Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DEMOSKY, PATRICK E

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2486

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.7%
Allow Rate
+6.7% vs TC avg
399
Total Applications
-9.7%
Interview Lift
1125
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 377 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
17.7%
§102 Novelty
61.5%
§103 Obviousness
14.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18570683 CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE Final Rejection KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18967581 METHOD OF MONITORING A REAR AREA BEHIND A VEHICLE AND A VEHICLE USING THE SAME Final Rejection KIA CORPORATION
18941771 DEBLOCKING OF TRANSFORM SUB-BLOCK BOUNDARIES Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18461630 SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH MULTIPLE CAMERAS Final Rejection Covidien LP
17823058 DUAL CAMERA TRACKING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18701903 VEHICLE-MOUNTED IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
19047508 IMPLICIT SUB-PEL POSITION DERIVATION FOR TEMPLATE MATCHING-BASED INTRA PREDICTION Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19047514 MULTI-QUANTIZER METHOD FOR IMAGE AND VIDEO COMPRESSION Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18987219 COMBINED INTER AND INTRA PREDICTION Non-Final OA InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
17421973 IMPROVED INTRA PLANAR PREDICTION USING MERGE MODE MOTION VECTOR CANDIDATES Final Rejection InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
19055900 PICTURE CODING DEVICE, PICTURE CODING METHOD, PICTURE CODING PROGRAM, PICTURE DECODING DEVICE, PICTURE DECODING METHOD, AND PICTURE DECODING PROGRAM Non-Final OA Godo Kaisha IP Bridge1
18895989 IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection SONY CORPORATION
18660412 ARTICULATING CAMERA ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Howe & Howe Inc.
18571027 Gated Camera, Motor Vehicle Having Such a Gated Camera, and Method for Operating Such a Gated Camera Non-Final OA Daimler Truck AG
18965386 ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI
18644474 SENSOR MODULE COMPRISING A WEATHERSTRIP ARRANGEMENT, A ROOF MODULE AND A MOTOR VEHICLE Non-Final OA Webasto SE
18565756 ROOF ASSEMBLY, ROOF MODULE AND MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING A SET OF WEATHERSTRIPS Non-Final OA Webasto Shanghai Ltd.

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