Examiner Shew Fen Lin

What the data says.

Shew Fen Lin maintains a pooled allowance rate of 65% across 483 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). This record spans a single art unit. The allowance rate reflects decisions on 312 allowed and 171 abandoned applications. The 65% figure describes the examiner's historical record on applications that have been decided; it is not a prediction for any pending or future application.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates data across all art units in which the examiner has worked. The allowance rate and application counts represent the examiner's historical performance on decided cases and do not constitute a forecast of outcomes on specific applications. Aggregate statistics describe past disposal patterns and allowance frequency. Individual applications may differ materially from the pooled average based on claim scope, prior art, and prosecution history.

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 →

The record, art unit by art unit.

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 information retrieval and database structures.

Questions about Examiner Shew Fen Lin

• 01What is Shew Fen Lin's overall allowance rate?

  The examiner's pooled allowance rate is 65%, calculated over 483 disposed applications (312 allowed, 171 abandoned). This rate describes the examiner's historical record and is not a prediction for any specific application.
• 02How many art units does this record cover?

  This pooled record covers 1 art unit (Art Unit 2166) in Technology Center 2100.
• 03What does the allowance rate mean?

  The allowance rate is the percentage of decided applications that were allowed. It reflects past dispositions only and does not forecast the outcome of pending applications or indicate how any given case will be examined.
• 04What is the technology center designation?

  The examiner works in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).

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