USPTO Examiner RILEY MARCUS T - Art Unit 2654

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18777134MULTIPLE DIGITAL ASSISTANT COORDINATION IN VEHICULAR ENVIRONMENTSJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18760571PERSONALIZING USER INTERFACE DISPLAYS IN REAL-TIMEJuly 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18738490SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING INDICATIONS OF REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION SESSIONSJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18736263SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING VOICE COMMANDSJune 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18657405USING CORRECTIONS, OF AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FUNCTIONS, FOR TRAINING OF ON-DEVICE MACHINE LEARNING MODELSMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18640098COMPUTER-BASED TOOLS FOR IDENTIFYING AND CONNECTING WITH HUMAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATORSApril 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18637771DYNAMIC SERVICE LEVEL ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM FOR DATA PROCESSING MANAGERApril 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18606066Method and Apparatus for Using Image Data to Aid Voice RecognitionMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18583663COMPUTER SYSTEM-BASED PAUSING AND RESUMING OF NATURAL LANGUAGE CONVERSATIONSFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18404357SYSTEM FOR MULTI-PERSPECTIVE DISCOURSE WITHIN A DIALOGJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18400241VOICE-CONTROLLED SETTINGS AND NAVIGATIONDecember 2023September 2024Allow800NoNo
18515360VOICE COMMAND RESOLUTION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON NON-SPEECH SOUND IN IOT ENVIRONMENTNovember 2023September 2024Allow1000YesNo
18513406SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DYNAMIC CONVERSATIONAL RESPONSES BASED ON PREDICTED USER INTENTS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELSNovember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18507824PERCEPTUALLY-BASED LOSS FUNCTIONS FOR AUDIO ENCODING AND DECODING BASED ON MACHINE LEARNINGNovember 2023March 2025Allow1620YesNo
18490033SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING LEGACY SERVERS TO OPERATE WITHIN RASA NLU FRAMEWORKOctober 2023July 2025Allow2000NoNo
18380990ACCESSORY FOR A VOICE-CONTROLLED DEVICEOctober 2023November 2024Allow1300NoNo
18380545SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANT DEEP LINKS TO EFFECTUATE THIRD-PARTY DIALOG SESSION TRANSFERSOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18475747System and method to integrate microservices in Interactive Voice Response (IVR) operationsSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2100NoNo
18462255IMAGE-TO-TEXT LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS (LLM)September 2023June 2025Allow2100NoNo
18456949NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSINGAugust 2023June 2025Allow2100NoNo
18455415LOCALLY DISTRIBUTED KEYWORD DETECTIONAugust 2023September 2024Allow1300YesNo
18224259INTEGRATION OF SPEECH PROCESSING FUNCTIONALITY WITH ORGANIZATION SYSTEMSJuly 2023March 2024Allow800NoNo
18354926NATURAL VOICE UTILITY ASSET ANNOTATION SYSTEMJuly 2023May 2025Allow2200NoNo
18222064SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING ACTIONS ON NETWORK-CONNECTED OBJECTS IN RESPONSE TO REMINDERS ON DEVICES BASED ON AN ACTION CRITERIONJuly 2023June 2025Allow2340YesNo
18218818USING CORRECTIONS, OF AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FUNCTIONS, FOR TRAINING OF ON-DEVICE MACHINE LEARNING MODELSJuly 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18214540IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FORMING IMAGE ON SHEET ACCORDING TO SHEET TYPEJune 2023May 2025Allow2200NoNo
18330738RESPONSE ORCHESTRATOR FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACEJune 2023February 2024Allow800NoNo
18329030DIGITAL INTERFACE WITH USER INPUT GUIDANCEJune 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18198490METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSISTING A CONVERSATION ACROSS MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION CHANNELSMay 2023April 2025Allow2300NoNo
18318649VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION DEVICE AND METHODMay 2023April 2025Allow2300NoNo
18305356DISTRIBUTED DISCERNMENT SYSTEMApril 2023March 2025Allow2300NoNo
18300880Improvements to Computer-based Interlocutor Understanding Using Classifying Conversation SegmentsApril 2023December 2023Allow800YesNo
18192363SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEEP MACHINE LEARNING MODEL USING PERSONAL DATA IN REAL TIMEMarch 2023March 2025Allow2400NoNo
18125583MULTIPLE DIGITAL ASSISTANT COORDINATION IN VEHICULAR ENVIRONMENTSMarch 2023April 2024Allow1320YesNo
18186872Intended Query Detection using E2E Modeling for continued ConversationMarch 2023January 2025Allow2200NoNo
18113306ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING RESPONSESFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2710NoNo
18111448SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR PREVENTING COMPLIANCE VIOLATING MESSAGES FROM BEING COMMUNICATED TO A RECIPIENTFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2400YesNo
18105426Managing Multiple Types of Databases Using a Single User Interface (UI) That Includes Voice Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (AI)February 2023February 2025Allow2400NoNo
18156050DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR SENTIMENT IDENTIFICATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONSJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2500NoNo
18094694ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD TO CONTROL EXTERNAL APPARATUSJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2910YesNo
18091611System and Method for Incremental Estimation of Interlocutor Intents and Goals in Turn-Based Electronic Conversational FlowDecember 2022December 2024Allow2300YesNo
18082977VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAMEDecember 2022January 2024Allow1320YesNo
18080350DIALOGUE MANAGEMENT METHOD, USER TERMINAL AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMDecember 2022April 2025Allow2910NoNo
18078460METHOD OF TRAINING SPEECH RECOGNITION MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022November 2024Allow2300NoNo
18059234SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEXT CLASSIFICATION USING LABEL MODULAR PROMPTSNovember 2022September 2024Allow2200NoNo
17993071Object and Ambience Relative Level Control for RenderingNovember 2022November 2024Allow2400NoNo
17927259COMPENSATING FOR HARDWARE DISPARITIES WHEN DETERMINING WHETHER TO OFFLOAD ASSISTANT-RELATED PROCESSING TASKS FROM CERTAIN CLIENT DEVICESNovember 2022April 2025Allow2900NoNo
18058104SPEECH DENOISING NETWORKS USING SPEECH AND NOISE MODELINGNovember 2022November 2024Allow2400NoNo
17980262AMBIENT DEVICE STATE CONTENT DISPLAYNovember 2022February 2024Allow1600NoNo
17979660SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCTNovember 2022September 2024Allow2300NoNo
17977885AUTOMATICALLY RECTIFYING IN REAL-TIME ANOMALIES IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMSOctober 2022November 2023Allow1300NoNo
18050329CONTEXT-AIDED IDENTIFICATIONOctober 2022February 2025Allow2810NoNo
17973452METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH SPEECH PROCESSINGOctober 2022July 2023Allow910YesNo
17969111INTELLIGENT ENTITY RELATION DETECTIONOctober 2022January 2025Allow2710YesNo
17968517ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION, AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOFOctober 2022October 2024Allow2400NoNo
18047154Managing Multifaceted, Implicit Goals Through DialogueOctober 2022September 2024Allow2300NoNo
17951037VIRTUAL ASSISTANT OPERATIONS IN MULTI-DEVICE ENVIRONMENTSSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1930YesYes
17930567SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING BI-MODE DUAL-CHANNEL SOUND DATA FOR AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION MODELSSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2200NoNo
17939840SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTILINGUAL INTENT PREDICTIONSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2710NoNo
17823380METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING INSIGHTS IN REAL-TIME DURING A CONVERSATIONAugust 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17896291System and Method for Estimation of Interlocutor Intents and Goals in Turn-Based Electronic Conversational FlowAugust 2022August 2023Allow1110NoNo
17885541APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ASSISTING INFORMATION SHARING, AND RECORDING MEDIUMAugust 2022October 2023Allow1420NoNo
17797852SERVER DEVICE, CONFERENCE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND CONFERENCE ASSISTANCE METHODAugust 2022January 2025Abandon2910NoNo
17868172PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALSJuly 2022February 2025Allow3120NoNo
17788758SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSJune 2022October 2024Allow2810NoNo
17828216ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFMay 2022August 2023Allow1400NoNo
17737587END-TO-END AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR BOTH CONVERSATIONAL AND COMMAND-AND-CONTROL SPEECHMay 2022October 2024Allow2910NoNo
17736850WAKE SUPPRESSION FOR AUDIO PLAYING AND LISTENING DEVICESMay 2022November 2023Allow1910NoNo
17770717SPEECH NOISE REDUCTION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022May 2024Allow2400YesNo
17723942SELF-LEARNING FRAMEWORK OF ZERO-SHOT CROSS-LINGUAL TRANSFER WITH UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATIONApril 2022May 2024Allow2500NoNo
17707666VOICE INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUSMarch 2022August 2024Allow2910NoNo
17701455Data Processing Method, Apparatus, Electronic Device, and Computer Storage MediumMarch 2022April 2024Allow2500NoNo
17685721Voice Orchestrated Infrastructure SystemMarch 2022June 2023Allow1610NoNo
17639624FULL-DUPLEX VOICE DIALOGUE METHODMarch 2022March 2024Allow2500NoNo
17639441AUTOMATED INFORMATION EXTRACTION AND ENRICHMENT IN PATHOLOGY REPORT USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSINGMarch 2022August 2024Allow2910NoNo
17639505DISPLAY DEVICE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMMarch 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17639051DISPLAY DEVICE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVERFebruary 2022May 2024Allow2610NoNo
17589871PERSONALIZING USER INTERFACE DISPLAYS IN REAL-TIMEJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2500NoNo
17583812PRONUNCIATION FEATURES FOR LANGUAGE MODELSJanuary 2022December 2024Allow3520YesNo
17582778METHOD FOR ENCODING LIVE-STREAMING DATA AND ENCODING DEVICEJanuary 2022December 2023Allow2300NoNo
17582706GRAPH-BASED CROSS-LINGUAL ZERO-SHOT TRANSFERJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2610NoNo
17582206Methods for Emotion Classification in TextJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2810YesNo
17597403A METHOD AND A NOISE INDICATOR SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ONE OR MORE NOISY PERSONSJanuary 2022November 2024Abandon3420YesNo
17622402VOICE INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021August 2024Allow3220NoNo
17621766SPOOFING DETECTION APPARATUS, SPOOFING DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021June 2023Allow1810NoNo
17619344Relay Device For Voice Commands To Be Processed By A Voice Assistant, Voice Assistant And Wireless NetworkDecember 2021February 2024Allow2610YesNo
17547664DEVICE TARGETING FOR CONTENTDecember 2021September 2023Allow2200NoNo
17547556COMPUTER SYSTEM-BASED PAUSING AND RESUMING OF NATURAL LANGUAGE CONVERSATIONSDecember 2021October 2023Allow2200NoNo
17547894AUDIO-BASED DEVICE LOCATIONINGDecember 2021September 2023Allow2200NoNo
17546838SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING VOICE COMMANDSDecember 2021March 2024Allow2730NoNo
17543589ACCESSORY FOR A VOICE-CONTROLLED DEVICEDecember 2021July 2023Allow1910YesNo
17542823METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING MULTIMEDIA CONTENTDecember 2021March 2025Allow3940YesNo
17455584DIALOGUE SYSTEM, VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DIALOGUE SYSTEMNovember 2021March 2024Allow2810NoNo
17610201DISPLAY DEVICE FOR PROVIDING SPEECH RECOGNITION SERVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOFNovember 2021September 2023Allow2210NoNo
17518431Communication System and MethodNovember 2021August 2024Allow3420YesNo
17511716CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY SYSTEMOctober 2021August 2023Allow2200NoNo
17492078SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DYNAMIC CONVERSATIONAL RESPONSES BASED ON PREDICTED USER INTENTS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELSOctober 2021September 2023Allow2400NoNo
17441791INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODSSeptember 2021September 2023Allow2400NoNo
17441809METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING VOICE END POINT USING ACOUSTIC AND LANGUAGE MODELING INFORMATION FOR ROBUST VOICESeptember 2021December 2023Allow2600NoNo
17477449COMPUTER-BASED TOOLS FOR IDENTIFYING AND CONNECTING WITH HUMAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATORSSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2700NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner RILEY, MARCUS T.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
8.5%
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
4
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
78.1%
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, 50.0% 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 RILEY, MARCUS T - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner RILEY, MARCUS T works in Art Unit 2654 and has examined 172 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.1%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner RILEY, MARCUS T's allowance rate of 97.1% places them in the 91% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by RILEY, MARCUS T receive 1.01 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 13% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by RILEY, MARCUS T is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 72% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -2.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RILEY, MARCUS T. This interview benefit is in the 5% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 39.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 89% 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 30.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 10% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 80.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 69% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 53.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 66% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 61% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 25% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

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.

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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