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Dolby Laboratories Inc.

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2,948 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

95%

+20 pts vs the USPTO range 95% to 96%

Rejections before allowance

1.2

−0.4 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

12.7 mo

−5.9 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

18%

−9 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G10L Speech analysis, synthesis, recognition1,085 apps

H04N Pictorial communication, television538 apps

H04S 315 apps

H04R 148 apps

H02J Circuit arrangements for supplying electric power130 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing104 apps

Art units

2654251 apps

2651184 apps

2658162 apps

2656159 apps

2695145 apps

OPAP122 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central122 apps

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Xu Mei66 apps

98%

George C Monikang66 apps

100%

Alexander J Krzystan57 apps

100%

Leshui Zhang49 apps

91%

Sonia L Gay47 apps

100%

Yosef K Laekemariam41 apps

100%

Qin Zhu40 apps

100%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION1,923 apps

94%

DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB858 apps

98%

GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC64 apps

98%

GE Intellectual Property Licensing, LLC37 apps

100%

Dolby Intellectual Property Licensing, LLC17 apps

100%

General Electric Company13 apps

92%

GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.10 apps

100%

DOLBY HYBRID TECHNOLOGIES, LLC8 apps

100%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19883892	REDIRECTION OF ACOUSTIC RADIATION FROM A DISPLAY DEVICE TO ENHANCE USER EXPERIENCE	2026-10-09	Pending	0	0	n/a
19883899	MEDIA RETRIEVAL WITH SEMI-SUPERVISED CONTRASTIVE LEARNING	2026-10-09	Pending	0	0	n/a
19883592	STATE DETECTION FOR ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATION	2026-10-08	Pending	0	0	n/a
15492898	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15995780	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15614262	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15546769	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15650346	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15598266	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15576321	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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