Examiner John B Walsh has allowed 123 of 171 decided applications (72%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
John B Walsh maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled record across one art unit spans 171 disposed applications. Of these decided applications, 123 were allowed and 48 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 72%. This allowance rate represents the share of disposed applications that resulted in allowance, and is calculated from the pool of decided cases only—pending applications are excluded from this calculation.
This pooled record aggregates the examiner's performance across all assigned art units. The allowance rate of 72% describes the historical share of decided applications resulting in allowance and does not constitute a prediction for any individual case. Aggregate statistics describe past patterns and do not account for application-specific variables, claim scope, prior art, or prosecution history. Each application is examined independently on its merits.
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 information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 44 decided applications with an interview and 127 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner John B Walsh 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: 171 applications.
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