Examiner Michelle N Owyang has allowed 489 of 642 decided applications (76%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Michelle N Owyang has disposed of 642 applications across Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), with an allowance rate of 76% over that decided volume. Her public record spans 2 art units (2168 and 2169). Of the 642 disposed applications, 489 were allowed and 153 were abandoned. The allowance rate reflects only decided applications—pending cases are excluded from this calculation. This pooled figure aggregates her work across both art units and describes her historical record.
This record pools data from two distinct art units within TC 2100. The 76% allowance rate is a historical aggregate across all decided applications in both units combined and does not characterize performance in any single art unit or predict the outcome of any individual application. Pooled figures describe past decisions; they do not forecast prosecution results for a specific case or indicate how any particular application will be examined.
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.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 381 decided applications with an interview and 258 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Michelle N Owyang 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: 669 applications.
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