Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: HESS, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2481

This examiner grants 43% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

43.1%
Allow Rate
-14.9% vs TC avg
491
Total Applications
+6.6%
Interview Lift
1329
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 429 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.2%
§101 Eligibility
12.2%
§102 Novelty
57.4%
§103 Obviousness
20.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19277252 METHOD FOR DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD FOR ENCODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD FOR STORING BITSTREAM OF IMAGE INFORMATION AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM OF IMAGE INFORMATION Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18913674 VIDEO CODING METHOD ON BASIS OF TRANSFORMATION, AND DEVICE THEREFOR Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
17790928 TRANSFORM-BASED IMAGE CODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18974577 DEPENDENT QUANTIZATION Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18372182 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18962489 ENCODER, DECODER AND CORRESPONDING METHODS FOR INTRA PREDICTION Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18943189 HIGH LEVEL SYNTAX FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODING Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18943161 HIGH LEVEL SYNTAX FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODING Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18943199 HIGH LEVEL SYNTAX FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODING Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18943177 HIGH LEVEL SYNTAX FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODING Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18943168 HIGH LEVEL SYNTAX FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODING Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18582964 MEDICAL APPARATUS Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18955217 MULTI-DEPTH PLANE DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH REDUCED SWITCHING BETWEEN DEPTH PLANES Non-Final OA Magic Leap, Inc.
18633239 CONTEXT-BASED CODING OF TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS FOR KLT-BASED TRANSFORMS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17768186 TRANSFORM INFORMATION ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND BITSTREAM STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18689407 CHROMA PREDICTION FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING BASED ON TEMPLATE MATCHING Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18568155 CODING OF LAST SIGNIFICANT COEFFICIENT IN A BLOCK OF A PICTURE Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18897143 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING A LARGE FIELD OF VIEW VIDEO Final Rejection InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings SAS
17291164 SIMPLIFICATIONS OF CODING MODES BASED ON NEIGHBORING SAMPLES DEPENDENT PARAMETRIC MODELS Final Rejection INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
18140337 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING USING BI-PREDICTION Final Rejection InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
18915992 JOINT CODING OF PALETTE MODE USAGE INDICATION Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18649724 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18527988 Initialization Of Palette For Wavefront Parallel Processing Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18526632 ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18513020 Palette Mode For Local Dual Tree Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18561690 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18506313 JOINT USE OF ADAPTIVE COLOUR TRANSFORM AND DIFFERENTIAL CODING OF VIDEO Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18503754 SIZE RESTRICTION BASED ON COLOR FORMAT Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
17700086 INTERACTION BETWEEN PAIRWISE AVERAGE MERGING CANDIDATES AND IBC Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18939652 DRILLER’S CABIN CAMERA SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.

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