Examiner Nicholas S Ulrich has allowed 472 of 678 decided applications (70%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Nicholas S Ulrich's public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spans 2 art units and covers 723 total applications. Of 678 disposed applications, 472 were allowed, yielding a 70% allowance rate. Across the art units in his record, allowance rates range from 62% to 87%. The record aggregates decisions across these multiple art units and reflects historical dispositions only.
This pooled record aggregates allowance data across multiple art units within TC 2100. The overall 70% figure represents past dispositions—allowed and abandoned applications combined—across all art units handled by this examiner. Pooled figures describe the historical record and are not predictions about any specific application. Individual art units may show different allowance rates; those are reported 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.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 192 decided applications with an interview and 278 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 94 decided applications with an interview and 114 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Nicholas S Ulrich 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: 723 applications.
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