Examiner Laurie Anne Ries has allowed 1,115 of 1,293 decided applications (86%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Laurie Anne Ries has a public record spanning 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 1,293 disposed applications, she allowed 1,115 and abandoned 178, for an overall allowance rate of 86%. The allowance rate across her art units ranges from 80% to 99%, reflecting variation in the composition and outcomes of applications handled within each unit's scope.
This record is a pooled aggregate across multiple art units, combining applications from different technology domains within TC 2100. The overall allowance rate of 86% describes the examiner's historical record and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Variation across art units reflects differences in application volume, complexity, and dispositive facts within each unit—not a measure of examiner consistency or variation in approach.
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 general computer details, and program control and execution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 298 decided applications with an interview and 593 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 129 decided applications with an interview and 273 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Laurie Anne Ries 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: 1,293 applications.
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