USPTO Examiner BECK LERON - Art Unit 2487

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19226020METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ARITHMETIC ENCODING OR ARITHMETIC DECODINGJune 2025September 2025Allow410NoNo
19068942CAMERA SYSTEM FOR USE IN HARSH ENVIRONMENTS WITH TUBULAR CASINGS FOR PROTECTING AND ALIGNING PARALLEL CAMERASMarch 2025February 2026Allow1110NoNo
19025129Video Decoding Method Using Residual Information in Video Coding System, and Apparatus ThereofJanuary 2025March 2026Allow1400NoNo
19017796ORAL STEREOSCOPIC SCANNING DEVICE CAPABLE OF DETECTING THE TOOTH SURFACE OUTLINE AND ACCURATELY CHECKING WHETHER THE TOOTH IS DECAYEDJanuary 2025October 2025Allow910NoNo
19010824METHODS FOR PROCESSING A VIDEO SIGNALJanuary 2025March 2026Allow1400NoNo
19002489MULTI-REFERENCE LINE INDEX LIST SORTING METHOD AND DEVICE, VIDEO CODING METHOD AND DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND SYSTEMDecember 2024February 2026Allow1400NoNo
18988319CODING METHOD AND DECODERDecember 2024February 2026Allow1400NoNo
189662564K IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD AND INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEMDecember 2024November 2025Allow1100NoNo
18964830METHOD OF PARTITIONING VIDEO DATA, DEVICE FOR DECODING VIDEO DATA, AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING VIDEO DATADecember 2024January 2026Allow1400NoNo
18862456ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT FOR DISPLAYING FLOATING IMAGENovember 2024September 2025Allow1000NoNo
18906831TRANSFORM-BASED IMAGE DECODING/ENCODING APPARATUS AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING THEREFOROctober 2024January 2026Allow1610NoNo
18906908WEIGHTED SAMPLE PREDICTION FOR GEOMETRIC PARTITIONING MODEOctober 2024February 2026Allow1610NoNo
18819109ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNALS USING REDUCED TRANSFORM, AND TRANSMISSION APPARATUS FOR SAMEAugust 2024December 2025Allow1510NoNo
18818416METHOD FOR IMAGE DECODING/ENCODING, AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING DATA FOR AN IMAGEAugust 2024November 2025Allow1410NoNo
18804681ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD UTILIZING TRANSFORM AND INVERSE TRANSFORM BASES SELECTED BASED ON BLOCK SIZEAugust 2024December 2025Allow1610NoNo
18726922Image coding and decoding method and apparatus, and storage mediumJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18757329ALPHA BLOCK TRANSFORMS FOR ALPHA CHANNEL COMPRESSIONJune 2024September 2025Allow1400NoNo
18756946METHODS, APPARATUSES, DEVICES, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR ENCODING OR DECODINGJune 2024November 2025Allow1610NoNo
18740370INTRA PREDICTION MODE MAPPING METHOD AND DEVICE USING THE METHODJune 2024October 2025Allow1610YesNo
18737886IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD USING WEIGHTED PREDICTION, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAMJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18674791Decoding Device, Encoding Device, Decoding Method, Encoding Method, and Non-Transitory Computer Readable Recording MediumMay 2024November 2025Allow1810NoNo
18670305Spatially Varying Transform with Adaptive Transform TypeMay 2024July 2025Allow1420NoNo
18665546SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE INFORMATIONMay 2024December 2025Allow1940NoNo
18645849METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING RESIDUAL DATA BASED ON A PLURALITY OF TRANSFORMATIONSApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18637815DEBLOCKING FILTER SELECTION IN VIDEO OR IMAGE CODINGApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18623698ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD USING A FIRST PARTITION MODE TO SPLIT A FIRST BLOCK INTO A PLURALITY OF SECOND BLOCKS AND A SECOND PARTITION MODE TO SPLIT THE SECOND BLOCK INTO A PLURALITY OF CODING UNITSApril 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18610832CODING AFFINE MOTION MODELS FOR VIDEO CODINGMarch 2024October 2025Allow1910NoNo
18607287MVP CANDIDATE LIST CONSTRUCTIONMarch 2024December 2025Allow2110NoNo
18598487ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD USING A BI-PREDICTION WITH CU-LEVEL WEIGHTS (BCW) INDEXMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18597342SAMPLE ARRAY CODING FOR LOW-DELAYMarch 2024April 2025Allow1320NoNo
18442750TRANSFORM-BASED IMAGE CODING METHOD AND TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREFORFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18436948IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD BASED ON INTER PREDICTION MODE, AND DEVICE THEREFORFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18422857MATRIX-BASED INTRA PREDICTION DEVICE AND METHODJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18420571DECODING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND DECODING METHOD USING CHROMA RESIDUAL SCALINGJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1620YesNo
18397484IMAGE SEGMENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODINGDecember 2023December 2024Allow1110YesNo
18545682ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18544400LOW COMPLEXITY AFFINE MERGE MODE FOR VERSATILE VIDEO CODINGDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18530032ENCODER, ENCODING METHOD, DECODER, AND DECODING METHODDecember 2023August 2024Allow800NoNo
18515852METHOD OF PARTITIONING VIDEO DATA, DEVICE FOR DECODING VIDEO DATA, AND DEVICE FOR CODING VIDEO DATANovember 2023September 2024Allow1000NoNo
18512471LUMA-BASED CHROMA INTRA-PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODINGNovember 2023October 2025Allow2330NoNo
18510445DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CODING VIDEO DATA FOR GEOMETRIC PARTITIONING MODENovember 2023July 2024Allow800NoNo
18508853Signaling Of Slice Types In Video Pictures HeadersNovember 2023March 2025Allow1620NoNo
18507838LOW FREQUENCY NON-SEPARABLE TRANSFORM SIGNALING IN VIDEO CODINGNovember 2023December 2025Allow2540NoNo
18502696METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MOTION INFORMATION IN SKIP MODE OR MERGE MODE WITH MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCE, AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MOTION INFORMATION IN SKIP MODE OR MERGE MODE WITH MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCENovember 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18501905Systems, Methods, and Media for Transcoding Video Data Using MetadataNovember 2023January 2026Allow2730NoNo
18496610METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING RESIDUAL BLOCK ON BASIS OF QUANTIZATION PARAMETEROctober 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18493577IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THROUGHPUT ENHANCEMENT USING MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENTOctober 2023January 2025Allow1520YesNo
18381204Encoder for Coded Pictures Having Regions With Common Motion ModelsOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18377618SCALABLE VIDEO CODING USING REFERENCE AND SCALED REFERENCE LAYER OFFSETSOctober 2023March 2025Abandon1710NoNo
18375004IMAGE DECODING METHOD FOR RESIDUAL CODING BASED ON TRANSFORM-SKIP-RELATED FLAG IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFORSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18374648Video Decoding Method Using Residual Information in Video Coding System, and Apparatus ThereofSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1000NoNo
18466623DETERMINATION OF SECONDARY TRANSFORM FOR INTRA PREDICTIONSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310YesNo
18465479METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ARITHMETIC ENCODING OR ARITHMETIC DECODINGSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1840YesNo
18461344WEIGHTED SAMPLE PREDICTION FOR GEOMETRIC PARTITIONING MODESeptember 2023July 2024Allow1000NoNo
18548785METHODS, APPARATUSES, DEVICES, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR ENCODING OR DECODINGSeptember 2023March 2024Allow700NoNo
18235131VIDEO COMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023October 2025Allow2610YesNo
18363063VEHICLE IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, VEHICLE IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023May 2025Allow2100NoNo
18227621NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR SELECTING A PREDICTION MODE BASED ON A LINE INDEXJuly 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18357221VEHICULAR CAMERA WITH LENS DEFOGGING FEATUREJuly 2023March 2025Allow1930NoNo
18224673ARITHMETIC DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, ARITHMETIC CODING DEVICE, AND IMAGE CODING APPARATUSJuly 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18224651ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR, ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, AND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD TO GENERATE PARTIAL TRANSPARENT IMAGEJuly 2023November 2025Allow2810YesNo
18222821INTRA PREDICTION MODE MAPPING METHOD AND DEVICE USING THE METHODJuly 2023March 2024Allow800YesNo
18261270IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND SURGICAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEMJuly 2023October 2025Allow2720NoNo
18351297Block Vector Predictor Candidate SelectionJuly 2023May 2025Allow2210YesNo
18219824IMAGE SIGNAL ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMJuly 2023April 2025Allow2120NoNo
18346620REDUCED COMPLEXITY MULTI-MODE NEURAL NETWORK FILTERING OF VIDEO DATAJuly 2023March 2025Allow2110NoNo
18270812TRAINING APPARATUS, CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS, TRAINING METHOD, CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMJuly 2023March 2026Allow3200NoNo
18342482SCALING PROCESS FOR CODING BLOCKJune 2023December 2024Allow1820YesNo
18339967VEHICLE CAMERA SYSTEM FOR VIEW CREATION OF VIEWING LOCATIONSJune 2023May 2025Allow2210YesNo
18209926IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING WEIGHTED PREDICTION, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAMJune 2023February 2024Allow800NoNo
18332521SMART DEVICE WITH SWITCH TO ENABLE PRIVACY FEATUREJune 2023February 2025Allow2110NoNo
18206770METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALLING FLAGS RELATED TO CHROMA TRANSFORM BLOCKSJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18329198Distribution of Multiple Signals of Video Content Independently over a NetworkJune 2023June 2025Allow2530NoNo
18327942METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING PANORAMIC IMAGES FOR DIGITALLY EXPLORING LOCATIONSJune 2023July 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18325874DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR A HYBRID MIRRORMay 2023February 2025Allow2110NoNo
18325906ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODMay 2023January 2024Allow700YesNo
18200782ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODMay 2023December 2023Allow600NoNo
18200807ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODMay 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18320221METHOD FOR CHROMA SUBSAMPLED FORMATS HANDLING IN MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED PICTURE CODINGMay 2023September 2025Allow2710NoNo
18320755OPTICAL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHODMay 2023October 2025Allow2930YesNo
18319174ENCODER, A DECODER AND CORRESPONDING METHODS SIMPLIFYING SIGNALING SLICE HEADER SYNTAX ELEMENTSMay 2023August 2024Allow1510NoNo
18198628CODING VIDEO FRAME KEY POINTS TO ENABLE RECONSTRUCTION OF VIDEO FRAMEMay 2023June 2025Allow2520YesNo
18198253METHOD FOR VIDEO ENCODING WITH RESIDUAL AND COEFFICIENTS CODING, COMPUTING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2023May 2025Allow2420YesNo
18144703GROUPING OF MESH VERTICES IN POSITION COMPRESSIONMay 2023March 2025Allow2210YesNo
18144007ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY, AND CAMERA MODULE CONTROL METHOD THEREFORMay 2023March 2025Allow2210NoNo
18310132CAMERA AND LIDAR CROSS-SENSOR CALIBRATIONMay 2023June 2025Allow2620NoNo
18310191DECODING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND DECODING METHODMay 2023November 2023Allow600YesNo
18309679VIDEO ANALYTICS SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING EVENTSApril 2023August 2024Allow1610NoNo
18300090DISPLAY DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICEApril 2023September 2024Allow1700NoNo
18298433ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING DISPLAY CARRIER INCLUDING DISPLAY WITH TRANSPARENT CASTABLE POLYMER MATERIAL OVERLAYING THE DISPLAY CARRIER AND THE DISPLAYApril 2023November 2024Allow1910NoNo
18132955Significance Map Encoding and Decoding Using Partition SelectionApril 2023July 2024Allow1510NoNo
18132848METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A CODING MODE USED FOR ENCODING/DECODING A RESIDUAL BLOCKApril 2023December 2024Allow2020NoNo
18296351Block-Based Low Latency Rate ControlApril 2023February 2024Allow1000NoNo
18128132TRANSFORM-BASED IMAGE CODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFORMarch 2023November 2023Allow800YesNo
18119602IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS ACCORDING TO BLOCK DIVISION STRUCTURE IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEMMarch 2023December 2023Allow910NoNo
18117939IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD BASED ON INTER PREDICTION MODE, AND DEVICE THEREFORMarch 2023November 2023Allow800NoNo
18109644METHODS FOR PROCESSING A VIDEO SIGNALFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1910NoNo
18166890Spatially Varying Transform with Adaptive Transform TypeFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1210NoNo
18103409Decoding Device, Encoding Device, Decoding Method, Encoding Method, and Non-Transitory Computer Readable Recording MediumJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1310NoNo
18160689SAMPLE ARRAY CODING FOR LOW-DELAYJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1000NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BECK, LERON.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
43
Examiner Affirmed
19
(44.2%)
Examiner Reversed
24
(55.8%)
Reversal Percentile
81.5%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 55.8% 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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
82
Allowed After Appeal Filing
30
(36.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
52
(63.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
60.2%
Higher 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, 36.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner BECK, LERON - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BECK, LERON works in Art Unit 2487 and has examined 930 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.3%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BECK, LERON's allowance rate of 82.3% places them in the 55% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BECK, LERON receive 1.75 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 38% 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 BECK, LERON is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 72% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +10.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BECK, LERON. This interview benefit is in the 45% 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, 26.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 44% 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 40.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 62% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 27.9% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 30% 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 54.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 28.8% 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, 43.0% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 61% 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 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 52% 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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