Examiner Zhi Chen has allowed 192 of 291 decided applications (66%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Zhi Chen maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 328 total applications, 291 have been disposed of (decided). Of those 291 decided applications, 192 were allowed and 99 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 66%. The examiner's record spans a single art unit (2196). This pooled figure describes the examiner's past decisions and does not constitute a prediction for any specific pending application.
This record aggregates decisions across all art units assigned to the examiner. The allowance rate of 66% is calculated from the 291 decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined) and reflects the examiner's historical disposition in Technology Center 2100. Aggregate figures describe past record only and are not predictions about outcomes in any particular case. Individual art-unit records may show variation and are presented separately.
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 program control and execution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 220 decided applications with an interview and 71 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Zhi Chen 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: 328 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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