Examiner Ryan D Coyer has allowed 728 of 876 decided applications (83%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Ryan D Coyer maintains a public record across 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of 876 disposed applications, 728 were allowed, yielding an 83% allowance rate. The allowance rate ranges from 75% to 88% across these art units. This pooled figure represents decided cases only—abandoned and allowed applications combined—and does not include pending matters. The record spans both art units with substantial activity.
A pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units, masking variation among them. The overall allowance rate describes past outcomes across all the examiner's assigned art units combined and is not a prediction for any specific application. Individual art units may differ materially from the pooled figure. Aggregate statistics reflect historical disposal patterns and do not forecast the result of any particular case.
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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 software engineering, and error detection, correction, and monitoring.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 228 decided applications with an interview and 323 without.
Primarily examines program control and execution, and software engineering.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 107 decided applications with an interview and 218 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Ryan D Coyer 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: 905 applications.
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