Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: LOTFI, KYLE M

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2425 2482 2489

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.1%
Allow Rate
+6.1% vs TC avg
395
Total Applications
+7.3%
Interview Lift
1105
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 365 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
20.5%
§102 Novelty
56.2%
§103 Obviousness
15.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19214740 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING VOLUME FOR EACH SPEAKER, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18676910 DECODING METHOD, SYSTEM ON CHIP, AND DECODING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19087778 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
19287296 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE QUANTIZATION BASED ON VIDEO CAPTURING MODE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18764296 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM CORPORATION
19242655 METHOD FOR SIGNALING OUTPUT SUBPICTURE LAYER SET Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18932101 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING CROSS-COMPONENT ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER COEFFICIENTS IN VIDEO CODING Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18774023 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING SCALING WINDOW INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18568773 IMAGE CODEC Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19326450 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT-DRIVEN TRANSCODER COORDINATION Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
19247142 PROCESSING VIDEO USING MASKING WINDOWS Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18152507 Determination of Block Vector Predictor Candidate List Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
19141172 INTRA PREDICTION WITH REGION-BASED DERIVATION Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
19136447 METHODS OF APPARATUS OF INTRA MODE CODING Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18757366 Grouping Of Video Streaming Messages Final Rejection MediaTek Inc.
18658357 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FAST ENCODER SWITCHING Final Rejection Honeywell International Inc.
18646978 HIGH RESOLUTION AND LOW LATENCY VIDEO STREAMING USING PARTIAL FRAME SAMPLING Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation

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