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Examiner Tyler Dean Hedrick

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 86 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION MAR 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Tyler Dean Hedrick has allowed 79 of 86 decided applications (92%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

92% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Patent Examiner Tyler Dean Hedrick maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 87 total applications, 79 were allowed and 7 abandoned, for a pooled allowance rate of 92% over 86 disposed applications. His record spans a single art unit (2115). This allowance rate reflects the proportion of decided cases resulting in allowance—not a measure of applications currently pending. The data presented represents historical dispositions and does not constitute a prediction for any specific application.

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How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates all dispositions across the examiner's art units. The 92% allowance rate describes the examiner's past record: the percentage of applications that were either allowed or abandoned, calculated from 86 total decided cases. Because this is an aggregate figure spanning the examiner's entire history in TC 2100, it reflects historical outcomes only and is not a prediction of the result in any particular application or case.

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 2115
87 APPS · 92% ALLOWANCE

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

92% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 81%
DISPOSITION79 / 7 / 1allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION26 moart unit avg 25.4 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY38.6 moart unit avg 36.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility40% · art unit 33%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)37%
§103 — Obviousness97% · art unit 83%
§112 — Written description & definiteness37%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW100%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW84%+16 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 43 decided applications with an interview and 43 without.

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Questions about Examiner Tyler Dean Hedrick

  • What is Examiner Hedrick's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 92%, calculated from 86 disposed applications (79 allowed, 7 abandoned). This figure describes the proportion of decided cases and does not predict the outcome of any pending or future application.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    Examiner Hedrick's record spans one art unit (2115) within Technology Center 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate include?
    The allowance rate of 92% counts applications that were allowed or abandoned as decided cases, excluding applications still pending. It reflects historical dispositions only.
  • What is the examiner's subject matter area?
    The examiner works in TC 2100, which covers Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Tyler Dean Hedrick 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: 87 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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