Examiner Shawn Eland has allowed 44 of 78 decided applications (56%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Shawn Eland maintains a public record across two art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 78 decided applications, the examiner has allowed 44 and abandoned 34, yielding an overall allowance rate of 56%. The allowance rate ranges from 33% to 65% across these art units, reflecting variation in the examiner's record within TC 2100. This pooled figure represents the examiner's historical disposition of applications in this technology center and does not constitute a prediction for any future application.
This record aggregates the examiner's work across multiple art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate describes past dispositions across all decided applications in the pool—both allowed and abandoned—and excludes pending matters. The range (33% to 65%) shows variation among individual art units but does not identify which rate applies to any specific unit. Pooled figures describe historical data and are not predictive of any particular application's outcome.
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 computer-aided design (CAD).
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 15 decided applications with an interview and 42 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Shawn Eland 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: 78 applications.
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