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Examiner Justin S Lee

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 369 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION MAY 2023
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Justin S Lee has allowed 269 of 369 decided applications (73%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

73% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2177 · 82%AU 2172 · 59%
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What the data says.

Justin S Lee has a public record spanning 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 369 disposed applications, 269 were allowed, yielding an allowance rate of 73%. The allowance rate ranges from 59% to 82% across these art units. This pooled figure represents all decided cases—both allowances and abandonments—and does not include pending applications. The record reflects outcomes across multiple subject areas within TC 2100.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates outcomes across multiple art units and reflects historical dispositions, not predictions about any specific application. The overall allowance rate of 73% describes past decisions on 369 disposed cases. The range (59% to 82%) shows variation among the examiner's individual art units. These figures are correlational summaries of prior work and do not indicate how any given application will be examined or decided.

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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The record, art unit by art unit.

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 2177
228 APPS · 82% ALLOWANCE
82% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION186 / 42 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION18.7 moart unit avg 22.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY34.8 moart unit avg 40.7 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility40% · art unit 40%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)92%
§103 — Obviousness94% · art unit 90%
§112 — Written description & definiteness37%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW89%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW70%+19 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 140 decided applications with an interview and 88 without.

ART UNIT 2172
141 APPS · 59% ALLOWANCE
59% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 58%
DISPOSITION83 / 58 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION24.5 moart unit avg 24.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY47.2 moart unit avg 44.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility47% · art unit 42%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)80%
§103 — Obviousness97% · art unit 91%
§112 — Written description & definiteness50%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW76%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW39%+37 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 75 decided applications with an interview and 66 without.

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Questions about Examiner Justin S Lee

  • What is Justin S Lee's overall allowance rate?
    73% across 369 disposed applications pooled from all his art units in TC 2100.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    2 art units (2172 and 2177) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What is the range of allowance rates across his art units?
    Allowance rates range from 59% to 82% among his art units with a substantial record.
  • Does this pooled rate predict the outcome of my application?
    No. The 73% rate is a historical summary and is not a prediction of any specific application's disposition.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Justin S Lee 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: 369 applications.

Lynch LLP is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Examiner statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data.

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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