Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HESS, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2481

This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

43.8%
Allow Rate
-14.2% vs TC avg
484
Total Applications
+7.7%
Interview Lift
1127
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 418 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.6%
§101 Eligibility
10.3%
§102 Novelty
56.8%
§103 Obviousness
20.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18689066 METHOD FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL BY USING LOCAL ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION (LIC) MODE, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Final Rejection WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
18782956 CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
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 Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18837061 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18806911 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18678344 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
17154589 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
16723331 VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING USING AN EPITOME Final Rejection Orange
18049262 MACHINE LEARNING BASED VIDEO COMPRESSION Non-Final OA ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich)
18689407 CHROMA PREDICTION FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING BASED ON TEMPLATE MATCHING Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18568155 CODING OF LAST SIGNIFICANT COEFFICIENT IN A BLOCK OF A PICTURE Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18504455 Block Vector Difference (BVD) Indication with Reduced Overhead Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
17477257 SUBPICTURE ENTITY GROUPS IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA Lemon Inc.
18535903 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18513020 Palette Mode For Local Dual Tree Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18561690 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18506313 JOINT USE OF ADAPTIVE COLOUR TRANSFORM AND DIFFERENTIAL CODING OF VIDEO Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
17700086 INTERACTION BETWEEN PAIRWISE AVERAGE MERGING CANDIDATES AND IBC Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18372182 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18140337 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING USING BI-PREDICTION Non-Final OA InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
18901951 CAMERA PEEK INTO TURN Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
18897143 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING A LARGE FIELD OF VIEW VIDEO Non-Final OA InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings SAS
17291164 SIMPLIFICATIONS OF CODING MODES BASED ON NEIGHBORING SAMPLES DEPENDENT PARAMETRIC MODELS Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
18939652 DRILLER’S CABIN CAMERA SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
18662182 VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING INTRA-PREDICTION FOR AN ENCODING/DECODING TARGET BLOCK Non-Final OA KT CORPORATION
18570287 VIDEO SIGNAL ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREIN Non-Final OA KT CORPORATION
18346728 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Final Rejection INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
18656619 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD Final Rejection Sony Corporation
19038642 STEREO CAMERA WITH FRAMELESS IMAGE SENSING Final Rejection Robotic Research OpCo, LLC
18471047 SELECTIVELY ENCODING OR DECODING PIXELS OF AN IMAGE VIA RUN-LENGTH ENCODING OR DECODING OR GRADIENT ENCODING OR DECODING Non-Final OA Microchip Technology Incorporated

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