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Examiner Molly Clarke Sippel

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 17 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Molly Clarke Sippel has allowed 9 of 17 decided applications (53%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

53% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Examiner Molly Clarke Sippel maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 50 total applications, 17 have been disposed (decided). Of those 17 disposed applications, 9 were allowed and 8 abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 53% over the decided count. The examiner works within a single art unit (2122), meaning this pooled record reflects activity in one defined subject area within TC 2100. This allowance rate describes past decisions and is not a prediction of outcomes in any individual application.

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This pooled record aggregates all decisions within a single art unit and describes the examiner's historical allowance rate relative to disposed applications only—pending cases are excluded from the calculation. The 53% figure is a snapshot of past dispositions and does not predict the outcome of any specific pending application. Individual case merit, claim scope, prior art, and arguments presented determine each application's path independently.

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 →

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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.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2122
50 APPS · 53% ALLOWANCE

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

53% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION9 / 8 / 33allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION35.9 moart unit avg 27.2 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY47.4 moart unit avg 39.3 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility95% · art unit 55%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)60%
§103 — Obviousness98% · art unit 83%
§112 — Written description & definiteness75%
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Questions about Examiner Molly Clarke Sippel

  • What is Examiner Sippel's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 53%, based on 9 allowed applications and 8 abandoned applications among 17 total disposed applications in the examiner's public record.
  • How many art units does Examiner Sippel work in?
    The examiner's record spans one art unit: 2122 within TC 2100.
  • What subject matter does this examiner cover?
    Examiner Sippel works in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • Does the allowance rate predict my application's outcome?
    No. The allowance rate describes past decisions over 17 disposed applications and is not a prediction of any individual application's outcome.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Molly Clarke Sippel 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: 50 applications.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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