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Examiner Joshua A Lohn

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 464 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION MAY 2015
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS
86%vs 84% weighted peer average+2 pts

Examiner Joshua A Lohn has allowed 400 of 464 decided applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

allowed400abandoned64pending0· pending excluded from the rate
The weighted peer average (84%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (2 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 14, 2026
AU 2114 · 86%AU 2184 · 100%
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What the data says.

Joshua A Lohn maintains a public record across 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across hundreds of decided applications, his allowance rate is 86%. This figure represents the percentage of applications that were allowed or abandoned, excluding pending matters. The allowance rate is pooled across all art units in which he has decided cases and reflects his historical record on completed applications. This pooled record does not predict outcomes on any specific future application.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units within TC 2100, combining decisions from different subject areas. The 86% allowance rate describes the historical share of decided applications that resulted in allowance or abandonment. Pooled figures represent past outcomes across a body of work and are not predictions for any individual application. Art-unit-specific records are maintained separately and may differ from the pooled 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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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 2114
461 APPS · 86% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines error detection, correction, and monitoring.

86% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 84%
DISPOSITION397 / 64 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION27.2 moart unit avg 23.4 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY41.9 moart unit avg 35.4 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 eligibility27%art unit 34%7 pts
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)52%no art-unit benchmark
§103 — Obviousness64%art unit 74%10 pts
§112 — Written description & definiteness17%no art-unit benchmark
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW94%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW85%+9 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 52 decided applications with an interview and 409 without.

ART UNIT 2184
3 APPS · 100% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines interconnection and data transfer between memory, I/O, and processing units.

100% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 78%
DISPOSITION3 / 0 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION31.5 moart unit avg 20.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY35.5 moart unit avg 31.7 mo
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Questions about Examiner Joshua A Lohn

  • What is Joshua A Lohn's overall allowance rate?
    His pooled allowance rate across all art units is 86%. This represents the percentage of his decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) and is based on hundreds of decided cases.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Joshua A Lohn has a public record spanning 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • Does the pooled allowance rate predict my application's outcome?
    No. The pooled allowance rate describes historical decisions across completed applications and art units. It is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
  • Why are art units handled separately?
    Art units cover different areas within TC 2100. Separate records for each art unit are maintained because allowance rates and practices may vary by subject area.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Joshua A Lohn 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: 464 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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