Examiner Shelly A Chase has allowed 1,577 of 1,650 decided applications (96%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Shelly A Chase has a public record spanning 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 1,650 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 1,577 applications, yielding an overall allowance rate of 96%. This rate is calculated from decided applications (allowed plus abandoned), excluding pending cases. Across the examiner's art units, allowance rates range from 92% to 96%. The examiner has abandoned 73 applications from the disposed total.
A pooled record aggregates statistics across multiple art units, masking variation among them. The figures presented describe the examiner's past record and are correlational snapshots, not predictions about any specific application. The allowance rate of 96% reflects historical outcomes on 1,650 decided cases; it does not forecast the result of any particular filing. Actual outcomes depend on claim scope, prior art, and application-specific factors.
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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.
Primarily examines error detection, correction, and monitoring, and error-correcting coding/decoding.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 266 decided applications with an interview and 1,134 without.
Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 32 decided applications with an interview and 218 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Shelly A Chase 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: 1,693 applications.
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