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Examiner Johnese T Johnson

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 359 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION OCT 2020
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS
59%vs 63% weighted peer average4 pts

Examiner Johnese T Johnson has allowed 213 of 359 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed213abandoned146pending0· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (63%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2166 · 62%AU 2168 · 57%AU 2169 · 0%
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What the data says.

Johnese T Johnson maintains a public record across Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), with a presence in 3 art units. Across hundreds of decided applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 59%. The allowance rate—the percentage of applications that were allowed among all decided (allowed and abandoned) applications—reflects the examiner's pooled record and is not a prediction of any specific application outcome. Allowance rates across the examiner's individual art units range from 57% to 62%, indicating variation in the decided application pools within each unit.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates applications across multiple art units within TC 2100. The 59% overall allowance rate describes past decisions and does not predict outcomes on any individual application. Pooled figures mask variation by art unit; the range shown (57% to 62%) reflects that different art units have different allowance profiles. Historical statistics are correlational, not causal, and do not indicate what will occur in any pending or future application.

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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The record, art unit by art unit.

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 2166
213 APPS · 62% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

62% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 63%
DISPOSITION131 / 82 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION25.4 moart unit avg 23.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY58.3 moart unit avg 45 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility50%art unit 44%+6 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)79%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness64%art unit 81%17 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness13%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW75%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW56%+19 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 61 decided applications with an interview and 152 without.

ART UNIT 2168
145 APPS · 57% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

57% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 65%
DISPOSITION82 / 63 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION23.7 moart unit avg 23.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY61.1 moart unit avg 43.5 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility51%art unit 46%+5 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)82%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness95%art unit 83%+12 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness36%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW71%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW47%+24 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 59 decided applications with an interview and 86 without.

ART UNIT 2169
1 APPS · 0% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

0% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 47%
DISPOSITION0 / 1 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION25.1 moart unit avg 24.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY31.6 moart unit avg 40 mo
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Questions about Examiner Johnese T Johnson

  • What is Johnese T Johnson's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 59% across hundreds of decided applications pooled across all art units. This represents the percentage of allowed applications among all decided (allowed and abandoned) applications in the examiner's public record.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner has a public record across 3 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • Do allowance rates vary across this examiner's art units?
    Yes. Allowance rates across the examiner's individual art units range from 57% to 62%. This variation reflects differences in the decided application pools within each art unit and does not indicate variation in the examiner's approach.
  • Does this record predict the outcome of my application?
    No. Historical allowance rates describe past decisions and are not predictions of any specific application outcome. Each application is evaluated on its own merits.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Johnese T Johnson 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 July 14, 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: 359 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

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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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