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Examiner Samuel A Dillon

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 184 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION OCT 2014
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Samuel A Dillon has allowed 100 of 184 decided applications (54%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

54% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2185 · 54%AU 2135 · 100%
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What the data says.

Samuel A Dillon maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning two art units (2135, 2185). Across 184 disposed applications, 100 were allowed and 84 abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 54%. This pooled figure reflects the examiner's overall record across both art units combined and does not isolate outcomes within any single art unit. The record represents decided applications only; pending cases are excluded from the allowance calculation.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates the examiner's activity across two separate art units. The overall allowance rate of 54% describes past dispositions across all decided applications in both units combined. Pooled figures describe what has occurred in the examiner's record and are not predictions about any specific application. Individual art-unit records may differ from this aggregate and are available separately.

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 →

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The record, art unit by art unit.

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.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2185
181 APPS · 54% ALLOWANCE
54% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 67%
DISPOSITION97 / 84 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION26.2 moart unit avg 21.6 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY58.4 moart unit avg 36.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility32% · art unit 19%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)29%
§103 — Obviousness94% · art unit 77%
§112 — Written description & definiteness37%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW64%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW46%+18 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 78 decided applications with an interview and 103 without.

◈ ART UNIT 2135
3 APPS · 100% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.

100% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 66%
DISPOSITION3 / 0 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION35.3 moart unit avg 26.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY51.7 moart unit avg 41.7 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility0% · art unit 21%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)0%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 84%
§112 — Written description & definiteness100%

Based on 3 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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Questions about Examiner Samuel A Dillon

  • What is Samuel A Dillon's overall allowance rate?
    54% across 184 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100. This is the percentage of allowed applications among all decided cases (allowed plus abandoned); pending applications are not included.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    Two art units (2135 and 2185), both within TC 2100. This pooled record aggregates dispositions across both.
  • What does the pooled allowance rate tell me?
    The pooled figure reflects the examiner's combined record across both art units and describes outcomes to date. It is not a prediction of any specific application and does not indicate how individual cases will be examined.
  • Are there separate records for each art unit?
    Yes. This page covers the pooled record only. Detailed breakdowns by individual art unit are available in a separate section of the examiner's profile.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Samuel A Dillon 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: 184 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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