Examiner Kris E Mackes has allowed 500 of 631 decided applications (79%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Kris E Mackes has a public record of 649 total applications across five art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of 631 disposed applications, 500 were allowed, yielding an allowance rate of 79%. The examiner's allowance rate varies across art units, ranging from 22% to 88%. This pooled figure aggregates outcomes across multiple distinct art units and reflects historical dispositions only.
This record pools allowance rates across five separate art units in TC 2100. The aggregate 79% allowance rate describes past outcomes across all units combined and is not a prediction for any individual application. Allowance rates may differ substantially among art units within the same technology center. The range of 22% to 88% illustrates this variation. Pooled data reflects historical performance, not prospective outcomes.
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 187 decided applications with an interview and 249 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 59 decided applications with an interview and 85 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Based on 14 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Kris E Mackes 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: 649 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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