Examiner John Paul Hocker has allowed 92 of 154 decided applications (60%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
John Paul Hocker maintains a public record across 3 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 154 disposed applications, his allowance rate is 60%. Among the art units in which he has a substantial record, allowance rates range from 45% to 63%. His pooled record reflects activity in 178 total applications, of which 92 were allowed and 62 were abandoned. These figures aggregate outcomes across multiple art units and describe his historical record only.
A pooled, multi-art-unit record combines outcomes across different technology areas. The aggregate allowance rate (60% of 154 decided applications) describes past dispositions across all units worked, not a prediction for any single application. The range (45% to 63%) illustrates variation among individual art units. Aggregate data cannot forecast the outcome of a specific filing. Art-unit-level detail appears in separate sections of this profile.
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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 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 85 decided applications with an interview and 45 without.
Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).
Based on 44 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner John Paul Hocker 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: 178 applications.
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