Examiner Douglas M Shute

What the data says.

Douglas M Shute holds a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning a single art unit. Across 24 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 15 and abandoned 9, yielding an allowance rate of 63%. This rate reflects the proportion of decided cases and does not represent a prediction for any individual application. The record aggregates all activity within the examiner's assigned art unit and presents the historical outcome distribution without characterization of examination patterns or future case outcomes.

How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates results across all art units assigned to an examiner and presents them as a single figure. The allowance rate—the percentage of allowed applications among all decided cases—is a historical aggregate. This statistic describes past outcomes only and is not a prediction about any specific pending or future application. Individual cases present distinct claim sets, prior art, and prosecution histories that are not captured in pooled figures.

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 →

The record, art unit by art unit.

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

Questions about Examiner Douglas M Shute

• 01What is Douglas M Shute's overall allowance rate?

  The allowance rate is 63%, based on 24 disposed applications (15 allowed, 9 abandoned). This is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction for any individual application.
• 02How many art units does this record cover?

  This pooled record covers 1 art unit (Art Unit 2121) within TC 2100.
• 03What does the allowance rate include?

  The allowance rate is the percentage of allowed applications among all decided (disposed) cases. It excludes pending applications and describes historical outcomes only.
• 04Does this record predict outcomes for my application?

  No. Pooled historical figures describe past dispositions and are not predictions. Each application is evaluated on its own facts, claims, and prior art.

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