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Examiner Courtney P Spann

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 298 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 Courtney P Spann has allowed 243 of 298 decided applications (82%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

82% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Courtney P Spann maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 336 total applications, 243 have been allowed and 55 abandoned, yielding 298 disposed applications. The examiner's allowance rate is 82% over those decided applications. The record spans a single art unit (2183), aggregating outcomes across all work in that unit. This pooled figure describes the historical record and does not predict outcomes on any individual application.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates all dispositions across an examiner's art units into a single allowance rate. The 82% figure reflects past decisions on 298 closed applications and is a historical snapshot, not a forecast. Pooled data obscures variation that may exist within individual art units. Understanding an examiner's record requires reviewing both the aggregate and, where available, unit-level detail to account for differences in subject matter and prosecution patterns.

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 2183
336 APPS · 82% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

82% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 72%
DISPOSITION243 / 55 / 38allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION18.9 moart unit avg 25 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY35.1 moart unit avg 40.1 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility28% · art unit 34%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)44%
§103 — Obviousness92% · art unit 79%
§112 — Written description & definiteness85%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW89%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW64%+25 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 213 decided applications with an interview and 85 without.

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Questions about Examiner Courtney P Spann

  • What is Courtney P Spann's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 82%, calculated from 243 allowed and 55 abandoned applications among 298 disposed applications in the public record.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Courtney P Spann's record spans 1 art unit (2183), within Technology Center 2100. This pooled record aggregates all applications and dispositions across that unit.
  • What does the allowance rate mean?
    The allowance rate is the percentage of decided (allowed and abandoned) applications, excluding pending cases. It describes historical outcomes and is not a prediction of any specific application's fate.
  • How many total applications has this examiner handled?
    The public record shows 336 total applications, of which 298 have been disposed (allowed or abandoned) and the remainder remain pending.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Courtney P Spann 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: 336 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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