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Examiner Son T Hoang

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 1,005 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Son T Hoang has allowed 840 of 1,005 decided applications (84%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

84% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2169 · 88%AU 2165 · 54%
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What the data says.

Son T Hoang has a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning 2 art units. Across 1,005 disposed applications, 840 were allowed, yielding an 84% allowance rate. The examiner's record covers art units 2165 and 2169. Allowance rates across these art units range from 54% to 88%. This pooled figure reflects aggregate outcomes across the examiner's assigned subject areas and does not describe the outcome of any individual application.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units within TC 2100, combining different application types and prosecution histories into a single statistic. The 84% allowance rate reflects past decisions on 1,005 closed applications and describes the examiner's historical record only. Aggregate figures are not predictions about any specific application or future case. Individual art-unit records, if available separately, may differ from the pooled result.

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 2169
901 APPS · 88% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

88% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 47%
DISPOSITION773 / 107 / 21allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION17.8 moart unit avg 24.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY35.4 moart unit avg 40 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility89% · art unit 57%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)42%
§103 — Obviousness84% · art unit 88%
§112 — Written description & definiteness29%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW95%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW72%+23 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 605 decided applications with an interview and 275 without.

ART UNIT 2165
125 APPS · 54% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

54% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 63%
DISPOSITION67 / 58 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION26.6 moart unit avg 22.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY47.2 moart unit avg 39.6 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility91% · art unit 54%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)30%
§103 — Obviousness83% · art unit 82%
§112 — Written description & definiteness22%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW83%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW36%+47 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 47 decided applications with an interview and 78 without.

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Questions about Examiner Son T Hoang

  • What is Son T Hoang's overall allowance rate?
    84%, based on 840 allowed applications out of 1,005 disposed applications in the pooled record.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    2 art units (2165 and 2169) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What is the range of allowance rates across art units?
    Allowance rates range from 54% to 88% across the examiner's art units.
  • Is the 84% rate a prediction for my application?
    No. The 84% figure describes past dispositions across 1,005 closed applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Son T Hoang 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: 1,026 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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