Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: HILAIRE, CLIFFORD

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2482 2488 2618 2685

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.7%
Allow Rate
+9.7% vs TC avg
487
Total Applications
+15.1%
Interview Lift
949
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 445 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.2%
§102 Novelty
52.0%
§103 Obviousness
29.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17683790 ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, AND MEDIUM Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
19237200 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
19142898 Merge Mode With Motion Vector Difference Based Subblock-Based Temporal Motion Vector Prediction Non-Final OA Google LLC
18260368 Method, Computer Program, and Device for Operating an AI Module Non-Final OA Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
18792631 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, MOVABLE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18602833 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING PARTIAL SYMMETRY MESH Final Rejection TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18979752 SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, SURVEILLANCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18942291 AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION OF INTRAORAL 3D SCANNER Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
18609769 UNIVERSAL ENTITY MAPPING AND INFERENCING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19255937 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18914663 SUPPORT OF SUBSEGMENTS BASED STREAMING OPERATIONS IN EDRAP BASED VIDEO STREAMING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18622761 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18521061 METHOD FOR TRAINING CLICK RATE PREDICTION MODEL Non-Final OA BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
19235861 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR INTRA BLOCK COPY Non-Final OA BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
19256931 ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19256918 DECODING METHOD, CODING METHOD, DECODER AND CODER Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19256603 ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19259394 RISK-BASED ADAPTIVE RESPONSES TO USER ACTIVITY IN A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Target Brands, Inc.
18492754 KNOWLEDGE OBTAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd.
18906972 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT DETECTION Final Rejection Motional AD LLC
18239739 UNSUPERVISED PRE-TRAINING OF GEOMETRIC VISION MODELS Non-Final OA NAVER LABS CORPORATION

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