Examiner Christopher A. Bartels has allowed 387 of 571 decided applications (68%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Christopher A. Bartels maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 621 total applications, 387 have been allowed and 184 abandoned, for a decided count of 571 applications. The allowance rate stands at 68% of those decided applications. The examiner's record spans one art unit. This pooled figure reflects outcomes across all applications in that unit and is a historical measure of past dispositions, not a prediction for any specific pending matter.
A pooled record aggregates all applications across an examiner's art units into a single allowance-rate figure. This aggregate represents past outcomes and does not forecast the result of any individual application. The rate reflects the proportion of allowed applications among all decided cases (allowed plus abandoned), excluding pending matters. Pooled data is useful for understanding overall patterns but does not account for variation by technology, filing date, or application characteristics.
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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 interconnection and data transfer between memory, I/O, and processing units.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 150 decided applications with an interview and 421 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Christopher A. Bartels 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: 621 applications.
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