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Examiner Tadesse Hailu

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 1,314 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS
78%vs 50% weighted peer average+28 pts

Examiner Tadesse Hailu has allowed 1,028 of 1,314 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed1,028abandoned286pending47· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (50%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (2 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2173 · 70%AU 2174 · 97%
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What the data says.

Examiner Tadesse Hailu maintains a pooled allowance rate of 78% across decided applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). The examiner's public record spans 2 art units. This overall rate is drawn from more than a thousand decided applications. The allowance rate across the examiner's art units ranges from 70% to 97%, reflecting variation in the record by individual art unit. These figures describe the examiner's past record and are not predictions about the outcome of any specific application.

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How to read these numbers.

This examiner's record is pooled across multiple art units within TC 2100, meaning the 78% overall allowance rate represents an aggregate of different subject areas and examination patterns. A pooled rate describes past decisions and does not forecast the result of any particular case. To understand how the examiner performs in a specific art unit, consult the per-art-unit breakdown, which may differ materially from the overall aggregate.

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 →

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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.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2173
904 APPS · 70% ALLOWANCE
70% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 49%
DISPOSITION631 / 273 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION23.9 moart unit avg 25.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY43.1 moart unit avg 40.1 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility28%art unit 39%11 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)81%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness62%art unit 87%25 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness32%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW72%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW69%+3 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 284 decided applications with an interview and 620 without.

ART UNIT 2174
457 APPS · 97% ALLOWANCE
97% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION397 / 13 / 47allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION23.9 moart unit avg 26.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY27.7 moart unit avg 42.9 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility20%art unit 33%13 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)84%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness56%art unit 90%34 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness31%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW95%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW98%-3 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 117 decided applications with an interview and 293 without.

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Questions about Examiner Tadesse Hailu

  • What is Examiner Hailu's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's pooled allowance rate is 78% across more than a thousand decided applications in TC 2100.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Examiner Hailu's public record spans 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • Does the allowance rate vary across the examiner's art units?
    Yes. The allowance rate across the examiner's art units ranges from 70% to 97%, indicating material variation by art unit. The pooled 78% is an aggregate of these different rates.
  • Does this pooled rate predict the outcome of my application?
    No. The pooled rate is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual art-unit rates and the specific facts of your case are distinct from this aggregate figure.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Tadesse Hailu 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 July 14, 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: 1,361 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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