Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LIMA, FABIO S

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2482 2486 2872 3645

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Analysis

Fabio S. Lima serves as an examiner in Art Unit 2482 of Tech Center 3600. The examiner has 439 resolved cases with an allowance rate of 77.2 percent. This high rate suggests a favorable outlook for most patent applications. The interview lift is 14.2 percent, indicating that conducting an interview is a very effective step that can further increase the probability of reaching an allowance.

The median days to allowance is 831, which is quite efficient for Tech Center 3600. This 831 day timeline, combined with the 77.2 percent allowance rate, makes for a positive prosecution experience. Practitioners can use the 439 resolved cases to confidently predict examiner behavior and set client expectations accordingly.

In Art Unit 2482, the 14.2 percent interview lift is a useful tool for overcoming any initial rejections. Given the 77.2 percent allowance rate, most applicants are likely to succeed, and the 831 day median ensures that the process moves at a reasonable pace. Practitioners should focus on clear communication to maintain this efficiency and leverage the examiner's high rate of granting patents.

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

Performance Statistics

77.2%
Allow Rate
+25.2% vs TC avg
473
Total Applications
+14.2%
Interview Lift
831
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 439 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
17.3%
§102 Novelty
49.9%
§103 Obviousness
20.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19108628 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD, METHOD OF TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED Final Rejection LG Electronics Inc.
19052112 VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND DEVICE USING SAME Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
19094653 MONITORING DEVICE, SUSPICIOUS OBJECT DETECTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18923398 Explicit Address Signaling In Video Coding Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
19190936 ADAPTIVE TRANSFORM TYPE SETS BASED ON FRAME LEVEL STATISTICS Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
19259985 ADAPTIVE USAGE OF DECODER SIDE MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENT AND BIDIRECTIONAL OPTICAL FLOW Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19205593 METHODS, DEVICES, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR MULTI-SYMBOL ARITHMETIC CODING Final Rejection Tencent America LLC.
18880467 GENERATING ENCODED VIDEO DATA AND DECODED VIDEO DATA Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19256896 CCLM PREDICTION-BASED IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
19214898 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING IMAGE ON BASIS OF TRANSFORM Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
18785150 VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING BASED ON SIGNALING OF SCALING LIST DATA Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
19109808 ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS USING TEMPLATE-BASED TOOL AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUSES Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19267426 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19178167 DOWN-SAMPLING METHODS AND RATIOS FOR SUPER-RESOLUTION BASED VIDEO CODING Final Rejection BYTEDANCE INC.
19074279 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR POINT CLOUD CODING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
19254186 INTRA PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19180628 METHOD FOR ENCODING, METHOD FOR DECODING, AND DECODER Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19119010 VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCT Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
19284961 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FILTERED INTRA BLOCK COPY, INTRA BLOCK COPY AND INTRA TEMPLATE MATCHING Non-Final OA BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
19203384 ENTROPY CODING OF MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCES Final Rejection Dolby Video Compression, LLC
19186131 ENTROPY CODING SUPPORTING MODE SWITCHING Final Rejection Dolby Video Compression, LLC

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