Examiner Nathan K Shrewsbury has allowed 276 of 359 decided applications (77%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Nathan K Shrewsbury maintains a public record across four art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 359 disposed applications, he allowed 276 and abandoned 83, yielding an allowance rate of 77%. The allowance rate ranges from 77% to 100% across his art units. This pooled figure reflects aggregate outcomes across the technology center's subject matter and does not predict the disposition of any individual application.
A pooled record aggregates outcomes across multiple art units into a single allowance rate. This aggregate describes what occurred in the examiner's past decisions and reflects the breadth of subject matter handled. The range (77% to 100%) shows variation among individual art units, but the pooled rate is a historical summary only—not a forecast of any specific application's outcome.
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 135 decided applications with an interview and 161 without.
Based on 42 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Based on 11 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.
Based on 10 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 K Shrewsbury 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: 359 applications.
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