Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: DINH, LYNDA

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2163 2193 2857 2863 2865 2884 3723

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Analysis

Lynda Dinh operates in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 2163. The examiner has reached a resolution in 499 cases. Of these cases, the allowance rate is 73.9 percent. This volume of 499 cases provides a broad dataset for understanding the examiner's prosecution patterns. The 73.9 percent allowance rate suggests that a majority of applications reach a grant in Art Unit 2163.

The data includes an interview lift of 28.5 percent. This figure indicates the increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted. The median days to allowance is 1298. This 1298-day figure represents the middle point of the prosecution duration for granted applications. Practitioners can use these figures to set expectations for both the likelihood of success and the time required to reach a resolution. The 28.5 percent lift suggests that interviews are a significant factor in the 73.9 percent allowance rate observed across the 499 cases.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

73.9%
Allow Rate
+3.9% vs TC avg
529
Total Applications
+28.5%
Interview Lift
1298
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 499 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

29.2%
§101 Eligibility
12.7%
§102 Novelty
34.9%
§103 Obviousness
20.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17739528 METHOD OF DETECTING ABNORMALITY Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18754534 A METHOD TO PREDICT SONIC LOG AT BIT IN REAL TIME Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18568237 TOOL SYSTEM, DECISION SYSTEM, DECISION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Panasonic Holdings Corporation
17655896 MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF RADAR, ULTRASOUND OR AUDIO CLASSIFIERS Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18334568 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING OIL/WATER OR GAS/WATER PALEO ZONE RESERVOIR PROPERTIES FOR HYDROCARBON MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
18042087 METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING A PART THROUGH NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
17453304 TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ANOMALOUS EVENTS IN COMPLEX ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TEST SUBJECTS Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18299434 LEARNING DEVICE, DEFECT DETECTION DEVICE, AND DEFECT DETECTION METHOD Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18696710 METHOD FOR MONITORING A MACHINE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND ARRANGEMENT Final Rejection Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18335362 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
17992569 GROUND SURFACE ESTIMATION USING DEPTH INFORMATION FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18747789 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ANALYTE SENSOR DATA Non-Final OA Dexcom, Inc.
18612515 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING AN ELEMENT OF A PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESS WITH THE AID OF A TRANSFORMATION MODEL Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
18023708 METHOD OF PERFORMING METROLOGY, METHOD OF TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL, METHOD OF PROVIDING A LAYER COMPRISING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIAL, METROLOGY APPARATUS Final Rejection ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18620474 MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE, SIGNAL FILTER DEVICE, AND METHOD Non-Final OA Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
18645426 COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING CHANGES IN FUGITIVE EMISSIONS Final Rejection Molex, LLC
18781605 ELECTRICAL METER SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED DEVICE MONITORING Final Rejection Sense Labs, Inc.

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