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Examiner Thomas Duong

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 71 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION OCT 2008
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Thomas Duong has allowed 40 of 71 decided applications (56%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

56% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Thomas Duong's public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spans one art unit. Across 71 disposed applications, he allowed 40 and abandoned 31, resulting in an allowance rate of 56%. This rate reflects the ratio of allowed applications to all decided cases in his pooled record. The data presented covers his complete history in the specified technology center and does not address pending applications or any applications under review.

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This pooled record aggregates Duong's work across all his assigned art units in TC 2100. The allowance rate of 56% and other figures describe past outcomes across decided cases and represent a historical summary only. Aggregate statistics do not predict outcomes in any specific application. Individual art-unit records, where available separately, may show variation. Pooled figures are useful context for understanding an examiner's overall record but are not forecasts.

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◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2145
71 APPS · 56% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

56% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION40 / 31 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION37.5 moart unit avg 26.9 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY58.1 moart unit avg 45.3 mo
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW72%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW48%+24 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 25 decided applications with an interview and 46 without.

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Questions about Examiner Thomas Duong

  • What is Thomas Duong's overall allowance rate?
    His allowance rate is 56%, based on 40 allowed applications and 31 abandoned applications across 71 disposed cases in his pooled record in TC 2100.
  • How many art units does Thomas Duong cover?
    His public record spans one art unit in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • What does the allowance rate mean?
    The allowance rate is the percentage of decided (disposed) applications that were allowed. It does not include pending applications and is a summary of past outcomes, not a prediction of future cases.
  • How many applications has Thomas Duong decided?
    He has disposed of 71 applications in his pooled record across TC 2100, of which 40 were allowed and 31 were abandoned.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Thomas Duong 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: 71 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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