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Examiner Ellen C Tran

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 103 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION AUG 2008
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Ellen C Tran has allowed 73 of 103 decided applications (71%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

71% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Ellen C Tran maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 103 disposed applications, 73 were allowed and 30 abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 71%. This rate reflects decisions on applications already closed in the record; it does not include pending filings. The examiner's work spans a single art unit (2134), meaning the pooled figures represent work within one organizational unit rather than an aggregate across multiple areas.

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A pooled record aggregates all applications and outcomes across an examiner's assigned art units. The allowance rate describes the proportion of decided cases (allowed plus abandoned) in the historical record. This figure is a description of past dispositions and is not a prediction about the outcome of any particular application. Individual applications may have distinct characteristics that affect their own 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 2134
103 APPS · 71% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines network security, and computer and data security.

71% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 67%
DISPOSITION73 / 30 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION41.2 moart unit avg 35.6 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY55.8 moart unit avg 50.7 mo
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW80%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW65%+15 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 40 decided applications with an interview and 63 without.

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Questions about Examiner Ellen C Tran

  • What is Ellen C Tran's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 71%, based on 73 allowed applications out of 103 total disposed applications in the public record.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    Ellen C Tran's record covers one art unit: 2134.
  • What does the allowance rate measure?
    The allowance rate is the percentage of decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) in the examiner's closed record. Pending applications are excluded. This historical figure is not a prediction for any specific application.
  • What is the technology center for this examiner?
    TC 2100, which covers Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Ellen C Tran 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: 103 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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