Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: GEROLEO, FRANCIS

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2482 2485 3619

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.5%
Allow Rate
+21.5% vs TC avg
633
Total Applications
+18.3%
Interview Lift
957
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 597 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.4%
§101 Eligibility
15.7%
§102 Novelty
55.4%
§103 Obviousness
12.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19146428 POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION DEVICE, AND POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION METHOD Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19219567 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING PREDICTION, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM INVOLVING WEIGHTED PREDICTION AND BI-DIRECTIONAL OPTICAL FLOW Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18920390 VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS INVOLVING SUB-BLOCK MERGE INDEX CONTEXT AND BYPASS MODEL Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18792534 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS INVOLVING MERGE CANDIDATE LIST AND TRIANGULAR SHAPE PARTITIONS Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18409388 SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIDAR APPARATUS INCLUDING SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19047898 COMPLEXITY REDUCTION OF SIGNIFICANCE MAP CODING Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18959514 IMAGE PROCESSING ASSEMBLY, MONITORING SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE AS WELL AS METHOD Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18673001 BLOCK VECTOR SEARCH FOR INTRA-BLOCK COPY PREDICTION FOR CODING VIDEO DATA Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18953838 Chroma from Luma Prediction Model Selection Final Rejection Ofinno, LLC
19245169 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18974257 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18438013 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19172992 INTRA PREDICTION DEVICE AND METHOD INVOLVING MATRIX-BASED INTRA PREDICTION Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18720919 Method and Apparatus for Cross Component Linear Model with Multiple Hypotheses Intra Modes in Video Coding System Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18684783 Method and Apparatus for Hardware-Friendly Template Matching in Video Coding System Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18420942 GENERATING A MOTION VECTOR PREDICTOR LIST Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19145346 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18627971 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING USING A GEOMETRIC PARTITIONING MODE Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18351841 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO SIGNAL Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18988333 IMAGE/VIDEO CODING METHOD BASED ON INTRA PREDICTION INVOLVING PARSING OF MPM INDEX, AND APPARATUS THEREOF Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18988233 IMAGE/VIDEO CODING METHOD BASED ON INTRA PREDICTION INVOLVING PARSING OF MPM INDEX, AND APPARATUS THEREOF Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18660611 SENSOR OUTPUT MODIFICATION Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18838535 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SENSITIVITY OF A SPAD MACRO-CELL Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM AG

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