Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2400 2482 2484 2488

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Analysis

Christopher Braniff is an examiner in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2400. The examiner has 670 resolved cases on record. The data shows an allowance rate of 85.7% for these applications. This 85.7% allowance rate provides a metric for the frequency of successful outcomes. The median days to allowance is 765, which establishes a timeframe for the duration of the examination process from filing to the final grant.

The profile also includes an interview lift of 10.1%. This lift indicates that conducting an interview with the examiner correlates with a change in the likelihood of success. For practitioners, the 10.1% lift suggests that direct communication is a useful strategy for addressing rejections. With 670 resolved cases, the examiner's history provides a basis for these observations. The 765-day median to allowance remains a key consideration for managing client expectations and prosecution resources in Art Unit 2400.

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

Performance Statistics

85.7%
Allow Rate
+27.7% vs TC avg
687
Total Applications
+10.1%
Interview Lift
765
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 670 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.9%
§101 Eligibility
13.4%
§102 Novelty
58.6%
§103 Obviousness
8.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19448885 IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, METHOD OF TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
19221017 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CABAC-BASED ENTROPY CODING Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
19010980 VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19215538 VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18750109 VIDEO COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND VIDEO COMPRESSION PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18761813 IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18705059 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENCODING/DECODING A VOLUMETRIC CONTENT Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19179249 DATA DEPENDENCY IN ENCODING/DECODING Non-Final OA InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
18920832 STORING ASSIGNED NETWORK NAMES USING OVER-THE-AIR (OTA) COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA T-Mobile USA, Inc.
18870301 MULTI-PRACH TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.

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