Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: MCCALLUM, LATRESA A

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2469

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Analysis

Latresa A Mccallum, in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2469, has 413 resolved cases. Her allowance rate is 84.0 percent, which indicates a high likelihood of success for applicants. The median days to allowance is 956, providing a standard benchmark for the expected duration of the prosecution process in this art unit.

The interview lift is 15.3 percent. This indicates that interviews are a productive strategy for increasing the likelihood of allowance beyond the 84.0 percent baseline. For practitioners, the 15.3 percent lift suggests that direct engagement with the examiner is an effective way to resolve rejections and move toward a grant. The 956 days to allowance, combined with the high baseline rate, makes this a favorable environment for patent prosecution where verbal negotiation can further improve outcomes.

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

Performance Statistics

84.1%
Allow Rate
+26.1% vs TC avg
426
Total Applications
+15.0%
Interview Lift
957
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 416 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
16.5%
§102 Novelty
59.0%
§103 Obviousness
14.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18857715 Semi-Persistent Channel State Information (SP-CSI) Enhancement Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18550220 TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
19207851 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT METHOD, TERMINAL, AND BASE STATION Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19024711 METHOD FOR SENDING WAKE UP PACKET, METHOD FOR SENDING FIRST FRAME AFTER NODE WAKE-UP, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18658595 VALIDATING PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PUSCH) RESOURCE OCCASIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18167621 ENHANCED INTERFERENCE MITIGATION FOR SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18007491 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL STATE MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING Final Rejection LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
18748073 CG TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, USER EQUIPMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18990340 Method for Data Transmission and Terminal Device Final Rejection GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18844543 METHOD FOR SENDING ADDITIONAL DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (DMRS) AND APPARATUS THEREOF Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18905670 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATION OF AI/ML TECHNOLOGIES INTO NEW RADIO SYSTEM Non-Final OA Soenghun KIM

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