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Examiner Brent S Stace

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 151 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION FEB 2012
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Brent S Stace has allowed 70 of 151 decided applications (46%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

46% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Brent S Stace maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled record across one art unit comprises 151 disposed applications, of which 70 were allowed and 81 were abandoned. This yields an allowance rate of 46% over the 151 decided applications. The record spans a single art unit and reflects dispositions completed through the examiner's examination activity in this technology center.

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This pooled record aggregates all disposed applications across the examiner's art unit assignments. The 46% allowance rate describes historical outcomes on 151 decided cases and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Aggregate figures characterize past patterns across multiple applications and examiners in the technology center but do not forecast individual prosecution results.

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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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 2161
151 APPS · 46% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

46% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 62%
DISPOSITION70 / 81 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION28.8 moart unit avg 23.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY55.9 moart unit avg 39 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility38% · art unit 53%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)46%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 88%
§112 — Written description & definiteness38%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW71%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW21%+50 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 76 decided applications with an interview and 75 without.

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Questions about Examiner Brent S Stace

  • What is Brent S Stace's allowance rate?
    His allowance rate is 46%, calculated over 151 disposed applications (70 allowed, 81 abandoned).
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    This pooled record covers one art unit in TC 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate predict my application's outcome?
    No. The allowance rate is a historical aggregate of past dispositions and is not a prediction of any specific application.
  • What is the technology center?
    Technology Center 2100 covers Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Brent S Stace 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: 151 applications.

Lynch LLP is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Examiner statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data.

These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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