Examiner Bruce S Ashley has allowed 56 of 94 decided applications (60%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Bruce S Ashley has a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled record spans one art unit and covers 94 disposed applications. Of those 94 decided applications, 56 were allowed and 38 were abandoned, for an allowance rate of 60%. This rate reflects the ratio of allowed to all decided applications in his record and does not constitute a prediction for any particular filing.
This examiner's record is pooled across all art units in which he examines. The allowance rate and other figures reflect historical outcomes across those units combined. Aggregate statistics describe past examination outcomes and are not predictive of results in any specific case. Individual art-unit records, where available separately, may show variation from the pooled average.
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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.
Primarily examines software engineering, and program control and execution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 68 decided applications with an interview and 26 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Bruce S Ashley 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: 94 applications.
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