Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Examiner: AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2482 2485 2488 3661 4100

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.1%
Allow Rate
+16.1% vs TC avg
711
Total Applications
+13.0%
Interview Lift
936
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 679 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.9%
§101 Eligibility
20.0%
§102 Novelty
43.5%
§103 Obviousness
21.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18726397 DIMD MODE-BASED INTRA PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
19237966 VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING INTER PREDICTION ACCORDING TO AFFINE MODEL Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19076402 ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
19231058 MEASURING CROSSTALK FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18766084 IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, ITS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19212522 TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSFORM KERNEL SET SELECTION/DERIVATION Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18307865 IDENTIFYING TILE FROM NETWORK ABSTRACTION UNIT HEADER Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
19228298 VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18853400 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
19229490 ADAPTING THE TRANSFORM PROCESS TO NEURAL NETWORK-BASED INTRA PREDICTION MODE Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19203334 USING SIDE INFORMATION FOR ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19229399 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENTROPY-ENCODING AND ENTROPY-DECODING VIDEO SIGNAL Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18161722 METHOD FOR CODING AND AN APPARATUS Final Rejection NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18923797 Providing a Surroundings Display on Board a Motor Vehicle Final Rejection Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
19250853 VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
19031597 Temporal Motion Data Candidate Derivation in Video Coding Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18794372 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT DETECTION Non-Final OA Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
19059867 Close-in Sensing Camera System Final Rejection WAYMO LLC
18513590 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOVEATING VIDEO STREAM Final Rejection Varjo Technologies Oy

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