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Examiner Tracey M Mcghee

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 210 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION SEP 2024
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Tracey M Mcghee has allowed 105 of 210 decided applications (50%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

50% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Tracey M Mcghee maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 210 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 105 and abandoned 105, yielding an allowance rate of 50%. This record spans a single art unit. The allowance rate reflects the ratio of allowed to total decided applications and does not represent a prediction for any specific case. All figures are pooled across the examiner's art-unit assignments within TC 2100.

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A pooled record aggregates outcomes across multiple art units (if applicable) to show overall historical disposition. The allowance rate of 50% describes past decisions on 210 closed applications and is not a forecast of outcomes on any individual pending application. Pooled figures reflect the examiner's combined practice and do not indicate how any particular technology or claim type will be treated.

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 2154
210 APPS · 50% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

50% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 58%
DISPOSITION105 / 105 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION23.9 moart unit avg 27.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY53.2 moart unit avg 41.9 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility67% · art unit 55%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)100%
§103 — Obviousness89% · art unit 87%
§112 — Written description & definiteness43%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW69%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW36%+33 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 88 decided applications with an interview and 122 without.

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Questions about Examiner Tracey M Mcghee

  • What is Tracey M Mcghee's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 50%, based on 210 disposed applications (105 allowed, 105 abandoned). This is a historical ratio and not a prediction for any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    The public pooled record covers 1 art unit (Art Unit 2154) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the 50% allowance rate mean?
    Of the 210 applications decided by this examiner, 50% were allowed and 50% were abandoned. This ratio describes past outcomes on closed applications only and does not apply to pending cases.
  • Can I use this record to predict the outcome of my application?
    No. Historical allowance rates describe past dispositions and are not predictions of outcomes on any pending or future application. Individual results depend on claim scope, prior art, and examination conduct specific to each case.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Tracey M Mcghee 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: 210 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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