Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Vaishali Shah, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SHAH, VAISHALI

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2156 2158 2161

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Analysis

SHAH, VAISHALI is assigned to Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2156, with 237 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 57.4%, and the median time to allowance is 1272 days. The interview lift is 52.9%, indicating a strong association between interviews and allowance outcomes. No art unit benchmark is available, so the figures should be treated as examiner-specific indicators rather than comparisons with the surrounding unit.

The docket includes NEC Corporation, Google LLC, and Loop Now Technologies Inc. The leading firms are Adams Intellex, PLC, Cooper Legal Group LLC, and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast. Counsel may want to make interview preparation a deliberate element of prosecution planning. The allowance and timing measures also support early discussion of claim scope, continuation strategy, and the resources needed for a potentially extended examination path.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

57.4%
Allow Rate
+2.4% vs TC avg
263
Total Applications
+52.9%
Interview Lift
1272
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 237 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.5%
§101 Eligibility
2.9%
§102 Novelty
58.5%
§103 Obviousness
15.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18649282 Generation of Health-Related Statistical Insights and Visualizations Non-Final OA Google LLC
19228963 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection NEC Corporation
19113012 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
19198994 Systems and Methods for Rendering Large-Scale Data Visualizations Final Rejection Salesforce, Inc.
19329294 MIRRORING OBJECTS BETWEEN DIFFERENT CLOUD PROVIDERS WITH DIFFERENT DATA LAYOUT REQUIREMENTS Non-Final OA NetApp Inc.
18924767 DATABASE QUERY SPLITTING Final Rejection ServiceNow, Inc.
19209723 WEARABLE DEVICES INCLUDING ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND PRESENTING GUIDANCE TO WEARERS Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18972178 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DATA ABSTRACTION FROM NETWORK DATA SOURCES Final Rejection Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
18069920 ENUMERATION FOR DISTRIBUTED FILE SERVERS Non-Final OA Nutanix, Inc.
18179441 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18991864 MODEL DISCOVERY ENGINE FOR MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS DEPLOYED BY DATA PROCESSING SERVICE Non-Final OA Databricks, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Vaishali Shah's allowance rate?

57.4% of resolved applications examined by Vaishali Shah were allowed (237 resolved cases), compared with 57.7% across Art Unit 2156 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Vaishali Shah?

This examiner's interview lift is +52.9 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Vaishali Shah take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Vaishali Shah took 1,272 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Vaishali Shah work in?

Vaishali Shah examines applications in Art Unit 2156 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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