Examiner Maria S Ayad has allowed 57 of 168 decided applications (34%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Maria S Ayad maintains a public record across 3 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 168 disposed applications, her allowance rate is 34%. The allowance rate—the percentage of applications decided (allowed or abandoned) relative to total decided filings—ranges from 8% to 51% across her art units, reflecting variation in outcomes within TC 2100. Her overall record spans 208 total applications, of which 57 were allowed and 111 were abandoned. These figures describe her past performance and are not predictions of outcomes in any individual case.
A pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units, producing an overall allowance rate that masks differences among individual units. The 34% figure reflects all decided cases across her 3 art units combined and describes past dispositions only. The range (8% to 51%) indicates that allowance rates vary significantly by art unit within TC 2100. Pooled statistics are historical summaries, not forecasts of specific applications. Art-unit specific records appear separately on this page.
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 artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 73 decided applications with an interview and 34 without.
Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.
Based on 24 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Maria S Ayad 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: 208 applications.
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