USPTO Examiner ZHU RICHARD Z - Art Unit 2654

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18641001AUTOMATED SELECTION OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTSApril 2024November 2024Allow720YesNo
18440528INVOKING FUNCTIONS OF AGENTS VIA DIGITAL ASSISTANT APPLICATIONS USING ADDRESS TEMPLATESFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1320NoNo
18430253MULTIMODAL RESPONSESFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18411516MULTIPLE SKILLS PROCESSINGJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18526690Personalized and Contextualized Audio BriefingDecember 2023April 2025Allow1630YesNo
18489482SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY UPDATING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS THAT PROVIDE CONVERSATIONAL RESPONSESOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
18378038SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR RESUMING DIALOG SESSIONS VIA AUTOMATED ASSISTANTOctober 2023December 2024Allow1420YesNo
18244543MULTIMODAL SENTIMENT CLASSIFICATIONSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18462092SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VIRTUAL AGENT IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1210YesNo
18458777Voice-Enabled Screen ReaderAugust 2023February 2025Allow1810YesNo
18449172EMOTION-BASED VOICE CONTROLLED DEVICEAugust 2023March 2025Allow1920NoNo
18230395SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERSATION ORCHESTRATION USING TRAINED LARGE LANGUAGE MODELSAugust 2023July 2024Allow1130NoNo
18352930METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SEARCHABLE REAL-TIME TRANSCRIBED AUDIO AND VISUAL CONTENT WITHIN A GROUP-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2023April 2025Allow2230YesNo
18330859SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARSING MULTIPLE INTENTS IN NATURAL LANGUAGE SPEECHJune 2023April 2025Allow2330YesNo
18143912METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY PRIORITIZING CONTENT PROVIDED TO A USERMay 2023June 2024Allow1420YesNo
18312155NATURAL LANGUAGE BASED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION PROFILE SYSTEMMay 2023June 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18310558Unsupervised automated extraction of conversation structure from recorded conversationsMay 2023August 2024Allow1620YesNo
18135049INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ORDER-BASED CUSTOMER DIALOGUE SYSTEMApril 2023January 2024Allow1010NoNo
18189270SPEECH ENDPOINTING BASED ON WORD COMPARISONSMarch 2023April 2024Allow1320YesNo
18126212SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONSTRUCTING VIDEO DATA USING CONTEXTUALLY-AWARE MULTI-MODAL GENERATION DURING SIGNAL LOSSMarch 2023May 2025Allow2600NoNo
18169162SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY UPDATING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS THAT PROVIDE CONVERSATIONAL RESPONSESFebruary 2023August 2023Allow610NoNo
18102579PREDICTIVE TIME SERIES DATA OBJECT MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2330YesNo
18151619NETWORKED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, & METHODS FOR INTELLIGENTLY DEACTIVATING WAKE-WORD ENGINESJanuary 2023July 2023Allow600NoNo
18069070LANGUAGE MODELS USING DOMAIN-SPECIFIC MODEL COMPONENTSDecember 2022September 2023Allow820NoNo
18059928MULTIMODAL SENTIMENT CLASSIFICATIONNovember 2022August 2023Allow810NoNo
17993029SEMANTIC FRAME BUILDERNovember 2022February 2025Allow2700NoNo
17964647AUTOMATED TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSION, SUCH AS DRIVING MODE VOICE MEMOOctober 2022October 2023Allow1220YesNo
17946400Multi-Granularity Alignment for Visual Question AnsweringSeptember 2022November 2024Allow2610YesNo
17946871ASSISTANT ADAPTATION OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TO GUIDE INTERACTION WITH USER IN FULFILLING USER REQUESTSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3020YesNo
17945320MULTIPLE SKILLS PROCESSINGSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1210NoNo
17942116SENTIMENT PARSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110YesNo
17930141PYRAMID VECTOR QUANTIZER SHAPE SEARCHSeptember 2022November 2023Allow1420YesNo
17898205INVOKING FUNCTIONS OF AGENTS VIA DIGITAL ASSISTANT APPLICATIONS USING ADDRESS TEMPLATESAugust 2022September 2023Allow1320YesNo
17822715ADAPTIVE FRAME SKIPPING FOR SPEECH RECOGNITIONAugust 2022November 2024Allow2710NoNo
17863742APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING NATURAL LANGUAGEJuly 2022November 2024Allow2810NoNo
17854450ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJune 2022October 2024Allow2810YesNo
17851902AUGMENTING VOICE SAMPLES BASED ON DISTRIBUTIONS OF SPEAKER CLASSESJune 2022February 2025Allow3210YesNo
17784004DIALOGUE PROCESSING APPARATUS, LEARNING APPARATUS, DIALOGUE PROCESSING METHOD, LEARNING METHOD AND PROGRAMJune 2022April 2025Allow3420YesNo
17756624DETECTING RELATED INFORMATION ON CALLS IN MULTI-TENANT SYSTEM AND FOR CONSENT BASED INFORMATION SHARINGMay 2022September 2024Allow2820NoNo
17732944SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE TRUST IN CONVERSATIONSApril 2022June 2025Allow3820NoNo
17722566USING MACHINE LEARNING FOR INDIVIDUAL CLASSIFICATIONApril 2022June 2025Allow3820YesNo
17658115COMPUTING SYSTEMS FOR RAPIDLY COLLECTING DIGITAL WITNESS STATEMENTS AND EFFICIENTLY CORRECTING TRANSCRIPTION ERRORSApril 2022December 2024Allow3210NoNo
17690609SHARED ENCODER FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING PROCESSINGMarch 2022December 2024Allow3310YesNo
17422281E-MAIL CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, E-MAIL CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMFebruary 2022January 2025Allow4210NoNo
17668968MULTI-CHANNEL CONVERSATION PROCESSINGFebruary 2022May 2024Allow2800NoNo
17583672INDICATOR FOR VOICE-BASED COMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2820NoNo
17627864Method and device for Processing Voice Information, Storage Medium and Electronic ApparatusJanuary 2022March 2025Abandon3820NoNo
17572261SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR RESUMING DIALOG SESSIONS VIA AUTOMATED ASSISTANTJanuary 2022August 2023Allow1920YesNo
17570196SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING VECTOR MODEL NORMAL EXCLUSION IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TO CHARACTERIZE A CATEGORY OF MESSAGESJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3110NoNo
17569495SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPEAKER VERIFICATIONJanuary 2022August 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17568960AUTOMATED DOMAIN-SPECIFIC CONSTRAINED DECODING FROM SPEECH INPUTS TO STRUCTURED RESOURCESJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3010YesNo
17553976CASCADED ADAPTIVE INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION ALGORITHMSDecember 2021July 2023Allow1910NoNo
17644047HIERARCHICAL SEARCH FOR IMPROVED SEARCH RELEVANCEDecember 2021May 2024Allow2940YesNo
17539005SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2021April 2024Allow2910NoNo
17527167METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECENTRALIZED SUPERVISED LEARNING IN NLP APPLICATIONSNovember 2021June 2024Allow3110NoNo
17526832TEXT PROCESSING METHOD, MODEL TRAINING METHOD, AND APPARATUSNovember 2021October 2024Allow3511NoNo
17515901MULTIMODAL RESPONSESNovember 2021November 2023Allow2400NoNo
17607534DIGITAL HALFTONING WITH SPIRAL DOTSOctober 2021September 2023Allow2210NoNo
17607177RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOROctober 2021April 2024Abandon2920NoNo
17405120USER PROFILE LINKINGAugust 2021July 2023Allow2310NoNo
17428961PARALINGUISTIC INFORMATION ESTIMATION MODEL LEARNING APPARATUS, PARALINGUISTIC INFORMATION ESTIMATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMAugust 2021April 2025Allow4530NoNo
17385746AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION OF SITUATIONSJuly 2021February 2024Allow3110NoNo
17425444INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE TO STOP THE TURN OFF OF POWER BASED ON VOICE INPUT FOR VOICE OPERATIONJuly 2021January 2024Allow3010NoNo
17425560ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOFJuly 2021January 2024Allow3010NoNo
17383284SEMANTICALLY-AUGMENTED CONTEXT REPRESENTATION GENERATIONJuly 2021January 2024Allow3000NoNo
17373867VOICE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICEJuly 2021May 2024Abandon3420NoNo
17361761MULTI-SESSION CONTEXTJune 2021October 2023Allow2710NoNo
17419390COLOR PREDICTIONJune 2021November 2023Abandon2910NoNo
17361003ADAPTATIONS OF TASK-ORIENTED AGENTS USING USER INTERACTIONSJune 2021August 2024Allow3820YesNo
17304720EARLY INVOCATION FOR CONTEXTUAL DATA PROCESSINGJune 2021September 2024Allow3940YesNo
17350116INTENT CLASSIFICATION USING NON-CORRELATED FEATURESJune 2021February 2024Allow3210YesNo
17351120REAL-TIME NAMED ENTITY BASED TRANSACTION APPROVALJune 2021October 2024Allow3920YesNo
17414194VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE, CONTENT REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND CONTENT TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEMJune 2021December 2023Allow3010YesNo
17303851PROTECTING SENSITIVE INFORMATION IN CONVERSATIONAL EXCHANGESJune 2021July 2024Abandon3840YesNo
17303345System and Method for Analyzing and Reacting to Interactions Between Entities Using Electronic Communication ChannelsMay 2021December 2023Allow3140NoNo
17330612EXPLAINING ANOMALOUS PHONETIC TRANSLATIONSMay 2021July 2023Allow2610YesNo
17290444METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A DOMAIN-SPECIFIC TRAINING CORPUS FROM GENERIC DOMAIN CORPORAApril 2021September 2023Allow2800NoNo
17238866SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IMPLEMENTING PLATFORMS FOR BOT INTERFACES WITHIN AN INTELLIGENT DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMApril 2021April 2025Allow4751YesNo
17287515CONFERENCE SUPPORT SYSTEMApril 2021March 2024Abandon3510NoNo
17235804INDUCTION OF DIALOG FLOW WITHIN A CONVERSATIONAL NATURAL LANGUAGE SYSTEMApril 2021May 2024Allow3730YesNo
17285563TERMINAL SCREEN PROJECTION CONTROL METHOD AND TERMINALApril 2021May 2024Abandon3720NoNo
17285391ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SHARING USER-SPECIFIC VOICE COMMAND AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAMEApril 2021December 2023Allow3210NoNo
17230985SENTENCE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2021April 2024Allow3620YesNo
17171166MAN- MACHINE INTERACTION SYSTEM AND MULTI-TASK PROCESSING METHOD IN THE MAN-MACHINE INTERACTION SYSTEMFebruary 2021April 2024Allow3820NoNo
17121153SPEECH RECOGNITIONDecember 2020December 2023Allow3640NoNo
17096288APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA BETWEEN NEIGHBORS BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO PREVENT DISPUTE OVER NOISE TRAVELLING BETWEEN NEIGHBORSNovember 2020October 2023Allow3520NoNo
17064252PERSONALIZATION OF EXPERIENCES WITH DIGITAL ASSISTANTS IN COMMUNAL SETTINGS THROUGH VOICE AND QUERY PROCESSINGOctober 2020June 2023Allow3320YesNo
16984450DETERMINATION OF USER INTENT USING CONTEXTUAL ANALYSISAugust 2020December 2023Abandon4040YesNo
16916248Applied Artificial Intelligence Technology for Using Natural Language Processing and Concept Expression Templates to Train a Natural Language Generation SystemJune 2020March 2024Allow4440YesNo
16907680NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING OF DECLARATIVE STATEMENTSJune 2020February 2024Allow4340NoNo
16818758Data Processing Device and Method for Performing Speech-Based Human Machine InteractionMarch 2020January 2025Abandon5870YesNo
16812614DOMAIN AND INTENT NAME FEATURE IDENTIFICATION AND PROCESSINGMarch 2020July 2024Allow5260YesNo
16722569AUDIO CODING METHOD AND APPARATUSDecember 2019October 2024Allow5820NoYes
16671830METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE GAIN CONTROL IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2019July 2023Allow4420NoYes
16558907Personalized and Contextualized Audio BriefingSeptember 2019August 2023Allow4740YesNo
16520374Unsupervised automated extraction of conversation structure from recorded conversationsJuly 2019April 2024Abandon5640YesYes
16365033PERSONALIZATION FOR SPEECH PROCESSING APPLICATIONSMarch 2019June 2023Allow5020NoYes
16271445TEXT CLASSIFICATION AND SENTIMENTIZATION WITH VISUALIZATIONFebruary 2019March 2023Abandon4940NoYes
16044659VOICE TRANSLATION METHOD, VOICE TRANSLATION DEVICE AND SERVERJuly 2018November 2023Abandon60120YesNo
15659786Analysis of Professional-Client InteractionsJuly 2017November 2017Allow300YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ZHU, RICHARD Z.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
6
Examiner Affirmed
3
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
73.4%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
7
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(42.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(57.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
68.6%
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, 42.9% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

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

Examiner ZHU, RICHARD Z - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ZHU, RICHARD Z works in Art Unit 2654 and has examined 158 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ZHU, RICHARD Z's allowance rate of 91.1% 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 ZHU, RICHARD Z receive 2.00 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 65% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ZHU, RICHARD Z is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 41% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ZHU, RICHARD Z. This interview benefit is in the 27% 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, 29.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 36.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 48% 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 45.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 8% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 20.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 76.9% 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 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 62% 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:

    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

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