Examiner Tomasz Ponikiewski

What the data says.

Examiner Tomasz Ponikiewski maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 26 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 11 and abandoned 15, yielding an allowance rate of 42%. This record spans a single art unit. The allowance rate is calculated from decided applications only and does not reflect pending or unfiled cases. This pooled figure aggregates the examiner's work across all assigned art units and describes the historical record without predicting outcomes in any individual case.

How to read these numbers.

This examiner's public record is pooled across all assigned art units within TC 2100. Aggregate statistics describe past disposition patterns and provide context for understanding the examiner's historical practice. Pooled allowance rates are not predictions of the outcome in any specific application. The record reflects decided cases only (allowed and abandoned), excluding pending applications. Individual art units may have different patterns; those are available separately.

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 information retrieval and database structures.

Questions about Examiner Tomasz Ponikiewski

• 01What is Examiner Ponikiewski's overall allowance rate?

  The allowance rate is 42%, calculated from 26 disposed applications (11 allowed, 15 abandoned). This figure applies to the pooled record across all art units and is historical data, not a prediction of any specific case.
• 02How many art units does this examiner work in?

  Examiner Ponikiewski is assigned to one art unit within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
• 03What does the allowance rate include and exclude?

  The allowance rate reflects only decided applications—those allowed or abandoned. Pending applications are excluded. The rate does not indicate the path any individual application will take.
• 04Does this record predict the outcome of my application?

  No. This is a historical aggregate and does not predict outcomes in any specific application. Each case is examined individually.

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