Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GADOMSKI, STEFAN J

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2425 2485 2489

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.0%
Allow Rate
+18.0% vs TC avg
438
Total Applications
+7.4%
Interview Lift
954
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 412 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.9%
§101 Eligibility
16.7%
§102 Novelty
46.4%
§103 Obviousness
22.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18998260 IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HANGZHOU HIKVISION DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18855131 TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR POINT CLOUD DATA AND METHOD PERFORMED BY SAME TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND RECEPTION DEVICE FOR POINT CLOUD DATA AND METHOD PERFORMED BY SAME RECEPTION DEVICE Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18682801 VEHICLE CABIN SENSING SYSTEM Final Rejection CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
18971604 ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH EYE PROTECTION BY DETECTING EYES AND FACE Non-Final OA PixArt Imaging Inc.
19021520 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA STORAGE METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ACQUISITION METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA STORAGE DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ACQUISITION DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18917242 DECODING METHOD, ENCODING METHOD, DECODING DEVICE, AND ENCODING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18854251 SIGN AND DIRECTION PREDICTION IN TRANSFORM SKIP AND BDPCM Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19020338 BITRATE AND PIPELINE PRESERVATION FOR CONTENT PRESENTATION Non-Final OA OpenTV, Inc.
19061106 MESH DECODING DEVICE, MESH DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA KDDI CORPORATION
19031467 ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR METHOD OF THE SAME FOR PROVIDING EMOTICON GENERATING Non-Final OA CODEVISION INC.
18968705 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR VIDEO RETRIEVAL Non-Final OA LiveView Technologies, LLC
18939338 GENERATING BRANCHING CANDIDATE VIDEO ELEMENTS Non-Final OA Spotter, Inc.
18655181 OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR A CAMERA AND CAMERA HAVING AN OPTICAL SYSTEM Final Rejection Carl Zeiss AG
17405790 AUTO-CALIBRATING N-CONFIGURATION VOLUMETRIC CAMERA CAPTURE ARRAY Non-Final OA Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.

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