Examiner Seth Adam Silverman has allowed 485 of 611 decided applications (79%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Seth Adam Silverman maintains a public record of 663 total applications across three art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of 611 disposed applications, 485 were allowed, yielding an overall allowance rate of 79%. The examiner's record spans art units 2141, 2145, and 2172. Allowance rates vary across these art units, ranging from 27% to 94%. This pooled figure reflects the aggregate of decisions made across all three art units and does not represent the rate for any single art unit.
A pooled record aggregates data across multiple art units, presenting an overall snapshot of dispositions and allowance rates. The 79% allowance rate describes past-decided applications and is not a prediction of outcomes for any pending or future application. Because this record spans three art units with differing allowance rates (27% to 94%), the overall figure masks variation by subject matter and art unit. Individual art-unit records are available separately for more granular analysis.
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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 artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 204 decided applications with an interview and 258 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 43 decided applications with an interview and 84 without.
Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.
Based on 22 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Seth Adam Silverman 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: 663 applications.
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