Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: MAHMUD, FARHAN

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2483

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Analysis

Farhan Mahmud operates in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2483. The examiner has 397 resolved cases with an allowance rate of 56.2 percent. This figure describes the probability of obtaining a patent grant, where 56.2 percent of applications reach issuance under this examiner's review.

The interview lift is 9.8 percent. This indicates the statistical change in outcomes associated with conducting interviews. While the lift is positive, the 9.8 percent figure is a single factor influencing the 56.2 percent allowance rate, and it can be integrated into a broader prosecution strategy for the 397 resolved cases.

The median days to allowance is 1310. This timeline provides a benchmark for the duration of prosecution for successful cases. With 397 resolved cases, the data for Art Unit 2483 shows a pattern of a 56.2 percent allowance rate and a 1310-day median pendency for applications that navigate the examination process.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

56.2%
Allow Rate
-1.8% vs TC avg
443
Total Applications
+9.8%
Interview Lift
1310
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 397 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.3%
§101 Eligibility
35.4%
§102 Novelty
48.2%
§103 Obviousness
8.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19116826 VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM 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
18620593 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19100225 VARIABLE INTRA-FRAME (I-FRAME) TIME INTERVAL AND GROUP OF PICTURE (GOP) LENGTH FOR VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17616682 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18223925 ESTIMATED MACROBLOCK DISTORTION CO-OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
19299294 CROSS-COMPONENT RESIDUAL PREDICTION ON CHROMA SIGNALING AND INTRATMP MODE Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19262006 BI-DIRECTIONAL OPTICAL FLOW ON GPM WITH BI-PREDICTIVE MOTION VECTOR Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18643479 Context Derivation for Signaling Zero Residual Flag of a Transform Block Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18382922 FLIPPING MODE FOR CHROMA AND INTRA TEMPLATE MATCHING Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19264596 INTER PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN VIDEO CODING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
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.
19090816 Enhanced Signalling of Lost Or Corrupted Samples In a Media File Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
19064222 ON SAO AND CCSAO Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18896773 METHOD FOR PICTURE PROCESSING AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19100960 OPTICAL DEVICE Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
18801104 HARDWARE VIDEO ENCODER ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTIROW PARALLEL ENCODING Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18056139 VIDEO-DATA ENCODER Final Rejection Microchip Technology Incorporated
19196681 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SHANGHAI BILIBILI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
19196674 REFERENCE FRAME PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON VERSATILE VIDEO CODING, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SHANGHAI BILIBILI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
19099881 CLEANLINESS INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR INSPECTION OF AN INNER SPACE OF MOBILE TRANSPORT TANKS Final Rejection ScanTank B.V.
19039679 CONFIGURATION SELECTION FOR CONTENT DELIVERY USING SERVER SIDE INFORMATION Non-Final OA Beijing YoJaJa Software Technology Development Co., Ltd.
19034188 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE FOR TRAFFIC MONITORING AND MONITORING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Hangzhou City University Binjiang Innovation Center
18820873 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING USING CONTEXT MODEL INITIALIZATION Non-Final OA DIGITALINSIGHTS INC.
18714672 DRIVING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA BEIJING SHIYAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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