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Examiner Thomas C Lee

TECH CENTER 2100 · 2 ART UNITS · 118 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUL 2025
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 2 ART UNITS

Examiner Thomas C Lee has allowed 26 of 118 decided applications (22%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

22% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2115 · 22%AU 2185 · 0%
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What the data says.

Thomas C Lee has a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning 2 art units. Over 118 disposed applications, he allowed 26 and abandoned 92, for an allowance rate of 22%. This figure represents the share of decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) in his pooled record. The allowance rate is calculated across all art units combined and does not break down by individual unit or predict outcomes in any specific application.

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How to read these numbers.

This record pools all of Thomas C Lee's applications across his assigned art units in TC 2100. The allowance rate of 22% describes historical outcomes across those units combined and is not a prediction about any particular case. Pooled figures aggregate different art units and different types of applications. Past data do not indicate how any future application will be examined or decided.

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 →

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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.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2115
117 APPS · 22% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines control or regulating systems, and electric power networks.

22% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 81%
DISPOSITION26 / 91 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION24.1 moart unit avg 25.4 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY31 moart unit avg 36.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility33% · art unit 33%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)75%
§103 — Obviousness87% · art unit 83%
§112 — Written description & definiteness48%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW65%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW13%+52 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 20 decided applications with an interview and 97 without.

◈ ART UNIT 2185
1 APPS · 0% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA
0% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 67%
DISPOSITION0 / 1 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION—art unit avg 21.6 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY13.5 moart unit avg 36.3 mo
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Questions about Examiner Thomas C Lee

  • What is Thomas C Lee's overall allowance rate?
    His allowance rate is 22%, based on 118 disposed applications (26 allowed, 92 abandoned).
  • How many art units does Thomas C Lee cover?
    He has a record in 2 art units within Technology Center 2100: art units 2115 and 2185. These figures are pooled across both units.
  • What does this allowance rate predict about my application?
    The allowance rate does not predict outcomes in any specific application. It is a historical aggregate of past decisions and does not account for differences in claim language, prior art, or prosecution history across individual cases.
  • What subject matter does Thomas C Lee examine?
    He examines applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Thomas C Lee 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: 118 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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