USPTO Examiner BECKER JOSEPH W - Art Unit 2483

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18407985ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER-BASED VIDEO OR IMAGE CODINGJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1500NoNo
18545219IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510NoNo
18529337METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY BREAKING PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODINGDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510NoNo
18523025Reference Picture ResamplingNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18515843DECODING DEVICE OF FILTERING RECONSTRUCTED VIDEO DATANovember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18503941ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODNovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18481800VIDEO CODING WITH GUIDED SEPARATE POST-PROCESSING STEPSOctober 2023December 2023Allow200NoNo
18368848METHOD FOR ACCESS UNIT DELIMITER SIGNALINGSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210YesNo
18237068CODING UNIT QUANTIZATION PARAMETERS IN VIDEO CODINGAugust 2023October 2024Allow1410NoNo
18228037SIMPLIFIED BINARY ARITHMETIC CODING ENGINEJuly 2023October 2024Allow1410NoNo
18329415PADDING PROCESS AT UNAVAILABLE SAMPLE LOCATIONS IN ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERINGJune 2023October 2024Allow1710NoNo
18322428USING QUANTIZATION GROUPS IN VIDEO CODINGMay 2023October 2024Allow1710NoNo
18137457INDUSTRIAL CAMERAApril 2023October 2024Allow1800NoNo
18136231DOORBELL COMMUNITIESApril 2023February 2025Allow2211NoNo
18301737VIDEO ENCODING SYSTEMApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18025983IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODMarch 2023March 2025Allow2410NoNo
18117252POST-FILTERING FOR WEIGHTED ANGULAR PREDICTIONMarch 2023September 2023Allow700NoNo
18177297Method and Apparatus of Matrix-Based Intra Prediction for Video CodingMarch 2023October 2023Allow700YesNo
18103570VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BIT STREAMJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1310NoNo
18155216SAMPLE PADDING IN ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERINGJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1310YesNo
18095479DOORBELL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1911NoNo
18074887REFERENCE PICTURE RESAMPLINGDecember 2022December 2024Abandon2430YesNo
17994591ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODNovember 2022December 2023Allow1310NoNo
17990247NUMBER RESTRICTION FOR SUBLAYERSNovember 2022October 2024Allow2340YesNo
17961160ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER-BASED VIDEO OR IMAGE CODINGOctober 2022November 2023Allow1310NoNo
17937938CAMERA MODULE FOR VEHICLEOctober 2022May 2024Allow1920NoNo
17959479METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SIGNALING OF SYNTAX ELEMENTS IN VIDEO CODINGOctober 2022November 2024Allow2510NoNo
17896382IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSAugust 2022October 2023Allow1310NoNo
17819362Method and Apparatus for Non-Linear Adaptive Loop Filtering in Video CodingAugust 2022October 2023Allow1410NoNo
17880799IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING NEURAL NETWORK BASED DEBLOCKING FILTERINGAugust 2022January 2025Allow2910NoNo
17760017A METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND VIDEO DECODINGAugust 2022May 2024Allow2110NoNo
17875382LOW COMPLEXITY LARGE TRANSFORMJuly 2022December 2023Allow1710NoNo
17792205ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICES THEREFORJuly 2022February 2024Allow1900NoNo
17858700MOTION VECTOR RANGE DERIVATION FOR ENHANCED INTERPOLATION FILTERJuly 2022April 2024Allow2100NoNo
17853274SIGNALED ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER WITH MULTIPLE CLASSIFIERS IN VIDEO CODINGJune 2022October 2024Allow2710NoNo
17848385PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD IN LONG-FOCUS SCENARIO AND TERMINALJune 2022September 2024Allow2610NoNo
17787234VIDEO DATA STREAM, VIDEO ENCODER, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR A HYPOTHETICAL REFERENCE DECODER AND FOR OUTPUT LAYER SETSJune 2022March 2024Allow2100NoNo
17843549PROCESSING OF VIDEO OPERATIONS AS SUBTASKS FOR VIDEO FRAGMENTSJune 2022March 2025Allow3311YesNo
17843015METHOD AND APPARATUS OF POSITION DEPENDENT PREDICTION COMBINATION FOR OBLIQUE DIRECTIONAL INTRA PREDICTIONJune 2022March 2025Allow3320NoNo
17787267DECODER, ENCODER AND METHODS FOR MIXING NAL UNITS OF DIFFERENT NAL UNIT TYPES IN VIDEO STREAMSJune 2022February 2025Allow3211NoNo
17842995TRANSFORMATION METHOD, ENCODER, DECODER, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2022September 2024Allow2710NoNo
17835647USING QUANTIZATION GROUPS IN VIDEO CODINGJune 2022January 2023Allow710NoNo
17716380PADDING PROCESS AT UNAVAILABLE SAMPLE LOCATIONS IN ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERINGApril 2022February 2023Allow1120NoNo
17275824VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND DEVICEApril 2022March 2025Abandon4811YesNo
17711959SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING PLACEMENT OF LABWARE COMPONENTSApril 2022October 2024Allow3020NoNo
17701303SELECTIVE APPLICATION OF SAMPLE PADDING IN ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERINGMarch 2022October 2022Allow710NoNo
17694008QUANTIZATION PARAMETER OFFSET FOR CHROMA DEBLOCKING FILTERINGMarch 2022September 2023Allow1930YesNo
17434657APPARATUSES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE, AND METHODS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE THEREBYMarch 2022June 2025Allow4530YesNo
17677400TECHNOLOGY TO ACCELERATE SCENE CHANGE DETECTION AND ACHIEVE ADAPTIVE CONTENT DISPLAYFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3020YesNo
17586116IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING EFFICIENT DEBLOCKINGJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2000NoNo
17585458METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODINGJanuary 2022December 2023Allow2310NoNo
17572833TRANSFORM BLOCK SIZE RESTRICTION IN VIDEO CODINGJanuary 2022November 2022Allow1020NoNo
17570783SAMPLE PADDING IN ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERINGJanuary 2022September 2022Allow910NoNo
17570175TARGETS, FIXTURES, AND WORKFLOWS FOR CALIBRATING AN ENDOSCOPIC CAMERAJanuary 2022August 2023Allow1900NoNo
17526472METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY BREAKING PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODINGNovember 2021August 2023Allow2110NoNo
17525900IMAGE AND VIDEO DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEMNovember 2021October 2024Allow3511YesNo
17513540ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER-BASED VIDEO OR IMAGE CODINGOctober 2021June 2022Allow810NoNo
17479192RESTRICTION ON APPLICABILITY OF CROSS COMPONENT MODESeptember 2021April 2022Allow710NoNo
17460992METHOD OF CODING AND DECODING IMAGES, CODING AND DECODING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS CORRESPONDING THERETOAugust 2021November 2023Allow2610NoNo
17411819METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-LINEAR LOOP FILTERINGAugust 2021October 2024Allow3830YesNo
17432501IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODAugust 2021March 2024Allow3120YesNo
17399839ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING FOR VIDEO CODINGAugust 2021October 2022Allow1520YesNo
17382550APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING DEBLOCKINGJuly 2021November 2023Allow2810NoNo
17424656METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-LINEAR ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING IN VIDEO CODINGJuly 2021May 2022Allow1010NoNo
17378464CODECJuly 2021June 2023Allow2300NoNo
17368972RESTRICTIONS ON IN-LOOP FILTERINGJuly 2021September 2022Allow1420NoNo
17367655IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2021January 2025Allow4330YesNo
17416235VIDEO STREAM ADAPTIVE FILTERING FOR BITRATE REDUCTIONJune 2021December 2024Allow4230YesNo
17326588EXTENDED LOW-FREQUENCY NON-SEPARABLE TRANSFORM (LFNST) DESIGNS WITH WORST-CASE COMPLEXITY HANDLINGMay 2021August 2023Allow2710NoNo
17327346HIGH LEVEL CONTROL OF PDPC AND INTRA REFERENCE SAMPLE FILTERING OF VIDEO CODINGMay 2021April 2023Abandon2320NoNo
17303067HIGH-LEVEL DEBLOCKING FILTER (DBF), ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER (ALF) AND SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET (SAO) CONTROL, AND ADAPTATION PARAMETER SET (APS) NUMBER CONSTRAINT IN VIDEO CODINGMay 2021October 2023Allow2920YesNo
17317222DOORBELL COMMUNITIESMay 2021June 2024Abandon3721NoNo
17291980SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING DEBLOCKING FILTERS TO RECONSTRUCTED VIDEO DATAMay 2021August 2023Allow2730YesNo
17233804ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODApril 2021August 2022Allow1610YesNo
17217808REFERENCE IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, REFERENCE IMAGE DECODING METHOD, REFERENCE IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, AND REFERENCE IMAGE DECODING DEVICEMarch 2021January 2024Allow3420NoNo
17214422POST-FILTERING FOR WEIGHTED ANGULAR PREDICTIONMarch 2021November 2022Allow2000NoNo
17214419CONFIGURATION OF OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICES IN VEHICLES BASED ON THERMAL DATAMarch 2021November 2022Allow2040YesNo
17210136PERFORMING INTRA-PREDICTION USING INTRA REFERENCE SAMPLE FILTER SWITCHINGMarch 2021June 2023Allow2710NoNo
17249665METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MATRIX-BASED INTRA PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODINGMarch 2021December 2022Allow2100NoNo
17249667Method and Apparatus of Matrix-Based Intra Prediction for Video CodingMarch 2021July 2023Allow2810NoNo
17191748CODING UNIT QUANTIZATION PARAMETERS IN VIDEO CODINGMarch 2021April 2023Allow2520NoNo
17273119VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAMMarch 2021January 2023Allow2220NoNo
17189976SUBPICTURE SIGNALING IN VIDEO CODINGMarch 2021December 2023Allow3331YesNo
17147800IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSJanuary 2021May 2022Allow1610NoNo
17141147ENCODER, A DECODER AND CORRESPONDING METHODS USING INTRA BLOCK COPY (IBC) DEDICATED BUFFER AND DEFAULT VALUE REFRESHING FOR LUMA AND CHROMA COMPONENTJanuary 2021May 2022Allow1720NoNo
17137465SIMPLIFIED BINARY ARITHMETIC CODING ENGINEDecember 2020March 2023Allow2620NoNo
17132671CAMERA CALIBRATION USING DEPTH DATADecember 2020November 2021Allow1100NoNo
17252700VIDEO ENCODING SYSTEMDecember 2020January 2023Allow2520YesNo
17115215METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR COLOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ADJACENT LENS IMAGES IN A PANORAMIC IMAGEDecember 2020November 2022Allow2321NoNo
17110615ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2020March 2023Allow2810NoNo
17058332LEARNING APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMNovember 2020October 2021Allow1000NoNo
17095366METHOD FOR SIGNALING VIRTUAL BOUNDARY SIGNALING WITH SUBPICTURES IN CODED VIDEO STREAMNovember 2020July 2023Allow3240YesNo
17075197METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MOTION COMPENSATIONOctober 2020December 2022Abandon2620NoNo
17075631SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE DISPLAY AND REVIEWOctober 2020December 2023Allow3830NoNo
17035061CONCEPT FOR ENHANCING PARALLEL CODING CAPABILITIESSeptember 2020January 2023Allow2811NoNo
17033905IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING EFFICIENT DEBLOCKINGSeptember 2020October 2021Allow1310NoNo
17040836IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DECODING METHODSeptember 2020May 2022Abandon1920NoNo
17040404IMAGE FILTERING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING APPARATUSSeptember 2020October 2023Allow3721YesNo
17026748SIGNALING OF PICTURE HEADER PARAMETERSSeptember 2020August 2023Allow3530YesNo
17023711METHOD FOR ACCESS UNIT DELIMITER SIGNALINGSeptember 2020July 2023Allow3430YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BECKER, JOSEPH W.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
4
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
6.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
10
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(20.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(80.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
22.1%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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, 20.0% 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.

Strategic Recommendations

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 BECKER, JOSEPH W - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BECKER, JOSEPH W works in Art Unit 2483 and has examined 238 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.8%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BECKER, JOSEPH W's allowance rate of 82.8% places them in the 50% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BECKER, JOSEPH W receive 1.77 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 53% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BECKER, JOSEPH W is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 75% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +17.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BECKER, JOSEPH W. This interview benefit is in the 63% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 30.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 50% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 28.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 32% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 50.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 63.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 38% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 28.6% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 7.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 6% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 15% 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 1.0% of allowed cases (in the 56% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

    Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

    • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
    • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
    • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
    • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
    • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
    • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

    Important Disclaimer

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