Examiner Alvin H Tan has allowed 354 of 634 decided applications (56%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Alvin H Tan maintains a public record across 5 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 634 decided applications, the examiner's allowance rate stands at 56%. The examiner's work spans multiple art units in TC 2100, with allowance rates ranging from 35% to 76% across these units. This pooled figure reflects 354 allowed applications and 280 abandoned applications. The record covers a substantial application volume and demonstrates variation in outcomes across the different art units within the technology center.
A pooled record aggregates an examiner's decisions across multiple art units, presenting an overall allowance rate rather than per-unit detail. This aggregate figure describes historical outcomes and is a snapshot of past decisions, not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Variation across art units—shown here as a range from 35% to 76%—reflects differences in subject matter, applicant strategies, or claim composition by unit, not examiner performance. Pooled statistics are descriptive; they do not determine or forecast results for individual 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 →
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.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 109 decided applications with an interview and 146 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 111 decided applications with an interview and 68 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 41 decided applications with an interview and 25 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 35 decided applications with an interview and 79 without.
Based on 20 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Alvin H Tan 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 June 25, 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: 687 applications.
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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.
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