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Examiner Husam Turki Samara

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 191 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION MAY 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Husam Turki Samara has allowed 117 of 191 decided applications (61%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

61% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Examiner Husam Turki Samara maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 216 total applications, 117 have been allowed and 74 abandoned, for a total of 191 decided applications. The allowance rate over decided applications is 61%. The examiner's record spans a single art unit, pooled in this overview. These figures represent the examiner's historical record and do not constitute predictions about the outcome of any individual application.

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This pooled record aggregates the examiner's work across all assigned art units. The allowance rate—61% of decided applications—reflects the historical share of allowed outcomes and is calculated only from applications that have been decided (allowed or abandoned), excluding pending cases. Aggregate figures describe past record patterns and are not predictive of results in any specific case or art unit.

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 2161
216 APPS · 61% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

61% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 62%
DISPOSITION117 / 74 / 25allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION21.5 moart unit avg 23.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY44.9 moart unit avg 39 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility58% · art unit 53%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)92%
§103 — Obviousness93% · art unit 88%
§112 — Written description & definiteness39%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW65%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW54%+11 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 130 decided applications with an interview and 61 without.

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Questions about Examiner Husam Turki Samara

  • What is Examiner Samara's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 61%, calculated from 191 decided applications (117 allowed, 74 abandoned). This is a historical record and not a prediction of any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    Examiner Samara's public record spans one art unit (2161) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate tell me?
    The allowance rate reflects the percentage of decided applications that were allowed historically. It is a descriptive statistic of past outcomes and does not predict the result of any pending or future application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Husam Turki Samara 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: 216 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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