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Examiner Courtney D Fields

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 131 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION SEP 2008
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Courtney D Fields has allowed 102 of 131 decided applications (78%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

78% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Courtney D Fields maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 131 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 102 and abandoned 29, yielding an allowance rate of 78%. This record spans a single art unit (2137). The 78% allowance rate represents the percentage of applications with final dispositions—either allowed or abandoned—and does not reflect pending applications. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's work across all assigned art units.

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This pooled record aggregates all art units under the examiner's purview. The allowance rate of 78% describes historical outcomes across 131 decided applications and is not a prediction about any specific case. Pooled figures smooth variations that may exist across individual art units. For detailed analysis by specific art unit, refer to the separate per-unit breakdown section. Aggregate statistics describe past 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 2137
131 APPS · 78% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.

78% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 68%
DISPOSITION102 / 29 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION37.6 moart unit avg 25.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY60 moart unit avg 41.7 mo
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW57%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW85%-28 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 35 decided applications with an interview and 96 without.

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Questions about Examiner Courtney D Fields

  • What is Courtney D Fields' overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 78%, calculated across 131 disposed applications (102 allowed, 29 abandoned). This is a historical measure and is not a prediction of any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner's public record spans one art unit: 2137, within TC 2100.
  • What does the pooled record include?
    The pooled record aggregates all applications and outcomes across the examiner's assigned art units. It describes past dispositions only and does not forecast outcomes for any individual application.
  • What technology areas does this examiner handle?
    The examiner works in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Courtney D Fields 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: 131 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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