Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: RETALLICK, KAITLIN A

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2482 2666 4100

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.0%
Allow Rate
+16.0% vs TC avg
558
Total Applications
+10.3%
Interview Lift
944
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 529 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.8%
§101 Eligibility
6.1%
§102 Novelty
64.1%
§103 Obviousness
7.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19322652 METHOD, DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BIT STREAM, FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18746945 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18881216 METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND DECODING A TENSOR Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19205928 HARDWARE FRIENDLY BLOCK LEVEL ADAPTIVE WEIGHTED PREDICTION Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19201821 SELECTION OF MULTIPLE REFERENCE FRAMES FOR WEIGHTED AVERAGING PROBABILITY MODEL Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19093050 IBC SIGNALING Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19301633 MULTIMODAL INTRAORAL SCANNING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18571135 TEMPLATE-BASED INTRA MODE DERIVATION Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
17925426 METHOD AND DEVICE TO FINELY CONTROL AN IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODING PROCESS Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
18286707 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19145104 A METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
19132217 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING USING ADAPTIVE REFERENCE LINE CANDIDATE LIST Non-Final OA RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
18678956 BEAM SEARCH-BASED JOINT RATE-DISTORTION OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR VVC INTRA CODING Non-Final OA CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
18855268 APPLICATIONS OF TEMPLATE MATCHING IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION

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