USPTO Examiner HOQUE NAFIZ E - Art Unit 2693

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18666933IDENTIFYING HIGH EFFORT STATEMENTS FOR CALL CENTER SUMMARIESMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18665843NEURAL NETWORK CHIP FOR EAR-WORN DEVICEMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18655856SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATED PLAYBACK OF ANALOG AND DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENTMay 2024December 2024Allow700YesNo
18592187COGNITIVE SYSTEM REWARD MANAGEMENTFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18411730NEURAL NETWORK CHIP FOR EAR-WORN DEVICEJanuary 2024April 2024Allow310NoNo
18395073NEURAL NET-BASED USE OF PERCEPTRONS TO MIMIC HUMAN SENSES ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE OCCUPANTDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18395136ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION FOR ACHIEVING AN OPTIMIZED MARGIN OF VEHICLE OPERATIONAL SAFETYDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18395220TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TO USE A NEURAL NETWORK TO DETERMINE A VARIATION IN DRIVING PERFORMANCE TO PROMOTE A DESIRED HORMONAL STATE OF AN OCCUPANTDecember 2023August 2024Allow810NoNo
18530231PLATFORM FOR CALL TRANSCRIPTION AND SUMMARIZATION USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEDecember 2023June 2024Allow610NoNo
18496976METHOD FOR SMART GAS PERSONALIZED FEEDBACK SERVICE AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) SYSTEM THEREOFOctober 2023December 2024Allow1300NoNo
18380287BUILDING AND TRAINING A NETWORK OF CHATBOTSOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210YesNo
18377690DETECTING ONLINE CONTEXTUAL EVOLUTION OF LINGUISTIC TERMSOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18482783METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING PROBLEM DESCRIPTIONOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610YesNo
18473871APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONVERSATIONAL ASSISTANCESeptember 2023June 2025Allow2120NoNo
18240247SEMANTIC AWARE HALLUCINATION DETECTION FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODELSAugust 2023June 2025Allow2200NoNo
18456672PROMPTING LANGUAGE MODELS TO SELECT API CALLSAugust 2023June 2025Allow2200NoNo
18232854NEURAL NETWORK CHIP FOR EAR-WORN DEVICEAugust 2023November 2023Allow410NoNo
18209804Messaging System For A Virtual AssistantJune 2023June 2025Abandon2410NoNo
18334065GROUNDED TEXT GENERATIONJune 2023June 2024Allow1210NoNo
18328890SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CUSTOMER CALL-BACKSJune 2023April 2024Allow1010YesNo
18201075NAMED ENTITY RECOGNITION VISUAL CONTEXT AND CAPTION DATAMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18320851INTERPRETING SUMMARIZATION MODEL DECISIONS BASED ON ATTENTIONMay 2023May 2025Allow2400NoNo
18320594MACHINE LEARNING DIVIDE AND CONQUER TECHNIQUES FOR LONG DIALOG SUMMARIZATIONMay 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18309807Training Modeling Engines To Predict Contact Center Agent DemandApril 2023April 2025Allow2410NoNo
18136825IDENTIFYING A SEMANTIC REPRESENTATION FOR TEXTS BY EXPANDING THE EMBEDDING SPACEApril 2023March 2025Allow2300NoNo
18301250METHODS FOR SMART GAS CALL CENTER FEEDBACK MANAGEMENT AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) SYSTEMS THEREOFApril 2023September 2023Allow500NoNo
18186157Deliberation by Text-Only and Semi-Supervised TrainingMarch 2023March 2025Allow2400NoNo
18121394TRANSFERRING ACTIONS FROM A SHARED DEVICE TO A PERSONAL DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACCOUNT OF A USERMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710NoNo
18180089METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING PROBLEM DESCRIPTIONMarch 2023August 2023Allow610NoNo
18117905System and Method for Managing Communications in a Networked Call CenterMarch 2023April 2025Allow2510NoNo
18170474RECOGNIZING HAZARD EVENTS BASED ON SOUNDS OF IN-HOME ACTIVITIESFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1110YesNo
18103988METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-PARTY COMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2023June 2025Abandon2920NoNo
18091898COMMUNICATIONS METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC DETECTION AND/OR MITIGATION OF THREATS AND/OR ANOMALIESDecember 2022September 2023Allow910NoNo
18086742INTELLIGENT VOICE ASSISTANTDecember 2022July 2025Allow3000NoNo
18078530EFFICIENT TRANSFORMER LANGUAGE MODELS WITH DISENTANGLED ATTENTION AND MULTI-STEP DECODINGDecember 2022March 2024Allow1620YesNo
18062046DETECTING ONLINE CONTEXTUAL EVOLUTION OF LINGUISTIC TERMSDecember 2022July 2023Allow710NoNo
18071636VOICE CONFERENCE APPARATUS, VOICE CONFERENCE SYSTEM AND VOICE CONFERENCE METHODNovember 2022January 2025Allow2610NoNo
17977550THREE DIFFERENT NEURAL NETWORKS TO OPTIMIZE THE STATE OF THE VEHICLE USING SOCIAL DATAOctober 2022August 2023Allow1010NoNo
17977121OPTIMIZING MARGIN OF SAFETY BASED ON HUMAN OPERATOR INTERACTION DATA FROM OPERATORS OR VEHICLE SAFETY EVENTSOctober 2022August 2024Allow2130YesNo
17977387INDUCING VARIATION IN USER EXPERIENCE PARAMETERS BASED ON OUTCOMES THAT PROMOTE RIDER SAFETY IN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSOctober 2022December 2023Allow1420YesNo
17977972ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING VOICE OF RIDER TO IMPROVE EMOTIONAL STATE AND OPTIMIZE OPERATING PARAMETER OF VEHICLEOctober 2022April 2024Allow1820YesNo
17976854INDUCING VARIATION IN USER EXPERIENCE PARAMETERS BASED ON SENSED RIDER PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA IN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSOctober 2022March 2025Allow2940YesNo
17976835NEURAL NETWORK FOR IMPROVING THE STATE OF A RIDER IN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSOctober 2022June 2024Allow2040YesNo
17937524NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES USING JOINT SENTIMENT-TOPIC MODELINGOctober 2022July 2023Allow920NoNo
17739383METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA AND METHOD FOR POST-PROCESSING OF SPEECH RECOGNITION USING THE SAMEMay 2022September 2024Allow2920NoNo
17730027SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IDENTIFY PRODUCTS FROM VERBAL UTTERANCESApril 2022May 2024Allow2500NoNo
17713673METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING A MEDICAL TEXT REPORT INTO SECTIONSApril 2022March 2025Allow3510NoNo
17656845VEHICLE REMOTE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, REMOTE ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, REMOTE ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND REMOTE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMarch 2022September 2023Allow1810NoNo
17701700MATERIAL TESTING MACHINE AND PARTICLE ANALYZING APPARATUSMarch 2022April 2025Allow3720NoNo
17701775SENTENCE PARAPHRASE METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING SENTENCE PARAPHRASE MODELMarch 2022August 2024Allow2910YesNo
17762322INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMMarch 2022February 2025Allow3520NoNo
17698018IDENTIFYING HIGH EFFORT STATEMENTS FOR CALL CENTER SUMMARIESMarch 2022January 2024Allow2200NoNo
17586972SENTIMENT PROGRESSION ANALYSISJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2010YesNo
17579007CONCEPT SYSTEM FOR A NATURAL LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING (NLU) FRAMEWORKJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3110YesNo
17619533METHOD OF TRAINING CLASSIFICATION MODEL, METHOD OF CLASSIFYING SAMPLE, AND DEVICEDecember 2021May 2025Allow4110NoNo
17521713TRAINING OF SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMSNovember 2021March 2025Allow4050YesNo
17488661Enhancing ASR System Performance for Agglutinative LanguagesSeptember 2021January 2024Allow2810YesNo
17440550SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2021October 2024Abandon3710NoNo
17476333METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING VOICE INTERACTION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2021April 2024Allow3110NoNo
17438298SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FREQUENCY-SPECIFIC LOCALIZATION AND SPEECH COMPREHENSION ENHANCEMENTSeptember 2021January 2025Allow4010NoNo
17429010INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODAugust 2021December 2024Abandon4120NoNo
17390573METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC CALL DATA GENERATIONJuly 2021March 2024Allow3220YesNo
17426298EARPIECE AND EARPHONEJuly 2021November 2024Allow3900NoNo
17426622ACOUSTIC DEVICEJuly 2021October 2024Abandon3920NoNo
17420345WIRELESS HEADSET AND CONTROL BOX USED FOR WIRELESS HEADSETJuly 2021September 2024Allow3810NoNo
17420361SOUND OUTPUT APPARATUS AND SOUND OUTPUT METHODJuly 2021June 2025Abandon4820NoNo
17304616METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE SEARCHING BASED ON SEMANTIC SIMILARITY OF SEMANTIC REPRESENTATIONS OF TEXT OBJECTSJune 2021November 2024Allow4110NoNo
17338167COMPLAINT PRIORITIZATION USING DEEP LEARNING MODELJune 2021December 2023Allow3010NoNo
17320735SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLIENT RELATION MANAGEMENTMay 2021March 2025Allow4640YesNo
17313894APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONVERSATIONAL ASSISTANCEMay 2021April 2023Abandon2310NoNo
17243728BUILDING AND TRAINING A NETWORK OF CHATBOTSApril 2021October 2023Allow2900NoNo
17238446BATTERY MODULE AND HEARING DEVICEApril 2021March 2024Allow3510NoNo
17213676UNSUPERVISED DYNAMIC CONFIDENCE THRESHOLDING FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONSMarch 2021October 2023Allow3010NoNo
17208740TECHNIQUES FOR WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT IN A CONTACT CENTER SYSTEMMarch 2021December 2024Abandon4540NoNo
17191445VERBAL LANGUAGE ANALYSISMarch 2021October 2023Allow3120YesNo
17148460Data Analysis, Rating, and Prioritization Process and PlatformJanuary 2021January 2025Abandon4820NoNo
17258768CONTROLLER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2021September 2024Allow4430YesNo
17119323METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR MATCHING SEMANTICSDecember 2020December 2023Abandon3610NoNo
16950289METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATING SUPPORT SERVICESNovember 2020January 2024Allow3840YesNo
17044385SPEECH RECOGNITION DEVICE, SPEECH-RECOGNITION-DEVICE COORDINATION SYSTEM, AND SPEECH-RECOGNITION-DEVICE COORDINATION METHODOctober 2020June 2023Allow3320YesNo
16925045VOICE TO VOICE NATURAL LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING PROCESSINGJuly 2020August 2023Allow3810NoNo
16916599FACT CHECKING BASED ON SEMANTIC GRAPHSJune 2020November 2023Allow4120YesNo
16887557METHOD FOR IMPROVING A STATE OF A RIDER THROUGH OPTIMIZATION OF OPERATION OF A VEHICLEMay 2020August 2023Allow3820YesNo
16887569ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE IN-SEAT ADVERTISINGMay 2020August 2023Allow3920YesNo
16861206Multi-level ClusteringApril 2020December 2023Abandon4410NoNo
16834532MEDIA ENGAGEMENT THROUGH DEEP LEARNINGMarch 2020May 2025Allow6030YesYes
16803220INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSFebruary 2020September 2024Allow5440YesNo
16690443CONTEXT BASED MEDIA SELECTION BASED ON PREFERENCES SETTING FOR ACTIVE CONSUMER(S)November 2019February 2022Allow2740YesNo
16576012DIALOGUE SYSTEM BASED ON CONTEXTUAL INFORMATIONSeptember 2019July 2023Allow4630YesNo
16413293GRAMMAR TRANSFER USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKSMay 2019March 2025Allow6080YesYes
15232717SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE AN ALERT USING MICROPHONE ACTIVATIONAugust 2016May 2018Allow2110NoNo
15219081Systems and Methods for Audio Based Synchronization Using Energy VectorsJuly 2016March 2017Allow800NoNo
14101720SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING UNAUTHORIZED OUTGOING CALL ON A COMMUNICATION NETWORKDecember 2013January 2015Allow1420YesNo
14058834Communication Networks in Which an Application Server and Multiple Directory Numbers are Used to Provide Internet Protocol Like Features to Time Division Multiplexed Phone LinesOctober 2013August 2014Allow1000NoNo
13752504OUTWARD CALLING METHOD FOR PUBLIC TELEPHONE NETWORKSJanuary 2013July 2016Allow4240YesNo
13742245SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN ACTION ON A PHONE IN RESPONSE TO A USER INITIATING AN OUTBOUND CALL TO ONE OR MORE SELECT PHONE NUMBERSJanuary 2013April 2014Allow1520YesNo
13687390MULTI-CHANNEL TELEPHONYNovember 2012May 2013Allow510NoNo
13688128PREDICTIVE DIALING BASED ON SIMULATIONNovember 2012May 2015Allow2910NoNo
13312676Customizable Call Center Dialing System, Method and Computer Program ProductDecember 2011January 2015Allow3830YesNo
13172410USE OF INBOUND CALL AS MECHANISM TO TRIGGER OUTBOUND CALLS TO AVOID COLLISIONSJune 2011October 2014Allow4030NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HOQUE, NAFIZ E.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
6
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(16.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(83.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
17.4%
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, 16.7% 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

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

Examiner HOQUE, NAFIZ E - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HOQUE, NAFIZ E works in Art Unit 2693 and has examined 110 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HOQUE, NAFIZ E's allowance rate of 90.0% places them in the 70% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HOQUE, NAFIZ E receive 1.86 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 58% 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 HOQUE, NAFIZ E is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 42% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HOQUE, NAFIZ E. This interview benefit is in the 60% 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, 33.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 64% 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 58.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 81% 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, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 71% 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 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 91% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 66.7% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 22.2% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 21% 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 27% 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:

  • 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.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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.

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