Examiner Michael K Tamaru

What the data says.

Michael K Tamaru maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 56 disposed applications, he allowed 24 and abandoned 32, yielding an allowance rate of 43% over the decided count. His record spans a single art unit. This pooled figure represents the aggregate of applications decided across his practice in this technology center and reflects outcomes on cases that reached final disposition. The allowance rate describes the examiner's historical record and is not a prediction of outcomes on any individual pending or future application.

How to read these numbers.

This record pools all decided applications across the examiner's art units in TC 2100. The allowance rate of 43% is calculated from disposed applications only—those allowed or abandoned—and excludes pending cases. Pooled figures aggregate different art units and describe past outcomes. They do not predict results on any specific application, nor do they account for variation in individual claim scope, prior art, or prosecution history. The single art unit in this record reduces aggregation effects.

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 Michael K Tamaru

• 01What is Michael K Tamaru's overall allowance rate?

  43% across 56 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100. This is calculated from the 24 allowed applications divided by the total 56 decided cases (allowed plus abandoned), and does not include pending applications.
• 02How many art units does this record cover?

  One art unit (2165). This examiner's public record is pooled across that single art unit in TC 2100.
• 03What does the allowance rate tell me about a specific application?

  The allowance rate is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of the outcome of any individual application. It describes past dispositions and reflects the examiner's record to date, not the prospects of any pending case.
• 04Are pending applications included in the allowance rate?

  No. The allowance rate is calculated from the 56 disposed applications only (24 allowed and 32 abandoned). Pending applications are excluded from this calculation.

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