Examiner Thomas K Pham has allowed 346 of 396 decided applications (87%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Thomas K Pham maintains a public record of 396 disposed applications across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of those decided applications, 346 were allowed, yielding an allowance rate of 87%. The examiner's allowance rate ranges from 86% to 90% across these art units. This pooled figure aggregates outcomes from multiple art units and represents the examiner's historical record; it does not characterize any individual application or predict the outcome of a specific filing.
A pooled record combines statistics from multiple art units under a single technology center. The allowance rate presented here is a historical aggregate—the ratio of allowed to decided applications across all of the examiner's assigned art units. This figure describes past outcomes and is not a prediction of how any future application will be examined. Art-unit-specific rates may vary and appear in a separate section.
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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 neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 49 decided applications with an interview and 242 without.
Primarily examines software engineering, and error detection, correction, and monitoring.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Thomas K Pham 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: 396 applications.
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