Examiner Courtney N Harmon has allowed 304 of 468 decided applications (65%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Courtney N Harmon maintains a public record across 3 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 468 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 304 and abandoned 164, yielding a 65% allowance rate. Allowance rates across the examiner's art units range from 54% to 66%. This pooled figure reflects the examiner's aggregate record and does not describe the outcome of any particular application. The record spans art units 2156, 2159, and 2161.
A pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units, presenting an examiner's overall allowance rate as a historical summary. The 65% figure describes past dispositions across all art units combined and is not a prediction for any pending or future application. Allowance rates vary among art units; the range of 54% to 66% reflects that variation. Pooled statistics describe what occurred, not what will occur in any specific case.
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 276 decided applications with an interview and 141 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Based on 1 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Courtney N Harmon 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: 498 applications.
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