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Examiner Dustin Bone

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 81 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2018
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Dustin Bone has allowed 53 of 81 decided applications (65%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

65% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Dustin Bone maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across a single art unit, the examiner has disposed of 81 applications. Of those decided applications, 53 were allowed and 28 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 65%. This pooled figure describes the examiner's historical record across all art units in TC 2100 and does not constitute a prediction for any individual application.

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This pooled record aggregates data across all art units assigned to the examiner. The allowance rate of 65% reflects outcomes on 81 decided applications and describes past dispositions only. Pooled figures do not predict the outcome of any specific application, which depends on claim scope, prior art, and prosecution history. Art-unit-specific data appear elsewhere on this page.

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 2137
81 APPS · 65% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.

65% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 68%
DISPOSITION53 / 28 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION19.3 moart unit avg 25.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY33.7 moart unit avg 41.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility18% · art unit 25%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)75%
§103 — Obviousness95% · art unit 85%
§112 — Written description & definiteness62%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW83%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW55%+28 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 30 decided applications with an interview and 51 without.

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Questions about Examiner Dustin Bone

  • What is Dustin Bone's allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 65%, based on 81 decided applications (53 allowed, 28 abandoned). This figure describes the examiner's pooled historical record and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    Dustin Bone's public record covers 1 art unit (Art Unit 2137) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the pooled record include?
    The pooled record aggregates all dispositions (allowances and abandonments) across the examiner's art units. It reflects historical outcomes and does not predict results on any individual case.
  • How are abandoned applications counted?
    Abandoned applications are included in the decided (disposed) count and are counted as non-allowances in the allowance-rate calculation. The rate reflects 53 allowances among 81 total decided applications.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Dustin Bone 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: 81 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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