USPTO Art Unit 2481 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2481
Group: 2480
Tech Center: 2400
Total Cases: 8,778
Last Active: February 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19104779DATA CACHINGFebruary 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
18972820HYBRID MEDIA RECORDINGDecember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18940490AI-Based Transformation of Audio/Video ContentNovember 2024April 2025Allow510YesNo
18927496SYSTEM FOR TOLLINGOctober 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18857373METADATA-AIDED REMOVAL OF FILM GRAINOctober 2024April 2025Allow600YesNo
18888706LIGHTED CAMERA APPARATUSSeptember 2024February 2025Allow410YesNo
18783459METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING SAMPLING OF SHORT-WAVE INFRARED DETECTORJuly 2024October 2024Allow300NoNo
18764570SIGNALING GENERAL CONSTRAINTS INFORMATION FOR VIDEO CODINGJuly 2024December 2024Allow610NoNo
18761276MULTI-CAMERA LIVE-STREAMING METHOD AND DEVICESJuly 2024January 2025Allow600NoNo
18758673DRONE BASED AUTOMATED YARD CHECKJune 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18759733IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18758760ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18756438Flexible Tile Signaling in Video CodingJune 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18749310CROSS-COMPONENT ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING-BASED IMAGE CODING APPARATUS AND METHODJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18748244SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEAMLESS AUDIO AND VIDEO ENDPOINT TRANSITIONSJune 2024January 2025Allow700YesNo
18748055Smart Security Camera with Detection of Suspicious CellphonesJune 2024December 2024Allow610NoNo
18744321SYSTEM FOR TOLLINGJune 2024September 2024Allow300NoNo
18741097Video Decoding Method and Video DecoderJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18738522METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL ON BASIS OF INTER PREDICTIONJune 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18735496DE-BLOCKING FILTER FOR VIDEO CODINGJune 2024March 2025Allow1000NoNo
18733717IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFORJune 2024February 2025Allow910NoNo
18733509Applying Video Effects Corresponding to Each Participant Within a Video Communication SessionJune 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18731876METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION OF THERMAL DEFECTSJune 2024January 2025Allow810NoNo
18712707Adaptive Adjustment System and Method for Brightness of Holographic Waveguide Display DeviceMay 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18671059VIDEO DECODING APPARATUSMay 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18670365EVENT ANALYSIS AND REVIEW TOOLMay 2024September 2024Allow400YesNo
18669047SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO CODINGMay 2024May 2025Allow1210YesNo
18660356ARRAY BASED RESIDUAL CODING ON NON-DYADIC BLOCKSMay 2024June 2025Allow1300NoNo
18657078UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DETECT OBJECTS OR PATIENT SAFETY EVENTS IN A PATIENT ROOMMay 2024April 2025Allow1110YesNo
18657429Remotely Configuring ContentMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18656353IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING INTRA PREDICTIONMay 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18654371PREDICTING AND RESPONDING TO CUT IN VEHICLES AND ALTRUISTIC RESPONSESMay 2024May 2025Allow1200NoNo
18653194VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM WITH WINDSHIELD MOUNTED CAMERAMay 2024January 2025Allow910NoNo
18649740POINT CLOUD ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD, AND DECODERApril 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18649293IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING SAMPLE FILTERINGApril 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18644760METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING MPM LISTApril 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18641259IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STOREDApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18636458SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM WITH FIXED CAMERA AND TEMPORARY CAMERASApril 2024May 2025Allow1300NoNo
18635952IMAGE/VIDEO CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS ON BASIS OF PICTURE DIVISION STRUCTUREApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18632298SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THICKNESS AND BOW OF LARGESIZED WAFERSApril 2024July 2024Allow300YesNo
18630396INTRA PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON INTRA SUB-PARTITIONS IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEMApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18629038DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DATA PLAYBACK METHOD, DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND DATA PLAYBACK DEVICEApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18628532AI-POWERED CLOUD-NATIVE NETWORK VIDEO RECORDER (NVR)April 2024December 2024Allow920YesNo
18627289IN-LOOP FILTERS FOR VIDEO CODINGApril 2024April 2025Allow1320NoNo
18624266METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING IN VIVO IMAGES THROUGH DYNAMIC FOCUS MOTION COMPENSATION USING VARIABLE FOCUS LENSApril 2024May 2025Allow1300NoNo
18622691MULTIPLE LINEAR MODELS EMPLOYED WITH CHROMA-FROM-LUMA PREDICTIONMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18622461VIDEO CONFERENCING METHODMarch 2024May 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18622718METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EDITING MOVIES IN DISTRIBUTED SCALABLE MEDIA ENVIRONMENTMarch 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18620966SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CAPTURING AND GENERATING PANORAMIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGESMarch 2024August 2024Allow510NoNo
18621003SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CAPTURING AND GENERATING PANORAMIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGESMarch 2024September 2024Allow610NoNo
18696982HOLOGRAPHIC OPERATING ELEMENTMarch 2024May 2025Allow1400NoNo
18621038SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURING AND GENERATING PANORAMIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS AND IMAGESMarch 2024August 2024Allow510NoNo
18620899VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE USING SECONDARY TRANSFORMMarch 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18616841FRAME-RATE SCALABLE VIDEO CODINGMarch 2024July 2024Allow410NoNo
18615085SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING A SMART PANORAMIC IMAGEMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18615548METHOD FOR DETERMINING PREDICTION VALUE AND DECODERMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18614636METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERPOLATION FILTERING FOR INTRA- AND INTER-PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODINGMarch 2024June 2025Allow1520NoNo
18613467INTER-PREDICTION METHOD AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS USING THE SAMEMarch 2024February 2025Allow1010YesNo
18613484INTER-PREDICTION METHOD AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS USING THE SAMEMarch 2024February 2025Allow1010YesNo
18613475INTER-PREDICTION METHOD AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS USING THE SAMEMarch 2024February 2025Allow1010YesNo
18608059METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A VIDEO SIGNALMarch 2024June 2025Allow1420NoNo
18604771MULTIMEDIA PLAYER DISPLAYING OPERATION PANEL DEPENDING ON CONTENTSMarch 2024October 2024Allow700YesNo
18602566VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD USING TILES AND SLICES, AND VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE AND DECODING DEVICE USING TILES AND SLICESMarch 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18601513AUDIO-VISUAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMEMarch 2024January 2025Allow1110YesNo
18583865FLEXIBLE AND INTUITIVE SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING AUTOMATED VISUAL INSPECTION SYSTEMFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1400NoNo
18584269Data Segment ServiceFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18684098APPLYING MINIMUM AND AVERAGE DISTANCE CONSTRAINT IN VIDEO STREAMINGFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18443124PLANAR AND DIRECT MODE SIGNALING IN G-PCCFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1400NoNo
18441587IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIGNALING HLS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STOREDFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18441207METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING BLOCK DIVISION INFORMATION IN IMAGE CODEC FOR SECURITY CAMERAFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610YesNo
18441466INTER-PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON DMVR AND BDOFFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18440914METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT DELIVERY AND USAGE OF AUDIO MESSAGES FOR HIGH QUALITY OF EXPERIENCEFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18440353Method and System for Generating Synthetic Video AdvertisementsFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18440003ENCODER, A DECODER AND CORRESPONDING METHODS OF SIGNALING AND SEMANTICS IN PARAMETER SETSFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18437897PREDICTION IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS, VIDEO CODING APPARATUS, AND PREDICTION IMAGE GENERATION METHODFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18438234METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HIERARCHICALLY ENCODING AND DECODING A BYTESTREAMFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1500NoNo
18434177MANAGING CODING TOOLS COMBINATIONS AND RESTRICTIONSFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18430555METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE SIGNAL AND DEVICE THEREFORFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1710NoNo
18428918PRIMARY TRANSFORMS FOR CROSS-COMPONENT LEVEL RECONSTRUCTIONJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1710NoNo
18427857System and method for producing a video streamJanuary 2024May 2024Allow300NoNo
18428914IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFORJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18423633METHOD FOR INTER PREDICTION METHOD, VIDEO PICTURE ENCODER AND DECODERJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18421766METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTRA PREDICTIONJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1510NoNo
18421879METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTRA PREDICTIONJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18418021IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON WRAP-AROUND MOTION COMPENSATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAMJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18418094BLOCK-LEVEL ADAPTIVE MIXED-RESOLUTION PREDICTIONJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210YesNo
18413530LUMA-MAPPING-BASED VIDEO OR IMAGE CODINGJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18413291VIDEO CODING APPARATUS AND DECODING APPARATUSJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1600NoNo
18411515IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAMJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800YesNo
18410009SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE SELECTION OF PAUSE POINTSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18410582THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICEJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1710NoNo
18409147Scalable Prediction Type CodingJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18408946TRANSMITTER, A RECEIVER AND METHODS THEREIN FOR VALIDATION OF A VIDEO SEQUENCEJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1500NoNo
18409009SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SYNCHRONIZED SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT TO A SUBSET OF USERS THAT ARE DISINTERESTED IN LIVE CONTENTJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18407825APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIDEO-AUDIO PROCESSING, AND PROGRAM FOR SEPARATING AN OBJECT SOUND CORRESPONDING TO A SELECTED VIDEO OBJECTJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18407806VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE USING MOTION COMPENSATIONJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18408557METHOD FOR GENERATING A SYNTHETIC SKIN MODELJanuary 2024February 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18407902Generating a Video Presentation to Accompany AudioJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1620NoNo
18406411AMVP-MERGE MODE WITH SBTMVPJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1700NoNo
18577259SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA WITH AUTOMATIC ADJUSTABLE ZOOM FIELD OF VIEWJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1420NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2481.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
181
Examiner Affirmed
104
(57.5%)
Examiner Reversed
77
(42.5%)
Reversal Percentile
85.6%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 42.5% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. 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
421
Allowed After Appeal Filing
142
(33.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
279
(66.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
54.1%
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, 33.7% 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.

Art Unit 2481 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2481 is part of Group 2480 in Technology Center 2400. This art unit has examined 8,778 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 77.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2481's allowance rate of 77.6% places it in the 50% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a below-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2481 receive an average of 1.92 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 60% percentile). The median prosecution time is 28 months (in the 57% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more challenging examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With more office actions than average, plan for relatively streamlined prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is shorter than average and should be factored into your continuation and client communication strategies.
  • Review individual examiner statistics within this art unit to identify examiners with particularly favorable or challenging prosecution patterns.

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.