Examiner R Stephen Dildine Jr has allowed 217 of 229 decided applications (95%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
R Stephen Dildine Jr maintains a public record across two art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of 229 disposed applications, 217 were allowed, yielding an overall allowance rate of 95%. The allowance rate ranges from 94% to 97% across these art units. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's record in art units 2112 and 2133 and reflects historical disposition data only, without reference to pending applications.
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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.
Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.
Primarily examines error detection, correction, and monitoring, and error-correcting coding/decoding.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner R Stephen Dildine Jr 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: 229 applications.
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