Examiner Robert Stevens has allowed 822 of 1,023 decided applications (80%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Robert Stevens has a pooled allowance rate of 80% across 1,023 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His public record spans 4 art units: 2142, 2162, 2164, and 2176. The allowance rate ranges from 11% to 89% across these art units, reflecting variation in outcomes by subject-matter area within TC 2100. Of 1,047 total applications, 822 were allowed and 201 were abandoned.
This pooled record aggregates four separate art units within TC 2100. The 80% figure represents historical outcomes across all decided cases in those units combined. Aggregate statistics describe past dispositions and do not predict the outcome of any individual application. The range of 11% to 89% shows that allowance rates vary significantly by art unit; the pooled rate is a weighted average and may not reflect the rate in any specific unit.
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 198 decided applications with an interview and 537 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 119 decided applications with an interview and 109 without.
Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Based on 23 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 Stevens 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: 1,047 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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