Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: HODGES, SUSAN E

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2425 2489 2637 2668

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.9%
Allow Rate
+4.9% vs TC avg
418
Total Applications
+13.9%
Interview Lift
958
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 384 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.3%
§101 Eligibility
18.4%
§102 Novelty
49.5%
§103 Obviousness
25.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19137147 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19059905 REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18406133 UP AND DOWN COUNTING FOR EFFICIENT LASER SPOT FINDING IN LiDAR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18611281 DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR CAPTURING AND VIEWING IMMERSIVE MEDIA Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18836365 TIME-OF-FLIGHT LIGHT EVENT DETECTION CIRCUITRY AND TIME-OF-FLIGHT LIGHT EVENT DETECTION METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
19061493 TRANSFORM BLOCK PARTITIONING Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18677734 IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19019305 IMAGING WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL POLARIZATION HOLOGRAMS AND METASURFACE Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18997707 DATA PROCESSING IN A ENCODING PROCESS Non-Final OA V-NOVA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
18275679 METADATA FOR SIGNALING INFORMATION REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A DECODING PROCESS Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19033120 NEURAL NETWORK-BASED ADAPTIVE IMAGE AND VIDEO COMPRESSION METHOD WITH VARIABLE RATE Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18749455 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18286210 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18860219 Method and Apparatus for Decoder-Side Motion Derivation in Video Coding System Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18994920 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Final Rejection KIA CORPORATION
19010123 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Excluding Picture-in-Picture Content from Screenshots and Screen Recordings Final Rejection Motorola Mobility LLC

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