Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2482 2485 2488 3661 4100

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Analysis

Nathnael B. Aynalem is an examiner in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2482. He has managed 684 resolved cases with an allowance rate pct of 76.3%. This 76.3% rate indicates that a majority of the applications in his portfolio result in a grant. The median days to allowance for these cases is 934, which establishes a timeline for practitioners to expect when prosecuting in this art unit. For the 684 resolved cases, this 934-day period represents the median duration from filing to issuance for successful applications.

The data shows an interview lift pct of 13.1%. This 13.1% lift is an increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted compared to the 76.3% baseline allowance rate. This suggests that direct communication with the examiner is a method for resolving outstanding rejections. Practitioners can use the 13.1% lift to evaluate the impact of an interview, as it correlates with a higher success rate than the baseline. The 934-day median suggests that the process in Art Unit 2482 is relatively efficient for the 684 resolved cases.

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

Performance Statistics

76.4%
Allow Rate
+16.4% vs TC avg
718
Total Applications
+12.9%
Interview Lift
933
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 687 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.8%
§101 Eligibility
19.8%
§102 Novelty
43.6%
§103 Obviousness
21.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19237966 VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING INTER PREDICTION ACCORDING TO AFFINE MODEL Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19214360 ENCODER, A DECODER AND CORRESPONDING METHODS USING INTRA MODE CODING FOR INTRA PREDICTION Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19187667 INTER PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND CORRESPONDING ENCODER AND DECODER THAT REDUCE REDUNDANCY IN VIDEO CODING Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18647052 DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TRANSPORTATION DEVICE Non-Final OA CARUX TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.
18855935 METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND DECODING A TENSOR Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19250853 VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
19011195 CROSS-COMPONENT PREDICTION MODE Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19228298 VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18161722 METHOD FOR CODING AND AN APPARATUS Final Rejection NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
19229490 ADAPTING THE TRANSFORM PROCESS TO NEURAL NETWORK-BASED INTRA PREDICTION MODE Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18319859 Motion Sensor Camera Illumination Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
19031597 Temporal Motion Data Candidate Derivation in Video Coding Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
19059867 Close-in Sensing Camera System Final Rejection WAYMO LLC
18794372 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT DETECTION Non-Final OA Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
18897550 DIGITAL REAR MIRROR DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USABILITY Non-Final OA THINKWARE CORPORATION

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