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Examiner Broderick C Anderson

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 272 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS
75%vs 53% weighted peer average+22 pts

Examiner Broderick C Anderson has allowed 205 of 272 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed205abandoned67pending29· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (53%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (2 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2178 · 77%AU 2173 · 40%
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What the data says.

Examiner Broderick C Anderson has decided hundreds of applications across Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled allowance rate across all art units is 75%, meaning that of his decided applications (those allowed or abandoned), 75% resulted in allowance. The examiner's public record spans 2 art units within TC 2100. This overall figure represents the aggregate outcome across his decided caseload and does not constitute a prediction for any particular application.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates outcomes across multiple art units within TC 2100. An aggregate allowance rate describes past decisions in the aggregate and reflects historical distribution of outcomes across the examiner's entire decided caseload. Aggregate figures are correlational summaries of what occurred, not predictive models. Individual applications are examined on their own merits independent of any historical statistic.

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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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.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2178
291 APPS · 77% ALLOWANCE
77% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 54%
DISPOSITION201 / 61 / 29allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION19.6 moart unit avg 25.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY37.6 moart unit avg 41.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility30%art unit 36%6 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)94%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness93%art unit 79%+14 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness43%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW84%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW67%+17 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 147 decided applications with an interview and 115 without.

ART UNIT 2173
10 APPS · 40% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA
40% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 49%
DISPOSITION4 / 6 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION15.7 moart unit avg 25.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY27 moart unit avg 40.1 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility40%art unit 39%+1 pt
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)80%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness80%art unit 87%7 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness60%no art-unit benchmark

Based on 10 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Broderick C Anderson

  • What is Examiner Anderson's overall allowance rate?
    His pooled allowance rate is 75% across hundreds of decided applications in TC 2100. This represents the share of decided applications that were allowed.
  • How many art units does Examiner Anderson cover?
    His public record spans 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • What does the pooled rate mean for my application?
    The pooled rate is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Each application is examined individually on its merits.
  • Does the allowance rate vary by art unit?
    This page presents pooled figures across all art units. Per-art-unit detail appears in a separate section of the page.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Broderick C Anderson 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 July 14, 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: 301 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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