Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Tyler Sullivan, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SULLIVAN, TYLER

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2482 2487 4100

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

Sullivan, Tyler is assigned to Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2482. The record includes 405 resolved cases and a 67.4% allowance rate. This volume gives practitioners a substantive basis for using the profile when evaluating expected prosecution dynamics and preparing applications for the relevant subject matter.

The interview lift is 29.4%, indicating that interviews are associated with a higher allowance outcome in the reported cases. The median time to allowance is 1044 days. The listed companies are Huawei Technologies, Bytedance, and Netflix. The listed firms are Artegis Law Group, Astute IP Law Group, and Lempia Summerfield Katz.

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

Performance Statistics

67.4%
Allow Rate
+7.4% vs TC avg
432
Total Applications
+29.4%
Interview Lift
1044
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 405 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.6%
§101 Eligibility
2.6%
§102 Novelty
47.6%
§103 Obviousness
30.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18996753 POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION DEVICE, AND POINT CLOUD DATA RECEPTION METHOD Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18275322 MONITORING DEVICE, MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18945110 Point Cloud Encoding Method, and Decoding Method Using Rotation Matrices, Encoder, and Decoder Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18260611 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19252784 ENTROPY CODING OF TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS SUITABLE FOR DEPENDENT SCALAR QUANTIZATION Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19172501 ADAPTIVE CLIPPING PROCESSES FOR VIDEO AND IMAGE COMPRESSION Final Rejection Tencent America LLC
19177459 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19031001 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
19017255 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
19105397 VIDEO COMPRESSION FOR BOTH MACHINE AND HUMAN CONSUMPTION USING A HYBRID FRAMEWORK Final Rejection InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
19182794 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC MESH BASE GEOMETRY CODING SIGNALING FOR LIFTING PARAMETERS Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18346766 DECODER-SIDE MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENT FOR AFFINE MOTION COMPENSATION Non-Final OA Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd.
19058945 TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING ENTROPY CODING ON A QUANTIZATION INDEX WHEN ENCODING VIDEO DATA Final Rejection NETFLIX, INC.
19058938 TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING TRELLIS CODED QUANTIZATION WHEN ENCODING VIDEO DATA Final Rejection NETFLIX, INC.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Tyler Sullivan's allowance rate?

67.4% of resolved applications examined by Tyler Sullivan were allowed (405 resolved cases), compared with 68.4% across Art Unit 2482 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Tyler Sullivan?

This examiner's interview lift is +29.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Tyler Sullivan take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Tyler Sullivan took 1,044 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Tyler Sullivan work in?

Tyler Sullivan examines applications in Art Unit 2482 in Tech Center 4100.

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