Examiner Brian J Hales

What the data says.

Brian J Hales maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled record across one art unit comprises 119 total applications, of which 90 have been disposed. Among those 90 decided applications, 71 were allowed and 19 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 79%. This figure represents the share of decided applications—allowed plus abandoned—and does not include pending applications. The record reflects outcomes across all art units in which the examiner has worked.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates data across all art units in which the examiner works. The allowance rate of 79% describes historical outcomes on decided applications and is a summary of past dispositions. Aggregate figures do not constitute a prediction of the outcome of any specific application, nor do they reflect the rate at any single art unit. Individual art-unit records may differ from the pooled average.

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 →

The record, art unit by art unit.

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.

Questions about Examiner Brian J Hales

• 01What is Brian J Hales's overall allowance rate?

  His pooled allowance rate is 79%, based on 71 allowed applications among 90 total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned).
• 02How many art units does this record cover?

  This pooled record spans one art unit in TC 2100.
• 03Does the allowance rate include pending applications?

  No. The allowance rate is calculated only from decided applications (allowed and abandoned). Pending applications are excluded.
• 04Is the pooled allowance rate predictive of my application's outcome?

  No. Pooled historical rates describe past dispositions and are not predictions of any specific application.

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