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Examiner Meng Ai T An

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 58 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION AUG 2024
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Meng Ai T An has allowed 3 of 58 decided applications (5%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

5% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Examiner Meng Ai T An has a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning one art unit. Across 58 disposed applications, the examiner issued 3 allowances and recorded 55 abandonments, yielding an allowance rate of 5% over the decided count. This figure represents the proportion of applications allowed among all applications with final dispositions in the examiner's pooled record and does not reflect pending applications or applications under examination.

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This pooled record aggregates data across one art unit and presents the examiner's historical allowance rate as a factual summary of past dispositions. The 5% allowance rate describes what occurred in 58 decided cases and is a historical statistic only. Pooled figures do not account for variation across individual art units, application complexity, claim scope, or other case-specific factors, and are not predictions about outcomes in any particular application.

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 2195
58 APPS · 5% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

5% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 73%
DISPOSITION3 / 55 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION30.8 moart unit avg 33.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY39.6 moart unit avg 48.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility37% · art unit 49%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)41%
§103 — Obviousness96% · art unit 93%
§112 — Written description & definiteness78%
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Questions about Examiner Meng Ai T An

  • What is Examiner Meng Ai T An's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's pooled allowance rate is 5%, calculated from 3 allowances among 58 disposed applications.
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    The record spans one art unit (2195) within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • What does the allowance rate include and exclude?
    The allowance rate is computed from disposed (decided) applications only—those with final allowances or abandonments. Pending applications are excluded. The rate is a historical statistic and is not a prediction of future outcomes.
  • How many total applications are in this record?
    The examiner has 58 total applications on record, all of which have been disposed (decided). Of these, 3 were allowed and 55 were abandoned.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Meng Ai T An 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: 58 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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