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Examiner Meng Yao Zhe

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 308 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION SEP 2016
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Meng Yao Zhe has allowed 213 of 308 decided applications (69%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

69% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Examiner Meng Yao Zhe maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 308 disposed applications, 213 were allowed and 95 were abandoned, yielding a 69% allowance rate. This rate reflects the examiner's pooled record across a single art unit (2195). The allowance rate is computed from decided applications only and does not include pending cases. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's activity across all assigned art units within TC 2100.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled, cross-art-unit record aggregates application dispositions and allowance rates across multiple art units. The 69% allowance rate describes past outcomes over 308 decided cases and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Pooled figures mask variation among individual art units; detailed performance within each art unit appears separately. Allowance rates are correlational historical data, not causal indicators of how any future examination will proceed.

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
308 APPS · 69% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

69% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 73%
DISPOSITION213 / 95 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION38.6 moart unit avg 33.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY64.4 moart unit avg 48.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility47% · art unit 49%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)14%
§103 — Obviousness93% · art unit 93%
§112 — Written description & definiteness51%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW94%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW56%+38 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 109 decided applications with an interview and 199 without.

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Questions about Examiner Meng Yao Zhe

  • What is Examiner Meng Yao Zhe's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's pooled allowance rate is 69%, based on 213 allowed applications out of 308 disposed applications across all assigned art units in TC 2100.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    This examiner's public record spans one art unit (2195) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the pooled allowance rate mean?
    The pooled rate aggregates allowances and abandonments across all art units and is a historical summary. It is not a forecast for any individual application and does not account for differences in prosecution complexity or claim scope among cases.
  • Does this rate apply to my specific application?
    No. Pooled allowance rates describe past aggregate outcomes. Individual application outcomes depend on claim content, prior art, examination, and response strategy, and cannot be predicted from historical rates.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Meng Yao Zhe 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: 308 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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