Examiner Nathan Hillery has allowed 83 of 156 decided applications (53%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Nathan Hillery maintains a public record across 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of 156 disposed applications, 83 were allowed, yielding an overall allowance rate of 53%. The allowance rate varies across his art units, ranging from 29% to 58%. This pooled figure represents all decided cases in his record and does not reflect pending applications.
A pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units and reflects the examiner's past decisions on closed applications. The overall allowance rate describes historical outcomes, not predictions for any specific case. Variation across individual art units indicates different prosecution patterns by technology area; the aggregate figure is a summary statistic and does not predict the result in any particular application.
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 general computer details, and program control and execution.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 59 decided applications with an interview and 73 without.
Based on 24 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Nathan Hillery 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: 156 applications.
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