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Michael L. Hobbs

Examiner (ID: 4069, Phone: (571)270-3724 , Office: P/1799 )

Most Active Art Unit
1799
Art Unit(s)
1797, 1799, 1775
Total Applications
1319
Issued Applications
862
Pending Applications
92
Abandoned Applications
391

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
Array ( [id] => 9070354 [patent_doc_number] => 20130262110 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2013-10-03 [patent_title] => 'Unsupervised Language Model Adaptation for Automated Speech Scoring' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/803900 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2013-03-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 4617 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13803900 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/803900
Unsupervised language model adaptation for automated speech scoring Mar 13, 2013 Issued
Array ( [id] => 12967027 [patent_doc_number] => 09875237 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2018-01-23 [patent_title] => Using human perception in building language understanding models [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/826173 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2013-03-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 7643 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 263 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13826173 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/826173
Using human perception in building language understanding models Mar 13, 2013 Issued
Array ( [id] => 9539303 [patent_doc_number] => 20140163950 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2014-06-12 [patent_title] => 'TRANSLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/803414 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2013-03-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 3128 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13803414 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/803414
TRANSLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF Mar 13, 2013 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 9742630 [patent_doc_number] => 20140278349 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2014-09-18 [patent_title] => 'Language Model Dictionaries for Text Predictions' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/830606 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2013-03-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 11074 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13830606 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/830606
Language Model Dictionaries for Text Predictions Mar 13, 2013 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 13597621 [patent_doc_number] => 20180350359 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2018-12-06 [patent_title] => METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR CONTROLLING A MEDIA CONTENT PRESENTATION DEVICE IN RESPONSE TO A VOICE COMMAND [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/826104 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2013-03-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 4575 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -16 [patent_words_short_claim] => 374 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13826104 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/826104
METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR CONTROLLING A MEDIA CONTENT PRESENTATION DEVICE IN RESPONSE TO A VOICE COMMAND Mar 13, 2013 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 9742713 [patent_doc_number] => 20140278432 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2014-09-18 [patent_title] => 'Method And Apparatus For Providing Silent Speech' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/804131 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2013-03-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 4345 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13804131 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/804131
Method And Apparatus For Providing Silent Speech Mar 13, 2013 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 11391566 [patent_doc_number] => 09552815 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-01-24 [patent_title] => 'Speech understanding method and system' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/753105 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2013-01-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 2 [patent_figures_cnt] => 2 [patent_no_of_words] => 2845 [patent_no_of_claims] => 14 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 69 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13753105 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/753105
Speech understanding method and system Jan 28, 2013 Issued
Array ( [id] => 12249859 [patent_doc_number] => 09922641 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2018-03-20 [patent_title] => 'Cross-lingual speaker adaptation for multi-lingual speech synthesis' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/665390 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-10-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 6680 [patent_no_of_claims] => 26 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 98 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13665390 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/665390
Cross-lingual speaker adaptation for multi-lingual speech synthesis Oct 30, 2012 Issued
Array ( [id] => 9672731 [patent_doc_number] => 20140236594 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2014-08-21 [patent_title] => 'ASSISTIVE DEVICE FOR CONVERTING AN AUDIO SIGNAL INTO A VISUAL REPRESENTATION' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 14/348221 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-10-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 4177 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 14348221 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
14/348221
ASSISTIVE DEVICE FOR CONVERTING AN AUDIO SIGNAL INTO A VISUAL REPRESENTATION Oct 1, 2012 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 10099599 [patent_doc_number] => 09135914 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2015-09-15 [patent_title] => 'Layered mobile application user interfaces' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/621094 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-09-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 5411 [patent_no_of_claims] => 15 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 196 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13621094 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/621094
Layered mobile application user interfaces Sep 14, 2012 Issued
Array ( [id] => 9331950 [patent_doc_number] => 20140058732 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2014-02-27 [patent_title] => 'METHOD TO PROVIDE INCREMENTAL UI RESPONSE BASED ON MULTIPLE ASYNCHRONOUS EVIDENCE ABOUT USER INPUT' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/590699 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-08-21 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 9452 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13590699 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/590699
Method to provide incremental UI response based on multiple asynchronous evidence about user input Aug 20, 2012 Issued
Array ( [id] => 9016968 [patent_doc_number] => 20130231932 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2013-09-05 [patent_title] => 'Voice Activity Detection and Pitch Estimation' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/590022 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-08-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 7025 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13590022 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/590022
Voice activity detection and pitch estimation Aug 19, 2012 Issued
Array ( [id] => 9320100 [patent_doc_number] => 20140052438 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2014-02-20 [patent_title] => 'MANAGING AUDIO CAPTURE FOR AUDIO APPLICATIONS' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/590060 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-08-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 8614 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13590060 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/590060
MANAGING AUDIO CAPTURE FOR AUDIO APPLICATIONS Aug 19, 2012 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 11644820 [patent_doc_number] => 09666206 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-05-30 [patent_title] => 'Method, system and computer program product for attenuating noise in multiple time frames' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/589237 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-08-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 4964 [patent_no_of_claims] => 24 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 403 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13589237 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/589237
Method, system and computer program product for attenuating noise in multiple time frames Aug 19, 2012 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8746036 [patent_doc_number] => 20130085753 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2013-04-04 [patent_title] => 'Hybrid Client/Server Speech Recognition In A Mobile Device' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/586696 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-08-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 3 [patent_figures_cnt] => 3 [patent_no_of_words] => 3696 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13586696 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/586696
Hybrid Client/Server Speech Recognition In A Mobile Device Aug 14, 2012 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 8842813 [patent_doc_number] => 20130138441 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2013-05-30 [patent_title] => 'METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SEARCH NETWORK FOR VOICE RECOGNITION' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/585475 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-08-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 3587 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13585475 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/585475
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SEARCH NETWORK FOR VOICE RECOGNITION Aug 13, 2012 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 8660839 [patent_doc_number] => 20130041668 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2013-02-14 [patent_title] => 'VOICE LEARNING APPARATUS, VOICE LEARNING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING VOICE LEARNING PROGRAM' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/568397 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-08-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 6291 [patent_no_of_claims] => 7 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13568397 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/568397
Voice learning apparatus, voice learning method, and storage medium storing voice learning program Aug 6, 2012 Issued
Array ( [id] => 9213409 [patent_doc_number] => 20140012586 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2014-01-09 [patent_title] => 'DETERMINING HOTWORD SUITABILITY' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/567572 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-08-06 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 9341 [patent_no_of_claims] => 22 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13567572 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/567572
Determining hotword suitability Aug 5, 2012 Issued
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13/567659
ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE THEREOF Aug 5, 2012 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 13292829 [patent_doc_number] => 10157612 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2018-12-18 [patent_title] => Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 13/565234 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2012-08-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 10489 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 303 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 13565234 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
13/565234
Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application Aug 1, 2012 Issued
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