Examiner Mark P Francis

What the data says.

Mark P Francis maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 116 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 86 and abandoned 30, yielding an allowance rate of 74%. This figure represents the share of decided applications and excludes pending cases. The examiner's practice spans one art unit within TC 2100. The 74% allowance rate is calculated from the pooled record across all art units and reflects historical disposition data only.

How to read these numbers.

This record is a pooled aggregate across all art units in which the examiner works. Allowance rates derived from pooled data describe past decisions on closed applications and do not function as predictions about any specific pending application. Aggregated figures combine different subject-matter areas and examination contexts. To understand performance in a particular art unit or technology area, consult the per-art-unit breakdown, which appears 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 →

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 software engineering, and error detection, correction, and monitoring.

Questions about Examiner Mark P Francis

• 01What is Mark P Francis's overall allowance rate?

  The examiner's allowance rate is 74%, calculated from 86 allowed applications and 30 abandoned applications out of 116 total disposed applications. This is a historical figure and not a prediction of any specific application.
• 02How many art units does this examiner cover?

  Mark P Francis works in one art unit within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
• 03What does the allowance rate include and exclude?

  The allowance rate of 74% covers only decided applications—those allowed or abandoned. It excludes pending applications. The figure is pooled across all art units where the examiner works.
• 04Can I use this allowance rate to predict the outcome of my application?

  No. The 74% allowance rate is a historical aggregate of past dispositions and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual applications are examined on their own merits.

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