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Examiner Thien Dang Nguyen

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 791 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS
88%vs 78% weighted peer average+10 pts

Examiner Thien Dang Nguyen has allowed 699 of 791 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed699abandoned92pending32· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (78%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (2 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2111 · 93%AU 2117 · 79%
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What the data says.

Examiner Thien Dang Nguyen maintains a pooled allowance rate of 88% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). The examiner's record spans 2 art units. Across these art units, the allowance rate ranges from 79% to 93%. The pooled figure of 88% represents the percentage of all decided applications—those allowed or abandoned—in the examiner's combined record. This aggregate rate reflects outcomes across the examiner's full portfolio in TC 2100 and does not represent a prediction for any individual application.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled allowance rate aggregates decisions across multiple art units into a single historical figure. This combined rate describes the examiner's past record only and is not predictive of the outcome of any specific application. Individual art units within the examiner's portfolio may show different allowance rates. The range provided reflects the variation among those units. Historical statistics are correlational data about past decisions and do not indicate how any future application will be examined.

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 2111
580 APPS · 93% ALLOWANCE
93% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 80%
DISPOSITION508 / 40 / 32allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION14.9 moart unit avg 20.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY23.4 moart unit avg 31.7 mo
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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 eligibility49%art unit 21%+28 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)79%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness68%art unit 72%4 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness69%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW95%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW91%+4 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 223 decided applications with an interview and 325 without.

ART UNIT 2117
243 APPS · 79% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines control or regulating systems.

79% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 74%
DISPOSITION191 / 52 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION18.8 moart unit avg 20.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY31.7 moart unit avg 33.2 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 eligibility33%art unit 33%±0 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)79%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness90%art unit 78%+12 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness68%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW91%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW66%+25 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 121 decided applications with an interview and 122 without.

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Questions about Examiner Thien Dang Nguyen

  • What is Examiner Nguyen's overall allowance rate?
    The pooled allowance rate is 88% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner's public record spans 2 art units within TC 2100.
  • What is the range of allowance rates across the examiner's art units?
    The allowance rate ranges from 79% to 93% across these art units. The pooled figure of 88% reflects all decided applications in the examiner's combined record.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Thien Dang Nguyen 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: 823 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.

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