Examiner Lao Lunsee

2691-LAO-LUNSEE

Employment Information

Art Unit:2691 — Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems
Group:2690 — Videophones and Telephonic Communications; Audio Signals; Digital Audio Data Processing
Classes: 381 — Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
600 — Surgery
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
701 — Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
128 — Surgery
119 — Animal husbandry
702 — Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
704 — Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression
Phone:(571) 272-7501
Email:lun-see.lao@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:25 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

33
3-Year Grant rate: 85% over 309 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 33rd

With Examiner Lao, you have a 85% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Lao is an easier examiner and in the 33rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Lao, 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 2691

Examiner Lao's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 2691 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Lao 1.2
Art Unit 2691 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Lao has granted 175 of 212 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 83%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Lao has granted 88 of 97 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 91%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Lao, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 10%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18519709 Audio Rendering Device And Audio Configurator Device For Audio Stream Selection, And Related Methods Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
17743515 Passive Headset With Dynamically Controlled Leds Patented View
18474526 Smart Noise Pollution Reduction Of Bluetooth Based Devices Patented View
18066587 Rotating Mechanism And Housing Case Abandoned View
17546122 Audio Alerts In A Wireless Device Patented View
17546130 Audio Alerts In A Hearing Device Patented View
17581107 Method And Device For Voice Operated Control Patented View
18683037 Howling Suppression Method And Apparatus, And In-Ear Earphones And Storage Medium Patented View
18461069 Electronic Device For Listening To External Sound And Operating Method Of Electronic Device Patented View
17893745 Device For Electroinically Connecting And Disconnecting Portions Of An Electrical Line, Public Address System, Method For Detecting A Failure In An Electrical Line Patented View
18696109 An Ear Model Unit For Electroacoustic Testing And A Method For Performing Electroacoustic Testing Of A Hearing Device Patented View
18776199 Book With Audio Output And Recording Function Abandoned View
18398821 Signal Normalization Using Loudness Metadata For Audio Processing Patented View
17939245 Controlling Slew Rate Patented View
17890249 Audio Modules With Wire Dampeners Patented View
18124344 System For Dynamically Forming A Virtual Microphone Coverage Map From A Combined Array To Any Dimension, Size And Shape Based On Individual Microphone Element Locations Patented View
18383319 In-Sync Digital Waveform Comparison To Determine Pass/fail Results Of A Device Under Test (Dut) Patented View
18411975 Spatial Audio Head Tracker Patented View
18384856 Display Apparatus Patented View
18241900 Acoustic Ear-Hook Abandoned View
18418377 Smart Glasses, System And Control Method Thereof Patented View
18331808 Setup Management For Ear Tip Selection Fitting Process Patented View
18243762 Wearable Audio Devices With Enhanced Voice Pickup Patented View
18084818 Equipment Component For A Vehicle Abandoned View
18402225 Voice Pre-Processing Pipeline For Exterior Communications On Autonomous Vehicle Patented View
18381587 Abnormal Sound Detection Device And Abnormal Sound Detection Method Patented View
18506809 Howling Removal System And Method, And Computer Program Therefor Patented View
17818495 Vehicular Sound Processing System With Enhanced Recognition Of Audible Alerts From Other Vehicles Patented View
18634688 Synchronized Controller Patented View
17878353 System And Method For Controlling The Distribution Of Power Between Active Loudspeaker Assemblies And Passive Loudspeaker Assemblies In An Audio Distribution System Patented View
18379379 Sound Collection Device, Sound Collection Method, And Storage Medium Storing Sound Collection Program Patented View
17642001 Display Terminal Abandoned View
17925659 Smart Headphone System And Method Patented View
18060279 Linearizer Circuits And Methods For Audio Switches Patented View
18228910 Method For Processing Audio Data And Electronic Device Supporting Same Patented View
18540840 Signal Processing Device Having Multiple Acoustic-Electric Transducers Patented View
18206418 Sensor Management For Wireless Devices Patented View
18082840 External Member, External Member Molding Method, And Electronic Instrument Patented View
18072827 Adjustment Of Reverberator Based On Source Directivity Patented View
18335830 Systems And Methods For Controlling Playback And Other Features Of A Wireless Headphone Patented View
17790016 Matched And Equalized Microphone Output Of Automotive Microphone Systems Patented View
18470834 Image Pickup Apparatus Capable Of Efficiently Retrieving Subject Generating Specific Sound From Image, Control Method For Image Pickup Apparatus, And Storage Medium Patented View
18003473 Acoustic Apparatus And Acoustic Control Method Patented View
18015100 Electrodynamic Transducer Abandoned View
19029119 Systems And Methods For Equalizing Audio For Playback On An Electronic Device Patented View
18423933 Audio Encoding With Compressed Ambience Patented View
18065294 Earbud For Authenticated Sessions In Computing Devices Patented View
18055996 Second-Order Equalizer For High-Speed Data Lines Patented View
18435204 Audio Devices And Methods Of Operating An Audio Device Patented View
18097456 Speaker Box Patented View

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