Examiner Paul W Schlie has allowed 68 of 80 decided applications (85%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Paul W Schlie maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over a disposed record of 80 applications, his allowance rate is 85%. This means 68 applications were allowed and 12 were abandoned. The examiner's practice spans a single art unit, 2186. These figures describe his pooled historical record and do not characterize performance on any individual application.
This profile aggregates Examiner Schlie's record across one art unit in TC 2100. The 85% allowance rate reflects outcomes on 80 decided applications—allowed and abandoned cases combined—and describes the past record only. Aggregate statistics do not predict outcomes on specific applications and do not account for case-by-case variation in claim scope, prior art, or prosecution history.
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 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 15 decided applications with an interview and 65 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Paul W Schlie 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: 80 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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