Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Hanh B Thai, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as THAI, HANH B

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2152 2154 2156 2161 2163 2195

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Analysis

THAI, HANH B works in Tech Center 2100 and art unit 2152. The record includes 805 resolved cases, an 87.1% allowance rate, and a median of 961 days to allowance. The interview lift is 2.5%, indicating little recorded improvement associated with interviews relative to the profile's strong allowance outcome.

The listed companies are NEC Corporation, Capital One Services LLC, and Google LLC. The listed firms are Harrity & Harrity, LLP, MUGHAL GAUDRY & FRANKLIN PC, and OHLANDT, GREELEY & PERLE, LLP. The large docket and high allowance rate support precise, efficient written prosecution, with interviews best used for targeted clarification rather than as the central strategy.

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

Performance Statistics

87.1%
Allow Rate
+32.1% vs TC avg
829
Total Applications
+2.5%
Interview Lift
961
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 805 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.6%
§101 Eligibility
10.2%
§102 Novelty
42.6%
§103 Obviousness
5.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18623188 DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT PLATFORM Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
19326374 EFFICIENTLY PROCESSING QUERY WORKLOADS WITH NATURAL LANGUAGE STATEMENTS AND NATIVE DATABASE COMMANDS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
19205986 Exposing App Functionality using System-level LLM Agent Services Final Rejection Google LLC
19228945 DATA ANALYSIS DEVICE, DATA ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
19104439 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RELATED WORD OUTPUT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18952551 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALABLE DATA PROCESSING OPERATIONS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18046054 PATHNAME RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN SAVING, RENAMING OR MOVING FILES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18215057 STORAGE RECORD ENGINE IMPLEMENTING EFFICIENT TRANSACTION REPLAY Final Rejection Alibaba Group Holding Limited
18359351 INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL ASSISTANT SELECTION Final Rejection Ford Global Technologies, LLC

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Hanh B Thai's allowance rate?

87.1% of resolved applications examined by Hanh B Thai were allowed (805 resolved cases), compared with 64.7% across Art Unit 2152 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Hanh B Thai?

This examiner's interview lift is +2.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Hanh B Thai take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Hanh B Thai took 961 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Hanh B Thai work in?

Hanh B Thai examines applications in Art Unit 2152 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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