Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: PHUNG, STEVEN HUYNH

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2123 2125 2145

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Analysis

Steven Huynh Phung works in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2123, where he has handled 46 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 73.9%, which is a relatively high figure. This 73.9% rate suggests a good probability of success for applicants. However, the median days to allowance is 1613, indicating a very slow prosecution process that lasts more than four years on average.

The interview lift of 30.2% is significant, suggesting that direct communication is a powerful tool for advancing applications. Given the long 1613-day median pendency, practitioners should use interviews to try and resolve issues more quickly. The 30.2% lift shows that interviews can substantially improve the already favorable 73.9% allowance rate. Applicants should be prepared for a lengthy timeline but can take confidence in the high likelihood of eventually reaching an allowance through persistent engagement and oral advocacy.

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

Performance Statistics

73.9%
Allow Rate
+18.9% vs TC avg
69
Total Applications
+30.2%
Interview Lift
1613
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 46 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

32.2%
§101 Eligibility
9.9%
§102 Novelty
38.6%
§103 Obviousness
18.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18485457 Scalable Self-Supervised Graph Clustering Non-Final OA Google LLC
17448298 QUANTIZED FEEDBACK IN FEDERATED LEARNING WITH RANDOMIZATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17592196 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-TASK LEARNING WITH EXPERT DIVERSITY Non-Final OA ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
17508734 TECHNIQUES FOR TRAINED MODEL BIAS ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
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
18427666 RE-ENGINEERING DATA TO ENABLE AI TO EXCEED ITS CURRENT LIMITS BY UTILIZING QUANTUM ENGINEERING Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
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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