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Examiner Chongshan Chen

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 34 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION SEP 2005
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Chongshan Chen has allowed 10 of 34 decided applications (29%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

29% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2162 · 30%AU 2172 · 27%
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What the data says.

Chongshan Chen maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) across 2 art units. Over 34 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 10 and abandoned 24, yielding an allowance rate of 29%. This rate reflects decided cases only and does not include pending applications. The record spans art units 2162 and 2172 within TC 2100, aggregating outcomes across both units into a single pooled figure.

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This record presents a pooled allowance rate—a single figure combining all decided applications across multiple art units. Pooled rates aggregate different subject areas and examination contexts. The 29% figure describes what occurred in the examiner's past decided cases and is not a prediction of how any individual application will be examined or disposed. Art-unit-specific records, where available separately, may vary from this aggregate.

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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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 2162
23 APPS · 30% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

30% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 66%
DISPOSITION7 / 16 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION25.7 moart unit avg 23.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY44.2 moart unit avg 41.8 mo
ART UNIT 2172
11 APPS · 27% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA
27% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 58%
DISPOSITION3 / 8 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION24.2 moart unit avg 24.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY36.8 moart unit avg 44.7 mo
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Questions about Examiner Chongshan Chen

  • What is Chongshan Chen's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 29%, calculated from 10 allowed applications out of 34 disposed (decided) applications. Disposed applications exclude pending cases.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The record spans 2 art units (2162 and 2172) within Technology Center 2100. This pooled profile aggregates outcomes across both units.
  • Does the 29% rate predict the outcome of my application?
    No. The 29% allowance rate describes historical outcomes in decided cases and is not a prediction of any specific application's disposition.
  • Why are there more abandonments than allowances in this record?
    Of the 34 disposed applications, 24 were abandoned and 10 were allowed. Abandonments may result from applicant action, examiner rejections, or other prosecution events. The figures record what occurred; they do not explain the reasons.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Chongshan Chen 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: 34 applications.

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