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Examiner Mongbao Nguyen

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 617 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS
87%vs 66% weighted peer average+21 pts

Examiner Mongbao Nguyen has allowed 536 of 617 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed536abandoned81pending36· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (66%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (2 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2192 · 87%AU 2163 · 0%
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What the data says.

Mongbao Nguyen holds a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning 2 art units. Across hundreds of decided applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 87%. This figure represents the share of applications in the decided pool (allowed and abandoned combined) and does not include pending applications. The record reflects outcomes across multiple art units within TC 2100, aggregated as a single pooled measure.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled record combines outcomes across all art units under an examiner's jurisdiction. The aggregate allowance rate describes historical decisions and does not predict outcomes in any specific application. Different art units may have different prosecution patterns, subject matter, and applicant populations. Pooled figures provide a broad overview; per-art-unit records offer more granular detail on outcomes within specific classification areas.

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 2192
652 APPS · 87% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines software engineering.

87% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 66%
DISPOSITION536 / 80 / 36allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION17.9 moart unit avg 29.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY32 moart unit avg 45.1 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 eligibility52%art unit 45%+7 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)41%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness97%art unit 81%+16 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness48%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW97%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW64%+33 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 429 decided applications with an interview and 187 without.

ART UNIT 2163
1 APPS · 0% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

0% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 64%
DISPOSITION0 / 1 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION40.1 moart unit avg 23.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY47.4 moart unit avg 40.3 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 eligibility0%art unit 51%51 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)0%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness100%art unit 77%+23 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness0%no art-unit benchmark

Based on 1 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Mongbao Nguyen

  • What is Mongbao Nguyen's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 87%, calculated as allowed and abandoned applications divided by all decided applications, across hundreds of decided cases.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner's record spans 2 art units within TC 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate predict my application's outcome?
    No. The allowance rate reflects historical decisions across many applications and art units. It is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
  • What technology areas does this examiner work in?
    The examiner works in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Mongbao 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: 653 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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