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Examiner Daniel E Miller

TECH CENTER 2100 · 5 ART UNITS · 57 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 5 ART UNITS

Examiner Daniel E Miller has allowed 24 of 57 decided applications (42%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

42% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2148 · 47%AU 2146 · 22%AU 2187 · 44%AU 2194AU 2129 · 33%
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What the data says.

Daniel E Miller maintains a public record across 5 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 57 disposed applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 42%, calculated from 24 allowed and 33 abandoned applications. The remaining 5 applications are pending and do not factor into the allowance rate. This pooled record aggregates outcomes across multiple art units and represents historical dispositions, not predictions about individual future cases.

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A pooled record aggregates an examiner's outcomes across multiple art units, producing an overall allowance rate that describes past decisions in the aggregate. This figure reflects the examiner's historical pattern across TC 2100 and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual art units may show variation; pooled statistics smooth those differences into a single historical summary.

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 2148
36 APPS · 47% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

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

47% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 65%
DISPOSITION17 / 19 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION25 moart unit avg 29.6 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY38.8 moart unit avg 42.4 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility80% · art unit 70%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%
§103 — Obviousness91% · art unit 89%
§112 — Written description & definiteness86%

Based on 36 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2146
9 APPS · 22% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

22% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 50%
DISPOSITION2 / 7 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION30.2 moart unit avg 32 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY52.4 moart unit avg 45 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility89% · art unit 70%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%
§103 — Obviousness89% · art unit 90%
§112 — Written description & definiteness89%

Based on 9 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2187
9 APPS · 44% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).

44% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 72%
DISPOSITION4 / 5 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION27.9 moart unit avg 23.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY50.5 moart unit avg 36.4 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility75% · art unit 39%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 77%
§112 — Written description & definiteness88%

Based on 9 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2194
5 APPS · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines program control and execution.

allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 69%
DISPOSITION0 / 0 / 5allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION32.5 moart unit avg 28 mo
TOTAL PENDENCYart unit avg 43.9 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility100% · art unit 52%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 79%
§112 — Written description & definiteness100%

Based on 5 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2129
3 APPS · 33% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

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

33% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 65%
DISPOSITION1 / 2 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION30.1 moart unit avg 28.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY36.7 moart unit avg 42.3 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility100% · art unit 63%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 75%
§112 — Written description & definiteness100%

Based on 3 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Daniel E Miller

  • What is Daniel E Miller's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 42%, derived from 24 allowed applications among 57 total disposed applications in the pooled record.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner has a public record across 5 art units: 2129, 2146, 2148, 2187, and 2194, all within TC 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate apply to all of the examiner's applications?
    The 42% allowance rate applies to the 57 disposed applications (allowed plus abandoned). Five applications remain pending and are excluded from the allowance calculation.
  • What does this pooled record show?
    The pooled record aggregates outcomes across all five art units and reflects the examiner's historical dispositions. It is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Daniel E Miller 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: 62 applications.

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