Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Seong-Ah A Shin, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SHIN, SEONG-AH A

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2658 2659

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.5%
Allow Rate
+16.5% vs TC avg
456
Total Applications
+21.6%
Interview Lift
962
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 427 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.3%
§101 Eligibility
14.4%
§102 Novelty
46.1%
§103 Obviousness
6.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19075271 METHOD OF SEPARATING SOUND SOURCE FROM AUDIO SIGNAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18799411 COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A TEXT-TO-SQL GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHAT WITH PERSONALIZED RESPONSES Final Rejection The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18749510 System and method to evaluate audio data Final Rejection Bank of America Corporation
18652614 ROUTING NATURAL LANGUAGE COMMANDS TO THE APPROPRIATE APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18261449 REDUCED-LATENCY SPEECH PROCESSING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18589109 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, TRAINING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, TRAINING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.
18978479 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR SPEECH INTERACTION Non-Final OA Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18999337 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CORRECTING, BASED ON SPEECH, INPUT GENERATED USING AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
19085324 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EVALUATOR OF GENERATIVE MODELS Non-Final OA Salesforce, Inc.
18969213 SEMANTIC CACHING FOR DOMAIN-SPECIFIC FEW-SHOT PROMPTING Non-Final OA Salesforce, Inc.
18830154 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
19062569 DETECTING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING (NLP) DRIFT USING FOCUSED-LANGUAGE EXPANSION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17197966 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED SPEECH AND COMMAND DETECTION Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18790039 PLUG-AND-PLAY ARCHITECTURE FOR DATA RESOURCE EXTENSIONS IN A NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE SYSTEM Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18889817 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIALOGUE Final Rejection Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.
18889928 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL, AND MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.
18776400 TEMPLATE ENGINE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING APPLICATIONS ON AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Seong-Ah A Shin's allowance rate?

78.5% of resolved applications examined by Seong-Ah A Shin were allowed (427 resolved cases), compared with 65.3% across Art Unit 2658 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Seong-Ah A Shin?

This examiner's interview lift is +21.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Seong-Ah A Shin take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Seong-Ah A Shin took 962 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Seong-Ah A Shin work in?

Seong-Ah A Shin examines applications in Art Unit 2658 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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