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Examiner Abdou K Seye

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 688 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS
84%vs 73% weighted peer average+11 pts

Examiner Abdou K Seye has allowed 575 of 688 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed575abandoned113pending43· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (73%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (2 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2194 · 78%AU 2198 · 99%
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Abdou K Seye maintains a public record across 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across hundreds of decided applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 84%. This aggregate rate is computed from allowed and abandoned applications and excludes pending matters. The allowance rate ranges from 78% to 99% across the examiner's art units. This spread reflects variation in the record within different subject areas under TC 2100, though the pooled figure of 84% represents the overall pattern across the examiner's entire decided caseload.

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This profile presents a pooled record aggregating two art units. Aggregate figures describe past decisions across multiple subject areas and do not constitute predictions for any individual application. An allowance rate reflects the share of decided (allowed or abandoned) applications and excludes pending cases. Variation across art units—shown in the range of 78% to 99%—indicates that outcomes may differ by subject area. Pooled statistics are historical summaries of record, not forecasts of disposition on any specific matter.

These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →

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The record, art unit by art unit.

Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2194
511 APPS · 78% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

78% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 69%
DISPOSITION399 / 112 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION23.7 moart unit avg 28 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY41.4 moart unit avg 43.9 mo
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REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility52%art unit 49%+3 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)33%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness97%art unit 79%+18 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness52%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW91%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW61%+30 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 293 decided applications with an interview and 218 without.

ART UNIT 2198
220 APPS · 99% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

99% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 83%
DISPOSITION176 / 1 / 43allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION27 moart unit avg 25.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY52.6 moart unit avg 39.7 mo
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REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility49%art unit 51%2 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)31%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness93%art unit 87%+6 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness40%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW100%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW98%+2 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 115 decided applications with an interview and 62 without.

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Questions about Examiner Abdou K Seye

  • What is Abdou K Seye's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 84%, computed from allowed and abandoned applications across the decided caseload. This excludes pending applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    The examiner maintains a public record across 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • Does the allowance rate vary by art unit?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 78% to 99% across the examiner's art units, indicating variation in the record within different subject areas under TC 2100.
  • How many applications underlie this record?
    The pooled record covers hundreds of decided applications. Specific application counts appear in the statistics boxes on this page.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Abdou K Seye has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated July 14, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 731 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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