Examiner Michael Xu has allowed 105 of 135 decided applications (78%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Michael Xu maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 158 total applications, 135 have been disposed of (allowed or abandoned). Of those 135 decided applications, 105 were allowed, yielding an allowance rate of 78%. The examiner works in a single art unit. This pooled record reflects outcomes across all applications handled in TC 2100 during the period covered and provides a factual summary of historical dispositions without predicting any specific application's outcome.
This record aggregates all decided applications across the examiner's art unit assignments in TC 2100. The 78% allowance rate describes the share of decided (allowed or abandoned) applications in the historical record, not the total filings or any specific application. Pooled figures combine different art units into one average and are descriptive of past outcomes only; they are not predictions of future results for any particular case.
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 →
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.
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 85 decided applications with an interview and 50 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Michael Xu 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: 158 applications.
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