Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: NGUYEN, PHU K

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2611 2616 2617 2628 2677 3686 3772 3786

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Analysis

Phu K Nguyen is an examiner in Art Unit 2611 of Tech Center 3700. The examiner has 1217 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 85.9%. This percentage reflects the frequency of patent grants. The 1217 cases provide a significant data set for these observations.

The median days to allowance is 941. This number represents the timeline for applications that have been granted. Practitioners can use the 941-day figure to estimate the duration of the prosecution process. This median is derived from the examiner's history of 1217 resolved cases.

An interview lift of 7.9% is reported for this profile. This lift shows the improvement in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted relative to the 85.9% baseline. Engaging in an interview may help navigate the 941-day timeline more effectively. These statistics define the examination environment in Art Unit 2611.

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

Performance Statistics

85.9%
Allow Rate
+15.9% vs TC avg
1,242
Total Applications
+7.9%
Interview Lift
941
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1218 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.6%
§101 Eligibility
7.3%
§102 Novelty
59.1%
§103 Obviousness
7.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19081856 TECHNIQUES FOR RENDERING CONTENT Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19031933 INFORMATION INTERACTION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
19038838 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SCREEN GENERATION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18951764 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING DEVELOPED IMAGE DATA THAT IS ABLE TO DISTINGUISH WHETHER OR NOT IMAGE EDITING HAS BEEN PERFORMED IN DEVELOPMENT PROCESSING OF RAW IMAGE DATA, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18992963 VISUAL QUALITY OPTIMIZATION FOR GPU COMPOSITION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
19041198 TRANSFORMABLE AVATAR IN DRESSING VISUALIZATION Non-Final OA Walmart Apollo, LLC
18623967 TEXTURE-BASED GUIDANCE FOR 3D SHAPE GENERATION Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
17272496 ROBOTIC ASSISTED LIGAMENT GRAFT PLACEMENT AND TENSIONING Non-Final OA Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG
18033091 INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD Non-Final OA MAXELL, LTD.
19041835 APPARATUS, METHOD, AND, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Yokogawa Electric Corporation
18832857 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING EFFECT IMAGE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Lemon Inc.
19021070 METHODS AND GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS FOR DETERMINING DIFFERENTIAL DATA FOR RAYS OF A RAY BUNDLE Non-Final OA Imagination Technologies Limited
19035020 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING CALIBRATION DATA FOR A DIGITAL DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Dell Products LP

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