Examiner Robert S Brock has allowed 72 of 229 decided applications (31%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Robert S Brock maintains a public record across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 229 disposed applications, he allowed 72 and abandoned 157, yielding an overall allowance rate of 31%. Allowance rates across his art units range from 27% to 53%, reflecting variation in the composition and outcomes of applications handled within each unit. These figures describe his historical record and do not forecast outcomes in any individual case.
This profile aggregates Brock's record across multiple art units within TC 2100. The pooled allowance rate of 31% is a historical summary across all applications he has decided, not a prediction for any specific application. The range of 27% to 53% across art units reflects the different patent prosecution environments in each unit. Aggregate statistics describe past patterns and are correlational, not causal.
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 machine learning, and neural-network / biological-model computing.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 79 decided applications with an interview and 114 without.
Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.
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 Robert S Brock 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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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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