CONVERSATIONAL AI THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF

What this means for you

Approved and waiting on proof of use. It will register unless the applicant drops it, and its 17 Nov 2025 filing date already counts against anyone who files later.

Record

Serial number

99501066

Mark type

Slogan / phrase

Filed

17 Nov 2025

Published for opposition

01 Sept 2026

Attorney of record

Nicole A. Katsin

Goods and services

• Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Recorded computer software for spotting wake words; Recorded computer software for recognizing speech, interpreting natural language, and providing virtual assistant functions; Downloadable computer software development kits (SDKs) for developing speech recognition, natural language understanding, and virtual assistant software; Recorded computer software for controlling speech recognition, natural language understanding, and virtual assistant cloud processing; Recorded computer software for performing text-to-speech voice audio synthesis; Downloadable electronic data files featuring neural network parameter sets for synthesizing text-to-speech voices; Downloadable electronic data files featuring neural network parameter sets for spotting wake words in audio; Recorded computer software for use in biometric speaker identification; Recorded computer software for operating a virtual assistant device for hotels and restaurants; Recorded computer software for providing a virtual assistant using artificial intelligence technology for hotels and restaurants to make customer bookings and reservations, and answer other customer queries; Preinstalled software for operating a virtual assistant device for hotels and restaurants sold as a component of virtual assistant devices for hotels and restaurants; Recorded computer software for use as a voice assistant in automobiles; Recorded computer software for speech recognition in automobiles; Recorded computer software for understanding speech for use with voice ordering kiosks, drive-through ordering systems, and retail ordering systems; Recorded computer software for understanding speech for use with voice reservation kiosks; Recorded computer software for understanding speech for use with smart home devices; Recorded computer software for understanding speech for use with voice enabled robots; Downloadable computer software for recognizing and identifying music and lyrics; Recorded computer software for recognizing speech from audio received through an application programming interface; Recorded computer software for interpreting natural language expressions received through an application programming interface (API); Recorded computer software that issues custom commands to virtual assistants according to interpretations of natural language; Recorded computer software that provides virtual assistant responses to natural language queries received from automobiles; Recorded computer software that transcribes speech received from internet-of-things (IoT) and mobile devices running applications; Recorded computer software that transcribes speech received from internet service providers; Recorded computer software for providing virtual assistant responses to natural language queries received from mobile devices running applications; Recorded computer software for training of custom wake word spotters for virtual assistants; Recorded computer software for synthesis of text-to-speech voice audio; Recorded computer software for analyzing biometric identification by voice audio; Recorded computer software for processing contact center voice interactions; Recorded computer software for processing and responding to voice requests for hotels, restaurants, and other retailers; Recorded computer software for determining restaurant orders and requests through automatic speech recognition; Recorded computer software for processing and responding to voice requests by phone and voice over IP (VoIP); Recorded computer software for processing voice requests from smart home devices; Recorded computer software for recognizing and identifying music and lyrics​​​​​​​Recorded computer software for spotting wake words; Recorded computer software for recognizing speech, interpreting natural language, and providing virtual assistant functions; Downloadable computer software development kits (SDKs) for developing speech recognition, natural language understanding, and virtual assistant software; Recorded computer software for controlling speech recognition, natural language understanding, and virtual assistant cloud processing; Recorded computer software for performing text-to-speech voice audio synthesis; Downloadable electronic data files featuring neural network parameter sets for synthesizing text-to-speech voices; Downloadable electronic data files featuring neural network parameter sets for spotting wake words in audio; Recorded computer software for use in biometric speaker identification; Recorded computer software for operating a virtual assistant device for hotels and restaurants; Recorded computer software for providing a virtual assistant using artificial intelligence technology for hotels and restaurants to make customer bookings and reservations, and answer other customer queries; Preinstalled software for operating a virtual assistant device for hotels and restaurants sold as a component of virtual assistant devices for hotels and restaurants; Recorded computer software for use as a voice assistant in automobiles; Recorded computer software for speech recognition in automobiles; Recorded computer software for understanding speech for use with voice ordering kiosks, drive-through ordering systems, and retail ordering systems; Recorded computer software for understanding speech for use with voice reservation kiosks; Recorded computer software for understanding speech for use with smart home devices; Recorded computer software for understanding speech for use with voice enabled robots; Downloadable computer software for recognizing and identifying music and lyrics; Recorded computer software for recognizing speech from audio received through an application programming interface; Recorded computer software for interpreting natural language expressions received through an application programming interface (API); Recorded computer software that issues custom commands to virtual assistants according to interpretations of natural language; Recorded computer software that provides virtual assistant responses to natural language queries received from automobiles; Recorded computer software that transcribes speech received from internet-of-things (IoT) and mobile devices running applications; Recorded computer software that transcribes speech received from internet service providers; Recorded computer software for providing virtual assistant responses to natural language queries received from mobile devices running applications; Recorded computer software for training of custom wake word spotters for virtual assistants; Recorded computer software for synthesis of text-to-speech voice audio; Recorded computer software for analyzing biometric identification by voice audio; Recorded computer software for processing contact center voice interactions; Recorded computer software for processing and responding to voice requests for hotels, restaurants, and other retailers; Recorded computer software for determining restaurant orders and requests through automatic speech recognition; Recorded computer software for processing and responding to voice requests by phone and voice over IP (VoIP); Recorded computer software for processing voice requests from smart home devices; Recorded computer software for recognizing and identifying music and lyrics
• Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Advertising services provided by means of automatically generated spoken advertising; Advertising services provided by means of customized advertisements using natural language processing technology; Advertising services provided by means of promoting the goods and services of others by providing upselling suggestions in response to voice orders for goods and services; Advertising services provided by means of voice audio advertisements; Advertising services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others through monetizing opportunities via voice- activated virtual assistants; Analysis of market research data for others by means of analyzing virtual assistant usage data and voice software usage data​​​​​​​Advertising services provided by means of automatically generated spoken advertising; Advertising services provided by means of customized advertisements using natural language processing technology; Advertising services provided by means of promoting the goods and services of others by providing upselling suggestions in response to voice orders for goods and services; Advertising services provided by means of voice audio advertisements; Advertising services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others through monetizing opportunities via voice- activated virtual assistants; Analysis of market research data for others by means of analyzing virtual assistant usage data and voice software usage data
• Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Providing online non-downloadable computer software for recognizing speech from audio received through an application programming interface; Providing online non-downloadable computer software for interpreting natural language expressions received through an application programming interface (API); Providing online non-downloadable computer software that issues custom commands to virtual assistants according to interpretations of natural language; Providing online non-downloadable computer software that provides virtual assistant responses to natural language queries received from automobiles; Providing online non-downloadable computer software that transcribes speech received from internet-of-things (IoT) and mobile devices running applications; Providing online non-downloadable computer software that transcribes speech received from internet service providers; Providing online non-downloadable computer software for providing virtual assistant responses to natural language queries received from mobile devices running applications; Platform as a service (PaaS) featuring computer software platforms for configuring virtual assistants through a web interface; Platform as a service (PaaS) featuring computer software platforms for configuring domain-specific content for virtual assistants; Providing online non-downloadable computer software for training of custom wake word spotters for virtual assistants; Providing online non-downloadable computer software for synthesis of text-to-speech voice audio; Platform as a service (PaaS) featuring computer software platforms for configuring custom text-to-speech voices; Computer security threat analysis for protecting data by means of analysis of virtual assistant usage data; Computer security threat analysis for protecting data by means of analysis of voice software service usage; Providing online non-downloadable computer software for analyzing biometric identification by voice audio; Providing online non-downloadable computer software for processing contact center voice interactions; Providing online non downloadable computer software for processing and responding to voice requests for hotels, restaurants, and other retailers; Providing online non-downloadable computer software for determining restaurant orders and requests through automatic speech recognition; Providing online non downloadable computer software for processing and responding to voice requests by phone and voice over IP (VoIP); Providing online non-downloadable computer software for processing voice requests from smart home devices; Providing online non-downloadable computer software for recognizing and identifying music and lyrics; Providing temporary use of on-line, non-downloadable software and web applications for assisting users in obtaining information and navigating through support services and help desk services, all in the field of cognitive intelligence and artificial intelligence; Computer services, namely, technology support services, namely, troubleshooting in the nature of diagnosing of computer hardware and computer software problems for a computer that integrates natural language processing (NLP), computational linguistics (CL), information retrieval (IR) and machine learning (ML) which is capable of understanding general human queries and formulating responses; Computer systems analysis, integration of computer systems and networks, computer programming for others all for use in commercial interactions over global computer networks; Computer systems analysis; Computer systems integration services; Computer consultation services; Consulting services in the field of design, selection, implementation and use of computer hardware and software systems for others; Installation, updating and maintenance of computer software; Computer programming for others; all of the above relating specifically to cognitive computing technologies that provide multi-modal natural language processing, generation, reasoning and machine learning for contextual analysis and natural interaction

Owner

• SOUNDHOUND AI IP, LLC, Santa Clara, CA, US
• SOUNDHOUND AI IP, LLC, Santa Clara, CA, US

Prosecution history

• 01 Sept 2026 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
• 01 Sept 2026 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
• 26 Aug 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
• 07 Aug 2026 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
• 07 Aug 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
• 07 Aug 2026 — EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
• 07 Aug 2026 — EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
• 07 Aug 2026 — EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN
• 24 Mar 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
• 24 Mar 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
• 24 Mar 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
• 24 Mar 2026 — ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
• 19 Mar 2026 — NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED
• 17 Nov 2025 — APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED
• 17 Nov 2025 — NEW APPLICATION ENTERED