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Examiner Chase Paul Hinckley

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 208 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Chase Paul Hinckley has allowed 143 of 208 decided applications (69%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

69% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Chase Paul Hinckley maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 239 total applications, 208 have been disposed of (decided). Of those disposed applications, 143 were allowed and 65 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 69% over the decided count. The examiner's practice spans a single art unit, Art Unit 2124. This pooled record reflects outcomes on applications that have reached final resolution.

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This pooled record aggregates all applications across the examiner's art unit(s) and describes past outcomes only. The 69% allowance rate is a historical aggregate of decided cases and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Pooled figures mask variation within individual art units; a separate section of this page provides per-art-unit detail. These statistics describe what has occurred, not what will occur in any particular prosecution.

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◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2124
239 APPS · 69% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

69% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 64%
DISPOSITION143 / 65 / 31allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION30.9 moart unit avg 28.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY48.2 moart unit avg 41.8 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility72% · art unit 61%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)96%
§103 — Obviousness98% · art unit 88%
§112 — Written description & definiteness65%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW73%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW64%+9 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 114 decided applications with an interview and 94 without.

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Questions about Examiner Chase Paul Hinckley

  • What is Chase Paul Hinckley's overall allowance rate?
    69%, calculated over 208 disposed (decided) applications, of which 143 were allowed and 65 were abandoned.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    One art unit: Art Unit 2124 in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • What does this pooled record mean for my application?
    This pooled record describes historical aggregate outcomes and is not a prediction of any specific application. Actual results depend on claim scope, prior art, and application-specific facts. Per-art-unit detail is provided separately on this page.
  • How many applications has this examiner decided?
    208 applications have been disposed of (allowed or abandoned), out of 239 total applications in the examiner's record.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Chase Paul Hinckley 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: 239 applications.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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