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Examiner Bruce M Moser

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 871 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS
86%vs 59% weighted peer average+27 pts

Examiner Bruce M Moser has allowed 747 of 871 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed747abandoned124pending57· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (59%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2154 · 89%AU 2159 · 82%AU 2169 · 33%
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What the data says.

Bruce M Moser's public record spans 3 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across hundreds of decided applications, the pooled allowance rate is 86%. This figure represents the share of applications that were allowed among all decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined) in his record. The allowance rate ranges from 82% to 89% across the art units in which he has examined. This spread reflects variation in outcomes across different art-unit subject matters within TC 2100.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled examiner record aggregates results across multiple art units, producing an overall allowance rate that describes past outcomes without predicting any future application. The range of allowance rates across art units shows that outcomes vary by subject matter and art-unit assignment. The pooled figure is a historical snapshot and is not a prediction of any specific application's disposition. Art-unit-specific records are maintained separately and offer additional detail.

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 2154
651 APPS · 89% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

89% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 58%
DISPOSITION527 / 67 / 57allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION17.5 moart unit avg 27.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY30.3 moart unit avg 41.9 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 eligibility56%art unit 55%+1 pt
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)68%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness41%art unit 87%46 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness47%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW95%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW82%+13 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 312 decided applications with an interview and 282 without.

ART UNIT 2159
265 APPS · 82% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

82% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 63%
DISPOSITION216 / 49 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION21.7 moart unit avg 22.9 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY40.6 moart unit avg 45.1 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 eligibility66%art unit 55%+11 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)77%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness59%art unit 82%23 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness49%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW91%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW73%+18 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 128 decided applications with an interview and 137 without.

ART UNIT 2169
12 APPS · 33% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

33% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 47%
DISPOSITION4 / 8 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION24.6 moart unit avg 24.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY33.5 moart unit avg 40 mo
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Questions about Examiner Bruce M Moser

  • What is Examiner Moser's overall allowance rate?
    The pooled allowance rate is 86% across all decided applications in his record. This represents the percentage of applications that were allowed among all decided applications (allowed and abandoned).
  • How many art units does Examiner Moser work in?
    Examiner Moser has a public record spanning 3 art units within Technology Center 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate vary across art units?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 82% to 89% across the art units in which Examiner Moser has examined. This variation reflects differences in outcomes by subject-matter assignment.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Bruce M Moser 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: 928 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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