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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of claims 1-13 in the reply filed on 05/21/2026 is acknowledged.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on August 01, 2024 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 8-9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Hennig et al. (US 2022/0328050 A1).
As to claim 8, Hennig discloses a method of detecting fraud using multi-dimensional voice analysis [§0001], comprising:
receiving, from a telecommunications system [System 100 on FIG. 1] and at a voice analysis system [Authenticator component 102 on FIG. 1], an audio stream associated with a user [“The authenticator component receives audio signals relating to a session between a domain service and an unidentified user.” §0024];
providing, by the voice analysis system, the audio stream to a machine learning model in order to receive a plurality of indicators associated with the audio stream, wherein the plurality of indicators are associated with a tone of the user [“The AI component of the authenticator provides the audio signals to the machine learning model to facilitate making various determinations and inferences relating to identify the user. The examiner chooses a tone of a user, because of the simple or.” §0028, §0061, §0069];
estimating, by the voice analysis system, whether the audio stream is associated with the fraud based on the plurality of indicators; [“The voice verification components employs a fraud detector component to authenticate the unidentified user.” §0062]; and
transmitting, from the voice analysis system and to an administrator device, an indication of whether the audio stream is associated with the fraud [“The machine learning model determines that the user voice is fraudulent voice and send it to the voice resemblance score relating to the voiceprint.” §0061 and §0063].
As to claim 9, Hennig discloses the method of claim 8, wherein the machine learning model is associated with a voice profile associated with the user [“The AI component of the authenticator provides the audio signals to the machine learning model to facilitate making various determinations and inferences relating to identify the user.” §0028, §0061, §0069].
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-7 are allowed.
Claims 10-13 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See PTO-892 form.
RAO et al. (US 2019/0037081 A1) discloses a system and method for fraud detection and management are provided.
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/GERALD GAUTHIER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2692
August 4, 2026
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