Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HANSELL JR., RICHARD A

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2486

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.6%
Allow Rate
+17.6% vs TC avg
532
Total Applications
+28.1%
Interview Lift
1051
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 487 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
10.3%
§102 Novelty
52.1%
§103 Obviousness
18.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19055936 IMAGE DECODING DEVICE USING TOOL SET AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD THEREBY, AND IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND IMAGE ENCODING METHOD THEREBY Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18652099 VISUAL INSPECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
18339360 METHOD, COMPUTING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ENCODING OR DECODING VIDEO USING DETERMINED BIT DEPTH OF VIDEO AND WEIGHTED PREDICTION Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD.
19020551 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE INFORMATION, AND DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING SAME Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19020497 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE INFORMATION, AND DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING SAME Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18725486 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18724653 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CODING INTRA PREDICTION MODE Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18682888 A MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING OBJECTS Final Rejection Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
19073593 Image Encoding and Decoding Method and Apparatus, Encoder, Decoder, and System Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18943380 Signaling A Sign Value And An Absolute Value For A Delta Picture Order Count Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18885854 MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18784149 VIDEO CODEC BUFFER QUANTITY REDUCTION Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19063779 SURROUNDING SITUATION RECOGNITION DEVICE, SURROUNDING SITUATION RECOGNITION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18434494 VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM USING VISUAL TRAIL MAPPING Final Rejection MILESTONE SYSTEMS A/S
19010374 DECODING METHOD AND DECODING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
17978290 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VIDEO CODING WITH INLINE DOWNSCALING HARDWARE Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18985366 TRANSMISSION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
19057741 EXTENSION OF LOCAL ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18430503 VEHICLE WITH ROAD SURFACE RENDERING FUNCTION Non-Final OA SUBARU CORPORATION
18963111 UNIFIED SECONDARY TRANSFORM Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18958988 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO ENCODING OR DECODING Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18958399 UNIFIED SECONDARY TRANSFORM Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18759992 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FRAME DENOISING Non-Final OA GoPro, Inc.
18853631 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIMD POSITION DEPENDENT BLENDING Final Rejection Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
18399650 INTRA TEMPLATE MATCHING PREDICTION MODE FOR MOTION PREDICTION Non-Final OA Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd.
18981167 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED GEOCODED REFERENCE DATA TO A 3D MAP REPRESENTATION Non-Final OA VANTOR SWEDEN AB
18572687 A VISION SYSTEM AND VISION METHOD FOR ASSESSING DEFECTS ON BIOCHIPS Final Rejection Randox Laboratories Ltd.
18542086 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE AUTOMATIC QUALITY INSPECTION OF MATERIALS USING INFRARED RADIATION Final Rejection AUTAZA TECNOLOGIA S.A.

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