Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HANSELL JR., RICHARD A

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2486

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.0%
Allow Rate
+18.0% vs TC avg
536
Total Applications
+27.6%
Interview Lift
968
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 496 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
2.7%
§102 Novelty
81.4%
§103 Obviousness
9.8%
§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
19020551 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE INFORMATION, AND DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING SAME Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18724653 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CODING INTRA PREDICTION MODE Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18885854 MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18886822 INTRA PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18816636 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR VIDEO CODING BASED ON INHERIT INTRA MODE Non-Final OA BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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
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
18923652 ADAPTIVE TEMPLATE EXPANSION Final Rejection Tencent America LLC
18855210 TEMPLATE BASED MOST PROBABLE MODE LIST REORDERING Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18985366 TRANSMISSION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18853700 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIMD REGION-WISE ADAPTIVE BLENDING, AND ENCODER/DECODER INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18853662 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIMD INTRA PREDICTION MODE SELECTION IN A TEMPLATE AREA, AND ENCODER/DECODER INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
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.
18759992 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FRAME DENOISING Non-Final OA GoPro, Inc.
18981167 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED GEOCODED REFERENCE DATA TO A 3D MAP REPRESENTATION Non-Final OA VANTOR SWEDEN AB
18542086 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE AUTOMATIC QUALITY INSPECTION OF MATERIALS USING INFRARED RADIATION Final Rejection AUTAZA TECNOLOGIA S.A.
18148173 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING ACCESS TO ACCESS POINTS Final Rejection MY DOOR VIEW LLC

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