Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KWAN, MATTHEW K

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2482

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.6%
Allow Rate
+11.6% vs TC avg
383
Total Applications
+34.7%
Interview Lift
1053
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 359 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.7%
§101 Eligibility
14.2%
§102 Novelty
58.5%
§103 Obviousness
11.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18943225 IMAGE DECODING DEVICE USING TOOL SET AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD THEREBY, AND IMAGE CODING DEVICE AND IMAGE CODING METHOD THEREBY Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18847128 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18723055 POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION METHOD, AND POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION DEVICE Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18518762 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
18689047 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE BY USING GEOMETRIC PARTITIONING Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18442622 METHODS FOR COMPLEXITY REDUCTION OF NEURAL NETWORK BASED VIDEO CODING TOOLS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17862009 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA STREAM FRAGMENTATION Non-Final OA COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
19034280 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VISUAL DATA PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18652898 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO ENCODING USING IMAGE SEGMENTATION Final Rejection OP Solutions, LLC
18767502 INTRA-PREDICTION CONCEPT FOR MULTI-COMPONENT PICTURE CODING INCLUDING MATRIX-BASED INTRA PREDICTION MODES Non-Final OA FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
18998435 VIDEO CODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING LUMA COMPONENT-BASED CHROMA COMPONENT PREDICTION Non-Final OA KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
18850354 METHODS AND APPARATUS OF ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO PICTURE PARTITIONED IN CTU GRIDS Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.

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