Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ABDOU TCHOUSSOU, BOUBACAR

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2482 2489 2666

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Analysis

Boubacar Abdou Tchoussou serves in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2482. With 453 resolved cases, the examiner maintains an allowance rate of 68.7 percent. This indicates a moderately favorable environment where more than two-thirds of applications result in a grant.

The interview lift is 13.6 percent, suggesting that direct communication is a helpful tool for resolving outstanding issues. This 13.6 percent boost in allowance probability is a meaningful incentive for practitioners to engage with the examiner. The 453 resolved cases provide a solid foundation for this strategy.

The median days to allowance is 940. This timeline is consistent with the 68.7 percent allowance rate. Practitioners should use the 13.6 percent interview lift to navigate the 940-day median pendency and improve the likelihood of a successful outcome.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

68.7%
Allow Rate
+6.7% vs TC avg
481
Total Applications
+13.6%
Interview Lift
940
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 453 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.8%
§101 Eligibility
19.9%
§102 Novelty
54.2%
§103 Obviousness
17.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18877544 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD OF PROCESSING VIRTUAL BOUNDARY TO BE PICTURE BOUNDARY, METHOD OF TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18545349 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR IDENTIFYING VISUAL OBJECT CORRESPONDING TO CODE INFORMATION USING A PLURALITY OF CAMERAS Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18779680 AUTOMATED METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DETECT SEGMENT ROCK PARTICLES Non-Final OA Schlumberger Technology Corporation
18676953 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd.
19473933 VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING CURRENT BLOCK BY USING RELATIONAL EXPRESSION BETWEEN REFERENCE BLOCK AND CURRENT BLOCK Non-Final OA WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
19335938 MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION-BASED IMAGE/VIDEO CODING METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18996532 Method and Apparatus of Improving Performance of Convolutional Cross-Component Model in Video Coding System Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
19303093 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18279430 MALFUNCTION PREDICTION SYSTEM Final Rejection HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
18390009 IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND ACTIVATION METHOD Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18848036 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPRESSING FEATURE TENSOR ON BASIS OF NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
18862472 INTELLIGENT EDGE POWER MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP

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