Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Philip Dang, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as DANG, PHILIP

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2424 2482 2488

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Analysis

DANG, PHILIP is a Tech Center 2400 examiner in Art Unit 2424 with 501 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 77.6%, and the median time to allowance is 965 days. The case volume provides a useful basis for practitioners assessing claim presentation and prosecution timing.

The interview lift is 29.4%, indicating a positive association with interviews. An interview may help applicants identify the most productive claim distinctions before preparing a substantive response.

The listed companies are Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University, Canon Inc., and Qualcomm Incorporated. BROADVIEW IP LAW, PC, Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P., and Arch & Lake LLP are the listed firms.

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

Performance Statistics

77.6%
Allow Rate
+19.6% vs TC avg
553
Total Applications
+29.4%
Interview Lift
965
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 501 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.2%
§101 Eligibility
12.7%
§102 Novelty
53.3%
§103 Obviousness
25.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18571028 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING FEATURE INFORMATION ON BASIS OF GENERAL-PURPOSE TRANSFORMATION MATRIX, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19195469 HIGH LEVEL SYNTAX FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODING Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18930848 METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND DECODING A TRANSFORMED BLOCK OF VIDEO SAMPLES Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18912076 GLOBAL VIRTUAL PLANES Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18035563 STEERABLE CAMERA ARRAY FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICES Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18699293 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTOURING A MEDICAL IMAGE AND REVIEWING EXISTING CONTOURS Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18923375 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING OF MAPPING FUNCTION OF CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18841980 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE INFORMATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18662598 RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18878972 CCLM PREDICTION UNIT, VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS, AND VIDEO CODING APPARATUS Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18487743 METHOD FOR CREATING SPARSE ISOBMFF HAPTICS TRACKS Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
19272894 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
19263997 INTRA SUB PARTITIONS FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING COMBINED WITH MULTIPLE TRANSFORM SELECTION, MATRIX WEIGHTED INTRA PREDICTION OR MULTI-REFERENCE-LINE INTRA PREDICTION Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18816085 APPARATUSES, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
19073908 TRANSFORM METHOD AND DECODER Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18857157 REFERENCE PICTURE RESAMPLING FOR VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18959524 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE SIGNAL Non-Final OA INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
18959508 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE SIGNAL Non-Final OA INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
18959528 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE SIGNAL Non-Final OA INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
18959519 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE SIGNAL Non-Final OA INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
18898552 Spatial Nonuniformity and Shading Effects Mitigation Using Machine-Learning Models Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18894443 VIDEO GENERATION USING FRAME-WISE TOKEN EMBEDDINGS Non-Final OA ADOBE INC.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Philip Dang's allowance rate?

77.6% of resolved applications examined by Philip Dang were allowed (501 resolved cases), compared with 68.6% across Art Unit 2424 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Philip Dang?

This examiner's interview lift is +29.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Philip Dang take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Philip Dang took 965 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Philip Dang work in?

Philip Dang examines applications in Art Unit 2424 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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