USPTO Examiner AZAD ABUL K - Art Unit 2656

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19049554MULTIMODAL HUMAN-MACHINE COLLABORATIVE INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
18961174Automated System and Method That Services Inquiring VesselsNovember 2024March 2025Allow410NoNo
18957623EXPLORATION OF RELEVANT INFORMATION FOR AUTOMATED WORKFLOWSNovember 2024March 2025Allow400NoNo
18751911GENERATING AUTOMATED ASSISTANT RESPONSES AND/OR ACTIONS DIRECTLY FROM DIALOG HISTORY AND RESOURCESJune 2024October 2025Allow1610YesNo
18660035SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTING RARE DISEASE DICTIONARIESMay 2024January 2026Allow2000NoNo
18650967SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING VOICE ENVIRONMENTS AND VOICE ROUTINESApril 2024September 2025Allow1710NoNo
18639902SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FACILITATING HUMAN INTERACTIONS WITH PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OVER A NETWORKApril 2024July 2024Allow300YesNo
18639323MACHINE LEARNING PREDICTION OF TEXT TO HIGHLIGHT DURING LIVE AUTOMATED TEXT TRANSCRIPTIONApril 2024July 2025Allow1510NoNo
18629580TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING MULTI-MODAL DISCOURSE TREESApril 2024May 2025Allow1310NoNo
18620628APPENDING ASSISTANT SERVER REQUESTS, FROM A CLIENT ASSISTANT, WITH PROACTIVELY-AGGREGATED PERIPHERAL DEVICE DATAMarch 2024August 2025Allow1610YesNo
18597683SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVANCED VOICE MONITORING AND ANALYSISMarch 2024November 2025Allow2100NoNo
18596161AUDIO-BASED ACCESS CONTROLMarch 2024September 2025Allow1910NoNo
18589236DIGITAL ASSISTANT INTERACTIONS IN A VOICE COMMUNICATION SESSION BETWEEN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A REMOTE ELECTRONIC DEVICEFebruary 2024November 2025Allow2100NoNo
18293643AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOICE INTERACTION SYSTEM, AND SYSTEMJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2510NoNo
18427538METHOD AND DEVICE OF GENERATING ACOUSTIC FEATURES, SPEECH MODEL TRAINING, AND SPEECH RECOGNITIONJanuary 2024April 2024Allow200YesNo
18426726UNIFIED SPEECH/AUDIO CODEC (USAC) PROCESSING WINDOWS SEQUENCE BASED MODE SWITCHINGJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18412876ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2610YesNo
18405860APPROACHES TO DERIVING AND SURFACING INSIGHTS INTO CONVERSATIONS IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE SAMEJanuary 2024August 2025Abandon1910NoNo
18401530LANGUAGE MODEL ORCHESTRATIONDecember 2023June 2024Allow510YesNo
18399399METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING FEATURE REPRESENTATION, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCTDecember 2023February 2026Allow2510YesNo
18396723METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION RECOGNITION AND INTERACTIONDecember 2023March 2026Abandon2710NoNo
18392947SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FACILITATING HUMAN INTERACTIONS WITH PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OVER A NETWORKDecember 2023May 2024Allow500YesNo
18545452SEARCH RESULTS SUMMARIZATION TUNINGDecember 2023August 2025Allow2000NoNo
18545902ACTIONABLE VOICE COMMANDS WITHIN A CONNECTED FITNESS PLATFORMDecember 2023October 2025Allow2200YesNo
18541315AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION USING LANGUAGE MODEL-GENERATED CONTEXTDecember 2023September 2025Allow2100NoNo
18540772SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023March 2026Allow2710NoNo
18540361Method and Device for Voice Activity DetectionDecember 2023June 2025Allow1920YesNo
18535568ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING EXECUTION OF VOICE COMMAND AND METHOD THEREOFDecember 2023January 2026Allow2510YesNo
18535725INTENT EVALUATION FOR SMART ASSISTANT COMPUTING SYSTEMDecember 2023March 2026Allow2710NoNo
18565573DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHODNovember 2023November 2025Allow2410YesNo
18563131INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODNovember 2023January 2026Allow2610NoNo
18507620CLARIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL ANSWER WITH VARIOUS UNDERSTANDINGS OR MULTIPLE SUBTOPICSNovember 2023October 2025Allow2310YesNo
18498241VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE HAVING BARGE-IN FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOFOctober 2023December 2025Allow2610NoNo
18385710NETWORK SOURCE IDENTIFICATION VIA AUDIO SIGNALSOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610NoNo
18488647VOICE INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUSOctober 2023November 2025Allow2510NoNo
18378997METHOD FOR ANALYZING USER UTTERANCE BASED ON UTTERANCE CACHE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAMEOctober 2023November 2025Allow2610YesNo
18378371APPARATUS PERFORMING BASED ON VOICE RECOGNITION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOFOctober 2023November 2025Allow2510YesNo
18473701DATA PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE WAKE-UP METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510YesNo
18471932SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FACILITATING HUMAN INTERACTIONS WITH PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OVER A NETWORKSeptember 2023November 2023Allow200YesNo
18471702VOICE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2200NoNo
18470788SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR KEYWORD SPOTTING IN NOISY ENVIRONMENTSSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510YesNo
18369291CONFIGURABLE OUTPUT DATA FORMATSSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18368975EFFICIENT AND LOW LATENCY AUTOMATED ASSISTANT CONTROL OF SMART DEVICESSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18461634MULTIPLE RESULTS PRESENTATIONSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2200YesNo
18239401SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING CONJUNCTIONS IN A VOICE INPUT TO CAUSE A SEARCH APPLICATION TO WAIT FOR ADDITIONAL INPUTSAugust 2023September 2025Allow2520NoNo
18239089PROCESSING MULTIPLE INTENTS FROM AN AUDIO STREAM IN AN EXTENDED REALITY APPLICATIONAugust 2023January 2026Abandon2810NoNo
18235755INTELLIGENT DEVICE ARBITRATION AND CONTROLAugust 2023September 2024Allow1310YesNo
18450588METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOCUMENT STRUCTURE BASED UNSUPERVISED LONG-FORM TECHNICAL QUESTION GENERATIONAugust 2023June 2025Allow2200NoNo
18231660METHOD AND VOICE ASSISTANCE APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN INTELLIGENCE RESPONSEAugust 2023January 2025Allow1820YesNo
18363532SPEECH CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCTAugust 2023October 2025Allow2610NoNo
18362927System and Method for Contextualized Communication Events and Notifications for Project Management Based on Conversation ProcessingJuly 2023January 2024Allow500YesNo
18227629Dialogue Management Method, Dialogue Management System, And Computer-Readable Recording MediumJuly 2023June 2025Allow2200NoNo
18225985TUNING A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELJuly 2023September 2023Allow200NoNo
18357594ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING SPEECH RECOGNITION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJuly 2023October 2025Allow2610YesNo
18351834COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEJuly 2023December 2025Abandon2910NoNo
18348841VOICE INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2023October 2025Allow2710YesNo
18219060ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND UTTERANCE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOFJuly 2023September 2025Allow2710NoNo
18212499Command Disambiguation based on Environmental ContextJune 2023February 2026Allow3220YesYes
18333573PERSONALITY-ENHANCED CHAT DISCOURSE RESPONSESJune 2023May 2025Allow2300NoNo
18254471LAYOUT METHOD, LAYOUT APPARATUS AND PROGRAMMay 2023December 2025Abandon3110NoNo
18321353CHANNEL-COMPENSATED LOW-LEVEL FEATURES FOR SPEAKER RECOGNITIONMay 2023March 2025Allow2210NoNo
18197724APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL USING A HARMONIC POST-FILTERMay 2023August 2024Allow1510NoNo
18195770SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ANSWERS BASED ON MULTI-TASK LEARNING AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFMay 2023September 2025Allow2810NoNo
18144348METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VOICE ASSISTANT SERVICEMay 2023August 2025Allow2710YesNo
18141051NATURAL LANGUAGE GENERATIONApril 2023April 2025Allow2300NoNo
18135500SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING A LISTENING TIME OF A VOICE ASSISTANT DEVICEApril 2023July 2025Allow2710NoNo
18192452DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED VOICE PROCESSINGMarch 2023July 2024Allow1610NoNo
18117802NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSINGMarch 2023March 2025Allow2410NoNo
18115007NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2910NoNo
18019617Digital Apparatus and Application for Treating Social Communication DisorderFebruary 2023September 2025Abandon3110NoNo
18151106Method and Device for Encoding a High Frequency Signal, and Method and Device for Decoding a High Frequency SignalJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1610YesNo
18084742APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY INSERTING TEXT INTO A VIDEO RESUMEDecember 2022August 2024Allow1910YesNo
18067561COMPUTING ACTION RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING REAL TIME COMMUNICATIONDecember 2022January 2025Allow2600NoNo
18082179ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING VOICE COMMAND THEREOFDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810YesNo
18078483METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO PROCESSING, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022January 2025Allow2600YesNo
18074513VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM AND VOICE COMMAND METHODDecember 2022January 2024Allow1410YesNo
18074757SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATE TRUST DELIVERYDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810YesNo
18059650AUTOMATED EXTRACTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF PROJECT INITIATION RELATED INFORMATION FROM REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RESPONSE DOCUMENTSNovember 2022December 2024Allow2500NoNo
18058389APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING ONE OF A FIRST ENCODING ALGORITHM AND A SECOND ENCODING ALGORITHMNovember 2022October 2023Allow1000YesNo
17925025AUDIO SOURCE SEPARATION AND AUDIO DUBBINGNovember 2022April 2025Allow2910YesNo
17985795AUDIO CONTENT RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMNovember 2022July 2023Allow1810YesNo
17984394SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AVOIDING INADVERTENTLY TRIGGERING A VOICE ASSISTANTNovember 2022January 2024Allow1510NoNo
17984083APPROACHES TO DERIVING AND SURFACING INSIGHTS INTO CONVERSATIONS IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE SAMENovember 2022August 2023Allow1010NoNo
17979333Method for Dynamic AI Supported Graph-Analytics Self Learning TemplatesNovember 2022November 2024Allow2500NoNo
18049241SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING OPERATIONS OF TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES USING CONVERSATION PROCESSINGOctober 2022February 2024Allow1610YesNo
17970953PROMPT GENERATION FOR GUIDED CUSTOM MACHINE LEARNING COLLABORATIONOctober 2022April 2025Allow3010NoNo
17996643METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING VOICE DIALOGUEOctober 2022July 2023Allow900YesNo
18048064WIREFRAME GENERATIONOctober 2022December 2024Allow2600NoNo
17965758SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR PHONETIC-BASED TRANSLITERATIONOctober 2022October 2025Allow3611NoNo
17965720PROCESSING MULTIPLE INTENTS FROM AN AUDIO STREAM IN A VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATIONOctober 2022June 2023Allow810NoNo
17956003DETECTING CORRUPTED SPEECH IN VOICE-BASED COMPUTER INTERFACESSeptember 2022March 2025Allow2910NoNo
17934372AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION CORRECTIONSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2710NoNo
17932909DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONSeptember 2022May 2024Allow2010YesNo
17899162GENERATING AUTOMATED ASSISTANT RESPONSES AND/OR ACTIONS DIRECTLY FROM DIALOG HISTORY AND RESOURCESAugust 2022February 2024Allow1710YesNo
17908212TEXT GENERATION APPARATUS, TEXT GENERATION LEARNING APPARATUS, TEXT GENERATION METHOD, TEXT GENERATION LEARNING METHOD AND PROGRAMAugust 2022October 2025Abandon3720YesNo
17897055VISION-BASED DOCUMENT LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATION BY JOINT SUPERVISIONAugust 2022July 2024Allow2300YesNo
17895256UNIFIED SPEECH/AUDIO CODEC (USAC) PROCESSING WINDOWS SEQUENCE BASED MODE SWITCHINGAugust 2022October 2023Allow1410NoNo
17894496INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022September 2024Allow2400NoNo
17887200COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING ENGAGEMENT VIA DIRECT MAILAugust 2022January 2025Allow3010YesNo
17885659VOICE INTEGRATED USER INTERFACE FOR A DOMESTIC APPLIANCEAugust 2022June 2025Abandon3420NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner AZAD, ABUL K.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
3
(60.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(40.0%)
Reversal Percentile
62.1%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 40.0% 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
10
Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(60.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(40.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
89.0%
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, 60.0% 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 AZAD, ABUL K - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner AZAD, ABUL K works in Art Unit 2656 and has examined 264 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.7%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner AZAD, ABUL K's allowance rate of 91.7% places them in the 77% 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 AZAD, ABUL K receive 1.16 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 AZAD, ABUL K is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 79% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by AZAD, ABUL K. This interview benefit is in the 28% 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, 39.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 90% 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 40.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 62% 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, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 61.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 48.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 44% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 58% 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 1.7% of allowed cases (in the 66% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.