Examiner Christopher P Nofal has allowed 60 of 82 decided applications (73%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Christopher P Nofal maintains a public record across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 82 disposed applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 73%, with a range from 71% to 75% across these art units. The record reflects 60 allowed applications and 22 abandoned applications. This pooled figure aggregates outcomes from multiple art units and describes the examiner's historical record without predicting outcomes in any specific case.
A pooled record combines data across multiple art units, producing an aggregate allowance rate that represents past dispositions, not a forecast for individual applications. The range shown reflects variation among the examiner's art units; the overall 73% figure is the combined result across all units in this technology center. These statistics are historical and do not indicate how any pending or future application will be examined.
These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →
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 34 decided applications with an interview and 17 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Christopher P Nofal 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: 82 applications.
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