Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PHAM, NAM D

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2482 2487

This examiner grants 91% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

90.8%
Allow Rate
+32.8% vs TC avg
564
Total Applications
+1.2%
Interview Lift
780
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 530 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.0%
§101 Eligibility
28.4%
§102 Novelty
32.3%
§103 Obviousness
4.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18913666 METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND DEVICE THEREFOR Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19021289 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18817451 DATA ENCODING AND DECODING Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18949770 TRANSFORM-BASED IMAGE CODING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SAME Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19029942 MULTI-TYPE TREE DEPTH EXTENSION FOR PICTURE BOUNDARY HANDLING Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18975891 INTER PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18958294 DETERMINING MULTIPLE CAMERA POSITIONS FROM MULTIPLE VIDEOS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18899768 ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18885456 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE BY USING BOUNDARY PROCESSING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Final Rejection Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
19033286 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19034911 Flexibility of Module Order in Video Coding Systems Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18857334 Method and Apparatus of Most Probable Modes List Construction Based on Decoder Side Intra Mode Derivation in Video Coding System Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18914404 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CROSS-COMPONENT PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODING Final Rejection BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18897239 Synchronized Spinning LIDAR and Rolling Shutter Camera System Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
18994221 VIDEO IN-LOOP FILTER ADAPTIVE TO VARIOUS TYPES OF NOISE AND CHARACTERISTICS Non-Final OA EWHA UNIVERSITY – INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
19031603 ELECTRONIC LOCK WITH REMOTE MONITORING Non-Final OA ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc.
18795666 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALLY TRACKING PERSONS AND IMPUTING DEMOGRAPHIC AND SENTIMENT DATA Non-Final OA RadiusAI, Inc.
18679296 ASYMMETRICAL ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ARRAY Non-Final OA Exo Imaging, Inc.

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