Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: WALSH, KATHLEEN M.

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2482

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.2%
Allow Rate
+22.2% vs TC avg
445
Total Applications
+17.6%
Interview Lift
840
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 430 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.3%
§101 Eligibility
15.4%
§102 Novelty
56.1%
§103 Obviousness
8.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18728694 POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION DEVICE, AND POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION METHOD Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
18786433 ENERGY EFFICIENT CONTEXT RELEVANT PROCESSING FOR CONTENT Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19204381 METHOD FOR VIDEO-BASED PATCH-WISE VECTOR QUANTIZED AUTO-ENCODER CODEBOOK LEARNING FOR VIDEO ANOMALY DETECTION Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
19316899 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18902768 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION DURING ROBOTIC SURGERY Non-Final OA Verb Surgical Inc.
19271599 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO DECODING, AND METHOD FOR VIDEO ENCODING Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18898787 MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL FOR VEHICLE OPERATION Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18393437 PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
19258715 METHOD FOR DETERMINING COLOR DIFFERENCE COMPONENT QUANTIZATION PARAMETER AND DEVICE USING THE METHOD Non-Final OA Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
19126025 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ENCODING GEOMETRY OF POINT CLOUD FRAMES OF POINT CLOUD SEQUENCE INTO BITSTREAM, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DECODING GEOMETRY OF POINT CLOUD FRAMES OF POINT CLOUD SEQUENCE FROM BITSTREAM Non-Final OA Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.

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