Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: MESSMORE, JONATHAN R

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2482

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.9%
Allow Rate
+18.9% vs TC avg
545
Total Applications
+9.6%
Interview Lift
1013
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 510 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.9%
§101 Eligibility
23.2%
§102 Novelty
51.9%
§103 Obviousness
12.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19219457 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING ON BASIS OF POC MSB INFORMATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18860388 POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION DEVICE, AND POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION METHOD Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19207547 DETERMINING A PARAMETRIZATION FOR CONTEXT-ADAPTIVE BINARY ARITHMETIC CODING Non-Final OA FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
19016172 Apparatuses and Methods for Encoding or Decoding a Picture of a Video Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19246001 DECODING METHOD, ENCODING METHOD, DECODING DEVICE, AND ENCODING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18854018 THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
19088612 Chroma from Luma Prediction Using Neighbor Luma Samples Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18845489 PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18878269 SPATIAL GEOMETRIC PARTITION MODE Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19079093 BLOCK BOUNDARY PREDICTION REFINEMENT WITH OPTICAL FLOW Non-Final OA InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
18889677 CODING ADAPTATIONS FOR PIECE-WISE SMOOTH VIDEO CONTENT SUPPORTING BOTH GUIDED AND UNGUIDED BLOCK-WISE CODING Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18763546 VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING MERGE MODE Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18794242 USING A SECONDARY CAMERA FOR GENERATING TRUE OPTICAL BLUR IN REAL TIME VIDEO Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
19196044 Enhanced Platen for Pharmaceutical Compounding Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
19081296 Aerodynamically Streamlined Enclosure for Input Devices of a Medication Preparation System Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company

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