Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: VOLENTINE, REBECCA A

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2400 2482 2483

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.2%
Allow Rate
+18.2% vs TC avg
552
Total Applications
+17.8%
Interview Lift
920
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 534 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
10.5%
§102 Novelty
57.0%
§103 Obviousness
17.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19197320 IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19251072 ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18900600 Adaptive Bilateral Filtering Using Look-Up Tables Final Rejection Apple Inc.
19048737 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
19258565 ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, ENCODER, DECODER AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19176280 CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, CODER, DECODER, CODE STREAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19088374 FAST OPERATING SYSTEM LOGIN METHOD AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.

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