USPTO Examiner HOLDER ANNER N - Art Unit 2483

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18647201APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING MOTION VECTOR DETERMINED USING ADAPTIVE MOTION VECTOR RESOLUTION, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECODING MOTION VECTORApril 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18633256METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE CODING USING MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCESApril 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18625935IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUSApril 2024May 2025Allow1310NoNo
18421548METHOD FOR PADDING PROCESSING WITH SUB-REGION PARTITIONS IN VIDEO STREAMJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1610NoNo
18418009METHODS AND APPARATUS OF VIDEO CODING USING SUBBLOCK-BASED TEMPORAL MOTION VECTOR PREDICTIONJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18397724INTER-PREDICTION-BASED IMAGE OR VIDEO CODING USING SBTMVPDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18529162METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNALDecember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18527601HANDLING DIFFERENT NAL TYPES IN VIDEO SUB-BITSTREAM EXTRACTIONDecember 2023May 2025Allow1710NoNo
18527112METHODS AND APPARATUS OF VIDEO CODING USING SUBBLOCK-BASED TEMPORAL MOTION VECTOR PREDICTIONDecember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18514047METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING OR DECODING VIDEO DATA WITH SUB-PIXEL MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENTNovember 2023March 2025Allow1600NoNo
18511593Reference Picture Resampling Activation In Video CodingNovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18497568REFERENCE PICTURE INFORMATION SIGNALING IN A VIDEO BITSTREAMOctober 2023January 2025Allow1500NoNo
18383757HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE FOR USE IN A MEDICAL FACILITYOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18382553ADAPTIVE MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION CANDIDATE IN FRAMES WITH GLOBAL MOTIONOctober 2023May 2025Allow1820NoNo
18382246INTER PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN IMAGE/VIDEO CODING SYSTEMOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18489678ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18482531DETERMINING AREAS OF INTEREST IN VIDEO BASED AT LEAST ON A USER'S INTERACTIONS WITH THE VIDEOOctober 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18371940NAL UNIT TYPE-BASED IMAGE OR VIDEO CODINGSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18467197DEPTH GUIDED LIFT, SHOOT, SPLAT FOR CONVERTING CAMERA IMAGES TO BIRD�S EYE VIEW DOMAINSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1800NoNo
18464540EXTENSION TO BLOCK ADAPTIVE WEIGHTED PREDICTIONSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1800NoNo
18239947IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUSAugust 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18235076IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STOREDAugust 2023September 2024Allow1310NoNo
18450787CONSTRAINTS ON COLLOCATED PICTURES IN VIDEO CODINGAugust 2023March 2025Allow1920NoNo
18358700VIDEO CODING METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2023December 2024Allow1710NoNo
18353437METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ENCODING/DECODING BY USING REGION-BASED INTER/INTRA PREDICTION TECHNIQUEJuly 2023June 2025Allow2320NoNo
18342984IMAGE DECODING METHOD/APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD/APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAMJune 2023March 2025Allow2020NoNo
18205862PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING COMPRESSED MOTION VECTORSJune 2023January 2025Allow1920NoNo
18203777ENCODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR, AND DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFORMay 2023September 2024Allow1510NoNo
18321704STEERABLE HIGH-RESOLUTION DISPLAYMay 2023March 2025Allow2200NoNo
18199238SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INTER PREDICTION REFINEMENT WITH OPTICAL FLOWMay 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18134600VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO CODING APPARATUSApril 2023September 2024Allow1710NoNo
18295986VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, ENCODER, DECODER, MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAMApril 2023November 2024Allow2000NoNo
18296272ENCODER, DECODER, AND RELATED NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMApril 2023July 2024Allow1510NoNo
18181261ADAPTIVE CODING AND STREAMING OF MULTI-DIRECTIONAL VIDEOMarch 2023May 2024Allow1400NoNo
18115883IMAGE DECODING METHOD FOR PERFORMING INTER-PREDICTION WHEN PREDICTION MODE FOR CURRENT BLOCK ULTIMATELY CANNOT BE SELECTED, AND DEVICE FOR SAMEMarch 2023May 2024Allow1410NoNo
18173157ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURES BASED ON SYNAPTIC CONNECTIVITY GRAPHSFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1400NoNo
18107764IMAGE CODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHODFebruary 2023August 2023Allow610NoNo
18161511RANGE CONSTRAINS FOR BLOCK VECTOR IN INTRA-BLOCK COPY MODEJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2010NoNo
18158280CODING OF BLOCK VECTORS FOR INTRA BLOCK COPY-CODED BLOCKSJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2010NoNo
18090854DIRECTIONAL IMPRESSION ANALYSIS USING DEEP LEARNINGDecember 2022February 2025Allow2510NoNo
18089381SELECTIVE USE OF CODING TOOLS IN VIDEO PROCESSINGDecember 2022February 2025Allow2610NoNo
18146495METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING USING SUB-BLOCK BASED MOTION COMPENSATIONDecember 2022July 2024Allow1810NoNo
18089253METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A VIDEO SIGNALDecember 2022May 2024Allow1710NoNo
18088373DETERMINING AREAS OF INTEREST IN VIDEO BASED AT LEAST ON A USER'S INTERACTIONS WITH THE VIDEODecember 2022July 2023Allow710YesNo
18086228IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUSDecember 2022January 2024Allow1210NoNo
18077803HANDLING DIFFERENT NAL TYPES IN VIDEO SUB-BITSTREAM EXTRACTIONDecember 2022April 2023Allow400NoNo
17984186CODING SCHEMES FOR VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) SEQUENCESNovember 2022May 2025Abandon3030NoNo
17977306METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE CODING USING MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCESOctober 2022January 2024Allow1400NoNo
18049560CLOAKING AND WATERMARK OF NON-CODED INFORMATIONOctober 2022April 2025Abandon3010NoNo
17972913IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STOREDOctober 2022April 2025Allow3020NoNo
17971991METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUBBAND CODING FREQUENCY CONVERSION UNIT, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING USING SAMEOctober 2022February 2024Allow1510NoNo
17970952METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUBBAND CODING FREQUENCY CONVERSION UNIT, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING USING SAMEOctober 2022January 2024Allow1510NoNo
17970878METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUBBAND CODING FREQUENCY CONVERSION UNIT, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING USING SAMEOctober 2022January 2024Allow1510NoNo
17957882CONSTRAINTS ON COLLOCATED PICTURES IN VIDEO CODINGSeptember 2022March 2023Allow600NoNo
17950040COMBINATION OF SUBPICTURES AND SCALABILITYSeptember 2022March 2023Allow600NoNo
17949058Constraints On Reference Picture Lists For SubpicturesSeptember 2022March 2023Allow600NoNo
17940690TECHNIQUES FOR DEEP NEURAL NETWORK BASED INTER-FRAME PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODINGSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2100NoNo
17900142SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION USING A DERIVED SET OF MOTION VECTORSAugust 2022December 2023Allow1600NoNo
17897967Reference Picture Information Signaling In A Video BitstreamAugust 2022April 2023Allow810NoNo
17894735DMVR-BASED INTER-PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICEAugust 2022May 2024Allow2100NoNo
17892866Indication of Tiles in a Video PictureAugust 2022December 2023Allow1620NoNo
17886084REFERENCE PICTURE RESAMPLING ACTIVATION IN VIDEO CODINGAugust 2022July 2023Allow1110NoNo
17884268INTER-PREDICTION-BASED IMAGE OR VIDEO CODING USING SBTMVPAugust 2022September 2023Allow1410NoNo
17873568HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE FOR USE IN A MEDICAL FACILITYJuly 2022October 2023Allow1510NoNo
17865437IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CODING APPARATUSJuly 2022August 2024Allow2510NoNo
17860761SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED AERIAL MAPPING WITH AERIAL VEHICLESJuly 2022December 2024Allow2930YesNo
17859547METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAMERA CALIBRATIONJuly 2022December 2024Allow3020YesNo
17857281INTER PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN IMAGE/VIDEO CODING SYSTEMJuly 2022July 2023Allow1220NoNo
17854528METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNALJune 2022September 2023Allow1510NoNo
17789112METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GRADUAL DECODING REFRESH FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODINGJune 2022July 2024Allow2510NoNo
17847942ADAPTIVE BILATERAL MATCHING FOR DECODER SIDE MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENTJune 2022September 2023Allow1510NoNo
17847622NAL UNIT TYPE-BASED IMAGE OR VIDEO CODINGJune 2022June 2023Allow1220YesNo
17838081STORING MISALIGNED REFERENCE PIXEL TILESJune 2022July 2024Allow2510NoNo
17836278DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CODING VIDEO DATAJune 2022April 2024Allow2220NoNo
17833338METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING OR DECODING VIDEO DATA WITH SUB-PIXEL MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENTJune 2022August 2023Allow1510NoNo
17828833METHOD FOR PADDING PROCESSING WITH SUB-REGION PARTITIONS IN VIDEO STREAMMay 2022August 2023Allow1510NoNo
17751754Methods and Systems of Video Coding Using Reference RegionsMay 2022August 2024Allow2720NoNo
17746000IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREINMay 2022October 2023Allow1710NoNo
17745062IMAGE CODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHODMay 2022July 2023Allow1410NoNo
17745040IMAGE CODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHODMay 2022August 2023Allow1510NoNo
17739763APPARATUS, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODINGMay 2022April 2023Allow1100NoNo
17736324IMAGE DECODING METHOD/APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD/APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAMMay 2022March 2023Allow1100NoNo
17728050IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUSApril 2022July 2023Allow1510NoNo
17727542SIGNALING FOR REFERENCE PICTURE RESAMPLINGApril 2022January 2023Allow910NoNo
17717549HIGH LEVEL SYNTAX FOR VIDEO CODING TOOLSApril 2022December 2022Allow810YesNo
17717794INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022October 2024Allow3030YesNo
17717806APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING MOTION VECTOR DETERMINED USING ADAPTIVE MOTION VECTOR RESOLUTION, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECODING MOTION VECTORApril 2022January 2024Allow2120NoNo
17707807METHODS AND APPARATUS OF VIDEO CODING USING SUBBLOCK-BASED TEMPORAL MOTION VECTOR PREDICTIONMarch 2022September 2023Allow1710NoNo
17697760TRACKING INVENTORY ITEMS IN A STORE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF INVENTORY ITEMS TO BE RE-STOCKED AND FOR IDENTIFICATION OF MISPLACED ITEMSMarch 2022March 2024Allow2410NoNo
17686103RANGE CONSTRAINS FOR BLOCK VECTOR IN INTRA-BLOCK COPY MODEMarch 2022November 2022Allow810NoNo
17686291IDENTIFYING INVENTORY ITEMS USING MULTIPLE CONFIDENCE LEVELSMarch 2022February 2024Allow2410NoNo
17648592PORTABLE SCANNING DEVICE FOR ASCERTAINING ATTRIBUTES OF SAMPLE MATERIALSJanuary 2022January 2024Allow2410NoNo
17579465INVENTORY TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT IDENTIFIES GESTURES OF SUBJECTS HOLDING INVENTORY ITEMSJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3120YesNo
17572500ASSIGNING, MONITORING AND DISPLAYING RESPECTIVE STATUSES OF SUBJECTS IN A CASHIER-LESS STOREJanuary 2022January 2025Abandon3620YesNo
17555588SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODING USING MOTION VECTOR PREDICTOR ORIGINSDecember 2021August 2024Allow3240NoNo
17555190IMAGE DECODING METHOD FOR PERFORMING INTER-PREDICTION WHEN PREDICTION MODE FOR CURRENT BLOCK ULTIMATELY CANNOT BE SELECTED, AND DEVICE FOR SAMEDecember 2021November 2022Allow1120NoNo
17552035MEDIA FILE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFORDecember 2021July 2023Abandon1920NoNo
17550995METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE CODING USING MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCESDecember 2021July 2022Allow710NoNo
17544991VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO CODING APPARATUSDecember 2021January 2023Allow1410NoNo
17545927INTER-PREDICTION-BASED IMAGE OR VIDEO CODING USING SBTMVPDecember 2021May 2022Allow510YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HOLDER, ANNER N.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
22
Examiner Affirmed
12
(54.5%)
Examiner Reversed
10
(45.5%)
Reversal Percentile
67.2%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 45.5% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
54
Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(18.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
44
(81.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
20.0%
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, 18.5% 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.

Strategic Recommendations

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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner HOLDER, ANNER N - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HOLDER, ANNER N works in Art Unit 2483 and has examined 693 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HOLDER, ANNER N's allowance rate of 83.4% places them in the 51% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HOLDER, ANNER N receive 1.63 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 44% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by HOLDER, ANNER N is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 66% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HOLDER, ANNER N. This interview benefit is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 31.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 56% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 36.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 48% 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, 64.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 50% 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 62.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 36% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 37.8% 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, 24.0% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.4% of allowed cases (in the 73% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 19% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

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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