Examiner Gregory A Distefano has allowed 397 of 573 decided applications (69%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Gregory A Distefano maintains a public record across 3 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled allowance rate is 69% over 573 decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined). The allowance rate ranges from 56% to 91% across these art units, reflecting variation in the examiner's record within the technology center. This aggregate profile spans a substantial application portfolio and shows the distribution of outcomes across the art units in which he examines.
A pooled record aggregates applications across multiple art units into a single profile. The overall allowance rate and counts describe the examiner's historical record and do not predict outcomes in any specific application. Variation across art units—shown in the range—reflects different subject-matter contexts. Aggregate statistics are correlational snapshots; they do not determine the path or result of any individual prosecution.
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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 143 decided applications with an interview and 273 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 45 decided applications with an interview and 69 without.
Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Gregory A Distefano 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: 612 applications.
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