LYNCH·LLP
◈ FIND AN EXAMINER, ART UNIT, OR APPLICATION #
◈ USPTO PATENT EXAMINER STATISTICS

Examiner Tam T Tran

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 486 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT
83%vs 53% art-unit average+30 pts

Examiner Tam T Tran has allowed 405 of 486 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed405abandoned81pending25· pending excluded from the rate
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
// READING THIS EXAMINER

What the data says.

Tam T Tran maintains a pooled allowance rate of 83% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). This record encompasses a single art unit. The allowance rate reflects the share of applications that issued as allowed or abandoned among all decided applications in the examiner's pooled portfolio. The 83% figure is derived from the public record of closed applications and does not include pending filings.

// HOW TO READ THESE NUMBERS

How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates data across all art units under an examiner's jurisdiction. The allowance rate describes the historical disposition of decided applications—those that have been either allowed or abandoned—and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Aggregate figures characterize the examiner's past record in aggregate and do not account for the particulars of any individual case.

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 →

// BY ART UNIT

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 2174
511 APPS · 83% ALLOWANCE
83% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION405 / 81 / 25allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION16.9 moart unit avg 26.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY29.3 moart unit avg 42.9 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 eligibility34%art unit 33%+1 pt
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)65%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness85%art unit 90%5 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness40%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW87%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW81%+6 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 219 decided applications with an interview and 267 without.

// FAQ

Questions about Examiner Tam T Tran

  • What is Tam T Tran's overall allowance rate?
    The pooled allowance rate is 83%, calculated as a percentage of decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined) across all art units.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Tam T Tran's public record spans 1 art unit within TC 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate describe?
    The allowance rate is the share of decided applications that were allowed, measured against all decided applications (allowed plus abandoned). It does not include pending filings and is not a prediction of any individual application's outcome.
  • What technology areas does this examiner handle?
    The examiner's jurisdiction is TC 2100, which covers Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
◈ HOW LYNCH LLP CAN HELP

Where to go next.

Lynch LLP represents applicants in patent prosecution before the USPTO. These are general resources about the firm's services — not advice about this examiner or any specific application.

Lynch LLP's patent practiceApplication drafting, office-action responses, and prosecution strategy before the USPTO.PTAB trials and patent appealsAppeals, inter partes review, and patent-owner defense before the PTAB.Building a patent portfolioHow a patent portfolio is sequenced and built over a multi-year horizon.Booking a consultationFree and paid consultation options across the firm's attorneys.
◈ RESPONDING TO AN OFFICE ACTION

Strategy, not paperwork. Talk to the attorney doing the work.

Lynch LLP represents applicants in patent prosecution before the USPTO. Book a consultation to discuss your matter with the attorney who would handle it.

Book a 30-minute consultation →
METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Tam T 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 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: 511 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.

Lynch LLP is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Examiner statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data.

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.

This page is for general informational purposes and is not legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is formed by viewing it. Full disclaimers →

ATTORNEY ADVERTISING — Sean Lynch, Partner, Lynch LLP