Examiner Shen Samuel

2179-SHEN-SAMUEL

Employment Information

Art Unit:2179 — Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing
Group:2170 — GUI, Document Processing, Power and Other
Classes: 715 — Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing
382 — Image analysis
704 — Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression
Phone:(469) 295-9169
Email:samuel.shen@uspto.gov
Location:TX 75202
Title:Patent Examiner (Computer Engr)
Service:8 years
Grade:GS-12

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

91
3-Year Grant rate: 26% over 95 cases
Difficulty: Extremely Hard
Difficulty Percentile: 91st

With Examiner Shen, you have a 26% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Shen is an extremely hard examiner and in the 91st percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Shen, where the timeline is relative to the date of the first office action. The three-year grant rate is the percentage of applications granted at three years after the first office action.

Comparison with Art Unit 2179

Examiner Shen's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 2179 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Shen 3.6
Art Unit 2179 1.9

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Shen has granted 10 of 46 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 22%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Shen has granted 15 of 49 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 31%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Shen, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 41%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
17679748 Electronic Device And Method For Operating Avatar Video Service In The Same Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
17523704 Computer-Implemented Method For Ascertaining A Value Of A Geometric Parameter Abandoned View
17542947 Aggregated Content Item User Interfaces Abandoned View
18608749 Utilizing Modularized Action Blocks In A Graphical User Interface To Generate Digital Images With Custom Modifications Patented View
18087270 Full Life Cycle Data Science Environment Graphical Interfaces Abandoned View
18093125 Method For Controlling Flexible Display And Electronic Device Thereof Patented View
18080512 Mitigating Latency In Spoken Input Guided Selection Of Item(S) Patented View
17588460 Methods, Systems, And Apparatus For Providing Composite Graphical Assistant Interfaces For Controlling Connected Devices Patented View
17763827 Split-Screen User Interface Operation Method With Edge Gestures For Electronic Device And Electronic Device Abandoned View
18244428 The Method And Apparatus For Controlling Audio Data By Recognizing User Gesture And Position Using Multiple Mobile Devices Patented View
18626408 Implicitly Annotating Textual Data In Conversational Messaging Patented View
17971502 Systems And Methods For Providing Search Interface With Contextual Suggestions Abandoned View
17565261 Dynamic Visualization Of An Object Tracked By An Object Tracking System In A Graphical User Interface Patented View
17347089 Companion Devices As Productivity Tools Patented View
17489508 Methods And User Interfaces For Handling User Requests Patented View
17847151 Method And System For Gesture And Displaying Sideline Operation Patented View
17833340 Method And System Of Intelligently Generating Help Documentation Abandoned View
17573842 Method, Apparatus, And Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium For Augmenting Defect Sample Data Abandoned View
18047202 Multi-Level Menu Display Method Of Electronic Interative Tablet, And Electronic Interactive Tablet Patented View
17452094 Unified User Interface For Monitoring Hybrid Deployment Of Computing Systems Patented View
17331969 Image Processing Apparatus Automatically Creating Layout Of Combination Image From Image Group, Image Processing Method, Program, And Recording Medium Patented View
17858395 Method And Electronic Device For Configuring User Interface Based On Input Field Abandoned View
16847495 Column Fit Document Traversal For Reader Application Abandoned View
17339872 Multi-Instance, Multi-User Virtual Reality Spaces Patented View
17543050 Wireless Earpiece With A Passive Virtual Assistant Patented View
17227012 Digital Assistant User Interfaces And Response Modes Patented View
16680431 Using Refinement Widgets For Data Fields Referenced By Natural Language Expressions In A Data Visualization User Interface Patented View
17961814 Meeting Transcription Using Custom Lexicons Based On Document History Abandoned View
16105671 Mapping Actions And Objects To Tasks Abandoned View
17008493 Portable Electronic Device Including Touch-Sensitive Display And Method Of Navigating Displayed Information Patented View
17514439 Voice Notes With Changing Effects Patented View
18103571 Implicitly Annotating Textual Data In Conversational Messaging Patented View
17240485 Digital Assistant User Interfaces And Response Modes Abandoned View
17286612 User Input Module For An Automation Engineering Field Device, And Same Field Device Abandoned View
17558104 Apparatus For Recognizing User Command Using Non-Contact Gaze-Based Head Motion Information And Method Using The Same Abandoned View
17105610 Multi-Optotype, Computerized Visual Acuity Examination With Voice Assistance Abandoned View
16842346 Utilizing Modularized Action Blocks In A Graphical User Interface To Generate Digital Images With Custom Modifications Patented View
16775082 Audio System For Flexibly Choreographing Audio Output Abandoned View
15841229 Devices, Methods, And Graphical User Interfaces For Seamless Transition Of User Interface Behaviors Patented View
17339873 Multi-Instance, Multi-User Virtual Reality Spaces Abandoned View
15475738 The Method And Apparatus For Controlling Audio Data By Recognizing User Gesture And Position Using Multiple Mobile Devices Abandoned View
15237425 Document Content Replay Abandoned View
16361631 Systems And Methods For Ranking Channel Content Abandoned View
16126770 Mulitple Master Music Playback Abandoned View
17339874 Multi-Instance, Multi-User Virtual Reality Spaces Abandoned View
17349990 Split Keyboard With Different Languages As Input Abandoned View
17429797 Display Device And Display Control Program Abandoned View
15625667 Function Handling During Simultaneous And Contextually Different Interactive Sessions Abandoned View
17499592 System And Method For A Mobile User Interface Abandoned View
17123284 Information Processing Apparatus And Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium For Reflecting Progress Of Workflow Abandoned View

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