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Examiner El Hadji Malick Sall

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 111 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION OCT 2008
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner El Hadji Malick Sall has allowed 64 of 111 decided applications (58%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

58% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

El Hadji Malick Sall maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 111 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 64 and abandoned 47, yielding an allowance rate of 58%. The record spans one art unit. This pooled figure represents outcomes on decided applications only; pending cases are excluded from the calculation. The 58% allowance rate reflects the examiner's historical disposal record in TC 2100 and is not a prediction of outcomes on any particular application.

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A pooled record aggregates results across all art units under an examiner's jurisdiction. The allowance rate shown—58% here—is computed from decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) and describes past dispositions, not future ones. Because this figure combines different art units, it reflects an overall pattern but does not isolate outcomes within any single art unit. Pooled data describes what has occurred, not what will occur in any individual case.

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 2157
111 APPS · 58% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

58% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION64 / 47 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION39.8 moart unit avg 28 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY54.8 moart unit avg 46.6 mo
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW50%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW70%-20 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 68 decided applications with an interview and 43 without.

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Questions about Examiner El Hadji Malick Sall

  • What is El Hadji Malick Sall's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 58%, based on 111 disposed applications in TC 2100.
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    The public record spans one art unit (Art Unit 2157) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate mean?
    The allowance rate is the percentage of decided applications that were allowed. It is calculated from disposed applications only (64 allowed, 47 abandoned out of 111 total disposed) and is not a prediction of outcomes on any pending application.
  • Does this rate apply to my application?
    This pooled figure is a historical record and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual results vary based on claim scope, prior art, and examination circumstances.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner El Hadji Malick Sall 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: 111 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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