Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Phat Ngoc Le, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as LE, PHAT NGOC

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2125 2182

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

Phat Ngoc Le examines in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2125. The profile contains 15 resolved cases, with a 73.3% allowance rate and a median of 1561 days to allowance. The limited record supports only cautious conclusions, although allowed outcomes comprise a majority of the reported matters.

The interview lift is 28.7%, suggesting that interviews may be a useful part of prosecution planning. Practitioners should consider the limited case volume when assessing the figure. The listed companies are Fujitsu Limited, NEC Corporation, and SK hynix Inc. The listed firms are BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP, DLA Piper LLP (US), and DORITY & MANNING, P.A.

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

Performance Statistics

73.3%
Allow Rate
+18.3% vs TC avg
50
Total Applications
+28.7%
Interview Lift
1561
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 15 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

21.9%
§101 Eligibility
9.9%
§102 Novelty
39.6%
§103 Obviousness
25.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17829838 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH CALCULATION Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18022475 OPTIMIZATION DEVICE, OPTIMIZATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18105486 COMPUTATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
17940394 Methods and Apparatus for Efficient Denormal Handling In Floating-Point Units Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17980586 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
17839529 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM OF PROCESSING DATA, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
17748086 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
17478609 ELIMINATING MEMORY BOTTLENECKS FOR DEPTHWISE CONVOLUTIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17935787 SUPPORTING VECTOR MULTIPLY ADD WITH DOUBLE ACCUMULATOR ACCESS IN A GRAPHICS ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17922064 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
17806440 COMPUTING INVERSE TEMPERATURE UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17978348 DECODING ADDITIVE SUPERPOSITION OF VECTORS Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17707609 TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES FOR EFFICIENT MONTGOMERY MULTIPLICATION WITH REDUCED DEPENDENCIES Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18174354 Entropy Consistency Enhancement for Multi-Channel Entropy Sources Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18077932 DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, OPERATING METHOD OF THE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTING SYSTEM USING THE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
17749204 BOOTH MULTIPLIER FOR COMPUTE-IN-MEMORY Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
17681557 Implementation of Softmax and Exponential in Hardware Final Rejection Imagination Technologies Limited

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Phat Ngoc Le's allowance rate?

73.3% of resolved applications examined by Phat Ngoc Le were allowed (15 resolved cases), compared with 56.9% across Art Unit 2125 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Phat Ngoc Le?

This examiner's interview lift is +28.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Phat Ngoc Le take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Phat Ngoc Le took 1,561 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Phat Ngoc Le work in?

Phat Ngoc Le examines applications in Art Unit 2125 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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