Examiner Roberts Shaun A

2655-ROBERTS-SHAUN-A

Employment Information

Art Unit:2655 — Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression
Group:2650 — Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression
Classes: 704 — Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression
706 — Data processing: artificial intelligence
379 — Telephonic communications
375 — Pulse or digital communications
701 — Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
382 — Image analysis
713 — Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
Phone:(571) 270-7541
Email:shaun.roberts@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:18 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

38
3-Year Grant rate: 83% over 308 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 38th

With Examiner Roberts, you have a 83% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Roberts is an easier examiner and in the 38th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Roberts, 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 2655

Examiner Roberts's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 2655 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Roberts 1.5
Art Unit 2655 1.4

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Roberts has granted 154 of 194 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 79%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Roberts has granted 101 of 114 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 89%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Roberts, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 13%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18312688 Audio Signal Processing Method And Apparatus, Electronic Device, And Storage Medium With Machine Learning And For Microphone Mute State Features In A Multi Person Voice Call Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18129332 Model Drift Detection Techniques Patented View
18484282 Synthetically Generating Inner Speech Training Data Patented View
18179756 Dynamic Language And Command Recognition Patented View
18629200 Generating Topic-Specific Language Models Patented View
18629780 Speech Encoding And Decoding Methods And Apparatuses, Computer Device, And Storage Medium Patented View
18484538 Voice Synthesis From Diffusion Generated Spectrograms For Accessibility Patented View
18473791 Audio Signal Encoding/decoding Method Controlling Extraction And Reconstruction Of Sub-Band Signals And Apparatus For Performing The Same Patented View
18542751 Bit Extension Processing Apparatus, Bit Extension Processing Method, And Bit Extension Processing Program Stored In A Non-Transitory Storage Medium Patented View
18325879 Procedural Pattern Matching In Audio And Audiovisual Files Using Voice Prints Patented View
18093978 Electronic Device And Method Of Activating Speech Recognition Service Abandoned View
18349680 Apparatus For Encoding And Decoding Audio Signal And Method Of Operation Thereof Patented View
17935650 Power State Detection Via Audio Signal Capture Patented View
18483492 Evaluation-Based Speaker Change Detection Evaluation Metrics Patented View
18258677 Optimized Encoding Of Rotation Matrices For Encoding A Multichannel Audio Signal Patented View
18449581 Systems, Devices, And Methods For Synchronizing Audio Signals To Correct For Spatial And Processing Delays Patented View
18570904 Optimised Spherical Vector Quantisation Patented View
18493522 Virtual Assistant Domain Functionality Patented View
18643227 Truncateable Predictive Coding Patented View
18245789 Spatial Audio Parameter Encoding And Associated Decoding Patented View
18334067 Personalized Bandwidth Extension Patented View
17178868 Interactive Voice Controlled Entertainment Abandoned View
18000387 Video Generation Method, Generation Model Training Method And Apparatus, And Medium And Device Patented View
17711515 Communication Server, Communication System, And Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium Abandoned View
18605733 Systems And Methods For Covariance Smoothing Patented View
18446280 Lecturer Speech Signal Processing Patented View
17807208 Contextual Tagging And Biasing Of Grammars Inside Word Lattices Patented View
18327447 Kalmannet: A Learnable Kalman Filter For Acoustic Echo Cancellation Patented View
18032792 Sound Signal Purification Using Decoded Monaural Signals Patented View
18446420 Adapting Hotword Recognition Based On Personalized Negatives Patented View
18413354 Methods And Systems For Optimized Selection Of Data Features For A Neuro-Linguistic Cognitive Artificial Intelligence System Abandoned View
18311964 Contextual Biasing For Speech Recognition Using Phoneme Data Abandoned View
18334641 Context-Data Based Speech Enhancement Patented View
18129996 End-To-End Automatic Speech Recognition With Transformer Patented View
18053231 Method For Provision Of A Trigger Token Patented View
18625538 Stereo Signal Encoding Method And Apparatus Using A Residual Signal Encoding Parameter Patented View
18451736 Methods And Systems For Computer-Generated Visualization Of Speech Patented View
18483129 Removal Of Audio Noise Patented View
18423779 Implementations For Voice Assistant On Devices Patented View
18646877 Methods For Phase Ecu F0 Interpolation Split And Related Controller Patented View
18022125 Audio Content Identification Patented View
17655544 Emotionally Intelligent Responses To Information Seeking Questions Patented View
18485588 Responding To A Spoken Command In A Communication Session Patented View
17720147 Labeled Clustering Preprocessing For Natural Language Processing Patented View
17929994 Equalization Of Audio During A Collaboration Session In A Heterogenous Computing Platform Patented View
17849823 Beamforming Using Multiple Sensor Data Patented View
17566347 Electronic Apparatus And Control Method Thereof Abandoned View
17723994 Keyphrase Generation For Text Search With Optimal Indexing Regularization Via Reinforcement Learning Abandoned View
17543381 Systems, Devices, And Methods For Synchronizing Audio Patented View
17209621 Context-Based Speech Enhancement Patented View

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