Examiner Steven R Garland has allowed 452 of 565 decided applications (80%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Steven R Garland maintains a pooled allowance rate of 80% across 565 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His public record spans three art units. The allowance rate ranges from 75% to 90% across these art units, reflecting variation in the decided caseload by art-unit assignment. Of the 565 disposed applications, 452 were allowed and 113 were abandoned.
This pooled record aggregates Garland's work across multiple art units within TC 2100. The overall allowance rate and application counts describe his historical record and are not predictions for any specific application. Pooled figures mask individual art-unit variation; the range (75% to 90%) indicates that allowance rates differ by art-unit assignment. These statistics describe past outcomes 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 neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 103 decided applications with an interview and 169 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 58 decided applications with an interview and 133 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 55 decided applications with an interview and 47 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Steven R Garland 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: 565 applications.
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