Examiner Eric T Loonan has allowed 294 of 453 decided applications (65%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Eric T Loonan holds a public record of 488 total applications across three art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of 453 disposed applications, 294 were allowed, yielding an overall allowance rate of 65%. The examiner's allowance rate ranges from 48% to 74% across these art units, reflecting variation in outcomes among the different art-unit dockets. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's decisions across all three art units and describes historical performance only.
A pooled record aggregates an examiner's performance across multiple art units, combining different subject-matter dockets into one overall rate. The 65% allowance rate shown here is calculated from all decided applications across all three art units combined. This historical aggregate does not predict the outcome of any specific application, nor does it account for the particular characteristics of any individual filing or prosecution history.
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 →
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 input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 129 decided applications with an interview and 63 without.
Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 46 decided applications with an interview and 107 without.
Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 49 decided applications with an interview and 59 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Eric T Loonan 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: 488 applications.
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