Examiner Christopher J Raab has allowed 486 of 625 decided applications (78%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Christopher J Raab has a public record spanning 4 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 625 disposed applications, 486 were allowed, yielding an overall allowance rate of 78%. This rate reflects decided cases (allowed and abandoned applications combined); 139 applications were abandoned. The examiner's record aggregates work across multiple art units, and the pooled allowance rate describes historical disposition patterns rather than any prediction about individual applications.
A pooled record aggregates an examiner's performance across multiple art units and technology areas. The overall allowance rate is a historical measure—a fraction of all decided applications—and does not constitute a prediction for any specific pending or future application. Different art units within TC 2100 may have distinct subject matter and examination patterns. Pooled figures serve as background context only and are not probative of any particular case outcome.
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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 information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 283 decided applications with an interview and 305 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Based on 15 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Christopher J Raab 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: 652 applications.
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