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Examiner Linda Tang Huynh

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 262 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS
40%vs 57% weighted peer average17 pts

Examiner Linda Tang Huynh has allowed 105 of 262 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed105abandoned157pending41· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (57%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2145 · 35%AU 2172 · 73%AU 2175 · 25%
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What the data says.

Linda Tang Huynh's public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spans 3 art units. Across hundreds of decided applications, her allowance rate is 40%. This means that 40% of her decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined, excluding pending cases) have issued as patents. The allowance rate varies among her art units, ranging from 25% to 73%. This range reflects differences in the specific subject matter, application complexity, or examination outcomes across the individual art units within TC 2100.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates an examiner's performance across multiple art units into a single overall figure. The allowance rate describes what has occurred in the past across decided applications and is not a prediction for any specific application. Art units may differ in subject matter, applicant behavior, or other factors, which is why individual art-unit records are reviewed separately. The pooled figure offers perspective on the examiner's overall examination activity without attributing results to any particular art unit.

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 2145
151 APPS · 35% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

35% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION53 / 98 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION20 moart unit avg 26.9 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY50 moart unit avg 45.3 mo
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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 eligibility49%art unit 45%+4 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)82%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness99%art unit 93%+6 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness84%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW46%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW13%+33 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 99 decided applications with an interview and 52 without.

ART UNIT 2172
92 APPS · 73% ALLOWANCE
73% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 58%
DISPOSITION37 / 14 / 41allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION18 moart unit avg 24.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY37.4 moart unit avg 44.7 mo
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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 eligibility37%art unit 42%5 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)97%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness93%art unit 91%+2 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness87%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW82%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW56%+26 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 33 decided applications with an interview and 18 without.

ART UNIT 2175
60 APPS · 25% ALLOWANCE

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

25% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 66%
DISPOSITION15 / 45 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION22.4 moart unit avg 22.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY45.2 moart unit avg 37.8 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 eligibility47%art unit 29%+18 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)60%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness100%art unit 87%+13 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness68%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW39%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW10%+29 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 31 decided applications with an interview and 29 without.

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Questions about Examiner Linda Tang Huynh

  • What is Linda Tang Huynh's overall allowance rate?
    Her allowance rate is 40% across hundreds of decided applications pooled from all her art units. This represents the share of decided applications (allowed and abandoned) that have been allowed.
  • How many art units does she cover?
    Linda Tang Huynh has a public record in 3 art units within TC 2100.
  • Does her allowance rate vary across art units?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 25% to 73% across her art units. This variation reflects differences in examination outcomes or application characteristics among the individual art units.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Linda Tang 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: 303 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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