Examiner Shen C Shiau has allowed 248 of 433 decided applications (57%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Shen C Shiau maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), covering one art unit. Across 433 disposed applications, 248 were allowed and 185 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 57%. This rate reflects the ratio of allowed to decided applications in the examiner's pooled record. The data presented covers the examiner's complete history within this technology center and does not forecast outcomes for individual pending cases.
This record aggregates the examiner's work across a single art unit within TC 2100. The allowance rate (57%) describes historical dispositions—allowed versus abandoned applications—and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Pooled rates combine different subject areas and prosecution patterns, so they serve as background context on the examiner's overall record rather than indicators of how any particular case will be examined or decided.
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 245 decided applications with an interview and 188 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Shen C Shiau 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: 433 applications.
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