Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: 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
434
Total Applications
+20.5%
Interview Lift
1029
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 409 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.8%
§101 Eligibility
16.7%
§102 Novelty
45.2%
§103 Obviousness
7.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18731809 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING VOICE RECOGNITION BY USING RECOMMENDED COMMAND Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18749517 System and method to generate information requests based on audio data Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18749510 System and method to evaluate audio data Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18395775 COMMUNICATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18261449 REDUCED-LATENCY SPEECH PROCESSING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17197966 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED SPEECH AND COMMAND DETECTION Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18790039 PLUG-AND-PLAY ARCHITECTURE FOR DATA RESOURCE EXTENSIONS IN A NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18433978 TOUCHLESS OPERATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES VIA LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18652614 ROUTING NATURAL LANGUAGE COMMANDS TO THE APPROPRIATE APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18708633 Method and System for Generating an Explainable Prediction of an Emotion Associated With a Vocal Sample Non-Final OA National University of Singapore
18776400 TEMPLATE ENGINE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING APPLICATIONS ON AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18843818 GENERATION APPARATUS, GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18589109 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, TRAINING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, TRAINING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.
18793589 AUTOMATED GENERATION OF TRANSCRIPTS THROUGH INDEPENDENT TRANSCRIPTION Non-Final OA Descript, Inc.
18648138 WEARABLE SILENT SPEECH DEVICE, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA Wispr Al, Inc.
18487627 WEARABLE SILENT SPEECH DEVICE, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROL Non-Final OA Wispr AI, Inc.
18338827 WEARABLE SILENT SPEECH DEVICE, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Final Rejection Wispr AI, Inc.

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