Examiner Robert F May has allowed 256 of 330 decided applications (78%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Robert F May holds a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning 2 art units. Across 330 disposed applications, he issued 256 allowances, yielding a pooled allowance rate of 78%. The record includes 74 abandoned applications. This pooled figure aggregates outcomes across art units 2154 and 2155 and reflects historical dispositions only—it is not predictive of any specific application's outcome.
A pooled record combines results across multiple art units into a single aggregate. This examiner's 78% allowance rate is the share of decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across both art units combined. Aggregate historical figures describe what occurred in the past and do not forecast the result of any individual application. Per-art-unit detail, where available separately, may show variation within the pool.
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 information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 206 decided applications with an interview and 111 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Based on 13 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Robert F May 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: 376 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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