USPTO Group 2690 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19390398METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR NEURAL NETWORK HEARING AIDNovember 2025March 2026Allow400NoNo
19342203OPEN EAR SYSTEM USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) DRIVEN AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSINGSeptember 2025January 2026Allow300NoNo
19324410System and Method of deterring unsolicited telephone callsSeptember 2025December 2025Allow310YesNo
19314244MULTI-SENSORY GAMING DESK WITH AUDIO-VISUAL SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEMAugust 2025February 2026Allow510NoNo
19294345MODULAR OVERHEAD EMBEDDED SPEAKER AND SPEAKER MODULEAugust 2025December 2025Allow410NoNo
19294047Sound Attenuator with Push Button ActuatorAugust 2025November 2025Allow310NoNo
19287776Sound Producing Apparatus and Wearable Sound DeviceJuly 2025March 2026Allow710NoNo
19278602METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR NEURAL NETWORK HEARING AIDJuly 2025January 2026Allow610NoNo
19273716HARDWARE-AGNOSTIC MULTIMODAL BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE POWERED BY A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NEURAL FOUNDATION MODEL AND COGNITIVE AI AGENTSJuly 2025October 2025Allow300NoNo
19271494SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE CONTROL USING NATURAL VOICE COMMANDS, MOTION-BASED GESTURE RECOGNITION, AND TOKENIZED PROCESSING TO PROVIDE UNIVERSAL APPLICATION CONTROLJuly 2025October 2025Allow300YesNo
19269402Hot-Swappable Battery System for Computer PeripheralsJuly 2025September 2025Allow200YesNo
19267694BIOLOGICAL PATTERN INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, BIOLOGICAL PATTERN INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMJuly 2025March 2026Allow800YesNo
19263351CREATING A TEMPLATE OF NUCLEIC ACID SITE LOCATIONS ON A FLOW CELLJuly 2025December 2025Allow600NoNo
19263075VEHICLE IMMERSIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2025January 2026Allow610NoNo
19254869ADJUSTABLE HEADPHONE SYSTEM FOR HEARING SAFETY AND AMBIENT AWARENESSJune 2025December 2025Allow520YesNo
19248541COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER DIAPHRAGMJune 2025November 2025Allow500NoNo
19246891LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM COMPRISING A HEADRESTJune 2025August 2025Allow200NoNo
19248353Magnetic Audio Distortion DeviceJune 2025August 2025Allow200YesNo
19233345Optimal Microphone Selection on a Remote Speaker/Microphone (RSM) AssemblyJune 2025August 2025Allow200NoNo
19220169PRIORITIZING EMERGENCY CALLS BASED ON CALLER RESPONSE TO AUTOMATED QUERYMay 2025October 2025Allow510NoNo
19216128EAR-WORN DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED NOISE MODIFICATION AND/OR SPATIAL FOCUSINGMay 2025February 2026Abandon810NoNo
19209699DUAL-PURPOSE CIRCUIT FOR SOUND EMISSION AND SOUND PICKUP APPLIED TO INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER UNITMay 2025June 2025Allow100NoNo
19209245METHOD FOR ITERATIVE, MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF ACOUSTICAL DESIGN TO IMPROVE AUDIO PERCEPTIONMay 2025September 2025Allow510NoNo
19206972WOODEN OR OTHER DIELECTRIC CAPACITIVE TOUCH INTERFACE AND LOUDSPEAKER HAVING SAMEMay 2025July 2025Allow210NoNo
19206159ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROTECTIVE CASEMay 2025October 2025Allow510NoNo
19202343ULTRASONIC LOUDSPEAKERMay 2025August 2025Allow310NoNo
19200926Loudspeaker System having an Acoustic Meta Material EnclosureMay 2025June 2025Allow200YesNo
19194953MICROPHONEApril 2025October 2025Allow510NoNo
19195652TABLECONVERSE AUDIO SYSTEM: DIRECTIONAL SPEECH ENHANCEMENT FOR RESTAURANT TABLESApril 2025June 2025Allow110YesNo
19194354AUDIO SPEECH SIGNAL ANALYSIS FOR FRAUD DETECTIONApril 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
19192992METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR NEURAL NETWORK HEARING AIDApril 2025January 2026Allow920NoNo
19193591ENABLING GROUPS OF USERS TO BE CONNECTED 1-ON-1April 2025October 2025Allow510YesNo
19192446MULTI-ROOM AUDIO SYNCHRONOUS PLAYBACK METHOD, SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19191380AUDIOGRAM, SYSTEM FOR AIDING HEARING, AND METHOD FOR USE OF SAMEApril 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
19190481SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGESApril 2025August 2025Allow410NoNo
19188702DYNAMIC CONTENT FLOW ADAPTATION FOR CALL REPRESENTATIVESApril 2025August 2025Allow410NoNo
19188784FACILITATING SUB-GROUP HOPPING IN CALL SESSIONS FOR ADAPTIVE CONTENT FLOWSApril 2025September 2025Allow510NoNo
19187610METHOD, SERVER AND DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING XR CONTENT CORRESPONDING TO A TARGET WITHIN A CONSTRUCTION SITE BASED ON VOICE RECOGNITIONApril 2025February 2026Allow1000YesNo
19186253ADJUSTABLE EAR WORN APPARATUSApril 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
19174869OPEN EAR SYSTEM USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) DRIVEN AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSINGApril 2025March 2026Allow1110NoNo
19171343CIRCUIT OF NOVEL BUBBLE TOYApril 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19170272METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING DEVICE, AND HEARING DEVICE SYSTEMApril 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19169882Customer Agent Recording Systems and MethodsApril 2025July 2025Allow410NoNo
19098301OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR TELE-OPHTHALMOLOGY AND COLLABORATIVE CAREApril 2025September 2025Allow610NoNo
19116657TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICEMarch 2025February 2026Allow1100YesNo
19092532SYSTEMS FOR TRANSITIONING TELEPHONY-BASED AND IN-PERSON SERVICING INTERACTIONS TO AND FROM AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) CHAT SESSIONMarch 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
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
19087503Portable Audio Speaker SystemMarch 2025November 2025Allow830YesNo
19074623METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING CONTENT AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE GENERATED CONTENT DURING DISPLAY OF A FIRST VIDEOMarch 2025December 2025Abandon910NoNo
19109920PRIMARY-AMBIENT PLAYBACK ON AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICESMarch 2025January 2026Allow1020NoNo
19109896Spatial Imaging on Audio Playback DevicesMarch 2025February 2026Allow1100NoNo
19069239Wearable Sound Device and Method for Ventilation and Acoustic TuningMarch 2025October 2025Allow710NoNo
19108471CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR MICROPHONE ARRAYS WITH 3D STEERABLE BEAMFORMERSMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19066928AUDIO SPEAKERFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19065774STEM SEPARATION SYSTEMS AND DEVICESFebruary 2025September 2025Allow610YesNo
19061111STEM SEPARATION SYSTEMS AND DEVICESFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19060336EAR-WORN DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK FOR NOISE REDUCTION AND/OR SPATIAL FOCUSING USING MULTIPLE INPUT AUDIO SIGNALSFebruary 2025July 2025Allow510YesNo
19059448LUMINESCENT EARPHONE COMPARTMENTFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19058031Method and device for producing a video streamFebruary 2025August 2025Allow610NoNo
19054244MANAGING BRAND IDENTITY, BRAND SECURITY, AND BRAND REPUTATION ACROSS COMMUNICATION NETWORKSFebruary 2025July 2025Allow500NoNo
19048837METHODS OF UTILIZING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR ENHANCED TEXT SUGGESTIONS, AND SYSTEMS AND DEVICES THEREFORFebruary 2025September 2025Allow700NoNo
19047151Spatially Explicit Auditory Cues for Enhanced Situational AwarenessFebruary 2025September 2025Allow811YesNo
19047495DISPLAY MODULEFebruary 2025September 2025Allow800YesNo
19045349CUSTOMER REQUEST ROUTING SYSTEM BASED ON CUSTOMERS AND AGENTSFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19044558USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT TUNNELING AND OTHER ACTIVITIESFebruary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19044554USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT PEST ACTIVITYFebruary 2025March 2025Allow100NoNo
19041140DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF CONDUCTING EMERGENCY CALLS USING A DONATION KIOSKJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
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
19026717SYSTEMS FOR BONE CONDUCTION SPEAKERJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610NoNo
19028592MEDIA PLAYBACK BASED ON SENSOR DATAJanuary 2025January 2026Allow1220YesNo
19029744MEDIA PLAYBACK BASED ON SENSOR DATAJanuary 2025December 2025Allow1020YesNo
19026576LOUDSPEAKER APPARATUSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19030664ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19030501ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19030432ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19030722ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19030555ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19023381AUDIO CALIBRATION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19023367AUDIO PARAMETER ADJUSTING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19025772SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A HIGH-DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR) PIXEL STREAMJanuary 2025January 2026Allow1220YesNo
19022797Multi-Functional Microphone and Voice Chat DeviceJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19022978ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING WITH AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMSJanuary 2025September 2025Allow800YesNo
19019623SHAPE-BASED GRAPHICAL INDICATIONS OF INTERACTION EVENTSJanuary 2025January 2026Allow1200YesNo
19015687Wearable Sound Device and Manufacture Method ThereofJanuary 2025November 2025Allow1020NoNo
19013326SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR COUPLING A VOICE COIL ASSEMBLY AND DIAGRAPHAM FOR ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERJanuary 2025November 2025Allow1001YesNo
19013507CREATING A TEMPLATE OF NUCLEIC ACID SITE LOCATIONS ON A FLOW CELLJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310YesNo
19013541ANALYZING IMAGE DATA FROM NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCINGJanuary 2025March 2025Allow310NoNo
19014022Head-Mounted Electronic Display Device With Lens Position SensingJanuary 2025September 2025Allow820NoNo
19010348TOUCH STRUCTURE, TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICEJanuary 2025February 2026Allow1400YesNo
19009565METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING DISTANCE SENSORJanuary 2025February 2026Allow1400NoNo
19008620SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR VIDEO CALLING BASED ON GPS LOCATIONJanuary 2025September 2025Allow810NoNo
19005906Systems and Methods for Modifying Contact Center Queue AssignmentsDecember 2024July 2025Allow710NoNo
19003233COVERT SPORTS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2024September 2025Allow910NoNo
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

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
709
Examiner Affirmed
508
(71.7%)
Examiner Reversed
201
(28.3%)
Reversal Percentile
19.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 28.3% 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
1819
Allowed After Appeal Filing
561
(30.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1258
(69.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
35.8%
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, 30.8% 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 41,632 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 77.5%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Group 2690 receive an average of 1.95 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 27 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.

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