Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: NAVAS JR, EDEMIO

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2400 2483

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Analysis

Edemio Navas Jr. is an examiner in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2400. The examiner has 567 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 71.8 percent, which represents the frequency of grants for applications reaching a final resolution.

The interview lift is 24.4 percent. This 24.4 percent figure indicates that interviews correlate with an increased probability of allowance. When considering the 567 resolved cases, the 24.4 percent lift suggests that direct communication is a beneficial tactic for practitioners. The 71.8 percent baseline allowance rate is a key metric for evaluating the prosecution environment.

The median days to allowance is 1032. This 1032-day timeline reflects the duration for successful applications to reach a grant. The 1032-day figure provides a benchmark for expected pendency in Art Unit 2400. Practitioners can use this 1032-day median and the 567 resolved cases to inform their strategy and manage expectations for the timing of a final outcome.

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

Performance Statistics

71.8%
Allow Rate
+13.8% vs TC avg
589
Total Applications
+24.4%
Interview Lift
1032
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 567 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.7%
§101 Eligibility
21.1%
§102 Novelty
65.8%
§103 Obviousness
6.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18587310 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION AND METHOD Non-Final OA Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
17964432 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
19174376 SUBJECT TRACKING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19040495 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18855077 TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19207248 CROSS-COMPONENT SAMPLE OFFSET (CCSO) Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18711108 TEACHING DEVICE Non-Final OA FANUC CORPORATION
19211020 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19210039 ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION IN VIDEO CODING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19211035 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc
18869728 VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, DEVICE AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA DOUYIN VISION CO., LTD.
19213777 VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD USING ADAPTIVE REFERENCE PIXEL SELECTION Non-Final OA RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
18074898 INTRA BLOCK COPY USING NON-ADJACENT NEIGHBORING BLOCKS Non-Final OA Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18615060 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALABLE VIDEO CODING FOR MACHINES Non-Final OA OP Solutions, LLC
18517335 METHOD FOR INDUCING PREDICTION MOTION VECTOR AND APPARATUSES USING SAME Non-Final OA Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Korea Aerospace University

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