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Examiner Jay A Morrison

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 976 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS
80%vs 67% weighted peer average+13 pts

Examiner Jay A Morrison has allowed 780 of 976 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed780abandoned196pending41· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (67%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2168 · 75%AU 2151 · 94%AU 2198 · 85%
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What the data says.

Examiner Jay A Morrison has a pooled allowance rate of 80% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). The examiner's public record spans 3 art units. Across these art units, the allowance rate ranges from 75% to 94%, reflecting variation in the examiner's decisions across different subject-matter classifications within TC 2100. This pooled figure represents the percentage of decided applications (those allowed or abandoned) and does not include pending applications.

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How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates an examiner's decisions across multiple art units into a single overall allowance rate. This aggregate figure describes the examiner's historical record and is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application. The range of allowance rates across individual art units shows that decisions vary by art-unit classification. A pooled figure masks these per-unit differences; applicants reviewing the examiner's full profile may examine individual art-unit records for more granular detail.

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 →

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The record, art unit by art unit.

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.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2168
630 APPS · 75% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

75% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 65%
DISPOSITION471 / 159 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION22.4 moart unit avg 23.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY42.3 moart unit avg 43.5 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility54%art unit 46%+8 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)68%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness92%art unit 83%+9 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness23%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW87%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW63%+24 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 312 decided applications with an interview and 318 without.

ART UNIT 2151
201 APPS · 94% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

94% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 57%
DISPOSITION150 / 10 / 41allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION18.7 moart unit avg 31.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY24.2 moart unit avg 44.1 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility76%art unit 53%+23 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)69%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness82%art unit 79%+3 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness26%no art-unit benchmark
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Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW98%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW88%+10 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 95 decided applications with an interview and 65 without.

ART UNIT 2198
186 APPS · 85% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

85% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 83%
DISPOSITION159 / 27 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION20.6 moart unit avg 25.7 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY33.3 moart unit avg 39.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility47%art unit 51%4 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)89%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness90%art unit 87%+3 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness49%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW93%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW77%+16 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 99 decided applications with an interview and 87 without.

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Questions about Examiner Jay A Morrison

  • What is Examiner Morrison's overall allowance rate?
    The overall pooled allowance rate is 80%, meaning 80% of decided applications were allowed (the remainder were abandoned). This figure spans hundreds of decided applications across all art units.
  • How many art units has this examiner worked in?
    Examiner Morrison has a public record in 3 art units within TC 2100.
  • Does the allowance rate vary across art units?
    Yes. The allowance rate ranges from 75% to 94% across the examiner's art units. The pooled figure of 80% reflects the combined record and masks these per-unit differences.
  • What does this pooled data predict about my application?
    This pooled record is not a prediction of any specific application. It describes the examiner's historical allowance rate and does not indicate how any particular case will be decided.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Jay A Morrison 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 July 14, 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: 1,017 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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