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Examiner Seth Andrew Raker

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 28 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUL 2020
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Seth Andrew Raker has allowed 18 of 28 decided applications (64%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

64% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Seth Andrew Raker maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 28 disposed applications, he allowed 18 and abandoned 10, yielding a 64% allowance rate. His record spans one art unit. The allowance rate reflects decisions on applications that have been resolved; it does not include pending filings and is not predictive of outcomes in any individual case. This pooled figure aggregates his examination activity across all art units in TC 2100.

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This profile presents pooled data across all art units where the examiner has worked. Aggregate allowance rates combine different art units' decisions and describe historical outcomes only. A pooled rate does not reveal performance within any specific art unit, nor does it predict how any particular application will be examined. The figures reported are correlational summaries of closed cases, not causal indicators or forecasts.

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◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2124
28 APPS · 64% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.

64% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 64%
DISPOSITION18 / 10 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION28.7 moart unit avg 28.5 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY40.9 moart unit avg 41.8 mo
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§101 — Subject-matter eligibility65% · art unit 61%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)38%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 88%
§112 — Written description & definiteness31%

Based on 28 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

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  • What is Seth Andrew Raker's overall allowance rate?
    64%, based on 28 disposed applications (18 allowed, 10 abandoned).
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    One art unit, pooled across Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
  • Does this allowance rate predict the outcome of my application?
    No. The allowance rate is a historical summary of past decided cases and is not predictive of any specific application's outcome.
  • What subject matter does this examiner handle?
    TC 2100, covering Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Seth Andrew Raker 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: 28 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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