USPTO Examiner RILEY MARCUS T - Art Unit 2677

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17136836System and Method for Assessing and Correcting Potential Underserved Content In Natural Language Understanding ApplicationsDecember 2020January 2023Allow2410NoNo
17124005System and Method for Estimation of Interlocutor Intents and Goals in Turn-Based Electronic Conversational FlowDecember 2020July 2022Allow1800YesNo
17119850RECOGNITION AND RESTRUCTURING OF PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED MATERIALSDecember 2020June 2022Allow1800YesNo
16973572USING CORRECTIONS, OF AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FUNCTIONS, FOR TRAINING OF ON-DEVICE MACHINE LEARNING MODELSDecember 2020April 2023Allow2810YesNo
17115084SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING ACTIONS ON NETWORK-CONNECTED OBJECTS IN RESPONSE TO REMINDERS ON DEVICES BASED ON AN ACTION CRITERIONDecember 2020May 2023Allow2920NoNo
16973040VOICE PROCESSING DEVICE, VOICE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMDecember 2020November 2022Abandon2310NoNo
17111565APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ASSISTING INFORMATION SHARING, AND RECORDING MEDIUMDecember 2020June 2022Allow1800NoNo
17111360ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING PLURALITY OF WAKE-UP WORDSDecember 2020September 2022Allow2110NoNo
17109890AMBIENT DEVICE STATE CONTENT DISPLAYDecember 2020July 2022Allow1900NoNo
17103150TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2020September 2022Allow2200NoNo
17098650VOICE SIGNAL CONTROL DEVICE, VOICE SIGNAL CONTROL SYSTEM, AND VOICE SIGNAL CONTROL PROGRAMNovember 2020September 2022Allow2210YesNo
17092138WIRELESS CONTROLLERS CONNECTABLE TO TELEVISIONS, WIRELESS TELEVISIONS, WIRELESS OUTPUT CONTROLLERS, OR WIRELESS OUTPUT DEVICES FOR RECEIVING DIGITAL CONTENT FROM ONE OR MORE SERVERS OVER THE INTERNETNovember 2020April 2022Allow1700NoNo
17074133SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PREDICTIONSOctober 2020April 2022Allow1800NoNo
16949121SYNCHRONOUS AUDIO AND TEXT GENERATIONOctober 2020April 2023Allow3020YesNo
17045456INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2020August 2022Allow2310NoNo
17027130NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING USING CONTEXT-SPECIFIC WORD VECTORSSeptember 2020March 2022Allow1800NoNo
17023468INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSSeptember 2020January 2023Allow2830YesNo
17022344ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VOICE RECOGNITION THEREOFSeptember 2020August 2022Allow2300NoNo
17020937SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCURRENT OPERATION OF VOICE OPERATED SWITCH AND VOICE CONTROL WITH WAKE WORDSeptember 2020September 2022Allow2410NoNo
16988354METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING SPEECH PACKETAugust 2020October 2022Allow2710NoNo
16945992METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SECURED ACCESS TO SERVICES RENDERED BY A DIGITAL VOICE ASSISTANTAugust 2020December 2022Allow2920YesNo
16961840INTERACTIVE SYSTEMJuly 2020September 2022Allow2610NoNo
16920894VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAMEJuly 2020November 2022Allow2820YesNo
16959381METHOD AND APPARATUS OF RECOGNIZING NAMED ENTITYJune 2020October 2022Allow2810NoNo
16955778DIALOGUE CONTROL SYSTEM, DIALOGUE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMJune 2020February 2023Allow3220YesNo
16896748SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL CONTENT DEVELOPMENT USING A NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACEJune 2020February 2022Allow2110YesNo
16887283Managing Multifaceted, Implicit Goals Through DialogueMay 2020June 2022Allow2500NoNo
16766071ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFMay 2020October 2022Allow2930YesNo
16762256METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN ADJUSTING THE DIMENSIONS OF AN INDUSTRIAL MACHINE, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMMay 2020March 2022Allow2210NoNo
16869477DECOMPOSING AUDIO SIGNALSMay 2020August 2020Allow400NoNo
16868169Visualization, Exploration and Shaping Conversation Data for Artificial Intelligence-Based Automated Interlocutor TrainingMay 2020May 2021Allow1310NoNo
16761443ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PERFORMING FUNCTIONS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES BY VOICE THEREBETWEENMay 2020February 2022Allow2110NoNo
16865224ROBOT AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING WAKE-UP WORD THEREOFMay 2020September 2022Allow2910NoNo
16754706INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODApril 2020February 2022Allow2210NoNo
16840339CONTENT SHARING USING DIFFERENT APPLICATIONSApril 2020February 2022Allow2220NoNo
16839677Modifying a Set of Instructions Based on Bootstrapped Knowledge Acquisition from a Limited Knowledge DomainApril 2020October 2022Allow3110YesNo
16829841VOICE ASSISTANT MANAGEMENTMarch 2020September 2021Allow1800NoNo
16649954ELECTRIC TOOL SYSTEM, CHARGER, ELECTRIC TOOL, AND VOICE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AUTOMATIC WORKING SYSTEM, CHARGING STATION, SELF-MOVING DEVICE, AND VOICE CONTROL METHOD THEREOFMarch 2020March 2022Allow2310NoNo
16816591METHOD FOR LOCATION INFERENCE OF IOT DEVICE, SERVER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAMEMarch 2020October 2022Allow3120YesNo
16815740MEDICAL APPARATUSES CONFIGURED TO RECEIVE SPEECH INSTRUCTIONS AND USE STORED SPEECH RECOGNITION OPERATIONAL DATAMarch 2020June 2021Allow1510NoNo
16809746METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL BY VOICE, TERMINAL, SERVER AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2020September 2021Allow1800YesNo
16809476VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND VOICE RECOGNITION METHODMarch 2020June 2022Allow2700NoNo
16807255AGENT DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AGENT DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2020February 2023Abandon3520NoNo
16799667Restocking Method and SystemFebruary 2020June 2020Allow400NoNo
16797069METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH SPEECH PROCESSINGFebruary 2020July 2022Allow2910NoNo
16796313APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ASSISTING INFORMATION SHARING, AND RECORDING MEDIUMFebruary 2020August 2020Allow600YesNo
16640528AIR PURIFIERFebruary 2020September 2021Allow1900NoNo
16794188METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING VOICE APPLICATION, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2020January 2023Abandon3520YesNo
16786923System and Method for a Computer User Interface for Exploring Conversational Flow with Selectable DetailsFebruary 2020September 2020Allow700NoNo
16786883SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNDERSTANDING AND SOLVING CUSTOMER PROBLEMS BY EXTRACTING AND REASONING ABOUT CUSTOMER NARRATIVESFebruary 2020July 2020Allow500NoNo
16783898METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING LATENCY IN SPEECH RECOGNITION APPLICATIONSFebruary 2020June 2020Allow500NoNo
16783364METHOD FOR PROCESSING PLANS HAVING MULTIPLE END POINTS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE APPLYING THE SAME METHODFebruary 2020October 2021Allow2100YesNo
16781214WAKE SUPPRESSION FOR AUDIO PLAYING AND LISTENING DEVICESFebruary 2020March 2022Allow2620NoNo
16779280AUTOMATICALLY RECTIFYING IN REAL-TIME ANOMALIES IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMSJanuary 2020June 2022Allow2820YesNo
16775240Voice Orchestrated Infrastructure SystemJanuary 2020March 2022Allow2610NoNo
16634120CHARGING STAND, MOBILE TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAMJanuary 2020March 2022Allow2620YesNo
16735250METHOD FOR COMMANDING A PLURALITY OF VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSISTANTS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICESJanuary 2020July 2022Abandon3120NoNo
16734973Training of Chatbots from Corpus of Human-to-Human ChatsJanuary 2020January 2021Allow1210NoNo
16733741CONVERSATIONAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING EXTERNAL DEVICEJanuary 2020September 2021Allow2100NoNo
16730122AUTOMATED DOCUMENT ANALYSIS COMPRISING COMPANY NAME RECOGNITIONDecember 2019June 2021Allow1720YesNo
16723887ACOUSTIC SIGNATURES FOR VOICE-ENABLED COMPUTER SYSTEMSDecember 2019February 2022Allow2610YesNo
16715903ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2019February 2022Allow2610NoNo
16715864SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR HOME APPLIANCE CAREDecember 2019August 2021Allow2000NoNo
16709259SYNCHRONIZING EQUIPMENT STATUSDecember 2019January 2022Allow2510YesNo
16708229ALEXA ROAMING AUTHENTICATION TECHNIQUESDecember 2019March 2022Allow2700NoNo
16618924AN INSTRUCTION FORWARDING SYSTEM FOR A VOICE ASSISTANTDecember 2019March 2022Allow2720YesNo
16697996CONFIGURING NATURAL LANGUAGE SYSTEMNovember 2019June 2021Allow1900NoNo
16698739SUGGESTION OF ALTERNATE USER INPUT USING A DIFFERENT USER INTERFACENovember 2019July 2020Allow810NoNo
16695037ATTENTION MECHANISM FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSINGNovember 2019May 2022Allow3000NoNo
16693577CHANGING A LANGUAGE FOR A USER SESSION REPLAYNovember 2019April 2020Allow500NoNo
16615035VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND VOICE RECOGNITION METHODNovember 2019July 2021Allow2000NoNo
16682070SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROACTIVELY PREDICTING USER INTENTS IN PERSONAL AGENTSNovember 2019April 2023Allow4130YesNo
16679742SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE QUALITY ESTIMATION FOR MACHINE TRANSLATION POST-EDITINGNovember 2019September 2020Allow1100NoNo
16678242SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING VOICE COMMANDSNovember 2019September 2021Allow2200NoNo
16671536ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFNovember 2019February 2022Allow2710NoNo
16670693METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPABILITY-BASED PROCESSING OF VOICE QUERIES IN A MULTI-ASSISTANT ENVIRONMENTOctober 2019February 2022Allow2810NoNo
16609491MULTIPLE DIGITAL ASSISTANT COORDINATION IN VEHICULAR ENVIRONMENTSOctober 2019April 2022Allow3010NoNo
16601740DECODING METHOD, APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUMOctober 2019December 2019Allow200NoNo
16598906SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUSOctober 2019February 2022Abandon2810NoNo
16587397QUERY DISAMBIGUATION USING ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIOSeptember 2019September 2021Allow2410NoNo
16585692DELETING USER DATA USING KEYSSeptember 2019August 2021Allow2300NoNo
16580643MULTI-ASSISTANT NATURAL LANGUAGE INPUT PROCESSINGSeptember 2019May 2021Allow1900YesNo
16577467DECOMPOSING AUDIO SIGNALSSeptember 2019January 2020Allow400NoNo
16575773INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUMSeptember 2019August 2021Allow2320NoNo
16574927Natural Language Processing PoliciesSeptember 2019May 2021Allow2000NoNo
16573867RELAYING AVAILABILITY USING A VIRTUAL ASSISTANTSeptember 2019July 2021Allow2200NoNo
16571787SPEECH-PROCESSING SYSTEMSeptember 2019July 2021Allow2200NoNo
16569847CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMSeptember 2019March 2022Allow3010NoNo
16568179CONFERENCE SOUND BOX AND CONFERENCE RECORDING METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2019March 2022Abandon3020NoNo
16491280DIALOG SYSTEM, DIALOG METHOD, DIALOG APPARATUS AND PROGRAMSeptember 2019July 2021Allow2210NoNo
16491442DIALOGUE METHOD, DIALOGUE SYSTEM, DIALOGUE APPARATUS AND PROGRAMSeptember 2019August 2021Allow2410YesNo
16559184METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING VOICE-ENABLED DEVICESeptember 2019September 2021Allow2410NoNo
16557593TELEVISIONS, OUTPUT CONTROLLERS, OR AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICES THAT ARE SETUP TO WIRELESSLY RECEIVE DIGITAL CONTENT FROM A DIGITAL CONTENT SERVICE OVER THE NETWORKAugust 2019July 2020Allow1020NoNo
16557678METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING INTELLIGENT DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2019August 2021Allow2410NoNo
16552930ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SPEECH RECOGNITIONAugust 2019August 2021Allow2310NoNo
16535819SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING THE SAMEAugust 2019December 2021Allow2820NoNo
16533834SECURE SPEECH RECOGNITIONAugust 2019June 2021Allow2200NoNo
16531435MEETING-ADAPTED LANGUAGE MODEL FOR SPEECH RECOGNITIONAugust 2019January 2022Allow2920YesNo
16529046Suggestion Of Alternate User Input Using Different User InterfaceAugust 2019September 2019Allow200NoNo
16529628APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SPEECH RECOGNITIONAugust 2019September 2021Allow2610NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner RILEY, MARCUS T.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
10
Examiner Affirmed
5
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
5
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
74.4%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
24
Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(37.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
15
(62.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
61.9%
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, 37.5% 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

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 RILEY, MARCUS T - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner RILEY, MARCUS T works in Art Unit 2677 and has examined 407 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.2%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner RILEY, MARCUS T's allowance rate of 91.2% places them in the 76% 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 RILEY, MARCUS T receive 1.56 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 RILEY, MARCUS T is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 85% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RILEY, MARCUS T. 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, 37.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 86% 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 20.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 27% 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, 62.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 52% 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 65.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 46% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 36.8% 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, 36.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 23% 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 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 52% 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 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:

  • 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.