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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Christopher G Findley, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2482 2621

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Analysis

FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G handles cases in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2482. His record includes 779 resolved cases, a 77.9% allowance rate, and a median of 1078 days to allowance. The data shows a sizeable prosecution history with allowance generally requiring a period approaching three years.

Interviews are associated with an 11.5% lift in allowance outcomes. The listed companies include Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications, Panasonic Holdings, and Tencent Technology. Bayes, FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, and Anglehart et al. are the listed firms, which may help practitioners identify experience with this portfolio.

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

Performance Statistics

77.9%
Allow Rate
+15.9% vs TC avg
812
Total Applications
+11.5%
Interview Lift
1078
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 779 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.8%
§101 Eligibility
23.2%
§102 Novelty
56.8%
§103 Obviousness
4.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19045833 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
19301810 REFERENCE PICTURE BOUNDARY EXTENSION BY EXTRAPOLATION Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19301879 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19334688 VIDEO SIGNAL ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19334682 VIDEO SIGNAL ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Non-Final OA Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., LTD.
18937174 VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PDPC AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18727516 Method and Apparatus Deriving Merge Candidate from Affine Coded Blocks for Video Coding Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
19325190 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING SUBPICTURE PARTITIONING INFORMATION Non-Final OA ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
19260350 AUTOMATED ASSOCIATION OF MEDIA WITH OCCURRENCE RECORDS Non-Final OA GENETEC INC.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Christopher G Findley's allowance rate?

77.9% of resolved applications examined by Christopher G Findley were allowed (779 resolved cases), compared with 68.4% across Art Unit 2482 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Christopher G Findley?

This examiner's interview lift is +11.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Christopher G Findley take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Christopher G Findley took 1,078 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Christopher G Findley work in?

Christopher G Findley examines applications in Art Unit 2482 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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