Examiner Melissa A Headly has allowed 331 of 433 decided applications (76%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Melissa A Headly maintains a pooled allowance rate of 76% across 433 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Her record spans two art units. The allowance rate ranges from 70% to 90% across these art units. Of 474 total applications in her public record, 331 were allowed and 102 were abandoned. This pooled figure represents the decided applications only and does not include pending filings.
This record aggregates Melissa A Headly's work across multiple art units in TC 2100. Pooled statistics combine the outcomes of different art units into a single aggregate figure, which describes her historical record. The overall allowance rate reflects past dispositions and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Individual art-unit records, where available separately, may vary from the pooled rate.
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 software engineering, 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 182 decided applications with an interview and 112 without.
Primarily examines program control and execution, and software engineering.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 116 decided applications with an interview and 23 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Melissa A Headly 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: 474 applications.
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