Examiner Grant M Ford

What the data says.

Grant M Ford maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled record spans one art unit. Over 43 disposed applications, Ford's allowance rate stands at 42%, with 18 allowed and 25 abandoned applications. This allowance rate reflects the ratio of decided cases (allowed plus abandoned) and does not include pending applications. The rate is calculated across all art units in which he works and represents historical disposal data only.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates all art units in which the examiner works. The allowance rate and other figures describe the examiner's historical record of disposed applications and are not predictions about any specific application's outcome. Pooled figures mask variation across individual art units; a separate section of this page provides per-art-unit detail for more granular analysis.

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 →

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.

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Questions about Examiner Grant M Ford

• 01What is Grant M Ford's overall allowance rate?

  42%, based on 18 allowed applications and 25 abandoned applications out of 43 total disposed applications.
• 02How many art units does this examiner work in?

  One art unit (2141), all within TC 2100.
• 03What does this pooled record represent?

  A historical summary of all disposed applications across the examiner's assigned art units. The figures are correlational and do not predict outcomes for any individual pending application.

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