Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RETALLICK, KAITLIN A

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2482 2666

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.3%
Allow Rate
+13.3% vs TC avg
542
Total Applications
+10.7%
Interview Lift
963
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 515 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.8%
§101 Eligibility
7.0%
§102 Novelty
58.4%
§103 Obviousness
8.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19029779 IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18855268 APPLICATIONS OF TEMPLATE MATCHING IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
19009832 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING PALETTE MODE, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18346143 ARITHMETIC CODING WITH SPATIAL TUNING Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
19039060 VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING BASED ON MAPPING OF LUMA SAMPLES AND SCALING OF CHROMA SAMPLES Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
19046280 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18881216 METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND DECODING A TENSOR Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18935302 METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND DECODING A TRANSFORMED BLOCK OF VIDEO SAMPLES Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18493874 VIDEO DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, VIDEO RECEPTION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT TRANSMIT ENCODED DATA OF A CORRESPONDING FRAME WITH METADATA Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17829739 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING VIDEO CODING Final Rejection REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
17925426 METHOD AND DEVICE TO FINELY CONTROL AN IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODING PROCESS Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
18439291 ANALYTICS-AWARE VIDEO COMPRESSION CONTROL USING END-TO-END LEARNING Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18395526 ADAPTIVE BILATERAL FILTER IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18485531 Transforms and Sign Prediction Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18286707 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19043765 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED BITSTREAM Non-Final OA INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
17468435 NULL TILE CODING IN VIDEO CODING Final Rejection ZTE Corporation
18825577 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING USING PALETTE MODE BASED ON PROXIMITY INFORMATION Final Rejection KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
18659531 Methods and Apparatuses of Processing Video Data of Out-of-bounds Nodes Final Rejection HFI Innovation Inc.
18608407 RESIDUAL DATA WRITING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GLENFLY Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
18101507 ACTIVE MARKER RELAY SYSTEM FOR PERFORMANCE CAPTURE Non-Final OA Unity Technologies SF

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