOUCH INTERFACE AND LOUDSPEAKER HAVING SAMENovember 2024January 2025Allow210NoNo
18943847METHOD FOR DETERMINING SEAM LINE OF ORTHOIMAGES, METHOD FOR GENERATING MOSAIC IMAGE OF ORTHOIMAGES, DEVICE THEREOF, AND MEDIUM THEREOFNovember 2024April 2025Allow510NoNo
18942728AUDIO SPEECH SIGNAL ANALYSIS FOR FRAUD DETECTIONNovember 2024February 2025Allow300YesNo
18941947METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING BEHAVIOR OF AUTOMOTIVE AUDIO PLAYBACK SYSTEMSNovember 2024May 2025Allow710NoNo
18937050SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF USING SEQUENTIAL NUMBERING TO DETECT A FRAUDULENT TELEPHONE CALL WITHIN A TELEPHONE SYSTEMNovember 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18934776USER SCENARIO-BASED AUDIO PLAYBACK METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2024February 2025Allow410NoNo
18931055Air-Pulse Generating Device with Resonant Chamber Embedded ThereinOctober 2024May 2025Allow710NoNo
18932436SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A DIGITAL IMAGEOctober 2024March 2025Allow510YesNo
18930887SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A HIGH-DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR) PIXEL STREAMOctober 2024December 2024Allow200YesNo
18930881COLOR BALANCE IN DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHYOctober 2024January 2025Allow310NoNo
18922808AUDIO SYNCHRONIZATION PLAYBACK METHOD, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18921726SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION OF FRAUDULENT VOICE CALLSOctober 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18858225MICROPHONE SIGNAL CONVERSION MODULE AND MICROPHONE MODULEOctober 2024June 2025Allow800NoNo
18916684LOUDSPEAKERSOctober 2024April 2025Allow610NoNo
18915858METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE DIGITAL ASSISTANTOctober 2024March 2025Allow500YesNo
18910219PROTECTIVE ELEMENT FOR AN ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER OF A HEARING DEVICE OR FOR A SOUND TUBE INCLUDED IN A HEARING DEVICEOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18908589SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HYBRID ANALOG-DIGITAL STETHOSCOPEOctober 2024March 2025Allow510YesNo
18903789METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING WEARING STATE OF EARPHONE, EARPHONE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18902105METHOD FOR CONVERTING VEHICLE AUDIO INTO SURROUND SOUND AND VEHICLE SOUND SYSTEMSeptember 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18895150SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING PRESENTATION OF AN OBJECTSeptember 2024February 2025Allow410YesNo
18890880USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT TUNNELING ACTIVITYSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18890831DYNAMIC LED LIGHT STRING CAPABLE OF PLAYING MUSICSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610NoNo
18885570OPEN EAR CLIP HEADPHONESeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18847090LOUDSPEAKERSeptember 2024February 2025Allow500NoNo
18846829AN AUGMENTED REALITY POINT OF VIEW SYNCHRONISATION SYSTEMSeptember 2024June 2025Allow900NoNo
18828869MAGNETIC EARPHONES HOLDERSeptember 2024February 2025Allow500NoNo
18828723MAGNETIC EARPHONES HOLDERSeptember 2024June 2025Allow910NoNo
18829245Air-pulse Generating Device with Tooth Edge Patterned SlitSeptember 2024April 2025Allow710NoNo
18825047MICROPHONESeptember 2024March 2025Allow610NoNo
18823231METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR OBJECT TRACKINGSeptember 2024June 2025Allow1020YesNo
18821938ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2024November 2024Allow300NoNo
18819219SPEAKER RESONATORAugust 2024February 2025Allow610NoNo
18817228THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM, DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY METHODAugust 2024April 2025Allow800NoNo
18815326CONTENTS RECEIVING SYSTEM AND CLIENTAugust 2024February 2025Allow610NoNo
18815378AUDIO PLAYBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2024October 2024Allow200NoNo
18814431METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR NEURAL NETWORK HEARING AIDAugust 2024October 2024Allow200NoNo
18811903NOISE PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2024May 2025Allow900YesNo
18809541BIOLOGICAL PATTERN INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, BIOLOGICAL PATTERN INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMAugust 2024April 2025Allow800YesNo
18800302LANGUAGE-DEPENDENT ADJUSTMENT OF THE SIGNAL PROCESSING OF HEARING SYSTEMSAugust 2024December 2024Allow400NoNo
18796326METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING A PARAMETER OF A MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCEAugust 2024February 2025Allow610NoNo
18793632SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INFORMATION GATHERING, MANAGING AND DISSEMINATING FOR ASSESSMENTS AND NOTIFICATIONS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTSAugust 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18791982LIGHT SWITCH COVER HAVING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMAugust 2024November 2024Allow410NoNo
18791501ORIGINATING CALLING PARTY IDENTIFIER LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENTAugust 2024October 2024Allow310YesNo
18791181LOW PROFILE LOUDSPEAKER DEVICEJuly 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18788422THREAT IDENTIFICATION AND RESPONSE SYSTEM FOR TELEPHONE CALLSJuly 2024January 2025Allow610YesNo
18785639DISPLAY DEVICE ON/OFF DETECTION METHODS AND APPARATUSJuly 2024October 2024Allow310NoNo
18783984Ear Microphone Signal Estimator and/or Projection Filter Generator for Road Noise Cancelation (RNC) SystemJuly 2024November 2024Allow300YesNo
18784162SYSTEMS FOR TRANSITIONING TELEPHONY-BASED AND IN-PERSON SERVICING INTERACTIONS TO AND FROM AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) CHAT SESSIONJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18781794APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TUNED-FREQUENCY-SPECTRUM EARPIECEJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18779796AUDIOGRAM, SYSTEM FOR AIDING HEARING, AND METHOD FOR USE OF SAMEJuly 2024November 2024Allow420NoNo
18779236Audio Cable with Switchable Transmission DirectionJuly 2024November 2024Allow410NoNo
18774567OPTICAL MICROPHONE SUBSTRATEJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18773107HEARING AID SYSTEM INTEGRABLE IN AN EYEGLASS FRAMEJuly 2024April 2025Allow900NoNo
18772198Method and system for real-time suppression of selected voices in digital stream displayed on smart TVJuly 2024October 2024Allow300NoNo
18772091BONE CONDUCTION EARPHONES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAMEJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18771637LOUDSPEAKER ASSEMBLY FOR USE ON THE OUTSIDE OF A VEHICLEJuly 2024June 2025Allow1130NoNo
18771569APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API)-BASED CONCURRENT CALL PATH (CCP) PROVISIONINGJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18770037NOISE MANAGEMENT DURING AN ONLINE CONFERENCE SESSIONJuly 2024December 2024Allow510NoNo
18770391IN-MEETING CONTENT PRESENTATION MANAGEMENTJuly 2024November 2024Allow410YesNo
18770016ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOFJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18768220DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICEJuly 2024April 2025Allow900YesNo
18767865DUAL PORT CONSTRAINED ACOUSTIC VOLUMEJuly 2024June 2025Allow1120NoNo
18765635ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SPEAKER AND MICROPHONEJuly 2024May 2025Allow1110YesNo
18764106BONE CONDUCTION MICROPHONEJuly 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18763553POWER-OVER-ETHERNET (PoE) POWERED MULTICHANNEL STREAMING AUDIO AMPLIFIERJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18763087INTER-CHANNEL PHASE DIFFERENCE PARAMETER ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2024April 2025Allow900NoNo
18762001EYEWEAR ACCOMMODATING HEADSETJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18762540DYNAMIC WIND NOISE COMPRESSION TUNINGJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010YesNo
18762636DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING A VIBRATION MODULEJuly 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18761089NEAR-FIELD AUDIO RENDERINGJuly 2024April 2025Allow910YesNo
18760626SPATIAL AUDIO CONVERSATIONAL ANALYSIS FOR ENHANCED CONVERSATION DISCOVERYJuly 2024June 2025Allow1110YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for group 2690.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
634
Examiner Affirmed
454
(71.6%)
Examiner Reversed
180
(28.4%)
Reversal Percentile
20.8%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 28.4% 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
1728
Allowed After Appeal Filing
554
(32.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1174
(67.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
39.2%
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, 32.1% 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.

Group 2690 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Group 2690 is part of Technology Center 2600. This group has examined 48,335 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 79.9%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Group 2690 receive an average of 1.78 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 25 months.

Strategic Overview

This group-level data aggregates statistics across multiple art units. For more targeted prosecution strategies, review the individual art unit and examiner statistics within this group.

Important Disclaimer

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