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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
49%vs 55% weighted peer average6 pts

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

allowed82abandoned86pending0· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (55%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2179 · 46%AU 2175 · 63%AU 2174 · 50%
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What the data says.

Mylinh T Tran maintains a pooled allowance rate of 49% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). The examiner's record spans 3 art units. Allowance rates across these art units range from 46% to 63%. This pooled figure represents the share of decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined) in the examiner's public record. The range reflects variation in outcomes across the different art units in which this examiner works.

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How to read these numbers.

This record aggregates the examiner's work across multiple art units, yielding a single allowance rate that describes past outcomes rather than predicting results in any specific application. Pooled figures smooth variation across art units and provide a broad picture of the examiner's decided-application record. Individual art-unit records may differ from the pooled figure and are available separately. Historical allowance rates are correlational data and do not determine the outcome of any pending or future application.

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
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 39%39 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness100%art unit 86%+14 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness0%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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
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 eligibility25%art unit 29%4 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)31%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness94%art unit 87%+7 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness13%no art-unit benchmark

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 hundreds of decided applications in TC 2100.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    The examiner's public record covers 3 art units within Technology Center 2100.
  • What is the range of allowance rates across the examiner's art units?
    Allowance rates across the art units range from 46% to 63%.
  • Does the pooled rate predict the outcome of my application?
    No. Historical allowance rates describe past outcomes and are not predictions of any specific application's disposition.
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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 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: 168 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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