Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ABOUZAHRA, HESHAM K

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2486

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.9%
Allow Rate
+22.9% vs TC avg
445
Total Applications
+2.5%
Interview Lift
878
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 408 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
9.1%
§102 Novelty
82.6%
§103 Obviousness
0.7%
§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.
19025792 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
18545040 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18893095 ADAPTIVE TRANSFORMS FOR COMPOUND INTER-INTRA PREDICTION MODES Final Rejection TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18622842 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DECODER-SIDE MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENT Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18720890 MULTI-MODEL CROSS-COMPONENT LINEAR MODEL PREDICTION Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18892053 ESTIMATING WEIGHTED-PREDICTION PARAMETERS Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18569476 VIDEO SIGNAL ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON INTRA-PREDICTION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA KT CORPORATION
18876914 Method for segmenting a plurality of data, and corresponding coding method, decoding method, devices, systems and computer program Non-Final OA ORANGE
18409711 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREON Final Rejection INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
18774578 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Compology LLC

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