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Examiner Farley J Abad

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 1,048 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Farley J Abad has allowed 907 of 1,048 decided applications (87%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

87% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Farley J Abad maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 1,071 total applications, 907 were allowed and 141 abandoned, for a combined disposed count of 1,048 applications. The allowance rate—the percentage of decided applications that were allowed—is 87%. This rate reflects the examiner's pooled record across all art units under their jurisdiction and does not serve as a prediction for any individual application.

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This examiner's record is pooled across multiple art units, aggregating outcomes in different technology areas. The allowance rate of 87% describes historical dispositions across all assigned art units and is a correlational figure, not a causal indicator. Aggregate statistics describe past activity and do not predict the outcome of any specific application or prosecution path. Each application's merits are independent.

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 2181
1,071 APPS · 87% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines interconnection and data transfer between memory, I/O, and processing units, and program control and execution.

87% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 74%
DISPOSITION907 / 141 / 23allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION19.2 moart unit avg 18.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY30.9 moart unit avg 33.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility19% · art unit 18%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)57%
§103 — Obviousness88% · art unit 69%
§112 — Written description & definiteness30%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW91%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW86%+5 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 191 decided applications with an interview and 857 without.

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Questions about Examiner Farley J Abad

  • What is Farley J Abad's overall allowance rate?
    87%, calculated over 1,048 decided applications (allowed plus abandoned). This is the examiner's pooled record across all art units and is not a prediction of any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    1 art unit (Art Unit 2181) in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • How many applications has this examiner decided?
    1,048 disposed applications out of 1,071 total filings, comprising 907 allowances and 141 abandonments. Pending applications are excluded from the allowance-rate calculation.
  • What does the pooled record mean?
    These figures aggregate the examiner's decisions across all assigned art units. The allowance rate and application counts reflect combined outcomes and describe historical record only; they are not predictions for any individual case.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Farley J Abad 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: 1,071 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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