Examiner Niketa I Patel has allowed 171 of 234 decided applications (73%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Niketa I Patel maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning two art units. Across 234 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 171 and abandoned 63, yielding an allowance rate of 73%. The allowance rate across the examiner's art units ranges from 62% to 76%, reflecting variation in outcomes between the different art-unit groups within this technology center.
This pooled record aggregates the examiner's work across multiple art units within TC 2100. The overall allowance rate of 73% describes past outcomes on 234 decided applications and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. The range of 62% to 76% across art units shows that allowance rates vary within the examiner's portfolio. Pooled figures represent historical performance and do not forecast the result of any individual case.
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 interconnection and data transfer between memory, I/O, and processing units, 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 39 decided applications with an interview and 153 without.
Primarily examines data-processing methods for specific functions, and processing data by its order or content.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Niketa I Patel 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: 234 applications.
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