Examiner Earl L Elias

What the data says.

Earl L Elias maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 134 total applications, 109 have been disposed of (allowed or abandoned). Of those 109 decided applications, 64 were allowed, yielding an allowance rate of 59%. The examiner's record spans a single art unit (2169). This pooled figure represents the overall allowance rate across all art units in which the examiner has issued decisions and reflects only applications that have been decided; pending applications are not included in the allowance-rate calculation.

How to read these numbers.

This profile aggregates the examiner's record across all assigned art units into a single pooled allowance rate. The 59% figure describes past decisions on 109 disposed applications and is not a prediction about any specific application. Pooled records combine different subject areas and prosecution patterns. Understanding that this is historical data across multiple units helps contextualize any single application's prosecution.

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 information retrieval and database structures.

Questions about Examiner Earl L Elias

• 01What is Earl L Elias's overall allowance rate?

  The overall allowance rate is 59%, based on 64 allowed applications out of 109 decided (disposed) applications. This is pooled across all art units and reflects past decisions only—not a prediction for any pending or future application.
• 02How many art units does this examiner work in?

  Earl L Elias's record spans one art unit (2169) in Technology Center 2100. The pooled figures shown here aggregate the examiner's complete record across all assigned art units.
• 03What is the total number of applications in this record?

  The examiner has handled 134 total applications. Of these, 109 have been disposed of (allowed or abandoned), and the allowance rate is calculated from those 109 decided applications only. Pending applications are excluded from the allowance-rate calculation.
• 04Does this allowance rate predict the outcome of my application?

  No. This pooled historical rate describes past decisions and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual applications are examined on their merits under the applicable statutes and rejections.

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