Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2482 4100

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

Maria E. Vazquez Colon is an examiner in Art Unit 2482 within Tech Center 4100. The examiner has a record of 588 resolved cases. The data shows an allowance rate of 73.1% for these applications. This 73.1% rate provides a baseline for applicants to evaluate the probability of success when their cases are assigned to this examiner. The 588 resolved cases indicate the examiner's history of examination within this technical area.

The median days to allowance for successful cases is 1087. This 1087-day figure represents the typical timeline for the prosecution process from filing to grant. An important metric in this profile is the 13.9% interview lift. This 13.9% lift shows that the likelihood of an allowance increases when an interview is conducted with the examiner. Practitioners should consider the 13.9% lift as a reason to engage in verbal discussion to address rejections. The 1087-day median pendency and the 73.1% allowance rate are key factors for strategic planning. By leveraging the 13.9% interview lift, applicants may find a more effective path to allowance than through written responses alone.

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

Performance Statistics

73.1%
Allow Rate
+13.1% vs TC avg
627
Total Applications
+13.9%
Interview Lift
1087
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 588 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.5%
§101 Eligibility
13.5%
§102 Novelty
58.5%
§103 Obviousness
15.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19316868 ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING PICTURE OUTPUT TIMING INFORMATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
19252791 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMOVING REDUNDANT SYNTAX FROM MERGE DATA SYNTAX Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18881201 ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION-BASED IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18685050 IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19267026 Gradual Decoding Refresh In Video Coding Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18929187 VIDEO FRAME PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, VIDEO SYSTEM, MEDIUM, AND CHIP Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18817358 ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19253033 IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19252573 IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19252428 IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19252538 IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19252453 IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18999938 RESIDUE FRAME PREDICTION IN VIDEO COMPRESSION FOR LOW-LATENCY AND ULTRA-LOW-LATENCY STREAMING Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
19184939 VIDEO ENCODING USING CONTEXT ADAPTIVE BINARY ARITHMETHIC CODING OR BYPASS ENCODING OF DATA RELATED TO A MULTI-DIRECTION LINEAR MODEL CHROMA MODE Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
19231117 VIDEO CODEC IMPORTANCE INDICATION AND RADIO ACCESS NETWORK AWARENESS CONFIGURATION Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
19050486 MOTION-COMPENSATED CAMERA VIEWPOINT SHIFT Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18879434 Method and Apparatus of Dependent Quantization for Video Coding Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
19230448 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR PROCESSING VIDEO Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
19249666 HARMONIZATION BETWEEN DIFFERNT VIDEO PROCESS MODE Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18825277 OPTIMIZED VIDEO PROCESSING THROUGH SOURCE-SIDE TAGGING FOR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
19077736 EFFICIENT SCALABLE CODING CONCEPT Final Rejection DOLBY VIDEO COMPRESSION, LLC

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