Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DANG, PHILIP

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2488

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.2%
Allow Rate
+19.2% vs TC avg
519
Total Applications
+33.2%
Interview Lift
1036
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 470 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.5%
§101 Eligibility
11.1%
§102 Novelty
48.6%
§103 Obviousness
25.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18816085 APPARATUSES, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
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.
18618416 IMAGE SYNCHRONIZATION FOR ASYNCHRONOUS SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection HITACHI, Ltd.
18930848 METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND DECODING A TRANSFORMED BLOCK OF VIDEO SAMPLES Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18491843 DATA GENERATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18923375 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING OF MAPPING FUNCTION OF CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18680438 MACHINE LEARNING REFINEMENT NETWORKS FOR VIDEO POST-PROCESSING SCENARIOS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18918603 POINT CLOUD ENCODING METHOD, POINT CLOUD DECODING METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICE Final Rejection TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18964123 IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE ENCODING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM Non-Final OA JVCKENWOOD Corporation
18481074 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ONBOARD CAMERA CALIBRATION Final Rejection The Boeing Company
18767020 IN CABIN MONITORING SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES Non-Final OA Gentex Corporation
18989658 LOW DELAY PICTURE CODING Non-Final OA Dolby Video Compression, LLC
17847673 Scalable Video Coding Using Derivation Of Subblock Subdivision For Prediction From Base Layer Final Rejection Dolby Video Compression, LLC
18432791 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18239506 Adaptive Bitrate Ladder Optimization for Live Video Streaming Final Rejection Bitmovin GmbH
18987133 WEAPON SIGHTED CAMERA SYSTEM Non-Final OA MAXVIEW HOLDINGS, LLC
18791299 LOW ENERGY PHOTON DETECTION WITH CMOS IMAGERS Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
18893097 AUTONOMOUS LASER WEED ERADICATION Final Rejection Carbon Autonomous Robotic Systems Inc.
18753984 TRAFFIC IMAGE SENSOR MOVEMENT DETECTION AND HANDLING Final Rejection GridMatrix, Inc.
18657826 MULTI-USER OCCUPANT LOCATION DETERMINATION AND GAZE TRACKING IN A VEHICLE SPACE USING OPTICAL SURFACE REFLECTIONS Non-Final OA Blink Technologies Inc.
18658623 METHOD FOR GENERATING A 3D MODEL HAVING INNER STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Hyperforge Holdings Pte Ltd.
18688895 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING ACTIVE LIVENESS USING FACIAL IMAGE Non-Final OA CUBOX CO, LTD.
18536754 METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING ROAD DISTRESS ON A ROAD BASED ON IMAGERY OF THE ROAD Non-Final OA FNV IP B.V.
18495108 IDENTIFICATION BASED ON A LOCATION OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE Final Rejection CellXion Ltd

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