Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Jared T Walker, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as WALKER, JARED T

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2426 2482 2486

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Analysis

WALKER, JARED T is assigned to Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2426, with 510 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 84.7%, and the median time to allowance is 886 days. Interview lift is 9.8%, indicating a positive but limited association between interviews and allowance outcomes.

Bytedance Inc., Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, and LG Electronics Inc. are the leading companies. ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP, Astute IP Law Group, and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP are the leading firms. The data supports a favorable prosecution posture, with interviews used selectively where direct clarification can improve efficiency.

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

Performance Statistics

84.7%
Allow Rate
+26.7% vs TC avg
540
Total Applications
+9.8%
Interview Lift
886
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 510 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.1%
§101 Eligibility
14.8%
§102 Novelty
63.5%
§103 Obviousness
9.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19349428 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD, BITSTREAM TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19105000 FEATURE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON TRAINING OF PREDICTION MODEL, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREIN Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
19353158 AUTO-EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-COMPONENT IMAGES Non-Final OA Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
19261792 INTRA TEMPLATE MATCHING PREDICTION SIGNALING Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
19236738 TECHNIQUES OF INTRA PREDICTION Final Rejection Tencent America LLC
19309453 VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
19297981 POINT CLOUD FILE PROCESSING Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
19310101 NEURAL-NETWORK POST-PROCESSING FILTER GENERAL FILTERING PROCESS Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19261728 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc
19256945 Data Arrangement For Dynamic Mesh Coding Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
19253683 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Final Rejection Bytedance Inc.
18913882 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
19271166 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA CODING A BLOCK HAVING PIXELS ASSIGNED TO GROUPS Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS, INC.
19273581 ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, BITSTREAM, ENCODER, DECODER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19259475 VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, DECODER, ENCODER AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
19247062 VIDEO CODING WITH DISPLAY OVERLAYS Final Rejection Nokia Technologies Oy
19008505 RELATIVE DIFFERENCE METRIC FOR FRAME CODING AND TWO-STAGE TRAINING FOR GENERATIVE FACE VIDEO COMPRESSION Final Rejection Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Jared T Walker's allowance rate?

84.7% of resolved applications examined by Jared T Walker were allowed (510 resolved cases), compared with 67.6% across Art Unit 2426 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Jared T Walker?

This examiner's interview lift is +9.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Jared T Walker take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Jared T Walker took 886 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Jared T Walker work in?

Jared T Walker examines applications in Art Unit 2426 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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