Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Mikhail Itskovich, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2422 2482 2483

This examiner grants 35% of resolved cases

Analysis

ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL is a USPTO patent examiner in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2422. The profile covers 605 resolved cases and reports an allowance rate of 35.0%. The median time to allowance is 1480 days, while the interview lift is 22.7%, making the interview metric a relevant part of the prosecution record.

The listed companies are InterDigital Inc., LG Electronics Inc., and Qualcomm Incorporated. The listed firms are Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A., BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP, and Condo Roccia Koptiw LLP. For practitioners, the 35.0% allowance rate and 1480-day median describe a prosecution profile where timing is a significant planning consideration. The 22.7% interview lift supports considering interview preparation as part of an overall response strategy.

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

Performance Statistics

35.0%
Allow Rate
-23.0% vs TC avg
667
Total Applications
+22.7%
Interview Lift
1480
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 605 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.4%
§101 Eligibility
12.4%
§102 Novelty
56.3%
§103 Obviousness
24.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17437905 METHODS FOR RECOVERY POINT PROCESS FOR VIDEO CODING AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19104186 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
19103483 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON INTRA PREDICTION MODE USING MULTI REFERENCE LINE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
17774068 IMAGE OR VIDEO CODING BASED ON SIGNALING OF QUANTIZATION PARAMETER-RELATED INFORMATION Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18518320 PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18589760 TRACKING SYSTEM, TRACKING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18270283 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
17497641 SLICE ENTRY POINTS IN VIDEO CODING Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17689394 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
19214784 REFERENCE PICTURE SELECTION IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
19065272 ATTENTION MAP NORMALIZATION FOR IN-LOOP FILTERING FOR VIDEO CODING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
17654020 CAMERA CONTROL DATA FOR VIRTUAL CAMERA IN VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE SCENE DEFINED BY STREAMED MEDIA DATA Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
19178394 Neural Network In-Loop Filter for Machine Tasks Final Rejection TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18382799 METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING IMMERSIVE MEDIA DATA, STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18523118 Subpicture Signaling In Video Coding Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18453436 TRANSFORM AND QUANTIZATION ON NON-DYADIC BLOCKS Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19263943 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
19138632 ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS USING L-SHAPED PARTITIONS AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUSES Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19136982 ENHANCED RESIDUAL DATA CODING Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19227883 ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS AND CORRESPONDING DEVICES Final Rejection InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
17628532 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE LENSLET LIGHT FIELD TRANSMISSION AND RENDERING Final Rejection InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
16508465 Polarization Filtering in LiDAR System Final Rejection LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
19173973 CODING METHOD, BITSTREAM, ENCODER, DECODER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18327571 VIDEO CODING METHOD AND VIDEO DECODER Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18871219 A METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENCODING AND DECODING OF DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18587556 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EYE IMAGING THROUGH DISPLAY BACKLIGHT Final Rejection Red Six Aerospace Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Mikhail Itskovich's allowance rate?

35.0% of resolved applications examined by Mikhail Itskovich were allowed (605 resolved cases), compared with 64.2% across Art Unit 2422 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Mikhail Itskovich?

This examiner's interview lift is +22.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Mikhail Itskovich take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Mikhail Itskovich took 1,480 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Mikhail Itskovich work in?

Mikhail Itskovich examines applications in Art Unit 2422 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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