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Examiner William V Nguyen

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 98 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION AUG 2020
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner William V Nguyen has allowed 67 of 98 decided applications (68%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

68% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

William V Nguyen maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 98 disposed applications, the examiner has allowed 67 and abandoned 31, yielding an allowance rate of 68%. This record spans a single art unit (2183). The allowance rate is computed from decided applications only and does not include any pending filings. The figures reflect the examiner's historical disposition record and are not predictions for any specific future application.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates the examiner's decisions across a single art unit. The 68% allowance rate describes the historical share of decided applications that received allowances, calculated from 98 disposed applications. Aggregate figures reflect past outcomes and are not predictions about any individual application or prosecution path. Different applications and claim sets may yield different results.

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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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 2183
98 APPS · 68% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

68% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 72%
DISPOSITION67 / 31 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION24.3 moart unit avg 25 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY47.9 moart unit avg 40.1 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility41% · art unit 34%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)47%
§103 — Obviousness96% · art unit 79%
§112 — Written description & definiteness76%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW78%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW53%+25 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 60 decided applications with an interview and 38 without.

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Questions about Examiner William V Nguyen

  • What is William V Nguyen's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 68%, calculated from 98 disposed applications (67 allowed, 31 abandoned). This rate describes historical outcomes and is not a prediction for any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The record spans one art unit: 2183, all within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the pooled record include?
    The pooled record aggregates all dispositions (allowances and abandonments) across the examiner's art units. Pending applications are excluded from the allowance-rate calculation. These figures describe past outcomes only, not predictions.
  • What is the subject matter of this examiner's record?
    The examiner works in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner William V 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 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: 98 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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