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Examiner Loan T Nguyen

TECH CENTER 2100 · 4 ART UNITS · 366 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 4 ART UNITS
65%vs 64% weighted peer average+1 pt

Examiner Loan T Nguyen has allowed 237 of 366 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed237abandoned129pending43· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (64%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (4 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2156 · 73%AU 2165 · 70%AU 2158 · 8%AU 2169 · 50%
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What the data says.

Patent Examiner Loan T Nguyen maintains a public record across 4 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over hundreds of decided applications, the examiner's pooled allowance rate is 65%. This rate represents the share of applications that were allowed among all decided cases (allowed and abandoned combined; pending applications are excluded from this calculation). Across the examiner's art units, allowance rates range from 8% to 73%, reflecting variation in the record within TC 2100.

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How to read these numbers.

This record is pooled across multiple art units and reflects past decisions only. An aggregate allowance rate describes the examiner's historical performance across all their assigned art units combined, not a prediction for any individual application. Different art units within the technology center may show different allowance rates. Pooled figures provide context for the examiner's overall record but do not forecast the outcome of any pending or future 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 2156
250 APPS · 73% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

73% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 69%
DISPOSITION183 / 67 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION22.6 moart unit avg 20.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY48.1 moart unit avg 40.1 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 eligibility60%art unit 55%+5 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)56%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness86%art unit 84%+2 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness44%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW83%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW63%+20 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 127 decided applications with an interview and 123 without.

ART UNIT 2165
103 APPS · 70% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

70% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 63%
DISPOSITION42 / 18 / 43allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION20 moart unit avg 22.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY53.4 moart unit avg 39.6 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 eligibility64%art unit 54%+10 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)33%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness95%art unit 82%+13 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness75%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW81%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW44%+37 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 42 decided applications with an interview and 18 without.

ART UNIT 2158
38 APPS · 8% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

8% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 48%
DISPOSITION3 / 35 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION23.1 moart unit avg 23.4 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY62 moart unit avg 49.3 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 eligibility89%art unit 52%+37 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)51%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness95%art unit 87%+8 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness84%no art-unit benchmark

Based on 38 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2169
18 APPS · 50% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

50% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 47%
DISPOSITION9 / 9 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION25.4 moart unit avg 24.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY37.6 moart unit avg 40 mo
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Questions about Examiner Loan T Nguyen

  • What is Examiner Loan T Nguyen's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's pooled allowance rate is 65% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2100.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner has a public record spanning 4 art units (2156, 2158, 2165, 2169) within TC 2100.
  • What is the range of allowance rates across the examiner's art units?
    Allowance rates range from 8% to 73% across these art units, reflecting variation within the examiner's record.
  • Does the pooled rate predict my application's outcome?
    No. The pooled allowance rate is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual cases depend on claim scope, prior art, and examination details.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Loan T Nguyen 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: 409 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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