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Examiner Zewdu A Beyen

TECH CENTER 2400 · 3 ART UNITS · 909 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUL 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS
84%vs 67% weighted peer average+17 pts

Examiner Zewdu A Beyen has allowed 762 of 909 decided applications.

762 allowed
147 abandoned
Plus 48 applications still pending — not yet decided, so excluded from the rate.
The weighted peer average (67%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 22, 2026
AU 2461 · 84%AU 2416 · 50%AU 2419 · 100%

What the data says.reading this examiner

Examiner Zewdu A Beyen holds a public record spanning 3 art units within Technology Center 2400. Across hundreds of decided applications, the examiner issued allowances in 84% of cases. This allowance rate reflects the share of applications that were allowed among all decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined), excluding pending matters. The examiner's work spans multiple art units within the technology center, and the pooled figure aggregates the record across all three units.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates data from multiple art units. The 84% allowance rate describes historical outcomes across all decided applications within these units combined. Pooled figures represent past record and are not predictions specific to any individual application. Different art units may exhibit varying patterns; this overall figure does not forecast outcomes in any particular case or art unit.

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 →

The record, art unit by art unit.3 art units

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 2461
952 APPS · 84% ALLOWANCE

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

84%
higher than about 89% of the 27 examiners with published rates in art unit 2461
AU avg 67%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 27 examiners with published rates in art unit 2461; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average, computed across all 29 examiners in the unit — a broader group than the 27 published marks, so it can sit apart from them.

Disposition904 decided applications

759 allowed
145 abandoned
Plus 48 applications still pending — not yet decided, so excluded from the rate.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 20.6mo
disposed 33mo
0
36mo
Art-unit average: first action 22.2 mo, disposed 37.6 mo.

Rejection groundsexaminer ● vs art-unit average ○

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 eligibility
AU 20
15%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)
no AU benchmark
75%
§103 — Obviousness
AU 87
90%
§112 — Written description & definiteness
no AU benchmark
34%

Interview benefit

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

without
81%
+15 pts
with
96%

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 164 decided applications with an interview and 740 without.

ART UNIT 2416
4 APPS · 50% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

50%
higher than about 35% of the 144 examiners with published rates in art unit 2416
AU avg 58%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 144 examiners with published rates in art unit 2416; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average, computed across all 146 examiners in the unit — a broader group than the 144 published marks, so it can sit apart from them.

Disposition4 decided applications

2 allowed
2 abandoned
No applications pending.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 29.3mo
disposed 32.9mo
0
36mo
Art-unit average: first action 33.2 mo, disposed 47.8 mo.
ART UNIT 2419
1 APPS · 100% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

100%
higher than about 97% of the 129 examiners with published rates in art unit 2419
AU avg 58%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 129 examiners with published rates in art unit 2419; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average.

Disposition1 decided applications

1 allowed
No applications pending.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 31.4mo
0
36mo
Art-unit average: first action 31.1 mo, disposed 44.4 mo.
// FAQ

Questions about Examiner Zewdu A Beyen

  • What is Examiner Beyen's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 84% across hundreds of decided applications pooled across all art units. This represents the percentage of allowed applications among all decided (allowed and abandoned) applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    The examiner works in 3 art units within Technology Center 2400: art units 2416, 2419, and 2461. The pooled record aggregates the examiner's work across all three units.
  • Does the pooled allowance rate apply to my specific art unit?
    The pooled figure combines all art units. Individual art units may differ. The pooled record is historical data and is not a prediction of outcomes in any specific application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Zewdu A Beyen has a public record within Technology Center 2400. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated July 22, 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: 957 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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