Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2482 2483 4100

This examiner grants 35% of resolved cases

Analysis

Mikhail Itskovich is an examiner in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2482. He has 601 resolved cases on record. His allowance rate is 35.3 percent, indicating a difficult path to grant for most applicants in his docket. This 35.3 percent rate suggests a rigorous examination style where the majority of applications do not result in a patent grant, requiring practitioners to present exceptionally strong arguments.

The interview lift is 23.6 percent. This 23.6 percent lift suggests that interviews are helpful, though the overall allowance rate remains at 35.3 percent. Practitioners should use interviews to clarify technical issues and potentially improve these odds, as direct communication can provide insights into the examiner's specific concerns that may not be fully captured in written office actions.

The median days to allowance is 1480. This 1480 day duration represents a significant investment of time for the prosecution process. A 1480 day wait is the typical experience for cases that successfully navigate to an allowance with this examiner, reflecting the long-term commitment required to secure a patent in this docket.

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

Performance Statistics

35.3%
Allow Rate
-24.7% vs TC avg
660
Total Applications
+23.6%
Interview Lift
1480
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 601 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.5%
§101 Eligibility
12.2%
§102 Novelty
56.8%
§103 Obviousness
23.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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.
18764843 DISPLAY MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18270283 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
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
19263943 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
17497641 SLICE ENTRY POINTS IN VIDEO CODING Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18518320 PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17771423 METHOD APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND DECODING A CODING TREE UNIT Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18268020 CURVED DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
19214784 REFERENCE PICTURE SELECTION IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17654020 CAMERA CONTROL DATA FOR VIRTUAL CAMERA IN VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE SCENE DEFINED BY STREAMED MEDIA DATA Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18382799 METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING IMMERSIVE MEDIA DATA, STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
19198563 ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
16508465 Polarization Filtering in LiDAR System Final Rejection LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
17628532 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE LENSLET LIGHT FIELD TRANSMISSION AND RENDERING Final Rejection InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
18962612 METHOD OF ENCODING/DECODING A LATENT REPRESENTATION BASED ON HIERARCHICAL QUANTIZATION AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RECORDING THEREOF Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
17960639 METHOD, APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR ENCODING/DECODING FEATURE MAP Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18403349 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AN OBJECT STATE Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
19033214 USING NON-ADAJACENT SAMPLES FOR ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18523118 Subpicture Signaling In Video Coding Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18453436 TRANSFORM AND QUANTIZATION ON NON-DYADIC BLOCKS Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18575445 AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS Final Rejection Maxell, 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.
19071790 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING AT LEAST ONE SIGNAL IN A REGION OF AN IMAGE USING A CROSSTALK QUANTITY Final Rejection Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH
19276898 ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD, DEVICE AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HANGZHOU HIKVISION DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18481207 OCCUPANT MONITORING SYSTEM Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
18478543 REDUCING INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) CAMERA ALERTS AND NETWORK BANDWIDTH WITH ASSISTED COLD/HOT ZONE DETERMINATION Non-Final OA Roku, Inc.

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