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Examiner Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 6 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler has allowed 2 of 6 decided applications (33%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

33% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler has a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 52 total applications, 6 have been disposed of (decided). Of those 6 decided applications, 2 were allowed and 4 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 33% over the disposed count. The examiner works within 1 art unit. This pooled figure reflects the aggregate record across all art units in which the examiner has activity and is historical in nature.

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This record aggregates the examiner's activity across all assigned art units in TC 2100. The allowance rate of 33% describes what occurred over 6 decided applications in the past and is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application. Pooled figures mask variation by art unit; detailed per-art-unit records appear separately. Aggregate statistics describe past activity and do not indicate how any future application will be examined or decided.

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◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2147
52 APPS · 33% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

33% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 44%
DISPOSITION2 / 4 / 46allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION36 moart unit avg 29.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY43.4 moart unit avg 46.8 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility89% · art unit 74%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)67%
§103 — Obviousness96% · art unit 86%
§112 — Written description & definiteness49%
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Questions about Examiner Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler

  • What is Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 33%, calculated over 6 disposed (decided) applications pooled across all art units. This figure is a historical record and is not a prediction of any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    The examiner has a public record in 1 art unit within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate mean?
    The allowance rate is the percentage of decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) that were allowed. It is calculated only from disposed applications, not from the total filing count. Pending applications are excluded.
  • Is the pooled allowance rate a prediction of my application?
    No. The pooled allowance rate describes the examiner's historical record across all art units and is not a prediction of the outcome of any specific application.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Paul Michael Galvin-Siebenaler 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: 52 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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