Examiner Eleni A Shiferaw has allowed 52 of 112 decided applications (46%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Eleni A Shiferaw maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 112 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 52 and abandoned 60. The allowance rate is 46% over this decided count. The examiner's work spans one art unit. This pooled record reflects historical dispositions and does not constitute a prediction of the outcome in any particular application.
This record aggregates decisions across the examiner's assigned art unit(s) in TC 2100. The 46% allowance rate describes what occurred in past applications—allowed versus abandoned—and represents the proportion of decided cases, excluding pending filings. Pooled figures describe historical patterns and are not predictions about any specific application.
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 →
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 input/output (I/O) data transfer.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 47 decided applications with an interview and 65 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Eleni A Shiferaw 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: 112 applications.
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