Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

B1 Institute of Image Technology, Inc.

20 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 79 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
4
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (4)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

0
Hard (0%)
12
Medium (60%)
4
Easy (20%)
4
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (60%)
§112 only4 (20%)
No statute on record4 (20%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
18
Information Tech
90% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 11 83.5% +9.2%
RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J 2 79.3% +10.2%
HABIB, IRFAN 2 88.2% +8.0%
WERNER, DAVID N 1 67.7% +16.5%
CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J 1 75.5% +13.1%
XU, XIAOLAN 1 73.8% +13.7%
YU, LIHONG 1 81.7% +19.0%
HANCE, ROBERT J 1 66.1% +21.7%

Quick Wins (12)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19045242 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 15d overdue
18523855 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 4d overdue
18964129 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 8d
19280516 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS YU, LIHONG 16d
19266175 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 19d
18971573 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 22d
19255830 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 49d
19302723 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 53d

Interview Candidates (7)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19239504 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS HANCE, ROBERT J 22d overdue
19280516 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS YU, LIHONG 16d
18809833 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J 21d
19285604 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING 360-DEGREE IMAGE ACCORDING TO PROJECTION FORMAT XU, XIAOLAN 28d
18949072 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J 40d
19317151 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J 75d
19321331 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WERNER, DAVID N 79d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2488 12
2487 3
2485 2
2425 1
2631 1
3992 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19321332 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Sep 08, 2025
19321331 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WERNER, DAVID N 2487 §103 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Sep 08, 2025
19317151 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J 2425 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Sep 03, 2025
19302723 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Aug 18, 2025
19285604 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING 360-DEGREE IMAGE ACCORDING TO PROJECTION FORMAT XU, XIAOLAN 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 30, 2025
19280516 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS YU, LIHONG 2631 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jul 25, 2025
19266175 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jul 11, 2025
19255830 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending Jun 30, 2025
19239504 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS HANCE, ROBERT J 3992 Other Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2025
19045242 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Feb 04, 2025
18971573 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 06, 2024
18964113 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 29, 2024
18964129 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Nov 29, 2024
18964122 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Nov 29, 2024
18964117 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Nov 29, 2024
18949072 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J 2487 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18923661 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGES HABIB, IRFAN 2485 Other Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2024
18923654 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGES HABIB, IRFAN 2485 Other Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2024
18809833 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J 2487 Other Final Rejection 21d Pending Aug 20, 2024
18523855 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023

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