Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: PHAM, NAM D

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2482 2487 2669

This examiner grants 91% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

90.8%
Allow Rate
+28.8% vs TC avg
580
Total Applications
+1.4%
Interview Lift
719
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 554 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.9%
§101 Eligibility
29.1%
§102 Novelty
35.2%
§103 Obviousness
6.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19258150 IMAGE DECODING METHOD FOR DERIVING WEIGHT INDEX INFORMATION FOR BIPREDICTION, AND DEVICE FOR SAME Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19021289 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18966222 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
19237021 PREDICTION MODE DETERMINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ENCODING DEVICE, AND DECODING DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18975891 INTER PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19034911 Flexibility of Module Order in Video Coding Systems Final Rejection TENCENT AMERICA LLC
19302791 TRANSFORM FOR INTRA BLOCK COPY Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19177912 IMPLICIT NEURAL REPRESENTATION TREE Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
19082607 IMAGE CODING/DECODING METHOD, CODER AND DECODER Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18593742 VARIATIONAL INFERENCING BY A DIFFUSION MODEL Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18507289 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING GRAPH FEDERATED LEARNING MODELS USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING-BASED DATA AUGMENTATION Non-Final OA Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY

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