Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Jimmy S Lee, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as LEE, JIMMY S

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2482 2483 2486 2487

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Analysis

LEE, JIMMY S has 322 resolved cases, a 57.8% allowance rate, and a 23.8% interview lift. The median time to allowance is 1222 days. The profile covers Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2482. The allowance rate indicates mixed outcomes, while the positive interview lift supports including interviews in a broader response plan. The 1222-day median makes prosecution duration important when setting client expectations and planning related filings.

The leading companies are MediaTek Inc., InterDigital Inc., and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. The principal firms are McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP, Klintworth & Rozenblat IDC, and Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A. This telecommunications applicant mix gives practitioners context for claim construction and technical distinction arguments.

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

Performance Statistics

57.8%
Allow Rate
At TC average
354
Total Applications
+23.8%
Interview Lift
1222
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 322 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.6%
§101 Eligibility
6.4%
§102 Novelty
74.4%
§103 Obviousness
12.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19047238 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
19053061 DATA PROCESSING METHOD USING NEURAL NETWORK MODEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19004106 VALENCE BASED UPDATE FOR VERTICES IN BASE MESH FRAME FOR DYNAMIC MESH CODING Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19277802 INTERCHANGEABLE LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18667294 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PANORAMIC VIDEO RECORDING Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18790833 STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
18382091 DISPLAY DEVICE AND TEST SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
19120066 Filter Coefficient Derivation Simplification For Cross-Component Prediction Non-Final OA Google LLC
18451829 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
19206310 SAMPLE DISTANCE CALCULATION FOR GEOMETRIC PARTITION MODE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19174146 ADAPTIVE COST FUNCTION SELECTION IN MERGE MODE IN VIDEO CODING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18989586 AREA EFFICIENT ON-THE-FLY ENCODER STATISTICS COMPUTATION UNIT FOR VIDEO ENCODING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18485707 TRANSFORMING VIDEO DATA USING NON-SEPARABLE PRIMARY TRANSFORMS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18286089 METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
17238204 Hybrid Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) Headlight Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
19083252 CODING ORDER CONTROL METHOD FOR LOSSLESS POINT CLOUD COMPRESSION Final Rejection InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
17258702 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING EXTENDED FOCAL PLANES FOR LARGE VIEWPOINT CHANGES Final Rejection InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
18276302 SPATIAL LOCAL ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION Final Rejection InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS
19272640 ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ENCODER, DECODER, CODE STREAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19472686 INTRA PREDICTION FUSION WITH INHERITED CROSS-COMPONENT MODELS Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
19471785 REFINEMENT FOR MERGE MODE MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCE Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
19471798 ADAPTIVE QUANTIZATION IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
18994816 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
19053962 Preserving Image Quality in Temporally Compressed Video Streams Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18852371 LOW COMPLEXITY ENHANCEMENT VIDEO CODING WITH SIGNAL ELEMENT MODIFICATION Final Rejection V-NOVA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
18755919 VIDEO TRANSCODER Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Jimmy S Lee's allowance rate?

57.8% of resolved applications examined by Jimmy S Lee were allowed (322 resolved cases), compared with 68.4% across Art Unit 2482 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Jimmy S Lee?

This examiner's interview lift is +23.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Jimmy S Lee take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Jimmy S Lee took 1,222 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Jimmy S Lee work in?

Jimmy S Lee examines applications in Art Unit 2482 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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