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Examiner Philip B Tran

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 147 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION OCT 2008
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Philip B Tran has allowed 115 of 147 decided applications (78%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

78% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Philip B Tran maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning one art unit. His pooled record encompasses 147 disposed applications, of which 115 were allowed and 32 abandoned. This yields an allowance rate of 78% across all decided cases. The allowance rate reflects the ratio of allowed applications to the total number of disposed applications and does not include pending cases. This record aggregates outcomes across the single art unit in his portfolio.

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This pooled record combines outcomes from one art unit within TC 2100. Aggregate figures describe the examiner's historical record across all decided applications but do not forecast any individual application's outcome. Each art unit may have distinct examination patterns; this summary reflects the combined data only. The allowance rate is a historical measure of disposed cases and is not a prediction about any specific pending or future application.

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◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2155
147 APPS · 78% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

78% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION115 / 32 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION34.1 moart unit avg 27.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY49.1 moart unit avg 42.2 mo
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW96%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW59%+37 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 76 decided applications with an interview and 71 without.

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Questions about Examiner Philip B Tran

  • What is Philip B Tran's overall allowance rate?
    His pooled allowance rate is 78%, calculated from 115 allowed applications out of 147 disposed applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Philip B Tran's public record spans one art unit (2155) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does this allowance rate tell me about my application?
    This rate describes the examiner's past record on decided applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Each application is examined individually.
  • What is the subject matter of this examiner's work?
    Philip B Tran examines applications in TC 2100, which covers Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Philip B 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: 147 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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