Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: DHILLON, PUNEET S

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2488 2897

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner Puneet S. Dhillon is assigned to Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 2488. The examiner has an allowance rate of 80.9 percent across 303 resolved cases. The median days to allowance is 846. These figures provide a baseline for applicants in this art unit.

The data shows an interview lift of 19.8 percent. This lift indicates that interviews provide an advantage, even though the baseline allowance rate is already 80.9 percent. Applicants may find that the 19.8 percent lift justifies the effort of conducting an interview to ensure a path to allowance.

The 303 resolved cases provide a sample size for evaluating the examiner's performance. The 846 median days to allowance indicates the time taken for successful applications. The combination of these metrics suggests the environment for patent applicants in Art Unit 2488.

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

Performance Statistics

80.6%
Allow Rate
+12.6% vs TC avg
346
Total Applications
+20.2%
Interview Lift
846
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 304 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.3%
§101 Eligibility
15.7%
§102 Novelty
51.5%
§103 Obviousness
24.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18698437 TRANSMISSION DEVICE OF POINT CLOUD DATA AND METHOD PERFORMED BY TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND RECEPTION DEVICE OF POINT CLOUD DATA AND METHOD PERFORMED BY RECEPTION DEVICE Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18835761 OCCUPANT INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS, OCCUPANT INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18810221 Bioptic Reader Assembly with Video Processing Module Final Rejection ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
19182807 NEURAL NETWORK WITH A VARIABLE NUMBER OF CHANNELS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19041873 Spatial Motion Vector Prediction With Derived Motion Trajectory Non-Final OA Google LLC
19045304 ARITHMETIC DEVICE, ARITHMETIC METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18913108 OBJECT TRACKING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18567825 METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT IN A ROAD SURFACE, METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING AND AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING DEVICE Final Rejection VALEO VISION
18623989 GENERALIZED EVENT CAMERA Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18535591 METHODS AND APPARATUS UTILIZING UNCERTAINTY Non-Final OA JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
18690510 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
19308173 BLENDED PREDICTION CONSTRUCTION WITH ADAPTIVELY DERIVED WEIGHTS Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18701149 CAMERA ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE Final Rejection Daimler Truck AG
19138023 A CODING METHOD OR APPARATUS BASED ON CAMERA MOTION INFORMATION Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18871949 HARDWARE FOR DECODER-SIDE INTRA MODE DERIVATION AND PREDICTION Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18637881 Coding TriSoup Vertex Information Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
19258850 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19258843 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19258857 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19177458 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19005116 VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18678661 QUANTUM COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
19130871 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO CODING USING INTRA SUBDIVISION PREDICTION AND TRANSFORM SKIP Non-Final OA Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
18953495 INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection MICWARE CO., LTD.
17875262 MEMORY-BASED DEVICE Final Rejection NATIONAL YANG MING CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY

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