Examiner Michael J Yigdall

What the data says.

Michael J Yigdall's public record spans 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 241 disposed applications, Yigdall issued 126 allowances and 115 abandonments, resulting in a 52% allowance rate. This rate is based on the total of allowed and abandoned applications—the decided count—and does not include pending filings. The record reflects outcomes across multiple art units pooled together and represents historical disposal data only.

How to read these numbers.

A pooled record aggregates outcomes across multiple art units into a single allowance-rate figure. This aggregate describes past dispositions and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Allowance rate is computed from decided applications only (allowed plus abandoned), excluding pending cases. Pooled figures mask variation between individual art units; per-unit detail appears in a separate section. Historical aggregate rates provide context on an examiner's overall record but do not determine future application results.

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 software engineering.

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

Questions about Examiner Michael J Yigdall

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

  52% across 241 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
• 02How many art units does this record cover?

  2 art units (2122 and 2192). The allowance rate shown is pooled across both.
• 03What does the 52% allowance rate mean?

  Of 241 decided applications, 126 were allowed and 115 were abandoned. The rate reflects historical outcomes and is not a prediction of any specific application.
• 04Does this rate apply to my application?

  No. Pooled historical rates describe past dispositions. They are not predictions of any individual application's outcome and do not account for application-specific facts.

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