Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BECKER, JOSEPH W

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2483 2486

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.0%
Allow Rate
+14.0% vs TC avg
408
Total Applications
+25.6%
Interview Lift
1018
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 386 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.1%
§101 Eligibility
17.9%
§102 Novelty
56.9%
§103 Obviousness
8.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18754233 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
19307229 VIDEO ENCODING AND DISTRIBUTION METHODS Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18809934 CAMERA MODULE FOR VEHICLE Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18396235 ENCODING METHOD, BITSTREAM PROCESSING METHOD, ENCODER, AND BITSTREAM PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18403639 POST-FILTERING FOR WEIGHTED ANGULAR PREDICTION Non-Final OA ARRIS Enterprises LLC
18787879 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18513096 SIGNALING OF PICTURE HEADER PARAMETERS Final Rejection TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18760591 VIDEO DATA STREAM, VIDEO ENCODER, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR A HYPOTHETICAL REFERENCE DECODER AND FOR OUTPUT LAYER SETS Non-Final OA FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
18223961 VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Final Rejection HANBAT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18435206 DOORBELL COMMUNITIES Non-Final OA SkyBell Technologies IP, LLC

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