Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SULLIVAN, TYLER

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2487

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.1%
Allow Rate
+8.1% vs TC avg
411
Total Applications
+31.6%
Interview Lift
957
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 380 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.5%
§101 Eligibility
2.8%
§102 Novelty
45.6%
§103 Obviousness
30.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19016442 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD PERFORMED BY THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18399529 PARTIAL DECODING AND RECONSTRUCTION OF SUBMESHES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18372383 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18275322 MONITORING DEVICE, MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18018962 POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION DEVICE, AND POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION METHOD BASED ON A PREDICTIVE TREE Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18143734 MOTOR VEHICLE CABIN SENSING SYSTEM Final Rejection Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
18908584 CROSS-COMPONENT ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER FOR CHROMA Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18428067 LINE-OF-SIGHT DETECTING APPARATUS, OBSERVATION APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19013825 DATA STORAGE METHOD, READING METHOD, APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18280948 OWN POSITION ESTIMATING SYSTEM AND OWN POSITION ESTIMATING METHOD Non-Final OA KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19073166 VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18374099 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE SCREENING USING A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18878434 SIMPLIFICATION FOR CROSS-COMPONENT INTRA PREDICTION Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19031001 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19021539 NEURAL NETWORK-BASED IMAGE AND VIDEO COMPRESSION METHOD WITH PARALLEL PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19022954 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VISUAL DATA PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19017255 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19030828 DEPENDENT QUANTIZER STATE ADAPTIVE ARITHMETIC CODING OF TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18379613 GEOMETRIC AFFINE MODE AND GEOMETRIC SUBBLOCK MODES Final Rejection Tencent America LLC
17978976 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR SPECIFYING CONTENT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE Final Rejection Fujitsu Limited
19058938 TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING TRELLIS CODED QUANTIZATION WHEN ENCODING VIDEO DATA Non-Final OA NETFLIX, INC.
19058945 TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING ENTROPY CODING ON A QUANTIZATION INDEX WHEN ENCODING VIDEO DATA Non-Final OA NETFLIX, INC.
19104473 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO CODING USING CC-ALF BASED ON NONLINEAR CROSS-COMPONENT RELATIONSHIPS Non-Final OA EWHA UNIVERSITY – INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
18334068 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING VIDEO ANALYTICS OF A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM Final Rejection Honeywell International Inc.
18956444 METHOD AND VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR UPDATING A BUFFER Non-Final OA Axis AB
18357951 VIDEO DECODER GUIDED REGION AWARE FILM GRAIN SYNTHESIS Non-Final OA Beijing YoJaJa Software Technology Development Co., Ltd.

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