Examiner Thomas J Cleary has allowed 690 of 956 decided applications (72%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Thomas J Cleary has a public record of 987 applications across 4 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Of 956 decided applications, 690 were allowed, yielding an overall allowance rate of 72%. The allowance rate varies across the examiner's art units, ranging from 61% to 86%. This pooled figure aggregates outcomes across multiple distinct art units and reflects historical disposition data only.
A pooled record spans multiple art units and presents an aggregate allowance rate. This figure describes the examiner's past decisions across all assigned art units combined and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome. Allowance rates may differ meaningfully between individual art units; the range (61% to 86%) reflects this variation. Aggregate statistics do not account for application-specific factors.
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.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 114 decided applications with an interview and 299 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 84 decided applications with an interview and 215 without.
Primarily examines general computer details, and program control and execution.
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 59 without.
Primarily examines computer-aided design (CAD).
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 53 decided applications with an interview and 77 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Thomas J Cleary 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: 987 applications.
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