Examiner Michael Pham has allowed 536 of 679 decided applications (79%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Michael Pham maintains an allowance rate of 79% across 679 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His record spans two art units within this technology center. The allowance rate across these art units ranges from 74% to 99%, reflecting variation in outcomes by art unit. This pooled figure represents applications that have been decided—either allowed or abandoned—and excludes pending matters. The record is based on public USPTO data and describes past dispositions only.
This pooled record aggregates applications across multiple art units within TC 2100. The overall allowance rate reflects the historical share of decided applications that were allowed, computed from the total disposed count. An aggregate figure describes the examiner's past record and is not a prediction of the outcome in any specific application. Art-unit variation is normal; the range shown indicates that outcomes differ across the individual art units represented in this pooled data.
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 →
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.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 250 decided applications with an interview and 292 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 90 decided applications with an interview and 47 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Michael Pham 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: 699 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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