Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: TORRENTE, RICHARD T

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2469 2482 2485 2621

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Analysis

Richard T. Torrente serves as an examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2469. The examiner has managed 1075 resolved cases, resulting in an allowance rate of 69.9 percent. This 69.9 percent rate provides a baseline for the probability of obtaining a patent grant under this examiner's review. Practitioners can use this percentage to evaluate the overall difficulty of prosecution for applications in this art unit.

The interview lift for this examiner is 13.9 percent. This 13.9 percent lift indicates that applications involving an interview have a higher probability of allowance than those that do not. This suggests that engaging in direct dialogue with the examiner is an effective tool for resolving outstanding rejections. For the 1075 resolved cases, this lift demonstrates the value of verbal communication in the prosecution process.

The median days to allowance is 1290. This 1290-day figure represents the typical duration from filing to grant for the cases handled by this examiner. Understanding this 1290-day median helps in setting expectations for the total length of the patent prosecution process. By combining the 69.9 percent allowance rate and the 1290-day median, applicants can better plan their intellectual property strategy.

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
1,098
Total Applications
+13.9%
Interview Lift
1290
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1075 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.7%
§101 Eligibility
26.4%
§102 Novelty
52.7%
§103 Obviousness
7.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19212155 METHOD OF REPETITIVE PATTERN-AWARE INTERPOLATION OF VIDEO FRAMES, AND DEVICE AND MEDIUM IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18395213 CODING APPARATUS AND DECODING APPARATUS Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19171928 MERGING INTRA PREDICTION DATA FOR VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18993199 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO EXTEND FIELD OF VIEW OF AN AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18869800 CROSS-CARRIER SCHEDULING IN UNIFIED TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR FRAMEWORKS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
19214835 DECODING BASED ON BI-DIRECTIONAL PICTURE CONDITION Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18865590 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
19026109 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POINT CLOUD COMPRESSION BITSTREAM FORMAT Final Rejection InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
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.
18984150 PARTITIONING INFORMATION IN NEURAL NETWORK-BASED VIDEO CODING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
19173686 ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS, ENCODER, DECODER, CODE STREAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19110027 CAMERA SYSTEM Non-Final OA Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
19038574 MOTION CANDIDATE DERIVATION WITH SEARCH ORDER AND CODING MODE Non-Final OA Lemon Inc.
18439204 VIDEO ENCODING OPTIMIZATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING CONTENT CATEGORIZATION Final Rejection ATI Technologies ULC

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