Examiner Brent Johnston Hoover has allowed 327 of 391 decided applications (84%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Brent Johnston Hoover maintains a pooled allowance rate of 84% across 391 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His public record spans three art units: 2122, 2125, and 2127. The allowance rate across these art units ranges from 82% to 87%, reflecting variation in the examiner's record within TC 2100. Of 439 total applications, 327 were allowed and 64 were abandoned. This pooled figure aggregates all decided cases across the art units and describes the historical record only.
A pooled record combines results from multiple art units into a single aggregate allowance rate. This figure describes past dispositions and is not a prediction of outcomes on any specific application. The range (82% to 87%) shows that allowance rates vary across the examiner's individual art units. Pooled statistics are useful for understanding an examiner's overall pattern but do not predict results in any particular case or art unit.
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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 165 decided applications with an interview and 96 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 84 decided applications with an interview and 45 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Based on 1 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Brent Johnston Hoover 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: 439 applications.
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