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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
5%vs 73% art-unit average68 pts

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

allowed3abandoned55pending0· pending excluded from the rate
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
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What the data says.

Meng Ai T An holds a pooled record across one art unit in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across dozens of decided applications, the overall allowance rate is 5%, meaning that of all decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined), 5% were allowed. This rate is based on the examiner's public record and represents the proportion of allowed applications within the decided application set. The allowance rate does not describe pending applications and is calculated only from applications with final outcomes.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates the examiner's work across all assigned art units in TC 2100. The overall allowance rate of 5% describes the historical proportion of allowed applications among those decided. Aggregate statistics characterize the examiner's past record and are correlational only—they are not predictions of the outcome of any specific application. Different art units may display different patterns; detailed breakdowns by art unit appear in separate sections of this profile.

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 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
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REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility37%art unit 49%12 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)41%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness96%art unit 93%+3 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness78%no art-unit benchmark
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Questions about Examiner Meng Ai T An

  • What is the overall allowance rate for this examiner?
    The overall allowance rate is 5% across dozens of decided applications, pooled across all art units. This is the proportion of allowed applications among all decided (allowed and abandoned) applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    This examiner is assigned to one art unit within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate tell me about my application?
    The allowance rate reflects the examiner's historical record and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. It describes past decisions only and does not account for the unique facts, claims, or prior art in any individual case.
  • Does this rate apply to all subject matter this examiner handles?
    This pooled rate combines all applications across the examiner's art units in TC 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Individual art units may have different allowance rates; those details appear in separate sections.
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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 July 14, 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.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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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