USPTO Examiner CHAWAN VIJAY B - Art Unit 2658

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19032030Interactive Neural-Symbolic Orchestration of Subjective Store ProceduresJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510YesNo
18780385A SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TWO-WAY LANGUAGE TRANSLATION IN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18767905DEVICES FOR NON-AUDIBLE SPEECH DETECTIONJuly 2024November 2024Allow6010YesNo
18650042Multilevel Data AnalysisApril 2024September 2024Allow400NoNo
18629194ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING USER SPEECH AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFORApril 2024March 2025Allow1100NoNo
18605745METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING AN AUDIO PROGRAMMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310YesNo
18439411INITIALIZING NON-ASSISTANT BACKGROUND ACTIONS, VIA AN AUTOMATED ASSISTANT, WHILE ACCESSING A NON-ASSISTANT APPLICATIONFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18422561ACCOUNT ASSOCIATION WITH DEVICEJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18421189MULTI-MODAL INPUT ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18397170ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH VOICE COMMAND AND CONTEXTUAL DATA PROCESSING CAPABILITIESDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510YesNo
18393672SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING PRESENCE OF MODIFICATIONS IN USER DICTATIONDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18506558METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REMOTE CONTROLLER TO AVOID LOSS OF FUNCTION THROUGH A LOW VOLTAGE CONDITION, REMOTE CONTROLLER DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023February 2025Allow1620NoNo
18383161SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR MANAGING INCOMPLETE AUTOMATED ASSISTANT ACTIONSOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610NoNo
18490029PROACTIVE COMMAND FRAMEWORKOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18378800DISPLAY MODE DEPENDENT RESPONSE GENERATION WITH LATENCY CONSIDERATIONSOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18238375ROUTING DATA COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN CLIENT-SPECIFIC SERVERS AND DATA-CENTER COMMUNICATIONS SERVERSAugust 2023January 2025Allow1720NoNo
18452992NEURAL-ECHO: AN UNIFIED DEEP NEURAL NETWORK MODEL FOR ACOUSTIC ECHO CANCELLATION AND RESIDUAL ECHO SUPPRESSIONAugust 2023January 2025Allow1710NoNo
18234350GENERATING STRUCTURED TEXT CONTENT USING SPEECH RECOGNITION MODELSAugust 2023February 2025Allow1820NoNo
18262838INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODJuly 2023June 2025Allow2310NoNo
18344445Method, Apparatus, and System for Processing Audio DataJune 2023May 2024Allow1100NoNo
18214854PROCESSING NATURAL LANGUAGE ARGUMENTS AND PROPOSITIONSJune 2023January 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18338338Transcription Error Resilient Training of Neural Semantic ParsersJune 2023May 2025Allow2300NoNo
18333041AUDIO DETECTIONJune 2023May 2025Allow2300NoNo
18333117COLLEGE ADMISSIONS AND CAREER MENTORSHIP PLATFORMJune 2023March 2024Allow900NoNo
18328044COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POPULATING DIGITAL FORMS FROM UN-PARSED DATAJune 2023August 2024Allow1510NoNo
18203824AUGMENTED REALITY SPEECH BALLOON SYSTEMMay 2023August 2024Allow1510NoNo
18322149Freeze WordsMay 2023April 2024Allow1100NoNo
18318495LANGUAGE MODEL BIASING SYSTEMMay 2023August 2024Allow1520YesNo
18195720SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING A MODEL TO DETERMINE WHETHER A QUERY WITH MULTIPLE SEGMENTS COMPRISES MULTIPLE DISTINCT COMMANDS OR A COMBINED COMMANDMay 2023September 2024Allow1610NoNo
18138234INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FOR MEDIA EXPLORATIONApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18124444INTUITIVE DICTATIONMarch 2023April 2025Allow2510NoNo
18185496TOPIC-BASED SEMANTIC SEARCH OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FROM BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORKSMarch 2023March 2025Allow2400NoNo
18120911AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING LEVEL ESTIMATION OF THE DESIRED SIGNALMarch 2023April 2024Allow1310NoNo
18026029ADVANCED NOISE CANCELLATIONMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710NoNo
18182068METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A SEMANTIC COMPUTATION GRAPH FOR UNDERSTANDING AND GROUNDING REFERRING EXPRESSIONSMarch 2023June 2025Allow2810YesNo
18114467CONSTRUCTING AND EXECUTING SEARCH QUERIES WITH TERMS SEMANTICALLY SIMILAR TO THOSE OF A SEARCH REQUESTFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2710YesNo
18114877DIGITAL ASSISTANT CONTROL OF APPLICATIONSFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2810YesNo
18159076Methods And Systems For Detecting And Processing Speech SignalsJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1410NoNo
18151858OPTIMIZED GRAPH TRAVERSALJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1210YesNo
18151164DETECTING HYPOCRISY IN TEXTJanuary 2023November 2023Allow1110NoNo
18092883CONTEXTUAL SUPPRESSION OF ASSISTANT COMMAND(S)January 2023April 2024Allow1510NoNo
18069663BACKGROUND AUDIO IDENTIFICATION FOR SPEECH DISAMBIGUATIONDecember 2022February 2024Allow1310NoNo
18068935DISPLAY APPARATUS, VOICE ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND VOICE RECOGNITION METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022April 2025Allow2710YesNo
17993130NOISE DATA AUGMENTATION FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSINGNovember 2022January 2024Allow1410NoNo
17990640USING SEMANTIC FRAMES FOR INTENT CLASSIFICATIONNovember 2022February 2024Allow1510YesNo
17923921BEHAVIOR CONTROL DEVICE, BEHAVIOR CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMNovember 2022April 2025Allow2911NoNo
17981113SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH VOICE CONTROLNovember 2022April 2024Allow1810NoNo
17965829AUDIO ENCODER AND BANDWIDTH EXTENSION DECODEROctober 2022February 2023Allow400NoNo
17965824AUDIO ENCODER AND BANDWIDTH EXTENSION DECODEROctober 2022January 2023Allow300NoNo
17965830AUDIO ENCODER AND BANDWIDTH EXTENSION DECODEROctober 2022February 2023Allow400NoNo
17965825AUDIO ENCODER AND BANDWIDTH EXTENSION DECODEROctober 2022January 2023Allow300NoNo
17965827AUDIO ENCODER AND BANDWIDTH EXTENSION DECODEROctober 2022December 2022Allow300NoNo
17965823AUDIO ENCODER AND BANDWIDTH EXTENSION DECODEROctober 2022January 2023Allow300NoNo
17965826AUDIO ENCODER AND BANDWIDTH EXTENSION DECODEROctober 2022February 2023Allow400NoNo
17952005DETERMINING WHETHER SPEECH INPUT IS INTENDED FOR A DIGITAL ASSISTANTSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2400NoNo
17934836END-TO-END NEURAL TEXT-TO-SPEECH MODEL WITH PROSODY CONTROLSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3010NoNo
17946203USER RECOGNITION FOR SPEECH PROCESSING SYSTEMSSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1610NoNo
17940170Clinical Documentation SystemSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17903906METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING AN AUDIO PROGRAMSeptember 2022November 2023Allow1510YesNo
17901513DYNAMICALLY DETERMINING WHETHER TO PERFORM CANDIDATE AUTOMATED ASSISTANT ACTION DETERMINED FROM SPOKEN UTTERANCESeptember 2022November 2024Allow2710NoNo
17891844NATIVE AUTOMATIC FIELD EXTRACTION AT A USER DEVICEAugust 2022January 2025Allow2910NoNo
17886859INPUT-AWARE AND INPUT-UNAWARE ITERATIVE SPEECH RECOGNITIONAugust 2022June 2024Allow2200NoNo
17878205SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALSAugust 2022June 2024Allow2210NoNo
17871576DISPLAY APPARATUS, VOICE ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND VOICE RECOGNITION METHOD THEREOFJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210YesNo
17812784AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, TRAINING METHOD, APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17812320MULTI-MODAL INPUT ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2022October 2023Allow1510NoNo
17863599SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FALSE POSITIVE MITIGATION IN IMPULSIVE SOUND DETECTORSJuly 2022December 2024Allow2920NoNo
17849253HOTWORD SUPPRESSIONJune 2022December 2023Allow1710NoNo
17827316APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING AN AUDIO SIGNAL, DECODER, ENCODER, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMay 2022January 2024Allow2010NoNo
17746986SMART INTERPRETER ENGINE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMMay 2022December 2023Allow1910NoNo
17756027INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODMay 2022October 2024Allow2910NoNo
17662058SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROBUST WAKEWORD DETECTION IN PRESENCE OF NOISE IN NEW UNSEEN ENVIRONMENTS WITHOUT ADDITIONAL DATAMay 2022July 2024Allow2610NoNo
17662021Training Keyword SpottersMay 2022July 2024Allow2610YesNo
17735663KEYWORD-BASED DIALOGUE SUMMARIZERMay 2022August 2024Allow2710YesNo
17733828ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH VOICE COMMAND AND CONTEXTUAL DATA PROCESSING CAPABILITIESApril 2022September 2023Allow1710NoNo
17728198METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING VALID VOICE SIGNAL AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022March 2024Allow2320NoNo
17725020SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC PROGRAM CONFIGURATIONApril 2022February 2024Abandon2210NoNo
17714508ROBUST USEFUL AND GENERAL TASK-ORIENTED VIRTUAL ASSISTANTSApril 2022April 2024Allow2410NoNo
17705519METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REMOTE CONTROLLER TO AVOID LOSS OF FUNCTION THROUGH A LOW VOLTAGE CONDITION, REMOTE CONTROLLER DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022September 2023Allow1810NoNo
17701427RELEVANT OBJECT EMBEDDING IN AGGREGATED ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS REGARDING BROAD SET OF OBJECTSMarch 2022August 2024Allow2810YesNo
17697906SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING PRESENCE OF MODIFICATIONS IN USER DICTATIONMarch 2022September 2023Allow1810NoNo
17692485ACCOUNT ASSOCIATION WITH DEVICEMarch 2022October 2023Allow1910NoNo
17688979RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION AND OTHER VERBAL UTTERANCES IN A HEALTHCARE FACILITYMarch 2022November 2023Allow2010YesNo
17682162PROACTIVE COMMAND FRAMEWORKFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710NoNo
17652558COMMUNICATION DATA LOG PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DATA LOG PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2810NoNo
17680559VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTIONFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2920NoNo
17677614UPDATING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS ACROSS DEVICESFebruary 2022May 2024Allow2710YesNo
17675407INTERACTING WITH A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT TO COORDINATE AND PERFORM ACTIONSFebruary 2022April 2024Allow2610NoNo
17666374SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING ELECTRONIC DEVICESFebruary 2022September 2023Allow2010NoNo
17588481INITIALIZING NON-ASSISTANT BACKGROUND ACTIONS, VIA AN AUTOMATED ASSISTANT, WHILE ACCESSING A NON-ASSISTANT APPLICATIONJanuary 2022September 2023Allow1910NoNo
17589693SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNSUPERVISED STRUCTURE EXTRACTION IN TASK-ORIENTED DIALOGUESJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2810YesNo
17649097DIALOG FLOW INFERENCE BASED ON WEIGHTED FINITE STATE AUTOMATAJanuary 2022June 2025Allow4110NoNo
17579968Transform Encoding/Decoding of Harmonic Audio SignalsJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2520NoNo
17572419ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING USER SPEECH AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFORJanuary 2022December 2023Allow2320YesNo
17572310USER-PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATED ASSISTANTJanuary 2022August 2023Allow2010NoNo
17557720NEURAL TRANSLATORDecember 2021January 2025Allow3740NoNo
17543386Always-On Keyword DetectorDecember 2021August 2024Allow3230NoNo
17613658SPEECH IMAGERY RECOGNITION DEVICE, WEARING FIXTURE, SPEECH IMAGERY RECOGNITION METHOD, AND PROGRAMNovember 2021May 2024Abandon3010NoNo
17529955SYSTEM AND STROKE DATA PROCESSING METHODNovember 2021February 2024Allow2710YesNo
17612202DATA GENERATION MODEL LEARNING APPARATUS, DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, DATA GENERATION MODEL LEARNING METHOD, DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMNovember 2021April 2024Allow2910YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CHAWAN, VIJAY B.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
10
Examiner Affirmed
3
(30.0%)
Examiner Reversed
7
(70.0%)
Reversal Percentile
88.1%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 70.0% 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
13
Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(61.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(38.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
89.1%
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, 61.5% 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 CHAWAN, VIJAY B - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CHAWAN, VIJAY B works in Art Unit 2658 and has examined 742 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 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CHAWAN, VIJAY B'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 CHAWAN, VIJAY B receive 1.20 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 20% 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 CHAWAN, VIJAY B is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 76% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CHAWAN, VIJAY B. This interview benefit is in the 35% 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, 37.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 82% 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 67.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

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 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 13% 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, 31.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 24% 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 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 57% 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 3.0% of allowed cases (in the 71% 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • 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.

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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.