Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2400 2482 2484

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.6%
Allow Rate
+27.6% vs TC avg
683
Total Applications
+10.2%
Interview Lift
767
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 658 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.7%
§101 Eligibility
13.5%
§102 Novelty
58.6%
§103 Obviousness
9.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19448885 IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, METHOD OF TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
19291890 ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
19228157 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18761813 IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
19179249 DATA DEPENDENCY IN ENCODING/DECODING Non-Final OA InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
19213882 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BIT-WIDTH CONTROL FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL OPTICAL FLOW Non-Final OA BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18818609 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA Realtek Semiconductor Corporation
18895011 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DERIVING INTRA MULTIPLE REFERENCE LINE (MRL) PREDICTION SYNTAX BY DERIVING BOUNDARY AREA OF ATLAS IMAGE Non-Final OA Dong-A University Research Foundation For Industry-Academy Cooperation

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