Examiner Thomas M Heckler

What the data says.

Thomas M Heckler maintains a public record spanning 3 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 34 disposed applications, he allowed 31 and 3 were abandoned, yielding an overall allowance rate of 91%. This figure represents the pooled record across all art units under his examination. The data reflects decided applications only and does not include any pending matters.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates examination activity across multiple art units. The allowance rate of 91% describes the examiner's historical disposition across 34 decided applications in TC 2100 and is a statistical summary of past decisions. Aggregate figures do not constitute a prediction for any individual application. Individual art-unit records, where available separately, may differ from the pooled figure.

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 →

The record, art unit by art unit.

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 data-processing methods for specific functions, and processing data by its order or content.

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

Questions about Examiner Thomas M Heckler

• 01What is Thomas M Heckler's overall allowance rate?

  His allowance rate is 91%, based on 31 allowed applications and 3 abandoned applications across 34 total disposed applications pooled across all art units.
• 02How many art units does this examiner work in?

  He maintains a public record spanning 3 art units (2115, 2182, 2185) within Technology Center 2100.
• 03Does the pooled record predict outcomes in my application?

  No. The pooled allowance rate is a statistical summary of past decisions and is not a prediction of any specific application's outcome.
• 04What technology areas does this examiner cover?

  The examiner's record covers Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).

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