USPTO Examiner HAN QI - Art Unit 2654

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18734476GENERATIVE CONTENT FOR COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCEJune 2024February 2025Allow820YesNo
18534524Interactive Reading AssistantDecember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18526991UTTERANCE CLASSIFIERDecember 2023October 2024Allow1110YesNo
18520034PROVIDING ACCESS WITH A PORTABLE DEVICE AND VOICE COMMANDSNovember 2023January 2025Abandon1320NoNo
18484792METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM AUDIO WATERMARKING AND WATERMARK DETECTION AND EXTRACTIONOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18482787ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE APPLICATION FRAMEWORKOctober 2023January 2024Allow300NoNo
18462949AUDIO FIREWALLSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1520YesNo
18238898DETERMINING WHETHER TO AUTOMATICALLY RESUME FIRST AUTOMATED ASSISTANT SESSION UPON CESSATION OF INTERRUPTING SECOND SESSIONAugust 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18233304DETECTING AND ASSIGNING ACTION ITEMS TO CONVERSATION PARTICIPANTS IN REAL-TIME AND DETECTING COMPLETION THEREOFAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18231112ORCHESTRATING EXECUTION OF A SERIES OF ACTIONS REQUESTED TO BE PERFORMED VIA AN AUTOMATED ASSISTANTAugust 2023June 2024Allow1000NoNo
18361408AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING LANGUAGE FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION OF SPOKEN UTTERANCE RECEIVED VIA AN AUTOMATED ASSISTANT INTERFACEJuly 2023March 2024Allow700NoNo
18220900TEXT-TO-SPEECH ENRICHING SYSTEMJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210YesNo
18219411SPEECH RECOGNITION USING MULTIPLE VOICE-ENABLED DEVICESJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18211732AUTOMATED WORD CORRECTION IN SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMSJune 2023June 2024Allow1210NoNo
18212104SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF AUTOMATIC MESSAGE CREATION USING MACHINE LEARNING ON DIGITAL ASSETSJune 2023March 2024Allow910YesNo
18309900SPEAKER DIARIZATIONMay 2023March 2024Allow1110YesNo
18105435SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND HOME APPLIANCE RECOMMENDATIONS TO A CONSUMERFebruary 2023October 2023Allow900NoNo
18105166SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO TRIGGER A VOICE CAPABLE DEVICE BASED ON SPEAKING CADENCEFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1520YesNo
18160342Streaming Action Fulfillment Based on Partial HypothesesJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1210NoNo
18152096Systems and Methods for Generating Labeled Data to Facilitate Configuration of Network Microphone DevicesJanuary 2023October 2023Allow910NoNo
18059714SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MODEL-BASED INTELLIGENT CONVERSATIONAL AGENTNovember 2022November 2023Allow1110NoNo
17986586METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM SIGNATURE MATCHING USING NOISE CANCELLATION MODELS TO ACHIEVE CONSENSUSNovember 2022August 2024Allow2220YesNo
18048945COMMAND KEYWORDS WITH INPUT DETECTION WINDOWINGOctober 2022September 2023Allow1110NoNo
17962505AUTOMATICALLY EXECUTING OPERATIONS SEQUENCES WITH CLICKABLE ELEMENTSOctober 2022June 2024Allow2120NoYes
17943205INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2022October 2024Allow2530YesNo
17911218AI CONTROL DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE CONNECTED TO AI CONTROL DEVICE, AND AI CONTROL METHODSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2910YesNo
17930349SEMANTIC REARRANGEMENT OF UNKNOWN OBJECTS FROM NATURAL LANGUAGE COMMANDSSeptember 2022October 2024Allow2500NoNo
17822731SOUND DETECTION METHODAugust 2022August 2024Allow2400NoNo
17757375INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, READING COMPREHENSION SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAMJune 2022October 2024Allow2810YesNo
17836977Techniques for Pretraining Document Language Models for Example-Based Document ClassificationJune 2022October 2024Allow2800NoNo
17828116SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CUSTOMIZED VOICE FILTERINGMay 2022October 2024Allow2800YesNo
17804657UTTERANCE CLASSIFIERMay 2022August 2023Allow1420NoNo
17750923Interactive Reading AssistantMay 2022October 2023Allow1710YesNo
17718970ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING USER UTTERANCE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFApril 2022August 2024Allow2800NoNo
17710933TRANSLATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022November 2024Allow3110YesNo
17656261Surgical Microscope System and Corresponding System, Method and Computer Program for a Surgical Microscope SystemMarch 2022October 2024Allow3110YesNo
17676461METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM AUDIO WATERMARKING AND WATERMARK DETECTION AND EXTRACTIONFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1610NoNo
17674523PROVIDING ACCESS WITH A PORTABLE DEVICE AND VOICE COMMANDSFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710YesNo
17650457MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING USING PREDICTIVE ENTITY SCORINGFebruary 2022May 2024Allow2700NoNo
17587243AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2010NoNo
17572451SMART VOICE WAKE-UP CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE THEREOFJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2910NoNo
17566861TRAINING AND USING A TRANSCRIPT GENERATION MODEL ON A MULTI-SPEAKER AUDIO STREAMDecember 2021January 2024Allow2400NoNo
17553800METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING WORD AS OBSCENE WORDDecember 2021April 2024Allow2810NoNo
17643053METHOD FOR GENERATING DIALOGUE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021July 2024Allow3110NoNo
17542755MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR UPDATING DOCUMENTS GENERATED BY A NATURAL LANGUAGE GENERATION (NLG) ENGINEDecember 2021February 2024Allow2600NoNo
17519727SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMAIL SIGNATURE EXTRACTION FROM UNSTRUCTURED TEXTNovember 2021February 2024Allow2700NoNo
17519940CONTEXTUAL PREMISES AUTOMATION BUTTONNovember 2021November 2024Allow3720YesNo
17450925INTENT INFERENCE IN AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATION SESSIONSOctober 2021December 2024Allow3820YesNo
17480740AUDIO SYSTEM FOR SPATIALIZING VIRTUAL SOUND SOURCESSeptember 2021April 2024Allow3110YesNo
17436442ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2021October 2023Allow2500NoNo
17409012SPEECH SETTING SYSTEM, SPEECH SETTING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH SPEECH SETTING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMAugust 2021April 2024Allow3210NoNo
17383789RETRIEVING DOCUMENTS ACCORDING TO TEMPORAL SIMILARITYJuly 2021March 2024Allow3210YesNo
17366965ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFJuly 2021November 2023Allow2900NoNo
17364589SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAME PRONUNCIATIONJune 2021July 2024Abandon3720YesYes
17360860A METHOD OF AND A DEVICE FOR USING A WIRELESS RECEIVER AS A HELP-SEEKING-SIGNAL CONVERTER FOR RENDERING HELP USING SMART SPEAKERSJune 2021October 2023Allow2810NoNo
17347168HOME APPLIANCE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJune 2021October 2023Allow2810YesNo
17343181INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODJune 2021September 2023Allow2820YesNo
17330145CONTINUOUS DIALOG WITH A DIGITAL ASSISTANTMay 2021January 2023Allow2010NoNo
17324500SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PROGRAMMABLE, PERSONALIZED, AND CONVERSATIONAL COACHING IN EXTENDED REALITY LEARNING EXPERIENCEMay 2021January 2024Allow3210NoNo
17319189MULTI-MODAL PRE-TRAINING MODEL ACQUISITION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2021January 2024Allow3210NoNo
17313146SCALABLE ENTITIES AND PATTERNS MINING PIPELINE TO IMPROVE AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITIONMay 2021April 2024Allow3620YesNo
17306624SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS WITH VOICE INTERFACEMay 2021November 2023Allow3021NoNo
17290567METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT-BASED VOICE RECOGNITION SERVICEApril 2021December 2024Abandon4301YesNo
17217031VIRTUAL CONVERSATIONAL COMPANIONMarch 2021September 2024Allow4241YesNo
17178877GENERATING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSFebruary 2021August 2023Allow3000NoNo
17269188SERVER FOR PROVIDING RESPONSE MESSAGE ON BASIS OF USER'S VOICE INPUT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2021September 2023Allow3100NoNo
17168745MEDICAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2021February 2024Allow3710YesNo
15733826INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMNovember 2020March 2024Abandon4001NoNo
17052382RECIPIENT BASED TEXT PREDICTION FOR ELECTRONIC MESSAGINGNovember 2020April 2024Allow4120YesNo
17050938Processing Audio InformationOctober 2020February 2024Abandon4010NoNo
17018754METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING NEURAL SEQUENTIAL MODELSSeptember 2020April 2024Allow4410NoNo
17008283ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING AN INTENTION OF A USERAugust 2020October 2023Allow3710NoNo
16995005SOUND DETECTION-BASED POWER CONTROL OF A DEVICEAugust 2020October 2023Allow3830YesNo
16969242NONVERBAL INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAMAugust 2020July 2024Allow4850YesNo
16983554Adaptive Gain-Shape Rate SharingAugust 2020July 2024Allow4840NoYes
16838966PROMOTING VOICE ACTIONS TO HOTWORDSApril 2020March 2024Allow4860YesYes
16825872NATURAL LANGUAGE GENERATIONMarch 2020August 2023Allow4130YesNo
15609342METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING TRIGGER PHRASE ENROLLMENTMay 2017September 2018Allow3120YesNo
15384142Method and Apparatus for Evaluating Trigger Phrase EnrollmentDecember 2016September 2018Allow2120YesNo
15223977PROVIDING ACCESS WITH A PORTABLE DEVICE AND VOICE COMMANDSJuly 2016October 2018Allow2620YesNo
15056831ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMFebruary 2016August 2018Allow3021NoNo
15050188METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEFebruary 2016August 2017Allow1810YesNo
14955657Prediction And Optimized Prevention Of Bullying And Other Counterproductive Interactions In Live And Virtual Meeting ContextsDecember 2015April 2018Allow2940NoNo
14954636GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR DISAMBIGUATIONNovember 2015March 2017Allow1610NoNo
14944590SPEECH SOURCE CLASSIFICATIONNovember 2015June 2016Allow710NoNo
14938040REDUCTION OF MEMORY USAGE IN FEATURE GENERATIONNovember 2015June 2017Allow1920YesNo
14938493USING BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL TO CREATE MACHINE TRANSLATION DICTIONARIESNovember 2015March 2017Allow1610YesNo
14934250AUTOMATING MULTILINGUAL INDEXINGNovember 2015March 2017Allow1610YesNo
14933646PREDICTION AND OPTIMIZED PREVENTION OF BULLYING AND OTHER COUNTERPRODUCTIVE INTERACTIONS IN LIVE AND VIRTUAL MEETING CONTEXTSNovember 2015December 2017Allow2530NoNo
14931943SOUND ENVELOPE DECONSTRUCTION TO IDENTIFY WORDS AND SPEAKERS IN CONTINUOUS SPEECHNovember 2015April 2017Allow1810YesNo
14929084TECHNIQUES FOR UPDATING AN AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM USING FINITE-STATE TRANSDUCERSOctober 2015March 2017Allow1610YesNo
14826607SPEAKER RECOGNITION AND DENIAL OF A TRANSACTION BASED ON MATCHING A KNOWN VOICE PRINTAugust 2015August 2017Allow2421YesNo
14820995GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR DISAMBIGUATIONAugust 2015June 2016Allow1110YesNo
14733073Disambiguating Input Based On ContextJune 2015March 2016Allow910NoNo
14384400SPEECH RECOGNITION DEVICESeptember 2014March 2017Allow3030YesNo
14482035LANGUAGE MODEL WITH STRUCTURED PENALTYSeptember 2014March 2017Allow3020NoYes
14471610TEXT SUGGESTION OUTPUT USING PAST INTERACTION DATAAugust 2014March 2017Allow3020YesNo
14222834Concise Dynamic Grammars Using N-Best SelectionMarch 2014November 2015Allow1910YesNo
14111471EVALUATION OF THE VOICE QUALITY OF A CODED SPEECH SIGNALOctober 2013January 2016Allow2710NoNo
14048091Method and System for Translating SpeechOctober 2013July 2017Allow4540NoYes

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HAN, QI.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
9.2%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
13
Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(61.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(38.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
90.0%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 61.5% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner HAN, QI - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HAN, QI works in Art Unit 2654 and has examined 135 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HAN, QI's allowance rate of 90.4% places them in the 74% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HAN, QI receive 1.71 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 36% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by HAN, QI is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 51% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HAN, QI. This interview benefit is in the 40% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 41.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 92% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 43.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 66% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 50.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 44% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 91.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 84% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 45.5% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 100.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 91% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 5.2% of allowed cases (in the 86% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 4.9% of allowed cases (in the 80% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.