Examiner Shahid Al Alam has allowed 1,138 of 1,287 decided applications (88%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Shahid Al Alam maintains a public record spanning three art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 1,287 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 1,138, yielding an 88% allowance rate. This rate reflects decided cases (allowed plus abandoned) and excludes pending applications. The examiner's allowance rates across individual art units range from 83% to 99%, reflecting variation in prosecution outcomes within the technology center.
A pooled record aggregates an examiner's work across multiple art units. The overall allowance rate describes historical decisions on disposed applications and is a factual summary of past outcomes. This aggregate figure does not predict the outcome of any specific application. Individual art units may show different rates; the range reflects that variation but does not identify which art unit produced which rate.
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 368 decided applications with an interview and 452 without.
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 170 decided applications with an interview and 222 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 16 decided applications with an interview and 59 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Shahid Al Alam 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: 1,306 applications.
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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.
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