Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Thang H Nguyen, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as NGUYEN, THANG H

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2831 2833 2834

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Analysis

NGUYEN, THANG H works in USPTO Technology Center 2800, art unit 2831. The profile includes 633 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 84.8%, and a median of 791 days to allowance. Interview lift is 15.1%, indicating that interviews are associated with a meaningful improvement in allowance outcomes for the recorded cases.

The listed companies are Lear Corporation, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd., and Altria Client Services LLC. The listed firms are Banner & Witcoff, LTD., Barley Snyder, and Barron & Young PLLC. The combination of a favorable allowance rate and a substantial interview lift gives practitioners two useful planning signals. A focused interview may be particularly relevant when the technical dispute is susceptible to clarification, while the median timing indicates that prosecution strategy should account for a cycle extending beyond an initial filing response.

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

Performance Statistics

84.8%
Allow Rate
+16.8% vs TC avg
660
Total Applications
+15.1%
Interview Lift
791
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 633 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
20.6%
§102 Novelty
52.5%
§103 Obviousness
24.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18770023 MODULAR CONNECTOR Non-Final OA LEAR CORPORATION
18617076 CONNECTOR, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING CONNECTOR Non-Final OA SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
18782556 CARTRIDGE WITH FIRST TUBE AND DILUTION AIR PASSAGE INTERSECTING AIR PASSAGE Non-Final OA Altria Client Services LLC
18581923 Cable Connector Assembly and Method of Assembling the Same Final Rejection Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
18772046 CONNECTOR Non-Final OA Yazaki Corporation
18735659 SECURING DEVICE HAVING AN INDICATOR ELEMENT AND ORIENTATION ELEMENTS Non-Final OA Lisa Dräxlmaier GmbH
18760989 CONNECTOR DEVICE CONFIGURED TO MITIGATE CROSSTALK Non-Final OA BELDEN CANADA ULC
18793836 Connector With Removable Ingress Protection Element Non-Final OA HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Thang H Nguyen's allowance rate?

84.8% of resolved applications examined by Thang H Nguyen were allowed (633 resolved cases), compared with 72.3% across Art Unit 2831 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Thang H Nguyen?

This examiner's interview lift is +15.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Thang H Nguyen take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Thang H Nguyen took 791 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Thang H Nguyen work in?

Thang H Nguyen examines applications in Art Unit 2831 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).

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