Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: NGUYEN, PHIL K

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2115 2118 2175 2176 2187 4100

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Analysis

Phil K Nguyen is an examiner in Art Unit 2115 of Tech Center 4100. The examiner has 549 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 82.5%. This percentage reflects the frequency of patent grants. The 549 cases provide a significant data set for these observations.

The median days to allowance is 974. This number represents the timeline for applications that have been granted. Practitioners can use the 974-day figure to estimate the duration of the prosecution process. This median is derived from the examiner's history of 549 resolved cases.

An interview lift of 14.2% is reported for this profile. This lift shows the improvement in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted relative to the 82.5% baseline. Engaging in an interview may help navigate the 974-day timeline more effectively. These statistics define the examination environment in Art Unit 2115.

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

Performance Statistics

82.5%
Allow Rate
+22.5% vs TC avg
567
Total Applications
+14.2%
Interview Lift
974
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 549 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.3%
§101 Eligibility
19.9%
§102 Novelty
52.7%
§103 Obviousness
12.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18884635 MULTI-PHASE SIGNAL GENERATION Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18974484 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18826795 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18829629 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND EXECUTION CONTROL METHOD OF REWRITE PROTECTION Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18633932 DYNAMICALLY POWER ON/OFF PROCESSING CLUSTERS DURING EXECUTION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18109837 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED SECURE ACCELERATOR FIRMWARE BOOT-UP PROCESS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18091207 CHARGE ISOLATION ARCHITECTURE IN VOLTAGE REGULATOR FOR IMPROVED BATTERY LIFE, RESPONSIVENESS AND REDUCED ACOUSTIC NOISE Final Rejection INTEL CORPORATION
17856804 Heterogeneous Timing Closure For Clock-Skew Scheduling or Time Borrowing Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18998158 POWER SOURCE CONTROL DEVICE, POWER SOURCE CONTROL SYSTEM, POWER SOURCE CONTROL METHOD, AND POWER SOURCE CONTROL PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, INC.
18995307 ACCELERATOR STATE CONTROL DEVICE, ACCELERATOR STATE CONTROL SYSTEM, ACCELERATOR STATE CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18988248 ENERGY CONSUMPTION-AWARE NETWORK MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18615238 TRANSMITTER-SIDE LINK TRAINING WITH IN-BAND HANDSHAKING Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corp.
19027016 MANAGING STARTUP OF A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM USING A LIST OF HARDWARE COMPONENTS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18680368 CHIPLET CLOCK FORWARDING ARCHITECTURE Non-Final OA ATI Technologies ULC
18078516 ELECTRICAL EVENT RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
17470446 System and Method for Supervising Processes Among Embedded Systems Non-Final OA DEKA Products Limited Partnership
19042110 PROGRAMMABLE SWITCHING REGULATOR Non-Final OA Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

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