Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: YANG, NIEN

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2484

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

Nien Yang is an examiner in Art Unit 2484 within Tech Center 2400. Based on 420 resolved cases, the examiner has an allowance rate of 73.3%. This rate suggests a favorable likelihood of success for applications. The interview lift is 28.1%, which indicates a significant increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is held. This 28.1% lift suggests that oral advocacy is a productive strategy for practitioners in this unit.

The median days to allowance for successful cases is 965. This 965-day period serves as a temporal benchmark for applicants navigating the patent process in Tech Center 2400. With 420 resolved cases, the 73.3% allowance rate is a stable indicator of the examiner's disposition. Practitioners should consider the 965-day median pendency alongside the 28.1% interview lift when planning their strategy. The data shows that while the baseline allowance rate is 73.3%, the use of interviews can significantly improve the chances of a positive outcome.

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

Performance Statistics

73.3%
Allow Rate
+15.3% vs TC avg
441
Total Applications
+28.1%
Interview Lift
965
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 420 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.1%
§101 Eligibility
7.0%
§102 Novelty
79.0%
§103 Obviousness
3.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19234622 Method, Control Programme, Computer-Readable Data Carrier And Image Processing Unit For Providing An Image Dataset And Apparatus With Same Non-Final OA Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
19086209 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND VIDEO MANAGEMENT METHOD Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18985128 CAMERA SYSTEM METHOD OF CONTROLLING CAMERA SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19003253 SELECTIVE PACKING OF PATCHES FOR IMMERSIVE VIDEO Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18127375 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING SEAMLESS CROSS-PLATFORM RECORDING AND PLAYBACK OF CONTENT Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
19262635 MERGING FRIENDLY FILE FORMAT Non-Final OA FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
18963412 Mixed-Modality Summarization with Coresets and Constraints Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18892325 VIDEO EDITING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
19244346 AUDIO AND VIDEO SYNCHRONIZATION DETECTION METHOD, DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
19003170 Electronic Rearview Mirror System and Vehicle Final Rejection Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
18777936 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA YAMAHA CORPORATION
19232625 METHOD FOR SETTING RENDITION COUNT, BITRATES, AND RESOLUTIONS FOR TRANSCODING A VIDEO FILE Non-Final OA Mux, Inc.
19067941 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Europe B.V.
19032896 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING AND UTILIZING VIDEO DATA Non-Final OA Mercury Analytics LLC

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