Examiner Joshua T Sanders has allowed 294 of 369 decided applications (80%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Joshua T Sanders maintains an 80% allowance rate across 369 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His record spans two art units. The allowance rate ranges from 70% to 81% across these art units. Of 410 total applications in his record, 294 were allowed and 75 abandoned. The 80% figure represents allowed applications as a percentage of all decided cases—those allowed plus abandoned—and excludes pending applications from the calculation.
This pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units within TC 2100, combining different examination areas into a single overall allowance rate. The 80% figure describes past dispositions and does not constitute a prediction for any individual application. Allowance rates may vary by art unit; the range from 70% to 81% reflects that variation. Pooled statistics describe historical outcomes, not future ones.
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 electric power networks, supply, and distribution.
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 147 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Based on 40 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Joshua T Sanders 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: 410 applications.
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