Examiner Robert M Timblin has allowed 97 of 206 decided applications (47%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Robert M Timblin maintains a public record across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 206 disposed applications, he has allowed 97 and abandoned 109, yielding an allowance rate of 47%. His allowance rate ranges from 39% to 73% across his art units, reflecting variation in the mix of applications and examination outcomes within TC 2100. This pooled figure represents the aggregate outcome across all applications he has decided in this technology center.
This record aggregates Timblin's performance across multiple art units within TC 2100. Pooled allowance rates combine different art units and application types into a single figure. Aggregate statistics describe what has occurred in the examiner's past record and are not predictions about any specific future application. Individual art-unit records, where available separately, may show different allowance rates.
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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 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 66 decided applications with an interview and 89 without.
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 21 decided applications with an interview and 30 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Robert M Timblin 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: 206 applications.
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