Examiner Yu Zhao has allowed 211 of 389 decided applications (54%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Yu Zhao maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), covering one art unit. Across 389 disposed applications, Zhao allowed 211 and abandoned 178, for an allowance rate of 54%. The public record aggregates all decided cases within the art unit and does not reflect pending applications. This pooled figure describes historical outcomes only and is not predictive of any individual application's disposition.
A pooled record combines all art units under an examiner's supervision into a single aggregate. The allowance rate reflects the share of decided applications that were allowed, excluding pending filings. Aggregate historical rates describe past outcomes across multiple applications and art units; they do not predict the outcome of any specific case and are not causal—they correlate examiner behavior with results but do not explain why outcomes occurred.
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 →
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 256 decided applications with an interview and 133 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Yu Zhao 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: 407 applications.
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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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