Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: PHAM, TUAN A

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2161 2163 3629

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Analysis

Tuan A Pham has resolved 725 cases in Art Unit 2161 of Tech Center 3600. The allowance rate is 83.6 percent, showing a high degree of success for applicants in this technology area. This 83.6 percent rate indicates that more than eight out of ten cases reach a grant. The 725 resolved cases provide a statistically significant basis for these performance metrics. Practitioners can expect a consistent and generally favorable prosecution environment for their applications.

The interview lift of 27.0 percent is quite significant, indicating that interviews are a powerful tool for securing an allowance. This 27.0 percent lift suggests that the examiner is very responsive to the arguments and clarifications presented during verbal discussions. The median days to allowance is 989, which is a typical duration for the complex systems often found in this tech center. Practitioners should prioritize interviews to capitalize on this 27.0 percent increase in allowance probability. The combination of an 83.6 percent allowance rate and a 27.0 percent interview lift provides a very positive outlook.

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

Performance Statistics

83.6%
Allow Rate
+31.6% vs TC avg
746
Total Applications
+27.0%
Interview Lift
989
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 725 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.0%
§101 Eligibility
9.4%
§102 Novelty
48.6%
§103 Obviousness
10.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18582349 SPLIT KEY AND VALUE SELF-ATTENTION MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18675539 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL BASED APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
18757868 FILE SHARING AND TRANSFER IN A SECURE DEVICE ECOSYSTEM Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18395311 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS WITH ANONYMIZED DATASETS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18223134 FINE-TUNED MODEL TO SOURCE FOUNDATION MODEL ATTRIBUTION Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18947827 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING PERSISTENT STORAGE Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
19018306 SEARCHING FOR IMAGES USING GENERATED IMAGES Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
18882162 CONTENT ITEM PURGING Non-Final OA Dropbox, Inc.
18992907 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OVERCOME DATA RACE CONDITIONS IN A DATABASE Non-Final OA JIO PLATFORMS LIMITED
18775496 BACKUP DATA MIGRATION Non-Final OA Kyndryl, Inc.
18111875 Methods of Profiling Mass Spectral Data Using Neural Networks Final Rejection THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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