Examiner Kim Paul

2695-KIM-PAUL

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
330 — Amplifiers
463 — Amusement devices: games
239 — Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
379 — Telephonic communications
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
706 — Data processing: artificial intelligence
600 — Surgery
340 — Communications: electrical
244 — Aeronautics and astronautics
Phone:(571) 270-7697
Email:paul.kim1@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:17 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

6
3-Year Grant rate: 95% over 376 cases
Difficulty: Extremely Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 6th

With Examiner Kim, you have a 95% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Kim is an extremely easy examiner and in the 6th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Kim, 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 Kim's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 2695 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Kim 0.5
Art Unit 2695 1.1

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Kim has granted 339 of 353 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 96%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Kim has granted 20 of 23 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 87%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Kim, conducting an interview decreases your chance of getting a patent granted by 9%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18433061 Systems For Using An Auricular Device Configured With An Indicator And Beamformer Filter Unit Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18378398 Facilitating Hearing Device Fitting Patented View
18243199 Information Processing Method, Information Processing Device, And Recording Medium Patented View
18399148 Deep Learning Based Voice Extraction And Primary-Ambience Decomposition For Stereo To Surround Upmixing With Dialog-Enhanced Center Channel Patented View
17856277 Technologies For Wireless Audio Device Selection Patented View
18642625 System And Method For Audio Signal Placement And Projection Patented View
18664636 Mono Interaural Time Delay (Itd) Rendering Patented View
18529078 Method And System For Generating A Personalised Head-Related Transfer Function Patented View
18618283 Preamplifier System Patented View
18355674 Earphone Modes Of Operation Patented View
18614817 Automatic Volume Control For A Hearing Device Patented View
18257543 Interactive Mixed Reality Audio Technology Abandoned View
18422189 Apparatus, Methods And Computer Programs For Processing Audio Signals Patented View
18487199 Output Of Stereo Or Spatial Audio Patented View
18290825 Determining Virtual Audio Source Positions Patented View
18056076 Body Microphone And Transmitter Rig Patented View
18318868 Method For Determining A Sound Field Patented View
18259930 Method And System For Generating A Personalized Free Field Audio Signal Transfer Function Based On Free-Field Audio Signal Transfer Function Data Patented View
18390899 Information Processing Apparatus And Control Method Patented View
18440210 Method For Determining Audio Coding/decoding Mode And Related Product Patented View
18523644 Spatial Sound Improvement For Seat Audio Using Spatial Sound Zones Patented View
18517412 Sound Processing Apparatus, Sound Processing Apparatus Main Body And Holder Patented View
18536169 Micro-Speaker For Ear-Worn Hearing Device Patented View
18401278 Audio Processing Method And System, And Electronic Device Patented View
18128542 Systems And Methods For Pre-Generated Inverse Audio Canceling Patented View
18038768 Audio Signal Processing Method And Electronic Device Patented View
18353092 Impedance Tracking For Connector Between Source And Load Patented View
18468160 Audio Filter System Patented View
19248353 Magnetic Audio Distortion Device Patented View
18611743 Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium Having Computer-Readable Instructions And System Patented View
18218775 Amplifier System Patented View
18329525 Delivering Additional Information To Receiving Parties For Text Messaging Based Caller Id Patented View
17961329 Apparatus And Method For Automatic Adaption Of A Loudspeaker To A Listening Environment Patented View
18770016 Electronic Apparatus And Controlling Method Thereof Patented View
18258041 Binaural Signal Post-Processing Patented View
18202090 Refrigerator Patented View
18811903 Noise Processing Method, Electronic Device And Storage Medium Patented View
18269892 A Method And Apparatus For Fusion Of Virtual Scene Description And Listener Space Description Patented View
17705231 Hearing Device System And Tool Patented View
18233491 Protective Element For An Electroacoustic Transducer Of A Hearing Device Or For A Sound Tube Included In A Hearing Device Patented View
18203561 Signal Processing Method Patented View
18169759 Efficient Multi-Emitter Soundfield Reverberation Patented View
17967368 Refuse Vehicle With Sound Management Patented View
18425311 Unmanned Aircraft Patented View
18195768 Method And Device For Processing Hrtf Filters Patented View
17906290 Multi-Channel Audio System, Multi-Channel Audio Device, Program, And Multi-Channel Audio Playback Method Patented View
17788452 System And Method For Virtual Sound Effect With Invisible Loudspeaker(S) Patented View
18313111 Method And Apparatus For A Binaural Hearing Assistance System Using Monaural Audio Signals Abandoned View
18186672 A Smart Pendant Device, System, And Method For Multimedia Communications Abandoned View
18024577 Information Processing Device, Information Processing Terminal, Information Processing Method, And Program Patented View

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