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Stephen K Cronin

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 16768, Phone: (571)272-4536 , Office: P/3747 )

Most Active Art Unit
3727
Art Unit(s)
2899, 3727, 3207, 3747, 2401
Total Applications
1665
Issued Applications
1267
Pending Applications
108
Abandoned Applications
289

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/946840
Method and apparatus for speech recognition Apr 5, 2018 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16746174 [patent_doc_number] => 10971173 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-04-06 [patent_title] => Signal processing coordination among digital voice assistant computing devices [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/943506 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2018-04-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 20692 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 425 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15943506 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/943506
Signal processing coordination among digital voice assistant computing devices Apr 1, 2018 Issued
Array ( [id] => 13469709 [patent_doc_number] => 20180286397 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2018-10-04 [patent_title] => OBJECT AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND OBJECT AUTHENTICATION METHOD [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/934306 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2018-03-23 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 6241 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 113 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15934306 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/934306
Object authentication device and object authentication method Mar 22, 2018 Issued
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15/934317
MODIFYING SPOKEN COMMANDS Mar 22, 2018 Abandoned
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16/763478
USE MODE-BASED MICROPHONE PROCESSING APPLICATION MODIFICATIONS Mar 4, 2018 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 17164773 [patent_doc_number] => 11150869 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-10-19 [patent_title] => Voice command filtering [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/896323 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2018-02-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 8737 [patent_no_of_claims] => 15 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 231 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15896323 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/896323
Voice command filtering Feb 13, 2018 Issued
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15/896677
Voice recognition device, voice recognition method, and computer program product Feb 13, 2018 Issued
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15/886817
User feedback for low-confidence translations Jan 31, 2018 Issued
Array ( [id] => 12691174 [patent_doc_number] => 20180122224 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2018-05-03 [patent_title] => VOICE ENABLED REMOTE CONTROL FOR A SET-TOP BOX [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/851950 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2017-12-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 6260 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 71 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15851950 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/851950
Voice enabled remote control for a set-top box Dec 21, 2017 Issued
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15/842107
METHOD FOR STREAMING THROUGH A DATA SERVICE OVER A RADIO LINK SUBSYSTEM Dec 13, 2017 Abandoned
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15/808022
Vehicle voice user interface Nov 8, 2017 Issued
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15/808191
Vehicle voice user interface Nov 8, 2017 Issued
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15/806438
Sensor fusion model to enhance machine conversational awareness Nov 7, 2017 Issued
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15/806064
ENABLING EVENT-DRIVEN VOICE TRIGGER PHRASE ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Nov 6, 2017 Abandoned
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15/803024
Method and system for user authentication by voice biometrics Nov 2, 2017 Issued
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15/802976
Intelligent integration of graphical elements into context for screen reader applications Nov 2, 2017 Issued
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15/802415
VOICE FILTERING SYSTEM AND METHOD Nov 1, 2017 Abandoned
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15/688971
Bandwidth extension method, bandwidth extension apparatus, program, integrated circuit, and audio decoding apparatus Aug 28, 2017 Issued
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15/670246
System and method for building diverse language models Aug 6, 2017 Issued
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15/661991
Natural machine conversing method and apparatus Jul 26, 2017 Issued
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