Examiner Nicholas E Allen has allowed 604 of 790 decided applications (76%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Nicholas E Allen maintains a public record across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 790 disposed applications, his allowance rate is 76%, with a range from 75% to 78% across these art units. Of 855 total applications in his record, 604 were allowed and 186 were abandoned. The allowance rate describes past dispositions and is not a prediction of any specific application.
This pooled record aggregates data from 2 art units within TC 2100. The 76% allowance rate reflects the percentage of decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all of the examiner's art units combined. Aggregate figures describe the examiner's historical record and are not predictions about any individual application. Per-art-unit detail is available separately.
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 159 decided applications with an interview and 355 without.
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 38 decided applications with an interview and 238 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Nicholas E Allen 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: 855 applications.
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