Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19133259 | DEFECT INSPECTION SYSTEM AND DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD | May 2025 | February 2026 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18920734 | Tunable Hybrid Neural Video Representations | October 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18274147 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME | September 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18884321 | Neural Network with Approximated Activation Function | September 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18840145 | AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS | August 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18767475 | METHOD FOR SIGNALING PICTURE IN PICTURE USING PRESELECTION WITH EXTERNAL BITSTREAM MANIPULATION INSTRUCTIONS | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18727398 | VIDEO CODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS | July 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18739998 | EMBEDDING DATA WITHIN TRANSFORMED COEFFICIENTS USING BIT PARTITIONING OPERATIONS | June 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18731091 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE | May 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18675075 | IMAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELF-LUMINOUS OBJECT ON BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE FILM | May 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18667653 | SURROUNDING SURVEILLANCE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | May 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18652697 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE | May 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18643085 | IMAGE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION USING CONTROLLED QUALITY LOSS | April 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18617538 | METHODS AND DECODER FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | March 2024 | January 2026 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18605824 | WELDING INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS | March 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18590220 | GROUP OF PICTURES SIZE DETERMINATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | February 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18585005 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | February 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18583296 | ENCODER AND METHOD OF ENCODING A SEQUENCE OF FRAMES | February 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18443946 | VIDEO DECODER WITH CONFIGURABLE REFERENCE CACHE AND ON-CHIP MEMORY BUFFER | February 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18433054 | ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | February 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18426216 | DIGITAL POINT SPREAD FUNCTION (DPSF) AND DUAL MODULATION PROJECTION (INCLUDING LASERS) USING DPSF | January 2024 | November 2025 | Abandon | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18400516 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | December 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18570670 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE | December 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18530617 | METHOD FOR ENCODING VIDEO INFORMATION AND METHOD FOR DECODING VIDEO INFORMATION, AND APPARATUS USING SAME | December 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18499437 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR SCALABLE IMAGE CODING | November 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18498421 | Sub-Picture Based Random Access | October 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18479521 | MEMORY SYSTEM | October 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18475853 | TEMPORAL SIGNALLING FOR VIDEO CODING TECHNOLOGY | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18474532 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANGULAR INTRA MODE CODING | September 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18367871 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING USING SEGMENTATION | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18464145 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FOVEATED COMPRESSION | September 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18458006 | DIFFUSION-BASED DATA COMPRESSION | August 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18546027 | VIDEO PRELOADING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18363057 | Picture Coding Supporting Block Merging And Skip Mode | August 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18224501 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18224204 | Temperature Determination Using a Camera | July 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18260821 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS | July 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18219036 | Method of Coding and Decoding Images, Coding and Decoding Device and Computer Programs Corresponding Thereto | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18346795 | DECODER-SIDE MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENT (DMVR) PROCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS | July 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18260249 | COOKING APPLIANCE WITH A CAMERA AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18259817 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO COMPENSATE FOR SUBSTRATE THICKNESS ERROR | June 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18215897 | DYNAMIC MOTION ESTIMATION PARAMETER MODIFICATION FOR VIDEO ENCODING | June 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18343347 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PHOTOGRAPHING MODULE THEREOF | June 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18213462 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18259239 | IMAGE CAPTURING ASSEMBLY | June 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18324123 | SPATIAL ANGULAR PARTITIONED WEIGHTED INTRA PREDICTION USING INTRA PREDICTION DIRECTIONAL MODES TO DETERMINE APPLIED WEIGHT | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18141872 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXERCISE TRACKING | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18297027 | VEHICULAR CAMERA MODULE WITH MICRO-LENS ARRAY AT IMAGER | April 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18295197 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING A BYTESTREAM | April 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18191990 | ENTROPY ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18190477 | SIMPLIFIED HISTORY BASED MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION | March 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18125276 | POINT CLOUD ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND POINT CLOUD ENCODER AND POINT CLOUD DECODER | March 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18186006 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING USING SUPER-RESOLUTION RESTORATION WITH RESIDUAL FRAME CODING | March 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18044775 | TRIM-PASS CORRECTION FOR CLOUD-BASED CODING OF HDR VIDEO | March 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18177942 | ENHANCED RESOLUTION GENERATION AT DECODER | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18164630 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | February 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18165017 | ALTERNATIVE INTERPOLATION FILTERS IN VIDEO CODING | February 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18018791 | POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION METHOD | January 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18160173 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM OPERATION METHOD | January 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18101571 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOTION COMPENSATED TEMPORAL FILTERING DURING IMAGE PROCESSING OPERATIONS | January 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18099111 | FAILURE IDENTIFICATION AND HANDLING METHOD, AND SYSTEM | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18094515 | BI-PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODING | January 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 32 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18093632 | Adaptive Reordering of Adjusted Block Vector Predictor Candidates | January 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18091178 | DECODER-SIDE CHROMA INTRA PREDICTION MODE GRADIENT-BASED DERIVATION | December 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18089928 | CONTENT ADAPTIVE CONFIGURABLE HIERARCHICAL AND PARTITIONAL MOTION ESTIMATION SEARCH | December 2022 | March 2026 | Abandon | 38 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18087531 | Digital Point Spread Function (DPSF) and Dual Modulation Projection (including Lasers) using DPSF | December 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18064745 | Adaptive image enhancement using inter-channel correlation information | December 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18077801 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS, AND VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS | December 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18009248 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SUB-BITSTREAM EXTRACTION PROCESS ON BASIS OF MAXIMUM TIME IDENTIFIER, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM | December 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18072538 | HYBRID CODING ORDER FOR POINT CLOUD CODING | November 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 19 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17984675 | ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD | November 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17963829 | VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING FOR CLOUD GAMING | October 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17960115 | PREMISES SECURITY SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC RISK EVALUATION | October 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 41 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17955788 | IMAGE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION USING CONTROLLED QUALITY LOSS | September 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17933754 | METHOD FOR DECODING A VIDEO STREAM | September 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17944870 | CONSTRAINTS ON REFERENCE PICTURE LISTS ENTRIES | September 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17943025 | MOTION SEARCH METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2022 | January 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17898051 | Constrains for High Level Syntax Elements | August 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17895024 | Content-Adaptive Encoder Configuration | August 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17799154 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING IMAGE FEATURE INFORMATION, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM | August 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17880396 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF VIDEO DECODING WITH IMPROVED BUFFER STORAGE AND BANDWIDTH EFFICIENCY | August 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17878398 | IMAGE GENERATION METHOD USING TERMINAL CRADLE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL THEREFOR | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17875663 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION AND PHOTOGRAPHING BASED ON UNDER DISPLAY CAMERA IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | July 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17795757 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO GENERATION DEVICE, VIDEO GENERATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17871880 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ROAD TRAVERSABILITY USING REAL TIME DATA AND A TRAINED MODEL | July 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17868597 | MEMORY SYSTEM | July 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17866172 | END-TO-END STEREO IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON BI-DIRECTIONAL CODING | July 2022 | April 2024 | Abandon | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17862674 | IMAGE-RECORDING DEVICE FOR IMPROVED LOW LIGHT INTENSITY IMAGING AND ASSOCIATED IMAGE-RECORDING METHOD | July 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17810187 | BITSTREAM SYNTAX FOR CHROMA CODING | June 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 17806429 | MEDIA TRANSCODING USING AN AMORPHOUS FILTER | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17782568 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR REGION-BASED DIFFERENTIAL IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING | June 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 44 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17781165 | CASCADE PREDICTION | May 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17826909 | USING MOTION SENSORS FOR DIRECTION DETECTION | May 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17750735 | Method of Coding and Decoding Images, Coding and Decoding Device and Computer Programs Corresponding Thereto | May 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17730020 | CONTENT-ADAPTIVE ONLINE TRAINING WITH IMAGE SUBSTITUTION IN NEURAL IMAGE COMPRESSION | April 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17770114 | EMBEDDING DATA WITHIN TRANSFORMED COEFFICIENTS USING BIT PARTITIONING OPERATIONS | April 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17716550 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | April 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17764394 | TENSOR-PRODUCT B-SPLINE PREDICTOR | March 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17701498 | NEURAL FACE VIDEO COMPRESSION USING MULTIPLE VIEWS | March 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17762317 | Method and Apparatus of Sample Clipping for Prediction Refinement with Optical Flow in Video Coding | March 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR.
With a 20.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.
Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.
In this dataset, 12.5% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR works in Art Unit 2426 and has examined 248 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.
Examiner RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR's allowance rate of 85.1% places them in the 61% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR receive 2.38 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 68% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 68% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR. This interview benefit is in the 32% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 26.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 23.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 7% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 16% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 20.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 25.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 14% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 14% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 17% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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