Examiner Muluemebet Gurmu has allowed 429 of 526 decided applications (82%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Muluemebet Gurmu maintains a public record across 3 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 526 disposed applications, the allowance rate stands at 82%. This figure reflects decisions on allowed and abandoned applications only; 568 total applications include pending cases. The pooled record spans art units 2155, 2163, and 2191, aggregating outcomes across these different subject-matter areas within the technology center.
A pooled record combines statistics across multiple art units, masking variation within each unit. The allowance rate describes past dispositions across all assigned art units and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Aggregate figures reflect historical volume and decision patterns; they do not indicate how any particular case will be examined or decided.
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 →
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.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 242 decided applications with an interview and 279 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Based on 4 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Primarily examines software engineering, and error detection, correction, and monitoring.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Muluemebet Gurmu 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: 568 applications.
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