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
18646877METHODS FOR PHASE ECU F0 INTERPOLATION SPLIT AND RELATED CONTROLLERApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18625538Stereo Signal Encoding Method and Apparatus Using a Residual Signal Encoding ParameterApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18605733SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COVARIANCE SMOOTHINGMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18423779IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR VOICE ASSISTANT ON DEVICESJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1310YesNo
18485588Responding to a Spoken Command in a Communication SessionOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610NoNo
18483129Removal of Audio NoiseOctober 2023March 2025Allow1700YesNo
18451736METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER-GENERATED VISUALIZATION OF SPEECHAugust 2023April 2025Allow2010NoNo
18446420ADAPTING HOTWORD RECOGNITION BASED ON PERSONALIZED NEGATIVESAugust 2023May 2025Allow2120YesNo
18446280LECTURER SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSINGAugust 2023June 2025Allow2200NoNo
18334641CONTEXT-DATA BASED SPEECH ENHANCEMENTJune 2023April 2025Allow2220YesNo
18327447KALMANNET: A LEARNABLE KALMAN FILTER FOR ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATIONJune 2023May 2025Allow2310NoNo
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
18022125AUDIO CONTENT IDENTIFICATIONFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2400NoNo
18000387VIDEO GENERATION METHOD, GENERATION MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM AND DEVICENovember 2022June 2025Allow3120NoNo
18053231METHOD FOR PROVISION OF A TRIGGER TOKENNovember 2022March 2025Allow2910NoNo
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
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
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
17104625System And Method For Smart Feedback CancellationNovember 2020May 2022Allow1710YesNo
17104852STEREO SIGNAL ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING A RESIDUAL SIGNAL ENCODING PARAMETERNovember 2020May 2022Allow1810NoNo
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
16967686ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAMAugust 2020June 2022Allow2220NoNo
16945615VOICE PROCESSING METHOD FOR PROCESSING VOICE SIGNAL REPRESENTING VOICE, VOICE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR PROCESSING VOICE SIGNAL REPRESENTING VOICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING VOICE SIGNAL REPRESENTING VOICEJuly 2020February 2022Allow1910NoNo
16945448LOG SOURCETYPE INFERENCE MODEL TRAINING FOR A DATA INTAKE AND QUERY SYSTEMJuly 2020February 2023Allow3100YesNo
16943250LOCALIZATION BASED ON TIME-REVERSED EVENT SOUNDSJuly 2020July 2022Allow2310YesNo
16935298Voice Skill Recommendation Method, Apparatus, Device and Storage MediumJuly 2020August 2022Abandon2520YesNo
16930337DEEP NEURAL NETWORK BASED AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2020January 2022Allow1800NoNo
16918835CONTEXT-BASED ENTROPY CODING OF SAMPLE VALUES OF A SPECTRAL ENVELOPEJuly 2020September 2021Allow1500YesNo
16908745Subband Block Based Harmonic TranspositionJune 2020January 2022Allow1910NoNo
16906525METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK INFORMATION BASED ON AUDIO INPUTJune 2020August 2022Allow2620YesNo
16896496AUDIO CHANNEL MIXINGJune 2020May 2023Abandon3630YesNo
16892159TERMINAL CONTROL METHOD, TERMINAL AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2020December 2022Allow3010NoNo
16888346Implementations for Voice Assistant on DevicesMay 2020January 2022Allow2010NoNo
16886478Constituent Centric Architecture for Reading ComprehensionMay 2020April 2022Abandon2210NoNo
16880501AUDIO ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTMay 2020September 2021Allow1600NoNo
16867856Apparatus and Method for encoding or Decoding Directional Audio Coding Parameters Using Quantization and Entropy CodingMay 2020February 2022Allow2110NoNo
16761707AUDIO-VISUAL SPEECH SEPARATIONMay 2020May 2022Allow2420YesNo
16863766CONTEXTUAL BIASING FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION USING GRAPHEME AND PHONEME DATAApril 2020August 2021Allow1610NoNo
16860350RECORDING DEVICE FOR VEHICLES, RECORDING METHOD FOR VEHICLES, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMApril 2020July 2022Allow2610NoNo
16851680APPARATUS, METHOD OR COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING A BANDWIDTH-ENHANCED AUDIO SIGNAL USING A NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSORApril 2020July 2022Allow2710NoNo
16829676USER-CONFIGURED AND CUSTOMIZED INTERACTIVE DIALOG APPLICATIONMarch 2020February 2022Allow2320YesNo
16813271METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR RECOGNIZING AND DECODING VOICE BASED ON STREAMING ATTENTION MODELMarch 2020February 2022Allow2310NoNo
16811633SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE COMPONENTS IN A LIVE AUDIO STREAMMarch 2020August 2022Allow2910NoNo
16805437SUBAUDIBLE TONES TO VALIDATE AUDIO SIGNALSFebruary 2020December 2021Allow2120YesNo
16791334VOICE TO TEXT CONVERSION BASED ON THIRD-PARTY AGENT CONTENTFebruary 2020June 2021Allow1600NoNo
16638866LOW COMPLEXITY DETECTION OF VOICED SPEECH AND PITCH ESTIMATIONFebruary 2020August 2021Allow1810NoNo
16782111METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUALIZED SIGNAL PROCESSING OF AN AUDIO SIGNAL OF A HEARING DEVICEFebruary 2020July 2023Abandon4120NoYes
16781724SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPEAKER VERIFICATION USING SUMMARIZED EXTRACTED FEATURESFebruary 2020September 2021Allow1910NoNo
16780825CONTEXT AWARE HEARING OPTIMIZATION ENGINEFebruary 2020July 2022Allow2930YesNo
16733735PROCESSING METHOD OF AUDIO SIGNAL USING SPECTRAL ENVELOPE SIGNAL AND EXCITATION SIGNAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF MICROPHONES SUPPORTING THE SAMEJanuary 2020December 2021Allow2420NoNo
16728476Generating Topic-Specific Language ModelsDecember 2019September 2022Allow3330YesNo

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
5
Examiner Affirmed
2
(40.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(60.0%)
Reversal Percentile
83.4%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 60.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
6
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(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 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 150 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.3%, 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 91.3% places them in the 75% 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 1.55 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 39% 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 72% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average 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, 34.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 70% 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 41.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 56% 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 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 44.4% 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, 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 0.7% of allowed cases (in the 63% 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

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