Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MAHMUD, FARHAN

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2483

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

54.9%
Allow Rate
-3.1% vs TC avg
426
Total Applications
+10.1%
Interview Lift
1221
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 386 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.6%
§101 Eligibility
38.0%
§102 Novelty
43.7%
§103 Obviousness
9.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17616682 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18896773 METHOD FOR PICTURE PROCESSING AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19116826 VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19056010 SCALING LIST PARAMETER-BASED VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18726257 TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR POINT CLOUD DATA, METHOD PERFORMED BY TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE FOR POINT CLOUD DATA AND METHOD PERFORMED BY RECEPTION DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18810814 IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18620593 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19040626 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING GENERATIVE FACE VIDEO MATRICES INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18946489 ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
19100225 VARIABLE INTRA-FRAME (I-FRAME) TIME INTERVAL AND GROUP OF PICTURE (GOP) LENGTH FOR VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18723231 TRANSFORM CODING BASED ON DEPTH OR MOTION INFORMATION Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18722553 DELINEATION MAP SIGNALING Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
17789251 TRANSFORM CODING FOR INTER-PREDICTED VIDEO DATA Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19090816 Enhanced Signalling of Lost Or Corrupted Samples In a Media File Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19064222 ON SAO AND CCSAO Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19046419 HARMONIZED DESIGN FOR OFFSET BASED REFINEMENT AND MULTIPLE REFERENCE LINE SELECTION Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18382922 FLIPPING MODE FOR CHROMA AND INTRA TEMPLATE MATCHING Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19062157 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING INTRA-SCREEN PREDICTION Non-Final OA Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
19100960 OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
19099881 CLEANLINESS INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR INSPECTION OF AN INNER SPACE OF MOBILE TRANSPORT TANKS Non-Final OA ScanTank B.V.
18056139 VIDEO-DATA ENCODER Non-Final OA Microchip Technology Incorporated

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