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Examiner Mustafa A Amin

TECH CENTER 2100 · 4 ART UNITS · 476 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 4 ART UNITS
65%vs 60% weighted peer average+5 pts

Examiner Mustafa A Amin has allowed 307 of 476 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed307abandoned169pending38· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (60%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (4 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2144 · 68%AU 2194 · 79%AU 2176 · 41%AU 2174 · 69%
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What the data says.

Mustafa A Amin has a pooled allowance rate of 64% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His record spans 4 art units within this technology center. The allowance rate—the percentage of decided applications (allowed and abandoned, excluding pending matters) that issued—ranges from 41% to 79% across these art units, reflecting variation in outcomes across the different subject-matter areas within TC 2100 where he maintains a substantial record.

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How to read these numbers.

This profile aggregates Mustafa A Amin's record across multiple art units within TC 2100. The pooled allowance rate of 64% describes his historical outcomes across all decided applications in this aggregate. This figure is a summary of past results and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Applicants may also consult per-art-unit detail to see how the rate varies by individual art unit.

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 2144
280 APPS · 68% ALLOWANCE
68% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 58%
DISPOSITION190 / 90 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION19.2 moart unit avg 27.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY41.6 moart unit avg 41.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
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 eligibility51%art unit 45%+6 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)74%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness91%art unit 92%1 pt
§112 — Written description & definiteness62%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW79%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW52%+27 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 166 decided applications with an interview and 114 without.

ART UNIT 2194
123 APPS · 79% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

79% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 69%
DISPOSITION67 / 18 / 38allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION23 moart unit avg 28 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY37.2 moart unit avg 43.9 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
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 eligibility73%art unit 49%+24 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)84%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness88%art unit 79%+9 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness50%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW86%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW69%+17 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 49 decided applications with an interview and 36 without.

ART UNIT 2176
95 APPS · 41% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.

41% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 59%
DISPOSITION39 / 56 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION36 moart unit avg 23.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY58 moart unit avg 40.5 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
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 eligibility60%art unit 40%+20 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)44%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness84%art unit 87%3 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness42%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW68%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW26%+42 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 34 decided applications with an interview and 61 without.

ART UNIT 2174
16 APPS · 69% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA
69% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION11 / 5 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION14.2 moart unit avg 26.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY34.5 moart unit avg 42.9 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
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 eligibility53%art unit 33%+20 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)87%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness93%art unit 90%+3 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness53%no art-unit benchmark

Based on 16 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Mustafa A Amin

  • What is Mustafa A Amin's overall allowance rate?
    His pooled allowance rate is 64% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    Mustafa A Amin maintains a record across 4 art units within TC 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate vary by art unit?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 41% to 79% across his art units, indicating variation in outcomes depending on the specific art unit.
  • Is the pooled rate a prediction for my application?
    No. The pooled allowance rate describes past decided applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Mustafa A Amin 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: 514 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.

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