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Examiner Mylinh T Tran

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 168 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION DEC 2012
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS

Examiner Mylinh T Tran has allowed 82 of 168 decided applications (49%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

49% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2179 · 46%AU 2175 · 63%AU 2174 · 50%
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What the data says.

Mylinh T Tran maintains a public record across 3 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 168 decided applications, the examiner's allowance rate stands at 49%, with 82 allowed and 86 abandoned. The record spans multiple art units—2174, 2175, and 2179—and allowance rates across these units range from 46% to 63%. This pooled figure aggregates decisions across all three art units and reflects the examiner's overall disposition history in this technology center.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units, producing a single allowance rate that represents the examiner's combined history. This aggregate figure describes what has occurred in past applications and does not predict the outcome of any specific application. Individual art units may show different allowance rates; the range reported here reflects that variation. Pooled statistics are useful context for understanding an examiner's overall record in a technology center.

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 2179
139 APPS · 46% ALLOWANCE
46% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION64 / 75 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION33 moart unit avg 26.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY58.6 moart unit avg 43.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility0% · art unit 39%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 86%
§112 — Written description & definiteness0%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW55%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW45%+10 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 20 decided applications with an interview and 119 without.

ART UNIT 2175
27 APPS · 63% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

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

63% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 66%
DISPOSITION17 / 10 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION32.7 moart unit avg 22.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY51.8 moart unit avg 37.8 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility25% · art unit 30%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)31%
§103 — Obviousness94% · art unit 87%
§112 — Written description & definiteness13%

Based on 27 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2174
2 APPS · 50% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA
50% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION1 / 1 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION31.3 moart unit avg 26.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY39.4 moart unit avg 42.9 mo
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Questions about Examiner Mylinh T Tran

  • What is Mylinh T Tran's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's pooled allowance rate is 49% across 168 decided applications (82 allowed, 86 abandoned) in TC 2100.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner's public record spans 3 art units: 2174, 2175, and 2179, all within Technology Center 2100.
  • What is the range of allowance rates across the examiner's art units?
    Allowance rates across the examiner's art units range from 46% to 63%, reflecting variation in outcomes by art unit.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Mylinh T Tran 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: 168 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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