Examiner Hiren P Patel has allowed 512 of 605 decided applications (85%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Hiren P Patel maintains a public record across two art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). The examiner has disposed of 605 applications, of which 512 were allowed and 93 were abandoned. This yields an allowance rate of 85% over the decided applications. The record spans art units 2191 and 2196, aggregating the examiner's work across these units. The data reflects historical dispositions and does not predict outcomes in any particular application.
This pooled record aggregates the examiner's work across multiple art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate and other figures describe past dispositions across all assigned art units combined. Aggregate figures reflect historical patterns and are not predictions for any specific application. Individual art-unit records may differ from the pooled average and 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 →
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 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 425 decided applications with an interview and 164 without.
Primarily examines software engineering, and error detection, correction, and monitoring.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Hiren P Patel 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: 629 applications.
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