Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HUANG, FRANK F

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2482 2485

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Analysis

Frank F. Huang is an examiner in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2482. The examiner has 722 resolved cases. This large dataset offers a robust view of the examiner's performance and the typical experience for patent applicants.

The allowance rate for this examiner is 75.6 percent. The interview lift is 15.6 percent. These figures suggest a favorable environment for securing a patent. The 15.6 percent lift indicates that interviews are a productive tool for practitioners, providing a meaningful increase in the probability of allowance over the 75.6 percent baseline.

The median days to allowance is 943. This timeline provides a clear expectation for the duration of the prosecution process. Practitioners can use the 943-day median to set realistic goals for their clients. The combination of a 75.6 percent allowance rate and a 15.6 percent interview lift suggests that a collaborative approach is often successful in Art Unit 2482.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

75.7%
Allow Rate
+17.7% vs TC avg
745
Total Applications
+15.5%
Interview Lift
942
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 723 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.9%
§101 Eligibility
5.4%
§102 Novelty
75.8%
§103 Obviousness
6.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18836145 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING EXPERIMENTAL DATA BY MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
19258648 IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19258786 BLOCK-LEVEL SIGN PREDICTION ADAPTATION Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19105655 MISSING ATTRIBUTE VALUE TRANSMISSION FOR RENDERED VIEWPORT OF A VOLUMETRIC SCENE Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19260196 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19253690 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19251453 MULTIPLE SIDE INFORMATION FOR ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19015338 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR POINT CLOUD CODING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18937366 Extended Taps Using Different Sources for Adaptive Loop Filter in Video Coding Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18816444 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR VIDEO WITH REAL-TIME RATE CONTROL Final Rejection NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18679215 IMPLEMENTING AND MAINTAINING FEEDBACK LOOPS IN RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Netflix, Inc.
18990995 CROSS-COMPONENT PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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