Examiner Gary W Cygiel has allowed 466 of 619 decided applications (75%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Gary W Cygiel maintains a pooled allowance rate of 75% across 619 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His public record spans 3 art units: 2137, 2187, and 2188. The allowance rate ranges from 49% to 85% across these art units, reflecting variation in outcomes within the examiner's portfolio. Of 650 total applications, 466 were allowed and 153 were abandoned. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's work across all assigned art units and describes the historical record only.
A pooled record combines allowance rates from multiple art units into a single aggregate figure. This aggregate describes past dispositions and is not a prediction of outcomes in any specific application. Individual art units may show different allowance rates; the range reported here (49% to 85%) reflects that variation. Pooled statistics are useful for understanding overall patterns but do not predict the result in any particular case.
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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 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 169 decided applications with an interview and 254 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 39 decided applications with an interview and 96 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 22 decided applications with an interview and 39 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Gary W Cygiel 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: 650 applications.
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