Examiner Shahid K Khan has allowed 311 of 416 decided applications (75%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Shahid K Khan maintains a public record across three art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 416 disposed applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 75%. This rate reflects applications decided by allowance or abandonment, excluding pending matters. The examiner's record spans multiple art units; allowance rates across these units range from 71% to 84%. A pooled rate aggregates outcomes across distinct art-unit categories and does not represent a prediction for any individual application.
This pooled record aggregates outcomes across three art units in TC 2100. The overall allowance rate of 75% describes the examiner's past record on decided applications and reflects performance across different subject areas within the technology center. Pooled figures do not predict outcomes in any specific case. The range (71% to 84%) shows variation among the art units the examiner covers, indicating that outcomes differ by art unit. Detailed per-art-unit records appear separately.
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.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 151 decided applications with an interview and 154 without.
Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 44 decided applications with an interview and 49 without.
Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.
Based on 18 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Shahid K Khan 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: 456 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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