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Examiner Bille M Dahir

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 74 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION APR 2022
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Bille M Dahir has allowed 29 of 74 decided applications (39%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

39% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2176 · 30%AU 2172 · 67%
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What the data says.

Bille M Dahir maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning two art units. Across 74 disposed applications, the examiner issued 29 allowances and recorded 45 abandonments, yielding a 39% allowance rate. This rate reflects outcomes on applications that have been decided; it does not account for pending filings. The record aggregates results across multiple art units within TC 2100, presenting a pooled view of the examiner's overall disposition history.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates an examiner's outcomes across all art units in their assigned technology center. The allowance rate shown here—39% of 74 decided applications—describes the examiner's past record and does not predict outcomes in any specific case. Each art unit may carry distinct subject matter and examination patterns. Pooled statistics serve as background context only; they are not predictions or causal indicators for individual applications.

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 2176
56 APPS · 30% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.

30% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 59%
DISPOSITION17 / 39 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION21.3 moart unit avg 23.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY48.7 moart unit avg 40.5 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility52% · art unit 41%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)61%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 87%
§112 — Written description & definiteness66%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW39%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW17%+22 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 33 decided applications with an interview and 23 without.

ART UNIT 2172
18 APPS · 67% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA
67% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 58%
DISPOSITION12 / 6 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION24.5 moart unit avg 24.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY43.8 moart unit avg 44.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility88% · art unit 42%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)81%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 91%
§112 — Written description & definiteness56%

Based on 18 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Bille M Dahir

  • What is Bille M Dahir's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 39%, based on 74 decided applications (29 allowed, 45 abandoned). This is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Bille M Dahir's public record spans 2 art units (2172 and 2176) within Technology Center 2100. This pooled record combines results from both units.
  • What does the pooled allowance rate mean?
    The 39% rate aggregates all decided cases across the examiner's assigned art units. It describes past outcomes and does not indicate how any pending or future application will be disposed.
  • Does this examiner's record predict my application's outcome?
    No. Pooled historical rates describe past results only. They are not predictions for any individual case, which depends on claim scope, prior art, and examination responses.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Bille M Dahir 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: 74 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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