Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: CARTER, RICHARD BRUCE

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2485

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.5%
Allow Rate
+6.5% vs TC avg
472
Total Applications
+20.0%
Interview Lift
1236
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 462 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.3%
§101 Eligibility
9.0%
§102 Novelty
65.9%
§103 Obviousness
9.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19075108 IMAGE CODING METHOD BASED ON TRANSFORM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19015534 IMAGE CODING METHOD BASED ON TRANSFORM, AND DEVICE FOR SAME Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
19030582 Method and System for Providing At Least One Image Captured By a Scene Camera of a Vehicle Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18876847 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING NEURAL NETWORK POST-FILTER PARAMETER INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18721803 MMVD (MERGED MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCE) USING DEPTH MAP AND/OR MOTION MAP Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19068977 LOOP FILTERING IMPLEMENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19068997 LOOP FILTERING IMPLEMENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19041471 LOOP FILTERING IMPLEMENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19024792 METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE SIGNAL AND DEVICE FOR SAME Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19003617 POINT CLOUD CODING METHOD, POINT CLOUD DECODING METHOD, AND RELEVANT APPARATUSES Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.

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