Examiner Abdullahi Elmi Salad

What the data says.

Examiner Abdullahi Elmi Salad maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning 2 art units (2153 and 2157). Across 148 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 105 and abandoned 43, for an allowance rate of 71%. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's decisions across both art units and describes the historical record. The allowance rate reflects the share of decided cases resulting in allowance and does not encompass pending applications.

How to read these numbers.

This profile presents a pooled record combining activity across multiple art units within TC 2100. Aggregate allowance rates describe past dispositions and are not predictions about any individual application. A pooled figure masks variation within each art unit; per-art-unit detail appears separately. Historical allowance rates correlate with past outcomes but do not forecast results in specific cases.

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 →

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.

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

Questions about Examiner Abdullahi Elmi Salad

• 01What is Examiner Salad's overall allowance rate?

  71%, based on 105 allowed applications among 148 total disposed applications pooled across both art units.
• 02How many art units does this examiner work in?

  2 art units (2153 and 2157) within Technology Center 2100.
• 03Does the pooled allowance rate apply to my specific application?

  No. The pooled rate aggregates decisions across art units and describes the past record. It is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
• 04What does the allowance rate include and exclude?

  The rate includes allowed and abandoned applications (148 disposed). Pending applications are excluded from both the numerator and denominator.

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