Examiner Shiow-Jy Fan has allowed 334 of 466 decided applications (72%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Shiow-Jy Fan maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), spanning one art unit. Across 466 disposed applications, 334 were allowed and 132 were abandoned, yielding an overall allowance rate of 72%. This figure represents the ratio of allowed to decided applications in the examiner's pooled record and describes the past disposition of applications examined, not a prediction for any particular filing.
This pooled record aggregates data across all art units under this examiner's jurisdiction. The allowance rate and application counts reflect historical outcomes across multiple technology areas within TC 2100. Aggregate figures describe what has occurred in the examiner's past record and are not predictions for any specific application. Individual art-unit records, where available separately, may show variation from the pooled totals.
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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 information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 311 decided applications with an interview and 155 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Shiow-Jy Fan 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: 466 applications.
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