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Examiner Lin Liu

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 20 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUL 2008
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Lin Liu has allowed 6 of 20 decided applications (30%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

30% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Lin Liu maintains a public record across Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), spanning a single art unit. Over 20 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 6 and abandoned 14, yielding an allowance rate of 30% across the decided count. This rate is calculated from applications that reached a final disposition—either allowance or abandonment—and does not include pending cases. The record reflects outcomes across the pooled art-unit assignments within TC 2100.

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A pooled record aggregates dispositions across all art units assigned to an examiner. The allowance rate shown represents historical outcomes on decided applications and describes the past record only. Aggregate figures do not constitute a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual art units may carry different allowance rates; a separate section of this page details per-art-unit breakdowns where available.

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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◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2145
20 APPS · 30% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

30% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION6 / 14 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION42.1 moart unit avg 26.9 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY51.6 moart unit avg 45.3 mo
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Questions about Examiner Lin Liu

  • What is Lin Liu's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 30%, calculated over 20 disposed applications (6 allowed, 14 abandoned). This describes the past record and is not a prediction of any specific application.
  • How many art units does Lin Liu cover?
    Lin Liu's public record spans 1 art unit within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate include and exclude?
    The rate is based on decided applications only (allowed plus abandoned). Pending applications are excluded. The figure describes historical outcomes, not a forecast of future dispositions.
  • What technology area does this record cover?
    All figures apply to Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Lin Liu 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: 20 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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