Examiner Thai Q Phan has allowed 901 of 1,023 decided applications (88%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Patent Examiner Thai Q Phan maintains a public record spanning 3 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 1,023 disposed applications, 901 were allowed, yielding an allowance rate of 88%. The allowance rate among individual art units ranges from 85% to 98%. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's work across multiple art units and reflects historical disposition data only.
A pooled record combines outcomes across multiple art units into a single aggregate allowance rate. This figure describes the examiner's past decisions on disposed applications and is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application. Because different art units may have different allowance rates, the pooled rate masks variation; a separate section of this page shows per-art-unit detail for applications within a specific art unit.
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.
Primarily examines machine learning, and neural-network / biological-model computing.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 33 decided applications with an interview and 734 without.
Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 17 decided applications with an interview and 236 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Thai Q 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: 1,023 applications.
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