Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2482 2621

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.5%
Allow Rate
+15.5% vs TC avg
796
Total Applications
+11.9%
Interview Lift
1083
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 769 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.8%
§101 Eligibility
23.0%
§102 Novelty
57.3%
§103 Obviousness
4.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19208258 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING IBC PREDICTION, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
19210736 VIDEO CODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19022973 BIDIRECTIONAL INTER PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19251891 Sign Derivation in Block Vector Difference Signaling Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
19242345 CODING AND DECODING OF VIDEO CODING MODES Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19210882 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18763948 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19022620 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UTILIZING SIMPLIFIED MPM LIST GENERATION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18727516 Method and Apparatus Deriving Merge Candidate from Affine Coded Blocks for Video Coding Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18798466 FRAME SELECTION FOR STREAMING APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Nvidia Corporation

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