Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Stuart D Bennett, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as BENNETT, STUART D

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2481 3795

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.9%
Allow Rate
-1.1% vs TC avg
423
Total Applications
-14.2%
Interview Lift
1032
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 380 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.8%
§101 Eligibility
11.0%
§102 Novelty
50.2%
§103 Obviousness
23.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19562388 ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA PREDICTING A CODING UNIT PARTITION Non-Final OA B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
19435741 ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA PREDICTING A CODING UNIT PARTITION Non-Final OA B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
19425314 IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, METHOD OF TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19120956 VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON NON-SEPARABLE FIRST-ORDER TRANSFORMATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
19120186 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING IMAGE SEGMENTATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18957977 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19224174 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18353381 MEDICAL DEVICE ASSEMBLIES AND COMPONENTS Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
19486644 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM MEMBER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM MEMBER Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
19324134 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERPOLATION FILTERING FOR INTRA- AND INTER-PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18972057 Encoder, a Decoder and Corresponding Methods Restricting Size of Sub-Partitions from Intra Sub-Partition Coding Mode Tool Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18364089 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN CONTROL PROGRAM, CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
17745323 Parameter Update of Neural Network-Based Filtering Final Rejection Lemon Inc.
19392753 AERIAL VIDEO BASED POINT, DISTANCE, AND VELOCITY REAL-TIME MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
19372078 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WARP MODE SIGNALING Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19365037 LOW COMPLEXITY SECONDARY TRANSFORM FOR TRANSFORM BLOCKS USING 1D PRIMARY TRANSFORMS Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19369973 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO CONTENT WITH ALF and CCALF Non-Final OA HFI INNOVATION INC.
19258669 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19364225 ENCODER FOR ENCODING INFORMATION OF SUB-BITSTREAMS HAVING MUTUALLY DIFFERENT FRAME RATES Non-Final OA Panasonic Interllectual Property Corporation of America
19475367 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION KOREA AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY
19471445 IN-LOOP FILTERS AT VIRTUAL BOUNDARIES FOR FLEXIBLE GDR Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
19472696 METHODS AND APPARATUS OF SIGNALLING FOR LOCAL ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18938553 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST-ACKNOWLEDGMENT HARQ-ACK CODEBOOK, AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Stuart D Bennett's allowance rate?

68.9% of resolved applications examined by Stuart D Bennett were allowed (380 resolved cases), compared with 66.0% across Art Unit 2481 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Stuart D Bennett?

This examiner's interview lift is -14.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Stuart D Bennett take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Stuart D Bennett took 1,032 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Stuart D Bennett work in?

Stuart D Bennett examines applications in Art Unit 2481 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).

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