USPTO Examiner PHAM LINH K - Art Unit 2174

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18735907APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MODEL SELECTION BETWEEN A FIRST MODEL AND A SECOND MODEL USING PROJECTOR INFERENCINGJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18671700INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMMay 2024February 2025Allow910NoNo
18662623METHOD FOR PROVIDING VISUAL SCRIPTS ON A ONE-SOURCE MULTI-USE SUPPORT PLATFORM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING THE SAMEMay 2024September 2024Allow400NoNo
18650990CONTENT INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTANT MESSAGING SOFTWARE, AND DEVICE AND MEDIUMApril 2024December 2024Allow710YesNo
18625868METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR MEDIA CONTENT PRESENTINGApril 2024October 2024Allow710NoNo
18600382ANALYZING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT ITEM USAGE DATAMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110YesNo
18444901AUTOMATIC CONTACT SHARING AND CONNECTION SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2024November 2024Allow900YesNo
18426002COMMENTING FEATURE FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN SYSTEMSJanuary 2024October 2024Allow900YesNo
18425452SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURESJanuary 2024November 2024Allow900YesNo
18399275SPEAKING USER SELECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023November 2024Allow1111YesNo
18398366APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MODEL SELECTION BETWEEN A FIRST MODEL AND A SECOND MODEL USING PROJECTOR INFERENCINGDecember 2023March 2024Allow200NoNo
18540689DIGITAL SIGN NETWORKDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510NoNo
18536089USER INTERFACES FOR MANAGING USER INTERFACE SHARINGDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410YesNo
18533650PRESENTATION AND CONTROL OF USER INTERACTIONS WITH A TIME-DEPENDENT USER INTERFACE ELEMENTDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310YesNo
18515497DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023May 2024Allow610YesNo
18511678IDENTIFYING AND RENDERING CONTENT RELEVANT TO A USER`S CURRENT MENTAL STATE AND CONTEXTNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410YesNo
18500445Parallel Video Call and Artificial Reality SpacesNovember 2023December 2024Allow1400NoNo
18495574USER-SPECIFIED REPLACEMENT OF TERMS IN MESSAGINGOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18488104METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF AN INCIDENT SCENEOctober 2023June 2025Allow2000YesNo
18272599MEDICAL TREATMENT SYSTEM USING TRANSPARENT DISPLAY MODULEOctober 2023May 2025Allow2200NoNo
18373499Configurable Bottom Screen Dock for Mobile and Electronic Devices (Virtual Screens Included)September 2023April 2024Allow610YesNo
18468460COMPOSABLE LOW-RANK ADAPTATION MODELS FOR DEFINING LARGE-LANGUAGE MODEL TEXT STYLESeptember 2023June 2025Allow2100NoNo
18368531Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Navigating Between User Interfaces, Displaying a Dock, and Displaying System User Interface ElementsSeptember 2023April 2024Allow700NoNo
18280297ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICESeptember 2023May 2025Allow2110NoNo
18453019NAVIGATING THROUGH AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENTAugust 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18450479VIRTUAL KEYBOARD SETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023September 2024Allow1310NoNo
18446749ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT GENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSAugust 2023March 2025Allow1900NoNo
18366578MAPPED DIRECT TOUCH VIRTUAL TRACKPAD AND INVISIBLE MOUSEAugust 2023November 2024Allow1610YesNo
18363964PRESENTATION OF A MEDIA SEQUENCEAugust 2023April 2024Allow810NoNo
18228492GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF A COMPLEX TASKJuly 2023April 2024Allow900NoNo
18273273IMAGE DELETION OPERATION NOTIFICATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023January 2025Allow1800NoNo
18353600SHARED FOLDER BACKED INTEGRATED WORKSPACESJuly 2023March 2024Allow800NoNo
18216884SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEGAL RESEARCH NAVIGATIONJune 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18343057MANAGE COMPUTATIONAL POWER AND DISPLAY RESOURCES OF CONNECTED DEVICESJune 2023September 2024Allow1500NoNo
18340312CENTRAL CONTROL HUB FOR ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMJune 2023December 2024Allow1710YesNo
18340711IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18340533Enhanced Shape-Based KeyboardJune 2023October 2024Allow1510YesNo
18205562Value-Added Content Providing Method and Computer System thereofJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18328593DOCUMENT DECOMPOSITION BASED ON DETERMINED LOGICAL VISUAL LAYERING OF DOCUMENT CONTENTJune 2023March 2025Allow2220YesNo
18038354USER INTERFACE AUGMENTATION SYSTEM, USER INTERFACE AUGMENTATION METHOD, AND USER INTERFACE AUGMENTATION PROGRAMMay 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18313005SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A TAGGING INTERFACE FOR EXTERNAL CONTENTMay 2023April 2024Allow1210YesNo
18311872PRIVACY INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICEMay 2023August 2024Allow1610NoNo
18297992AUTOMATIC INTAKE AND PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODApril 2023February 2025Allow2210NoNo
18044672ACOUSTIC DEVICE INCLUDING DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL AND APPLYING EFFECT TO INPUT AUDIO BASED ON TOUCH OPERATION ON TOUCH PANEL, AND OPERATION METHOD AND OPERATION PROGRAM THEREFORMarch 2023November 2024Allow2010NoNo
18180548Window Display Method, Window Switching Method, Electronic Device, and SystemMarch 2023August 2023Allow500NoNo
18175945DIGITAL IMAGE ANNOTATION AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1310NoNo
18112770AUTOMATIC CONTACT SHARING AND CONNECTION SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2023October 2023Allow800NoNo
18110842GESTURE-DRIVEN MESSAGE CONTENT RESIZINGFebruary 2023June 2024Allow1610YesNo
18100393ANALYZING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT ITEM USAGE DATAJanuary 2023November 2023Allow910NoNo
18099403ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR IDENTIFYING SET OF INFORMATION ACCORDING TO CHANGE IN SIZE OF DISPLAY AREA OF FLEXIBLE DISPLAYJanuary 2023October 2023Allow910YesNo
18155521Virtual Area CommunicationsJanuary 2023November 2023Abandon901NoNo
18153198GENERATING SUGGESTED CONTENT FOR WORKSPACESJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1610NoNo
18151023Generating Structured Data Containers for Communication PlatformJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1420YesNo
18094085GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE MARKING FEEDBACKJanuary 2023April 2023Allow300NoNo
18067278PRESENTATION OF A MEDIA SEQUENCEDecember 2022April 2023Allow400NoNo
18072367PERSONALIZED EMOJI DICTIONARYNovember 2022August 2023Allow810NoNo
17926991ENHANCING ACCESSIBILITY OF TOPOLOGY DIAGRAM-RELATED APPLICATIONSNovember 2022August 2024Allow2010NoNo
17988563COMMENTING FEATURE FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN SYSTEMSNovember 2022December 2023Allow1310NoNo
18055699Tagging an Image with Audio-Related MetadataNovember 2022October 2023Allow1110YesNo
17978779PROXIMITY-ENABLED MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEMNovember 2022March 2025Allow2820NoNo
17920488COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR THE SEMI-AUTOMATED CREATION OF A DIGITAL DESIGN PLAN OF AN ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR SYSTEMOctober 2022June 2023Allow800NoNo
17970417USER INTERFACE FOR AUDIO MESSAGEOctober 2022February 2025Allow2720YesNo
17965465DYNAMIC AND CONTEXT AWARE CABIN TOUCH-SCREEN CONTROL MODULEOctober 2022November 2023Allow1310NoNo
17907579CONTROL SPECIFICATION VISUALIZATION PROGRAM AND CONTROL SPECIFICATION VISUALIZATION METHODSeptember 2022December 2023Allow1410NoNo
17933814CONTEXT-AWARE ANTENNA TUNINGSeptember 2022May 2024Allow2010YesNo
17948578USER INTERFACES FOR MANAGING USER INTERFACE SHARINGSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1110YesNo
17947799MUSIC-BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING MULTI-MEDIA APPLICATION AND RELATED METHODSSeptember 2022May 2023Allow810NoNo
17931781Storage Medium Storing Editing Program and Information Processing ApparatusSeptember 2022December 2023Allow1510YesNo
17940575METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACESeptember 2022September 2024Allow2410NoNo
17896789INTEGRATING SOFTWARE APPLICATION CONTENT INTO VIDEO CONFERENCESAugust 2022May 2024Allow2120NoNo
17904239PROBABILISTIC DESIGN FOR METAMATERIALS REPRESENTED AS PROGRAM CODEAugust 2022October 2024Allow2610NoNo
17883304NAVIGATING THROUGH AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENTAugust 2022May 2023Allow910NoNo
17879246Displaying Device-Usage InformationAugust 2022December 2024Allow2900NoNo
17814753CUSTOMIZED MEDIA OVERLAYSJuly 2022May 2024Allow2210NoNo
17810658INTELLIGENT MONITOR AND LAYOUT MANAGEMENTJuly 2022May 2023Abandon1110NoNo
17841530COMPUTER SIMULATION METHOD WITH USER-DEFINED TRANSPORTATION AND LAYOUTJune 2022October 2023Abandon1630YesYes
17805632Activity Stream FoundationsJune 2022March 2024Allow2110YesNo
17833061IDENTIFYING AND RENDERING CONTENT RELEVANT TO A USER`S CURRENT MENTAL STATE AND CONTEXTJune 2022August 2023Allow1420YesNo
17833475REFINEMENT OF VOICE QUERY INTERPRETATIONJune 2022April 2024Allow2310NoNo
17805361SHARED FOLDER BACKED INTEGRATED WORKSPACESJune 2022May 2023Allow1210YesNo
17832234BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED BUILDING INFORMATION MODELJune 2022April 2025Allow3510YesNo
17664019METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING A USER INTERFACE DISPLAYED ON A USER DEVICEMay 2022March 2023Allow910NoNo
17663435PERFORMANCE-ORIENTED GESTURE TYPE DECODING FOR KEYBOARDSMay 2022August 2023Abandon1520NoNo
17739125ENVIRONMENTAL PERTINENCE INTERFACEMay 2022October 2022Allow500YesNo
17772962AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNIZER AND SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD USING KEYBOARD MACRO FUNCTIONApril 2022March 2024Allow2210NoNo
17728569HARDWARE DEVICE FOR ENTERING A PIN VIA TAPPING ON A TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYApril 2022April 2023Allow1110YesNo
17728909Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Providing Feedback for Changing Activation States of a User Interface ObjectApril 2022January 2024Allow2120YesNo
17724703INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMApril 2022January 2024Allow2110NoNo
17658878USER INTERFACE PROVIDING DEVICE, METHOD OF PROVIDING DISCHARGE CAPACITY OF SECONDARY BATTERY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING CHARGE/DISCHARGE CAPACITY OF SECONDARY BATTERY SYSTEMApril 2022January 2024Allow2120YesNo
17658982DETECTING INPUT IN ARTIFICIAL REALITY SYSTEMS BASED ON A PINCH AND PULL GESTUREApril 2022June 2024Allow2610YesNo
17715363SMART FILTERING IN AN OVERVIEW PAGEApril 2022November 2023Allow1920YesNo
17712904CATEGORIZED AND TAGGED VIDEO ANNOTATIONApril 2022February 2023Allow1010YesNo
17708992COMPUTER SIMULATION METHOD WITH USER-DEFINED TRANSPORTATION AND LAYOUTMarch 2022February 2023Allow1010YesNo
17764426SPLIT-SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMarch 2022October 2024Allow3120YesNo
17696203SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURESMarch 2022October 2023Allow1910YesNo
17695369Method and Apparatus for Managing Notification Bar MessageMarch 2022March 2023Allow1210NoNo
17684945ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING CAPTURE FUNCTIONMarch 2022July 2023Allow1610YesNo
17638357METHOD FOR DISPLAYING APPLICATION ICON AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710NoNo
17652158PRESENTATION AND CONTROL OF USER INTERACTIONS WITH A TIME-DEPENDENT USER INTERFACE ELEMENTFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710YesNo
17676959GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE MARKING FEEDBACKFebruary 2022November 2022Allow910YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PHAM, LINH K.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
28
Examiner Affirmed
17
(60.7%)
Examiner Reversed
11
(39.3%)
Reversal Percentile
59.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 39.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
72
Allowed After Appeal Filing
22
(30.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
50
(69.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
43.9%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 30.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner PHAM, LINH K - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner PHAM, LINH K works in Art Unit 2174 and has examined 642 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.2%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PHAM, LINH K's allowance rate of 82.2% places them in the 48% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by PHAM, LINH K receive 2.22 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 75% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by PHAM, LINH K is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 27% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +26.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PHAM, LINH K. This interview benefit is in the 77% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 29.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 24.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 25% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 74.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 58% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 63.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 37% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 26.5% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 43.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 46% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.2% of allowed cases (in the 71% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.1% of allowed cases (in the 58% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.