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Alexander S Thomas

Examiner (ID: 12883, Phone: (571)272-1502 , Office: P/1783 )

Most Active Art Unit
1783
Art Unit(s)
1508, 2899, 1794, 1783, 1315, 1772, 1504, 1721, 1773, 1506
Total Applications
3955
Issued Applications
2968
Pending Applications
161
Abandoned Applications
826

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/913162
Audio matching based on harmonogram Jun 25, 2020 Issued
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16/902061
Methods and apparatus to monitor a media presentation Jun 14, 2020 Issued
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17/628377
WORD WEIGHT CALCULATION SYSTEM Jun 9, 2020 Pending
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16/894091
INTELLIGENT LEADING MULTI-ROUND INTERACTIVE AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEM Jun 4, 2020 Pending
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16/881274
System and method for artificial intelligence driven document analysis, including automated reuse of predictive coding rules based on management and curation of datasets or models May 21, 2020 Issued
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16/875266
System and methods for speaker identification, message compression and/or message replay in a communications environment May 14, 2020 Issued
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16/871594
Interoperability of native media playback system with virtual line-in May 10, 2020 Issued
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16/870568
Learning dialogue state tracking with limited labeled data May 7, 2020 Issued
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16/866159
Playback updates May 3, 2020 Issued
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16/858493
Method and apparatus for retrieving audio file, server, and computer-readable storage medium Apr 23, 2020 Issued
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16/857047
Routing for chatbots Apr 22, 2020 Issued
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16/847852
Voice skill starting method, apparatus, device and storage medium Apr 13, 2020 Issued
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16/830220
OPERATION PANEL STRUCTURE AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MIXING SYSTEM Mar 24, 2020 Abandoned
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16/829562
Computer System, Model Generation Method, and Computer Readable Recording Medium Mar 24, 2020 Abandoned
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16/829020
Content analysis utilizing general knowledge base Mar 24, 2020 Issued
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16/827362
Dynamic bonding of playback devices Mar 22, 2020 Issued
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16/822293
TECHNOLOGIES FOR DECENTRALIZED FLEET ANALYTICS Mar 17, 2020 Pending
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16/821069
Apparatus, method and computer program for encoding, decoding, scene processing and other procedures related to DirAC based spatial audio coding Mar 16, 2020 Issued
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16/818537
Adaptively adjusting influence in federated learning model updates Mar 12, 2020 Issued
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16/803703
Data transfer Feb 26, 2020 Issued
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