Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SULLIVAN, TYLER

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2482 2487 4100

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

Tyler Sullivan examines cases in Art Unit 2482 of Tech Center 4100. A total of 398 resolved cases are included in the data for this profile. The 67.1 percent allowance rate shows the portion of resolved applications that result in a grant. The 30.4 percent lift indicates the increase in the probability of a grant following an interview. This lift is a comparison to the baseline allowance rate of 67.1 percent. Practitioners can use the 30.4 percent figure to evaluate the impact of direct communication.

The median time to allowance is 1046 days. This 1046-day timeframe measures the span from application to patent issuance. Art Unit 2482 is the group where these 398 resolved cases were processed. Tech Center 4100 provides the broader organizational context for the examiner's work. Practitioners can use these metrics to set expectations for the length of the prosecution cycle. The data provides a basis for evaluating the impact of interviews during the patent application process.

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

Performance Statistics

67.1%
Allow Rate
+7.1% vs TC avg
429
Total Applications
+30.4%
Interview Lift
1046
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 398 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.5%
§101 Eligibility
2.6%
§102 Novelty
48.0%
§103 Obviousness
30.4%
§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.
18374099 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH CARE SCREENING USING A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
19252784 ENTROPY CODING OF TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS SUITABLE FOR DEPENDENT SCALAR QUANTIZATION Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19287781 IMAGE BASED ASSESSMENT FOR DENTAL TREATMENT MONITORING Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
19177348 INTRA PREDICTOR AND INTRA MODE CODING Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19172501 ADAPTIVE CLIPPING PROCESSES FOR VIDEO AND IMAGE COMPRESSION Final Rejection Tencent America LLC
18379613 GEOMETRIC AFFINE MODE AND GEOMETRIC SUBBLOCK MODES Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
17978976 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR SPECIFYING CONTENT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE Final Rejection Fujitsu Limited
19031001 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
19182794 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC MESH BASE GEOMETRY CODING SIGNALING FOR LIFTING PARAMETERS Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18280948 OWN POSITION ESTIMATING SYSTEM AND OWN POSITION ESTIMATING METHOD Final Rejection KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19199132 BINARIZATION OF INTER-PREDICTION MODE INDICATOR IN VIDEO CODING Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
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.
19094170 Vehicle-Mounted Camera Module, Camera Mounting Bracket, and Vehicle Non-Final OA Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
18998065 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO CODING USING REARRANGEMENT OF PREDICTION SIGNALS IN INTRA BLOCK COPY MODE Final Rejection KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION

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