Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: MAI, LAM T

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2454 2819 2845

This examiner grants 96% of resolved cases

Analysis

Lam T. Mai is an examiner in Tech Center 2800, working in Art Unit 2454. The examiner has a volume of 1027 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 96.1 percent. This percentage indicates that a large majority of applications reviewed by this examiner result in a grant. Practitioners should view this as a favorable environment for securing patent rights.

The interview lift is recorded at 0.9 percent. This figure suggests that interviews have a minimal impact on the final outcome, likely because the probability of allowance is already high. The median days to allowance is 561 days. This duration indicates a very efficient prosecution timeline for successful applications compared to other units.

With 1027 resolved cases, the data for this examiner is robust and reliable. The 96.1 percent allowance rate and 561 days median pendency are primary metrics for Art Unit 2454. Practitioners should note that the 0.9 percent interview lift suggests that resources might be better allocated to written responses rather than formal interviews when prosecuting cases before this examiner.

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

Performance Statistics

96.1%
Allow Rate
+28.1% vs TC avg
1,038
Total Applications
+0.9%
Interview Lift
561
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1027 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.3%
§101 Eligibility
32.9%
§102 Novelty
18.8%
§103 Obviousness
7.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19027479 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18826465 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18992351 Encoding and decoding of audio and/or video data Non-Final OA ORANGE
18326042 SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION REGISTER ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18985934 METHOD FOR ADJUSTING COMPRESSION RATE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
19055075 MANAGING META INFORMATION ON BINARY LEVEL Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18917050 ACCELERATING TEXTURE COMPRESSION IN CONTENT GENERATION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
18601429 Method for Compensating Electrical Device Variabilities in Configurable-Output Circuit and Device Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19048402 FLAT SPOT SUPPRESSION IN SIGMA DELTA CONVERTERS Non-Final OA Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
18984609 FASTER DECOMPRESSION BY CONSTRAINING DATA COMPRESSION Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
19173211 SAR ADC WITH DIRECT DECISION FEEDBACK LOOP Non-Final OA Analog Devices, Inc.
18999290 ADAPTIVE QUANTIZATION AND COMPRESSION FOR VARIABLE-LENGTH COLLECTIVE COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Xilinx Inc.
19010923 TIME-INTERLEAVED ANALOGUE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS (ADCS) Non-Final OA Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
19010939 TIME-INTERLEAVED ANALOGUE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS (ADCS) Non-Final OA Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

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