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Examiner Dennis Truong

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 684 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS

Examiner Dennis Truong has allowed 516 of 684 decided applications (75%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

75% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2169 · 67%AU 2152 · 78%AU 2164 · 99%
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What the data says.

Dennis Truong maintains an overall allowance rate of 75% across 684 decided applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His public record spans three art units: 2152, 2164, and 2169. Of 704 total applications, 516 were allowed and 168 abandoned. The allowance rate ranges from 67% to 99% across these art units, reflecting variation in outcomes by subject matter and art-unit classification within TC 2100. This pooled figure aggregates his record across all three units and describes historical disposition, not prediction of any specific application.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled record combines an examiner's outcomes across multiple art units into a single aggregate statistic. The 75% allowance rate here reflects all decided cases across three separate art units within TC 2100, each of which may have distinct examination patterns. Aggregate figures describe past record only and are not predictive of outcomes in any individual application. Variation across art units (67% to 99%) indicates that subject-matter differences or art-unit-specific factors correlate with different allowance rates in this examiner's history.

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 2169
308 APPS · 67% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

67% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 47%
DISPOSITION207 / 101 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION20.7 moart unit avg 24.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY44.7 moart unit avg 40 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility51% · art unit 57%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)77%
§103 — Obviousness81% · art unit 88%
§112 — Written description & definiteness37%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW79%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW54%+25 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 159 decided applications with an interview and 149 without.

ART UNIT 2152
305 APPS · 78% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

78% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 49%
DISPOSITION239 / 66 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION20.7 moart unit avg 28.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY37.7 moart unit avg 42.9 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility32% · art unit 62%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)76%
§103 — Obviousness87% · art unit 88%
§112 — Written description & definiteness35%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW85%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW71%+14 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 165 decided applications with an interview and 140 without.

ART UNIT 2164
91 APPS · 99% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

99% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 62%
DISPOSITION70 / 1 / 20allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION19.4 moart unit avg 22.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY34.2 moart unit avg 43.4 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility40% · art unit 58%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)82%
§103 — Obviousness85% · art unit 88%
§112 — Written description & definiteness47%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW100%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW96%+4 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 43 decided applications with an interview and 28 without.

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Questions about Examiner Dennis Truong

  • What is Dennis Truong's overall allowance rate?
    75%, based on 684 decided applications (516 allowed, 168 abandoned) across all three art units in his record.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    Three art units (2152, 2164, 2169) within Technology Center 2100.
  • Do allowance rates vary across his art units?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 67% to 99% across the three art units, indicating variation by subject-matter classification.
  • What does the pooled rate tell me about my application?
    The 75% figure is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of allowance, abandonment, or any other outcome in any specific case.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Dennis Truong 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 June 25, 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: 704 applications.

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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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