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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Ovidio Escalante, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as ESCALANTE, OVIDIO

Tech Center 3900 • Art Units: 2414 2654 3992

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Analysis

Ovidio Escalante examines cases in Art Unit 2414 of Tech Center 3900. He has 233 resolved cases with an allowance rate of 76.4 percent. This high rate suggests a favorable environment for applicants. The median days to allowance is 846, indicating an efficient prosecution process. The interview lift is 5.6 percent, which shows that interviews provide a small but positive increase in the likelihood of success compared to the 76.4 percent baseline.

Major companies in his docket include Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and NEC Corporation. Law firms such as Baker Botts L.L.P., Rimon PC - Panasonic Corporation, and Ahmann Kloke LLP are among the top representatives. The 233 resolved cases provide a solid data set for Art Unit 2414. Practitioners should consider the 76.4 percent allowance rate as a strong indicator of success. The 846 median days to allowance is a positive factor for those seeking timely patent issuance. With a 5.6 percent interview lift, interviews are a useful but perhaps not essential tool for achieving an allowance in this docket.

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
267
Total Applications
+5.6%
Interview Lift
846
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 233 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.4%
§101 Eligibility
9.5%
§102 Novelty
28.1%
§103 Obviousness
22.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18735597 Methods and Devices For Broadcasting System Information on Demand Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17497217 Scheduling of delay-sensitive traffic Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19203783 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING TASK INCLUDING CALL IN RESPONSE TO USER UTTERANCE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18660752 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PAGING FOR USER EQUIPMENT RECEIVING WAKE-UP SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17690665 SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
19059465 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INDICATING NUMEROLOGY Final Rejection Nec Corporation
18961506 TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND METHOD FOR THE SAME Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18812523 Resource Scheduling Method for Network Slice and Device Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18801977 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19319384 CAPACITOR Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
19030770 UPMIXER, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR UPMIXING A DOWNMIX AUDIO SIGNAL Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18139278 AUDIO OR VIDEO ENCODER, AUDIO OR VIDEO DECODER AND RELATED METHODS FOR PROCESSING MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO OR VIDEO SIGNALS USING A VARIABLE PREDICTION DIRECTION Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18859721 CORE NETWORK AND USER EQUIPMENT (UE) Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19230931 NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Ovidio Escalante's allowance rate?

76.4% of resolved applications examined by Ovidio Escalante were allowed (233 resolved cases), compared with 72.8% across Art Unit 2414 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Ovidio Escalante?

This examiner's interview lift is +5.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Ovidio Escalante take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Ovidio Escalante took 846 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Ovidio Escalante work in?

Ovidio Escalante examines applications in Art Unit 2414 in Tech Center 3900.

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