Examiner Frank D Mills has allowed 442 of 626 decided applications (71%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Frank D Mills maintains a public record across two art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 626 disposed applications, Mills allowed 442, yielding an overall allowance rate of 71%. The allowance rate across his art units ranges from 64% to 89%. This pooled figure represents a combination of decisions in distinct art units within TC 2100 and reflects the examiner's past dispositions without indicating outcomes for any future application.
This record aggregates decisions across multiple art units, each with different subject matter within TC 2100. The pooled allowance rate of 71% is a historical summary across all applications Mills has decided in these units combined. Aggregate figures describe past dispositions and are not predictions about any specific application. Individual art unit records, where available separately, may vary from the pooled rate.
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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.
Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 169 decided applications with an interview and 287 without.
Primarily examines program control and execution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 68 decided applications with an interview and 102 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Frank D Mills 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: 662 applications.
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