Examiner Mellissa M Ohba

What the data says.

Mellissa M Ohba maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). The examiner's pooled allowance rate stands at 51% across 401 disposed applications. This figure represents the percentage of applications that were allowed among all decided cases (allowed plus abandoned), spanning a single art unit. The record covers applications in TC 2100 over the examiner's tenure in this art unit.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates data across all art units for this examiner. The allowance rate of 51% describes past dispositions and reflects the aggregate outcome of decided applications. Pooled statistics combine different art units and do not isolate performance by specific technical area. Aggregate figures describe historical record only and are not predictions about any individual application's outcome.

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 information retrieval and database structures.

Questions about Examiner Mellissa M Ohba

• 01What is Mellissa M Ohba's overall allowance rate?

  The examiner's pooled allowance rate is 51%, calculated from 203 allowed applications and 198 abandoned applications (401 total disposed applications). This figure represents the share of decided cases that resulted in allowance.
• 02How many art units does this examiner cover?

  The public record spans one art unit (Art Unit 2164) within Technology Center 2100.
• 03What does the allowance rate tell me?

  The allowance rate is a historical aggregate: it describes the proportion of applications already decided that were allowed. It is not a prediction for any specific application and does not account for pending cases.
• 04What technology areas does this examiner work in?

  The examiner's record falls under TC 2100, which covers Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

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