Examiner John R Cottingham has allowed 125 of 151 decided applications (83%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
John R Cottingham holds a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning 2 art units. Across 151 disposed applications, 125 were allowed and 26 were abandoned, yielding an overall allowance rate of 83%. This rate is calculated from decided applications only and does not include any pending matters. The record reflects the examiner's aggregate performance across multiple art units within TC 2100.
This pooled record aggregates dispositions across 2 art units. The 83% allowance rate describes the examiner's past performance on decided applications and reflects aggregate outcomes across different subject areas. Aggregate figures describe historical data only and are not predictions for any specific application. Individual art-unit records, if available separately, may show variation from the pooled rate.
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 control or regulating systems.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 20 decided applications with an interview and 121 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner John R Cottingham 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: 151 applications.
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