Examiner Heather R Herndon has allowed 0 of 37 decided applications (0%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Heather R Herndon's public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spans 2 art units and covers 37 disposed applications. Of those 37 decided applications, zero were allowed and 37 were abandoned, resulting in an allowance rate of 0%. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's activity across multiple art units within TC 2100 and reflects outcomes on applications that have reached final disposition. The record presented here describes past outcomes only and is not a prediction of any specific application.
A pooled record aggregates dispositions across multiple art units within a single technology center. The allowance rate shown here—0% over 37 decided applications—combines outcomes from different art-unit assignments. Aggregate figures describe the historical record and are not predictions for any individual application. Art-unit composition, applicant choice, and application-specific facts all remain distinct from this overall summary.
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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.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Heather R Herndon 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: 37 applications.
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