Examiner Fred O Ferris Iii has allowed 80 of 105 decided applications (76%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Fred O Ferris Iii has a public record spanning two art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 105 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 80 and abandoned 25, yielding an allowance rate of 76%. This rate describes the decided applications in the examiner's pooled record and reflects the historical distribution of allowances and abandonments across both art units. The record does not include pending applications.
This pooled record aggregates data from two art units and represents the examiner's historical allowance and abandonment activity. The 76% allowance rate is a descriptive statistic of past dispositions across all units combined, not a prediction of outcome on any individual application. Pooled figures obscure variation between art units; detailed per-unit records are available separately. Aggregate statistics describe what occurred, not what will occur.
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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 machine learning, and neural-network / biological-model computing.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 35 decided applications with an interview and 69 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Fred O Ferris Iii 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: 105 applications.
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