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Examiner Shawki Saif Ismail

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 107 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION SEP 2008
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Shawki Saif Ismail has allowed 45 of 107 decided applications (42%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

42% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Examiner Shawki Saif Ismail has a public record of 107 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of these decided applications, 45 were allowed and 62 were abandoned, for an allowance rate of 42%. This figure reflects the examiner's pooled record across a single art unit (2155). The allowance rate is calculated from the total of allowed and abandoned applications and does not include pending cases. This public record represents the examiner's historical disposition of applications in this technology center.

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This examiner's record aggregates dispositions across a single art unit within TC 2100. The 42% allowance rate is a summary of past decisions on 107 applications and describes what occurred historically. Aggregate figures do not predict the outcome of any specific application. Individual art units may have different profiles; detailed per-unit records appear separately. These statistics are correlational and do not establish causation between examiner conduct and application dispositions.

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 2155
107 APPS · 42% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

42% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION45 / 62 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION39.2 moart unit avg 27.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY58.4 moart unit avg 42.2 mo
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW82%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW14%+68 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 44 decided applications with an interview and 63 without.

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Questions about Examiner Shawki Saif Ismail

  • What is this examiner's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 42%, based on 107 disposed applications (45 allowed, 62 abandoned). This is a historical summary and is not a prediction of any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    This examiner's public record spans 1 art unit (2155) in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • What does the allowance rate include and exclude?
    The 42% rate is the share of decided (allowed or abandoned) applications among the 107 total disposed. Pending applications are excluded. The rate does not include any other dispositions or outcomes.
  • Is this rate specific to a single art unit or pooled?
    This is a pooled record across all of the examiner's art units. Per-art-unit breakdowns appear in a separate section.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Shawki Saif Ismail 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: 107 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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