Examiner John A Lane has allowed 1,344 of 1,407 decided applications (96%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
John A Lane maintains a public record across 5 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled allowance rate is 96% of decided applications. Over a disposed-application count of 1,407, this represents 1,344 allowed applications and 63 abandoned applications. Across his art units, the allowance rate ranges from 93% to 96%. This pooled figure aggregates outcomes across multiple art units and represents the historical record only.
A pooled record aggregates results across multiple art units and reflects past dispositions, not predictions about any individual application. The overall allowance rate describes what has occurred across an examiner's full portfolio in a technology center. The range across art units shows variation within the examiner's work. Pooled data characterizes historical performance and does not forecast outcomes in any pending or future application.
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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 input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 106 decided applications with an interview and 594 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 154 decided applications with an interview and 290 without.
Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).
Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).
Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner John A Lane 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: 1,407 applications.
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