Examiner Blaine T Basom has allowed 163 of 388 decided applications (42%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Blaine T Basom has a public record across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 388 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 163, yielding an allowance rate of 42%. Across the examiner's art units, allowance rates range from 33% to 79%. The record spans art units 2141 and 2173. This pooled figure represents the past disposal record and does not predict outcomes for any individual application.
A pooled record aggregates statistics across multiple art units, masking variation among them. The overall allowance rate of 42% reflects the combined outcome of 388 decided applications across different TC 2100 art units. Because art units may differ in subject matter emphasis and examination patterns, the range (33%–79%) indicates heterogeneity in the underlying record. Pooled figures describe historical record only and are not predictive of any specific application's outcome.
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.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 102 decided applications with an interview and 213 without.
Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 31 decided applications with an interview and 42 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Blaine T Basom 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: 433 applications.
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