Examiner Charles M Swift has allowed 755 of 922 decided applications (82%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Charles M Swift maintains a public record across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 922 disposed applications, his allowance rate stands at 82%, meaning that of all decided applications (755 allowed, 167 abandoned), allowances represent 82%. His allowance rate across these art units ranges from 53% to 83%. This pooled figure reflects aggregate outcomes across the art units in which he has examined, and describes his historical record only.
This record aggregates all applications across multiple art units, producing a single allowance rate. The pooled figure represents the examiner's overall historical outcome across those units and does not characterize any single art unit or application. Aggregate statistics describe past decisions and are not predictions of outcomes in any specific case. The range shown reflects variation among the individual art units, which are detailed separately.
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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 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 451 decided applications with an interview and 437 without.
Primarily examines software engineering, and error detection, correction, and monitoring.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Charles M Swift 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: 987 applications.
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