Examiner Christopher J Franco has allowed 115 of 130 decided applications (88%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Christopher J Franco maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled record spans one art unit and covers 130 disposed applications. Of those 130 decided cases, 115 were allowed and 15 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 88%. This rate reflects the proportion of allowed applications among all disposed matters in his record. The record aggregates his work across all assigned art units and does not represent a prediction for any specific pending application.
This pooled record aggregates all art units assigned to this examiner. The allowance rate and application counts represent historical outcomes across that combined portfolio. Aggregate figures describe past performance and do not constitute a prediction about any particular application. Understanding the breadth of art units helps contextualize the data; a single-art-unit record is narrower in scope than a multi-unit portfolio and may reflect deeper specialization in specific subject matter.
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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 software engineering.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 103 decided applications with an interview and 27 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Christopher J Franco 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: 130 applications.
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