Examiner Benjamin A Ailes has allowed 22 of 72 decided applications (31%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Benjamin A Ailes maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across one art unit, the examiner has disposed of 72 applications, of which 22 were allowed and 50 were abandoned. The allowance rate is 31% over the 72 decided applications. This figure reflects the proportion of allowed outcomes among all disposed cases and does not characterize any specific application's potential outcome.
This pooled record aggregates decisions across all of the examiner's art units. The 31% allowance rate describes past dispositions on 72 applications and is a historical aggregate—not a forecast for any individual case. Pooled data obscures variation across different art units and does not predict the outcome of a particular application or examination.
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 15 decided applications with an interview and 57 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Benjamin A Ailes 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: 72 applications.
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