USPTO Examiner PHAM THIERRY L - Art Unit 2674

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17133673COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR TEXT CONVERSION, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2020March 2023Allow2700NoNo
17125991METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF TEXT SUMMARIZATIONDecember 2020March 2023Allow2700NoNo
17109267COMFORT NOISE GENERATIONDecember 2020April 2022Allow1710NoNo
17106254IDENTIFYING ROUTINE COMMUNICATION CONTENTNovember 2020April 2023Allow2810NoNo
16950158DETECTION OF TV STATE USING SUB-AUDIBLE SIGNALNovember 2020May 2022Allow1710NoNo
17087423VOICE CONTROL OF A MEDIA PLAYBACK SYSTEMNovember 2020January 2021Allow210NoNo
17069978MULTI-WORD PHRASE BASED ANALYSIS OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSOctober 2020April 2023Allow3020YesNo
17038924SELECTIVELY GENERATING WORD VECTOR AND PARAGRAPH VECTOR REPRESENTATIONS OF FIELDS FOR MACHINE LEARNINGSeptember 2020March 2022Allow1810YesNo
17038506CONTEXTUAL NATURAL LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING FOR CONVERSATIONAL AGENTSSeptember 2020September 2022Allow2310YesNo
17037128SIGNAL PROCESSING METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENHANCING SOUND QUALITYSeptember 2020March 2022Allow1710NoNo
17036561METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PREDICTING PUNCTUATION IN TEXTSeptember 2020October 2021Allow1300NoNo
17043433CREATED TEXT EVALUATION DEVICESeptember 2020July 2023Allow3410NoNo
17028743VECTORIZATION DEVICE AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2020October 2022Abandon2520NoNo
17025539TEXT CLASSIFICATION USING MODELS WITH COMPLEMENTARY GRANULARITY AND ACCURACYSeptember 2020May 2022Allow2000NoNo
17024428LANGUAGE AUTODETECTION FROM NON-CHARACTER SUB-TOKEN SIGNALSSeptember 2020February 2022Allow1700NoNo
17021644METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING STATEMENTSeptember 2020February 2021Allow510NoNo
17020166METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING WORD SEGMENTATION ON TEXT, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMSeptember 2020June 2022Allow2120NoNo
17013705MAN-MACHINE CONVERSATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMSeptember 2020June 2023Allow3330YesNo
17008572SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED REVIEW COMPREHENSION USING DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGEBASESAugust 2020November 2022Allow2700NoNo
17004115METHOD FOR PREVENTING INTELLIGIBLE VOICE RECORDINGSAugust 2020September 2021Allow1300NoNo
16969420DATA ENTRY FEATURE FOR INFORMATION TRACKING SYSTEMAugust 2020May 2023Allow3400NoNo
16987043Intent Identification for Agent Matching by Assistant SystemsAugust 2020August 2022Allow2430YesNo
16938024LAYERED CODING FOR COMPRESSED SOUND OR SOUND FIELD REPRESENTATIONSJuly 2020September 2021Allow1400NoNo
16920916AUTOMATED DOCUMENT REVIEW SYSTEM COMBINING DETERMINISTIC AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR LEGAL DOCUMENT REVIEWJuly 2020July 2022Allow2410NoNo
16904785TRAINING POLICY NEURAL NETWORKS USING PATH CONSISTENCY LEARNINGJune 2020May 2022Allow2300NoNo
16899917INFORMATION UNIQUENESS DETERMINATION FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE DATAJune 2020March 2023Allow3310NoNo
16896426VOICE INTERACTION AT A PRIMARY DEVICE TO ACCESS CALL FUNCTIONALITY OF A COMPANION DEVICEJune 2020November 2020Allow500NoNo
16891705BILINGUAL CORPORA SCREENING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2020March 2022Allow2110NoNo
16890045METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH NEURAL NETWORK PARAMETER QUANTIZATIONJune 2020August 2022Allow2600NoNo
16885516MACHINE TRANSLATION METHOD, MACHINE TRANSLATION SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2020July 2022Allow2610NoNo
16883816SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING DYNAMIC REFERENCE GRAPHS TO ACCURATELY ALIGN SEQUENCE READSMay 2020November 2021Allow1810YesNo
16881783METHOD FOR PROVIDING CHATTING SERVICE WITH CHATBOT ASSISTED BY HUMAN COUNSELORMay 2020March 2021Allow1010NoNo
16874855ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOFMay 2020January 2023Allow3210NoNo
15931408COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT EXPRESSIVE OUTPUT LAYERS FOR NEURAL NETWORKSMay 2020June 2022Allow2500NoNo
16869155Hybrid Language Detection ModelMay 2020March 2022Allow2200NoNo
16867032USING ENVIRONMENT AND USER DATA TO DELIVER ADVERTISEMENTS TARGETED TO USER INTERESTS, E.G. BASED ON A SINGLE COMMANDMay 2020March 2021Allow1010YesNo
16861883TECHNOLOGY CONTROL EVALUATION PROGRAMApril 2020August 2022Allow2700NoNo
16861295TEXT SEQUENCE SEGMENTATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOFApril 2020June 2021Allow1400NoNo
16860977Spatial-Temporal Reasoning Through Pretrained Language Models for Video-Grounded DialoguesApril 2020June 2022Allow2600NoNo
16759519DISTRIBUTIONAL REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR CONTINUOUS CONTROL TASKSApril 2020May 2022Allow2500NoNo
16859429SIGNAL ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUSApril 2020September 2020Allow500NoNo
16854833Labeled Knowledge Graph Based Priming Of A Natural Language Model Providing User Access To Programmatic Functionality Through Natural Language InputApril 2020May 2021Allow1300NoNo
16852791CONVERSATION CONTEXTUAL LEARNING-BASED AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION DEVICE AND METHODApril 2020March 2023Abandon3510NoNo
16848748TOKEN-POSITION HANDLING FOR SEQUENCE BASED NEURAL NETWORKSApril 2020September 2022Allow2910YesNo
16844362METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SEQUENCEApril 2020October 2021Allow1800NoNo
16839950INTELLIGENT AUGMENTATION OF WORD REPRESENTATION VIA CHARACTER SHAPE EMBEDDINGS IN A NEURAL NETWORKApril 2020October 2021Allow1900NoNo
16838474COGNITIVE ANALYSIS TO GENERATE AND EVALUATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANSApril 2020July 2022Allow2700NoNo
16832597AUDIO ENCODING/DECODING BASED ON AN EFFICIENT REPRESENTATION OF AUTO-REGRESSIVE COEFFICIENTSMarch 2020January 2021Allow1010NoNo
16825650DATA AUGMENTATION BY DYNAMIC WORD REPLACEMENTMarch 2020January 2023Allow3420YesNo
16824902MODEL LOCALIZATION FOR DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCEMarch 2020February 2022Allow2300NoNo
16815747APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VOICE RECOGNITION GUIDE BY TRANSMITTING VOICE SIGNAL DATA TO A VOICE RECOGNITION SERVER WHICH CONTAINS VOICE RECOGNITION GUIDE INFORMATION TO SEND BACK TO THE VOICE RECOGNITION APPARATUSMarch 2020January 2021Allow1010NoNo
16803910Converting Text-Based Requirements to A Live PrototypeFebruary 2020November 2021Allow2100NoNo
16798711INTERACTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM, INTERACTIVE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTFebruary 2020July 2023Allow4020YesNo
16798277METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CREATING AND SUMMARIZING UNSTRUCTURED NATURAL LANGUAGE SENTENCE CLUSTERS FOR EFFICIENT TAGGINGFebruary 2020February 2022Allow2400NoNo
16797416ENCODER-DECODER ARCHITECTURE FOR GENERATING NATURAL LANGUAGE DATA BASED ON TELEMETRY DATAFebruary 2020June 2022Allow2700NoNo
16795443FINANCIAL DOCUMENT TEXT CONVERSION TO COMPUTER READABLE OPERATIONSFebruary 2020July 2023Allow4030NoNo
16640104UTTERANCE SENTENCE GENERATION SYSTEM AND UTTERANCE SENTENCE GENERATION PROGRAMFebruary 2020April 2021Allow1400NoNo
16786327CUSTOMIZING ACTIONS BASED ON CONTEXTUAL DATA AND VOICE-BASED INPUTSFebruary 2020November 2020Allow900NoNo
16634656RECOMMENDER AND REMEDIATION SYSTEM FOR ENTERPRISE SERVICE MANAGEMENTJanuary 2020June 2022Allow2910NoNo
16740629IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AN OPERATION INSTRUCTION BY A VOICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAMJanuary 2020October 2020Allow900NoNo
16735235CONVERSION OF SCRIPT WITH RULE ELEMENTS TO A NATURAL LANGUAGE FORMATJanuary 2020July 2022Allow3010NoNo
16733703SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING TEXTUAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR MANUFACTURERS FROM HYBRID TEXTUAL AND IMAGE DATAJanuary 2020October 2022Allow3420NoNo
16474815MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMDecember 2019September 2021Allow2710NoNo
16620450COLLABORATIVE TRANSLATION SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE ACCOUNT TYPES AND PROFILE TYPESDecember 2019September 2021Allow2200NoNo
16695741LAYERED CODING FOR COMPRESSED SOUND OR SOUND FIELD REPRESENTATIONSNovember 2019January 2020Allow200NoNo
16688102SUMMARIZATION METHOD FOR RECORDED AUDIONovember 2019February 2022Allow2660NoNo
16676617BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECODING USER'S CONVERSATION INTENTION USING THE SAMENovember 2019November 2021Allow2400NoNo
16674425PRIVACY-PRESERVING VISUAL RECOGNITION VIA ADVERSARIAL LEARNINGNovember 2019August 2022Allow3300NoNo
16658988Disambiguation of Concept Classifications Using Language-Specific CluesOctober 2019March 2021Allow1700NoNo
16596282SELECTIVELY GENERATING WORD VECTOR AND PARAGRAPH VECTOR REPRESENTATIONS OF FIELDS FOR MACHINE LEARNINGOctober 2019June 2020Allow810NoNo
16586000TRANSLATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, ETC.September 2019November 2021Allow2610YesNo
16585167SPEECH RECOGNITIONSeptember 2019September 2021Allow2440NoNo
16575948MULTI-WORD PHRASE BASED ANALYSIS OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSSeptember 2019July 2020Allow1010NoNo
16556769DETERMINING CONTEXTUAL RELEVANCE IN MULTI-AUDITORY SCENARIOSAugust 2019April 2021Allow2030YesNo
16541397ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR THE SAMEAugust 2019July 2021Allow2310NoNo
16539460SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME TRANSLATIONAugust 2019September 2019Allow100NoNo
16521104SIGNAL ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2019January 2020Allow610NoNo
16506354AUTOMATED EVALUATION AND SELECTION OF MACHINE TRANSLATION PROTOCOLSJuly 2019May 2022Allow3420YesNo
16504782VOICE INTERACTION AT A PRIMARY DEVICE TO ACCESS CALL FUNCTIONALITY OF A COMPANION DEVICEJuly 2019March 2020Allow820YesNo
16504770SENTENCE EVALUATION APPARATUS AND SENTENCE EVALUATION METHODJuly 2019September 2021Allow2600NoNo
16459576Method and System for Intelligently Suggesting ParaphrasesJuly 2019April 2022Allow3310YesNo
16447230OPTIMIZING MACHINE TRANSLATIONS FOR USER ENGAGEMENTJune 2019March 2020Allow920YesNo
16441298IMAGE-TO-TEXT RECOGNITION FOR A SEQUENCE OF IMAGESJune 2019May 2022Allow3510NoNo
16436704RECONCILIATION BETWEEN SIMULATOR AND SPEECH RECOGNITION OUTPUT USING SEQUENCE-TO-SEQUENCE MAPPINGJune 2019September 2019Allow410YesNo
16430231MULTI-PATH CALCULATIONS FOR DEVICE ENERGY LEVELSJune 2019April 2023Allow4741YesNo
16423551DETECTING AN EVENT FROM SIGNALS IN A LISTENING AREAMay 2019June 2019Allow100NoNo
16421942INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMMay 2019February 2022Allow3210YesNo
16463959ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING TRANSLATION BY SHARING CONTEXT OF UTTERANCE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFORMay 2019January 2022Allow3210NoNo
16420324AUTOMATIC COLLABORATION BETWEEN DISTINCT RESPONSIVE DEVICESMay 2019March 2023Allow4550YesNo
16399211SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUSApril 2019December 2021Allow3110NoNo
16399202SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUSApril 2019December 2019Allow710NoNo
16395028CUSTOMIZING ACTIONS BASED ON CONTEXTUAL DATA AND VOICE-BASED INPUTSApril 2019November 2019Allow710NoNo
16395001Device for Extracting Information from a DialogApril 2019November 2019Allow710NoNo
16375197IDENTIFYING DIGITAL PRIVATE INFORMATION AND PREVENTING PRIVACY VIOLATIONSApril 2019December 2021Allow3210NoNo
16365815DOCUMENT ANALOGUES THROUGH ONTOLOGY MATCHINGMarch 2019October 2021Allow3120NoNo
16283222SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEURAL NETWORK ORCHESTRATIONFebruary 2019May 2021Allow2700NoNo
16272360IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAMFebruary 2019October 2019Allow800NoNo
16243941Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Feedback For Head Mounted Displays (HMD)January 2019May 2019Allow410NoNo
16215484RECONCILIATION BETWEEN SIMULATOR AND SPEECH RECOGNITION OUTPUT USING SEQUENCE-TO-SEQUENCE MAPPINGDecember 2018September 2019Allow1011YesNo
16202932METHOD OF PROVIDING SERVICE BASED ON LOCATION OF SOUND SOURCE AND SPEECH RECOGNITION DEVICE THEREFORNovember 2018January 2021Allow2520YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PHAM, THIERRY L.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
10
Examiner Affirmed
8
(80.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(20.0%)
Reversal Percentile
33.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 20.0% 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
15
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(13.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
13
(86.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
16.8%
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, 13.3% 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 PHAM, THIERRY L - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner PHAM, THIERRY L works in Art Unit 2674 and has examined 226 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.6%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PHAM, THIERRY L's allowance rate of 91.6% 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 PHAM, THIERRY L receive 1.57 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 26% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by PHAM, THIERRY L is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 82% 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 PHAM, THIERRY L. This interview benefit is in the 7% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

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 58% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 29.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 44% 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, 80.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 64% 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 33.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 5% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 40.0% 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, 43.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 34% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 22% 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 30% 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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