Examiner Scott Martin Kelly

What the data says.

Scott Martin Kelly maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across a pooled record of 47 disposed applications, Kelly allowed 17 and oversaw 30 abandonments. The allowance rate is 36% over the 47 decided applications. The examiner's record spans one art unit, 2176. These figures describe the historical record and do not forecast outcomes in any individual application.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates all dispositions across Kelly's art units in TC 2100. The 36% allowance rate is computed from all allowed and abandoned applications decided, not from total filings. Pooled figures describe past outcomes across the full practice and are not predictions about any particular application or filing. Differences in outcomes across specific art units appear in separate art-unit detail sections.

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 →

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.

Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.

Questions about Examiner Scott Martin Kelly

• 01What is Scott Martin Kelly's allowance rate?

  The allowance rate is 36%, based on 47 disposed applications (17 allowed, 30 abandoned). This is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of any specific application.
• 02How many art units does this record cover?

  The pooled record covers one art unit, 2176, in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
• 03What do these pooled figures mean?

  The pooled record aggregates all dispositions across Kelly's art units. The allowance rate and application counts reflect historical outcomes and do not forecast results in any individual application.
• 04Does the allowance rate apply to my specific application?

  No. The pooled allowance rate describes past outcomes and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.

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