Examiner Douglas M Slachta

What the data says.

Douglas M Slachta has a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 460 total applications, 362 have been allowed and 61 abandoned, yielding 423 disposed applications. His allowance rate is 86% over those 423 decided cases. His record spans a single art unit. This pooled figure describes his historical disposition rate and does not predict the outcome of any particular pending or future application.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates data across all art units in which the examiner has worked. The 86% allowance rate reflects decisions already made on 423 applications and describes the past record only. Pooled figures combine different art units and do not serve as predictions for individual applications. Each case presents distinct facts and claim scope; historical statistics are correlational, not causal.

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 software engineering, and error detection, correction, and monitoring.

Questions about Examiner Douglas M Slachta

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

  His allowance rate is 86%, based on 423 disposed applications (allowed plus abandoned cases). This figure describes his historical record and is not a prediction of any specific application.
• 02How many art units does this examiner cover?

  The public record spans one art unit in TC 2100. This pooled record aggregates his work across that unit.
• 03What does the allowance rate include?

  The 86% rate is calculated from allowed and abandoned applications only; pending cases are excluded. It reflects 362 allowances and 61 abandonments among 423 decided cases.
• 04Does this record predict the outcome of my application?

  No. Historical allowance rates describe past decisions. They are not predictions and do not determine the outcome of any individual application, which depends on claim scope, specification, and prior art.

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