Examiner Vincent Lai

What the data says.

Vincent Lai's public record spans Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), covering one art unit. Over 41 disposed applications, Lai allowed 32 and abandoned 9, yielding an allowance rate of 78%. This rate reflects the proportion of decided cases (allowed plus abandoned) in the examiner's pooled record. The 78% figure is derived from applications that reached final disposition; pending applications are excluded from this calculation.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates data across all art units assigned to the examiner. The allowance rate and application counts describe the examiner's past record and do not constitute a prediction of the outcome of any specific application. Aggregate figures mask variation within individual art units and across time. This data is historical, not predictive.

These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →

The record, art unit by art unit.

Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.

Primarily examines interconnection and data transfer between memory, I/O, and processing units, and program control and execution.

Questions about Examiner Vincent Lai

• 01What is Vincent Lai's overall allowance rate?

  The allowance rate is 78%, calculated from 41 disposed applications (32 allowed, 9 abandoned). This reflects the proportion of decided cases and is not a prediction for any specific application.
• 02How many art units does this record cover?

  One art unit (2181) within TC 2100. This pooled profile aggregates all data from that unit and represents the examiner's overall record.
• 03What does the allowance rate include and exclude?

  The 78% rate includes allowed and abandoned applications only. Pending applications are excluded. The rate describes historical decisions, not outcomes of applications not yet decided.

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