Examiner Nitin C Patel has allowed 858 of 943 decided applications (91%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Nitin C Patel maintains a public record across 4 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 943 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 858, yielding an overall allowance rate of 91%. This rate reflects decided cases (allowed and abandoned applications) pooled across all four art units. The allowance rate ranges from 86% to 100% across the examiner's art units, reflecting variation in outcomes by art unit. The pooled figure aggregates this variation into a single measure of the examiner's overall record in TC 2100.
A pooled allowance rate aggregates results across multiple art units into a single figure. This examiner works across 4 art units, each of which may have different allowance rates. The overall 91% figure describes what has occurred in the past across all these units combined and is not a prediction about any specific application. Applicants may review art-unit-specific records separately to see how outcomes vary by unit.
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 control or regulating systems.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 149 decided applications with an interview and 321 without.
Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 213 decided applications with an interview and 148 without.
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 47 decided applications with an interview and 64 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Nitin C 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: 943 applications.
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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.
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