Examiner Brynne Josephine Corcoran has allowed 216 of 307 decided applications (70%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Brynne Josephine Corcoran has a public record spanning 3 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). The examiner's pooled allowance rate is 70%, calculated over 307 disposed applications (216 allowed, 91 abandoned). Across the three art units, allowance rates range from 56% to 84%, reflecting variation in the record by subject-matter area. This overview aggregates all decisions across the examiner's assigned art units and represents historical outcomes only.
A pooled record aggregates applications across multiple art units and provides a single allowance rate reflecting past decisions. The range shown (56% to 84%) indicates that allowance rates vary by art unit; the pooled figure (70%) is a combined measure and does not represent any single art unit's rate. Historical pooled data describes what has occurred, not predictions about any individual application's outcome.
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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 computer-aided design (CAD).
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 105 decided applications with an interview and 90 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 41 decided applications with an interview and 46 without.
Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.
Based on 25 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Brynne Josephine Corcoran 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: 307 applications.
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