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Examiner Nhat Huy T Nguyen

TECH CENTER 2100 · 4 ART UNITS · 364 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 4 ART UNITS
54%vs 50% weighted peer average+4 pts

Examiner Nhat Huy T Nguyen has allowed 198 of 364 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed198abandoned166pending59· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (50%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (4 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2172 · 53%AU 2147 · 41%AU 2142 · 58%AU 2143 · 61%
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What the data says.

Examiner Nhat Huy T Nguyen maintains a public record spanning 4 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across hundreds of decided applications pooled from these art units, the examiner's allowance rate stands at 54%. The allowance rate—the percentage of decided applications that were allowed rather than abandoned—ranges from 41% to 61% across the examiner's art units with a substantial record. This spread reflects variation in allowance rates among the different art units under the examiner's purview.

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How to read these numbers.

This profile aggregates the examiner's record across multiple art units in TC 2100, presenting pooled historical data rather than a prediction for any particular application. The overall allowance rate of 54% describes past decisions on allowed and abandoned applications. The range of rates across art units (41% to 61%) illustrates variation by art unit; the pooled figure is a composite. Historical allowance rates are correlational, not predictive of individual case outcomes.

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 2172
123 APPS · 53% ALLOWANCE
53% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 58%
DISPOSITION65 / 58 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION23.4 moart unit avg 24.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY47.5 moart unit avg 44.7 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 eligibility40%art unit 42%2 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)74%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness96%art unit 91%+5 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness45%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW71%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW34%+37 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 62 decided applications with an interview and 61 without.

ART UNIT 2147
115 APPS · 41% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

41% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 44%
DISPOSITION23 / 33 / 59allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION25 moart unit avg 29.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY49.1 moart unit avg 46.8 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 eligibility54%art unit 75%21 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)57%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness97%art unit 86%+11 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness56%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW46%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW29%+17 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 39 decided applications with an interview and 17 without.

ART UNIT 2142
106 APPS · 58% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

58% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 45%
DISPOSITION62 / 44 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION20.2 moart unit avg 30.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY44.7 moart unit avg 48.3 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 eligibility49%art unit 56%7 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)55%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness97%art unit 91%+6 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness40%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW62%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW53%+9 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 68 decided applications with an interview and 38 without.

ART UNIT 2143
79 APPS · 61% ALLOWANCE
61% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 52%
DISPOSITION48 / 31 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION14.5 moart unit avg 29.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY31.3 moart unit avg 45.7 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 eligibility26%art unit 52%26 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)62%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness89%art unit 94%5 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness37%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW72%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW47%+25 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 43 decided applications with an interview and 36 without.

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Questions about Examiner Nhat Huy T Nguyen

  • What is Examiner Nguyen's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 54% across hundreds of decided applications pooled from all art units.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner's public record spans 4 art units within TC 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate vary by art unit?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 41% to 61% across the examiner's art units with a substantial record.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Nhat Huy 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: 423 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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