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Vernon P. Webb

Examiner (ID: 4253)

Most Active Art Unit
2811
Art Unit(s)
2811, OPAP
Total Applications
440
Issued Applications
300
Pending Applications
1
Abandoned Applications
139

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
Array ( [id] => 19873490 [patent_doc_number] => 12266358 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-04-01 [patent_title] => Dynamically determining whether to perform candidate automated assistant action determined from spoken utterance [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/901513 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-09-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 14785 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 274 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17901513 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/901513
Dynamically determining whether to perform candidate automated assistant action determined from spoken utterance Aug 31, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19687635 [patent_doc_number] => 20250006180 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-01-02 [patent_title] => VOICE DIALOG PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON MULTI-MODAL FEATURE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/708772 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-08-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 6356 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -12 [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] => 18708772 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/708772
VOICE DIALOG PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON MULTI-MODAL FEATURE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Aug 18, 2022 Pending
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17/891844
Native automatic field extraction at a user device Aug 18, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18974903 [patent_doc_number] => 20240054995 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-02-15 [patent_title] => INPUT-AWARE AND INPUT-UNAWARE ITERATIVE SPEECH RECOGNITION [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/886859 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-08-12 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 8169 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 74 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17886859 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/886859
Input-aware and input-unaware iterative speech recognition Aug 11, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18039667 [patent_doc_number] => 20220383884 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-12-01 [patent_title] => SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/878205 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-08-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 4563 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -18 [patent_words_short_claim] => 60 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17878205 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/878205
System and method for identifying and processing audio signals Jul 31, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20111227 [patent_doc_number] => 12361962 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-07-15 [patent_title] => Display apparatus, voice acquiring apparatus and voice recognition method thereof [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/871576 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-07-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 4313 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 191 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17871576 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/871576
Display apparatus, voice acquiring apparatus and voice recognition method thereof Jul 21, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19972199 [patent_doc_number] => 12340817 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-06-24 [patent_title] => Audio signal processing method, training method, apparatus and storage medium [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/812784 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-07-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 7243 [patent_no_of_claims] => 16 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 361 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17812784 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/812784
Audio signal processing method, training method, apparatus and storage medium Jul 14, 2022 Issued
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17/812320
Multi-modal input on an electronic device Jul 12, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18905041 [patent_doc_number] => 20240020526 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-01-18 [patent_title] => SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FALSE POSITIVE MITIGATION IN IMPULSIVE SOUND DETECTORS [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/863599 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-07-13 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 12108 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 184 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17863599 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/863599
Systems and methods for false positive mitigation in impulsive sound detectors Jul 12, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19123329 [patent_doc_number] => 11967323 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-04-23 [patent_title] => Hotword suppression [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/849253 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-06-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 11228 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 76 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17849253 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/849253
Hotword suppression Jun 23, 2022 Issued
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17/827316
Apparatus and method for synthesizing an audio signal, decoder, encoder, system and computer program May 26, 2022 Issued
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18/575319
Wake-up Method and Apparatus for Smart Device, Storage Medium, and Electronic Device May 26, 2022 Pending
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17/746986
Smart interpreter engine and electronic system May 17, 2022 Issued
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17/662021
Training keyword spotters May 3, 2022 Issued
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17/662058
System and method for robust wakeword detection in presence of noise in new unseen environments without additional data May 3, 2022 Issued
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17/735663
Keyword-based dialogue summarizer May 2, 2022 Issued
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17/733828
Electronic devices with voice command and contextual data processing capabilities Apr 28, 2022 Issued
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17/728198
Method and apparatus for detecting valid voice signal and non-transitory computer readable storage medium Apr 24, 2022 Issued
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17/726339
WEB CONFERENCE AUDIO QUALITY VERIFICATION Apr 20, 2022 Pending
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17/725020
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC PROGRAM CONFIGURATION Apr 19, 2022 Abandoned
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