Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

James T Boylan, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as BOYLAN, JAMES T

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2482 2486

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Analysis

BOYLAN, JAMES T works in tech center 2400 and art unit 2482. The profile covers 498 resolved cases, with a 63.3% allowance rate and a median of 1012 days to allowance. The interview lift is 10.8%, showing that interviews are associated with improved allowance outcomes in the measured record.

Canon Inc., Sony Group Corporation, and Panasonic Holdings Corporation are the leading companies. The listed firms are Xsensus, McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP, and ALSTON & BIRD LLP. Counsel can use interviews as part of a balanced strategy, while preparing for a prosecution timeline centered on 1012 days.

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

Performance Statistics

63.3%
Allow Rate
+5.3% vs TC avg
551
Total Applications
+10.8%
Interview Lift
1012
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 498 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
11.1%
§102 Novelty
55.2%
§103 Obviousness
21.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18910615 IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, METHODS FOR THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18910632 IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, METHODS FOR THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18910585 IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, METHODS FOR THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18910566 IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, METHODS FOR THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18848930 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18358903 HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY AND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD Final Rejection SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
18690275 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18849535 SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SENSOR DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18704287 LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND VEHICLE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
19223418 DECODING DEVICE, ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING METHOD, AND ENCODING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
19300603 ADAPTIVE BI-DIRECTIONAL SAMPLE BASED OPTICAL FLOW ON GPM WITH BI-PREDICTIVE MOTION VECTOR Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19281289 VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18683775 IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS, INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
19471275 WEIGHTED PLANAR AND DC MODES FOR INTRA PREDICTION Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19025481 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING AN IMAGE UNIT COMPRISING IMAGE DATA REPRESENTED BY A LUMINANCE CHANNEL AND AT LEAST ONE CHROMINANCE CHANNEL Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS, INC.
19255224 DECODING METHOD, CODING METHOD, DECODERS, AND CODERS Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18908346 CODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD AND DECODING DEVICE Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19116321 A METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
19472640 ADAPTIVE SAMPLE CLIPPING Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18994855 Method and Apparatus of Improving Performance of Convolutional Cross-Component Model in Video Coding System Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18782171 Microscopy system and method for processing a microscope image Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner James T Boylan's allowance rate?

63.3% of resolved applications examined by James T Boylan were allowed (498 resolved cases), compared with 68.4% across Art Unit 2482 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner James T Boylan?

This examiner's interview lift is +10.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner James T Boylan take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by James T Boylan took 1,012 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner James T Boylan work in?

James T Boylan examines applications in Art Unit 2482 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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