Examiner Irene H Baker has allowed 170 of 282 decided applications (60%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Irene H Baker maintains a public record across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 282 decided applications, the examiner allowed 170, for an overall allowance rate of 60%. Across the art units represented in this examiner's record, allowance rates range from 57% to 89%. This pooled figure aggregates outcomes from distinct art units and describes historical disposition data only.
A pooled record combines statistics from multiple art units into a single aggregate allowance rate. This figure reflects the examiner's past decisions across all assigned art units and is not a prediction for any specific application. Individual art units may show different allowance rates; the range provided indicates variance across the examiner's portfolio. Pooled data is useful for understanding an examiner's overall pattern but does not account for variation by technology, claim complexity, or other application-specific factors.
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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 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 139 decided applications with an interview and 116 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Irene H Baker 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: 329 applications.
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