Examiner Joseph P Hirl has allowed 258 of 360 decided applications (72%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Joseph P Hirl maintains a public record of 360 disposed applications across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of these decided applications, 258 were allowed and 102 were abandoned, yielding an overall allowance rate of 72%. The allowance rate across his art units ranges from 62% to 74%, reflecting variation in outcomes within the technology center's subject matter.
This pooled record aggregates data from multiple art units and presents the examiner's historical allowance rate as a single figure. The 72% allowance rate describes past dispositions across all art units combined and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Variation across individual art units—shown in the 62% to 74% range—reflects differences in examination patterns within TC 2100.
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 neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 62 decided applications with an interview and 237 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Joseph P Hirl 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: 360 applications.
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