Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Richard T Torrente, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as TORRENTE, RICHARD T

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2469 2482 2485 2621

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Analysis

TORRENTE, RICHARD T is assigned to tech center 2600 and art unit 2469. The profile contains 1077 resolved cases, with a 69.9% allowance rate and a median of 1289 days to allowance. The interview lift is 13.8%, indicating that interviews may support prosecution progress while the allowance record points to the importance of sustained substantive engagement.

Representative companies are Bytedance Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Qualcomm Incorporated. The listed firms are Astute IP Law Group, ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C., and SUGHRUE MION, PLLC. Applicants can use this company and firm activity to identify relevant prosecution experience in the examiner's technology area.

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

Performance Statistics

69.9%
Allow Rate
+7.9% vs TC avg
1,111
Total Applications
+13.8%
Interview Lift
1289
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1077 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.8%
§101 Eligibility
26.4%
§102 Novelty
52.5%
§103 Obviousness
8.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19214835 DECODING BASED ON BI-DIRECTIONAL PICTURE CONDITION Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19173881 DECODING BASED ON BI-DIRECTIONAL PICTURE CONDITION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18875066 CDRX MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
19228142 APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SCALING IMAGE DATA Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19212155 METHOD OF REPETITIVE PATTERN-AWARE INTERPOLATION OF VIDEO FRAMES, AND DEVICE AND MEDIUM IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19038574 MOTION CANDIDATE DERIVATION WITH SEARCH ORDER AND CODING MODE Non-Final OA Lemon Inc.
19171928 MERGING INTRA PREDICTION DATA FOR VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18869800 CROSS-CARRIER SCHEDULING IN UNIFIED TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR FRAMEWORKS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
18938203 FRAME ALLOCATION OPTIMIZATION Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18865590 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18395213 CODING APPARATUS AND DECODING APPARATUS Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19253669 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19236847 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19068975 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19009819 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18984150 PARTITIONING INFORMATION IN NEURAL NETWORK-BASED VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19173686 ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS, ENCODER, DECODER, CODE STREAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19217115 CAMERA BLINDSPOT ANALYSIS Non-Final OA ALARM.COM INCORPORATED
19239625 VIDEO COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR RELIABLE TRANSMISSION Final Rejection Nvidia Corporation
19110027 CAMERA SYSTEM Non-Final OA Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Richard T Torrente's allowance rate?

69.9% of resolved applications examined by Richard T Torrente were allowed (1,077 resolved cases), compared with 80.6% across Art Unit 2469 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Richard T Torrente?

This examiner's interview lift is +13.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Richard T Torrente take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Richard T Torrente took 1,289 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Richard T Torrente work in?

Richard T Torrente examines applications in Art Unit 2469 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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