Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KIR, ALBERT

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2485 2489

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.7%
Allow Rate
+8.7% vs TC avg
543
Total Applications
+17.5%
Interview Lift
930
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 498 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.0%
§101 Eligibility
24.3%
§102 Novelty
47.0%
§103 Obviousness
13.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18505090 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN-STORAGE VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19002820 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
19031779 FOURIER PTYCHOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
18858190 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE ON BASIS OF CONVOLUTIONAL CROSS-COMPONENT MODEL (CCCM) PREDICTION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18725434 INTRA-PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON INTRA-PREDICTION MODE DERIVATION Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18855550 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Final Rejection KIA CORPORATION
18991903 VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18579861 MANAGING AN EARLY DATA COMMUNICATION CONFIGURATION Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18904743 CROSS COMPONENT PREDICTION MERGE CANDIDATE DERIVATION AND FUSION IN CHROMA CODING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18882225 SIGNALING WHETHER TO USE A FIRST MERGE LIST OR A SECOND MERGE LIST IN VIDEO CODING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18905875 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18593696 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18568108 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19023018 VIDEO CODING WITH TRAINING-BASED CODING TOOL Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18916112 JOINT COMPONENT SECONDARY TRANSFORM Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18422695 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING BASED ON ASYMMETRIC BINARY PARTITIONING OF IMAGE BLOCKS Non-Final OA InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
18594137 IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection KDDI CORPORATION
19021668 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROI-BASED VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING FOR MACHINE VISION Non-Final OA Konkuk University Industrial Cooperation Corp
18420558 Dynamic Selection of Sounding Reference Signal Frequency Hopping Configurations Non-Final OA Dell Products, L.P.
18703974 SIGNALING CROSS COMPONENT LINEAR MODEL Non-Final OA MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18966172 THREE-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection HEFEI RAYCISION MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18516187 NETWORK SLICING IN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18427355 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIGNALING OF DRX CONFIGURATION Non-Final OA WONKWANG UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR INDUSTRY-ACADEMY COOPERATION

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