Examiner Mark A Connolly

What the data says.

Mark A Connolly maintains a public record across four art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 1,299 disposed applications, he allowed 1,102, yielding an 85% allowance rate. His record spans art units 2115, 2116, 2117, and 2125. The allowance rate across these art units ranges from 79% to 88%. This pooled figure represents decided applications—allowed and abandoned combined—and excludes any pending matters from the calculation.

How to read these numbers.

This profile aggregates Mark A Connolly's record across multiple art units within TC 2100. The pooled allowance rate describes his historical dispositions and is not a prediction about any specific application. Because different art units cover different subject matter and receive different application volumes, the aggregate figure masks variation; the range (79% to 88%) illustrates that breadth. Pooled statistics describe past outcomes only.

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 →

The record, art unit by art unit.

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 control or regulating systems, and electric power networks.

Primarily examines control or regulating systems.

Primarily examines control or regulating systems.

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

Questions about Examiner Mark A Connolly

• 01What is Mark A Connolly's overall allowance rate?

  His allowance rate is 85%, calculated over 1,299 disposed applications (allowed and abandoned combined, excluding pending). This is a historical aggregate and not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
• 02How many art units does his record span?

  Mark A Connolly's public record covers four art units: 2115, 2116, 2117, and 2125, all within Technology Center 2100.
• 03Does the allowance rate vary across his art units?

  Yes. Allowance rates across his art units range from 79% to 88%. The pooled 85% figure aggregates these different rates and does not represent the outcome of any single art unit or application.
• 04What does the 85% figure describe?

  The 85% allowance rate describes the proportion of decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) out of 1,299 total disposed matters. It is a summary of past outcomes and does not forecast results in any pending or future application.

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