Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: BROWN JR, HOWARD D

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2422 2482 2488

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.0%
Allow Rate
+30.0% vs TC avg
679
Total Applications
+6.7%
Interview Lift
773
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 669 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.6%
§101 Eligibility
19.6%
§102 Novelty
50.4%
§103 Obviousness
6.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19079055 PICKLEBALL PADDLE DAMPENING LAYERS Non-Final OA Selkirk Sport, LLC
19030862 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL IMAGING USING A ROLLING SHUTTER IMAGER Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
19188929 DECODER AND CORRESPONDING METHODS TO SIGNAL PICTURE PARTITIONING INFORMATION FOR SLICES Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18539761 IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC LENS APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19250654 Geometric Partitioning Refinement Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
19248433 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOTION VECTOR PREDICTOR LIST IMPROVEMENTS Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18855186 TEMPLATE BASED CCLM/MMLM SLOPE ADJUSTMENT Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19268690 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VISUAL DATA PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
17949153 VIDEO FRAME BLENDING Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
19265397 VISUALIZATION SYSTEM HAVING OPTIMIZED DEFLECTION PRISM Non-Final OA Schölly Fiberoptic GmbH
19061733 CLAMSHELL PICKLEBALL PADDLE Non-Final OA Karsten Manufacturing Corporation

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