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Examiner Brian Garmon

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 125 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION APR 2018
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Brian Garmon has allowed 34 of 125 decided applications (27%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

27% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Brian Garmon has a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), spanning one art unit. Across 125 disposed applications, 34 were allowed and 91 abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 27%. This rate is calculated from decided applications only and does not include pending filings. The record reflects outcomes on applications that have reached final resolution in TC 2100.

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This pooled record aggregates all decisions across the examiner's art units into a single allowance rate. The 27% figure describes historical outcomes on disposed applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Pooled data masks variation by individual art unit; allowance rates may differ within TC 2100 depending on subject matter and prosecution circumstances.

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 2176
125 APPS · 27% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.

27% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 59%
DISPOSITION34 / 91 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION27 moart unit avg 23.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY55.1 moart unit avg 40.5 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility71% · art unit 41%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)89%
§103 — Obviousness88% · art unit 87%
§112 — Written description & definiteness73%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW38%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW21%+17 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 47 decided applications with an interview and 78 without.

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Questions about Examiner Brian Garmon

  • What is Brian Garmon's allowance rate?
    27%, based on 34 allowed applications out of 125 total disposed applications in TC 2100.
  • How many art units does Brian Garmon cover?
    One art unit (2176) in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • Does this allowance rate apply to my application?
    No. The 27% rate describes past outcomes on decided applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
  • What does 'disposed' mean in this record?
    Disposed applications are those that have reached final resolution—either allowed or abandoned. The allowance rate is calculated from disposed applications only; pending filings are excluded.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Brian Garmon 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: 125 applications.

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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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