Examiner Michael C Kolb has allowed 29 of 38 decided applications (76%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Michael C Kolb maintains a public record across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 38 disposed applications, his allowance rate is 76%, with 29 allowed and 9 abandoned. This allowance rate reflects only decided applications; pending applications are excluded from the calculation. The pooled figure aggregates his work across both art units and represents his historical record in the technology center.
This pooled record aggregates Michael C Kolb's decisions across multiple art units within TC 2100. The overall allowance rate of 76% describes his past record across all decided applications in those units combined. Aggregate figures do not predict outcomes in any individual application. Art-unit-specific rates and application details are available in separate sections of this page.
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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 input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.
Based on 21 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).
Based on 17 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Michael C Kolb 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: 38 applications.
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