Examiner Shawn S Joseph has allowed 44 of 173 decided applications (25%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Shawn S Joseph maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across one art unit, 173 applications have been disposed. Of those decided applications, 44 were allowed and 129 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 25%. This pooled figure represents the examiner's overall record across all art units in this technology center and describes past dispositions without predicting outcomes in any specific case.
This pooled record aggregates data across all art units in which the examiner has issued decisions. The allowance rate of 25% describes the historical share of allowed applications among all decided cases. Aggregate figures reflect past activity and are not predictions of outcomes in individual applications. Each art unit may have distinct characteristics; pooled statistics do not isolate performance by specific art unit.
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 general computer details, and program control and execution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 54 decided applications with an interview and 119 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Shawn S Joseph 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: 173 applications.
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