USPTO Examiner SHARMA NEERAJ - Art Unit 2659

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18999619MEDICAL EXAMINATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREFORDecember 2024February 2025Allow200YesNo
18945524MULTI-SPEAKER SPEECH SIGNAL TO TEXT SIGNAL VALIDATIONNovember 2024March 2025Allow400NoNo
18921715METHOD, APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYINGOctober 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18896230Flight Compliance System Integration of ATC Transcription and ADS-B DataSeptember 2024December 2024Allow300NoNo
18677629ARRANGING AND/OR CLEARING SPEECH-TO-TEXT CONTENT WITHOUT A USER PROVIDING EXPRESS INSTRUCTIONSMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18609172SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PARSING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUDIOMarch 2024September 2024Allow600NoNo
18440010VIRTUAL ASSISTANT IDENTIFICATION OF NEARBY COMPUTING DEVICESFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18434545CATEGORIZING AUDIO TRANSCRIPTIONSFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1210YesNo
18431608ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF CASTING REQUESTS AND/OR USER INPUTS AT A RECHARGEABLE DEVICEFebruary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18431563SPEECH DETECTION FROM FACIAL SKIN MOVEMENTSFebruary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18507781SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VOICE-CONTROLLED INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONNovember 2023July 2024Allow910NoNo
18492623AUDIO DECODER, AUDIO ENCODER, METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DECODED AUDIO SIGNAL, METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ENCODED AUDIO SIGNAL, AUDIO STREAM, AUDIO STREAM PROVIDER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USING A STREAM IDENTIFIEROctober 2023May 2024Allow700YesNo
18482828VIDEO BASED QUESTION AND ANSWEROctober 2023February 2024Allow501YesNo
18472311TRANSLATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND TRANSLATION COMMUNICATION METHOD THAT PERFORM VOICE TRANSLATION IN GROUP COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2100NoNo
18368666Natural Language Processing SystemSeptember 2023May 2024Allow800YesNo
18463019Systems and Methods for Reading Comprehension for a Question Answering TaskSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18240627Agent Based Methods For Discovering And Documenting User ExpectationsAugust 2023February 2024Allow610NoNo
18457184TRANSCRIPTION GENERATION TECHNIQUE SELECTIONAugust 2023January 2025Allow1720NoNo
18228901LINK-BASED AUDIO RECORDING, COLLECTION, COLLABORATION, EMBEDDING AND DELIVERY SYSTEMAugust 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18345663SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SPEECH TRANSLATIONJune 2023May 2024Allow1010YesNo
18332410TRANSCRIPTION KNOWLEDGE GRAPHJune 2023June 2025Allow2410NoNo
18328620AUTOMATED TRANSCRIPT GENERATION FROM MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIOJune 2023April 2025Allow2220NoNo
18324193DYNAMIC AUDIO SIGNAL TRANSCRIPTION IN A VEHICLEMay 2023May 2025Allow2410NoNo
18322051SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING DOMAIN-SPECIFIC SPEECH RECOGNITION LANGUAGE MODELSMay 2023April 2025Allow2300NoNo
18136529MODELING ANALYSIS OF TEAM BEHAVIOR AND COMMUNICATIONApril 2023November 2024Allow1910YesNo
18129380DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAMMarch 2023August 2024Allow1710NoNo
18191661SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VOICE-CONTROLLED INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONMarch 2023September 2023Allow610NoNo
18123695AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTMarch 2023March 2025Allow2410YesNo
18181787SPEECH TRANSCRIPTION FROM FACIAL SKIN MOVEMENTSMarch 2023October 2023Allow710YesNo
18180652AUDIO ANALYSIS OF BODY WORN CAMERAMarch 2023April 2024Allow1330NoNo
18102706SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PARSING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUDIOJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1920YesNo
18102692SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PARSING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUDIOJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1920YesNo
18100011INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND GENERATION METHODJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2810YesNo
18097372SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION AND AUTOMATIC BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENTJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1510NoNo
18149181DEVICE-DIRECTED UTTERANCE DETECTIONJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2220NoNo
18013451VOICE OPERATION DEVICE, VOICE OPERATION METHOD AND VOICE OPERATION PROGRAMDecember 2022May 2025Allow2910NoNo
18088261INVERSE TEXT NORMALIZATION OF CONTACT CENTER COMMUNICATIONSDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710NoNo
18087631SUBTITLE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022August 2023Allow710NoNo
18069380Word Replacement During Poor Network Connectivity Or Network CongestionDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710NoNo
18082357GENERATING NEURAL NETWORK OUTPUTS USING INSERTION OPERATIONSDecember 2022April 2024Allow1610YesNo
18065692Training A Language Model Of An End-To-End Automatic Speech Recognition Model Using Random Encoder FeaturesDecember 2022June 2025Allow3020NoNo
18065297SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCREENLESS COMPUTERIZED SOCIAL-MEDIA ACCESSDecember 2022May 2024Allow1710YesNo
18078476TEXT INDEPENDENT SPEAKER RECOGNITIONDecember 2022July 2024Allow1920NoNo
18077227NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR CONTEXT-SPECIFIC APPLIER INTERFACEDecember 2022May 2023Allow510NoNo
18076047SPEECH ENHANCEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022January 2025Allow2610YesNo
18072954SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERPRETING NATURAL LANGUAGE SEARCH QUERIESDecember 2022March 2024Allow1510NoNo
18007656SERVER EFFICIENT ENHANCEMENT OF PRIVACY IN FEDERATED LEARNINGDecember 2022February 2025Allow2710NoNo
17994968SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE THEREOFNovember 2022January 2025Allow2610NoNo
18070248SURVEY SYSTEM WITH MIXED RESPONSE MEDIUMNovember 2022September 2024Allow2220NoNo
17990388PSYCHOACOUSTICS-BASED AUDIO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUSNovember 2022February 2025Allow2710NoNo
17982662Automatic Generation of Narratives from Data Using Communication Goals and Narrative AnalyticsNovember 2022December 2023Allow1300YesNo
17977555SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SPEECH TRANSLATIONOctober 2022May 2023Allow610YesNo
17976167SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PARSING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUDIOOctober 2022December 2023Allow1410YesNo
17971626Low Power Voice Activity DetectorOctober 2022July 2024Allow2000NoNo
17969977ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTOctober 2022January 2025Allow2710YesNo
17968140APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING NATURAL LANGUAGEOctober 2022February 2025Allow2810NoNo
17954920Authenticating A Call Recording Using Audio WatermarksSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2310NoNo
17951715VOICE ASSISTANT ERROR DETECTION SYSTEMSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17898067SPOKEN SENTENCE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMAugust 2022December 2024Allow2710NoNo
17883972SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS, SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMAugust 2022May 2025Allow3320NoNo
17817778DYNAMIC QUESTION GENERATION FOR INFORMATION-GATHERINGAugust 2022May 2025Allow3310YesNo
17879552METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSTRUMENT SEPARATING AND REPRODUCING FOR MIXTURE AUDIO SOURCEAugust 2022May 2025Allow3410NoNo
17867280ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OUTPUTTING OBJECT GENERATED BASED ON DISTANCE BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TARGET DEVICEJuly 2022October 2024Allow2710NoNo
17866278SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PARSING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUDIOJuly 2022January 2023Allow610NoNo
17865828TRANSLATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TRANSLATION SYSTEMJuly 2022December 2023Allow1710NoNo
17866301SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PARSING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUDIOJuly 2022January 2023Allow610NoNo
17856536VIRTUAL ASSISTANT IDENTIFICATION OF NEARBY COMPUTING DEVICESJuly 2022October 2023Allow1500YesNo
17806565SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING UNSPLIT SEGMENTS IN TRANSCRIPTION OF AIR TRAFFIC COMMUNICATION (ATC)June 2022February 2025Allow3210NoNo
17838181REAL-TIME SPEECH-TO-SPEECH GENERATION (RSSG) AND SIGN LANGUAGE CONVERSION APPARATUS, METHOD AND A SYSTEM THEREFOREJune 2022September 2022Allow300YesNo
17827245VOICE ASSISTANT DISCOVERABILITY THROUGH ON-DEVICE TARGETING AND PERSONALIZATIONMay 2022September 2024Allow2810NoNo
17719835SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PARSING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUDIOApril 2022September 2022Allow510NoNo
17713941ELECTRONIC COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION WITH HEARING OR SPEECH IMPAIRED PARTICIPANTSApril 2022May 2025Allow3721NoNo
17712802Speaker Attributed Transcript GenerationApril 2022October 2024Allow3120YesNo
17655624FUZZY-MATCH AUGMENTED MACHINE TRANSLATIONMarch 2022February 2025Allow3510NoNo
17654544MULTI-SERVICE BUSINESS PLATFORM SYSTEM HAVING CONVERSATION INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS AND METHODSMarch 2022January 2025Allow3410YesNo
17654270SPEECH PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSMarch 2022November 2024Allow3210NoNo
17654322MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR ELIGIBILITY PREDICTION DETERMINATIONSMarch 2022July 2024Allow2910NoNo
17688493VIRTUAL ASSISTANT IDENTIFICATION OF NEARBY COMPUTING DEVICESMarch 2022May 2022Allow200YesNo
17688622Information Handling Systems And Methods For Accurately Identifying An Active Speaker In A Communication SessionMarch 2022January 2024Allow2210NoNo
17652554INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2910NoNo
17651555GENERATING SYNTHETIC CODE-SWITCHED DATA FOR TRAINING LANGUAGE MODELSFebruary 2022November 2024Allow3311NoNo
17667525Using Natural Language Processing for Visual Analysis of a Data SetFebruary 2022August 2023Allow1900YesNo
17575116SURVEY SYSTEM WITH MIXED RESPONSE MEDIUMJanuary 2022July 2022Allow600NoNo
17645973REAL-TIME SPEECH-TO-SPEECH GENERATION (RSSG) APPARATUS, METHOD AND A SYSTEM THEREFOREDecember 2021April 2022Allow410YesNo
17559854AUDIO RESPONSE MESSAGESDecember 2021August 2024Allow3210NoNo
17645401SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR E-COMMERCE API ORCHESTRATION USING NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACESDecember 2021October 2023Allow2210YesNo
17538847AUDIO DECODER, AUDIO ENCODER, METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DECODED AUDIO SIGNAL, METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ENCODED AUDIO SIGNAL, AUDIO STREAM, AUDIO STREAM PROVIDER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USING A STREAM IDENTIFIERNovember 2021July 2023Allow2000NoNo
17506323VIRTUAL ASSISTANT IDENTIFICATION OF NEARBY COMPUTING DEVICESOctober 2021January 2022Allow300YesNo
17500358SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PARSING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUDIOOctober 2021April 2022Allow610NoNo
17490788DETECTION OF MISSION CHANGE IN CONVERSATIONSeptember 2021February 2024Allow2910NoNo
17489361SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL ASSISTANT ROUTINGSeptember 2021February 2024Allow2900NoNo
17473067ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF CASTING REQUESTS AND/OR USER INPUTS AT A RECHARGEABLE DEVICESeptember 2021September 2023Allow2400YesNo
17466027Natural Language Processing SystemSeptember 2021June 2023Allow2200YesNo
17445865Media Search Filtering Mechanism For Search EngineAugust 2021January 2024Allow2910NoNo
17400406DIALOGUE SYSTEM AND A DIALOGUE METHODAugust 2021April 2022Allow810NoNo
17397604VIRTUAL ASSISTANT IDENTIFICATION OF NEARBY COMPUTING DEVICESAugust 2021November 2021Allow400YesNo
17372830GENERATION OF REGULAR EXPRESSIONSJuly 2021May 2024Allow3410NoNo
17420981SPEECH COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH HUMAN-MACHINE COORDINATIONJuly 2021April 2022Allow910NoNo
17343967SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO AND VIDEOJune 2021February 2025Abandon4421NoNo
17338818DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING VOICE DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2021August 2023Allow2710NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SHARMA, NEERAJ.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
10
Examiner Affirmed
7
(70.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(30.0%)
Reversal Percentile
45.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 30.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
19
Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(21.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
15
(78.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
24.5%
Lower 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, 21.1% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner SHARMA, NEERAJ - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SHARMA, NEERAJ works in Art Unit 2659 and has examined 497 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SHARMA, NEERAJ's allowance rate of 89.1% places them in the 68% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SHARMA, NEERAJ receive 1.79 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 54% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SHARMA, NEERAJ is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 52% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SHARMA, NEERAJ. This interview benefit is in the 45% 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, 29.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 49% 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 29.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 34% 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, 16.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 24% 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 54.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 21% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). 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, 22.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 13% 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 1.0% of allowed cases (in the 68% 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 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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