Examiner Thomas H Stevens has allowed 435 of 614 decided applications (71%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Thomas H Stevens maintains a pooled allowance rate of 71% across 614 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His record spans four art units: 2115, 2121, 2123, and 2126. Of the disposed applications, 435 were allowed and 179 were abandoned. The allowance rate varies across these art units, ranging from 43% to 79%. This pooled figure represents a historical aggregate and does not characterize performance in any single art unit or predict outcomes in individual applications.
This record aggregates examination activity across multiple art units within TC 2100. The pooled allowance rate reflects the examiner's overall history on decided cases and serves as a summary statistic only. Because different art units may have different application populations and examination patterns, the aggregate figure does not describe performance in any specific art unit. Historical pooled rates are correlational data and are not predictions for any particular application.
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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.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 96 decided applications with an interview and 283 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 54 decided applications with an interview and 86 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Primarily examines control or regulating systems, and electric power networks.
Based on 13 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Thomas H Stevens 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: 614 applications.
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