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Examiner Jing-Yih Shyu

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 628 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION SEP 2021
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Jing-Yih Shyu has allowed 541 of 628 decided applications (86%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

86% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Jing-Yih Shyu maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across a single art unit, the examiner has disposed of 628 applications. Of those decided applications, 541 were allowed and 87 were abandoned, resulting in an allowance rate of 86%. This record reflects the examiner's overall patenting history in TC 2100 and is pooled across all art units under the examiner's jurisdiction.

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This record aggregates the examiner's performance across all assigned art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate of 86% describes the examiner's past record on decided applications only—those marked allowed or abandoned—and excludes pending filings. Pooled figures do not vary by art unit and are historical data, not predictions about any individual application's outcome.

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 2184
628 APPS · 86% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines interconnection and data transfer between memory, I/O, and processing units.

86% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 78%
DISPOSITION541 / 87 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION16.7 moart unit avg 20.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY26.6 moart unit avg 31.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility22% · art unit 17%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)44%
§103 — Obviousness75% · art unit 75%
§112 — Written description & definiteness38%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW91%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW83%+8 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 252 decided applications with an interview and 376 without.

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Questions about Examiner Jing-Yih Shyu

  • What is Jing-Yih Shyu's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 86%, based on 628 disposed (decided) applications in TC 2100.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    Jing-Yih Shyu is assigned to one art unit (Art Unit 2184) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the 86% allowance rate mean?
    Of the 628 applications the examiner has decided, 541 were allowed and 87 were abandoned. The 86% figure is the ratio of allowed applications to total decided applications and describes the examiner's historical record only.
  • Does this record apply to my application?
    This pooled record describes past dispositions and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual application results depend on claim scope, prior art, and prosecution history.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Jing-Yih Shyu 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: 628 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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