Examiner Samuel E Hayim has allowed 110 of 176 decided applications (63%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Samuel E Hayim maintains a public record of 176 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security), with 110 allowed and 66 abandoned. His allowance rate is 63% across the 176 decided applications. The record spans a single art unit (2192). This pooled figure reflects outcomes across all applications in that art unit over the period covered by the public record.
This pooled record aggregates all applications decided in the examiner's art unit(s). The allowance rate of 63% describes past dispositions and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Pooled figures mask variation across different art units and cannot be assigned to any particular case. The record reflects historical decisions only.
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 software engineering.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 71 decided applications with an interview and 105 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Samuel E Hayim 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: 176 applications.
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