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Examiner Lahcen Ennaji

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 189 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION MAR 2024
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Lahcen Ennaji has allowed 132 of 189 decided applications (70%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

70% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Lahcen Ennaji maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), spanning one art unit. Across 189 disposed applications, 132 were allowed and 57 abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 70%. This figure represents decided cases only and does not include pending applications. The record reflects outcomes across the pooled art unit in TC 2100 over the period covered by public USPTO data.

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A pooled record aggregates all applications filed in an examiner's assigned art units, presenting an overall allowance rate rather than unit-by-unit breakdowns. The 70% allowance rate describes past dispositions and is a historical statistic only—it is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Aggregate figures mask variation across individual art units and do not forecast results in any particular case.

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 2156
189 APPS · 70% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

70% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 69%
DISPOSITION132 / 57 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION23 moart unit avg 20.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY42.5 moart unit avg 40.1 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility48% · art unit 56%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)92%
§103 — Obviousness95% · art unit 84%
§112 — Written description & definiteness66%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW79%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW57%+22 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 110 decided applications with an interview and 79 without.

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Questions about Examiner Lahcen Ennaji

  • What is Lahcen Ennaji's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 70%, based on 189 disposed applications (132 allowed, 57 abandoned). This figure does not predict the outcome of any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Lahcen Ennaji's public record spans one art unit in TC 2100.
  • What does the 70% allowance rate mean?
    Of 189 applications with final dispositions, 70% resulted in allowances. The rate reflects past outcomes and is not a prediction for individual cases. Pending applications are excluded from this calculation.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Lahcen Ennaji 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: 189 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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