Examiner Iii Phillips has allowed 646 of 780 decided applications (83%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Patent Examiner III Phillips maintains a public record across four art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 803 total applications, 780 have been disposed (decided), comprising 646 allowances and 134 abandonments. The pooled allowance rate stands at 83% across these decided applications. The allowance rate varies across the examiner's art units, ranging from 62% to 87%. This record reflects outcomes across a broad subject-matter portfolio spanning multiple art units in TC 2100.
This record is pooled across four art units, meaning the 83% figure aggregates different examination areas within TC 2100. Pooled statistics describe historical outcomes as a whole and do not constitute predictions about any specific application. Individual art units may show different allowance rates. The range (62% to 87%) reflects this variation. Understanding pooled data requires recognizing that it represents aggregate past performance, not a forecast for future cases.
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 information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 188 decided applications with an interview and 277 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 115 decided applications with an interview and 166 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Based on 26 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Iii Phillips 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: 803 applications.
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