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Examiner Adam M Queler

TECH CENTER 2100 · 6 ART UNITS · 320 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION MAY 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 6 ART UNITS
63%vs 55% weighted peer average+8 pts

Examiner Adam M Queler has allowed 200 of 320 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed200abandoned120pending4· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (55%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (6 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2178 · 63%AU 2177 · 65%AU 2172 · 83%AU 2137 · 31%AU 2145 · 29%AU 2179 · 50%
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What the data says.

Adam M Queler has a pooled allowance rate of 63% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His record spans six art units within this technology center. The allowance rate ranges from 63% to 65% across these art units. This pooled figure represents the percentage of applications that were allowed among all decided applications—those that received either an allowance or abandonment—and does not include pending applications. The aggregate record describes past outcomes and is not a prediction of the outcome of any particular application.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates allowance rates across multiple art units, creating a single snapshot of the examiner's historical performance in Technology Center 2100. Pooled figures describe outcomes already decided and are descriptive of the past only. Individual art units may show variation from the aggregate rate. A pooled figure is not a prediction about any specific application and does not indicate the likelihood of allowance in any particular case.

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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The record, art unit by art unit.

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 2178
156 APPS · 63% ALLOWANCE
63% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 54%
DISPOSITION99 / 57 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION33.4 moart unit avg 25.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY52.1 moart unit avg 41.3 mo
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW75%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW58%+17 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 52 decided applications with an interview and 104 without.

ART UNIT 2177
128 APPS · 65% ALLOWANCE
65% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION83 / 45 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION33.1 moart unit avg 22.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY85.7 moart unit avg 40.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
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 eligibility69%art unit 40%+29 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)50%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness78%art unit 90%12 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness58%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW66%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW64%+2 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 47 decided applications with an interview and 81 without.

ART UNIT 2172
16 APPS · 83% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA
83% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 58%
DISPOSITION10 / 2 / 4allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION19.3 moart unit avg 24.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY38.1 moart unit avg 44.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
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 eligibility31%art unit 42%11 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness92%art unit 91%+1 pt
§112 — Written description & definiteness69%no art-unit benchmark

Based on 16 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2137
13 APPS · 31% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.

31% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 68%
DISPOSITION4 / 9 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION22.6 moart unit avg 25.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY54.7 moart unit avg 41.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
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 eligibility38%art unit 25%+13 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)62%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness92%art unit 84%+8 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness77%no art-unit benchmark

Based on 13 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2145
7 APPS · 29% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

29% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION2 / 5 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION15.6 moart unit avg 26.9 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY35.6 moart unit avg 45.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
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 eligibility43%art unit 45%2 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)86%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness86%art unit 93%7 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness86%no art-unit benchmark

Based on 7 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2179
4 APPS · 50% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA
50% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION2 / 2 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION38.8 moart unit avg 26.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY31.8 moart unit avg 43.3 mo
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Questions about Examiner Adam M Queler

  • What is Adam M Queler's overall allowance rate?
    63%, calculated as the percentage of allowed applications among all decided (allowed and abandoned) applications, pooled across all art units.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Six art units within Technology Center 2100: 2137, 2145, 2172, 2177, 2178, and 2179.
  • Does the allowance rate vary across art units?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 63% to 65% across the art units in which this examiner has a substantial record.
  • What does the pooled figure mean for my application?
    The pooled record describes past outcomes across decided applications and is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Adam M Queler 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 July 14, 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: 324 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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