Examiner Ryan C Vaughn has allowed 151 of 243 decided applications (62%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Ryan C Vaughn maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 301 total applications, 243 have been disposed (decided). Of those disposed applications, 151 were allowed and 92 were abandoned, yielding a 62% allowance rate. The examiner's record spans a single art unit within TC 2100. This pooled figure represents the overall outcome across decided cases and does not predict the outcome of any particular application.
This record is pooled across all art units under the examiner's jurisdiction. Aggregate allowance rates describe past disposal outcomes and are not predictions about any individual application. A pooled rate combines different art units and subject areas, so it reflects broad historical performance but does not account for variation by specific technology or art-unit assignment. The disposed-application count indicates how many cases contributed to the allowance-rate calculation.
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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 neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 158 decided applications with an interview and 85 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Ryan C Vaughn 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: 301 applications.
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