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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Tat Chi Chio, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as CHIO, TAT CHI

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2481 2486 2621

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

CHIO, TAT CHI works in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2481. The profile records 866 resolved cases, a 73.0% allowance rate, and a median of 1184 days to allowance. The interview lift is 17.5%, indicating a positive relationship between interviews and allowance outcomes.

LG Electronics Inc., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and Sharp Corporation are the listed leading companies. WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P., Astute IP Law Group, and AUSTIN RAPP are the listed leading firms. Interview preparation may therefore be a useful element of response planning, alongside attention to prosecution duration.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

73.0%
Allow Rate
+11.0% vs TC avg
913
Total Applications
+17.5%
Interview Lift
1184
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 866 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.6%
§101 Eligibility
18.8%
§102 Novelty
55.3%
§103 Obviousness
5.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18858838 SHARED RADIO DYNAMIC RADIO RESOURCE HANDLING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19329901 IMAGE DECODING METHOD USING CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19320863 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING POINT CLOUD DATA Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18846072 POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, POINT CLOUD DATA RECEIVING DEVICE, AND POINT CLOUD DATA RECEIVING METHOD Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18578095 POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION DEVICE, AND POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION METHOD Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18398895 POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION DEVICE, AND POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION METHOD Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18026926 POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION METHOD, AND POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION DEVICE Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
19026157 METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE SIGNAL, AND DEVICE FOR SAME Final Rejection Apple Inc.
19270019 Scalable Nesting SEI Message Management Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
19226725 OLS For Spatial And SNR Scalability Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18921455 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation Of America
18970424 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SURROUND-VIEW MONITORING FOR A VEHICLE Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18913739 AMBIENT INTERNET OF THINGS CONTENTION BASED RANDOM ACCESS WITH NEW AND DUPLICATE PAGING DETECTION IN A 2-STEP RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE Non-Final OA Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18817822 3D DATA DECODING APPARATUS AND 3D DATA ENCODING APPARATUS Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19321145 DECODER-SIDE INTRA MODE DERIVATION GUIDED BY BLOCK VECTOR WITH ADAPTIVE HISTOGRAM Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18818353 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18647469 3D SWIN TRANSFORMER WITH SORTED GROUPING FOR POINT CLOUD COMPRESSION Non-Final OA InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
19220676 PICTURE ENCODING METHOD, PICTURE DECODING METHOD, ENCODER, DECODER AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18682311 A METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND VIDEO DECODING Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18853206 Method and Apparatus Using Decoder-Derived Intra Prediction in Video Coding System Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Tat Chi Chio's allowance rate?

73.0% of resolved applications examined by Tat Chi Chio were allowed (866 resolved cases), compared with 66.0% across Art Unit 2481 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Tat Chi Chio?

This examiner's interview lift is +17.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Tat Chi Chio take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Tat Chi Chio took 1,184 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Tat Chi Chio work in?

Tat Chi Chio examines applications in Art Unit 2481 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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