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Examiner Johnathan R Germick

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 99 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Johnathan R Germick has allowed 47 of 99 decided applications (47%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

47% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Johnathan R Germick maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 136 total applications, 99 have been disposed (decided). Of those 99 disposed applications, 47 were allowed and 52 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 47%. The examiner works within a single art unit (2122). This pooled record spans all applications decided within that art unit and reflects the examiner's historical allowance rate across decided cases.

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A pooled record aggregates all decided applications across an examiner's assigned art units into a single allowance-rate figure. The 47% rate shown here represents past dispositions and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Pooled figures describe historical data and do not account for variation in application complexity, claim scope, or prosecution history. Individual cases may vary materially from the aggregate.

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 →

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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.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2122
136 APPS · 47% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

47% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION47 / 52 / 37allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION33.7 moart unit avg 27.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY55.3 moart unit avg 39.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility72% · art unit 55%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)98%
§103 — Obviousness93% · art unit 83%
§112 — Written description & definiteness70%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW58%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW27%+31 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 66 decided applications with an interview and 33 without.

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Questions about Examiner Johnathan R Germick

  • What is Johnathan R Germick's allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 47%, calculated from 47 allowed applications and 52 abandoned applications out of 99 total disposed applications.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    This examiner works in one art unit: 2122, within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the pooled record represent?
    The pooled record aggregates all decided applications across the examiner's art units. It describes historical allowance rates and is not a prediction of the outcome of any individual application.
  • What subject matter does this examiner cover?
    This examiner works in TC 2100, which covers Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Johnathan R Germick 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: 136 applications.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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