Examiner Chad Rapp has allowed 345 of 417 decided applications (83%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Chad Rapp maintains a public record across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of 417 disposed applications, 345 were allowed, yielding an overall allowance rate of 83%. The allowance rate across his art units ranges from 77% to 96%, reflecting variation in the decided record within TC 2100. This pooled figure aggregates his work across multiple art units and describes his historical disposal record without bearing on any individual pending application.
A pooled record combines an examiner's allowance data across multiple art units into a single aggregate figure. The overall allowance rate reflects the examiner's past decisions on disposed applications—allowed plus abandoned—and does not predict outcomes in any specific application. The range of rates across art units shows variation within the examiner's portfolio. Aggregate statistics describe historical performance and are correlational, not causal.
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 →
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.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 32 decided applications with an interview and 258 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Chad Rapp 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: 417 applications.
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