Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: CHIO, TAT CHI

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2481 2486 2621

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

Tat Chi Chio is an examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2481, with 862 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 72.9%, which is a favorable baseline for practitioners. The interview lift is 17.6%, showing that interviews are an effective way to increase the 72.9% probability of allowance. This indicates that verbal advocacy is a productive strategy for moving applications toward a grant in this examiner's queue.

The median days to allowance is 1185, representing the typical pendency for the 862 resolved cases. This 1185-day figure is a key consideration for planning in Art Unit 2481. Practitioners can use the 17.6% interview lift to improve their chances of success while navigating the nearly three-year prosecution cycle. The 72.9% allowance rate remains a solid indicator of the examiner's general approach. These metrics from Tech Center 2600 provide a clear benchmark for strategic planning.

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

Performance Statistics

72.9%
Allow Rate
+10.9% vs TC avg
901
Total Applications
+17.6%
Interview Lift
1185
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 862 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.5%
§101 Eligibility
18.9%
§102 Novelty
55.1%
§103 Obviousness
5.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19329901 IMAGE DECODING METHOD USING CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR 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.
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
19270019 Scalable Nesting SEI Message Management Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18854036 METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING MULTITRACK ENCAPSULATION OF POINT CLOUD DATA Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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
18889357 VIDEO DECODERS AND METHODS FOR LOW-LATENCY DECODING Final Rejection NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
18970424 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SURROUND-VIEW MONITORING FOR A VEHICLE Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
19321145 DECODER-SIDE INTRA MODE DERIVATION GUIDED BY BLOCK VECTOR WITH ADAPTIVE HISTOGRAM Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18858838 SHARED RADIO DYNAMIC RADIO RESOURCE HANDLING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18853206 Method and Apparatus Using Decoder-Derived Intra Prediction in Video Coding System Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18529614 Coding Vertex Information of a Point Cloud Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18818353 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19291912 METHOD FOR PICTURE PREDICTION, ENCODER, AND DECODER Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18837577 FEATURE EXTRACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO, SLICING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Lemon Inc.
18970104 METHODS FOR SIGNALING VIRTUAL BOUNDARIES AND WRAP-AROUND MOTION COMPENSATION Final Rejection HFI INNOVATION INC.
18978652 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETECTING OBJECTS IN VEHICLE INTERIOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection THINKWARE CORPORATION
18918279 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING PARKING SPACE, AND DEVICE EMPLOYING METHOD Non-Final OA HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
18940792 SYNTHETIC LICENSE PLATE DATA GENERATION Non-Final OA Metropolis IP Holdings, LLC

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