Examiner John B Roche has allowed 601 of 779 decided applications (77%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
John B Roche holds a public record across one art unit in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 779 decided applications, his allowance rate is 77%, based on 601 allowed and 178 abandoned applications. His overall caseload includes 799 total applications filed. This pooled record reflects activity in art unit 2184 and aggregates all dispositions in that unit without distinction by application type or filing date.
A pooled record aggregates data across all art units assigned to an examiner and describes their historical performance. The allowance rate reflects the ratio of allowed applications to all decided applications (allowed plus abandoned), excluding pending cases. Pooled figures describe past outcomes only and are not predictions of any specific application's disposition. Different art units may have different technical subject matter and procedural characteristics.
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 interconnection and data transfer between memory, I/O, and processing units.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 328 decided applications with an interview and 451 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner John B Roche 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: 799 applications.
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