Examiner Erik V Stitt has allowed 137 of 317 decided applications (43%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Erik V Stitt maintains a public record across 3 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of 317 disposed applications, 137 were allowed, yielding an overall allowance rate of 43%. The allowance rate ranges from 14% to 52% across these art units, reflecting variation in the examiner's record within the technology center. This pooled figure aggregates outcomes across multiple distinct art units and does not constitute a prediction for any specific application.
This pooled record combines outcomes from three separate art units within TC 2100. The overall allowance rate of 43% is an aggregate statistic and reflects the examiner's historical disposal decisions across these units. The range of 14% to 52% indicates that allowance rates differ among individual art units. Pooled figures describe past record only and are not predictions about any particular application or technology within the technology center.
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 artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 94 decided applications with an interview and 42 without.
Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 73 decided applications with an interview and 44 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 27 decided applications with an interview and 37 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Erik V Stitt 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: 317 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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