Examiner Henry W Yu has allowed 407 of 604 decided applications (67%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Henry W Yu maintains a public record across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 604 disposed applications, his allowance rate is 67%, meaning 407 applications were allowed and 197 abandoned. The allowance rate varies across his art units, ranging from 27% to 77%. This pooled figure aggregates outcomes from both art units and reflects his historical record on decided cases; it does not describe any single art unit's rate in isolation.
A pooled record combines statistics from multiple art units into a single overall metric. The 67% allowance rate shown here is the aggregate of outcomes across all art units the examiner handles. This figure describes the past record only and is not a prediction of outcome for any specific application. Individual art units may have different allowance rates; the range (27% to 77%) reflects that variation. Aggregate statistics describe historical performance, not future results.
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 interconnection and data transfer between memory, I/O, and processing units, and program control and execution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 232 decided applications with an interview and 259 without.
Primarily examines data-processing methods for specific functions, and processing data by its order or content.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 29 decided applications with an interview and 84 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Henry W Yu 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: 634 applications.
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