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Examiner Cong Lac T Huynh

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 650 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION DEC 2020
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS
76%vs 54% weighted peer average+22 pts

Examiner Cong Lac T Huynh has allowed 493 of 650 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed493abandoned157pending0· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (54%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (2 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2178 · 76%AU 2176 · 100%
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What the data says.

Examiner Cong Lac T Huynh holds a public record spanning 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across hundreds of decided applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 76%. This figure represents the share of applications that were allowed among all decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined), and excludes pending matters. The allowance rate is based on the examiner's pooled record across both art units.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates examination activity across multiple art units and represents the examiner's historical allowance rate. The 76% figure describes past decisions and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Pooled rates reflect combined performance and do not indicate performance in any individual art unit. Aggregate statistics describe what occurred, not what will occur in any particular case.

These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →

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The record, art unit by art unit.

Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2178
649 APPS · 76% ALLOWANCE
76% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 54%
DISPOSITION492 / 157 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION28.2 moart unit avg 25.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY45.7 moart unit avg 41.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility31%art unit 36%5 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)64%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness65%art unit 79%14 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness76%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW85%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW69%+16 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 266 decided applications with an interview and 383 without.

ART UNIT 2176
1 APPS · 100% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.

100% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 59%
DISPOSITION1 / 0 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION17.2 moart unit avg 23.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCYart unit avg 40.5 mo
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Questions about Examiner Cong Lac T Huynh

  • What is Examiner Huynh's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 76%, calculated as the share of allowed applications among all decided applications (allowed and abandoned) across hundreds of decided matters in TC 2100.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Examiner Huynh's record spans 2 art units (2176 and 2178) within Technology Center 2100.
  • Does this pooled rate apply to my specific application?
    No. The pooled allowance rate describes the examiner's historical record and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual applications may differ based on claim scope, prior art, and other case-specific factors.
  • What does the 'decided' count mean?
    Decided applications include those that were allowed or abandoned. Pending applications are excluded from this calculation.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Cong Lac T Huynh has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated July 14, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 650 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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