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Examiner Christine Dang

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 109 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2016
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS
57%vs 73% weighted peer average16 pts

Examiner Christine Dang has allowed 62 of 109 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed62abandoned47pending0· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (73%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (2 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2199 · 58%AU 2193 · 0%
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What the data says.

Christine Dang's public record spans 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across hundreds of decided applications, her allowance rate is 57%. This figure represents the share of applications in her pooled record that were allowed, measured against all decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined). The record reflects examination outcomes across the breadth of her assigned art units and does not constitute a prediction for any individual application.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates outcomes across multiple art units, presenting an overall allowance rate that reflects past examination history across different subject areas within the technology center. The aggregate figure describes what occurred in decided cases and is correlational, not predictive. Individual applications may fall into different art units, each with its own examination patterns. Pooled data provides context for the examiner's record as a whole but does not forecast outcomes 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 →

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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 2199
106 APPS · 58% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines software engineering, and program control and execution.

58% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 73%
DISPOSITION62 / 44 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION38.3 moart unit avg 25.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY59.8 moart unit avg 41.8 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility45%art unit 48%3 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)41%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness94%art unit 89%+5 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness46%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW79%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW39%+40 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 52 decided applications with an interview and 54 without.

ART UNIT 2193
3 APPS · 0% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines software engineering, and error detection, correction, and monitoring.

0% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 70%
DISPOSITION0 / 3 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION48 moart unit avg 30.6 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY55.8 moart unit avg 44 mo
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Questions about Examiner Christine Dang

  • What is Christine Dang's overall allowance rate?
    Her allowance rate across decided applications is 57%, representing the share of applications that were allowed out of all decided cases (allowed and abandoned combined) in her pooled record.
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    The pooled record covers 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • Does this allowance rate apply to my specific application?
    No. The pooled allowance rate describes past outcomes across hundreds of decided applications and is not a prediction of the outcome in any individual case.
  • What does the allowance rate measure?
    It measures the percentage of applications in her pooled record that were allowed, calculated only from decided applications (allowed and abandoned). Pending applications are excluded from this calculation.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Christine Dang 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 July 14, 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: 109 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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