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Shaun A. Roberts

Examiner (ID: 5918, Phone: (571)270-7541 , Office: P/2657 )

Most Active Art Unit
2657
Art Unit(s)
RD00, 2626, 2655, 2657
Total Applications
815
Issued Applications
620
Pending Applications
67
Abandoned Applications
156

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/566268
METHOD OF OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND A HEARING AID SYSTEM Jun 2, 2022 Pending
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17/832049
Implementations for voice assistant on devices Jun 2, 2022 Issued
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17/751214
Subband block based harmonic transposition May 22, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17992886 [patent_doc_number] => 20220358923 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-11-10 [patent_title] => VOICE-CONTROLLED MEDIA PLAY IN SMART MEDIA ENVIRONMENT [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/750983 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-05-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 20089 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -18 [patent_words_short_claim] => 2 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17750983 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/750983
Voice-controlled media play in smart media environment May 22, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18431376 [patent_doc_number] => 11676602 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-06-13 [patent_title] => User-configured and customized interactive dialog application [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/749687 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-05-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 12408 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 270 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17749687 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/749687
User-configured and customized interactive dialog application May 19, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19213392 [patent_doc_number] => 12002463 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-06-04 [patent_title] => Systems and methods for voice-based initiation of custom device actions [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/728614 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-04-25 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 13897 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 298 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17728614 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/728614
Systems and methods for voice-based initiation of custom device actions Apr 24, 2022 Issued
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17/723994
KEYPHRASE GENERATION FOR TEXT SEARCH WITH OPTIMAL INDEXING REGULARIZATION VIA REINFORCEMENT LEARNING Apr 18, 2022 Abandoned
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17/720147
Labeled clustering preprocessing for natural language processing Apr 12, 2022 Issued
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18/281858
ENCODING OF ENVELOPE INFORMATION OF AN AUDIO DOWNMIX SIGNAL Apr 4, 2022 Pending
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17/711515
COMMUNICATION SERVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Mar 31, 2022 Pending
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17/707133
System and method for processing audio data into a plurality of frequency components Mar 28, 2022 Issued
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17/655544
Emotionally intelligent responses to information seeking questions Mar 17, 2022 Issued
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17/677867
Server side crossfading for progressive download media Feb 21, 2022 Issued
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17/673174
Single Vector Digital Voice Accelerometer Feb 15, 2022 Abandoned
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17/668104
Method for obtaining digital audio tampering evidence based on phase deviation detection Feb 8, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17599022 [patent_doc_number] => 20220148596 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-05-12 [patent_title] => VOICE TO TEXT CONVERSION BASED ON THIRD-PARTY AGENT CONTENT [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/582926 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-01-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 12586 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -21 [patent_words_short_claim] => 140 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17582926 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/582926
Voice to text conversion based on third-party agent content Jan 23, 2022 Issued
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17/576780
Audio encoder, audio decoder and related methods using two-channel processing within an intelligent gap filling framework Jan 13, 2022 Issued
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17/572801
Scalable multi-service virtual assistant platform using machine learning Jan 10, 2022 Issued
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17/571970
Apparatus and method for encoding or decoding directional audio coding parameters using quantization and entropy coding Jan 9, 2022 Issued
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17/571237
Context-based entropy coding of sample values of a spectral envelope Jan 6, 2022 Issued
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