Examiner Donald L Lawson has allowed 46 of 70 decided applications (66%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Donald L Lawson maintains a public record across 3 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 70 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 46 and abandoned 24, yielding an allowance rate of 66%. This rate reflects the ratio of allowed to decided applications in the pooled record and does not constitute a prediction for any individual application. The record spans multiple art units, each of which may exhibit distinct examination patterns documented separately.
This pooled record aggregates examination outcomes across 3 art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate of 66% describes past dispositions and reflects the examiner's historical allowed-to-decided ratio. Pooled figures mask art-unit-specific variation and are correlational, not predictive. Individual art-unit records are available separately and may differ materially from this aggregate. Pooled data describes what occurred; it is not a forecast of any pending or future application.
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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.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Based on 46 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Based on 12 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Donald L Lawson 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: 70 applications.
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