Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Thu N Nguyen, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as NGUYEN, THU N

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2154 2161 2496

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Analysis

NGUYEN, THU N is assigned to USPTO Technology Center 2400 and art unit 2154. The profile records 590 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 71.7%. The median time to allowance is 1363 days. Interview lift is 26.3%, showing a substantial measured association between interviews and allowance outcomes.

The listed companies are Vijay Madisetti, Google LLC, and PayPal Inc. The listed firms are Widerman Malek, PL, Anova Law Group, PLLC, and Gray Ice Higdon (Google LLC). The allowance rate indicates that applicants may face meaningful prosecution challenges, while the interview result makes examiner engagement a potentially important part of response planning. Practitioners may use interviews to clarify technical distinctions and test amendment directions before committing them to the written record. The median timing indicates that applicants should allow considerable time for examination and coordinate prosecution with broader filing and portfolio decisions.

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

Performance Statistics

71.7%
Allow Rate
+13.7% vs TC avg
622
Total Applications
+26.3%
Interview Lift
1363
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 590 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.0%
§101 Eligibility
13.2%
§102 Novelty
59.0%
§103 Obviousness
5.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19096172 ALLOWING UPDATABLE VIEWS TO SPECIFY COLUMN VALUES TO BE USED FOR UPDATE OR INSERT WITHOUT REQUIRING THE COLUMN TO BE VISIBLE TO THE VIEW Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18952779 Refining a Search Using Physiological Information Non-Final OA Google LLC
18947578 GENERATING TEXTUAL SUMMARY ABOUT PHYSICAL LOCATION BASED ON COMPUTING INTERACTIONS PERTAINING TO PHYSICAL LOCATION Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18491874 CONSTRUCTING ANSWERS TO QUERIES THROUGH USE OF A DEEP MODEL Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19315813 BLOCK DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Thu N Nguyen's allowance rate?

71.7% of resolved applications examined by Thu N Nguyen were allowed (590 resolved cases), compared with 67.7% across Art Unit 2154 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Thu N Nguyen?

This examiner's interview lift is +26.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Thu N Nguyen take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Thu N Nguyen took 1,363 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Thu N Nguyen work in?

Thu N Nguyen examines applications in Art Unit 2154 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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