Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: MAHMUD, FARHAN

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2483

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.9%
Allow Rate
-2.1% vs TC avg
439
Total Applications
+10.2%
Interview Lift
1316
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 395 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.4%
§101 Eligibility
34.5%
§102 Novelty
49.1%
§103 Obviousness
8.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18726257 TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR POINT CLOUD DATA, METHOD PERFORMED BY TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE FOR POINT CLOUD DATA AND METHOD PERFORMED BY RECEPTION DEVICE Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
19293440 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
18946489 ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
19353767 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
17616682 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18810814 IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19100225 VARIABLE INTRA-FRAME (I-FRAME) TIME INTERVAL AND GROUP OF PICTURE (GOP) LENGTH FOR VIDEO CODING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18382922 FLIPPING MODE FOR CHROMA AND INTRA TEMPLATE MATCHING Final Rejection Tencent America LLC
18381618 TRANSFORM SELECTION THROUGH BLOCK MATCHING Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18223925 ESTIMATED MACROBLOCK DISTORTION CO-OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18722933 GDR INTERACTION WITH TEMPLATE BASED TOOLS IN INTER SLICE Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18723231 TRANSFORM CODING BASED ON DEPTH OR MOTION INFORMATION Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19015188 NEW CONDITIONAL CODING FOR LEARNING-BASED DYNAMIC POINT CLOUD CODING FRAMEWORK Final Rejection InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
19177468 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18787873 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18566932 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19025016 Approximation for Recoloring of Point Clouds Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
19264596 INTER PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN VIDEO CODING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
19261730 IMAGE OR VIDEO CODING BASED ON PALETTE CODING Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18896773 METHOD FOR PICTURE PROCESSING AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19230970 BIT PLANE ENCODING OF DATA ARRAYS Non-Final OA Arm Limited

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