Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2482 2486
This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases
Richard A Hansell Jr. is positioned in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2482. He has handled 517 resolved cases, achieving an allowance rate of 76.8%. This rate reflects a consistent tendency toward granting applications. The median days to allowance is 962, which serves as a primary indicator of the time required to navigate the prosecution process to a successful conclusion.
The interview lift of 26.3% is a notable metric for this examiner. This increase suggests that personal engagement through interviews is an effective strategy for overcoming rejections. Given the 517 resolved cases, this lift represents a reliable trend for practitioners to consider. The 962-day median to allowance provides a clear benchmark for the duration of the patent acquisition process.
In Art Unit 2482, Hansell's 76.8% allowance rate and 26.3% interview lift offer a roadmap for applicant strategy. The resolved cases provide a solid data set for understanding the examiner's behavior. Practitioners should note that the median days to allowance is 962, while the lift remains a powerful tool in Tech Center 2400.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Final Rejection | LG ELECTRONICS INC. |
| 18652099 | VISUAL INSPECTION DEVICE | Non-Final OA | MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION |
| 18985366 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | Final Rejection | KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA |
| 19010374 | DECODING METHOD AND DECODING DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America |
| 18995345 | ENHANCED IMAGE SLICE RECONSTRUCTION FOR VIDEO STREAMS | Non-Final OA | Intel Corporation |
| 19256144 | SECONDARY TRANSFORM APPLICATION FOR VARIOUS BLOCK SIZES | Non-Final OA | Tencent America LLC |
| 18963111 | UNIFIED SECONDARY TRANSFORM | Non-Final OA | Tencent America LLC |
| 18958399 | UNIFIED SECONDARY TRANSFORM | Non-Final OA | Tencent America LLC |
| 18855210 | TEMPLATE BASED MOST PROBABLE MODE LIST REORDERING | Non-Final OA | InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS |
| 19078903 | FEATURE CHANNEL REMOVAL MECHANISM FOR FEATURE COMPRESSEION BITSTREAM | Final Rejection | InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc. |
| 19288463 | SIGNALING OF STATE INFORMATION FOR A DECODED PICTURE BUFFER AND REFERENCE PICTURE LISTS | Non-Final OA | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC |
| 19055652 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CCTV-INTEGRATED MONITORING | Final Rejection | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute |
| 19183687 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | Non-Final OA | Bytedance Inc. |
| 19057741 | EXTENSION OF LOCAL ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION | Non-Final OA | Bytedance Inc. |
| 18886822 | INTRA PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODING | Non-Final OA | BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. |
| 18759992 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FRAME DENOISING | Final Rejection | GoPro, Inc. |
| 18912793 | VEHICLE VISOR ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING DISPLAY | Non-Final OA | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC |
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