Examiner Scott Richard Gardner has allowed 14 of 36 decided applications (39%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Scott Richard Gardner's public record spans 2 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 36 disposed applications, 14 were allowed and 22 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 39%. This rate reflects outcomes on applications that received a final decision—either allowance or abandonment—and does not include pending matters. The pooled figure aggregates Gardner's record across both art units served.
This pooled record combines outcomes from multiple art units into a single allowance rate. The 39% figure describes past dispositions across all cases handled in those units and is a historical aggregate, not a prediction for any individual application. Pooled data masks variation between art units; per-unit breakdowns appear separately. Allowance rates are correlational summaries of decided cases and do not causally explain any future prosecution outcome.
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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.
Based on 31 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Based on 5 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Scott Richard Gardner 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: 36 applications.
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