Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Thien Dang Nguyen, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as NGUYEN, THIEN DANG

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2111 2112 2114 2117 2137

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Analysis

NGUYEN, THIEN DANG works in USPTO Technology Center 2100, art unit 2111. The profile includes 720 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 87.4%. The median time to allowance is 734 days. Interview lift is 11.8%, indicating a positive association between examiner interviews and allowance outcomes without making interviews the sole driver of prosecution results.

The listed companies are Micron Technology Inc., Google LLC, and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. The listed firms are BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP, Convergence Intellectual Property Law P.C., and Kim & Stewart LLP- TMC. The allowance rate presents a favorable outcome profile, and the shorter median timing supports active prosecution management. Practitioners can consider interviews where clarification may improve alignment on the claims, while still relying on carefully structured amendments and written arguments. The company and firm mix shows activity across major technology businesses and specialized prosecution practices.

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

Performance Statistics

87.4%
Allow Rate
+32.4% vs TC avg
746
Total Applications
+11.8%
Interview Lift
734
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 720 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.4%
§101 Eligibility
15.0%
§102 Novelty
35.2%
§103 Obviousness
25.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19177212 VIRTUAL DISTILLATION FOR QUANTUM ERROR MITIGATION Non-Final OA Google LLC.
19068297 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AUXILIARY BIT OF POLAR CODE AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19021479 Rebuilding Encoded Data Slices in Accordance with a Reduced Rebuild Threshold Non-Final OA Pure Storage, Inc.
18920748 TECHNIQUES FOR RADIO ACCESS NETWORK SIGNALING FOR FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION AWARENESS AND PACKET DATA UNIT SET INFORMATION MARKING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18459185 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF A PRE FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION (FEC) (PRE-FEC) PADDING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18812638 ERROR CORRECTION ENCODING DEVICE, ERROR CORRECTION DECODING DEVICE, ERROR CORRECTION ENCODING METHOD, ERROR CORRECTION DECODING METHOD, CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
19201781 BYPASSING ITERATIONS IN A BIT FLIPPING DECODER USING A LEAST RELIABLE BIT ENERGY FUNCTION Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19071695 MEMORY SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18943077 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING OF HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) FEEDBACK Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
19077770 ERROR CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
19074196 Systems and Methods of Inserting Idles Within Packets to Reduce Latency Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Thien Dang Nguyen's allowance rate?

87.4% of resolved applications examined by Thien Dang Nguyen were allowed (720 resolved cases), compared with 86.7% across Art Unit 2111 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Thien Dang Nguyen?

This examiner's interview lift is +11.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Thien Dang Nguyen take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Thien Dang Nguyen took 734 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Thien Dang Nguyen work in?

Thien Dang Nguyen examines applications in Art Unit 2111 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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