Examiner Sen Thong Chen has allowed 106 of 158 decided applications (67%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Sen Thong Chen maintains a public record spanning two art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 158 disposed applications, 106 were allowed, yielding an allowance rate of 67%. The examiner's record across these art units ranges from 62% to 79% in allowance rates. This pooled figure aggregates activity across both art units and describes the examiner's historical record without reference to any pending matter.
A pooled record combines results from multiple art units into a single aggregate figure. The 67% allowance rate reflects outcomes across both art units and represents historical data only. The range of 62% to 79% indicates variation among individual art units but does not identify which art unit produced which rate. Pooled figures describe past performance and are not predictions for any specific application or art unit.
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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.
Primarily examines program control and execution, and software engineering.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 55 decided applications with an interview and 56 without.
Primarily examines program control and execution.
Based on 47 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Sen Thong Chen 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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