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Examiner Michael Le

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 472 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Michael Le has allowed 241 of 472 decided applications (51%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

51% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Michael Le's public record spans Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across one art unit, he has disposed of 472 applications, of which 241 were allowed and 231 were abandoned. His allowance rate is 51% over the decided applications. This figure reflects the ratio of allowances to total dispositions (allowed plus abandoned) and does not include pending applications. The record represents the examiner's pooled activity across all assigned art units.

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A pooled record aggregates an examiner's dispositions across all art units to which they are assigned. The allowance rate and disposal counts describe past activity only and are not predictions about any specific application. Aggregate figures mask variation across individual art units; a separate section on this page presents per-unit detail. Historical rates reflect completed cases and do not determine outcomes in future filings.

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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 2163
509 APPS · 51% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

51% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 64%
DISPOSITION241 / 231 / 37allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION23.5 moart unit avg 23.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY53.5 moart unit avg 40.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility69% · art unit 51%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)85%
§103 — Obviousness91% · art unit 78%
§112 — Written description & definiteness74%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW64%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW40%+24 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 220 decided applications with an interview and 252 without.

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Questions about Examiner Michael Le

  • What is Michael Le's allowance rate?
    His allowance rate is 51% over 472 decided applications in TC 2100.
  • How many art units does Michael Le work in?
    He works in one art unit: 2163.
  • What does the allowance rate mean?
    The allowance rate is the percentage of disposed applications (allowed plus abandoned) that were allowed. It is calculated from decided cases only and does not include pending applications.
  • Does this rate predict my application's outcome?
    No. Historical rates describe past dispositions and are not predictions of outcomes in specific pending or future applications.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Michael Le 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: 509 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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