Examiner Mei Xu

2695-MEI-XU

Employment Information

Art Unit:2695 — Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
Group:2690 — Videophones and Telephonic Communications; Audio Signals; Digital Audio Data Processing
Classes: 381 — Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
367 — Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
239 — Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
704 — Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression
375 — Pulse or digital communications
600 — Surgery
340 — Communications: electrical
348 — Television
Phone:(571) 272-7523
Email:xu.mei@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:31 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

7
3-Year Grant rate: 94% over 342 cases
Difficulty: Extremely Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 7th

With Examiner Mei, you have a 94% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Mei is an extremely easy examiner and in the 7th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Mei, where the timeline is relative to the date of the first office action. The three-year grant rate is the percentage of applications granted at three years after the first office action.

Comparison with Art Unit 2695

Examiner Mei's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 2695 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Mei 1.0
Art Unit 2695 1.1

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Mei has granted 294 of 314 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 94%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Mei has granted 28 of 28 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 100%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Mei, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 6%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18768157 Active Noise Reduction System Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18742874 Electromagnetic Microphone Patented View
18194065 Gain Control Of Audio Data Using Hardware Accelerators Patented View
18606415 Speaker Distortion Correction Device Patented View
18585191 Trimming Resistor Using Modulated Signal Patented View
18401250 Power Sharing Multi-Channel Amplifier Patented View
18330325 Single Power Amplifier-Driven Signal Control System And Method Patented View
17821022 Determining A Virtual Listening Environment Patented View
18555947 Information Processing Apparatus And Information Processing Method Patented View
17903813 Feedforward And Feedback Headphone Acoustic Noise Cancellation Patented View
18085370 Force-Cancelling Audio System Including An Isobaric Speaker Configuration With Speaker Membranes Moving In Opposite Directions Patented View
17983000 Circuitry For And Methods Of Gain Control Patented View
18323176 Audio Processing Based On Target Signal-To-Noise Ratio Patented View
18218827 Blocked Microphone Detector And Wind Sock Detector Patented View
18356196 Audio Reproduction Device, Audio Reproduction Lsi, And Audio Reproduction Method Patented View
18401299 Combo System, Method Of Driving Combo System, Signal Processor,and Storage Medium Patented View
18263961 An Amplifier For A Dual Backplate Mems Microphone Patented View
18132616 Audio System Patented View
18376643 Speaker Output Characteristic Correction System And Sound System Patented View
18390769 Method And Apparatus For Improving Sound Quality Of Speaker Patented View
18173817 Systems And Methods For Headset Identification Patented View
18612388 Systems And Methods For Integrated Conferencing Platform Patented View
17987880 Computer System And Processing Method Thereof Of Sound Signal Patented View
18257255 Audio Signal Processing System, Loudspeaker And Electronics Device Patented View
17915447 Conversation Assisting Apparatus, Conversation Assisting Method, Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Patented View
18366697 Audio Parameter Setting Method And Electronic Device Patented View
18537314 Microphone Module And Microphone Device Patented View
18001719 Signal Processing Apparatus, And Method For Performing Band Expansion Of An Audio Signal Abandoned View
18480638 Differential Amplifier Circuit Abandoned View
18169908 Sound Generation Device And Applications Patented View
18519384 Audio System For Providing Alternative Frequency, Vehicle Having The Same, And Method For Providing Alternative Frequency Patented View
17767265 Spatial Audio Representation And Rendering Patented View
18369131 Digital Power Amplifier, Speaker Drive System, And Speaker Drive Method Patented View
18551260 Audio Interface Patented View
17736641 Audio Control System Abandoned View
19022797 Multi-Functional Microphone And Voice Chat Device Patented View
17702737 System And Method For An Audio Reproduction Device Patented View
18950472 Systems And Methods For Configuring Duplexing Within A Doorbell Camera Patented View
18191036 Signal Processing System, Signal Processing Device, And Signal Processing Method Patented View
18397616 Personalized Sound Management And Method Patented View
18123070 Multichannel Audio Enhancement, Decoding, And Rendering In Response To Feedback Patented View
18605671 3d Audio Rendering Using Volumetric Audio Rendering And Scripted Audio Level-Of-Detail Patented View
18004507 Signal Processing Apparatus And Method Patented View
18610798 Switching Binaural Sound From Head Movements Patented View
18036523 Systems And Methods For Own Voice Detection In A Hearing System Patented View
17818652 Method And System For Context-Dependent Automatic Volume Compensation Patented View
18144612 Sensor Assembly With Interface Circuit Voltage Control Patented View
18202664 System And Method For Multi-Band Limiter With Multiple Frequency Range Patented View
18323395 System For Generating A Drive Signal And Method For Generating A Drive Signal Patented View
18203202 Audio Player Device And Startup Method Thereof Patented View

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