USPTO Examiner MUELLER PAUL JOSEPH - Art Unit 2657

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18418871PERSONALIZED RESPONSES TO CHATBOT PROMPT BASED ON EMBEDDING SPACES BETWEEN USER AND SOCIETYJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2310NoNo
18544647END-TO-END SPEECH DIARIZATION VIA ITERATIVE SPEAKER EMBEDDINGDecember 2023February 2026Allow2610NoNo
18518155USING LLM FUNCTIONS TO EVALUATE AND COMPARE LARGE TEXT OUTPUTS OF LLMSNovember 2023November 2025Allow2410YesNo
18495641LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL-BASED METHOD FOR TRANSLATING A PROMPT INTO A PLANNING PROBLEMOctober 2023February 2026Allow2710YesNo
18375794GENERATIVE LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM) DECENTRALIZED NETWORKOctober 2023February 2026Allow2810YesNo
18477680AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE MODEL (LM) INPUT OPTIMIZATION USING TEXTUAL GRADIENTSSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810YesNo
18373547Detecting Computer-Generated Hallucinations using Progressive Scope-of-Analysis EnlargementSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2710YesNo
18473386LEARNED EVALUATION MODEL FOR GRADING QUALITY OF NATURAL LANGUAGE GENERATION OUTPUTSSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1210YesNo
18450784METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE TIME RESOLUTION AUDIO PROCESSINGAugust 2023July 2025Allow2300YesNo
18336380UTILIZING EMBEDDING-BASED CLAIM-RELATION GRAPHS FOR EFFICIENT SYNTOPICAL READING OF CONTENT COLLECTIONSJune 2023March 2026Allow3330YesNo
18205018Learned Evaluation Model For Grading Quality of Natural Language Generation OutputsJune 2023April 2024Allow1010YesNo
18318120DETECTING THE TONE OF TEXTMay 2023April 2025Allow2340YesNo
18036481NOISE SUPPRESSION LOGIC IN ERROR CONCEALMENT UNIT USING NOISE-TO-SIGNAL RATIOMay 2023October 2025Allow2910YesNo
18307741LOW COMPLEXITY SUB-BAND SPEECH ONSET DETECTION (SOD)April 2023October 2025Allow2910YesNo
18306196SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DYNAMIC CONVERSATIONAL RESPONSES USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELSApril 2023December 2023Allow800YesNo
18032787SOUND SIGNAL REFINING METHOD, SOUND SIGNAL DECODING METHOD, APPARATUS THEREOF, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023September 2025Allow2910YesNo
18135516BACKGROUND NOISE MUTE NOTIFICATION IN CALLINGApril 2023November 2025Allow3120YesNo
18248528SPEECH PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2023June 2025Allow2610YesNo
18025916DETECTING APPARATUS, TRAINING APPARATUS, DETECTING METHOD, TRAINING METHOD, DETECTING PROGRAM, AND TRAINING PROGRAMMarch 2023September 2025Allow3020YesNo
18118604SIGNAL COMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL RESTORATION METHOD AND APPARATUSMarch 2023December 2025Abandon3320NoNo
18014953METHOD OF DETERMINING A PERCEPTUAL IMPACT OF REVERBERATION ON A PERCEIVED QUALITY OF A SIGNAL, AS WELL AS COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3110YesNo
18083119NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING METHODDecember 2022December 2025Allow3630NoNo
18066316SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LABEL GENERATION FOR REAL-TIME PROCESSED AND BATCH-PROCESSED STREAMS FOR MACHINE LEARNING TRAININGDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810YesNo
18080794CONVERSATION SUPPORT DEVICE, CONVERSATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, CONVERSATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022December 2025Allow3630NoNo
18079148LEARNED EVALUATION MODEL FOR GRADING QUALITY OF NATURAL LANGUAGE GENERATION OUTPUTSDecember 2022June 2023Allow710NoNo
18008446FRAME LOSS CONCEALMENT FOR A LOW-FREQUENCY EFFECTS CHANNELDecember 2022July 2025Allow3220YesNo
18057271CONFIRMING REMOTE CONSUMER RECORDING PROPAGATION TO LIVE EVENTNovember 2022September 2025Allow3320YesNo
17998866SPATIAL AUDIO PARAMETER ENCODING AND ASSOCIATED DECODINGNovember 2022April 2025Allow2910YesNo
17984203Translation Review Suitability AssessmentNovember 2022April 2025Allow2910YesNo
17980356ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING VOICE RECOGNITION SERVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2022January 2026Abandon3830NoNo
17977380HOWLING SUPPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022July 2025Allow3220YesNo
18050182DOMAIN SPECIFIC NEURAL SENTENCE GENERATOR FOR MULTI-DOMAIN VIRTUAL ASSISTANTSOctober 2022April 2025Allow3010YesNo
17967209SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION WITH COLLABORATIVE AGENTSOctober 2022February 2025Allow2810YesNo
17907600INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2022September 2025Abandon3620NoNo
17947381METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED ASSISTANCE DURING A VIDEO RECORDING SESSIONSeptember 2022March 2026Abandon4130YesNo
17822845CONTEXTUAL LANGUAGE SELECTION FOR LIVE TRANSCRIPTION OF COLLABORATION SESSION AUDIO IN HETEROGENOUS COMPUTING PLATFORMSAugust 2022March 2025Allow3020YesNo
17758424RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND SYSTEMJuly 2022October 2025Abandon4020NoNo
17857629ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SPEAKER VERIFICATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2022September 2024Abandon2620NoNo
17856146METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO STREAM AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEMJuly 2022October 2025Abandon4020NoNo
17854520DEVICE CONFIGURATION USAGE OPTIMIZATIONJune 2022May 2025Allow3520YesNo
17808199NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORKS TRAINED USING MULTI-TASK TRAINING ROUTINESJune 2022March 2025Allow3320YesNo
17743879METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING LIVE STREAM AUDIO, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022June 2024Abandon2510NoNo
17741071Dynamic Transcoding for Enhancing Audio PlaybackMay 2022October 2025Allow4130YesNo
17740658INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEMay 2022May 2025Abandon3621YesNo
17739908ERROR CORRECTION OVERWRITE FOR AUDIO ARTIFACT REDUCTIONMay 2022February 2026Allow4620NoYes
17739876ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2022February 2025Allow3320YesNo
17740227AUDITING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) SYSTEMS THROUGH COMMON SENSE REASONING TASKSMay 2022October 2024Allow2920YesNo
17735651FINE-TUNING MULTI-HEAD NETWORK FROM A SINGLE TRANSFORMER LAYER OF PRE-TRAINED LANGUAGE MODELMay 2022September 2025Allow4140YesNo
17681250MULTILINGUAL SUPPORT FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING APPLICATIONSFebruary 2022April 2025Allow3820YesNo
17635795LOW-LATENCY, LOW-FREQUENCY EFFECTS CODECFebruary 2022March 2025Allow3720YesNo
17591696SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO INPUT SIGNALFebruary 2022August 2023Allow1910NoNo
17589839ASYNCHRONOUS PIPELINE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE REQUESTSJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3720YesNo
17588642METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSISTING READING AND LEARNING BY FOCUSING ATTENTIONJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3210YesNo
17589511VISUALIZATION OF THE IMPACT OF TRAINING DATAJanuary 2022February 2025Allow3720YesNo
17581666SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED HASHTAG HIERARCHICAL ONTOLOGY GENERATION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA DATAJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3820YesNo
17569923TRANSLATING TECHNICAL OPERATING INSTRUCTIONJanuary 2022November 2024Abandon3410NoNo
17644261Speaker-Turn-Based Online Speaker Diarization with Constrained Spectral ClusteringDecember 2021August 2025Allow4440YesNo
17643826Multi-Task Learning for End-To-End Automated Speech Recognition Confidence and Deletion EstimationDecember 2021July 2025Allow4340YesNo
17643224INTENT CLASSIFICATION ENHANCEMENT THROUGH TRAINING DATA AUGMENTATIONDecember 2021July 2025Allow4340YesNo
17643071ADVERSARIAL SPEECH-TEXT PROTECTION AGAINST AUTOMATED ANALYSISDecember 2021October 2024Allow3530YesNo
17614022DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PERSONAL SPEECH RECOGNITION AND REPLACEMENTNovember 2021August 2025Allow4541YesNo
17533401GENERATING SYNTHESIZED SPEECH INPUTNovember 2021June 2025Abandon4240YesNo
17456201ENHANCED CONTENT MATCHING USING CONTENT FINGERPRINTSNovember 2021April 2025Allow4040YesNo
17613373THE CONVERSATIONAL ASSISTANT FOR CONVERSATIONAL ENGAGEMENTNovember 2021March 2025Allow4030NoNo
17527445VOICE INTERACTION METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2021July 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17606950AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2021December 2024Allow3830YesNo
17511389SERVER, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR ONLINE CONFERENCINGOctober 2021September 2024Abandon3520NoNo
17510850Multilingual Content Recommendation PipelineOctober 2021May 2024Allow3120YesNo
17507746METHOD OF GENERATING RESIDUAL SIGNAL, AND ENCODER AND DECODER PERFORMING THE METHODOctober 2021January 2024Allow2730NoNo
17502783DIRECTIONAL ARRAY INTERCOM FOR INTERNAL COMMUNICATION ON AIRCRAFTOctober 2021January 2025Allow3930NoNo
17600029VOLUME CONTROL APPARATUS, METHODS AND PROGRAMS FOR THE SAMESeptember 2021May 2025Abandon4340YesNo
17436505SYNONYM DETERMINATION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING SYNONYM DETERMINATION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN, AND SYNONYM DETERMINATION DEVICESeptember 2021September 2024Abandon3620NoNo
17432454SPEAKER DIARIZATION WITH EARLY-STOP CLUSTERINGAugust 2021May 2024Allow3320YesNo
17402643APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPEECH-EMOTION RECOGNITION WITH QUANTIFIED EMOTIONAL STATESAugust 2021September 2023Allow2520NoNo
17397822METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING SEMANTIC INFORMATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2021September 2023Abandon2620NoNo
17309993INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODJuly 2021March 2025Allow4440NoNo
17356696ACOUSTIC EVENT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2021October 2024Abandon4050YesNo
17356465METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PANELIST-BASED LOGINS USING VOICE COMMANDSJune 2021January 2024Abandon3140YesNo
17304514End-To-End Speech Diarization Via Iterative Speaker EmbeddingJune 2021September 2023Allow2630YesNo
17343051USING SPEECH MANNERISMS TO VALIDATE AN INTEGRITY OF A CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTJune 2021August 2023Allow2620YesNo
17338916ACCESSING A KNOWLEDGE DATABASEJune 2021January 2025Allow4440YesNo
17297695PREDICTING GLOTTAL INSUFFICIENCY USING FREQUENCY ANALYSISMay 2021September 2023Allow2710NoNo
17315704VOICE COMMAND RECOGNITION SYSTEMMay 2021February 2025Allow4560YesNo
17313586SEMI-STRUCTURED CONTENT AWARE BI-DIRECTIONAL TRANSFORMERMay 2021August 2023Allow2720YesNo
17240425COMPENSATION FOR FACE COVERINGS IN CAPTURED AUDIOApril 2021September 2024Abandon4030YesNo
17302118SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING DOCUMENT PORTIONS THAT CORRESPOND TO QUERIESApril 2021January 2024Allow3320YesNo
17229637Semantic Parsing of Utterance Using Contractive ParaphrasingApril 2021February 2025Allow4660YesYes
17228538METHODS AND TECHNIQUES TO IDENTIFY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY BASED ON ULTRASONIC SIGNATURESApril 2021January 2025Allow4670YesNo
17215024VERIFYING AND CORRECTING TEXT PRESENTED IN COMPUTER BASED AUDIOVISUAL PRESENTATIONSMarch 2021November 2023Abandon3120NoNo
17215383MACHINE LEARNING MODEL UPDATINGMarch 2021January 2024Allow3320NoNo
17212957DETECTING THE TONE OF TEXTMarch 2021May 2023Allow2510YesNo
17209249METHOD OF DETECTING CHANGE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSMarch 2021October 2023Abandon3110NoNo
17200384METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING SENTIMENT OF NATURAL LANGUAGE TEXT CONTENTMarch 2021January 2023Allow2210YesNo
17275750SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND EMBEDDED CIRCUIT TO LOCATE A LOST PORTABLE DEVICE USING VOICE COMMANDMarch 2021April 2025Allow4921YesNo
17197684SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA AUGMENTATION OF FEATURE-BASED VOICE DATAMarch 2021September 2024Abandon4240YesNo
17191538AUTHENTICATION OF INTENDED SPEECH AS PART OF AN ENROLLMENT PROCESSMarch 2021August 2023Allow3020NoNo
17187093NATURAL QUERY COMPLETION FOR A REAL-TIME MORPHING INTERFACEFebruary 2021April 2024Allow3830YesNo
17181301INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMFebruary 2021January 2023Abandon2310NoNo
17164794AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD FOR PERFORMING AUDIO PASS-THROUGH AND RELATED APPARATUSFebruary 2021February 2023Allow2410YesNo
17162040STRUCTURED GRAPH-TO-TEXT GENERATION WITH TWO STEP FINE-TUNINGJanuary 2021March 2023Allow2620YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
3
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(33.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(66.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
52.8%
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, 33.3% 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

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

Examiner MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH works in Art Unit 2657 and has examined 73 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 71.2%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 36 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH's allowance rate of 71.2% places them in the 34% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH receive 2.89 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 84% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH is 36 months. This places the examiner in the 36% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +33.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH. This interview benefit is in the 81% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 23.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 33% 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 23.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 32% 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, 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 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 91% 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 frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 3% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 21% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

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:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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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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.