Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Van D Huynh, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as HUYNH, VAN D

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2614 2653 2665 3791

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Analysis

HUYNH, VAN D is assigned to tech center 3700 and art unit 2614. The record includes 745 resolved cases, an 87.1% allowance rate, and a median of 877 days to allowance. The 13.2% interview lift is positive, indicating that interviews can improve allowance prospects even within an already favorable prosecution record.

The leading companies are NEC Corporation, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., and Apple Inc. Banner & Witcoff, LTD, HODGSON RUSS LLP, and K&L Gates LLP are the listed firms. For practitioners, the data supports a prosecution plan that seeks early clarity on examiner concerns, uses interviews to focus the issues, and avoids unnecessary narrowing where the allowance record is already strong.

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

Performance Statistics

87.1%
Allow Rate
+17.1% vs TC avg
780
Total Applications
+13.2%
Interview Lift
877
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 745 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.9%
§101 Eligibility
30.5%
§102 Novelty
35.0%
§103 Obviousness
11.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18922404 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18914987 IDENTIFYING OBJECTS WITHIN IMAGES FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18749436 SPATIAL POSITIONING METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18839871 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18779819 GATE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF GATE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18852477 Image Processing Method, Image Processing Apparatus and Storage Medium Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18719887 DENOISING MEDICAL IMAGE DATA PRODUCED BY A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18907230 FEATURE PYRAMIDING FOR IN SITU DATA VISUALIZATIONS (AKA DYNAMIC DISPLAY OF MOLECULAR INFORMATION DEPENDENT ON ZOOM LEVEL) Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18620995 AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF COMPRESSION ARTIFACT REMOVAL MODELS Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18435897 OPERATOR AND OCCUPANT MONITORING VALIDATION FOR AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI AUTONOMOUS MACHINES Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
17864971 DELIVERY OF VOICEMAILS TO HANDHELD DEVICES Non-Final OA Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
18724565 OPERATION MONITORING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
18923382 Measurement Method, Recording Medium, and Measurement System Final Rejection SHIMADZU CORPORATION

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Van D Huynh's allowance rate?

87.1% of resolved applications examined by Van D Huynh were allowed (745 resolved cases), compared with 66.9% across Art Unit 2614 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Van D Huynh?

This examiner's interview lift is +13.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Van D Huynh take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Van D Huynh took 877 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Van D Huynh work in?

Van D Huynh examines applications in Art Unit 2614 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).

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