Examiner Richard L Sutton has allowed 23 of 36 decided applications (64%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Richard L Sutton maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 36 disposed applications, his allowance rate stands at 64%, with 23 allowed and 13 abandoned applications. His record spans a single art unit. These figures describe his pooled historical record and do not constitute a prediction for any individual application.
This examiner's pooled record aggregates results across art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate of 64% reflects outcomes on 36 decided applications and represents past performance. Pooled figures describe the examiner's overall record across multiple art units and are not predictive of outcomes in any specific case.
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 input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.
Based on 36 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Richard L Sutton 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: 36 applications.
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