Examiner Paul A Thatcher has allowed 10 of 87 decided applications (11%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Paul A Thatcher has disposed of 87 applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His public record shows 10 allowed applications and 77 abandoned applications, for an allowance rate of 11% across all disposed applications. Thatcher works in a single art unit (2172). This pooled record spans all of his work in TC 2100 and reflects historical outcomes only; it is not a prediction of any specific application's disposition.
This record pools all of Thatcher's applications across his art unit(s) in TC 2100. The allowance rate is calculated from all decided applications (allowed plus abandoned), excluding pending filings. An examiner's pooled allowance rate describes the past record and is not a prediction of any particular application. Aggregate figures can mask variation across different art units or time periods; this page reports the overall pooled outcome.
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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 29 decided applications with an interview and 58 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Paul A Thatcher 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: 87 applications.
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