Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GEROLEO, FRANCIS

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2485 3619

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.9%
Allow Rate
+20.9% vs TC avg
622
Total Applications
+19.3%
Interview Lift
976
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 573 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.8%
§101 Eligibility
18.1%
§102 Novelty
53.4%
§103 Obviousness
12.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18920390 VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS INVOLVING SUB-BLOCK MERGE INDEX CONTEXT AND BYPASS MODEL Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18902138 VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18953838 Chroma from Luma Prediction Model Selection Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
18620320 Adaptive Offset Multiple Reference Line Coding Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
19047898 COMPLEXITY REDUCTION OF SIGNIFICANCE MAP CODING Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18988333 IMAGE/VIDEO CODING METHOD BASED ON INTRA PREDICTION INVOLVING PARSING OF MPM INDEX, AND APPARATUS THEREOF Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18988233 IMAGE/VIDEO CODING METHOD BASED ON INTRA PREDICTION INVOLVING PARSING OF MPM INDEX, AND APPARATUS THEREOF Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19022471 METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION AND DEVICE USING SAME Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18854824 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREIN Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18853831 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREIN Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18698940 POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION METHOD, AND POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION DEVICE Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18599947 VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection KIA CORPORATION
18420942 GENERATING A MOTION VECTOR PREDICTOR LIST Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18961259 DRIVING INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING CAMERA POSE VALUES USING VANISHING POINT Non-Final OA HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORP
18959514 IMAGE PROCESSING ASSEMBLY, MONITORING SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE AS WELL AS METHOD Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18437485 APPLICATIONS OF INTRA BLOCK COPY AND INTRA TEMPLATE MATCHING WITH FRACTIONAL-PEL BLOCK VECTOR Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18351841 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO SIGNAL Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18974257 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18636003 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING INVOLVING REGULAR MERGE CANDIDATE LIST REORDERING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18636042 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING INVOLVING TEMPLEATE MATCHING MERGE CANDIDATE RECORDING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18438013 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18876329 Methods and Apparatus for Implicit Sub-Block Transform Coding Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18730921 MULTI-PASS DECODER-SIDE MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENT Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18720919 Method and Apparatus for Cross Component Linear Model with Multiple Hypotheses Intra Modes in Video Coding System Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18684783 Method and Apparatus for Hardware-Friendly Template Matching in Video Coding System Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18792534 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS INVOLVING MERGE CANDIDATE LIST AND TRIANGULAR SHAPE PARTITIONS Non-Final OA DIGITALINSIGHTS INC.
19064440 HEAD WEARABLE DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING VISUAL ACUITY Final Rejection Oomii Inc.
19050969 VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE INVOLVING MODIFICATION OF INTRA PREDICTED SAMPLE Non-Final OA KT CORPORATION
18847005 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection KT CORPORATION
18358836 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM THAT INVOLVES PERFORMING INTRA PREDICTION USING CONSTRUCTED REFERENCE SAMPLE Non-Final OA Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.

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