Examiner Stella Eun Higgs has allowed 118 of 298 decided applications (40%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Stella Eun Higgs maintains a public record across two art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 298 decided applications, she allowed 118 and abandoned 180, yielding an allowance rate of 40%. This rate reflects her pooled record in art units 2179 and 2189 combined. The allowance rate is calculated from disposed applications only and does not include pending cases. This figure represents her historical record in TC 2100 and is a description of past dispositions.
This record aggregates two distinct art units within TC 2100. An aggregate allowance rate pooled across multiple art units describes the examiner's overall output in the technology center and does not forecast the outcome of any individual application. Different art units may exhibit different patterns. Pooled figures are useful for understanding an examiner's broad record but are not predictions about specific cases or subject matter within the technology center.
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 161 decided applications with an interview and 131 without.
Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).
Based on 6 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Stella Eun Higgs 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: 298 applications.
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