Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18817433 | VIDEO CODING METHOD AND DEVICE WHICH USE SUB-BLOCK UNIT INTRA PREDICTION | August 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18818074 | ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD | August 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18813687 | SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS | August 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18773214 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | July 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18773236 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | July 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18773194 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | July 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18771486 | IN-LOOP FILTERING-BASED VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING | July 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18666752 | TRANSFORM FOR L-SHAPED PARTITION | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18664284 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING NEURAL NETWORK-BASED IN-LOOP FILTER PARAMETER INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODING | May 2024 | January 2026 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18647633 | METHOD FOR CODING IMAGE ON BASIS OF DEBLOCKING FILTERING, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | April 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18396191 | ENCODER, DECODER AND CORRESPONDING METHODS OF BOUNDARY STRENGTH DERIVATION OF DEBLOCKING FILTER | December 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18541623 | PREVENTION OF START CODE CONFUSION | December 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18534485 | ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, CODE STREAM, ENCODER, DECODER AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18523440 | VIDEO PICTURE COMPONENT PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18519994 | JOINT CODING OF CHROMA RESIDUAL AND FILTERING IN VIDEO PROCESSING | November 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18516252 | ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18501526 | CALCULATION IN MATRIX-BASED INTRA PREDICTION | November 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18499829 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING INTER PREDICTION | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18498665 | QUANTIZATION PARAMETER FOR CHROMA DEBLOCKING FILTERING | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18490979 | IMAGE CODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18381376 | MOTION INFORMATION STORAGE FOR VIDEO CODING AND SIGNALING | October 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18482140 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18376680 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGING A CELL SAMPLE | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18375736 | GLOBAL MOTION FOR MERGE MODE CANDIDATES IN INTER PREDICTION | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18244835 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING INTRA MODE LISTS | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18462673 | VIDEO CODING METHOD AND DEVICE WHICH USE SUB-BLOCK UNIT INTRA PREDICTION | September 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18462014 | FILTER SHAPE FOR SAMPLE OFFSET | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18460607 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA PREDICTION USING AN INTERPOLATION FILTER | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18451951 | On Boundary Padding Sample Filtering In Image/Video Coding | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18451694 | ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD | August 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18223584 | Tile Shuffling for 360 Degree Video Decoding | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18346729 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM | July 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 30 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18217496 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING NEURAL NETWORK POST-FILTER DEINTERLACING INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODING | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18214112 | VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND VIDEO SYSTEM | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18214296 | CROSS COMPONENT SAMPLE CLIPPING | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18268743 | PHOTOGRAPH SHOOTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF SAME, AND PROGRAM | June 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18336874 | DATA PROCESSING IN EDGE OFFSET MODE OF SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18209715 | Determination of Sample Adaptive Offset Mode of Coding Tree Block | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18209822 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUBBLOCK MOTION VECTOR CODING | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18334308 | ADAPTIVELY DERIVING RICE PARAMETER VALUES FOR HIGH BIT-DEPTH VIDEO CODING | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18319658 | TRANSFORM CODING BASED ON MATRIX-BASED INTRA PREDICTION | May 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18141159 | IN-LOOP FILTERING-BASED VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132744 | MEASURING AND VERIFYING DRUG PORTIONS | April 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18295184 | PREDICTION OF RATE DISTORTION CURVES FOR VIDEO ENCODING | April 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18245946 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING MEDIA FILE | March 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18179183 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS | March 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18169442 | ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING BETWEEN DIFFERENT VIDEO UNITS | February 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18065940 | CROSS-COMPONENT FILTERING ON BLOCK-LEVEL RECONSTRUCTION | December 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17994556 | PICTURE PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND CODEC | November 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17992282 | SELECTING DOWNSAMPLING FILTERS FOR CHROMA FROM LUMA PREDICTION | November 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17998399 | PLANT GROWTH IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREFOR | November 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18048351 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | October 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18048367 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | October 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17913485 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD | September 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17949045 | SIGNALING OF IN-LOOP RESHAPING INFORMATION USING PARAMETER SETS | September 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17939041 | SURFACE ESTIMATION METHOD, SURFACE ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | September 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17930331 | EDGE OFFSET FOR CROSS COMPONENT SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET (CCSAO) FILTER | September 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17903494 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE CODING/DECODING | September 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17899834 | METHOD FOR CODING IMAGE ON BASIS OF DEBLOCKING FILTERING, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | August 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17893965 | MOTION INFORMATION STORAGE FOR VIDEO CODING AND SIGNALING | August 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17887298 | IMAGING APPARATUS FOR ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | August 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17860585 | Extended Transform Partitions for Video Compression | July 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17855710 | SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS | June 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17841461 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM | June 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17838469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL IMAGING | June 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17783959 | VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING EMPLOYING ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER | June 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 38 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17826364 | INFRARED IMAGER AND RELATED SYSTEMS | May 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17735938 | ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD | May 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17730040 | BLOCK-WISE CONTENT-ADAPTIVE ONLINE TRAINING IN NEURAL IMAGE COMPRESSION WITH POST FILTERING | April 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17720582 | JOINT CODING OF CHROMA RESIDUAL AND FILTERING IN VIDEO PROCESSING | April 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 17658787 | VIDEO PICTURE COMPONENT PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17754626 | INFRARED LIGHT-GUIDED PORTRAIT RELIGHTING | April 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17705488 | ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING BETWEEN DIFFERENT VIDEO UNITS | March 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17697613 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING NEURAL NETWORK-BASED IN-LOOP FILTER PARAMETER INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODING | March 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 30 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17694253 | QUANTIZATION PARAMETER FOR CHROMA DEBLOCKING FILTERING | March 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17692298 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING NEURAL NETWORK BASED SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET FOR VIDEO CODING | March 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17691691 | Real Time Simplification of Meshes | March 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17639635 | SWITCHABLE INTERPOLATION FILTERS | March 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17675823 | Systems and Methods for Multi-Pipe Scheduling During Image Decoding | February 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17650576 | DIRECTIONAL CROSS COMPONENT FILTER FOR VIDEO CODING | February 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 36 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17591572 | Systems and Methods for Luma or Chroma Statistics Collection | February 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 49 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17581455 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING USING PLANAR INTRA PREDICTION MODE FOR INTRA SUB-PARTITION CODING MODE | January 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17578747 | Microscopy System and Method for Checking a Rotational Position of a Microscope Camera | January 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 49 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17576023 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGING A CELL SAMPLE | January 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17572329 | METHOD FOR CODING IMAGE ON BASIS OF DEBLOCKING FILTERING, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | January 2022 | May 2022 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17570727 | VIDEO CODING METHOD AND DEVICE WHICH USE SUB-BLOCK UNIT INTRA PREDICTION | January 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17570247 | IN-LOOP FILTERING-BASED VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING | January 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17564416 | ENCODER, DECODER AND CORRESPONDING METHODS OF BOUNDARY STRENGTH DERIVATION OF DEBLOCKING FILTER | December 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17646412 | CALCULATION IN MATRIX-BASED INTRA PREDICTION | December 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17620972 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CROSS-COMPONENT ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING WITH VIRTUAL BOUNDARY FOR VIDEO CODING | December 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17555119 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROCESS VIDEO FRAME PIXEL DATA USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VIDEO FRAME SEGMENTATION | December 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17550409 | ACTIVE DUAL PIXEL STEREO SYSTEM FOR DEPTH EXTRACTION | December 2021 | March 2026 | Allow | 51 | 8 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17614497 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM | November 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17520381 | MEASURING AND VERIFYING DRUG PORTIONS | November 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17500345 | FAST RECOLOR FOR VIDEO BASED POINT CLOUD CODING | October 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17494418 | ADAPTIVELY DERIVING RICE PARAMETER VALUES FOR HIGH BIT-DEPTH VIDEO CODING | October 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17449199 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO FILTERING | September 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17467582 | Microscopy System and Method for Generating an HDR Image | September 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17435805 | VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING BASED ON LUMA MAPPING WITH CHROMA SCALING | September 2021 | April 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17463352 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING | August 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BRUMFIELD, SHANIKA M.
With a 10.0% 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.
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, 15.8% 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 BRUMFIELD, SHANIKA M works in Art Unit 2487 and has examined 332 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 65.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.
Examiner BRUMFIELD, SHANIKA M's allowance rate of 65.4% places them in the 26% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by BRUMFIELD, SHANIKA M receive 2.21 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 61% 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 BRUMFIELD, SHANIKA M is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 47% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +14.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BRUMFIELD, SHANIKA M. This interview benefit is in the 54% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 20.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 23% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 30.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 43% 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, 22.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 28% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 44.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 10% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% 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, 38.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 28% 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 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 62% 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 22% 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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