Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: PHILIPPE, GIMS S

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2424 2482 2485 2489 2621

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Analysis

Gims S. Philippe is an examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2424. The examiner has 1064 resolved cases and a high allowance rate of 85.6 percent. This suggests a very favorable environment for applicants. The median days to allowance is 1023, which indicates a relatively efficient prosecution timeline. With 1064 resolved cases, the examiner's performance metrics are well-established.

The interview lift for this examiner is 1.5 percent. Given that the baseline allowance rate is already 85.6 percent, the marginal increase of 1.5 percent from an interview is minimal. Practitioners may find that the high probability of success is already captured in the 85.6 percent rate without the need for additional oral advocacy. The 1023 median days to allowance reinforces the efficiency of Art Unit 2424. In summary, the 1064 resolved cases demonstrate that the examiner frequently grants patents, making the 1.5 percent interview lift a secondary consideration for most strategies.

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

Performance Statistics

85.6%
Allow Rate
+23.6% vs TC avg
1,091
Total Applications
+1.5%
Interview Lift
1023
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1064 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.0%
§101 Eligibility
27.5%
§102 Novelty
42.4%
§103 Obviousness
4.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18760592 IMAGE GENERATING SYSTEM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19003158 VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
19275373 SEI Message Dependency Simplification In Video Coding Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
19025558 MOVING PICTURE CODING DEVICE, MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING PROGRAM, MOVING PICTURE DECODING DEVICE, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING PROGRAM Final Rejection JVCKENWOOD Corporation
18317380 EFFICIENT HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL (HTTP) ADAPTIVE BITRATE (ABR) STREAMING BASED ON SCALABLE VIDEO CODING (SVC) Final Rejection Intel Corporation
19249759 TRANSFORM SELECTION FOR TEMPLATE MATCHING BASED INTRA PREDICTION AT SUBBLOCK LEVEL Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19143770 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18854937 TRANSFORM INDEX DETERMINATION Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
19254934 DISPLAY CONTROL IN CLOUD GAMING APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS
19249928 ADJUSTING QUANTIZATION/SCALING AND INVERSE QUANTIZATION/SCALING WHEN SWITCHING COLOR SPACES Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19163812 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MODEL-BASED PREDICTION METHOD, AND BITSTREAM STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18855313 METHOD, DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
19273274 HMVP TABLE IMPROVEMENTS Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19246523 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19268132 ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, CODE STREAM, ENCODER, DECODER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19261361 SIMPLIFIED CONTEXT SELECTION FOR ENTROPY CODING OF TRANSFORM COEFFICIENT SYNTAX ELEMENTS Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18464433 LINE-BASED COMPRESSION FOR DIGITAL IMAGE DATA Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

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