Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: GEROLEO, FRANCIS

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2485 3619

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.1%
Allow Rate
+21.1% vs TC avg
623
Total Applications
+19.1%
Interview Lift
966
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 576 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.4%
§101 Eligibility
9.4%
§102 Novelty
82.0%
§103 Obviousness
3.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18792534 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS INVOLVING MERGE CANDIDATE LIST AND TRIANGULAR SHAPE PARTITIONS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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
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.
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.
18615228 ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, AND DECODER 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.
18853831 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREIN Non-Final OA 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.
18351841 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO SIGNAL Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18673001 BLOCK VECTOR SEARCH FOR INTRA-BLOCK COPY PREDICTION FOR CODING VIDEO DATA Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18437485 APPLICATIONS OF INTRA BLOCK COPY AND INTRA TEMPLATE MATCHING WITH FRACTIONAL-PEL BLOCK VECTOR Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18634219 Transform Selection for Reconstructed-Reordered Template Matching Prediction (RRTMP) Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18599947 VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection KIA CORPORATION
18862283 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE CODING OF INTRA MODE BASED ON BLOCK LOCATION Final Rejection RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
18903424 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING USING SELECTIVE MULTIPLE REFERENCE LINE Non-Final OA RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
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.
18621555 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE CODING Final Rejection OP Solutions, LLC
18876329 Methods and Apparatus for Implicit Sub-Block Transform Coding Non-Final OA 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.
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

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