Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 14, 2026

Long Pham, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as PHAM, LONG

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2814 2823 2892 2897

This examiner grants 92% of resolved cases

Analysis

Long Pham is an experienced examiner in Art Unit 2814 of Tech Center 2800, having resolved 1671 cases. The allowance rate is 91.6 percent, representing a high success rate for applicants. Furthermore, the median time to allowance is 852 days, indicating an efficient prosecution timeline. These figures demonstrate a predictable and favorable environment for patent applicants in this art unit.

The interview lift is 5.5 percent. Given that the base allowance rate is already 91.6 percent, the small lift suggests that interviews are rarely necessary to achieve a grant, though they still provide a slight statistical advantage. With 1671 cases on record, the data provides a reliable forecast for future prosecution. Practitioners can expect a high likelihood of success and a 852-day path to allowance when working with this examiner.

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

Performance Statistics

91.6%
Allow Rate
+23.6% vs TC avg
1,705
Total Applications
+5.5%
Interview Lift
853
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1674 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
39.5%
§102 Novelty
43.1%
§103 Obviousness
10.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18439531 LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT PACKAGE, DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18764401 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18746857 SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18679410 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH BANDWIDTH MEMORY CONFIGURATIONS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18419098 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17825350 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ASSEMBLIES HAVING INTERCONNECTION BRIDGES SPANNING RETICLE BOUNDARY / DICING STREETS OF MONOLITHIC STRUCTURES THEREIN Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18319852 CIRCUIT BOARD DEVICE WITH INDUCTOR(S) FOR ROUTING POWER FROM A POWER MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) (PMIC) TO A SECONDARY CIRCUIT BOARD, AND RELATED ASSEMBLY METHODS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18664926 STACKED TRANSISTORS WITH VERTICALLY STAGGERED CONTACT VIAS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18071972 MULTILEVEL PACKAGE SUBSTRATE WITH BOX SHIELD Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18070708 ELECTRONIC DEVICE PACKAGE EMI SHIELDING WITH GROUNDED MOLD INTERCONNECT Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18783147 DEVICES COMPRISING CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18441824 STRESS INCORPORATION IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18764936 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH DIELECTRIC STRUCTURE IN CHANNEL REGION AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18764951 GATE-ALL-AROUND DEVICES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18679046 SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE FOR EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET PHOTON DETECTION AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18226994 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
18692472 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA BEIJING SUPERSTRING ACADEMY OF MEMORY TECHNOLOGY
18176393 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PACKAGING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18746087 MAGNETORESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
18579934 NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
18569751 QUBIT ELEMENT Non-Final OA Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH Aachen)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Long Pham's allowance rate?

91.6% of resolved applications examined by Long Pham were allowed (1,674 resolved cases), compared with 74.1% across Art Unit 2814 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Long Pham?

This examiner's interview lift is +5.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Long Pham take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Long Pham took 853 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Long Pham work in?

Long Pham examines applications in Art Unit 2814 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).

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