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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Joseph W Becker, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as BECKER, JOSEPH W

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2424 2482 2483 2486

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

Joseph W Becker works in tech center 2400 and art unit 2424. His record includes 405 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 73.1% and a median of 1027 days to allowance. The interview lift is 24.4%, indicating a meaningful association between interviews and improved allowance outcomes.

The leading companies are LG Electronics Inc., Bytedance Inc., and Panasonic Holdings Corporation. The leading firms are Astute IP Law Group, Gallium Law, and KLARQUIST SPARKMAN LLP. Practitioners may incorporate examiner interviews into response planning while maintaining strong written claim analysis. The allowance rate supports continued pursuit of commercially relevant claim scope, and the median timing calls for realistic expectations about the duration of prosecution.

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

Performance Statistics

73.1%
Allow Rate
+15.1% vs TC avg
428
Total Applications
+24.4%
Interview Lift
1027
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 405 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.3%
§101 Eligibility
17.1%
§102 Novelty
60.9%
§103 Obviousness
7.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18880439 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREON Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18871775 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18838088 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH BIT-STREAM IS STORED Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
17470354 Sub-Picture Based Slice Addresses In Video Coding Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18411604 IMAGING APPARATUS Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
19313552 ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18408180 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-FILTER VIDEO DECODING WITH PARTIAL-BLOCK FILTERING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
19242855 PROCESSING OF VIDEO OPERATIONS AS SUBTASKS FOR VIDEO FRAGMENTS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19310821 SKIP MODE SIGNALING FOR VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18513096 SIGNALING OF PICTURE HEADER PARAMETERS Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
19260188 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19260146 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19260113 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19307229 VIDEO ENCODING AND DISTRIBUTION METHODS Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
19022947 CODING UNIT QUANTIZATION PARAMETERS IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18933923 METHODS TO DESCRIBE THE HIGH-LEVEL SYNTAX DESIGN OF A BITSTREAM CARRYING DATA CODED USING LEARNING-BASED CODEC FOR POINT CLOUD CONTENT Final Rejection InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
19257223 ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER-BASED VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Joseph W Becker's allowance rate?

73.1% of resolved applications examined by Joseph W Becker were allowed (405 resolved cases), compared with 68.6% across Art Unit 2424 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Joseph W Becker?

This examiner's interview lift is +24.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Joseph W Becker take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Joseph W Becker took 1,027 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Joseph W Becker work in?

Joseph W Becker examines applications in Art Unit 2424 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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