USPTO Examiner BRUMFIELD SHANIKA M - Art Unit 2487

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18817433VIDEO CODING METHOD AND DEVICE WHICH USE SUB-BLOCK UNIT INTRA PREDICTIONAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18818074ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18813687SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT SYSTEMSAugust 2024December 2025Allow1610NoNo
18773214IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAMJuly 2024November 2025Allow1610NoNo
18773236IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAMJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510NoNo
18773194IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAMJuly 2024November 2025Allow1610NoNo
18771486IN-LOOP FILTERING-BASED VIDEO OR IMAGE CODINGJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510NoNo
18666752TRANSFORM FOR L-SHAPED PARTITIONMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18664284SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING NEURAL NETWORK-BASED IN-LOOP FILTER PARAMETER INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODINGMay 2024January 2026Abandon2020NoNo
18647633METHOD FOR CODING IMAGE ON BASIS OF DEBLOCKING FILTERING, AND APPARATUS THEREFORApril 2024May 2025Allow1310NoNo
18396191ENCODER, DECODER AND CORRESPONDING METHODS OF BOUNDARY STRENGTH DERIVATION OF DEBLOCKING FILTERDecember 2023January 2026Allow2530YesNo
18541623PREVENTION OF START CODE CONFUSIONDecember 2023January 2026Allow2530NoNo
18534485ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, CODE STREAM, ENCODER, DECODER AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023October 2025Allow2210NoNo
18523440VIDEO PICTURE COMPONENT PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18519994JOINT CODING OF CHROMA RESIDUAL AND FILTERING IN VIDEO PROCESSINGNovember 2023April 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18516252ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18501526CALCULATION IN MATRIX-BASED INTRA PREDICTIONNovember 2023September 2025Allow2210NoNo
18499829IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING INTER PREDICTIONNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18498665QUANTIZATION PARAMETER FOR CHROMA DEBLOCKING FILTERINGOctober 2023June 2025Allow2020NoNo
18490979IMAGE CODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHODOctober 2023August 2024Allow1020YesNo
18381376MOTION INFORMATION STORAGE FOR VIDEO CODING AND SIGNALINGOctober 2023May 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18482140IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAMOctober 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18376680METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGING A CELL SAMPLEOctober 2023June 2025Allow2120NoNo
18375736GLOBAL MOTION FOR MERGE MODE CANDIDATES IN INTER PREDICTIONOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18244835SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING INTRA MODE LISTSSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2920YesNo
18462673VIDEO CODING METHOD AND DEVICE WHICH USE SUB-BLOCK UNIT INTRA PREDICTIONSeptember 2023May 2024Allow810NoNo
18462014FILTER SHAPE FOR SAMPLE OFFSETSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1920YesNo
18460607METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA PREDICTION USING AN INTERPOLATION FILTERSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1210YesNo
18451951On Boundary Padding Sample Filtering In Image/Video CodingAugust 2023March 2026Allow3130NoNo
18451694ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODAugust 2023May 2024Allow910NoNo
18223584Tile Shuffling for 360 Degree Video DecodingJuly 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18346729DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMJuly 2023January 2026Abandon3030NoNo
18217496SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING NEURAL NETWORK POST-FILTER DEINTERLACING INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODINGJune 2023July 2025Allow2410NoNo
18214112VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND VIDEO SYSTEMJune 2023October 2025Allow2720YesNo
18214296CROSS COMPONENT SAMPLE CLIPPINGJune 2023December 2025Allow3020YesNo
18268743PHOTOGRAPH SHOOTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF SAME, AND PROGRAMJune 2023November 2025Abandon2920NoNo
18336874DATA PROCESSING IN EDGE OFFSET MODE OF SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSETJune 2023June 2025Allow2410NoNo
18209715Determination of Sample Adaptive Offset Mode of Coding Tree BlockJune 2023April 2025Allow2310NoNo
18209822SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUBBLOCK MOTION VECTOR CODINGJune 2023April 2025Allow2210NoNo
18334308ADAPTIVELY DERIVING RICE PARAMETER VALUES FOR HIGH BIT-DEPTH VIDEO CODINGJune 2023June 2024Allow1210NoNo
18319658TRANSFORM CODING BASED ON MATRIX-BASED INTRA PREDICTIONMay 2023December 2024Allow1920NoNo
18141159IN-LOOP FILTERING-BASED VIDEO OR IMAGE CODINGApril 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18132744MEASURING AND VERIFYING DRUG PORTIONSApril 2023April 2025Allow2520NoNo
18295184PREDICTION OF RATE DISTORTION CURVES FOR VIDEO ENCODINGApril 2023November 2025Allow3130YesNo
18245946METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING MEDIA FILEMarch 2023October 2025Abandon3120NoNo
18179183SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SURVEILLANCE CAMERASMarch 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18169442ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING BETWEEN DIFFERENT VIDEO UNITSFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1710NoNo
18065940CROSS-COMPONENT FILTERING ON BLOCK-LEVEL RECONSTRUCTIONDecember 2022December 2024Allow2420YesNo
17994556PICTURE PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND CODECNovember 2022April 2024Allow1610NoNo
17992282SELECTING DOWNSAMPLING FILTERS FOR CHROMA FROM LUMA PREDICTIONNovember 2022April 2025Allow4020NoNo
17998399PLANT GROWTH IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREFORNovember 2022January 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18048351IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2022April 2024Allow1810NoNo
18048367IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2022April 2024Allow1810NoNo
17913485IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHODSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2110NoNo
17949045SIGNALING OF IN-LOOP RESHAPING INFORMATION USING PARAMETER SETSSeptember 2022February 2024Allow1710NoNo
17939041SURFACE ESTIMATION METHOD, SURFACE ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUMSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3520YesNo
17930331EDGE OFFSET FOR CROSS COMPONENT SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET (CCSAO) FILTERSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3740YesNo
17903494METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE CODING/DECODINGSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2320YesNo
17899834METHOD FOR CODING IMAGE ON BASIS OF DEBLOCKING FILTERING, AND APPARATUS THEREFORAugust 2022January 2024Allow1610NoNo
17893965MOTION INFORMATION STORAGE FOR VIDEO CODING AND SIGNALINGAugust 2022March 2024Abandon1910NoNo
17887298IMAGING APPARATUS FOR ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAMEAugust 2022October 2024Abandon2710NoNo
17860585Extended Transform Partitions for Video CompressionJuly 2022December 2025Abandon4140YesNo
17855710SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT SYSTEMSJune 2022April 2024Allow2210NoNo
17841461IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAMJune 2022July 2023Allow1310NoNo
17838469SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL IMAGINGJune 2022July 2023Allow1310NoNo
17783959VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING EMPLOYING ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERJune 2022August 2025Allow3840YesNo
17826364INFRARED IMAGER AND RELATED SYSTEMSMay 2022November 2024Allow2920NoNo
17735938ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODMay 2022May 2023Allow1210NoNo
17730040BLOCK-WISE CONTENT-ADAPTIVE ONLINE TRAINING IN NEURAL IMAGE COMPRESSION WITH POST FILTERINGApril 2022May 2024Allow2510YesNo
17720582JOINT CODING OF CHROMA RESIDUAL AND FILTERING IN VIDEO PROCESSINGApril 2022March 2025Abandon3560NoNo
17658787VIDEO PICTURE COMPONENT PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022August 2023Allow1610NoNo
17754626INFRARED LIGHT-GUIDED PORTRAIT RELIGHTINGApril 2022August 2025Allow4030YesNo
17705488ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING BETWEEN DIFFERENT VIDEO UNITSMarch 2022October 2022Allow710NoNo
17697613SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING NEURAL NETWORK-BASED IN-LOOP FILTER PARAMETER INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODINGMarch 2022September 2024Abandon3040NoNo
17694253QUANTIZATION PARAMETER FOR CHROMA DEBLOCKING FILTERINGMarch 2022August 2023Allow1730NoNo
17692298SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING NEURAL NETWORK BASED SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET FOR VIDEO CODINGMarch 2022January 2025Allow3520NoNo
17691691Real Time Simplification of MeshesMarch 2022July 2024Allow2810YesNo
17639635SWITCHABLE INTERPOLATION FILTERSMarch 2022April 2025Allow3730NoNo
17675823Systems and Methods for Multi-Pipe Scheduling During Image DecodingFebruary 2022May 2025Allow3930YesNo
17650576DIRECTIONAL CROSS COMPONENT FILTER FOR VIDEO CODINGFebruary 2022February 2025Allow3640NoNo
17591572Systems and Methods for Luma or Chroma Statistics CollectionFebruary 2022March 2026Allow4950YesNo
17581455METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING USING PLANAR INTRA PREDICTION MODE FOR INTRA SUB-PARTITION CODING MODEJanuary 2022July 2023Allow1710NoNo
17578747Microscopy System and Method for Checking a Rotational Position of a Microscope CameraJanuary 2022February 2026Allow4950YesNo
17576023METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGING A CELL SAMPLEJanuary 2022June 2023Allow1710NoNo
17572329METHOD FOR CODING IMAGE ON BASIS OF DEBLOCKING FILTERING, AND APPARATUS THEREFORJanuary 2022May 2022Allow500NoNo
17570727VIDEO CODING METHOD AND DEVICE WHICH USE SUB-BLOCK UNIT INTRA PREDICTIONJanuary 2022June 2023Allow1710NoNo
17570247IN-LOOP FILTERING-BASED VIDEO OR IMAGE CODINGJanuary 2022January 2023Allow1320NoNo
17564416ENCODER, DECODER AND CORRESPONDING METHODS OF BOUNDARY STRENGTH DERIVATION OF DEBLOCKING FILTERDecember 2021September 2023Allow2120NoNo
17646412CALCULATION IN MATRIX-BASED INTRA PREDICTIONDecember 2021July 2023Allow1820NoNo
17620972METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CROSS-COMPONENT ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING WITH VIRTUAL BOUNDARY FOR VIDEO CODINGDecember 2021January 2023Allow1210NoNo
17555119METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROCESS VIDEO FRAME PIXEL DATA USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VIDEO FRAME SEGMENTATIONDecember 2021August 2025Allow4410YesNo
17550409ACTIVE DUAL PIXEL STEREO SYSTEM FOR DEPTH EXTRACTIONDecember 2021March 2026Allow5180YesNo
17614497IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAMNovember 2021October 2024Allow3520NoNo
17520381MEASURING AND VERIFYING DRUG PORTIONSNovember 2021January 2023Allow1510NoNo
17500345FAST RECOLOR FOR VIDEO BASED POINT CLOUD CODINGOctober 2021June 2024Allow3230YesNo
17494418ADAPTIVELY DERIVING RICE PARAMETER VALUES FOR HIGH BIT-DEPTH VIDEO CODINGOctober 2021March 2023Allow1710NoNo
17449199METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO FILTERINGSeptember 2021May 2023Allow2010YesNo
17467582Microscopy System and Method for Generating an HDR ImageSeptember 2021May 2023Allow2010NoNo
17435805VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING BASED ON LUMA MAPPING WITH CHROMA SCALINGSeptember 2021April 2024Abandon3120NoNo
17463352METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODINGAugust 2021October 2023Allow2520YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BRUMFIELD, SHANIKA M.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
10
Examiner Affirmed
9
(90.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(10.0%)
Reversal Percentile
23.2%
Lower than average

What This Means

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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
19
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(15.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
16
(84.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
18.6%
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, 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.

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 BRUMFIELD, SHANIKA M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

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.

Allowance Patterns

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.

Office Action Patterns

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.

Prosecution Timeline

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.

Interview Effectiveness

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.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

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.

Petition Practice

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 Cooperation and Flexibility

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.

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

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