Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WERNER, DAVID N

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2483 2487 2621

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.7%
Allow Rate
+5.7% vs TC avg
745
Total Applications
+16.2%
Interview Lift
1207
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 713 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.4%
§101 Eligibility
23.1%
§102 Novelty
44.8%
§103 Obviousness
16.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18757510 VEHICLE DEVICE Non-Final OA CARUX TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.
19326143 IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18513643 3D PROJECTION METHOD AND 3D PROJECTION DEVICE Final Rejection Coretronic Corporation
18513630 3D PROJECTION METHOD AND 3D PROJECTION DEVICE Final Rejection Coretronic Corporation
18531154 DIGITAL CORRELATED DOUBLE-SAMPLING FOR AN IMAGE SENSOR PIXEL Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18915691 ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18410581 TRAINING WITH CORRUPTION FOR QUALITY PROPAGATION IN LOW-DELAY VIDEO CODERS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18201941 VIDEO CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING INTRA PREDICTION USING DIRECTION AND POSITION DEPENDENT PREDICTION COMBINATION OR MATRIX BASED PREDICTION Final Rejection DIGITALINSIGHTS INC.
18038468 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING BY USING AN INTRA BLOCK COPY MODE Final Rejection KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
18402017 IMAGING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL-PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
18661311 Driver Monitoring System and Associated Image-Capture Method Non-Final OA OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
18360462 SURVEILLANCE AND/OR SECURITY SYSTEMS, EVENT PROCESSING, AND ASSOCIATED UNITS, SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA Final Rejection LiveView Technologies, LLC
18202289 AROUND VIEW MONITORING SYSTEM AND THE METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA HL KLEMOVE CORP.
18742151 IMAGE SENSORS WITH INTEGRATED VISIBLE AND INFRARED LIGHT PIXELS Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
18616706 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SURGICAL NAVIGATION USING MULTI-CAMERA TRACKING SYSTEMS Final Rejection INTELLIJOINT SURGICAL INC.
18752821 Monitoring Method for Safe Area and Safety System and Displaying Method Thereof Non-Final OA WHETRON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18143856 TEST STAND FOR STIMULATING A PHOTODETECTOR Non-Final OA dSPACE GmbH
18372134 WEIGHTED PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATONS CORP., LTD.
18253930 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INFRARED SENSING Final Rejection TriEye Ltd.
18167847 System and Method for Solid-State LiDAR with Adaptive Blooming Correction Non-Final OA OPSYS Tech Ltd.
17789457 Motion vector prediction for video coding Non-Final OA Nedertandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
17547616 DYNAMIC TRANSFER FUNCTION FOR REVERSIBLE ENCODING Final Rejection Contrast, Inc.
17502594 VIEWPOINT PATH STABILIZATION Non-Final OA Fyusion, Inc.

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