Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ABOUZAHRA, HESHAM K

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2486

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.6%
Allow Rate
+22.6% vs TC avg
441
Total Applications
+2.3%
Interview Lift
908
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 402 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
22.4%
§102 Novelty
58.0%
§103 Obviousness
5.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18877273 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
19025809 CHROMA BLOCK PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18906091 Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Switching Between Camera Interfaces Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18680485 MACHINE LEARNING NETWORKS FOR HYBRID VIDEO COMPRESSION AND CORRESPONDING DECOMPRESSION Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19025792 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
19025255 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
18876914 Method for segmenting a plurality of data, and corresponding coding method, decoding method, devices, systems and computer program Non-Final OA ORANGE
18545040 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18778798 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18893095 ADAPTIVE TRANSFORMS FOR COMPOUND INTER-INTRA PREDICTION MODES Final Rejection TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18643957 BI-PREDICTIVE BLOCK VECTOR WITH CU-LEVEL WEIGHT IN IBC Final Rejection Tencent America LLC
18720890 MULTI-MODEL CROSS-COMPONENT LINEAR MODEL PREDICTION Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18569476 VIDEO SIGNAL ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON INTRA-PREDICTION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA KT CORPORATION
18668051 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
18409711 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREON Final Rejection INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
18877051 ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO PICTURE DATA Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
19008027 BIDIRECTIONAL INTRA PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HANBAT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18618551 METHODS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SPATIAL RESAMPLING TOWARDS MACHINE VISION Final Rejection Alibaba Innovation Private Limited
18774578 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Compology LLC
18467564 SYSTEM AND METHODS OF CONCURRENT WHITE LIGHT AND VISIBLE FLUORESCENCE VISUALIZATION Non-Final OA SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.

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