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Examiner Grace A Park

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 614 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS

Examiner Grace A Park has allowed 477 of 614 decided applications (78%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

78% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2157 · 70%AU 2144 · 94%AU 2164 · 87%
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What the data says.

Grace A Park maintains a public record across 3 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 614 decided applications, her pooled allowance rate is 78%. This aggregate figure represents 477 allowed applications and 137 abandonments. The allowance rate varies across her art units, ranging from 70% to 94%. The pooled record reflects work spanning art units 2144, 2157, and 2164, with 658 total applications on file.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates allowance data across multiple art units into a single metric. The 78% figure describes past dispositions across all three units combined and does not isolate performance in any individual art unit. Aggregate statistics describe historical outcomes and are not predictions of the outcome of any specific application. Individual art units may show different patterns; those details are available separately.

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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The record, art unit by art unit.

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 2157
394 APPS · 70% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

70% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION277 / 117 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION21.7 moart unit avg 28 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY43.3 moart unit avg 46.6 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility42% · art unit 48%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)51%
§103 — Obviousness89% · art unit 85%
§112 — Written description & definiteness45%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW80%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW64%+16 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 159 decided applications with an interview and 235 without.

ART UNIT 2144
172 APPS · 94% ALLOWANCE
94% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 58%
DISPOSITION120 / 8 / 44allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION22.9 moart unit avg 27.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY36.1 moart unit avg 41.7 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility41% · art unit 45%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)56%
§103 — Obviousness84% · art unit 92%
§112 — Written description & definiteness40%
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW97%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW91%+6 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 59 decided applications with an interview and 69 without.

ART UNIT 2164
92 APPS · 87% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

87% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 62%
DISPOSITION80 / 12 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION18.2 moart unit avg 22.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY31.5 moart unit avg 43.4 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility32% · art unit 58%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)51%
§103 — Obviousness85% · art unit 88%
§112 — Written description & definiteness54%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW95%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW80%+15 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 41 decided applications with an interview and 51 without.

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Questions about Examiner Grace A Park

  • What is Grace A Park's overall allowance rate?
    78% across 614 decided applications, pooled across all 3 art units.
  • How many art units does she work in?
    3 art units (2144, 2157, 2164) within TC 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate vary across her art units?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 70% to 94% across these art units. The pooled 78% is an aggregate; individual art-unit records are published separately.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Grace A Park 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: 658 applications.

Lynch LLP is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Examiner statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data.

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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