Examiner Phuong Thao Cao

What the data says.

Phuong Thao Cao maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 929 total applications, 903 applications have been disposed (decided). Of those decided applications, 696 were allowed and 207 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 77%. The examiner's work spans a single art unit. This record reflects outcomes on applications that have reached final disposition and does not include pending applications.

How to read these numbers.

This profile aggregates the examiner's record across all assigned art units in TC 2100. The allowance rate and application counts describe historical outcomes only—they are a summary of past decisions, not a forecast for any individual application. Different art units within the technology center may have distinct subject-matter scope. Pooled figures mask variation; per-art-unit detail appears in a separate section of this page.

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 →

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.

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

Questions about Examiner Phuong Thao Cao

• 01What is Phuong Thao Cao's overall allowance rate?

  77% of 903 decided applications were allowed. This figure aggregates all art units and reflects applications that have reached final disposition; it is not a prediction of any specific application.
• 02How many art units does this examiner work in?

  The examiner is assigned to one art unit (2164) within TC 2100.
• 03What does the allowance rate include and exclude?

  The 77% rate is calculated from decided applications only (allowed plus abandoned). Pending applications are excluded from the calculation. The rate does not account for applications that may later issue, be abandoned, or receive further office actions.
• 04What technology area does this examiner cover?

  The examiner works in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).

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