Examiner Matthew E Heneghan has allowed 84 of 121 decided applications (69%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Matthew E Heneghan maintains a public record across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of 121 disposed applications, 84 were allowed, yielding a 69% allowance rate. The allowance rate ranges from 63% to 72% across these art units. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's record in art units 2134 and 2139 and describes outcomes on decided applications—those allowed or abandoned—excluding any pending matters.
A pooled record aggregates statistics across multiple art units, creating a single figure that reflects the examiner's overall history. The 69% allowance rate describes past dispositions across all units combined, not the outcome of any single application. Pooled data masks variation among individual art units; the range of 63% to 72% indicates meaningful differences exist. This aggregate is descriptive, not predictive.
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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 network security, and computer and data security.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 41 decided applications with an interview and 42 without.
Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Matthew E Heneghan 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: 121 applications.
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