Examiner Anthony T Whittington has allowed 257 of 329 decided applications (78%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Anthony T Whittington maintains a public record of 329 decided applications across three art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of these disposed applications, 257 were allowed, yielding an allowance rate of 78%. The examiner's work spans art units 2121, 2126, and 2127. Allowance rates across these art units range from 71% to 82%. This pooled figure represents the aggregate record across all three art units and reflects historical dispositions only.
A pooled record aggregates an examiner's allowance rates across multiple art units into a single overall figure. The 78% rate shown here is the historical average of all decided applications across all three art units combined. This aggregate does not predict outcomes on any individual application. Rates vary by art unit; the range reflects this variation. Pooled statistics describe past performance, not future results on any specific 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 →
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 neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 23 decided applications with an interview and 203 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 15 decided applications with an interview and 72 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Based on 16 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Anthony T Whittington 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: 329 applications.
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