Examiner Jennifer N Welch has allowed 410 of 565 decided applications (73%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Jennifer N Welch maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning three art units: 2127, 2143, and 2195. Across 565 decided applications, her allowance rate is 73%. The record reflects 410 allowed applications and 155 abandoned applications. The allowance rate varies across her art units, ranging from 40% to 84%. This pooled figure aggregates outcomes across all three art units and represents her historical record in this technology center.
A pooled record aggregates an examiner's outcomes across multiple art units into a single allowance figure. This aggregate describes the examiner's past decisions and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. The range (40% to 84%) shows that allowance rates differ among the art units represented in this record. The pooled rate reflects historical performance only and does not predict results for any individual case.
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 176 decided applications with an interview and 244 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 52 decided applications with an interview and 92 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Jennifer N Welch 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: 591 applications.
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