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Examiner James Jordan Thomas

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 49 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2019
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner James Jordan Thomas has allowed 22 of 49 decided applications (45%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

45% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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James Jordan Thomas has a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 49 disposed applications, he allowed 22 and abandoned 27, yielding an allowance rate of 45%. This rate reflects decisions on applications that have been closed—allowed or abandoned—and does not include pending filings. The examiner's record spans a single art unit, providing a pooled view of activity within that assignment.

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A pooled record aggregates data across all art units assigned to an examiner. The allowance rate describes the historical share of decided applications that were allowed, computed from closed cases only. Pending applications are excluded from this calculation. This aggregate figure is a factual summary of past dispositions and is not a prediction about the outcome of any individual application or a measure of performance quality.

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◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2139
49 APPS · 45% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.

45% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 65%
DISPOSITION22 / 27 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION19.7 moart unit avg 24 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY36 moart unit avg 37.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility20% · art unit 22%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)56%
§103 — Obviousness98% · art unit 80%
§112 — Written description & definiteness58%

Based on 49 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner James Jordan Thomas

  • What is James Jordan Thomas's overall allowance rate?
    His allowance rate is 45%, based on 49 disposed applications: 22 allowed and 27 abandoned.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    This record covers one art unit (2139) within Technology Center 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate include pending applications?
    No. The allowance rate is calculated only from disposed (closed) applications. Pending cases are excluded.
  • What is the subject matter of this examiner's work?
    The examiner works in TC 2100, which covers Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner James Jordan Thomas 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: 49 applications.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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