Examiner Joshua Bullock has allowed 620 of 749 decided applications (83%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Joshua Bullock's public record spans 3 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 749 disposed applications, his allowance rate is 83%. This figure represents allowed and abandoned applications as a share of decided cases, excluding pending filings. The allowance rate ranges from 71% to 91% across these art units, reflecting variation in the examiner's record by subject area. The pooled statistic aggregates applications across all three art units and describes historical outcomes only.
A pooled record combines data from multiple art units into a single aggregate figure. The overall allowance rate is a historical summary and does not predict the outcome of any specific application. Variation across art units—shown in the range—reflects differences in subject matter and application complexity. Pooled figures are descriptive of past dispositions and are not predictive tools for individual cases.
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 information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 182 decided applications with an interview and 252 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 116 decided applications with an interview and 197 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Joshua Bullock 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: 793 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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