Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ANYIKIRE, CHIKAODILI E

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2482 2487 2621

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Analysis

Chikaodili E Anyikire, working in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2482, has managed 1065 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 74.9 percent. The interview lift is 11.1 percent. The median days to allowance is 1171.

The 1171-day metric provides a timeline for the duration of the prosecution process. The 11.1 percent interview lift is a positive value. This lift is lower than the 74.9 percent allowance rate, suggesting that many applications reach issuance through standard written prosecution. With 1065 resolved cases, the metrics offer a focused view of the examiner's history. Practitioners in Art Unit 2482 can use the 11.1 percent lift to decide when to request an interview. The 1171 days to allowance is a factor for long-term planning. The 74.9 percent allowance rate serves as a baseline for the probability of success. These 1065 resolved cases indicate how the examiner handles patentability issues. The relationship between the 1171-day median and the 11.1 percent interview lift can help optimize the prosecution strategy.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

74.9%
Allow Rate
+12.9% vs TC avg
1,105
Total Applications
+11.1%
Interview Lift
1171
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1065 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.2%
§101 Eligibility
36.0%
§102 Novelty
49.4%
§103 Obviousness
1.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18815245 METHOD FOR INTRA PREDICTION AND DEVICE THEREFOR Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19025748 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
19025026 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
19024890 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
19025369 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
19025575 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
19024733 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
19025150 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
18788272 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
19022980 VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND VIDEO DECODER Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19022988 PLANAR INTRA-PREDICTION USING POSITION DEPENDENT PREDICTION COMBINATION Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18975075 LUMA INTRA MODE SIGNALING Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18668637 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR NEURAL NETWORK ENSEMBLE MODEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18678031 COMBINATION OF MODE-DEPENDENT AND FIXED TRANSFORM TYPES IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18667973 Knowledge Distillation Training via Encoded Information Exchange to Generate Models Structured for More Efficient Compute Non-Final OA Google LLC
18832959 SMART ANNOTATION TOOL FOR PATHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES IN BRAIN SCANS Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18591547 CANDIDATE DERIVATION IN A SEARCH RANGE USING TEMPLATE MATCHING FOR VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18665178 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF HALLUCINATION IN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
18847695 COMPUTER SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18805349 SIGNALING FOR BLOCK PARTITIONING Final Rejection TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18781820 LIST CONSTRUCTION AND SIGNALING OF TRANSFORM TYPES AND TRANSFORM SETS Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18624728 EFFICIENT ACTIVATION FUNCTION IN NEURAL NETWORK IMAGE COMPRESSION DECODER Final Rejection TENCENT AMERICA LLC
19058835 INTRA PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
19029230 METHOD FOR ENCODING AND/OR DECODING IMAGES ON MACROBLOCK LEVEL USING INTRA-PREDICTION Non-Final OA InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
17853076 MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCE FOR BLOCK WITH GEOMETRIC PARTITION Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18216008 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXECUTING A NEURAL NETWORK ON A NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATOR Non-Final OA Imagination Technologies Limited

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