Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Examiner: USTARIS, JOSEPH G

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2400 2424 2483 2623

This examiner grants 36% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

36.4%
Allow Rate
-25.6% vs TC avg
107
Total Applications
+28.9%
Interview Lift
1465
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 99 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
2.8%
§102 Novelty
96.8%
§103 Obviousness
0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18861130 VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18849484 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18843984 METHOD FOR DECODING VIDEO FROM VIDEO BITSTREAM REPRESENTING VIDEO Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18913890 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18617634 MASK BASED IMAGE COMPOSITION Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18855490 Method and Apparatus of Using Separate Splitting Trees for Colour Components in Video Coding System Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18920605 IMAGING SYSTEM WITH RELIABLE DEPTH DETECTION AND METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Symbotic LLC

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