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Examiner Clint Lee Mullinax

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 129 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 Clint Lee Mullinax has allowed 63 of 129 decided applications (49%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

49% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Examiner Clint Lee Mullinax maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 163 total applications, 129 have been disposed (decided). Of those 129 disposed applications, 63 were allowed, yielding an allowance rate of 49%. The remaining 66 disposed applications were abandoned. The examiner's record spans a single art unit. This pooled figure represents the examiner's historical record across all assigned art units and is not a prediction of outcome for any individual application.

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A pooled record aggregates statistics across multiple art units, if any. The allowance rate describes applications already decided—allowed and abandoned combined—and excludes pending applications. These figures are a summary of past dispositions and do not predict the outcome of any specific pending application. Different art units within TC 2100 may have distinct examination patterns; this pooled view presents the overall record only.

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 →

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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.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2123
163 APPS · 49% ALLOWANCE

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

49% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 51%
DISPOSITION63 / 66 / 34allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION31.6 moart unit avg 29.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY56.2 moart unit avg 43.8 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility59% · art unit 61%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)92%
§103 — Obviousness95% · art unit 85%
§112 — Written description & definiteness60%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW58%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW21%+37 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 96 decided applications with an interview and 33 without.

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Questions about Examiner Clint Lee Mullinax

  • What is Examiner Mullinax's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 49%, calculated from 63 allowed applications out of 129 disposed applications in the examiner's pooled record.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Examiner Mullinax is assigned to one art unit (2123) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate mean?
    The allowance rate is the percentage of decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) that resulted in allowance. It does not include pending applications and is not a prediction for any specific case.
  • How many applications has this examiner decided?
    The examiner has disposed of 129 applications out of 163 total applications in the public record.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Clint Lee Mullinax 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: 163 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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