Examiner Joseph Patrick Morris

What the data says.

Joseph Patrick Morris holds a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled record spans one art unit. Across 68 total applications, 20 have been disposed—either allowed or abandoned. Of those 20 decided applications, 8 were allowed, yielding an allowance rate of 40%. Twelve applications were abandoned. This data reflects outcomes on applications that have reached final disposition; pending applications are excluded from the allowance-rate calculation.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates data across one art unit within TC 2100. Aggregate allowance rates describe historical outcomes on decided cases and are not predictions about any specific application. Individual art units within this technology center may have different profiles. The 40% rate shown here is a factual summary of past decisions and does not indicate the probability of allowance on any given filing.

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 →

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.

Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).

Questions about Examiner Joseph Patrick Morris

• 01What is Joseph Patrick Morris's overall allowance rate?

  His allowance rate is 40%, calculated over 20 disposed applications (allowed plus abandoned). This rate is a record of past decided cases and is not a prediction of any specific application.
• 02How many art units does this record cover?

  The record covers one art unit within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
• 03What does the allowance rate include and exclude?

  The allowance rate (40%) is the share of allowed applications among all decided applications. Pending applications are excluded. Of 68 total applications in the record, 20 have been disposed; 8 were allowed and 12 were abandoned.
• 04What is Technology Center 2100?

  Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) is the technology center descriptor for this examiner's art unit. It covers patent applications in that subject area.

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