Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Steven Huynh Phung, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as PHUNG, STEVEN HUYNH

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2123 2125 2145

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Analysis

PHUNG, STEVEN HUYNH is assigned to technology center 2100 and art unit 2123. The profile records 47 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 74.5%. The sample is narrower than a high-volume examiner record, but the allowance rate indicates that a majority of resolved matters reached allowance.

The median time to allowance is 1617 days. Interview lift is 29.5%, showing a meaningful positive association between interviews and allowance in the measured cases. That relationship makes interview timing and preparation relevant considerations for prosecution planning.

The recurring companies are Royal Bank of Canada, Google LLC, and Qualcomm Incorporated. The listed firms are Harrity & Harrity, LLP, Harrity & Harrity, LLP \ Qualcomm, and KHMRG (NVIDIA). Counsel can use this profile to anticipate a relatively extended path to allowance while preserving interviews as a potentially useful intervention.

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

Performance Statistics

74.5%
Allow Rate
+19.5% vs TC avg
73
Total Applications
+29.5%
Interview Lift
1617
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 47 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

32.6%
§101 Eligibility
10.7%
§102 Novelty
36.4%
§103 Obviousness
19.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17508734 TECHNIQUES FOR TRAINED MODEL BIAS ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18485457 Scalable Self-Supervised Graph Clustering Non-Final OA Google LLC
18427666 RE-ENGINEERING DATA TO ENABLE AI TO EXCEED ITS CURRENT LIMITS BY UTILIZING QUANTUM ENGINEERING Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
17448298 QUANTIZED FEEDBACK IN FEDERATED LEARNING WITH RANDOMIZATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17729330 MACHINE LEARNING BASED MONITORING FOCUS ENGINE Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17362684 NEURAL NETWORKS WITH ANALOG AND DIGITAL MODULES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17519532 NEURAL NETWORKS TRAINED USING EVENT OCCURRENCES Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18653714 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO STACK MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO CAPTURE DETERMINISTIC RELATIONS Non-Final OA SAP SE
18436313 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STRESS DETECTION USING KINEMATIC DATA Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Steven Huynh Phung's allowance rate?

74.5% of resolved applications examined by Steven Huynh Phung were allowed (47 resolved cases), compared with 38.8% across Art Unit 2123 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Steven Huynh Phung?

This examiner's interview lift is +29.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Steven Huynh Phung take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Steven Huynh Phung took 1,617 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Steven Huynh Phung work in?

Steven Huynh Phung examines applications in Art Unit 2123 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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