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Examiner Sally Thi Ley

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 37 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Sally Thi Ley has allowed 7 of 37 decided applications (19%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

19% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2147 · 17%AU 2123 · 25%
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Sally Thi Ley maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning 2 art units. Across 37 disposed applications, her allowance rate stands at 19%. Of 80 total applications in her record, 7 were allowed and 30 were abandoned. The remaining applications are pending. This pooled figure represents outcomes across both art units combined and reflects historical disposition data only.

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This pooled record aggregates outcomes from two art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate of 19% describes past dispositions across those combined units and is a historical figure only—it is not a prediction of outcomes on any specific application. Pooled rates mask variation between individual art units; per-art-unit breakdowns appear separately on this page.

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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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 2147
72 APPS · 17% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

17% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 44%
DISPOSITION5 / 24 / 43allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION33.4 moart unit avg 29.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY62 moart unit avg 46.8 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility64% · art unit 74%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)98%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 86%
§112 — Written description & definiteness61%
ART UNIT 2123
8 APPS · 25% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

25% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 51%
DISPOSITION2 / 6 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION28.2 moart unit avg 29.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY40.9 moart unit avg 43.8 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility63% · art unit 61%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 85%
§112 — Written description & definiteness38%

Based on 8 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Sally Thi Ley

  • What is Sally Thi Ley's overall allowance rate?
    Her allowance rate across all disposed applications is 19%, based on 7 allowed applications out of 37 decided cases.
  • How many art units does she cover?
    She has a record in 2 art units within TC 2100: art units 2123 and 2147.
  • What do these figures represent?
    The pooled record combines outcomes from both art units. The 19% rate is historical data reflecting past dispositions and does not predict the outcome of any future application.
  • How many applications are in her record?
    She has 80 total applications on record. Of these, 37 have been disposed (7 allowed, 30 abandoned), and the remainder are pending.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Sally Thi Ley 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: 80 applications.

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