Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: FLYNN, RANDY A

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2424

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Analysis

Randy A. Flynn is an examiner in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2424. He has reached a resolution in 613 cases. The data shows an allowance rate of 65.4 percent for these applications. This percentage indicates that nearly two-thirds of the cases assigned to him result in a patent grant. Practitioners can use this 65.4 percent rate to gauge the general likelihood of success for applications in this technology area.

The impact of interviews on prosecution outcomes is shown by an interview lift of 16.3 percent. This metric suggests that direct communication with the examiner provides a meaningful increase in the probability of allowance. An interview lift of 16.3 percent indicates that verbal negotiation is a productive strategy for addressing rejections and moving an application toward a grant. Practitioners should consider scheduling an interview to leverage this potential benefit during the examination process.

The median days to allowance for successful cases is 1148. This duration represents the middle value of the time taken from filing to the issuance of a patent. A median of 1148 days provides a specific timeline for applicants to consider when managing their expectations for the prosecution process. These metrics are based on 613 resolved cases, offering a data-grounded perspective on the examiner's historical prosecution patterns.

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

Performance Statistics

65.4%
Allow Rate
+7.4% vs TC avg
647
Total Applications
+16.3%
Interview Lift
1148
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 613 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.3%
§101 Eligibility
11.6%
§102 Novelty
64.5%
§103 Obviousness
8.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19025612 USER INTERFACES FOR NAVIGATING AND PLAYING CHANNEL-BASED CONTENT Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18817126 USER INTERFACES FOR NAVIGATING AND PLAYING CHANNEL-BASED CONTENT Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18440628 METHOD FOR SUPERVISING A MULTIMEDIA STREAM READING TERMINAL WITH TIMING OF THE TRANSMISSION OF THE TRACKING DATA Non-Final OA Orange
19220566 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING NUMBER OF COPIES OF CONTENT ITEMS STORED AT SERVER Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
19048107 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING RECORDED MEDIA ASSETS THROUGH ADVERTISEMENT INSERTION Final Rejection Adeia Guides Inc.
18744547 DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDIA-AWARE TRANSPORT OF FRAGMENT OF CONTENT IN LOW-LATENCY, OVER-THE-TOP, AND ADAPTIVE BITRATE STREAMING Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18759592 LINKING DEVICES TO ENHANCE USER EXPERIENCE Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18063148 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL OBJECT Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18856859 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING LIVE AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAM, AND DEVICE AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18317391 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTENT SEGMENT MODIFICATION Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
17520427 MANAGING DATA DELIVERY Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
19031215 Networked Device Group Information in a System with Multiple Media Playback Protocols Final Rejection Sonos, Inc.
18655020 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR MEDIA PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18223891 PROVIDING ENERGY-EFFICIENT FEATURES USING HUMAN PRESENCE DETECTION Non-Final OA Roku, INc.
18625685 LIVENESS DETECTION Non-Final OA University of Notre Dame du Lac

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