Examiner Michael J Hicks

What the data says.

Michael J Hicks holds a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 424 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 259 and saw 165 abandoned, producing an allowance rate of 61%. This record spans a single art unit (2165). The allowance rate is calculated from decided applications only and does not include pending matters. These figures represent the examiner's pooled historical output and do not constitute a prediction for any individual application.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates data across one art unit within TC 2100. The 61% allowance rate describes the examiner's past performance on decided cases and reflects the proportion of allowed applications among all applications with a final disposition. Aggregate statistics describe historical output only and are not predictions about the outcome of any specific application or the examiner's examination of future matters.

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.

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Questions about Examiner Michael J Hicks

• 01What is Michael J Hicks's overall allowance rate?

  61%, calculated from 259 allowed applications and 165 abandoned applications, totaling 424 disposed applications.
• 02How many art units does this record cover?

  One art unit (2165) within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
• 03What does the pooled allowance rate represent?

  The pooled rate is the percentage of all decided applications (allowed and abandoned) that were allowed. It describes historical performance and is not a prediction for any pending or future application.
• 04What is the total number of applications in this record?

  424 disposed applications: 259 allowed and 165 abandoned. Pending applications are excluded from this count.

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