Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SENFI, BEHROOZ M

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2482 2621

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Analysis

Behrooz M. Senfi is an examiner in Tech Center 2600, specifically assigned to Art Unit 2482. The examiner has handled a volume of 1066 resolved cases, which provides a dataset for analyzing prosecution trends. The allowance rate of 82.9 percent indicates the approach to patentability for this docket. The median days to allowance is 986, offering an expectation for the time required to navigate the process to a grant.

An interview lift of 9.7 percent suggests that conducting an interview is a strategy that increases the likelihood of success. With 1066 resolved cases, the examiner's statistics are established within Art Unit 2482. The 986 day median pendency reflects the speed of prosecution in Tech Center 2600. Practitioners can use the 9.7 percent interview lift to evaluate the impact of an examiner interview. The combination of the 82.9 percent allowance rate and the interview lift characterizes this examiner's docket for applicants.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

82.9%
Allow Rate
+20.9% vs TC avg
1,077
Total Applications
+9.7%
Interview Lift
986
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1066 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.9%
§101 Eligibility
21.0%
§102 Novelty
47.1%
§103 Obviousness
8.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19158321 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19157970 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING QUANTIZATION ACCORDING TO IMAGE USE, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
19289485 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19323677 DUAL SYSTEM ON A CHIP EYEWEAR Non-Final OA Snap Inc.
19265911 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19160840 CODING UNIT BASED IMPLICIT NEURAL REPRESENTATION (INR) Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19301870 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19222744 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19045322 USE OF HIERARCHICAL VIDEO AND IMAGE CODING FOR TELEPRESENCE Non-Final OA V-NOVA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
19070429 METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING RESIDUAL COEFFICIENT Final Rejection HANWHA VISION CO., LTD.

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