Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HODGES, SUSAN E

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2425 2489

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.7%
Allow Rate
+8.7% vs TC avg
406
Total Applications
+14.4%
Interview Lift
869
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 375 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.0%
§101 Eligibility
20.9%
§102 Novelty
48.7%
§103 Obviousness
22.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18692814 VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD USING OBMC, AND DEVICE THEREFOR Non-Final OA WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
18269384 SENSOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18695684 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREON Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18994920 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18611281 DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR CAPTURING AND VIEWING IMMERSIVE MEDIA Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17552295 FEATURES OF RANGE ASYMMETRIC NUMBER SYSTEM ENCODING AND DECODING Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18976021 NEAR EYE DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH MACHINE LEARNING (ML) BASED STEREO VIEW SYNTHESIS OVER A WIDE FIELD OF VIEW Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18753068 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
18292104 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18625670 REFERENCE BLOCK FUSION USING DERIVED VECTORS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18275679 METADATA FOR SIGNALING INFORMATION REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A DECODING PROCESS Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18670927 CACHE CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Lemon Inc.
19033120 NEURAL NETWORK-BASED ADAPTIVE IMAGE AND VIDEO COMPRESSION METHOD WITH VARIABLE RATE Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18749455 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18286210 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18860219 Method and Apparatus for Decoder-Side Motion Derivation in Video Coding System Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
19058985 TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING BOTH SCALAR QUANTIZATION AND TRELLIS CODED QUANTIZATION WHEN ENCODING VIDEO DATA Non-Final OA NETFLIX, INC.
18548787 Method for Operating a Gated Camera, Control Device for Carrying Out Such a Method, Camera Device Comprising Such a Control Device, and Motor Vehicle Comprising Such a Camera Device Non-Final OA Daimler Truck AG
19006667 LEARNING BASED METHODS FOR REAL-TIME OMNIDIRECTIONAL VIDEO STREAMING Non-Final OA Technology Innovation Institute - Sole Proprietorship LLC
18784879 METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A STEREOSCOPIC MEDICAL MICROSCOPE, AND MEDICAL MICROSCOPE ARRANGEMENT Final Rejection Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
18630619 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED CAMERA SECURITY Final Rejection CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
18320849 TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING AN EXPOSURE TIME OF SUCH A SENSOR Non-Final OA STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
18832411 AN UNDERWATER SENSOR, AND A METHOD FOR ADJUSTING TOWING POWER OF A VESSEL Non-Final OA SCANTROL DEEP VISION AS
18708245 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE ANALYSIS Final Rejection FORESIGHT AUTOMOTIVE LTD.
18374467 LASER AND LIDAR COMPRISING THE LASER Non-Final OA Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.
17963362 DETECTION CIRCUIT FOR ADJUSTING WIDTH OF OUTPUT PULSES, RECEIVING UNIT, LASER RADAR Final Rejection Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.
18259229 LIDAR SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC YAW CORRECTION Non-Final OA Innoviz Technologies Ltd.

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