USPTO Examiner ROBERTS SHAUN A - Art Unit 2655

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18667219APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAPPING EMERGENCY CALL DATA MANUALMay 2024March 2026Allow2210NoNo
18646877METHODS FOR PHASE ECU F0 INTERPOLATION SPLIT AND RELATED CONTROLLERApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18643227TRUNCATEABLE PREDICTIVE CODINGApril 2024July 2025Allow1410NoNo
18629780SPEECH ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS AND APPARATUSES, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2024October 2025Allow1900NoNo
18629200GENERATING TOPIC-SPECIFIC LANGUAGE MODELSApril 2024October 2025Allow1810NoNo
18625538Stereo Signal Encoding Method and Apparatus Using a Residual Signal Encoding ParameterApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18605733SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COVARIANCE SMOOTHINGMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18575883WEBTOON CONTENT MULTILINGUAL TRANSLATION METHODJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2510NoNo
18423779IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR VOICE ASSISTANT ON DEVICESJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1310YesNo
18413354METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZED SELECTION OF DATA FEATURES FOR A NEURO-LINGUISTIC COGNITIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMJanuary 2024August 2025Abandon1910NoNo
18544918INAUDIBLE FREQUENCY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLDecember 2023February 2026Allow2610NoNo
18542751BIT EXTENSION PROCESSING APPARATUS, BIT EXTENSION PROCESSING METHOD, AND BIT EXTENSION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED IN A NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023November 2025Allow2310NoNo
18570904Optimised spherical vector quantisationDecember 2023August 2025Allow2000NoNo
18525904PROCESSING RESONANCES IN A DIGITAL SOUND SIGNAL USING SUB-BAND SUB-SAMPLINGDecember 2023March 2026Allow2710NoNo
18566268METHOD OF OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND A HEARING AID SYSTEM USING SPEECH FORECASTINGDecember 2023December 2025Allow2510NoNo
18493522VIRTUAL ASSISTANT DOMAIN FUNCTIONALITYOctober 2023July 2025Allow2110NoNo
18485588Responding to a Spoken Command in a Communication SessionOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610NoNo
18484538VOICE SYNTHESIS FROM DIFFUSION GENERATED SPECTROGRAMS FOR ACCESSIBILITYOctober 2023October 2025Allow2410NoNo
18484282SYNTHETICALLY GENERATING INNER SPEECH TRAINING DATAOctober 2023December 2025Allow2610NoNo
18483492EVALUATION-BASED SPEAKER CHANGE DETECTION EVALUATION METRICSOctober 2023September 2025Allow2300NoNo
18483129Removal of Audio NoiseOctober 2023March 2025Allow1700YesNo
18473791AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODING/DECODING METHOD CONTROLLING EXTRACTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF SUB-BAND SIGNALS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAMESeptember 2023December 2025Allow2710NoNo
18281858ENCODING OF ENVELOPE INFORMATION OF AN AUDIO DOWNMIX SIGNALSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2920YesNo
18451736METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER-GENERATED VISUALIZATION OF SPEECHAugust 2023April 2025Allow2010NoNo
18449581Systems, Devices, and Methods for Synchronizing Audio Signals to Correct for Spatial and Processing DelaysAugust 2023September 2025Allow2520YesNo
18446420ADAPTING HOTWORD RECOGNITION BASED ON PERSONALIZED NEGATIVESAugust 2023May 2025Allow2120YesNo
18446280LECTURER SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSINGAugust 2023June 2025Allow2200NoNo
18274775SCENE SELECTION METHOD, SCENE SELECTION APPARATUS AND PROGRAMJuly 2023January 2026Allow3020YesNo
18349680APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AUDIO SIGNAL AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOFJuly 2023October 2025Allow2720NoNo
18258677Optimized encoding of rotation matrices for encoding a multichannel audio signalJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18334641CONTEXT-DATA BASED SPEECH ENHANCEMENTJune 2023April 2025Allow2220YesNo
18334067PERSONALIZED BANDWIDTH EXTENSIONJune 2023September 2025Allow2720NoNo
18327447KALMANNET: A LEARNABLE KALMAN FILTER FOR ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATIONJune 2023May 2025Allow2310NoNo
18325879PROCEDURAL PATTERN MATCHING IN AUDIO AND AUDIOVISUAL FILES USING VOICE PRINTSMay 2023September 2025Allow2810YesNo
18312688AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM WITH MACHINE LEARNING AND FOR MICROPHONE MUTE STATE FEATURES IN A MULTI PERSON VOICE CALLMay 2023November 2025Allow3120YesNo
18311964Contextual Biasing for Speech Recognition Using Phoneme DataMay 2023May 2025Allow2430YesNo
18032792SOUND SIGNAL PURIFICATION USING DECODED MONAURAL SIGNALSApril 2023May 2025Allow2500YesNo
18129996END-TO-END AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION WITH TRANSFORMERApril 2023April 2025Allow2400NoNo
18245789SPATIAL AUDIO PARAMETER ENCODING AND ASSOCIATED DECODINGMarch 2023July 2025Allow2810NoNo
18179756Dynamic Language and Command RecognitionMarch 2023November 2025Allow3250YesNo
18022125AUDIO CONTENT IDENTIFICATIONFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2400NoNo
18093978ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF ACTIVATING SPEECH RECOGNITION SERVICEJanuary 2023January 2026Abandon3620NoNo
18000387VIDEO GENERATION METHOD, GENERATION MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM AND DEVICENovember 2022June 2025Allow3120NoNo
18053231METHOD FOR PROVISION OF A TRIGGER TOKENNovember 2022March 2025Allow2910NoNo
17935650POWER STATE DETECTION VIA AUDIO SIGNAL CAPTURESeptember 2022September 2025Allow3630YesNo
17929994EQUALIZATION OF AUDIO DURING A COLLABORATION SESSION IN A HETEROGENOUS COMPUTING PLATFORMSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2910YesNo
17849823BEAMFORMING USING MULTIPLE SENSOR DATAJune 2022December 2024Allow3020NoNo
17807208CONTEXTUAL TAGGING AND BIASING OF GRAMMARS INSIDE WORD LATTICESJune 2022May 2025Allow3550YesNo
17751214Subband Block Based Harmonic TranspositionMay 2022February 2023Allow910NoNo
17749687USER-CONFIGURED AND CUSTOMIZED INTERACTIVE DIALOG APPLICATIONMay 2022February 2023Allow900YesNo
17723994KEYPHRASE GENERATION FOR TEXT SEARCH WITH OPTIMAL INDEXING REGULARIZATION VIA REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGApril 2022April 2025Abandon3620YesNo
17720147LABELED CLUSTERING PREPROCESSING FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSINGApril 2022March 2025Allow3530YesNo
17711515COMMUNICATION SERVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMApril 2022October 2025Abandon4220YesNo
17707133SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AUDIO DATA INTO A PLURALITY OF FREQUENCY COMPONENTSMarch 2022September 2022Allow610NoNo
17655544Emotionally Intelligent Responses to Information Seeking QuestionsMarch 2022November 2024Allow3220YesNo
17668104METHOD FOR OBTAINING DIGITAL AUDIO TAMPERING EVIDENCE BASED ON PHASE DEVIATION DETECTIONFebruary 2022October 2022Allow910NoNo
17582926VOICE TO TEXT CONVERSION BASED ON THIRD-PARTY AGENT CONTENTJanuary 2022January 2023Allow1200YesNo
17572801SCALABLE MULTI-SERVICE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT PLATFORM USING MACHINE LEARNINGJanuary 2022April 2022Allow300YesNo
17566347ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFDecember 2021April 2025Abandon4030NoNo
17643423Contextual Biasing for Speech RecognitionDecember 2021January 2023Allow1300YesNo
17543381Systems, Devices, and Methods for Synchronizing AudioDecember 2021March 2023Allow1510NoNo
17512808Dynamic Language and Command RecognitionOctober 2021December 2022Allow1300YesNo
17500893ADAPTIVE COEFFICIENTS AND SAMPLES ELIMINATION FOR CIRCULAR CONVOLUTIONOctober 2021March 2023Allow1710YesNo
17450616AUDIO ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTOctober 2021January 2023Allow1510NoNo
17483063RECOGNIZING TRANSLITERATED WORDS USING SUFFIX AND/OR PREFIX OUTPUTSSeptember 2021April 2023Allow1820NoNo
17430001METHODS FOR PHASE ECU F0 INTERPOLATION SPLIT AND RELATED CONTROLLERAugust 2021March 2023Allow1910YesNo
17377157METHOD OF ENCODING AND DECODING AUDIO SIGNAL USING LINEAR PREDICTIVE CODING AND ENCODER AND DECODER PERFORMING THE METHODJuly 2021October 2022Allow1510NoNo
17303783MASTERBOT ARCHITECTURE IN A SCALABLE MULTI-SERVICE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT PLATFORMJune 2021September 2021Allow300YesNo
17307704SPEAKER VERIFICATIONMay 2021October 2022Allow1800NoNo
17290193METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RATE QUALITY SCALABLE CODING WITH GENERATIVE MODELSApril 2021November 2022Allow1900NoNo
17233253VOICE SHORTCUT DETECTION WITH SPEAKER VERIFICATIONApril 2021September 2022Allow1710NoNo
17281393SELECTION OF QUANTISATION SCHEMES FOR SPATIAL AUDIO PARAMETER ENCODINGMarch 2021October 2022Allow1900NoNo
17215501ONLINE TARGET-SPEECH EXTRACTION METHOD BASED ON AUXILIARY FUNCTION FOR ROBUST AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITIONMarch 2021February 2023Allow2200NoNo
17210415APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN AN AUDIO SIGNALMarch 2021January 2023Allow2210NoNo
17209621CONTEXT-BASED SPEECH ENHANCEMENTMarch 2021March 2023Allow2410YesNo
17190835IN-VEHICLE SPEECH PROCESSING APPARATUSMarch 2021November 2022Allow2010NoNo
17270075JOINT SOURCE LOCALIZATION AND SEPARATION METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC SOURCESFebruary 2021June 2022Allow1600NoNo
17178868INTERACTIVE VOICE CONTROLLED ENTERTAINMENTFebruary 2021October 2025Abandon5650YesYes
17261126SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM APPARATUS FOR AVOIDING ADVERSE EFFECTS ON SPEECH RECOGNITIONJanuary 2021February 2023Allow2530YesNo
17149224Real-Time Speech To Singing ConversionJanuary 2021June 2022Allow1720YesNo
17145437SPEECH FILTERING IN A VEHICLEJanuary 2021April 2022Allow1520YesNo
17146160SPEECH SYNTHESIS UNIT SELECTIONJanuary 2021March 2022Allow1500YesNo
17256899ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD USING A DETERMINED PREDICTION PARAMETER BASED ON AN ENERGY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHANNELSDecember 2020September 2022Allow2110NoNo
17129188A DIGITAL ASSISTANT AND A CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR VOICE-BASED INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION BASED ON DETECTED USER GAZE INDICATING ATTENTIONDecember 2020March 2023Allow2720YesNo
17123087USER-PERCEIVED LATENCY WHILE MAINTAINING ACCURACYDecember 2020August 2022Allow2010YesNo
17120033Adapting Automated Speech Recognition Parameters Based on Hotword PropertiesDecember 2020December 2022Allow2430YesNo
17110323STREAMING VOICE CONVERSION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM USING THE SAMEDecember 2020May 2022Allow1710NoNo
17104852STEREO SIGNAL ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING A RESIDUAL SIGNAL ENCODING PARAMETERNovember 2020May 2022Allow1810NoNo
17104625System And Method For Smart Feedback CancellationNovember 2020May 2022Allow1710YesNo
17095751VOICE CONVERSION TRAINING METHOD AND SERVER AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2020January 2022Allow1500NoNo
17094791AUDIO ENCODER, AUDIO DECODER AND RELATED METHODS USING TWO-CHANNEL PROCESSING WITHIN AN INTELLIGENT GAP FILLING FRAMEWORKNovember 2020October 2021Allow1100YesNo
17053711PITCH EMPHASIS APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAMENovember 2020December 2021Allow1300NoNo
17049554PRONUNCIATION CONVERSION APPARATUS, PITCH MARK TIMING EXTRACTION APPARATUS, METHODS AND PROGRAMS FOR THE SAMEOctober 2020September 2022Allow2320YesNo
17073337TRANSLITERATION BASED DATA AUGMENTATION FOR TRAINING MULTILINGUAL ASR ACOUSTIC MODELS IN LOW RESOURCE SETTINGSOctober 2020September 2022Allow2310NoNo
17044732TRUNCATEABLE PREDICTIVE CODINGOctober 2020April 2022Allow1810NoNo
17043024QUANTIZATION OF SPATIAL AUDIO PARAMETERSSeptember 2020February 2022Allow1710NoNo
17033608Machine Learning System for Customer Utterance Intent PredictionSeptember 2020December 2022Allow2730YesNo
17009296APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VOICE ASSISTANT SERVICESeptember 2020July 2022Allow2320NoNo
16990343SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING SPEECH RECOGNITION RESULTAugust 2020August 2022Allow2410NoNo
16989012SPOKEN LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDINGAugust 2020May 2022Allow2210YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ROBERTS, SHAUN A.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
6
Examiner Affirmed
3
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
74.0%
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
70.9%
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 ROBERTS, SHAUN A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ROBERTS, SHAUN A works in Art Unit 2655 and has examined 140 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.7%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ROBERTS, SHAUN A's allowance rate of 90.7% 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 ROBERTS, SHAUN A receive 1.66 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 34% 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 ROBERTS, SHAUN A is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 83% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ROBERTS, SHAUN A. This interview benefit is in the 31% 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, 30.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 62% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 11% 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 40.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 7% percentile among all examiners. 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, 72.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 79% 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 0.7% of allowed cases (in the 64% 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 27% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may 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

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