Examiner Chad Zhong

What the data says.

Chad Zhong's public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spans a single art unit. Across 32 disposed applications, he issued 5 allowances, yielding an allowance rate of 16 percent. The remaining 27 applications were abandoned. This rate represents the examiner's pooled record across all art units under his jurisdiction. The figures describe past dispositions only and are not predictive of any individual application's outcome.

How to read these numbers.

This profile aggregates Zhong's record across all art units in which he works. The allowance rate of 16 percent reflects the ratio of allowed to decided applications in the pooled historical data. Pooled figures represent cumulative activity across different art units and subject areas and serve as a statistical summary of past performance. They do not predict the outcome of any specific application or indicate how any particular case will be examined.

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.

Questions about Examiner Chad Zhong

• 01What is Chad Zhong's overall allowance rate?

  His allowance rate is 16 percent, based on 5 allowed applications out of 32 disposed applications in the pooled record.
• 02How many art units does Chad Zhong cover?

  Zhong works in one art unit (2152) within TC 2100.
• 03What does the allowance rate mean?

  The allowance rate is the percentage of decided (disposed) applications that were allowed. It is calculated from allowed and abandoned applications only; pending applications are excluded. The rate describes past outcomes and is not a prediction of future results.
• 04What subject matter does this examiner handle?

  Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).

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