Examiner Raymond Ngan Phan has allowed 1,343 of 1,425 decided applications (94%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Raymond Ngan Phan maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning five art units: 2111, 2175, 2181, 2185, and 2186. Across 1,425 disposed applications, he allowed 1,343, yielding a 94% allowance rate. His allowance rate ranges from 91% to 98% across these art units. The record reflects decisions on applications that have been either allowed or abandoned; pending applications are excluded from this calculation.
This pooled record aggregates allowance rates across multiple art units in TC 2100. The 94% figure describes the examiner's historical rate of allowance decisions relative to all decided cases. Aggregate statistics describe past performance and do not constitute a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual art units may show variation; a separate section of this page presents per-art-unit detail.
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 →
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.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 34 decided applications with an interview and 590 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 23 decided applications with an interview and 396 without.
Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 47 decided applications with an interview and 129 without.
Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 50 decided applications with an interview and 149 without.
Primarily examines interconnection and data transfer between memory, I/O, and processing units, and program control and execution.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Raymond Ngan Phan 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: 1,477 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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