USPTO Examiner SHIN SEONG AH A - Art Unit 2659

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18677875INTEGRATION OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS WITH DIALECTICAL LOGIC FRAMEWORKSMay 2024October 2024Allow510YesNo
18658544Techniques for Translating Messages Into Multiple Languages Among a Group of Portable Electronic DevicesMay 2024November 2024Allow610YesNo
18658364Techniques for Translating Messages Into Multiple Languages Among a Group of Portable Electronic DevicesMay 2024November 2024Allow720YesNo
18631009INTEGRATION OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS WITH DIALECTICAL LOGIC FRAMEWORKSApril 2024July 2024Allow300YesNo
18699231NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2024March 2025Allow1120YesNo
18611585AUDIO RECOGNITION METHOD, METHOD, APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING TARGET AUDIO, AND DEVICEMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310YesNo
18404254Offline Voice ControlJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410YesNo
18516069END-TO-END TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSIONNovember 2023August 2024Allow900YesNo
18493697Systems and Methods for Packaging Reusable Generative Artificial Intelligence PipelinesOctober 2023April 2024Allow610YesNo
18209337NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING UTILIZING LOSS FUNCTIONS REFLECTING NEIGHBOR TOKEN DEPENDENCIESJune 2023March 2025Abandon2120NoNo
18310105INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMMay 2023June 2024Allow1310NoNo
18306050Media Content Based on Operational DataApril 2023March 2025Allow2310YesNo
18116734IMMUTABLE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE ASSISTIVE TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SYSTEM THAT VERIFIES AND VALIDATES TRANSLATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS BY SMART CONTRACT AND BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGYMarch 2023December 2023Allow911NoNo
18169313DISPLAY APPARATUS AND A VOICE CONTRAL METHODFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2810NoNo
18100990BYPASSING HOT WORD DETECTION FOR AN AUTOMATED ASSISTANT BASED ON DEVICE-TO-DEVICE PROXIMITYJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2400NoNo
18083315MULTI-MODE GUARD FOR VOICE COMMANDSDecember 2022December 2024Allow2400YesNo
18059395System and method for an audio-visual avatar evaluationNovember 2022June 2025Allow3110YesNo
17982963SYSTEM AND METOHD OF PERFORMING DATA TRAINING ON MORPHEME PROCESSING RULESNovember 2022June 2025Allow3110YesNo
17981964METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CORRECTING, BASED ON SPEECH, INPUT GENERATED USING AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITIONNovember 2022September 2024Allow2230NoNo
17979174FOCUS SESSION AT A VOICE INTERFACE DEVICENovember 2022January 2024Allow1520NoNo
17979556INVOKING AN AUTOMATED ASSISTANT TO PERFORM MULTIPLE TASKS THROUGH AN INDIVIDUAL COMMANDNovember 2022August 2023Allow910YesNo
17946748GENERATION OF AUTOMATED MESSAGE RESPONSESSeptember 2022December 2023Abandon1510NoNo
17929934Joint Unsupervised and Supervised Training for Multilingual ASRSeptember 2022November 2024Allow2600NoNo
17892803AUTOMATED ASSISTANT ADAPTATION OF A RESPONSE TO AN UTTERANCE AND/OR OF PROCESSING OF THE UTTERANCE, BASED ON DETERMINED INTERACTION MEASUREAugust 2022February 2025Allow3020YesNo
17885735ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING AUTO-COMPLETE TEXT FROM EXTERNAL DEVICEAugust 2022June 2025Allow3420YesNo
17856156AUTOMATED EXPRESSION PARALLELIZATIONJuly 2022September 2023Allow1510NoNo
17705058VOICE RECOGNITION OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESSMarch 2022March 2025Allow3510YesNo
17703564AUDIO RECOGNITION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022April 2025Allow3720NoNo
17703813PARTIAL COMPLETION OF COMMAND BY DIGITAL ASSISTANTMarch 2022June 2025Allow3920YesNo
17701517DYNAMIC NOISE AND SPEECH REMOVALMarch 2022April 2025Allow3620YesNo
17654195KEY PHRASE SPOTTINGMarch 2022December 2023Allow2110YesNo
17651315PHONEME-BASED CONTEXTUALIZATION FOR CROSS-LINGUAL SPEECH RECOGNITION IN END-TO-END MODELSFebruary 2022November 2023Allow2120YesNo
17626629Improving custom keyword spotting system accuracy with text-to-speech-based data augmentationJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3010YesNo
17626619MULTI-DEVICE WAKEWORD DETECTIONJanuary 2022April 2025Allow3920YesNo
17625336DETERMINATION DEVICE, TRAINING DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND DETERMINATION PROGRAMJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3010YesNo
17553312LINGUISTICALLY RICH CROSS-LINGUAL TEXT EVENT EMBEDDINGSDecember 2021April 2024Allow2820YesNo
17643977SYSTEM FOR KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITIONDecember 2021May 2024Allow2920NoNo
17548921Offline Voice ControlDecember 2021August 2023Allow2010YesNo
17529886SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING STYLISTIC EXPRESSION IN MACHINE TRANSLATION OF SEQUENCE DATANovember 2021April 2023Allow1710NoNo
17595472MULTI-SPEAKER DIARIZATION OF AUDIO INPUT USING A NEURAL NETWORKNovember 2021August 2024Allow3210NoNo
17522985METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PERFORMING VOICE INTERACTION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2021March 2025Abandon4020NoNo
17506473SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR PERFORMING ACTIONS BASED ON UTTERANCE OF A COMMANDOctober 2021March 2023Allow1710NoNo
17504142ROUTING NATURAL LANGUAGE COMMANDS TO THE APPROPRIATE APPLICATIONSOctober 2021June 2024Abandon3230NoNo
17594396SPEECH IMAGING APPARATUS, SPEECH IMAGING METHOD AND PROGRAMOctober 2021October 2024Allow3620YesNo
17448967SELECTIVE INCLUSION OF SPEECH CONTENT IN DOCUMENTSSeptember 2021October 2024Allow3620YesNo
17441766ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING SUMMARY INFORMATION OF CONVERSATION TEXT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2021May 2024Allow3210NoNo
17468007Conversational bot interaction with utterance rankingSeptember 2021December 2024Abandon4030NoNo
17464425USING MACHINE LEARNING TO CORRECT THE OUTPUT OF AN AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMSeptember 2021March 2022Allow610YesNo
17458879Audio Coding Method and ApparatusAugust 2021October 2023Allow2530YesNo
17408226SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE OF TEXT ANALYTICS TO TRANSFORM, ANALYZE, AND VISUALIZE DATAAugust 2021August 2024Allow3510NoNo
17392635METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A SPOKEN UTTERANCEAugust 2021September 2023Allow2600NoNo
17391799END-TO-END TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSIONAugust 2021August 2023Allow2420YesNo
17390119EMOTION ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND EMOTION ADJUSTMENT METHODJuly 2021February 2024Allow3110NoNo
17386260INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMJuly 2021January 2023Allow1810NoNo
17379382DETECTING UTTERANCE IN AUDIOJuly 2021December 2024Allow4130YesNo
17305806Hotwording by DegreeJuly 2021February 2024Allow3110YesNo
17362676Execution Engine for Compositional Entity Resolution for Assistant SystemsJune 2021December 2023Allow2930YesNo
17359932PREDICTING ON-DEVICE COMMAND EXECUTIONJune 2021March 2024Allow3310YesNo
17354825MACHINE LEARNING FOR TRAINING NLP AGENTJune 2021March 2024Allow3310NoNo
17336562METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MATCHING AUDIO CLIPS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2021December 2023Allow3110YesNo
17298714LEARNING SUPPORT DEVICE, LEARNING SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2021April 2024Allow3520YesNo
17298355ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO PERFORM SPEECH RECOGNITION AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAMEMay 2021August 2024Allow3930YesNo
17332927ENABLING NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERACTIONS WITH USER INTERFACES FOR USERS OF A SOFTWARE APPLICATIONMay 2021February 2024Allow3220YesNo
17332318METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HIDDEN STATE IN RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORK FOR LANGUAGE PROCESSINGMay 2021June 2024Allow3620YesNo
17217943SELECTING DIALOG ACTS USING CONTROLLED RANDOMNESS AND OFFLINE OPTIMIZATIONMarch 2021December 2022Allow2100NoNo
17281127A VOICE ASSISTANT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE COCKPIT SYSTEMMarch 2021February 2024Abandon3410NoNo
17195776Conversational bot interaction with utterance rankingMarch 2021July 2021Allow410NoNo
17274389KEYWORD DETECTION APPARATUS, KEYWORD DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAMMarch 2021June 2025Abandon5140YesNo
17274403CONTINUOUS UTTERANCE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, CONTINUOUS UTTERANCE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMMarch 2021December 2023Allow3310YesNo
17183209AUDIO RECOGNITION METHOD, METHOD, APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING TARGET AUDIO, AND DEVICEFebruary 2021January 2024Allow3510YesNo
17169343UTILIZING CONTEXT INFORMATION OF ENVIRONMENT COMPONENT REGIONS FOR EVENT/ACTIVITY PREDICTIONFebruary 2021November 2023Abandon3320YesNo
17162007INTENT DISAMBIGUATION WITHIN A VIRTUAL AGENT PLATFORMJanuary 2021March 2024Allow3730NoNo
17157051INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, DEVICE AND EQUIPMENTJanuary 2021June 2021Allow510YesNo
17261339INFORMATION COLLECTION DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHODJanuary 2021October 2023Allow3310NoNo
17142894EVALUATING USER DEVICE ACTIVATIONSJanuary 2021April 2025Allow5220NoYes
17255195METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENABLING A DIGITAL ASSISTANT TO GENERATE AN AMBIENT AWARE RESPONSEDecember 2020September 2023Allow3310NoNo
17127235AUTOMATED GENERATION OF TRANSCRIPTS THROUGH INDEPENDENT TRANSCRIPTIONDecember 2020April 2024Allow3930YesNo
17114059METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING USER SPOKEN UTTERANCEDecember 2020July 2023Allow3120NoNo
17101570TRANSLATION SYSTEMNovember 2020January 2024Abandon3810NoNo
17102408LOW LATENCY AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FUNCTION FAILURENovember 2020September 2022Allow2200NoNo
17095390Metadata Media Content TaggingNovember 2020January 2023Allow2610YesNo
17053224HYBRID BATCH AND LIVE NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSINGNovember 2020October 2024Allow4830NoNo
17069538Long-context End-to-end Speech Recognition SystemOctober 2020January 2024Allow3920NoNo
17067903METHOD OF GENERATING WAKEUP MODEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOROctober 2020February 2023Allow2820YesNo
17036617NATURAL LANGUAGE INPUT ROUTINGSeptember 2020September 2024Allow4840NoNo
17033840VOICE CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2020December 2022Abandon2710NoNo
17027520Focus Session at a Voice Interface DeviceSeptember 2020August 2022Allow2310NoNo
17006440AZIMUTH ESTIMATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2020December 2023Allow3930YesNo
16998970ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVICEAugust 2020January 2023Allow2920NoNo
16998518Event Recognition Method and Apparatus, Model Training Method and Apparatus, and Storage MediumAugust 2020February 2024Allow4211NoNo
16996404METHOD OF CONTROLLING INTELLIGENT SECURITY DEVICEAugust 2020December 2022Allow2810NoNo
16987314METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING VOICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAMEAugust 2020June 2023Allow3430YesNo
16947513AUTOMATED ASSISTANT ADAPTATION OF A RESPONSE TO AN UTTERANCE AND/OR OF PROCESSING OF THE UTTERANCE, BASED ON DETERMINED INTERACTION MEASUREAugust 2020July 2022Allow2310NoNo
16943091VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUSJuly 2020June 2023Allow3420NoNo
16965751ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CHATTING WITH CHATBOT AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFJuly 2020January 2023Allow2910NoNo
16934455WORD-LEVEL BLIND DIARIZATION OF RECORDED CALLS WITH ARBITRARY NUMBER OF SPEAKERSJuly 2020December 2022Allow2920YesNo
16929898DIALOG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR USING MULTIPLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE PROVIDERSJuly 2020June 2022Allow2310YesNo
16907829SPEECH PROCESSING SYSTEMJune 2020September 2023Allow3930YesNo
16872753Systems And Methods For Machine-Generated AvatarsMay 2020August 2022Allow2701YesNo
16861190PHONEME-BASED CONTEXTUALIZATION FOR CROSS-LINGUAL SPEECH RECOGNITION IN END-TO-END MODELSApril 2020October 2021Allow1820NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SHIN, SEONG-AH A.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
12
Examiner Affirmed
10
(83.3%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(16.7%)
Reversal Percentile
27.2%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 16.7% 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
28
Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(28.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
20
(71.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
39.3%
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, 28.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

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 SHIN, SEONG-AH A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SHIN, SEONG-AH A works in Art Unit 2659 and has examined 385 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 81.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SHIN, SEONG-AH A's allowance rate of 81.0% places them in the 45% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SHIN, SEONG-AH A receive 2.19 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 74% 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 SHIN, SEONG-AH A is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 41% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +21.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SHIN, SEONG-AH A. This interview benefit is in the 69% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 29.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 46% 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 20.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 11.8% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 22% 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 63.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 38% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 33.3% 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, 40.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 39% 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 60% 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:

  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.

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.