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Examiner Yvonne Trang Follansbee

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 119 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Yvonne Trang Follansbee has allowed 69 of 119 decided applications (58%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

58% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Yvonne Trang Follansbee maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 161 total applications, 119 have been disposed. Of those 119 decided applications, 69 were allowed and 50 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 58%. This rate describes the examiner's historical record across decided applications in this technology center and does not constitute a prediction for any specific pending or future case.

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This pooled record aggregates data across art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate of 58% reflects outcomes on 119 decided applications—allowed plus abandoned cases—and represents the examiner's past practice in this technology center. Aggregate historical figures describe what has occurred, not what will occur in any individual application. Individual art-unit detail, where available, may offer narrower context for specific subject matter.

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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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 2117
161 APPS · 58% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines control or regulating systems.

58% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 74%
DISPOSITION69 / 50 / 42allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION22 moart unit avg 20.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY38.1 moart unit avg 33.2 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility51% · art unit 32%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)97%
§103 — Obviousness93% · art unit 77%
§112 — Written description & definiteness52%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW70%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW42%+28 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 67 decided applications with an interview and 52 without.

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Questions about Examiner Yvonne Trang Follansbee

  • What is this examiner's overall allowance rate?
    58%, calculated from 69 allowed applications out of 119 disposed applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    This record spans 1 art unit (2117) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate describe?
    The allowance rate is the share of decided (disposed) applications that were allowed. It reflects past outcomes and is not a forecast of any specific application's outcome.
  • How many applications are included in this record?
    161 total applications, of which 119 have been disposed (decided). 50 were abandoned and 69 were allowed.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Yvonne Trang Follansbee 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: 161 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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