Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19302403 | DISTRIBUTION OF VIDEO CONTENT | August 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18826462 | MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND MOVING PICTURE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS | September 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18836951 | Multi-Frame Motion Compensation Synthesis For Video Coding | August 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18778551 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | July 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18767885 | SUB-BLOCK DIVISION-BASED IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE | July 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18737880 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | June 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18671886 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | May 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18669666 | DECODER SIDE MOTION INFORMATION DERIVATION | May 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18641259 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18696286 | VIDEO CODING AND DECODING | March 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18608059 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A VIDEO SIGNAL | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18692304 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DMVR WITH BI-PREDICTION WEIGHTING | March 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18418021 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON WRAP-AROUND MOTION COMPENSATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18411740 | SUBJECTIVE DISTORTION METRIC FOR RATE DISTORTION DETERMINATIONS | January 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18409147 | Scalable Prediction Type Coding | January 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18407806 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE USING MOTION COMPENSATION | January 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18403318 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PICTURE ENCODING AND DECODING | January 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18391106 | INTER PREDICTION-BASED IMAGE CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18543968 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18538728 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | December 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18517737 | Coefficients Coding In Transform Skip Mode | November 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18514228 | Concept Of Interweaved Prediction | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18510196 | HISTORY-BASED MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION | November 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18559503 | OVERLAPPED DECODER SIDE MOTION REFINEMENT | November 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18496152 | VIDEO CODING USING MAPPED TRANSFORMS AND SCANNING MODES | October 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18494947 | ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, AND DECODER | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18494880 | ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, AND DECODER | October 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18489195 | SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION FOR INTRA BLOCK COPY IN VIDEO CODING | October 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18484549 | CODING METHOD, ENCODER, AND DECODER | October 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18378120 | GEOMETRIC PARTITION MODE WITH EXPLICIT MOTION SIGNALING | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18370589 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPATIAL PREDICTION | September 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18467513 | METHODS OF SUBBLOCK SKIPPING FOR AFFINE MOTION SEARCH FOR VIDEO CODING | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18280551 | REALTIME PRE-ENCODING CONTENT-ADAPTIVE GPU IMAGE DITHERING | September 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18241763 | IMPLICIT MASKED BLENDING MODE COMBINED WITH MV REFINEMENT METHODS | September 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18238340 | IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | August 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18235561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE REGION OF INTEREST ENCRYPTION IN HEVC/H.265 VIDEO BASED ON THE CODING UNIT | August 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18264511 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, ANALYSIS METHOD AND PROGRAM | August 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18230384 | VIDEO DECODER AND METHODS | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18226353 | MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND MOVING PICTURE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS | July 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18262533 | SCREEN CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18352620 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | July 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18336735 | DECODING AND ENCODING OF NEURAL-NETWORK-BASED BITSTREAMS | June 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18329040 | Electronic Device Content Provisioning Adjustments based on Wireless Communication Channel Bandwidth Condition | June 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18317160 | LOW-COST APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED REMOTE COLLECTION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR VALUE | May 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18196372 | BILATERAL MATCHING FOR COMPOUND REFERENCE MODE | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18180788 | RESERVED BIT PREDICTION FOR SLICE SIZE CONTROL WITH PIPELINED VIDEO ENCODING | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18114791 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODING SYSTEM | February 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18114003 | INTER PREDICTION-BASED IMAGE CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18156746 | EVENT ATTENDANCE MONITORING USING A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT | January 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18156040 | CONSTRUCTION METHOD FOR A SPATIAL MOTION CANDIDATE LIST | January 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18097579 | Predictive and Residual Coding of Sparse Signals for Weight Update Compression | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18097390 | SUB-BLOCK MOTION DERIVATION AND DECODER-SIDE MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENT FOR MERGE MODE | January 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18092066 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED | December 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18146227 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE USING MOTION COMPENSATION | December 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18078179 | Foveated Partial Image Compression Using Automatically Detected Landmarks | December 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18078443 | ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD | December 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17992582 | VIDEO COMPRESSION AT SCENE CHANGES FOR LOW LATENCY INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17980810 | ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD | November 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17980125 | LOCAL WARP MOTION DELTA MODE | November 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17978263 | SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION FOR INTRA BLOCK COPY IN VIDEO CODING | November 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17977638 | GRID-BASED PATCH GENERATION FOR VIDEO-BASED POINT CLOUD CODING | October 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17969756 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A WIRELESS, PORTABLE, AND/OR HANDHELD, DEVICE WITH SAFETY FEATURES | October 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17996207 | SEMANTICS FOR CONSTRAINED PROCESSING AND CONFORMANCE TESTING IN VIDEO CODING | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17955719 | COEFFICIENTS CODING IN TRANSFORM SKIP MODE | September 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 22 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17955927 | AFFINE MODELS USE IN AFFINE BILATERAL MATCHING | September 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17955525 | IMPROVED TEMPORAL MERGE CANDIDATES IN MERGE CANDIDATE LISTS IN VIDEO CODING | September 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17952898 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON WRAP-AROUND MOTION COMPENSATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM | September 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17914322 | DECODING, ENCODING, AND ENCODING/DECODING METHODS, APPARATUSES AND DEVICES | September 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17952193 | DECODING METHODS AND DEVICES, AND ENCODING METHODS AND DEVICES | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17951900 | BILATERAL MATCHING WITH AFFINE MOTION | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17945273 | CONSTRAINTS ON REFERENCE PICTURE ORDER | September 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17896350 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPATIAL PREDICTION | August 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17886104 | Collocated Picture Indication In Video Bitstreams | August 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 18 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17886111 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN EFFICIENT INTER-PREDICTION STRUCTURE AND SIGNALING FOR LOW-DELAY VIDEO STREAMING | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17885295 | RESTRICTIONS ON MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCE | August 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17875304 | SIGNALING OF MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TRIANGLE MERGE CANDIDATES | July 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17871170 | MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND MOVING PICTURE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS | July 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17862217 | VIDEO CODING USING OPTICAL FLOW AND RESIDUAL PREDICTORS | July 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17858161 | ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, AND DECODER | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17810725 | VIDEO CODING USING MAPPED TRANSFORMS AND SCANNING MODES | July 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17809167 | USING UNREFINED MOTION VECTORS FOR PERFORMING DECODER-SIDE MOTION VECTOR DERIVATION | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17806221 | MOTION VECTOR CANDIDATE CONSTRUCTION FOR GEOMETRIC PARTITIONING MODE IN VIDEO CODING | June 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17832748 | PRIMARY AND AUXILIARY IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND RELATED METHODS | June 2022 | June 2023 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17615473 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | June 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17753859 | OVER-THE-EYE APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING IMAGES FROM A USER'S POINT OF VIEW | March 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17679864 | DISPLAY APPARATUS | February 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17676824 | INTRA-PREDICTION ESTIMATION USING APPROXIMATE RECONSTRUCTED SAMPLES | February 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17674946 | VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17569416 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING | January 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17561275 | IDENTIFYING LONG TERM REFERENCE FRAME USING SCENE DETECTION AND PERCEPTUAL HASHING | December 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17560214 | FOLLOWING SHOOT METHOD, GIMBAL CONTROL METHOD, PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, HANDHELD GIMBAL AND PHOTOGRAPHING SYSTEM | December 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17554294 | MOTION PRECISION IN SUB-BLOCK BASED INTER PREDICTION | December 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 20 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17545156 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING VIDEO CONTENT | December 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17539945 | SEMI-GLOBAL MATCHING (SGM) COST COMPRESSION | December 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17612738 | SUB-BLOCK DIVISION-BASED IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE | November 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17607211 | VIDEO GENERATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM | October 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17495797 | GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORK FOR VIDEO COMPRESSION | October 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17474078 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR STEREO VISION AND TRACKING | September 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17468385 | THUMBNAIL CACHE | September 2021 | August 2024 | Abandon | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17435347 | COLOR AND INFRARED IMAGE SENSOR | August 2021 | August 2024 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HALLENBECK-HUBER, JEREMIAH CHARLES.
With a 60.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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, 50.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner HALLENBECK-HUBER, JEREMIAH CHARLES works in Art Unit 2481 and has examined 56 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.
Examiner HALLENBECK-HUBER, JEREMIAH CHARLES's allowance rate of 83.9% places them in the 59% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by HALLENBECK-HUBER, JEREMIAH CHARLES receive 2.91 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 84% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by HALLENBECK-HUBER, JEREMIAH CHARLES is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 51% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HALLENBECK-HUBER, JEREMIAH CHARLES. This interview benefit is in the 33% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 28.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 20.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 24% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.
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 8% 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 44.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 10% percentile among all examiners. 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, 42.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 16% 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 21% 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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