Examiner Shin Hon Chen

What the data says.

Examiner Shin Hon Chen maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across one art unit, the examiner has disposed of 103 applications. Of those disposed applications, 67 were allowed and 36 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 65%. This record represents all decided cases and excludes pending applications. The pooled allowance rate reflects the examiner's historical disposition of applications across the assigned art unit.

How to read these numbers.

This record aggregates examination activity across a single art unit within TC 2100. The figures describe the examiner's past record of decided applications and are historical in nature. An aggregate allowance rate is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application. Individual art units may have distinct practice patterns; this pooled view presents the overall picture across the examiner's assigned work.

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 input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.

Questions about Examiner Shin Hon Chen

• 01What is Examiner Chen's overall allowance rate?

  The allowance rate is 65%, calculated from 67 allowed applications and 36 abandoned applications out of 103 total disposed applications.
• 02How many art units does this examiner cover?

  This record covers one art unit (Art Unit 2131) within Technology Center 2100.
• 03What does the allowance rate mean for my application?

  The allowance rate describes the examiner's historical record of decided cases. It is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual applications are examined on their own merits under applicable patent law.
• 04How many applications has this examiner decided?

  The examiner has disposed of 103 applications, of which 67 were allowed and 36 were abandoned.

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