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Examiner Jianmei F Duckworth

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 190 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JAN 2025
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Jianmei F Duckworth has allowed 82 of 190 decided applications (43%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

43% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Jianmei F Duckworth has a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 1 art unit, the examiner has disposed of 190 applications. Of those decided applications, 82 were allowed and 108 were abandoned, for an allowance rate of 43%. This pooled figure represents the examiner's aggregate record across all art units in TC 2100 and describes outcomes from the past; it is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application.

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This record is pooled across all art units under this examiner's jurisdiction in TC 2100. The 43% allowance rate aggregates decided cases from different art units and reflects the examiner's historical disposal record. Pooled figures describe past outcomes only and are not predictions about any individual application or art unit. For per-art-unit detail, refer to the separate art-unit breakdown section.

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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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 2179
190 APPS · 43% ALLOWANCE
43% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 53%
DISPOSITION82 / 108 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION20.7 moart unit avg 26.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY46 moart unit avg 43.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility55% · art unit 39%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)83%
§103 — Obviousness99% · art unit 86%
§112 — Written description & definiteness65%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW64%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW10%+54 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 117 decided applications with an interview and 73 without.

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Questions about Examiner Jianmei F Duckworth

  • What is this examiner's allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 43%, based on 82 allowed applications out of 190 disposed (allowed plus abandoned) applications in the pooled record.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner's public record spans 1 art unit in TC 2100.
  • What does the pooled allowance rate mean?
    The pooled figure aggregates all decided applications across the examiner's art units and reflects historical dispositions. It is not a prediction of outcome for any specific application or art unit.
  • How many applications has this examiner decided?
    The examiner has disposed of 190 applications total, of which 82 were allowed and 108 were abandoned.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Jianmei F Duckworth 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: 190 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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